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Year: 1867

prescribed a. penalty ct the time Of its
commission, was not before the court.
But the principles which have been sol
emnly proclaimed determine also this
question, and the tribunal which has
delivered the opinions above referred to
must necessarily decide that as it is o
punishment to deprive o man OF the
right to hold Office, it is equally pun
ishment to deprive him of the right TO
vote, and that he cannot be deprived OF
either by an er post factO law. And the
fiat which sweeps away the obnoxious
clauses from the Constitution of Mis-
souri, performs the same Office for the
Constitution of Maryland.


OF course its effect upon the Consti-
tuition of West Virginia is precisely the
same, and the provision for disfran-
chisement adopted last Spring is shown
to be, Just what it was always claimed,
o violation of the Federal Constitution
and therefore null.


We regret to add, in this connection,
that on yesterday the Supreme Court OF
Appeals in this State, now in session,
pronounced the act of the Legislature
prescribing test oath for attorneys to
be constitutional. The case upon which
this decision was rendered has been ap-
pealed to the Supreme Court of the
United States and, of course, the deci-
sion was reversed. The principles set
forth in the decision on the GARLAND
case are directly applicable to the test
oath enactments in this State, and VIC
presume it will scarcely bo contended
by such bitter opponents of everything
looking like the assertion Of Estate
rights as the radicals in West Virginia
are, that decision by our State court
can over-rule and reverse the decree OF
the Supreme Court of the United States


The language of the Supreme
Court is clear and emphatic
1t says that "a counsellor does
not hold his Office as matter OF
grace or favor. To appear for suitors
is something more than is revokable by
court or Legislature. He can only be
deprived of his office for misconduct ol
professional delinquency.
1t cannst be indirectly done by
SLATE aud the reason by which
that conclusion is reached applies simi
larly to Congress" All of the test oatl
enactments in this State fall within tht
definition of er post factO laws and are
alike forbidden by the Constitution OF
this State and the Supreme law of th'
land.


We regret that want of space pre-
vents US from giving the minority, o'
dissenting opinion in these cases. We
shall endeavor to present it at an early
| day,
Year: 1867

A HORSE FINDS Hrs WAY HOME AFTER
AN ABSENCE OF Four YEvRs. Mr.. Green
Triplet of Flemingsburg, Kentucky, sold
horse to man who was buying horses
for the Government early in the war.
The same horse was taken to Cincinnati
and sold to an officer in the United States
army, and since that time nothing has
been heard of him until few days ago,
when he returned to the farm Of Mr.
Triplet, who had raised him from q colt.
The horse was four years old when he
left, and now returns aged eight years,
having been on quite tour since he left
his home. Where he came from, or how
he managed to find the place of his birth,
is involved in mystery.


Mr.. Triplet is an excellent hand with
horses, and it is supposed that the ami
NAL was badly treated, and having evaded
the vigilance Of his masters, has returned
10 the home of his choice This horse
was absent four long years in distant and
strange lands, and how he managed to
find his way back home is quite prob
lem for the naturalist. This is remark
able illustration Of the wonderful instinct
possessed by the horse. 1t shows that
the horse is possessed Of n wonderful in,
stinct. and that years do not wipe out his
memory.
Year: 1867

Tnr WoRM on RED RIvER-The
Shreveport Mews of the 4th says;


"The accounts from all quarters, ex-
cept north of this point, are really dis
couraging. Nearly all the plantations
east, west anC south of here have the
third crop of worms, which are dcyour-
ing the weed very fast. On Monday
large number of river planters were in
town, and a more despondent looking set
of men we never saw. They give it as
their opinion that in ten days not q green
leaf will be left in their cotton fields. a
third ola crop is all they expect to save,
West this worm has commenced its raw
ages in such numbers that it will take bu.
few days to clean the fields. The same
may be said Of the plantations east Of
here. AS yet the worms have not made
their appearance in any numbers north
of this place, and it is the easiest thing
in the world to tell, at first sight, from
what points of the compass q man halls.
When they come from the north, they
meet you with smiling face and hearty
shake Of the hand, which is greatly in
contrast with the sickly smile and feeble
shake of the hand of those living in other
directions" .r...
Year: 1867

ow Porter to be his wife, he told her can
ddly that he was of mean extraction,
that he had no money, and that he had an
uncle hanged. The widow replied that she
cared nothing for his parcntnge, that she
had no money herself, and though she had
not had a relative hanged, she had fifty
who deserved hanging So they made a
match of il.
Year: 1867

