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The Van Buren press., 1866-03-31
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Wisdom.
country,


A sophist wishing to puzzle Ihale, the
Milician, one of the wise men of Greece,
proposed to him in rapid succession,
the following questions:
The philosopher replied to them al,
without the least hesitation and with how
much propriety the reader can iudTe Tor
himself
Whati the oldest of oil thirgsI
God, because he always existed
What is the most beautiful?
The world, because it is the uSra OF
God.
What is the greatest o. I'LL things!
Space, because it contains - thss 10
created
What is the swiftest Of all th!ngs3
Thought, because in moment IL can
fly to the end Of the universe.
What is the strongestg
Necessity, because it makes. men face
all the dangers of life.
What is the most difficult?
TO know thyself.
What is the most constant OF all
things!
Hope, because it still remains with
man after he has lost everything else.
The Van Buren press., 1866-03-31

A packing case maker asks what is the
difference between carpenters shop
and the public sewerS In the latter
there is a deal of smell, III the former 4
smell Of deal
The Van Buren press., 1866-03-31
DR.. l.. &. WHlYE,

MAY. Is usual, be found at his Office IN
lNl the Drug St0re Having received the
appointment OF United States Marshal. and
being physically unable to endure the hard
ships of country practice. he is compelled to
contine his professional duties within the city
limits but will DO all that may be possible for
his country friends.
Van Buren,, Feb. |, &C. If
The Van Buren press., 1866-03-31

Fs- If you wish to strike for wages,
strike with the hammer or hoe.
The Van Buren press., 1866-03-31

E4' However much drummer may
beat time, time will at last beat him.
The Van Buren press., 1866-03-31

Es" Beauty, like Lightning, appears
and strikes at the same instant.
The Van Buren press., 1866-03-31

IS-A man must have but precious lit
tie bravery who isn't too brave to be
cruel to an unarmed foe.
The Van Buren press., 1866-03-31

EgTwo passionate lovers laugh at
the world, aud the world laughs at them.
The Van Buren press., 1866-03-31

THE WEIGHT OF A BUsHEL.-The fol-
lowing table shows the number ofponnds
Of various articles contained in bushel /:
Wheat, sixty pounds.
Corn shelled, tifty-six pounds.
Corn, on the cob, seventy pounds.
Rye, fifty-six pounds.
Oats, thirty-si pounds.
Barley, fortvsix pounds
Buckwhcat, fifty six pounds.
Irish potatoes, sixty pounds.
Sweet potatoes fifty pounds.
Onions, fifty-seven pounds.
Beans, sixty pounds.
Bran, twenty pounds.
Clover seed, forty-five pounds.
Timothy seed, forty five pounds.
Blue grass seed, fourteen pounds.
Dried peaches, thirty three pounds.
The Van Buren press., 1866-03-31

A Mr.. Paine was the teacher of sing
ing school, and Miss Patience one OF
the pupils. In the course Of the even
ing the teacher gave out the tune set to
the words
.Come, gentle patience smile on PAIN
The pupils were so excited to laughter
that it was found impossible to sing the
line. Soon the teacher gave out another
in which were the following lines
"Ob. give me tears for others woes,
And patience for my own"
The risibilities Of the school were so
affected that all singing was deferred un-
til another occasion.
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-03-27

The Free Homestead is the name of loyal
Radical journal published at Winnebago
City, Mimi, edited occasionally by the
Receiver of the U s. Land Office Hear a
few of its compliments of President JOHN
son. Parson BRowNLow could scarcely
excel in grace and elegance, c 90 H2sg
What is President johnson but a traitor 2
He is traitor to his professed party; he is
traitor TO the best interests of the people
he is traitor to his own publicly svowed
principles.
Judas Iscariot betrayed his Lord and
Master for thirty pieces of silver Hr. JoAn-
son 6etrdps his ooUAtry and It's people. Tor
lshdtp-otice. -~,
Quite number of prominent Republi-
cans, We see, still cling 10 the President
with the hope that he may yet be reclaimed
There is no use talking. gentlemen, lac IS a
mass IF corruption; trotc the rotten carcass
tO-the dogs. and let them si0bber O0er it 10
heir AedTt's c0ateat. 1t is said the dog shall
return TO his vOmit, and the SOW wallow in
the mire.' Andy Johnson has done this, aud
Ve say. tet Rim Wdll0to. .t ff.flr.i
We haze no Further hopes Of Andy. We
turn him OUer to traitors aud C0pperhedds
Depart. We cursed and unclean thing we
are not Of God, but of the Devil "
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-03-27
r he Financial Condition OF Mexico.

