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, RjjJUB YSBXJRG, O ;j FBTB AY , NOVEMBER 8, 1867.
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U t0Bt.tBHB0: ItttBT fRTDAY. MORSISO
OUjLlXGER At li.1IMO.VS.
e. i TERHS OF SUBSCRIPTION'.
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Oss year....
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Baoh subsequent Insertion- 6
Business Cards, per annum 8 00
Adminnrtrntinn, Attachment, Tisolntlnn,l?x- '
eatnr. Redemption and Road Notices.--.' 1 fl
Marriage' Notices .... 80
Death Notiees ... .... .'...Free.
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lied trnoinitaone sqnnrs. '
AH Transient and Legal Advertisements must,
b paid for In advance to insure publication. .'
t-ST Attorney are nsiD besponsuimi for all
advertisements handed 'n or authorised by them,
and for the publica tion or all Sheriff's Salo notices,
tas writ for which they order out..
"';V.jbB PBINTIX0. ! V
We are prepareJto exate all kinds of Job
WnrktSnehKS Posters, Sale Bills, Vroirrsmmes,
Inritatiis, Carda, Labels, Pamphlets, all kinds of
Blanks, ,Vc.,i the most satisfactory jnsnnrr. ' '
Ths folloin(t are ths rates for Sheet Dills i
ii Sheet Bills, por 25 $2 00
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he nvt roasonnblcterms.
I-gf" Printing of erery kiud.whetlicr job. fl ork
r djertilni, wl)ch is'done ftr ny !aasoc.latitl,
oei.str.'Vublic mietius; or political party, will be
ek;irned to the person or pnrsnns ordering the
same, who will be hld responsible for payment.
tl ! 1 rftblishers knd Proprietors;''
BUSINESS
CARDS."
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.hiieid,;:,.,.
, , w Attorney -nt
Law,
HVS resumed the practice of his profession, at
ljrrysbr.t, O'lio, where he will give prompt
attention to sll leirxl hmineis entrusted to his care.
Office ia the Bank building.
WILLIAM H. JONRB. . J1HS A. SHANNON
JONES-.' .SHANNON,
REA-t. ESTATE AGENTS
. OFFICE 07ER KREPS' STORE,
' PerrysWrg, Oh!.'
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rtA,,,McMAPAN,;'; "
(Late Breret-Colonel O. S. Volunteers,) .,.
"7raacf Gixxxxx j.&&xx.t
Poitoffico AddreBS-Enst Tollo, Ohio, i
ALL Honest Claims against the Government
can be o-Ulectod. Mauy of the! late officers
and soldiers of the army, and fclso widows and
hein of d-jceated oflicers.and soldiers, do not keep
well Informed of the l iws relating, to them. AJI
claimants ' for'- whotri" I' transact1 business sre
uroiaptlr informed, by m lil, of any. laws affecting
- them,' '"tiJ" flu chain tn ads 'Un leg's laimh are
successfully prosecuted,
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UOHN A. SHANNON, -
OffifcfrW rhoenix Block rnp .stairs,-' -3
5 , .Ierrybuig, Ohio.
"Attention given to the collection of Soldiers
ciaim,.mi( , v-i ! ) M:-n,teVJ
. CEOKUC STK AINv , , . , ,
. A L L. . .4. ... m. n.i- . rt i tj
. AT rutisti J -al-iji w , rHiiiDuiiu,
WIttitkeriiltrisilbiisiuessconfidedtdhiscare
lit the several Courts of Oliidr" Military
Claim's will recelre I.rtlcular attontiop.:'' ; .
Also Insurance taken at reasonable rates.'
OifJce New Hardware Building, np stairs, cor-
car of Louisiana Arcnie and Front stret.-ii'
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V. n. K. IIOLLESnECK- s t
h'l ."-.Tortyabnriri Wood Co.,-
Attorneva-ar-Law j Kotarie PubHo; Conveauoh
era; Collecting Agents: Real hstate Agents? ,..
Having large quantilies'of 'Wild Lands ant) man
Improved Farms,' for sale ; Itj.h L
Agents to Pay .Taxes, "and-redeeoi lands sold for
taxes also,' to purchase lands and investigate
titles, it) - "' : rl;:J i-ri i:
" War Claim Agents,' .
To procart the baek aV and bounty due to rol3
..,1 knlriixn v tl .. o : t -k .-
To proeore pensions for those entitled to thrtn J
To procure for soldiers liberated from' prl sob
commutation of ratioos while they 'were coufined,
etc., eto.a -1 l'"J "l ' ' '- ''"
METROPOLITAN INSURANCE CO.
i 'j. '; ' 'c & i'y
. ..,Qt w;. toxk.C.-,-,!.; ,! ,-.
Rate s low asanr good, firtt-oUs Company
Business solicited. Office, oorner of J'qonl-stree
and IriiuislanaVivanBa, rarrysbnra. i:I .t 20
:orn93T'f?'Wr' run
PerrysbarK, Wood Couutlrf O
lit ii I r- i I'i ft M
kVe lafff (jiiXnlUieVof Real Estate f
"ITITE hk
for
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a.le : attend to Tax-paring ; also, procure
Bounties and Pensions for Soldiers.
All business promptly attended to- Ct"18
INSUllEU INSTJItKl J A
INSURE WITH TIIE
FIREMEN'S "INSURANCE COMPANY,
OP b'ATTON, OHIO. "
TniS Company has fairly earned tKe'rlghi to
solicit the patninage of the citixens of this
eountr, baring paid t5.700 in Iwes in the county
within the last year.-, Rates as low as any reliuble
Company, Lossea equitably adjusted and prompt.
J siuKNOX, Perrysburg, 0., , .
41 " General Agent fur Northwestern Ohio.
r. W, UNDER II I
ji . : Dealers ia
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American & Italian Marble
1 and 'Oranite Stone;- " ' r!
Ko. 250, corner of Summit and Cherry, Toledo,
Monuments furnished to order.. 'Address by
j inuil or otlierwisa.fifj - . 49xa
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S LEY IN & iUUOWN,
Attorney "A Coa a sl I wrs at Law, aad
Gaaeral a.aa4 Agei la.
Laad bought snd soldi taxas paid i atlea aaani.
ioed, osKatra. boanty, looat evxtatv, fcack
pay, psoaioa, etc, promptly collected .and
pa id i)er! t. i
l-OJ.in ha.flou. housa, Perrysborg,
Ohio. ' ' ' y. , ')
PEttlY3WltQ' liI3 AT STOKER
JOHN HOfFlMK, ,
HAS removed fils Veat tore to' the buildiug re
aentlr 'oeeupied by C'e Uardware Store,
"Ljuiaiana Avenue. An excellent quality of Ueat
'aalwarskepton haod.t J whicbhe inriteath at
tention oj y tjvers of a Juicy Btaat,( a tendex
Dieaa.
