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NETWORK LEGISLATURE.
SENATE. ALBANY, Feb. s. I3c
BILLS REPORTED rAYORABLY.

BILLS REPORTED fANOkABLf.
To complete the WalabOut Improvement.
To PRINT TOO copies of the Astor Library report
The Assembly Joint resolutions, taking the initiative FOO
the Impeachment Of certain canal officers for aeasanos
III office, were adopted.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
Mr.. THAYER-To incorporate the Union FounderY
Company OF Troy.
Mr.. CAULDwELL-To repeal the law authorizing the
extension OF Centralaye. in Westchester County.
DAyID's ISLAND TO DE cEDED TO THE UNITED STATES.
The bill ceding TO the United States the jurisdiction
over Davds Island in New Rochelle Hab0r. passed
TAXING BROKERS SALES.
The bill repeating the act taxing sales OF brokers WA
ordered to third reading.
CANAL CONTRACT FRAUDS.
The bill directing the Attorney General to institute ie
gal proceedings against certain canal contracts alleged
10 have been procured by fraudulent practices at lettings
in December 1885, considered at length after which
progress reported.
NEw.YoRK COMMON COUNCIL, AND OTHER MArrERs
Mr. DREAMER gave notice OF bill 70 fix salaries 81
members OF the NewYork Common Council at $1,000, In
lieu OF all fees and salaries. Also bill Incorporating tina
Depositors' Loan Institution In Sewiork
Mr. BRADLEY introduced bill incorporating the Mas
sau Boat Club at NewYork.
Mr.. NORTON-A bill incoratlng the Fire Proof
Warehousing Company. Also a bill providing for ths
widening of Wesst. In NewYork. on the westerly sids
from tie Battery to Hammondst. Adjourned
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approve of many things he has done. We think
he hasalowed his aniabity and desire for quiet
to place him too often IN questionable posi-
ton. and thus to injure the cause. In this last
business, however. he has shown qualities that
add to his great fame, and justify the conn
dence of loyal men. 1t will, of course, bring
upon him the howls and imprecations OF the
Rebel and Copperhead, especially when melted
and suggested by the President. Mr.. Johnson
has done many. things to grieve the heart oil
the nation. His last little game is the most
bumiating and Jnenviable of all
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ASSEMBLY

BILLS REPORTED FAyoRABLr.
To facilitate the construction OF tho Albany
and New-York Railroad
To amend the Military Code.
To amend the charter OF the Clinton Liberal Institute
BILLS PASSED
To prohibit the gas companies In New YORK ana Droon
lyn from collecting rents ON their meters
To incorporate the Newbnrgh Industrial Savings Bank
To incorporate the NewYork Sixshave. Savings Bank
BILLS INTRODUCED
Mr.. PRINCE-fo incorporate Peoples Safe Deposit 20
MIR. TOwER-To amend the Charter Of tho Mechanics
and Traders Institute of Brooklyn.
Mr.. IRVINGTo regulate the sale or coal IN New ofh
Mr.. FREAR-To ineorporte the New-fork Loaners
Association Also, 10 Incorporate the New'forh C'F
Dispatch Company.
Mr.. VAN BRUN'r-To amend the Charter OF the Ma
tional Savings Institution. =, -
Mr.. CAMPBELI,--ro incorpato the seventeenth Ward
Savings Bank - -, -
Mr.. CHAPMAN-T establish the Eighth Ward In tho
city OF Utica.
Mr. TORRY-T0 equalize the rates OF transportatios
and passenger fare on the railroads OF this state.
Mr.. SELKREG-To amend section al OF tho Gener~
Railroad law. -,
Mr.. LOUNsBERRY- To amend the charter OF tho Dets
ware and Hudson Canal Company,
Mr. wIIEY-For protection of health in New York
Mr. TOPLIFF-To facilitate tho construction OF ths
Buffalo aud Washington Railway.
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We are at loss in what way to cOnstrue
Mr. Stewards objection to the publication of
the cost of arresting Surratt, on the ground
that it would embarrass the interests of justice.
Is the cost so great that the public would de-
mand the execution of the prisoner whether
guilty or not, as debt due to the public ex-
cheQuer9 Or is it so small as 10 raise the pre-
sumption that a prisoner who ran no further
than to Egynt must be Innocent
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We notice that the Copperhcad papers are
charging Gen. Grant with INSTRUMENTATION.
The President has written him severe letter.
1t is said that he will be arrested and all sorts
of rumors are ahoat. These people forget that
Gen. Grant has, during tie last week, been
publicly denounced ~ "a liar and a sneak" by
one OF Johuson's own Cabinet that statements
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The roasting alive of four insane women, in
the burning of the lunatc asylum at Geneseo
Yesterday, is another argument in favor of
fre-proof public buildings. The telegraph
affords few details of the shocking event; but
we may presume that the building was tinder-
box. very much like some Of our own public
edifices
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~ Fomdling Hospitals, Letters from the
People, OR Suburbs A Plueky Brakeman and
this mornings TRIBUNE; Report ofte Inspector
of Buildings. the Money and other Markets on
tie third; Mem Publications on the Sirth, and
Real Estate, OutrdgeS upon Negroes, and other
Matters on the sereath.
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On another page to-day we publish an article
on Founding Hospitals, which, in view of the
recent developments connected with a notorious
house IN this city, possesses an especial interest
The subject is one of great importance, and we
trust will be carefully considered.
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10 CORRESPONDEYTS.

