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Year: 1867

THE NEeRo.-As long as the negro
at the South remained in slavery
where he was placed by the law Of
England, and by the law of the Inde
pendent Colonies, be bad protection
against abuse, on the part of bad white
MIN. The master had money inter
est in the protection Of bis servants,
he had further interest in the general
suppression Of crime, and his own
servants were kept at home. Now,
no one has a special interest in, the
negro, not even the Stipendiaries Of
Commercial Phylanthropy the adjuncts
of the Bureau. The negroes cast
loose to their own resources, and
frezied with wild and disordered no
tions of liberty, and exemption from
control, they band together for crime
Of every kind, and are engendering
that final catastrophe TO themselves
which will end in outbreaks on the
poor victims of Northern politics and
Northern place hunters Urbdna Un-
i0n
Year: 1867




The WIFE's COMMANDMENTS Thou
shalt have no other wife but me.


Thou shalt not take into thy house
any beautiful brazen image of ser.
want girl, to bow down to her, for
am a jealous wife, visiting, &c.
Thou shalt not take the name of thy
wife in vain,


Remember thy wife to keep her re,
spectacle.
Honor thy wife father and mother
Thou shalt not fret. W %


Thou shalt not find fault with thy
dinner.


Thou shalt not chew tobacco.
Thou shalt not be behind thy neigh
Dor.


Thou shalt not visit the rum tavern
thou shalt not covet the tavernkeep
er's rum, nor his brandy, nor his gin
nor his whisky, nor his wine, nor any
thing that is behind the bar of the
rum-seller. hj


Thou shalt not visit billiard halls.
Thou shalt not stay out after nine
o'clock at night. , 81.
Thou shalt not grow peevish, and
comfort thy beautiful physiognomy be-
cause of being called on to foot store
bills, which thy dear wife has made
out without thy advice or consent; fol
verify she knows the wants of the
household. .aab,i ag,
p. S.-Thou shalt not set at naught
these commandments of thy wife.
Year: 1867

The PAST VS.. THE PRESENT OF THIS
COUNTRY. The country was once
united, prosperous, and glorious The
people were free and almost untaxed.
The whole land smiled with happiness.
This it owed to the policy of the
Democratic party. Now we are not
united, but we are in spirit and feeling
a divided, discordant, and belligerent
country. Where there was love there
is now hate. Where there was free
dom there is now despotism. Where
there was once happiness there is now
unhappiness and misery. Where
there was light taxation there is now
the most oppressive the world ever
saw. This change in our condition


a change which every body sees and
knows, is the fruit of the Radical
party. 1t is responsible for the sad
calamities that have come over the
people. In celebrating day of the
past we recall these facts We pre-
| ferred to dwell on past gloriss rather
than on present debasement ant
humiliation. The Gazette does not
1t admires progress, although it is thh'
progress from paradise to the inferna
lregions.-Cin. Eng. tEi
Year: 1867

Whatever may be said regarding the quail
tiles Of the mad stone, certain it is a great
deal of confidence is reposed in it, and lis
application is resorted to with wonderful re
suits.


We have a case in hand. The party is a
lady by the name of Adamson, from the
vicinity of Uniontown. Kentucky. On Sun
day Q3th) rabid dog entered her house
and made a fer0cious attack upon child,
her daughter, who escaped harm through
the lady's interpostion. but she was herself
bitten on the finger. Knowing the dog to
have been rabd, she accepted the company
of friend and repaired to the residence of
Mr.. Carlos johnson, in Warwick county. In
this State soon after, TO avail herself OF the
medical properties supposed, and by some
believed, to be possessed by stone, so call
ed, in that gentleman's possession. The
mad stone was not on the premises at the
time, having last been used in this city IN a
similar case with perfect success. She then
came to this city, and the stone was yester-
day applied to her finger at the hotel where
she is tarrying The stone immediately y
adhered with the tenaeity Of a leech. and
then fell off, as is supposed. only when the
poison was absorbed, or the pores filled with
excrement drawn from the wound. This
stone was originally brought from England,
and is of the appearance Of booe, or rather,
pumice stone, being porous, and of a grey
ish color. When the mad stone is applied
and kept on the wound for short period. it
is taken off aud boiled in sweet milk. and
again applied


Those who have had the stone applied, as
sert that it produces peculiar feeling as if
under some electric influence.


