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Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1867-01-08

The Alexandria Gazette, ono Of tho best and most
valuable papers in the country, commenced the 18th
year of its existence on Tuesday, the st OF January
If the length Of its coming years and the measure
of it's prosperity be in proportion to its morris, It
will live forever and be always rich. We hope it
may.
Before the war, the County Of Norfolk possessed
an aggregate valuation Of real and personal estate
more than that of any other county IN tho State,
except that of Henrico. The personal estate OF
Norfolk county was Sl6 82G, ,964 the rea Sl2, l0l
1913, making IN aggregate Of S28,928, 456. Tho
aggregate valuation Of Henrico was S57, ,022 ,445.
The Fredericksburg Herald eays the merchants
there have commenced rejecting what is termed the
sshort currency, viz the small sized quarter and
half dollar notes They have not passed In bus-
ness transactions in Baltimore for months past.
Rev. James Murray having declined the call from
the Presbyterian Church in Portsmouth, and nav
ing completed his temporary engagement with the
Church, has resigned his connection with that con!
gregstion. 80
DR.. Williams extracted, last Saturday, from the
windpipe of a child of Mr.. John Bolton, aged nine
months, large grain Of corn. An incsion OF the
windpipe had to be made to oxtricate the corn
Tho child is doing well.
Six hundred persons we're fed ut the Soup House
in Petersburg Thursday, and tho Indez says that
the suffering from poverty in that city has never
been 30 extensive as now.
It is stated authortatively In the Norfolk papers,
that Mr.. Davis Is In destitute circumstances, and
that measures are being taken in that cdty Tor the
relief f his suffering family.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1867-01-08

4 gentleman riding very ordinary boxing
horse, asked negro whom he met, how far j;
to neighborng town, whittier he was going. J h"
negro, looking at the animal under the rider. with
broad grin of contempt, replied "Wi' tat IA:
hoss, masea, it's iist fo'teen miles. vi good
chunk oh hoss sebcn miles; but If y9u -; lu,,!
massa Jimmy's boss you're dar now
"What do you know of tho defendant. Mr..
Thompson? Do you consider him good in,Isi-
DIAN 7" "On that point wish 10 swear with great
care. do not wish to insinustc that NJ. Van
slopes is not a good musician. Not at all. But
could not help obscrving-reople will observe queer
things at times-thst after be commenced playing
on tho claronct saw-iiler who lived door left
home and has never since been heard Of
A little chap who had, among Other Christmas
presents, a "rnechanicel box, in which two 500
iored pussons' were intended 10 dance, on being
"wound up" found it would not work.--and ap-
pealed to an older brother to ''x it, Jack looked
at it, and immediately exclaimed, 'why they caat
be fixed 20 as to work Bob! They e-e free, you
know"
An Irish gentleman called On an eminent singing
master To- inquire his terms the master said that
no charged two guncas for the first lesson, but only
one for rs many as he pleased afterwards "Oh,
bother the first lesson, said the applicant "lct
commence at the second
An old lady and her son. fire years Old, we're gath
wherewith to procure their daily bread Old wo-
man sat down on q rock to rest. Prcco2ious boy
exclaims -"s1ammy, 20 to work. cn:.t support
the whoio family. -Coiuns5as Su..
CoxsoLAroRy-A good deal Of the consolation
offered in this world, is about soacing a. rho a.
surancc of the man to bis wife when she fcll int.
the river ''You will find ground at tho btttoun,
ny dear!'
Can you tell me, Billy, how it is ,ha; the ohan,i-
ceer always keeps his feathers smooth and slick Z:
mo" SWELL it is because he always carries his
comb with him.
"Why will you persist in wearing another VIC
mans hair on your hcadT asked Acid Of his wiir.
She retorted: "Why will you persist in weari:.g
other sleeps wool On your back =
"Sure,'' said sanctimonious lrishman o! prie-:
who was given to secular pursuits on tho Lords
day, "Sure ar that mon ia mighty sinner, ia b"
for it's meself that has seen him heoS tie Sab
bath ersry day of hi, ys''
4 lady seeing mnn in tie gutter, sail she was
afraid he was dead. Pat who had been aca- enough
" smell his BREATH exclaimed "Fui,h an,! wish
had half his disease"
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1867-01-08

