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Then you are a magician .


BY no means, and yet, by just NOV
ing my fingers can obtain as much
money as i wish aEa fl.frt.s,-
You mast be a masicianr
If You choose, I'll disclose to you the
msgic employ
Liszt had seen piano in the parlor
behind the shop. He opened it, and ran
his fingers over the keys, then, seized
by sudden inspiration, he improsised one
of those soul touching symphonies Pc
culiar to himself 81.
As he sounded the first chords. = beau
tiiul young girl entered the room. While
the melody continued she remained
speechless and immoyable then as tho
last note died away, she cried, with ir-
repressible enthusiasm ..=..r.e
Bravo, Liszt. lis wondrous r.
'Dost thou know him, then, my daugh-
ter asked the ieweler
This is the first time that have had
the pleasure of seeing or hearing him.
replied she; .but l 10 know that none
living, save L;szt could draw such sounds
from the piano.
Expressed with grace and modesty,
by young person OF remarkable beauty
this admiration could not fail to be more
than iiattecing to the artist However.
after making his best acknowled gments.
List withdrew, in order to deliver the
prisoner, aud was accompanied by the
jeweler
Grieved at his mistake, the worthy
merchant sought to repair it by inviting
the two musicians to supper The hon.
ors of the table were done by his amia.
bic daughter. who appeared no less
touched at the genorsity of Liszt, than
astonish ed ut his talent.
That night the musicians of the city
sernaded their iliustrious brother. The
next day the mobiles and most distin-
gnished inhabitants of Prague present
ed themselves at his door They en-
treated him to give concerts leaving it
to himself to fix any sum he pleased as
remuneration. Then the ieweler per-
cciyed that talent, even in a pecuniary
light, may be more valuable than the
most precious diamonds. Liszt contiu.
ued to go to his house, and to the mer-
chants great joy, he soon preceived that
his daughter was the great cause Of these
visits. He began to love the company
of the musician, and the fair girl, his
only child. certainly did not hate it,.
One morning, the iewelcr coming to
the point with German frankness, said
to List.
How do you like my daughter p
She's an angelr 5e sa
What do you think OF marriage?'
i think so well Of it that 7 have the
greatest possible inclipation to try it
What would you say to fortune of
three million fraucs?'
would willingly accept it, 20
Well, we understand each other. Nv
daugh hter pleases you; you please my
daughter her fortune is ready be nv
eon in-law.
With all my heart ee 1
The marriage was celebrated the fol
owing week. 80
And this, according to the chronicles
IF Prague, is n true account of the mar
Rage Of the great and good pianist, 4
List.
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THE JUG WITH rHzD BoTroM OUr--In
emigrant journcying with his family to
the fertile regions beyond the Mississip-
pi He had all his worldly goods pack
ed on wagons. and on one wagon there
hunga jug with the bottom out. He
"Why.' said he, 'that's my Taylor jag"
land what is Taylor jug ?" asked my
friend. 'Why," said he, 81 had SON
with General Taylor's army in Mexico.
and the old General always told him to
carry his whisky Jug with u hole in the
bottom; and since that have carried my
jug as you see it, and / find it 10 the best
invention I ever met with
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1867-05-23

POISONING By SILK THREAD The silk
thread employed bv seanstresses is liable
to acquire poisonous properties in con.
sequence of iradulent practice de
scribed as follows:
The value of the best quality varies
from sixty 10 seventy francs a pound, and
the material is sold wholesale by weight
For many years it has been the custom
to increase the weight by steering the
silk in sugar and water, or IN an Infusion
of gall nuts but this fraud no, being
found to yield sufficiently large profits,
q patent was taken out for another plan,
which consists in soaking the silk, what
ever its color, in a bath Of acetate of
lead, and after drying the skeins, ex-
posing them to current of hydrosul-
phuric acid.
The result is the deposition of y
quantity of sulphuret of lead, which
greatly adds to the weight Of the thread,
and, therefore, to its mercantile value
We are acquainted with a person at the
head of an extensive dressmaker-s es:ab-
lishment who from the use Of silk thread
thus prepared, was attacked, as well as
her washerwomen, with painters collie;
some of the women even lost their teeth
in consequence of their habit Of biting
off the ends Of the thread, an operation
during which they absorbed portion Of
the lead attached to tt Rankin's Alb
stract-
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swnAr HARD wo.. Cav AccoArllsn.

