Crawfordsville Review, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 22 December 1866 — Page 1

.NEW SERIES—VOL. XVIII, NO. 17.

BUSINESS CARDS.

MEDICAL

S O O E

3? ZEE ITS I I -A.IN".

"Oilier unri Itrslilcnce on Vrrnon Street, Ncnrl) Oppo* sllc I lie I'osl 'Mllce. WILL »iv»M'xi*lusiv'sittrnti».n to tho practice of

McsHrhii' amlOhslrlrls: also to the treatment „r ihe di^a^'sol Women si ml Children. A share of llif public patronage is r*-i»o*rttillly solicited.

Mav "».

illl (I KCMI» Corner.

Shop »n St..smith of bramble House,

I'.v

LaFayctte, Ind.

mar-I we11 w. *j «." Hi -1.

•J? CLAIM AGENCY." ^|j

1 TWA 1 «)TJ NTY Extra Pay! Extra Pension!

cut .Iris

ntithtl

pun iila.

Cmigrcss sol'nor children or

t'l,.

\\, SI, (iailowav, Attorney

ANIi

Government CMlim Agent,

(jfficr firr, ll,r Mayo

ii,' :it. who id ri'sn-'iii'il.

iVii-or holt.w thi- !ink of lirii:in ihi- M-rvice Murch 'Ul,

,r„„, mustered, out ir liminnilily di.-ehaiiied after that ihnu. is enlitled to exun pay. 'l'Vo-e «In, received none enn now reeeive. 1 nose wiio reeeived llirc" months pay proper ean now recover tlti" dilferenee. under the Aet of Coiij-'ress, ,!n!y

'"Soldiers enlisted for three years diselinrned nftcr Mnreli '.Id. IMH.or on aeeoiint of disiilnlity. nrccnti-tk-d .r'1*1 hoiinty. enlisted lorn less period

o/peiiyio'ii^'f?'-1 pc\'\iiontlVfor'each child under 10

Andainis'iiitntMed to „,y enro attended to. Aug. 11. W.

REAL ESTATE.-,

Ileal Estate Ai^iirv!

will do

cave them with us.

l?uv Sale!

r, Co,id Ki Lots.

.- T,

.•J

Residences I Uriel: Store Itoonff

I Itrick ltesid,

ATter

111 12 acres uround nttaeh,TKH. MAV A KL.K.N 1:1 r's Ollice. (dee-M 0.,.

cd. l-H~ lOnquirc at the Ueeonl,

WANTED -AGENTS.

UENT.s and the

Sifc2o9«(,,^.H.,,IKS

I'mler mill upper e.l. ariant, ,1 In tars Above -=:'l:u or larae commissions paid.

STEAM PRINTING.

[wtf.

Phvsiriasi and Surgeon.

BMS. ft. J. BMHtSfc'Y,

SKU.KK

or rsKji are

L-'ISB. ASH

I.I AIII.F.T» AHIIKSI

iMIMttsiiNMKNT. irculars KKEK. Addresf

or call Iinoii Slr.'W A Clarli. ltnideford

III.

I'll !—AliliXtS wanted lor

EST! Itl: l.Y

NEW

A HTKI

GROCERIES.

BiB'iSC & ISBSOTElFiirS NEW GROCERY STORE.

rpills estalilisliinent is now stocked with a large ns1 «rtinent of plain and fancy Groceries: which will b- s..ld for cash or produce. Farmers of Montgomery count call in and examine our stock before P^chasng el.-ewhere. [Dee.iMtt

PAPER—WINDOW SHADES.

ror fJrrr#/ Roily. I

the ornor Book Store a large lot of Cap. I'ft Commercial Note, Bill and other }«i/.ed of riPuper *$ Also the sum 1 iroiirn goixl reliable saving that tin

es in

HINKS AIMUC.

bought to meet th

REVIEW

services to the intiy, in all t'.ie branches

Main street. west of (August lH.titft.

MACHINERY.

II. McGRATlI A'

MACHINISTS,

^1 aliiiincilivers cil' (.'urn Slicllers, Horse Powers. 1 )r:iji Saws. Sugar Mills. Suirar Kettles. ('listings. Brass Oastiiij: and ic-ltin.-ry of ev- ,, ery 1 f.-eri]ti11.

