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Year: 1866

such man be selected as will do as
you desire-a man who viii represent
the people in the spirit of freedom aud
right, and administer the Constitution
OF our fathers, the securer Of liberty,
and not the prop Of slavery.


81 have said just what | feel and
think, Just what viii live by, and just
what | will die by Go on and be
faithful 10 your charge-do your duty
TO yourselves, your country and your
God


Governor Chase was frequently in
teTTupted by cheers and applause


1t will be observed that Senator
Sherman was mistaken in the impress
sion that the speech of Governor Chase
was not applau2ed. A ArepoTter writing
on the spot says it was frequently in
terrupted by cheers and applause" "
The original intention OF the callers Of
the Cleveland meeting was probably TO
release the prisoners by force; and this
rash action, il is believed, Governor
Chase proceeded TO Cleveland to pre-
vent, and did prevent Upon the
question whether Governor Chase en-
tertained the idea Of nullifying the
Fugitive Slave Law, on the ground
that Ohio was, in the usually accepted
sense, a Sovereign State, his speech
is testimony that he had deeply con-
sidered how effectively the edge Of the
Calhoun doctrine might be turned upon
the slave power. The observation made
by the Governor of the State just at
that time, that if the process for there
lease of any prisoner should issue from
the courts of the State, he was free TO
say that so long as Ohio was a sover-
eign State. it should be executed, was
well understood to have the most grave
significance.
Year: 1866


Cotton and Goods DestrOyed-LOng


Struggle with the FIames-The Par


ticUlaTs-FiTe Department.


Last evening about halfpast seven
o'clock, an alarm of fire was given. In
the space of two or three minutes the
fire engines we're out upon the streets,
ready for action, when it was ascer-
tanned that the fire was in the cellar
under kaufman & Cos, at IS and 40
Jefferson street. The engines were put
in operation with great promptness,
and worked with terrific energy, but
for long while the contest between the
elements seemed fearfully doubtful.
The fire being in the cellar among the
cotton bales, could not be reached to
advantage. The iron doors of the
building could not be forced open at
first, and for some time the water
from the hose was thrown through
the pavement A steady shower
of rain was falling at the time and
was to the advantage of the fire
men. The flames burst through the
open pavement and the danger to the
building was imminent The fremen
redoubled their struggles, as hundred
and twenty FIVE bales OF cotton were
known to be stored in that cellar, and
if ever the flames burst through the
floor truly the house was lost An i'm
mense and useless crowd collected
around, to stand in the way of those
who wanted TO work, or to engage in
the snatch game. The door of the
ground floor, occupied by Mr. kaufman
* Co., clothing and dry goods merchants,
was forced open after much labor, when
greedy Tabble rushed in to sack the
house, and succeeded so well that few
of the goods were left or secured to
the owners. The firemen were much
cramped by the crowd, but exercised
the right of handling some parties pret-
ty roughly, and held their ground. At
ter nearly two hours ineessaut labor
the flames were subdued and the house
saved. The cotton is supposed to be
almost an entire loss between the fire
and water. 1t belonged to Fowlkes
d Stetfey, cotton factors, or had been
sent to them on consignment Their
office, which is on the second floor, was
not injured, except by the thieves, who
took advantage Of the occasion to pen
citrate and rob every room up stairs, in
the building. Mr.. T. r Aydlett, cot
ton merchant who occupied a portion
of the building up stairs, suffered some
loss in the same way. Several other
parties occupying portions of the build
ing above were considerable losers.
The building belongs to Colonel John
Ogerton; the floor, front, cellar, etc, are
considerably damaged Thirty thou
sand dollars would probably cover the
loss of cotton and goods destroyed,
which, we learn, were insured.