Ne taken Of ComnUnsaoas whsysr
usndJ be authenticated By he ddrets
the wrsu0s nsesssa for pueheaHon bat asa guaranty or
hu good faith
All oass should be sddrs"sdts TEE TRp
VIZ Eew-lork
We ssur.t snLsrtate return rejected Communicates
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MRS. vANpENmoFr's READING.

Mis-. GeO. NhnuehllOu gives reading TO-
night ut Lyric Hall Tie programme selected Is enc adj
miiably suited Ia Mira Vandenhofs peculiar and highly
appreciated powers as pab reader and the entertain
nient Will be vi the choicest OF its class
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.

Rail- THIS EVFNING.-SOcete Cunalre Philan-
trouoge AT tie Gennaas Assembly Rooms in the BOWery
LECTURE THIS EvENING.-The Hon. Joel Parker
before the Railway Lyoeum. Railway. y j.
MEETINGS ETC THIS EVENING.-MaSs Meeting in
sustaining Metropolitan Excise Law, at the Academy
Music. BROOKLYN.
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The official vote of the With Ohio Congress
sional District is returned as follows:

The aggregate vote in January was % less
than in October; but while the Republicans
gained $50, the Democrats lost 3Os, making
net gain for the Republicans of 5ss.
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simplest forms of law could be perpetrated in
the capital of the State9 Is there no law in
"the dark and bloody grOundP'
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1868-05-23
From the New York Ledger .....
AUNT BETSY'S ADVENTURE.
BY AMY RANDOLPH.

It was hot July afternoon, the air
full Of slumberous electricity. and the
sunshine sleeping dreamily on the close
cut grass in front the Merrifeld hotel;
while down in the glen, towards the
railroad track, you could distinctly hear
the fret and ripple Of the little trout
stream over its bed Of mossy stones.
ia1 Merrifeld was pretty, sequestered
place, full of picturesque wood-nooks and
pleasant rambles and, as yet, not over
crowded BY the high-tide of summer
fashionables. Moreover, the fare was
low and the hotel charges moderate
and that was the reason Miss Betsy
Whistleton had come thither with her
bandboxes her tortoise-shell cat, and her
niece Elfrida. r. !. .... ~. =
Miss Betsy was tall, sparely- fashion
ed maiden lady, stranded somewhere on
the dsbateable land between forty and
fifty, with leathery complexion, hair
cut short.in the neck, cold black eyes
classy rather than brilliant--and thin,
colorless lips. As the French say,
There are old maids, and old maids"
Some are perfectly irresistible in their
sunny gooa. humor and ensbonpoint----
more bewitching than any sixteen-year-
Old girl, because their arrows are tipped
with the barb of experience. But Miss
Whistleton did not belong to this "rare
and RADIANT few. Miss Whistleton
was an old maid-venomous-a radical
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ON TIE RIVER.
BY PHG BE CAR !