(SECOND 8T01JY. I.F.E'S NEW MUCK,)

WA«IIIIV(iTON MT11KKT,

Crawfordsvillr, Indi

Job

is E "Day.

(\m (urn out H'jmir \\i/rk in a fur Ituurn.

Printing!

DONE T#ORDER!

IMP

faM

II,ok Star,', Hurt doo, Criiicfordsrilli. In

HTPPersons in want of an.v description of Printing, from a label to a mammoth poster, should not fail to call at the Review Job Oflicc, 1Q*A11 work done just when promised.

FURNITURE AND COFFINS

J. T. Kiiikcad & Co.,

Manufacturers and Dealers infill kinds of

Furnitur e!

WASHINGTON STREET, Opposite Centre Church,

Our Cabinet Ware J^oms

which will be sold nt the lowest oiub fisurea.

COP FIKTS

of nil kinds furnished on short notice, HHS

117 77/ OR WITHOUT A HEARSE.

AiiKUst-ie-lHOO If .1. T. KIXKKAV) A CO.

Claim Agency

BOUNTY!

Alt

FAlra Hoiinty Extra Pa\

-Exti'a Pension

(Iriuitnl 1,1/ Acts „f thr late Cvnyrfss, to Dischttrtji'd Sohiins, tlu ir )\~i1ows, Minor C)ul!mi, or 1'iiriuts. Collected with Promptness and Dispatch by

ONM

maehiiics sold in iho Ihiited States for less than !.t». whieh are I'l l.I.v

I.KKN.m:i IIV

llnw i: W HKKl.Kll A

Wll.SDN.tiKOVKK.t li AKEIl. NliKU .1 0..ASH UaCIIEt.DKK. Ai.i. other cheap machines are

II". 1*. BRITTO.V, Attorney,

INKIUMIK-,[^'GOVERNMENTANII

Office in Washington

ilemand for

ill meet tli

IHlldU "oiintr

AuglH-i -tf.

liave no hesitation in approbation of the

applied on

4 1 th iV in* j*w

reasonable terms. 1.. A FOOTK A Co

rner Bo those

IMIW MI APKS.

ill will lin*l an assortiml pretty Krsnr augl^-UO.

Gioceiies,—Wholesale.

WUOLBSAIiG AKD RBTAIL

P. R. SIMPSON'S.

AI»o :iliiiiiirncnir r'» Agrul for

POWDER & MATCHES

ilXlvS. ,,t l.ippcncoU CoV Double u'el A .v... warrun eil. KorValcby

Stoves and Tinware.

ST~*

Call at the Sign of the

llull liui/ilSturc. C'roic-

iii'l, over Simpson Groreri/ forihiillc.^&l

.KS.

list OU t.

li A lll'.\ City Huildini:. iiiddefonl, ilee'-'nTw-'-'tslwev.

To Discharged «SoIdicr*: By the lato law Kqualixing Bounties, an Additional Bounty of $100 is granted to each and every soldier enlisted for three years, and served out his time. Mho has received or is entitled to receive no more than the $100 bounty heretofore allcwcd by law and any such soldier who has been discharged before the expiration of his term of serviee by reason of wounds received in line of duty is entitled to the Additional Bounty of $100.

An Additional Bounty of *».VI is now allowed to each soldier enlisted for two years, who has received, or is entitled to receive, no more than $50 bounty under previous laws.

A bounty of $5» is now allowed to each and every soldier enlisted for any less period than two years, who has been honorably discharged on account of wounds received in the line of duti

To the Heirs of Drrcawd Soldn rs If a soldier,enlisted for three years, as above stated, has died of wounds received, or diseasecon-

traeted in the line of duty, the Additional Bounty of $100 is allowed to the widow, minor children or parents of such diseased soldier in the order named, if a soldier, enlisted for any less period than three I years, has died of wounds .received, or disease contracted in the line of duty, the Additional Bounty of ?.'(» is allowed to the widow, minor children or parents of such deceased Soldier in the order named.

