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ANNUAL CYCLOPhDLA
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OF THE YEAR 1864.

OF THE YEAR 1864.
| Presenting To the public another volume
l. OF the Annual CyclopRdia, containing the
record of the most turbulent year W oh the coun-
try has witnessed, no eforts have been spared to
secure its completeness and accuracy, and to pre-
serve it free from every mark of partisanship.
The principles adopted in the previous years
Portant questions arose under them, and
discussed during 1868; such CENTS cation, sman-
eiPation, indemnity official and peeuniary, the
latons OF the Insurreeuonary states TO the Union,
personal liberty, martial law prize, the liability OF
Great Britain for damages done by the Alabama,
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omit a personal description of the Prince. TIE
President Of the Mormon Church Is SIX feet high.
portly, aud weigh about 200. De IL wonderfully
weil-preserTed for q man Who has passed bis
sixty fourth birthday. He face is fresh and
un-rinkled. Ms step agile and elastic. / can
hardly detect single gray hair 10 his curling
auburn locks or whiskers of the sane hue. which
in smooth, crescent line fringe bls cheek and
chin Is Brigham Young indeed new Ponce
de Leon. who has discovered IN Polygamy the
fountain OF Perpetual Youthl
his eyes are Of gray'sh blue TheJ do not
impress the a. frank and open, but have secre-
tive expression He has an eagle nose and
mouth that shuts ike vice. indicating tremen-
dous frmness His manner is dignihed-sgree-
able and sfable rather than cordial; and he
carries the unmistakable air OF one having au
tborty. Ordinarily cold in conversation. he has
little ebutiOns of earnesiness in which he speaks
right at people, using his dexter fore finger with
great force TO point a moral De treats the
brethren with warmth, throwing bis arm cares
singly about them and asking carefully alter the
wives and babies
he has Observed much. thought much,
mingle much with practical men: but seems q
little unfamiliar With cultivated society. de Is
abs,emious and temperate, using neither tea nor
coffee, spirits nor tobacco Provineialisms OF
his Vermont boyhood and his Western manhood
and "disremember" An irrepressible conflict
between bis nominstives aud verbs nov and then
crops out in expressions like "they was, etc.
Yet those who hold Brigham Young cheap
charatap are wilder, If possible, than the Saints
who receive him : an angel of light, or those
/ Gentiles who denounce him goblin damned.
A most striking embodiment of the One Man
/ Power. he holds hundred thousand people 10 the
/ hollow Of bis hand Gathered from every nation,
always poor. usually ignorant sometimes vicious,
/ he has nodded them into an Industrious, produc-
/ tive, honest and homogeneous community. de has
/ grown very rich; the Gentiles charge him with
extortion among his own people De certainly
owns much of the most desirable property in
| l tab But his adherents, as a class have vastly
improved their condition by coming Sese. be
/ lieve all admit that his large commercial deal
ings are characterized by integrity. aud that he
/ possesses great kindness Of heart He Is a man
/ of brains. quick inIutions aud un,irng industry
/ be would doubtless have achieved great success
/ in politics, trade, manufacturing, any other
! walk OF life ID X
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SeIf-Govc ru I'm ent OF thc Negro Race.
IL may be that the negro race in their present
condition OF ignorance, are capable OF enllght
ened self government, but they certainly have
never yet demonstrated the fact. The Hsyteu
Republic may be regarded as a pretty fair cri-
terion by which 10 judge of their capacity in this
respect and the political condition OF that Gov
ernment, from the time of its establishment,
proves the incompetency OF the Haytiens for po-
lticsl self.control rhs news published IN yes
| terday's Sun concerning the progress of the re
bellion in that island shows that anarchy reigns
| supreme, aud that the Legitimate Government Is
on the verge OF dissolution. The legally chosed
President 10 apparently about TO be depJsed by
| an insurgent adyenturer, and the most probable
supposition is that the republic of Hayt will very
soon cease to exist. But whatever may result
from the present rebellion, the fact IL apparent
that the Hayden Republic is n failure. aud that
| its people are hot capable OF managing political
affairs for themselves Twenty two years have
elapsed since the Government was placed in the
hands OF the people They are all negroes with
the exception OF few foreign traders in the sea.
| port to wns who have voice in politics, and
consequently they have had a fair chance to do
monstratc their political ability They have nc
cause for Discussions. The whole Island IL rich ia
minerals. fruits of spontaneous production: the
land IL veil adapted for agriculture, the climate
u sslubrious, aud. in short. the Island has great
natural advantages Yet, With all this opportu.
