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Year: 1865

The San Jose Courier, "loyal" journal,
thus speaks of the reckless extravaganza of
Congress:


Whoever should visit the city of Wash


ngton and observe the action Of the House
of Representatives during the session of Con.
gress, without knowledge of the condition
Of the country, would suppose there was no
such thing as war, and imagine the country


in possession of unlimited wealth which they
were commissioned to throw away. During
the session just closed, and even every ses'
sion since the commencement of the rebel
lion, there has been no disposition to econo
mize the resources of the country, but on
the contrary, they have been distributed with
a most prodigal hand upon every project
which solicited appropriations. Money is
voted for purposes which in times of peace
would have been rejected; fortiications have
been built where there was no need of them;
half million of dollars were appropriated
to defend the city Of Washngton; tens of
millions have been voted for the construction
of immense canals; for the payment of clam
orous idlers who ho,d office and do little or
nothing except brag and bluster-draw their
pay and ask for more; the merest oAicia
beggars who could not be induced to forsake
their places even though their salaries were
placed at half their present amount. This


lavish expenditure of money is astonishing
Half the appropriations made are for pur
poses not necessary at this time. This IS
done in many cases to the exclusion of mern
torous claims, especially if they come up in
the shape Of private demands for services
rendered., or money expended in behalf of
the Government Whenever claims of this
kind are presented there are usually loud
protesations of desire to retrench the ma
TONS expenditures, and the claimant is
obliged to see his hard earned wages cast
aside to give place to the mos. extravagant
donations, under the plea of public necessity.
The House Of Representatives is free in its
expenditures, and never in the history of the
Government has there been such an utter
disregard Of all precedents in disbursing the
public fuuds. Economy seems to have been
disregarded at the very time the country
needed It most. The greatest industry has
been displayed in devising methods Of squan,
dering the nations money and the substance
of the people has been scattered to the winds.
There must be limit to this; a point beyond
which Congress cannot go. How long it
will be before check is put upon it no one
can tell. The most judicious methods of
raising money should be devised, and when
once obtained, it should be expended with a
careful prudent hand. There is large gap
between income and expense on the NationaI
ledger which need not have existed, had
there been economy and circumspection on
the part Of those whose business it was to
balance the books and keep within bounds
Year: 1865

At the Church Of st. John the Evangelist, Memo rial
church Of Bishop Wainwright, address on the death
Of the late Rev. T. Cook the rector Of the church.
was delivered yesterday by the Rev. WIiamC Winslow
young clergyman who recently has been ordained,
aud present s temporarily acting the pastor Of the
Memorial church. The sanctuary and chancel were
draped In mourning and full congregation was present
the discourse in honor Of the departed pastor
delivered The preacher took his text from the twenty


first chapter Of the Book Of Revelation the most tng
In the illustration Of the resurrection where the sacred
pen portrays the happy state hereafter When the In
spred writer speaking about the condition after
DEATH he remarked that the attractions OF heaven were
rendered more precious TO ALL or In death we receive
the everlasting reward How much this life like
cloud upon which men close their eyes The speaker
then spoke the death Of the beloved pastor who now
formed another attraction Of heaven How many
holy thoughts had gone forth from him from this
sanctuary This the first Sunday after his
death, and, therefore, the thoughts Of the
grieved, should be with him. When everything human
failed Il necessary TO bow TO fate. Il the sud
fate OF the weary child Of earth to 10 TO rest Two
weeks ago the departed occupied the sanctuary for the
last time. Then he was still one Of us but hc was one
OF US no longer Thanks TO God, u was not the
body alone which constitutes mankind, but tho
soul, which Is beyond the reach of mortality
That spirit 50 recently among US was not dead. was
speaker alluded 10 the personal qualities OF the deceased
pastor. He was untrng servant OF the church The





among Others unmIsakable evidence OF his zeal and
diligence The children Of the Sunday school will long
remember their beloved pastor, who, for nne years
has labored faithfully az pastor and preacher
Now that his spirit s raised TO higher ac.
tvities, should see what the departed pastor had
accomplished He had blessed his people, and his good
work will 20 with equal success for the Saviour will
never leave the church.


