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Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1866-11-10
SOURCE OF rur oASoEs.

ave started quite early to reach the
source Of the mighty Ganges. The oppo
site bank being the best ground for bur
reIl, we were in great hopes that We mighl
find sufficient snow leit to enable us e
cross over but the snow, that at times
bridges over the stream. was gone. The
walking was bad, for in all the small trib,
utary streams were stones and rocks in
crusted with ice, which made them very
difhcult to cross. On the opposite side ve
saw immense hocks OF hurrell, but there
vas no getting ct them.
AT last, the great glacier Of The Ganges
was reached, and never can forget ny
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1866-11-10

A THIEVES CoLLEor-A Liverpool
journal has story Of Thieves College"
existing in that town. There are men
and women teachers Of the art Of Cartouch
and the Dodger, The pocket handkerchief.
the purse and the ~.s~A :. -, ,,-.-.-,,..n,,
ee::sE presided over BY different professors.
Burglary. and the use Of the garotts. is
taught Is taught by experts. and the ac-
cvasaisaa;ss:::. ,is,i;s::. pf begging letters, is =
branch In ITSELF
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1866-11-10

ais THIS A DAeGER THAT SEE BEroRE
MEi-Gen. Ben. Butler iss. lss. - ...e ci.v ear
" yesterday morning. He went to the
depot In plain carriage, unattended by
any escort. Were ,ur RAIDS ashamed ol
him. or he Of them The only token Of REQ
ocnitIon he received on his way 10 thede.
pot was this Just after he crossed North
street, man In great haste ran from the
sidewalk into the street. stopped the car
ringe. end exclaimed, holding up a dirty
spoon, Here, General, here's something
you dropped - Co,rusbss 0) &atesnlas.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1866-11-10

~ If you ever marry" said Ro.
man consul 10 bis son, let It be woman
who has sense enough to superintend the
setting ola meal Of victuals. taste enough
TO wash belore breakfast. and sense enough
70 hold her tongue when she has nothing
TO say"
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1866-11-10

In the grsy depths of the silent sea,
Where Where U twilight reign, over sa mystery
And no forms OF the upper life intrude,
Where the wrecks Of the elder world are laid
In realm Of stiffness, of death, of shade,
And the mournful forests of coral grow,
They've chain'd the lightnings and laid it low
Life Of the universe spirit of fret =
From that single chord Of thy living Tyre
Sweep us strain of the depths profound
Teach US the mysteries that gird thee round
Make us to know thro' what realms unsought
BY the mariners eye or the poets thought
The thrilling impulse flows FREQ and strong
As the fash Of soul or the stream Of song.
Say, does the path Of the lightning lie
Through desolate cities still fair and high
With their massive marbles and ancient state
Tho the sea-snake coils at the temples gate,
Or lays his length in the streets of sand,
Where rolled the chariotor marched the band
Or where, oppressed by his martial load,
The monstrous step Of the mammoth strode :
Doth he raise for moment his crested head
As the thrill OF thonght is above him sped,
And feel the shock, through every fold,
Firing his blood from its t0rp0r cold,
Till he leans to WOO the mystic chain
That stirs new life in each sluggish vein,
And socks its warmth as it works it's task
AS desert serpent in sun may bask2
Doth that slender cord as 1t threads the waves
stretch past the portals Of mighty caves
Places Of splendor, where Jewels CLEAN
In the glare Of the blue, phosphoric stream,
Shed by those living lamps that grow
In the lofty roof and the walls Of snow,
And where the kings Of the weltering brine
Hold their wild reyels by throne and shrine
We follow fast on thy path Of FIRE
With dreaming fancy, oh mystic wire
We see the mountains and valleys gray
With the plants that know not the upper day,
We see the assures that grimly lie
Where the wounded whale dives down to die,
And morei we sec what hath stirred us more,
The wrecks that checker the ocean floor
Ships that, full freighted with life and gold,
Suddenly sank to doom untold
Gaileons that floating from naughty Spain,
Reached not the haven Of home again
Martial vessels Of power and pride,
Shattered and mounted and carnage-dyed,
And giant steamers that stemmed the seas,
Whose fate is with ocean mysteries.
Full many message Of haste and love
Shall quiver the broken mast above,
OF flash by those shapes, erect and pale,
With loaded feet and with shrouding sail,
That stand and wait, without hope or dread, |
For the great sea to give up its dead,
When those long parted by land and wave
Shall meet in the glory beyond the grave.
Sad thoughts are these that have their hour |
Let them pass in the tide Of cxulting power 1
In the stream Of praise md tho ..ntlsssii rrcs I
To the mighty Maker Of earth and sea,
Who hath granted still to finite race
To conquer time and to cancel space,
And througha human hand hath thrown
His grapphng-iro from zone to zone.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1866-11-10

nS- John @. SAKE, the poet. vas one
Of the orators at the monster meeting in
New York. NJ. SAKE said (: never
knew Andrew johnson called traitor,
withoqt forgetting my manners and rtnem-
bering only my ruscle."
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1866-11-10
= The Atlantic Telegraph.


