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Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1866-11-10
Character Insurance Co,apany.

A good suggestion comes TO US from the
land of true morals, political religion, shod
dy contracts, petroleum fortunes and wood
en,nutmegs. A writer in one o. our New
York exchanges proposes that "all EN-
ployees to whose care money OF property
il confded shall be required By their EN-.
ployers to deposit policies Of insurance
guaranteeing their fidelity This propo-
sition supposes very general dishonesty
among our Northern NEG slbors, and is q
direct insult to their integrity. 1t is pred
icated upon the assumption that there is
as much danger Of every man being a
rogue as there is Of every house, being
lost by fire, or every ship being wrecked
by the storms Of ocean. We dare say tho
risk is as great and as worthy Of insurance
in the one case as in the other, and we do
not see why character should not be in
sared as well as property. At any rate
we are anxious to see whether the univer-
sal dishonesty, of which there are such la
mentable indications on every side, would
not be to some extent remedied by an ex-
pertinent Of the nature alluded to.
Let US see how the plan would work.
Here comes man seeking employment
as Cashier of bank, an Office Of great
temptation, which has proved very trying
to the virtue Of many Northern men late
ly. The bank President says " Where
Is the policy Of insurance which authorizes
me to rely upon you as an honest MANI" :"
The applicant owns his inability TO pro-
duca n apd tho h.xl f,f{soas ,al.,aac 80 40
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1866-11-10


RURAL SMPLIcIrY.-Miss Hewitt tells
the following as illustrative OF the sim
plicity Of the lower order among the
Swedes
Two servants were given tickets to go to
the theatre, to which they went. and from
which they soon returned. @You surely
have not been?" asked their MISTRESS
"Oh yes; we went to the theatre, and sat
there till suddenly curtain drew up and
some ladies and gentleman began talking
together, but as it was on family matters
we felt we were intruding, and so came
home." A second anecdote concerns a
contented newer OF wood and drawer Of
water. is not your work very monoto-
nous 2" some one asked him. mo, in
deed, there is plenty Of variety in it ;
sometimes its wood, sometimes it's
water.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1866-11-10

BRAzIL-For the benefit Of those Of oul
friends whose patriotism impels them tc
fly like towards from the task of hard
work sci before the poor belabored South
who prefer to live lazy, enervating, Ii
centious life among lazy, enervated, Ii
centious people, instead OF manfully going
to work to place the old land " on its
legs again, we have carefully collected
some important statistics Of the South
American Eden they sigh for. There
may be found spiders with bodies two in.
ches and legs seven inches long, that catch
and suck birds butterflies that are mis-.
taken Tor humming-birds; green snakes,
just like creeping plants. and a lively coral
snake with bands Of vermllion and black,
separated by clear white rings; monkeys
only seven inches long and bald-faced
apes that sleep all day and are remarka-
bly, lively all night. Reptiles, insects, and
two-thirds Of the fruits and berries are
poisonous and the birds, though boasting
brilliant plumage. are songless. Take il
all in all, the South, poor. ruined and des-
olate as she is. is worth hundred Brazils
yet. Let those who want 10 desert her,
leave. They viii not be missed. and the
room they would have occupied will be
filed by better people.-LoeisriRe Coti-
rier
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1866-11-10
A BRAZILIAN FOREST

Very different from such scene is the
gorgeous gloom ofa Brazilian forest, where
the wiry-haired sloth hangs from the
branches, the toothless ant-eatcr breaks
up with its hoofs the great earthly nests Of
the termtes, and the arriiadillo burrows in
the soil !; where the capybara and the ta-
pir rush to the water where painted
toucans cry to each other. golden plu-
mayed trogons sit on the topmost bouehs,
and sparkling humming-bifds fit over the
flowers; where beetles, like precious
stones, crawl up the huge trunks, and but
terflies Of all brilliant hues fan the still and
loaded air. Not like the small and pale or
sombre-hued species that we see in the
fields and gardens Of Britain are these !:
their numbers are prodigious their vari-
ETY. bewildering; many Of them are adorn-
ed with the most splendid colours, and
some of the finest are Of immense size
Very characteristic of this region are the
species Of the genus Mo,pho !; great but
terfies larger than mans open hand,
with the lower surface Of the wings adorn-
ed with pearly iridescence. and concen-
tric rings, while their upper face is of an
uniform azure, SO intensely lustrous that
the eye cannot gaze upon it in the sun
without pain.
Solemn are these primeval labyrinth of
giant trees, tangled with ten thousand
creepers, and rooted with lofty arches Of
light foliage, diversified with masses Of
glorious blossoms of all rich hues while
from the borders of the .iganpss.. %, ...s
row canaIs tnat perneate the lower levels
spring most elegant ferns. lowly sensitive
mimosas, great aud fantastic herbaceous
plants, marbled and spotted arums. close
ly compacted fsn-palms with spreading
crowns. and multitudes of other strange
forms Of vegetation in an almost incon,
ceivablcprofusion. The gigantic scale Of
life strongly excites astonishment in these
forests. In Europe we associate flowers
with herbs or shrubs, but here we see trees
of colossal height. in all the splendour of
bloom. which clothes the whole crown
with its colour.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1866-11-10