GOSSIP WITH CONrRIHuTOES.-No Iu;i- will be-
took k--trom this date hcreaferweds-Ov letters tha,
hain't got a postage stamp onto them.
Don't write only on one side OK ,na;!tIskript. Hrh
don r'twritc much into that.
Don't send n,anuskrpt unless you ca. read il
yourself, after it gets dry.
We pay, all the way up hill, trou ter rrrrr 10
dollar for contribushuus, ackorl'ing tew Ii Il.
Aul settlement made promptly ri The ~. &C thu
next ensuing year.
Poetry and prose pieces respectively s"riici;ci
The highest market price paid for awful r.lcroai
smashes, md elopcments with another man wiv
No swearing allowed in onr paper.
Isaac.-Yure article on 'frogs" IL received.
1t made mo aF like lightning.
Yure idee '.that frogs might be increased ~ pro.
pa0a,ion' is bully.
Yure idee "that frogs waz discovered by Cmisto-
pher Columbus in the year 1922 had Slipped hi
memory.
You also say 'thnt frogs grow more bobfni!cd as
they grow Older" This iz too cusscd good to b,
entirely lost.
Noah I'VE very humbly decline your cssa on
tho flood.
Yurc remarks might possibly lcGd one more man
to think NJ you do, and VIC doa't want our columns
to be held rcspousbel for the increasing I:lbrr q"
phools.
The world has already got nlnrc phooIs then tharn
is nny need of.
There aint no doubt in mi mind but that The ilood
was pcrfeckt success, and | have thought tina,
another Just such one would pay Iii Eow III
sum sektons ov the country. JOSH BILLINGS.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1867-01-08
THE GREAT TOBACCO FAcrGUY or SrsiS.--
eoonrnnr at Sprilp uritrs

THE GREAT TOBACCO FAcrGW or SrsiS.--A
sojourner at Seville writes
The change from the fairy scene in ard around
The Alcazar 10 The tobacco factory is like nothing
On this planet Put your hand into pitcher vf hat
water and quickly plunge il into another If rnd,
and the change will not b" whit more Strnusu
than TO pass from the beautiful AlcaZar 10 the pre-
sencc Of 1000 young girls, all in one room, uaL
Sevlleians, too, III the factory. They are nil old
enough to he mischcyJas snd "pu: "n air." |
doubt if many black eyes can be- s-riI in any
place in this factory. Their iagrrs rapidly
and their tongues little faster. Both ccnsum" Ten
thousand pounds Of tobacco per day. b;; YOU ,nu..
not suppose that they use tobacco in aI.y .i:ap";
no, but they must talk, md ;a"s ihcy d" with
rupidity that is amazing. have often heard that
a woman's weapon is her tongue, aEr! that tho
sex were notorious Tor using it, but, like many other
unkind statements against Heavens hest, last gilt
to mnn, doubted il un:il peepe' nto the Fabric"
ne Tubaccs n Seville. WHAT any be: no w"ishtof
lp;s.hie: :ils,iartnro1' o.'lr lag ,,: wiz thu.
cigars, dent know bu, feel safe in stating tha:
it is at least equal with the tobacco. This factory
was erected in 1850, is GG0 feet long by j.j wide.
and is surrounded by u moar. II is the principal
factory in The kingdom, every tobacco il!
some shape in Andalusa, not excepting the ladies.
but it is whom they are OH the shady sdr oil forty
that they puff and cogitato. Snuff cigars and ciga-
rcttes are nl manufactured here. The best wurk0ra
among the girls about forty cents per day, Tho
poorest about half that amount. Every night they
are all svarched
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1867-01-08

On Sunday evening an intense excitement was
created in st. Peters Roman Catholic Church.
Philadelphia. One Of the candles upon the altar
was tipped over, and the flames coming in contact
with some drapery, set il on fire. a panic ensued
among the con gregation, bat the coolness Of some
of the members allayed the fear Of those who were
making from the building, and thus prevented any
accident. The burning drapery was speedily ex-
tingushed.
In Canton. lately, young lady hanged herself
because her husband scoldcd her for giving away
sixteen dollars in chsrity. The person for whom
the money was intended did not got il, and she
poisoned herselfn her vexation, and third person
who had intercepted the sixteen dollars, hearing
that his dishonesty had caused the death Of two
others, threw himself into well.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1867-01-08

