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The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1866-12-07
Curious Behavior or a Portland
Girl.

4 beautiful young lady Of Port1ands
("exposed" in letter TO tho Boston
HersiD, frequently, during the past
year, has been in tho habit Of getting
herselfup as an aged man and 90 to town
on the cars. In her disguise she would
stroll about the city to her hearts con-
tent, and return home to tell the few
friends in the secret Of the fun she had
enjoyed. If spoken TO she feigned deaf
ness. The venerable form had become
quite familiar in the streets of Portland;
but none dreamed that beneath those
gray hairs nestled soft auburn ringlets;
that beneath those green goggles
sparhled a pair Of roguish eyes that
the seedy old coat covered shoulders
that might rival those Of Venus that
within those tattered unmontionahles
were the supple and rounded limbs Of
blooming young womanhood, or that
unusual stoop OF the Sold gentleman"
was quite necessary to conceal a. ceF7
tain plumpness about the front part Of
the waistcoat. But theromantic young
heroine came to grief Protraeting
her strolls too long the other day, tbs
train was just leaving as she limpod
into the depot A smart run enabled
the foolish girl to throw herself upon
the rear platform, but Just as she did so
away went hat, wigand goggles Two
gentlemen on the rear platform were
considerably astonishod, but the young
lady had sufficient presence OF mind to
explain in few frightened sentences
the poyition of affairs, and it being
nightfiill, the gentlemen, who proved
to be the genuine article, got the girl
to her home without further publicity.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1866-12-07

1THEs MOrmons threaten to invade
Lowell Brigham Young said in u late
discourse at Salt Lads .,;tys, III 81
1.-The last time ] was in the city Of
Lowell there fourteen thousand more
females than, males in that one city,
That 10 many years ago They live
and die in a single state, and are for
gotten. Have they filed the measure
of their creation, and accomplished the
design of heaven in hringipgthem upon
the earth2 Mo- they haye not Two
thousand God fearing men should 80
there, and take TO themselves seven
wives apiece ! iau4pia7 hae .ig.m +,
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1866-12-07

p0- Brigham Young issluxuyiating
in the honeymoon of his forty fifth
bride, beautiful Eanish girl of seven
teen. He has just lost his twenty
fourth wife, who was buried without
any ceremony, or even q notice Other
DEATH gau nu.. .TTH.ri ada d.f4vr
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1866-12-07
bd- The MInnesotians are proud

b6- The MinnesotiaAs are proud Of
the magnificent school fund OF their
State. The permanent fund arising
from shool land sales up to the first OF
last year. amounted To S993,52S, So
Add to this the proceeds of the sales of
the present year, and there is a grand
total Of one million three hundred and
twenty-six thousand eight hundred
and ninety-tlreo dollars II the re-
naming lands should bo sold ut the
same rate, the total proceeds would
amount to nearly twenty millions OF
dollars-4a truly magnificent sutn, the
interest upon which alone, ii properly
invested, would be one million dollars
per annnm 'f'.i .Iil iHa) 9a' h'
ma Two members Of the Vermont
Legislature have refused 10 take their
extra pup voted by the General Assem-
bly,, They are both young men, and
as they grow older they will know
how TO put up with such hardships
better than they do now. .3di 30 70 -
o."
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1866-12-07

Boz The compliment of a. Western
'clergymen TO his female worshiperS is
worth recording HBel not proud that
the blessed Lord paid your sex the dis
tlnguished compliment of appeWing
firstlto female after tile r1snrrecGon,
for it was only done that the glad ii
dings might spread the sooner, ii5s4
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1866-12-07

,o DeY> Artemus Ward says sgLet US
be happy, and live wlthin our means,
even Il we have TO borrow money 70 do
III with. I-.aLl.l N nttH = arndA
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1866-12-07

oar a mass OF copper weighing l5,-
lSQponnds was. recently brought to
Plttsburg from tho Lake Superior re-
gion, 1t was in a single Nugget, and
claimed to be the largest one eve
mined. aeif ,ro.-.,r1 Sa.f,4-
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1866-12-07