The cotton worm has ruined the cot
ton crop in this county. Planters from
every part of the county inform us that
the weed has been entirely stripped by
them, and that there cannot possibly be
more than onc-iourth of crop made. In
some places they have even dcvoured the
boil. ....'.
Year: 1867

One Of the surveying parties engaged 10
sectionizing the land in this neighborhood
stated yesterday, as we learn indirectly that
they were not employed by the railroad
company, but were at work for the Govern
ment, and bad nothing to do with the rail-
road. We are not aware that any appropri.
alton has been made by Congress for survey
ing the mineral lands, or that any order has
been made for their survey, aud We still be-
lieve that the cost of the work is betrayed by
the railroad company. There is law Of
Congress authorizing railroad and other
companies having claims on unsurveyed pub
lie lands, to have the necessary surveys made
at their own expense, and the plats Of such
surveys being fled in the district land office
are regarded as official. The work is prob
ably done under the general supervision of
the Survey or. Gsneral Of the State, but being
paid for by the railroad company it is no
more than to be expected that the maps will
be made out in accordance with the wishes
Of those who pay for the work. The advan


tage which this gives the company may be
seen from single fact that has come to our
knowledge in regard to the surveys. In
making out the pats, the surveyors mark
and report as mineral land only such ground
as has been worked out, putting everything
else down as agricultural or timber lands
OF course the worked out claims are Of little
or no value and the railroad company has
no use for them; the company is after the
unworked mining ground, whicn is still
valuable. The people Of the county if they
would save their property, must keep watch
Of the surveys. and when the plats are made
out have proper affidavils filed 10 the land as
to the character of the nd. The old citi-
zens of the county will have no hesitation in
making affidavit that every forty acre lot in
the upper part Of the county is mineral land.
1t was never the intention Of the law that
the railroad company should have any Of the
land in the mineral region, but the ruling Of
the Land Office Department gives the cor.
poration every advantage over the people.
Perhaps an instance never occurred 10 which
Congressman acted SO directly in opposition
to the interests Of their constituents as did
the California delegation in the last Con-
gress, Nevada Gazette. a
Year: 1867




"TnE Suez canal is practically open, one
hundred bales Of goods, from Siam for Paris,
having taken the route of this canal to the
Mediterranean"


There is no better evidence of the giant
strides the world is making in every direc-
ton, in works Of internal improvement than
the comparative little attention the above
announcement, which came to us few days
ago BY the cable, has attracted. The waters
of The Mediterranean and the Red Sea are
now united. The historical caravan has
been disbanded, and the patient camel has
been stripped of his burden and turned out
to Craze. .lr4l.atf- at


An American yacht may now leave New
York and cast anchor under the shadow of
Mount Sinai without doubling Cape Horn.
1t is potable that the opening of this canal
the work Of intelligent French engineers
will change in great measure, the course
Of the carrying trade between the remote
east and the west and the Mediterranean
ports of France may become, to a greater or
less extent, what Venice was three centuries
ago, great centers for the distribution Of the
silks, and teas, and spices of the east.
Year: 1867

F. OTTO respectfully announces to his frlenas
and customers and the public generally, that ms
store having been removed from its former stand
adjoining Days Drug store, to the large store and
warehouse building,
Year: 1867

The following should be Published at
least once week:


"Many persons who use kerosene or
coal oil lamps are in the habit, when GO
ing to bed or leaving the room for time,
of turning the wick down low in order
to save a trife Of the consumption Of oil.
The consequence is that the air of the
room soon becomes vitiated by the un-
consumed oil vapors of the gas produced
by combustion, and also by the minute
particles Of smoke and SCOT which are
thrown of. Air thus poisoned is deadly
in its effects, and the wonder is that more
persons are not Immediately and fatally
injured by breathing it. Irritation and
infam nation of the throat and lungs,
headache. dizziness and nausea are among
its effects"
Year: 1867