Perrrstmrs, November S, 149.' In
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DENTIST.
" vriiHVim hi:, nmn
IWCbtrfpf moderate, and U'wcr'warMnled,."
0ffice over U, liU'a. S'te. tn Xiouiataua
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EEAL ESTATE ACENCIE3,'
Cheap ' IT6ufeo. , .f
SMAF.T, FRAME H(H'?K wad tiro Lota In
Perrysburir I title perfect : forfait at 2T5,
KOSS A OtrOK. .
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FOTTH desirable- residences In rorrrsburar.
Price running from $1,200 to ,800 ; 'for Sale
by ' f . ROSS A COOK.
BARGAINS INREAL ESTATE
A Uranll Fnrm of 43 acres, more or less
f ovit-l it 2 III one mile north, of i'errjaborar, A
rerr desiritble location, i'ossussion al any time,
on lease or sale. i - 'il (- '"'''
i For Snip, eheap, In prompt psy or in pa
menls, a new dwullinK-house sad loi tlO fort tn.nl
and 133 feet rear, of in-kts JS'os. 393 and 400, Per
lysbuig, Ohio. -,
ISO arrea of land for salo cheap, in VTa'rrcn
Onuutv. Illinois. , ,. .
livloU Nos, 35 and 36 (oraalt in Thilipps' addi
tion to Toledo, Ohio; at a bargain, in payments if
desired. . , W
Also, a business t"t in IVs Moines, Iowa low.
' 80 acrna, n i'aeqrs c 21, lliddlvton, good land,
at (10 per acre iu pitymenls.'
80 sores, n $ ne qr aes 34, Webster, ditching
paid for, at $10 per acre in saruients.
ISO aores, nw jr sec 29, iu Portage, good land,
at JO per acre in payments.
80 Korea,, w H siy qr seo 1, in Lake, at a low
'figure.-. ', i ;, i
80 aorcs. w sw qr sec , tiwn 3, rnnge 10, in
Henry, at $i per sere, .
A number of liaein-tbts for tale cheap in Ter
rysbnrg. - . .
w l)eil-al)le land itl Lnnortn and RMntiAn r!na
IJb'I., for title at a hm-pain. v;i ; n a ,'
joo acres or ta.x titto lands., in Wwd County, for
snlu cheap. .
I will show my landj with pleasure, and in soll
(njf, will make panneu'.s to suit.
- , J. KICKETTS.
Porrysburff, February 8, 1807. 4lxx
Ji3, W.iHOSS, ASHKK COoK, K I.11EI1T D. K 088
' I ' ItOSS & COOK.
AB3ThAOTS or TITLE.
. ' - s l, 'OFFICE : . '
Comer I.rtnl lnu Avenue nxA Front'
-Street, t'errysbiirjf , Ohio.
T7E ,mre ",0 "n,.T 8et of Abstrnr.t Ilool;
i V V " now irt Wood llonnty . eontuiuing a complete
InokW to nil Lots-and Lands therein.
Certiicutes vf Titlcgiven uppn reasonable
ttfAlso." Airentsfor purehsfirtir and sollinc
Real Kstute, getting up Tax Titles, paying TaxeB,
&.C., vc.
Business solicited. 37zx
OEOllOB WKDDKI.L.
, , n'EDDELL
wrsrsnnntT
GENERAL LAND AGENTS;
'rerry ibnrff, Woofl County, Ohio.''
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Will bny and. sell Lsnds,; exsmlna titles," psy
taxes, reoftom iianos sola for laxes, no ,- k". '
1" Olfies in the Court-house. ' - . R7-i
VALUABtE"REAJSTA'fOpAtEr
' I tlEi unaursignea having established a Ileal ts
JL ; tate Agency in Porrysburg, offer for sale the
following Ileal bstate, situated in Wood (.ounly
Ohio:
0 In lots in Perrysburg, with good ITouso, Barn
Orchard, Well, Ac. very desirable. Can be had
at a bargain, and on liberal terms.
"A I 'a tin of 120 acres, in section 10. of Plain
Township, under good cultivation, Witli300 jViiil
trees, good buildings, and well draiacdt- Tw
mrles from Tontoganv.
ah iinproveu r arin 01 ii.o .cras, in sec-
tion 34, Plain Township i 00 aci o u.iaer cultiru
iion. and nearlv all under fence : a lare-e orehard
fuvl good well, together wiiii agood, fj-ame house
and barn. 1 1 " -
A Farm containing 08 Acres, in same
section, all under fence mostly improved ; orchard,
sood barn and large house, with good framo house
lu course or., construction.
I Tha-Ng. it t NJ5.;if section 28, town 4
north of i-anne 10 east'. Good House and Orchard
ft:
under fence.
UNIMPROVED LANDS.
"F! 4 se qr section 35, tp 6,jnge 1180 acres
N 'k sw or sec 30, tp 5, range 11 80 acres.
'80 Acres, in section 4, Uei..3r Township, well
!tt,1"Lel'r w,lh ack w.alut. w'".' w"od, 4c.
'f 80 Acres, iu section 16, Liberty Township
- o.-AcfISiieioflti5y&iiIiB&ojvLiiip
Lot No. 8.
80 Acres, in section 12, Henry Township
timbered.
200 Acres in seclion ll.Portnge Township:
heavilr timbered.
Twelve or flftoen choice TOWN LOTS, in Per-
rjsbnrg.
' tJT" The above Real Estate will be ottered a
low rates, on terms to suit the purchaser.
,, i SI.KVIN A HKOWN,
t 4 : Real Estate Agents, Perrysburg, O.
0 PINE TKEE
For th? Tmraediate"IteHsf -HDd Speedy
"-"Quid of Coughs, Colds, Hoarse- '
' , ness, Sore Throat, Bronchitis,
' - ;TicMlDGr KAiie Throat, T T
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RELIEF OBTAINED IN FIVE MINUTES.
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PUBLIC Speakers and Singers will find these
Troches invaluable for strengthening and
clearing the voice, and allaying all irritation of
tb Throat and Bronchial Tubes incident to vocal
exertion. As thev contain no Dnilim or any
thing ia the least injurious, to ths uiosV deUcaa
constitution, they cau be taken as freely as neces
sary. Slight Colds, Cough..', Hoarseness snd Sore
Throat, which readilr yield to the Pine Treo Tar
Troches, should be checked immediately, and be
fore the inflammation reachea the lironchial Tubes
aiid Lungs, which would product Bronchitis snd
Consumption. The valuable medicinal properties
of the Tar of the White Pine Tree are almost uni
versally known, and is regarded as one of the
best remedies for all diseases of the Throat and
Lunts. It soothes and allays all irritation, re
duces inflammation, and hash ionliaraii4 marked;
beneficwl effect oh the Organs Sf Respiration. 'The"
White Pine Tar, when refined, possesses those val
uable properties i'i the highest degree, and baa
bein combined with other valuable ingredients to
form the elegant and convenient preparation,
known as " Bxkton's Pink Tbs Tab ThoCUKs."