Mrs Adamson has been suffering with
the pain of suspense, not knowing what
would be her fate but now she feels much
more cheerful and confident.


As soon as this case Is satisfied. two
children. lately bitten by the same rabid
dog viii have the stone applied. They are
awaiting its use.


We believe physicians generally do not
admit the efficacy Of the mad stone, yet its
successes stagger the unbelever Surely
there is something very remarkable about it.
hundreds of terrible denths are, to all ap-
pearances. avoided by its use. Is this
another proof of the mind over matter, or is
1t a triumph of matter over mind F.?
Year: 1867

THE MARYLAND CONSTITUTIONAL CoNyEN-
TloN.-The deliberations of this body were
principally confined yesterday to the discus
sion OF the report OF the judiciary committee.
the pending amendment being the motion TO
three Judges IN each judicial circuit. No vote.
however, was taken. 1t was resolved to hold
TWO sessions daily on and after Monday next
The committee on the legislative department
was Instructed to inquire into the sxpediency
ofreporting an additional article requiring the
LeRislatu re 10 prescribe some other penalty
than in Incarceration in the penitentiary for petty
larceny. Reports were made by the commit.
tees on-the tenure office and militia bills
Year: 1867

Every department of business has sn immo-
date interest in the markets Of the country, and
in its financial fluctuations and condition. The
man who faGs 10 keep himself properly al
vised as to the rise and fall Of the markets. A.
controlled by tho laws Of demand and supply.
and the relative condition Of tha currency. is
exposed to constant loss. and must necessarily
fall behind his more intelligent and enterprising
neighbors. In order TO make our paper valuable
as well as interesting. we shall continue 10
make this . SPECIAL FEATURE. Our Daily
Market Reports. domestic and foreign. BY tel0-
graph, and our City Reports. gotten up at heavy
expense, have challenged the commentator OF
our best business men; while our current Finan-
eial Reports from all the leading money centre


Of the country are fuller than have ever


published by any other journal in Tennessee.
Year: 1867

We shall constantly admonish the Southern
people to be selfreliant. and shall do what we
may be able to induce the establishment Of
manufactures in our midst for our home pro-
ducts. To this end we will pay special attention
to the COST and STATISTICS Of manufacturing
and exert ourselves to encourage the diversii-
cation Of Southern industries ard the develop
uent Of Southern resources.
Year: 1867

DY A CONSOLIDATION OF THE ASH
VILE UNION AND AMERICAN and the
DISPATCH, and by the generous and 7uitsd
support Of the UNION AND DIsPAroH by the
patrons Of both the former papers. the Propris-
tors are enabled to present Newspaper hithe.
to unsurpassed in this city or State


IN FULLNESS AND ACCURACY
NEWS. our paper viii compare favorabiy ith
the best in the entire country and in SAYING
this, we only repeat the expressions Of many
our patrons who are most capable Of judging in


uch matters.
Year: 1867

A NEGRO in Richmond ordered first
class funeral for deceased brother voter,
but having nothing with which to pay !,
the display is now in Jail for obtaining goof
under false pretences.
Year: 1867

A YOUNG man in Madrid quarreled with
the mother of his sweetheart, stabbed her
on the spot, cut the girls throat and let his
own life out with the same dagger. Such
is a family quarrel in spain.
Year: 1867

gallop for another supply The third one
moves up in like manner, and thus, through
all the day, they are rushing forward with
their iron load. To see them, and reflect
what their rush and roaring mean is as ex-
citing rs it ever was to watch battery thunder
into position at a needed moment, at the
vital point in its line.


