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Year: 1867

bound as drawer, cndorscr, surety,
bail Or guarantor upon any bill,
bond, note or any other speciality
or contract, or for any debt of
another person, and his liability
shall not have become absolute
until after the adjudication of
bankruptcy, the creditor may
prove the same after such liability
shall have become fixed, and be-
fore the final dividend shall have
been declared.


MUTUAL DEBTS.


20. In all cases of mutual debts
or mutual credits between the
parties, the account between them
shall be stated, and one debt set off
against the other, and the balance
only shall be allowed or paid; but
no set off shall be allowed Of q
claim in its nature not provable
against the estate.


21. No creditor proving his
debt or claim shall be allowed to
maintain any suit therefor against
the bankrupt, but shall be deemed
to have waived all right of suit
against the bankrupt, and all pro-
ceedings already commenced, or
unsatisfed judgments already OBJ
tanned thereon, shall be deemed to
be discharged and surrendered
thereby and no creditor whose
debt is provable under this Act
shall be allowed to prosecute to
final Judgment any suit of law or
in equity therefor against the bank
rupt, until the question of the
debtors discharge shall have been
determined.
Year: 1867

style ofloafer; and by those whose
opinions are OF most avail, youwill
judge, not by externals, or for
any peculiarity of life, trade or
profession, but for the more ster-
lihg qualifications of head and
heart. Know thyself, yet of all
knowledge, the knowledge of self
is acquired with most difficulty.
Discover, if possible, your mental
latitude and longitude, the extent
and compass of your capacities,
and when this self knowledge
shall have become universal then
we will see agriculture and the
useful arts reclaiming their fugi-
tiyes from the legislative halls,
the bar, the pulpit and the pro
fessoTs chair. Then many a
country pedagogue and village,
pettifogger instead of endeavor-
ing to rear the the tender thought,
will be found somewhere grace
fully welding the hoe handle and
vigilantly striving to prevent the,
incursions of the brain. "This is
a consummation devoutly to be
wished" and we trust that in,
the dim outlines of the future, the
time is Fastening on when the
barriers of false pride shall be
broken down and men shall Judge
of'matters by. the unadulterated
standard of common sense. When
this millennium shall have dawned
upon the world, then. indeed may
we realize that the golden age is.
come, and exclaim with the noun,
tain bard, Temporal matamt cum
omnibus Bolivar (Tenn.1 Bulles
tin. -
Year: 1867

A few days since brief paragraph found
it, way among our personal items, TO the
effect that Mr.. Chase went into the Trea-
sury possessed of very little private means,
and came out of il, and is now, very rich.
We are assured by gentleman of this
city, who is not a political friend OF the
late Secretary Of the Treasury, nor ever
an advocate of his financial policy, that
the story is utterly without founda-
ton. He assures US, aud on au-
thority that cannot be questioned, that the
limited private means of the Chief Justice
are now about the same as they were when
he was appointed 10 the Treasury, and
that these means, although the same IN
nominal amount, are in fact Of much less
value for the purpose of living than then,
which is a condition of thiBgs We can all
understand in these days Of high prices.
We regret that, in a compilation OF brief
personal items this misstatement got into
our columns, and il is but justice TO give
il this prominent eontradiction.--Nes York
World
Year: 1867

And for the special pleasure and profit Of the
young. each week We will give general literary
and religious miscellany. Nothing shall 6nd
its way into our columns unfit for the perusal Of
the mothers and daughters Of the land. Depre-
eating the demoralizing sensationalism Of many
contemporary journals. we shall esehsw that
character striving to give thereadsr substantial
matter. Drefsrrins to be useful rather than


ensational
Year: 1867

We shall constantly sdmonish the Southern
people to be self-reliant. 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 divsrsi6-
cation Of Southern industries and the develop
uent Of Southern resources
Year: 1867

And kindred topics, We shall also give an sx-
tensive variety Of valuable and interesting mat
ter-the best adapted TO the farming classes o.
our State. which will. in a great measure, sup
ply the place Of family agricultural paper.
Year: 1867

late rebel States should be admitted to their
former practical relations to the General
Government, while they continue to oppose
these amendments.


