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Year: 1865

THE Foor OF a UoRsE. - The human
band has often been taken to illustrate Di-
vine wisdom--and very well. But have you
ever examined your hors3's foot? 1t is bard
" less curious IN its way. Its parts are
somewhat complicated, yet their design is
simple aud obvious The hoof is not, as it
appears to the careless eye, a mere lump of
insensible bone fastened to the leg by joint.
1t is made up Of a series of thin layers, or
leaves of horn, about five hundred in num-
ber nicely fitted to each other, and forming
lining to the hoof itself. Then there are
as many mere layers, belonging to what is
called the coffin bone" and fitted into this.
These are elastic. Take a quire of paper
and insert the leaves one by one into those
Of another qure, and you will get some idea
Of the arrangement of the layers. Now, the
weight Of the horse rests on as many elastic
springs as there are layers in his fore feet
about 1000; and this is contrived, not only
for the easy conveyance Of the horses own
body, but whatever burdens may be laid on
him Veterinary Journal.
Year: 1865

Too MUCH OF A GooD THING.-Governor
Andrews, of Massachusetts, calls. attention
in his recent message to the fact that there
are in that State thirty nine thousand more
women, of all ages over fifteen than men.
The Governor quietly lays this fact along
side of another, namely, that California and
Oregon contain a still greater surplus Of
men. The Governor does not openly recon-
mend the forlorn damsels to emigrate, but
he intimates pretty plainly that that cond~
ton of society is happost and most moral
when the sexes are equal in point of numbers.
Year: 1865

"GuEREILLA WHISKY The S. +. alta
says that the above name is given TO the viii
lanous liquor sold at the low groggeries Of
that city. 1t says:


This beverage if we may trust popular
reports, is distilled from coal oil, turpentine,
eoculas RdtcaS stramonium and oil OF vtriol,
and is a thousand times more deadly in its
effects than heart disease We are not fully
prepared to credit the statement of Police
Officer McCraith, that boy turned an ounce
vial Of this liquid out of a second story
window, and the fluid, falling on the head of
a Jamaica negro in the street below, caused
him to fall instantly dead, under the mpres,
sion that he had been struck by lightning;
but we are satisfied, nevertheless, that this
liquor, served up IN various colors and under
various names, has caused many deaths in
this community Of late, which have been
attributed wrongfully to violent diseases, or
"the visitation of God" as old time coroners
used to state it and that the alarming in
crease of insanity throughout the country is
in great measure attributable to the use of
horribly alu,eraed, or utterly bogus, aIco'
holic drinks The policemen tell us that
men are now seldom seen drunk" as of DID,
that they are brought to the Caaboose either
stupefied, and staring with fixed eyes and
rigid muscles, as if in fit, or wandering in
mind in such manner AS to make it very
often impossible to decide for some hours
whether to enter the word "drunk' or ''in-
sane" after the name of John Smith or J ohm
Doe on the Calaboose register Our own
observation, as we see the prisoners brought
in night after night, convinces us of this
fact, and inclines us to the impression that
the distinction between even a moderate
drnker and unatc is fast disappearing.
Year: 1865

Many Of the laws of Lyeurgus, IN con
ncct.n with marriage, would undoubtedly
meet with the appreciation of the tar sex OF
modern times The time for marriage was
fixed by statute--that Of man at about
thirty or thrty-!ive years, that OF lady at
about twenty, or little younger, III men
who continued unmarried after the appointed
time. were liable to prosecutiA and all old
bacl elors were prohibited from being present
at the public exercises of the Spartan maids
ems, and were denied the usual respect and
honors paid to the aged. "Why should |
give YOU place, cried the young man to the
old unmarried gentleman, "when you have
no child to give place to me whsn am o'd!'
No marriage portions were given to any Of
the maidens, SO that neither poverty should
prevent a gallant, nor riches tempt him to
marry contrary to his inclinaions. The
parents of three children enjoyed consider.
able immunities, and those with four children
paid no taxes whatever. Every marriage
was preceded BY a betrothal, as in other
Greek cities, but tho marriage itself was
performed by the young Spartan carrying
of his bride by pretended abduction, and
for some time afterward the wife continued
to reside with her own family, and only met
her husband on stated occasions This eX.
traordinary way of spending the honeymoon
was first introduced by Lycurgus, to prevent
tho husband from wasting too much time


in his wtes company during the first year
of their marriage; and in order to economic
the brides charms, it was customary for her
bridesmaid to cut off her hair on the wed
ding day, so that for some time at least, her
personal attractions should increase with her
years.
Year: 1865

