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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-02-01
Committee on Public Buildings.

The Committee on Public Buildings will meet in
the senate Chamber on Tuesday, Jan. asth, at two
O'Clock P. NJ, and every succeeding Tuesday, until
otherwise ordered.
j. ". COFFIN. ,cAair,o,
VI. :. MAYHEM, iN""'''
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-02-01
Commaitee on Indian affairs.

The Committee on Indian Affairs will meet at
their room. No. la, on Thursdays ut p. NJ, until
otherwise ordered.
j. WILDER, JR, Charmen.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-02-01
SUFFERERS
FROM COUGHS, COLDS, &C.,
DON'T FAIL TO TRY
ApAiSoNS BOTANIC COUGH BALSAN.

WHY!:
Because it is Endorsed by leading physicians, is
pleasant to take, and CURES EVERY TIME,
Coughs, Colds, HOarseness, Bronchitis, Asthma,
Influenza, and all diseases OF alike nature.
The children like it and they tell
1t cures their Colds and makes them well;
And mothers seek the store to try 1t,
With hundreds who desire to buy It,
Beware of worthless limitations See that the
name off. W. KINsMAN Is blown in the glass of the
bottle. Price IS cents per bottle. For sale by all
druggists and medicine dealers. Sample bottle and
circulars free by all dealers.
5000 Reward Tor better article
$1,000 Reward for case it will not cure
wv. KINSMAN, Prop. Augusta, Ne.
Wholesale Agents, Warren l.. Alden & Co., Ban.
gor; John +. Henry & Co., New York; G. c. Good.
win & Co., Boston; j. w. Perkins 4 Co., Portland.
For sale by J. F. Patten, Granite Block, Blood 4
Rowe, No. l2l Exchange St. and Harlow 4 Sweet,
Smith Block, II. II. Suffer, Bangor. All the
LOWS Selbing at the State House.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-02-01

row and Norris burlington asking authority
to construct wharf in the Cathance river.
Referred to Committee on Interior Waters.
BY Mr.. SMITH: Petition of Charles H. Gill
bert and others, for an act to incorporate the
universalst society of Oldtown, and author
ity to sell their meeting house. Referred to
the Committee on Legal Affairs.
By Mr.. HARMON: Petition of Albert Lewey
and IL others, of the Passamaquoddy Tribe
of Indians, for an appropriation. Referred to
the Committee on Indian Affairs.
By Mr.. PALMER: Petition of Albert Fl.
Ware and SO others of Arson, in aid of the
petition Of John L. Hubbard and others, for a
charter for railroad from West Waterville
through the towns of Sidney to Augusta. OF
j. j. Parlin and Al others, Of Arson, for the
same. Referred to the Committee on Rail-
roads.
Br Mr. CARR: Bill to incorporate the
Northern Company. Referred to the Com
mittee on the Judiciary.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-09-17
VALIDITY OF CONFEDERATE TAX

VALIDITY OF CONFEDERATE lax
SALEs-AN IMPORTANT DECISION
The Holly Springs (Miss.) Reporter,
Of the 2lst, gives the following synop-
sis Of a decision delivered by Judge R.
A. Hill. of the Federal Court, in a
case involving the validity of tax titles
acquired in May, 1861:
The Judge holds that the State Co.
vernmcnt Of Mississippi from 1861 to
1865 (during the war; was revolution
aly: illegal and unconstitutional. That
any law passed by State Government
during that period, imposing a tax On
the people for the support of the State
Government, was in aid of the rebel
lion: and necessarily unconstitutional
and void.
That all sales of lands for taxes by
the Government of Mississippi in
1862, 1868 and 1864, during the Pc
riod Of the late civil war, are null and
void. Under his decision, all tax
sales Of land between 1861 and 1865
are nullitics, and will be set aside. 1t
unsettles the titles Of purchasers at tax
sales to thousands, if not millions, OF
acres of land in Mississippi. The de-
cisiou is equally applicable to the sales
of lands for taxes in the other Confed-
crate States engaged in :hc war, and
hence its vast Importance.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-09-17
T;IE FAD BOY AND THE
GOOD.

