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Year: 1869

There is on foot powerful movement in
avor Of the annexation of Nova Scotia and
Canadian Provinces to The United States.
A strong deputation of Nova Scotians who
we're in Washington last week, and who
peak fer their people, say that an over


whelming majority of the people boldly pre-


FER being added to the United States, since
they we're corruptly and against their will


and in the face of their protest sealed to
the new Canadian Dominion. The cor


respondent of the Press says They de-
clare that connection hateful to them, and,
as it seems to be the policy of England not
TO interpose against any free movement Of
the colonies to set up for themselves, they
10 not anticipate any resistance should they
vote for annexation to the United States.
It is said on good authority that Hon. r.
J. Walker viii sustain this movement in a
powerful argument. He is quoted as say
ing that Congress should vote down the
proposed reciprocity treaty with Canada;
that, free trader as he IS, he postpones his
favorito theory before the necessity Of re-
lusing free trade to the dependency Of ma
ton that was so steadily our enemy during
the rebellion II Canada ,oaats free trade
she must Join the Ameriean Union This is
a new and startling view of an old subject,
aud becomes an important ingredient in the
adjustment Of the Alabama claims. Refuse
free trade to the Canadas, and they viii be
compelled to cut loose from the home gov
ernment They cannot exist with their
products taxed under our tariff; and so it
may happen that long before England agrees
to settle our little bill for protecting the
rebellion and driving our commerce from
the seas, at a cost Of hundreds Of millions OF
dollars to our merchants, Canada may be in
| a hlazn with the annexation fever
Year: 1869

A SWEET TEMPER No trait oG charac-
ter is more valuable in woman than the
possession Of sweet temper Home can
never be made happy without II. 1t is a
flower that springs upin our pathway, re-
viving and cheering US, Let man 90
home at night wearie3 by the tolls of the
day and how soothing is word dictated
By good disposition 1t is sunshine fall
ing on his heart. Study, then, 10 ac-
quire and retain a sweet temper; it i more
valuable than gold; it captiyates more than
beauty; and retains all its freshness and
power
Year: 1869

A poor lad was recently brought before
the Lord Mayor Of London, who asked him
WI Fenee he came. I'm Irish, yer Honor
Have you ever been to scar Well,
that's good replied Paddy Does yer
Honor perhaps think that came over in a
wheelbarrow ~
Year: 1869

THE SToREsHIP SUPPLY is now fitting out at
Boston and viii sail In the course of a few days
for the Mediterranean with stores for our vessels
there.


The Saratoga is being fitted up at the New
York navy-yard, and will soon be ready 10 join
one Of the squadrons abroad.
Year: 1869

ne has been Secretary OF Foreign Affairs and OF
Finance. IL is thought that, on account OF his
accomplishments and natural ability, General
Tate can do much toward having the affairs Of
his country properly understood by this Govern
ment, and that he can accomplish more As a
representative than any Of his predecessors have
so far been able 10 do
Year: 1869

WEAK EWES IN HoRsEs-Make up a wash of
alum and water which reduce 20 blood heat.
and with a quill, blow the liquid into the eve
After trying the above preparation three tines
take piece Of alum, as large a. the end OF ones
powder, and blow il stoutly by the same process
into the eye We have tried burnt alumni on a
number of horses that have had sore eves and
always found IL a valuable remedy Ia viii re-
move all scum ahd restore clearness to tle ,sv,.s
Year: 1869

THE MEMBERS OF THE CUBAN JUNrA who
were here last week, to the number of a dozen
or more, left fOr New York on Saturday evening.
1t is understood they failed to accomplish the
purpose Of their visit to Washington.
Year: 1869

"A CAsE OF SHOOTING By THE CAPrAIx-GES-
EEAL OF CuBA-A private dispatch from Trim
idad brings the news that General de Rofias ON
his late visit to that city shot Colonel De Basse.
killing him INSTANTLY. The reason assigned for
tne act Is that DE Base, the commander Of the
battalion OF 200 men recently sent from Spain.
was detected IN the act Of communicating with
Year: 1869

In REGARD to the removal Of the Capital pro-
Ject, it Is said that Attorney General Hoar ex-
presses the opinion that it is no more possible
for Congress to wipe out the District of Column
bia than to wipe out any State Of the Union.
Year: 1869