Tns CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.--GoV.
Worth says his duty to support the Constitu-
ton precludes him from asserting to "a
scheme Of compromise based on the idea that
North Carolina is not State of the Ameri-
can Union, or to any scheme Of amending the
original compact which the State shall have
90 hand in proposing"
Gov. Jenkins, Of Georgia, says:
10 submit to injurious changes in the Constitu-
ton, when forced upon State according to the
t..r,ns prescribed for its amendment, would be ono
thing; to participate In making them BY duress
svain4 her sense Of right and justice would be a
ysry different thing. The difference in principle is
~ broad al that which distinguishes martyrdom
from suicide We had bs:tsr. calmly await u 70.
turning sense Of justice and consequent retluA OF
;he tide now running strong against us.
The Governor Of Delaware says:
"Whateyer lnay have been the expectation or
spjeot Of Congress, the rejection OF this amend;
mint fs demanded alike by every consideration OF
;us.ice. patriotism and humanity
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1867-01-08

We are indebted to- a kind friend in Abe
Ira!lc, for Christmas and New Years re-
me uhrance in the form of box Of delicious
e'libes, ';Tery useful in family" We are
In. only personally compliinented but are
pleased to see in it a token that editors, to
whom no holiday ever comes, are kindly
thought Of by those whom tlev serve
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1867-01-08
gentleman who recently put up at log tav
ern in Wisconsin, was awakened by 8 young ma,
who commenced seronade thus:

gentleman who recently put up at a log tav.
ern in Wisconsin, was awakened by young man
who commenced seronade thus:
ooh Sally Rice,
I've called you twice,
And yet you lie and snorei
/ pray you wake,
And sec your Jake,
And ope to him the door;
Or the window, / don't care much which, for
1t makes but little difference
To either you or l.
Big pig, little pig,
Root hog, or die"
A lawyer who was sometimes forgcsful, having
been engaged to plead the CAUSE Of an offender be-
gan BY saying 81 know the prisoner at tho bar,
and he bears the character Of being most consurn
mate and impudent seoundrel." Here somebody
whispered to him that the prisoner was his client,
when he Immediately continued "But what great
and good man ever lived who was not eaumniatei
by many OF his ostemporaHes'
'Elder, will you have drink Of elder r inquired
a farmer Of an Old temperance man Who was spend
ing an evening at his holse. "Ah-hun-ro,
thank ye said the Old man, asysr drink any liquor
OF any kind-specially cider; but if you'll call it
appIejuice, III take drop!'
4 person asked Mr. Patrick Mcguire if he knew
Mr.. Tim Duffy. .know him." said Pat, ''why,
he's very near relation Of mine; he once proposed
to marry my sister,"
ssBob, is that dog hunter?' "So, he's half
hunter and half setter: he hunts bones when he's
hungry, and sets BY the fire when he is satisfied.
.Haks up, here. and pay for your Ioigiss," said
deacon, as he audgsa a aeepy wsrshiSpsr win
ths ssatibxsien box.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1867-01-08

Tie Philadelphia NORTH .imeriean says the
cargo Of wheat which lately arrived there
from California, was hrough: all tho way by
.ea rrom San Francisco, at less rate per
anshe than is charged by railroad from
Chicago. Nomore striking illustration could
b. given Of the great disadvantage Of loca-
rions far in the interior.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1867-01-08

Holden wceps because the people OF the
South have not been massacred and robbed
since laying down their arms. He says:
"If tho estates of about fve hundred leading
rebels in each insurgent State had been oonscated
and il some eight or ten Of them in each State had
been duly tried and executed for treason the South
ern States would have been now In tho Union
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1867-01-08

THE CHOLERA AT ST. TuoMAs.-Thc New York
Herald of yesterday Says: We have news from
St. Thomas, W. l., dated 10Th Of December. The
severe cholera morbus, which has been epidemic in
18th ultimo, tho number Of deaths wcrc 3Gi, and
from the 18th to the 18th at a. NJ, lO7 ndividu-
alS-all poor people had died, 20 that tho total
number of victims was All. Cattle were being
shipped from the East side of Porto Rico to st.
Thomas, and public food kitchens had been opened
in the towu,
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1867-01-08

Tho good people Of Alexandria are greatly
exercised on the question Of allowing rail-
r,,aL right Of WAX along the BERN bank u
the canal between Alexandria and George
town. There have been meetings Of council
r1 ,hs subject (ia one of which there was n
f;.h;, and the Gazette is loaded down with
communications pro and con-
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1867-01-08