Too much cannot be said in praise
of the gallant fremen, who struggled
SO nobly against the flames, amid smoke,
darkness, rain and acres of spectators,
who, to say the least, were more orna-
mental than useful. All honor, We say,
to the fire department and its chief
Year: 1866

His iuimtsble preparation OF sARSAPARILLA
hss long stood al the head Of the various com.
pounds Of that valuable drug.
His Compound of WILD CHERRY has
become q household word through


out the West


and South. His Worm Lozeuges,
less than year after their introduction,
Year: 1866

HIoR School BUiLpINo.-Thcrs ore many
good, substantial reasons that could b Org
I'd Why the school authorities Of our city
should purchase the Sargent Property, Bra,
dy street, for High School purposes. w
have alluded to this matter once before, and
once again We call the attention Of the
Board to the matter, and We shall do %
again. We believe the people who favor
common schools are nearly unanimous for
that purchase-provided it can be made .,
fair figure What does the Board think
Of it, Is it not the best thing TO doe
Year: 1866

The present year has been remark BILE in many
respects, but in nothing more than the number
and magnitude of its 6res. Although the year
has not yet expired, aud even con6ning our OBJ
servations to the area formerly comprised in the
old Union and its territories, we find that up to
this time the loss BY fire nearly douJles the ex-
hibit rendered for the aohole of last year. The
total number of great fires for the year 1865
was one hundred amt .ffty-one, and the losses
resulting from these fires were estimated at
Sl7 .52o,O0O Up to the first day of July of
the current year, the numbef of fires is given at
trO Hundred and ejghfy-nine, and the aggregate
OF the property destroyed is valued at S32 976-
OOO When 1t is considered that this estimate
embraces only half of the present, it will be seen
how vastly this year will excel all others in
these terrible statistics of fiery desolatiou.


There can be no doubt that the universal ad-
vance OF this most destructive aud at the same
time most useful element of nature, is due to.
that reckless spirit engendered by the war which
riots IN violence and rejoices in crime. Ii is
true that the most considerable fire of recent
date is that of Portland which was caused by
fpop>cracker exploded by careless boy But it
is no less true that the great majority of our
confagratlons are to be traced to bad men who
thus revenge themselves for fancied wrongs or
apply the torch in order that they may rob aud
pilage with more security during the confusion
Of general panic.


As long the peace and morals of people
are unhinsed by war and fierce political excite
ments, of the character existing in this country,
it may be expected that wicked men will in
woke the destructive agencies of nature in the
furtherance of their fell designs Until our
people cease to war upon one another they will
be plagued by fires, and epidemics and social
and political diseases worse than either.-Rich-
mond Times
Year: 1866

Tin is a short word, but full Of meaning. IF
poor fellows pockets are empty, he is said to
be 'out of tin" If Mr.. and Mrs Smith cele-
brate their tenth wedding anniversary, it is
called tin wedding. Then what a gathering
of friends d! each with present Of tin ware
But it is all mistake The ware called "tin"
is only wash of tin sheet-ron. AS we'll
might speak of plated ware as being silver


| learned something novel recently about tin
while looking in at a metal store, in Burling
Slip, near Pearl-street, and listening to the
courteous salesman | learned that, while our
extensive country produces nearly all metals,
from gold to lead, including spelter-which has
only been found within the past ten years
there has never yet been discovered tic urine
Should one be found, "nay be there to see,'
and take few shares in it.


While the Lead Barons of the West have
become very wealthy, with prices from three to
eight cents per pound, what must be the profits
Of mine of tin, when the metal brings from
thirty to fifty cents. Tin is used for various
purposes other than for "Britanhia Ware."-
The fine black cloths get from France
colored by solution of tin. The most beauti-
tul red colors in carpets are made by chemical
process which requires pure tin in the compost
ton, The best and most reliable tin is imported
from the Dutch Fast India Island of Banca 1t
is taken from Banca to Rotterdam, and there
sold, by auction, at semi annual sales and from
there sent to all parts of the civilized world
Next in quality is Malacca Straits tin, so
named because it reaches Us through the Straits
of Malacca \ small quantity comes from
China, but the Celestals have many ways of
cheating that their tin is very unpopular. Our
English neighbors send great quantities of
their Cornwall tin, and they consider it superior
to all other but while it is pure, it is not SO
soft as Banca, and Brother Jonathan prefers the
latter, for which he is willing to pay high
price From South America have small
supplies but i IS Inferior quality, and very
drossy -Ne1c York Journal
Year: 1866

