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Year: 1865

A CASE OF CoNsoIRNOB.-Dr. Gay had,
for some time, missed the hay from his
barn, and was satisfied that 1t was sto.
len. With a view to detect the thief, he
took dark lantern, and stationed him
self near the place where he supposed
he must pass, In due time person
whom he knew passed into the barn and
quickly came out with as large load
of hay as he could carry. The doctor,
without saying a word, followed the
thief, and took the candle out of his
lantern, and stuck it into the hay upon
his back, and then retreated. In mo-
ment the hay was in light blaze; and
the fellow, throwing it from him in ut
ter CONSERVATION, ran away rom his
perishing booty. The doctor kept the
affair a secret even from his own fam
lily; and within day or two the thief
came to him in great agitation, and told
him that he wished to confess to him a
grieyous sin that he had been tempted
to steal some of his hay; and, as he was
carrying it away, the Almighty was so
angry with him that He had sent fire
from Heaven and set it to blazing upon
his back. The doctor agreed to forgive
him on condition of his never repeating
the offense.-Dr. Spraquc's american Uni,
tartan PftEDt
Year: 1865

Ward ALL of Main street north of
Centre street, all of Turnpike, all of Ter
rill street, and all of West street east of
Court street and Court Square.


Ward 2-All of Main street south of
Center, all of Center from Main to Court,
all of Court from Center to Washington
street, all of Washington from Court to
Main, all of Green street, all of East
street and all of Nickwackett street.


Ward 3-All of Pleasant street, all of
Madison street, ali of Prospect street. all
of Wales south Of Washington street, all
of Strongs Avenue and Washington
from Court street to depot grounds, also
including all streets and territory to the
south line of the corporation and west
to the Railroad. s.4#5


Ward Accommodating on West street
at Court street, down West to Church
street, all of Church and Elm streets,
Williams from Elm to Chestnut avenue,
all of Court from West to Center, Center
from Court to Wales, and all of Wales
from West to Washington.
Year: 1865

TRIAL OF JEFF. DAvIs.-A Washing
ton dispatch says that the Judges of the
Supreme Court of the District of Colum-
bia have determined to try JEFF, Davis,
on the indictment found a week ago last
Friday, before full bench, Judge Car
ter presiding. There is reason to be-
ieve that the trial will take place on
or about the 10th of this month, unless
the defendant can make a showing of
necessity for postponing the hearing for
a few days. 1t is not believed, more
over, that JEFF. Davis will interpose any
objection to trial this month, as the
facts involved in the case are patent and
lndlsputable; and were such a thing
permitted in a criminal trial, the case
could be heard upon an agreed state


ment of facts. The trial cannot occupy


more than three or four days in the i'm
Year: 1865

THE PRESIDENT AND NEGRO SUFFRAGE.
The Tribune's Washington correspond
ent says President Johnson counseled
committee of negroes who recently
called on him to petition the next Con-
gress to grant them the right of suf-
frage in the District of Columbia as pre-
liminary to its concession elsewhere.
This they will do in force and it is be-
lieved that the President, while he
leaves to the several states the decision
of the question within their limits, will
give his whole moral influence to the
extension of the right of suffrage to
the Colored people,
Year: 1865

Ward 5--All of Merchants Row from
the Bardwell House to West street, Gem
ter from Wales to depot grounds, south
side of West street from Wales to Rail-
road, and all streets leading south from
West street meaning to include Willow
street and Evelyn street.


Ward 6-All of Cottage street, all of
Grove, all of Chestnut avenue, Williams
street from Chestnut avenue to Grove
street, all of Maple, and of Summer, all
of Spring and all of Pine streets, and
the north side of West street from
Church street to the Railroad.


