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Year: 1866

We need not ask our readers to read the
speech of this eminent statesman, which
we publish in our paper to-day, as we know
we could print nothing that would be more
acceptable to them. 1t is one of the most
instructive speeches we ever read, and gives
the broad and national views by which the
great statesmen of this country were gov
erned in the good old Democratic days of
the Republic. 1t is copied from the ONO
STATESMAN, for which It was reported
Western Standard.
Year: 1866

1t may be two years since we announced
that German chemist in Buffalo claimed
to have disco gered process whereby the
Starch of Indian Corn might be readily
transmitted into Sugar, whereof it has long
been known as the chemical equivalent.
His patent was bought soon atterward, by
u company in this city, who have since
been experimenting with it, under tile dl-
rectiOn of Mr.. A. f. .Ockershausen, the emil
nent and lifelong Sugar refiner, IL Rose
street.


We looked in there few days since, and
CLEANED the following facts:


l. No marketable Sugar has yet been
made under this patent. That which alone
has been produced in any quantity IS what
is know as Grape Sugar-differing In the
form of its particles from Cane Sugar, and
not convertible into the latter by any
known process, nor acceptable as substl-
tute therefor.


2. Sirup, Of a very fair quality, is made
OF Corn under this patent, and may be to
any extent. We do not consider it so in
tensely sweet us Cane or Maple Sirup OF
equal density, but we could detect no alloy
or Other fault in it. We should judge that
100 gallons of Corn Sirup are about equal
to Is of equally thick Cane Sirup. the col.
or OF the two does not materially differ.


3. Inc SGarCn OF the COrn Is SepdIdCeu
for Sirup precisely as it is for the produc-
ton of the edible Corn Starch of commerce.
Beyond that point, we did not observe
the process; but presume the trrnsmutation
of Starch into Sugar is akin to that where
by Alcohol is obtained from Grain.


4. Mr.. 0ckershausen says that bushel
of Corn yields three gallons of Sirup, worth
70 cents per gallon. The residuum (Glut-
en-, Bran, &c. sells at 20 cents per bushel
for feed.


This is all ofconsequence we learned on
Or visit that we have not since forgotten.
No: in single flask of the Sirup shown us
there was an unmistakable and quite consid-
cradle deposit of crystals Of ofSugar-reat Su-
gar--in the bottom; but how caused We
did not learn; aud we understand that the
company no more than we understand why
this particular flask crystallized, while
others did not.


How far the company consider their in
veutiOn or process success, and whether
they still hope to pro luce uneXceptionable
Sugar from Corn, we did not inquire; but
we believe they are satisfied tnat Sirup
from Corn is fixed fact, and one of decid-
ed impOrtance.--NeW York Tribune.
Year: 1866

ceive their actual expenses while
actually engaged in the performance
Of their duties under this act, pro-
vided, the same is first established
by oath.


SEC. 6. Nothing in this act shall
be construed to interfere with the
present provision in relation to the
Deaf and Dumb, it being the purpose
and intent of this Act to permanent
ly locate the Institution, and to as
certain the plan and costs of the
buildings necessary for the same,
leaving it with the next General
Assembly to determine finally upon
the plan and erection of said build
ings.


SEC. Z. There is hereby appro-
priated out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated
the sum of one thousand dollars, or
so much thereof as may be necessary
to carry the provisions Of this Act
into effect.
Year: 1866

Having Determined to enlarge this
branch Of our business we have con-
stant1y been adding to cur stock, and
are prepared to exhibit to the tTado
q NOTION DEPARTMENT. that
cannot be surpassed by any in the
West. Our assortment Of
Year: 1866




