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Year: 1867

ANOTHER PRowLER SHOT AT.-Ata late
hour Saturday night gentleman residing
near the extreme western end OF Clay
street, in the vicinity of Elba Park, dis
covered a man prowling about his pre-
misses. Being convinced, from the lateness
of the hour and the fellows actions, that ne
was after no good, the owner of the premises
discharged one or two barrels OF Colts
revolver at the marauder. \ bound to
the fence and squall as if in great pain
followed the firing of the pistol. NO
traces of blood could be discovered Sun
day morning, and the supposition is that
the prowler was more badly scared than
hurt. This occurred within the new limits
OF the city, and the report of firearms
an unusual occurrence in that section
created considerable consternatlon IN the
neighborbood.
Year: 1867

An UGLY HoLE.-For sometime past
there has remained unattended to hole
near the middle Of the street on Main
between Eighth and Ninth streets. On an


average, half-dozen wagons per day get
stalled at this place, blocking up the street,
and frequently OBTAINING the city railway
cars. The city authorities should give this
nuisance their immediate attention. A
half hour or so would etlectually remove it.
Year: 1867

No PARTICULAR REASON FOR BEING Poor.
The London correspondent of the New
York Times in a recent letter to that Jour
nal says: A Newmarket betting agency has
discovered an infallible method of winning,
in proportion to the amount invested, for
which they demand only f500, or they will
invest any amount of money confded to
them, for the usual commission. This is
very well, but it is nothing to the plan of the
great French company, now being extended
to London, and which will doubtless have
branches in all the cities of America. The
principle of this great commercial and fnan-
cial company is very simple, but the result


is, at first view, almost very astonishing
They sell everything. Whatever you wish
to buy of clothing, furniture, jewelry, etc.,
can be found at their establishments. They
sell at the regular market prices. and arti-
cles of the best quality, and with every
article or bill of goods purchased they give
the purchaser an obligation to return the
full price, perhaps in year. perhaps in ten
years; but in any case in about fifty, so
that the more you spend, the more articles
of use or luxury you buy, the more you lay
up for the future, for Old age or for your
children. The principle of course, is the in
vestment of certain portion of the profits as
a sinking fund, which is annually distribu-
ted to the holders of the obligation warrants.
If the company is solid, and the investments
secure, the scheme is perfectly practicable,
and may become very popular.
Year: 1867

In A CoFFIN-A LUDIcRoUs ScENE.-A
few mornings since, saws the Washington
Herald, as some of the Seventh Ward police
were retiring from their beats, they were
surprised at finding near the station coffin
IN which was the body of man prepared
for burial, but from the snoring of the occu.
pant they were satisfied that he was not
ready for interment. With the exception of
the snoring, the body presented every ap-
pearance Of being a genuine corpse-the
jaws being bandaged, fingers clasped, and
the usual copper cent enclosed in paper on
the eyes The officers did not take long TO
make up their minds what to do with the
occupant and they forthwith aroused him,
when the - corpse" after one or two turn
ings, arose and sat upright, and after staring
around, he asked, very coolly, "Where in
the ID am | ?' One of the officers having
laughed until it was impossible to laugh
more, volunteered to explain, and finally the
corpse was helped out, when he took stand
at the foot Of the coffin, and very solemnly
remarked: This is what we all have to
come to, but | never thought that would
ever come to it while | lived. One thing this
joke has done for me-I'l never drink any
more, for know that will always think of
this scene. Mot Varuum is sober man,"
After these remarks, which were made in
manner that showed he was in earnest, the
officers allowed him to depart The joke was
explained the next morning. 1t appears
that some citizens attempted to carry him to
the station, and seeing the coffin in a ward
near by, (where it had been left by an Off
Ger of tive Freedmen's Bureau some days
before) formed this plan, thinking that when
he awoke he would make resolution to stop
drinking, and it is said that thus far the vic
tim of this practical joke gives all barrooms
wide BERTH
Year: 1867

sweet words of forgiveness upon her Inns
.nat redoqbled the anguish of his breaking
neart. No-she got over it, He ran off and
went to sea at last and didn't come hack and
lind himself sad and alone in the world his
loved ones sleeping in the quiet church. ward
and the vine. embowered home of his how,
hood tumbled down and gone to decay. Ak
no-he came home drunk as piper, and cot
into the station house the first thing.


