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Year: 1865

WAsHIsGros, April 20, 1895.
BY order Of the Secretary Of War, all officers and
employees Of the government engaged in making arrests
or Investigations In reference 10 parties suspected Of
completely with the murder OF the President, pro-
hibtcd under penalties from divulgng anything
upon the subject 1t Is also requested that nothing be
offered for transmission by telegraph for publication Of
any statement in regard to the assassns This deemed
necessary to prevent the hndranco Of the successful


pursuit. capture and punishment OF the ends engaged In
the diabolical plot of assassination.


Among the facts which the recent assassination OF


President Lincoln has brought to light is illustrating


the character and throwing light upon the motives which
actuatcd the assassin Booth. gentleman who was
somewhat intimate with him states that he ardent


admrer of Orsni, who years since attempted the


assassination of Louis Napoleon Booth often expressed
his admiration Of the act and OF the heroism Of the


woudbe assassin He said that IL he had undertaken the


assassination he would have carried II through
fully "and then said he, 81 would have lived for
over" He thought that the attempt failed through
timdity. He successful In his imitation and


doubtless has achieved the infamous notorety for which
he ambitious
Year: 1865

DISCHARGED examination Of McCar-
ty for the murder Of Michael Rey nolds, was
brought to . conclusion at late hour yes
terday afternoon resulting in the young
mans acquittal. We understand tbat he
left an order for the Paymaster to pay over
a sum sufficient to remove an incuinbrance
on the property Of tho deceased for the ben
eft Of the widow.
Year: 1865

FRun-Our city is flied with all manner
Of fruit at present, including pears, peach
es, apples and grapes. It is said that the
best peaches for preservation are those that
come latest in the season. a regular peach
train is now running from the rural dis.
tricts to New York city. The grapes raised
in the vicinity Of our city will lose 'ccnsid-
erably this season from the rotting on the
vf.es Of this fruit.
Year: 1865

THE wILDKY Roth brsnchas
OF the city council have passed a RESOLUTION
that the city commissioner locate and lay out
q spot OF ground in the square located on north
broadway and bounded by Fayette street, for
the purpose of erecting a monument to the
memory of Past Grand Sire Thomas Wildsy,
by the committee appointed by the Grand
Lodge of the United States OF the Independent
Order Of Odd Fellows, and that the said spot
Of ground shall he forever kept for that pur-
pose. tits understood that the lot or square
will be laid out In the center Of broadway,
near the apex Of the hill between Baltimore
and Tayette streets. The resolution has yet to
go into the hands of the Mayor for his action
Bait. Sun.
Year: 1865




New YORK, August 81 The C"mmer-
cial prints the following from IL private
letter, written by citizen of Camden,
South Carolina:


As all the negroes are TO be turned
loose in the country on the first day of
January next, the question is how are
they to live. Poor creatures, their doom
is sealed. They or the white race must
perish Which will it be! Will the
North stand and see their own flesh and
blood perish at the hands of the negroes?
fear for the first of January to come
We are sure to have difficulty with the
blacks. think they are preparing for
the crisis. They have more weapons
than the whites We have but few arms
to defend ourselves with As for myself
| have none Sherman got my shot gun
and revolver intend, however, to
send for a pair of army revolverS with
fixed cartridges to tit, if not to" much
trouble Tell me the cost of pair of
them. want good ones tor AIN snre
shall need them ~
Year: 1865

A PROFOUND SENSATION has beeu made
at Saratoga by an English lady, the wife
of an attache of the British legation, who
has the honor of introducing the fashion
OF staining the eyelids and under the eye
to deep black, giving strange expires
sion to pallid and otherwise ordinary
face Tho ladies all exclaim in horror Of
such barbarous fashion but, as ! said
before, suchjs the fascination of crime, it
spreads like an epidemic At the ball
last night six ladies were seen with these
frightful black eyes. The effect is such
as Is supposed to result from an election
fight, o weeks spree, OF sudden death.
Year: 1865

or the disorders that act mankind arise from the
corruption tha. accuulates in the Blood OF all the dis
coveres that have been made to purge out none can
equal in effect HELMBOLDS COMPO UND EXTRACT
OF SARSA APARILLA. It cleanses and renovates tho
Blood instls the vgor Of health into the system and
purges out the which make disease 1t stimulates
healthy functions of the body and expes the disorders
that grow and rankle in the Blood Such remedy that
relied long been sought for and now 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 it has virtues surprising anything they have
ever taken.