MAMMOTH PLANKs.-The San Francisco
Bulletin gives the following description
of mammoth planks made from the big
tree of California Visitors at the late
fair Of the Mechanics institute may re-
,nen,ber seeing two mammoth redwood
planks, which were sawed at Noyo river
up the coast. These planks are the largest
ever made, and at great expense and
trouble were got out by the exhibitors
Messrs. Macpherson & Wetherbee, who
desired to attract attention to the great
lumber resources along the northern coast
line Of the State. These are 80 zen feet
five inches wide and twelve feet long, and
are free from sap and knots. For the
purpose of getting them out, orders were
sent on to New York. to Messrs. Spear &
Jackson, for IL feet sash saw. As the
largest saw ever made Of this description
was only 10 feet long, the firm in New
York thought there must be some error
in the order, and wrote to that effect to
the parties here. The order being repeat
ed, the steel plate was made in Sheffield,
England, and sent to California. Some
persons who desire TO exhibit the big
planks at the worlds fair, to be held in
Paris in 1867. have offered to purchase
them; but the owners have determined
that 1t would be more appropriate and
valuable to the state to havessuch lumber
interests represented at Washington
With this view they intend donating one
of the planks to either the agricultural
department or the Smithsonian institute
at Washington, where hundreds Of
thousands Of visitors can see it every
year; and the other may be exhibited at
the worlds fairin 1867, to be afterwards
donated to the British museum in Lon
don."
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1866-11-10
GEoRcE FRAscrs TRA1S ON WursKy


GEoRGE Francis TRAIN ON WHISKY
George Francis Train withdraws from the
canvass as a candidate for Territorial del
egate in Congress from Nebraska, for rca
ons which are thus set forth:
am told to-day that money is wanted
for carriages to bring up the voters, and
to scatter among the beer shops and the
groggeries. Any spare money lmay have
! prefer to devote TO education and Chris
tian charities. Purchasing votes debases
the franchise and demoralizes the people.
/ have lectured too often for the Irish
Father Matthew societies to go back on
them by treating the voters. No wife, no
little children shall have reason to com
plain of drunken husband or father on
election day on my account. Whisky is
the curse Of our time. 1t is running our
young men, and hurrying our old men into
the grave. Rich and poor high and low,
alike, are being destroyed under its
blighting influence. When we have fewer
breweries, fewer distilleries, and more
Christian churches, more universities and
more schools, the law courts and the iails
will be less patronized, and the world the
better for it.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1866-11-10

vrcronAs FIVE DAuGHrERs.-Queen
Victoria has FIVE daughters. The Oldest
is the wife Of the Crown Prince of Prus-
sia. She is destined to become the future
Queen of Prussia. The second Alice. is
the wife ofthe Prince Ct Hesse-D -Darmstadt,
whose principality has been lately absorb
cd by Prussia. The third. Helena, be-
came recently the wife Of the Prince of
Teck, who is prince without principal
ity. Two remain unmarried Louise, who
is in her eighteenth year. and Beatrice.
who is in her ninth. What is to be done
with Louise, now that most OF the Pro.
testant German Princes have been ousted
from their petty thrones by Prussia
There is only one Protestant Prince now
available for royal conjugal purposes. and
he is the brother of the Princess of Wales
King George Of Greece. MIR. Gladstone
is, consequently. to proceed to Athens to
enter upon this delicate negotiation. Her
proposed husband is mere youth, who
dances well, and is fond of good cigars,
and is tolefsble good looking. He might
make an admirable clerk in a millinery
store. but is altogether out Of his place as
the chief Of the spirited Greek nation.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1866-11-10

