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Year: 1867

THE GRNAT MEETING in Faneuil Hall,
Wednesday evening, was as complete success
as that previously held at Cooper Institute in
New York. AIpheus Hardy, in presenting the
brief resolution, said that Grants platform


could be found in his private letter to the
President-a point which was highly appre-
ciated by the audience. Hon. Geo. B. Upton's
speech, in which he took strong ground for
Grant for the reason that he would be the
right man to collect the Alabama claims of
Great Britain, was received with special fa-
vor. This incident is another indication Of
the great Importance which is beginning to be
attached to these claims, and there is no doubt
that the question of the proper manner of pro-
ceeding with reference to them will enter extern
sivelyinto the discussions OF the coming Presi-
dental campaign. But those people who think
that Gen. Grant would, if elected President,
be inclined to engage in quarrels with his
neighbors SO long as it can possibly be avoided,
win probably find themselves much mistaken.
Grant is the last of men to seek quarrel, but
after becoming involved in one, he is ready to
fight it out to the bitter end. s4., lr
Year: 1867

THE children of the First Universalist Sab
bath School are to give another one of their
very pleasing entertainments this evening in
the vestry of the Congress square Universalist
Church. The stage arrangements are very
pretty, and the selections of charades and tab
leaux excellent. There will be something
good to eat, and many fancy articles for sale.
Year: 1867

MAILS FOR WooDFoRDs CORNER. - Two
mails day are now sent to and from Wood
fords Corner. They are taken out in the
horse cars to Dunnings store in the mornipo
and afternoon, and return in season for tbe
hrst train for Boston in the morning and for
the Eastern and Western trains in the afsar-
noon. This arrangement is very convenient
one for the citizens OF that locality and they
are very much pleased with it,
Year: 1867

WALKING ON ALL FoURs.-A singular
match against time came off at North Parma,
N. Y, on Saturday last. One Hezekiah Bill
lings made a wager of $40 that he could walk
two miles and quarter, on all fours, in two
hours and half the condition of the bet being
that he must not straighten up till it was ac-
complished. He won the money by doing it in
two hours and six minutes
Year: 1867

The STREET RAILwAY.-The street cars
Yesterday made a trip down the street as
far as Baliwin's corner, and the road being
found still impossible, they were returned
to- their old stand. As soon as spring re-
turns and the ice is all melted, new
schedule will he put in operation on this
road. and the number of trains will be in
creased to meet the increased travel.
When travel was suspended train went
down one morning and returned the next.
When it is resumed there will be one down
and one up each day. This is an enter
prising concern, and will doubtless coin
money before the century is out.
Year: 1867

There are those upon whom this ca
lamity falls with more crushing force
than that with which it wrings the
hearts of companions and friends. There
is giief which no. words can paint;
the pen is powerless to express aught
but sorrow for such as rest beneath the
bitter desolation of household bereave-
ment. A single visitation from the
dread messenger often darkens with de-
spair the future of stricken ones, but
who shall measure the agony of those
who now for the fourth time in less
than half score Of years, have sat
down with death for a guest, and mp
lifted the wall of hopeless mourning
over the untimely fate of brother
and son. More than this, the tears
of widowhood are falling upon the
grave Of the dead; the cries of orphan
age bear witness to the martyrdom that
has left childhood fatherless and help
less.


Language fails to portray the agony
of such fearful affliction. Words of
coincidence can carry no comfort to
those whose hopes are withered and
whose joy is dead. In the silence of
deep and tender sympathy the public
heart will attest its grief
Year: 1867

The call of the State Executive Com
vittee for State Convention seems to
he arousing the Democratic and Con-
seryative elements quite generally. In
MANY counties movements are already
IN foot to arrange for the selection OF
delegates, and others, we doubt not, will
soon follow.


We are glad to witness these manifes-
,,tiops Of activity and spirit. The
meeting OF the people in township
and county convention will have a
b.ppy effect. For more than year
there has been no general interchange
of views among our people. The politi-
cal situation is just now theme whose
discussion will do them good. The sky
is full of encouraging signs, and the
Democratic gatherings about to be had
cannot fail to cheer the participants and
ipcite them to renewed exertion.