Two tablespoonful Of the Extract Of Sarsapara added
to pint of water is equal to the Lisbon Diet Drink and
one bottle II gallon of the Syrup Of sarsaparla,
or the decoc;ion usually made.


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

TIE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. Accord
Ing to the following London corrcspon-
dent Of the New York Herald, the work
Of laying the Atlantic cable will not be
begun quite so soon as has been generally



at has not yet been definitely settled
when the Great Eastern will leave Val,
cntia. She will certainly not start till
every thing is c' mpletc and ready. But,
from indications, | am confident that con-
dition will be reached in a couple Of
weeks, and that about the 18th of July
she will reach Vaentia Bay and on the
18th leave the coast of ireland and steam
toward the West. 1t will not be very
many days from that date, ! am assured.
Her speed across will be about six knots
an hour, or as near that as possible.
So the voyage will be somewhat protract-
ed. About the 4th Of August you may
hear of the arrival Of the ship at Hearts
Content Bay, if all goes WE'LL"
Year: 1865

We learn from gentleman who was present
that the following pleasant lines, by our Maine
poet, were hastily thrown of in an Office in this
city, whilo the procession vas Iassng on the
Four th Of July.-WMg.
Year: 1865

NEW YORK, Jan "a.


The Herald dipatehes from Fort Fish
er says that the naval feet and the army
commenced moving towards Wilmington
on the afternoon of last Wednesday.


There is yet no confirmation Of the re-
port that General Terry had occupied the
place, but on the day the movement COM
menied, explosions in that direction were
heard and It was supposed that the rebels
were blowing up their fortifcstions pre-
paratory TO evacuating the town.


A large earthwork on the West Side Of
Cape Fear River had been occupied BY
the Union forces with but lite opposi-
ton.


A chart of Cape Fear River bad been
found, showing where the rebels had sunk
many Of their torpedoes, which were most
ly all taken up. Anumber planted in the
ground above Fort Fisher had also been
removed.


Two gentlemen who were lately doing
business in Wilmington as merchants, AZ
rived in this city yesterday. They got
outside the rebel line when Fort Fisher
was taken. They say the town was
neither we'll provided with works nor
troops.
Year: 1865

WAsHIEGToE, Jan. "a.
A delegation las arrived here to secure
an appropriation by Congress for the con
struction Of a canal to connect Green Bay
with Lake Michigan.


Ex-Presideut Pierce is hourly expected
here and Is said to be one Of the peace
commissioners.
Year: 1865

If any reader Of this paper is still un-
decided as to the disposition Of his vote
at the coming election, we ask him TO con
sider the record of the two parties during
the last FIVE years the steady, unwaver-
ing, uniform loyalty and patriotism ofsthe
one and the blatant treason of the other,
and then ask himself the question whether,
under such circumstances. it is safe to
trnst the latter with the grave response
h lities Of official position. What the
Democratic party has been in past years
it will still continue to be. Its organiza-
tion is corrupt and vicious, and it cannot
escape the control of the bad men who
have led it rto so many pitfalls Every
position confded to such bands is SO much


aid to enable the party to commence its
machinatons anew against the peace Of
the republic. The party has chosen TO


ident;fv itself with the canse of d;sun;on
Year: 1865

that this faithful animal had kept her warm
through the night When little Sis first dis
covered her mother and the others, she said.
smiling, "There be plums here"


The child was too young to talk much, but
she said she put some sticks in water and tried
to walk on them. In returning home they
found her little tracks in some spots of snow.
Such are the facts, for the story is no fiction.
That cat was kept as long as she lived, and
was ever treated with great kindness. We
have often noticed that cats and dogs form
much stronger attachments to children than
they DO to adults. Surely, the memory of this
house-cat of Mr.. True deserves to be cherish
ed, and we have thus put her in print that her
good deeds shall not be forgotten Little Sis
grew into womanhood, but she, with all that
household save one, is in that marrow house
appointed for all the living. One of these
children still lives, from whom we obtained
the warp and woof of the above story. He is
now eighty-four years old, hale and strong
man, who has titled the soil for almost a CEN
tury, added to the wealth Of his country and
faithfully performed the duties of long life.
Year: 1865

