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Year: 1870

AN EXPECTED MESSAGE WITH a TREATY FOR


ANNEXATION-THE COUNTRY 70 BE AN


NEXED As A TERRITORY AT COST OF


SIJO0000.


WASHINGTON, Jan. sit is understood that $780,
900 have already been paid for the lease OF Samana.
over which the United States have jurisdiction.
There is no doubt that the President will send to the
Senate, probably Monday, secret message with a
treaty fOr the annexation Of San Domingo. Tic
sum Of a million and half Of dollars is proposed TO
to be given for the public buildings, this being the
entire expense OF the transaction. The country is to
be annexed as a territory and not as a state.
Year: 1870

Schooner Dragon of Barbados, Capt. Weeks,
from this port for Port Spain rindad yesterday when
off Sandy Hook at p, M, shortly after dischargng the
pilot was into by Spanish Gunboat No 49, carrying
away all the head gear figure head and starting the
atom The schooner was towed back by the wrecking
steamer Rescue to the Upper Quarantine to repair da
ages The gunbOat received no damage.
Year: 1870

We 6nd the following paragraphs
in the Sentinel of yertcrday. The
impudeDce Of the whole article can
only be appreciated by the fact that
the Sentinel itself frst gave circula-
ton to. the slanderous paragraph
which it so coolly denounces:


It's rumored, and the lumor appears TO
be well founded, that the daughter of a
Radical Con gressman In an adjoining dis
trict, a young. we'll educated and promis-
ing girl. gave birth TO an infant, q few
days since. OF decided ebony complexion.
The child, or course, d d not survive, and
fears are entertained that the mother will
not. as she is in a critical condition.


The above is a sample of the ru-
mors often put in circulation by ma
lignant persons, too cowardly to make
a charge upon their own responsible
ty, with the hope that, sooner or la
ter, they will ind their way into pub
lie journals, and unfortunately these
hopes are too often realized. In the
hurry of making up daily paper OBJ
iectionabie items often slip In, and
sometimes meauness aud malice find
EXPRESSION in the columns of inhueu-
tial Journals. And occasionally,
though we are glad to know It
is becoming less frequent, journals
claiming TO be respectable in
tentionally lend themselves to
circulate false and malicious
charges for political affect. IL has
been our endeavor to divest politics
of this Objectionable and unnecessary
feature, and We would not intention


ally wound the feelings or do iDjus


tice to the family of the most humble
to secure the success of the Demo


cratic party We have investigated


the rumor at tie head of this article


aud, as a matter Of State pride, ar,


glad to say that it is wholly and utter


" false, so far as Indiana Congress


men are concerned. and are satisfie,
it was put in circulation originally b.
some mean. malignant coward. who


for the honor and credit Of journal


ism, we would gladly expose If it wa


in our power to do So
Year: 1870

At Kingston, Canada, dry goods
clerk was recently accommodated with
the loan Of revolver to blow out his
brains with, in order to spite lady who
had rejected him and married another.
On sober second thought he sold the re.
yolyer and got drunk,
Year: 1870

And make you save expenses,

 l send this story to you all

 Hoping You'll find time to call. Summers come. The merry time, The birds are singing Kilbourn' g rhyme. The larks are warbljng "Oh how Cheap!" That is so the Froggies peep: The wise men of the South you see, Are singing, ''Shoo Fly dont Bodder me- The wise men of the Western shore, Save their money at Kilbourn's store. And now to show you how its done. I'll tell you the secret of the fun. I buy my teas of the Tycoon, And bring them here in a balloon, Salt water don't affect the flavor; Mine hold the Oriental savor. buy, my prints just where they make 'em. They re so pretty you can't help take 'em. They're the incest goods in all the state, With figures marked from 12 to 8. E5 send my ship to Don Carlos in Mayueguez, And get his best molasses as he says And bring it up the river to my dock, Come and see how nice and cheap tho stock. To Georges Banks go fronting. And catch the monsters as they're spouting. And sell 'em cheaper by a cent. Than any other on the continent. To get good sugar we have raised cane. And ground it up with muscle and brain, To sell it lower than any other man. Is the only secret of our plan, A million bonds are to be taken; a To show our faith is still unshaken. When you wish to lose the few you ve got. You'll find Kilbourn's store is just the spot The new amendment now is fast, rL.J And black and white are one at last So bring your folks in the big wagon. To this cneap store and let him pile jag on.
Year: 1870

