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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-05-03
Why Brooklyn Lady Left her Hus.
banda New Excuse for Elopement.

The New York correspondent of the Gin
cinnati Gazette says:
There was funny case Of elopement in
Brooklyn last week, and one of the Snnd.v
papers has served it up in the highly oriu;-
nal and delectable style of which I pave ver
an example or two last week. The nart;ea
to 1t boarded in one of the fashionable hoard.
ing houses on Brooklyn Heights-there mr..
nothing but boarding houses on the heights
now: The lady and her lover left the house
at oiherent hours on the same day, the lat.
ter carrying Oft the lady's wardrobe and
Jewelry In his trunk. The lady soon Joined
him, however, and the pair left for Eurone.
or parts unknown, leaving behind, in the
lady handwriting, an explanation for the
reason OF her flight. 1t was in tse sbans
OF letter to her husband, in which. after
declaring that she loved him 1.-THE forsakenl
second to beloved Montague, 1.-THE taken
she goes on to say, of course in a postscript
as follows: - (" po''''''p''
DO you remember, darling, the evening
we had those charming charades at Mrs
Brady,s, 1.-THE landlady of the boarding.
house IN which the Tyrant was PLAYED:
you know We represented the SYLLABLE
ty by marriage, in which I personi6ed .
BRIDE; and my dear Montague bridegroom:
and then you did the horrid rant by tearing
about the stage and reciting stupid piece
OF dreadful French poetry How could
you, when the whole world tyrant was acted,
take the part of Gesler, while nv own
Montague took that of the noble William
Tell { Oh !! | shall never forget how spien-
did he looked, with his pants turned up to
the tops of his boots, and my red opera-
cloak aud plumed riding hat on his head.
Oh! how glorious was the busrt of senti
ment wheE his manly voice declared he
would die for his country. My whole soul
was filled with admiration, and then and
there | determined l should be his and only
his. Why did you take such ridiculous
part as Cock Robin in the Babes in the
Wood p you looked so silly hopping about
the stage with two feather brushes in your
coat tail pocket" wa
The forsaken husband, instead of being
quiet about. the affair." and consulting only
bis lawyer, has been running about the coun-
try showing every one his letter. This
should be warning to young gentlemen,
who ought not to take ridiculous parts in
charades if their lady loves are also roman
/ tically disposed. William Tell is certainly
more sublime than Cock Robin"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-05-03
The Negroes New Masters.

The Mobile Tribune makes centre shot
in the following paragraph:
Let it be explained to the negroes that
out of every 400 pounds of cotton that they
raise they pay S25 to a New England mas
ter. The new master gets more clear
profit from the negro labor than his former
master ever got, and he lives away off yon.
der in New England, never caring con-
tinental how his negroes fare, so long as he
puts into his pocket one third of all his
niger earns. The negroes have changed
masters and been terribly swindled in the
bargain. And they have not got for mas
tiers the men by whose fighting they be.
come free. but the men who sat down a,
home and had black substitutes killed fol
their benefit.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-05-03
ONLY A TKEss OF GOLDEN HAIR,
BYL. H. GURyEY.

Only a tress of golden hair,
All that remains of one so fair.
Only little shining curl,
Cut from the brow of a fair young girl,
Ere the angles took her away,
Leaving form of lifeless clay
Never again to smile on me,
Gone-like the sunset from the sea
Back through the thronging tide of years
Back through the sunshine and the tears,
Back to the time when life seemed fair,
Memory turns with this lock of hair.
Gone are the hopes of years gone by,
Hopes that were cherished only to die,
Gone are the day dreams, vanished in air-
Nothing remains but this lock of hair
Many the years that have flown apace.
Since last gazed on that fair young face.
Many the sorrows, doubts and fears
Many the yearnings-bitter the tears;
But upward gaze, with eager eyes, .
Into the land of cloudless skies.
And see, among the angles there,
One with tresses If golden hair.
And l know, On that other shore.
shall clasp her hand once more
shall part from that snow white brow
Those golden locks--an angles now
Then. with rapture l'lI join the thronp.
Harp in hand. with music and song.
Free forever from stain of earth, r. q :
Entered at last on heavenly birth.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-05-03
A Queer Courtshin.