A GLOOMY HoNEYMooN.-Dr La
Force, of Agency, married Miss Dud-
ley, last Thursday, and the happy
couple started on their bridal tour.
40 They arrived at Burlington, and took
dinner at the hotel The tair bride
d. never looked so lovely, and the heart
ofthe husband was joyful, While
they were seated at the table, the face
OF the bride. suddenly underwent a
change; the cheeks grew paid and the
% eyes stared wildly around. The Doc,
tor Immediately noticed the horrible
transformation, and caught her in his
arms But affection was powefless to
rescue. The poor man soon discovered
20 that he was holding in his embrace a.
maniac wife Without premonitory
symptom she had thus suddenly be-
''- come insane. Tho Doctor returned to
/, Agency tho next day, bearing with
him the wreck of. his own beautiful
wife, [ottumwa Qowa) Mercury. IN
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1866-12-07

BS- Ateacher said to n little girl at
school, ,''If naughty girl should hurt
yoa, like a good little girl, you would
D forgive her, would't your 7'Yes,
marm, she replied, 'if / couldn't catch
her" a.f !. -,~-t s.ttt a -. n,
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1866-12-07

nA- Ltis said that brother of Pres
idcnt Pierce is making temperance
speeches in New Hampshire. ltaq p
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1866-12-07

u A LARGE Fer. 1T is said that S'hat
0Conner reeaysrsd q fee Of s50p00 l..
the Jumsl viii sases,ss S,'s' Sai 1919 ..e'n
~ ar1nr --asiatE naI
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1866-12-07

of Stephens here, and vested by him
with full power; intrusted by him with
all the secrets Of the organization. This
man has been bought, and is at this
moment doing the work not for which
he may have been sent here by James
Stephens to do, but that for which he
is paid by the British Government.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1866-12-07

luton TO meet their old enemy, if Ste
phens only keeps his word
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rne nos cro,pI....Forl. cro,pI. raellnE q lhe
FyoD, he CinefYridtf GGEette.

-
: We may say in this connection, that
the extent of the hog crop, which is lust
now the point upon which gambling
operations turn, is undecided. AT Chi
jcago the receipts continue large and the
packing there promises to exceed for
mer estimates. 1t is certain that all the
hogs in the country that can be made
ready for market will be sold. The
price is very high. The supply of corn
K abundant, and the inducements to
market hogs are greater than they have
been, or than they will be again. I'm
def. these circumstances it viii not be
safe to foot up the hog crop until pack
ing closes. The present estimate of the
crop is 81 SOC, 600 head, with 10 per cent.
Increase in weight. If this shall be YER
ifie6l it will be an extraordinary result.
When we consider the rapidly with
which hogs may be produced; take into
account the high prices current for two
wears past, and allow for the extraordt-
nary crop of corn, it will be dithcult to
account for the falling of in the hog
crop except upon the ground that, ow-
ing TO the demoralizing influence OF
superabundant supply of a depreeiated
currency, the people have neglected the
productive interests of the country, and
run away from the pillow because money
could be made more rapidly in the city.
If this shall prove to be the fact, the
time must come when the rninous con-
sequence will be developed.
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!. y4aaYIRGINIA., =
The senatorial elldestion....Il.inmOred m
Project to Annnl the Election OF I'm
,derWOod and Segar on the Ground of
IIIeeaIIty----Names OF Prominent

Hs# #.H HnsUa . ID
RICHMOND, VA, Jan. 29, 1866.
Somebody has been at work stirring
up the United State Senatorial ques-
ton again in this State, and you may
expect to receive a telegraphtc an
n0uncement that resolution has been
introduced in the Virginia Senate for
the purpose Of nulliiying the. Under
wood and Segar election, and preparing
for a new choice, The sehemlng OF the
and at the same,time perplexing. John
Letcher has friends who will urge his
claims, and Speaker Baldwin, OF the
House OF Delegates, Is mentioned. The
latter, on. sthe floor of the House not
long since, publicly expressed his wish
70 see Robert p; Lee in the gubernpaIsol
rial chair. John Minor Bolts is also
talked OF, and it is known that many of
the members were elected1on the aex-
press condition that. they would sup
port him for Senutor. Coy. Pierpoint
has also been spokenao9 IN this connec-
tion, but he positively declines TO allow
his name TO be used until the u. =.
Senate shall declare the present incum-
bents Illegally elected. He thinks that
the election was valid, and having CIV
en- Messrs. Underwood and Segar their
certificates, he cannot consistently be
candidate now.
From this statement of factsit Will be
readily seen. that affairs are somewhat
mixed; but 1t is safe to predict that If
the Alexandria election is set aside,
Messrs. Bolts and Baldwin will be first
and foremost on the list of candidates.
A printed circular has been distributed
among the members, which was writ
ten in Alexandria, and which attempts
to prove theillegality of the Underwood
and Segat election, and resos ton isi
already. .drawnup and ready for pre-
sentation in the Senate, embodying tile
same ideas. On this point the great
weight of influence will be thrown, and
even if the movers of the resolution can
not carry it, they will not rest content,
but will insist on another election, and
thereby transfer the solution of the
question to the Federal Senate, to be de-
cided by that body as contested seats.
Incidentally the validity of the present
State government will be brought into
question, and the effect will be to un-
earth many strange things connected
with the Alexandra coterie of officials
and the formation of the present Legis-
lature. q iH =. G -
Botts' name has been brought forward
as a peace offering to the Administra-
ton and the North, and his election, if
il occurs, will be a compromise between
the Unionists and the Secessionists,
whereby each one will have member.
Between Baldwin and Ietcher the
choice of the war men will fall. The
former is probably a nearer approach to
a soundlYl RECONSTRUCTED Confederate
than the Ex-Governor; but he is not as
popular with the Legislature just now
as he has been.
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CoNsc1rNoR IoNRY.-rhe Treasury

