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MISCELL NEOUS.
The First Day of April.
1.-THE first Of April, some do say,
is set apart. for 'All Fools Days
Rnt whv the DeoDle call il SO.

1.-THE first Of April, some do say,
is set apart for 'All Fools Days
But why the people call it SO,
Nor !, nor they themselves, do know"
Poor Richards AlrnGnGck, 1850.
The exceedingly stupid custom of "F0oling"
on the first day of April, whereby ridicule may
be fixed upon unsuspectng individuals, has
been, for centuries, universal throughout I1u-
rome and we regret to add that 1T prevails on
tbis Continent. wherever European races have
settled 1t is pretty generally observed In New
Work. from the Broadway Urchin to the Wall
street Broker; and foolish as this foooling is,
we fear that it is one of the hereditary prerog-
atives, that young America will longest refuse
to surrender.
To trace its origin has bafHed the proverbial
industry Of Antiquarians although there are
theories without number relating to its source.
1t is said to have commenced, in the mistake
of Noah, sending the Dove out Of the Ark be-
fore the water had abated, on the first day (of
the Hebrew month, corresponding with our
| frst) of April; and to perpetuate the memory
| of this deliverance, it was thought right and
nroper to furnish whoever forgot it, by send
| ing him upon some foolish errand, typical OF
| that upon which the bird was sent by the Pa
| triach. Others consider that it may possibly
have alusion to the sending hlther and thitheI
/ of the Saviour from Annas to Caiaphas-and
| from IlldUC W IlOIOu do uuAluS InC
Ages this incident was made the subject Of
miracle plays Indeed, the phrase of " send
ing a man from PLATE to Herod" is still com
mon in parts of Germany; indicating the send
ing about of any person without ostensiblt
cause. The reason for choosing the first o.
April for this purpose being, that the feast O.
Easter occurs about this time and the event.
connected with the period of the life of Chris
would naturally afford subjects for the specta
Gle of the season. 1t is the opinion of many
that it has its origin in an immemoral usage
among the Hindoos, on the occasion of tn,
Hull Festival, terminating on the eve of tht
first of April when mirth and festivity prevail
among every class, and when people are sen
upon errands and expeditions, which raise
laugh at their expense, by ending in disap
pOintment.
In France the practice is first heard of il
Europe. II is related that the Duke of Lor
raine and his wife, being in captivity at Nante
effected their escape in consequence of the al
tempt being made on the first of April. Dis
guised as peasants, the one bearing hod Q
/ his shoulder, the other carrying basket ofrut
bish on her back they both, at an early hour 6
the day passed through the city. A woma
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pproved, May 90, 1864.
tPUBLIc--No. 1871


An ACT making appropriations for the pavment of
the awards made by the commissioners appointed
under and by virtue of an act of Congress entitled
"An act for the relief of persons for damages sus
tanned by reason OF the depredations and ,niurie,
by certain bands Of Sioux Indians approved Feb
ruary l6, 1855.
BE it enacted By the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentGtiUes of the United States Of America in Con
gress assembled, That the sum Of nine hundred and
twenty eight thousand four hundred and eleven dol
lars, or much thereof may be necessary be and
the same is hereby appropriated, out of any money
IN the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
payment of the several amounts awarded by the
commission appointed under and by virtue of an act
OF Congress entitled IAN act for the relief of persons
tor damages sustained by OF the depredatlons
and injuries by certain bands of Sioux Indians" ap.
proved February sixteen, eighteen hundred and SIX
yhfee to the several PERSONS estates, aud corpora
tlons, respectively, TO whom such amounts were
awarded by said commissioners except the following
persons, estates, and firms TO whom awards were
made as aforesaid to wit: Antoine Roberts, J. Z.
Toberer, Gilbault and Company, w. l.. Sumner, G.
l.. Mendesohn, ID: Z. Marvin, Joseph PopP, B. Helm
bach, w. w. Pencergast, Louis Theobald J. and e.
NJ. Daley, B. ii. Randall, Louis Robert, w. II
Forbes estate of ). b. Garvie, deceased, A. Vajen
and Brother Il. l. Pierce, estate of Francis Labathe
| deceased, S. A. Hooper, estate of James c. Dickcn
son. deceased, Henry Apple, Theodore Crone, Charles
Jacobs, F. Immel, ii. c. Cooper, ii. ID. Cunningham
|
| claim is numbered 366 on the books of said commits
| sloners.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That for thu
| navment of said awards made by said commission
ers 10 the persons, firms, and estates specifically
named in the first section of this act, as the Secre
tary of the Interior shall upon examination i"d
be due to them respectively, under sad act approve
February sixteen, ammo Domini eighteen hundre
and three, the further sum Of two hundred an
forty.one thousand nine hundred and sixty-thre
dollars or as much thereof as may be necessary,
and the same is hereby appropriated out OF any INC
new in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated
And the Secretary Of the Interior is hereby au'nol
lied and directed to pay to the said several ciain
duv authorized. other than those claimants spech'
ally named in the first section of this act the seV
= raj amounts as awarded by said commissioners 81
also TO pay the several sums ne may hnd aue; not
" ceeding the amounts respectively awarded BY ga
commissioners TO the said persons, hrms' and esias
n SO specifically named. aaz
q Approved, May %, 1854.
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[PUBLlc REsoLUTIoN-No. %. !