. Observe the fac-simile of the Proprietor's signa
ture on the wrapper of each box, without which it
cannot be genuiue.
Bjnum' Pine Tree Tar Troches are prepared
only by
C. O WErlTOW, Chemist a$ Onisirlat, J I
, lSt and -14L lrtlroit-street; Cleveland, tr.-
For Saje by all Druggists.
Tmta. OK aP A natal. 4x1
I UHIOTOGRAPir GiiTiiEuIr,
OaC Fiftb-atraet, east of ths Union School house
j . fsrrysburg, UDio.
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rpHE undersiened woaid eall the attentlna of the
J. yieopld of Perrysburg snd vicinity, thst she
ia atiJl taking Pictures of the Best Quality, of all
aius and kinds, from ths 4-4 size, or largest, down
to the smallest Ambrutypes and Gems : also copy-
iug from other pictures aud enlarging them ra
aooviua.'' v' ' -'i- - ' " j
Kh. wilt Bnltb tip TVttrrea tn India Ink,
Bbint in wBtHreotoraiatha nioat awnroved strler:
will also fnraisb trraawa and Casaa of all kinds
and sisea niat ssay b required '' '' -? " .
Hhe would tes)trBlly' invite' hef frittfda U
oall and see what tbeir owt art. at can' do befort
rokir alsewbere. It will sost voe nothing if yon
mitt ba auited. -Alt she aaks is to show what
s!m can do, aad : fuels eotKtert of fivinir narts-
fuotion.. ' .' .1. a.i i Mas. HICHOLH;
. K. B. No piotnrm takn aa-aukday.""- w
rssrysburg, Avril A th67. , 51l
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The Fount.
[Published by Request.]
TO MY MOTHER.
BY H. H. H.
Mr Mother, dear I how I lore tliee. noae n tell
But those who such a Mother as mine hare had t
Huw Dineh of lore and lendT cure I ows the
In thv declining years, none can estimate - n
And if tbey oonl.l, a bankrupt -I stMMild be. -i
Thy Aoohaniring lore and ever-watrhlul caie
In Childhood's earl days ; thr fervent praters
i f wisdom true tntfraio and save thv child s
Thy sleepless nights, anxioua thoughts ' ami
firayeriui rears, -When
tbu hot hand of ferer had lain him low i
Thy jo,vos face, loving saiilra and thankful tesrs
When Wod bad neura thy prayers, and spared thy
Oo'j
The good oonnsel, tender lore and prayers of fnith
ThaW guided truly to the bright Homing-Slur
ins Willinir tnotxteps, WDen vet a vnuth o trre
His iniod preparing for good and noble deeds)
For all of this, my dear Mother, am I in debt to
thee.
The .day I noVr shall forget, mv Mother dear,'
Wheat I received my Savior's pardoning -4ov (
lluv thauklul and happy were we others saw
.Tod wctit wept for iov,-ss Vhristiaiii ollen tin-
When souls are born again. In Heaven there's
. joy
Among the angels o'er sinners that repent.- -
In Msnhnod's carlv primo thou didst nrt forget
Thy child. - A Mother's tender luve, if net as
lre.li, - v -
Just as simng, Was still bestowed. Thy happy
smils- the ssme, '
When- all was w.llj thy anxious look of old, if
aiiKht "
Was ill. ,
Kor can I e'er forget the happv day ,
When home to thke I brought my sweet youug
biido: . i
No Bt'raogrr to thee, dear Mother, lint cherished
And beloved, as alio lavished her love upon
Thy child, lie in turn, hud bestowed ou hr .
Iloyhood's fust slid warmest love for many years,
'lira not stinuge thun, that to thy heart my
darling
Was gUdly Uiken, aiic cbctUiUed ss thiue own..
Tlino sped on, and the little ones, so dear , .....
lo us, as one bv one tiiev came to bless -
And cheer IjiIu s ro"L'Ml imth, seemed juvt as dear
lo time.- ftor niilst inuolgu them to their hurt
As grandmothers sre wont, with blind-liko love,
ihalcau uot hoc the faults aud siltsh wars
Of early childhood.. Ves, thy .loru whs true" f,
As slrvusr, and ilnl not lead thee to o erluoK
Wheu tboy were wrong.
I Of our beloved children.
To the Havior some their hearts have given j
Butjuuu ja-uot-lw aleeps with Ins brothers,
Who dial before the withering touch of sis
Had entered In snd stained their guili less hearts.
Others-are yet to come snd how to Cluist, -As
fuilh bids us hope, by fervent prayers. .
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And then, behold I both father snd mother, " i
Sisiers dear, and brother, nifo, children, all
Whun Uabriel'a,, trump shall call: the aleeping
uust !! - : :
Tri joyous .life coming with Zinn's songs
Ana everlasting lov, with gotfieu l.arps.
Where sorrow and hionrnhig shall lieVtf iConie","
-lyr'm
ior will these ue alone, mv .iiouier near;
There will be other cherished liiends who'll
Cuuie, r
In tnatjrreut dav, frdm.tUeir; dut beds.fand
.loin'thtf happy throng ib everlasting songs
t)t "praise. Aim many of those now urimr
Wil see the d.ni and with 'us Hiiat the Saints
Of everv aee and clime, und in one grand
A.nd-heavidT chorus, slug hallelujahs':? A "t
nFo ttievLambr - t r.-. J ltt.
Ptsnu, Indiana. ' .
BY H. H. H. THE KISS.
BY A. R. LANCASTER.
Give mo ono kiss I will not ask for more;
But let- take thv face-between nivhaud".
And lose aiyself in those mourned-aflor lunds
Where 1 bave. otten lot myselt-betore. ii i '
Yes, fix thine eyes upon uie, till I pour
sly soul into-' thohfV Us llio nea ' tn-lrHf Kinds,
So my tns spirit overleaps its bands,
AmrU-.wotfldr fill therfill-Utoii" brthiinSK,-a'i?.
Give me one iss.-Or evur f 'trd Wence,--1
Give me one kiss; and when my starved lips
; touch
i The crimson DBian of those lips divine.
Reply tliou then, search every sinotildoriug sense
Give me this little love or else this much,'
sr And let ms Teed my famished soul off tblpe.'
Salem Witchcraft.
Salem Witchcraft. HISTORY OF A SINGULAR DELUSION.
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kd tirei Oil tliB WjlcKcruft Pelnsloti oFflK,1
,vJiiclrJrVa-Be'd tlirotinh 'several etWifftiBftiM
Uitfs Jumk mc;,ie.e) .tint :p(.driut,.fs.j!tit
several years past Mil upliatn ' liac l heed
engaged in a re-examination ol the subject.