In small town in Hartford county, CT,
a widower who had acted the part of .
brute and tyrant to his wife, went, shortly
after the demise of his spouse, to pay his
respects to buxom widow, who, like her
sutton, had not the best reputation for su-
avlty OF manners and meekpess of temper.
The following coloquy ensued:
Well, madam, am come to see you. /"
,,,, Wei, you may just clear out again, for
Iii have nothing to do with you. You
needn t think to get me. You abused and
whipped your first wife. and 1 know what
high on that -
:" Yes, did, and if 1 had you Id make
you toe the mark. Id give you a id good
thrashlng every time you deserved it, and
wouldn't let you vote if every woman in
the town ran to the polls with ballot in
her hand"
Was ever woman in this manner wood
Was ever woman in this humor won?''
We think not.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-05-03
Surratt- Are They Afraid to Try HIM

Why is not SURRATr brought to trial ?
His counsel have repeatedly, but in
vain, essayed to obtain for their client
hearing at the present term Of court.
l. the delay occasioned by the fear of STAN
TON, HoLT & Co., Of other disclosures rel
ativc to the assassination trials of 1865 ?
The revelations of BUTLER concerning the
suppressed diary of BooTH, of LOUIS
ScHADE and Captain WINDER as to the
offer Of pardon to WIRZ on certain con-
ditions the future to arrest SURRATT for
months alter tho authorities at Washington
knew where he was-thcse and other facts
lead irresistably to the conclusion that there
are parties about Washington to whom any
farther investigation into matters involved
in SURRATT's case is the thing of all others
most to be dreaded Upon this subject the
Washington correspondent Of the Boston
Post, writing April 9, says:
"I learn that sIr. Schade is ready and
willing to be brought into court end testify
concerning the individuals who attempted
10 induce Wirz to criminate Jefferson Da-
Wig, and also give such other information as
will strongly lead to the presumption that
the offer was made with authority.
- Ben Butler has been closeted with
John T. Ford, Esq, during the greater
par. of to day, engaged in taking extracts
from notebook which the latter gentle
man kept at the time of his detention in
Carol Prison soon after the assassination.
Many of these notes refer to conversations
with the blockade runner Howell, and a
conversation of Spangler, the latter having
been arrested and thrown into prison upon
suspicion. Both of these men knew much
Of the movements of the conspiritors with
out being intimate with the plot, and their
statements to Mr.. Ford have in some in
stances evoked considerations materially diff
iering with the theories upon which Mrs.
Surratt's criminality was advanced and sus
tanned during her trial Butlor intends to
appropriate such of this rebntting evidence
az will appear to have some relevancy to the
impending trial of the defence and thus
deal Mr. Bingham a blow which that gen.
,!eman will have no ability 10 return.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-05-03
Why They Didn't Capture Washington
CITY.

General Joseph E. Johnston, of the late
Confederate army, publishes in the Selma,
(Ala.,) Gazette letter Of FIVE columns de-
Tending himself and Stonewall Jackson
against imputations contained in j. Esten
Cookies Life of the latter, and correcting
sundry errors in its report Of events at and
after the first battle of Bull Run. He says
that the reason why the Federal army was
not pursued after that battle by the victori-
Gus Confederate cavalry, was that the cav
airy, (of which they had but small force)
was driven back by the strong rear guard OF
the United States army, and that it would
have been utter madness to rush upon the
Notifications, on the Virginia side of the
Potomac, which were strong and heavily
armed, especially as river a mile wide
would have interviewed between them and
the capital which they had no means of
crossing. General Johnston says the vic
tory of Bull Run saved the Confederacy,
which was all it could reasonably have been
expected to do. Most of the Southern
troops regarded it as deciding the whole
question and ending the war, and thousands
Of them left the army and went home The
Union army, he says, was less disorgan-
lied by defeat than the Confederate army
by its triumph" The letter is valuable
contribution to the military history of the
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-05-03
WHAT TooMBs SAYs.-Robert Toomhs

WHAT TooMBs SAYs.-Robert Toombs,
who is called the Danton Of the late rebel
lion, is now III quiet at his home in Wash
ington, Wilkes county, Georgia He writes
in private letter that he prefers the politi-
cal advantages Of America to living any
where else in the world aud that no true
patriot of the south will forsake his native
land. Let US remain here" he says,
land endeayor by the favor of God to build
mp our waste places, made so by our own
indiscretion, and continued SO by heartless
and unchrstian majority of the north. !"
Toombs is by no means the monster he is
sometimes represented to be by the north
ern press. The boast so frequently attribu-
ted to him, that he would live to call the
roll of his slaves on Bunker Hill, he never
uttered, and he once denied the authorship
Of i. ever his own signature.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-05-03
JEFF. observation-disclosures was receive