A person in Paris noticing d poor man
with a wooden leg walking past his hotel,
gave him franc. The next day he saw
the same beggar but he had changed the
wooden leg from the right to the left En-
ragged at the deception, he went up to the
man and exclaimed,-


q. You rasch. you had the wooden leg on
the other side yesterday! You are not
lame at all {"


.Monsieur," was the response with dig
nity. 81 never said I was. wear IL
wooden leg for economy, so as to not wear
out nv trowsers; and change the leg to
prevent one leg of my trowsers wearing
out before the other
Year: 1865

There is family In Detroit Of quite un-
usual composition. The father and mother
have each been married three times, and
have had children by each mrriage. and
are now living happily together under
one roof--six sets of children.
Year: 1865

% st. Jerome, in one of his SER
mons, gave a rebuke to a woman Of
his day which has seemed to be so
apropos to our own, that it is cireula-
ted just now in Paris quite universal
ly;


'Ah! I shall tell you who are the
women that scandalize Christians.
They are those who daub their cheeks
with red, and their eyes with black
those whose plaster faces, too white to
be human, remind us of idols-those
who cannot shed tear without its
tracing q furrOw on the painted sur
face Of their faces-those whose ripe
years fail to teach them that they are
growing oId-those whose head-dress-
es are made of other peoples hair
those who chalk wrinkles into a oOun-
terfeit presentment of youth, and those
who affect the demeanor of bashful
maidens in the presence of troops OF
grand children -
Year: 1865

Love is like the devil, because it
torments; ike heaven, because it
wraps the soul in bliss like salt, be-
cause it is relishing ike peper, be-
cause it often sets on fire like sugar
because it is sweet like q rope, be-
cause it is often the death of man
like a prison, because it makes man
miserable; like wine, because it makes
us happy; like a man because he is
here tO~day, and gone tomorrow;
like a woman because there is no get
ting rid of her ; like a ship because
it guides one to the wished for port /;
like WiIl-o'-th' wisp, because it oft
en- leads one into bog like fierce
councillor because it often runs away
with one; like the bite of amad dog,
or like the kiss Of a pretty woman,
because they both make a man run
mad like a goose, because it is silly;
like a rabbit, because there is nothing
like it. Ia a word, it is like a ghost,
because it is like everything, and like
nothing; often talked about, but never
seen, touched nor understood.
Year: 1865

AAO ;" W A1NAsAS - ossSnY AAOuoCs


Thomas Tasker, of Steuben county,
Ind, writes to the American Institute
Farmers Club as follows.


"Isee by the proceedings of your Club,
that D. NJ. Strong, Of Minnesota, wants
te know the best way to make building
brick; and as no one has answered that
question, I will give my plan. dug .
circle large enough for yoke of oxen to
work in. I then removed the loan, dug
the clay one foot deep, (any ordinary clay
will answer.) troad this clay with OK.
en- and added some straw, cut three or
four inches long. After the clay is we'll
tempered with working it with cattle, the
material is duly prepared for making
brick. l then made mold twelve inch
es long, six inches wide and four inches
thick. Two molds are enough, as one
man will mold as fast a. another man
will carry away. The bricks are placed
upon the level ground, where they are
suffered to dry TWO days, turning them
up edgeways the second day; then packed
in a pile, protected from tho rain, and
left to dry ten or twelve days. In all
cases, before commencing tho walls of tho
first story dig down to solid foundation,
and fill up with stono TO at least one
foot above the level of the surface of the
ground; and if the stone of the foundation
was laid with lime morter, 50 much the
better, although mine is not laid with
anything. These bricks arc not burned,
but dried in the sun. You can mako
your own molds larger or less just a. you
like. l have built house twenty four
feet square, with wing twelve feet, and
would not trade it for any frame house
of the same size that have seen, and l
am satisfied a house built of unburned
brick don't cost half SO much as frame,
and any laboriug man can build his own
house. l came from England few
years ago, having been engaged in the
bleaching business, never having seen q
house of this description; did not know
anything about building, and have as
comfortable house as any in these parts.
| am satisfied that house of unburned
brick can be built for less than log cabin
of the same size, and it is worth FIVE log.
cabins.
Year: 1865

POWER OF HUMRUG.-An Individual
who opened small tavern near the field
Of Waterloo was frequently questioned as to
whether he did or did not possess some
relics Of the battle, and lac invariably and
honestly answered IN The negative.


