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A man named Josh was BROUGHT before

A man named Josh was brought before
country squire for stealing hog, and three
witnesses being examined, swore they saw
him steal il. A wag having VOLUNTEERED as
council for Josh, knowing the scope Of the
squire's brain, arose and addressed him
as follows: ''May it please your honor. D
can establish this mans honesty bsy
the shadow of a doubt, for I have
witnesses who are ready to swear IL
did not see him steal it." The SOU
ed his head for few moments as
thought, and with great dignity a
brushing back his hair, said: q
are twelve who did not see him stea
only three who did, I discharge the
eT."
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Brick FOmeroy's Comments on the
r a Memorial of Flowers,

r. 81 memorial OF E1OW5Es'
How touchingly beautiful must have
been the sight of thirty thousand Southern
women and children III Richmond streWing
the graves of their fallen dead on Memorial
Day! Truly it is sweet for ones country
to die, when the hand of beauty, the tear Of
sorrow, and the sweets of the floral king
dom are brought to the last resting place of
the loved who died in defence of their land,
their loved ones, and their liberties.
The women may weep
The mothers may pray
The heroes may sleep
There cometh q day
when history viii do full justice to those
who went forth to do or to die for their
country, North or South.
Who is there with heart In him the
would not rather be a dead soldier in q
sacred cemetery, watt ped by beauty, cover
ed with tear wet flowers, and shrined in
memory as they are by those who admire
bravery, than to be one of our Northern
vandalic generals like Butler, Banks, Cur
tis, Washburn, Prentiss, Schurz, Burnside,
Hurlburt, and others of that class of pa.
triots, who fought Tor spoils and not for
principles, and who were most active when
the enemy were in their rear?
There is not a soldier-grave in all the
South filled with him who wore the faded
gray, but is before God and the true world
more of man and patriot than the pOliti-
cal tool of tyranny who used his official
position to win wealth instead of honor, and
whose most successful warfare was carried
on against woman and children, alone and
defenseless. Who will strew flowers over
thief Butler or cotton-stealing Bsnks?-
Who viii, with roses perfume the air over
the grave of mule-loving Curtis or piano.
loving Preutiss? Who will shed tears ove1
the graves of hundreds of northern officers
who robbed, burned, and pillaged the homes
of innocent parties? Angels may weeT
over their sins, but mortals never will over
their virtues!
And who will weep over the graves o
the tyrants. towards. aud tools of tyrantt
who went about the country mobbing mer
for an opinion, imprisoning men for thei
belief, aud beating their brains out Will
clubs for not shouting a lie in praise of ty
ranny, cowardice. wrong aud usurpation
God bless the good women of our land, b,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1866-07-20

THE LAUGH OF WoMEN.--A woman has
no natural gift more pleasingiy bewitcbiDg
than sweet laugh. It is like the sound of
flutes on the water. 1t leaps from her in
a clear, sparkling rill; and the heart that
hears it feels as if bathed in the cool, ex-
hilarating spring. Have you ever pursued
an unforeseen fugitive through trees, led on
by fairy laugh-noW here, now there,
now lost, now found? We have; and we
are pursuing that wandering voice to this
day. Sometimes it comes to US in the
midst of care, or sorrow, or irksome bust
ness, and then we turn away and listen, and
hear the evil spirit of mind. How much
we owe that sweet laughl It turns prose
to poetry; it fings flowers Of sunshine over
the darkness of the wood in which we are
travelling; It touches with light even our
sleep. which is no more than the image Of
death, but is consumed with dreams that
are the shadows of immortality Prentice.
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A Western paper strikes the names of
two of its subscribers from its list because
they were recently hung. The publisher
says he was compelled to be severe. be-
cause be did not know their pr sent ad-
dress.
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son, doctor, run to our house q

son, doctor, Iun to our house q
you kin! Dicks got the measle
eend to q a6 Tom turned a sur
sett over the fodder stack and smaslN =
nose all to flinders. Sans got the pieke :,
chOx, and mothers got the papolexy, and
dads drunk the worst sort aud got the
biggest kind o fit and-aud oh, los w,
want some csndyp'
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The gentleman who sent US "ffteea
thousand dollars in good wisbes,'' viii be
indignant to learn that butcher refused q
quarter of mutton for them.
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QUoTH Tom, Though be fair her fea-
lures, it is her figure that pleases me-"
"What may her figure be?" I cried.
"One hundred thousandl" he replied.
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SAID 8 crazy woman Of penurious,
stingy man: "Do you see that man? You
could blow his soul through a humming
birds quill into a mosquitoes eye, and the
mosquito wouldn't winkp'
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Beauty and the Press.