I To Officers: I All officers below the rank of Iliicndier General who were in the service as such oti the 3d of March,

IHC5, and who were honorably discharge, or who have resigned, since April lKi5. are now entitled to three months pay proper.

To ]Jt nsioitt rs: Widows arc now entitled by law to an increase of their pension $2 per month lor each child under 16 years of age.

Invalid soldiers, for total disability, are entitled to a pension of from eight, to fifteen, twenty ond twen-ty-five dollars per month

To obtain the benefits of these laws, persons in all cases to make a new application. Applicants for the Additional Bounty must bring or send their Discharge Papers and get a receipt for the same.

Having for a number of years past devoted myself especially to the business of collecting claims. 1 feel warranted in saying that I can insure not only prompt attention on the part of the Government, but an early aud satisfactory settlement of all just claims intrusted to my care. 1 Few Keosoiittblc and no (iiargr In Any Case tnle*s

Successful. All letters of inquiry, containing stamp, promptly I answered.

Parties residing at a distance can have blanks and instructions sent to them by mall free of charge, on application to me

AUK. H.4V

W. I». IUUTTOI*, AC) nud GOT. Claim Agt.

Table Cutlery.

AP'ineassortment

LKIi HKOTIIKU.

of Table

jec3tr I

JUK

4 IJKOl HKH.

EA-POT!

NOAH S. JOSLIN,

:^*TSucccssor to Joslin A Becm.)

VFTlSK

returning thanks for past favors', wishes to call the espcclal attention of the public generally to the large and most perfectstock of

STtrYMIS and

'f/.VllMYiiS

now on bands. The best and greatest variety of CDDDJS1X1TG-

STOYES,

ever offered in the Crawfordsville market, and

Warranted. ...

to eivc satisfaction. All articles of j*

T/.T" WARE

manufactured in workmaulikiustylo and from the best tin-plalo in use.

Sorhum Pans ..

always on hand.

Country Merchants

will find it to their interest, when in want of anything in our line, to givo us a call. We will ell you goods at wholesale, for cash or .approved produce, at the lowest living (figures.

EPA I RING, OCi JNG, Cr., done promptly and on fair terms. Cash paid for Copr, old Iron. Hag?,Gutter. Feathers, Ac.

Remember JObLIN'S, No. 5. Commercial Block* Green street. Crawfordsville.^ f[mar3'6Celt.]

Carriage Manufactory.

ENLARGED FACILITIES!

Keduction of

I S. MILLER & GO'S.

Carriage Manufactory,

Murl it St.. North of Court ITouse Sq uavc* CKAWFOBDHVIilK, IIV'D.

Having recently purchased, enlarged and improved the premises we occupy, therby saving expense of rent, and giving increased facilities for manufactur-

a^ZR^nLA-GKES,

Buggies, Sulkies, Spring Wagons, Sleighs A'c.

We wonldrespectfully announce to our friends and ine public generally that we are now in ambition to aefy al competition in our line in this .State as regards 1MMCKS. STVLKS AXU WORKMANSIIII',

and invite an inspection of our Carriages, Buggies, A'C., a fine assortment of which we keep constantly on hand Being all practical workmen and employing no bv the mostskillful.and usingtlio VKR\ BKST 01 MATERIAL, together with our long acquaintance with the wants of this section of country, we cannot he'p giving satisfaction,as we confidently assert tnat our work and prices cannot be excelled by any other establishment in Indiana. Old Buggies taken in exchange. All our work warranted one year. Repairing, Blacksmithing, Trimming, Paintng&c.. with neatness and despatch.

Ap. 15. 18CU. Feb. 2. '61

Real Estate Agency.

C. W. SAITENKIKI.I). E. M. SAITENFIKM)

SAPPENFIELD & BRO., sAttorneys at Law

tli ,i\j)

gs§?

REAL EST AT 13 ACHATS. \T7IMJ ATTEND to business in the Circuit and

YY Common Pleas Courts in this and adjoining counties. Will give prompt attention to the settlement of Estatee, collection of Pensions aud Soldiers' Claims,

Buvand sell on commission. Houses and Lots, acant Lots, Farms, Farming Land in all the \S estern States and Territories.

Loans negotiated, collections made. Land entered. Taxes paid and Titles examined in all the estern States.

