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Year: 1866

Many men be i'll favor OF negro
suffrage in South Carolina, who do not
want il for West Virginia, because the
cases are essentially ditferent.-InteHh-
geRcer.


But what right has any man in West
Virginia to say that negroes shall vote
in South Carolina, while he opposes
negro suffrage in his own State' What
right has any man in West Virginia TO
meddle with the suffrage of citizens OF
South Carolina in any manner whatever,
no matter whether he favors or opposes
negro voting at home' The regulation
of the privilege of voting belongs ex-
clusively to the State concerned. Control
over this matter is Estate right which
has always been conceded and exercised,
tlie recent war. 1t is Il estate right"
which cannot be infringed upon nor
taken away while the constitution of
the United States and the Federal Gov
ernment founded thereon exist. South
Carolina for herself and West Virginia
for herself must legislate uron the ques-
ton of suffrage uncontrolled by any
power from without. The radicals
in West Virginia would be high
lv Indignant if the Federal
government. or the people of any of our
sister States, assumed authority to COM
pel the enfranchisement of those whom
the West Virginia Legislature has dis
franchised, and our neighbor would
manifest a vast amount of virtuous in
dignatiou if the people of Missouri, for
instance, who refuse to permit their
own citizens engaged in the recent re-
bellion to vote, should assume and
endcavor to exercise the power to
enfranchisc the late rebels in West Nir-
ginia. And yet the radicals in Missouri
have just as much right to compel West
Virginia to repeal her acts of disfran-
chisement as West Virginia, or any other
State, has to insist upon the enfran-
chisement of negroes in South Car
olina. Whether the late rebels are
or are not permitted to vote in
West Virginia is claimed to be
a matter concerning our own
State alone and exclusively within
our own power. Whether negroes
are vi are not permitted to vote
in South Carolina is to be controlled
and decided by the people of that State
alone and is "none of our business"
Especially while we refuse to grant ne
gro suffrage in our own State we are
inexcusable for endeavoring to force it
upon others.
Year: 1866

To be sold, thrashing machine in
good working order; has birch, cane and
strap barrels; warranted TO whip a
school of fifty boys in twenty minutes,
distinguishing their offences into liter
ary, moral and impertinent. Only
parted with because the owner has fog
ged all his school away, and his sons are
TOO big TO beat.
Year: 1866

the President be instructed to issue a war
rant for the production Of DIR. GuIIcK be-
fore the House as soon as possible The
President suggested that the matter was of
small consequence and had better be dropped
without further action After some further
remarks by members, Minister HARRIS Ia
New England mani said he had taken no
part in the discussion, and would not now
60 into the merits of the question. Thirteen
men who voted against the bill had been
called hoopaimeaai. The Ministers we're too
poor to be able TO offer any inducements.
HOopdimed0i meant a man who who Would
sacrifice himself 10 another for food or any
advantage. Ii was the most contemptuons
expression in the Hiwaiian language, with
one or two exceptions.


II meant man that would sell himself
for calabash Of poi. No further action by
the House was necessary after the vote
adopting the resolution. The President and
Clerk are bound to carry out theorder of the
House, and the manner of executing it rests
with them. Within these four walls, if his
Majesty should be on yonder dais are cori-
tained the majesty of the Hawaiian realm,
before which all must bow We have a
hereditary King the mobiles forming the sec
ond estate and the elected representatives,
and there is no appeal from the highest tri-
bunal in the realm, and no power between
us and God. The public have a right to
comment on the laws, but not on the men
who make the laws. He then moved theor-
der of the day, and motion was carried.
Year: 1866

About two or three weeks ago, says
the Montgomery, Ala5ama .Adccrtxer i,
a house near the Fair Grounds, a woman
was found dead on the floor. She had
fallen from The bed, and must have died
during the night. Around her lay ho-
four little daughters, tae Oldest one about
twelve years Of age. Daybreak revealed
to them their mothers dead body lying
en- the foor But this was not all; these
little girls lying around her were DYING
for the want Of bread and attention. In
this dx they were found and brought by
some one, in little cart, to Bishop
Cobb's Home for Orphans. They were
brought there on Friday. When these
little giils came to the Home they were
the picture Of misery and want, and had
scarcely rag On to hide their nakedness;
emaciated and sallow, they Looked ike
living skeletons, and they we're crying for
bread. The baby, about three years cf
age, died on Saturday. The poor little
thing was too near gone for any human
aid to do her any good. She begged for
bread until she died.


