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Year: 1867

THERE are many people in the world who
make it practice to sponge for the reading OF
newspapers without any expense to them
selves. This has often been noticed and COM
mented upon They are not confined to any
particular locality, but are found wherever the
newspaper goes An exchange lhioks that
there are more ofthis class there than elsewhere;
but we have kuown men Of means to hang
around a store where the proprietor takes
paper, for the mere purpose of reading the
paper, and getting the news without its costing
them anything There are scores Of families
whose parental heads spend enough in bad rum
and tobacco weekly to pay for dozen news
papers, and still persist in sponging what little
information they get of what is going on in the
world from their neighbor. Any man who can
afford to indulge in rum, beer, cider, or tobacco
can abundantly afford to subscribe and pay for
a newspaper for the benefit OF himself and
his family, and he is an enemy to their best
interests who fails so to do continuously
Georqeto,cn Courier.
Year: 1867

SHARKS. We PROFOUND no new truth when
we affirm that We have class of men in the
South who regard the present chaotic state OF
affairs as their own especial harvest time.


These people assemble round the body polite
as the raVenous sharks do about the vast
carcass Of a dead whale. and as the inexorable
jaws of those Ishmaels of the ocean rend. the
blubber of the Leviatban, so do the unsuitable
appetites Of these adventurers crave the spolls
Of Office, and the plunder of the public tisc-
They look upon the science of government as
the philosophy Of organized anarchy; and IL
lustrate with unblushing audaicity the great
photographers definition of patriotism, !"
when be pronounced it to be the ''last refuge
ofscoundrels. ''-NortoM Tirginlo7,. ..-
Year: 1867

The IILLER's WIFE.-The following interest
ing tale comes from Mexico =" II appears that
an old miller in that elegant corner of creation
had very beautiful young wife. of whom lie
jealous in the extreme, and took out his souiGge-
n'eHt of that in thwaclliDg the lovely being.
There was certain cook, CT the male species,
young, handsome, and fat, with black eyes and
moustache, who came to the mill from the hotel
to buy -four, and hearing the distress of the
lovely one first, and seeing her second, became,
Of course, dreadfully in love. Some one told the
miller. All the town began to talk Of the fact,
and to laugh at the foury One day the
cool, and the lovely young wife suddenly disap-
peared, and merrily laughed the Mczicans at the
miller's notwithstanding went down but the
scandal Of the clopement of the miller's wife and
the cook. The miller scowled vengefuly upon
all the town, and 50 time passed by nothing
more heard of the cook and the miller
wife by any one. Two years after the miller was
pleased to die, and to inform the world in pa
per which was left to be opened after his death,
and to be published in the town, that the cook
and his (the-miler's) wife had, by his planning,
eloped into an oven two years since and been
baked that he would have got rid OF them else
wise but for the jeering of the public therefore,
lie had ground them up in large mass of corn,
which the townspeople were pleased to compli-
ment him for as being exceeding rich and nu-
trtious, and lie only hopes that they will enjoy
the reminiscence much as he did the remain
der of his life that he was spared, Whenever he
looked upon q townsIlan."
Year: 1867

The Chicago Tribune, among other papers, ad-
vocates the adoption of constitutional proyi-
sion making impartial suffrage imperative in
every State, and presents the following forcible
argument


The rebel States may provide for impartial
suffrage as condition for re-admission, but
where is the guarantee that once admitted they
will not Withdraw the suffrage from that liberal
system and restore the present discriminating
rule Why, also, should impartial suffrage be
required in ten States and not required in all
the others? What justice is there in making
right fundamental provision Of the constitu-
tlon Of few States and not making it equally =
so in all the States Why compel Virginia to
adopt impartial suffrage and not kentucky :?
Why insist upon it in Georgia and Alabama and
not in Ohio and Illinois? The people of the
Northern States may not adopt negro suffrage
separately. AS long each State is left to the
choice of doing nothing or making rule that is
not universal, they will choose the former; but
let there be distinct proposition to substitute
for the present constitutional definition of the
qualifications of voters, another which will Sc
cure to all adult male citizens OF the United
States, whether natives or naturalized, the right
Of voting at all elections for officers to be elect
ed under the authority of the United States, and
of the State in which they may be domicicd,
and the people of all the Northern States will
iN'i4l ~ PiOuPiig iidu sum aii duicHuiuciIG
been proposed last year, it would hare been rat
iied by the Legislatures of every Northern State
that met this winter.