pleasure By lifting the foot of the crib, the legs drop down through hollow posts, and are tasten-

 with the bedstead. The same process with the the head. The head and foot boards are folded down over the mattress when not in use. The Crib can contain the bed made up for use when

 when closed in. Each bedstead can have single
Year: 1870

Be it enacted by the SenaGe and House of Rep- resentatives in General Assembly convened:

 That the court of probate in district in which person under the charge of guardian, resides, to give 8 mortgage of the whole or any part of the real estate of his or her ward to raise money for the repair or improvements of the buildings on the estate of said ward. when in the opinion of said court the interest of said ward shall de- mand it; and a note or deed executed by the guar dian according to the forms prescribed by law, shall be binding upon said ward and the estate of said ward; provided, that upon the execution of such mortgage, said guardian shall give bonds, with satisfactory sCretles to the probate court, in double the amount of said mortgage note or debt, conditioned that said guardian shall fully account to the estate of said ward for all moneys raised by said mortgage, and for the proper expenditure of the same.

 Approved, July 5, 1870.
Year: 1870

One cut shows the Bedstead as it appears ! with the crib or single bedstead not in use; the other represents the Bedstead with the as- tachment drawn out. It can be entirely separat- ed from the bedstead and rolled about at
Year: 1870

The other day man named Abraham
Spillmine, with his wife and children,
made halt at the Western Hotel, IN
Windsor; and when it became necessary
to register, the man took up the pen and
wrote: saBrahaM spIllmIne himself
and His wife-aNd his three children
and His daughter" And he laid the
pen down with the air of man who had
seen about all of the world worth SEEING
Detroit Free Press.
Year: 1870

On last Monday Miss Rose Lee, of tho
Academy of Music, took pair of fine ear
rings, valued at $3.50, and placed them, as
she supposed, securely in her trunk. On
Wednesday they were missing, and she
was forced to the conviction that they had
been stolen. The affair was placed in the
hands of officers to be ferreted out. Yes
terday negro man named Aleck Wood
was arrested, charged with the theft. The
jevelry was found in his possession, and
he was carried before Justice Brien for
trial. The negro told several conflicting
stories in regard to the articles. He said
that he had bought them, and again that
he had found them. The evidence against
the accused being convincing, he was re-
quired to give bail IN the sum of one
thousand dollars, in default of which, he
was sent to Jail to await the action of the
Criminal Court.
Year: 1870

A gentleman who arrived yesterday from
Europe, brought with him a number Of
shells, stones, and shrubs gathered up
along the river Rhine, in the immediate
neighborhood of prospective engagements
between contending armies, and which, on
this account, possess peculiar if not me-
lancholy interest. Among these articles
from the seat of war is q bunch of half
grown and yet green eOner deletS or French
oats gathered from a fourishing field near
the city of Metz. This beautiful specimen
of foreign agriculture was left by the
gentleman who brought it, at the real es-
tate agency Of Calender & Garret, on
Cherry street, where it was seen yesterday
by large number Of interested citizens.
In size, formation and spread, it is unlike
any growth of its class peculiar to this
country, having about Just enough of the
appearance of oats to denote its species.
Call and see it.
Year: 1870

The WOf on the Wink ASaln-At-


tenlpt 90 Assassinate Capt. VIM.


l.. HARRISON.


From the Athens Crenn.) Post, July 20.