Inc ulSpOSlIlOu oSSblS W 10 W SSuN
the very best men to represent the
various counties. From present in
dications the Convention about
to be chosen will rank in point
Of ability and influence with any
political assembly ever had in West
Virginia. If these prospects shall be
realized We are satisfied that good work
will be done on the eighth of January
next.


The Committee of Arrangements are
now in correspondence with several dis
tinguished gentlemen from other
States, who have been invited TO adj
dress the mass meeting which will be
held in connection with the Convention.
The announcement Of the programme
will be made in due time.
Year: 1867

From tho Springfield tMassJ Republican,


One horror is laid ut rest by the i'm
peachment reports. The shocking
charge that President Johnson murder
ed his predecessor is supported by not a
word Of evidence, direct or indirect, and
when Ashley was finally called before
the committee on the subject, only a
week ago, he was obliged to confess
that he never had any authority for the
accusation beyond the word of that uni
versal liar and perjurer, Conover. But
ler's assassination committee will never
report, and the Congressman who so
shocked the country with their mon
strous accusations of the President, will
be glad to have their offense forgotten
rs speedily as possible. s5a
Year: 1867

cd over the mountains in an old-fashions
ed stage-coach and those in m Express
train between any two great cities. Then,
it is not safe to, say that this shyoagh
travel will be at once doubled on tho
completion Of the road in 1870. and,
with tho rapid increase Of Pacific Ceast
population in the next few years, mosa
than quadruplod-i Is Il at alb c.ssass.
giant to assert that the through passenger
business during the first year after The
first train of cars runs from Omaha in
Nebraska to Sacramento, will be worth
twenty-five million dollars7 When to
this we add half as much more for its
way passenger business, and more thsu
as much more than both for its freigh,0
express and mails, eto,, are there not the
best reasons in the world for believing
that the Union Pacific Railroad will be
one of the most profitable as we'll as one
Of the grandest works Of modern times
THE SECURITY AND VALUE or


IT'S BONDS 81,
Year: 1867

that such suspicion will widely obtain, es-
pecially at the South, where Gen. Grants mag
nanimity and lenency are already quoted TO the INJURY
Of the reconstruction policy We clear that Gen
Grant had refused bridge the chasm which the Pres
dent proposed TO make and had left him to bear alone
the responsibility OF his act the country would not only
have felt less disturbance but the Executive power for
mischief must have been vastly less than il is he
he has 10 all appearance, The moral support Of the General
Of all our QrB,ies


From The Mobile Tribune


The proper course is to send for constable
and have him taken ~ the station-hOuse.


THEN AND NOW.


Carpenter, the artist, in his book Six Months
at the White House," tells the following story


"A few days before President Lincoln DEATH Secretary
Stanton rendered his resignation Of the War Department.
accompanied the act with heartfelt tribute TO Mr.
IDcOlls constant friendship and faithful devotion to the
eoufTy ing also that he as Secretary had accepted
the p0ston TO hold only until the should end and
that now he felt that his work done and his duty
was 10 resign Mr. Lincoln was greatly moved by the
Secretary words and tearing in pieces the paper con-
faiung the resignation and throwing his arms about the
secreary no said Stanton you have been good TREND
and faithful public servant and II is not iOr you 10 say
when You will longer be needed here seNera reus
OF both parties present and there was not dy eye
that witnessed the scene"


INDIGNATION dEkTING IN PHILADELPHIA.


PHILADELPHIA, Aug 13-SOme discharged
soldiers and sailors have called meeting for Saturday
next to express condemnation OF the President IN re,
moving Mr.. Stanton from the position OF secretary u
War.
Year: 1867

In the province Of Nelson, New Zealand.
9l towards the Government free schools and 5s
per head on each child who does not go to some
school. An inspector is appointed. who reports
periodically to a board OF management on the
the system is persuasive rather than compul.
sorry, and answers very well. The education is
secular, with certain times SET apart for reIi-
eious instruction, which the pupils can avail
themselves of or not, at the discretion of the
DarpDts
Year: 1867

For the benefit of the voters we give below a
synopsis of the requirements of the Registry
Law.


l. No person can vote at any election except
where he resides.