Ward 7-Remains unchanged.
Year: 1865

PRovosT MARsHALs.-It is reported
that the Government has decided to re-
tain the Provost Marshals in all the
States except Rhode Island and the
present officers will hold their places
in every Congressional District. The
same system will be extended to the
Southern States, and officers of the
Government apprehend it will be a year
before it will be relinQuished.
Year: 1865

STREET SPRINKLING.-We are request
ed to call the attention of the business
men on Merchants Row to the propriety
Of having the street sprinkled during
the summer, 1t can be done at trihing
expense to each, which will be ten-fold
repaid in the comfort derived. Let
some one start the necessary paper, and
let US have the business portion of the
village regularly sprinkled. .......st
Year: 1865

SPECIE PAYMENT.-The Washington
correspondent Of the New York Herald
says:


Secretary McCulloch, in conversa-
tion with a prominent politician few
days since, stated that the government
was now ready to resume specie pay
menti that its finances were in posi-
tion to enable it to adopt that course.
The only thing that prevented immedi-
ate adoption of that plan was the injury
1t would do to the business interests of
the country. The indications are that
a return to specie payments would be
made before many months
Year: 1865

How NATURE Covers UP BATTLE
FIELDS -"Did ever tell you," says
correspondent of an eastern paper,
among the affecting little things one is
always seeing in these battle fields, how,
on the ground upon which the battle of
Bull Run was fought 1 saw pretty, pure,
delicate flowers growing out of the
empty ammunition boxes, and a wild rose
thrusting up its graceful head through
the top of broken drum, which doubt
less sounded its last charge in that bat
tie; and cunning scarlet verhena peep
ing out of fragment ola bursted shell,
in which strange spot it was planted
Wasn't that peace growing out of war
Even so shall the beautiful and grace
full ever grow out Of the horrid and ter
rible things that transpire in this chang
ing and ever advancing world. Nature
covers even the backgrounds with yer
dure and bloom. Peace and plenty
spring up in the track of the devouring
campaign; and all things in nature and
sotiety shall work out the progress of
mankind"
Year: 1865

JEFF. DAVIS AT FORTRESS MoNRoB.-A
New York Times correspondent says of
JEFF Davis Imprisonment at Fortress
Monroe;


At the fort an entire caSemate, COM
prising two rooms, was set apart for his
use. In front of it a line of sentinels
making three sides of square, Of which
the front of the casemate is the fourth,
prevents all approach 10 the locality.
Within this line is an officer on duty,
who, for the time being, is not allowed
to leave the established enclosure, and
who holds one of the keys to the door
of the Casemate In the interior two
sentinels are on duty with their backs
to the door, under orders not to speak
during their tour of duty, but continu-
ally to observe the prisoner. Between
them sits an officer, who is also not al
lowed to speak and who holds the KEY
Of the second or interior lock of the
door, which cannot be opened except by
the concurrence of the two officers
named. At the door between the two
rooms is another sentinel, and in the in
terror room are two others who are all
enjoined 10 the same strict silence. Mr..
Davis cannot thus be lost sight of for a
moment day or night. The window of
the inner room is of course, the embra-
sure of the casemate, looking out on the
broad moat Of the fort, and beyond it a
line of sentinels observe the embrasure.
The prisoner is provided with food from
that prepared for the guard furnishing
the above details. He has as much in
quantity as he pleases but no other ra-
tions than those of the soldiers, whose
presence testides to him Of the power of
the Government he so long defed. He
is in continual uninterrupted silence. If
he makes request it is written down
and forwarded TO the military COM
mandant who returns a brief answer in
writing, granting or denying the favor,
He is furnished with Bible, and with
that only. and thus for the time at least
he is left in solemn communion with his
conscience and his God"
Year: 1865

of the language and apologized for its


use in open Senate, but if editors and
Others will use the epithet, he says he
shall submit with as good a grace as
practicable to wear the terrible shirt
of Nessus" for the remainder of his
life There may be hope of Foote yet.
Year: 1865

SPURNED THE BRIBE.---A Pennsylvania
editor says:


Somebody brought bottle of sour
water into our office with a request to
notice it as lemon beer. If Esau was
green enough to sell his birthright for
a mess of pottage, it does not prove that
we will tell a four shilling lie for five
cents"
Year: 1865

SUING FOR PARDoN.-The rebel Gen.
Longstreet recently took the preimin-
airy amnesty oath at Lynchburg, and is
now in Washington for the purpose of
making a special application for pardon
and restoration to civil rights.
Year: 1865

mler.