The rails within reach, parties of five men
stand on either side. One in the rear throws
rail upon the rollers, three in advance seize
it, and run out with it to the proper distance.
The chairs have, meantime, been set under
the last rails placed. The two men i'll the
rear with single swing, force the end Of the
rail into the chair, and the chief of the squad
calls out " down" in tone that equals the
" forward to an army. Every thirty seconds
there came that brave "down, down." on
either side of the track They were the pen
dulum beats OF "a mighty era they marked the
time of the march and its regulation step. One
of the rear men drove the cars, in addition
to handling the rail. The horses started as
each rail fell into its place, the truck rolled on
to the end Of it; a second rail was projected
into the wilderness, with the same precision
and haste then came the magic down, the
car moved on again, and another length was
accomplished. The Spikers followed each rail,
one party little Ill advance of the other. One
rail was fastened at the end and at the middle.
The second party then drew the opposite rail
to the exact guage, and fastened it at the mid
die and the end. Then came other squads of
spikers, moving along with the precision OF
military drill, each having particular spike to
drive, and no one interfering with another.
Track liners followed these, with their crow
bars, rectited the line. The filters came last.
One party of these filed and packed the
spaces at the ends and middle Of the rails; the
other completed the intermediate intervals,
and the job and was left till the squads Of
track repaircrs could come up and finish the
ballasting But as the filters leave it, full
trains can run over it with safety at twenty
miles an hOur
Year: 1867

A young lady in st. Louis was innocently
placed IN a rather embarrassing position not
nicely arranged in basket, had been laid on
the doorstep Of a certain gentleman S house,
and that a man was seen to place the basket
there and then beat hasty retreat. Attach
ed to the basket was card, with the name Of
a very respectable young lady on it. This fact
was afterward explained by her stating that it
(the basket was stolen from her while she was
out shopping, and she had purchased it at u
well known store for the purpose Of using it at
a basket pic mic.
Year: 1867

During the late Agricultural fair In Spring
field, Erie County, number Of people took
refuge under large shed during thunder
storm. The lightning struck the shed and
about one hundred persons were paralyzed in
an instant, falling on their faces and as many
as fifty were rendered insensible for five or ten
minutes, while a dozen were quite seriously
hurno1
Year: 1867

countryman visiting Dartmoor observed 'hat
gang of men were working ON the moor, each wear
ing ball and chain. lie asked one OF them why
the bail was chained TO the leg.


"To keep people from stealing it," was the FePly'
there are so many thieves about here
Year: 1867

In a moment of weakness the Legislature of
the great and free State of Ohio refused to
strike the word white" from their constitu-
tween the free citizens of the State. Because
of this all the Copperhead journals from Quod-
dy Head to the Golden Gate set up simulta-
neous shout, as though their cause had recev-
ed new lease of life.


But the second sober thought having been
exercised, the Legislature have not only backed
down from and wiped out their unjust work,
and passed the resolution submitting to the
people the question of impartial manhood suf-
frage, but they have done more-they have
amended the resolution 80 as to make the new
constitutional amendment disfranchise DESERT
ers. This, is, perhaps, matter of more prac-
tical moment to most of the Northern States
than the question of colored suffrage. More
than this; it indicates the resolute determine
ton of the free people of this country to hunt
down and exterminate this most cowardly
class of all traitors. 1t would be interesting to
know what right they have to remain in
land they were 80 ready to desert in the hour
of its greatest extremity. Such men were
cantioned in advance that if they proved rec
reant to the calls of duty they would find
themselves divested of all rights which loyal
ly to be so. The Philadelphia Press calls the
attention Of the Democrats and deserters of
Pennsylvania to this action of the Legislature
of Ohio. tits pregnant warning, a promise
of what is to come.
Year: 1867

duty, and trust to good Providence to crown
his labors with success.