SUPERVISING ARCHITECT MULLETT, Of the
Treasury Department, will return here from
New York Tomorrow, where he has been for
several days past attending to the work upon
the new post Office building there.
Year: 1869

The WORK of printing the national currency
has not been fully resumed in the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing at the Treasury De-
partment on account of the small supply daily
received from the bank note printing companies
in New York. The recent investigations info
the affairs of these companies has caused a de-
crease in the amount received each day, but it
is thought that by the latter part of this week
full supply will be ready, when the work will be
resumed here and the usual amount turned over
to Treasurer Spinner daily.
Year: 1869

On DIT-That the troubles in St. Johns
Church will eventuate in the withdrawal of those
espousing the cause of the rector, Mr.. Lewis,
and in the building of a new church for him,
which will be gathering point for Episcopa-
lians throughout the city who entertain what
are familiarly called high church views 1t was
noticed that Mr.. Lewis did not oficiate at st.
Johns either on Thanksgiving day or yesterday
Moreover, in view of the questions Of veracity
at issue between him and the vestry it is thought
his connection with the parish cannot be much
longer continued.
Year: 1869

The CONTEST for the successorship to Mr..
Hedges, the Internal Revenue Supervisor for
the northern district Of Ohio, who died on We'd
nesday last, promises to be exciting. Already
some half dozen candidates have forwarded
their claims to the Off here, and the cry is still
they come. The probability is that each of the
Republican Representatives from that section
Of the State win have favorite for the place
and that they will all want to be heard on the
subject before an appointment is made; but as
several Congressional districts are included in
the territory to be supervised, it is likely that
Senator Sherman's voice will have most weight
in the matter, as appointments Of that class are
now by custom left pretty much to the recon-
mendations of the Senators from the several
States In any event, however, the vacancy
will not be iilled until the return Of Comm;s-
sioner DelanO. Candidates will accordingly
have time to file their papers and bring to bear
such pressure as they can command.
Year: 1869

Grow, the rebel whom GRANT has
appointed Governor of Mexico, super
csdss General MITCHELL. General
MITCHELL is Union soldier who was
wounded during "the late unpleasant
ness" some sixteen times. This blow
from GRANT is just the seventeenth he
has received from parties in the rebel
interest. 1t was once his fortune to de-
feat the rebel force under CROW. 1t is
one of the most significant results of
the.war for making treason odiOus,"
that Crow now defeats him, or at least
dislodges him from his position. This
is quite cheering to the men who fought
for the Government as we'll as to the
friends and families of those who fell in
its defence.
Year: 1869

The impression is gaining ground
that the present administration wants
to fight somebody. FISH is said to be
the only member of the Cabinet of de-
cidedly pacific feelings. GRANT is
clearly in favor Of recognizing the
Cuban insurrection as a Government,
and with the piscatorial exception
stated the Cabinet agrees with him.
Without beating about the bush, it may
as we'll be stated that recognition means
war, To recognize would merely be
to take the initial step toward annexa-
tion, and this would be resisted, not
only by Spain, but by France and Eng
land. Recognition would further give
the last named power an excuse
to repudiate the Alabama clains
squarely. If we can recognize
a movement like that in Cuba, she was
right in her course toward the South
If so the Alabama claims are humbug,
and England will 80 declare them.
Doubtless that is just what GRANT
wants for then the "scrimmaging"
would begin, kind of work in which
he considers himself an expert. Like
every other successful man in the head
breaking business, GRANT is fond of
fracas and, as ruler, believes it the best
means Of working out our oountry's
manifest destiny" Aiming at terrific
rial expansion, he would like to signal
ize his Administration by whaling every
foreign power off the continent and then
apprOpristing its effscts.
Year: 1869

It is an error to suppose that RED clo-
YER will not do we'll sown as late II the
season as the first of Mayor that it
must always be sown with some kind Of
small grain that will shade it from the
hot Summer sun. Glover may be safely
sown at almost any season of the year
when the ground is we'll pulverized apd
otherwise in good condition,-nor is it
necessary that it be sowR with oats,
rye, or barley in order to insure good
"catch." Plow and harrow your ground
well, and SOW plenty of seed. Ninety
nine cases in one hundred clover is
sOwn too thin. Half bushel to the
acre is no waste of seed.
Year: 1869