The following is the closing portion of
the ringing order suspending Bishop Will
mer and the clergy of Alabama from the
exercise of their functions:


The prayer which the Bishop has ad-
vised to be omitted, is not a PRAYER for the
continuance of military rule, or of any par
ticular form of government or any partic-
ular persons in power-it is simply pray
er for the temporal and spiritual veal of
the persons in whose behalf it is offered
it is a prayer to the High and Mighty Ru-
Ter of the universe that He would with his
power bless His servant, the President of
the United States and all others in author
ity-that he would replenish them with
the grace Of His Holy Spirit, that they
might always incline to his will and walk
in his ways, that He would endow them
plenteOusly with heavenly gifts, grant
them in health and prosperity long to live,
and finally, after this life, to attain ever
lasting joy and felicity 1t is prayer at
once applicable and appropriate, and
which any heart not filled with hatred,
malice and all uncharitableness could con-
scientiously offer.


The advice of the Bishop to omit this
prayer, and its omission by the clergy, is
not only violation of the canons OF the
Church, but shows factious and disloyal
spirit, and is marked insult to every 10y
al citizen within the department. Such
men are unsafe public teachers, and not to
De trusteu III pIaces or power s1d iaAuenee
over public opinion.


1t is therefore ordered, pursuant to the
directions of Major General Thomas, COM
manding the Military Division of the Ten
nessee, that said Richard Wilmer, Bishop
of the Protestant Episcopal Church OF the
Diocese ofssAlabama, and the Protestant
Episcopal clergy of said Diocese be, and
they are hereby, suspended from their tune-
tiOIlA Aand forbidden to preach or perform
divine service, and that their places OF
worship be closed until such time as said
Bishop and clergy show sincere return
to their allegiance to the Government OF
the United States, and give evidence Of a
loyal and patriotic spirit by offering to re-
sumo the use Of the prayer for the Presi-
dent Of the United States and all in civil
authority, and by taking the amnesty oath
prescribed by the President.


/ The prohibition shll continue in such
individual case until special application is
made through the military channels to
these headquarters for permission to preach
and perform divine service, and until such
application is approved at these or superb
or headquarters,
Year: 1865

The World is jubilant over what it
calls the great Democratic victory in
Connection Tho World has a right 70
shout. We surrender Connecticut to the
Democracy, and hope they will have
good time managing it.
Year: 1865

Our city politicians are greatly alarmed
at the appearance in the west Of a "nog-
epidemic" They are naturally anxious
lest it should reach New York. VINO
knows but that they viii now be stimulated
into doing something toward cleaning our
streets ?-iSatsrday Press.
Year: 1865

Would respectfully inform their friends and
the public that they have opened an Office
over the Drug Store, southwest corner Of
Ontario street and Public Square, for the puT-
chase and sale of Real Estate From their exten-
sve acquaintance with the oil business and wealthy
oil men of the country, they hope to make this a
desirable Agency to all parties interested in the
purchase and sale Of Real Estate, Coal and Oil
Leases, &C, &C.


C1avelapd d oct6259
Year: 1865

Notes of all the denominations named will be promptly
furnished upon receipt OF subscriptions


The Notes of this Third Series are precisely similar in
form and privileges the seven-ThirtCs already sod
except that the Government reserves to Itself the option
opaying interest in gold coin at per cent instead Of
Sleths in currency. Subscribers will deduct the In
erest In currency to July l5h at the time when they
subscribe.


The delivery of the notes of this third series Of the
seven-thirtss will commence on the LIST of June, and
will be made promptly and continuously after that date


The slight change madei the conditions Of this THIRD
SERIES Affects only the matter of interest The payment
in gold fmAde will be equivalent to the currency interest
Of the higher rate.


The return to specie payments, in the event of which
only will the option to pay interest In Gold be ayAled
Of would reduce and equAlEe prices that purchases
made with six per cent. in gold would be fully equal to
those made with and thrssionths per cent In cur
rency. This is


The Only Loan in Market
Year: 1865


The apples are ripe in the orchard,
And the work of the reaper is done,
And the golden woodlands redden,s
In the blood of the dying sun.
AT the cottage door the grandsire
Sits pale in his easy chair,
While the gentle wind of twilight
Plays with his silver hair.
A woman is kneeling beside him.
A fair young head is pressed.
In the first passion of sorrow,
Against his aged breast.
And far from over the distance
The faltcring echoes come,
Of the dying blast of trumpet,
And the rafting roll of drum.
And the grandsire speaks in whisper
s.The end no man can see;
But we gave him to his country,
And we gave our prayers to Thee
] he violets star the meadows,
The rose-b buds fringe the door,
nd o'eI the grassy orchard
The pink white blossoms pour.
But the grandsire's chair is empty,
The cottage is dark and still
There's a name1ess grave the battle field,
And a new one under the hill.
And pallid, fearless woman
By the cold hearth sits alone,
And the old clock in he corner
Ticks on with steady drone.
Year: 1865