NIFTY for making prosperous republic. the Hay
| tisns have almost necessarily been embrolled IN
| sectional strife and civil war. They have paid
comparatively no attention TO developing tho
material resources Of their country; they have
wholly neglected their advantages, aud have
wasted their time in incidence. and in fighting
each other Now. IL il not because the Hayli
aus are negroes. that they have failed in the er
pertinent of self government, but because they
are not vet enlightened to the standard which !.
requisite for the position they have attempted tc
oil. They have no adequate system OF popular
education: they have no means OF acquiring
true kno~ledge OF what is essential to prosperity
in republic. and hence their failure la thi,
condition of Hsyti useful lessen may be learned
concerning the negroes in our own country
Like their brothers In Hayti the Southern ne
grocs are an ignorant class. who. without beinl
elvated by the influences Of education, are incom
pe,enl TO take part in determining the course o
republican government. They need to be en-
ligh,en@d before they eau be safely inrusted with
participation in the management OF an ght
ened government, and their great need at TIT
present time il therefore cducation-not sui
| frage.-New York Sun.
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writer for the Philadelphia Press. in we'll
dirested article upon autographs. gives tue fol-
loving interesting facts in relation to Msgna
Charts lie says.
There are two originals of Magma Charta ia
the Cotionisn collection of manuscripts in the
British Museum. aud this has puzzled many per
sons-like the duplication OF Oliver Crom wells
skulls one being shown in the Ashmolean Mu
scum At Oxford, aud another in Cambridge; the
latter being comparatively underszed. was repre-
scented. by former exhibitor. "a "the head OF
Cromwel-rhen he tcas boy" The tact H.
both the copies oi Magma Chsrta are original
Many copies were made. in 1915. TOR distribution
among the counties. and copy was sent to each
cathedral. and ordered 10 be publicly read therein
twice every year. The most accurate and com
plete copy Is that still preserved in Lincoln Ca
thedral. and foe stmils OF this has been en-.
graved. by oraer o: the late Commissioners, on
the Public X Dcords OF England. The Great
Charter as we'll as the Charter OF the Forests, is
IN Latin lt may seem strange, yet IL IL very
true. that Magma Charta. exacled by the noble.
of England from a king Who desired To tie more
absolute than they liked. was specially framed
to preserve their own rights aud prvilegcs-u
word. to give power to the nobility and the
lard owners The word "villein." which de
and poorer classes. occurs only once in Magma
Charta, which included all ireemon generally
As the villeinage gradually disappeared and the
serfs became ifeemen, they came under the pro
lection OF the Great Charter
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A BeNEFAcTREss.

There IL woman In the public eye whose name had
all along been associated. Ia mind, With the Ysn
kee."' Quack." and Humbug" But IL IL longer.
and her from all such picious
associations In all other minds. Whatever notions
may have of w0manly delicaey and proprety, will
all admit that woman alone L. the Nurse-the good
Nurs the best Nurse. WHISTLER ne shall have Female
Physicians or not, question which must be decided
by time and principle, and not matter Of taste. Pride,
prejudice, and custom well behave them
selves for there Is really want. there will also be
supply; N there be "cang," there will be coming.
Nature and human society always self supplying.
and though Art and Fashion may hinder, they cannot
prevent.
Mrs winslow does not wish TO treat you gentlemen.
Nor does she prescribe regimen for your wives; but
he modcsy appears as messenger Of health and hap
piners 20 your Infants In the cradle II there anything
improper In thatf Nurse OF '3e years" sperience
boldly say what IL IL not god FOR babe. and
ought 10 be listened TO- 0od speed her on her humble
happy mission. she IL the successful phys-
clan aud most er-ctual benesactress little
enoysd-her doting parents not excepted. Just open
the door for hsr. and Mrs Wnsov w prove the Amer.
Florence Nightingale Of the Nvrsery OF this
are sure, that will teach ''susy" 20 cay "A
Bessing on Mrs wlnslow"-for helping her survive
and escape the gripping, eoekng aud tssthins siege.
We confirm every wore set forth In the prospsetus Ia
performs precisely what IL PROCESSES 10 perform.
