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Year: 1867

The Roberts Party Awakening Canada


Threatened Conventions BciRG Held.


The Roberts party hold secret convention for the
state Of New York At Utica to-day. The Committee on
Credentials al eleven o'clock and in the afternoon
the delegates assemble for regular business


II n. contemplated to mako nnal arrangements for
operations In Canada at much earlier period Of the
season than the public would be led to expect The
Roberts Fenans claim TO be in far superior state Of
efiiciency In the matter Of arms, munitions,
uniforms, &C, than At this time last year.
They express their intention not 70 move from
here until they feel confident Of securing foothold
on Canadian sol they go TO stay, is their laconic
preston and from the general appearance Of activity
among the body u evident trouble for the Kanucks s
brewing In the Fenian camp.


STEPHENS Panty


intend holding convention Of delegates from all the
states in the Union tomorrow, at No s1l Broadway
The opening session will Be strictly private and confined
10 the Discussion Of plans for forwarding the movement
in Ireland The remainder q the business will relate
the creation Of new form Of government for the
Brotherhood In America the election 6 ol1cers, no
General Glceson intends TO resign hs position refusing
70 be renominaed He considers he can serve the in
teress Of The organization more s6scuvsly in plitasv
cappciR
Year: 1867

How to preserve ice for a considerable length
oftime, for domestic purposes, and especially
the sick room, is told by an exchange thus ::
Make two bags of stout woolen fabric, the
inner one should be ten inches wide by tour
teen inches deep. The other bag should be
made at least two inches wider each way. At
ter placing one bag inside the other, stuff
feathers between the two and sew the two
bags together at the top. Put block Of ice
into bag of this desert ption, and it will be
preserved from melting for nearly week,
when under exposure it will melt in less than
an bOur" "
Year: 1867

How TO INCREASE BUSINESS. ss.-What the
American Wit says Do you tell US, or candi-
date for the custom of the community, that
you can t afford to advertise because your bus
mess is dull? Listen and we will tell you. 1t
is dull because you don't advertise, and you
don advertise because it is dull. So the va
cant circle is complete. We tell you if you are
doing i'll, to advertise that you may do we'll,
and, if you are doing well, advertise that you
may do better Set high your mark of bnsl-
sness success, and advertise upon 1t. You
can do so if you will, even in hard times.
Year: 1867

GEN STERLING PRIcE.-Tbe St. Louis
Democrat says; General Sterling Price, once
of the Confederate army, is now quiet, unos-
tentstious commission merchant in this city.
He may be seen occasionally walking down
Chestnut street to his place Of business, with =
careworn counteuance and slow, wearled
step Being still 6ne-looking man, he at
tracts attention by his appearance, but many
pass him by without recognizing in him the
terrible rebel who once spread alarm and
CONSERVATION all over the State. Gen. Price
appears to be willing to let the "ost cause go
by the board, and exc out the remainder of his
days in the peaceful pursuits of commerce.
Year: 1867

A correspondent says The other day
teegrapher, who had looked into the
matter, told me, in few words, how the
Atlantic cable is worked. / had read
commn after column in the papers IN a
vain effort to understand how it was done,
and was astonished enough, assure yon,
to see how simple thing was the instru.
ment which talks across the sea. Ina
gine a small neede-it weighs only
three.seventeenths of o grain--set so
that either end points to powerful fixed
magnet. Over this needle is board in
which is a small hole, above and behind
which is black board. One end of the
needle, or rather magnet, is the positive
and the other a negative one.


The battery is taken off at one side of
the ocean by the action of the magnets
themselves when the operator at the other
side is writing. The battery used at
either end contains only three cups, a
wonderfully small number when you
know that it takes thousand or more TO
work the various wires leading out of No.
GAS Broadway, the head Office here The
application Of current from the battery
to the positive magnet at Valentia in





duces an attraction of the needle by the
negative magnet at Hearts Content, or
rice rersa. The movement Of the needle,
however, is so very small that it could
not be detected by the naked eye. A
powerful magnifer, however, carries
the reflection of the motion Of the
needle through the hole in the board
above, and transfers it in an enlarged,
and, with the aid of light, and enlight-
ened form to the black board. Tho al
phabet is similar to, though not exactly
like, the Morse, and motion of the
needle one way implies q dash, or the
other way dot of course, as many Of
each can be made use of as is desirable.
The magnets being equally attractive,
hold the needle stationary when no other
influence is applied. And now for the
reason why small battery works the
best 1t is not that large battery, as
has been popularity supposed, would eat
up the conducting wire, but that it
would make the motion of the delicate
needle too violent-to use a vulgar
phrase, it would be perpetunlly "wab.
bling about The small current used
has no such effect
Year: 1867

