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Year: 1865

We sometimes catch ourselves won.
dering how many of the young ladies
whom we meet with, are TO perform The
part Of housekeepers, when the young
men who now eye them so admiringly,
have persuaded them 10 become their
wives +! We listen 10 those young ladies
of whom we speak, and hear them not
only acknowledging, but boasIing Of their
ignorance of all household duties, as if
nothing would so lower them in the esr-
nation of their friends, as The confession
of an ability 10 bake bread and pies, or
cook piece Of meat, or a disposition 10
engage IN any useful employment. Speak
ing from our own youthful recollecliohs,
we are Tree to say that taper fingers and
lilly hands are very pretty 10 look a, with
a young mans eyes, and sometimes we
have known the srlless innocence of prac.
teal knowledge displayed by young
miss TO appear rather interesting than
otherwise. Bu, we have lived long
enough 10 learn that life is foil of rugged
experiences, and :ha. the most loving, 70.
mantic aud delicate people mus. live on
cooked or otherwise food. and the house
KEEP. clean and tidy by industrious hands.
And for all the practical purposes OF mar
ried life, ii is generally found that for
husband 10 sit and gaze at his wite's ia
per fingers and lily hands, or for wife
to sit and be looked al and admired, does
not make the pot boil, OF put The smallest
piece OF food therein.
Year: 1865

The Washington correspondent of the
New York Herald says that Gen. David
Il. Stroller, Adjulanl General of Virgin
Ia, had a prolonged interview with the
President few days ago concerning the
condition Of affairs in that State under the
administration OF Governor Pierpont.
General Srother spoke 10 the President
as one knowing, that while he was ready
to believe that there was certain and
limited class Of citizens who would never
rid their heads of the heresy OF Stale
rights, and a certain other class Of young
men, who were always worthless, who
still cling to secession, the main body OF
the people of Virginia are undoubtedly
loyal 10 the Government of the United
States and the Stale Of Virginia. The
Presiden, replied, that he had heard Va
riety Of opinions upon this subject of re-
construction in The State, some of which
were adverse 10 Governor Pierpoint and
his policy. Nevertheless, he was firmly
disposed TO believe in Governor Pier.
point and his course, and 10 render him
all the assistance he might require in the
discharge OF his important and onerous
duties, and he had no doubt that the Gov
ernor would not only justify the conf
dence Of the Executive, but like wise that
of the people of Virginia, over whom he
was called 10 rule.
Year: 1865

ALL BUSINESS AND PROBES IONAL MEN


Should Advertise in the Argus
ALL BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL MEN


Should Advertise in the Argus.
ALL BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL MEN


Should Advertise in the Argus.
ALL BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL MEN
Should Advertise IN the Argus
ALL BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL NRN


Should Advertise in the Argus
ALL BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL. NRu


Should Advertise In the AnuA
Year: 1865

have thought of resisting party of men
composed of an officer, blacksmith, and
four strong soldiers, all armed to the
teeth, with eight more soldiers at handl
All these facts, l repeat will one day be
known to the world.


And now, how much more would it
comport with the honor and dignity of
the country; how much more lustre
would it shed upon President Johnsons
ADMINISTRATION, if General, Miles had
been directed to take the parole of Mr.
Davis not to escape, and then to have
allowed him the liberty of the Fortress,
and seat at the Generals table? I
presume great many of your readers
have seen Fortress Monroe, and remem
berits internal arrangement Guarded
as the prisoner could be, even with this
liberty allowed to him, ibis escape would
be literally impossible. With a guard
Of sixty viglant men, twenty on duty
all the time, with orders not to- let him
be out of their sight for moment, he
could not escape, even without his parole
It's not too late to change the manner
of his Imprisonment even now. It can
not be denied that up to this time, the
indigpities that have been heaped upon
Mr.. Davis and his rigorous Imprisonment
have not been owing to fears of his es-
cape but in order to wreak vengeance
upon him for some fancied complioitysof
his in the assassination. Even to per-
init such things is unworthy OF amind
like President Johnson's, and it may be
hoped that he will put stop to them.