The editor Of the Jackson MIssissippiaR
vindicates the editorial fraternity against
the charge of an Alabama paper. Hear
how he sings in prose:
''The editor of an Alabama journal has
succumbed to an attack Of beauty and
don't understand it. An editor and not
understand beautyl Don't you know that
from the day the fair Helen aroused all
Greece to arms and produced a fierce con-
test which resulted in the destruction of
Troy, from the perod when Cleopatra, the
charming Queen of Egypt, captivated a
ruler and involved the Roman Empire in a
fratricidal war-beauty has reigned over
the hearts of men, sometimes marking out
their destiny and exerting over them re-
sistless influence? Beauty, like the great
luminary of the heavens, dispenses Its
beams far and wide over mankind, coutroil-
ing, moving. winning and charming the
supposed lords Of creation. and whose
power is known, felt aud acknowledged. T"
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AN honest German got excil
account of an elopement of q mai,
man, and exclaimed, "If mine v
away, NIT another mans wife, vii
him out of her preeches. if she be
fadder. mine Got p
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81 sing to please myself" said q gel
man who was humming tune in co1r
''Then you are not difficult to pleasaz
a lady who sat next to him.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1866-07-20

WHAT sort of figure does Mary out
when she leaves the room? A polly-gone.
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"I'LL tell you how you can q
N Fs ale than you do said g way
keeper. "HoW's that" Don't 8
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AT what hour did the dsYil make his ap-
Pearanee in the garden of Eden? Soms
time during the night. He certainly came
after Ere.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1866-07-20
MAJOR CHARLES GERoUX,
THIRD LOUISIANA INFANTRY.


The same grave this day is neatly sOdded
over, and at its head grows a rose-bush.
Broken-heartsd, and bowed down with
grief, she wended her way on foot to the
great city of CbicagO-not knowing why
she went. A stranger among strangers,
with no one to aid or pity her, save the
great God. who in her inmost heart, she be-
lieved had fcrsaken her.
She was taken in and cared for by the
Sisters of Charity until she could hear from
her friends in Ohio, from Whom she had
received no intelligence for the past four
years. A letter was received, that imme-
diatsly after the war her uncle had died,
snd that. soon after. his widow had Fsmov-
to Iroquois County, Illinois, to live with
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-06-04
The Object Of the Fenian Invasion
Further Reports.

NEW YORK, June 2.-The general i'm
preston here is that the present move
ment is feint to cover the real point OF
attack, which will be on the line OF
the st. Lawrence river. Canadian troops
are stationed along the line to prevent Fe-
MAN troops from crossing. The Suspen,
sion bridge is carefully guarded, and
scrutiny made of all travellers. The move.
ment of men toward the frontier is re-
ported from every part of the country
The town of st. Adams, VT, is the rendez.
vous for reinforcements. The Third Fe-
Man infantry, twelve hundred strong, and
a Fenian cavalry regiment left Boston
for that point yesterday morning. Small
detachments from Syracuse, Elmira, Troy
Rochester, Lowell, Rutland, and other
places, we're continually arriving. Four
hundred and fifty thousand pounds of am
munition were shipped from Columbus,
Ohio, in the last few days for New York,
one hundred and fifty thousand pounds tor
Chicago, and thirty thousand muskets Tor
Buffalo. They are supposed to be for the
Fenians
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Iatest from the Fenians.

New YORK, June 3.-There is no deli
mite intelligence from the Fenians. One
report says that they drove back the Bri-
tish, capturing over hundred, killing
nineteen and wounding more. A Cana
dian dispatch asserts that the volunteers
only fell back for reinforcements. A large
number of men reported to be Fenians
crossed the Niagara river yesterday. A
Buffalo dispatch says that fight will occur
to-day. The Fenians, it is said, still hold
Fort Erie. A Montreal dispatch says that
General Sweeny is at st. Adams with
large force. All this needs authorization.
The H9alfs special correspondent gives
the following particulars of the battle at
Ridgway:
The Fenians, one thousand strong, met
the volunteers and charged them, but a
swamp intervening, Colonel O'Neil or
dered halt and to fall back. The yolun-
teers, believing that the Fenians were re-
treating, charged them. The charge was
met by the Fenians, who routed the ene-
nv, pursuing them two miles.
The volunteers fed to Port Colburne,
completely demoralized. The Fenian loss
was six killed and fifteen wounded. The
volunteer loss was twenty-five killed and
wounded. After stopping the pursuit the
Fenians proceeded to Fort Erie, leaving a
guard over the wounded on both sides.
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NEW YORK