KENTUCKY ALL RIGHT.-The President has
issued a proclamation suspending martial law in
Kentucky, and the prospect OF an immediate
withdrawal of the colored troops is announced
to be exceedingly bright. This highly COM
mendable action on the part of the President
has filled the people with enthusiasm, and they
have been holding meetings at the most impor-
tant points throughout the State to express their
approval of his course, and To endorse his policy
.of reconstruction. \ large meeting was held
at Lexington, the object of which was to assure
the President that he was no. mistaken in his
estimate Of Kentucky loyalty.
Year: 1865

Gov. PITCiMYNN's ; NEssAGE.-Ne this week
publish the message OF Gov, Peter T. Pitch
lynn Governor of the Choctaw Nation, TO the
members of the general Council, convened in
extra. session, to take into consideration the
unfortunate state of their country, and ~ adopt
such measures, as in their opinion viii prove
most conducive to their interest, and tend to
extricate them from the deplorable situation in
winch they now find themselves. This inter-
estipg document will BE- read by many Of eur
readers, with more OF less interest, from the
fact that the Indians have been our true aud
faithful allies, during the past revolution, and
it becomes us now, to look with interest and
solicitude upon their national affairs and to re-
gard with anxious concern the unhappy situa-
ton of their country Gov L. ably and clear
ly sets forth the reasons and inducements that
prompted the Choctaws aud their allies, TO take
part in the great struggle i'll which ne have
been engaged for the past four years The
forts that were erected in the territory for their
preservation and protection, was abandoned by
the United States Government, and the garri-
son Withdrawn in direct contravention of the
treaty ofSls55. BY this movement on the part
of the government, they were left powerless to
avert the impending storm that hung threaten
ingly over them Neutrality would have been
impractieable, for by this measure their country
would have been made the theatre of war, sub
ject to be ravaged and destroyed by both ar
mics. Necessity compelled them to a choice Of
party. Lying contiguous to Arkansas aud
Texas, they were douby bound to us by the
mutual ties of amity and Interest; we regard
ed them as our brethren and had right to in
woke their assistance. Besides their indissolu-
able affiliation with us, the United States Gov
ernment had disregarded its treaty with them,
by Withdrawing their trecps, and contract
broken on one side is not binding on the other


Should they enter into an alliance with the
United States, that government was too remote.
and powerless to protect them from the inroads
of the Southern army. Viewing their stua-
ton in this light, the various tribes through
their general Councils, entered into a treaty Of
alliance, defensive and offensive, with the Con-
federate Commissioner, as the only alternative
presented to them.


He refers to the unfortunate condition of
their country, and the lamentable circumstan-
ces of their people, after the rude and devasta-
ting hand of war, has spread ruin and desola-
ton throughout the land. Their peopls in many
instances are destitute of both food and cloth
ing. The Governor wisely suggests that meas
Year: 1865

EsT Champ Ferguson, the noted guerilla,
whose trial has been going on for the last three
or four months, has been condemned to be
hung by the military commission before which
he was arraigned and tried. The sentence has
been approved by the President and was to
have been carried into effect on the 2Gth Of last
nouncemcnt o. his fate with apparent uncon-
Germ
Year: 1865

The sudden conversion Of the people
Of the South 10 Unionism. after waging
such bitter conflict Tor the dismember-
ment Of the nation. always had suspi-
cious look but their professions Of be-
ing whipped and Of willingness and de-
Termination to abide the result and &C
cept their fate. led to the hope that they
were sick Of their folly and had repent
ed Of their crime-at least that they
were sick Of war and sincere in theil
professions of loyalty and future good
citizenship.