II he Financial Condition OF Mexico.
Mexico was indebted 70 French subjects
lie IS than s3000,0O0, yet LOUIS NApoLEox
Sc AIT overvG crowned head to take posses
81 on of the country, as Kind of collateral
5 scurity forthat small sum, while the Re-
public was indebted to Spanish subjects
e9,bOO,OOO, and to British, and other subjects
no less u sum than Ssoentv-ntae Milisons
Five Hundred Thossaad Dollars! Before
the advent OF MAxInrLLrAN, there was
scarcely source Of revenue, OF any mag
nitude, Customs, Mines, &C., that had not
been pledged, by one Administration or
another, as security for these several items
Of the public debt.
While Mexico was yet a Republic, the
national annual expenses were set down at
sll,00000O; but, having reached the dig
nifty ofs monarchy, S50,0O0,OOO are found
essential. and the greater part ofthat has to
be borrowed from European sources--and
all the while the Imperial strong-box is in
a state Of collapse. II IL emphatically as
serted that in addition to the sl5O.OO0,0O as
the amount OF the public loans put out for
Maximilllan In France, and taken by French
subjects, and for which Louis Napoleon Is
morally responsible. there have been ex-
pended from the public revenues Of France,
up to the end of the year 1865, in this at
tempt to propagate monarchical institutions
ON the American continent sl50,0O0,O0O
more. II may be calculated, with reason.
that this day and generation" will fail to
see either stable or self-sustaining Gov
ernment established in that country, into
the hands Of whomsoeyer 1t may fall. In the
course OF checquered events.
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-03-27
More OF the Conspiracy.

1t was specially dispatched yesterday to
the Commercial, from Washington, that an
effort viii be made In the Senate this week
TO reconsider the vote by which Senator
Stockton was declared entitled to his seat.
The pretense for opening the whole ques-
tion again is that the Senate decide whether
= Senator. the validity OF whose seat il in
controversy, can vote iu his own favor
If the case Is reopeued by reconsidera-
tion, II is believed that Mr.. Stockton will
lose his seat. Unless Stockton is driven
from the Senate, the Conspirators despair
Of being able to defy the constitutional
scruples of the President. They will surely
Oust him, II they can trump up the shadow
of a right. .i
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-03-27
The Cost OF LiVing--rhe Causes of
High Prices.

committee of Bostonians recently Vis-
tied Philadelphia, Albany and New York
with view of inqulring iuto the eompara-
tive cost of living in those cities and on
their return home they reported, thar while
the increased cost of living, compared with
prices before the war was l26 per cent. in
Boston. IN Philadelphia twas l5O per cent,
and In Albany and New York much
greater. The increase in Philadelphia,
when compared with prices in 1880, prob
ably is, in some cases. $50 per cent.
The same proportion OF increase will be
found 10 prevail in all our Western cities
and towns, and the causes the same the
country governed by the most pronignte
party, known In any country, in modern
times-an overwhelming national debt
taxation eating out the substance, sucking
the very lile-blood of the producing classes
a locust-army OF otfice-holders, whose
stealings and exactions have become a
physical and moral pestilence-s Congress
whose policy Is almost wholly controlled
and directed BY an organized band of the
most unscrupulous and corrupt men who
ever co-operated In the ruin and enslave-
ment OF people-these are some Of the
main causes of this lsmentable state OF our
domestic affairs; and yet, incredible as it
would seem, thousands of Intelligent far
mers and mechanics, merchants and opera
tors, who doplore what they are suffering,
are still expending their main energies in
sustaining the very actors who are the au-
thors of all these expressions and outrages.
Is 1t not amazing how political bigotries
and party hates can so aftiict otherwise In
telligent men and good citizens with moral
blindness.
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-03-27
The Praise OF his Friends.

The Springfield tIll.) Register Is the CEN
tral organ of radical Suckepiom. Read
one of It's snlogles Of the President whom
it labored Lealously To elect: ..... Ia.
There is no reason to suppose that such a
BEAST (ANDREw JoHEsoN) will exhibit
signs of penitence, much less will he be
likely to give up his grasp on the public
treasury. II any thing useful results in
this regard, 1t must be brought about by
cOERCIVE MEASU IL Is now re-
ported that Thad. Stevens declares, u the
House Of Representatives was In session he
would move the impeachment of the DE-
BAUCHED BUFFOOH It's 20 be hoped
Thad.'s Indignation viii not die out before
the session commences. His yirtuous wrath
should not be short-iiYed.
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-03-27
Freed Negro Labor,