~. MALcoLM.
Year: 1865

the rebel navy, will be discharged upon
taking the oath of allegiance.


Second--Officers of the rebel army
not above the grade of captain, and Of
the rebel navy not above the grade of
lieutenant except such as have graduated
at the U. S. Military or Naval Academy
and such as held commission in either
the y. >. army or navy at the beginning
OF the rebellion, may be discharged upon
taking the oath of allegiance.


Third When the discharges hereby
ordered are completed, regulations will
be issued in respect to the discharge Of
officers having higher rank than captain
in the army or lieutenant in the navy.


Fourth-The several commanders of
prison stations will discharge each day
as many of the prisoners hereby author
lzed to be discharged as proper rolls can
be prepared for, beginning with those
who have been longest in prison and
from the most remote points of the
country, and certified rolls will be for.
warded daily to the Commissary Gen
eral Of Prisoners of those discharged.
The oath of allegiance only will be
administered: but notice will be given
that all who desire will be permitted to
take the oath of amnesty after their
release in accordance with the regulations
of the Department of State respecting
the amnesty.


Fifth-The Quartermaster's Depart.
ment will furnish transportation to all
released prisonersto the nearest accessible
point to their homes by rail or steam.
boat.


BY order Of the President of the U.
States.


e. D. TOWNSEND, Asst A. Genl.
Year: 1865

FIGHT YoUR WAY Up.-The many who


have to take the world rough and tumble
are prone TO envy the Few who roll


through 1t unjOlted, in cushioned vehicles
on patent springs. The toiler as he STUN.


bles through its thorny thckets, and


limps over its foot blistering gravel, is apt


to curse the i'll luck that placed him on
such hard road and to sigh for seat in
one of the splendid equipages that glide
so smoothly over Fortunes macadamized
turnpike Born with a pewter spoon in
his mouth, he covets the silver one which
was the birth gift Of his do nothing neigh
Dor. The more fool he. Occupation is
the immediate jewel of life. 1t is true
that riches arc no bar to eXertion. Quite
the reverse, when their uses are properly
understood. But the discontentcd work
cr, who pines for wealth without being
willing to labor for it, regards the idleness
in which it would enable him to live as
the acme of temporal happiness.


lie has no idea of money as 3 great mo-
tive power, to be applied in enterprise
that give healthful employment to mind
and body. All that he desires is to live
feather bed life to loaf luxuriously.-
We have no sympathy with such sensuous
longings, People who indulge in them
never acquire wealth. They lack the en-.
crgy to break their way to the worldly
independence of which they yearn and
whine. They don't know how much
more glorious it is to tear affluence from
opposing fate by main strength Cf will |
and inilexibility of purpose, than to re-
ceive it as q windfall. There is infinitely
more satisfaction in conquering fortune
with brain and muscle, than was ever ex-
perienced by "lucky heir" in obtaining
the golden store that some thrifter hand
had accumulated. Your accidental Croe.
sus knows nothing Of the pride of success
of the honest eXultation with which the
self.made man looks back upon the i'm
pediments he has overcome, and forward
into the far future which he has earned
the right to enjoy.
Year: 1865

NEGROES ALLOWED To VoTE.-We learn


from our Atlantic exchanges that leading


Abolitonists are in favor of granting the


right Of suffrage to negroes. They ig-


more the fact that the one or two hundred
thousand of them residing in and about
the towns and cities in the North, are not
a safe standard by which to judge the
other three or four millions. The house
servants and those brought up in the
towns and cities are, to some extent, cul.
tivated, enlightened by example and
precept. These are apt to learn and
quick to adopt the feelings and customs
Of the whites; but we must not deceive
ourselves by Judging the masses by these.
The greater proportion of the three or
four millions of plantation negroes are
naturally indolent and have no aspiration
higher than the qualification of their ami
NAL appetites, and it would he dangerous
to bestow upon them the elective fran
chise. AS c general thing they are not
quick to learn the mechanic arts, and to
think that they could vote intelligently
on questions of national policy is simply
absurd. They could be made power for
mischief in the hands of ambitious dema-
gogues, and ambitious demagogues would
be apt to cultivate their friendship and
control their votes. From the tone OF
leading Republican papers we are satisfied
that the question will be presented to the
people for their discussion and decision
at no distant day, and we notice it now to
prepare them for the discussion. 1t must
come, for the men who are in favor of the
measure are talented, influential and re-
solved to carry their point; they are
leaders Of the party in power and under
stand how to secure the success Of their
measures,no matter how,odious they may
be to the people.
Year: 1865