JEFF, observation-disclosures was received
at Washington, Wednesday, from Rich
mond, which shows that it is after all a
matter of doubt as to whether Judge UN.
DERwooD will essay the trials of JEFFERSON
DAVIS at the May term of the United
States Circuit Court. If the term be ad
journed without such trial, the President
has determined to at once release Mr. DA
Wis from confinement at Fortress Monroe
on nominal bail. The President has in his
possession letter signed by leading repub
licans, asking that Mr.. DAVIS be released
also proposition from HORACE GREELEY,
offering to be one of Mr.. DAVIS bonds
men,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-05-03
RAJ The Hartford Times publishes aft

RAJ The Hartford Times publishes aft
davits of the workingmen at the Portland
quarries in Connecticut. Some eighty were
refused further employment by the radical
owners of the quarries for the sole reason
that they voted tho Democratic ticket
They were all made to understand. before
the election, that if they expected to con-
tinue at work they must vote the Hawley
ticket. This open course of coercion was
practiced not less openly at the election a
year ago, and with more success than at
this election.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-05-03

INExpLIcABLE Gen. Edward Bragg, Of
Fond du Lac, a soldier of gallant record
throughout the war, a war democrat in poll
tics, and a loyal man in every fibre, was APP,
pointed Collector of the 4th Wis. District,
and rejected by the Senate. Gen. Kirby
Smith, bitter and distinguished Confed,
crate General throughout the Rebellion,
was appointed y. S. Consul to Panama, and
was confirmed by the Senate. Green Bay
Adrocate.
Why, Mr. Adrocdte! HowtE) can you
term the conduct Of your friends as in
explicable," when it is we'll known that
hypocrisy has always been one Of their
cardinal points?
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-05-03

Provoking-To kneel before your fair en-.
slavor and burst both pantaloon straps.
b9- A warning needed at al fashionable
assemblages-look out for paint.
rA- Did the horseman who secured the
plains use soap !?
rA- A country boy, having heard of sail
ors heavinG up anchors, wanted to know il
it was sea sickness that made them do it.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-05-03
INTENSE PArRIor1sM-A letter fro,

INTENSE PAIRIoTIsM.-A letter from
Paris, France, gives the following:
:" An American who is now here, and
who claims to be the most adroit man in
the world in the handling of the musket
and bayonet, went the other day to seek an
engagement at one of the Paris circuses,
offering to fight in the arena with wooden
bayonets) against five of the best musket-
men in the French army, oil at once, ono
against FIVE. The director Of the Circus
said: cannot do that; but if you will
dress up as French soldier and whip Eve
soldiers dressed up as Americans, / will
give you an engagement The Yankee
retired in disgust, and at last accounts was
still swearing
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-05-03

gGA move is on foot to have the
thieves of the country photographed and
sent to all cities. Here is another design to
beneft tie radicals of the country by giving
them their pictures free.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-05-03
nn- 1t is said that the fees of LAWYERS !,

nsa- 1t is said that the fees of lawy ers in
the United States amount to $35, 900, 900,
that the keeping of criminals costs $l2,-
100000, that the dogs require $4,000. 900
for their subsistence and entertainment, and
the preachers $4,000, 900, ard that there is
more grumbling about the expense of sup
porting ministers and religious institutions
than about all the others named.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-05-03
Polite FENIANs.-Says London let.

ter
The Fenians in ireland have really be-
haved like gentlemen, and are credit to
their supposed American origin and train
ing. The other night a party went to a
country mansion and demanded arms.
They were refused. Excuse me-" said
tie leader, but it is absolutely necessary
that we should have them, and if you do
not open the door. shall be under the dis
graceful necessity of breaking it in but
shall injure the locks as little as possible. !"
On this the door was opened, and one of
the men, carefully cleaning his feet on the
scraper and door mat, went in and helped
himself to arms, when the party quietly
left.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-05-03
n@- The radical Thurlow Weed wants all

na-The radical Thurlow Weed wants all
the negroes banished from the country.
lie proposes to give them the State of
Texas, and let them establish a colored
State by themselves. The plan is similar to
that warmly urged by president Lincoln,
except that the latter wanted the blacks
sent beyond the present limits of the Uni
ted States.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-05-03
nsa- The New York paners feeY

nsa- The New York papers TEEN with
charges of the grossest corruption in the
radical legislature of that State. They aver
that most important bills relating to rail-
roads and similar subjects are passed or de-
feated, as the case may be, by bribery.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-05-03