The woik has leen repnblislieii in (wo
volumcti, ad,itK aiiut,Hitlei'Ktttig .islvrj'
of tliatrfsrrfflSfMnsro--''-0
There is jirolalily,, no .. eipftla event, jp
New Eniilund ".hiBtwy., that, liita. acquired
i-'t'r-nv! t'ild;Wile iiotoriely s lln exectii
tion of twenty witches in C'iitru vu.age, in
1CU2. ''On wfiat Is this notoriety founded T
Itis certainly not 'o'n the fat t' that the rle
lnsiop Jierja originiiled ; for It-ie ,s, old as
tlio annuls of history or revelation go 1 auk.
"Thou slialt not suffex-a --witch lo 1 ve."
(Ex. 22 18) is an injunction of llie'Hebrew
code. Nuiua, ilia Roman, lawgiver; appeal
ing to a jjormlur lie lit' I among his country
men, pretciiOud that lie nan revelations
from the unseen world. In hoatlien conp
tries tlie.Lcliof in, diabolisiii is- uiitveisaT,
and, instead of being a reproach to hold
such intercourse, to bo a nugician is to be
iarj'hiloscpher. In the thirteenth century
rope Innocent 111 issued a, l ull ngaintit
wiU-lieJt. A crtribrt iT,ildi;a iiiiyiliiA District
of Loi t ains in France, i'i out 1.180 to 1.1Jo,
conJetiined and caused to lie executed
more than. ine, hnjuli'i'd pe istHia fprf witvlw
ci uft. Tcho Bralio, the prince ol astrono
mers, kept an .idiot, and listened) to his in
coherent. niuujbruigH. as revtlations ironi
the spirit world. Mai tin Lilllicr believed
that the ievij atmlit brought Iiuh liuzd-
nuts and cracked them -o'.i Ins bed-post.
From 1CII0 to 1700 there- were Witch trials
all over Europe, ; ltiiidrels were hanged in
t,ngtMta,aini limuaaiMis Htcuou;wuv japist
lLiwtll, clerk of his Majesty's Pi ivy Conn
ed, writing to a friend iir!646, says : "We
have multitudes of witches aniontr its. lo
Essex and ButToHr: ther' re About two
hundred indicted within these twoTears,
snd abont the otie-hulf of them were x
euted. God guard us fvoto tha Dovil."
(Howell's Letters, 1674, psge 3J(.) , Aksih
he says, February, 164T Withiu Ithe
coiupasstrif twu years, ' sea'r ttpou. three
hundred witches were arraigned, snd the
major part f xecnted In Essex' and Snftolk
only, Bcotland ewSrrus "with then) tiiore
than ever, and persona of good quality are,.
l.l j ':u . '.iv ,.-.. -X - '
execu.eu umn',, u ase H ) F J, x z .-
A wretch- liatned Matthew JToKins in
1648 set tip Is! Encland the 'business ;of
professional witch-lmder, Oo of h:, meU
eds was to lie tlje tliuuib of the right hand
to the Ivt-x tbf kt 4lot aqd drawthe
rjspected person through a horse pond,
fftlie "pklient kept his head above wat'r
he sa witch.-II he suok he was drowtied:
lot", course. ThaezieriUieLit was- at last
T.,.'j, i: . . ir ,Ln i.i
M ica vpouaiupaiua luuiaen. i si as uoaicu,
itie uat aod tester were discarded. Itus
monster, however, procured, in" one y eat
and n one funmy. the du&4) jhre
Uie nuuiber.ul persona tliatsut;eri"tju"'l
lha whoha daluakuu in Kjlrfin. vU 104, fckl
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MatUktiHr ntaaidod at Wct5 arias
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6 two wmiien 1
ore convicted,
and afterward executed. Tlio clerical.
lecal ftb1"hitr)it l tr6llilir)ns iilEtttnitn all
concurred in the popnUr Lelief in witch.
ci aft. Y ErtRliklf Isual ieoisioiis .M learned
ttekliss nti the HUbjsct .were in the bands
of the Judges, Mia were Quoted at the trial
at Siihin. How linppens it that so much
has been said of Hie Sale in trials, ami ho
little has bcou known of the Unghsb prr
bedtMilsT - ' ' '
One cxidnnstian.is fnuud in th fuel that
witcU'ti is's were so lnlretjuenl in the-Now
Ktigland colonies, and were uncciiLenial to
Iho character snd gencrul Intelligence of
llio people.
Proceedmas winch in England produced
little luiortseionj when cliaoled, rift Kw
Eneland soil filled the popular mind with
liotior:, iAnd ,'csiisetl a henthful renor on.
Other reusoli were the social respectability
and unqnitstHKied moral cltttraoter ef the
persons accused. Mid of thoif Judges, hnd
the entire pul licity of tlio proceedings.
The trials were al tended by the whole
coinrmuilty, the testimony was committed
to writing, and the investigations wore coir
ducted with jU'Comm and deliberation.
The most dramatic feature was that the
thrnrv. of witchcralt itself waa on trial,
and" that hero it VCVcsted its ghasllv do
formiftos. ' Th vefdiets whioh consigned
twenty intioCenl victims lo'lho roll ol
marljrology; wnre the jlealli-knoll ol a de
lusion which had cursed humanity in all
ayes, l ho Importance-rt those events lias,
therefore, not been overrated, a .they pus
sess a psychological ss well as li.stortual
interest. . .
Wilch trials in the ' American colonies
lid tiot commoner at &1I0111 villasre. Wil
liam I'enn presided at tlio liiul of two nl
legod witches in his col'iny, who esonptd
conviction by a Haw in, the -indictment.
The first witch executed in Iho .Miisiii-,iiU-
setls colony wn Margaret .lones, ol Chat les-
town, in tlie year JS48. Iho subslancn ol
the cliaisKS iiiainst her seemed to bo llial
she had a will and (outrun of her own, anil
itudci look-to praolice as female physician
Governor Wiutliroii, who presidud at her
trial, conifcrteil liuiiHell in bin join mil that
the matter; wn M nh.V'or '' the stme flay
anil hour who was exi i nted, Ihoie was a
very pl eat tempest at Connecticut, which
blow down many trees, etc,'-- In 1(151 (here
was a stir 011 the auhiovt at Snt ingfii'lil, but
there were 110' convictions. ' In 1 (ififi Mrs.
llibhins, the widow of n prominent Boston
iinM thunt, aud a sister of Governor IJellinx
Inini, was hung as a witch. 'J'he woman
was a turbulent and troublesome person,
snd in these days would bo regatdod as ln
Sane. A bolief iu witches st tiiis tiiuo wan
universal the wotld over. A witch was a
person who had made a deliberate and
formal compset with Satan, to be his faith
ful subject, and to aid him in , his warfare
BL'ainst till that was good, against Christ
and Mis church.' In consideration' of this
service Satan agreed to communicate to
this . person his sujicrnnttlrnl powers to
sncli atdetfrSe is" the piir'ty ' proved himself
tit herself an efficient and "deyotod ally.