II was a wise law of the ancient Jews
that the sons of evcn' their wealthiest men
should he Obliged to serve nm apprntice.
sbin 10 some nsefnl occupation. 40 tbat n
case Of reverse of fortune they might have
something to . fall back upon" The
4 me still exists in Turkey. where every
nan rich or poor. even the Sultan himself
must learn a trade. How fortunate would
it be now had it been law in this country,
+. Would to God l had trade /" is the
CRY Of thousands of our returned soldiers
North and South, who find themselves
ruined in pocket, with no immediate pros
| pect OF gaining q livelihood. 1t should
| teach parents that whatever else they may
give their sous they should give them a
good trade. One of our cotemporaries
most truthfully remarks that popular idea
among our people is that all their sons
should adopt a clerk-ship, as a means of
obtaining their livelihood, and every effort
is made to give them an education to that
end. So far as the education of their
children in the science of keeping proper
accounts is concerned. the idea Is a good
one, as every Young man should have suf-
ficient knowledge to properly manage his
own books, should he ever embark in
business ; but to make book-keepers aid
clerks Of all our boys is grand mis-
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1866-11-10

TEE SILVER HooK.--Dr. franklin
observing one day hearty young fellow
whom he knew to be an extraordinary
blacksmith, sitting on the wharf, bobbinp
for little mud cats and eels, he called to
him: All, Tom, what pity it is you can.
not fish with silver hook
The young man replied he was not able
to fish with a silver hook. Some days at.
ter this, the doctor passing that way. saw
Tom out at the end of the wharf again,
with his long pole bending over Che flood.
What, Tom cried the Doctor, have
You got the silver hook yet?n
)" Heaven bless you, Doctor" cried the
blacksmith, II am hardly able TO fsh with
an iron hook"
Poh! poh!" replied the Doctor, "go
home to your anvil, and you viii make Sill
yer enough in one day to buy more and
better fish than you can catch here in a
month"
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1866-11-10

lsFoRRASr TO LADIEs.--When lady
would compose her mouth TO bland and
serene character, she should, Just before
entering the room, say " BOSOM and ke y
the expression into which the mouth sub
sides until the desired effect upon the com
pany is produced. If. on the other hand.
she wishes to assume a distinguished and
somewhat noble bearing. not ssgeestive
Of sweetness sA- sl.- --aousS say q bru-. = Inc
result Of which Ia inieIn.suse. II she would
make her mouth look small, and needs en-.
larging, she must say cabbage" II she
wishes to look mournful she mast say
" kerchunck." II resigned, she must for
eibly calculate scat" Ladies when hav
ing their photographs taken may observe
these rules with some advantage.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1866-11-10

GENERAL JuBAL A. EARrT.-A private
letter from General Early to one of his
staff informs Us that he has completed his
narrative of his campaigns in the Valley.
1t was submitted TO General breckenridge
and Major johnson, who pronounced it
accurate in every respect. General Early
is in Toronto. Canada West, superintend-
ing the publication Of his work, and his
friends in the Valley can communicate
with him there. This book is written by
the General as his contribution to the
/" History Of the War;" and is published
at his own cost, with no idea Of a specu-
lation. We predict that 1t will create a
sensation when published Taaey Vir-
giRian.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1866-11-10

TaE LaRaEsr APrLEIS AMERIcA.--We
have On our table an apple presented us
by Col. w. c. Buford, from the farm Of
Mrs. Mary A. Milan. which we venture the
assertion that it cannot be beaten on the
American continent for size and quality.
Il is Of the pippin species and measures
fifteen and three-fourths inches in circum-
ference, weighing twenty-eight ounces, and
is one Of "a bushela and a halffrom the same
tree that averaged one aud half pounds
each. Who says Missouri is not fruit
growing country.-HuTis9nUills No.,
Dsnoc,,af.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1866-11-10

How sad, how much more desolate thai
death .tself, must be the heart that realizes
the fact that it has showered all its wealth
Of love upon a treacherous object, upon ons
who rifles the flowers Of ones life Of theil
sweets, and then, like bee, wings off TO ri
de other hfe-fowers. Twas such heart
robbed and deserted, that sung;
And the waves were eddying by;
And the round, red sun went down in the
When my loves longing lips to my lips were
Under the evening sky.
Now weeping alone by the river stray,
For my love has left me this many q day;
Left me 70 droop and die.
As the river flowed then, the river flows still,
In ripple, and foam, and spray.
On by the church, and round BY the hill,
And under the sluice BY the old burnt mill,
And out to the fading day;
But love 1t no more, for delight grows cold
When the song is sung and the tale is told,
and the heart is given away.
OIL river. run far Obi river, run fast!
Oh weeds float ON TO the sea
For the sun has gone down on my beautiful
And the hope that Ike bread on the waters
cast,
Have drifted away like thee?
So the dream it is fed and the day il il done.
And my lips will murmur the name OF one
Who viii never come back TO me.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1866-11-10