The following beautiful sentiments are
from Meister KarPs Sketch Book, enti.
tied the might of Heaven" It's full
of touching tenderness


It's dark when the honest and honora-
BILE man sees the results of long years
swept cruelty away by the knavish,
heartless adversary. Itis dark when he
feels the clouds of sorrow gather round
and knows that the hopes and happiness
in others are fading with his own. But
in that hour the memory of past integ-
rity will be a consolation, and assure
him even here on earth of CLEANS of
light in heaven. 1t is dark when the
dear voice of that sweet child once so
fondly loved. is no more heard around in
murmurs. Dark when the light patter-
ing feet no more resound without the
threshold, or ascend step by step up
stairs. Dark when some we'll known air
recalls the strain once oft attuned by
childish voice now hushed in death
Darkness; but only the gloom which
now heralds the day spring of immor-
talily, and the infinite light of heaven.
Year: 1867

After time, his lunacy, for such it
was, chan ged its object, and he declared
he must murder and eat the first Indian
he could master in the woods or else
where He now daily begged his father
to put him to DEATH and so end his mis-
cries. The surrounding Indians taking
alarm at all this, the father, as is usual
in great emergencies, called a council.
1t sat several times, and, after much de-
liberation, ordered the lunatic to be
strangled by bis own father THE girer
of his life. The youth, after listening
TO long speech, and asserting aloud to
every separate observation, barred his
neck to the cord, and soon ceased to
breathe. His body was burnt, lest he
should rise again. The parent never
looked up more.
Year: 1867

Boy, HORSE, AND BrdGY, OvERBoARD.-Yes-
tcrday afternoon n horse standing on Clay
street, and attached to buggy belonging to
Eddington, Brown Co., became frightened
by the putting of n passing locomotive on the
Central railroad, and backed over 4 steep en-
bankment into Shockoe creek, carrying the
buggy and the driver with him. BY singular
good fortune the boy found himself whole,
the horse received 4 slight bruise on the leg,
and the carriage was entirely uninjured.
Everybody seemed more frightened than hurt,
and when our reporter arrived upon the spot
the horse was being rubbed down, and the boy
was washing off the carriage, while crowd
standing around speculated about what might
hare been.
Year: 1867

DEAD BoDY FoUSD.-The body of colored
man was washed ashore on the beach near
Belona Arsenal on Sunday afternoon. Inc
buzzards had eaten flesh from his frce to snch
an extent as TO render recognition Impossible
No inquest has yet been held.
Year: 1867

Tho Board met yesterday, the President Mr.. Brink
man, In the chair.


After the minutes Of the previous meeting read
and approved resolution adopted giving permission
TO the Society for the Protection Of Destitute Roman
Catholic Children 70 proper structure on the
north side Of Union square, the ground situated bc
tween Fourth avenue and Broadway, leaving passage
wide enough for regular drive way


Without transacng any Other business the Board ad-
aOurnod till Thursday
Year: 1867

A FINE HOTEL We called in to see the
inside of the new addition to the National
Hotel recently, and found on examination
that it will be as neat and convenient an in
stitution of the kind as is to be found any
where in the West. The building is of
brick, has three stories and q basement, and
is surmounted by cupola, from which a
splendid view Of the town, river and lake
can bc enjoyed. 1t will have all the mod
Gin improvements, besides the rooms are
all large and airy and are to be fitted up in
style that will favorably compare with the
very frstc'ass hotels of any city. The cell
ing of the large and spacious dining room
as also two large private parlors are orna-
mented by stucco work of an elaborate
character and beautiful design This work
was executed by Mr.. JOHN LANTREY, who
has here shown that he cannot be surpassed
by any workman in his line of business :;
The carpenter and joinery work, by Mr..
PHIPps is also well executed and is at once
both useful and ornamental A brick
building designed for use as Kitchens now
in course of erection and when up and the
inside of the hotel entirely completed
strangers will find here a hotel complete in
all It's appointments and at which it will be
pleasure to stop at.
Year: 1867