EST The Baltimore Gazette publishes a
startling statement to the effect that Dr.
A.UDD is suffering as prisoner at the Dry
Tortugas uader the sentence Of ourt
which. be'ieved him innocent.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-05-03

HgrFrance obtains fifty per cent more
wheat per acre than the United States, and
England more than one hundred per cent.
greater crops than ours; aud the secret is
superior cultivation.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-05-03

sg Two young ladies holding converse
over the virtues of new dress. 'sAud
does it fit well p asked one. "Fit? Yes;
as if I'd been melted and poured in "
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-05-03

M-The radicals feel bad over the Con-
necticut election. They'll feel worse before
next year this date.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1867-03-21
MAKING BUTTER.

A correspondent of the Rural A.
nserican says she puts no water with the
cream, nor does she rinse the butter as
many do, considering that the water
destroys the sweetness of the butter,
and causes it to become, rancid much
sooner. She also thinks that she OBJ
tains more butter in cold weather by
heating the milk, removing the cream
as at the first skimming. The churn-
ing does not occupy over fifteen min
utes, and the butter comes out in good
order, and yellow, even in the coolest
weather. s.-
Another writer says When the
milk is brought in, pour into the pail
boiling water, according to the quanti-
ty of milk. If you have six or eight
quarts, pour in two Of water, and let
it stand till it is done steaming, and all
the unpleasant taste will be removed.
Let the milk stand just long enough to
have all the cream rise, which will be
As hours at the longest, and not wait
for the milk to thicken, as no cream
will rise after the milk is sour; then as
you skim your milk put it in a clean
stone vessel, and not cover tight, stir
ring lightly every time the cream is
added, and the night before churning
stir Thoroughly till all is even, and never
let it stand an hour after it is fit to be
churned. If it is cold, add hot water
gradually till of the right temperature.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1867-03-21
"GO 1T ALONE"
BY JOHN G. SAKE

BY JOHN G. SAKE.
There is game much in fashion, think it's called
Though I've never played it for pleasure or lucre
In which, when the cards are in certain condi-
And one Of them cries in confident tone
II think might venture to go it alone!'
While watching the game, tits whim of the
bards
moral to draw from the skirmish in cards,
And to fancy he finds in the trivial strife
Some excellent hints for the battle of life,
Where whether the prize be ribbon or throne,
The winner is he who can 'go it aione?'
When great Gallileo proclaimed that the world
In regular orbit was ceaselessly whirled
And gOt-nOt a convert for all of his pains,
But only derision. and prison, and chains
1T moves for all that was his answering tone.
For he. knew, like the earth he could "go it
alone!''
When Kepler. with intellect piercing affair,
And doctors who ought to have landed his fame;
Learn, watt he replied, still the truth you
For he felt in his heart he could ego it alone,'
Alas for the player who idly depends,
In the struggle of life upon kindred and friends
Whatever the value of blessings like these,
They can never atone for inglorious ease,
Nor comfort the coward who finds with a groan
That his crutches have left him to "gO it alone"'
There is something, no doubt, in the hand you
Health, family, culture wit. beauty and gold;
The unfortunate owner may fairly regard,
Yet the game may be lost, with all these for you1
Unless you've the courage to ego it alonel''
In battle or business. whatever the game,
In law or in love it is ever the same;
In the struggle for scramble for
For whether the priz be ribbon or throne,
The victor is he who can "go it alone!'
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1867-03-21
THE MISER.
BY POLLOK.

