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Year: 1866

H-Is there a man living whs will pre-
tend to say that the present Jury has been
summoned without fear. affection, favor OF
partially? Had they been selected with
out partiality and withuut some object is
view other than the mere ends Of jnstice is
it likcly-is it possible that every man Of
them SHOULD be Of the Radical faith, as ID
now the case? Mover before in the histo-
ry Of the country, we believe. has ich q
thing occurred. The result Of their Ia
bors we think will show their strictly par
tisan character and tho object for which
they have been specially selected. When
they have been dis charged and gone to
their homes we shall be better able to
judge and scan their actions.
Year: 1866

@ Maryland having proved "disloy al
to Radic.lism to degree that forbids all
hope Of reformation for the next half CEN
tury. the "bread and butter" patriots Of
that party are casting about for the ways
and means to retain their power and posi-
tions in defiance of the will of the MAORI
ty. The scheme they now propose is as
diabolical as the imagination of Radicali-
ism can conceive.


1t is nothing more nor less than through
the power Of Congress to upset the State
Government and substitute in its stead a
Territorial Government, to be, of course,
under the control of Congress. Whether
the people of Maryland will quietly con-
sent to be deprived Of their State Govern
ment and thus summarily elected from the
Union which they aided in forming for the
mere purpose sfperpetuating power in the
hands Of needy political Adventures re-
mains to be seen. Although it is talked
of and urged, we doubt if even Congress
can be brought to pcrpctuate so great a
wrong as this would be.
Year: 1866

~The instituting of suits against the
Radical Judges of Election in this county
for their rejection of Registered votes on
the day Of Election is still going on and
it is hoped will still continue until not one
man is left the disfranchised who has not
sought legal redress for his wrongs. II
such things are tamcly submitted to there
is no telling where these outragcs will stop
or who will be the next victim of Radio al
persecution.
Year: 1866

@No party can be long successful
and keep the enemy on guard, or in other
words, in the positions Of honor and profit
at their disposal. This is exac, ,ly what
che Conservative party is now doing s:d
il long Econtinned will eventuatc in its
ruin. Ifa party is to bc built up yon
must reward those who have borne the
brunt Of the battle. Is this being done?
The large number of Radical officials who
who still hold position under a Gov ern-
ment they oppose is sufficient answer to
the interrogatory. Why not have some
concert Of action that will insure thei
prompt removal? This it only n. eds and
their removal and the substitution Of good
and true men in their stead will bo assur-
ed. Cannot something be done? This
diily-dally policy never has and never will
long,succeed. If the leaders will not move
lot the masses take the matter in hand
and demand clean sweep Of all who are
not fair and square on tho platform.
This is a question in which feelings of
delieacy" should not be permitted to have
weight. Did over your opponents permits
anything Of that kind to sway their
action? Even from them we may some
tines learn lessons Of wisdom.
Year: 1866

The Philadelphia Age, in an article entitled
1.-THE Remedy for Fansticism," t" says:


The daty Of the conservative party ofthe coun-
try at this crisis il to stand firm upon the great
underlying principles Of our government, and
oppose all manifestations Of fanaticism; come
from what quarter they may. Concessions will
not disarm the party in power, or induce them
to abandon their designs upon the vitality of this
representative form of government. The do
not mean that the present amendment to the
Constitution shall be final settlement of the
vexed question now disturbing the nation.


Net one of their leading men has given an as
surance that if the South accepts this change,
representation will follow as a consequence. They
demand this actisn from the Southern States,
and that, too, in the face ofa knowledge based
It will not produce the result so desired by the
patriotic men of this nations reunion of the
States, and the cor sequent return ofpeacs and
prosperity to the people. Fanaticism is hostile
to the we'll being Of this nation. Its designs are
to agitate, to inhame the public mind and, ta-
king advantage Of power thus obtained, to uu-
dermine the government, and hold authority by
force, and not by the will of the people 1t is
the duty of all men who are in favor of the re.
publican form of government to oppose these fa.
natics, to resist every enroachment, TO eoncede
nothing, and his duty must be perform ed, ti
there is no hope for the Democratic lparty or.ths
nativn
Year: 1866

"Why stand re here all the day rdIe1''


@ BY their hesitancy and indecision
the Conservative party of this county are
on the point o.. losing all the advantages Of
the great victory achieved in this State
There appears disposition, among the
leaders at least. to tamely submit. to the
fraud and intimidation practiccd by the
Radicals at the recent election, and per-
nit without question the delegates from
this county to take their seats in the Leg
islature. This is wrong. We have alrea-
dy been too long misreprcscnted, and a
quiet acquiescence in these things has on
ly emboldened our opponents, and the evil
effects will be felt hereafter if We now al
low them to enjoy the fruits oftheir ill-got-
ten victory. ..a { ..


