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Year: 1865

Howgs EuRopsAS CRcus---This splendid establish


mon, commenced IFS brief season in Brooklyn Yesterday
with an afternoon and evening performance During
The dey the whole troupe magnifcontiy caparsoned.
psraded the streets with grand irnmphal car fine
band and live lion This an event which was duly
appreciated especially by the young folks The streets
were lined with people, and the utmost admiration was
expressed at the gallant appearance Of the troupe Their
Arab costumes shone brilliantly in the sun, and the
pumes OF the cavaliers tcssed bravey in the breeze


This IS one Of the finest circus companies have bad
among us for some time. We doubt whether the capa


city Of the temporary amphitheatre in Brooklyn will be
sufficient to accommodate the thousands who esince an
anxious desire to witness the performances. 4
Year: 1865

PLEDGES OF CASDnA1Es-we hear great
deal about the local candidates for of8ce
making pledges to secure the votes Of this
or that faction. This is no doubt the gene
raj rule. They all stand ready to promise any
thing they are asked to; but who ever heard
OF one Of them keeping his plcdgef The
candidates, to be In the fashion, should say yes
to everybody, and, If successful, forget oil
about 1t. That Is the way the thing Ia done.
That is the latest fashion among politicians,
and person might as well be out Of the world
o. out Of iashion-
Year: 1865

. The Vermont papers say that the Governor


is about to call an extra session OF the Legis-


1ature Of that State for the purpose Of acting
On the constitutional ant'-alavery amendment
The Connecticut Legislature Will hold an
cxtTa session to ratiiy the constitutional
amendment,
Year: 1865

a PRETTY TEoUGHr-I wa, rcaGine
the other day that on the shores of the
Adriatic Sea, the wives Of fishermen.
whose husbands hzve gone far off upon
the deep, are in the habit ut eventids
of going down to the sea shore, and sing
ing, US female voices only can, the first
stanza CT beautiful hymn; and after
they have sung it they listentiil thoy hear
borne by the wind across the desert se6
the second stanza, sung by their gallant
husbands as they are tossed by tho gale
upon tho waves, and both are happy
Perhaps if we could listen, we too might
hear on this desert world of ours some
whisper borne from afar to remind us that
there is heaven and home, and when
we sing the hymn upon the shores Of Garth,
perhaps we shall hear its echo breaking
in music upon the sands of time, and
cheering the hearts Of them that aro pill
grims and strangers, and look for oity
tha. hath foundations.
Year: 1865

interrogatories. Such party shall, if he
think fit serve ais adversary with cross
lnterrogatories within ten davs thereafter.
The party serving the notice sha there
after transmit the direct and cross inter-
rogatories TO the officer or officers n med
in the notice. who shall take and certify
such deposition, and inclose ii to the iud re
clerk OF the court or justice of the peace
before whom the cause or matter is pend
ing, IN the same manner as if authorized
by commission issued for this prrpuse."


Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be
IN force from and after its passage and
publication


Approved Feb 25, 1865
Year: 1865




say The authorship Of the fue poem
entitled 20 why should the spirit of mortal
beproud," which has been in controversy,
by somo being ascribed to President
Lincoln, others denying. is settled so far
as the late President is concerned, by Mr.
f B. Carpenter the painter Of the "Eman
cipatiou Proclamation before the Cabi
net" He says, speaking of the poem in
question:


al have been urged by several friends
to send you the enclosed poem, written
down by myself from Mr. Lincoln's lips,
and although it may not be new to all Of
your readers. the events of the last week
give it now a peculiar interest


The circumstances under which this
copy was written are these; | was with
the President alone one evening in his
room, during the time | was painting my
large picture ut the White House, last
year iIe presently threw aside his pen
and papers, and began to talk to ne of
Shakespeare He sent little Tad, his
son, to the library to bring a copy of the
plays, and then read to me several Of
his favorite passages, showing genuine
appreciation of the great poet Relaps-
ing into n sadder strain, he laid the book
aside, and leaning back in hi. chair,
said


There is n poem which has been a
grees fiyvorite 9Th ME fer years, which
was first shown to me when a young man
by friend, and which L afterwards saw
and cut from a newspaper ard learned By
heart | would he continued, give a
good deal to know who wrote it, but have
never been able to ascertain.