A RESOLUTION for the payment of expenses incurred
by the joint Committee on the Conduct of the War
RESOLVED by the Senate and House of Representa-.
tires Of the United States Of america in Congress
assembled, That the of twenty thousand dollars
SO much thereof as may be necessary, be and the
is hereby appropriated, to pay the expenses OF
quire into the Conduct and Expenditures of the War
and that said SUN shall be drawn from the Treasu.
ry, upon the order OF the Secretary of the Senate
shall be required from time to time by the com.
mttee having such investigation in charge; and any
portion Of the amount hereby appropriated that shall
be allowed by the said joint committee TO witnesses
attending before it, to persons employed in its
service for per diem travelling or other necessary
expenses, and paid by the Secretary of the Senate
in pursuance of the order of that joint committee
shall be accordingly credited and allowed by the ac.
counting officers OF the Treasury Department
Approved, May ~, 1864
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TPuBLIc REsoLurrox-No. 80. !

JOINr Resolution providing for the election of
member of Congress for the State of Illinois by
the State at large.
RrsOIUed by the Senate and House Of Representa-
tiuss Of the United States Of America, in Congress
assembled, That in the election of Representatives
to Congress from the State of Illinois, the additional
Representative allowed to said State by act ent
tied IAN act fixing the number Of the House of Rep.
rcsentatves from and after the third day of March,
eighteen hundred and sixty three" approved March
fourth eighteen hundred and sixty two, may be cleo
ted by the State at large, until the said State shall be
edstricted by the Legislature thereof for the eec-
ton of the fourteen members TO which said State is
now entitled by law.
! Approved, May 90, 1864.
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How NATURE CoyERs UP BArT1E- FIELDS.

How NATURE Covers UP BATTLE FIELDS
Did tell you ever, among the affecting little
things one is always seeing in these stirring war
times, how saw on the Bull Run battlefield
pretty, pure, delicate flowers growing out Of
emptied ammuntiOn-bOxes, rose thrusting up
it's graceful head through the head of a Union
drum-which doubtless sounded its last charge,
or retreat, as the case may have been, in that
battle-and cunning scarlet verbena peeping
out of fragment of bursted shell, in which
strange cup it had been planted? Wasn't thai
peace growing out of war? Even so shall tho
graceful and beautiful ever grow out of tho
hoirid and terrible things that transpire in tho
changing but ever advancing world. Nature
covers even backgrounds with yerdure anC
bloom. Peace and plenty soon spring up in the
track of devastating campaigns, and all thing
gress of mankind and harmony of Gods grea
designs
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Nor PERMITTED TO PRACTIcE.-Mr. j.
Leeds Barroll, Of Maryland who sometime ago
was admitted to practice in the Richmond
courts upon motion of Prosecuting Attorney
Littleton Tasewell, has been excluded there
from, because, as refugee coming from an
other State, he has failed to subscribe to the
oath of allegiance to the State of Virginia, as
required by law Mr. Barroll asserted, in his
defence, that he did not come to Virgins
voluntarily as refugee, but was sent through
the lines by order of the Lincoln government
and is therefore an exile. Since the decision
of the courts Mr.. Barroll has carried the subjec
to the Legislature of Virginia, where the ques
ton mr. rests,-Richn,ond Paper.
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tPUBLIc-No. T0.1