This truly sublime poetry upon the Allan.
tic telegraph was written by Mrs. warfeld,
Of pewee Valley. well known to our readers
for years as one Of tho very highest genius
es Of the nation:
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1866-11-10
Life Of the universe ! spirit Of irei

From that single chord Of thy living Tyre
Sweep us strain Of the depths profound
Teach us the mysteries that gird thee round
by the mariners eye or the poets thought
The thrilling impulse flows free and strong
As the fash Of soul or the stream Of song.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1866-11-10

stB- What three words can colored
boy repeat that being spelled backwards
viii convey the same meaning De man
named
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-03-17
HUMPHREYS
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~. Diseases Of the Eye and Far.
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-03-17
Is
Medical,
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InisuoequAied preparation which posse.s4,tbe nac,
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itching aud soreness OF theskin. Persons b.,
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until they had tried my Hair Tonic 1t has cured Dc
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whole head and In the Of thirty days after
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growing resumed its former healthy srowth.
In the of one James Mershou of the 21s Iowa
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-03-17
REMOVAL.

rVHE OFFICE OF THE
IL Surveyor a. Collector Of Customs
Is removed to
Third Street, bet Main d johnson, Keokuk, Io,ca,
IN the Law Office OF Col. Bruce. Importers and all
others having business with the undersigned will find
him by calling at his Office from 81 TO 4Pn.
feb22d3m JOHN sTANNUs, Surveyor Collector.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-03-17
For Sale at a Bargain !!

NJ I present residence, situated on the cor
~ Of lur;h an Morgan streets, lots apd Q,
block Al II "a brick house containing eight
rooms With AS good outbuiidings there In the
city stable wood coal house and wash h0nse. The
pr pers all In good repair The lott we'll led with
choice aud shrnebery Peach, Pear Ounce
Plum apple aud Cherry Trees, all fruit barng besides
all the smaller fruits II cannot find purchaser for
the and three lots will e the and lot No
= upon which all the improve situated. Tn.
pr pery Is stu lted in OF the best in
the city only hye inmates walk from same 10 business
portion Of Main eet will be sold At fair price and
upon favorable Possession given tnmedittely
Also )od and Piano and Piano Stool, which
offer for fev days at hundred ard fifty doors. II
not SOLD will ship the nu actur-rs. can be
fouud on the premises mentioned, or at the office Of
C1nnabIe a smyth. focte gro. B. SMTrH.
The Placer herald., 1866-02-24

STRONGLY STATED" Taxation without
Representation, forcibly and wisely remarks
the New Hampshire Patriot, twas what our
liberty.loving ancestors of the Revolution
resisted in seven years heroic strife with
the gigantic powers Of England. Taxation
without representation" was what the Brit
ish tories in England and here sought to im-
pose upon the American Colonies. This was
the prime cause Of the Revolution. The
Radicals of to-day have placed our Govern
ment in precisely the position towards the
South that England held towards America
in l77O-6-and the South in precisely the
position towards the Government that the
Colonies held towards England at that time.
They deny representation in Congress to the
South, while insisting upon the payment OF
taxes by her people. They thus occupy the
ground Of the British tories; and the South,
while demanding representation while viii.
ling to resume their just share Of Govern
ment, is placed by the Radicals on the ground
held by the patriots Of the Revolution. In
this phase of our internal contest, it is no,
strange that thoughtful and patriotic people
should sympathise with the South and seek
to aid them in their just rights. He who
endorses the course Of the Radicals condemns
the course Of the patriots Of our Revolution
and justi6ss the tories for adhsripg to Eng
land.
The Placer herald., 1866-02-24

How TO APPRECIATE W1vEs.-Accordiap
to the laws Of the Greek Church, its olengy
may marry once but il the wife dies they srs-
not allowed to choose a successor, = strange
Interpretation Of St. Paul's injunction TO the.
young Bishop of Ephesus, Tim. 3:2). 1t is-
said, and may easily be believed, that this
gains for the lady a larger amount Of re''
spect and attention than is usually the lot
Of her sex in the East A gentleman resid.
ing in Syria was exceedingly surprised. on.
once entering the house Of q leading. priest:
to find him engaged in washing. the. linen
of the household; and on snquiring the rsa'
son of such an apparently uncerical oseups-
ton, the reverend papa replied: II do this
to save my wife labor, that she may live the
longer; for you know, oh Kyrie, that the law
Of our church does not permit me to have
another, and l wish to keep this as long as l
can."
The Placer herald., 1866-02-24
Union Democrat.