To the Congress of the United States the
heartfelt sympathies and overwhelming
sutirages Of the people have been generously
giyen.-They have fearlessly proclaimed
their unequiYocal verdict-'sWEII, DONE.
GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANTS" Upon
the deliberations and actions Of Congress our
present interests and future welfare all de-
pend. In its hrmness and courage the
whole experiment of genuine republicanism
Is indissolubly involved. That this firmness
and courage will be fully exhibited by its con-
trolling majorities, in the organization and
adoption of measures of wisdom and discre-
tion, even more radical and decisive, If nee
essary, than those Of the past, entertain
nc doubt. Such measures will meet with
my cordial approyal.-And / mag well add,
that while PennsylVania will con6de in A
loyal Congress, she viii not hesitate to sus-
tain it With her entire influence and power.


That in the administration Of the govern
ment may err, is only what should be ex-
pected from the infrmities of the human
mind; but as | enter upon the discharge of
my responsible duties with firm resolution
to act with honesty and impartiality, trust
my errors will be regarded with charity and
treated with the gentleness of magnanimous
forgiveness.


And earnestly hope that my intereourse
with my fellow citizens Of the Senate and
House of Representatives viii be SO frank
and cordial that our duties to a common
constituency will be pleasantly and faithfully
discharged. Different branches of the gov
ernment as We are, with distinctive duties,
we are nevertheless parts of one organized
and well regulated system and as we co-ope-
rate or disagree, the interests Of the State
will probably be promoted or retarded.
Elected by the people desirous to promote
the welfare Of every citizen, mere party diff
erences should not be allowed to Interfere
with the maintenance of 4 generous, a true
an comprehensive publie policy.


lt was the illustrious Washington, equally
distinguished as warrior and a statesman,
who gave utteranee to the declaration,
shat the propitious smiles Of Heaven can
not be expected on a nation that disregards
the eternal rules Of order and right; and
Jefferson who asserted that whatever is
morally wrong cannot be politically right
These utteraaces express my deepest cOnvic-
tions of the rules and principles which
should permeate and control all governments.
Let us fellow citizens, adhere to them, be
governed by them and our efforts will be
happily united in surrounding the institu-
tions of our State, as well as those of our
nation, with rampant of truth that will
repel the madness Of ambition, the schemes
of usuTpation, and successfully resist the
changes and agitations of all coming time.
Year: 1867


Well, let him go, and let him stay
do not mean to die
/ guess ell find that can live
Without him, if try
He thought to frighten me with frowns,
So terrible and black
He'll stay away thousand years
Before | ask him back
He said that had acted wrong,
And foolishly beside ;
/ wont forget him after that
/ wouldn't if / died,
If was wrong, what right had he
To be so cross with me
/ know I'm not an angel quite
don't pretend to be.
He had another sweetheart once,
And now when we fall out,
He always says she was not cross,
And that she didn't pout.
It is enough to vex a saint


It's more than | can bear;
l wish that girl of his was


Well, don't care where.
He thinks that she was pretty, too
Was beautiful as good
wonder if She d get him back


Again now, if she could
know she would, and there she is
She lives almost in sight
And now it. S almost nine o clock
Perhaps he's there tonight.
I'd almost write to him to come
But then I've said won't;
do not care so much, but she


Shan't have him if | don't.
Besides | know that | was wrong,


And he was in the right
] guess L Il tell him so-and then
| WISH he come tonight.
Year: 1867

The trial of James Tierney for murder which was
ordered for yesterday adjourned at the request Of
the prisoners counsel to give him an opportunity q
acdliant himself with the facts Of the case.
Year: 1867