BUDDING INTO WoMANHooD.-There is a touch
ing beauty in the radiant look of girl just cross
ing the limits of youth, commencing her journey
through the checkered space of womanhood. 1t
is all dew-sprinkle and morning glory to her ar
dent, buoyant spirit, as she presses forward, ex-
ulting in blissful anieipations. But the whitening
heat of the conflict of life creeps on; the dew
drops exhale the garlands of hope, scattered and
dead strew the path; and too often, ere noont'de,
the qii ct brow and sweet smile are exchanged for
the weary look of one longing for the evening rest
the twilight, the night
Year: 1865

SULPHUR AND CHoLERA.-Dr. Herring,
in his domestic Physician" says of Asiatic
cholera 1.-The surest preventive is sulphur.
Put half a teaspoonful of flour of sulphur in
to each of your stockings, and go about your
business; never go out with an empty sto-
mach eat no fresh bread nor sour food
This is not only preventive in cholera, but
also in many other epidemic diseases. Not
one of many thousands who have followed
this, my advice, have been attacked BY
cholera"
Year: 1865




WASHINGTON, May 23.-The court met
at 1890 this morning. Mr.. Aiken said
that as the government found it unim-
portant to close its testimony at this
time, to show that a conspiracy did ex-
ist, but not with special reference to the
prisoners at the bar, he would show them
ready to 90 on with the defense, as he
was not disposed to waste the valuable
time of the court.


Col. Burnett, Judge Advocate, re-
marked that four or five witnesses were
vet to be examined with reference to the
accused. Some of them were in Balti-
more and some in this city, but the lat
fer had not been able to cross the line OF
the military review to reach this place.


The testimony taken yesterday was
read.


Mr.. Ewing made a request, which was
granted. to have his former statement
amended, so it might appear that all the
testimony against the accused be intro
duced before the commencement OF the
examination of the witnesses for the
defense The counsel for the defense.
however, had no objection that testimony
as TO general conspiracy might be In
troduced by the government.


Judge Advocate General Hatch briefly
stated the difficulty of procuring the at,
tendance of witnesses at this time, and
after brief consultation the court adj
iourned till Thursday.
Year: 1865

New YORK, May 23.-The Tribune says
Gen Banks returned to New Orleans
with sincere and avowed reluctance -
He regarded the war as ended aud he
wished to resign and retire to private
life. He fingered in this city till the
last moment, with the expectation, with
the hope that his wish would be granted,
but it was not acceded to by Secretary
Stanton.
Year: 1865

The art Of living easily as to money, is to
pitch your scale of living one degree below
your means. Comfort and enjoyment are
more dependent upon easiness in the detail OF
expenditure than upon one degrees difference
in the scale. Guard against false associations
Of pleasure with expenditure-the notion that
because pleasure can be purchased with mon-
ey, therefore money cannot be spent without
enjoyment. What a thing costs man is DO
true measure Of what it is worth to him and
yet how often is his appreciation governed by
no other standard, as if there we're pleasure
in expenditure per sc. Let yourself Ieel
want before you provide against ii. You
are more assured that il is real want; and il
is worth while to feel it little, in order TO
feel the relief from ii. When you are uD-
decided as 10 which of two courses yOu would
like best, choose the cheapest. This rule will
not only save money, but also good deal Of
trifing iudecision. Too much leisure leads to
expense because when man is in want of
objects, it OCCURS 10 him that they are to be
had for money, and he invents expenditures, in
order to pass the time.
Year: 1865