HARD UP FOR CAPITAL. - 1t is said there
are men so hardened and debased as to
coin the tears of the widow and orphan
into gold-so lost to humanity as to spec
slate upon the blood and anguish of their
w-men--but the creature who seeks
in this hour of national bereavement to
profit by the murder Of the President in
making political capital out of the fearful
crime, is thousand fold morS malignant
and unSerupulous.
Year: 1865

WORTH REMEMBERING In these days
of conquest and surrender, it may be
worth while to remember with what dis
gust much of the civilized world looked
upon the British incarceration and treat
ment of Napoleon on the island of st.
Helena. That dark spot in which fallen
giant threw himself voluntarily on the
generosity Of an enemy, and received i'm
prisonment and persecution as a reward.
will ever remain as lasting disgrace to
the British name.
Year: 1865

\ BLUE ROSE. A famous horticultnrSt
had roses Of all sorts in his gardens, from
the pearleSt white TO the deepest garnet !;
from the faintest cream to the brightest
canary; rose that passed for purple, and
another called out of courtesy a black
rose; but all their exquisite fragrance and
beauty were wasted on the gardener, who
was absorbed in one idea; that was, to
produce blue rose. So all possible ex-
pedients were tried. Chemistry and bot
any were besieged to try and get upon
Natures blind side, and induce her to
bring forth this anomaly. Now this gar
dener was not alone in his discontent.-
There are host of people IN the world
searching after blue roses. They have
enough to spare Of others far more benuti-
ful, but all of them profit nothing as long
as the coveted one is still beyond their
reach. 1t was not by any means because
the blue rose was the prettiest that it was
desired, but because it could not be had.
Do not imagine you would be at all salts
fled if you did get the object you most
covct. Just as soon as the gardener got
his blue rose he would be just as uneasy
as every until he got a blue tulip or
blue dahlia. The only surety you have
that you would be satisfied with future
possessions, is that you are happy over
those you now possess. Contentment
with godliness, is great gain"
Year: 1865

~ The latest rumor of the New
York specials is, that Gen. Grant told
several members Of Congress tbat il the
country would give him one hundred
thousand fresh troops. he would close the
war within three months. As Grant is
not in the habit Of making such promises.
this story may be taken for what it is
worth. t
Year: 1865

~ It Is estimated that the quantity OF
cotton held In the south, subject to the
twenty Ave per cent tar, is two million bales
that not less than half a million bales Will oe.
coue the property Of the Goyernmsnt' II
cannot immediately be brought TO market; :;
ard It is thought that no very large psopor-
ton of ii will be received before next fall Or
winter,
Year: 1865

While people who have leisure and money 10 spend the
of the sostce at fashionable watering places ana
summer resorts-for which they arc now preparing y
start-such Saratoga, Newport, Long Branch, the
Catskills Lake Mahopac Niagara and other places at
distance from the city nature has provided plenty Of
home watering places for those who cannot afford 70 bs
fashionable in tho selection Of their retrca Of
who have not time tn from business occupations
for lengthy sojourn in the country nave, for in.
stance, within few hours distance such spots Cleo
Cove Concy Island, Bath, Staten Island Flushing ths
garden Of Long Isand) Jones' Wood, the Palisades
Fort Hamilton and many Others each Of them available
for such enjoymens are most sought after In sum-
mercool breezes shade boating, fishing and bathing
Still than any Of these the beauties Of Harlem
river New Rochelle, City Island and the islands In tho
East river These now within reach Of all BY tho
frequent trips OF the elegant steamer, Sylvan Grove.
which leaves several times day from Pock slip for that
delightful region With such places Of summer recrea
ton convenient the masses need hardly envy the
chosen few who afford 10 dssipste small fortunes In
the fashionable resorts II Is exceedingly doubtful
whether there Is not times enjoyment 70 be ha1
after all in our home watering placcs