The - General" Court alMiul",'this"tim'.
poinKHl"1 HriV "Of humiliation, in .view of
the fact that..''' Satan.. pre vViliT amongst US
in respetit to vt ifcTiCtalts."
Ct'Nou opens the sceno -at R ilvin vii-ipe.
Th e locality was not Iho villago of Salrm,
lint was it submit of the sanio rtbont three
mil -s dUilnnl, find is now ths town of D m
e.s. . perhaps no spot -ill New England
whs more1 -favored Hn the- qtnility,. wjalth'
and character of its oiiginul seniors than
Sa'em village. Here Governor. Etidicott
1 irded.vsiih nis retiuno in iCt'28, whn there
was nn Enlisliseitleiiiejiituoi lli of Vy ginia
'except the struggling cohu'iy of Pl.viiioulh.
Ho cleared a large trsot of hint), built roads,
snd prepaced, it for cultivation., His re,
jnlneVs "unit many '(icrsnus ol qu-ility' gath
Vred about him. and Salem villito was' the
mcirniolifc 0 itlussiuDiiH'eiis'Ba-yilill Win.
(lirop and his company r arrived ttl Boston,
'fn.l62fl. ''-'Here was the1 estate of EttiSnnel
Downing; one of the' wealthier plsntors.
whose son, Sir George Downing, returiieil
to England; becains Chanoellor of -Ex-
y'aSheqoer, sn irnrivtiled diplomatist, and gav
he name of ' powfnng, street to o. famous
Ipcalily.iuXondon. .,. , ,.; f .',- ..',.
Jt is toisiske to suppose (bat the wlloh.
trtt delusion in Salome village gew out of
any lelt hf intellige'nde or want of edne.
tion iti''this' ,ieopld comptit'ed , with,1 other
ciBirnufilttf S., . The; first , generaon, who
,weje' chiefly educated . men, hud. passed
aw-nv in lCif'2. and tbeir descendants, if uot
J so. highly educated, were shrewd, practical
peopls, 'rather alinyd than below tlie com
mon standard , Here, was ;lhe horno of the
Putnan4,.fi,niy,-, who gave Geticral Israel
Putnam, ia ths. war of the Revolution. -Gch.
tnil RnfiiH I'litiisni to the war of 1812, and
William ' Lowell I'litnam to the war' of
tlie rebellion.'-! Every person of that name
iu New England', has sprung from that
stock.; tuifl-V JiftVO-Graduated at Harvard
College, and every BixtecTrHr ftlB-41L.J)9ni
vers to day is a Putnam ' . . ' '
' Odo of ths approximate CiUseO of the Bad
events of 1632 was a parish quant 1 which
had heoii raginfl for twenty j'sars. Jlf any
person is anxious to ascertain how milch
bickering and belligerent actn-n it is possi
ble for a chtfrch pai ish , to develop in a
score of years, be wilt not fail to read Mr.
Liiliani a graphic account of Ilia iiarish tight
at Salem village from 1671 to 1691 (vcl. i,
pp. 24a 820). - Mr. James Buylay, a young
graduate of Hurvard College, came to
Lieucli at the village 111 10 1 1. He w:is evi
dently uu fltniably titan and so eh qiient
preailior. Uis wile brought with her a
apt iglilly, uumurried sister, Ann, who be
tuine the wife of Thomas Putnam, a tr m
iiu-iit citizen, and was the mother of Ann
Putnun) who, a more child, was the most
conspicuous, character in the witch trials.
'his marriage was a Pandora s box of ills
to the villagers. A' wealthy and inllnen.
tinl minority took oironso at the manner iti
which Mr. liuyluy was liroght forward, aud
refused a pay thoir portion . to' ths niiiiis
ter's salary. The parish appealed to the
tjeiieial Court iur redress and ol tained
jiidgtm-nt- The minority, however, kept
up ihoir- opposition, and Mr. isoyiay at
length retired in' diBgnst from the field.
Mr. John Burroughs was the next candi
dste, snd tho psity - who bad been the es
pecial friends of Air- Huylay became his
sucoessor'8 bitter opponents. Among these
was Iho Filfnkm family. 80 tjie war went
on. Mr, Burroughs .after stemming tlw
tide fitfj four jes.a, snd suffering tfvery
speoiea of wrong and outrage, went back
tuhis duties' as missionary- to the Indians
at Ceseo Buy, whose charity he preferred
tp tliii belHgreuts ( Sa!eu yillago.', Wlido
puisuins his humble calling smomi the In
dians, be wss, eight years later, accused of
witchenttt.-nrreeted, tironght nnck to na
lem village, tried conVieted und hoiiff i 1
wizarj, ,Alr.,,JJ"odt Lawaon, was r the
next Llecber.v The elements of strile still
rtmained, and atMhoesJ ft lour years
he retired to- give plate to ' t!ev: ff.imurl
Pjrrrie, who' entered npoo ;tiis minority in
April, lbfea, - The flames of discord had
now bepoiue suiouldurioa embers, uif Mr.
Par"' bad Lesu a uao like, either uf his
K'redet Bttso.rj, all tTiigbtlisra been well lis
was, liowsvtr. nvarioious, aud clven tain.
1 - a M s M3 nuaiiifiivu loeoian
i iu iiiaowu ribht of the pippert
Wths ypxjty.pVilv is tylan
Uigue,': lki attempted toobtsin title deed
ty belonging
ii wcie di-,
I'-i'k
covered, and ho waa in process of beina;
dealt with, the witchcraft excitement burst
forth, and fell upon the dsvoted heads of
those who had been pro 111 men t in Irustra'-
int lua purposes.
In the winter of 1C91-2, s-circlo of young
girls met frequently at Mr. Parris' house,
osieiiHiitiy 10 praciico I'tuuin viukihx, uiu
tlioir prin I, al occttpation was fortune tci).
lug, and the various arts of necromancy,
inagio and1 Yenttiloqiilum, in which they
had Imdnlctinn of two hegro or Indmn ser
vants, whom Mr. lrri brought with him
from the Spanish West India Inlands, where
he wan engaged in trade. One of these
was a daughter of Mr. Parris, nine years of
ftkO. Another was Ann I'utiiuin, tweivs
years of ago. Tlio ages of the other girls
ranged from clcveu to eighteen years. 1 hey
Crept into holes and under benches, threw
themselves on the dior, went into spasms,
and uttered strange outcries. Tliciio pro
ceedings were probably commenced in
sport ; but as the girls became adepts they
began to attract tho attention 01 tne neign
bora, and gave exhibitions ol their now no
complixliments. From dny to day they
learned new tricks. The village doctor
was called in, w ho, with Mr. Parris, con
cluded tlmt the gii Is wero " under an evil
hutid.-' The community was excited, snd
flocked to see their stiangn actions. Witeh
bunks wor l,i Mr. F.-riis' Inmso.an I the gir's
pi ohably l a' tied how witches in England
behaved. The giila were now quostloneil
ss to who hud bewitched them. Tiny
i ninod Sirali Good, a poor wretched ont
cist, and Pitnhn, one of the Indian sorvanls.