There is nothing sheds SO fine light upon
the human mind as candor. 1t was called
whiteness by the nncienis, for its purity, and
it has always won the esteem due to the most
admirable of the virtues. However little
sought for or practiced, all do it the homage
Of their praise, and all feel the charm and
power of its influence. The man whose Opin-
ion makes the deepest mark upon his fellow
man, whose influence is the most lasting and
efficient, whose friendship is instinclively
sought where all others have proved faithless,
is not the man of brilliant parts, or hattering
tongue, or splendid genius, or commanding
power but he whose lucid candor and ingenu-
ous truth transmit the hearts real feeling pure
and without refraction. There are other quail
tiles which are more shOwy, and other traits
that have higher place in the worlds code of
honor, but none wear better, or gather less
tarnish by use, or claim deeper homage in
that silent reverence which the mind must
pay to virtue Green Leaves.
Year: 1865

In the lonely, quiet chamber,


There's an emoty cradle bed,
With print upon she pillow


OF baby's shining head.
It's q fair and dainty cradle


DoWny soft, with pillows white,
But within the blanket folded


Lies no liStle form TO- night.
Once the mother sat beside it,


When the day was growing dim,
And her pleasant voice was singing
Soft and low a cradle hymn,
Now there's no more need OF singing
When the evening sha dows creep
For the cradle bed Is empty,


And the baby gone to sleep.
Little head that used 10 nestle


In the pillows white and soft
Little hands, whose restless fingers
Folded there in drea ms so Off
Lips We pressed with fondest kisses
Eyes we praised for purest ray
Underneath the churchyard daisies
They have hidden all away.
All. the empty, useless cradle!
We will put it out Of sight,
Lest our hearts should grIeve too sore3y
For the little oHe tonight.
We will think how safe forever
In the better field above,
That young lamb for which we SORROW
Resteth now in jesus love.
Year: 1865

.tration, and set all the patronage aad


power Of the Government against them,


in the interest OF negro suffrage. They,
Of course; deem this the right way to
achieve that end. We. on the other
hand, regard it as sure to defeat its pres
ent achievement, and likely to render it


forever unattainable. Hence the Tribune
is freely stigmatized, by the Phillips


school. as timid. or half-hear'ed, or vacil-


lating, or impracticable, because sce adj


here TO The policy Of attempting what may


be Hoped aaaiaable, rather than wasie
strength in essayiag the in,possible--contens
to do The good that is practicable to-day, in
the hope that this may render further good
practicable tomorrow"


1t will naturally occur to the sober
people, who are SO fortunate as to be able
to take common sense views of things,
that it would seem a little obtrusive ON
the part of the people Of the Northern
States. to insist upon the annihilation, by
the military power, of all the disabilities
Of color in the South, before We have
shown ourselves educated up to that point.
The thoughtful! and judicious will also be
considerate Of the fact, that the condition
Of slavery is not to be commended as
preparatory school for citizenship; and.
we, may state, our observation u.s., that
those best informed of the situation of the
freed people are, as Q general rule, the
most impressed that they require season
Of pupilage before it would be safe to arm
them with the ballot. ,.. .-t..


The teachings Of the wat are tolerably
conclusive, as. indeed, Is the history Of
all stirring times, to the effect that we
must not expect to accomplish great res
suits without the employment Of adequate
means; that the working out Of the des-l
tiny of people is not phenomenal but
logical; that to genius must be added pa
tience; that we must "learn to labor and
to wait" It was that waiting for public,
sentiment, and the gift Of knowing when,
the times grew ripe for action, that in
Mr.. Lincoln proved Of inestimable public
service; and perhaps we may safely say,
that to his qualities Of prudence, demons
strated in waiting until the hour was aus,
picious. we owe the present safety Of the,
country. Will the radicals do them,
selves the justice to recollect how in-i
dignanny. and with what bitterness
they opposed him in the very policy up
on which time has set the seal Of almost
universal public appreciation, and Of
which the events explicitly declare the
wisdom. If Mr.. Lincoln had been SO.
rash as to issue his Proclamation Of
Emancipation along with his first call for.
troops, and had armed negroes in the
first month of the war, he might have
lost at once much more than he could
have gained. and the chances are, he
would have lost the cause of the nation.
Great works must be done gradually. A
tower that will stand the rude tests Of
storm and earthquake is not built in
day. The President must be allowed to-,
" make haste slowly" with the gigantic
task before him. Ia
Year: 1865

The Lafayette Courier says couple
of gentlemen from the East are now
prospecting in the naighborhood OF
Bunker Hill," at the southern outskirts
Of that city, for petroleum. They say
ell the geological signs are strongly in
favor Of snccass