WHAr HARD Woa1 CAN AccoMrLlsu.
As an evidence of vhat An Industrious
man can do. be be white or black, when
once he se,s his mind to hard work. wo
produce the case of . freedman named
Albert Woodson. Who was employed by
Mr.. George NJ Gwathmey, in Cumbcr-
land county. at the rate of ten dollars per
mouth aud board, for one year. During
the year, besides his regular wages, ho
made one hundred aad eighty six dollars
worth of tobacco and thirty Ave dollars
worth of eorn-anounting to three hun
dred and forty one dollars. This is about
as much as most good mechanics receive
throughout the year-including board
and lodging Il Richmond Exam. h
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Some of the London journals ar. tro

Some of the London journals are trou.
bling themselves about the ability of the
United States to pay its Indebtedness The
same papers we're very positive that We
should never be able to suppress the re-
beilion. The people Of one half the coun-
try successfully accomplished the one;
and the entire re united nasion will have
- little difficulty about the other.
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EXCITEMENT IN A CHuRcH-The Ger

EXCITEMENT IN CHURcH-The Ger
man Evangelical church at Muscatinc,
Ia, was the scene Of great excitement on
April 22d. A few evenings previous
some members Of the congregation had
par ticipated in q fair and theatricais,
and the pastor felt it his duty to reprovc
them therefore. This he did with 50
much severity that q number Of those
present made an attempt to eject him
from the pulpit by force, but were pre-
vented by other members of the church
The greatest excitement prevailed, and
for time bloodshed seemed inevitable
The next day the pastor received . wsit
ten notice warning him to leave the city
in twcnty-fou hours. The Mayor. of
the city, being appealed to by the friends
of the clergyman, has now taken charge
Of the affair.
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AT the time Of the earthquake in Mis-
souri, and Kansas, April "a, an acre of
ground three miles south Of Carthage,
on the Miami canal, sunk ten feet, show
ing that the shock extended to Ohio.
The ground sunk bodily, leaving per
pendicular wall Of ten feet or more on
all sides. The canal bank was seriou,lv
endangered BY the subsistence.
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Stop, stop, Moses can reform.