Then half>closing his eyes he repeated
to me the lines which enclose to you
Greatly pleased and interested, told him
would like, if ever an opportunity oc-
cured, to write them down from his lips
He said he would some time try to give
them to me. A few days afterward he
asked me to accompany him to the tenn
porary studio Of NJ. Swayne, The sculptor
who was making bust of him at the
Treasury department While be was sit
ting for the bust was suddenly remind ed
of the poem, and said TO him that then
would be good time to dictate it to me
He complied, and sitting upon some bo *.
at his feet, as nearly as can remember
| wrote the line. down, one by one, from
his lips. With great regard. very truly
| yours. T. T. CARPBsTgR
Year: 1865

The years passed on, and Mrs. Dcrrenoe
found strength to keep her resolution; and
in the keeping thereof she found a peace
and comfort which she had not before
known. She had learned that it is with
children as with men" a soft answer
turneth away wrath, but grievous words
stir IN auper'
Year: 1865

for was obliged to observe from my earl
lest youth, the most perfect iieatness in every
mother sent me to see if could
obtain, the situation. With light step l
started, for had long wished my mother to
allow me to do something to assist her. e,


"My heart beat fast, l assure you, as I
turned out of W. into B. Street. and made my
way along to the number my mother had
given me. summoned all the courage |
could muster, and stepped briskly into the
warehouse, and found my way into the count
ing room, and made known the object of my
calling. The merchant smiled, and told me
there was another boy WHO had come a little
before lte, whom he thought he should en-
gage. However, he asked me some ques-
tons, and went out and talked, with the other
boy who stood in the back part Of a4he o1icsq
The result was that the lad had been dis
missed, and entered the merchants employ


ment, first as an errand boy, then as clerk,
aftcrward as partner till his death, when be
left me the whole of his stock in trade. After
| had been in his service some years, he told
me the reason he chose me in preference to
the other boy was because of the general
neatness of my person; while, in reference to
the other lad, he noticed he neglected to be
tidy. TO this simple circumstance. has prob
ably been owing the greater part Of my sue
cess in business"
Year: 1865

"Thc world owes me living, and I'm
bound to have it" was the remark of great
orcrgrown, idle young man on our streets last
week, made to one of his companions as &c
passed by We took careful survey of the
individual, and after carefully summing up
his account concluded the world might prob
ably find it cheapest to board and lodge him
in the State Prison. A large number of gen
tlemen of this stamp are now luxurating III
a striped suit and wholesome diet, with COM
Portable quarters, all at the expense of the
world and all furnished in liquidation of that
have it, of course they will succeed in getting
it. There are but a few things required to
obtain it. First, laziness; secondly, idleness.
The one begets the other. ,,


The lazy boy turns out shiftfess, idle vag-
abond in manhood. They cannot dig-to beg
they are ashamed and finally the one idea,
''that the world owes them q living" culmi-
mates in their taking it by stealth, or, in other
words, they steal what the world owes then1J
but refuses to pay And so it goes on from
day to day. The great mass of thieves and
paupers, are made so by being b ought up in
idleness. Prsion discipline is necessary to
restrain them from the commission of every
vice.


Pare4ts who fail to teach their children that
idlcncss is tie enemy Of our race run fear
full risk in the future prosperity of their child
rem. The energetic business man of this age,
WAS the active boy of II few years ago. 1t is
as impossible 10 fad lazy man, in one who
was taught to be industrious in boyhood, as IL
is to find IN Industrious man, who in his
youth, was lazy and idle. It can't be done.


Young men, this country must be ruled by
somebody in your generation Will it be the
idle lazy drone, or will it be the manof energy
and industry? Look around and see%ho rule
it to-day Look at your own State. Is it the
hard working, industrious printers boy known
as Jack Brough, who governs it Or - it some
idle vagabonl whom ''the world owes liy-
ing" and who is now loafing about generally?
Look at your National Government Is it the
hard working, rough, unpublished farmer boy
of the West, now known rs honest Old Abe,
or is it some dandifed, genteel loater, who
dcspiscd labor and pre- ferrcd to live eff the
products of others labor?