There was once i young and lovely
boy, whose mother parted his hair
down the middle. and occasionally hit
him on the back with fat-ilon. There
WAS also i bad: wicked and deprayed
boy. about whom |, at the moment. do
not recollcct any further particulars.
These two were brought up together.
and simultaneously received present
OF i sovereign apeicc. Oh, how that
bad, wicked and dcprayed boy kicked
up his heels. The good boy smiled the
the while >eraphically and slobberei.
The bad boy went straightway and
laid out his good money in all manner
and kinds Of nasty and ind;ge<tiblc
messe$-hard-bake, cocpanut (hc
bought fifteen Of thcse), bulls cyrs.
stick liccoricc, tamarinds and .tustra-
llan beef. The boy fell to and gorged
hideously upor shcse things, and 50
exhausted his httle capital, coming to
the good by when it WAS all gone,
with long pitiful face. "Ah" said
the good boy. had you not spent
your sovereign thus fooliShly you
would have had it now as I have mine.
Instead Of buying hard bake thing
! myself never touch, except when it
is given me-yon might have bestow
ed five shillings upon the Society for
Supplying Woodcu-leygcd Inf dels
with Worstcd Slippers. Instead Of
buying eocoanuts, you might have
dropped another FIVE bob into the do
nation box Of the Hospital for Para
lyzed Shakers, and, instead Of wasting
the other ten <hillings in the way You
have you might have done, I don't
know what was good, kind, generous,
and noble" The bad boy, confused
aud confouuded, turned away his
head at this, and wept bitter tears.
Then the good boy went out for a
stroll: feeling ever so much gooder for
having said what he had, and on his
way accidently dropped his own sovc-
reign down sewer grating.-Punch.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-09-17
Dsoo4;.o N,1fo.1 IL

Prentice Mulford thus writes Of his
experience at the Vienna Exposition
"Of course I got lost. I couldn't find
the 'Ausgang.' This, in German
means git cut place. 1 must have
walked seven miles in that maze OF
building before the 'Ausgaug' present
ed itself. l knew that it would come
sooner or later. | knew that if I sim,
ply stood still the 'Ausgang' would
come round where ! stood. l think
about FIVE hundred other people were
similarly lost, for they kept coming up
to ME and inquiring in all sorts Of
language where the 'Ausgang' was. L
said to them, Il am simply fellow
worm ofthe dust as yourselves. Yester.
day, Or the day before yesterday, OF
last week, OF maybe last year, l man,
aged with a great deal of difficulty
to get in here, and I've been wander
ing arouud ever since trying to get
out. Some said 'Iaw, and some said
So"
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-09-17
%
Doetrp.
B
('SESf,E.

You hold my heart in your slender hands,
In your cold, our cruel, careless hands,
In your beautiful hands, famed b. a
breath
Like the breath Of the rose, it is dying its
death;
In your beautiful hands with their glitter
of rings,
Each ring trophy that scornfully sings
Of other hearts that have lain like mine
On your cruelty beautiful, p!tiless shrine:
OF other hearts that have gone to their
e.. death, :,
Swooned to sleep by that sweet, sweet
breath,
That breath of the rose that comes and
goes
As the smiling, beautiful lips unclosc.
When night after night down dizzying dan
They fo!toW ana ioHo~ your OaZZnnS Slah-
ces,
While round and rouhd bv the music whirl-
ed,
As I'd follow and follow you over the
world!
Then hold me fast in your slender hands,
In yoar cruelty beautiful, pitileSs hands;
Let me forever be dying my death,
Swooncd to sleep by that sweet, sweet
brea til:
Let me forever be whirling there,
Lost in a trance divinely fair:
lie, me forever be stricken and slain,
And dying with this delicious pain!
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-09-17

The heart of a deacon who Off
ciated with the contribution box
at recent meeting for foreign
missions in Boston, was gladdened
by observing among its contents =
neatly-rolled package. On hastily
investigating his former belief in
the depravity Of human nature
was changed to a certainty by dis
covering one dollar and one cent,
and upon the paper the following.
"The cent is for the hcathen, and
the dollar to get it to them."
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-09-17

The Missouri farmers take to the
Oranges with vim that indicates they
like the movement passing well. The
head officer Of the "Patrous" in that
State says that t,.ere arc FIVE hundred
Oranges in his organization, averaging
scventy-6ve members each; which
makes total meu4 bership of more than
$1,000. Judging frOm present progress
which the Patrons are l4aking he
thinks that there will be 100000 mem
bcrs enrolled before next spring. In
Arkansas the ordcris making fast head
Way. ..r
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-09-17

proach. The widow was on her
way to the altar, with The elegant
dandy who had caused the sup.
preston Of her husbands statue,
there TO take upon herscIfa second
VOW of conjugaI fidelity.
Scandal adds that the bu t
would willingly have been return
ed that the newly-marricd cou-
pie considered the sculptor's de-
mand enormous; and that it was
only with considerable difficulty,
and with i threat Of further pro
cecdings, that he was at length re-
imburscd for the time and trouble
spent upon the widows whim.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-09-17