The beauty of the scenery In the vicinity Of the metro
polis both on the Hudson and East rivers sunsupassed
by the suburbs Of any city In the world Certainly the
country seats within few hours travel probably ex
coed In beauty and convenience anything Of the kind
within the distance from any capital One Of thcss
hne estates within hours travel Of the city situated


In weschester county observe 10 b sold at auctou
Saturday and finer site for hotel and several coun'
try residences be found in the OF New
York 1t is the property Of Nj. e. K Collins known -
Larchmont with s splendid mansion avenues OF grand
old trcos and adjacent facilities for bathing fishing,
boating and other summer recreations without end 4
portion of this property occurs TO u.s. y, well adapted
for FIRST class hotel while the remainder might be most
acceptable for private residences With al tho iocstion
referred TO- available for enjoyment in tho hot season.
and easily reached by railroad and steamboat within -
hour or two the million cannot complain Of the want f
local hauns Of pleasure almost M their DOORS nor need
they envy others the gifts Of fortune which put more
distant and expensive resorts 81 their command.
Year: 1865

GREATLY INCREASED EMIGRArIoN. Late
foreign papers show that the rnsh of emf
grants to this country from the North Of
Europe is setting in with more than usual
vehemence. Fifteen thousand Polish exiles
are making arrangements with the, Swiss
government for transportation to the free soil
of the States" From Norway the exodus Of
the most valuable part of the population is
so great as to excite the fears of the au.hori-
ties, who are endeavcrirc to check It.
Year: 1865

Eg-A New York firm have made, as pre-
sent for Mrs General Grant, set of jewelry
of gold worked in with wood taken from the
apple tree under which her hus bands officers
met General Lee on the morning of the sur
render at Appomattox Court House.
Year: 1865

TIE NAVAL REVIEW AT BREsr 1t is re-
ported that Rear. Admiral Goldsborough
says that in consequence of his not being in
vited to witness or participate in the approach
ing naval review at Brest, he has decided to
neither be present nor allow any. vessels be-
longing to his squadron to be in any adjacent
waters near that time.
Year: 1865

OF the worst disorders that act mankind arise from the
corruption that accunulaes in the Blood OF all the dis
coveres that have been made to purgeit out none
equal in effect RELMBOLDS COMPOUND EXTRACT
OF SARSA PARILLA. 1t cleanses and renoyates the
Blood, nsls the vgor Of health into the system, and
purges the humors which make disease 1t stimulates
the healthy functions of the body and expes the disorders
that grow and rankle in the Blood Such remedy that
could be relied has long been sought for and for
the first time, the public have which they can de-
pend Our space here does not admit of certificates to
show its effects but the trial OF single bottle will show to
the sick that has virtues surprising they have
ever taken.


Two ablespoonsui of the Extract of sarsapara added
to pint of water Is equal to the Lisbon Diet Drink and
one bottle Ito gallon of the Syrup of Sarsapariia,
the decoction usually made.


The above Extracts prepared purely scientific
principes-in Vdcuo-and ebody the full strength Of
the ingredients entering into their composition. ready
and conclusive test will be comparison of their proper
ties With those set forth in the U. s. Dspensatory.
Year: 1865

In Diseases Of the Blood, Humors the Face any
and every part Of the body Extrac. Sarsaparla
plying to Pimples and all external Humors Erup:ons
the Improved Rose Wash


Use Extract Bucu for all diseases requiring the aid
Of Diurec except those of the Urinary Organs such as
GonorrhGa and Gleet in these use the Extract Buchu
and inject with the Improved Rose Wash.


eF5- THESE EXTRACTS HAVE BEEN ADMITTED
TO USE IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY, and also are
in very general in all the STATE HOSPITALS AND
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS throughout the land, well
In private practice and considered invaluable
remedies
Year: 1865