The preachers DISCOURSE though rather brief very
appropriate and appreciated by the congregation


Al a meeting Of the Vestry or the church. which was
held few days since, preamble and resolutions we're
passed TO the death Of the Rov Mr. Cook
These resolutions read during the service


The Rev. Mr. Cook was buried al Trinity Cemetery,
and not at Greenwood as had been stated previously
Year: 1865

FATAL sUSsrRoKE.--Coroner Cover yesterday held an
inquest Bellevue Hospital the body Of Frederick
Batch, German, thirty years Of age, who died from
the effects Of sunstrokc Deceased a carpenter by
trade and while engaged at the foot Of Bank street ho
felt sick and started 10 10 home Ia company with
friend On the way he fell 10 tho pavement and was
conveyed drug store In state OF iuscnsbiy, from
which his friend took him TO the hospitals but he died
on the way Deceased lived at 197 avenue A. where he
has left widow and four children.


Drowned WHILE BArnsG. inquest was held at tho
foot Of Sixty second street. East river by Coroner Collin,
on the body OF william H. Lester who accidentally
drowned on Tuesday last who bathing He was stand
ing on stone and, falling backwards into the deep
water sank 10 the bottom before assistance could reach
him Deceased was thiry-sx years Of age and native
OF Enaland.
Year: 1865

BOsToN, July 30, 1865.
Lieutenant General Grant attended divine service this
morning at the Old South church, where sermon
delivered by the PASTOR Rev Mr. Manning and at three
o'clock this afternoon he dned at the Revere House in
company with Governor Andrew Late in the afternoon
the General and party rode in the suburbs Tomorrow
he will visit Harvard College the Navy Yard and other
points of interest and at twelve O'Clock will hold public
reception in Faneuil Hall Whenever the General has
appeared In public he has met with the most heartfelt
and unbounded enthusiasm among all classes
Year: 1865

Coop Hrr-The Journal Of Com
msrce, one Of the most contemplate Of
the Now York Mcclellan papers in the
late contest, and of rebel advocates in
the North, after it found that Lincoln
was reelected, gave notice thatit should
submit to the decision Of the people,
and,withdraw from all political discus
sions in the future. Whereupon the
Herald makes the following hit:


The Rip Van Wrinkles Of the old for
lorn Journal Of Commerce, walked up"
by the thunders Of the late election,
have rubbed their eyes, taken q look at
the clay of the land" and they retire
in disgust from the political arena
Their speculative calculations, like those
of the maid of the milking pail" have
fallen through, and so they are going
on new tack. Fhis is the first symp-
tom of the coming collapse amarg q
large batch Of exhausted party Journals
vusuimg upon . low Diet on ting chxnces
Of the late election.
Year: 1865

How TO MAKE PENCIL WRITING In
pELIABLE.-A correspondent of the
Rural Nrv Yarker gives the following
information which may prove servicea-
BILE TO some of our readers: go


A great many valuable letters and
other writings are written in pencil.
This is particularly the case with the
letters our brave soldiers send home
from the army. The following simple
process will make lead pencil writing
or drawing as indeliable rs if done
with ink. Lay the writing in shallow
dish and pour skinned milk upon it.
Any spots not wet at first may have
the milk placed upon them lightly
with feather. When the paper is all
wet over with the milk, take it up and
let the milk drain of, and whip off with
the feather the drops which collect on
the lower edge. Dry it carefully, and
it will be found to be perfectly indelia-
bic. 1t cannot be removed even with
India rubber. 1t is an old nereipt and
a good one.
Year: 1865