THE FINANCES AND THE CRoPs.-It is
rare to find so many points of similarity
between the actual condition of mercantile
and monetary affairs in this country and
Great Britain as We do at preseEt. At the
financial centers Of both countries we find a
glut Of money and corresponding low rates
of interest, 11@2 per cent. in England be-
ing equal to about 304 per cent here
There, too, We find manufacturing and
general business unusually dull, condition
in which it has been for more than a year
past while the crops are likely to be heavier
than for some years past. The comparison
might be extended to the whole of conti-
mental Europe, so far as monetary affairs,
at least, are concerned, with a similar re-
suit. The hay crop in the United Kingdom
was almost unprecedentedly abundant, and
it has been the same in the United States,
the whole of it being now secured in each
case.
Year: 1867

IMpRovEMENTs.-On taking look
through town one day the present week,
We were grati6ed at the many evidences Of
thrift and prosperity which seemed to be
going on. We did not count all the build.
ings going up and just completed, but Judge
their number to be about one hundred.
On ninth street, North side) adjoining
the Episcopalan church, building, to be
occupied by the pastor of the church
named, is going up, and that church will
soon be on footing with other denomioa-
tions in having parsonage.


On Eighth street, on the hill, Mr.. Jos.
KERLING is putting up fine residence.


Mr.. BYRON MARIAN is also having .
fine residence in course of erection, on Main
street, and in the vicinity OF the Episcopal
Church. Altogether. on the North side,
there are some fifty buildings just COM
pleted or in course Of erection.


On the South side, the new school build
ing fer the Third Ward Tor 7th District) is
in fair state of completion. This build
ing is 80 by IS feet, two stories high, and
will have ample accommodation for the
number of scholars in that district. 1t was
designed to have it completed by the lst of
September next, but owing to circumstan-
ces it will not be ready for occupancy until
the middle Of that month. The building
will be of brick, and the third ward will
have the best school accommodations of any
in the town. Opposite the school l-house is
a fine large park, from whence pleasant and
cooling breezes will give the building plenty
of pure sweet air, so desirable in crowded
schools.


Mr. JNo. F. ZINNs has commenced the
erection of new brick residence near his
present one.


The number of buildings going up on
this side is also large, showing that our
town is growing upward and onward, and
that few more years of steady progress
will place her on par with all but q very
few western cities.
Year: 1867

MARINE.-On Saturday evening last, the
new steamer Ndnitoroc was launched into
the element for which she was intended,
and will soon, to use poetical phrase,
walk the waters like thing of hfe." We
have heretofore given her dimensions, and
nothing more remains to be added except
that she is like all the steamers heretofore
turned out by Mr.. RAND, model in beau
ty and symmetry. As she is named after ou,
town and county, no doubt she will become
quite favorite with those leaving our port
either on business or pleasure. May pros
porous voyages and other good luck attend
her. On Wednesday last, she was taken
to Milwaukee, in tow of the steamer Orion.
She viii have her boilers put in at that
place. and then return here to be compile
ted.


The schooner Ell Tempo is having a new
mainmast put in her and is undergoing gen.
eral repairs, at Ship Yard Point.


Our port was visited on Thursday last by
vessel scow-built and sloop- rugged, without
name as she was without papers. She is
the first of that species of rugged craft we
remember to have seen on this lake. With
a good fair wind in her favor, We do not
see what's to hinder her from getting from
port to port some time or other.
Year: 1867

INCREASE OF BRITISH VOTERS The
Parliamentary reform bill passed both
houses of Parliament, and received the
assent Of the Queen on the 14th inst. 1t
is really a great measure. 1t will increase
the number of voters from eight hundred
thousand to two million three hundred
thousand, or nearly three hundred per cent.


