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Year: 1870

FREMONT AND HIS RAILROAD.-A Washington letter
writer under date of the 10th ult says that Fremons
party not making much progress in that city in their
lobby schemes in behalf of the Memphis and Ell Paso
Railroad. He adds "Their past history is against
them. They have notoriously failed to keep former
pledges, and there is no reason to believe they will
keep those made now. 1t is not believed they have
either the the ability to carry out the under
taking successfully. There are however, others who
and will complete the road and give the South
great highway to the Pacific 1t is said they will come
forward in good time. They will first apply to the
Texas Legislature for charter that granted to Fre
mont and company having expired, and there being no
probability of its renewal Those in the interest of
the Fremont party have taken great pains to spread
abroad the impression that there is no lobby scheme,
and that only simple right of way is demanded from
Congress. Why, hen does the calendar for the pres
ent session contain among other jobs, Senate joint
resolution No. g. proposed by Senator Norton" which
provides for granting the right of way to the Memphis
Ell Paso and Pacific Railroad, giving the company 2O,-
900 acres Of the public lands? This is however,
mere opening wedge. If the right of way and these
10000 acres of the public domain are granted there
will be fresh demands-and no railway during the
present century"
Year: 1870

The Boston journal speaks of the West as fast be-
coming more yrannical and exacting than the South
ever was or ever thought of being" We find this be-
lief quite current in the New England and Middle
States On the other hand, there is feeling, now
quite often expressed in the West that the Northern
and Eastern States are "grasping and monopolisng "
in their course especially in everything requiring Con-
oressional action.
Year: 1870

Major A S. Rose, who was an express carrier during
the war, found dead in his room in Galveston, on
Monday. He had been drinking for some time. The
coroners jury decided that the deceased came to his
death from disease and excessive dissipation. The
deceased was well known in this city and Jefferson.
At the latter place he kept drinking saloon, and had
to leave the place-having killed policeman.
Year: 1870

KANSAS CoRN.-A correspondent says there are
some specimens of Kansas corn on exhibition in the
committee rooms of the United States Senate which
regarded the finest in the world. What is claimed as
specially noteworthy is the length of the grain, which
is nearly threequarers of nch and as close as it
is possible pack it. The cob is very large and the
yield to the acre is112 bushels.
Year: 1870

MoRrUARY.-The New Orleans Picayune of the 2sth
is pleased to announce decrease in the number of
Deaths for the week previous, from smallpox Also
decline in the total number of deaths The decrease
in both is but seven, yet small though it be- the de-
cline is most welcome, especially in so loathsome
plague as smallpox
Year: 1870

SHALL THE PLANTER SELL HIS CoTToN 2-The New
Orleans Bulletin of the 9th speaks follows on this
subject


That men having currency debts to pay should be
reluctant to sell at falling currency prices quite nat
ura and if they had reasonable assurance that these
prices would rise in not great while they could hard
ly be blamed for waiting for that contingency, and
asking for corresponding delay from creditors But
where the grounds for such an assurance2 The
holding back debtor is certain to incur increase of
his burden in the shape of interest and the shape of
whatever further appreciation may take place in
rency but there does appear the ghost of prob
ability that currency prices by of currency de-
probation, will considerably advance during the pres
ent winter


The New England interest is faithfully represented
in the financial department of the Government and is
able to WELD powerful influence over the financial
deliberations of Congress Now this interest holds the
relation of capitalist and purchaser to Southern cot
ton and Western wheat and it certainly will not
sent to have its hoard of current money deprecated
and current prices proportonatey up, while it is
in the act of investing in the the other of these
products.


As for the holding back planter, who has few no


liabilities to trouble him. his delay to sell appears SIM
ply tatIous in the face OF the fact h the gold price
Of cotton is fully up to what it was last winter, although
every cotton market in the world confidently antic
pates that the crop of 1869 will prove materially
larger than the crop of 1s67-s.