2. Nor there, unless he has had his residence
there for thirty days at least preceding the cleo
tion.


g. Nor unless his name is found on the poll list
where he offers his vote.


A. No name can, under any circumstances what.
ever, be added to the poll list after the opening
Of the polls.


8. Erery voter is required TO be enrolled on or
before the thirtieth day before the election.


No voter can be enrolled after the thrtieth
day, except on showing by affidavit good reasons
for his omission to apply before, and max
ing very strict proof Of residence by at least one
witness besides his own affidavit.


:. There will be no poll liss but that on
Year: 1867

which the voters are thus enrolled previous 10 the
| election.


8. This is to be open to public inspection until
the polls are open.


9. A copy OF the poll list is to be posted.
| 10. In those districts where there is more than
one precinct! euery voter must apply personally
or in writng) to be enrolled at the precinct where
| he elects to vote.
| H. This application must be made thirty days
before the election or a satisfactory reason must
be shown to the Board Of Registration for the
delay, and strict proof Of residence made as above
stated,


IL. 1t is incumbent on every qualified voter to
see that he is duly enrolled
13. The Board of Registration must be in ses
sion on the thrtieth day preceding the election
Or if that day be Sunday, then on the day follow
ing.


IA. This meeting must be at the office of the
Clerk of Elections


Is, This and all other of their meetings and
proceedings are to be public.


Ii. All legal voters Of the district and persons
qualified for enrolment, are entitled to appear
and be heard in all things about the formation
and correction of the poll list


l6 And the Board and each officer and member
of it have right to examine on oath any person
on that subject.


49, The Board may summon bciore!them, or be-
fore the clerk Of Elections, any person to give
testimony.


~. AT theN meeting on lne tnlrtIctn uay De-
fore the election, the poll list is to be revised and
completed.


20. The poll list, as completed on the tbirtieth
day before the election, is to be posted mp at one
or more public places within three days thereaf
ter.


21. Any error in the poll list may be corrected
at the final meeting of the Board, and up to the
time OF opening the polls, but not after.


22. Persons registered in the Great Register
will not be reuuited to produce any proof OF cit-
zenship in order 10 be enrolled on the poll list
only proof of residence in t district


%. After the first day Of July, 1867, no person
who is not registered in the Great Register can.
except in specified cases, be enrolled on the poll
list. registration being after that date the only
evidence Of citizenship, except in those excepted
cases:


"a. Althoughpror to that dute person other
wise duly qualified, but not registered. may be
enrolled on the poll list. yet to procure his enroll
ment as a voter he would have to make the same
proof of citizenship that would be required to get
registered, and the same proof would have to be
renewed when be should apply for registration in
the Great Register.
Year: 1867

Being nine feet four In
ches in width by the
depth Of the lot of the
east side Of let twenty,
and twenty feet eight
inches in width by the
depth off the west side
of lot twenty.one.
Year: 1867

TIPPING AMONG WoMEN.-The London Sntur-
day ReUieac, of a recent date, has the following,
which affords food for reflection


The most remarkable thing, however, about
the spread of taste for stimuants, is its extern
sion to ladies' If ones own observation did
not serve to disclose the fact, the Lancet assures
us that women are falling into habits of drinking
not less fatally than men. But we might very
well have found this out without reading a med


cal newspaper. Any philosopher who chooses
to go to ball, and take ais stand near the buffet
or survey the supper table with an observant eye
will see that the old fashioned beverages which
cooled but did not in briate, are indeed supplied
just for forms sake but that they have entirely
lost their ancient popularity. He will see young
women dash off as much champagne and claret,
in the course of a single lively evening, as would
more than have suficed their grandmothers for
a month. The ease and familiarity with which
they drink is worthy Of the most accomplished
frequenter of New York bar. That the results
are not more astonishing than they are, is, 10
itself, most satisfactory proof of seasoned
head. At dinner one may notice the same taste
for stimulants. The afternoon tea is beginning
to be tea and something else. Even the yodng
matrons have begun to feel the necessity Of that
brandy and water which is prescribed for their
over-tasked lords. They, too, have become per-
suaded, to use doctorial phrase, OF the necessi.
ty of keeping up the system. A woman who has