While the examination of Dan Noble,
the prisoner in the Royal Insurance bond
robbery case, was proceeding at the tombs
on Monday before Judge Hogan, q scene
occurred which for several minutes created
the greatest sensation. A Mrs. Gilchrist
was on the witness stand, and was under
going cross examination with regard to
her former husband, John Keene, who the
witness testified was dead. She said he was
her second husband, and had just finished
relating the circumstances of their mar
riage, and the subsequent death of her hus-
band, when the counsel, glancing towards
the door of an ante-room, called "John
Keene p and the man Tor the ghost if the
witness told the truth walked forth. The
episode caused the witness to shrink back
and almost faint. AS soon as the excite
ment was over the examination went on,
the witness testifying she had not seen her
husband for twelve years, and supposed
him to be dead New York Wo1ld
Year: 1867

A Richmond correspondent OF the New
York Tribune writes ..


From an authentic source [ have reason
to state that Jefferson Davis will be tried at
the November term of the United States
Circuit court here, and that he will be forth
coming at that time. The counsel for the
defense will declare themselves ready for
trial. The court will signify its assent in
the same manner. The government will
ask for time under the pretense of being
unprepared-a shift to get out of the trial


The court will then say 1t will be i'll session
for considerable period, (which will afford
the government ample time to prepare, and
If its representatives fail to prosecute the
prisoner before the term Of the court ex-
pires, it will i'll that case probably declare
the prisoner discharged, in the absence of
the prosecution. Such will most probably
be the programme of the long expected
Davis trial, and such the upshot OF it in
the case of the failure OF the government
to substantiate its charges. The country
will then be rid Of serious ircumbrance.
Year: 1867

The Philadelphia Age draws this picture
of the financial effect of Radical rule upon
the people and the nation


One dollar and sixty cents per head were
paid by the people through the customs in
1860. This was thought to be a heavy bur
den upon each person. But in 1866, after
six years of Radical rule, fourteen dollars
per head We're drawn from the industry of
the nation through the customs and inter
nal revenue In 1866, each man had to
pay out of his labor two dollars and six
cents of the public debt The Radicals
came into power, and in six years they
raised that sum to seventy nine dollars and
fifty cents. The expenses of the national
government in 1860 were sixty-two mil
lions. This year they will reach two hun
dred and twenty-five millions. A fearful
increase in the short space of six years =
In 1860 the government of this State cost
four hundred and two thousand dollars.
In 1866 it will take six hundred and sixty
nine thousand dollars to foot all the ex-
penses incurred by the Radical party
Twenty-Five millions of dollars are annual
ly taken from the labor of this State to pay
the interest on debts of national, State,
and municipal character, contracted by the
Radical party in the short space of six
years.
Year: 1867

The New York World thus dlSpOses OF
the amnesty proclamation:


Practically, the new amnesty proclama-
ton will afford no relief to persons depriv-
ed of the elective franchise. The legal
operation of an executive pardon is this: II
person is indicted and put on trial for an
offence for which lie has been pardoned,
he can plead and prove the pardon, and
thereby obtain release. If the prosecut-
ing officer is aware of the pardon, he will,
of course, commence no proceedings, since
he must know that they must necessarily
have this termination. But board of re-
gistration is not governed by the same rules
as court of justice. Their office is not
judicial, but ministerial; their duty consists
in simply following the directions of the
law under which they act. Ii law con-
travenes the Constitution, we have never
heard that it Is the province or junction of
a board oi registry to sit in judgment on
it and pronounce it null. If the registry
boards hat! this power, they might, on good
grounds adjudge the whole Reconstruction
law unconstitutional. and declare the very
office they exercise, and all their proceed
ings in it, legal nullities.
Year: 1867

There once was 4 count, so I've heard it said


Who felt that his end drew near;
And he called his sons before his bed,


To part them his goods and gear.
He called for his plough, he called for his sword


That gallant, good and brave;
They brought him both at their fathers word


And thus he his blessing gave:
NV first-born son, my pride and might,


Do thou my sword retain;
Ny castle on the lordy height,


And all ny broad domain"
60 On thee my well loved younger boy,


Ny plough here bestow;
A peaceful life shalt thou enjoy


In the quiet vale below"
Contcnted sank the sire to rest,


Now all was given away;
The sons held true his last bchcst,


Fen to his dying day.
&c Now tell us what came of the steel of flame,


OF the castle and its knight;
And tell US what came of the vale SO tame,
And the humble peasant wight.
o ask not OF me what the end may be!