"Paros ORIG, "'Drops .faDdsnum. and. every other
Sarcotc by which the babe drugged into stupidity
and rendered dull aud ldoilo for life
We have never Mrs. wnslow know her only
through tho preparation OF her "soothng Syrup for
Children Teeihng." n We bed the power would
make her. she Is physical savior 10 the infant race.
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The letter OF General Hirdie, which we pub
lshed yesterday IL melancholy confession of a
great wrong. With many words and phrases
intended To 'derken counsel he tells vs. that A
pass was given 10 The priest 20 visit the uniortu
nate woman who was condemned so suddenly 70
die. but was Withdrawn because the clergyman
firmly. even indignantly expressed himself a
believer in her innoceuce and opposed to the
mockery OF military trials The pass was only
restored TO him on promise. extOrtei un ier
the terrible pressure of the occasion. that he
would remain silent on tina, subject. The world
knoss how faithfully be kept the promise. and
thus = explained Why this WON al went silent TO
the scaiiold and died aud made no sign
With what profound shame will such a sen
tence be read hereafter as that IN which a general
officer claims 10 be the Judge of the spiritual state
OF mind OF priest He says:
"Annoyei by what he had said vas about
however. to leave the ROOM and TO defer giving
him she pass. remsrklng. Il will send YOU word a.
10 the pass in two hours" when be said. Il
promise" intended within The two hour. to
see the Secretary of War. and say 10 him that
"ss convinced, after what had taken place. iha,
Father Walter VAS not in the proper disposition
and frame OF mind TO be suitable religious
attendant upon the prisoner"
A careful reading Of General H,rdie's letter
makes IN necessary 10 characterize il as one OF
The mos, dissraceful documents ever published in
this country. oaly equalled bv the letter OF mis-.
cradle fellow who hiss published. since the death
OF this woman. a series of statements which he
failed 10 make public before her death. and
which are OF course manufactured for the nnr
pose of dsn ring her memory There il some
thing ineIpre-siOly base in this mans conduct.
Who thus volunteers TO follow a dead woman
With SANDER when he has 10 possible interest in
doing 80. All the circumstances surrounding
-. So. s.f
resSons Tor doubling her guilt. and make il the
duty OF all good and true men TO search dill
gently for the truth and il il be found that she
vas innocent. rescue her name from its associa
ton with the mcst terrible crime of the age
New York Journal of Commerce
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THE iron manuiac'urers OF England have been
endesvoring 10 Guido each other IN the manutac
ture al thin sheets of iron. known a. iron paper.
Brother Jonathan seem TO have furnished the
incentive. when be wrote from Pittsburgh TO
England on sheet OF iron 80 thin that !, re
CURED QUO OF them piled on one another "a
make an inch. only twice the weight Of ordinary
writing paper, aud about as flexible This Sc,
the Briiishers 10 trying their hands: and alter a
series of most astonishing productions, one firm
caps the climax bv making sheet 50 thin tina.
1000 required to make an inch in thickness
by far the thinnest ever seen by mortal eve
The hnnes, tissue paper TO be bought Ia the shops
measures the l 100 h part OF inch, fancy. then
sheet OF iron but one fourth ss thick. and
nevertheless, perfect throughout
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His Immense Menagerie,
Composed of Of the Largest and Most ntere
and in AL respects,
THE MOST RARE AND CUR Gus ZOOLOGICA Al
COLONY


COLONY
Ever seen, comprising spec
From Greenl ,nd's icy mountains,
From Midas coral fraud,
Where Aries sunny founta MS
Roll down their golden sand;
From many ancient river,
From many palsy plain"
Have been gathered perfect this giant colleciian
among wbich will be found the following list uhch
braces OF the biological specimens and Is deem
ed TO be the correct catalogue nov on ex bition
Asiatc and African Elephants. Arabian Csnes. Sene-
gal Leopard, koy al Brazilitn ger. Cape Good Hope
Lion Al iAoness. sok ger, Panther OF Paraguay.