Capt. VIM. L. HARRISON was wsylaid
and shot about 10 o'clock last Saturday
night, while entering the yard in front of
his residence, which is in the extreme
end of town on the road leading in the
direction of Forest Hill Two balls or
slugs struck him in the back of the neck
-one in the shoulder, and one on the
arm. Nine shot missed him entirely, and
lodged in the Notwithstanding of the
house. The night was dark, and the
assassin must have been concealed in the
gully on the opposite side of the road,
some twenty-five or thirty PAGES distant.
One of the wounds in the neck looks
ugly, but it is not regarded as serious
at present, though the surgeons failed to
find the ball. The murderer used either
shotgun or musket-the same one no
doubt, with which he killed the student,
Woody, two months ago, whom he mis-
took in the dark for HARRISON, and who
was shot down within hundred and fifty
Yards of where this last attempt at a
cowardly-cold- -blooded murder was made.
The same gun was used, the same sort of
Wadding-as particles were found in both
instances sufficient to indicate the papers
from which they have been torn, and the
same hand fred both Shots This is the
common opinion. Had the assassin emp
tied his weapon before his intended victim
entered the gate he would in all probabili-
| 4. 1. l1oIn no1 q !
was. he had to elevate it too much, and
the most of the load missed and lodged in
the front of the house, one slug passing
through the weather boarding and plaster
ing into the family room.


From present indications HARRISON will
survive this second attempt to assassinate
him under cover of darkness, and will be
able to look after his own case; but the
murderer of Frank WOody-the same
skulking villain who fired the gun on Sat-
urday highland his aiders and abettors,
are undiscovered and still et large. The
inuuisition which undertook to ferret out
and trace the murderer in that case has
never reported or had a final adjournment.
If they will now go to work earnestly and
fearlessly they may soon get upon the
trail of the guilty parties and bring them
to punishment They should act prompt
ly, or close the inquest and let the public
know the result and character of their
investigations. The opinion is general in
the community that the-- masaerer is In
our midst or in nfhe vicinity. His identity
and arrest is due alike to the ends of JUS


tice, and that the suspicion of terrible
crime may not fall upon innocent parties.
Year: 1870

Another skating assembly takes place at
the rink tonight, and should the weather
be favorable, there will doubtless be very
large audience. Mr. j II Fenton, who has
elsewhere acquired deserved celebrity as a
roller skatist, is expected to be present and
give an exhibition Of his wonderful capaci-
ties in this new species Of the ''poetry Of
motion" on wheels. A number of home
skaters, ladies and gentlemen, will also
indicate the advantage of instruction and
experience in this exhilarating style of 10
comotion. Be there to see.
Year: 1870

This gentleman writes to us that he is
laboring under no disabilities whatever in
consequence of the fourteenth amend
ment to the Constitution of the United
States, and desires his friends throughout
the district to know that such is the case.
In consequence of the fact that it has
been reported he was under disabilities
and would retire from the race he further
requests us to say that he is candidate
until the day of election.-HuntingdOn
TOurieT,
Year: 1870

We saw yesterday morning in the mar
ket some of the finest large apples, and the
most delicious peaches, both free stone and
clings, that we have seen for years. They
were from the farm of our friend and fel-
ow-citizen, Tazeweh Hyde, of Whites
creek, and we do not think they can be
beat anywhere. We had the pleasure of
testing them, and we do most unanimously
pronounce them ''superb," His farm is
fitted to produce just the finest Of any
thing
Year: 1870

James A Steele, of the first ward, is an
nounced as a candidate for the Office of
Magistrate. Mr.. Steele is well known to
our citizens as a gentleman strongly de-
voted to the public interests, and will on
this occasion be gratefully remembered by
for his course in the Board of Aldermen in
behalf of that interest. His strenuous op-
position to the closing of the city schools,
as well as his proposition to donate the per
diem of the City Council to the school
fund, may be taken as evidence of Mr..