Whether they named these persons under
instructions cannot be ssoerluiued. The
time was not yet come for striking at higher
game The local nnigiatrstes iuqiiirsd into
tho matter, aud held a public examination
of tho two persona accused. In all these
trials the guilt of the. socuskJ was assumed
and llicso simple people were plied with
such questions us these by the ui.igistrai :
" Sarah Good, why do yon hurt theso chil
dren T" " I do not hurt them; I scorn it."
' Whom do you employ then, to d it?"
" I employ no O'W Tho children then go
into convulsions. "Sarah Good, do yun
see what you have donot Why do you
not tell us Die truth T'1 " I do not torment
them.".1' How 041110 they thus tormented ?-'
" What do 1 know 1 " After many iiuinries
of this kind, the wretulied woman finds her
onlv rediire is in anunsint somo one else;
thou she says that Sartih Osburn bewitched
bur. Tho girls also remember Ibat Sarah
Ostium had bewitched them, Osburu
was arrested and brought in. She was
asked: - " What evil spirit have you fa
miliarity with t " "None." "Have you
no oniiti act with the dovil." rt No, I never
saw the devil in my life.", Tho "afflicted
ohildren look upon her and go tulo con-
volsions. " Why do you hurt , tlmso chil
dren T" ' I do not hurt them" "Whom
do you employ thent ''1 employ no
body, 1 do hot know, that' tho devil goos
about in my likeness to do any hurt."
v. r-arah Usbniu wnscommittod, ami liUtba
was brought in.' Tho samo questions were
a-ked and tho sumo sceno mioted. " u ho
is it that hurts these ohildren T" " The devil
if antrltt I know. Did you ever see tho
'devil?" "The devil caino to me mid bid
me serve him." Whom have yon seen T "
" Four womii Boniotiinus hurt these chil
dren." ' "Goody Osburn. and Sarah Good :
1 do not know who the others were. Hhe
then confessed alio had tormented the chil
dren, and made' some strange revelations.
The devil she said appeared in black clothes
sometiuios uud in a surge coat of another
C0I01-4, Hhe was askod how she went to
wilch meetings, and replied : " We ride
upon sticks; Good and Osliurn behind me."
'' Diiyon go tin ougli tha trees or , over
tliem t" "We see nothing, but are there
presently." This woman was tlio sor.
vaht of Mr. Pun is, and t i. 'instructor of
the efiliotod children in their, hellish artsi
John Indian, Iho other se'ryant, 'uppeured as
an accuser iu a later 'stage of tho proceed
ings. m '" "'' -' ' ;' .' : '
ii The delusion was now under full head
way. Thd next victim was the . wife of
Giles Covey, a devout matron eighty years
of age, wlio spont most ' of her lime in
prayer'.. 'Her examination was a 'scene for
tint pencil f sn artist, 'The nsittd ques
tions were put to her. She denied thi.- al
legfttioiis; aud asking leave to go to prayor,
knrlt in the presence Of the court and of
fered npi a fervent, supplication. . When
she had concluded, tho magistriito said 1
" We did uot send h you lo go to prayer;
but to tell me, why you hurt these I" " I
am an iniipcont pprson.,-. 1 never had to do
with witchciait siuoo I was born. I am a
gospel woman, The girls go into fils and.
declare that Goody Covey is pinching them,
and are, tot restored until I hey touch the
persoiMif the accused, ., These proceedings
w;ere enacted at every triul. ' This pious
woman regarded the whole thing as a delu
sion, and t tho question, "Do you see ihoee
children complain of you?" she replied,
"-Tlie Lord open the eyesyf tho inagis
tiaten and ministers. VJ"e wlla, "llDS P
tember 26, 1602. '"-- . ' '
i J'here was tio possibility pf making " de
fense at any uf theso trials, for evident!!)'
suth as was received could be tunnufactnred
to 'any extent. A lifelong recoi'd of piety
and virtue went for nothing, and an Intima
tion that the court and witnesses were act
ing under a delusion or something worso
was sure to bring upon a person the most
damning accusations. John - Proctor, a
sturdy, boucst farmer, whose wife was no
auaed, denounced in tha face oi the court
(lie witnesses as engaged in a deliberate
and criminal conspiracy, und it cost him
his life. Mr, Burroughs, who was an un
believer, and was several hundred miles
away, was accused of causing the death of
several persons who had recently died iu
Sultui 'village. 1 .
In April, 1602, (he niagis(rates of the col
ony took charge of U10 matter, and thence
forth it became a Massachusetts uliair. The
rxciteuisut increased, aud no ono in the
community, especially if be was a person
of 'prominence, felt secure, Many left for
parts unktiowu. . The trials went on, Oue
person was hung in June, five in July, five
laAugustind eight in Sept -mbe . After the
executions of September 22, the Special
Court adjouruod, intending to renew the
trials. The prisons were lull of iersous
accused. Before the Court assembled, a
sudden collapse in the machinery occurred
Tba Court never met. The people were
recovered from their delusion, and were
filled with horror and amazement at (he
proceedings. "The "afflicted children," in
spired by success, bad beoome over-coifl-duiit
and reckless in their accusations. They
accused among others, the wife of ltev'. Mr.
Hale, of Beverly, a ladyiuf spotless repu
totlon, and their charm wus broken. The
iittrdr also of Giles Covey, by the heath
uib torment of pressing, three days be.
fore the executions in Beptomber, wss such
au entrago uppn bumnuity that the people
resolved that these proceedings should
slop. This stem old man iu bis eighty,
second yesr? who wpuld pot ldtad, as he
did nol acknowledge the authority of tuo
courts to try him ou such a charge, was
laid upon his back in his prison cell and
weights applied to bis body till life, was
extinct. It wss an English custom, but
none the less shocking for that. The judges,
ruagisUatesvaud, iuioitsca n lbs Uat to
come to their sens, Ths Superior Court
mot at Salem in January, 1C93, at which the
Grand Jury found fifty new indictments,
tried twenty cases, and convictions in
three. Hut "there were no more executions
The spell wss broken. In May there was
a general jail delivery of all (he accused
and condemned.
Salem Witchcraft. HISTORY OF A SINGULAR DELUSION. Selected Miscellany.