A REMEDy.-1'he annoyance OF the hic
cough can be stopped so easily that every
body should know how-it is done. II il
occasioned by the convulsive and invol
uniary action Of the diaphragm. which
lifts the stomach, as in vomiting and sea
sickness, which action is occasioned Oh
possible oaly when the stomach is empty,
The remedy is simple and infallible. Drink
water or any other beverage slowly, with
continual swallowing, so long as you can
hold your breath. If you do not breathe
in the process you tide over" the con
vulsion, and your hiccough is gone.-lSci.
snfvfc american.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1866-11-10

Coon JOKE on THE PoLrcE.-A citizen
Of South Bend stepped into the Mavor.
oiiins 49, ..- ssated tnat q .siv u,gnt previous
fellow came stalking into his house stark
naked, and that he was there yet Three
policemen at onoe started on the run to
Qust the intruder. When they got into
the house they asked to soc the fellow
that had como 10 there the night before
The nurse brought ont tho baby which the
citizens wife bad presented him with the
night before. The policemen snd,lenly dis
appeared and II is supposed have had TO
stand agood many extra siuce.-Eo,1s-
rifle Cor-isT, "a
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1866-11-10
GRAND AND IxPosrxo CosFEDERArE F

GRAND AND lMPosNe CONFEDERATE Fu
NERAL IN KESrucKY.--The Cincinnati
Commercial says:
On Tuesday last the bodies of ten Con
federate soldiers, two of whom were shot
by order o. General Burbridge, some two
years ago, in retaliation for the murder oI
a Union citizen Of Scott county. Ky, by
guerillas, were re-interred with great pomp
in the cemetery at Georgetown, Ky. Ex-
rebel soldiers. rebel sympathizers, &C., to
the amout Of FIVE or six thousand, formed
the funeral cortege. Basil Duke rode at
the head of about three hundred mounted
men. formerly of Morgan's old command,
and the widow Of the latter occupied car
riagc in the procession. All the rebel
soldiers and many others who took part in
the demonstration wore the red. white and
red badges. The orations were delivered
lone BY Rev. Mr.. Holland, formerly chap
lin in Howard Smiths regiment. Of Nor
gans command, and one by Rev. Mr.. Nc
CHM, Campbellits minister at George
town.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1866-11-10


The COOLIES IN CALIFoRNrA.-TheS San
Francisco Monitor speaks in unnattering
terms Of the Coolie laborers in California
"We we're informed, month or SO ago,
that a person had arrived in this city from
New Orleans to make arrangements for
the transfer Of 300 Cinnamon to work ON
Southern plantations, and as all distinc-
tions Of race and color are abolished by
the Civil Rights bill, so far as Congress
can do SO, we imagine the day not far dis
tant when the coppercolored pagan labor
viii be substituted for the labor Of the
white man in all the Atlantic States.
These coolies, for such they are, are
demoslizing blight to any community in
which they are domiciled. They are &C
tive and ingenious, it is true, good copy
lists. quick Of comprehension, and useful
drudges; but they are filthy. thievish and
UNANIMOUSLY vile. They are brought to this
city as merchandise, to be parceled out on
the labor market. with no other condition
than the supply Of their animal wants and
their return home, living or dead. at the
end II the term contracted for. Very few
Of them return alive. but continne to work
on their own account after the expiration
Of their term of service, aud after death
their bodies are picked up and transferred
to the Flowcry Kingdom annually.
There are several companies trading
under real or assumed names, engaged in
their import and export to and from
this citv The Chinese Nomination Of (,aI
ifornia may be set down at sevcnty-fve
thousand but II may not become us now
to present any details Of the demoralizing
influence Of so large heather population
on State which casts little over one
hundred thousand votes. or about fifteen
thousand votes less than were cast in
1856"
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1866-11-10