There can be no permanency to system which
eniorces one rule upon one portion of the coun-
try and not upon the other. There is no justice
in it. As no plan of reconstruction be sat
isfactory or complete that does not include i'm
partial suffrage, rule of impartial suffrage
can be just which is discriminating in its appli-
cation to the several States-which makes the
election of Representatives and Governors void
in certain cases unless there be impartial suf-
frage, and which does not make it at all ncces-
sary in other States.
Year: 1867

TIE Virginia Trespass says :-Haper's Dra''er
does not get all the good things said BY the lit
tie people Yesterday q three-year old young
lady in this city was looking out of the window
at number of little boys and girls playing,
when she suddenly astonished the matron in the
room with her by the question: Aunty, don't
you think God ought to get tired making chill
L. u
Year: 1867

The CorpEaHEADs AFTER NEGRO yoTrs.-The
New York World thus piteously beg5 for the ne
gro vote in support of the Copperhead party -
- Democrats in the North as well as the South
should be fully alive TO the importance Of the
new element thrust into the politics Of The coun-
try. 1t is very possible that the next President
ial election may be decided By the negro vote.
We suppose it 70 be morally certain that the new
constitution Of the State OF New York to be
framed this year viii confer the elective fran
chise upon all adult negroes. We estimate their
number at six or seven thousand, which i1 =
close contest, may turn the scale in tie election
next year, should the solid negro vote be cast
for thc Republican candidate. n many of the
Southern States there IS near an approach to
equality between the two races that unless the
negro vote is divided there IS imminent danger
that the political control Of these States will pass
into the hands of the Republican party. We
have no f4ith in the success Of any efforts to
shut the negro element out of politics. j. IS the
part Of wisdom frankly to accept the situation
and get beforehand with the Radicals il gaming
an ascendency over the negro mind.
Year: 1867

No CHAxGE.-The Richmond Times of a late
date says 90 In sweeping the Northern horizon
in search of some cheering sign, we fail to dis
cover anything less deceptive than some mirage
like that which fills with false hopes the travel
er upon desert as he tolls wearily along, half
dead with thirst and hunger. The Democratic
journals Land Ho!" very often, but we cannot
discover anything but inhospitable coral reefs
and treaeherous sand-banks. Our unfortunate
Northern friends made excessively happy by
the occasion of the election in some village of
Democratic Coroner, Alderman or Mayor. This
excessive thankfulness for small favors denotes
the extreme poverty of the Conservative party.
When great paper like the New York World
throws up its hat and devotes a leader to the
triumph of Coroner Squink, of the town of Tom
ahawk, ard tells us how he triumphantly bore
aloft the banner of conservatism by a majority
of eight we reminded of the cry of the fruit
sellers Of Constantnople-' In the name of the
Prophet-fgs y"
Year: 1867

BRUNswIcK, %, 1867.
To he Editor ofthe Press


The error of your reporter in reference TO the
amount of funds secured for the Bowdoin Me-
mortal Hall, as stated by me at the recent in
formal ceremony of breaking ground for the
building has, find, notwithstanding your cor
rection of it, been very generally copied into
the other papers of the State. My state
ment. was that sufficient funds, it is be-
lieved, have been subscribed TO insure the
erection and completion of only the exterior of
the building. To completely finish it willre-
qulre some twenty thousand dollars more,
which am now endeavoring to obtain. The
foundations of the edifice, for which full prep
aration is now made, will be laid early in the
spring A formal and public laying of the
corner stone by the Alumni will then take
place, and the work will be pushed 70 rward as
rapidly as the means secured will admit. For
the remaining funds / must still appeal to the
Alumni and friends of the object generally
To the press of the State am greatly indebt-
ed for favorable notices of my object. AS an
additional and special favor, L respectfully re-
quest that papers in which the error in ques-
tion has been made, will insert this correction
of it in their columns