Have for sale a large number of desirable dwellings in thiseity, also, a largo number of vacant Lots, at very reasonable terms.

Have also a large number of harms in this and adjoining counties for sale, also 15,000 acres ot estern Land, partially improved.

After property is placed in our hands for sale, should tne owner through our introduction, or by means of publicity given by us, sell the property at the fixed price, or for more or less, the commission must, in all cases, be paid to us. it^OfTice over Brown's Drug Store, ernon street, Crawfordsville, Ind.

EKKHKNCHS:—McDonald

CLAIM AGENT.

FOE SALE.

Lot and Buildings north of Center Church, for sale iu parcels to suit purchasers.

House and lot of 2,1. acrcs in east part of city. Terms easy.

A well improved farm, 193 acres 2 never failing springs, mile west of city—terms easy. Houso and Lot on West street, nearl College, Price $050,

llou8eand lot of tt acrcs in south part of city, -»4 rods on pike road, 40 rods back. 100 good fruit trees, barnp4 by 30. well, cistern,cellar, and good out buildings, house ii stories high, t» rooms, with wood house under loof of same building, good selection of small fruits, grapos, Ac., and a fine collection of ornamental trees. Price $4,000 in payments.

Farm of HC acres, 00 acrcs cleared bottom land,

5ood

saw and grist mills, saw mill cut 5000 feet per ay, two run of stones, building 4 stories high, timber enough on premises to run saw mill 5 years, good orchard, barn,and comfortable house, with good out buildings,good spring, and coal bank on farm, miles east of Rockville, Parke county, Ind, Terms in reasonable paymonts.

Farm 110acres 1 uiile west of Vountsvllle, in good repair, good house, baru, Ac. Terms $75 per aero.

Have also for sale SCO acres in Pa^c county, Iowa, Will exchange for town property in a flourishing town or city.

200 acres in Coffy county, Kansas. Entered 0 years ago. Price $'J,00 per acre.

1G0 acres in Dickinson county. Iowa $1,10 per acre. 500 acres in Missouri at $1,00 per acre. Also a large number of farms in this and adjoining States, For particulars apply,

Western land constantly on hand, for sale or exchange. Parties wishing to make quick sales of their property will do well by sending us a description of their

property. We have made arrangement* with Heal Estate Agencies in moat of the Western States, and are prepared to make transfers at a small expense. l'nrtiea wUhiug to purchaM! Houae* mid I.ot« in tbU Cily will plrnao call al our oflicc for pnrliculnre. jan20*(itj. SAPPENFIELD A BROTHER,

Silver Smith.

New Watch Maker Shop!

The undersigned would respectfully announce to his friends and the public generally that he has opened a

Watcli Maker Shop

in the old stand of McClure A Fry., west of the Court House, for repairing Watches, Clocks and Jewelry. All repairing warranted,

P. C. 1UTZK

Late in Patterson's Watch Maker Saop.

Crawfordsville Sept. W, 1806.

CllEWINU TOBACCO.

splendid quality of Virginia Cavendish Chewing Tobaccoiiust received and for sale by dec3tf. LEKABKOTHER.

Books

New J3oo]vS

AT THE

book

"Flower Je Luce

"Maud Muller "Sunny Bank

v-.

"Griffith Grant '/Bigelow Papers "Felix Ilolt, the Radicali

Noble Life

"Teu Acres Enough!&v -it i'! '.j'Tlie Art of Amusini: and «reat variety ,of Miscellaneous: Books suitable for proven Is?

jFine *9nimats. Sixty If oxen

Toy Books for

children, from two to twenty-five cents. l)ee.l5'0GSAwSt.. ].. A. FOOTK A Co

Weekly Paper.

Complete Pictorial History of the Time*."

*The Beat, Chcnpewt, aud most Sucrnwfnl

Family Paper in thr Ciiion."

HARPEE'S WEEKLY,

SPELNDIDI.Y UiLUSTKATEI)

Crlttral Nollccs or the l'rrss.

"The best Family, I'npcr published in the 1 inli Stntos."—[Now London Advertiser. "The Model Newspaper of onr country—complete in nil the departments of an American I'-Vnily .!