1t is in the interest of both the encumbered and
encumbered holders back of cotton, not less than of
those who have based legitimate calculations of bus
ness the unrestrcted sale of the present crop at ell
igibe prices that we have from the beginning depre-
Gated this policy of gratutous delay.
Year: 1870

Aithough it is daily duty for many men
and women to cut up meat for family,
there are multitudes who do it neither we'll
nor wise. The following suggestions, from
al agricultural paper, on this point, may
not be out of place, the more especially to
young housekeepers;


To carve fowls, which should ALWAYS be
laid with the breast uppermost, place the
fork in the breast, and take off the wings
and legs without turning the fowl then cut
out The merry thought; cut slices from the
breast, cut out the collar bone, cut out the
side pieces, and then cut the carcass is two
Divide the joints in the leg of turkey.


Ia carving sirloin, cut thin slices from
the side next you 1T must be put on the
dish with the tenderloin underneath), J, then
turn it. Help the guests to both kinds.


In carving leg of mutton or ham, begin
By cutting across the middle to the bone.


Cut tongue across, and not lengthwise
end hel p from the middle part.


Carve forequaser of lamb by separating
the shoulder from the ribs.


To carve loin of veal, begin at the
smaller end, and separate the ribs. RAlp
each one 10 q piece of kidney and lts fat
Carve pork and mutton in the same way.


To carve fllet Of veal, begin at the top,
and mel p to the stufflng with each slice. In
breas. of veal, separate the breast and
brIS6e., and then cut ap, asking which part
ia Preferred.


In carving pig, it is customary to divide
il aud take of the head before it comes to
tue table, as to many persons the head is
revolving. Cut off the limbs and divide the
ribs


In carving venison, make deep incision
down the bone to let out the juice, and turn
the broad end toward you, cutting deep ano
IN thin slices. Warm plates are very nee
essary with venison and mutton, and in win
ter are desirable for all meats
Year: 1870

OF course the Vicksburg Times
and Republican is orthodox Rad.
ical. 1t certainly cannot be in
duccd to preach political heresy.
If anybody is sound the editor OF
that journal certainly is. Yet,
strange to say, that although pro.
Tossing to be political martyrs in
the defence Of the rights Of the
negroes, submitting to all manner
of abuse with great meekness and
humility in the cause of the "poor
wn-troddcn man and brother"
it is the first paper in the State,
or, so for rs we know, in the
Union, which proposes to rob the
negroes of one of their dearest
rights. Coolly, calmly, and de-
liberately, it advocates a measure
which will at once lesson the i'm
portance, the influence, the dignity
and the income Of the negro. Is this
thing to be2 Remember the "col.
ored troops fought nobly;" and
are they to have no reward? Are
their transcendent services to be
ignored? Where is the gratitude
which should food every "loil"
heart, when a recollection of the
heroic services performed in the
field, in the forum, and in the front
of battle by the negro, comes
sweeping in upon the memory p
Are all these great achievements
to go for naught2 Well may we
say that Republics are ungrateful
when such evidences ofingratitudc
are exhibited by the leading Radi-
cal paperin the State.


In the transcendent blessings
showered upon the negro by the
Radical party, the right of suffrage
takes precedence, next to which
comes the right to hold office (the
Radical party, however, is of the
opinion .that this is a privilege
which should only be enjoyed by
carpet.baggers); after which, al
though of nearly equal impor-
tance, comes the right to sit upon
juries. This right the Times and
Republican desires to divest The
negro of. In its issue of last
Thursday, its leader is devoted to
this subject, and in it, it boldly ad-
vocates the discontinuance of the
jury system. Was ever q PROPOSE.
ton of this kind made in the
South until negroes were given
the right to sit upon juries? Then
1t is the presence Of the negro in
the jury box which Is objected to.
Year: 1870