Look ut these things in their true light,
young gentlemen, and you will no longer hes
itatc in pursuing some honest mode OF living.
The world does owe you living, after you
have earned it, not before GalhipoHs jour.
Year: 1865

ris not Thy Beauty makes Me Love Thee.
IT'S not thy beauty makes me love thee;
Nor yet the hope of worldly store
But It's thy kind and gentle spirit
'Tis thy goodaess adore.
Nymph like form, nor angel face,


Can to the wounded spirit give
The bliss for which we daily sigh;


That peace of mind, for which we live.
But OF thy kind and gentle words;


Like balm upon my heart they fall,
When by some ruthless hand tits torn
And made to drink the cup of gall.
Thy gentle look, thy quiet smile,


Can from my heart its burthcn move,
And lift my dropping spirits up


From dungeons dark, to light and love.
Grant me, my friend, this simple boon,
will not ask of thee one more:
IT is that may call thee tricnd.


Till death shall come, and life is DER.
Then far beyond this world of pain,


Well sing and walk those plains of light
Whore nothing shall our love divide,


Nor turn its brightness into night.
Syratusc, O., March I, 1865.
Year: 1865

Halifax July 17,-By the Alpha we have
the statement of Capt. Hart of the bark Me
teor; that he searched a day and half tor the
unfortunate passenger by the ship William
Nelson, the wreck of which was scattered for
miles over the water. The saved passengers
say that on Sunday, June 25th, the Captain
of the hopeless ship determined to fum'gate
her, and for this purpose ordered pitch 10 be
taken into the lower hold, and red hot irons
to be thrown into it The pitch ignlted and
boiled over and set the ship on fire.


When it was found impossible to save the
ship, the Captain and others, with the CABIN
passengers, left in the boats of the ship, which
soon burned to the water 5 edge, carrying
down over four hundred stecrage passengers.
The scenes on board the illtated vessel are
described as of the most heart rending char
acter. Captain Hart says that ship i've Oh
six miles off from the vessel was seen by him
apparently engaged in searching for the
wreck, and he thiuks she saved some OF the
passengers from the wreck, all Of whom hac
been three days and nights in the water Ihf
male cabin passengers are rapidly recovering
from the effects of their injuries, but the te
male passengers are badly burned about th'
arms and legs, and are not progressing Sc
lynl1
Year: 1865

rum0red in we'll informed circles that the
President will withdraw the Provisional Go
vernOrs of the several States as soon rs the
constitutional Amendment Is adopted, the
freedmen given the right to testify, and the
rebel debt and act of secession declared null
and void. The military force will then be
withdrawn, and the Free(lmen's Bureau also
shown to give the freedmen a fair trial That
he then considers the work Of reconstruction
complete, and he cannot but recognise them as
States upon an equal footing with the North
ern States that war will be declared at IN
end. Large numbers of those now excluded
in the Amnesty Proclamation will be pardoned
by another proclamation. .-Assoc,ted Press
DisDQfch.
Year: 1865

PoLITIcAL VIEW OF GENERAL BUrLERs RB-
slGSArIoN.-A Philadelphia paper says:


''Ths is significant, rs showing the bitter
ness Of feeling which is growing up between
the Radicals and the COnserva tives at Wash
ington General Butler rendered his resigna-
tion some time since, or soon he heard
that Lieutenant- General Grant was about to
give him Il scoring in his official report The
matter was laid over, and nothing more was
said about it until Il few days since, when
General Butler was called to Washington for
a conference with the President. Sequel
General Butler was not satisfied; sase con
ference was not a happy one to him. He looked
up his old rcsigna ton, and had it accepted be-
fore the time came when its acceptance might
appear creditable to him. Consequence: Gene
raj Butler will now be bitter opponent of the
Administrations
Year: 1865

SOUTHERN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. The
Washington Chronicle, which is supposed to
speak the Presidents opinions frequently, if
not habitually. says in its issue of yesterday !:
The members elected from the Southern
States to the Senate and House are having
occupy seats in those bodies, and are every
where treated with marked courtesy. Gene
rally there is no disposition on either side to
show what may be called discomfort at delay,
or eagerncSs TO prOtract their exclusion. The
impression prevails that they will be admitted
before the close of the present session This
will certainly be so if they continue to march
President and of the anti-slavery ma jOrity OF
both branches Of Congress-
Year: 1865

