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Year: 1865

him in his fall He at once found his hat,
took up his lire Of march, and completely
crestfa len, passed by me as stood grim
ming in the shadow OF the porch


At a suitable time | entered got my
supper, was told by brother in hurried
whispers what had happened, and then l
stole off to bed affecting ignorance and
laughing most heartily as l ensconced my
self lii the sheets, at the complete success
of my plan.


Next day | cautiously impaired my Sc
cret TO my sister. She was in her own
room at he time, and she threw herself
upon the bed and rolled in agouies and
con sulsions of laughter She had been
emancipated for ever from the obnoxious
lover. The Cd gentleman did not hear
the real state Of the facts for full twenty
years afterwards, but when he did he
laughed heartily.
Year: 1865

OF four days he went in to Investigate the
result of his experiment There remain.
ed tablespoonful of sugar This sta
tistician therefore calculates that. SUGAR
being at the rate of thirteen cents a mound
a fly costs the country twenty cents from
its birth to demise.
Year: 1865

The heads Of hair were found 10 be
nea-iv equal in weight, and the deficiency
in the number Of hams in the black brown
and red colors were fully counterbalanced
by a corresponding increase of bulk in
the individual fbres. The average weight
of a wamans head of hair is about four
teen ounces
Year: 1865

EVEN rHs Hans OF YoUR HEAD ARE
NUMFERED-To number the hairs of the
head has been in all ages accounted as
impossible a feat as to count the saads of
the seashore. The astonishing labor has,
however. been gone through by Ger
man professor, who thus tabularizes the
result Of his examination Of four heads
Of hair
Year: 1865

WHAT FLIES CosT--A curious calcuIa-
ton has been made lately by a savant,
well knows in Paris for his peculiar an
tipathY TO the fly. He collected three
thousand flies in room measuring two
cubic metres; on the floor he spread a
pounded loaf Of sugar At the end
Year: 1865




There is living on Martha's Vineyart
an old man who has never been off th,
island, and the extent of bis knowledge il
bounded by the confines of bis home.---
He has been told Of war between ths
North and South, but as be has never
heard the din of battle nor seen any sol
diers he considered it a hoax. Heis ut
terly unable to read, and is ignorant to
the last degree. An excellent story il
told of his first and only day al school,
He was quite a lad when lady came to
the district where bis father resided to
teach school. He was sent, and as the
teacher was classifying the school be was
called up in turn and in.errogated as TO
bis former studies. Of course be had 10
say that be had never been to school and
knew none of his letters. The school
mistress gave him seat on one side until
she had finished the preliminary examin-
alton of the rest Of the scholars. She
then called him to her and drew on the
black board the letter A, told him what il
was and wished him to remember how il
looked. He looked at it for moment
and then inquired he suffered "a: ae.i


H>h-how do you know its A?' r5


The teacher replied that when she was
a girl she bad been to school to an old
gentleman who told her so. s e ist


The boy eyed the A for moment and
then asked .H-h-how did he know =


This was almost sumner, but the
teacher suddenly recollected that he had
told her that when boy be bad been to
school to lady who taught him that il
was A. -.-.u a.. ,- v


The boy eyed the letter little longer.
when he burst out with H-h-how did
he know but she l.l-lied p


The teacher could not get over this
obstacle and the poor boy was sent home
as lncofris'o'e' Ga iai arier9 sa7
Year: 1865

The Stone and Dorsey State embezzlement
negro suffrage and equality-unsqal tax
alton, by which capital is exempt from the
support of Government, and thereby made q
privileged class, forcing labor TO pay the tax
capital should bear-al these are presented
as issues in the October election. -
The Democratic party takes the ground
and it is the author OF the law-that whoever
uses the money Of the people, paid by them
in taxes, for any other purpose than that for
which the money WAS PAID, he shall be held and
regarded as having violated his trust and
embezzeled the public funds.


1t maintains that the white race is the su.
perior of the black race, as the whole history
Of the world has demonstrated.