And he grew up, and married, and raised
large family, and Drained them all with
an axe one night, and got wealthy by all
manner of cheating and rascality, and now
be is the internal wickedest scoundrel in his
native village, and is universally respected
and belongs to the Legislature


So you see there never was bad James in
the Sunday school books that had such &
streak Of luck as this sinful Jim with tn,
charmed life.
Year: 1867

WHAT we want in natural abilities may
generally be made up in industry, as a
dwarf may keep pace with giant if he will
but move his legs little faster. =" Mother 4"
said the Spartan boy, going to battle, " my
sword is too Short Add step to it,
was the reply.
Year: 1867

The undersigned has purchased what is known
as the Cobb Whistler Store, opposite Court
Square, where heswill be happy to see the public
generally and exhibit his great variety of new and
second hand articles, too great to mention In de
tail Call and see his museum of all sorts OF
things. If you want anything go to job Ross,
apd- you willib Ysfetty sure to ind It, it>
Year: 1867

A FRESH WATER WHALE.-That our great
lake is inhabited by something bigger and of q
more amphibieus nature than the whitefsh or
the sturgeon is evident. Those who sail the
great deep and know what is going on above
and below the water tell us so, and wherefore
should they lie about so small thing? During
J the season, we have frequently heard sailors
speak of seeing fish that looked something like
a whale off the harbor. Count Mcbride, who
has crossed Lake Michigan times in the thou
sands, says he has frequently had his attention
called to whaley sort of a q fish that makes
much noise and blowing, and always with
huge pun, that can be heard on a still morn
ing Tor a mile out, sinks below the surface of
the water before he can get his boat near
enough to see and describe the beast. Captain
Consaul of the tug Davidson, wide-awake
sailor, says that frequently very early in the
morning or about daylight, when he goes out
into the lake, he has seen the monster lying OIL
the mouth OF the river moving slowly along, as
If devOuring objects that came out of the river.
On one occasion, having the wind stronglyln
his favor, be bore away for the fish, and was
enabled to get SO near that he could plainly
see its back, which seemed formed like that OF
whale, with huge fins attached, that looked
big enough to destroy q boat at one blow. Up
ON discovering the tug steaming toward It, the
fish on beast, whichever 1t was, uttered low
moaning sound as If very much frightened,
and then blowing loud blast, il sunk The
captain cruised about the spot for some time,
but no trace of the fish was afterwards seen
It is described as being much larger than any
sturgeon which has ever been seen in the
lakes, some of those who have seen it estinlat,
ing its length at fully sixteen feet. Its head
is large and its jaws capacous. -t


As another evidence that there are monsters
of the deep in the lake, we have the taft OF
the finding of large-sized fish on the banks,
which have evidently been bitten in two by
something not of their species--something of
the shark species, that is fond of q deleciable
meal, and likes it on the wing.-Milaodukee
Wisconsin.
Year: 1867

. GEN. GRANTS OPINIoNs.-Tbe Washington
correspondent OF the Springfield Republican
writes: "s Aa


Just before the adjournment of Congress,
three or four of the oldest Republicans in il
called upon Gen. Grant and had long con
yersation upon current political events. He
knew well enough what their object was-that
they desired to know if he was sound enough
to run for President. They found out two
very important facts, firstly, that he is with
Congress in its scheme of reconstructiou and
consequently against the President, and sec
ondly, that he is for manhood suffrage. On
this head he has made rapid progress Last
winter he used to talk after this fashion: "1m-
partial suffrage is coming, but the prejudices
OF the people are strong, and / would humor
them, and | confess it does seem a little hard
that we should force equal suffrage upon the
South, when we lack the moral courage to en-
force it at home. He used almost exactly this
language this winter, but he talks in differ
ent strain now. He says now that manhood
suffrage has been established at the South,
and the North must follow and make it uni
versal. He believes it impossible to stop now
in the manhood suffrage movement, and the
part OF wisdom is to make it universal as
quickly as can be. But he does not believe
Congress has the Constitutional poYer to do
II the St3tes The nee sssary acttcssa
upon the subject, that ia the loya.l States /.
Gen. Grant does not question the power of
Congress to establish impartial suffrage at the
South. NJ $40
Year: 1867

