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Year: 1868

nture bought at the hardware dealers and much better
de6lgned, is coming into very considerable demand II s
now for houses Of the better class 10 have their
doors made OF dark wood oak walnut and furniture
suitable for these doors has been impossible get unless
imported it from France Handles, key-pates, and
hinges, lverplated made of porcelain glass; such
as are for sale in the shops look well upon doors Of
dark WOOD and being generally quite plain, with no
attempt at design they always out Of keeping with
whatever Of design there may be In the door
itself, or In the fittings OF the room. This want,
Haas & Robinson attempting to hli and no
doubt they would bo glad 10 assist architects In
rying out any designs they might wish TO make, and
some individuality be thus secured in details which.
though capable of being made very handsome, have
never in our modern buildings any beauty at ALL


But beside making all these decorative and useful
things electrotypng the hands Of Messrs Haas Rob
inson is made TO do something else that is both useful
and pretty These gentlemen take copies Of the leaves Of
trees and Towering plants Of the natural size and
thickness, and showing distinctly all the veins and ribs
even the finest Beside being very pretty to look at these


leaves are found useful the makers of wax flowers VINO
them both patterns to follow in shaping and model


ing and stamps with which give leaves
the veinngs and markings Of nature They have
also been found of service in classes Of young children
studying botany for copies OF the leaves OF all
common forest and ornamental trees and garden
plants and with these pretty play things ound easy
to interest quito young children In the rudments of


science that learned thus early las pleasures on pleasures
in store for them in after years.


Now that have told our readers about this pleasant
discovery Of ours who knows but some Of them may te
for setting sraghtway to find the shop OfMesrs Haas
q Robinson. We hope they may find ts no Illusion but
although seemed to sit there two hours 80 few
weeks ago, 1t may have been dream, and considering
how often before that pleasant day We had passed the
very spot and that window with s treasure,
we half inclined 10 think there's such thing"
Year: 1868

To the Editor Of The JrtbuHG


SIR: The Tax Commissioners of this city are
in the habit OF placing upon the axbooks the names OF
citizens yalung their personal estate at imaginary
amounts The persons taxed receive notice OF this
until II IA too late correction. when, " the tax IL
not voluntarily paid the City Tax Marshal attempts to
collect the amount and II not successful tie person taxed
compelled to attend before the Special Term ana De
examined as his property. So far this Is a just and
proper but the rule acts very oppreSsyey 10 those
whose names placed upon the tax DOCKS
for no other reason, except that the Com,
missioner suspects they have some personal
estate. One who has no personal property VIII not
go 10 the Commissioners office TO see whether
he Is taxed not and the result il the tax becomes Ia
arrears and all without his knowledge. The final result
Is that he f. brought before the Court and IL he has
nothing is made 10 pay SIS or $40 costs 20 shy sterng
attorney gect pay attention to matter In which
lie had no The law Is written that II allows
the Commissioners to enter the OF every citizen and
voter in the City Directory his books, and then say
nothing about the matter, and when the subject
before the Court the attorney Will OF course DC sure
10 get his fees. The money thus collected would be
enough excite the cupdlty OF the city Fathers
ani would then DO called by It's proper technical nanie
"a big thing" We'
Year: 1868

The Union INSURANCE Company OF NeW-OIIeaHs
sppeslod from tho Circuit Court for the Eastern District
e Louisiana the United States Supreme Court Tho
original suit was by libel lsd In said Circuit Court the
aim Of which to effect ths recovery of certain prop
.v seized and forfeited during the Rebellion by virtue OF
the act Of Congress for August 1891 which declsee


property used In aid Of the Rebellion with consent


n, The owhrr shall be the lawful subject Of prize and cap


ture wherever found" The history Of the case ns
soiioWs: About the 18th Of September, leol,
Year: 1868

The Hon. Joseph Howe, Repeal delegate from
Nova Scotia to England has had an interview with the
Colonial secretary London who replied to Mr. Hcwes
reouest for the dissolution OF the union that Nova
aca kht he loft out that union OF the provinces
tbc pocy OF the British Government and that the Crown
viii not on the Of Mr Howe and the other
Of union He remarked that the question Of repeal had
not been submitted TO the Upper House Of the Nova
scotia L<gislature but the members Of that House are
the nominees OF the Crown, and Of would have
voted as the Government directed them. and not the
neope desired The people Of Nova Scotia have solemnly
declared that they will not stay In the Dominion. The
British Government say that they shall not 70 cut.
Year: 1868