But he was very poor: and one day
while lamcnting t. neighbcr not only his
poverty, bat tie annoyance to which trav-
clers subjected him, his friend cut him
short with


We'll: make one help tic other; make
some relies"


But what can 30 :" inquired The
poor man.


"Trll them that NaI leon Of Wellington
entered your shop during the battle and
sat down in that chair


Not long after an English tourist en-
tered the tavern, AMI inquiring for relies,
Was told the chair story. Ihe chair was
bought at an Incredible price The next
conner was iniJrwed that Wellington had
taken drink. and the Wellington tumbler
was accordingly sold. The third arrival
gazcd with breathlcss wonder at the nail
on which Bonnepartc had hung his hat;
the fourth purchased the door-post> be-
tween which he had entered; and the fifth
became the happy purchaser Of the floor
on which he had troddcn


At the last adyices. the fortunate tav-
crnkccper had not Il roof 10 cover his head,
and was sitting on bag Of gold in the
corner of a deep pit formed by selling the
earth Oh which the house had stood.
Year: 1865

The Harrisburg Patriot, of June -,
published letter from an imaginary 10y
al office holder, to a clerical friend, which
Is one Of the best specimens Of political
satire we have read in 4 long period
Abiding to the common and insulting
intimaton OF ''loyal' lecturers that Dem
ocrats will be so ashamed OF their course
that they will want to change their names
and those Of their children, the writer
say:


"What shall 7 change it to? 1T call
myself Grcely, they might think wrote
that poetry about the Haunting lie and
the ''starry rag If I call myself Garri-
son, they will swear that was the chap
chat denounced the Constitution Of the
United States as i covenant with death an
agreement with he'll. IF / call myself
Sumner, might be mobbed for saying
that the man who obeycd the Constitution
WAS dog. If | took the name Of Wright
who knows bat that should be followed
up as the bowling infdel who said if God
Almighty did not abolish slavery He was
a very great scoundrel i: And | certainly
shan't call myself Phillips. for fear excl
ted bond holders should Inch me for pro-
posing to orepudiatc the national dedt.-


: 1T have to drop my old
name and take new one, YOU have id
poor assortment in the Abolition yocabu-
larry to choose from"
Year: 1865

y telegram from New York mentions
the circumstances that 1 party Of Gcorgi-
ans had passed through that city on their
way to Europe to secure white laborers.
Under the officous intcrmeddling Of pro-
vost marshals with southern labor the
example of these Geor@ians viii be likely
to become universal The southern plan
ter docs not like to employ men whose
wages are arbitrarily fixed by outsiders,
and whose relatives he is obliged to sup
port when they become too old to earn
their living. He does not wish to employ
men about whom there iS 30 much aci.a-
ton, and whose condition and food arc
placed III advance Of his own by northern
fanatics. Finding that white labor is
cheaper, and that the negro is a nuisance
through the Interference Of others. he
viii discard the latter in favor Of the for
mr..
Year: 1865

PULPIT INGENUITY.-A preacher IN
the ncighborhood Of Hartford, Conn not
undeservedly popular, had just flushed an
exhortation strongly recommending the
support of a certain meritOrious institution.
The congregation was numerous and the
chapel was crowded to excess. The dis
course being finished, the plate was about
being handed around to the respective
pews, when the preacher made this short
address to the congregation "From the
sympathy | have witnessed in your coun>
tenances. and the strict attention You
have honored me with, there IS one thing
that | am afraid of, that some OF you may
be inclined TO give too much. Now it Is
my duty to inform you that justice, though
not so pleasant, should always be a prior
virtue to generosity; therefore, as you will
all be Immediately waited upon in your
respective pcws, | wish to have it thor
oughly understood, that no person shall
think putting into the plate who cannot
pay his debts"