HE Vicksburg HERALD is not
quite satisfied with the Kinds
County Gazette yet-thinks the
Gazette is rather inclined to get q
split in the Democratic party
which Of course would weaken US
and strengthen the Radicals. The
HERALD thinks there is no hope of
any Radicals being brought over
to us and as the negroes have no
old party tie, a Wing appeal to
them would be more than futile.
We agree with you fully Capt.
Spears, that it would be folly to
have q Convention with the hope
of hitChing on to any negroes or
getting any carpet. .baggers to join
us; but we really think that the
object of Maj. Harper, according
to his late explanation, was to get
the crustaceous "old line whigs,"
Of whom he is chief, decently in
to the great Democratic, anti
Radical or Conservative, which
ever it is, party. There are three
factions of the Hardshells, the
anti IDENTITIES, the Alcorn "una-
vailables" and the secession Dem
ocracy-haters. Now they all op.
pose Democracy from different
reasons, and it was necessary for
them to get together to reconcile
their various objection and come to
patriotic determination to aband.
on all past prejudices, forget every
thing but the good OF the coun-
try, unite with the good men of
Mississippi and redeem the proud
old commonwealth from the ruth
less grasp ofthe DEVILS anointed."


Captain, you have been pressing
Harper so closely that he has been
kept on the defensive all the time
and given him no chance to ex-
plain himself. Draw off your bat.
teries, give him time to make up
Ibis policy" and we'll guarantee
that he will come as straight over
to Democracy as is the road from
the death bed of a Radical to the
regions Of the damned.--Iuka Ga
zette.


Well Doctor, if that Is all they
are about in their miserable pother
about old line whigism, we shall no
longer throw any impediment in
the way; always keeping in view,
however, that the more isms there
are advanced and discussed the less
unanimity and greater weakness
there are. If the Raymond Gazette
is simply anxious for an opportunl-
ty to get into the Democratic party
gracefully, we certainly will be
perfectly willing to be blind fold.
ed until it shall cry out in the good
old school boy day "hide and go
seek" Command of "all eyes
open"
Year: 1870

A Pretty Country GAFl In DlstFoss


The New York correspondent of
the Louisville Courier journal is
responsible for the following:


Last night, walking out Canal
street to Broadway, l met a beau
tiful girl, in plain but neat and
close fitting dress that showed her
fine form to the best advantage,
and wearing a straw hat with sim
pie bow and ribon-in fact, as per.
feet q personatiOn of q handsome
country lassie as you could find in
the rural districts. Her cheeks
were flushed with the roses Of
health, and her cupid's bow of a
mouth was pouting and red
tempting enough to have won a
kiss from st. Anthony's self. She
paused under a street lamp, Just
where her charms and attitude
would be most effective, and, with
long lashes mOdestly yelling large
dark eyes that swan in sensuous
light, she held out slip Of paper
with a number and q street writ.
ten on it.


81 have just come in by the
train" she said TREMENDOUSLY and
half ready to cry, "and have lost
my. way. l expect to find friends at
this number. Would you please
be kind enough to direct me to itP


What an appeal to every chival-
ric feeling! Beauty in distress
An innocent country maiden lost
in the labrythine thoroughfares of
the great city! might have been
tempted. There was one at home
who sat like a good angel on the
throne of memory, and recalled
the rash impulse aroused by the
voice OF the syren. Under the air
of simple innocence and natural
ness Of the affair lurked a trick |
which is proving very successful
and profitable Of late, known as
"the panel game"


1t seems to be played with more
impunity than any other Of the
plundering schemes resorted to
by the freebooting fraternity. The |
victim Is lured to some suitable
place Of resort, drugged by his |
companion, either with prepared
liquor or chloroform, and while he
is unconscious q confederate en-
ters and robs him-perhaps both to
save appearances. 0fcourse when
the ieeced sheep wakes there is a
discovery, and sometimes an out
cry. But generally the victim
breads exposure, and pockets his
loss as the price of a lesson in the |
bitter school of experience. In
this instance handed back the |
written address, and remarked:


"No, don't know where it is
but here comes a policeman who
can tell you"


Whew! how suddenly the de-
mure aspect changed, and the soft
light of the voluptuous eyes gave
place to a fierce and angry gleam,
and from the rosebud lips burst
forth an imprecation-


"You must be q id foolw-
so entirely foreign to the scene
she had just been enacting, that
the absurdity of the thing struck
me with peculiar force, and in
voluntarily broke out into a laugh.
The ioiled enchantress looked half |
astonished, half puzzled, for a mo-
ment, and then, ,as ifcontentto make |
the best of her discontinue, and !
prclerring to waste no more time
on SO unpromising subject, she |
moved off with graceful step, say
ing with an indescribable air and
tone Of supreme scorn:


81 say, you're no chicken; are
you, honey? You bet you amt"
Year: 1870

Is not this proposition then cruel,
coming from such source. The
blatant friend of the negro, so dis.
gusted with his prOtege, that he
INDUCES in specious argument to
secure the destruction of the
greatest boon of the free Ameri.
can citizen, that Of trial by jury,
simply because negroes are allow
ed by law to be jurors. OF course
the gentleman sugar coats the lit
tie pill by which he hopes to purge
our laws Of this peculiar feature.
This is a sample Of the friendship
entertained by the Radical party
for the loved "man and brother" "
This is the justice which that par.
ty proposes to extend. Do away
with trial by jury. Why? does
the Times and Republican say.
Because juries are not competent
to decide even matters of fact so
well as a Judge, Was the idea
ever suggested before9 When
there were only white juries, was
ever a question of intelligence
raised2 Then the matter of intel
ligence qualification has only be-
come apparent and necessary
since the negro has become q ju.
ror. Our forefathers; the trainers
Of the Constitution, never ques
toned the ability Of white jurors
to decide questions Of fact, but it
is reserved for a Radical editor to
raise the question now, since the
negro has become a juror.


Radical or not, the question
would never have raised if the
negro had been kept out of the
jury box. And so eventually the
immaculate Radical party will,
step by step, shear the negro Of
all the blessings OF freedom and
the right of suffrage, until there is
naught left him but the poor
privilege Of voting just as he is in
structed by his Radical political
task masters. The negroes, how
ever, apparently earnestly desire
the consummation Of this event,
since they cling to the Radicals
Through good2 and evil report"


But says the Times and Repub.
lican:


"What reason have we, a priOri,
to expect a more correct decision
on matters of fact-if, indeed, we
desire q correct decision-from
jurors than from judges-men
who are elected not only for their
experience and skill in legal inUes-
legations, acquired by a long train.
ing at the bar, but also for their
natural ability and prOJity."


God pity the "bar" of Missis-
sippi if her present judges we're
selected from any such cause, for
possibly greater number of men
tai Enthusiastically ignorant of
law, blinded by partisan prejudice
to such an extent as to be unable
to detect and defend justice under
any light-never donned the judi
cial ermine. We had by far rather
trust to the honesty and the sense
of a jury picked from the most dc.
based and brutal negro convicts
in our penitentiary gang than one
of these judges ''learned in the
law They are profoundly
learned in the law of Ku Klux out
rage and want of "loilty," but in
the law of justice, honesty and
right they are as ignorant as
death.
Year: 1870

The THEArHE.-The Chapman troupe be-
gins tonight its third week, and from the
undated interest. and enthusiasm With
*hlAh thuy Five been received since the
first night of their appearance here, we
predict that this week will also be marked
with success. Especially so in view Of the
fact that several new attractions in the
comedy line ere te be offered; In which Mr.
bishop is to appear in his favorite charac;
ters. The young ladies will also have an
opportunity Of displaying their remarkable
Versatility by appearance in new line OF
roles. They are not only good in burlesque
and comic opera, but evince great talent
in the more difficult sphere of high comedy
Tonight we have Forty Thieves and the
big Thief.
Year: 1870

THE CROWD ON THE BAsIS.-Thc large crowd
assembled on the Basin bank Saturday was
brought together by the advice of the clerk Of the
weather to all good people to provide themselves
against The rigors OF winter by calling on WOOD
CoCB and providing themselves with fuel. JEEMs
was able to meet ali demands.
Year: 1870

HERSDos, now undergoing o sentence of
fourteen years Imprisonment in the peni-
tentiary for the murder Of Miss Lumsden
in Orange county, recently got into an alter
cation with c fellow-prisoner, and was
quite severely wounded with G large clasp
knife, from the effects of which he has
been in the hospital ever since.
Year: 1870

In the postscript of this announcement
Bennett gives notice that he shall have no
time to waste upon the editers who attacked
him "until after marriage and the honey
MOON"


On the Sth of June, l840, the marriage
was announced at the head of the editorial
columns of the Herald as follows:
Year: 1870

The census taker may soon be looked
for. In order 10 facilitate his work, ii is
suggested that the following questions
be published in advance


How old are you!