No DouBr OF Ir.-A Washington letter.
writer says that considerable dissatisfa lion.
has been manifested With Secretary McCsl.
Tough for appointing Southern men a. COLI
Iectors of customs for Southern ports. We,
don't doubt that there is great dissa.isiao.
ton among abolition patriots At seeing "rs.i
ed themselves. What's tho usa of making
"colonies" out of the Southern States if the
loyal North is not to have the officssl 1. is
astonishing that Secretary Mccullough.
should be so oblvious to the interests Of The.
great Republican party, as to give mon POI.
sition who will not use its influence to exalt
the blessed negro. Just think Of it, reader;
at time when the North is claiming the
right to choose Representatives in Congress.
for the Southern people, this functionary is.
dispensing federal patronage to the subjuga-.
ted race of that bsnighted region.
Santa Clara Argws.
The Placer herald., 1866-02-24

PLAIN TALK.-Tbaddeus Stevens, the lead.
er Of the radicals in the lower House of Con.
gress, recently sneered at President Johnson's
position on reconstruction by saying that
none but a few visionary dreamers pretended
that the Southern Statea are not out of the
Union. He argued that the confederacy VA
de tacto government, and that the States
which seeded should now be kept out ~
Territories. Stevens went further, and said
candidly that if the Union is restored the
democratic party would be again 10 power;
that for the preservation Of abolition control
OF public affairs the Southern States must be
kept out. This is patriotism with . veng-
eance. States must be stripped of their
proud robes ofsovereiguty, of the Union remain
unrestored, and eight millions of American.
citizens be disfrancbised all in order to secure.
the political asceudeucy Of the black republi..
can party. 4'
Union Democrat.
The Placer herald., 1866-02-24
LAW OF NEWSPAPERS.

l. Subscribers who do not give express notice
to the contrary, are considered as wishing to
continue their subscription.
2. II subscribers wish their papers discontin-
ued. publishers may continue to send them until
all charges are paid.
3. II subscribers neglect or refuse to take
their papers from the office or place to which
they are sent, they held responsible until they
settle their bills and give due notice to discon-
tnue.
4. IF subscribers move to other places with
out informing the publisher, and the paper is
sent to the former direction, they are held re-
sponsibc. Notice sh ould always be given of the
removal.
s. The Courts have decided. that refusing to
take paper from the office, or removing and
leaving it uncalled for, is prima tacia evidence
Of intentional fraud.
The Placer herald., 1866-02-24
Jefferson Davis.

The London Quarterly Review concludes
an able article with the following language:
For four years Jefferson Davis was the
appointed ruler Of eleven great States, sew.
eral Of which had been acknow lodged as
free, sovereign and independent powers by
Europe. His dominion was no mere insur.
gent district, but a region ample enough for
many kingdoms. lie sent into the field
great armies, made illustrious by brilliant
victories and leaders of enduring renown.
Supported by a unanimous people, he ruled
in strict conformity with the laws of the
land and its constitution. When vehement
ly urged, as he was, to suppress the opposi-
ton papers, which were ever buzzing and
singing at Richmond, greatly to the profit
of the enemy, he resolutely refused to inter-
fere with the freedom of the press. When
urged to retaliate the murder Of ten men,
shot at Palmyra by the federal Mcneil, un
der circumstances of atrocity that none can
read without a shudder, be refused to listen
to the voice of natural Indignation, and de-
cIined to shed one drop of blood except on
the open field of battle In all but penury
for his property fell early into the hands
of the enemy, and his salary, payable in
deprecated currency, soon afforded but the
necessaries Of life-calm, dignifed, swaying
with commanding intellect the able men
that surrounded him; eloquent as a speaker
and writer. giving State papers to the
world which are among the finest compost.
tions of our time; Of warm domestic atfec.
tions in his inner life, and strong religious
principles; held up by vigor of spirit that
nerved an exhausted and enfeebIed frame
such was the chosen constitutional ruler of
one'fourth Of the American people, whom it
is now proposed to visit with feon's death.
We do not believe that such an act will be
perpetrated. Three minutes may end that
life upon the scaffold, but all The centuries to
come cannot undo the deed. We feel as.
sured that there are those in the North who
will reflect how such an act would read in
the future history of the countrymen of
Washington. Nor can there be wanting
in the North men of sufficient judgment to
discern that the obstacles in the way of re-
union are great enough without adding an.
other spot that could never be washed out
while memory holds its place among the
people of the South.
The Placer herald., 1866-02-24