SlcP. Stcips AOSeS can reform
lyon cannot. It is beyond your power
You have had inducements enough
enough to reform half the sinners of
creation-and yet you are now lower
than ever before. Go and die, sir, As
soon as you can; for the moment that
sees you thus shall set mourners Free
Bryman's eyes flashed, and he drew
himself proudly up.
60 he said, with tinge of that old
powerful sarcasm that had often eIectri-
fed q jury, go to Ohio, and I'll send you
news. Go, sir, and watch the postr
With these words Daniel B-yman hurl-
ed his jug into the fire place, and while
yet its thousand pieces were flying over
the floor, he strobe from the house. Mary
sank fainting to the floor. Moses bore
her to bed, and then having called in
a neighbor, he hurried away, for the
stage was waiting
: For month Daniel Brynan lowered
over the brink of the grave. but he did
not die. @
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"SouARE" is 10 lines OF the type in which this
set. No advertisement inserted for less than 81 90
though tss than 10 lines, and for week only All
displayed advertisements measured by this rule
All advertisements contAued- I'll tossid AZ me ex-
pense of the advertiser. 49, - '1N~
Professional Cards, less than square, inserted
at Sl0 90 per annum.
Adver: mcnts to insure insertion must be sent In
by IL O'Clock, ~, Tuesday.
All transient advertsmentss 90 be paid invsf5sbsy
in advance.
Obituaries Of ten lines less inserted free. All
this amount will be charged for at half advertis-
ing rates.
All Ysestions fsr SDbSres. lPetitious for Partises,
Chancery Notices, and all other Legal Advertising 10
he paid for in aivAnce or charged responsible At
torney ordering the SANE to be due expiration
of publication.
tors inserted at SI75 including certifying the me.
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The death OF the old horse Henry Clay
who in his tine has becn one Of tho
great celebrities. and Who WAS believed
to1be the oldest isiog stallion, secured
iniSeneca county. New York April 22d-
The age of this horse Is announced at
Al years and ! 7monSns-ccrtainly sur,
prising age for horse to attain.
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A BoY's FIRST COMPOSITION The To-
ledo Blade publishes the following, and
locates it in Terre Haute. Ind:
Oxen is a very slow animal, they are
good to brake ground up. would
dra:her have ho-ses il they didn't have
kolick, which they say is wind collected
in bunch, which makes it dangerer for
to keep horses than OK. il there wus
no horses the people would have to
wheal there wood on . vheaIbaxrow. Il
wood take them two or three days to
wheal . cord q mile. Cows Il useful 20.
have herd som say that II they had to
be tother ora OK they wood be . COW.
But think when it cum to have their
tits pulled Of cold mornin they wood
wish they wasn't for oxen don't generally
have to raise calves. II he'd % be en-
ny, 1 wood drather b he6hr. bat If I
coodent be he6ur md hed - bs both 4
wood be . OK Sac srU
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A SCOTTISH LAMENT.


NJ sossxE COCHRAN, of JAMAICA, l.. l.
Farewell native land o, farewell my youths hame
Shall never see thee, to greet theeagan:
What grief fills my heart! o, what tears food mine
ase,e,fd ta zc lae 1sfe8 gniroc rao3
To think, bonny Scotland, I'm parted from thee.
D, loved mountain lend, where my lfe's morning
Still roam in my fancy and live in my dreams,
Thy dark rolling biilovs,their loud surging rosr,
Bring fond recolections have of thy shore.
Farewell 10 the graves where thy brave heroes .eepl
Their yolor.s enroli'd FER the wide rolling deep
Their blood stained thy nay couatry to save
To die WAS noble than TO live As slave
Farewell tty dark forests and wild briery dens,
Tbv hearth covered mountains and steep rocky giens,
Thy pure chrysta streams and thou, dear hsilow'd
grove
Where off times Eve wandered with thee. nay swee.
love!
Farewell thou sweet iayerock% that spriug'st from
thy nest,
To sing the bright stars from their labor rost,
Till lost in the clouds Of the morning so grey,
And cheer me along to the tolls of the day.
Farewell thou B,rrhesd and Ference sunny braes;
With thee have spent my happiest days!
Farewell to Gienkilloch's pure silver burn, 81
Thou1t murmur for me shonld return.
Farewell, Caiedona-- farewell, friend and foe,
My heart is still with re wherever go
Z Unfriended, mi died from, We may roam,
Still foudly Iii love We my dear Scottish home. .
Iha lark
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TR EMoN1r Hous 3,
JOHN ELLIOTT, Proprietor,
CORNER OF FIFTH AND MAIN,
,.- Richmond, Ind.
Stone and Mason Work.

of Bsildisg Stcue of good quality at re Asou abe
prices delivered on the ground He is also prepared
line promptly. bsssr-g y .+-ia
tie can at all times be found on the South West
rner OF Eighth and Walnut streets. riers res-
pGctfully solicited.
WILLIAM GRoTTENDICK.
Richuond, Feb. 1th,--50-3m.-
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sThe Lark,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-03-13
FROM WASHINGTON.
Relief for the South Voted Down
Registration of Voters.