We need not add that this produced Il
most oycrilowing collection.
Year: 1865

MAKING iIIST0RY-Thc Republican
presses, without an exception, approve of
and justify the holding of the recent Mill
itary Commission, at Washington, and
the execution. by death, of the four per
sons who were hung by its order and the
approval of the President, on the 7th inst
As Air Lincoln said, we are making his
tory we record the above fact as an item
in the history Of the Republican party,
not to be overlooked or forgotten. - Gin
cinnatti Enquirer
Year: 1865

The New FRAcTroNAL CuRRENcY.--
We have just seen and contemplated with
mingled surprise and disgust slip of pa
per which purports to be a new style of
fifty cent piece Of the fractional currency
Of the Uuitcd States. It's length is ex-
actly twice the width of column of the
Chronicle, while its width is but little
more than that of the old style. It so
closely resembles quack medicine label
that we involuntarily turn to see If it
"cures corns, bunions, and the whooping
cough" on the other side. There are as
many colors about it as on the bandana
turban Of snowy negress, and on looking
at its style of execution, We do not at all
wonder that il was (" eng. q print. at the
treasury" No respectable bank note en-
craving establishment would dare TO turn
out such piece Of work. On the CEN
ire Of the face, close by cloud of dust,
sits fat, misshapen female, covered with
smallpox blotches. Her right arm rests
on hoop, through which may be seen an
owl sitting on pile Of old clothes in the
distance, and 10 the right hand is graspcd
an umbrella stick. Her left hand grasps
something which lively imagination may
conceive TO be a pair Of scales. On either
side she is Aanked by misshapcn blotches
of bronze and lathe work medallions con-
tanning the word "fifty." The figures
$50" appear in each corner, and all over
the face is variety of legible and illegi-
bic general reading matter. The back Of
the bill is printed green, and bears the
figures $50" several times in green and
bronze, together with several small
splotched figures in bronze. The paper
on which it is printed is of dirty white
color, with veins of pale red hue
Pittsburg Chronicle.
Year: 1865




AT no season Of the year do domestic
animals require more care and attention
than during the next few weeks. This is
especially true Of cattle and sheep. AS
warm weather comes on, the dry, coarse
straw fodder, which in some cases has
been their only food through the winter,
becomes very unpalsiable. As soon as
the first spears Of green grass are seen,
they will, if permitted, leave their coarse
food almost untasted, and spend their
time in nibblipg a scanty subsistence from
the almost bare pastures OF, commons.
Not unfrequently, stock that has managed
to hold its own, even with poor food and
shelter, during cold weather. loses flesh
rapidly in March and April SO much so
that a great part Of the summer is spent
in regaining what was lost in few weeks.


But this is not tho only bad result.
BY allowing stock TO run at viii over pas
lures in early spring, much injury is done
BY their pulling up the young grass by
the roots and BY the trampling Of the
cattle in wet weather, These injuries are
the more serious. il, rs is too often the
case, the grass has been eaten off close
late in the fall.


1t is much the better, plan 70 keel. the
pastures free until the grass has had time
to well cover the ground and will readily
afford living to the stock. We very
much doubt whether there is any gain in
allowing cattle TO run at large early in
the spring, even on the common or wood
lands. There are at least two advantages
in keeping them in the yard. You save
all the manure aud free the little folks
from many long and sometimes nnsuccess-
ful expeditions after the cows. Liberal
feeding with grain and roots, il you have
them, will be well repaid.


If from scarcity Of feed it is necessary
TO commence pasturing early, use but a
part of the ground at first, so that il may
afierward be left free and have time to
make up for the extra demand on it.
There is some difference Of opinion on the
subject, but we think it best TO have the
pasture laud so divided that there may
be occasional changes during the summer.
= Western Rural
Year: 1865

A New MArcH.-A lucifer match is
now in the market that differs from any
thing hitherto in existence. Upon the
side of each box is chemically prepared
piece of friction paper When struck up
on this the match instantly ignites, but
when struck upon anything else whatever
obstinately refuses to fame. You may
lay it upon red-hot stove, and the wood
Of the match will calcine before the end
of it ignites. Friction on anything else
than this prepared pasteboard has no Of
feet upon it. The invention is an English
one, and by special act Of parliament the
use Of any other matches than these is
not permitted in any public building. The
discovery is curious one. There is not
a particle Of sulpher in the composition
Of the lucifers in question. S'