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Year: 1866

~ UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT sass .


SEPTEMBER TERM-JUDGE FOX PRESIDING.


In the case of United States v. Treat, for making
false return to the Assessor of Internal Revenue the
jury after being out for more than twelve hours were
allowed to separate after midnight on wednes-
day. On Thursday morning they came into Court
and reported that they had not been able to agree
upon verdict. The papers were taken from them
and the case was continued ulaI ssa,iil ~ Il


The jurors stood at first, and nearly all the time,
eight for conviction and four for acquittal Once OF
twice the ballot stood nine to three.


The jurors have been discharged from any further
attendance at this Court.
Year: 1866

THANKSGIVING FEsTrvAL.-We learn that
that the Thanksgiving Festival held at the
West Congregational Church last Thursday
evening, was complete success. Although
the evening was unfavorable, the house was
we'll filed. The Sabbath School performed its
part admirably in singing and speaking The
tables bore ample testimony to the liberal in
terest and excellent taste of the ladies who
prepared them, and the occasion was one of
happiness to all present. The Society realized
one hundred dollars, free from all expenses, as
very acceptable aid in its own support
This Society is young but fourishing and de-
serves much credit and encouragement for it's
earnest and united efforts to maintain within
itself the institutions of the Gospel.
Year: 1866

A PARTNER is wanted by man in the retail
AProvision and Grocery business with capital of
Twelve Fifteen Hundred Dollars i'm first rate To-
cation, and good business. 1t is rare chance for a
man who wishes to 60 into the business


Apply at the Press Office. "a dccldtf
Year: 1866

A fat man in an omnibus, a tall man in
crowd, short man on parade, and lady
in hugo bonnet sitting before you at a
public lecture, arc declared to be four of
tho most unpopular personages of the
day.
Year: 1866

Freedom must he blessed thing 10 the
negroes of South Carolina, Mississippi
and Alabama, under the new code of laws
enacted in their behalf. These are some
OF the things which a negro may on may
not do:


He cannot vote.


He cannot be land-holder.


He cannot testify in court, except ID
cases where colored men are the parties.
He canno. make contracts at his owl
option.


He cannot travel without permission.


He cannot keep Il gun.


He cannot freely educate his own child
ren.


He is compelled to do the following
things:


TO make contracts with his former mas.
ter, or mistress, or with some one elected
by the magistrate.


lie must work or be taken up AS va.
vrant and sold into service.


He must work at rates fixed by the mag.
istrate.


lie must obey all the orders OF his mas.
ter.


lie may be whipped by his master OF
by the magistrate.


For stealing a horse or bale Of cotton
be shall suffer death by hanging without
benefit Of clergy.


On the plantation he must rise at dawn
feed, water, take care Of the cattle, and be
ready to work in the cotton-feld or rice
swamp by sunrise.


In the city he must obey call at all
hours of the night, all days of the week ,eI
be whipped or pay fine.


He must be civil and polite TO his mas.
ter, his masters wife, children, and
guests.


He may bc discharged by his master
at any time, but cannot discharge him.
self.


The master may complain TO the magis.
trate, and the magistrate may impose Gnes
or punishment.


There are many other equally obnox.
ious things that he is obliged to submit to-
aud thousand privileges which white
men have that he is deprived Of. Yet the
men who do this wicked injustice knoel,
at the door Of Congress and wish to be re-
ceiyed as good and loyal members Of the
Union. Was there anything ever more
imperlinentf
Year: 1866

till the wedding was over, and then
she would have offered no objection
Many times / was on the point OF
telling her of the desperate action ]
had committed, fer l would not sc
knowledge to myself 1t was dis
honest one, although 1 should have
considered it infamous in another.
Charlotte at last came to my wife's
aid. and her tears quite subdued my
courage. As the license for her
marriage had already been obtained,
a last gave way; and 1t was under.
stood between us. that as soon as the
marriage came of, which was to take
place in fortnight my plan would
be adopted.