Don't be afraid Of little fun at
home, good people. Don't shut up
our house lest the sun lade your car-
pets, and your heart lest u hearty
laugh shake down some OF the musty
old cobwcbs there. II you want TO


ruin your sons, let them think that all
lnirth and social enjoyment must be
left on the threshold without, " hen
they come home ut night. When
once home is regarded as only a
place TO cat, dlink and sleep IL, the
work begins that ends IN gambling
houses and reckless dissipation -
Young people .mOt have lun and
relaxation some where; il they do not
hnd 1t at their own hearthstones it
VIII be sought at less profitable
places. Therefore let the fire burn
brightly at night, and make the homo.
stead delightful with all those little
arts that parents perfectly under
stand. Don't repress the buoyaut
spirits ofyour children; half an hour
or merriment round the lamp and fire.
light of q home, blots out the remem.
brance of many q care and annoyance
during the day, and the best safe.
guard they can take with them into
The world is the unseen influence Of q
bright little domestic 6reside.
Year: 1866

The season of sheep shcaring l.
now upon us, and with 1t comes TN
question of what shall be the price o.
wool Having spent most of the past
month at public shearings and meet
ings of the wool growers, this qncs-
ton has been asked me, and / madc
such answer as, according to the bes,
OF my information, would subserve
the truth. think no person can say
confidently just what wool will bc
worth month hence, or what price
farmers ought 10 insist upon, but so
far as have any opinion to express,
I will give it, under the above qnalifi-
cation.


In the first place, as TO the causes
which will affect prices this season.
The pending tariff measure agreed
upon by the Joint Committee of the
National Wool Growers and Nation.
al Manufacturers Associations, can
operate only prospectively. The bill
has not, at this writing, been report
ed to Congress by the Committee of
Ways anu Means, so that the nearest
possible time Of its passage is too far
ia the future TO have a very direct in
huence in determining the price which
shall rule for our woods in June or
July. But the prospective and col
lateral influences OF this measure will
be considerable. Let us calculate:
With an impost duty oil ten cts. per
h., and ten per cent. ad valorem on
foreign wools-of which it takes two
pounds to be equal TO one Of Ameri.
can wool Ito the American wool
grower twice ten cents per pound,
and twice ten per cent say twenty
three cents; add TO this the cost OF the
foreign wool, say at fifteen cents per
p Jund, equals thirty cents, making
IN all fifty three cents, besides ex-
change, storage, etc and the Amen
can wool grower will have bis own
market at an average of some sixty
cents per pound. Even under the
present delusive tariff, it is stated in
the last report of the Boston Board
| Jt Trade, by one of the best Informed
wool dealers in that city, that even al
cost of twenty. four cents per pound


the imp rtation OF Mestizo woods the
past season had not been remunera'
live; and this while American wool ID
quoted at fifty to fifty five cents II
| this calculation is correct, think the
American wool grower Las abundant
treason to be satisfied with the pros
Ipectvs condition Of the wool market


Another and more immediate cause


affecting the price Of wool in 1865, II


the fact that the Eastern wool houses


are usually bare, not only OF foreign
but of entire and desirable lots ofd
mestlc wool. The operations ofman
ufactursrs within the last few weeks
Year: 1866

job Plympton early gave himself
up to all inoIdinate love of money.
| A narrow, close listed man, never
know to give privately or to public
objects, he succeeded by hook or by
crook in accommodating some lilty
thousand dollars. lie had never
married, but lived by himself in Il
p"nurious way, denying himself the
ordinary comforts of lille.


1t was shicwdly suspected uat not
Il little of his money had come TO him
by unfair or fraudulent means. Some
) ears before he had committed To his
charge, two orphan children OF his
brother, n boy and girl who lived
IN his house until maturity, and were
then were turned adrilt with the in
tination that they had "eaten him
out of house and home, and that he
could do more Tor item"


John Plympton, his nephew, now
spirited young fellow Of twenty.
two, had hired lodgings for himself
and his sister, obtained situation as
clerk in the village store, and was
likely to do well. He had supposed
until recently that his father had lell
nothing, as his uncle had constantly
assured him, but letter of his iather,
discovered since he came of age, en-.
lightencd him on this point. To his
unboundcd establishment he learned
that his uncle had received with them
in trust the sum of six thousand dol.
lars, which he had cOolIy appropriated
to his own use, relying upon the tact
that no one but himself was aware oi
the fact that his father had left any.
thing. +.-


HOW to force his uncle to make re.
stitution he hardly knew. lie knew
that the old man would contest the
matter inch by inch. Yet the money
would he very servicenble. Half the
money would enable him TO enter in
to partnership with his employer,
while the other half, which woulu
come to his sister, would enable hel
~ once to marry n worthy and indus
trious young man who sought her
hand, but from poverty would prob
ably be unable to marry her for three
or four years, by which time he might
make sufficient provision TO enable
them to start in housekeeping.