The Wilmington On. C.) Journal contains
the following r. .,a..
"A friend Of ours allowed the negroes
belonging to plantation, ten miles below
town, situated upon Town Greek, TO remain
on the plantation, provided they would
cultivate it and allow him one-third, which
they agreed to do. There we're forty two
negroes, all told. His third, upon divi-
sion of the products, consisted OF four and
three-quartcr bushels of corn, two hundred
and seventy-ive pounds of fodder, thirty
pounds seven ounces Of clean rlUe, four
roasting ears, and q FEW tomatoes" rl
How would our Republican farmers of
the Miami Valley like TO make such divide
with their African friends' Wouldn't
their super loyalty kind o gin eout" be-
fore they got that f.rs f.,A'fl % '-tt.'-- .-
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-03-27
GLEANINGs FROM THEMAILs.

L
One Of the Government revenue de-
| tectives seriously Informs the CommIs-
sloner of Customs that the Canadian
smngRlers have laid pipes across the ST.
Law renee river, and are engaged in pump
ing whisky IRON Canada Into the United
states. lie says he Is searching for the
spout.
| DusrlNd CLINICAL CfoAK.--t)oiOnei W.
Mckay had 10 give Rev. James Sinclair a
thfashlng IN Fayetteville, North Carolina
last week. The Reverend attacked him
with pistol and cane and caught lt.
The Brownsville (Texss)3 Coaciev saws
that recently two citizens were taken TO
the camp Of the l4th United States negro
regiment and hung up BY the thumbs to
make them confess to the theft of some
money which they did not steal.
On Thursday morning last an old gentle
nian named Werzel, residing In st. AIbans
township. ILL.,, and his daughter Maggie,
aged about seventeen, were both drowned
in Bear creek, at Cooks bridge, In that
township.
Mr.. Phillip Bieklln Dallas, the only son
Of the late Hon. George M. Dallas, died on
Thursday, in Philadelphia, la the forty first
year Of his age.
Havana letters say that Cuban gentle
man named Francisco San de Juan, who
died recently. left his entire estate. valued
at $i00000, to Spanish female school, with
provision In his will that if the Spanish
Government shall in any manner interfere
with the legacy, II shall revert to the United
States,
No Go.-The New Jersey railroad mo-
nopolists are not to be lnterfered with. IL
appears. The committee of Congress, TO
whom was referred the project Of an air
line railroad from New York TO Washing
ton have, after seeing several men," de-
cided against ths bill.
The Pittsburg ChronieIe congratulates
the Inhabitants OF the smoky city that the
price of gas In thar city is lower than at
any other place In the United States, being
one dollar and ninety cents per thousand
feet Government tax Included
II. x. Durfee was arrested Ia the West
Virginia oil regions last week and taken TO
Grand Rapids, Michigan, charged with the
murder Of Harriet Belldon. near that place,
on the 2lth Of last October.
Among the principal creditors who have
arrested George \. Sanders, la London,
there appears the name OF Arthur Rankin,
of Windsor, Canada, for the sum of E3OOO.
Sanders was still in custody, and would be
hear'i on the 23d inst.
X. ". Buflinton. of Fail River, whose for
gcries to the amount of $4,000 have been
commenced OH, Is very respectfully con
nected young man. and the forgeries grew
out OF his foais 10 disclose q loss Of $2OOO0,
which ho made In specializing in sutlers'
goods In the Potomac army.
CooL.-The London Times denouucing
the United States Government for permit
ting the sale of Fenian bonds, when during
the whole Of the war, the bonds of the Con-
federate States were daily sold In London
at regular stocks boards, formed for that
purpose
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-03-27
The Present strength ofthe Army.


The Secretary of War has communicated
a document to the House of Representatives
in reply to a resolution, showing chat on
the 9th Of January last, ofthe troops In SER
vice lOseO were employed In Missouri
4.64l ia Virginia; 3.l06 In North Carolina :
4.76S in South Carolina; l.063 In Georgia :
l0l93 in Mississippi; 10,623ln Alabama TO-
6Sl In Tennessee; 1861 In Arkansas; sl0l,-
lb3 in Louisiana, and 2924S In Texas. Or
ders have been issued Tor the further reduce
ton OF 1864 whites and 5000 colored, or
in all 4l,744 men.
The recapitulation shows che troops in
the volunteer service: White. 2,264 officers.
and 5532o men eolored, 2,393 officers, and
63313 men. In the regular service, LIZA
officers, and 25,463 men; General. staff and
retired officers In the regular army. 62l /;
General and staff officers In volunteer SER
vice. LOIS; First Battalion Veteran Reserve
Corps, not attached to companies, 600: Sig
nal Corps, l6 officers and 58 men. Deduct
ing the officers of the regular army in the
volunteer service there are 7,943 officers,
forming, with the men, a grand total In
the army of the United States Of lb26ll.
The estimate OF the annual expense of the
army as now organized aud distributed Is
sl2O3O2S3s. Deduct estimate for troops
ordered 70 be mustered out, S32, $40. .lla, and
this leaves an aggregate Of $s7,3e2,759,
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-03-27
Married.