To-day the gold market Of New York
has been remarkably steady. II has not
varied half dollar in the hundred. 1t
opened at 1411s and closed at the same.
The foreign exchange market was firm,
owing principally to the scarcity Of the
large coin. Three-eighths premium was
paid for double eagles, and three -sixteenths
for eagles. Large remittances were re-
auircd to cover returned bills and to meet
further expected failures in England.
The shipments of gold to-day from
New York amounted to s3,600,00 An
other shipment of 80, 600, 900 next Wednes-
day will take all the gold recently sold by
the Government.
The moneyed community are in state OF
suspense and anxiety touching the news by
the next steamer, looked for every day.
Government bonds were firm and higher,
and stocks generally were more buoyant,
especially Erie, which had recovered from
the depression occasioned by the rumors
put afoat by the specializing director Of
the company in Wall street. The company
on Friday borrowed s2,000,000 at 7 per
cent. from this director, Mr.. Drew, and de-
posted with him as security the very
bonds he had endeavored to discredit. In
comparable Wall street ,,...,.
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virginia Springs.

Near the eastern base Of the Warm
Spring mountain, on the road leading from
Millboro' depot, on the Central road, to the
Warm Springs, eleven miles from the depot
and four from the Warm Springs, are the
B,TH ALUM SPRINGS. This watering place
was perhaps the first to establish any ex-
tended fame for alum water as curative
mineral water. 1t was established as
place of public resort by the late JOHN W.
FRAZIER, a man Of great enterprise, who
erected there some of the finest and most
commodious buildings in the mountains
Mr.. BAXTER, the present proprietor, has
prepared it for the reception of guests, and
gives notice to that effect in this mornings
Dispatch. a-t7@
The Bath Alum water has proven Its
efficacy in a number of cases of remarka-
BILE obstinacy which had resisted medical
treatment for a long time. 1t is especially
useful in cases of scrofula and in eruptive
and dyspectic afections-we may add that
II is useful in all liver diseases, diarrhea,
nervous debility, sc. The scenery of the
neighborhood is picturesque, and there is
abundant sport in the locality for persons
fond of hunting and trouting. The Bath
Alum is the first in order of the wonderful
springs of Bath county, distance Of
twelve miles embracing that and the Warm,
the Hot, and the Healing Springs.
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xGeur131Hm1 E4HU518s e0n1Es1SnDr 4Ho1e4HZ1@z1Ey
Order 90 General 1xende- says the
Militia srsou1d be Gained ont.
BUFFALO, June 2 .--General Grantpasscd
west at noon. lie sent the following tele-
gram to General Meade: IS 49, m
'sBgfdlo, June 2.--Major- General Meade,
United States army, Philadelphia: General
Barry Is here. Assign him to the, general
command from Buffalo to the mouth Of
the Niagara river. The State authorities
should call out the militia on the frontier
to prevent hostile expeditions leaving the
United States, and save private property
from destruction by mobs. "
[Signedl ~. ). GRANT,
Lieutenant General"
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MIR. Davis and the Assassination oil
Nr Lincoln.