W4sHNGToS, March 9.-Trumbull in
troduced joint resolution to apprOpri-
ate a million and half for the relief OF
destitute Southerners, regardless OF pol.
itics. de stated that Mr.. Howard had
appeared before the committee to say
that unless an appropriation of this kind
was made great suffering would ensue,
as the present appropriations were all
for freedmen and loyal refugees.
The resolution was voted down.
The Senate Judiciary Committee has
agreed to report bill supplemental to
the Reconstruction bill The House
Judiciary Committee accepts it with
some amendments, which have not trans.
pired. It directs that the General oil
each District shall cause a registration
of voters before September, 1867. be
shall then cause an election for delegates
to a convention, appointing the election
officer, etc. Section six provides that
the commanding general nay delegate
these powers to the acting Governor on
his taking the oath faithfully to conform
with the law.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-03-13

such Northern creditors; and whereas,
owing TO the doubt Of the Secretary Of
the Treasury as to his legal authority to
distribute said amount TO the creditors,
the money has lain undisturbed IN the
Treasury Department since July, 1862,
to the great injury of creditors, who have
made application for II; therefore,
Resolred, That the Secretary OF the
Treasury be authorized and directed to
appoint commission Of three persons
learned in the law to hear and determine
the various claims and distribute the
fund in amounts not exceeding the
amount of the claim Of each creditor
when such money was confiscated, with
legal interest; but provided that any
claim not presented within three months
after the apportionment by the oommis,
sion will not be allowed and provided
further, that the costs OF the commission
shall be paid out Of the fund.
The resolution was agreed to.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-03-13

on the point Of starvation. senator
Trumbull introduced on Saturday IN the
Senate joint resolution appropriaung
one million dollars for the relief oil all
classes in the South. Heretofore tho
Government had only relieved the white
refugees aud the negroes. Gen. Howard
has been before the Judiciary Committee
and testified that unless something oil 'ne
kind was done, there would be actual
starvation among the "disloyal portion
Of the South" And yet, New Orleans
telegram. informs us, Trumbulrs resolu-
ton was rofed dozen. There is nothing
in modern history TO equal this. The
Senate of the United States, commonly
styled the grayest and most august body
in the world, is so far influenced by Its
hatred of people that it will not rescue
them from actual starvation. We know
of no language, if it were proper to EN-
ploy it, adequate to characterize this
proceeding of the Senate. Because a
man, or woman. or child, is native OF
the South and must, from the constilu'
ton of human nature, sympathise with
his or her own kith and kin, he or she
must die of starvation We trust for
the fame Of humanity, this report OF the
refusal of the Senate to pass the resolu-
ton, may prove to be false.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-03-13
ANorHER ATRoCITY.

We see it stated in the Columbia Her
aid that on Thursday, Common School
bill passed the Legislature of this State,
the special feature of which is that none
but legal voters" are to derive any ben
eft from it. We had not thought that
malice could proceed so far. We had
not thought that even Brownlow, with
all his hates and resentments sticking
out from every inch of his character like
ouills on the porcupine, could tolerate
an act so atrocious as this Who pay
the school taxi The loyalists and
negroes? No. The men who are
denied the right to vote, to set on
juries, pay it. And they are not to have
the benefit of any portion of it. lnfa-
nous A child, because its father is not
a legal voter, shall not be educated Why
did not the malignants enact that no
man shall marry who has not voting
certificate =? What next2 Let the peo-
pie, to man, refuse to pay one cent OF
this tax, and contest it to the last syl-
liable of recorded time" in the courts.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-03-13
IN EDIcAL.
Something New Under the Sun.
A New Era in Medicine.