"This paporJurnishcs illustrations. Our futuro historians will enrich tncuiscn»».0 Harper's Weekly long after writer?, and printer?, and publisher are turned to dust. —cw ork Evangelist. "A necessity in every household. —luoston iran-

"ftisat onco a leading political and historical annalist of tho nation'"—[Philadelphia JVcss. "The best of its class in America. illusion

Traveller.

Sll S

cniI'T10XS.

1807.

The Publishers have perfected a system of mailing by which they can supply the Magazine and Weekly promptly to those who prefer to receive their periodicals directiy from the OfTico of Publication. Postmasters and others desirous of getting ui) Clubs will bosupplic«l with a Show-mil on application.

Terms.

Harper's Weekly, one year W An extra copy of cither the Weekly or Magazine will be supplied gratis for every Clubofrive ^J*bfcribers at each, in one romittenoe or bix Copies for $-U W.

Back numberscan be supplied at any time. The Annual Volumes of llarper eekly, neat cloth binding, will bo sent by express, freo ot expense, for each. A complete bet, comprising S'ino Volumns, sent on recefptof cash at the rate or $5 25 per vol., freight at expense of purchaser. olume \. ready January 1st. l«i7 •.•Subscriptions sent from British North American Provinces must bo accompanied with cents additional to prcpny United States postasfy.

Addres« iABiEK

& BB0 EIW)

Franklin Square, New\ork.

Millinery Store.

'jY'fkW Storo.^f

MRS. C. wTSANBURN,

'WOULD respectfully inform the citizens of Crawfordsville and vicinity that sho has established a Millinery Store in Dr. McClclland's building. 3 doors-cast of the Post Office, where sbe is now opening a

NEW STOCK

!,**.% ol Goods of the

Latest Styles and Best

QUALITY.

She invites the people to call and examine licr Goods and judge for thciusc'

.. Vj&F.J

Sc Roach, Indianapolis

Smith *t Mack. Attorneys, Torre Haute Patterson &> Allen, do Hon. 1. N. Pierce do Judgo r. Maxwell, Rockville Wm. Durham, President irst national Bank of Crawfordsville Campbell, alkcr and Cooley. Professors of Law, Michigan university, Ann Arbor, Mich, IjanO *0G-yl.

Bleaching and Pressing

done on shcrt notice. Also particular attention gicn to all kinds of silk and velvet work. Octia.lPMtf. .Mrs. c. S

ASIILKN.

Machinery.

FOUND EY5?

MACHINE SHOP

C7M ll'I'O

It if S\'t MjIJ

BLA1K, liYIJE & CO.,

Machinery of Any Kind

to Eivc them a call. They nre inakinR all kinds of eastings, such as

MILL GBABmG-

of every description.

Sorglium Mills, Furnace .Fronts, (irate Bar* Sugar Kettles, Ovens, Dog Iron-, Making Patterns for and

Replacing Stove Plates.

1 hey arc prepared to repair

Tubular Boilers. Steam Ungincs, Thrashing.Machines, Reapers, Mower". Drag Saws, and to make and fit up

Bra -s Castings, and Bl.u 1smithing of every description. All work done by tliom i«

Warranted to

perform as represented.

Shop on Green Street, near Depot, ""ougi^i

Cash Paid for Old Iron, Copper d- Brass may law BLAIli. LYLK A Co.

Paper.

"VV 111 Paper 3000 BOLTS EJftSE".!

ccnts to $1,50 per bolt, just opeucd at the Ft: ziuir and Book Stor ___

[From the Uochester l'nion.1

"Tlie Despotism of a Minority." We yesterday made brief reference to the extra-coustitutional machinery of the Legislative caucus, by which it minority of Congress is euablcd to control the legislation of the country. The Sprinfield jiiii (Massachusetts) Rrphuliran, a RcpubliiI can journal, has the following artiolc on the same subject: [From tlic Springfiold Republican.]