MAN SHOT BY THUNDER We are Informed
that young man in the lower portion Of this
county was shot in the leg by peal of thunder,
one night last week, lodging eight or ten large
shot in the limb. He heard the report, and
instantly felt smarting in his leg, and upon
examination, most marvellous to relate, found
that Instead of single bolt of electrity, he had
been struck by veritabie leaden shot, which were
extracted by a surgeon of this place, who is en-
titled to implicit confidence. We have heard
of meteoric stones, falling stars, showers Of
electricity, but never before had heard that the
clouds might be surcharged with "shot -
Surely, the world must be near its ending


What renders this mysterious affair more
peculiar aud significant Of something, to fDite
minds incomprehensible, is that the wounded
man was shot while iD a water melon patch -
StofcSUWe American
Year: 1866

PROPORTIONS OF THE dUMAN FIGURE-
The proportions of the human figure are strictly
mathematical. The whole figure is six times
the length of the foot. Whether the form be
slender or plump, this rule holds good ANY
deviation from it is departure from the highest
beauty of proportion. The Greeks make all
their statues according to this rule. The face
from the highest point Of the forehead, where
the hair begins, to the end of the chin, is one
tenth of the whole statue. The hand, from the
wrist to the end of the middle finger, is the
same. The chest is fourth ard from the nip,
pie to the top of the head, is the same: From
the top of the chest to the highest point of the
forehead is the seventh. If the length Of the
face from the roots of the hair to the chin be
divided into three equal parts, the first division
determines where the eyebrows meet, and the
second the place Of the nostrls. The pavel is
the central point Of the human body, and if a
man should lie on his back with his arms ex-
tended, the periphery Of the circle which might
be described around him, would touch the ex-
tremity Of his hands and feet The height
from the feet to the top of the head is the same
as the distance from one extremity to the other
when the arms fully extended: These are
the general measures Of the man species-
Year: 1866

A FATAL DRINKING WAGER "A foolish
wager was made at a wine-shop in Paris, which
resulted in death At a breakfast, whero the
conversation turned on the quantity OF drink
which person could take, bricklayer, named
FIorentine, made bet that he would drink
twelve glasses Of wine whhe the clock Of the
glasses before the clock had struck three times.
At the next glass he stopped to breathe. AZ
the seventh he began to drink more slowly, but,
making an effort, he drank off the eighth glass
lie then turned very pale, and breathed with
difficulty. His friends wished to stop the wager,
but he said he would GO on, come what might,
and swallowed the ninth glass. He had hardly
empiied the glass, when he fell dow IN senseless.
A surgeon was sent for, but, in spite Of all hia
efforts, the foolish man died 10 three hours
Year: 1866

If there is any one point which our IA
theirs intended to settle by the Constitution
they adopted, it is that there should be a
Government of the United States.


They had tried the Articles of Confedera-
tiOn, and found that they did not answer
the ends of national existence, because they
did not endow the central organization with
the proper functions of Government. 1t
could neither raise money so as to afford
security to the national credit, nor raise
armies so as to protect the national honor,
nor compel the obedience of individuals to
its laws so as to preserve domestic peace
aud order. The Government established
by the Constitution has effected all these
objects. 1t was put in operation by men
who were fully conscious of what was
wanted, and entirely in sympathy with the
wishes of the people, that it should possess
and exercise all the functions which the
experience of mankind had found to be
essential tothe Government ofa great nation
of free and patriotic people. ........
What has come to us of the discussions OF
| that day, both in the Convention and among
the people, shows the difficulty there was
| in racOnCiling so many minds, OF such
diverse habits, to an agreement on the most
essential Details and may explain the rea-
son why so many points were lett unsettled,
and so many others had to be determined
| by adjudication, in reconciling provisions
which might seem more or less in conflict
with each other. A consideration OF the


vastness of the scope required, or aslight
ACQUAINTANCE with the history OF leg
! islation, would assure one, prtOrt, of the
| practical impossibility of making code


which should define everything, and sup


ply rule for every case. In fact, the franz
| ers of the Constitution were compelled to
employ sometimes the most general terms,
| and to leave the exact boundary between


rules to be determined by usage and the


necessities of the case. Iu-'