About tliis time his uncle iell sick,
not dangerously, but he was likely to
be confined to his room for some
weeks.


This gave John new idea.


The letter which he had discover
ed OF his fathers would probably not
be sufficient in the eye of the law to
force restitution from his uncle,
though 1t might produce moral con.
victlon in the minds OF q jury, and
cover his uncle's name with dis.
grace. But job Plympton would
prefer disgrace to restitution, as his
!, nephew well understood.


But there was one other way. His
uncle was very superstitious, espec-
tally under the influence OF sickness,
an his fears might be worked upon In
J such way as to lead him TO dojustice
Even in sickness he was too penuii
Gus to have nurse in constant at
tendance. He engaged an Irish wo'
msn in the nsighborhood to como IN
Year: 1866

RAILROAD ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF
railroad disasters have become so frequent
that the public are no longer startled at
them. We gave reports yesterday of three
disasters which took place in the afternoon Of
the previous day, at which five persons were
killed outright, several MANNED for life,
and others more or less bruised. As usual
in such cases. the most serious accident OF the
three was charged TO some malicious person.
This stcreotyped accusation may serve to ease
the conscience Of railroad managers, bat il does
not in the least remove their guilt OF unneces-
sary slaughter of life. IL is all nonsense to
try TO shirk the responsibility by stating that
some discharged drunken employee has at
tempted to avenge himself by throwing tele-
graph poles or other distractions across the
track. The very fact that this is done proves
that the road is not managed as it should be;
if It were there would be no opportunity for
parties to seek revenge in that manner.


The fact of the matter is, our railroad OFF,
cials manage the companies which they have
charge Of to suit their interests in Wall street
rather than the travelling public. For the last
three or four years all the main lines have been
transporting soldiers and munitions Of war for
the government, running SO many extra trains
that their tracks and materials are sadly out of
repair. Little or no attention has been paid to
placing the roads in good order, and the result
is that every now and then a train goes through
a bridge or is thrown down an embankment by
the breaking of a wornout rail or defective
switch. Railroad companies should be CON-
PEELED to employ sufficient number of watch
men or Aagmen to thoroughly patrol their
roads, who should be men of sufficient capacity
TO detect defects in the tracks, as well as guard
against the efforts Of those malicious persons
who every now and then obstruct them with
stones, logs, and telegraph poles. This Is the
system in England, and there Is no reason why
IL should not be adopted here. We would
not then be constantly called upon TO
record some horrible accident and the
slaughter of individuals who have intrusted
their lives 10 these railroad corporations.
What Is wanted is moro stringent legislation
on this point; but this we do not expect TO
obtain so long as railroad companies can pur-
chase legislatures as easily rs at present If A.
T. Stewart, William b. Astor and other wealthy
citizens who 90 to Albany every year and
spend their time and money to defeat the under
ground Broadway railroad and other jobs pu.
up for tho special purpose Of obtaining uoaeT
Year: 1866