Should the season prove good year Cor
wheat how sorry will some men be next fan
that they had not sown the requisite quantity
of seed the present springl The earlier 1t is
done the better. TRAXI.
Year: 1867

The third section of "an act providing for
taxation of the property and stock of National
banks and banking associations" passed by the
last Legislature, requires the assessors of anv
town in which national bank is located. to
assess the taxes upon the shares held by share
holders residing elsewhere, and to forward GER
tificates of the taxes SO assessed to the assess
ors of the towns where such shareholders re-
side. The fourth section provide for the col
lection of the taxes so assessed and certified,
holders reside. The fifth section requires the
omission of shares held by non-resdents from
the valuation of the town in which the bank
is located. The sixth section provides for the
compensation of the assessors who actually as
sess the taxes, and for the punishment of
wiiful neglect of their duty. In proviso it is
enacted "that if the Justices of the Supreme
Judicial Court shall declare that the taxes as
sessed by State law on the shares of National
banking associations cannot be applied to the
use and benefit of the town where the share
holders reside, if in town other than where
the bank is located and that the provisions of
this act providing therefor are inconsistent
with any existing law of Congress, and shall
file said answer with the Secretary of State
before the 3Oth of March, 1867, then sections
three, four, five and six of this act shall not
take effect" Otherwise the whole act was to
take effect as law on the 3Oth March.


We give below & -.t I'D
Year: 1867

PoRx The receipts during the day have
not been large. Heavy dressed hogs bring
Is high - So 25. Lighter bring IS 70
being so cents less. The different dealers
are not shipping very many At present as
farmers are little slow in bringing them
in We can learn Of but two dealers in the
city who are packing any.
Year: 1867

SAFs CRossIxG.-Thcre has been censid-
erable anxiety felt by those whose business
compelled them to c,oss tho river, on &C.
count Of the unsafe condition Of the ice. For
some days past there has been IN opening
Of the ice on the other side, over which pas.
sengers passed on . narrow plank, aud
those coming from the other side we're in
constant danger Of sliding down the steep
and slippery bank into the water. For
tunately no one was injured more than get
ting . cold bath, as . watch was kept, and
people warned Of the danger. Yesterday,
owing to the late warm weather. some Of the
tea,nstcrs declared the crossing to be un>
safe, and said that the teams crossing were
liable to 90 through at any time. but the
cold weather Of tc>day will probably make it
sold and perfectly safe.
Year: 1867

RENrs.--Netwithstanding the large nu,n-
her Of houses put up here during the sum
mer there has not been the corresponding
decrease in rents, and in some instances we
have heard OF . slight advance This is as
much the fault Of the lessee as Of tie land
lord. There has been undue haste in secur-
ing rooms and not an upward tcndancy.-
On the contrary rents must come down
not aivance. A reduction Of prices in ev>
erythins generally is gradually going on,
and il is not in the nature OF affairs for rents
to remain rs they have been, much less ad


vance. Every thing went up with gold. but
now that gold is no longer . currency but .
comodity this excuse for high prices no
longer exists. Prices. or in other words,
trade is now seeking TO regulate itself ae.
cordng to the supply and demand. The
war pressure has been removed, and it is
only through the efforts Of spectators that
the high pressure in almost everything 10
being kept up. In the matter Of rents there
are modern Shylocks who know that the
tending. is downwards aud not upwards as
they would have their tenants believe
Their motive is plain. They are not only
anxious to get an increase on present rates,
but desire to secure agreements with their
tenants to remain in their dwellngs at even
present rates-fearful that il their contracts
are not made now they will be unable to get
as high rates in the spring We would ad.
wise as little haste as possible in making
contrscts trusting that the tnext Congress
will have sense enough to give Us political
peace and inaugurate better times.
Year: 1867

1t is difficult to please everybody. One even
ing paper says, "THE TRIBUNE, with its great
circulation, has done more than all other
Journals to excite hostility against the Ad-
"ministration,n and wonders why the editor
did not go to Austria when the President made
the offer. Our great circulation IS one
reason, at least. Another evening paper thinks
THE TRIBUNE is trying to create a panic, ana
warns us that it will resist bitterly. That eX-
clusively-circulated sheet said we were trying
to create panic about the Philadelphia Con-
ventiOn last Summer, and resisted. We know
what its resistance amounted to. The three
tailOrs of TOOley- were small compared TO IL.
A third evening paper-a sort OF sloppy con-
cern, with the general impression OF pawn
brokers' shop-cries out that we are crazy
indeed, generally crazy" A fourth evening
paper, which since its beginning has never had
an opinion, except about tapes and hominy,
suddenly finds out that THE TRIBUNE hardly
knows what to say, but cries out Tor war
upon everybody and everything" In the
mean time, as the first of these newspapers IN
Inmates, our great circulation steadily con-
tinues to become greater.