~ believe that the alcohol which is
found by chemical analysis in pure wine,
is so combined with the mass Of the fluid
as to form an integral part of it. Hy-
drogOn is part of water, but you do not
drink hydrogen and oxygen when you
drink water. So when you drink wine
you do not drink a mixture of some-
thing with alchohol, but you drink wine.
/ mean to say that the alcohol is in such
a combination in the wine, that mix
ture of a certain part Of alcohol with
water, even when combined with sugar
and favored with other things, would
have very different effect from the wine
produced by fermentation, otherwise wine
could be manufactured which would have
the same effect as natural wine"


DIR. Edward II. Clarke, Professor of
Materia Medica in Harvard; Il lived
at one time for about three years in an
almost exclusively vine-growing coun-
try, and / looked upon the light wine
there produced as being an addition to
the comfort and sustenance of the peo-
pie. The case of Germans, the Italian
nobleman, and other experiments, have
demonstrated that, without sufficient
amount of food, the system may be sus-
tained longer if wines are taken than if
they are not The best Psychologists
say that the question whether alcohol is
assimlated as food in the system has
not been decided. | think If men were
debarred the use of alcoholic stimulants
of all kinds, they would seek some other
source of excitement. A gentleman who
has been druggist in one of our towns
tells me that before the liquor law was
enforced there, he only sold opium by
the direction of physician. Since then
he has sold an average of one grain per
day for every man, woman and child in
the town"


Professor James G. White: ~ have
directed my attention especially to the
experiments of Laldmand, Perrin and
Duroy, the French chemists. They
simply proved that certain portions of
alcohol were eliminated by, the lungs
and kidneys, amounting to small por-
ton only of what was drunk, and left it
to be inferred that all was. What be-
comes OF the portion not eliminated is
the undetermined question, on opposite
sides of which psychologists and chemists
are arrayed. i agree entirely with DIR.
Clarke
Year: 1867

I6- The new law in Connecticut
against statesmen entering the State is
enforced most vigorously. No manu-
facturer, merchant or corporation can
send a clerk there without taking out
State license Of hundred dollars, and
separate one Of from twenty five to fifty
dollars for each town or city visited.
Year: 1867

B@-Admiral Tegethoff is still await
ing, in Mexico, the final decision of the
Government on the application for the
remains of Macmillan. There appears
to be no probability of his success in his
mission.
Year: 1867

p@. General Apathy" publishes a
card in which he dsclaims most pointedly
having had anything to do with the re-
cent Ohio election He pleads an alibi
he was not in the State during the pro.
gress of the canvass or on the day of the
election.
Year: 1867

~ Long John Wentworth has just
disposed Of three hundred and seventy
eight vacant lots in Chicago, for which
be receives over 100000. Some Of
these lots front on a Nicholson pave
ment avenue, and for that reason com
manded FIVE dollars more per foot Real
estate in that city is considerably higher
now than in August
Year: 1867




Messrs C.. & X. POillOn had o claim against the
Steamship Company owning the line OF steamers running
between this port and Bremen. The Baltic, one OF these
steamers was Thursday morning last lying at her
pier No 40 North River from which she was advertised
sail at O'clock that morning One OF the Mcssrs. Poll
Ion and the Sheriff went board previous to that ho
and took the vessel in custody Notwithstanding this
seizure steam was got up and the vessel proceeded
her passage down the bay, taking the sheriff and MT
Poillon along. The snow storm prevented the steamer
proceeding further than Quarantine abreast OF which
anchored In the stream. The Sheriff and Mr. Paion re-
turned to the city in tug boat and there being an I'M
satisfied claim against the Company, which had been pros
ecuted in the United States District Court Mr. P0ilon
obtained the services of four United States Deputy Mar
sha who proceeded to the Baltic and took possession OF
her on Thursday evening They kept her In custody un
iii Friday night at a. at which time the tug boat Nellie
came down. having board Capt Taylor, President OF
the steamship Company pilot, and also about 40 sa
ors On the arrival of this party board, row com
menced and the Deputies forced into the tug boat
when the steamer Immediately got under way and de-
from the harbor It s stated In the MarshaIs
office that the Baltic had large and valuable cargo On
board which had been received on such conditions ny tho
Company that II 10 had not been dispatched forthwith the
Company would have been liable TO forfeit Its full value
Year: 1867