SACRIFICING THE DIGNITY OF THE PREss-It
is in exceedingly bad taste for the radical pa
pers to rail at bar and bench when arguments
and decisions are against their party and poll
tics. Personal abuse Of Judge Cardozo BY
radical journals will not injure him, but may
lower tho standard which the Metropolitan
press should endeavor to maintain. The pa
pers Of New York city, in . certain measure
and to great extent, influence all other papers
in the country, and they are responsible not
only for the opinions entertained by the coun-
try journals, but for the dignity and decency
practised in courts, legislatures, and in Con-
gress. Such gross attacks as those upon Judge
Cardozo are not calculated to elevate either
bar, bench or press
Year: 1866

frequent and sweltering journeys up and down
Pennsylvania avenue. At last advicos he was
sbout to postpone the appointment until after
the Congressional recess. Should he do that
the consequences may bs fatal All the lemon
adss-to say nothing Of stronger drinks-thst
can be concocted will not cool the heated
blood Of the excited aspirants, who can see
no way to earn money except from the public
treasury, and whose hopes Of the Naval ONCE
are their only visible means Of support. Il
this sort of thing continues we shall have to
call upon Mr.. Bsrgh to 90 to Washington and
superintend the appointment Surely this
cruelty to politicians Is not less worthy Of the
interference Of the benevolent than the cruelty
to dogs, chickens, horses and turtles about
which we hear 20 much.
Year: 1866

from them would cease nibbling at such black
mailing bats as removing stoops from the
houses in Fifth avenue and direct their atten-
ton to the passage Of stringent laws in regard
to the management Of railroads, they would ac-
complish soms good, and be able to aid in
putting an end to the enormous slaughter Of
life by railroads. Here ID field where their
labors would be appreciated by the public.
Year: 1866

All advertisements handed in until half past nine
O'Clock in the evening will be classified under appro-
pirate headings but proper classification cannot be
insured after that hour.
Year: 1866

The New CouRr HoUsE.-The Board Of SUI
pervisors have, Of course, adopted the white
washing report of the committee appointed to
investigate the details of the new Court House
building. Nobody could expect them to do
anything else. The Board are not going to con-
denim themselves. 1t was quite absurd to ina
gine that they would bring in any other verdict
than not guilty" when they sat as jury to
try their own case. But the facts remain that
the Court House has been very costly job and
that Is not yet near completion. The new
HERALD Office was begun about five months
ago; is now being rooied, and we intend to oc-
cupy IL in November. The new Court
House was begun about five years ago, and
will not be ready for occupation in . year
or two to come. This shows the differ
ence between government work and that done
for private individuals. The comparative cost
OF the two edifces might show 1t even more
clearly but who knows exactly how much the
Court House has cost, and who can tell pre-
csely what IL Is going to cost There is no
use in attempting TO get at these facts, for the
moment an investigation is seriously mooted
the Supervisors get up an inquiry of their own,
as counter irritant, and a general wbitewash-
ing Is jhe result. by and by the people. and
especially the taxpayers, will be thoroughly
disgusted with this kind OF business, and then
we shall have reform Till then the new
Court House must stand "a a marble mouu-
ment Of CORPORATION corruption
Year: 1866

FLORAL DEPREDATIoNs.-We have here
tofore given SO many pleasing incidents
connected with the scattering OF flowers
by fair hands upon the graves of the Con-
federate dead in Hollywood that it is pain
full to reflect that any of the gentle sex
should go to that sacred spot for the pur-
pose of making depredations upon the flo
raj treasures planted there by the hand OF
sympathy and affection. A gentleman in
forms us that on Sunday last he saw seve-
raj females emerge from the enclosure with
large bouquets in their hands, which they
had gathered from the graves of the dead.
1t is to be hoped that this exposure will
deter others from pursuing similar course,
though it is difficult to believe that many
residents of Richmond would decorate
their parlors at the expense Of the be-
reaved, as well as at the expense Of good
manners and common decency.
Year: 1866

RUYGwAY.-A horse attached to .
wagon, and without driver, took fright
Yesterday and ran down Dock street at Q
rate Of speed, which would bother crack
race-horse to beat. In passing Colonel
Haskins's store the animal undertook to
turn corner, but came in contact with 9
stone post, oyerturning the vehicle and
smashing up things generally. The owner,
on arriving at the spot, found his horse oil
right, but his wagon wreck.
Year: 1866

MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VIRGINIA.--Since
our notice of this institution appeared on
Saturday, we find that We understated the
number of students. We are informed by
the Dean that there were then fifty-three
in attendance, and that additions are being
daily made to the number. The entrance
of students is expected. to continue to q
later period than usual-partly because the
present session commenced month earlier
than those of the last four years, and
partly because the exaggerated rumors
circulated at distance in regard to the
prevalence of the cholera in the city have
had the effect of keeping some students
back until its disappearance or decided
decline should be announced. The latter
is already fact, and the former may be
expected to follow very soon.