FRANCE AND MExICo.-A telegram says
the French official yellow Book" contain.
ing Drouyn de Lhuys dispatches to the
Washington Government on the Mexican
questson, has been published, together with
dispatch relating to Drouyn de Lhuys con.
versalion with Mr.. Bigelow, declining all
official controversy upon measures taken by
Macmillan, stating that he could only re-
ceive Mr.. Bigelow's communications on that
subject as simple information, they being Of
purely administrative order. The Minis
ter added: "Rslyiug upon the equitable
spirit Of the Washington Cabinet, We expec,
from it the assurance that the American
people will conform to the law Of non-inter
ventiou, which they invoks, BY maintaining
strict neutrality with regard to Mexico"
The Placer herald., 1866-02-24

GROWING PLuMp.-A lady reader Of the
Boudoir New York; declares that she has
added greatly to her plumpoess BY taking
every morning for few weeks the following
pleasing preliminary to breakfast: Beat up
we'll in tumbler two raw eggs, add good
teaspoonfu|l Of sugar, Gil the tumbler with
boiling water. sprinkle on top little grated
nutmeg or ginger. She further alleges that
the administration Of this to her lean
lady friends has invariably resulted in spec
dy addition to their weight.
The Placer herald., 1866-02-24

MEETING DEArH.-Bonaparte died in bis
military garb, his field marshal's uniform
and his boots, which he had orderd to be put
on a short time previous to his dissolution.
Augustus Caesar chose to die in standing
position, and was careful in arranging his
dress for the occasion. Seward, Earl OF
Northumberland, when At the point Of death,
Quilted bis bed, put on bis armor saying
'that It became not msu to die like {
beast"
The Placer herald., 1866-02-24

educated, and will he able, if the worst comes
to the worst, to take care of themselves.
Remember me kindly to your family, my
dear brother, and let me hear from you. We
have become old men. We have both had
our troubles, but the chain of affection which
binds me to you remains unaffected by the
cares Of the world. and is As bright now az
when We slept in each Others arms. Your
adsctionate brother, R. SEMMEs.
The Placer herald., 1866-02-24

f%A sailor, in giving bis opinion Of all'
the religious denominations said:
II liked the EpiscopaIons best"
And when asked why, said:
I'm all other churches you must cit mum.
and take the jaw; bu. iu the Episcopal
church you jaw back"
The Placer herald., 1866-02-24
THE SNOW.

| 1.-THE following exceedingly beautiful poem ap
peared in the Knickerbocker .Nagasine in 1858
The author is unknown.1
Oh! the snow, the beautiful snow,
Filling the sky and the earth below;
Over the housetops, over the street.
Over the heads Of the people you meet;
Dancing.
Skimming along
Beautiful snow! it can do no wrongI
Flying to kiss fair lady's cheek;
Clinging to lips in frolicsome freak;
Beautiful snow from the heavens above,
Pure as an angel, and fcklc as love.
Oh! the snow, the beautiful snow!
How the fakes gather and laugh as they 60!
Whiring about in its maddening fun,
1t plays in its glee with every one.
Cheering,
Laughing,
Hurrying by,
1t lights upon the face, and it sparkles the eye;
And even the dogs, with q bark and bound,
Snap at the crystals that eddy around;
The town is alive. and its heart in glow,
To welcome the coming of the beautiful snow.
How the wild crowd goes swaying along,
Hailing each other with humor and song!
How the gay sedgcs like meteors pass by.
Bright for the moment, then lost to the eye;
Ringing,
Swinging,
Dashing they 20,
Over the crust of the beautiful snow!
Snow so pure when it falls from the sky,
To be trampled in mud by the crowd rushing by;
To be tracked and trampled by the thousands OF
Till it blends in the filth of the horrible street.
Once was pure as the snow-but fell;
Fell like the snow fakes from heaven to hell;
Ln1 hD <w,~ ovoIu III L..
Fell, to be scoffed at, to be spit on and beat;
Cursing,
Dreading to die;
Selling my soul to whoever wonld buy;
Dealing in shame for morsel of bread,
Hating the living. fearing the dead.
Merciiul God! have l fallen so low?
And yet, was once like this beautiful snow.
Once WAS fair as the beautiful snow.
With eye like its crystals, heart like its glow;
Once was low ed for my innocent grace
Flattered and sought for the charms of my face;
Mother.
Sister. all,
God, and myself. l have lost by my fall.
The veriest wretch that goes shivcrng by;
Will take wide sweep, lest wander too nigh;
For all that is on or about me, know
There's nothing that's pure but the beautiful snow
How strange it should be that the beautiful snow
Should fall on sinner with nowhere to go.
How strange it would be when the night comes
again
If the snow and the ice struck my desperate brain;
Painting,
Freezing,
Dying alone,
Too wicked for prayer too weak for my moan
To be heard in the crash OF the crazy town.
Gone mad in their joy at the SHOWS coming down;
So lie and to die in my terrible woe.
With bed and shroud of the beautiful snow!