in behalf of the Alumni,


WIN. SMYTH.
Year: 1867

LOOKING At THE BRIGHT SIDE.
Here is letter from a wife in
Massachusetts to her husband IL
California She don't intend going
through the world with the blues:


My dear husband AS it is now
some time since You left for Caitor-
MIA. ! suppose YOU would be glad
to hear how we are getting along III
your absence. | am happy to say
we are all enjoying very good health
on the whole. just at present two
of the boys have got the small poX.
Amanda Jane has got the tNphus
fever. Betsy is down with the
measles. Samuel got hooked by a
COW the other day, and Peter has
Just chopped of three Of his fingers
with u hatchct, II is Il mercy he
didn't chop them all off, With these
triiling exceptions, we are all well
and getting along nicely. You
needn't be at all ANXIOUS about us.
! almost forgot to say that Sarah
Matilda cl0pcd last week with tin
peddler. Poor girl She's been
waiting for II chance and I'm glad
she's married ut last. She needn't
have taken the trouble to clopc
though, for I'm s1lc ! was glad
enough to have her go. She was Il
great eater, and find that baked
beans don't go off near so fast as
they did. The way that Girl would
dip into pork and beans was n eau
tion to the rest of the family. The
COW took it into her head to run
away, which was very fortunate, |
am sure, for the barn caught fine last
night and was consumed. was in
hopes chat the house would 90 too,
for it's inconvcnicnt ; but the wind
was the wong way, so il didn't re.
ccivc much injury. Some boys
broke into the orchard the other
day and stripped all the fruit trees.
! am very glad of it, for if they
hadn't ! presume the children would
have made themselves i'll.
Year: 1867

The following is an extract from q
racy description of Senator Wade,
written by 'Mack,n of the Cincin-
matt Commercial


NV ade is IA man not given, [
should imagine, to close study or
dilllgcnt reading, but his intuitions
make up for his deficiency in this
respect; they come to his relief al
ways, and often serve better pur-
pose than the bookishness of other
men. Sherman is a man of close
application, student by habit and
inclination, ard although he may
have all of Wade's faculty for ex-
teinporaneOus debate on action, he
lacks self-cOnfidence to exercise it.
Neither of the Ohio senators can be
called finished orators of any kind
in the strict meaning of the word
But Sherman is Il good rhetOrician
and a fair rcasoner. Wade speaks
sometimes with more force and eff
feet than his colleague he relies
less on the force of what he says
than in the vim with which he says
it.-A strictly Ben SNadt$ speech
would be a weary, stale, Hat and
Improbable effort from the tongue
Of almost any body else. 1t Is like
the bow of Ulysses, which could be
welded effectively only by the
strong arm OF its owner and was
but cumbrous and ponderous load
under any other. 1t is for this reas


on that to be influenced by what he
says You must hear him, and see
him, too. You must see the old
fellow get mp in a fit of passion, kick
his chair away to make play room
for himself put one hand under the
breast of his waistcoat and you
must hear him change his voice
from a talk to scold and from q
scold to a roar. This is not orat0ry,
nor rhetoric, nor defamation, but
is something that carries its pointin
the Senate better than either. In
the old pro-slavery days when Wade
and John =. Hale and Sumner were
about the only aDOlltl0nlStS In the
Senate, the Southcrners feared the
unpublished denunciation of Wade
more than the scholarly invective
of Sumner. | have been told by
Mr.. Sumner that Oh one OCCASION
while Wade was speaking, Mason,
Of Virginia, touched him (Sumner)
ON the shoulder, and, in tone OF
positive fright, said MY God, see
that man prance" On another oc-
cason some one, Wigtall, [ believe,
told one of his Southern colleagues
that he meant to reply to one of
Bcn's speeches. ooh, for Heavens
sake don't-don't rouse the old fel-
low. We've got him quiet now, and
better let him alone"
Year: 1867