WASHINGTON, June 2.-The House Judi
ciary Committee win make report next
week of the result of their investigation OF
the alleged completely of jeff. Davis in the
assassination of Mr.. Lincoln. Much OF the
testimony recently taken has been with
reference to the antecedents and eharac-
ters of the witnesses who are relied upon
to make out case against Davis. The
testimony so far shows that most of them
are abandoned characters and villains OF
the deepest dye. astt+.
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a. n. REED, Of Philadelphia. Mr.. :.
Mt. Of New York, and Mr.. GEORGE
p "s"ns. Of Baltimore, counsel Tor Ar.
w. nSI n,vs arrived in this city, and are
,s,ing at the Exchange , mo.e,. - cs.., s
'S Soonanied by Mr.. A. WkLsH' OF vhcs,-
ee'| ,,m near Philadelphia, and Messrs.
1T '' csoss and I. II. EpsAL. Colonel
It. \. HARRISON, formerly private
S .,rs,ary to Mr.. DAVIS is also staying at
nc {, ~" : understood that these gentlemen
II : soscu no special plan Of action, but
nav AZ, :, :, show by their presence that they
',' :; !, readiness for the trial. II the
orc u States Court does not meet, or II
S ,,.s meet and Mr.. DAVIS Is not arraisn-
IL "G.' :. The intention Of the counsel to
Cd" .ir,ror TO ~ him released on parole !.
en- 49,, np,u { regular session in the fall.
- ., n,v,, kunsel are prepared :" tender
~ ~ % Az lnoun, that may be required
~ ~ oCoxxoR and Mr.. SHEA are eS-
1904 70 arrive in this city by tho kich-
,,oJ Fredericksburg and Potomac tram
,: morpius and it is possible that they
viii then bring further information IN rela-
sion TO the trial.
yudre UNDERWOOD is not known to no N
.,c city, and it is not yet certain tha' tue
,,,.;,.l States Circuit Court will meet.
Rs recent act of Congress, special ses-
,;,,, Of the Circuit Court may be held
-, Chief Justice CHASE is not known to
,rc made an order for such extra session
-. this time. IT is, however, rumored in
II, city that such an order has been made,
and that the special session will commence
N Wednesday morning next.
Ycssrs. REED, BRADY, and the rest OF
their party, were called on yesterday by
General WISE and a number of other
,r,mincnt gentlemen.
7, is understood that nearly the whole
b; the baltimore bar have rendered their
.cryjccs as counsel TO Mr.. DAVIS in case
hey should be required upon his trial.
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q ~
Fenfan Mevenaents ~ Deston--The
Ea1nnelsssn O. me Canedians-T The
8 reninn Truopa at EluarsF enssm
Bsmas uscd fDr Cash. SCI
Bcsrov, June Up. N. Major Malone,
who served during the war In the Ninth
Massachusetts, regiment, has been COM
missioncd brigadier-general In command
Of the Fenian volunteers from this State.
He will leave for the border tomorrow
morning. Two hundred and Fifty Fcnians
left by the northern train tonight.
MONTREAL, June 1.-The greatest enthu-
siasm and confidence prevails here. The
whole volunteer militia force Of Montreal
has been ordered to be in readiness to
move at an hours notice. A force of vol
unteers has been ordered to st. Johns i'm
mediately. The whole regular force OF
the Province is under orders to move at q
moments warning. The volunteers ex-
hibit the greatest alacrity to proceed to
the front.
ELMIRA, N. Y, June Fifty men be-
longing to the Maryland cavalry regiment,
part OF the Fenian army of invasion under
Colonel Dennis Donalue, passed here
to-day en- route to Ogdensburg. -
A number Of men, while waiting for the
eastern train, fell to fighting among them
selves. No deadly weapons were used,
but many had their heads damaged, and
blood flowed freely. They are mostly
young men. Many of them were in the
Confederate army during the war. They
had with them six cases of muskets and
eight boxes of rations and ammunition. A
report from Corning says that six hundred
Fcnians passed through that village to-day
en- route to Buffalo. The latest from the
other side is that the Fenians have thrown
mp breastworks at Frenchman's creek, a
short distance from the place where the
landing was first effected. There are no
signs Of British force. The Fenians
tender bonds of the Irish Republic in pay
ment for supplies taken from citizens. A
British force of infantry and artillery left
the Suspension bridge this afternoon to
drive off the invaders.
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MILITARY CoxNIssIoNs.--The decision
Of Judge Nelson in the case OF James
Egsn may be- regarded as giving the coup
de grace to military commissions. Hence
forth 8 trial before . legal tribunal win be
guaranteed to- all parties who may De
charged with the commission of crime.
The FIRST effective blow Ut these commits
sions was struck by the Indiana decision,
and this was followed by the Presidents
order directing that no more civilians
should be tried by commissions. This
order might, however, be suspended or re-,
.yoked; but Jpdgc Nelson's action Is con-
elusive. One result Of Is should be the
immediatc dischsEte Of the NUMEROUS VIC
Nms of these colnnaisaioua now lsnkuishing
! a northern Z pentSa t'ariess Ns6 fork
NNaesss g 4 !. Ia Il III Is 81
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SLAUGHTER-PENS.