Speaking of annexing the Dominion
to the United States the Canada Trade
RerieiU says:


ave rould undertake TO find more per,
sons across the lines rho prefer cur pOlit,
zeal position than americans could find here
tchO prefer theirs"


The English of this is that it would
be infinitely easier to annex the United
States to Canada than Canada to the
United States. The day may come
when the value of civilized government
here will be appreciated. Then there
will be favorable consideration of pro,
positions for placing this country under
tho wing of ssmo enlightened power
that will save it from barbarism.
Year: 1869

The Supreme Court of the United
States has postponed its decision Of the
FRANK BLAIR case, involving the coz
stitutionality of the Test Oath for
voters. Possibly it is expected that
Congress will invent some means of
taking away jurisdiction as in the
MCARpLE case.
Year: 1869

soak two ounces of raisins in enough
brandy to cover them. Take half .
peund OF Hour, half pound of chopped
suet' desert spoonful of ground GIN
ger' TWO eggs, four ounces of white
sugar, and enough milk to make il a
pretty tight paste; add the raisins and
brandy, put it into cloth or basin,
boil it for two hours, and serve with
what pudding sauce you please.
Year: 1869

fourished in war paint as a noble savage
and are not at all woman. you have no
more chance for an appointment at
GRANTS hands than you have to sue
ceed the Angel GABRIEL as first trum-
peter of the universe.
Year: 1869

1t is well established fact that fully one
half OF the female portion of our population are
seldom in the enjoyment Of good health, or, to
use their own expression never feel we'll"
They are languid, devoid Of all energy, extreme.
ly nervous, and have no appetite


10 this class of persons the BITTERS or the
TONIC, is especially recommended.


WEAK AND DELICATE CHILDREN


Are made strong by the use of either of these
remedies. They will cure every case of MA.
RASMUS, without fail


Thousands of certificates have accumulated
in the hands of the proprietor, but space will
allow of the publication of but q few. Those
IL will be observed, are men of note. and of such
standing that they must be believed
Year: 1869

MEN WANTED.-The great want of
this age is men.


Men who are not for sale.


Men who are honest, sound from
centre to circumference, true to the
hearts core.


Men who will condemn wrong in
friend or foe, in themselves rs we'll as
others.


Men whose consciences are as
steady to tho pole.


Men who will stand for the right il
the heavens totter and the earth
reels.


Men who can tell the truth and
look. the world and tho devil right in
the eye.


Men that neither brag nor run.


Men that neither flag nor finch.


Men who can have courage without
shouting to it.


Men in whom the courage Of ever.
lasting life runs still, deep and strong


Men too large for sectarian bonds


Men who do not cry nor cause
their voices to be heard on the streets
but who will not fail nor be discour
aged till Judgment be set in the earth


Men who know their message and
tell it. 80


Men who know their places ani
fill them. "


Men who mind their own business


Men who will not lie.


Men who'are not too las y to work
nor too proud to be poor.


Men who are willing to eat what
they have earned and wear what they
have paid for.-Sosthevn Home Jour
nal. ?, asa 80 -, sE,...
Year: 1869

Another interesting astronomical
question has received some additional
light. Sir w. Hersehel pointed out
the fact that, just as a person travel
ing through a wood observes the trees
in front Of him to be opening out,
while those behind him are closing in,
and those on either side apparently
falling behind, 30 if the solar system
is advancing through space a like
phenomena would be observed among
the stars, those in the line of advance
opening out, and those left behind
gradually closing in. A recent paper
read before before the Royal Society
of Great Britain o;aims that later OBJ
servation has confirmed this supposi-
ton, and that our systensis rushing
through space with an enormous ve-
locity towards a certain point in the
constellation Hercules. The rate Of
motion appears to be somewhat about
150, ,00O, 600 miles per annum.
Year: 1869