1t insists that this Government was made
by and for the white race, and that it should
be continued as such; and which President
johnson says It shall be while he is in power.


II regards uniform and equal taxation as
essential to the stability and prosperity of the
Republic Equity is justice; and that
cannot be ful6lled unless all classes are
made to bear their equitable and equal share
OF the expenses of the Government II capital
was necessary TO prosecute the war to success,
30 was the man and bis mucle that went into
the service, risksd his limbs and life; and il
he returns unipjured, he is even then in a
poorer condition than the bond-holders, as he
receives no interest on his services, which
was as necessary capital for the "life OF the
Republic" as was the money of the banker or
Yankee manufacturer.


Negro suffrage is nothing more or less than
capital controlling labor-wheiheri it be South
or North--for capital will control unintelligent
labor everywhere, and to the end Of time. We
all know It has been in this city the past four
years. Manufacturers, especially in the Gov
ernment employment, controlled the votes Of
their employees. II white laborsrs can be con-
trolled 10 that way what chance will the freed
negroes of the South have for independent
action at the pollsf


Sound staiesmAnship and practical sense
will have TO control this matter. Are the
people ready for itP Is the negro Of more
Importance TO them than the future of their
own childrsn2 Do they wish to put their sons
and daughters on an equality with the blacks
for the scale is descending one
All these things are to be decided in the
coming election The future Of the country
Is in the hands Of the voters, Win they sus-
tain President johnson, or Cox, Sumner 4
Co That is the great question H. Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Year: 1865

not fetch as much as will discharge the mort
gage" 80 sH-


After few days, the son told his father that
he intended to build house on the farm, and
he would be glad if his father would let him
have that money. 500


ayes, child, all l have is coming to you. 1
intend giving you the bonds and mortgage 1
have, but then l think it will be better to put
it all together in new deed of gift. will get
neighbor L. to call here and draw a new
one" rFexS


Accordingly, his friend and cousin, who had
devised the scheme, came to the house, and
the son gave the father the deed, that another
might be drawn of it. When the old man had
got the instrument into his hands, in the
presence of his friend he broke the seal, and
committed the writing to the fire, saying


"Burn, cursed instrument of my folly and
misery! and you my dutiful children, as this
estate is all my own again, you must move
Immediately unless you will be content to be-
come my tenants. have learned by sad ex-
perience, that it is best for parent to hold
the loaf under his O,on drna-and that one
father can better maintain ten children, than
ten children can father"
Year: 1865




The following is copied from New York
paper printed in the year I776, and is related
as a fact. Similar cases often occur in these
days, that parent, giving all into the hands
of his children, is obliged to spend the remain
der of his lie in poverty and want. GOA Aed
At this time there is living in Hoerlem, an
old man who relates the following story of
himself. He was possessed of "a pretty good
farm, with slaves and everything necessary
for his business, and had but one child, son,
who, having married, it was agreed that the
young couple should live in the house with the
parent as he was widower. Things went on
exceedingly well tor some time, when the son
proposed to his parent that he should make
over to him his estate, promising to build
new house and otherwise improve the farm
The father through persuasion, gave him
deed or gift OF it, and everything belonging to
it. ..t..t' tf.s.si.f f,,4lsq .s TX
sAfter few years, as the father grew old, he
grew little fretful and dissatisfied, while the
son, thinking he had nothing more to expect
fom MN, lorgot his filial duty, and used his
aged iather worse than he did his servants
Inc old man was no longer permitted to eat at
table with his son and wife, but compelled to
take his meals in the chimney corner, and was
continually Ill used by them The ilj usaee TO
the old man was at length carried to slIcb a
height that he could no longer hear n hnt
leiG Ule mousse anu went 10 a neighbOr and re-
lation fhis, declaring that if his friends conld
not help him get his farm back, he should be
obliged to come and live with him


His friend answered that he might como
and live with him, and if he would follow his
directions, he would help him get his estate
again. ''Take this bag of dollars, carry it to
your room at your sons, shut it up well in
your chest, and about the time you expect
they will call you down to dinner, shut your
door. and have all your dollars spread on a ta-
bic in the middle of the room. When they
call you, make noise with them, by sweeping
them from the table into the bag again.