When William the Fourth was crown
ed, a gentleman from the country having
been seized with a temporary mania to
witness the coronation procession, pur-
chased seat in one of the stands cree
ted in Palace 7 ard for the occasion, and,
fearing lest the crowd should prevent his
access to it in the morning, he took pos
session of it over night Excited expec-
tation, eonspiring with the novelty Of his
position, kept him thoroughly awake till
toward noon the next day. He saw the
multitude assemble, the military take up
their posts. and all the successive chan
ges which indicated the near approch of
a gorgeous and solemn ceremonial


But he had drawn too freely upon his
physical strength. There is a point of
compulsion beyond which nature refuses
obedience. The point in this instance
was reached before the procession started
and when it passed by the stand on which
our country gentleman sat, he was locked
in the arms of a sleep that would not let
him go. The incident fairly illustrates
the position we are aiming to establish
There are some things that fly from you
the more rssolutely they are courted-
sleep is one, pleasure is another C51l.


Times. a9 ea
Year: 1865

There is no fact more clearly established
in physiology than this; that the brain
expands its energies and itself during the
hours of wakefulness, and that these are
recuperated during sleep; if the recupera-
ton does not equal the expenditure, the
brain withers; this leads to insanity
Thus it is, that in early history persons
who were condemned to death by being
prevented from sleeping, always died raw
ing maniacs thus it Is, also, that those
who are starved to death, first become in
sane the brain Is not nourished, and
they cannot sleep. Crazy persons are
poor sleepers, while good sleepers seldom
become crazy. The practical interences
are these;


/. Those who think most, do the most
brain work, therefore they require the most
sleep:


2. That time saved from necessary sleep
is infallibly destructive to the mind, body
and estate.


B. Give yourself, your children, your
servants-give all that are under you
the fullest amount of sleep they will take,
by compelling them to go to bed at some
regular hour, and to rise in the morning
at some stated hour, and within a fort
night, nature, with almost the regularity
of the rising sun, will unloose the bonds of
sleep the moment enough repose has been
secured for the wants of the system
This is the only safe and efficient rule
and as to the question of how much sleep
any one requires, each must be rule for
himself; great nature will never fail to
mete it out to the observer under the reg
ulations just given.
Year: 1865

Fortune, success, fame, position, are
never gained but by piously, determinedly,
brayely sticking, growing, living to a thing
until it is fairly accomplished. In short,
you must carry a thing through, if you
want to be anybody or anything. No
matter if it does cost you the pleasure
the society, the thousand pearly gratifea=
tions of life. No matter for these. Stick
to a thing and carry it through. Believe
you were made for the matter, and that
no one else could do it. Put forth your
whole energies. Stir, wake, electrify
yourself and go forth to the task. Only
once learn to carry thing through in all
completeness and proportion, and you will
become hero. 7 You will think better of
yourself Others will think better of you.
OF course they will The world in its
very heart admires the stern, determined
doer. 1t sees in him its best sight, its
best object, its richest treasure. Drive
right along, then, in whatever you under
take. Consider yourself amply sufficient
for the deed. You will be successful
Never fear.
Year: 1865

SIGNS lEOt= MA162kIAG4lA6L6t AAADAEog


IF man wipes his feet on the door
mat before coming into the room, you


may be sure he viii make good domes-
tic husband If a man, In snuf6ng the
candles, snuffs them out, you may be sure
he viii make stupid husband If man
puts his handkerchief on his knees while
taking his tea, you may be sure he will
be prudent husband. In the same way
mistrust the man who will not take the
last piece of toast of Sally Dunn, but
prefers waiting for warm batch. 1t is
not unlikely he viii make a greedy, sell
fish husband, with whom you will enjoy
no brown at dinner, no crust at tea, no
peace whatever at home. The man, my
dears, who is careful about wrapping
himself up well before venturing into
the night air, not unfrequently makes a
good invalid husband that mostly stops
at home, and is easily comforted with
slops. The man who watches the kettle
and prevents it boiling over, will not fail,
my dears, In the married state, in exer-
cising the same care in always keeping
the pot boiling. The man who doesn't
take tea, i'll treats the cat, takes snuff,
and stands with his back to the fire, is a
brute whom I would not, my dears,
marry under any eonsi 1eration, either for
love or money, but decidedly not for love.
But the man who, when tea is over, is
discovered to have had none, is sure to
make the best husband. Patience like
his deserves being rewarded with the
best of wives, and the best of mothers-in-
law. My dears, when you meet with such
a man, do your utmost to marry him. In
the seVerest winter he would not mind
going to bed FIRST Pss11ch.
Year: 1865