SomErHINo NEw.-A neighbor of
mine had a very rough cellar bottom and
did not want to go to the expense of the
cement SO he took his coal ashes and
mixed it with water, to the ordinary thick
ness Of mortar. 1t does not matter how
many Jumps or stones there are. Put it
on about four inches thick; let it lie
about twenty-four hours, then stamp il
with heavy block of wood three or four
times day, until il is perfectly hard
It is better than cement as it will no.
crack or scale eoff.-Agericon Farmer.
Year: 1867

The Solano Press, will be seen by the fol-
lowing extract, is strongly in favor of the en-
forcement of Portcrs Primary law :-"W would
especially urge upon the Union State Central
Conlpittce tie Necessity of recommending the
holding Of primaries under the provisions of
Porter PRIMARY Election Law, passed by the
Leg stature at its last session. In the first place.
all primaries in the State shall be held in a uni
form manner, and as many counties will un-
douhicily adopt the statute at the local cleo
tions the Gictum of the State Committee would
probably induce all Of he County Committees to
adopt it, in the next place, there is an ABB
so1tc necessity of guarding primaries against
corruption in al ways possible, and the Election
Law imposes no qualifications to which any good
and honest citizen can object.
Year: 1867

NATIONAL LINCOLN MONUMENT FUyD.-The do
nations of Trinity children to this Fund were for
warded to the State Superintendent last summer,
and by him to the Treasurer of the Association.
The California Teacher for March says 4" several
large counties, as yet, have not contributed
dime" If anv of the children of Trinity who
have not already done so, desire to contribute,
such donations will be received by the county
Superintendent up to the first of May next
Year: 1867

In England there has been invented
a registering thermometer which gives
the heat of given locality at any dis
tance. By it, it is stated, the captain
of vessel can ascertain the tempera-
ture at the bottom of any sea over which
be may be sailing.
Year: 1867

New ORLEANS is to have an enter
tainmeut at which a fountain Of iced
claret wine will jet from the centre of
the parquet during the performance,
which is to be served out to the
audience, in beautiful silver goblets.
Year: 1867

When my first kiss on those pure lips


l fondly pressed, and mo'ionless
We stood with wreathed tinger-tips


And eyes that swan with loves excess.
You said you feared the omen dark


That threatened us with storm full soon,
And half in Jest you made me maIk


The halo round the moon.
Then dare it with me, love !" l said,


"And meet it smiling then, as now;
Shall sorrows shadow bow the head


That sorrows self should never bow
What follows darkness but the day
What dwells behind each night but noon,
Whose laughing sun shall chase away


The halo round the moon ;"
And now that time has only shown


How brief life's storms when dauntless met,
And every envious year that's flown


Has knit our hearts but closer yet;
How memory holds that night endeared


We asked of fate no further boon,
But dared the augury. nor feared


The halo round the moon.
Year: 1867

The Democracy out West really seem


to be partially enlightened as TO the vital


issues of the hour. Their leading organ


in the Northwest the Chicago Times,
puts out the following address to the
Democrats of Iowa:


The democrats of Iowa have got TO know,
and to act upon the knowledge, that the is
sues of 1856 are not the issues of 1867. Let
the democratic party Of that State unite up
on the vital issues of to-day; let them rid
themselves of the fossilized drags that retard
their progress and keep them leagues behind
the advance guard of the age. In other
words, let them come up to the duties of the
hour, and pant themselves squarely upon
the platform of impartial suffrage. They
can do this; they can accept the inevitable,
and win, or they can continue to vote for
jackson for President, as heretofore, and
lose
Year: 1867

For a fit of passion, work in the oepn air I;
you may speak in the wind without hurting
any one, or prOclaiming yourself to be a sim
pleton.


For fit of idleness, count the tickings of
of clock. Do this for one hour and you
will be glad to pull of your coat the next
and work like a coal beaver.


For fit of extravaganza and folly, go to
the work house or speak with the ragged
and wretched inmates of jail, and you will
be convinced.


%Who maketh his bed of brier or thorn,


Must be content to lie forlorn.'


For fit of ambition, go into the church.
yard, and read the gravestOnes. They will
tell you the end of ambition. The grave
will soon be your bed chamber, the earth
your pillow, corruption your father, and the
worm your mother and sister.
For fit Of repining,. look about for the
halt and blind, and visit the bed-ridden, and
afflicted, and deraDged, and they will make
you ashamed Of complaining Of you lighter
Affections.
Year: 1867




The Burial Place of Booth.