One morning in the next week ]
received a message from the firm to
attend at the City house of business
about some alteration in. my duties
Immediately suspected there was
some change to be made in the man
ner of paving the wesvers, which
had already been limited at once or
twice, and that my accounts ssould
lie audited on the next Saturday, the
last In the month When I arrived,
there was no one in the counting
house, and on the desk was new
blank cheque book. The devil
prompted me, and l neatly abstract
ed Nom 1t blank cheque and put it
in my pocket When I saw the head
partner he received me very coolly,
and told me that on the next Satur
day my books were to be examined,
and new system was to be adopted.
promised everything should be in
readiness. and left him.


1 was now desperate, and resolv
ed on forging my employers name to
cheque for one hundred pounds;
but when took the pen in my hand,
/ lost all courage. Still, / argued, il
must be done; and / went to the
public house, and after drinking two
glass of gin and water, / had suffi-
eient nerve to commit the forgery.


But now how was / to get the
check csshed? Atlast remembered
that my daughters suitor was to call
in the evening, and 1 resolved 70
make him my tool When / arrived
at home l again applied to the bottle
for courage, and as he was leaving
the house / told him I should be
obliged to him if he would get q
check cashed for me at the London
and County Bank the next day. and
bring me the money in the evening
Tie readily promised to do so. and
kept his word; but unfortunately he
was personally acquainted with the
cashier, and they had some little con
versation together on indifferent sub
Jects To shorten q sad story, the
fraud was detected, and l was tried
and found guilty. My employers
recommended me to mercy on &C
count of my previous good character.
and / was sentenced to only three
years Imprisonment. My daugh
ter's marriage was OF course broken
of, and my wife has since died of 9
broken heart Some weavers kindly
assisted my children, but the young
est were sent to the workhouse and
my family broken up. / have paid
dearly enough for couple of years
gentility. When 1 leave here, God
only knows what shall do; my char
acter is gone and no one will employ
me. WILLIAM GILBERT.
Year: 1866

IL Jonn minor bottS gently re-
minds the reconstructed that If they
should remain disfranchised for q
season, they would only drink the
chalice prepared by them for the
lips of others. They howl vigorous
ly for a large measure Of magnanim-
iLy now. How did they act when
they had the power? Mr.. Bolts an.
swers:


I'm the month of July, 1861, the
Convention ofVirginia passed an or
dinance- declaring THAT any citizen
of Virginia holding Office under the
Government of the United States
after the 3lSt of July, 1861, should
be forever banished from the State
and be declared an alien enemy, and
that any citizen of Virginia hereafter
undertaking to represent the State of
Virginia in theCongress of the United
States, should in addition TO the
above penalties, be considered guilty
Of treason and his property to be
liable to confiscation.


"Yet those who voted for and
those who approved this measure oi
vindictive harshness towards those
who declined to surrender their
birthright as citizens OF the freesi
and best government on earth. or
to make a voluntary relinquishmeni
of their great inheritance of freedom,
are now the most clamorous to rep
resent the people in this same Con-
gress of the United States, and SET
up an universal howl OF indignation,
and implore the wrath of God and
man on the heads of those who pro-
pose to give them a small dose oi
their own medicine" {"
Year: 1866

~ me NaSnVlile Oazette an-
nouncing the passage Of the Fran
chise Bill, implores san outraged
people to bear the fresh indignity
with fortitude." They will probably
be able to do it. Had they triumphed
in the war, the Gazette knows as
well as they do that no Union man
would have been permitted TO live in
Tennessee, much less vote and hold
office. Mason Of Virgins, before
the act of secession war passed upon
at Richmond, admonished Union men
that they must cast their fortunes
with the Confederacy or leave the
State on the peril of their lives, and
the spirit Of the old traitor was ram


pant from the Potomac to the Rio
Grande. A little patient delay in
the exercise OF political rights they
denied to others will not harm them
They have an opportunity 10 devote
their intention to industrial pursuits
in which they have been sadly de
fcient.-Cineianati Commereiai.
Year: 1866

The season of the fall of the leaf has come
again, with all its sad and salutary teachings.
Who can shut bis heart against its lessons?
Who as be sees the frost-wthered leat driven by
the iitful winds, is not reminded that such is
human lie? Even as a leaf when the frost has
dried up its sap, and its stem clings no more to
the, parent tree, so is our life. 1t may be green
but the irosts of death are gnawing at its
stem, and we know not if it shall wave there
tomorrow, or be driven away by the wntry
breaches not to us in vain in This her solemn
day,
Year: 1866