The bait took completely. The wife peeped
through the key-hole, and saw the dollars
spread out on the table, and told il to her hus-
band. When the old man came down, they
insisted on his sitting at the table with them,
ana treated him with uncommon ciyllity.


Inc old man related to his friend what he
done, VINO gave him directions what to do il
his son asked for the money. r


After few day the son discovered the old
man counting out his money. and at the next
meal time he asked him what money it was
he had been counting.


only some money have received for the
discharge of one of the bonds had Standing
out. expect more in few days and fear /
shall be obliged to take Mr.. N's farm. nnon
which have mortgage, as he is moi able IN
raise the money, and If the farm is sold, it win
Year: 1865

and breathe not their names. Let every
vestige and Feminiscence of the army that
fought with Lee and jackson sink out of
sight, and let eternal silence rest over all
that department of memory. This must
not and this shall not be. There is no
need evento speculate upon the possibili.
ty of such infamy. 1t was wrong; it was
weak beyond measure to permit this jour-
neying to and fro of secret messengers
without credentials, at the imminent risk
ofeneryating the military spirit of the
country by turning mems thoughts to
dreams and visions of peace, at the very
mOmsutwh0n.i avery energy ought to be
strung and braced for war. .rse
Year: 1865

L


The system of transmitting money orders
through mails, though it has been in ope.
ration for several months, does not seem to
be yet fully understood or appreciated
by the public Whether this is owing to
the supposed security of the registration
system heretofore adopted; when valuable
letters were placed in mails, or to the want
ofproper information in reference to the
postal money order system is difficult to
tell. 1t is generally known that by the
registration of a valuable letter the Depart
ment, in no way, becomes responsible for
the contents, or even its detention, yet that
method is still resorted to, to a great ex-
tent. The only object in registering let.
ter is to obtain the certificate of the Post.
master that the latter was sent, but still
the sender is responsible for the safe arriv-
al of the letter at its destination. The diff
ference in the systems is very apparent
The instructions relating to the money
order system specify 'thst the money order
system is intended to promctepublic conve-
nience and to insure safety in the transmits
sion of money through the mails; the mode
by which safety is secured, consists in
leaving out ofthe order the name of the
payee, or party for. whom the money is
intended. In this respect money order
differs from an ordinary bank draft or
check; an advice or notification of the
order drawn, is transmitted by the issus
ing postmaster, to the postmaster at the
office of payment, The latter is thus furn-
ished with all necessary information, and
will therefore be informed of the names of
the remitter and Ipayee before the order
itself can be presented, and be enabled
to detect fraud ifsany should be attempt
ed And again 'Whan the mnnOy ordor
has been lost by either payee or remitter,
Ia duplicate thereof will be furnished to
the party losing the original" Thus it
will be seen that all the security that is
possible to insure its safe arrival is guar
anteed, and in no contingency is loss
possible to accrue to either the payee or
remitter. The postofices in all the prin-
ciple towns are made money order Offices,
and it is designed to mako the postofice
at each county seat money order office,
and require the adoption of this rule ex-
clusiyely. The orders range in price as
follows: Orders not exceeding $40, ten
cents; over $40 and not exceeding $50,
fifteen cents; over $50 and under $50,
twenty cents.
Year: 1865

PHILADELPHIA, October 24.-The General
Convention of the Episcopal Church reas-
sembled to-day.


The Committee on Canons reported that
it was inexpedient to change the title of the
Synod. The Committee was then discharged
from further consideration of the subject.


The Committee on Provisional System,
proposed by the conventions of New York
and Pennsylvania and by several members
of this house, reported as follows:


The Committee is not prepared to recon-
mend the adoption of any titles by Bishops,
and the comforting upon them of any new
order affecting the purity of the EpiscOpate
as it now exists, and submit the following
proposed canon:


1t is hereby declared to be lawful for the
dioceses now existing or hereafter to exist
within the limits of any State or common
wealth, to establish for themselves a feder-
ate convention or council representing such
dioceses, which may deliberate and decide
upon the common interests of the church
within that State, and exercise any dele
gated powers not inconsistent with the con-
stitution and canOns of this church.