CONSCIENCE MoNRY.-The Treasury
Department few days ago received
from a lady. one hundred and sixty
dollars in conscience money. In the
letter transmitting the money, she rep
resents that the amount was received as
compensation for slave released in ac-
condance with an act of Congress, and
that she cannot retain it on account Of
conscientious scruples. One hundred
and twenty-six dollars were also for
warded by John E. Stock, formerly of
the 10th Massachusetts volunteers, that
sum having been over-paid him on his
final settlement. One hundred and
fifty dollars have been received from
former employee Of the Government,
who confesses that while engaged in the
Norfolk Navy Yard, he abstracted arti-
Giles belonging to the United States
worth $3.50. During the past year con-
science money in sums varying from
one cent to one hundred and fifty dol
lars, in the aggregate amounting to two
hundred thousand dollars, have been
deposited in the vaults of the Treasury.
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rhe YirrinIa Po1ItieIans.
The Richmond correspondent of Il
Yo,- YnrIr II,nes snvs.

The Richmond correspondent of the
Yew York Times says:
The fate of Governor Holden, of
North Carolina, and Governor Peir-
point, of this State, in their efforts to
tconcilinte the war men of their States5
is q matter which deserves serious con-
sideration, in consequence of the pres
ent attitude of the National Admins
tration. Both of the gentlemen above
mentioned have been instrumental in
obtaining pardons for their constitu-
ents, and have adopted conservative
policy in dealing with the reconstruc-
ton question, and both have been re-
pudiated by the very people whom they
attempted to conciliate. The apparent
animus of the Virginians and North
CarOlinians seems pointed against the
menswho were naturally the mediators
between them and the great power
against which they rebelled. 1t re-
quires some little effort to reconcile
these facts with the hopes and pred1c-
tions of the Presidents friends that he
will receive such a support from this
section as his magnanimity deserves.
One thing is certain, the old leaders of
the South will never cease in their
efforts to maintain their accustomed
control of affairs in their respective
States. 4tAwas expected that a new
class of men would be brought to the
political surface after the downfall of
The rebellion, but such is not the result.
The newspapers of the South are edited
by their old editors, and the old Office
holders, or men of sympathetic ilk,
have crept back into their old places.
The Union and conservative war men
have nearly all been set aside, tandlthe
governments of the Southern States
are managed by officers who made
themselves prominent as ultra South
'ern men during the war. Time alone
can demonstrate whether or not the
people OF the South are capable of in
gratitude to the man who now stands
between them and the surging waves
oftyrannlcal radicalism. Just now they
are ,profuse in adnlation of him and
his policy, butself- interest may in the
future cause themlto ,repudiate him as
they have repudtatedi his provisional
agent in North Carolina. ~ ~ .i,it-
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0tre1ntetliqetrter
RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION.
our Reevnue System---PropOsedR Re-
duetIon ofTaxes.
Fro,n ne Ne1c YORK TTi6lrSie.