1t is not a blemish, but an advantage,
that the meaning of the Constitution and
the extent of the powers which it has con-
| ferred are subject to a progressive develop


meut, so that still, as new eXigencies arise,


new powers are discovered, adequate to the
/ wants of the time. Through so many trials


of its competency, the Government organ


zed by the Constitution has been found


ADEQUATE to its own preservation, and sut-


ticient to command the resources. of the


nation, to preserve peace, to repress vio-
Ilence, and to vindicate the national honor.


The same infleXible determination of the


people to have national Government,
which produced the present Constitution,
controlled also the early.eonstruction and
application of its provisions. Accepting


the Constitution not as an emanatlon rom
Year: 1866

The Ohio Democratic State Convention
meets at Columbus on Thursday of this
week, to place in nomination a State ticket.
The Offices to be flied are Secretary of
State, Supreme Judge and Member of the
Board OF Public Works. Considering the
fact that there is no Governor to be nomin-
ated, and that only three State offices of any
grade are to be filled, the Convention bids
fair to be largely attended. This arises from
the very deep and natural interest felt in
transpiring political events which are
to settle tor veal or woe the destiny of
our country. In securing a favorable de-
cisiOn of the questions now before the
country every good citizen has q duty
to perform that is of far higher
Importance than the mere question of Of
flee. lie is to vote in such a way as to up
hold the arms of those who are striving to
prevent the overthrow OF the Union and
the establishment OF a central deSpOtiSm.-
This is the great duty every voter is called
upon to discharge, and it may well arouse
the noblest efforts he is capable of render
ing. The contest will gain additional in
terest and importance from the fact that
nineteen Congressman are to be chosen,
and in making choice of these. all who wish
the country brought back to tranquility
and the States restored Ito their practical
relations to the Government will have an
opportunity of aiding, in that great work
by voting for men WHO will 90 to Washing
ton and aid the President1u mis- honest eff
forts TO effect those objects. .-PlaiH Dealer.
Year: 1866

~, those who get up clubs of five or more sub
scribers one copy, gratis, will be furnished.


Subscribers who were cut off from us during the
,v,r and whose time of subscription had not eX-
pired, will be furnished the paper free on the
restoration of communication, until the time De
filed. If they desire the paper longer after that
time, they must renew.


A cross ID mark on the paper indicates the eN-
Diration of the subscription.
Year: 1866

The Hillsboro' Recorder has just discover
ed that the Democrat said something dlsa-
greeable about the course of Mr.. josiah Tur-
ner, the member elect to Congress from the
Raleigh District AS the Recorder does not
seem to comprehend the meaning of our re-
marks about Mr.. Turner, we do not see any
necessity for further comment on its article
But we will repeat, that the course OF such
men as Mr. Turner has done much to embar-
rass the President and retard restoration
Mr.. Turner urged on and commenced con-
test in this State last Fall when the people
did not desire political contest but prefer
red peace and quiet. To satisfy old preju-
dice and passion Mr. Turner and a few Others
determined that struggle for office should
be made-and this while he was unpardon-
cd and in defiance of the Presidents procla-
nation. Had it not been for such conduct
we would have had no contention, quarreling
and division in this State. We make no
professions of having been a Union man our
self during the war, but we think it would
have been much better for US all if those who
were considered Union men by the United
States authorities had been permitted to hold
the offices in this State for one year at least,
without contest of any kind. Such a
course would have aided and strengthened
President JohnsOns liberal and wise policy.