No Congress over had more important duties or graver responsibilities than this Congress at ils present session. It must necessarily determine the principles upon which the Union is to be restored, atid the policy which is to effect all the great iutcrests of the c'ouutry for years to come. Tt can not postpone these matters to the next Congress, for they press for immediate decision. At the same time, they rc([uire wise statesmanship, and ctfn' uot be properly deoided without calm deliberation and thorough discussion. It is because of these considerations that the haste and .excitement which have marked tho opening, of the session have made a painful impression upon the country. Congress is iu theory a deliberative body it should be so in faet.

The new mode of ikterminotion of important measures by party caucus, and then j,titling them through Congress under the {tag of thr previous ijuestio,i, thus not only cutting off delate, hut placing me.mlxrs under the necessity of either voting for measures about which they are in doubt, or which they think should be modified, or of breaking with their party, can hardly be dignified with the name of legislation. It is not Congress in this case that legislates, but the caucus, or, tn back to the true oriip". 'l i*

l\ie

liulc

private ca

bal which has iixed things for tho caucus, and detcrmiuod its action in advance. Under such an arrangement the Government is really wielded by an oligarchy and isa'caricature of Republicanism. It can not De denied that such is the present tendency, and that we are rapidly approaching the thing itself. A majority may sometimes bo unjust and despotic, but legislation by caucus establishes the despotism of a minority. It is obvious that under this system measures may be carricd against the couvictions ol a majority of Congress. A bare majority of majority of the members of tho dominant party vote for a luea.sure iu caucus the minority agree with the opposition members as to this particular measure, and if they voted according^ their individual judgment the measure would be defeated but bound by the decision of the caucus, they'vote against their couvictions. Iti Cougrcss, where the dominant party has but a bare majority, under this caucus rule a measure may pass whieti nearly three-fourths of the members disapprove. It is true that in so close a division of parties iu Congress the caucus may be ..s„c..i_ nml nroDer for the concentration in on id not attempt to bind tho judgment and conscience? of members. But iu the present Congress the Republicans arc so strong that there is no excuse for any degree of intolc^ancc. If they can not carry a measure without the stress oi a caucus despotism, it is pretty good evidence that .the measure is not -fit to be adopted.

I will now give you a plan of my ice bouse, from which any one can build one, who can use a saw and a hammer.

It has been built about ten years,is all sound yet, with the exception of the boards on the inside, which will want to be replaced once iu about five or six years. The size is eight by ten outside, and six feet high. I took two inch plank, twelve inches wide, for sills and plates, halved together at the comers. I used studs on the inside, and boarded up and down outside. The cracks should be covered with battens, to prevent the air striking the ice. The rafters should be five or six inch stuff, bearded on the inside, and the space filled with either saw dur-t or refuse tan bark. The inside should be boarded the other way to within a foot or so of the plates, which should be left until the space is filled. 1 place poles or scantling in the bottom, and cover with slabs, which will afford all the drainage necessary. The door should always be on the north side.

The cracks in the north gable end should be left open for the purpose of ventilation. 1 consider sawdust the best to fill the sides with, but tan bark, turners' shavings, chaff or straw will do.

It is more work to fill an ice house the first year than it is ever after tnat. I like suow the best of anything to pack i„—always filling the cracks between the cakes as solid as possible. I have taken out snow, the last of summer, just as fresh as when it was put in. The size of this house may be objected to by some, but mine holds enough for a large family, and also a dairy of twenty cows. I don't believe any dairyman who has had ice enough to use one year would be without it for ten times what it cost.

Otic thing more about the house: It should be banked up at the bottom, for any circulation of air through the ice ...:n —1 :t

fast

ALL SORTS OF PARAGRAPHS.'

Panthers arc rampaging in Vermont.

In Paris there is one dog to every forty persons.

Swapping wives is styled lewd-icrons business.

New Orleans

The Choctaw ladies in use veruiilliou. A 'The Georgia Legislature refuses to prohibit Sunday travel.

Horace Greeley dcelareS the fonstmitipti "but an incident."

ffThe Portlanders are going to have ten thousand pounds fire bell.

The school system of Arkansas has become virtually extinct.

There is a thirteen hundred acre cranbury farm in Michigan.

Forty divorces were granted by a New Hampshire court in two days.

Four Southern* freeduion .. are in the Connecticut jails fur alleged nnirder.H

A corn field of 1(10 acres is said to be within the city limits of l)es Moines.