tTOI1 Llle INcp 1OIfs
The last Congress authorized Com
mission to investigate and scrut1nize
the whole subjectof taxation, with a
view to the simplitication of our reve-
nue. system, SO as to render our taxes
less multifarious and less burdensome.
That Commission has made Its hrstre-
port, whereof a synopsis appears in our
columns this morning. The changes
they propose are numerous, important,
and, We believe, in the main, judicious.
Among them are the following:
1. An exemption of all incomes be-
low 81 900 from the income tax.
2.TA7reduction ofthe tax on distilled
liquors fromtS2 to 81 per gallon. 10. 8
g. "A remission of all tax now levied
on Wearing Apparel.
4. A repeal Of the taxes now levied on
Pig Iron q 40 per tun,l Coal (six cents
per tun,l and crude Petroleum SSl per
s. A repeal of all taxes now levied on
Books, Magazines and Pamphlets, leay-
ing the present taxes on Paper, Ieath-
g. Areduction By oie-haIf Of the du-
ties now levied on Home Manpfac=
=. "a repeal Of all taxes now levied on
repairs Of engines, cars, carriages,
ships, &c.
Act OF last session, except those on Bill
lizard Tables. II a'qaIEg
9. A reduction of the tax now. levied
on brokers' sales of Stocks from 50 per
81, 900 to 81 per 81, 900. @'l'st'si -
10. An increaseof the tax on raw Cot
ton from 2 to cents per pound.
These notifications are proprosed
to take effect on the list day of July
next, or at the commencement of the
next fiscal Vears and their general ef-
feet will be- a reduction of our present
burden Of internal Taxes by about one
fourth, Yet, even with these meliora-
tions. they calculate that our Internal
Revenue will amount, for the year en-.
suing, to,no less than S23z, ,00Q, 600, and
our Duties on Imports TO ,Sl3O, 600, ,OoO.
mailing an ageregateH y revenue of
Ss67. .600. 900. If, then, the cost of sup
porting our Government shall be
SIOO, ,OO0, 900 (and it certainly ought
not to be more) and the interest,"
ON our Public Debt should reach
sl67. 600 600 (which it will not, there
would be left S100, 900, 900 to apply tothe
reduction of the principal of our Ma
tional Debt, at which, rate it would be
utterly extinguished within twenty TO
twenty-five years.
Let Congress but avoid needless ag-
grayationsr of our public burdens by
the assumption ofState and local debts,
or the 'seuualizing" of bounties, or the
creation OF large standing army, or
any of the gigantic schemes of public
plumber now rife, and we shall very
soon be able to reduce the seyeral Iates uss
of taxation without diminishing their
productiveness, until the weight of our
gigantic burdens will scarcely be felt,
because our aggregates of population,
production and wealth, will have been
so largely augmented.
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From the Sixth West Virginia Cav
airy.
COLORADO TERRIToRY,
January 20, 1856.
It VIrgInin Cal
EIdftors Intellioe1leer /:

LSuttOTS- 4NtettVeItCSII IL rra-H- etrrr-~
| Perhaps some Of the many readers Of
your worthy paper would like TO hear
a few words from the6th West Virginia
Volunteer Cavalry, as we are the only
regiment of that State that now remains
in the service. Our regiment at the
present time is scattered from Cotton
wood to Fort Casper, ID. Il. Lieut.. Col.
Fleming is commanding the post at
Cottonwood, and Capt. Kdwell, OF b
company, is commanding the post at
Alkali, N. T., with portions of A, B and
C companies. Captain Parker, OF d
company, is commanding at Elbo Sta
ton, with a portion OF ID company. Cap
tain j. B. Smith, of ii company, is com
manding detachment OF Il, +, q, ID
and K companies at this place. Major
A. ]. Squires is commanding at Fort
Casper, d. T., with a detachmento of all
companies. 1t is strange, very strange,
that this regiment that has been in
The service ever since the first booming
of southern guns, should still be kept
in the service after they have done their
part in crushing this rebellion, while
all other regiments OF that stnte slI Stnat
have not been In the service half so long
as this regiment, and would not have
come out at all If the draft and money
had not forced them out, are mustered
ont and enioying the society of loved
ones at home, while we are kept out on
the plains of the tar w est lafaWay from
home and friends, suffering the prtya-
tions of cold,and hungern All, no one
knows Iwho have warm fires to sit by
this cold and stormy weather, what
hardships we have endured this winter.
n they did, perhaps there would be
some more efforts made to get US out.
am well aware that there has been
great deal done in our favor, and
think our worthy Governor has done
all in his power in our behalf SO we
have been told by our Colonel, and he
Is man OF truth and honor. a better
man than Lieut.. Col. Fleming never
drew a sword, although some of ourde-
serters have been giving him hard
name. People should not believe the
reports of such scoundrels. Men that
have no.more honor than to desert can
not tell the truth. 1hope the time may
speedily arrive when we shall all meet
our friends, and live in peace and tran
guilty the remainder of our days. Hop
ing you will give this unworthy item
a place in your paper, will close. You
will hear from me anon.
Yours with much respect, art
E.,f e. H. STEWART,
-it.z 9Th West Va Vol. Cavalry.
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9Th West Va. J
From The LoutsptRs Journal Of Wednesday,.