FLATH-RkEG.-Oh the nth of February nv
and Miss ELIzXBHTR REG, both OF Dayton. ton "
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-03-27
Mayors Proclamation.

MAYORS oYPICE
Dayton, o., March ~ 1865.
Il HE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE:
CITY OF Dayton, are hereby notified that the A.
nual Election for City and Township Officers WIT
DC held In said city ON Monday the "a day OF Apri
One Mayor; W i.a'
One City Marshal; .r.. ..Ht
One Dtrector Of City inhrmary;
One Wood MeIsurer; - .
One Trustee or Councilman and
- One Meui)er Of thU Board OF Education in e eets
Ward. - ~
!. ON Township TICHRT-Two Constat,Ie. In
City ut large, and one Assessor In each Ward
The following will be tho places OF voting in the
several w ards, to-wit: ..' t =
First Ward-Eastern Engine. House;
Secoud Ward--Independent Engine House
Third Ward Miami Engine House;
Fourth Ward Western Engine House ~f-
Firth Mard--Cential Engine House; y 70
Sixth WArd-PacihC Engine House;
seventh Ward-Walnut House WAYNE s'kreat. .
Eight Ward--John Nipgen's, junction OF War
rem and Main streets. .'' 81 II h = ri ~
The polls will be opened At six O'Clock An the
morning ana closed At six O'Clock in the evening
mar N-std H4il T. e. ELLIS, Mayor
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-03-27

THE DEsPERADo, OF THE PLAINs.--The
desperate who attempted TO murder his fell
w-passsngers in the overland stage near
Alkali station, between Fort Kearney and
Denver, was a German named Fred. Hen
shild, who was a criminal Ia Montana, and
fed 10 escape the vigilance committee, The
passenger Killed was Lewis F. Rice, of Coll
orado, formerly from New York. Those
Wounded were w. w. Barlow, Deputy Mar
shal for Colorado, severely, and ". McCaul.
from near Chicago. The latter finally killed
Henshild by shooting him eight or ten times
with revolver 81,
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-03-27
Brag!

The Montreal Telegraph, of the 10Th Inst,
sends over the border TO US this gentle
hint:
If the British Empire had a Palmerston
at the helm, the conspiracy of Yankee
brigands, called Fenianism, would be
brought to sudden end In the United
States by instructions 10 the British Min
lister 10 wait on Mr.. Seward and inform hin,
that any attack on the British possessions
in America from the United States, no mat
ter in what shape, would be accepted as a
declaration OF war. ..j-.
ILLINOIS TRAGEDIEs.--O Thursday after-
noon, James Burk and wife, and John Kel-
ley, wife and daughter, all residents of San
CANON county, In attempting to cross the
South fork OF the Sangamon river, at
Breckinridge's Mill, about twelve miles
from Springfield, ILL.,, with a span Of horses
and wagon, were all drowned. The driver
Of the team and 9 young lady succeeded la
getting TO the shore safe. T. ,.,.iih rl...l
Mrs. Rogers, wife OF Sander Rogers, liy-
ing near Lenimar,e Grant county, Wis, on
Tuesday last first poisoned her two boys.
aged five and six years, and then poisoned
herself. All three are dead. Domestic
troubles were the inspiring cause Of the
sal deed. tii -. 80
Brigham Young has been made f0rlorn
wlAower twenty eight times during his
eohjugal experience. He endures his many
bereavernents with the fortitude Of Da-
hon1ey chief la. aadFSs
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-03-27
The Cincinnati Fire--IOsses and
Insurance.