BEAUTIFUL SENTIMENT.-The beautiful ex-
tract below is from the pen of Hon. George S.
Hillard


confess that increasing years bring with
them an increasing respect for men who do not
succeed in life, those words are commonly
used. Heaven is said to be place for those
who have not succeeded o1 earth 1t is surely
true that celestial graces do not best thrive and
bloom in the hot blaze Of worldly prosperity
Ill success sometimes arises from superabund-
ance OF qualities in themselves good-from d
conscience too sensitive, taste too fastidious,
seli-iorgetfulness loo romantic, modesty too
retrnS l will not go SO far to say, with 4
living poet, that :" the world knows nothing of
its greatest men - but there are forms of
greatness, or at least excellence, which die and
make no sign there are martyrs that miss
the palm but not the stake, heroes Without the
laurel, and conquerors without the triumph,
Year: 1865

The Union man and his political hackers are
surely insane in endeavoring to defeat Mr..
Green on purely partizan grounds. in district
where their party is in a hopeless minority.
We can only account for their so doing upon
one other hypothesis, viz that they are de-
sirous of arousing the political enthusiasm of
their partizan friends, hoping thereby to draw
them to the polls on the 5th proximo, while
the Democracy, confident of its strength, and
feeling that politics will not enter into the
canvass, may stay at home, thus allowing
Dougherty to secure the Judgeship, nearly as
possible without opposition. Mr.. in
accepting the honor conferred upon him of
being candidate for the position of Judge
of this District, explicitly stated that lie
did not recognize the office as a political one,
and took occasion to condemn the policy Of so
making it. The Democracy throughout the
District have read Mr.. Dougherty's letter OF
acceptance, and said amen to the idea thus
than that the masses of that party should stay
at home on election day, and permit the few to
decide az between two men, both Of whom ig-
more politics? But in coming out 80 soon and
showing its cards, the Union has but given to
the contest political tinge, and foolishly noti-
fed it's enemies Of the designs upon them.
Had its party laid low until few days before
election, and then sprung up and surprised
their enemy, victory might have perchea upon
It's banners. But it's action in the premises
has been suicidal, and, when defeated, Col.
Dougherty may we'll exclaim, "Save me from
my friends


AS We stated few days since, some of the
political friends Of Mr.. Green have been &C.
lively engaged in urging that gentleman to con
sent that the contest be made a political one,
and partizan meetings be called in his interest
in which case the barefooted Democracy Of
the District would rally as one man on cleo
ton day, and leave Dougherty so far behind
him in the race that certificates could scarcely
be secured to prove that the former entered
the ring at ALL But up to the present writing
such an arrangement, accompanying his refusa
| bv the declaration that, rather than run as a
political candidate for the Judgeship, with sue.
cess certain, he would make the contest es-
! chewing politics, though defeat were a FORE
| gone conclusion


We could wish that the Opposition would
| take as sensible view of their duty in the
premises, but they have not and we anticipate
that, as consequence, a large vote will be
| polled on election day, and on the 9th prox.
| Tho T,,jon man will sen himself as others sae
him. So mote it be.
Year: 1865

Certificates of the various articles first put into en-
veiopes, sealed and mixed and when ordered t-
ken out without regard to choice and sent by mail
giving all fair chance On receipts of the certificate
you will what you to have and then il at your
option to send the Dollar and take the article or not
Purchasers may thus obtain a Gold Watch Diamon d
Ring, any set of Jewelry list, for ONE DOL
Year: 1865

BY. J. G. SAKE.
Come, listen while to me, my lad,
Come, listen to me for spell


Let that terrible drum
For a moment be dumb,
For your uncle is going to tell
What befell
A youth who loved liquor too we'll
a clever young man was he, my lad,
And with beauty uncommonly blessed,
Ere with brandy and wine


He began to decline,
And behaved like person possessed;


protest.
The temperance plan is the best.
One evening he Vent to tavern, my lad
He went to tavern one night,


And drinking too much.