If our candidates do not themselves iu-
tend to contest the matter, they should let
the masses of the party know it, for we
feel confident that they will at least enter
their protest against the Radical delegates
taking thci rscats and ask to have the matter
referred back to the people. They would
prefer, however, to have tho candidate them
selves move in the matter. 1t is the short
est and easiest msde Of bringing the sub
ject to the attention of the Legislature. -
The legal notice of thirty days should be
at once served on the parties claiming to
be elected, at the end of which time, the
taking Of testimony should be commenced
so as to open the ball at the opening of the
session.


Let the idea either be abandoned alto
gether and all talk of it hushed, or lot
prompt, vigorous action be commenced -
The people are beginning 10 weary of SO
much blowing and bluster without some
work.
Year: 1866

ES'Every citizen. and especially the
taxpayers of this county, is deeply inter-
ested in the Western Maryland Railroad,
and were therefore astounded at tho cleo
tion of a party of so questionable a char
actcr as John Lee Chapman to the Presi-
dency. and particularly with the recent
dcvslopements of his almost criminal GU
pidity staring the Board of Directors in
the face.


What will then be their feelings when
it is told them that the facts developed
since his election point strongly to scheme
of peculation on the part of this gentleman,
amounting to several hundred thousands
of dollars, to. be shared possibly by him
self, the contractors and, wcll-we won't
say the Directors.


1t is known that the old Board, preyi-
Gus to retiring, contracted with certain
parties for the construction of the road
to lIa:erstown. By this contract the road
was to be entirely upon the soil of "Loyal
Maryland"-the South Mountain was TO be
tunneled so as to shorten as much as pos
sible the route. Another route, through
Pennsylvania, was proposed which avoid
ed tunnel and could be built at cost of
few hundred thousand dollars less. The
old President and Board of Directors
adopted as we have before stated, the Ma
ryland route, 7bclieving thst the shorter
distance more than compensated for the
additional cost, and then they avoided the
danger of having the road tapped by q
Pennsylvania road and the trade which
of right belonged to this State and its
commercial Metropolis carried off to 9TH
er cities.


The new President and Board, it il
said, have or intend to change the con-
tract and adopt the longest and the foreign
route, whereby considerable saving in
construction is made. This might be made
to appear as polite and just to the casual
observer on the score Of economy. But it
is charged, and we see no reason to doubt
it, that the stockholders are not to be ben
Gifted by this saving, but it is to innre to
the benefit of John Lee Chapman and pos
sibly others.


Independent of the fact that tho stuck
holders save nothing by the change, the
lengthcning of the road will provo a Sc
rious drawback to its prospects for all time
to come. as has been the experience of ev-
cry road in the country where more regard
has been paid to the economy of first con-
siruction than to shortening the distance
The Baltimore and Ohio is notable ex-
ample of this truth. aud they have for
years past been expending immense sums
annually in shortening their road. While
all other roads are seeking the shortest and
most direct route from the seaboard to the
interior, without regard to original cost of
construction, this company is seeking the
longest, because it may be more chcaply
constructed and leave larger fund to be
divided among-we hope, none Of the Di-
rectors from this county.


AS the Legislature is soon to meet, we
hope some steps will be taken to vcntilate
this radical scheme Of corruption and pluu-
der, and save our people from having their
money spent in the construction Of road
in foreign State, and which may be turn
ed to their disadvantage and ruin.
Year: 1866

Democrntic SENATORS Con he Bought.


wAsmseToN, April 4, 1865.
The radicals here openly boast that they have their
fingers upon two democratic members Of New jersey
Senate who willing to sell out though their price 70
considered rather heavy 1t Is thought better policy TO
wait and scove cannot be dagooned into line before
completing bargain which will be very costly and may
thus be avoided. They pretend to feel uneasncss,
they have the power staving off the final vote
the Civil Rights bill long they please and are conf
dent ultimately Of bringing the refractory scoyci to
terms
Year: 1866

Are alrost universal effects cure can be almost
always guaranteed.