The profits of the London 'J'inirs last year were §250,000.

The London Telegraph has the largest circulation in England—155.000.

TliQre are thirty thousand idle negroes in Washington.

Votes can be bought in England for a shilling apiece.

The procession iu honor of Congress contained not over sixty white men.

The first negro vote ever cast in Ripou Wisconsin, was cast Cor tho Democratic ticket. ,,

The ''petroleum belt" in California is 700 miles long and forty or fifty miles wide.

Artcinus Ward is reaping a rich harvest in England from his lectures- According to Ward, moucy, not virtue^ has its owu "a ward." _.

BREVITY

will melt it through it.

water poured

THK Chicago Tribune (intensely Radical) says that "the negro race, in this country, is a race of harlots aud bastards," and that the fact is daily attested by a million of saddle and eream-colorcd people in the sunny South." What a statement from such a source! Next the Chicago Times will be saying naughty

papers arc

JAMES PATTERSON

fcWVi

[we'too 10"lc'r"''

OFFICIAL DOCL'MK.VJS.—

Our rulers, iu the framing of proclamations or other official documents, should take example by the brevity of one of the early Governors of Connecticut. It is saidjthe first proclamation for a Thanksgiving' dov in that State was issued in 1614, in tiie following style "Its ordered there shall be a publike day of thanksgiving through this jurisdiction uppon Wcusday com. fortnight."

The owner of the richest oil well iu Pennsylvania is a Dutchman, who has his greenbacks corded up in his cellar.

Tliad. Stevens' vulgar speech at the "welcome" carousal in Washington, would disgrace the lowest sot that ever lost his sense of decency in debauch.— Boston Post.

It has become a necessity in California to select only married ladies to teach the young idea how to shoot, because the unmarried ones can not be relied on for any great length of time.

John S. llock, Esq., a well known colored lawyer of Boston, and the first colored man ever admitted to practice in the United States Supreme Court, died at his residence on Phillips street, Tuesday last of consumption.

From the very unceremonious manner in which Bringham Young chucks his wives under ground, as soon as the breath h»« left them, the conclusion is irresistible that lie is confoundedly glad when they go.

A woman of Portland lately applied to the relief committee for assistance, saying that she had nine in her family, and no°husband. Investigating the affair the committee found that she had nine stalwart mcu—all boarders.

HYMENIAI,.—It is a fact worthy of mention that no less than seven marriages took place yesterday, and last evening the city was merry with wedding lcstivitics. —Mobile Register.

Abolitiou

ungrateful, says liriclc

The San Francisco Bulletin states that the catch of codfish on the banks of the northwest coast this scasou, not ouly dcI monstrated that California can supply I their own market, but can become exporters of the articles to less favored locali ties. 'f 1

The Tennessee Legislature must be a

Arrest of Surrntt.

Hack, tho intelligent Washington correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial, has!the following speculations upon the arrest of Surrafe:

Tho lirrest

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George Damon of Chicago, is a bright and smart lad of only twelve years, and lie is already tho chief engineer of a large steam mill in that city.'

Mrs. llarper, of New York, a colored woman, said tobea second Anna Dickinson, has been lecturing at Oberlin, Ohio, on ctjual rights.

How to Build a Cheap lee House. For the benefit of those of our readers who live where they cairnot purchase ice of our dealers, or who consume enough to make it an object to put up their own ice, we publish an article from the llural New Yorker, which ^.strikes. u» an eminently sensible 4

It is estimated that the graves ot 138,000 Union 'Soldiers have been identified, which is about two-thirds of tne whole number reported as having been buried.

"Tiie work of a thousand men for four years^is the inscription upon tho ininiense bridiro wliioli hn* ^ll" been erected across tne Susquehanna river at IlaviU de Grace, Maryland.

One of the saddest things about human nature is, that a man may guide others iu the path of life without walking in it himself that lie may be a pilot and yet a cast away, jp

RATS.—Vienna is a city to be envied. The rats in her sewers have been so effectually destroyed by the use of green vitriol that a professor in one of the colleges, who required some of these animals for experiment, was scarcely able to obtain them at any price.