within earshot of q plausible and sympathetic
physician, soon catches the cant about the disor


ders of our day being Enthusiastically disorders
| of the low type. In alarm lest she should bring


up an enfeebled offspring, she flies to usual spir
| ituous tonics. The consequences of this alcos


holic panic among women are obviously more
Objectionable than its consequences among men,
For women, as arule, little idle and little
vacant. The women who take wine most liber-
Eally are commonly the most idle and the most
vacant of all The effect Of stimulants upon
peopte with active interests Is badenough in one
way its effect upon people without some active
1 interests is more than bad enough in another
way. If ladies had their "rights, and SO were
allowed to work more, they then might also be
permitted to drink more. But to stimulate peo-
ple, and then to provide them with no proper
! field for their stimulated condition, is about as


certain and infallible process for bringing them
| forward in the way which they should not 60 as
we can think Of The topic is not particularly
pleasant one for husbands aud brothers, and un-
less doctors pull up in their zeal for strong and
blood heating drings, it is likely to grow more
and more unpleasant.
Year: 1867

The FUTURE OF NATIONAL BASKs.-The London


Economist has recently contained series of arti-


cles on the national banking system of this coun.


try for the information of its English readers.
They are not worth republishing as the facts
are pretty well known on this side of the ocean
but the conclusions of the Economist-coufess-
edly the highest financial authority, in the way
of popular publication, in the world-are SO


startling, that we give them in these columns:
Unless notifications speedily introduced,


of which at present there is no sign whatever but
the exact contrary it is not difficult to forsee the


manner in which the National Bank system will


sooner or later come to an end. The large num-


Der of incompetent, inexperienced careless, sche-


ming and speculating people who have forced
themselves or been attracted into the control of
national banks, will grossly mismanage the busi-


ness They will dissipate the deposits in foolish


or dsreputable advance, and the banks will fail.
Under the law of prior lien, the government will
out of any available assets, as far as possible,
pay itself first, and in full, the amounts of its
deposits, and the ordinary creditors, as in the


recent case at New Orleans, will be left without


fsrthng The notes of the failed bank will be
at least to some extent covered by the lodgment


of federal securities, but there will be wide field


for ingenious financing in the realization, sudden


or gradual of these securities, and in the can
ceiling, sudden or gradual, of the particular ma
tonal bank notes tainted bv default. 1t is very


possible that series of failures Of national banks


may create a panic and bring down large part


of the organization at once, or the distrust and
! dissatisfaction may operate more gradually.


During the last two years the national banks


have had all in their favor. They have run up


their circulation from twenty-five to sixty mill
ions sterling, and prices have all been rising.
They have now reached the limit to which they


can issue notes, and the process of reaction has


set in, which, by slow stages and afer consid-


erable interval, will render cash payments again


possible. But this period of reaction is precisely


the kind of ordeal which a host of new banks,


hastily set up for political purposes, and largely


in The hands of persons utterly ignorant OF sound


banking rules, are at least likely to encounter
with success or survive with credit
Year: 1867

What is letter. Let affection tell
A tongue that speaks for those who absent dwell
A silent language uttered to the eye,


That envious distance would in vain deny
A link to bind, where circumstances part,
A nerve Of feeling, stretched from heart to heart
Formed to convey, like an electric chain,
The mystic fash, the Frightening of the brain,
And thrill at once, through its remotest link,
The throbs of passion, by drop ofink.
Year: 1867

Co-oPRRATIvE DINING RooMs.-The New
YORK Sun suggests the propriety Of establish
ing public eating houses on the CO. operative
plan, as the only remedy fer the extortion now
SO commonly practiced on the public. The
editor tells us:


"TAis idea II about to be carried out in Lon
don. and an association has been formed for
ltminaries. The grand object of this ass ,sociation
is to obtain supply Of good food at moderate
price. The chief movers in the matter are
members OF workingmen's club but the
benefits Of the proposed arrangement are to be
open to all. They are not over sanguine of
remarkable success, but they very reasonably
conclude that by avoiding all extravaganza,
by renting or buying houses of moderate
pretensions. and hiring their own cooks,
walters, and managers, they cannot fail to
effect considerable saving They have already
gone 60 far as to purchase two large build
ipgs, one capable OF dining from 5000 to O,OOO
persons day, and the other about half that
capacity, both in good aud central situations.
This shows that they are in earnest, and that
the experiment will be fairly tried on q large
scale. Ifsueh establishments succeed In Eng.
are much less than here, why should not sim
liar enterprises prove even more successful
in this city! Many thousands Of young men
are compelled every day to ta ke or more meals
away from their homes, and they m ust either
pay extravagant prices for them or be content
with very Indifferent and unwholesome fare
One good cooperative dining establishment,
In central part Of the city, would have a very
beneficial effect on the existing restaurants and
eating houses, by breaking up the monopoly,
and showing what might b. come the rule in
stead of the exception If more consideration
were not speedily shown for the wants and
purses OF hungry public"
Year: 1867




LY INJURED.


A young lady met her death and several
persons were more or less cut and bruised,
yesterday morning, by one Of those accident Is
which not unfreQuenuy happen TO horse cars
which pass Gown steep grades with heavy
loads. The accident yesterday morning oc.
Atlantic street line. 1t was passing down
Atlantic street towards the ferry with thirty
seven passengers part OF whom were ladies'
and in consequence of the heavy load coDsid- :
erAhle force bad 10 be used on the brake to
check It's speed. When reaching the corner of
Hicks street, however. the brake ave way, and
the car being entirely loose, it's motion became
very rapid. The conductor tried in vain to
check it's progress with the brake on the rear
platform, and called upon the passengers to
assist him. All the strength they could apply did
as well as the for " ard bra he had broken or was
out Of order. The passengers soon bee anne
thoroughly aware OF their perilous position,
and the greater the velocity OF the car the more
terrified they became. The horses were not at
frat detached, and the car ran upon their heels
causing them TO kick and dash forward in q
loosened, probably through their Kicking and
plunghng, and the car, uncontrolled, went
down the grade faster than steam could have
taken TAX It. Some Of the passengers jumped from
nactty only possible when death seemed to
them inevitable, while others shrIeked to the
top OF their voices. Those who jumped from
the car were less fortunate. A young lady
named Miss Emma Leiding, residing In Iath
street, near Sixth aveI ue, was among sev veral
who jumped off. The motion of the car was so
great that she was thrown violently upon the
cobble stones, and sustained q fracture OF the
skull. She was picked up, and died while
being conveyed TO the Long Island Col-
lege Hospital, which is but short dis.
tance from the scene of the accident 9th.
ers who jumped off were badly b-uised,
but not seriously injured. The car was but
few seconds in reaching the foot of the hill a
distance Of about six blocks. The track at this
pointpasses from Allan tic into Forman street,
but the car was going with too great force to
follow 1t, and ran off, striking an awning post
on the opposite Of the street, which it smashed
TO spliDtere, and then landed upon the side
walk, throwing the passengers in promiscu-
ous heap upon the floor, the platform. and the
street. Doubtless greater number would
have been killed outright or fatally injured
but for the fact that the crowd in the car was
SO great thar 1t was almost impossible for them
to move. One man had bis hand terribly cut.
and several Others were bruised, but they ali
considered themselves extremely fortunate to
escape with their lives, and withoutauy kroken
bones. The car was pretty well smashed up.
The top was broken off, and it was other wise
shattered. The coroner empanelled a Jury
yesterday afternoon, and viewed the body of
Miss Leiding. The inquest will probably be
held on Monday y Herald. Saturday.
Year: 1867

Mr.. BONNIE, Of the New Y York Ledger was
recently offered $5000 to exhibit Dexter ana
the Auburn horse one day at Washingtoa, but
he declined. He says that when tbs fine new
building he is now erecting In New York for
his newspaper is completed, he will exhibit
both tt and Dexter, but that at present both
Dexter and his mate can b seen sson Harlem
lane by any one who can keep up with them
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