The Mississippi River Undermining
Vicksburg.
Tha Vicksburg correspondent of the Cin
cinnati Commercial writes as follows t
' The duiiiaona of the lower part of this
city were lately quite alarmed by the de
cided indications that their part of the
town was about to Have and cool itself in
the waters of tho Mississippi. A large
tlssure waa discovered, extending from
ueur tho Washington Hotel, in a southwest
erly course, to the neighborhood of the
Prentiss House, or below it, embracing
about four blocks. The earth for that
whole space had Cullonaway several inches.
Wooden houses were perceptibly canted to
one side; new and well niilt brick stores
wero cracked and rent from top to bottom,
and a general giving wny ot tho foundation
ccmed inevitable. Men's ignorance of the
real extent uf the evil no doubt make tho
danger seem much greater, as it gave room
for tho lull play of tho imagination,
1 his, too, was tho burnt district, and had
lately been swept over by the devouring
tlaniva. Now the bottom seemed to be fall
iug out, and tho great river stood ready lo
utnbraoe levee, lots, stores, dwellings, poo
pie, merchandise, all first a tire and then
a deluge. Many people moved from the
crumbling b ink with most incontinent
speed. In their fright lnt tho river should
engulf them they stood little on the order
of going they went. - In the excitement of
so great a oalumitv, tho City Fathers wore
called together ; tho best engineers wero
questioned, and two conclusions were
leachod : 1. That tho horrible stench from
tho flssuros indicatud no incousidcrablo aftia-
ty between the physical condition of those
infernal regions and the moral condition of
things above ground ; though it is by nn
means albitnud that , Iho weight of the bad
morals ot lli.it Gomonuli caused the laud
slide. 2. That the Insures must bo filled
up, and tho wound of the city cicatrized
over, whatever should beconio of tho rot
tenness beneath. Ono of (he best physi
cians riding over (he sinking section (which
might be well called the sink, ) wss so
impressed by the putrescence that he was
compelled to pause, consider aud cas
cade. -.
This secession of that part of the citv is
indeed temporarily arrested, but the- fear,
hai.giug like a black cloud over the whole
tract, lest, in some unlooked-for moment, (
sudden and swift enlargement of tho laud
slide shall plunge thorn into tho river, and
leave only a big holo where so much of the
city was, weighs like a burden on tho minds
01 most people remaining there. 1 -
- The cause of this movement is a niyslet y
but itis well known that under, the hard
blue clay lliat so generally underlies tho
alluvium at the surface Ihero is a quick
sand, very mobile and easily washed out
by any current striking ngainst tho bunk
as is the case along this laud alido. Then
the weight of this vast superincumbent
muss being 110 longer supported, breaks ofT
from tha mnihltitid and ol ten tumbles into
tho river, often with a great crash, and pro
ducinf n vast commotion iu the waters.
Such 'an occurrence, from precisely tho
sauio cause, happened at Davis' Boncl two
years ago. A lot of sutlers were landed on
tlio shore in apparent safety, i All : things
appeared as for weeks bcfoi o, but in a short
time, the: bunk, for tlireo or four rods in
width, and sevetul--morn rods in length,
uddei ly crackod off and fell inte the river,
carrying :tlta goods and whatever' else, was
on the bank, dowii into the swift current
that scattered them nil around the band for
twerity-fivo milus. This process had been
continued on both sidos of tbo ' cut-off "
until thtf whole bre'adrh of tho cliy bed was
.broken up, and then tho'whcile mighty cur
rent ot the river Swept through the new4
channel like a mill-dum, and twenty-five
miles .of the oliannel Was at once saved to
the steamboat men.' "The Bend" is now an
island. y;i, ; 1 -1 I ' ; V ' ,
The same thing happened at 1 Terrapin
Creek last year, cutting oil a bend of eigh
teen miles; and thus generally, is ths crook
edness of tho river; increased . and jdimin.
shed by precisely the same causes., Just
such phenomena are often 1 witnessed 'by
steamboat travelers as they sweep m tfnnd
the lurga bends, aud wherever tbe bank is
" wearing away." , - ..; ! :
; Tr has ' been 1 calculated by lisv. 8. O.
Me.ms, of It xhury,that the whole tunoae
of the world, from the smallest craft to the
largest stuamor, would be employed for
twenty years in removing to any reasona
ble distance the body of snow that fell in
tho gieut storm of January 17, 1867.; , If it
had fallen upon Massachusetts alone, tho
Slate would Irftve been buri.tLtwice as
deep as Hunker HiM JfotHTFiient over-its en
tire area, and if it had fatten npon Ro'
bury, that city Woold have to mark its bitr
rial place with n monnmiMit ton times the
liight of Mount Washington.
A manly ' little tnllow of five years fell
and cut his upper lip so badly that a sur
geon had to be sutninond to saw up tl.e
wound. He sat in his mother's lap during
the painful operation, pale but Very quiet,
resolutely : keeping back his tears and
moans, - In her distress the young mother
oould not refrain from saying! ' O, doc
tor, 1 fear it will leave a disfiguring soar I "
Charley looked up into her tearful face and
said, in a comforting tone : " Never mind,
mamma, my moustache will cover it."
Tub following story is probably familiar
to moot of our readers 3 "When Dr.
Holmes was 011 his way to Dartmouth, N.
II , somo years since, to deliver a literary
address iu place of flufus Choate, who from
ill heallli was unabl) to be present, some
oue asked kirn it lis was going to fill
Choate's place. "Fill Choaio's place. I till
CioafeVplacsl" exclaimed the Doctor;
" No ; I'm going to rattle round in it."
. J . I l..,H.t.Ml) I
, " Is yo.ir horse gentle, Mr. Dabster t "
'' Perfectly gentle, sir j the only fault he
has got (if fault it lo-iy be called) is a play
ful habit of extending . hia hinder hoofs
now aud then,-' " By extending his binder
Hoofs you don't mean kicking. I hope,'.'
"Borne people, call, it kicking, Mr, Gr sett
but it's only a slight reaction of tho mus
cles a disease rather than u vioe," ,., '
Hehrt Waru Ukecukb, in a recent dis
course, said '' some tneu will not shave on
Sunday, sod yet ihey spend U the week
in shviiig their fellow men;. and many
folks think it very, wicked to blank their
boots ou Sunday morning, yet they do nut
hesitate lo black their neighbor's (sputatioa
on wetk days." . . . . -
' ( "" J l I -"" ' ' !" '
Aim, all around God's blessing distill
upon cheerful labor, ptov ideal economy,
aud cuJUvalfiia tastes. ,.,-.!,
NEWS PARAGRAPHS.
Ktibt ward in Philadelphia has forVed
a Grant Club. t
Tim President has pardoned ths rebel
General Mariiiadiike, ,
Tnx Chicago JVibunt has Come Out ia
favor of Grant for President.