VENHE attention of the public and the trade is in


4 vited to our New Scale Seven Octave Rosewood
Piano Fortes. which for volume and purity of tone
are unrivalled by any hitherto offered in this
ket. They contain all the modern improvements
French. grand action, harp pedal, iron frame, over
strung bass ETC., and each instrument being made
under the personal supervision of Mr. J. H. Grove
steen who has had practical experience of over
thirty years in their manufacture, is fully warrant
ed in every particular. The
Year: 1865

The following table show. thc amount Of property
purchased in the last second jnstament Of the
couni-the amount accounted for and the amount now
remaining hand unissued unaccoun,ed for. 1t
will Of be understood that under the head Of
property purchased Is included all that which remained
unssued unaccouned for at the first settlement and
which is set down under the head OF property hand
and properly accounted FOR in the preceding tables
ORDNANCE ANn OYD.ANCE sIOEEs.
Year: 1865

defense that human wisdom can devise.
So long as the rich man feels that the in
terests of the government are his inter-
ests, so long as the public heart turns in
the right direction, and the people under
stand and appreciate the theory of our
government, and love of liberty, our con-
stitution will b. transmitted un;mpaired.


IF the time ever comes when the peo-
pie 81 all fail, the Government will fail,
and we shall cease to be one of the ma
tions of the earth After having pre-
served one form of free government and
shown its power to maintain its existence
through the vicissitudes of nearly CEN
fury it may be that it was necessary for
us to pass through the ordeal Of intestine
strife to prove that this Government will
not perish from internal weakness, but
will stand able to defend itself against all
foes and punish treason.


In the dealings of an inscrutable Prov
ldence and by the operation of the Con-
stitution, have been thrown unexpect.
edly into the position. My past life and
especially my course during the present
unholy rebellion, is before you. have
no principles to retract. l defy any one
to point to any one of public acts as vari
ance with the fixed principles which have
guided me through life. have no pro-
LESSONS to offer. Professions and prom
ises would be worth nothing at this time.
No one can forsee the circumstances that
will hereafter arise. Had any man gift
ed with prescience four years ago, utter
ed and written down in advance the
events of this period, the story would have
seemed more marvellous than anything in
"The Arabian Nights"


shall not attempt to anticipate the
future. As events occur, and it becomes
necessary to act, ! shall dispose of each
as it arises, deferring any declaration or
message until it can be written paragraph
by paragraph in the lightof events as they
transpire..


The mepbers of the delegation were
then severally introduced to the Presi
dent by Gov Oplesby,
Year: 1865

ganization of all persons belonging to the
army to repsl the movement on the rail-
road.


The steamers Folly and Dixie eollided
on the river four miles below the city last
night The Dixie was sunk. The Passen-
gers were saved. Five hundred bales OF
cotton Were lost.
Year: 1865

Every intelligent and thinking person must know
that remedies handed out Tor general use should
fence in the hands of regularly educated physi-
eian Whose prelar4tory studies fits him for all the
duties he must fulfill ye the country is flooded with
poor nostrums and cure-alls, purporting to be the
best in the world which not only useless but al
ways injurious Tho unfortunate should be PARTIo
in selecting his physician, al it is lamentable
yet incontrovertable fact that many syphilitie
patients made miserable with ruined constitutions
by maltreatment from inexperienced physicians in
general practice; for it is point generally conceded
by the best syphlographers thatthe study and man.
agement of these complaints should engross th
whoie time OF those VINO would be competent and
successful in their treatment and cure. The mex.
portunity time to make himself acquainted with
their pithology, commonly pursues one system 4
treatment most cases making an indisc rimin ate
use Of that an1f fnted and dangerous weapon, Mer.
Year: 1865

The following we clip from correspondence from
Washington to the New York Times A novel pre-
ventative that:


GUAEplNh THE PEIsoSrRs-Thc prisoners who arc
incarcerHteat the arsenal charge of compllcityin
the assassination OF Mir. LINCOLN and at tempt upou
the ie Of Mr.. Seward, are closely guarded By full
regiment Of the Reserve Corps. Among the prccau-
tions taken to prevent the prisoners from committing
suicide is tho padding Of tho head of each thicky with
cotton and cloth to prevent them from buttng their
brains out. This precauton is suggested by the at
tempt of Paine few days ago to Lake his life in this
manner.