to know my name, it is James Marks, of
Lynchburg, Virginia. Farewell"


That name and address I have not for
gotten. They will remain in my memory
forever. Around them clusters bright
ness which sheds lustre over all the dark
and bloody pages of the past.


The great war is now over, and I trust
that you have been no less fortunate than
| in escaping its perils The authority of
the general government is everywhere
restored and the starry flag for which ace
fought now floats in its wonted splendor
wherever Americans have rights to be
protected or wrongs to be redressed.-
Cannot you unite with me under that
flag, and as you are my friend and bene-
factor, become my fellow-citizen also p
Let the bitterness and passion of the
past sink under the sway Of uprising
reason, and let all Americans North,
South, everywhere, strike hands as
friends under the flag and government of
their fathers


With feelings of most grateful regard,


A. T. 81
Year: 1865

Imake it point of morality never to
find fault with another for his manners.
They may be awkward or graceful, blunt
or polite, polished or rustic, care not
what they are, If the man means well
and acts from honest intentions without
occentricity or affectation. All men have
not the advantage of good society, as it
is called, to school them in all the fan
tastic rules or ceremonies, and if there is
any standard of manners it is founded in
reason and good sense, and not upon
those artificial regulations. Manners,
like conversations, should be extGmpora-
neous, and not studied. / always sus-
pect man who meets me with the same
perpetual smile on his face. the same
inclination of the body, and the same
premeditated shake of the hand. Give
me the hearty-it may be the rough
grip of the hand, the careless recognition,
and when occasion requires, the homely
but welcome salutation, "How are you
my old friend?"
Year: 1865

An editor says that a man in New York
got himself into trouble by marrying two
wives A Western editor replies by as
surfing his cotempoaary that a good many
men had done the same thing BY marry
ing one. A Northern editor retorts that
quite number of his acquaintance
found trouble enough by barely promis-
A Southern editor says that a friend Of
his was bothered enough when simply
found in company with another man'F
wife.
Year: 1865

Lynckburg, Va so


1t is with great pleasure that / attempt
in this way to find out and open commu-
nieation with you, whom I consider my
friend and benefactor. Your name is as
soeiated with chapter in my life which
combines at once more pain and pleasure
than any other. refer to my experiences
of the haffIa of ------- - 20 T-


In that battle was severely wounded,
during the afternoon of the 1st of July.
shortly after fell into the hands of the
Confederate forces and became their
prisoner. Some artillery men carried me
out of the way of their guns and laid me,
together with wounded comrade and
friend, in the corner of fence Here
we were visited by number of persons,
most of whom came, or seemed to come,
out of mere curiosity. At length cav
alryman rode up to where we lay and in
quired about our injuries. He stopped
over my dying friend and offered him all
the means of relief in his power He
proposed toget an ambulance to convey us
from the field and surgeon to dress our
wounds. He ministered with his own
hands to our comfort, and ordered those
who stood idly by to do the same. He
wore the Confederate grey, but beneath
| it seemed to beat heart as manly and hui
name as ever throbbed. 4l