Steele's attachment to the cause of educa-
ton and the public welfare.
Year: 1870

This committee was in session at the
Mayors office yesterday evening. The de-
liberations were of business character and
developed nothing the publication ofwhich
would benefit the public.
Year: 1870

now complete in every department of the
trade. Our Goods will be found most
elegant and superb, unexcelled and IN
rivalled in excellence, embracing Foreign
and Domestic Fabrics Of the choicest and
test designs, being mostly hand made
and warranted in every instance to give
entire satisfaction. We earnestly invite
the attention of all who desire good goods
which are manufactured with a specis.
view to irst-class retail trade. -.r
Year: 1870

The PRESENCE IN FRANCE OF the Countess OF
Montijo, mother Of the Empress Eugenie, and
the arrival of the Marquis de Chateaurenard
at Berne, on supposed special mission to
Tours, prove that the Bonapartists are still
actively intriguing for return to power.
Napoleon, however, aving assured our cor
respondent that he has no ambition to resume
the throne or desire to see his son an Emperor
of France, it may be that he will not counte-
nance intrigues for his dynasty.
Year: 1870

Itnow appears that the resignation of Ex-
Secretary Cox originated, not in his desire to
protect the employees of his department from the
blackmailing of political committees, but in the
disagreement existing between him and Presi-
dent Grant in reference to tn litigation over
the Panoche Grande rancho. This property,
on which valuable quicksilver mines have
been discovered and worked, is claimed on
the one side by Mr.. William McGarrahan, as
the assignee of the person to whom the original
Mexican grant was alleged to have been made
and on the other side by the New Idria Mining
Company, as pre-emptors under the general
mining law, they asserting that the original
claim was founded in forgery and sustained by
perjury. The question has been fought
with varying fortune through all the United
States courts in California and through the
Supreme Court in Washington, and is now
pending before the Judiciary Committee of the
House of Representatives. 1t seems that Mr..
Cox was inclined to PREJUDICE the case, and to
issue patent for the land to the New Idria
Mining Company. The President forbade his
doing so, and hence the ill feeling which led
to the resignation of Secretary Cox. Mr..
McGarrahan has addressed letter to the
President, giving history Of the affair, which
we publish to-day and which is rather severe
on the ex-Secretary.
Year: 1870

IT MAY not be generally known that Gen
eral de Paladines, the hero of the first French
victory, was strong Bonapartist when the
present war broke out. He was for long
while entrusted with the command OF the
department containing Metz. 1t was not until
after the defeat of General de la Motterouge-
himself Bonapartist-a the loss of Orleans,
that the victor Of Coulmiers was placed III
command of the Army of the Loire. we
have, of course, no means of learning what
are the present politics of General de Pala-
dines
Year: 1870

THE STORY that the German army is losing
twenty-five hundred men per day by death
must be taken with many grains of allowance.
Such rate of mortality, in the absence of
epidemic diseases, has no parallel in the his
tory Of warfare This reported loss, it must
be remembered, does not include the casual
ties in battle.
Year: 1870

RUMoR AGAIN credits Secretary Fish with
the intention of retiring from the Cabinet.
We think rumor might leave Mr.. Fish alone.
He is not likely to do any great harm at
present, for, if it were not for denying such
rumors, he does not seem to have much Of any
thing at all to do.
Year: 1870

Any one wishing to improve thc 'ool.s OF hl-
premises by coiorin. the bare boards i'll find be
low formula for making Whitcwash, which We
have used on rough outside sheds and ind it to do
well, Slack one quart of lime in an ordinary pail
tul OF water add about three pounds Of whiting
previously broken ny and mixed with watcr), and
slX TO eight ounces of glue dissolved in hot water.
Another, which is said by parties having consider
able experience, to be mucn better than the above,
making covering as hard as enamel. and almost
equal to paint, is; Make the required quantity Of
wash aud add to every pailful one pint of common
salt. Ii you desire to make the above either yellow,
green brown OF dark red stir sufficient chrome
yellow, chrome green, or Spanish brown, to make
your desired shade; if dark blue or a beautiful sky
would suit the taste better, color with solution OF
soluble Prussian blue for dark, and ultramarne
blue for sky. One ounce of the powdered blue.
dissolved in gallon of boiling water, makes It
very strong solution and an excellent laundry blue.