Rum, brandy, and such,
The chap got exceedingly eight


And was quite.
What your aunt would entitle "fright" !"
The fellow fell into smooze, my lad
'Tis horrible slumber he takes


He trembles with fear,


And acts very queer;
My eyes how he shivers and shakes


When he wakes,
And raves about horid great snakes
IT'S warning to you and to me, my lad;
4 particular caution to all


Though no one can sec


The viper but he
Too hear the poor lunatic bawl,


GLOW they crawl!
All over the floor and wall -
Next morning he took to his bed, my lad,
Next morning he took to his bed


And he never got up,


To dine or to sup,
Though properly physicked and bled,


And [ read
Next day the poor fellow was dead
I ou We heard Of the snake in the grass my
lad,
Of the viper concealed in the grass;


But now you must know,


Mans deadliest foe
Is snake of a different class;


Alas
Tis the piper that l'srhS in tie glass
Year: 1865

A man who was either a poor econo-


mist or bad patriot indul ged himself


yesterday in distinction, half howl, half


contempt, between greenbacks and gold,


in the hearing of leading banker
"Why, sir" said the banker taking him


up, call is greenbacks. If you invest in


Boston skies; better, if possible, than the
British Exchequer Bills, and pay 12O for
them, what will you get paid off in-when
they mature-what will you get the in
terest in ? In Gold? No, sir in green
backs. You buy first Bonds and Mort
cages on Orange County or Dutches
County farms, laid on half the valuation


You hire lawyers to search the title and
to examine and report on the property
tight times or domestic misfortunes come
there are delays in paying interest, fail
ure to pay principal-you write letters,
perhaps make journeys, finally fall into
foreclosure suit. What do you get at the
end? Nothing but greenbacks Invest
in New York City Skies and pay I1O for
them. When you or your children come
to be paid up, you will get greenbacks,
and one hundred dollars of greenbacks for
one hundred dollars Of debt and no more.
The interest and the principal of every
State in this Union, except California,
temporarily indulging herself and being
indulging herself and being INDUCED by
US in point Of metallic pride, is payable
in greenbacks. Every debt of every kind
in the business of this nation of thirty
millions of people is payable in green
backs. Practically, gold is not money
1t is only an instrument for gambling, as
the Harlem Railroad stock has been
And it is grief and a wrong that the
Treasury Department has not ali through
the war periodically smashed the unpa-
triotic creatures who have taken our bloody
battle fields for their tables, and the bones
of our mangled soldiers for their dice, and
gained gold up and greenbacks down.
Greenbacks why, they are the only
thing that has not fpctuated in this coun-
try since the war broke out And I don't
joke very much, my fue fellow, when I
cay that if gold rushes down hill much
longer at Its present rate, greenbacks will
soon be at a premium And well they
may be. For they are the promises of
the American People, and they represent
the power of the American People. Aud
[ tell you that this war has given but
very partial measure Of that power. ~.
Y. Tribune.
Year: 1865

Joe Harris was whole souled merry
! fellow, and fond of glass After living


in New Orleans for many years, he came


to the conclusion of visiting an old uncle
away up in Massachusetts,, whom he had
not seen for many years. Now there is &
difference between New Orleans and Mas
sachusetts, in regard to the use of ardent
spirits, and, when Joe arrived there, he
found all the people ardent about temper
ance he felt bad, thinking with the old
song that keeping the spirits up by pour.
ing spirits down was one of the best ways
to make time pass, and began to fear, in
stead, that he was in decided pickle.
But on the morning of his arrival, the
old man and his sons being out at work.
aunt came to him and said


"You have been living at the South,
and no doubt are in the habit of taking
little something to drink about eleven o..
clock. Now [ keep little here, for
medicinal purposes, but let no one know
it, as my husband vents to set the child
ren good example" ..


Joe promised that he would say moth
ing about it to any one, thinking that h6
would get nothing more to drink that day,
took, as he expressed it. "a buster
After he had walked out to the stable,
who should he meet but his uncle, who
said to him


"Well, Joe, [ expect you are accus-
toned to drink something in New Orleans
but you will find us all temperance here,
and for the sake Of my sons I don't let
them known that [ have brandy about
but just keep little out here for my
rheumatism. Will you accept little ?"


Joe signiied his readiness, and took
another big horn. =


He continued his walk, when he came
to where the boys were mauling rails.
After conversing awhile, one of the
consins said |: ..


'Joe [ expect you would like to have
a drink, and, as the old folks are down,
on liquor, we keep some out here to help
us work"


Out came the bottle, and down they
sat, and Joe says by the time he went.
home to dinner, he was as tight as he
could be; and all came from visiting q
temperance family.