A correspondent suggests that if q repetition
Of the late disaster Carr Rock TO be prevented rail-
road corporations to be built wall Of proper
hight and thickness along the line OF their roads where
the rails laid contiguous TO precipee. Cars might
then of the track bnt they could not tumble down
deep embankments. few bones might be broken, but
no lives would be sacrificed.
Year: 1868

BoTTLISG FRUlr.-All who have had any ex-
perience in bottling fruit by the old method Of
putting the bottles in cold water and gradually
heating them before putting in the hot fruit-a
process attended with much labor, as well as
risk from breakage-will be glad to know that
there is much better and quicker way. Take
towel thoroughly wet with cold water, fold it
four or FIVE times, stand the bottle on it and
pour in the fruit boiling hot from common
pitcher. There is danger of breaking the
bottle. Whoever tries this method will practice
no other.
Year: 1868

BLAR-The New York Nation says =" The
nomination of Frank Blair for Vice President is
one of those singular freaks into which the ne
cessities of party sometimes lead it. A West
ern soldier was wanted for the place; and al
most every prominent soldier at the West is in
favor o. Grant. The ridiculous names of McCler-
nand and Ewing, the only ones mentioned be-
sides that of Blair, show the straits to which
the party was reduced. General Blair's military
record is respectable, but his political vagares
have made him one of the most utterly uninfen-
tial men in the country. He brings no popular
strength whatever to the support of the ticket,
and will repel many votes from it"
Year: 1868

SIGNIFICANT CoNTRAsT.-Down in New Or.
leans a crowd of negroes, infamed by the con-
duct of of their own number who proposed
to deprive them of the right of suffrage, behaved
badly, but were promptly dispersed by few
words from the Governor, who told them that it
the duty of all citizens to protect that right
of free speech which is dear to every citizen.
How many white mobs, whether of abolitonst-
hangers before the war, of Secessionists during
the war, would have listened to reason so read
lily? How long would it have taken Governor
Yarmouth or any other speaker, no matter how
gifted or popular, to sway by calm reasoning the
mob by which the New Orleans Convention of
1866 was massacred? The question follows
and all the Democratic sneers in the world will
not answer it-are not these men who quietly
dispersed, when reminded of their duty as citi-
zens to protect free speech, quite as fit to vote
as those who massacred the convention and MUIR
dered Dostie ?-.St. Louis Democrat.
Year: 1868

FOREIGN OPrNIoN.-Nearly all the English pa
pers seem to think that the nomination of such
Seymour against Grant is serious
blunder. The London Pail Mall Gazette says -
Does any Democratic politician really erpect to
arin wih that tickets 1t is probably indicative
rather of a sense of hopelessness on the part of
the leaders than any expectation of defeating the
Republican candidates. If they are to lose the
day, they may as we'll lose it with captain of
their own opinions at their head, and not sub
ject themselves to the additional humiliation of
borrowing chief from the enemy. Had the
managing Democrats seen a prospect of gaining
the day with Mr.. Chase, they would doubtless
have accepted him but since failure is all but
inevitable, it is worth while to pay some regard
to their consistency" Intelligent observers in
Europe see even more clearly than we do in
America the absurdity of running an old party
hack like Seymour against great man and pat
riot like him whose name heads the Republican
ticket.
Year: 1868

DELICATE CoMPLExIoNs.-"J Jennie June" thus
discourses in one of her spicy letters to Boston
journal =" Delicate hands have always been
the theme of praise of poets and lovers, and
there is a charm about them, one must admit j
still, the mere charm of whiteness and softness
is entirely secondary, in my opinion, to the still
greater charm of use | like best to see hand
slender and delicate enough not to offend crit
ical taste. but also not afraid of freedom and
impulse 4 kind hand, willing hand, capa-
BILE hand as we'll as a soft and white hand. But
it is the softness and whiteness that are the Chief
object of attainment, and various are the means,
diligently and perseveringly tried by fashionable
bellies, to achieve this most desirable result


Now, it is not an easy matter for healthy
girl to obtain a uniformly white hand if the
blood flows actively and in swift currents. 1t
will sometimes rush to the cheeks, and some
times to the hands, and generally it does this
lust when it is not wanted, covering the poor
subject of its vagaries with still more vivid
bushes of shame and modification. Why girls
should be mortified at a flush which simply
shows youth and health it is hard to say, but
they are So and it may be because fashion has
decreed impassiveness of appearance and manner
AS the most desirable of virtues, and voted even
the natural circulation of the blood common and
vulgar. 1t is a medical fact that the delicacy oil
appearance common to most American girls, Is
owing to their sedentary habits, the want of ac
tivity in the circulation of the blood, and the in
cipient liver complaint, which atterward change:
them into premature old women. When theil
youth has departed they know that they coult
very we'll have afforded little of the healtt
which produces permanent beauty, at the ex
pense of their sckly deicacy. But who car
make them believe it now ?'
Year: 1868