An ACT relating to appointments in the naval service
and courts-martal.
BE u enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
senGtues ofthe United States of America in Congress
d'ssmbled, That hereafter all appointments in the
volunteer naval service of the United States above
the rank of acting MASTER shall be submitted to the
Senate for confirmation, in the same way and man.
ner appointments in the regular navy required
20 be submitted.
Sec 3. And be It further enacted That naval courts
martial shall have power to sentence officers whr
shall absent themselves from their commands with.
out leave to be reduced to the rating of ordinary
seanen. LAPproved, May l6, 1864.
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Jim HURDLE, SIR The April number
of Our Young Folhs contains a graphic de-
d" Rebs' there imprisoned is your feller citi
zen, Jim Hurdle, sir. Mr.. Hurdle is guarded
in expressing his political opinions but one of
his comrades asserts that he has lost all faith
in the Confederacy The Confederacy, sir!I
he is reported to have said, ar busted gone
all to smash. 1t ar rottener nur any egg that
ever was sot on, and deader nur any door nail
that ever was driv
. But it bites little yet, Jim, !" said COM
rade
. Bites !" echoed jim "Of course it do.
So will a turkle arter his head ar cut off. l
knowed one O them critters onst that old
darkey dercapertated. The next day he was
musin' hisself pokin' sticks at him, and the
turkle was bitin' at EN- like time. Then
says to the darky, 'Pomp, l thought he war
dead. Well, he am, massa, says Pomp,
| but de eritter don't know nuff to be sensible
OBJ it. So We see the Confederacy ar dead,
but JEFF. Davis and them sort o fellers don t
know enough to be sensible of it.
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[PupL1c REsoLurIoN-No. 29.l

joint Resolution relative to pay of staff officers of
the Lieutenant General.
ResOlUed by the Senate and House Of Representa-
tires Of the United States Of America in Congress
assembled, That the staff officers the staff of the
Lieutenant General shall be entitled to receive the
pay, emoluments, and allowances as staff off,
GERS oil the same grade on the staff of corps COM
manders the same to take effect from the day OF
their appointment the staff of the Lieutenant
General. tApproved, May 90, 1864.
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IPUBLIc-No. ISL

As ACT 70 amend an act entitled IAN act to enable
the neonle of Nevada to form Constitution ana
State Government, and for the admission of such
State into the Union on an equal footing with the
original States. -.
Beat enaetsd By the Senate and House Of Repre-.
sentatiues Of the United States Of AwsTiea in Con
gress assembled. That so much Of the nth section
Of e RaL 10 which this act is an amendment as pro
vides by ordnance for submitting the Constitution
TO the pesple Of said State, for their ratification
rejection, at an election to be held on the seeop'
Tuesday in October, be so amended TO read "oI
the first Wednesday Of September" and that In
election for the purposes aforesaid be held on tha
day instead ofthe second Tuesday Of October.
Approved, May 2iy 1864.
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WHOLE NO. $50

the world arc in PcnnSylvania-the mines of
which supply the market with million. Of tons
annually, and appear to be inexhau ,tble
All these, it may be observed, are Ameri-
can institutions. In contemplation of them
who will not acknowledge that our. is a great
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DETACHMENT OF NATURAL ScENERY.-The
Legislature of New York has passed bill de-
claring it misdemeanor, punishable by fine or
imprisonment, or both, to detace scenery. fences,
monuments or buildings, with advertisements
of patent noStrums, such as for years have mar
red the natural beauties on the routes of travel
by railroad and river, throughout the State.
and grossly offended the good taste Of tourists
and waytarers. This shameful and mercenarv
practice should long Since have been prohibited,
libeling, as it has, the aesthetic taste of the
American people but now that the tardy
machinery of legislation has reached it, We trust
that the nuisance will be abated forever
Smyrna times., 1865-04-06