Another one named Lizzie, about seven
or eight years of age, died on Wednesday.
She was pretty little girl, but reduced
70 mere skeleton. She begged those
around her to give her some meat and
bread to the last. The other two are still
at the Home. 1t was thought at first
that they would die to- bat the oldes.
one, bright, sweet little girl, is improv-
ing. Her account Of the suffering they
underwent is enough TO melt the hardest
heart to tears-how they cried for bread
aud could not get it-that they had been
drawing rations, but when they all got
sick they sent their ticket by negro
woman, but that the ticket was torn up.
and the answer was, "no more rations
and how their poor sick mother, the even
ing before she died, with tears streaming
down her checks, pressed them to her be-
som-and much more which this little
girl told me in a straightforward manner
and which had truth stamped upon what
she said.


The other little girl, named Mary,
about nine years Of age. IS still very low,
and it is dombtful whether she will ever
get well
Year: 1866

Ninety years alter his death, in HI,
steps were taken to erect to him some
suitable monument but the S.ar,..- 81 tne
Revolution came on and the work wa
forgotten. But recently the question has
been agitated anew, and Williams may
yet at least have some outward sign to
mark his greatness and perpetuate his
name. During period OF one hundred
and eighty three years, not even a rough
stone has been set up TO mark the grave
Of the founder Of Rhode Island, till the
precise locality Of his grave had been al
most forgotten, and could only be ascer-
taiued after the mos. careful inyestiga-
ton. Suffice it to say. however, the spot
was found and the exhumation made a
short time aso-thoush there was little
to exhume.


On seraping of the turf from The sur
face of the ground the dim outline Of
seven graves, contained within less than
one square rod, revealed the burial
ground Of Roger Williams. In Colonial
times each family had its own burial
ground, which Was usually near the family
residence Three of these seven graves
were those OF children the remaining
four were adults. The easterly grave
was identified as that Of Mr.. Williams
On digging down in the ''charnel house."
it was found that everything lad passed
into oblivion The shapes CT the coffins
could only be traced by a black line of
carbonaceous matter the thickness of the
edges Of the collins, with their ends dis
tnctly defined The rrsted remains Of
the hinges and nails, With a few frag-
ments Of wood and single round knot,
was al, that could be gathered from his
grave. In the grave Of his wife there
was not trace Of anything save single
lock of braided hair, which had survived
the lapse of more than one hundred ard
eighty years.
Year: 1866

Near the grave stosd q venerable apple
tree, when and by whom planted is not
known. This tree had sen, two Of its
main roots into the graves CT NJ. and
Mrs. Williams. The larger root had
pushed its way through the earth till it
reached the precise spot occupied BY the
skull OF Roger Williams. There making
a turn, as If going round the skull, it sol
lowed the direction Of the backbone to
the hips. Here it divided into two
branches, sending one along each leg to
the heel, where they both turned upward
to the toes. One of these roots formed a
Sigh, crook at the knee, which makes
the whole bear very close resemblance
10 a human form. This singular root is
preserved with great care, not only as an
illustration of great principle in vege-
iation, but for its great historic associa-
ton. There were the graves, emptied OF
every particle of human dust.


Not trace of anything was left 1t
is known TO chemistry that all flesh, and
the geiatinous matter giving consistency
to the bones, are resolved into carbonic
/ acid gas, water and air, while the solid
lime dust usually remains. But in this
case even the phosphate Of lime of the
bones Of both graves were all gone. There
stood the guilty apple tree" as it was
said at the time, caught in TIE very act
Of 'rob5iEg the grave"


To explain the phenomenon is not the
design Of this article Such an expla-
Dation could be given, aud many other
similar cases adduccd. But this fact
must be admitted the organic matter OF
Rogen Williams had been transmitted in
to .he apple tree it had passed into the
woody fibre and was capable Of propelling
a steam engine; it had doomed in :he
apple blossoms, aud had become pleasant
TO the eye; and more, it had gone into
the fruit from J car to year, SO that the
question might be asked, who ate Roger
Williams ?-Hqrtford Press.
Year: 1866