Blu, every development Of their feel
ines in acts shows that they are still reb
els at heart. and thai al their profess
ions Of loyalty are hollow and decei,fal
They are carrying on a game Of duPlic
lity, which will certainly do them harm
instead Of good. They must become II
deed what they profess in '0ord be'or'
they can be trusted by the truly loyA
people of the country.
Year: 1865

of Georgias, inventor of extempora-
neo1s elcquence and founder of the
school described by Plato as sword.
weovers." With his foot on this pros
trate statue should our Professor sit, and
bid his pupils look and shudder at the
ruin which gales Of speech, let loose by
a rhetorical 4Eolus, have brought upon
an afflicted land. Then, in due course
of time, another generation will arise,
which will appreciate, at the proper
value, those representative bodies which,
in times like these, discourse for months
upon wind instruments, whilst that man
of action, General Lee, in vain points
out the only means and hope of their
salvation.


One of the greatest charms of Spring
is, that it puts an end to deliberative
bodies, as it is one of the consultations
of Fall that it puts an end to the kindred
bore and annoyance Of mosquitoes.
The land is wearied and disgusted with
debates, addresses and high-sounding
resolutions. The passage and enact
ment, four months ago, of any law, put
ting into the field all ablc-bodied men.
the representatives included, would have
done for the physical and moral strength
of the Confederacy more than four
months of continuous eloquence. 1t is
vain now to deplore the past, but we
may at least invoke the representatives
of the people to spare the world any fur
ther infection of speeches which do not
answer the arguments of Grant and
Sherman, and of appeals which are not
distinguished by the Demosthenian at
tribute of action. We do not observe
that Sherman was anywhere stopped in
his march by the one thousand rounds
of oratorical Parrot guns which COVE
nors and other public speakers let off at
his advancing columns. Unless the
representatives Of the people take the
field themselves, and secure a position so
close to the enemy that he can hear what
they say, we have no hopes that he will
put his fingers in his ears and run for
his life.
Year: 1865

1t is to be hoped that the Government
and People will work together in provid.
ing for the wants of the soldiers nov
engaged in our defence. Not one of those
noble and heroic men should be permit
ted to suffer for the want of sufficient
food and clothing. The debt of obliga-
ton which the country owes them is in.
calculable, and the least that can be done
is to see that not one of them remains
unpaid, and that not one of them shall
be curtailed of the nccessares Of life
We know that the people have rendered
aid to this object, and but for that aid
the army might be enduring great priva-
tons. The duty of relieving any wants
that may still exist is alike incumbent
upon the Government and the people,
and both should cooperate to that end
with energy and perseverance. Who
ever does suffer, it must not be the sol


diers Of the army, who have endured
and dared so much, and who are the
sheet anchor of our national salvation.
Year: 1865

The London correspondent (February
I'D of the New York Tribune says that
no sick oysters could have opened more
quietly than Parliament on its seventh
and last session. Whether the con-
sciousness Of its impending dissolution
| affected its spirits, whether the members
| were under the influence of the weather,
or whether they are reserving themselves
for more appropriate opportunities, Quien
saJe? Pope's Goddess Of Dullness was
prevalent. OF all the barren Queens
speeches that ever were delivered-and
that is saying good deal-the last is
probably the barrenest. I'VE are inte-
rested in it (says the correspondent only
so far as it quietly scatters to the winds
all the foolish rumors of recognition {"
by the uttcrancc of the cold word "neu-
t, ality which might be stereotyped
for future use until there shall be no
further OCCASION.


We cannot understand how speech
can be considered "barren," in the
United States, which contains that con-
soling assurance. The correspondent
treats Her Majesty with irreverence and
insrat tude. 1t is obvious that all the
pains taken to impress the United States
with sense Of the obligations incurred
by British neutrality are thrown away.


We would like to learn, by the way,
where all these foolish rumors of ere
cognition" come from. We have had
them now for nearly four years. AL
most every month in that time, one of
them starts up and scars aloft (; and no
sooner is it fairly on the wing than that
double-barrel shotgun, Palmerston-Rus-
sell, brings it headlong to the earth. So
far as we arc concerned, it is piece of
refined cruelty to palm such stories upon
the public. There is no more chance of
British interyention-there never has
been since the beginning of this quarrel
than there is of the Intervention Of the
man in the moon. We have got along
thus far without it, and expect to do so
to the end of the chapter. A Govern
ment which has spent a great deal of
time and money in getting up the Ame-
rican war is not going to be the first to
bring its own devices to naught.
Year: 1865