T EFT THE SUFFERING AND DISEASED
IL read the following:
Let all who have been given up by Doctors,
and spoken of as incurablc, read the following;
Let all who can believe facts, and can have
faith 10 evidence. read the following:
Knoto all Men bv these Presents, That on this
the twentieth day of juno, in the year Of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty six.
personally came Joseph Haydock to mo, known
as such. and being duly sworn. dcposed as fol-
lows That he is the sole general agent Tor the
United State and dependencies thereof, for pro-
partitions or medicines known as MAGGIEL'S
PILLS and SALVE. and that the following
certificates are verbatum copies to the best Of
his knowledge and belief.
H.. 81 JAMES SMEITRE, Notary Public,
Wall Street. New York.
DR.. MAaGIEL: 1 take my pen to write you OF
my great relief, and that the awful pain in my
side has left mo at last-thanks to your medicine.
Oh, doctor, how thankful | am that l can got
thank you again and again, and am sure you
are really the friend of all sufferers. l gould
take it amiss. JAMES MYERS,
June |, 1866. ll6 Avenue D.
This is to certify chat was discharged from
the army with Chronic Diarrhea, and have
WILSON HARVEY,
New York. April 7. 1855. q Pitt Street.
The following is an interesting case of man
employed in an Iron Foundry. who, in pouring
melted iron into a flask that was damp and wet
caused ar explosion. The melted iron was
thrown around and on him in perfect shower,
and he was burnt dreadfully. The following
certificate was given to me by him about eight
weeks. after the accident:
New YoRK, Jan. II, 1866
Ny name is Jacob Hardy; am an iron foun-
der; was badly burnt by hot iron in November
last; my burns healed but had running sore
on my leg that would not heal; tried M2Raiel's
Salve, and it cured me in few weeks. This is
all true. and any body can now see me at jack
sons Iron Works. Second Avenue.
j HARDY
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-03-13
BLOOD WILL TELL.

A Northern paper, remarkable for the
hard hits it gives the Radicals, has this
Not content with voting down PROPOSE
ton to admit negroes to the elective
franchise in Michigan, by erasing the
word white from the constitution, the
Radical Legislature of that State is con-
sidering bill which prescribes that even
a white man must be very white in order
to have the right to vote. The bill has
already passed one house, and probably
will pass the other. Itprovides that no
Board of Registration shall enter the
name of any man as voter unless he
presents himself in person. The object
of this seems to be that the Registrars
shall examine him with their own eyes,
in order to determine the degree of his
Wilderness. For the act further provides
that the Registrars shall be satisfied
from personal inspection, or other
wise" that he has ''less than one.quarter
of African blood in his veins" If the
Registrars are unable, from personal in
spection, to ascertain to fraction the
quantity and quality Of his blood, then
the usual Radical plan of solving all
knotty problems is to be resorted to-
that of swearing. The applicant must
swear that he has less than one-fourth of
African blood, and ANY false swearing
shall be punished as perjury"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-03-13
Senate COMMITTEES.

The Chicago Times thus bears testi-
mony to the fitness of the chairmen of
the Senate Committees:
In the new Congressional Committees,
Wall street Spectator, Morgan, is
made chairman of Finance.
On Appropriations, Morrill,, who be-
lieves in appropriating the property OF
the many consumers for the benefit Of a
few New England producers, is made
chairman.
On Commerce, the chairman is Chand.
Ter. As we have no foreign commerce
worth mentioning, this department prob
ably relates to commerce between the
sexes, and transactions in whiskey.
On Agriculture, we have Cameron as
chairman. A representative from q
mining and manufacturing Safe, the
propriety Of committing agriculture to
bis charge will at once be recognized.
Yates, Of agricultural Illinois, is at the
head Of Manufactures His experience
in stills probably led to his selection for
the position.
To Fessenden, fnahcier Of consid
cradle ability, is given the chairmanshiT
of Public Grounds and Buildings
Grimes, of Iowa, gentleman Of great
experience in fatboat navigation on the
Mississippi, is assigned the chief position
on the Committee on Naval Affairs.
Sumner, who IS just married, and who
would with great propriety have filed th'
position Of chairman on Domestic Rela
tons, is placed at the head Of our For
eign Relations.
These specimens viii show that thu
various committees have been made u
With that peculiar regard to appropriate
rsss which one would naturally expec
10 End in the fortieih Congress