The Germans in Missouri are invi-
ting their friends in the Fatherland to
come over and take up the unoccnpied
lands in that State, which yet belong
to the government. 1t is said there
are over six millions of acres of these
lands yet to be had at one dollar and
a quarter an acre, and much Of it is
very good. Some of the Germans are
already on their way, and it is expect
ed that large increase Of the popula.
ton of Missouri will result from this
movement.
Year: 1866

Attention is called to the card of the
Chicago Engraving Company, found
on the first page. They do all kinds
Of engraving on wood and on metal.
We have had some deal with this Com
pany Of late and find it composed of
honorable and reliable men. They do
excellent work and their charges are
moderate.
Year: 1866

In our special notice column will be
found an advertisement of Messrs
Shaw & Clark's Family Sewing Ma
chine, the only good sewing machine
that can now be purchased for less
than forty dollars.
Year: 1866

a horse-steaier, named Hiram Carpenter,
recently escaped from the Orleans county
Jail, at Albion New York, but was retaken.
He has given the following account oi his
escape underground


'l should never have thought about ,ry-
ing to gel out, but heard that my woman
was sick, aud got ii inio my head she was
going 10 die. | wanted TO see her, and
asked them TO take me to her house. | was
willing 10 60 there in hand-cufis and shack
les, and child might have taken me, for I
wouldn't have offered TO get away. But


they kept putting me of, and made up my
mind would gel out and see her or die in
irying. So went at il.


81 raised up the pump box and found
there was hole in the haging large enough
10 pass through. | laid down on my face
on the floor and backed into the hole feet
first. found the we'll pIastered near the
Top, so hanging on with my hands let my
self down as tar as could and dropped
found bottom al about twenty feel, landing


in mud and wafer two feet deep. After re-
covering from tie shock of The fall took off
my boots, tied them around my neck with
my handkerchief, and clambered up within
Ten or twelve ieet of the top. The only
tool had was a piece of iron about six
inches long and half or three quarters of an
inch square. With this went 10 work and
after some labor dislodged stone from the
wall. In very short time was at work
in the dirt. supposed the foundations of
the Jail went down about eight feet, and
calculated TO begin down low enough to
come up slanting under them. had noih>
ing to cal or drink, and had nearly died for
lack of air. | worked steadily all the time
was in here, and hard work it was ioo.-
worked lying on my lace, with the iron in
my hand above me, scraping the dirt until
the weight on my head was all that could
bear, when backed down and pushed it
behind me into the stone filling around the
wall. When GO, near the surface ! found
il hard digging. The ground had been filed
in, il was full OF stones and frozen hard
The hole al The surface was so small that
took off my clothing TO get through il.
/ finally got out into the air, about 10 o.
clock Wednesday night, having tunnelIed
about twelve feet, and worked at il thirty
Two hours o. the hardest work | ever did =
On reaching the street | managed TO walk,
! but you would thought was drunk if yor
had seen me; | staggered SO lha. the eide
! walk wasn't wide enough for me-"
Year: 1866

Women have been detected IN smuggling
whiskey from Canada in cans made in the
shape Of babies which bold four or five gal
Ions each. About thirty women, each with
bogus baby of this sort were captured in
one day no, long since.
Year: 1866

The New York papers give accounts OF a
tragedy which occurred in Prince street in
that city on Wednesday night, the murderer
being an Irshman named Jerry 0'Brien, and
his victim Miss Kate Smith, from PrOv-
dence, aged twenty-o years. The cause
of the assault was jealousy, O'Brien ON his
return from the invasion of Canada finding
himself discarded lover He sought not,
however, to wreak his vengeance upon the
man who brought upon him his woe, but
upon the unfortunate victim of his passion,
whom he had no money to support. On
Saturday night week he met her upon
the street, and assaulted her with a club or
knife with the intention of killing her But
in this he was thwarted by the timely inter
ference of the police, by whom he was AZ
rested The girl made charge against him
of assault and battery, which was to have
been tried last Tuesday, but she failed to ap-
pear against him, The particulars of the
tragedy are thus described:


In the vicinity of the scene of the tragedy
is fish market. The monstrous knives
that fishmongers have for hacking to pieces
their merchandise are well known to every
body, BY some means or other-how, it is
profound mystery nOw-o' 'Brien got pos.
session of one of those knives 1t is fright.
full thing TO look at when one thinks of its
being plunged into human flesh, and of its
dripping with human gore. Armed with
this knife, O'Brien was prepared for hi:
work. The next step was to get at his vic.
tim. He has a means ready at hand and q
tool ready to do his bidding. The means
was a letter, the tool a thief who was to con
vey it to her. He took it and went to the
house, rang the basement bell; and sent.ur
the letter. All that it was desired to know
was found out. Miss Smith was in. O'Brier
has a night key. Unknown to any one he
sneaks up stairs with his huge knife con
cealed in his clothing He opens the dool
to the little attic room where she slept, and
found her at her toilette. Soon there wer,
heard by the girls on the floor below words
Year: 1866

To FENCE AGAINST FLooDs.-Take two
short, heavy posts, say three feet long, set
into the ground and extending above some
ten or twelve inches. A pole six inches in
diameter, and of sufficient length to span
the stream, or if for a meadow, twelve to
fourteen feet long, forms the bottom rail Of
the fence. This should be cut fat on one
side and the ends rounded down to about
two inches, so as to fit into corresponding
holes in the aforementioned posts about
six inches from the ground. Aboard, or flat
rail the length of the panel, forms the TOP
rail, and to this and to the fattened side ol
the pole, are to be nailed the uprights at a
distance proper to oppose the stock intended
to pasture on the land-these to be nailed on
the upstream side, The panel is now made
and is to be fixed upright by forcing the
lower or downstream side with poles sci
slantingly for the purpose, and abutting
against the top rail of the panel to which
this should be nailed. When during @
freshet the water presses against the fence
the props give way and the panel falls down
with the ends or edges of the boards present
ed to the line of the current and offer but
little resistance to it. When the storm OF
flood is over, all that is necessary is to go tc
work, and after raising it up, prop it at
before, and it is as good as eyer. We have
seen this fence and were told thatit answers
all the purposes desired.
Year: 1866




SoNAMBULIsM.-We know of well au-
thenticated and curious case Of sonambulism
which happened in town not far from New
York, last week. A young lady came over
TO the city and went with her uncle and
aunt to spend the day in Central Park. On
the way they had talk with the conductor
of one of the cars near the Astor House, as
to which route they should take to the Park.
The discussion seems to have impressed
itself on the young lady's mind, for the fol-
lowing morning she rose, dressed herself,
put money in her purse, went to the station,
bought ticket and return ticket for New
York city, twelve miles distant, came into
Hoboken on the cars, crossed the ferry, and
was talking to a conductor near the Astor
House, when-she awokei She Immediately
took return train for home and her arrival
an hour after, much relieved her friends, who
were searching for her in the town


Sonambulism seems TO be epidemic in
that place, for we hear of another quasi case
on Friday night, as follows:-A gentleman
residing there and doing business in New
York city, has little son who is given to
sleep-walking expeditions now and then
about the house. On the night in question
the gentleman awoke, saw something
white " moving about the room, and told
his wife, there's c.; he is walking in his
sleep again" He got out of bed to wake
c., when the something white " moved
rapidly towards the window and out to the
great alarm of the gentleman, who thought
his son had jumped out of the window in
the sonambulic state. Meanwhile the mother
visited the nursery and found her boy safely
and soundly sleeping in bed. The gentle
man returned from his frantic rush to the
window, where, by-the-by, he saw some
thing white" get into wagon and drive
rapidly away, to find that his pantaloons
pockets were minus pocket-book containing
few autographs of F. E. Spinner and a
check for one hundred and fifty dollars,-N.
T. World.
Year: 1866

SCENE IN -Strangcr-Have you
good, strong porter about the house p
Clerk eagerly we have the strong
est one about tho place. Stranger-ls he
intelligents Clerk-Yes. Stranger-One
point more; do you consider him fearless
that is, bold and courageous? Clerk-As
for that matter, l know he is; he would not
be afraid Of the devil himself. Stranger
Now Mr.. Clerk, If your porter is intelligent
enough to find room No. III, fearless
enough to enter, and strong enough to carry
my trunk which is tiled with clothing from
Sam Perry's popular clothing emporium to
the depot-just send him up and Ill pay
charges.
Year: 1866

TEE KvER. intense cold Of last
night closed the river at this point ard We
may now look for an early crossing. or in
other words free bridge which sill greats
ly benefit the business Of the city. The
river closed below here. at Rockingham, on
Inn.4lav
Year: 1866