FOR BILIOUS DISEASES
Nothing can be more productive of cure than these Pills
Their almost magic influence felt and the usual
concoatants of the most distressing disease removed
These remedies are made from the purest


VEGETABLE COMPOUNDS.
They will not harm the most delicate female and can be
given with good prescribed doses the youngest


FOR CUTANEoUs DISORDERS
And all erupons Of skn the sALVE invaluable
1t does not heal externally alone but with the
searching effects to the very roet Of the evil
Year: 1866

in and take the money from under your
hands and carry it away TO build up
their own country. They are not
ashamed to make money from any class
of men


The negro has certainly not been as
much our enemy as his enemies and
others have desired and striven to make
him but the influence oftheir bad ad-
vice to him and the kind of lessons they
give him is quite apparent in South
Carolina and Louisiana, where industry
and good order are far less observable
and more ill-feeling exists between Inc
races, than elsewhere in the South


1t may be that in those States OWING
to this pestilent teaching, serious DIM
culties will early arise; if we would pre-
vent them among US, we should occupy
the field of instruction ourselves, and as
the negro in Mississippi, as well as In
Alabama, is willing to look at home tor
his instructors, we should encourage
HMM obtaining them.


We have spoken of the education OF
the raoro bv ourselves as a matter OF
interest, but is also recognized by our
ministers of religion as one of duty
Decided expressions to this effect have
been given forth by ecclesiastical judlca-
lures of the Episcopal, Presbyterian
Baptist and Methodist Churches, and
from one of the latter, the Montgomery
Alabama Conference, which met a few
weeks since, we quote the following reso-
| lutions:


Resolved, That we consider 1t duty
urgently incumben: upon our members
and worthy of the best pastoral care and
oversight, that Sabbath Schools be or
ganized for the benefit of the colored
children and youth, wherever practicable
in which they may be taught the prin,
cples of tn stian religion and also
to read the 'of God.


That we recommend to our people to
countenance and encourage day schools
for the education of colored childfSh
under proper regulations and trustworthy
| teachers.


We earnestly second these recon-
mendations The negro is not to blame
in that freedom was unwisely and inju,
riously thrust upon him, and he deserves
compassion rather than anger from us
even for the follies and rudenesses ht
commits under its intoxicating inHu
ences. 1t is astonishing to us that he
| behaves so well give him radical in
struction and advice and teach him al
the dlabolism of New England anC
the sans culOtteS of the European CONT
nent, and we may have just canse tc
! hate him. If we take his instruction
into our own hands, and give him ON
ideas, we will stay the torrent which
threatens to overwhelm us. The negro
educated by the Yankee will be more
| dangerous than the Yankee himself
The negro educated by ourselves viii
double our strength. Let us encourage
Southern men to teach the negro.
Year: 1866

Some designing white men circulated a
report among the negroes in Macon Ga, to
the effect that gold and silver were depre-
ciating and would soon be worth nothing.
Under the influence of this ridiculous story
many of them were defrauded of their small
hoardings of specie.
Year: 1866

DOMESTIC RECEIpTs-To MAKE HARD
SoAP-Pour four gallons of boiling wa
ter over. six pounds of washing soda (sal
soda) and three pounds of unslacked
lime. Stir the mixture we'll, aud let it
settle until it is perfectly clear. 1t is
better to let it stand all night. as il
takes some time for the sediment to set
tie. When clear, strain the water, put
six pounds of fat with it, and boil for two
hours, stirring it most Of the time. If il
does not seem thin enough, put another
gallon of water on the grounds, stir and
drain off, and add as is wanted to the
boiling mixture. Its thickness can be
tried by occasionally putting little on
a plate to COOL Stir in handful of salt
just before taking it off the fire. Have a
tub ready soaked, to prevent the SOAP
from Sticking, pour it in, and let it settle
until solid, when you will have from the
above quantity of ingredients about forty
pounds of nice white soap.
Year: 1866

At a recent marriage, the fair bride
was the daughter of q sea Captain. The
old salt participated in the ceremony by
giving away the bride, and then address
ing the bridegroom.