We shall war upon wrong until we triumph.
We have never been in contest that we felt
so sure of winning as the one pending with
the Administration. We believe the Admlnlstra-
ton to be nimical to the country, and we purpose
to continue the battle until justice triumphs.
Patience with President johnson has ceased to
be a virtue. Silence in the presenceI of his
treason would be "A crime. So we must keep
up the war upon him until he is pOwerless for
| evil, either by his own act or by that of the
people. We want the line to be drawn. We
ask no quarter, and purpose to give none.
Let our friends organize everywhere, and pre-
pare for the October and November struggles.
We can make the canvass Waterloo success
if we begin early and work without ceasing.
Organizci
Year: 1867

Some friends whom we respect, and small
number of insectvOrOus newspapers whom we
do not, are very angry with THE TRIBUNE for
doubling Gen. Grant. Well, we claim the right
to doubt anybody whose record is not 80 CleaI
that there can be no mistake. If Gen. Grant
put himself under suspicion, the fault was hi'
own. We certainly had no desire to do him
injustice. On the contrary, we feel we deserve
the credit of inducing Gen. Grant to define his
position. Our article challenging The Times
| was written on Aug. Is. The General wrote
his Sheridan letter on the 18th, animated, no
doubt, by a desire to give the people the in
formation that was wanted. In the agony Of
the war, when we criticised President Lincoln
for not urging emancipation, he replied by
writing a similar letter If we remember rightly.
these insectivOrOus creatures weTe Mortified be-
cause we labOTed to make Mr.. Lincoln pro-
claim Emancipation. Mr.. Lincoln and Gen.
Grant made their responses because they were
actuated 10y desire to answer public opinion,
and showed that respect to the power of in
dependent journalism which, in a measure,
accounts for their great success.


We like Gen. Grants letter about Sheridan.
We honor him for having written it. We
want Grant to be with us, 80 essentially with
us that we can lean upon his strong right arm.
We believe his heart is right but he has him
self to dread more than any other influence.
He has been too easy with the President, too
good -natured, too anxious to please, and so has
been betrayed into false positions, to the detri-
ment Of the general welfare. We regret that
he has consented to the removal of Siclles
for there is an important principle involved in
this case quite as deeply as in that Of Sheri-
dan. If he has the right TO object to the re-
moval of Sheridan, he has the right to object
to the removal Of Sickles and all the other
District Commanders This is no mere technical
quarrel about the wording of an order. 1t is a
conflict of fundamental principles. Congress
has imposed upon the General of the Army the
responsibility Of seeing that the Re
construction laws are faithfully exc
cuted in the spirit in which they were
framed. Gen. Grant cannot throw off that
responsibility upon Mr.. johnson. 1t is not
enough for him to place himself upon record
as an enemy of the Presidents policy. He has
strict duty to discharge toward the people
who have cOnfided to him his high trust. 1t is
time for him now to be stern. He should
know that the President means war, and that
he cannot escape sublime responsibility. We
do not know how far the President will lead
us but with Grant vigilant, resOlute, and true
he cannot lead us very far.
Year: 1867

back, he determined to show what he could
do with his feet Just as the game got
started again, and all was promising peace, JOY
and satisfaction, he slyly wriggled out OF
his corner, and by bold thrust kicked
the short-stop against the pitcher, and
then sent him rolling first against one base
and then another, until they all lay i'll heap
on the field. This is the situation OF the
game at present, and we submit that the Pres
idcnt's friends owe it to the public, who have
been standing long time patiently longing to
see the game brought to an end to get him
Oft the field as decently as they can. He really
is in no condition to be about, much less to be
playing National games where the stakes are
of tremendous Importance. Thus far, all his
scores lave been blanks, and his pitching and
striking have been equally divided between
impotence and spite. He may be very sure
that I'D honest baseball players will ever
choose him on their side again.