John G. Ryan, Of Arkansas, was arrested
IN Memphis, in July, 1865, was chained hand
and foot, carried to Washington city, incarce-
rated in the Old Capitol prison, in solitary
confinement, for some weeks, was then re-
moved to Ticksburg and kept in solitary con-
tneInent till November, when he was turned
out without satisfaction or explanation. Such
s an illustration Of military justice. Mr..
Ryan is going to sue for damages for false i'm
prisonment. 1t is supposed that he was mis-
taken for John II. Surratt
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1867-01-08
"A H,1-A PaLpABLE HIr."-In the
House Of Representatives, on Thursday, Mr..
eldridee, of Wisconsin, offered tho following
resolution:

resolution:
Resolved That tho following resolution, intro
,iuced into tho House Of Representatives December
1, 1862, by Hon. Thaddeus Stevens, expresses the
conviction and sense Of this House, to wit: " he,
roved, That if any person in the employment OF
the United States, in either tho legislative or tine
executive branch, should propose to make peace
or should accept, advise the acceptance, OF any
such proposition, on any other basis than the in.
,orrity and entire unity Of the United States and
their Territories as they existed at the time OF the
rebellion, no vii! be guilty Of high crime; and
that House bill 543 il clearly In violation OF the
sprit Of said resolution and that tho same does IN
fact assert or at least admit that sccessoniss and
rebes were successful In the dividing OF the Cnion
and DESTROYED certain States of the United States,
AZ such in the Union, degrading them into terrific,
,ies and that the Hon. Thaddeus Stevens IN and
ty the introduction and advocacy OF said olil. mas
,aanifssted mind and heart diSloyal to the Conss,
tuion and tho Union OF tho Statos as they existed
at the time Of the rebellion, and is guilty OF the
crime specified in said resolution, and therefore
d.soryes tho reprobaton Of this House
Mr. Ashley, Of Ohio, objected to the introduce
ton Of the resolution
AIR Eldridge said he did not desire to press it, as
-he gentleman named In the resolution was not
..hen in his seat. [Laughter.] 1t was laid over.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1867-01-08

The Radicals no longer attempt to disguise
that they arc seeking to compass revolu-
ton in the government, such ~ will at once
make it absolute, and concentrate all it's
powers in Congress. AS Stevens expressed
it the other day:
The President Ia Commander-in-Chief Of the
armr but Congress Is hi, commander, and he would
hs compelled to obey. He and his ninions must
learn that ours ia not Government of kings and
.a,raps. but Government OK the people, and that
Congress is the people.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1867-01-08

The Rockingham Register pays a just tribute
to Or. J. B. Strayer, one of the delegates
from Shenandoah county, when it describes
him as ''oue Of the most faithful, vigilant,
diligent and attentive representatives to be
found in the legislature" There is no MEM
Der Of the Legislature more devoted than Dr..
Strayer, to the interests of his constituents
and the people at large, and none Of more en-
Eshtaned views He- .iis u representative Of
which any constituency might bo proud.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1867-01-08
The National Iatelligeneer, in noticing the
return Of the Congressional excursionists,

In going and returning they had upon nearly all
rains attached, to which were refreshment cars,
that we're served in tho most generous and liberal
manner by direction Of the several presidents who
accompanied the party on their respective roads
Presidents Owens, Tate, Burns, and General Ticket
Agent Motfets went with the excursionists to New
Orleans and returned with them as far as their
homes. N
We understand that the cost Of the trip will DO
q. least thirty or thrtyfve thousand dollars II not
more and this from the ruined and aesolated South
To those that phe feels to be iniulical to her 10 an
example Of genuine generosity and magnanimty
worthy the emulation Of the Congress Of tho United
States.
.[We shall be agreeably disappointed If we
do not get our reward in abuse.-ESarIRER.J
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1867-01-08
lew SERIES---NO 3.
ANOTHER YEAR,

-An0hllrr year, another Year,
oh, who shall see another yearf
SiE,l; thou old man uf hoary head,
OF eyeaght dim and feeble trend
Expcc: II not! Tine, pain and grief
Have mule thee ..kr the autumn lea.
Really, by blast or sclficcay,
From lis slight hold 10 drop away
And come s:ul morn may gil thy lie,
Long, long before another year
-!'io;her year, another year,
III. who rhnll REQ another year
shall yoa, the youns or you, the :air'
All: The prrsuInptuous thought fcrh,nr
Within this church yards peaceful houi-,
Come, pause and ponder Der the muun,!s
Here beauty sleeps--t.Ia; vrr!lat .rrg;!I
or grave contains what once war Str,usth
The child-ihe boy-Oic inan are he's:
You may not sec auo:hcr year.
Another year, another year.
Oh who shall another year
Shall ], whose burning thirst Of ;an!-
No earthly power can Qucnch or lama
Alas! that burning thlr,t may soun
BE DER, and MI bepea!h the moon
Al my fine visions, fancy wrought
and all this vortex whirl Of thought.
Forever cease and disappear
Ere dawnr on earth anoIhcar year
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1867-01-08