The New York Tribune, in an article
on the interesting question, "Can the
rebels overwhelm Sherman ~ cnume,
rates various reasons for its hopes of his
decisive success, such as the veteran
character and large numbers of his
troops; that strength in cavalry which
enables him to mask his movements :;
his successful emergence from the
morasses of the Savannah and the Com
bahee to the more healthful middle
ground between the Alleghanies and the
lowland marshes to the alleged Union
proclivities of majority of the people
of North Carolina not in the army; and,
finally, to an element which we never be-
fore heard Of as having anything to do
with this contest: the former political
principles of a numbec of the North Ca
rolina counties through which he will
have to pass. In it's own words, the
Tribune. speaks of the "Whig strong
holds" of North Carolina as eager to
welcome Sherman as their deliverer.


The ancient accuracy of the Tribune
in political statistics cannot DO expected,
perhaps, with such sources of informa-
ton as the war permits, or it would have
been aware that the party once known as
Whig yields to no other in it's devotion
to the cause of civil liberty and national
independence. Always comprising its
full share of the intelligence, the states
manship, the property, the heroism, the
conservatism, the public virtue of the
South, it was never wanting, at any
time, in profound and enlightened devo-
ton to the Southern soil and to the in
terests of Southern society. AS gentle
men and patriots, the world might be
searched in vain for a purer and nobler
body of men. The war has set the seal
to a fact the Tribune might have
known before, that the Wings Of the
South were as deeply devoted to the land
that gave them birth as any other por-
ton of her citizens, and that they loved
her with devotion that was as passion
ate rs it was intelligent, and have offered,
in their lives, the unanswerable proof of
their loyalty. They have contributed
to this war as much treasure, as much
blood, as much toll, as much sacrifice, as
any other class Of the population. Their
representatives among the heroes in the
field are as numerous, as brave, as deter
mined, as the representatives Of any
other party. In every State, in every
county, in every town and village Of the
South, they have stood like wall Of
Gro by the colors Of the Confederacy. 1t
was the "Whig strongholds" Of Aa-
Year: 1865

gusta, Rockbridge, &C., which sent forth
that Stonewall Brigade" which emu
lated the valor and energy of the Old
Guard Of Napoleon, and which was, in
its glorious aud self-sacriacing devotion,
type and emblem of the disinterested
patriotism and heroic self-sacrifice of the
men once known as the Wings of the
South"


AS to the imputation which the 7ri-
bune deems it expedicnt to cast in gene
raj upon the loyalty of North Carolina.
We leave that old State, not so famous
for words as deeds, to answer by her &C.
ton. Whether Sherman will find it as
easy to march through that Common.
wealth as other States remains to bo
seen. Even if he does, We do not see
why an achievement which does not in
volve the patriotism of other communi+
ties should be taken as evidence against
her character. North Carolina has COM
tributed as largely in men and means to
this contest as any State in the Confede-
racy. Her soldiers in the armies of the
South have been surpassed neither in
numbers nor valor by those of any other
State. The Tribune will do we'll not to
base it's calculations of Sherman's success
upon the disloyalty of any portion of the
Southern community.
Year: 1865

WOMEN IN The EAsr.-The freedom Of
action allowed to Christian women, says the
London Reader, still strikes the true Asiatic
as inexplicable. The Dnyanprakash, a
Marathi paper, publishes letter caricatur-
ing European ideas on this subject. The
writer, who signs himself Ghost, is made
so say that "the Queen is going to issue the
following commands regarding the conduct
of husband and wife towards each other
Every husband must bow twelve times to hi,
wife the first thing in the morning. Next
he should fetch water and bathe her, and
having washed her clothes, must cook for tn,
family. After that he should seat her in q
becoming manner and serve her food. He
is then to give her Vida, and then care fol
his own stomach. The wife in her turn mus
kick him twelve times early every morning
make him work at the usual drudgery and g
to his office. Women are at perfect liberty
to behave as they like, and are to be fully
authorized to use the rod towards their hus
bands
Year: 1865