Ask of the country round
The castle is dust the sword is rust


The height is but desert ground
But the vale spreads wide, in the golden pride


OF the Autumn sunlight now
Il teens and it rpens far and wide,


And the honor abidos with the plough.
Year: 1867

Into each life some rain must fall;
IF this were all, Oh if this were all,
That into each life some rain must fall,
There were fewer sobs in the poets rhyme,
There were fewer wrecks on the shores of time.
But tempests Of woe pass over the soul, Y
Since waves of anguish we cannot control,
And stroke after stroke are called to bear,
Till the lips grow white with the hearts despair
The shores of time with wrecks are strown,
Unto the ear comes ever moan,


Wrecks of hopes that set sail with glee,
Wrecks OF love smiling silently.
Many are hid from the human eye.
Only God kn0weth how deep they lie
Only God heard when arose the CRY,
Help me to bear, Oh help me to die
Into each life some rain must fall,
If this were all, Oh! if this were all,
Yet there is refuge from storm and blast,
Gloria P0t1'i we'll reach it at last
Be strong, he strong, to my heart cry,
The peril in the wounded shell doth lie,
Days of sunshine are given to all,
Though into each life some rain must fall.
Year: 1867

With this number commences the
fourteenth year of this papers existence.


~ are happy to announce to our friends
aud ali interested in the institutions of
our place that we still live and flourish,
and although we cannot boast of thirty
to fifty new subscribers week, 1--WE can
say that our list is very much larger
than it was one year ago, that our adver-
tising is worth one third more, and our job
work department twice as much We are
thankful for the kindness and indulgence
shown us in the past, and it shall be our
effort to prove ourselves worthy Of the
consideration Of our citizens in the future.
This will be done in part by hard work
and partly by the outlay Of our capital to
improve our paper. We shall stand by
the interests of Manitowoc County first,
last and always, and whoever abuses the
confidence Of the people in any manner,
will find an enemy in us
Year: 1867

That Truth is mighty and must pre-
vail was never more forcibly shown than
in the career of the Republican party.
Adopting at the outset the principle of
equal and exact, justice at all mankind
it has been carried successfully along over
breakers and dangers which would have
dashed into thousand fragments any ship
less stoutly buiIded. 1t is not saying too
much to assert that it has conquered the
world. This may not be apparent at
first sight. but it will be easy to explain
it. England, the most stable monarchy
in the world, is crying out for republican
institutions. Herheir apparent, although
a gentleman of high attainments excites
no enthusiasm when he goes abroad.
The people have heard of universal
suffrage and they are bent on securing
it. Look at France Correspondents
from that vast nation say the people have
great hopes that the heir of Louis Ma
roleon viii be cut off by disease so that
when the present Emperor passes away,
France may enjoy Republican govern
ment. We might mention other nations
where this mighty principle Of manhood
suffrage is rapidly gaining ground, but
We have mentioned sufficient to show that
the world is moving Oh IN the wake of
! Fast america. Now WHY'S it that these
things ars SO? Simply this: Men love
liberty. Slavery Of any description is
distastet,ai. They prefer to establish
their OWE r;.lers. When the Rel ublican
party wa organized in America, it had for
its foundation the rock Of Liberty, and
all through the struggles of tie past
years it has clung with desperate energy
to the idea that al men should BE free
that the weakest as well as the stron gest
should partake Of the god given right 70
do as his conscience might dictate. Ind
this idea or principle-eaH il what you
uill-has been the beacon light that has
led our good ship into the harbor of VIC
tory In the VOYAGES which it shall
make in the future, We hope to see still
flying at the peak, fright though the
heavens fall" We long to sec this
nation, the greatest and best Oh earth
1T may be SO if it is rightly governed In
order that such may be the case we would
see the ballot in the hands of all who
know how to use it, and those who have
not knowledge, we would see instructed
One OF the wisest men who ever lived,
was il favor of Universal Suffrage.
Sslomon says:


''Where no counsel is, the people fall
bat in the multitude of counsellors there
is safety
Year: 1867




The agitation of the Labor question
still continues and is Of unvarying inter
est to all classes of manufacturers and
laborers-the working men are determin-
ed that the eight hour law shall not be
dead letter while the manufacturers gen
orally avow the most decided objection to
the proposed reduction of laboring time
even with corresponding reduction of
wages The ship carpenters have vol
unfairly resolved to lower their wages
from $500 per diem to $3.50 as soon as
the eight-hou rule goes into operation
Master builders have already adopted
the policy of paying by the hour. En-
ployers who hire BY the week or month
affirm that they will, on no consideration
consent to the eight7hour system. All
these straws show which way the wind is
blowing and if the proposed united
strike of the working men takes place
as is anticipated on the first of May, a
lively time may be expected. The ma
jority of employers in nearly every line
of business will contest the new order of
things or else viii propose to the working
men as a compromise such terms as will
inevitably, from present appearances, be
raf,,S.,d
Year: 1867

How WOMAN FOUND Her LONG. LOST
CHTLDREN.-Since the prevailing Indian
troubles commenced an Indian camp was
captured, together with number of prison
ers. including squaws and some balf a dozen
white captives, boys and girls, from five to
twelve years ofage. Word was sent through
out the country, inviting those who had lost
children to come to the camp and identify,
If possible, their children, as none of them
could give any account who their parents
were, or where they were taken from. so
young were they when taken captive by the
Indians. Numbers went to the camp
many more than there were children-and
OF course many returned with heavy hearts
at being unable to find their lost ones
Among the number who went hundreds Of
miles to the camp. was mother who lost
two chlldren-a boy and a girl, one three
and the other five years of age-years ago.
Efforts were made to persuade her not to 90.
and SO long time had elapsed it was certain
she could not identify her children, even if
they stood before her. Rut she could not
rest-she must go, and go she did. On
arriving at the encampment, she found the
captlves ranged in line for inspection. She
looked at them first from a distance-her
anxious heart bounding in her bosom. But



she did not see her children-at least she saw
nothing in the group that bore the slightest
resemblance to her baby boy and girl as
they looked playing about her door step. She
drew nearer and peered deep into the ewes of
each, who returned her look with stony
gaze, yet anxious one-they too, hoping to
see something in her that would tell them
that she was their mother. She looked long
and steadily at them, as her heart began to
sink and grow heavy in her bosom. At last,
with tears and sobs, she withdrew, and when
some PAGES off she stopped and turned about
quickly, as. apparently, a thought had
occurred to her. Drying her eyes, she broke
forth in a sweet hymn she was wont to sing
to her children as a lullaby. Scarce line
had been uttered, when two of the captives-
boy and a girl-rushed from the line ex-
claiming Mammal Mamma !" The
mother went home perfectly satisfied she
had found her long lost children.
Year: 1867

SINGULAR AocIDENT.-A heavy blast was
let off on the line of the Central Pacific
Railroad, five miles east of Cisco, about
O'Clock yesterday afternoon. says the vIr-
ginia Trespass of the 10th instant. A piece
of rock weighing several pounds, was hurled
to the wagon road-a distance of more than
half male-and. passing between the wheel
horses and the wagon, cut off a horses tail
and the pole of the wagon as smooth as 1t
could have been done with an ak.