Darling, while the tender moon
Of this soft, delicious June,
Watches DER thee like lover;
While we journey to the sea,
Silently,
Let me tell my story over.
All! how clear before my sight
Rises up that summer night,
When I tol d thee first my passion;
And the little crimson streak,
In thy cheek.
Showed thy love in comedies: fashion.
When I pleaded for reply,
Silent lip and downcast eye,
Turning from me both dssembled;
But the lily hand that shone
In my own,
Like lily softly trenbled.
And the pretty words that passed,
Der thy coral lips at last.
Still as precious pearls treasure;
And the payment lovers give,
While live,
Shall be given thee without measure.
Tor may not Offer thee
Such poor words as mine must be;
pertorce must speak my blsses
In the language of mine eyes,
Mixed with sighs,
And the tender speech of kisses.
Heart, encompassed in my heart
Hopeful, happy as thou art,
Will keep and meier forsake thee;
Yea, my love shall hold thee fast,
Till the last,
So that heaven alone can take thee,
And if sorrow ever spread
Threatening shadows DER thy head,
All about thee will gather,
Whatsoever things are bright,
That thy sight
May be tempted earthward rather;
Fgaa thy pathway, for loves sake,
Carefully my hand will take,
Every thorn anear 1t growing;
And my lamb within my arms.
Safe from harms,
Will / shield when winds are blowing
W Nhbdhs toAf ~ ''"''''
II sny wrr,> Of praise coui paint
The@ a. iikal mature nIa'h' fiI't';
All VIII" <a, ny i'ic'9r', '"'"'t'
WuIid irpeaL,
"He who painted, loved the lady"
Has the wide word anything
Thou wilt take or l may bring,
1 will treat no work disdainful
set me some true lover task,
Dearest, ask
Any service, sweet or painful.
If it please thee, over me,
Practice petty tyranny,
Punish me as for misdolng,
Let me make of penitence
Sad pretence,
At thy feet for pardon suing.
Darling, all our life must be-,
Thou with me, and with thee,
Calm as this delicious weather;
We will keep our honeymoon
Every June,
Voyaging through life together.
But the stream is near its end,
And the moon hastes to descend,
Tired and wan with watching DER us;
Lo! our river journeys done,
y Dearest one,
But life's sea is all before US.
You and me, we used to say,
We were two but yesterday;
We were as the sea and river;
Now our lives have all the sweetness,
And completeness
OF two souls made one forever!
fNew York Ledger.
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u, very we'll just as you elect.
Ermine, will you have the goodness to
step down stairs and call up the land
lord ~
And at the same instant Elfrida's soft
voice was heard calling in the next room.
Aunt Betsy Aunt Betsy! Oh, Mrs.
Parker, where can my aunt have gone -
Search, an erpose and detection were
looming inevitable over the wretched
victim of circumstances she ratified
madly against the door.
"You needn't go. Mr.. Ermine-you
needn't 60 only let me out, and"
"You will freely betow the hand of
your niece upon me -
"Yes-yes-anything ing-everything?"
Mr.. Castlewynne unbolted the door
and threw it open with a low bow.
Miss Betsy stayed not to reciprocate his
politeness, but darted from the room like
an arrow fleeing from the bow, never
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BOTTLED YEAsr-Boil down one
quart Of hops in two quarts or water,
one-half; boil and mash IL potatoes to
add to this liquid add one cup of sugar,
q tablespoonful of -four, one-half cup salt.
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stopping until she was safe in her owl
room.
"Auntie y cried the astoniShed III
fie, where on earth have You been p
But that was just what '' 'Aunty
never would tell her.
Elfrida," said Miss Betsy, when SHE
had calmed her asitattd nerves by greer
tea and nap, "l've changed my mino
about young Castlewynne. If you ant
he are really bent on making match o
it ''-here Aunt Betsy involuntarily
grimaced, as if she was taking medi
cine" why, you must lave your owl
way, | suppose.
Elfs's countenance grnw radiant
Dear Aunt Betsy" she cried, with a
shy kiss on the parchment forehead Of
the elder lady, | am Aglad !"
"There, there, go alos !" said Miss
Whistleton, ungraciousls, 81 want to
rip up my caps for the y ash, aud | can't
be bothered with kissing" Il do hope,
" she added, mentally, Is Ellie tripped
away, "he won't tell CHAT child the
whole story RI
But there was miscsevous sparkle
in Elfe's eye, when shescame up to bed
that night, which tille& Aunt Betsy's
soul with dread, and corn S,inced her that
Castlewynne had betrays,d d the secret of
her siege and surrender =
And thus Aunt Betsys sorelv against
her will, was forced to hap Gu pid's bark
float adown the stream of True Love.
Alas poor Aunt Betsy
~~0~~~~~~~H~-
The NoBLEsT OF MARTYRs.-A wri-
ter IN Ea@er's Magazine wickedly says: ::
"An immense amount of ingenuity is
fruit|essly expended by that noblest
martyr, "a mother with a daughter to
marry'-noblest, Or only to be rivaled
by the mother whose quiver is full Of
such. | am not much addicted to senti-
ment { don't think [ have actually
wept since | read The Bride of Lam
mermoor' in my boyhood J but the an
gels themselves might regard the spec
tacle of one who is a good woman at
bottom (though fertile, perllaps)
stuck like scarecrow against the wall
of crowded ballroom from 10 P NJ. till
4 A. NJ, with compassionate pity. She
sits there like Turkey merchant, with
her merchandise about her. Some Of
the wares, it may be, are r:.ther the
worse tor wear; even the newest was
fresher last winter than this. oh, pub
lie dear, will you not come and buy ?
This is Milly, my eldest born she is not
bright, but she is good, which i, far bet
ter And so till dawn the weary auc-
tion goes on; a comedy surely, not quito
destitute of pathos to the contemplative
beholder. She is a good woman, say,
and yet sore necessity has driven her to
this. She is fail to dress her daughters
like ballet dancers, to trot them out Ike
young fillies, that possible purchasers
may become acquainted with their pa
ces, to offer tnem without remorse or
shame in the public market. And yet
it is all in vain. Buyers are shy. This
is not the sort of juxtaposition that be-
gets love. In the crowd IF the ballroom
one girl looks exactly like another, white
muslin and false flowers being wonder
full Jewelers., and even clever girl can
not show that she has either heart or
brains when going at the rate of an ex-
press train"
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Gen. F. J. Heron, United States Mar
shall for the Eastern District of Louisi-
ana, appointed by Andrew Johnson, has
a startling surprise in store for his friends
and whilom supporters, we understand
In few days he will make his debut as
a politician of the Radical carpet-bae
school in the character of Chicago Con.
vention delegate. He started for Chica-
60 with several other new-fedged Radi-
Gals last evening. Truly, the President
has cause to exclaim, "save me from nv
friends ~ 0. Times, 18Th.
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JAMES WI. PORTER