[PUBLIc-No. 79.
AN ACT to authorize tho establishment Of mail steam
ship service between the United States and Brazil
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DEATH FROM SWALLOWING A THIMBLE.-
4 young lady of Newark, Ohio, named Maggie
Elliot, recently died under the following cir
cumstanceS She left her fathers house in
company with her young associates, for an even
ing visit at the residence of a neighbor, and
were amusing themselves in " hunting the
thimble" Maggie became pOSsesSOr of it plac-
ing it in her mouth to hide it from the others,
accidentally swallowed It, Every effort for her
recovery proved unavailing, and she breatbed
her last in fifteen minutes after the occurrence.
The young companions who took her from her
home Joyous and happy, in few hours after.
wards brought her back corpse.
The correspondent of the London Star writes
from Rome, under date of March 10: Il
wrote you last week that Gen. Mcclellan had
arrived here he had not come then, though
invitations had been given out for party for
Sunday week ago to meet him. He arrived
last Sunday. An American wag says that
the reason of his delay was, that he could
not make up his mind whether to come to Rome
or to 60 to Sorrento first, and that finally he
only decided to come this way when the coach
man asked him at Naples which station he
should drive to-
A negro was brought up before the Mayor
of Philadelphia for stealing chickens. Theft
conclusivey proved.
"Well Toby said his honor, "what have
you got to say for yourself?"
Muffin, but dis, Boss. l was as crazy as a
bed bug when | stole dat pullet, coz mite hab
stole de big rooster an neber done it. Dat shows
| clusively to my mind dat was laboring under
the detirtnm tremendus.
CIV. Dorsey, State Treasurer is mentioned
as a candidate for Governor of Ohio, should
Gov. Brough decline denomination.
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The True MgTAL.-Old Jessie Applegate. n
native of Missouri. who settled in Oregon in
l643. made speech the 4th of March, at
Oakland, Umpqua Valley, where he resides The
old farmer should have been one of the signers
of the Declaration of independence his heart
is as pure the snow on Mount Hood
War is terrible but it is not an unmixed evil.
though the means in the hands of the Deity to
punish nations for their sns-like strong med-
cine, it also renovates and improves-and as the
thunder storm purifes the air and purges it Of
the noxious vapors engendered by long calm,
so does war arouse men from the lethargv of an
enervating peace il strs their energies, it pur-
fes their hearts, and draws them away from the
corrupting pursuits of pleasure or OF lucre. 1t
stimulates to noble deeds, to heroism, TO self
devotion. war like ours. of principle. infuses
principle. and like the atmosphere purified by
the storm. men, for generations after such a
struggle, act in all things from higher and better
motives than when their hearts are encrusted in
the sefshness, and their minds absorbed with
the icalousies and petty rvaries resulting from
the pursuits Of peace.
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THE TINE TO Observation-Disclosures men with
proper business ideas, should be shrewd enough
10 perceive that now is the time to advertise
Now that gold is rapidly falling, and after every
reaction will fall still more sell off the old stock
at once should be the motto of every prudent
dealer. Dispose of it promptly, and at the best
prices you get, for the longer you hold on
the less prices you will obtain. 1t is better vol
unfairly to submit to small loss at present than
to be compulsorily subjected to a greater loss
by-and-by. Sell off sell off and to accom-
plish this indispensable feat, advertise literally
Now is the time repeat it, to do it discreetiy.
Get ahead of your neighbors. if you can by ad-
vertising more, and thus selling more, ard when
the crash comes you will be safe. This IS the
plain dictate of common sense and he who needs
ii not will bitterly regret before long bis iooiish
negligcnce.-N. \. Times.
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/ TERRIFIC ScREAM-When Richmond fell.
the New York Indepeneent perched an immense
American Eagle at the top of its columns, and
screamed in the following terrific manner:
"ScREAM O EAGLE - A bird in the air shall
carry the voice. and that which hath wings shall
tell the matter Great are thy tidings Thine
enemy is become pelican in the wilderness,
owl of the desert sparrow alone upon the
house-top. Therefore, o bird of good omen !.
perch upon columns. and scream
How shall unsteady pen-shaken by a
merry-lancing pulse attempt to write soberly
. to-day
The great deed that has just thrilled through
the country is like the sudden stroke of a min
strel sweeping every string of the harp-waking
a universal resonance of 10Y. Only three times
during the war has God touched to the very
quick first. when after Sumter, the check of
/ the Republic crimsoned with ire-second. when,
after Bull Run. the people sat in sackcloth and
ashes-and third, now. after the capture of
Richmond, when the heavens are cleft by the cry
Of nations JOY. Not for a century may the
world a parallel to the great event which has
just quivered through ii Not again for gene
ratons may the common round of human life be
SPAWNED by such heroic days! Wherefore, let
the living witnesses of this sublime period give
thanks 10 God who has cast their lot i'll the
greatest of ages, AMI in the nobest Of lands
Walking the streets of New York on Monday
last a stranger would have thought he had fallen
upon a carnival of March hares AN outbreak
of school urchins IA bedlam of good cheer
The multitude of hands shaken on that day was.
for number. like the forest leaves in the wind
Beautiful was it TO how some faces carried
their Joy in laughter-others in tears. Who can
ever forget the day? Pentecost fell upon Wall
/ street. till the bewidered inhabitants suddenly
spake in unknown tongues-sngng the doxology
to the tune of Old Hundred : Shall we ever
see again such a mad, happy delightful enthusi-
of great nation, drunken with the wine OF
glad news
The city of Richmond.
Babylon the Great. Mother of Harlots and abom-
nations of the Earth Rejoice
over her thou Heaven, and ye holy apostles and
prophets for God hath avenged you on her.
And a mighty angel took up great milestone,
and cast it into the sea. saving-Thus with VIC
lence shall that great city Babylon be throw n
down, and shall be found no more at ALL.
Therefore. ring, Q heaven-prasing bells
Thunder. o thanksgiving guns Cang 0 bro
ken letters joining your sweet jangle to the
peals Of joy , Bloom, tardy buds of spring =
, make haste TO strew yourselves under the ad-
vancng feet of Liberty and Peace, Rejoice We
unforgotten slain for your blood, outpoured, is
unwasted. majestic and undivided nation =
/ imperiled delivered victorious sing unto the
Lord a new song Blessed be the Lord God OF
Israel, from everlasting to everlasting and let
all the people say Amen -
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THE PRopHEsy OF THEoDoRE PARKER.--ln the