Mass Ploughman.
Year: 1870

Very pleasant to talk about. Why don't one hear
OF gentleman printers, gentleman merchants. gen
tlemhn doctors, and gentleman everything else F.:
The great popular mistake of those who talk of
gentlemany farming is, that they suppose tile
practical farmer to be boor OF necessity, and that
his calling is vulgar one. unfit for an educated
mind; yet when sublimatcd by intelligence, cduc;-
ton and refined associations. may be made respect
able "Gentlcman farming" is a rank humbug as
any other profession trade would be- followed
IN the same fashion-that is, by hanging sign,


furnishing the shop store or office with its stock
in-rade and then leave it to the clerks and shop
boys to take of, while the principal goes about
talking politics. or spending his time 1T the bar
room, or iooling away his time in any other non
sense Boston Cultivator.
Year: 1870

''Good heaven, jenny" said Dick Marcy.
hy didn't you tell me that your friend
Belle was my Angel of Mercy?n


Because | didn't know till last night, and
then Belle made me promise not to tell
And, besides, you didn't want to meet the
treckled school girl till it was positively
necessary" returned Jenny, mschievously.


1t would be hard to say which of the four
that made Jenny's bridal party was the hap
piest that day.


Dick did not 90 to Paris that winter. He
found that st. Louis contained more attrac-
tions than any foreign city.


But the next fall will see Dick and Belle
on their wedding tour, and he vows he will
have the two, old romantic travelling bags
brushed up for the occasion. Doctor Town
send, who is to go along, says he knew the
minute he saw that girl she would one day
be Angelica Marcy, as he ''felt it in the air.
Year: 1870

Friday night of last week,
our people had the pleasure of attending
the best circus performance ever had in
these parts. There could not be, abso-
lutely, single objection urged against
the ssShow," while the bill of entertain
ment was SO much better and so greatly
differed from former exhibitions, that it
met with immense an merited applause.
The trio Of violiuists just capped any
thing we ever saw, and was alone worth
the price of admission. Nelson's Circus
will return this way again in few weeks,
when those who want to get their mon
ey's worth should put in an appearance.
Year: 1870

Twas a jolly old pedagogue, long ago,
Tall and slender, and sallow and dry;
His form was bent and his gait was slow,
His long thin hair was white as snow,
But wonderful twinkle showne in his eye;
And he sang every night as he went TO bed,
e Let us be happy down here below;
The living should live though the dead be dead"
Said the jolly old pedagogue, long ago.
lie taught his scholars the rule of three,
Writing; and reading, and history too;
He took the little ones up on his knee,
For Kind old heart in his breast had he,
And the wants of the little child he knew.
Learn when you re young" he often said,
"There's much 10 enjoy down here below,
Life for the living and rest for the dead, )"
Said the jolly old pedagogue, long ago.
With the stupidcst boys he was kind and cool,
Speaking only in gentest tones.
The rod was hardly known in his school
Whipping, to him, was barharous rule,


And too hard work for his poor old bones;
Besides, it was painful he sometimes said.


" We must make life pleasant here below,
The living need charity more than the dead"
Said the Jolly old pedagogue, long ago.


With the roses and woodbines over the door
His room was quiet, and neat and plain,
But spirit of comfort there held reign,


And made him forget he was old and poor;
u need so little, he often said,


"And my friends and relatives here below
Won't litigate over me when I'm dead


Said the jolly old pedagogue, long ago
He smoked his pipe in the balmy air


Every night when the sun went down,
While the soft wind played on his silver hair,
Leaving its tenderest kisses there,


On the jolly old pcdagogue's jolly old crown
And feeling the kisses he smiled and said,


Twas glorious world down here below;
"Why wait for happiness till we are dead ?''
Said this jolly old pedagogue, long ago.
He sat at the door one midsummer night,


After the sun had sunk in the west
And the lingering beams of golden light
Made his kindly old face look warm and bright


While the odorous night wind whispered res
Gently, gently he bowed his head;


There were angels waiting for him, know
He was sure of his happiness, living or dead,


This jolly old pedagogue long ago.
Year: 1870

1t is said that if woman would
paint the skin of the face blue, at
the corners of the eyes for small
space, shading off in the direction
of the ear, it would give a Ian
gushing softness to the counter.
ance, end will make the greatest
OF shrews look lovely, mild and
meek.