80 much wisdom and true poetry is condensed in
the following, that although it is in every house
hold, we cannot refrain from republishing it.
1t is worth more than a mere hasty perusal.
GELD many hunted, sweat and bled for gold;
Walked all the night, and labOred all the day;
And what was tins aiurment dost tnon askf
Which being cast into the fire, came out
A shining thing that fools admired, and called
A god; and In devout and humble plight
Before it nealed, the greater to the less;
And on its altar. sacrificed ease, and peace.
Truth, faith integrity, good conscience, friends,
Love, charity benevolence, and all
The sweet and tender sympathies of life;
And. to complete the horrid murterous rite,
And signalize the folly offeredu up
Their souls and an eternity of bliss,
To gain them whatp an hour of breathing joy,
feverish hour that hasted to be done,
And end in the bitterness of woe.
Most, for the luXuries it brought, the pomp,
The praise, the glitter, fashion, and renown,
This yellow phantom followed and adored.
But their was one in folly, further gone,
With eye awry incurable, and Wild r.
The laughing stock of devils and of men,
The mfser. Who with dust fhanimate
nl-guided wretch!
Thou migh'st have seen him at the midnight
When good men slept, and in light-winged
Assembled up to God.-in wastful hall.
With vigi1ence and fasting, worn to skin
And bone, and wrapped IN most denaslng rags
heaps,
And holding strange communion with his
gold
And as his thievish fancy seemed to hear
The night mans foot approach starting alarmed,
And in his old, descrepit. withcred hand,
That palsy shook grasping the yellow earth,
To make it sure. --.'
Of all God made upright
And in their nostrils breathed living soul,
Most fallen, most prone, most earthly, most
debased; r-.-
OF all that sold Eternity for Time,
inf far, WI
Illustrious fool Nay, most inhuman wretch!
He sat among his bags, and, with look
Which hell might be ashamed OF, drove the poof
Away unalmsed, and mid abundance died,
Sorest of evils, died of litter want.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1867-03-21
"MosQUITos.''-Mr. Billings thus G

'MOSQCITOS. MI. BllllngS lnuS eA-
presses himself on the mosquitoes:
eve are told that there warn't any
thing made in vain; this is sum SO, but
I have thought the time spent in man
ufacturing musketoze want. How
they were put together, never could
iell; and there is one commershal pc
culiarity about the musketer trade, and
that is, the supply always exceeds the
demand, and yet the production is not
diminished I kant understand this
no how. They are born of poor, but
industrious parents; and are brought
up with great care, under the auspices
of some of our best families They
| also have consummate courage !
have known q single musketer to fite a
man and his wife awl mite long, and
draw the first blood. It is very easy
to kill musketoze when you can but
in striking them you are very apt to
hit the exact place where they recently
was. They are cheerful little cusses,
singing as they go. a
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1867-03-21
DR.. Benjamin Pearce,

GURGEON DENTIST, having perma
- nently located in Upper Sandusky, offers
his services to the inhabitants of the place and
vicinity, in the various branches of his pro
fession. From an experience of twenty year.
he fatters himself that he will be able to give
satisfaction to all who may favor hir; with
their patronage
Office on Main street, over Hunt & WAT
SONS Store, Upper Sandusky, Ohio.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1867-03-21
sCHENcK.s sEwEED TONIC

This medicine invented by DR.. ]. SCHENCK, o
Philadelphia is intended to dissolve the food and make
it chyne the first process of digestion. By cleans
ing the stomach with Schencks Mandrake Pills, the
Tonic restores the appetite, and food that could
be eaten before using it will be easily digested.
Consumption cannot be cured by schenck's Pumonic
Syrup unless the stomach md liver made healthy and
he appetite restored hence the Tonic and Pills
quired in nearly every of ofconsumption Ahafdoz
bottles of the Seaweed Tonic and three four boxe
of the Mandrake Pills will cure any ordinary case %
dyspepsia. @
DIR. Schenck makes professional visits in New York,
Boston, and his principal Oicelin Philadelphia every
week. See daily papers of each place. his pamph-
let on consumption for his days for visitation.
Sold by all druggists and dealers. Price 81 SO per
bottle, $50 the half Dozen Letters for advice
should always be directed to Dr. Schencks Principal Of
flee, No. Is North 9th street, Philadelphia, Pa.
General Wholesale Agents: Demas Barnes & Co., N.
T.; s. Hance, Baltimore Md. John o. Park Cine nuati
Ohio; Walker and Taylor Chicsgo, ILL., Collins Bros, St
+ Louis, Missouri
November %, 1s66.-3d W, ca mo. yr.