BURNED BY AN AERoLITE.-Thc
barn O: Nr. Nathan Nye, in West
Sandwich, Massachusetts,, was totally
consumed by fire on the Sth instant, du-
ring i thunder storm. The lightning
stroke WAS seen by a mau about half
mile distant. who states that when
wlthln twenty degrees the bolt appear
cd to change, and Looked as if fire was
being poured from Il bucket, and waved
itself 10 the barn, entered. and imnle.
diately the whole barn was in flames
Afterward, among the ruins, about
barrel OF grecniSh looking, porous, but
extremely hard substance was found
scattered about: principally in one cor
ner. There was nothing about the
barn to melt into and form such a pc.
culiar. LAVA like matter, and it is sup
POSED to lave descended with the light
ming. 4 fragment has been sent to
Professor Ass>siz for examination.
New Bedford Standard.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-09-17

The Rev. DR.. Goddard states
that Napoleon, when boy, ono
day came home to his mother
without shoes. His mother SAID
to him: "Louis, what have you
done with your shoes ?" and he
answered: "Mother, l met poor
beggar boy; he had no shoes, so [
gave him mine" General Wash.
ingtou and that great and good
man Adjntant General Dawson
did the same thing.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-09-17

Z man who had missed his way
overlook boy going with pot Of tar
to mark his masters sheep. He asked
the road to Bauf, but was directed by
so many turnings that he agreed to take
the boy behind him on his horse. Find
ing the boy pertand docile, he gave him
some wholesome advise, adding occa-
sionally: Mark me well, my boy. Eyes,
sir, I do" He repeated the injunc-
tion so often that the boy at last cried
out Il Gamma mark ye nymair, as the
tar has glen out"
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-09-17
<(o.'.1

In New Orleans, recently, q
city lady and & country gentlemen
paid q visit toSthe skating rink.
After seeing The ladies and gentle
men flying around for while,
the lady asked the gentleman
what he thought of the exhibition.
"Oh," he replied, "it is pretty
good, but not near as good as the
blondes" "You just wait mo-
ment until you see some Of the
ladies tumble and you will think
it is fifty times BETTER" said his
companion.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-09-17

A Hartford subscriber writes
that be is just recovering from
smallpox, and will be on in a few
days to renew his subscriptions
We hope he won't mind a little
thing like that. We will send
the paper and wait for the money.
We will wait cheerfully. We
amt of that avaricious kind of
people who will grab for money as
iffor life. We despiso such things.
There's no earthly reason for his
coming on we will wait.-Danbury
Nevs.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-09-17
5eIsetsb e: Story.
THE WIDOWS WHiM.

''Yon know" said the widow, in
voice smothered with sobs, "the
misfortune e"-here she applied a
delicate cambric handkerchief to
her eyes-"the loss" She could
get no further.
Her visitor bowed, with an air
ofrespectful coincidence.
II WISH" continued the widow,
II wish to erect a monument to the
-, memory efsmy poor husband. |
have chosen you to execute the
order" She had become somewhat
calmer.
The sculptor bowed again.
81 wish this monument to be su-
perb-worthy of the dear compan-
ion whom l have lost; proportion
cd to my"
She was getting hysterical.-
Her visitor handed her bottle of
salts that stood convenient on
the little work table.
The widow resumed, "Spare no
expense. 1 would willingly con-
secrate my whole fortune 10 his
memory"
A pause, which the sculptor
hesitatcd to break.
II should like" said the widow,
again coming to tho point, ~ tenn
pie with marble columns ,and in the
middle, upon a pedestal, his stat
~ ue. .".----s->- -.,...-.. ...->---,-.--.. --~.
Here she swallowed q sob. II
shall do my best to fulfill your
wishes, main" said the man Of art.
81 had not, however, the honor OF
personally knowing the late Mr..
Belfair, and his likeness is indis-
pensable to the completion of the
design. Doubtless you have . por-
trait of him."
The widow raised her round
arm and pointed to y magnificent
portrait, by one Of our first artists.
"An admirable painting" said
the visitor. II need not ask you
if the resemblance be striking"
1T is himself Life is all that
is needed. All, if could have
given mine for his!" The hand
kercheif was again in requisition.
"I will send for the portrait,
mann and guarantee that the
likeness shall be exact"
Send for the portrait !' cried
the widow, with q stifed shrek
"take from me my only consola-
ton, my only happiness? ? Never"
"But, MAIN, it will only be for
/. little while"
"a little while An age! How
could live without this dear i'm
age ?" 1t quits me neither day nor
night; l contemplate it without
ceasing through my tears. 1t
will never be removed out OF, this
room, where | shall pass the re-
mainder Of Il miserable existence"
The widow had worked herself
up to such pitch Of feeling that
the sculptor rose to ring the bell
for assistance. But she laid
white hand on his coat sleeve, and
he sat down again.
"Then you allow me, mann, to
come here to take q copy of it? Be
not alarmed; shall not long in
wade your solitude. A single sitting
will suffice"
The widow agreed to this ar.
rangement, and requested the
SCULPTOR to commence. the next
day. But he had ! previous order
to execute. She would have level
ed the difficulty with gold, but he
stood firm.
My word is pledged: he said,
"do not, however, be troubled
about tn, delay. l will work so
diligently that the monument
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-09-17