life and correspondence of Theodore Parker,
there is letter written by him to Hon J. P.
Hale, dated Galesburg, Illinois, October 81,
1856 In that letter, after saying that he be-
lieved Buchanan would be elected lie says
If Buchanan is President, | think the Union
does not hold out his four years. 1t must end
in civil war, which have been preparing for
these six months past. buy no books except
for pressing need. Last year | bought fifteen
hundred dollars worth. This wear shall not
order two hundred dollars worth. may want
the money for cannons.
God save the United States.
Yours, fraternally.
TuEoDoRE PARKrR
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Health and Beauty.--IIow TO 81, IRE

Health and Beauty How TO 81 IRE IHkN-lhe
tcnderc-t care oliciiude which can lcstuw
upon woman Of sickness. but light payment
Of the her debt contracted in cradles and
constantly accommodating until die. No has more
faithfully discharged that debt than the great English ply
sician Professor Holloway. His remedies have probably
done more 10 relieve the various diseases especially incident
to the SEX than potons and external applications
with which medical practitioners have afflicted them since
the Of the Christian Era. Drastic apcens
pcrnciu- stimulant and poisonous lotions and emissions
have the and highed the lovciine>s of
thousands of the gentler but trust that the day
when the lives If those who dearest could thus be
Tifcd with At length wives and mothers begin To
the danger being subjected such treatment
TIL, mild soothing and restorative Influence of Holl"wavs
great internal and remedies in all the complaints
H. which subject generally admitted.
They have been administered with marked and u1yarying
those disturbances of the system which in
the Of adolescence. during the oi mater
nifty and later period Of life. Every disorder bodily
lcuta incident this 10 he relieved
aud modified by the gentle and purifying effect of lllioways
Pill.
We should not in matter of such vast import
ance hazard opinion questionable grounds but
cannot hesitate hclievc the ttmpny which has been
placed before Ladies Of the highest responsibility rightly
thinking lare health and
life have fed III" efficacy Of the
dies nearly all fhe complaints To which the sex l. liable
and recommended them in the strongest
scrv,,i,e- of that beauty which depends upon
health we'll a. health itself
Il L hr fric.nd wl - n>cnsate as I" Doubt THAT
The world was al. the garden wild
Aud man. the hermit. sighed til woman smiled"
surely il hehcoves point and her alton
Of relieving her ficrng- and turning her
sadness into ,v-.N L. .Saafsy Times. l-.it.
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