The abolition of primpgeniture, the di.
vorce of church and state, the establish
ment of better system of public instruc.
tion and the adoption Of manhood suffrage
are the probable changes which the pass
age of the bill viii bring about. A new
feature in the bill is one by which polit-
ical party in the minority is given chance
to elect candidates of their own choice.
Year: 1867

THE BODY OF POSTMASTER GILMORE
The Chicago papers noto the finding, acci-


dentaly discovered by sailor, on Wcdncs-
day, Of the body of Postmaster GILMORE,
of Chicago, drowned few nights ago when
out in his boat. It was found floating be-
tween the railroad track and outer break
water. There is a mystery about his death,
arising from the fact that when last seen he
was going home, and that the fragments
of his boat look as if it had been run into.
Year: 1867

THE GREAT "WHAT IS IT ?" SEEN NEAR
MANITowoc.-On Tuesday morning last,
as two young ladies, Miss RUTHIE H. E.,
hailing from a small town somewhere south
of here, and Miss LIBBIE M. II, also
from the country, were returning from Two
Rivers, whittier they had been on a pleas
ure ride, were crossing the bridge over the
Little Manitowoc, were surprised at hearing
loud blowing sound, apparently proceed
ing from near the mouth of that river, and
on looking towards the place from whence
the sound proceeded, to their great horror
they met the gaze of singular looking and
monstrous water animal, who seemed to be
hard and fast aground on the sand bar
which lies off the mouth of that stream. OF
course their terror and astonishment was so
great that they could not take q critical
look at the monster, but put whip to their
horse, drove through town at clipping
rate, and did not recover their preseuce of
mind sufficiently to halt until they were a
long distance out of town on their way to
Sheboygan. On returning, however, they
rushed into the Pilot Office, and on recov-
ering somewhat from their fright, they de-
scribed it (him or her) in general outline
as being something in appearance like a
fish, about fifty or sixty feet long, of dark
blush color, with large goggling looking
eyes, and was engaged in lashing the waite
to tempest in his struggles to get off from
his new home. On the fact becoming
known, . large crowd assembled on the
bridge and traversed the shore to catch a
glimpse of the monster, but it (him or her)
was nowhere to be seen, having extricated
itself from its perilous position but in
the distance, away out in the lake, a jet Of
spray could now and then be seen which
seemed to proceed from q huge fish, or
something Of the sort, much like a whale.


The young ladies declare that they will
never sally forth on lonely road without
the company Of their gallants.


They didn't like that feler.
Year: 1867

THE STREETS. are glad to record
that our village authorities are doing good
deed in grading the streets and improving
them generally. Main street, both on the
North and South side, has been recently
graded and graveled, much to its improve
ment and appearance. Washington street,
on the South side, is now undergoing the
same process Of improvement, as is also
State street, ON the North side.
Year: 1867

nT Our invalid editor desires us to thank
Mr.. GEO. EDWARDS for the nice delicacy
sent to his house on "Wednesday. Were
he daily fed on such rarity We imagine it
would not be long before he would throw
physic 70 the dogs" and become himself
again"
Year: 1867

M We had the pleasure Of call on
Wednesday from TANaEL MCCRACKEN, of
Milwaukee. He reports dull times in that
city, and travelled all the way to Manitowoc
to see business carried on in lively style.
Did he see it?
Year: 1867

RUNAwAY.-Quite an excitement oc-
CURED in our streets on Wednesday, caused
by the doings of team of country horses
who took into their heads that they would
astonish the slow going city hacks by show
ing them what was considered fast-time in
the country. They started from some To-
cality on York street, thence they ran to
Eighth and then across the bridge to Quay
street, where they were brought to. A
woman and girl were in the wagon-and
the woman kept up loud screaming until
the horses were stopped. Fortunately no
accident happened to the occupants Of the
wagon, beyond the scare they experienced.
Year: 1867

We were present at the Jail yesterday. in
company with Warden Rico of Thomaston
state Prison, and saw the working of HIPS
AR Alarm for prisons, bank vaults and dwell
ing houses This alarm has now heen in on
eraton in our Jail for six or eight months and
has given perfect satisfaction Warden Rice
IS a man who has had great deal of expert
enee, and who thoroughly understands such
things, and after careful examination and mi
mute investigation, he pronounced Mr.. Hilps
invention invaluable. and something that adds
doubly to the security of any building. Mr.
Hill has now added a new contriyanee To a
portion OF the cells by which an alarm is given
If an attempt is made to escape by the door.
This works admirably, and the TAILOR can tell
Immediately the number of the cell where the
disturbance is made.