General L. @. Baker has published diary
in which he details his connection with the
''secret service" of the War Department
during the war of the rebellion. He makes
the following statement in regard to the dis
position made of the body of John Wilkes
Booth @


In order to establish the identity of the
body of the assassin beyond all question, the
Secretary of War directed me TO summon a
number of witnesses residing in The City of
Washington, who had previously known the
murderer. Some two years previous to the
assassination of the President, Booth had
tumor or carbuncle. cut from his neck by
surgeon. On inquiry, ascertained that DR..
May, well known and very skillful surgeon
of twenty five years practice in Washington,
had performed the operation.


Accordingly l called on DIR. May, who,
before seeing the body, minutely described
the exact locality of the ttmor, the nature
and date of operation, dc. After being
sworn he pointed to the scar in the neck,
which was then plainly visible. Five other
witnesses were examined, all of whom had
known the assassin intimately for years
The various newspaper accounts, referring to
the mutilatiOn of Booths body, are equally
absurd. General Barnes, Surgeon General
United States Army, was on board the gun
boat where the post mortem examination was
held, with his assistants. General Barnes
cut from Booths neck about two inches Of
the spinal column, through which the ball
had passed; this piece of bone, which is now
on exhibition in the Government Medical
Museum in Washington, is the only relic of
the assassin's body above ground, and this is
the only mutilation of the remains that ever
occurred.


Immediately after the conclusion of the
examination, the Secretary of War gave or
ders as TO the disposition of the body. 1t
had become very offensive owing to the con-
dition in which it had remained after death;
the leg broken in jumping from the box TO
the stage, was much discolored and swollen,
the blood from the wound having saturated
his underclothing. With the assistance of
Lieutenant l.. B. Baker, l took the body
from the gun-bOat directly to the old Peni-
tentiary, adjoining the old Arsenal grounds
The building had not been used as a prison
for some years previously. The Ordnance
Department had filed the ground floor cells
with fixed ammunition-one Ofthe largest of
these cells was selected as the burial-place
of Booth-the ammunition was removed.
large flat stone lifted from its place, and
rude grave dug; the body was dropped in,
the grave filled up, the stone replaced, and
there rests to this hour all that remained of
John Wilkes Booth.
Year: 1867

4 Curious EFFECT.-Gernez has lately
found that many substances which after
being fused still retain their liquid form
until temperature has been considerably
lowered, nevertheless instantly solidifed
while their temperature at the same time
rises again to the melting point, either by
contact with particle of the same SUBJ
stance, or of another which has touched it.
or by friction of two solid bodies within
the fused mass Phosphorus and sulphur
are examples, either of which will instant
ly commence to crystallize at the point of
contract with particle of their own kind.
or with glass which has been touched with
the same, or with two bits of glass shaken
together, within the melted substance the
crystallization spreading rapidly through
the mass.
Year: 1867

of the * St. Luke Relief Fund.-" IA gentle
mali who is intimately and painfully ac-
quainted with the destitution and misery
caused by the almost utter stagnation of
labor. Before visiting the sufferers at
their homes, the doctor suggested that
should 90 and look at one Of The largest
establishments on the island, and he forth
with took NE to the Millwall Iron Works.
There [ was introduced to the resident
manager, whom | found seated in a wilder
ness of an office, making an effort to alIe-
viate the distress about him. Crowds of
furnishing laborers, with their wives and
children, surrounded the entrance gates,
anxiously expectant ef the basin of SOUP
prepared possibly in some rushing old
ships cauldron and on the stairs and
along the passages we passed patient
groups waiting for the small relief that
might be afforded them These works
were formerly alive with the labor Of from
four to seven Thousand men ; now it is like
the frame without the picture. We crouch
over waste of frozen snow, and find our
selves, as it WERE in forest OF dead pines.
They are the scaffoldings that surround
each empty deck, where there was life and
noise enough at one time, while We hear
nothing but the sound Of our own voices
In the huge sheds and shops miles of shaft
have ceased to revolye a perfect network
of machinery is frozen into inactivity.
This is picture of but one yard out Of
many on the island, and those firms that
are still at work are struggling along short
handed.