WASHINGTON, October 2O.-A large part of the
necessary capital has already been subscribed
in this city tor the establishment of a new
steamship line between Washington and New
York. The company has been chartered by the
Legislature of New York. There is a fine pros
pect OF an early consummaton of this plan for
the cheap and regular transportation of supplies
and merchandise to this district,
Year: 1866

A LITTLE JoKER.--John Haggerty, who
is on;te a ocular sort of genius, was arrested
hv the HarDor Police this morning In the act of
stealing line from one OF the wharves ear the
NAVY Yard. He had a hearing before Alderman
Better this morning, and tried to convince that
gentleman that the whole affair was joke.
Fhe Alderman thought the Joke was g good one,
and to carry 1t on, held Haggerty in default OF
$500 to answer for his innocent little playfulneas,
Year: 1866

We have az last the full official vote from
every county IN the slate, except the county OF
Pike, from which we have only the official
majority.


The majority for General Geary is officially
IL 1876.
Year: 1866

Boston, Dec. 8.
Hon. A j. Hamilton, of Texas, de ivered an
address on Suffrage and Reconstruction by
invitation of the Impartial Suffrage Club, this
eevening, in fremont Temple. The author of
the Constitution, he said, could not be Justly
charged with any evil or wrong which has ex-
-isted within the jurisdiction of the Govern
ment of the United States. We should be
thankful that they did not set up government
which in itsispirit proclaimed liberty and equal
ity to all. He held that the Constitution con-
ferred upon the Government far more power
than the most liberal constructionists had ever


4aimed before. He wanted the psesent dis
eased state of affairs in the South treated by
radical remedies to effect a lasting cure. It
seemed to br impossible with many people
when dealing with this question of impartial
suffrage to separate the present condition of
the negroes from their former condition as
slaves. States are stewards of the General
government, and may be held at any time to
strlctest accountability. The power of the
states to determine who are to exercise the
right of voting within their limits does not
permit any State to prevent any citizen from
exercising the franchise in violation of the
great principles of Republican Government.
Its General Government has absolute control
Of the whole subject matter. Under the Con-
stitutlon no State can commit an infraction
upon any one OF the rights of citizen enume-
fated in the Constitution if Congressioondemns
the act, No State should be admitted into the
Pnion Jill it's Constitution contaius guarantees
thats ere calculated not to disfranchise
the grea4 mass. Of the people, and placet
the Governmentin the hands OF an oligarcny.
Every State must bow to the judgment Of Con-
gress without appeal. He claimed the consti-
tutional right of every citizen to demand the
privilege of the franchise upon equal terms
with those of every other citizen. Nor could
he be called upon 10 answer for the alleged in
capacity of the negroes to exercise the right,
unless the same test is applied to all citizens.
He was neither the eulogist nor the apologist
of the negroes. He would not affirm that at
the South they were highly intelligent OF NOR
al, for it were true they would be the greatest
race history makes mention of
Year: 1866

Mr.. Editor Noticing an article in the Press
of last Saturday, headed How shall people
get to meeting" and being included among
the "women" that may have to walk to church
this winter through the snow and all sorts of
weather, unless the horse cans should run to
accommodate us at meeting hours, take the
liberty for once of addressing you, just to give
a few facts for consideration. One would sup
pose, from reading the above named article


that the Westbrook people were greatly accom-
modated on the Sabbath; but to us who are
obliged to take Westbrook car occasionally,
we cannot be made to believe that we are bene-
fitted but precious little by the Sunday car


Not long since number of us "women and
children" were obliged to get out of the car
about half way from the city, and walk to the
Woodford's Corner Church, because the car
was so filled with rowdies, and they were so
saucy that we would not allow ourselves to


ride in such company. The rowdies consist
ing both of girls and boys, invariably take up
the seats, while the women and children going
to church must stand, as many of us can testi-
fy Nine-tenths of the people who travel in
the cars on the Sabbath are not church goers.
Furthermore, of all the places of rowdyism
and filth to be found in our city, is the horse
railroad depot on Sundays. Peanuts, candy,
and a little of everything is to be sold there on
that day, and there is not spot for body to
sit or stand without getting into tobacco juice


Can you blame us for scolding? We politely
requested the railroad directors, a long time
ago, to attend to this matter, and of switch
they are aware, through the post-office, saying
that we would not lay the subject before the
public If they would keep order at the Office or
depot Sundays; but it has never been reme-
died, and now has become great nuisance 1
wish to say that the horse railroad could be an
accommodation of the first degree if the direc-
tors would attend to their dutyr then there
would be no "moral objections" to the cars car
rying us to and from CHURCH.
Year: 1866

NEW YORK, NOv.3.