The tubular grating at the windows is in it.
self an important invention as it is yery, nm,uch
stronger than the solid bars. 1t is hollow and
inside is an additional bar of chill-hardened
steel that revolves on pivot, and which can
not be sawed on account OF its circular mo-
ton. 1 fHssaEE &EE II 4 ~


MT Hill has aceompli he'd great thing in
this invention and has found something that
III Time must come into general use and rank
him among the first inventors of the world,
1t has been the means of making our Jail what
1t IS generally known as one of the strongest
in the country. All who know about it, have
great confidence in its usefulness. An in
stance ot which was given the other day in the
sending ola York County prisoner, implicated
in the Cornish robbery, and who was under
bonds for 5000, to our Jail for safe keepine
on account Of this alarm being attached to il.


Ia conversation with the inventor, You win
see that he has rare inventive genius and that
this has been long study with him, the ac-
complishment Of which entities him to the
full appreciation of the public. Ea M
Year: 1867

AT the request of the ministers interested


with reference to the appropriation OF certain
furniture, the project is abandoned and the
money voted for the purchase IL devoted to the
object Of the Fair now open in aid of the Paw
son Memorial Church.
Year: 1867


Remarks.-We have taken the matter sue-
gested above into serious consideration. and
have arrived at the following conclusions /:
l. When we find positive statement tkat
Mrs, Lincoln has done or is about to do some
un wise act, we shall print the statement and
give our authority. The Press is newspa-
piper, and its first duty to the public is to re-
port the news truly and impartially "the
truth, the whole truth and nothing but the
truth" so far as it is possible to distinguish
truth from falsehood among the conflicting lu-
mors OF the day. ao tab a1} ogl .
2. When our leading political friends are
gully of such little acts" as assailing the ma
tional credit, as two of them have, We shall re-
gard it as a piece of moral cowardce which
ought to condemn us TO everlasting shame and
confusion, if the attempt to commit the party
to dishonorable and ruinous policy is not in
stantly disowned by every Republican who has
the cause" at heart and wants to see the party
preserved for the sake ofthe cause When the
Republican party places among its articles of
faith the infalhbihty of any reading political
friend" it will cease to be the party OF prog
ress s
Year: 1867

would respectfully submit for your serious
consideration whether it is proper or polite
to be continually dragging before the public in
our newspapers the erratic movements of the
widow of our late beloved President Lincoln,
and more especially in those papers which
claim to be the expOnents of Republican prin-
ciples. 1t strikes me that it is bad enough in
ally quarreling with each other, and censuring
every little act OF our leading political friends
that they may be guilty OF, without holding
up for ridicnle the eccentricities of an insane
mind, and that too OF the lady alluded to- Let
those ofour papers that may be pugnaciously
inclined pitch into their Opponents to their
hearts content where they can find abundant
material, but for the good OF the cause they
pretend to advocate, let them stop this often
sive warfare to which they are SO Indicted
Year: 1867

LIE FAIR LAST EvENING.-There was .
larger crowd at the Fair last evening than OF
any previous occasion, aad the most gratifying
success 'perched upon the banners" of the
Second Parish. We thought we saw every
body there that We knew, and yet when We
wanted to lind any one, that was an utter i'm.
possibility.


Tonight the Fair winds up with Band
concert, when we shall without doubt witness
carnival OF youth and beauty. which il al.
ways the best sight to behold


The High Street Society furnished the re-
freshments, and they we're handed round bv
the prettiest waiter girls that ever stood over
us at the festive board
We wish to correct an Impression that nre-
walls in regard to the articles remaining nm
sold being disposed Of at auction. There will
De no auction at all, and the articles not sold
Will be kept over.


ID Remember that Tonight the Fair closes with
a Band Concert and an Antiquarian Supper.
A side show, something new, strange and
laughable, will also be introduced. Too mucb
cannot be said abont the Art Gallery, which il
a capital show. All should see the represen.
tation of "Boneparte crossing the Rhine .