SIACGHTER-PENS.
The Health Committee of the City Coun-
Gil visited the county the past week, and,
in company with the Henrico Board OF
Health, examined places where nuisances
were alleged TO exist, or where there was
probability of them. In the course OF
examination they visited the slaughter
houses, and we are informed that many OF
them were in condition that demanded
reform. "Great Heaven." said our in
lcrmant, "if you people of Richmond only
knew what you sometimes have to eat =
lie spoke of some establishments as rcek-
Mg with filth and tceming with objects of
disgust. They were not all 50; but the
best might be greatly improved. All the
committee were satisfied that in this matter
Of killing and preparing the meat for the
city market there was crying demand for
reform, not only for the sake Of decency
and comfort, but for the sake Of health.
We will not present the strong and forci-
blc-nay, startling--language in which ne
portrayed what he saw. 1t would destroy
the public appetite-nay, tern the public
stomach-and send that many headed citi-
zen to bed tonight to dream Of horrors.
Suffice il to say that il the investiga-
lions Of this joint committee did not disco
yer something rotten in the state Of Den
mark" they most individually ascertained
that there was something wrong in Hen
rico How is nuisance in that county to
be gotten at? 1t is a slow and feeble pro-
cess: the policing under the State laws.
We imagine, however, that there is way
10 get az il more efficiently. This city can
direct the matters relating to the mar
kets--can say who may and who may not
sell in the shambles; and it is easy to know
who ought to be SO allowed to sell the GER
tidcate of the county board showing the
condition of the slaughter-pen win settle
tina, question. This reform will accom-
plish the double purpose Of Improving the
manner Of slaughtering and sbating nui-
sances; and thus promoting health in
county and city. siss s5s
The subjects Of taking care Of cattle for
market, that they may be killed when not
sick of fever and when otherwise not 1T
TO be eaten, and the manner OF slaugh-
tering them, deserve the most careful con-
sideration Of the public authorities. In
no respect 10 the public health moro deeply
involved. II Is not possible, BY the system
Of separate slaughter houses scattered over
the suburbs, 70 have this important bust
ness conducted In tho best manner. The
arrangements and appliances necessary for
perfect clesnlinew csappt ba introduced
into these little establishments We arc
satasdsd that svssy stty = ises y Rich-
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The Case of Mr.. Davis.

WASHINGTON, June 2.-Charles O'Con-
nor goes to Richmond on Monday to de-
mand the trial of Jefferson Davis, or his
release on bail. The House Committee
is still examining witnesses with view to
discovering if Davis was implicated in the
assassination of President Lincoln.
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The virginia Stay Law-('ase TO Test
its ConstitutiOnaIity.

On the 10Th of September, 1860, G. A.
Y, TAYLOR purchased of Judge GREGORY
,bc residence northeast corner OF Clay and
Tenth streets, paying portion of the pur-
chase in cash, and giving ten notes, amount
INC 10 thirteen thousand two hundred and
,octv.ninc dollars and ffty-fivc cents, fall
NO duc at intervals of from six to sixty
months, for the deferred payments. These
notes were secured By deed of trust on
the property. They subsequently passed
i,,m Judge GREGORY to Mr.. FRANKLIN
STg.gNs, who did not put them into bank
for collection, as they fell due during the
war The payment of one OF the notes
had been anticipated by Mr.. TAYLOR twelve
months before it fell due, and before the
transfer to Mr.. STEAESs. Payment Of all
the notes due was demanded on the 9th
April. lsG5, and the demand not being
then or since complied with, Mr.. STEARNs
rrquircd the trustees in the deed Of trust
70 sell, and the property was advertised to
he sold on the 9th of May, 1866. Mr.. TAY-
yoR applied to Judge MEREDITH to injoin
the trustees not to make sale of the pro-
pcrty, on the ground that the stay law of
Virginia forbids the sale of property under
deeds OF trust at the present time. The
injunction was granted, and the sale stop
ped and on the motion now pending in
In, t,s,.
ton, the question of the constitutionality
Of the stay law will be argued by SANDS &
SrTGER for TAYLOR, and by JOHN b. You've
and NANCE & WILLIAMS for STEARNs. On
Saturday Mr.. WILLIAMS commenced his
argument, and will conclude this morning.
We shall give our readers the main points
Of the argument on both sides, and the de-
cision of Judge MEREDITH when rendered.