The total losses, OF different sufferers
roots up sl,790,OOO. The total Insurance so
far as known:
II. Home Companies, ...- ...-s snn'vgg sS'vggg
y Foreign Companies, 0'VV'
ro,at sggTOOJ
Dedueting this insurance, the total loss
is shown to be one D,iHioR Jour hundred aud
ninety-niae thousand dolldrs l-all wiped out
by the most destructive OF elements, In the
brief space of two hours!
tue LOSING PARTIES.
The following gives about as correct an
estimate of the losses, In the aggregate, as
can, in the present state Of affairs, be ar
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-03-27

Let Mr.. Thsd. Stevens maintain his
proper indignation until the next session,
and II In the mean time Andy Johnson
does not resign, "A most improbable conJec.
turc, NOR DIR OFF IN A DRUNKEN DEBAUcH
equally improbable, for heaven Is chas-
tening this nation In divers miraculous
ways, THEN REMOVE HIM BY IN
PLACEMENT"
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-03-27
WsfelIaueans.
Dayton & Greencastle Property
AT
Master Commissioners Sale.
W ~ against Case No, soa
David Clark ct al Superior Court.

David diSrR ct al superior Court
y URSUANT TO AN ORDER OF SALE
Issued and directed to me by the Superior Court OF
tasPsSS iGSS' 2sS tSe at the term
9ner f9r sale at public auction at the door of the
Oourt house. In the city Of Dayton In said county
.i-a ON SATURDAY. APRIL T. 1ses,
Al O'Clock T. N. OF said day the follow lrR several
parcels or real estate situate n tho city Of
AND numbered on the revised plat Of Said CITY of
Lot No. sl5l duly appraised at $1,000 90 ~
%. No g sgT -. 1000 =.
No. No. sSss sSSs 1sS@ 1ssSS@S
And part Of lot No. sO9s, commencing nj the
eastwardly along the northern line OF said lot ~
ieet thence at right angles soQthwardly, % feet
lot; thence at right -angles westwsrdiy "a feet 10
the western line Of said lot thence northw ardly,
d ssa me,essm % G i ne 70 the place Of beginning
corner OF said lot and running thence westwardIy
with its Jthein line, 81 feet thence at right an
Rles southWArdly, ~ feet inches more or less To
the middle OF said lot; thence at right an giles east
vardly, 10 the east line of said lot: thence north
beginning Said parts Of said lots No soSs il so9l
IS above hast described all together have been an
Also-The following real estate situate in the town
q -, HreencastIe, ~ said county of Montgomery,
'"'i" ~. Ioeu' numpereu as folloWs t0-Wit:
L9s 10 So' y q dAly appraised at -- $40 % -,-
No ~ Ne.a 40. b-s -. 10 10 az a.
Lots No and and the east half Of ,ot i'S No ~
said town Of Greencastle, together with ali that
tract or parcel of land bounded as follows, viz.
aud running thence west along lots numbered &
Band one half Of lot No, TO oneacre lot of David
poles and 10 links b. BaInett's line: thence dHs
east along said Barnett's line of land lately owned
ders lineto the place OF beginning containinS one
acre more or less '
said lots, ~! O. 8 aud TIT, east half of NO to.
llnv 1aa.e sla.l
, 1866-02-23

with the Commission for reporting to the
Government on the prices of the Islands
produce, to be used as a guide for fixing the
export-duty-tarif.
Appointed were Messrs. j. J. Lund and II.
@. Radcliffe.
The Chairman observed, that the 3rd crown
member (DuBois) and the End member for
Christiansted's town (Pontavice) left the AS
sembly after the discussion of the case No. g.,
in consequence of indisposition.
Nothing further to be discussed the Chairman
fixed the next meeting for Monday the 22nd
January 1866, IL o'clock noon, and the order
of the day
!. The continuation of the End discussion of
the provisional ordinance of the 23rd August
1864 containing additional clauses to the
ordinance 26th January 1s49. Amendments
to be. handed in latest on Monday the 18th
instant 3 o'clock p. m.
2. The interpretations put forth by the 1st
member for Christiansted's town (Heilbuth).
The meeting closed at 81 o'clock P. m.
, 1866-02-23

1866.
February.
Tuesday -. 90 Leaves st. Thomas for Basin at
8 A
Wednesday 81 Leaves Bassin for St. Thomas at
SPIN.
Sunday -. rs Leaves st. Thomas for Basin at
u A.
Do. rs Leaves Bassin for st. Thomas at
81 P. NJ!
Tuesday . .. 81 Leaves st. Thomas for Porto Ri
CO at s P. NJ.
Wednesdayl26I Leaves West End for st. Thomas
at 8 p. NJ.
March
r~aou 81 Awaits the European Mails
ra4us5 81 and leaves for West End
0''uf"A } and Porto Rico.
Christiansted Goth February 1866.
JULIUS KNUTHSEN,
Agent.
, 1866-02-23
FIRE INSURANCE.

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The res of Premium are moderate and thee conditions of Insurance are framed with
beMMy.
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Miscellaneous Assets .
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