Where were yon born. and when. and
were you present on the occasion Of
your birth !


We're you ever elected Inspector of
Elections! What was your majority
and what did il cost YOU!


Are YOU a married person and how do
You like the institution!


Have any children, how many and
what is certain remedy for snufties!


DO You grow any corn, if som, how
much do you waste in making bread!


What's your opinion OF lager beer!


How many glasses can you drink, and
with what effect:


What is your opinion Of oats-a very
popular provender for men and beasts !


What is the cash value OF dollar
bill!


Were your father and mother both
white men!


Can you stand on your head, and how
long! Ii good while, how much lon
ger if necessary! fn.


II ap acre Of ground will yield one
hundred bushels of ruta bagas, how
many glasses Of lager will IL take to re-
quire man to draw bee line:


If your family eats ham in three
days how long will it take them to eat Il
couple of hammers?


Can YOU lend me five dollars
Year: 1870

nrA good and sturdy Democratic
note is raised in the West Oregon has
gone Democratic, the entire State ticket,
headed by Grover, the Democratic can
didate for Governor, being successful,
and the Legislature showing a Demo
cratic majority Of from five TO eight on
Joint ballot. The whole result. in gene.
ral and particular, is very gratifying
but especial satisfaction is found, in the
certainty Of the election off good Dem
ociat to the United States Senate in
place Of the present incuinbcnt whose
term expires in 1870
Year: 1870

part and parcel OF the Dismal swamp. After short
debcration the jury rendered verdict for the
plaint,fr OF 81 775 As the defendant said to have
avaled himself OF the Bankrupt act the damages
Will doubtless remain In Statu quo.
Year: 1870

The above rates are rs low as those Of
any first-class newspaper published.


The social and political principles which
the New York EVENING Posi- has so long
and faithfully supported, it will continue
in the future to advocate. What these
principles are, our readers well know;
they may be summed up in few words:
National Unity, State Independence, and
Individual Freedom and Equality of
Rights. The perpetuity and supremacy of
the Union, as the guaranty Of our national
strength and glory; the Independence of
the States, in all their local affairs, as the
guaranty against an oppressive and dam
gerous Capitalization the Freedom and
Equality of the Individual, without regard
to birth or accident, as the rightful end of
all government, and the surest means of
social development, personal happiness
and national progress.


These principles the EVENING PosT will
support and recommend to the people.
without regard to party associations. We
shall never support any party in its de-
partures from them, and shall endeavor.
so far as our influence extends, to cause
them to be recognized by men of ali par
ties.
Year: 1870

single Copy one year s43oo
Two Copies - - 90
Five Copies or over, for each copy 3 90


AS newspaper, the EVENING Posr,
edited by VIM. CULLEN BRYANT, as
sisted by an able corps of writers, will be
conducted with the same care which has
marked it hitherto, to exclude from all its
columns, those devoted to advertisements
as well as its reading columns. everything
which would offend against morality and
correct taste. 1t shall be the care of its
proprietors to see that all its departments
are conducted with the utmost ability
which liberal expenditure of money and
unfagging industry can command. Its
editorial discussions will be bipartisan,
and devoted to the elucidation and ad-
yancement of sound principles; its literary
criticisms shall be impartial. and as able
as we can make them its foreign CORES
pondence, which has been greatly i'm
proved during the past year. will during
the present year be more varied and inter-
esting than ever before its home CORES
pondence also, and especially that from
such central points of interest as Washing
ton and Albany, will be full and accurate


Its financial and commercial reports.
which have made the paper a necessity to
business men in all parts of the country,
shall be made with the same vigilance.
accuracy and impartiality which now
characterize them. Its agricultural, ship
ping, market and other reports shall be as
trustworthy and complete as industry and
the expenditure of money can make them.


In short, we mean our journal to be SO
conducted that it shall be read with inter-
est and benefit by all the members of the
family; and as it is one of


II HI e OLD e 8 T
it shall also be one of the best newspapers
published in America.