II was not ti ser O'Clock at night that the pilot ven


ured 10 the ,ar a Sandy Hook Bnt by 10 O'Clock
the safely rossed and the Dunderberg was Dear
ing waIS with the easy assurance Of any Vesse
that pows the This assurance was not however
felt by every body IN board one Of the Naval COmnis
soners h0nght III occasion serious that no hhd IN
sured his life before starting and there were Others NOT
less apprehensiye th. result Indeed considering the


Immense tOpheaviIss Of the Dunderbcrg-the enormous
weight of metal above water compared tO the occupation
Of the vessel below the surface, II Is n0 strange tat
there should he some risk Ia going To sea In her.
happened that the outside the bar was very snoOth
for this OF the year There slight roll OF the
vessel when she struck the ground swell but, ndepch


emily Of this there perceptibc motion at All rom
the action OF the Nearly oil the guests on b0nrd the
ship passed ven uncomfortable night, the atmosphere
beingGery cold and no accommodations for sleeping
having been prepare One might well ask friend
To visit his house and after supper show him the door


step for mattrass invite guest to pass winters
night u ship without offering him even blanket To
cover hni fiom the freezing weather. or pillow wereOn
% re his weary head But this us lie to dO VIII tue sue
Year: 1867

We shall constantly admonish the Southern
people to be sslf-relisnt and shall do what We
may be able to induce ths establishment OF
manufactories in our midst Cor cur hsma pro-
daets To this end We will pay special attention
20 the COST aud STATISTICS Of manufacturing.
and exert ourselves to encourage the diveraih-
cation of Southern industries and the develop
nent Of Southern resources.
Year: 1867

IRON the Phlladelph1a Age.


There is a rumor that General Sickels
has asked to be relieved from duty as com
mander of one of the military divisions of
the South, created by the Stevens Sherman
bill, and demanded court of inquiry on
his official conduct. He never should have
been appointed and if such a request has
been forwarded TO headquarters we hope it
will be complied with at once and that the
General will be placed in a position where
his conduct cannot impede the needed work
of reconstruction. 1t is full time that the
issues pending in this country between
civil rule and military authority, between
men holding the sceptre Of civil command
and those grasping the sword, should be
settled. During the war shoulder straps
were more potential than the mandates
Of a Judge, backed by the civil authority
of State or even a nation. All the consti-
tutional rights of citizens were invaded and
overthrown, and ''life, liberty and the pos
session of property" were made dependent
upon the will Of men clothed with military
power. This principle supplies the life
blood of the eStevens-Sherman bill, and some
of the commanders entrusted with author
ity nnder that act seem determined to con-
tinue the despotism of the sword, and even
brave the opinions Of the law officer of the
government and the rightful dominion OF
the Chief Magistrate of the nation to effect
their purpose.


If this nation is ever to regain the old
beaten pathway of civil government, mill
tary men must be confined to the discharge
of military duties, and prevented from in
terfering with those of civil character.
To be sure full application of this prin-
ciple cannot be arrived at now, when ten
States of the Union are under military
rule. Still cases are not wanting where
the boundaries of military power can be
restricted, and those of civil rule enlarged
This is apparent from the opinion of Attor-
ney General Stanberry on the reconstruc-
ton bills, and we hope the President will
act in such manner as TO make the prin-
ciples laid down in that document practical
facts If military men do not wish the
sphere of their powers circumscribed, lie;
them act as we trust Gen. Sickles has done,
and both the interests of the country and
the welfare Of the people will be promoted
Year: 1867

BALTIMORE, June 26.-The State Con-
stitutional Convention yesterday adopted a
resolution appointing a committee Of
twenty four to receive President johnson
on his return from Boston, en- route to the
national capital. His arrival at Annapolis
will be the occasion for an enthusiastic
demonstration.
Year: 1867

2
: We copy an article on this subject, which
we commend to the special consideration of
mothers. 1t is from Halls journal of Health,
and may be read with advantage:


!, Group seldom comes on suddenly. Gen
orally it has at first no other symptom than
those of a common cold, but the very mo-
-ment the child is seen to carry his hands
toward his throat, indicating discomfort
there, it should be considered an attack of
Group, and should be treated accordingly.
When child is sick of anything no physi-
clan can tell where that sickness will end.
So it is with cold; it may appear to be a
very slight one indeed, still it may end
fatally in Group putrid sore throat or Dip
iberia. The moment mother observes
croupysymptoms in a. child from two to
eight years, the especially crOupy age, she
should keep the child in her own room, by
her own side, day and night, not allowing
it for a'moment to go outside of the door,
keeping it comfortably warm, so that no
Echiltiness or draft of air shall come over it.
Light food should be eaten, no meats or hot
bread or berries. The whole body, the feet,
especially. should be kept warm all the time.
Rubbing 20 drops of sweet oil into the skin
over the left breast patiently with the
hand, two or three times, or more times, a
day, often gives the most marked relief in
a cold, thus preventing Group. Such q
course, promptly pursued will promptly
cure almost any cold child will take, and
seldom fails to ward off effectually, in a
day or two, what would otherwise have
been fatal attack OF Group, with its ring
ing, kissing, barking sound, aud its uneasy,
oppressive and labored breathing, none OF
which can ever be mistaken when once
heard. Many sweet child is lost thus
The parents are aroused at dead of night
with a cough that suggests Group; but il
seems to pass off, and in the morning they


wake up with feeling of thantul deliver
ance from boding i'll. The child runs about
all day as if perfectly we'll; but the next


night the symptoms are more decided, and
on the next night the child dies; but this


would have been averted with great GER


tainty if from the first night the child had
been kept in warm room, warmly clad


if the bowels had been kept free, and moth


ing had been eaten but toast with tea ol
| cruel, or stewed fruit.
Year: 1867

We learn from correspondent at Colum-
bus city, Iowa, that at regular meeting of
the Free Masons, and while the lodge was
in session, one of the members had his
horse stolen. The next morning bottle
of whisky was found near the spot from
which the horse was taken. A young man
by the name of John Gets drank portion
of this liquor, and in less than a half hour,
he was corpse. The liquor, upon exam
.ination, was found to contain enough poi
son to kill ten men, and is supposed to have
been dropped by the thief, hoping that
some one would drink it, thus raising an
excitement and giving him a better chance
to escape.-M. Pleasant GotUa) Journal.
Year: 1867

A Boston paper says that some of the
banks OF that city have been in the habit
OF taking receipts instead of notes for
loans, by which large amounts are saved
on stamps. In one instance a two-cent
stamp was used where the law required
stamps amounting to two hundred and fifty
dollars -
Year: 1867

contains the following; 4ss sk rsosl ez


About noon yesterday our city was
thrown into great exeitementby the rumor
that the United States colored troops, sta
toned at San Pedro Springs. had mutinied
and killed several of their officers. and also
that the war having been carried into AZ
RIGA, many of the negroes were killed.
There had been hurry ing to and fro among
the military stationed in the city, and they


were soon off at a deuble-quick. The ru-


mors continued growing in number and


varyiDg insdetails, until there was no way
of getting at the truth without going to
the seat Of war, and We went. Z We
found one officer-Lieutenant Griffin. we
understood the name to be--lying mortal
ly wounded, his head split open with a
sabre; another wounded in the hand: while
the negro sergeant who had struck the blow
with the sabre was lying dead on the
spot where he Iell. From citizens living
in the vicinity, we learned that this Ser
geant had protested before the officer of
the day. Lieut.. Griffin, against the tying
up by the thumbs of some OF his company,
and that the officer had ordered him 10 bis
quarters, which order he refused to obey,
christening TO report to Gen. Merritt


Whether the officer then attempted to shoot
Or not, we could not learn, but mediately
the Sergeant drew his sabre and cut-an-
other officer then shot the Sergeant through
thee head, while the latter officer was
wounded in the hand by still another sol
dier, in the meantime the whole camp was
alive and numbers of bullets went whist
ling through the air. The dash and bold
ness of the senior officer present, is said
and believed to have done much toward
quieting down the muCiny, which at one
time indicated an indiscriminate massacre
OF the officers in camp. Gen. Merritt was
very energetic in examining into the causes
and ascertaining who were the instigators
Year: 1867

Can it be that the United States are
aboiit to go into debt more than any other
nation ever Gid And will the people pay


this debt? The war brought into being
more (paperl money than any nation had
ever used. Government was for four years
the best customer the country ever had,
but it bought on credit How about pay
day2oY Yours 80 az.e aa.1.Ldes