From the LOutSpIIs JouF7hotV HetHteSStHV'
Explosion of the Boilers of the Stea-
mer MIssourI---Oyer One Hundred
Lives Lost---The Boat Broken In Two
and n Total Wreclk.I
We mentioned in our river column
the receipt of vague dispatch from
Evansville to Smith d Sturgeon, in re-
gard to the blowing up of the steamer
Missouri, en- route from New Orleans
to this port. Special dispatches 10 the
New Albany Ledger last evening con-
firm the worst fears of our people. The
Missouri exploded her boilers at two
O'Clock yesterday morning, nine miles
above Evansville, near the mouth of
Green river. The Dictator was half a
mile above the Missouri at the time the
explosion took place. IShe Immediately
reversed her engines, and with all pos
sible speed backed down to the wreck
and took off whatfew of the survivors
of the terrible disaster there were alive
only about twenty in all. The wreck
floated down the river to within one
mile of Evansville, where it lodged on
a sand-bar in the middle of the river.
Not less than one hundred lives are
supposed to have been lost, as the boat
had a large passenger list; but 1t is not
known who were saved or who were
lost. The steamer Charnersteamedu up
to the wreck and took charge of it,
saving what could be saved. No per-
son was on the wreck when the Char
mer reachedit. n iFta
The safe and the books of the boat
were recovered. The force of the ex-
plosion must have been terrific. The
cabin, forward of the wheels, was COM
pIetely demolished, as was also the
Texas. The boat broke in two just aft
of the matches, and her forecastle stands
up, and is all out of the water. All the
officers and crew must have been kill
ed or drowned, as they have not been;
heard from. The steamer Armada is
now at the wreck. The baggage, pack
ages OF freight, DC. were floating past
Evansville all the morning. The Mis-
souri, was almost a new boat. She was
built in the winter of 1854 at Cincinnati,
by Captain David Gibson, who last
simmer sold her to 9the Atlantic and
Mississippi Steamship Company. She
wqs valued at Sl50,000, upon which
there was no insurance. She was
about three hundred feet long, and nm
ished and Furnished in the. most costly
style. She had tubular boilers, and Is
another boat added to the long list of
explosions from the use of these boil
ers. Captain. jesse Y. Hurd was in
and Mr.. ]. d. Malin was In
the office. Both are supposed to be lost:
The officers of the Dictator rendered
every possible assistancein theirpower,
and behaved in the most noble manner
toward the wounded and unfortunate
survivors.
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PnILlIr AID ]
BY MILES o,RKLLY.


You asking me how Philip Jared, q
Received reply that he and ], .4-..f..t
Some years ago had said Goodbye,
Since which neither knew nor cared.
ItWas a peevish answer, spoken
In bitter SorroW and regret III HL-
As WAS our friendship, should be broken
Shattered with purpose fen and strong,
, Without the waning OF voni-.
An arrow whtstltng through blrds
Even while her throat was full OF song.
Happy her fatsI The spirit winging
3 Z Ere sense OF treachery or pain
I'd Can reach conception in the bratnp ~
She dies within the act OF singing.
So the shrill shaft which sudden cast
Our dream of friendship to the ground.
OF fits dread cnming gave no sound,
But smote, and shattered-and was past
one moment in amaze stood,
Thinking-Itcan but be In Jesti
lni Another, and within my breast
The laboring heart gave sObs or blood
Less happy than the bird, I live
10 know the treachery, bear the pain,
And feel that on this earth again
Such friendship1 no more give. - -
So to your quest how Philip Jared, el
made reply that he and &.
Some years ago had said Goodbye,
Since which neither knew nor cared.