Two Irishmen on a sultry night
took refuge under the bed clothes
from a party Of mosquitoes. At
last, one Of them, gasping from
heat, ventured to peep beyond the
bulwarks, and espicd FREELY,
which had strayed into the room.
Arousing his companion with q
punch, he said: "Fergus, it's no
use; ye might as we'll come out.
Here's one of the craythers search
ing for US with a lantern %
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-09-17

Brigham Young preached a sermon
l-tely, in wich he said that the sisters
thought they had great deal to bear,
but if they could stand in the shoes Of
their husbands they would know what
trials and perplexities are. "Just fancy
man." said the prophet, with two
or three or half d dozen beloved wives
catching him On one side, and before
they take halfa dozen steps, more wives
catching him on the other, with I
want this I want that;;' this is not
right and so on; their minds just
pulled to pieces. I say if the hair is
spared on their heads they may con-
slider that they have got blessed good
wives"
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-09-17

An idea Of the value of house prop
crty in London may be CLEANED from
the following statement; Upon d block
of handsome Offices just erected in
Leadenhall street, the ground floor of
the back block-simply room under
fifty feet by forty-lets for l 900 gum
cas- a year,on a twenty-one years lease
and all the other rooms in proportion.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-09-17

A school inspector, examining
the boys, put them through their
animal kingdom" and in the
course Of his performance rather
grandly exclaimed, "Now can any
Of you boys name to me an animal
Of the order Edentata-that is a
front tooth toothless animal ?" A
boy at once, smitten with wisdom,
replied, II can" "Well, what is
the animal ?" "My grandmother"
replied the boy.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-09-17

De Witt Ta!magc, of the Brook
lyn tabernacle, has changed the
wording of the Scriptures with re-
gard to salt. His reading is: "Ic
are the antiputrefactic Of the
earth but if the antiputrefactic
has lost its antiputrefactic quality,
wherewith shall it be antiputre-
facilitated ?"
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-09-17

\ maxim of Mrs. Stoddart's espe-
cially intended for bachelors, young
and old "Never fall in love with q
woman by the water-side; there are sit
uations in which every woman looks
like an angel
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-09-17

CosT OF L0AFERIsM.-Does the
young man who persists in being
a loafer ever reflect how much less
it would cost to be a decent respec-
table man? Does he imagine that
lcaferism is more economical than
gentility Anybody can be gen
tlcman if he chooses to be, with
out much cost, it is mightylexpen-
sive being a loafer. 1t cost time in
the first place-days, W 9 KS,
months of tin fact about all the
time he has, for nc man can be a
first class loafer without deyoting
nearly his entire time to it. The
occupation, we'll followed, hardly
affords time for eating, sleeping
dr., we had almost said drinking,
but on reflection we will except
that. The loafer can find time to
drink whenever invited.
1t costs friends. Once fully en-
barked on the sea ofloaferdom and
you may bid farewell to every
friendly sail that floats under an
honest and Legitimate flag. Your
consorts will only be the ouccan-
GERS Of society. 1t costs money,
for though the loafer may not earn
a cent, or have one for months,
the time lost might have produc-
ed him much money if devoted to
industry in stead Of sloth. 1t
costs health, vigor, comfort-all
the true pleasures Of living, hon
or, dignity, self-respect of the
world when living, and, finally,
all regret Of consideration when
dead. Be gentleman it is far
cheaper.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-09-17