Among the difficulties the planter
of the South has to contend with, is
a meagre supply of meat. With the
negro there can be no substitute for
hog meat. A full stomach
of it will only make him dream
more of it next meal. How impor-
tant it is then, for US to fall upon
some plan to obtain o full supply of
this desirable article. The bulk of
the labor must and will be done
by the negro, and we must
feed him to make him valuable.
Steps are being taken to import the
best breeds of hogs, as many con-
ceive. At present a perfect mania
prevails in favor of Chester whites,
and every other variety of the white
hog-when every man who has tried
the white hog, knows it the least de-
sirable of any variety ever produced
into the South; not that it lacks size
or possesses Objectionable qualities,
but that all white hogs in this climate
become worthless from diseased skin
and die up. The Berkshire and Wo-
burn crossed properly, surpasses eve-
ry other breed. The Berkshire is q
compact hog, can be fatted at any
age, whilst the Woburn has immense
size, and cannot be fatted under two
years; but by blending the two
breeds, that difficulty is obviated. At
fifteen months your hogs, with ordi-
nary treatment, will weigh from two
hundred to four hundred pounds. In
Kentucky, within the last few years,
the hog raisers have imported tho
large bald face Berkshire, black body,
tips of tail and feet white, and these
are now being crossed by the Woburn
to give additional size. The Chester
White will do on mush for silver
cup at an agricultural fair, but will
not do to fill the smoke house. You
who want hog that will yield the
most meat, apply for information to
some of the Kentucky mule drovers,
and my word for it, ten dollars will
bring you a pig that will do to breed
from.-Southern Cultivator.
Year: 1869

That the art of living, so far as
the body and it's surroundings are
concerned, can be, and often is, car
ried to a very high degree Of perfec-
ton, the superlative housekeepers we
all have known are ample proof.
My whole girlhood was spent just
across the street from the greatest
genius in this respect that I have
ever met. The fresh exterior of her
square white dwellings,, with it's i'm.
maculate board walk crossing her
greenest sward, and its shining win
dows, through which smiled her roses
and carnations upon the passer-by,
gave plea ant promise of the abso-
lutte spotlessness of everything with
in. She was not ono of that dismal
type Of housekeepers who exclude
the light and muf1e everything into
ahapelessness, lest the damask and
curtains should fade. On the contra
ry, her house wasi flooded with the
brightest sunshine, challenged to
find speck Of dust if it could. The
air, laden with the perfume of cut
flowers or houseplants, seemed purer
than the outside; and, whatever the
weather, its temperature was perfect.
Nothing was for show, and but little
for pure ornament, bnt everything
was tho best of it's kind, and in true
taste and keeping. AS for her table +;
"never till life and mem'ry perish, can
I forgot" the vision of that tea-cloth,
far whittier than snow, with its gleam-
ing silver and glass and china, dis
playing Incompatible viands, whose
delicacy and perfection are all her
own-that sweet and solid cube Of
golden butter; the foam light and
foam white biscuit, each a separate
thought; the cake crowned with
every ideal attribute that cake can
possess; the ruby and topaz of her
preserved strawberries and plums
and oh, oh, the flavor of that deep
red tongue-the meltingness of her
cold corned beefl


At this ambrosial board she sat, a
lady of sixty or seventy, upright as
an arrow, wearing no cap, nor needing
any, with hor beautiful chestnut hair
braided in almost as thick tress as q
quarter of century ago; low voiced
intelligent, selfcontained; with q
comprehension in her eyes, firm.
ness in her mouth, a concentrated
md disciplied energy speaking from
her whole quiet person, that convinc.
cd one that she could have admins
tered the affairs of an empire with
the same ease aud exactness that she
did those Of her household. With
one elderly servant she did all and
and as she never was in a hurry, nor
ever unprepared, she seemed to &C.
complish it with no more effort than
| the glittering engine which one finds
slowed away in some lower corner Of
a great building, playing easily and
noiselessly as if for it's own pleasure
while in reality it is driving with
mighty energy a hundred, wheels
and employing ceaselessly hundred
hands.
Year: 1869

Almost the best defence, at least one of the
strongest safeguards Of morality, is the feeling
of independence. If the world thinks that
to be right which you think to be wrong,
follow your own opinion, and preserve your
self-respect. Consider that you would rather
be honorable and despised, than honored aud
despicable. If the world holds you in light
esteem, because it misunderstands your char
acter, every mark of disrespect which it bestows
upon you is n certificate of the beatty and
excellence of those virtues in which it err
roneously supposes you to be deficient But
if the world, while i; knows your character,
disesteems you, because the principles that
regulate your conduct are above the received
standard of morality, and it is incapable of
appreciating them, retire within your own
bosom and enjoy that serene consciousness of
rectitude, which can sustain, undisturbcd, the
hoarse clamor or popular inyective.