strpeI and Spotted lily ma, Cal foruis Grizzly Bears,
Black Bear q II dson Bay, Cinnamon Bear Of Oregon,
Ichneumons aud Ant Eaters, NDmdi-n Lion aud Lon
keys and Baboons, New Holland Hangar os. Peruvian
the Sandwich Isles, Nebraska Buffalo, siberian whhs
Coons Cvet and Musk Cats Porcupine. Hedgehog. Op-
posums, Asate Jackals, Syrian Goats, Madagascar Rab
bits. Ac
AN IMMENSE ARRAY. comprising birds Of rare and
gorgeous plgmage. Among those Wanderers of the
Upper Deep" will be foun specimens Of the following
Orni biological varieties;
African Pelic,ns, spanish Macaws, whecdlh Brls
Love Birds African Crowned Cranes. Golden and silver
PheAsants. Chinese and English hsasants King Lori
Bird, Albion Guires Hens white and Grey Tropical
Cockatoos Paradise Birds South American Parrots AZ.
rcan Parrot. and paroouets Also, great variety OF
Australian Birds of gorgeous plumage. Attached TO this
Grand Exposition are
THE ONLY ARABIAN cANEis IN AMERICA.
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DON'T FAIL TO PROCURE MRS wIssLow's
SOOTHING SYRUP, for children teething IL has been
used for 10 years with failing safety and
by millions Of mothers for their children. II corrects
scdty o. the stomach, relieves wind chOlc regulates
the bowels and gives rest health and comfort other
and child. once No. a. Day street. New York
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BLACK REPVBLIcss SPIT The negro sut
frsge CRY oi ths deslruetives promises u be all
cry but no wool. The Republicans of New
Jersey we're asked on Thursday last 10 indor.e
il in their State Convention. but first me, il by
giving precedence over proposition on toe
subject. 10 the question OF nominating candi-
dates Mr. H,lstead. who had urged the rights
of the black man.. previously brought MP his
resolution tor their assertion after the nomina
ton OF the party Candidate for Governor and sue
ceeded before the a. ,urnment VI the Couven-
ton 10 having Il laid upon the table The Re
publicans of New jersey have thu. given the
var cry OF their brethren OF New England q
highly significant "go by."
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We have put up and sold this article ss 10 year,
and CAN SAY IN CONFIDENCE AND TRUTH OF IL what
have been able say OF any other medicine
NEVER HAS 1T FAlLkD IN A SINGIt INSTANCE TO
EFFECT CURE, when timely used. Nsyer did we
know instance Of dissatisfaction by any who USED
IL. On the contrary, all delighted with its opera
tons and speak In terms Of commendaon Of it's magical
effects and medical virtues We speak In this matter
WHAT WE DO KNOW, ;" after 20 years experience,
AND PLEDGE OUR REPUTATION FOR THy FULFIL
MEST OF WHAT VIZ HERE DsCLARD. In almost
every where the infant T. suffering from pain
aud exhaustion, relief will be found in een twenty
minutes after the syrup j. administered.
Full directions for using will accompany each bottle.
None genuine unless the fac-simile Of CURTIS PR
KlNS. New York. Is on the outside wrapper.
Sold by Druggists throughout the world.
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we see an advertisement IN Jour columns Of MRS
WiNsiOW's SOOTHING SYRUP. Nov, never said
vorc In favor Of patent medicine before In life.
but ve feel compelled to readers that this
No hunbng We have tired H. and know o be ell n
claims IL is probably o; the successful usd
cines Of the day. because 10 IL Of best And
those OF your readers Who have babies can't ID better
than lay In supply"
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DO NOT LET YOUR PREJUDICE STAND BETWEEN
your suffering child and the relief that ~ be absolute
ly sure 20 follow the use % MRS. wlSsIOw's sOOIH-
ING SYRUP II scdity Of the stomach relieves
wind cholic, regulates the bowels softens the gums
givesrestto The mother and health 20 thechnd
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-07-26

The foloving Is from Q letter y ntten by
the Rev. g. Holm. pastor Of the Plerrepont Street
Baptist Church, Brooklyn, ". T.. TO the Journal and
Messenger Cincinnati o. and speaks volumes m fsvor
OF that word-reno~ned medicine MRS wISsLOw's
SOOTHING SYRUP. FOR CHILDREN TRETHING.
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SPECIAL eau ITO NJ.

The great popularity q Mrs.. winrlO~'s soothing
syrup children teefhing. has induced unprtne pal
put Articles 70 be used for he ssDs psf-
pose In advertising which they have not eny copied
our from the press bat have
copied certificates sns letters frou eiergypen and
ssSsra aGxng ether 70 genuine osrttneatss
usvgrs seii iUoaafsra vsT-1onAveo-n