Milwaukeels to celebrate Shake
spears birthday by a dinner, for
which an exchange suggests Polo
MUS sausages as an entree. The
guests in that case would probably
exclaim, as Hamlet did when he
stabbed Polonius-:A rat : a rat :"
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-09-17

The wheat yield Of the State Of Ore
gon, the present season, is said to sur
pass that of any harvest ever gathered.
There are fears that there will not be
sufficient tonnage to carry of the mar
ket's surplus.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-09-17

One ;:Elder Marvin Lutz" has cs-
tablished a new religious sect in New
Haven under the name of the 'Free
Christians" the doctrines whereof
are said to be highly improper.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-09-17

business of our city has become
IN important item. 1t is mainly
conducted by persons Of limited
means, and affords employment
10 4 large class Of needy and in,
iustrious people.
a retrospective view Of the en-.
ire business OF Charleston during
he commercial year ending on
}fst August, aggrcgating as it
loes nearly seventy-tive millions
lolIars: is encouraging indeed,
md should stimulate every one
% press forward with all the encr-
y and determination nature has
endowed them with, until Charles
on attains her proper position
!mong the commercial marts Of
he country. No city on this Con,
inent, or elsewhere, can present
Z; more honorable class Of men ell
:agel in mercantile pursuits than
Charleston can. Our banks, too,
Tc conducted BY men Of acknowl
e(gcd ability and unblemiShed in.
te4rity.
HI anticipation Of Z still further
increase in the business for 1873
Thy no means an unreasonable
expectation, for the buslnes
slows an increase every year for
he past eight years-we would
refer to the complete arrange
nrnts now making to meet the
coming tide Of prosperity. Messrs.
James Adgcr & Co., have two
STEAMERS on the line to Boston,
cqlaI in capacity to 5000 bales of
cdton per month. On the New
York route, there are several first
class steamships, Of from 1850 to
200 bales capacity each, repre-
seated by Messrs. Wagner, Huger
j. Co., Wm. A. Courtenay and
james Adger d Co., which can
msve 1000 bales Of cotton per
day, and even so per cent. more if
required. The "Clyde Line" to
Philadelphia and thence to Provi-
dence, apl all the New England
mills, can move from 5000 to S.
OM bales a month. The attention
Of cotton shippers has been at
trlcted TO this line, because there
is 10 carriage between the wharf
in Charleston and the most dis
tan; cotton mill on the Penobscet
River in New England. The Bal
timore line, represented by z. G.
Trenholm, has also q capacity Of
at 1cast 5000 bales a month. Thus
it sppears, that in domestic steam
ship transportation alone, Charles
ton can move upwards Of $4,000
bales Of cotton q month.
Our railroad officials have not
been idle in this important par
t;cular. They have been busily
engaged in increasing their facili-
ties Of transportation, both to and
from Charleston, and are prepared
tc offer such facilities to shippers
as will meet all requirements.
Closely allied to ships and ship
ping, is the important matter of
cotton presses. Ships that have
loaded at Mobile and New Orleans,
6rd they gain largely in bales
when loaded at Charleston, owing
to the powerful presses we have
at work, 10 and y per cent. in
many instances having been Sc
cured; an advantage which the
ship-owner fixes his eye on quick
ly, and always afterwards gives L
kindly look at offer Of charter
from Charleston.
With all the facts before them,
every candid observer must admit
that Charleston is yearly gaining
ground as acommercial mart and q
leading seaport. Let US hear no
more croaking, but let every we'll
wisher Of tho "City by the Sea"
put his shoulder to the wheel, and
push forward the car of progress,
until it reaches the desired goal.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-09-17

Whiskcy is called an Emotional In
sanifer.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-09-17

Wilkie Collins is taking reading les
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-09-17
ADVERTISING RATES.

Advertisements inserted at the rate of 81 90
per squarc-onc inch-tor first insertion, and
7jt. for each subsequent insertion. Double
column advertisements ten per cent on above
Notices ofmeetings, obituaries and tributes
ofrespect, same rates per square as ordinary
advertisements.
Special notices in local column 90 ceuts
rhine.
Advertisements not marked with the num-
Der Of insertions will be kept in till forbid
and charged accordingly.
Special contracts made with large adyer-
tlSers, with liberal deduciiouS on above rates.
JoR YREsvZZNG
Done with Nes,ness and Dispatch.
Terms Cash.