We do not charge Mr.. Turner with being
disloyal. The point we make is this, that
while quiet prevailed and while there was
prospect that old differences would be bU-
ried, Mr.. T. exerted himself to foment strife
and contention for the public offices and
when the proper time arrives, we are pre-
pared to sustain this charge against other
public men in this State. We know some
thing about their course for the last nine
months, as we'll as for the past fifteen or
twenty years. Charlotte Democrat.
Year: 1866

A REMINIsCENCE.--In the month OF Feb
ruary, 1861, says the Johnstown Tribune,
when the mutterings Of the coming civil
strife were borne to the North upon every
Southern breeze, and two months before
the bursting Of the war cloud at Sumpter,
the writer of this met John W. Geary,
then a farmer of Westmoreland county, at
Ebensburg, and had the pleasure OF spend
ing an evening in his room. In the course
of a long conversation the approaching


war was mentioned We shall never for
get the earnestness with which Colonel
Geary, then Douglas Democrat, spoke oil
that most anxious and exciting SUBJECT


He said that Abraham Lincoln had been
fairly elected to the highest office in the
gift of the people that the South had no
cause for attempting to dissolve the Union;
and that, if all efforts at conciliation should
fail, he would take his boy and enter the
military service of his country, IN defence
of the Union, the Constitution and laws.
How we'll he kept his word all his country
men know. His brave boy fell in the
Southwest, pierced by rebel bullet, and
John w. Geary himself bears upon his per
son to-day the scars of a severe wound re-
ceived on one Of the hardest fought battle
fields of Virginia. How much his example
aided in rallying the Democratic party Of
1861 around the old flag needs not to be
told. The country can never honor too
much those prominent leaders of the old
Democratic party--the Buffers, the Logans,
the Gearys who, in the darkest hour Of
our country's history, threw the weight Of
their example and their influence into the
scale in behalf of the pOblest cause that
ever enlisted the hearts and valor Of men.
Year: 1866

nG- There must be something (says Dr.


Livingstone) in the appearance of white
men frightfully repulsive to the unsophis


ticated natives of Africa for on entering
villages previously unvisited by Europeans
if we met child coming quietly and un-
suspectingly toward us, the moment he
raised his eyes and saw the men in bags
he would take to his heels in an agony of
terror, such as we might feel if we met a
live Egyptian mummy at the door of the
British Museum Alarmed by the child's
wild out-cries, the mother rushes out of her
hut but darts back again at the first glimpse
of the same fearful apparition. Dogs turn
tail, and scour :off in dismay hens aban.
don their chickens and fly screaming to the
tops of the houses The so late peaceful
village becomes a scene of confusion and
hubbub until calmed by the laughing as
surance of our men that white people do not
eat black folks joke having oftentimes
greater effect in Africa than assertions


Some of our young swells, on entering al
| African village. might expect collapse ol
Year: 1866

W The New Orleans paper mail brought
up on the Louis Dor, on last Friday
evening, remained at the upper Warehouse
until Monday noon. No one to blame. We
only make mention as q local item.
Year: 1866

MARRIED Or Nor MARRIED.-While cou.
pie we're being married in Preston Church
the other morning, the mother of the young
lady, who was under age, rushed In church
and forbade the wedding. The Officiating


minister at once stopped the service, and
the bridegroom had pronounced the words,
with this ring thee we'd declared tha,


no legal marriage had taken place. Since
then, however, the matter has been discussed


At meeting of the clergy, and the unani.


nous decision they arrived At was, that the


couple had been properly and lawfully MAJ.


red according TO the night of the church.


The point IS very hcklsh one, and and
prooabiy nave 10 De settle In law court
CHICAGO Times.
Year: 1866

CONVICTED BY A Cop.--A rather curious
instance of conviction by evidence from the
mouth OF cod occurred in Scrabster Roads
the other day. The captain had had some
fresh herrings for breakfast, and some OF
those that were left were thrown overheard
by the cook. who was either too Iazy or too
careless to put them away as he was told to
do. The herrings being subsequd dntly asked
for, as the captain wished to fish for cod, the
cook declared that he knew nothing at all
about them, but that he was certain they had
not been thrown overheard No sooner we're
the words out of his mouth than the captain.
who had felt pull at his line drew in great
bouncing fellow of cod, and the moment
the cod fell on deck one of the identical her
rings in dispute fell out Of its mouth at the
storyteiler feet, thus conyicting him by the
mouth of witness whose stomach. when
taken ont of his native element. was more
tender than the cooks conscience. ce.-Johu
o Grodt Journal