The number Of professors In the Medi-
cal College should have been stated at
seven instead of six.
Year: 1866

We find in the Memphis Post a letter
dated Oshkosh, Wis, from one Of the
teachers Of the Freedmen, who deemed
it prudent to leave Memphis during the
riots. The letter says


We had been hissed at and stoned at
different times during the year, and told
of danger by those who said that they
knew that things would be changed as
soon as the soldiers were mustered out.
Those whose confidence we had won, and
who proiesseu personal friendship to US,
assured Us of our danger from an organ
lzed society with whom they met regular
ly. Seven or eight months we have known
Of what was puTpOsed. The last few
weeks we have seen a storm gathering.
Every day stones had been shot into our
school room by the sons Of those who
knew what was TO come. Adults had
Kissed US of late IL passing to and from
our school, but on.y from that low class
who were preparing themselves for future
action. The better class, who knew US
best, informed US Of danger, and were
ready to shield US from harm.


Although told by them Wednesday
evening Of the burnings determined upon
that night, and Of the danger of being out,
l went out, lighted up the house for my
night school. While on the way one col
Ored man was shot down. As the excite
ment was greatly increasing the scholars
did not venture out. Believing the old
church would fall a prey to the flames
the mob determined to kindle that night,
l picked up such books as [ owned, and
took them home. Twenty shots were
heard in the course CT an hour, between
nine and ten that evening, within one or
two squares Of our dwelling. RumOrs
came IN of the murder of some in the
neighborhood. We feltn0 security in
seeing the police pass our dwelling with
two United States soldiers before, and a
company of roughs following, In the
morning while buying family stores, a gen
tleman informed me that the same secret
society who had planned and executed the
deeds of darkness of the previous night
had agreed upon the massacre Of the
teachers Of the colored schools Thursday
night. I would not credit his testimony
at first, but when he told me with great
feeling, that from motives of good he had
attended the meetings of the secret or
ganizatiOn, and that the programme car
ried out on the last night was what had
been agreed upon, and that he knew the
destruction of the teachers was as certain
to be effected, as the prudent man for
seeth the evil aud hideth hi mself'' l felt
it my duty to take my fam lily out of the
way of merciless and unrelenting mob


With a sincere desire that truth only
may prevail, l remain as ever, true
friend of the freedman. VIM. BAILEY,


Principal Of Col Sch oOl, No. 5,


Cor Main and OvertOn streets.
Year: 1866

The idea of burning down a tree six or
eight feet in diameter, and green, would
have seemed to be as simply absurd and
ridiculous. But the thing is done in Ore
gon every day at a vast saving of time and
la bor The operation is done in this
wise -


A hole is bored into the tree horizon
tally, the nearer the centre the better
Then directly under this hole another IL
bored at an angle of elevation such that
the holes meet together near the centre
of the tree. A coal Of fire with a little
kiRdliug is introduced into the orifce
thus formed, and the upper one performs
the functions Of a chimney. The heart
of the tree is dry and contains a consider
able amount of pitch, and when manipu-
lated as l have described, burns briskly.


It is generally necessary to feed this
fire with some fresh fuel from time to
time. But one man can keep large
number of trees thus burning and will
get twenty or a hundred trees down much
quicker and easier than he could other
wise do. In a similar manner, when the
tree is cut down, it Is cut into pieces by
being burned in two. A hole Is burned
into the log from the top, and another
from the side till they meet as before de-
scribed, when the perpendicular hole
acts as hue and the horizontal one furn-
ishes the draft 1t often happens that in
burning a large tree into length, for saw
logs, there is not more timber wasted than
would result from the chopping Of log
with an axe. 1880. MOB s..r