There youngster take her, you are
welcome to the huh spars and blocks, but
damme if you mustn't find sails and rig
ging."
Year: 1866

Never be afraid 81 becoming an old
maid, fair reader. An old maid is far


more honorable than heartless wife;
and single blessedness' Is greatly su-
perior, in point OF happiness, 10 we'd
ded life without love. Fall not in
love, dear girl-beware" says the
song. But we DO not agree with said
song on this question. On the con-
trary, we hold that ii is n good thing
to fall in love or get in love, if the
loved object be Q worthy one. To fan
in love with an honorable man is rs
proper as it IS for an honorable maa to
fall in love with a avirtuous and amiahle
woman; and what could be a more
gratifying spectacle than n sight SO
pure, 50 approaching in its devotion to
the celestial? Ne; fall in love Is soon
a. YOU like, provided it be with n suit
able person. Fail in love, and then
marry; bat never marry unless you do
love. That's the great point. Never

marry for "a "homep or a husband -
Never degrade yourself by becoming
a party to such an alliance. Never
sell yourself, body and soul, on terms
SO contemptible. Love dignifies all
things; it ennobles all conditions.
With love, the marriage rite is truly n
sacrament. Without 1t, the ceremony
IS base fraud, and the act a human
desecrasion. Marry for love, or not a
all. BE an "old maidp If fortune
throws not in your way the man of
your heart; and though the witless
may sncer and the Jester may laugh,
you still have your reward i'm an APP
proving conscience and a compary-
lively peaceful life.


For well-to-1o bachelors we have no
sympathy They ought to be taxed
of all they are worth, to
support women and children.
Year: 1866

IEADTNG johnson men are defcnd-
ing 4 foreign war on the ground that
it would force an immediate recon-
strucsioa, and they affirm that the
country can be carried with Johnson
either upon the enforcement of the
Monroe doctrine or the collection OF
the Alabama claims.
Year: 1866

TRIcHINA.-The Chicago Academy OF
Science have had trichina under consideration
for more than a month past, and have made an
elaborate report They do net think there has
been single instance authentically reported
in America of death from trichina. In their
view, il would be folly 10 discard this kind OF
meat from our list OF articles Of food. when all
possibility Of INJURY attending its use may be
avoided by the most simple means. Let the
people understand that only one hog in three
hundred contains trichina In suficient num-
bers TO cause considerable danger, and that
even in these cases the worms are renderd in :
nocuous by proper smoking, drying or cook
ing
Year: 1866

Among the distinguished arrivals in our city
yesterday, was an eminenty colored visitor who,
with charming modesty, announces himself to
men by the name only of Henry. Henry comes
from Ouachita parish, and is now erplott6.iDg the
city for the first time. We regret to have to
chronicle the fact that his first introduction to us
was made under such circumstances as to perhaps
lead him to regard with suspicion his new ac-
quaintances. His exact reason for thinking 50 is,
that Immediately upon his landing he was accost-
ed by stranger of too pleasing address, who
soon convinced him that it would be for his inter
est to exchange his watch for that of his new
friends What added to the plausibility of the
argument was that Henry's watch did not keep
time, and the strangers did. The exchange was
made, and would have been so definitely, but that
police officer was witness of the transaction
and thought that the matter had better be referred
to the authorities at the Second District police
station The most amusing part of the matter
was that Henry's watch proved the most worthless
Of the two, and in view of the further fact that
the watchman had license to have goods upon
the levee, the matter was dismissed, and the
parties left to 90 trade or travel, as they might
deem proper.
Year: 1866

When every other prescription has disappointed
expectation, in cases where the system is suffering
from the effects of mineral medicines the power
fuI vegetable corrective-Red Jacket Bitters-wl
restore the tone of the digestive apparatus, quiet
the nerves, and arrest the action of the poison
upon the secretve organs and the blood.
Year: 1866

short time since we had occasion to notice an
admirable institution, which is being established
here by the Society Of St. Vincent de Paul, as a
home for friendless and destitute boys. The so.
ciety, notwithstanding the poverty of its present
resources, is about to venture upon opening the
institution speedily; and to assist the benevolent
project, the ladies of the families of members of
the society are preparing to give fair in Decem-
ber next, at Masonic Hall. There are eight con
ferences Of the society already in existence in the
city, and the proposed fair may be looked for as
one Of the finest entertainments of the kind that
has ever been given in New Orleans.
Year: 1866

The coroner yesterday held inquests upon the
following bodies:


Upon a colored infant found dead of cholera at
275 Bourbon street.