Our farmers generally have salted down their
pork. preferrine to do this to selling at present
prices. There has been large quantity thus dis
possd os-Rschiaa&a0 RAgist>.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1867-01-08

The Rockingham Register is in favor OF Judge
William ]. Robertson, OF Albemarle, as the next
Governor.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1867-01-08

Ask me- 10 more the e-ch may draw my tl5oI
The Kite may -wo"p from Heaven, an'! s"it" Iii, rreg
The dun by perseverance. get hi- pay
I've nuswcrc,. this ~ uIm!y ~ could.
AK me no more.
Ark me 10 uorc-y Your answer You receive.
l do not love thy "chcck" and nh:ry eye;
,De no, provoke my w-i;h ~ csn My.
Ark Inc no Inorc-lest rlI.st!s,rncn; give.
Ask me more.
Ask me no morc-yOur bills sal t:ir j. scale.
] -iroSe tu Hsr the Tin, out i,ii in vain
Fen L.: the sheriff i2nr me N the twrtn--
No more, my i!icDi! hGt I'd has touch ! Well.
Ask me no more
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1867-01-08

FISANCIAL.--.A man without money il ;iku tho
following things according to our rA Apurirarv aLt
observation
Like body without n SOIL.
Like wagon without a pole.
Like threshcr without u llil,
Like ship without sai
Like eaver without prop,
Like drunkard without drop,
Like clutch without preacher.
Like school without teacher
Like II hunter without n gulI.
Like Il day withGI. a SIN,
Like mill without wheel,
Like negro without u heel,
Like IL poet without n sonnet,
Like Il WOMAN without bonnet
Like d maid Leretl Of her tongu.'s tp,
Who canno, join in the Gossip,
y pair Of spurs without the rowcs
An alphabet without the vGwcl-,
In the matter far as his trcIings 70
lie feels like Il cir! without r. lrau
II IL man fails 10 have money the following thing.
generally occur:
The men all doubt him,
The women all rout him.
The children all scout him,
The men call him green.
The women cali him mean,
The children call him lean.
A moral 10 be drawn from our observations
The root Of all evil is lnvc for i:r rrlt,
But want of it. friends, is III" devil himself.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-12-18

thirty, but the birth rate of the native popu.
lation in Massachusetts, il only about one in
forty. A similar state of affairs exists in
most of the other New England states. A
Ecomparison made one year between Vermont
and England, showed the birth rate in Yer
snont to be one in forty nine, against one in
twenty-nine in England. The only New En-
gland state where there is healthy increase
of the native population is Maine.
\ After referring to the subject of abortion,
rs prevalence, and its effects upon society,
DR.. Allen said:
"For some time the physical organization
of New England women has been changing
unfayorably for the production of offspring
This change has been brought about by the
neglect of domestic labor and muscular ex
ercise, Of wrong habits of dress and diet and
incorrect system of education, and the result is
a multiplicity of weaknesses and pains which
were unknown TO our grandmothers, and
are unknown now to English. Irish and Ger
man women. The present system of educa.
ton tends to the excessive development OF
the nervous temperament, and this impa irs
the strength of the system and renders wo.
men incompetent to fulfill the duties of ma
ternity. The true remedy for these changes
in the physical organization of females will
be found in increased physical exercise and
muscular development, reforms in dress,
diet and education, and more intelligent
consideration of the proper purposes of the
marriage relation"
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-12-18
The Bill Enforcing Negro Supremacy.

The bill passed by both houses of con.
gress, striking the word white" out of the
charter OF this city, and all the laws of
congress referring to it, was sent from the
house Yesterday and signed by Mr.. Vice
President Wade. This bin proposes to give
all power in the district to its negro popula-
hon: 1t will unquestionably be vetoed by
the President, and undoubtedly be passed
by two-thirds vote in both houses. 1t
must thus stand upon the statute book until
the people demand its repeal Mr.. Wade.
In assigning the reasons which induced him
to believe that he would be successful in his
ia;e struggle in Ohio, is reported to have
SAID that he nnnla h, r,n,s-aSos- .Is,
men could be ''mean" enough to require
communities where negroes were in major
lty to accord them the electoral qualifica-
ton, when the like was rejected in those
which contained but handful OF negroes
he nevertheless signed this abominable BILL.
which, in effect, legislates the neE.~s~s~SF
anquestioned supremacv:1so INTO an
yeRcey. ,s77SzNdttondt InfeLt-