Tu:s EVENING The Culored Church and
Sunday School have their Festival and
Christmas tree this evening They EXPECT
to have a pleasant time For some time
past the members. .havc b en- raising money
for their church, and we are informed have
met with "A fair success.
Year: 1866

A young clerk at St. Louis, on Sunday,
undertook to kill himself by shooting, be-
cause a gentleman would not let him marry
his daughter. He went into lumber ward.
and commenced preliminary prayer, when
three Of his young friends surprised him,
took away his pistol, and advised him to
elope with the girl
Year: 1866

The Democratic party was ushered into
existence by the treason of Aaron Burr, in
endeavering to found Southwestern Con.
federacy, while it was ushered out of life By
the treason of jeff Davis, endeavoring to
found Southern Confederacy. Thus the
Alpha and the Omega of Democracy is the
same-Treason
Year: 1866

Returned to the County Commission
ers by the Collectors of the several town
ships and boroughs for the taxes due
and unpaid thereon for the year 1855
and previous years. in pursuance of
the Act of Assembly in such case made
and provided. In pursuance whereof
the said Treasurer will expose the said
property to public sale at the Court
House in Clearfield, on the I'd Monday
of June next, Che Ilth day.)
Year: 1866

Every person who tolls daily upon farm
In warm weather should be careful to prac-
tice system Of ablution at the close of each
DAYS labor. Sometimes he may be so ex
hausted as to render this anything but an
inviting performances; yet, by It's omission
he loses much Of the refresh hment which the
hours Of repose are designed to impart. =,
Cleanliness OF person is essential to sound
and refreshing slumber, hence the labor Of
keeping one person clean is amply repaid
by the elasticity which follows from .pightly
ablutions before retiring forest, These are
especially requisite during haying and har-
yesting season, when profuse rperspirratior
is,a certain concomitant OF hard and pro
tracted labor. Keep clean and sleep sound


ly-go to bed unwashed and rise In the


morning unrefrsshed, With feeling oflassi


tude which the exertions of the day will
hardly be able 10 remove. Rural New
Yorker. $50. g. lisjraa t.rs
Year: 1866

A California paper tells the following Of
Lieut. Derby, John Phoenix, the humorist:
Zone evening at the theater, Phoenix OBJ
served man sitting three seats In front.
whom he thought he knew he requested
the person sitting next to him, to punch the
other individual with his cane. The polite
stranger did so, and the disturbed person
turning his head little, he discovered his
mistakc--that he was not the person he
took him for. Fixing his attention stead
fastly on thy. play and affecting unconscious
ness of the whole affair, he left the man
with the cane to settle with the other for
the disturbance. who, being wholly without
an excuse, there was, of course. ludicrous
and embarrassing scene-during all Of which
Phoenix was profoundly interested in the
play. ea. t


At last the man with the cane asked,
rather Indignantly: Didn't you tell me to
punch that man with my stick ?"


Yes"


"And what did you want2"


/ II wanted to see whether you would
punch him or not" s5
Year: 1866

SINGULAR PHENOMENON. During q
thunder storm at Cleveland Thursday night
a singular circumstance occurred at the res
idence of F. T. Backus, Esq, of that city.
The occupants of the upper part of the
house heard sharp and sudden report, as
Of the discharge of gun in the hall. but
those sleeping below heard nothing of it.
In the morning it was found that about two
feet square Of plastering beneath the win
dow sill of one of the upper rooms at the
back of the house. had been detached in
solid piece and carried across the room nine
feet where 1t struck with great violence
against the door. The plastering of the
room had previously been without q crack,
and the part of the wall from which the
piece was detached was beneath the roof of
the rear buildings which reached to the win
dow sill of the room. Net mark of any
kind can be found on the exterior of the
building. The heaviest thunder of the
night followed, closely the noise heard in the
a
Year: 1866

During the violent storm which took
place on Saturday evening last stable be.
longing to Mr. John Mehaffsy, ST., in this
place was struck by lightning and entirely
consumed. In less than five minutes after
seeing the fash and hearing the thunder the
alarm of fire was circulated throughout the
town and many of our citizens proceeded
through the raging storm to the vicinity OF
the FIRE, but only in time to save adjoining
buildings from taking fire. Had It not been
for the heavy rain which was falling during
the, whole time the building was burning,
there can be but little doubt that many
other buildings would have shared the same
fate. Il Cambridge Times. 80 i1Tu49