\ I 0 r NEY AT LAW.
CHfcc IN OpeioUsos, near tile Court- House.
Will practice in the Courts of tn" eth Judi
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Landry, Calcasieu, Lafavette and Vermilion.
Opeluusas Nov %, 1867.
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parties otherwise direct
GEO. r KING,
f. II. MARTIN.
Opelousas, La, December 7th, 1867.
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SaS. NOy2367
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CARPEr-BAGGERs A special Wash.
ington dispatch of the 18th says:
Official information, which has now
been received and will be read before the
House tomorrow, shows that one hun.
dred and twenty members of the South
Carolina State Convention collectively
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CHINESE MAx1Ms.-To cultivate vir
tue is the science of men; to renounct
science is the virtue of women.
You must listen to your wife and moi
believe her
If one is not deaf nor stupid, what a
position is that of father-in-law? Il
with wife and daughter-in-law, one has
also sisters and sisters in-law, daughters
and nieces, one ought to be tiger to be
able to hold out.
The happiest mother of daughters is
she who has only sons.
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Yer and their hearts of wax.
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cast down their eyes to be looked at.
The tongues of women increase by all
they take from their feet.
The finest roads do not 90 far.
When men are together they listen to
one another; but women and girls look
at one another.
The most timid girl has courage g
nough to talk scandal.
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GEORGE II. WELLS.
A t torn ey at Law

Lake Charles Calcasieu Parish, La.
PRACTICES in Cacasieu, St. Landry and
Lafayette parishes. Dec7'67.
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GEO. r KING.

A L Il 0 r y Z Y AT LAW.
OpelouSaS, La.
Opelousas, December !, 1867.
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JOHN E. KING. EDMOND ID. ESTILLET"TE.
JOHN II. HANG Il ESTaLETTE.
I I 0 r n + y S A T l. A "
ODG5ORSsaS, In.

Having formed partnership for the prac.
tee of law, will attend to professional business
IN st Landry and adjoining parishes
Dprlousas, Nov 23, 1867
Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1868-06-17

Re- Revelations recently made con-
CeIulnS WiI1skvy on indIines in Rich
mond, Va, show that the corruption of
Government officials is an essential cle-
ment iii the process by which the frauds
are consummated. 1t was proved on n
trial in that city, before Chief Justice
Chase, commenced last week, and not
yet concluded that four distilleries
agreed to pay $50, 900 per annum for the
privilege of shipping five-sixths of all
the whislIey they might distil free of
Governments tax. This money was paid
to the internal revenue officers of the
district, and the amount of tax from
which it purchased exemption was
$3.50, 900. These developments, coupled
with those of the Callicot trial, album
dainty explain how it is that whiskey,
which, with cost and tax, cannot be
made for less than 81 40, is sold every
day in market ut 81 40.