He revisited us again and again, and
after the sun had set upon the bloody
! field and my poor comrade, with the
damp upon his brow, had fallen into that
sleep (which knows no waking" he
brought surgeon to attend me and a
carriage to bear me to place of comfort
and safety. The carriage was drawn by
some citizens whom he--the eavalryman
had induced to volunteer for that kind
office. He saw me lifted to the seat, and
then spoke these words : "Sir, | have
done for you what would expect you to
do for me under like circumstances. l
may some day fall into your hands as you
have fallen into mine.' Surprised at
such noble kindness, asked, What is
your rank ?" "A private" was the re-
ply. II thought you were an officer, but
that makes no difference. [ shall re-
member you to the latest day of my life.r
''Thank you, said he, "and if you wish


The badge Of the sixth Corps was a Roman Cross
Year: 1865

laugh at you" Therefore all persons must be
on their guard, and when one Of the villains
is caught summary example, such a. throw
ing him into the river, might cool the ardor
of others inclined to adopt similar rascally
line Of business. By the way, how is 1t we
hear Of so few arrests Of pickpockets by our
regular police noW-a-daYsi
Year: 1865

We are without American or United States consul
here at present. the last incumbent having closed his
office few days since, by reason (as know OF no.
tcc from the Court Of the Emperor Maximian that his
official position would no longer be recognized We
inclined TO think the Lincoln government will feel COM
PEELED ako position for against the Monroe doc
Urine, relative 10 this empire at no distant day.
Year: 1865

We entreat them to make this local affair.


We shall not drop the subject until the
Health Bill is passed, and we want earnest,
continued cooperation. Let them reprint
such facts and statistics as appear in the
metropolitan press, taking the matter home as
one Of domestic concern, or that each legislator
elect may find it confronting him, before the
session begins, in his own county paper. The
interests Of New.York must not be lett to be
balanced in the party scale at Albany. We ex-
pect to fight our own battle, and to fight it
manfully; but we want your help, friends OF
the country press We want you to realize that
it is also your battle. We want every nook and
village of tho State to be yitalzed with sense
of tic need Of sanitary reform in the metropolis,
and determination to aid that reform.
Year: 1865

By the arrival of the City of Washington at
this port we have four days later from Europe


Mr. Eyre has been suspended from the office oil
Governor Of JamIica, pending the inquiry which IS
about to take place. and the government OF the island
has been temporarily entrusted to Sir Henry Storks.
The English Government promises that the inquiry into
the origp nature and circumstances Of the late Gis-
turbsnces shall be full and impartial


The Secretary OF the Atlantic Telegraph Company
Informs The London Times that the Great Eastern will
so to sea June laG for the double purpose laying
new cable and of raising the broken end of the cable
laid this year. All the arrangements Of the directors
as to new capital are now completed.


The Emperor of Austria has arrived In the capital OF
Hungary and met with an enthusiastic reception the
part of the people.


BY the arrival at this port Of the North America from
Rio we have dates from Brazil TO Dec. q The immi-
grants from tie late Rebel States, represented by Col
Wood have selected site for town. A vast tract Of
5000 900 acres Of unoccupied Government land has
also been selected. 1t Is expected that the
from the late Confederate States will largely In
crease The ParaeuaJaD have withdrawn from Cor
rentes and the allied army has advanced on lis march
to the Parana. The Brazilian squadron was at Cor.
Iieptes. The Brazilian army has largely suffered from
sickness.


The rebellion In China is reported to be nearly at an
end The last stronghold of the rebels 10 the pIoyEce
Of the Kangs has been eyacnaied and the Mshomedan
rebels In the province of the Shensi have surrendered
bu. armed bands Of bandi, devastating the country
the capital. In Japan, the quarrel between tie
Tycoon and the Prince Of Negata had been settled
Sill Is plentiful in japan. bu: scarce in China


Advices from Jamaica to December IA report every
eaing quiet on tie Island
Year: 1865

Look OUr FOR HIM. - When you 6nd
a man writing his advertisement aud stick
ing it up at the post Office, or in hotels.
or on street posts, instead Of publishing
it bis town paper, look out for him the
very act shows that he is too close fisted
to deal with to advantage. This 10 the
"fr0zen truth"