A message was read from the House of
Bishops announcing that an evening session
would be held tonight, and soon thereafter
they would meet the members of the Lower
House for the closing services of the Con-
yentiOn.


A Committee of Conference was appointed
on standard prsyer-books, to sit during the
recess.
Year: 1865

BOsTON, MASS, Sept, 1864.


DEAR SIR:-Your circular is at hand.
For many years interested in the question
to which you have called my attention,
am now convinced that the " Protection of
American Industry" is necessary, not
only for the full development of our own
labor, but that of labor everywhere,
throughout the world; therefore 1 wish to
see the utmost diversity of pursuits in the
country, as they are now diversified in
my own State. want to see manufaeto-
ries springing up at the West and South.
as well as in the East. The most widely
diversified trade-Free Trade-with ali
parts of the United States is possible, for
we have all material and production wait
ing for the hand to give it life and value.
Free Trade with Europe and Asia means
crushing our labor to the level of theirs.
That we shall not do. We may try the
experiment again, if the nation has not
learned wisdom from the past, but only to
recoil from it, as We have previously many
times. In l840 Richmond planter said
to me, l make corn; when the northern
manufacturers are at work get a high
price for my corn when. they are idle /
get a low price / 90 for a protective
tariff His experience will be ours if we
again try free trade, for our home market
Is certain, our foreign market uncertain
for all our products except gold, cotton
and tobrooo- Europe will take our cotton
and tobacco, and if we will let her manu-
facture for US, she will take our gold also
until the rise in the price of gold makes a
low tariff protective. With tariff that
enables us to retain all the gold we pro-
duce IN the country, our prosperity is Sc
cure, and our finances sound. am in IA
vor of building up the labor of our own
country first, and letting other countries
follow our example.


Truly your friend,


GEORGE L. STEARSs.
Year: 1865

The Nashville Union, of the 22d, ha:


the following relative to the newly-discov.


cred robber caves near Nashville. II


says:


We yesterday visited the cave recently
| discovered, which enters the rocks in the


Chattanooga railroad cut, and which Is


supposed by many, not only to be a den


OF robbers but to contain a number of the


villains now. The entrance is at a point


opposite the junction of the two branches


of the road, and but little beyond Steiters


brewery. The cut is there some thirty


feet deep, and there is a seam in the rocks


which looks as if the layers of limestone
had once been broken, by some terrible
convulsion of nature.


The mouth of the cavern barely admits
man, crawling on his hands and knees
but short distance in, it becomes larger,
being some three feet broad, and three and
half or four feet in height AT the front,
there Is a large pile of dirt-apparently
loose, and but recently deposited there,
completely blocking it up, and it is in re-
moving this, the wOrkmen are engaged.
The progress made, however, is very slow,
on account of the difficulty in getting the
dirt out of the mouth of the cave-it being
necessary to convey it all in a small box,
the men lifting it foot after foot and crawl
ing after it. There are those whoTbelieve
that there are robbers in it now, and that
they have learned that they 1Iy- -d;44Auarad
and have purposely blocked it up. If
such is the case, they can pile in the dirt
much faster than it can be taken out, as
they have more room to work.


1t is believed that the cave connects
itself with the McNairy vault, but that is
only conjecture.


As yet nothing has been found, but one
or two playing cards, but this must not be
taken as evidence that robbers-or even
any men have been in it. While con-
versing with citizen-a gentleman who
resides in the vicinity, welearned that THE
CAVE HAS LONG BEEN KNOWN.


He says that soon after the cut was |
made 1t was great resort for boys that |
his own used to play in it. That while he |
never was in it himself and does not |
know of any grown men who ever ex-
plored it, his boys, and those of his neigh
Dors, reported that they had been in a
long distance, and that it became quite
large a short distance in. He did not
know that any of them had ever been at
the end of it.