And now let me tell you what | saw in
the homes of those who once peopled these
yards. OF the feeble women with Woe
begone children in their arms, who move
slowly through the streets, the bleak east
erly wind rustlng the few thin garments
left to them--of the hard gaze OF want
which belongs to half the people we meet
i shall attempt no description. In short,
there is scarcely house in any street that
will not furnish details Of starvation and
misery | visited scores of these abodes,
and the instances | have quoted are taken,
with little effort at selection, from my
notes. The simple fact Is, that this wretch
ed little Isle of Dogs has thousands OF crea-
lures dependent upon public charity. The
cry among the workmen is, " Why don't
the government give us some ships to en-
ploy the yards now at standStiil p
know nothing about the matter, but | do
know that every man of Us with a pound
to spare ought to spend 1t i'll the allevia-
tion of the miseries rampant now in the
far east London-Fr0m the Pal MAI Ga
-ette, Jan. 26.
Year: 1867

gladly have taken the will for the deed.
that is, if they had willed to give him the
money-and went to Pike county to view
his possessions. He found twenty thousand
acres of barren rock and mountain, that
would hardly afford subsistence for rat
tlcsnake. He couldn't find "a level spot Of
ground that afforded sufficient space for the
most economical garden patch, but he could
instead


rutey swell


Crag DER cIGss, and fell DER fell.
And nothing else He wended his way
back again. all the way from Pike -
and offered to let the gift managers have
the land for sS00-hoped to die if he d
fall another cent They declined the offer,
singular as IT may may appear, but finally
agreed to take it off his hands and pay
him $500 This he Indignantly refused.
and so he still remains one of the great
land monopolists : of the day, the owner
of an exceedingly picturesque and un-
dulating farm of twenty thousand acres
Year: 1867

LONDON MIsERr-The Isle Of Dogs
A correspondent supplies us with the fol-
lowing description of the state of things at
the East End of London


For two days | have traversed the Isle
of Dogs, and have made it my business to
inquire into the misery which prevails
there am informed, without permitting
myself to believe it, that twenty thou.
sand skilled workmen and laborers were
employed little while since in the various
shipbuilding yards. while it is now doubt.
full whether four thousand find the mean.
of earning their daily bread there


saw the island under the guidance o.
Dr. Sargent, one of the good Samaritan.
Year: 1867

The Government Commission on Life Saving Appara-
met yesterday ana agreed to devote this morning
the examination of the boiler in the Tribune Office ss
the question raised whether Is safe or not and then
TO proceed 70 examine The mechanical arrangement Of
the various life saving apparatus which examined
yesterday. The Commission then proceeded on board
the cutter Kankakee, where about hundred
gentlemen interested In various detaching apparatus
were awaiting them Among these was Captain Hythecca


Of the British navy, attached to the British lega
tion In Washington. who specially invited by Captain
Miew, Of tho commission and many other gentle.
well posted In nautical maters Captain Sliccr OF
cutter had the boat in her best tm and tho party
boats tow provided TO test the various inventions
About . dozen Of these were tested in all. The
Mckay detaching apparatus was Of the best sub
mitsed. II consists OF . rod running along
to boz with nansea The rod is connected
with lever controlled by the party who detaches the
craft from the supports. in such . way that Il is
launched IN the gentlest manner possible all portions Of
weather be calm The length OF the rod can always be


increased 70 SUIT the length Of the boat by changing the
coupingS The invention 10 the property Of ~ Mckay,
OF the firm OF Mckay Adus, Boston. Another inven-


,n deserving Of notice was the surf boat submitted
Mr. Drggs, Of Michigan This was submerged several
times suddenly with three men in IT, but instantly
70 the surface Of the water those board being
perfectly dry because they shut up In water-tght
compartment yet supplied with air in which they could
live for considerable time II necessary. The Brown
and Levi apparatus also worked we'll Another ap-
paratus was worked by right and left hand screw and
was pronounced perfect Flowers and Patten's boat
lowering apparatus also worked to the saacton OF all


present. indeed did most OF the Inventions tested


The Commission, though very much limited In the
their disposal likely TO overcome this die.
advantage 70 some extent BY their diligence and energy