Steamship Scotland lies on Outer Middle,
about three-quarters of mile E.S E from San
dy Hook, and is full of water. She will be a
total loss. She has strong list off shore and
is fast filling with sand. Capt Merritt agent
of the underwriters, has the wreck in charge,
and will get from her so much of her cargo and
material as possible. Her passengers were
brought to the city Sunday night and landed
on the company's wharf, where they were
transferred with their baggage to the compa-
ny's steamer Queen, which leaves for Liver
pool on the 9Th, Those of them who desire to
go forward in her may do SO, and those who
elect to remain will have their passage money
returned, at the company's Office.
Year: 1866

In the early settlement of our country the
greatest anxiety was, how our people could get
enough Of good wholesome food. Now the
manner of living has changed, so that many
people really suffer, and enough of every kind
around them. Why is this? 1t is because their
food distresses them. Buy one bottle of Mains
Elderberry Wine and you will get relief Then
buy case. dec4tf
Year: 1866

CARELEssNEss.-Last evening Chief Engi-
neer Rogers discovered on the top of a build
ing, live Goals floating freely about. On going
mp he discovered that the men engaged in tin
ming the roof, had left their hod of charcoal
exposed to sparks from the small furnace and
that the charcoal had caught fire Such care


lessness is not to be excused.
Year: 1866

tion, the national two-thirds Of the people


Of the United States will be likely to over.


bear the radicsl ops.s .shipl " now represented


in Congress, and el1et ihe next President.


II is therefore nsjthsr msse nor leo than q


contrivance 10 shut me majority sf the peo-
pie out from the exercise Of their legitimate
political power. In this view, what is II but
a ahsgrsnt conspiracy against The republican
principle underlying our whole system, that
the will Of the majority shall governf


We plead now not for the Administration
as we have no doubt II will find the wry to
care for itself, nor yet for any party particu.
larly, but for the Republic. We know as
well as we can know by the logic Of history
and the light Of reason Of any future event
that this project, II ii is carried out to its
inevitably bitter end, will produce trouble.
II will certainly convuIse the whole country
from its centre TO its circumference, and be
likely to break up our Federal Government
altogether. Nothing Is more certain than
that the present power Of the radicals in
Congress, based as It Is on the will Of mi
nority Of the people, viii sooner or later give
place to that Of a majority, who will redress
their present wrongs by undoing the present
Legislation. If that were oil that
will be likely to occur, we should not be 80
anxious about the matter. But II will not
be all. Passions, enmities, and revenges will
be the natural consequences, and they are
the superinducing causes always Of interne-
cine war. The present poisoned chalice will
be returned drugged with more acrid poi
sons. Respect for the Constitution will be
destroyed. The temple Of liberty will be
pulled down over our heads, and anarchy
will be left to carry away the fragments.
This is what we greatly fear. Our earnest
apprehension Of such direful calamity Is
our justification for uttering our earnest pro
test against this contemplated outrage upon
the rights Of our fellow-men. .
Year: 1866

CARD.


The PrOprietors in presenting 10 the public the
above Incompatible Bitters assure them that but
for of gratitude to the generous donor of the
recipe and in response to the opportunities of the
hosts of Southern friends who have experienced
their efficacy, they would have hesitated before
placing an article of such sterling merit on mar
ket flooded with deleteriOus compounds ibeling the
name of Stomach Bitters. Our Senior, however,
having at the solicitation of those friends expended
on the manufacture of the GREY JACKER BIT
TIERS the experience acquired in half lifetime
devoted to the preparation of Tonic Digestive Slim
ulants, and discovered their immense superiority
all other Stomach Bitters we have unhesita-
tngy added these to the list of articles already pre-
pared at establishment, and well known and
largely patrOnized by the CONN unity at large.