THE CITIZENS OF GOLD HILL ARE IN.
formed that the subscriber will furnish them
with ICE during the summer. His Ice wagon
will be In Gold Hin every morning at o'clock.
Orders for the article can be left At the Gold Hill
Exchange Saloon, and they will be promptly
allied. o. CHARLES FOSTER.


Gala HUI, rAy Q, 1851. mylM
Year: 1867

AFTER THE GUILLoTINE.-Four men were
executed by the guilotine at Brest The
evening before the execution every medical
man in Brest received an invitation from
DIR. Duval, Director of the Board of Health,
to meet him in the amphitheatre of the hos.
plta at six on the following morning Pre-.
cisely at that hour all the men of science
belonging to that city assembled aroand four
dissecting tables covered with white cloths.
As the clock struck, the four culprits were
ushered into eternity. At 6:2O the hospital
van was seen to cross the court of the Pupilles
de la Marine at hard gallop, and in a few
seconds four lifeless trunks were thrown on
the dissecting tables, precisely eight minutes
after they had ceased to exist. The sight
was indeed startling. The bodies appeared
shrunk to the size of that of child-the
neck utterly disappeared, and in its place
frightfu, gaping wound. Next to the bodies.-
rolled up in napkins, were four livid heads,
The work of dissection commenced instantly.
The nerves quivered and the flesh was real
warm. The continued contractability of the
heart was proved as well as in the aorta.
where sensitiveness was extreme. The con.
tractabilty was manifested on simply touch
ing the part. and. of course. was still more
| apparent when subject to electric currents. .
The muscular contraction was so intense
that, even after twenty minutes, one of the
doctors, on applying an electric current.
made the four heads grimace in the most
horrible manner. A pencil was placed be.
tween the teeth of one; it was bitten through
and smashed as though it had been made of
glass.
Year: 1867

BENEFIT OF ADvERr1sING.-A gentleman
yesterday advertised in our columns g a dog
lost" This morning the dog went home OF
his own accord. He thought it no use to
attempt to run away if the newspapers were
after him.-Osueeo Times,
Year: 1867

REGISTERING SHEEP.-Eyery breeder
has experienced the Inconvenience of
sorting sheep for sale and breeding dur
ing summer and fall, when, owing to
reduced condition in flesh and fleece of
those that have sucked lambs, and the
partial growth of the fleece of all, aud
the effects of the exposure to storms, it
is impossible to Judge correctly of their
real character. In every flock, however
small, it is a convenience, and in those
of any considerable numbers, an abso-
lutte necessity to have written record
of characteristics of each individual of
the flock. By means of permanent
number attached to each sheep, and a
record beck with suitable blanks, this
may be done with very slight iucon-
venience, labor and cost. Ear labels,
bearing the name of the owner and num-
part of the register showing the firm
ness, length and destiny of the fleece,
and the constitution, should be filed
out just before the sheep are turned off
to the pasturage in spring, or before
sheariRg. If there is an inherent weak
ness of constitution, the hardships of
our northern winter will make it ap-
parent, while at that time reliable
opinion can be formed as to the quali-
ties of the fleece. The weight of eac,h
fleece should be recorded at sheariuF:
the age, pedigree, breeding qualities
ETC., may be entered when convenient.
The labels may be inserted in the ears
of lambs when three weeks old and vet
while at the barn. Withs little pains
q farmer may ina moment, by reference
90 his register, tell all about any sheep
Of his flock, and decide whether to sell
or keep, If suitable for breeding or other
wise.
Year: 1867