b. +. T., in the Chicago Journal, give
the following graphic sketch Of the dis
solving views to be seen from flying rail
road train on Western prairie:
When the train strikes out from the
wooded bluffs and rayines Of the Des
Moines upon the broad prairie, and you
see the grass rank and strong, now ripen.
ing with the flowers that grow between =
grass not very long ago trampled by the
Lords great herds. and never burdened
with any semblance Of harvest but the
swaths Of red fire, you feel that even by
rnihoad you have escaped from theartifce
Of society, and begin to think about leath.
er-stockings and saddle OF venison.
You have got out Of the realm of white
clover, that Christian grass Of human
homesteads, for, though one Of Cooper's
novels has set clover field blossoming
in an utter wilderness, yet it is phenom-
enon never witnessed anywhere else. The
prairie is not as rough as you find it far
ther west. There il less of heavy sea on.
You keepin the center OF flying horizon
OF about twenty miles in diameter. The
sun shines but there is golden blaze in
.ne ar. Inc iignt. rejected from different
polnls' gives you iliuS,Ve lakes tnat you
never near pat that al, AZ once vanish
r., sParkieu' eAhaied' ana gone 70 heaven'
The ripening grasses Of various species
growing harmoniously together, give you
the russets that brighten into yellow and
deepen into red, presenting scene az pay
as = painted atias. lAttie niliocks' crested
WIN tAi; yeilow nowers' dot the prairie
nn IKE the Knooped door oi money vault
lney are the work oi those fellows III striped
gophers; Ihe SKY line Tor
miles u uhDroKen. and the tall grass seems
70 rustie against the biue around the edges
oi tne world AT last small OBJECT is
elscernea, Tar out at your right. 1t has
,our sum legs and Is backed like camel.
Beside u Is small cigar box about the
Color OF wasps nest. Inc one isH de
serted stage statlon' and The other Wild
oarn' to,wit; small haystack on four
stil's' Clever isn II! When the horses
eat up the ROOT 1t IS spring But the cid
,oute Is aDandohed' and the lonely objects
look as dismal as the fragments OF wreck
AZ sea. fou think how wild this land
scape, ny and 6y, when, at the sound OF
lhe trumpets Of March, the gay old storms
Groom along these plains, tossing the air
!uil OF shrouds that never were woven,
oiotting out the trails, and making clean
"nlte world IN night. Looking about
you IN tne car at last, you discover that
me people have changed as much as the
The Inner evidences OF high
civilization have vanished the lady with
lne tilting noop that passed along the
aisle yesterday iairly tiattened into an IN
ler)ection' and resembling quaint letter
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1866-11-10

pa- A lady Of high standing in icy.
seath, Bavaria, sent large quantity ol
deIicacies to the wounded men Of hos
pltal, oomposed Of both Pussians and
BaFariaas, with the request Nat they he
given "nply to Prussians. The noble
Prussia9s rpturped her gin, saying that
they and The Rayarians were alt Germans
together, and on tho battle.6eld though
enemies, in the hospital. Wounded. they
were friends and hr1lhers. II any action
can take anything from the horrors Of war,
Il Is noble conduct Ike this
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1866-11-10

A REMARKABLE CASE OF REsEcTIos.--
Nearly three years ago phamphlet ap.
peared from the pen of Or. Foremento
an accomplished physician of this city,
containing memoirs Of his prac tice while
surgeon of the Louisiana Hospital al
Richmond, Va Among the remarkable
cases related in these memoirs was that
ofa resection, which, to the unprofession
al reader must have appeared almost in
credible. The operation in question was
performed on the arm of Capt. Ii. b.
Myatt, of the Lafayette Cadets, 14th
Louisiana Volunteers, wounded at Gain s
Mill, on the 9th of June, 1862. His
left arm was badly broken at the elbow.
The next day 2Sth Of June, four inches
of the bone above the elbow were resected,
and taken out through an incision which
was then closed. In short time the
subject not only returned to the field. but
returned with the use of his left arm to
such an extent that, except in being four
inches shorter, it was scarcely distinguish
able from the other.
The report of such a case might well
encounter doubt. But, fortunately, Cap.
Myatt presents himself as witness to is
perfect verify, and ia willing to exhibit his
arm 10 the skeptical as occular proof
We have scen 1t. The sight. thelgh plain
to the eyes, almost battles belief. 1t is
certainly marvel Of surgery. There is
no sockery for the elbow. no junction
between the upper and lower bones. The
lower arm hangs as if just broken and held
by nothing but the skin. But the muscles
work perfectly, and the left arm can per-
form every movement which the right can.
with equal precision, and with walmost
equal strength. New Orleans, the fame
of whose surgery has long been so high
and well deserved, has one more reason TO
be proud on that score.--N. o. Bee.