BARNETT & LION take this seasonable oppor-
tunity of thanking their numerous friends Cor the
immense increase in their business during the year.
and inform them that, although the manufacture of
the GREY JACKET BITTERS must necessarily
cause additional tax on their energies, yet, from
large additions in the improvements made and
making in the manufacturing department of the
establishment their orders will be filled promptly
and they hope satisfactorily usual


BARNETT a. LION


Jan I9d3m 81 and SO Gravler st.
Year: 1866

The Legislature of this State met on Tues
day last, and after brief session of one day,
adjourned over until Tuesday next, the 10th
inst. The message of Governor salisbury
was read and an Act enabling the Farmers
Bank to resolve itself into National Bank
ing Institution was unanimously adopted
No other business of importance wns trans
acted. Several matters of interest were
submitted by Mr.. Allderdice, of this county.
A reference to our interesting Dover letter
of this morning will inform the reader what
disposition was made of them.
Year: 1866

The dead body of Mr.. Henry Pond, a resi-
dent of Boston, and in affluent circumstances
was found on Saturday morning lying upon
the floor of an old wooden building at Rox-
bury Point, with part of a handkerchief tied
around his neck, and the remaining part
fixed to beam above, indicating that he had
committed suicide by hanging, and subse-
quently the handkerchief parted and the
body fell upon the floor. Mr.. Pond was
missed from his house on Tuesday last, and
left behind him letter which was found by
his wife, and which contained some direc-
tions relative to the disposition of his pro-
perty. Deceased was an elderly man, and
no other cause than mental arrangement can
be ASSIGNED for the commission of the act.
Year: 1866

However early in the morning you seek the
great success. says the Rev. Mr. Hamilton, of
the Scotch Church in London, you find it al
ready open and however deep the midnight
moment when you find yourself in the sudden
arms OF death, the winged prayer can bring an
instant Saviour. And this wherever you are.
1t needs not that you ascend some special Pts
gah or Moriah;. 1t needs not that you should
enter some awful shrine or pull off your shoes
on some holy ground. Could a nlemento be
reared on every spot from which an acceptable
prayer has passed away, and onwhich prompt
answer has come down, we should find .jehouah
shdnenadh, the Lord hath been here, inscribed
on many cottage hearth and many a dungeon


floor. We should find itnot only Jerusalem s
proud temple, and David's cedar galleries, but
IN the hsherman's cottage by the brink of the
Gennesaret and In the upper chamber where
iPentecost began. And whether it be in the field
where Isaac went to mediate, or the rocky knoll
where Jacob lay down to sleep, or the brook
where Israel wrestled, or the den where Daniel
gazed on Him, or the hill sides where the man
OF sorrows prayed all night, we should still dis
Germ the ladder s feet let down from heaven
the landing place Of mercies, because the start
ing place of prayer. And all this whatsoever
you are. 1t needs no saint, no proficient in piety
no adept in eloquent language, no divinity of
earthly rank: 1t needs but a simple Hannah
or hsplng Samuel 1t needs but blind beg
gar OF a loathsome lazar 1t needs but peni-
tent publican or dying thief And it needs
no sharp ordeal. no costly passport, no painful
expiatlon, to bring you to the mercy-seat; or
rather, should say, it needs the costliest ofal
but the blood of the atonement the Saviour's
merit, the name of Jesus, priceless as they are,
cost the sinner nothing They are freely put
at his disposal, and instantly and constantly he
may use them. This access to God in every
place, at every moment, without any personal
merit, is it not privilege?''
Year: 1866

BEAUTIFUL EXTRACT When the summer
nightfall Of age, and the shadows Of the past
years grow deeper and deeper, as life wears to
close, it is pleasant to look back through the
vista of time, upon the sorrows and felicities of
our earlier years. IF we have home toshelter
and hearts to rejoice with us, and friends have
been gathering together around our fresides,
then the rough places of our wayfaring will be
worn and smoothed away, in the twilight of life,
while the sunny spots we have passed through
will grow brighter and more beautiful Happy
indeed are they whose intercourse with the
world has not changed the tone of their holier
feelings or broken those musical chords of the
heart, whose vibrations are so melodious, so
tender and touching in the evening of age.