Upon colored stillborn infant found dead at
the corner Of Tchoupitoulas and Gaienne streets
Year: 1866

weak EYEs.-The principal source of weak
eyes is indigestion. The Red Jacket Filters re-
move indigestion, they invigorate the system tone
the stomach, and make life Of T.Isery one OF
health and strength.
Year: 1866

A DEAD HUSBAND TURNS UP.-Another
case of the dead coming to life has just been
brought to light in the registers Office of this
county. A citizen of Reading who ealisted in
the early part Of the war, and frome"hom no
information was had for some time, was given
up for dead. His supposed widow, in order TO
draw certain legacy which in the meantime
became payable to the husband, took out letters
of administration on his estate, drew the legacy
and was again married Immediately tbereupon.
A few weeks afterwards the husband-not dead,
but ligipg-called at the registers Office, where
he was informed that letters of administration on
his estate had been granted to his supposed
widow, whereupon he instituted legal proceed
ings against the administering and her sureties
in order to recover back, not bis wife, as he al
legged, but the legacy. This is the second case
of a similar nature that has occurred in the reg
ister's Office Of this county within the last three
months Reading Gazette.
Year: 1866

In the year 1882, before steam had
driven the old packet ships from the
seas, Philadelphia was the port to which
the best and most popular vessels be-
longed. There was one line, especially
that held its place in the public favor
long after the steamers commenced to
make such havoc in the old state of af.
fairs. The largest and feetest of the
vessels of this line was the Sovereign of
the Seas; and sure am 1 that finer
ship never spread her canvas to the
breeze. Everything was fitted up on a
scale of the utmost magni6cence, and
nothing was left undone that could in
the least contribute to the comfort of
the passengers.


The Captain, Bridges by name, was
an old sailor. He had been born at sea
and had passed all but the first twelve
years of his life on salt water. He loved
the noble old ship which he commanded
better than himself, and her loss was
the hardest blow that ever fell upon him.
How this came about it is the purpose
of these lines to relate.


The year 1882 is memorable for the
fury with which that terrible scourge,
the cholera, swept through the busy,
populated cities of Europe and Ameri-
ca. There are many still living who
remember with what terror people
watched the progress of the pestilence
through the land, and how they suffered
almost death from their fears.


1t was on bright July morning in
this terrible year, that the Sovereign Of
the Seas sailed out of the Mersey for
Philadelphia. She had thirty passen-
gers in the cabin, and three hundred in
the steerage. All were cheerful and
happy, and no one dreamt of the troub-
les that we're to beset their voyage. They
were leaving land in which the pesti-
lence was just beginning to appear, and
seeking a new world, which as yet the
scourge had left untouched. The fine
weather and balmy breezes gave them
great cause for hope, and it would have
been strange had any one experienced a
fear for the future.


Among the cabin passengers was a
young officer of the American navy,
Lieutanant Walter Fairfax. He had
been stationed in the Mediterranean !;
but his health had failed there, and he
was now going back to the United
States to recover it. He was q fine,
handsome fellow, and withal genuine
seaman. The Captain, who was also an
American, took fancy to him from the
first, and his friendship seemed to be
fully returned by the Lieutenant. He
kept the Captain company in his watch
and frequently relieved him of his du-
ties


The Sovereign of the Seas had now
been at sea six days. The weather had
been all that could be desired, and the
swift sailing craft had made excellent
time The log showed that she was
fully up to her usual speed, and the
Captain declared there was no doubt
that they would reach Philadelphia
quicker this time than on any previous
voyage.


On the seventh day the weather grew
cooler, and a misty, disagreeable rain
began to fall about twilight, which con-
tinued all night and the next day. On