He who has the fortitude and the constancy
to do this, and to go on steadily in the path
of duty visible TO his eyes alone, experiences
not merely that tranquil satisfaction which n
sense OF obligation fulfilled brings always with
u IA ioftier, noDfsr, PrOuder pleasure, even
the most exalted of which our nature is
susceptible, that unaloyed felicity which is
the prerogatiVe of integrity invisible amid al
lurements or peril. The stern and solemn joy
which bore the martyrs and heroes triumphant
and exulting through their trials, which sup
ported them, gave them the victory over shame
and anguish, aud death itself, is the due
reward of original fnd peculiar virtuc-of
virtue manifested in spite of temptation-in
spite of what is still harder 10 be resisted,
ridicule, opprobium, and scorn.
Year: 1869

A writer for the Baltimore Episcopal
Methodist THUS skethes this good Bishop:


s'St. Paul upon Mars Hill was not more
polished and polite, nor before Agrippa more
courtly and grand. With his order of mind
and long habits of study, all of his productions
are fifty Joined together and comPacted by that
which every joint supplieth." and made lu-
minous and eloquent by the light and life of
intellectual fervor, and chaste and elegant in
the selection and connection of language,
equally when dropping from the pen and the
pulpit. lie is Chesterfield in politeness,
without the cold fromalitics of conventional
propriety.


Gas an advocate at the bar, he bears the
strongest resemblance to Rufus Choat; and
as an orator on populor occasions he is about
equally removed from Edward Everett and
Mr. Webster. While he was an editor of the
Quarterly ReUiec he gave proof of his fine
litarary discrimination and his superior skill
in the proper sphere of literary criticism, and
won for himself a distinction in the proper
use of the English language, as q vehicle of
thought, that should make him the Addison
of American Methodist literature while his
pulpit efforts have in them finished diction,
a choice rhetoric, an earnest utterance, and
kindling power and pathos, that approach
nearer what we conceive of the eloquent
Apolos than any other apostle. With
fnely-strung constitution, and highly-toned
temperature, and with the nervous fluids near
the surface, lie is keenly alive to all his sur
roundings, and marvellously sensitive to each
shifting scene upon the Methodist drama
Tie lives in the sensation and puts himself in
sympathy with the good"
Year: 1869

To CoNsUMPTIvEs.-The following course
of life is Recommended to Consumptives: Live
in the open air and sunshine avoid dampness
and darkness in your dwelling; if possible,
choose a dry mountain region develop by
vigorous exercise every muscle in the body to
its fullest capacity select nourishing and
easily>digested food, and be sure that it is not
overcooked dress in coarse woollen clothing;
bathe for cleanliness and comfort; never
forcibly distend the lungs. but increase their
capacity by exercise; and, finally, take no
medicines except as aids or additions to the
course of life recommended.
Year: 1869

WASHINGTON.
Proceedings in Congress
j. Yesterday.
Further Debate in the Sen
ate On the Sue Murphy


Relief Bill,
Private Bill Day in the House.
Debate on the JcncEes Civil Ser


vice Bill.
Year: 1869

| like ice. When it's cold, like it
best. Ice is good for Il great many
things. 1t is good to skate on, and it is
good to make ice cream. like to skate.
Sometimes / lend my skates to Lizzie
Jones, and she lets me buckle them on
for her. She wears striped stockings,
with red and white and blue stripes
running around them, and her legs look
like a stick of candy. Father says ice
is good in cobblers. / don't know why
it is better in cobblers than other ways.
i suppose l shall be good deal wiser
when / grow up. like ice cream with
plenty of vanilla in it. There is more
lee cream in summer than in winter.
And more ice in winter than in summer.
There are heaps of things l cannot un-
derstand. Mother says if | eat too
much ice cream it will make my stomach
hurt. | eat all want, but am careful
not to eat too much, because mother
tells me not to. When next winter
comes, Lizzie Jones and l are going to
skate some more. There will not be
any more winter until after summer
comes. The seasons are mighty odd IN
this country. Sometimes winter comes
before summer, and sometimes summer
comes before winter. Spring always
comes after winter. Father says | may
have a new pair of skates next summer
When | get to be man | am going to
pour red stuff on the ice to warm IL, be-
fore | put it in my mouth like father
does.