From the late elections it may be as
suned as thing certain that the peo-
pie of the Northern States disapprove
Of the so-called reconstruction policy
of Congress. The issues embraced in
that policy were before the voters of
Pennsylvania, and, as . consequence,
the State, which for six years b nd been
overwhelmingly Republican, elected
the Democratic ticket. The same issues
were presented to the people of Ohio,
and the consequence was that the negro
equality amendment was defeated by q
majority of fifty thousand, and Demo
cratic Legislature chosen, Such re-
suits cannot be construed otherwise
than as an indication of the prevailing
sentiment at the North. 1t may be re-
he'd on as a foregone conclusion that
the elections which are to come off in
November will 20 still more strongly
against the Radicals than those that
have just taken place.


Such being the state of the case, ii is
hardly to be presumed that Congress
will insist upon the consummation of its
odiOus policy with reference to the
South. We have no faith whatever in
the integrity or patriotism of the am
bilious, venal and corrupt demagogues





who constitute the majority in that
body; bu', bad as they are, it is scarcely
to be supposed that they will take ad.
vantage of their temporary power to
defy the popular will. The men who
compose the majority in Congress, while
they have certainly shown themselves
capable of any enormity in the graft
hcation Of their lust of power, have by
no means given evidence of anything
like reckless daring. So long as they
believed themselves sustained by the
masses Of the Northern people, no meas.
ure was too extreme for them, no out.
rage too great; but, now that they set
themselves 20 longer able to hoodwinl
Year: 1867

their constituents, we are much mis-
taken if they do not pause in their ca
reer of infamy and treason. The Rad,
ical politician is in prosperity as ruth
less as was CeUTHoN, but in adversely
he is apt to prove as pusillanimous as
BARRERE.
Year: 1867




SIR 1t is to be regretted that the Govern
ment is about TO commit the folly OF issuing fifteen cent
notes They will be found utterly useless and very in
convenient There purpose for which they can
be used with convenience, viz 10 pay Tor drink al le
GREAT hotels where the price fifteen cents The only
useful denominations OF currency are one three nve ana
ten and the multipes OF 20, 20, ana 100 Win theSe
denonnotions auy sum can be made and any others
useless and nconycnlent AN OLD BANNER
Year: 1867

II was Thought best TO shorten sail but It observed
that the other boat dd not do aud the emerty Of
those IN charge Of II remarked upon. The result
Justified the fears for heavy flaw struck her when not


Iaf from Egg Rock and she went down stern foremost


dragging down her dory and the sails disappearing in
about four minutes. Miss Blake, who rescued, was
fOnd cnging TO an oar insenshle and saved at i'm


mnent risk by Capt Higgins, who reached her in the
small boat belonging to his craft Nothing was seen OF
te other persons who were ist Twenty minutes seem
TO have covered the whole tine from the fatal gust to the
rescue OF Miss Blake IN which brief interval eight per


sons, enjoying the passing mOment In all hilar1ty apq
confidence were Carried dowp in sight OF friends and the
Year: 1867

An appeal is made in the London Times
on behalf Of the starving population of
Norland, wide stretch Of country in the
northeast Of Sweden. A communication
says


Here at the best OF times, thrifty and
industrious people gain scanty snbsis
tence from an unwilling soii, and II is q
rarely fine summer that enables them to
lay by anything against their dreary Arctic
winter. For seven years past the crops in
that country have been extremely poor.
Last winter was one of the longest and
severest ever known even in the north of
Europe, and before the ftful summer sun
and rain had time to ripen them an early
frost blighted and entirely ruined the corn
crops on which the inhabitants were de
pending for subsistence during the coming
winter. The population is estimated at
10000 to 100000, and already the most
pitiable reports come of their condition
how bread is not TO be had for money and
people are living on roots and the barks of
trees. The weather. classes in Sweden
have already done much to help their un-
fortunate neighbors, but Sweden is not a
wealthy country, and much more is re.
quired than she can do.