We scarcely are prepared to believe that
here are any men in the cave now, but
here are many who do believe it, and
hey are not visionaries, but men whose
judgments are entitled to respect.


Strong guards are posted at the entrance
# the cave, and also at the McNairy vault,
nd unless there is some other outlet to
4bn,-o |
will ultimately be compelled to come out.
We shall chronicle any new developments
hat may transpire.
Year: 1865

In version of "Oliver Twist" which
they are playing at New Orleans, Bill
Sykes, falling from hOusetop at the close
of the piece, appears to be strangled by a
rope which is really caught in hook at
the back of his neck. In performance
few weekt ago the hook broke, and the
actor came very near near being hung in
earnest. As similar accident had hap
pened to him once before, the actor became
superstitious, and refused to 60 through
the ceremony of suicide any more, unless
shooting is substituted for hanging.
Year: 1865

The city has ionized General Ashley in
such a manner as ought to make all Tole-
doans proud, whether pro or con their
townsman in politics. His speech and
his hearty manners have made him MANY
warm friends on this coast. The General
studiously avoided oratorical displays all
along his route; but here he could not
very well escape in silence, and it is the
general impression, that in his one speech
he has said more than Colfax did in his
one hundred.
Year: 1865

A letter from San Francisco to the To
lede Commercial gives some interesting
facts about Mr.. Ashley's western tour,
from which we extract the following:


HIS INTERVIEW WITH BRIGHAM YOUNG.


At the city of the Saints, Gen. Ashley
had two interviews with Brigham Young.
As Chairman of the Committee on Terri
tories in the House, the General has had
the Constitution of Utah in his drawer in


Washington for the last six years. His
interviews with President Young. there
fore, were of considerable interest. The
first one was in the presence of the dipni-
taries Of the Church, and the second with
Brigham, alone. OF tho second interview
nothing has transpired. At the first a
general conversation was had with regard
to the present condition of the Mormons
and as to whether they are likely to Weld
obedience to the laws of the United States
without further legislation. On this point
Brigham asked the General whether he
advised him to obey God or Man-claim-
ing that they were obeying a revelation
from Heaven in the practice of polygamy.
General Ashley did not recommend Brig
ham to get new revelation, as his friend
Colfax did, because he did not recognize
that Young had ever had one of the char
acter claimed. He told Brigham, how
ever, that the sovereignty of ones country
Is superior in temporal affairs; and that
the laws of the United States must be
ObeVed
Year: 1865

entire State, and the delegates elected to
State convention are mostly of a strong
Union character and strongly endure the
policy indicated by Governor Marvin
Judge Burritt was elected delegate from
the Jacksonville district
Year: 1865

Since these engines are being rapidly in.
troduced in many street rairoads in the va
rious large cities, It may be well to give a
word of warning to the engineers in charge
ofthem. The boilers of steam car are as likely
to explosion as anywhere else, and are liable
also to infict great damage, for in most Of
the cars seats are arranged within few inch
es OF the boilers, which are separated from
them by thin and fimsy partition. When
these cars are crowded, as they often are, an
explosion would undoubtedly be fatal, not
only by the injury inflicted by flying pieces,
buS by the steam which would penetrate among
the passengers with scalding holiness. A very
ittie care by a competent engineer would
avoid such horrible effects, and we trust that
al the street railroad companies who own
steam engines employ none but conpetant per-
sons. We are led to make these remarks be-
cause the boiler of u steam car on the Hobo.
ken and West Hoboken passenger railroad ex-
Ploded on Saturday, whilst standing in the
depot The engineer was badly hurt, but no
passengers were injured, as there was fortu-
nately none in the car. With the full knowl-
edge ofthe terrible effects of such an explosion,
we hope that sufficient care will. be taken to
avoid them in the future. Phil Plen.
Year: 1865

This is not q stock offered at the greatly inflated
prices and sold at its nom nal par value, by which
reduction each made personally liable
but is sold at its actual par value and cost


Two Wells now going down, and more