Ckkkral I.ooas is quite ill. His disease
s inflammation of the lungs.
Til greenback currency has been on
trsoted fonr millions during October.'
Tin thousand negroes In Virginia hav)
earned to read during the past year.
Tun circulation of Ilarper't SktawtiiM it
now 113,000; that of the Weekly is from
8fi,000 to 00 000.
TnR Washington Etnina Slav was sold
the other day for- 8123,000 a good prict- '
tor a ainail-s'ceu paper.
P. U. Pains, who wroto a pamphlet to
prove that the negro isobrutej and baa no
soul, ia ou trial for murder at Nashville.
Nsvr York drveoodsery is a blase of et
oitemenf, the jobbers having marked down
all printed calicoes to one Shilling per yard.
Colorado inorensos her population rapid
ly the vote this year being 9,347 against
,90ti last year ; the lt-epublican majority
ia 87G.
FrttDKticK Iti'nsoN', late mntiagimr editor
of tho Herald at $1 0,001) a year, began in
thatollioe as a ines-ienger boy at a salary ot
?2 a week.
Tits proposition for a continnons session
of Congress to the end of Mr. Johnson
term, is favorably received by the Repub
lican members. . -
Tub Chicago ptvpers say many of tho
hackuitfii of that city are thieves and mur
derers, who kill and rob their passengers.
especially at night).
Tits live hmidredth mile of tlio Union Pa
cific Railroad has boon laid. Seventeen
miles further will bring it to the base of
iho Rocky Mountains. -.1 . . ,
Alabama has given the decisive majority
of 81.987, in favor of n Convention. Th
number of votes for Convention was 87,
C72, and against, 6,685. '
Tx Attornoy General" refuses to giva Ih
formation as to how many counterfeiters
tho President lias pardoned, but tho list is
known to bo very large.
OnK thousand fotrr hundred bales of cot
tori left Savannah ou the 14th tilt., in a sin
gle vessel. This is the largest single ship
ment made einoe the war.-
Tttu Copperheads, are recruiting, In alt
pints of the countiy,. a new seoret society,
" tbe Sons of Jackson," ns an offset to thw
Grand Army of the Republic
' A new town lias been laid out, by a
stock company of Chicago's citizens, at
Highland Park, twenty-two miles north of
that city on the Milwaukee road.
A woantsniTi. vein of silver has teen dis
covered in a mine near Fred ericH ton, New
Brunswick, snd tho owner has refused at
millliou of dollars for the property. -.
Tub Pittsburg Commercial thinks that .
General McClolUui is still competent to or
gutiize a defeat of the Deruocratio party a
ably as either Tendleten or Seymour.
Grkat BsiTAtx has thirty millions of people,-
having increased two and a half mil1--lions
since 18.r)2, nlibough Ireland has do
creased 800,000 during the same period.
Ovkrooats lo tho kneos j vsry tight
pants, like those worn thirty years agor
and silk bats, with hiw crowns and broad '
bii'os j biicIi are men's fashions for ' th '
coining Beasou,- . .. ,
. Tub Loudon. Tititea editorially commend'tf
tho national honor exhibited by the Gov.
eminent and peopfo of the United States,
in resolving to pay the National debt and! ,
Interest in' gold. .., . ' ' ; j.
Ot dit that the New York Herald is f a -change
ownership, Mr. Bennett selling out '
ut lha round price of 51,000,000 to a new
company, of which Leonard W. Jerome i
to bo the busiueBS head.-
A rvi.h meeting of fhe National Union
Republican Committee has been called to"
meet in Wasliiogtou, on the ,Uth of Decern,
her. te decide trpon the rime aud place for"
holding tha National Cuion Repiiblicanr
Convention.-" ". ' ' -
'FnoH a sou'reef enfireTy reliable, the Ml
Vetnon Republican learns that Pendloton.
TO, ... X . . Al I t.
lliuramu, tfawou, iiiuinu, avttunojrf .u.
havo mutually agreed to unite 00 one off
their number to def-.at Vatlandighara for
U.S. Senator. 5
: Fouu hundred busliels of potatoes to th
acre are said to bo an average crop this
season In Oxford County, Mainei A starch '
mill in Audover has gronud twenty-fiver'
thousand bmiliehi of the to iuto starch al-'
ready, this yoar ,. ...
Joshua B. Sinma colored man. was initi-
ntod as a Mason in St. Andrew s Lodge,
Bjston, on the 17th oltimo. This U thr
first time iu the history of Masonry in that
Sute that a colored man has been admitted-'
to white fellowship.
Tub President has issued Lis warrant of
pardon to nenry Colter, who Trasoonvicte"
at Albany, for cotityfeJ'8'JJed
to live yjSWs'iinpriaonment in lbs Albany .
rll'.'teu(iary. Is this a time for eueonrag-
ing douutci feiting 1
The Legislature of Tennessee has enacted,
a law making it punishable for common '
carriers to make a discrimination 011 ac
count of race or color. This places ne
groca ou an equality with whites on Ten-"
nessee tailrpads, etc.
A dispatch to the Interior D"par(ment
from Medicine Creek, dated the 21st, says 1
' A trsaty of peaoe has been made with tha
Cuiiiauches and the Kiowss, and the pros'
pect is good of making a treaty with tho
Cheyennes, Arapahoes and Apaohes."
"A Frknchmak Vas, invenfad a printing
press to throw off 600 impressions per
minute, and four of tliem have been erected
at. th office of the Petit Journal of Paris,
which has a circulation - 250,000 oopift.
Aiueiicau invention lags now iu the rear.
Tub church In which General WVihlng--ton
was married to Martha Custis, in NeW
Kent County, Virginia, is very much dilkp.
idatad, and its congregation too poor to re.
pair it. Contributions are therefor selio- -ited
to aid iu preserving this bistorioal
relio.
' TiiKns is s now magician In London,
named Rurini, one of wliose tricks it ia to -etit
off the besd of a young lady and carry
It to the back of the stsge, where he an.,
veils it, snd where, at bis bidding, it ad
dresses to the audience moral and dlductio
sentences. i .
An elm tree was ctit down lost week fti s
Geuu: County, Ohio, which experts pro-'
nouuoed seven hundred and timely-two'
years old. Ths tree weighod sixty thou
sarfd, pounds, was over four feet in diameter '
and made seven thousand feet of inch -boards,
olesr stuff. ' . ; (.
Nixs meotbers of (he Leo family, a well
known gang of burglars, inhabiting War
ren County, low a, were arrested a few days
Sgo, bv a vigilnnca committee, who swung
tbem ell up and choked thein ni.lil tbr-y
confeesed their guilt. Four of the uuiubas
iai(sstadf wouAStt. . ( . . 1 . .-