Surratt could not have

happened at a'perio^ more desirable, for inauy reasons, than the present. So far as he himself is concerned, except to himself, it is of little consequence. One wrctch like him inoro or less.iu a country where men arc murdered every day from motives more degrading to: human nature than those which led to the assassination of Mr. Lincoln, is a small matter after all. But of late there have been such assertions made with regard to the complicity of Jefferson Davis, and even Andrew Johnson, in the groat crime of 18(!5, that.the capture of one so conspicuous as Surratt is known to have been in it, is of great value as affording au opportunity to clear up •what migUt otherwise remaiu a dreadful mystery. Mr. BoutweU, of Massachusetts, meant nothing else tlinh to charge Johnson as" tin accessory after the tact of Mr. Lincoln's murder when he stated, as he did, iti caucus, and afterward in the House of.-..

Representatives, that the whereabouts of Surratt was known to the present Executive for ei^ht months. He tried to gloss it over in his explanatory remarks in tho House, the other day, but, after all, ho. admitted this much.

The New York Tribune had repeated his caucus speech iu stronger language than it had been uttered but what lie did say was what appeared in the Commercial of Monday last, and in substanco what I have just quoted. Mr. Boutwell holds a position in the House that gives importance to what lie says touching this inntter. lie ia chairman of a committee nDBointcd to investigate the connection of Jefferson Davis anil others with the conspiracy, aud has in his possession a large nmouut of testimony on the subject, studiously withheld from the public so far. In private conversation he is known to have made such accusations against Mr. Johnson as, if proven and published, would result in something much more serious than impeachment.

Other mcu throughout the country, pretcudiug to speak from knowledge, have been equally uurescrvcd in their statements, and the result has been to arouse a painful curiosity, if not reasonable suspicion, in the public mind. The next point is to sec that Surratt has a fair trial. What lie says, under such promises or threats as will undoubtedly be held out to him, will go for little, unless coufirmed by the testimony of other and better uieu. Already some of the enemies of the President talk ot his promising Surratt his life if he will tell enough to implicate others. Undoubtedly his confessions would be more valuably l',an his neck, if properly subwniutiatod but to be of any worth at all they must be well corroborated.

Loyal Spots In Mis»„urJ

The St. Joseph (Mo.) Herald Buys From all accounts, Andrew couuty is, at present, no desirable locality wherein to reside, owing to the large number of thieves, counterfeit-shovers and rascals there collected. Within the last week several robberies have been committed, a number of horses stolen, and one valuable animal, of full Morgan stock, poisoned by some villian, out of mere wickedness of heart. The horse was purchased,

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Hum of thrco thousand dollars." Andrew is one of tho loyal counties that gave, a heavy majority tor tho notorious Ben Loan, for Congress. l'ulk county is another beautiful loyal locality. The Bolivar (Polk county) Sentinel (Had.) says there is not, within the limits of that "flourishing" town, a single respectable house of worship, her citizens entirely ignoring this maik of civilization.. The St. Itouis Republican says to the foregoing .yj "It may be added, that nearly the entire vote of that 'flourishing town' is

Radical, aud as the Radical party favors imprisoning ministers for preaching the Gospel, it is not a matter of wonder that there are no churchcs there. Where is the wisdom of building churchcs, when the ministers arc silenced or in prison It would be entirely consistent with Missouri Radicalism not to have a church building iu the State." ..

John Surratt.

The Boston Daily Advertiser, in allusion to the reported discovory of John Surratt, implicated iu the assassination of Prcsideut Lincoln, says With this person in our possession, the nation ..could well afford to offer liini his life, his liberty, or any other price which might be sufficient to secure it, to obtain from his lips tho information which will shed the light of day upon the most: difficult as well as the most interesting criminal mystery of our time."

But would the Advertiser and the people of the North believe him, unless he should admit precisely what they want to believe? Supposo he should declare that no person south of the Potomac had any complicity with or knowledge of Booth's purpose Suppose he were to declare that his mother was utterly innocent and ignorant of the whole business?

Would such declarations be acccpted for truth by tho North We trow not.— Richmond Whig.

MAD dogs aud burglars are tho burdensome grasshopper in Evansvillc, at present.

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