The Commissioner Of Internal Revenue has
decided as follows: That peddlers' license
must be taken by every person who travels
from place to place selling moving machines
and the sale Of single machine cannot be
considered as selling at Wholesale, and is not
exempted by the provisions of the thirty-scc-
ond clause of section 70.
Year: 1865

TnE NATIONAL ERA.-Thers is no mis-.
taking the fact that we have had "nation.
al erain but that the journal which made
its mark under that name is to be revived
will be good bit Of news to our readers, An
announcement in our advertising columns
will sufficiently explain the whole matter.
Year: 1865

An odd fashion prevails in Quebec among
gentlemen, who often so cover their hats
with gauzo or other light material, that their
head gear resembles turban. Bright colors
and artificial flowers are sometimes inter
mingled. The idea is said to bo retaliation
upon the ladies for approPriating apparel
belonging to the other sex.
Year: 1865

Persons leaving Washington to spend the
summer at their country residences, or at
any Of the watering places, can have the
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN forwarded to their
address, by leaving their orders at this
Office
Year: 1865

AGAIN n R1IxBo.-Charlcs Timbcrlakc was res
terdn5 discharged from jail, where he had been
for some weeks confined for the larceny Of watch
from The house Ne. a17 Clark street In The after
noon be went to the same place, stole a coat from
gentleman stopping there, and before B1ndoWn
wEs again confined.
Year: 1865

We would advise those pers ons
who have become frightened at the
intelligence received, and are eager
to invest their Confederate money
for specie at fabulous prices, TO
hold on while longer, as it may be
requisite to have the former for spc-
citic purposes. Gold in all proba-
bili1v will tumble down in few
avs, and somebody will find them
selves biz.
Year: 1865

are the most active and thorough pills thaA
have ever been introduced.


They act so directly upon the Liver, excit.
ing that organ to such an extent as that the
system does not relapse into its former con
ditien, which is too apt to be the case with
simply purgative pill.


Ehau ra raollv
Year: 1865

81 Personal friends of Alex IT, Stevens
who have recently been permitted to visit
him at Fort Warren, represent that his health
is very much broken down, and that the only
favor he would ask of the Government Ia to
accord to him speedy trial. He says be
has no complaints to make as to his treat
men. in prison, which is as good as he could
desire, but that is he is kept much longer in
confinement, he feels that he has but short
time longer to live. a#'.'e
Year: 1865

The restoration of General Johnston
to military duty has given great satis>
faction to the country. It will impart
still greater satisfaction to the army,
which has the most complete confidence
in his genius for command. The rank
and file are, in general, the best judges
of the competency of their leaders. The
public at large have no such opportunity
Of forming correct opinions Of military
capacity, nor that direct and powerful
interest which keeps the eyes Of the
soldier open and obscrvant. The public
often changes its opinions, and the idol
Of one day is sometimes prOtrated and
trampled upon the next. The army
gives no such evidence of ignorance and
ficklencss. When it once gives leader
its full trust, it does so upon intelligent
grounds, and he retains it to the end.


General Johnston has slways enjoyed,
in IN eminent degree, the con6dsncs and
Year: 1865

admiration of military men and Of the


rank and file-those noble fellows who


offer up their lives freely in this contest,


and who only ask that their lives shall


not be uselessly thrown away by incom-


petent leadership. We are not prepared


70 say whether the means left at his dis.


posal by the exhaustion which the army


has suffered since he relinquished COM


mand will enable him to accomplish. all


that the public expect. We do not exact


from him the performance of miracles.
Still, We are sure that all that military
talent and energy can now accomplish
will be forthcoming, and We rejoice that
the Government has placed him where
ne may, in some degree, retrieve the
m;sfortunes Of the past. His name alone
will rally again to the Confederate STAN
dard those vete rans of the South who,
under hfs guidance, would long ago have
interrupted the tr r1umphal march of Sher-
man through an rnresisting land. 1t is
useless to mourn over the past. Let us
all practice liberation for the errors of
each other, and confide in the common
sincerity and patriotism. Of one thing
we entertain m abiding confidence. &C.
neral Johnston, if he is able to rally
around him an adequate force, will assist
General Sherman to discover that a
march like his through the interior of a
great country is no longer to be holi-
day pageant and may terminate in any,
thing but prosperous journey to Rich
mond.