THE Pacific RAILROAD vs.. SN0w.-It
was reported last winter that the sheds
built by the Pacific Railroad Company to
protect their track from the deep SHOWS of
the Sierra Nevada mountains were crushed
by the weight of snow that fell upon them,
and that some other method Of protection
would have to be devised. 1t seems, how
ever. by letter in the San Francisco BuI-
letin, that this plan of shielding the track
has not been abandoned. The coLpany
are now engaged in erecting sheds over the
cuttings and other exposed points. They
are of heavy timber framework, with
pointed gable roofs, and look as if they
could withstand almost any pressure OF
snow. Nearly forty miles of the track will
have to be thus covered, and the quantity
Of timber required will be enormous. Not
less than twenty-five saw-nills, most Of
them worked By steam, are run night and
day, employing nearly 1000 men and yet
they do not work up to the needs Of the
conp pany. In few weeks twenty. eight
mills will be running. 1t is estimated that
it will require no less than 100000 feet OF
lumber to construct mile of sheds. So
great is the demand that the country on
both sides of the track is being rapidly DC
nuded Of its forests.
Year: 1868

WHEAT-In Baltimore during the week
ending on Friday last the highest price
quoted for prime white wheat was s2.75--
market active. At the Richmond Corn and
Flour Exchange prime white wheat came
up fully to that mark on Saturday SO that
for that character Of grain both markets are
now equal. This fact ought certainly to
satisfy our farmers that they can do better
in Richmond for white wheat, for they will
save the cost Of transportation TO Baltimore.
Red wheat is, however, somewhat lower III
Richmond than in Baltimore at the same
time the article is quite firm in our market,
with a tendency to an advance. The busi-
ness in our Exchange is quite active, u fact
at which we are much gratificd.
Year: 1868

THE GRAB GAME.-A likely yellow boy
entered a shoe store on Pearl street yester-
day, and went out at double-quick with q
pair of shoes for which he forgot to pay
A salesman and some bystanders put out
after him, but the rogue was too Heet-footed,
and made his escape.
Year: 1868

JAMES RvER.-We published few days
age q correspondence between David |.
Burr, President of the Richmond Chamber
of Commerce, and Captain Allen, our har-
bor-master, on the subject Of keeping the
dredging machine owned by the city at
work in removing the accumulations OF
sand, &C., which are constantly forming at
various points, and which threaten to seri-
ously interfere with the commerce Of the
city. Both gentlemen fully concur in the
tnccessity of keeping the machine at work
and the President of the Board of Directors
of the Chamber, when the matter was
brought by him before that body, forcibly
urged the Importance of applying to the
committee of the Council on James river
with the view of inducing them to keep
the dredge going, if at all possible.
Accordingly the correspondence was refer
red to the Committee Oh Outward Trade by
the Chamber, with instructions to have an
interview with the Council committee.


1t was also suggested that it would be
advisable to give the control of the working
of the machine to Captain Allen, as he, as
matter of course, is the best informed
person as to the place to 60 to work-infor-
nation being constantly communicated to
him by masters Of vessels as to where the
obstructions are the most troublesome.
Money laid out in this way would be of
great advantage to the city and we need
only refer to our marine reports of Saturday
to show that something must be done, for
from that report it will be seen that two
schooners were detained below the bar for
want of water, and portions of their car
goes will have to be taken out to enable
them to come up to the city. One of these
vessels draws but II feet. We hope that
the Council will be able to devise means
whereby to carry out the views OF the
Chamber of Commerce and the harbor
mastpr
Year: 1868

The BASEBALL MATCH.-The great
match game between the Marylands of Bal
timore and the PastiTes of Richmond Is
announced to come of at the Hermitage
race-course (new Fair Ground) this after
noon-Ns would advi &c all lovers Of" our
national game y to attend, as in this latl-
tude We rarely have an opportunity OF vat
Messing such a trial of skill. aGs


The Pastime Club will probably enter
tain their guests at one of the city hotels,
and there is rrrmor Of banquet to-
night.


Ii may be well to state for the informa-
ton of the many who arc desirous OF wit
Messing the game that car will leave the
Fredericksburg depot for the playground
ut 2 Z. M.
Year: 1868

The Tribune says: The season has been one Of
the most pleasant We ever remember at the Mag
nolia. and was highly enjoyed by all who had the
good fortune to attend. The sport was excellent,
and the races. without scarcely an exception,
came mp fully in excitement and interest to the
expectations which had been formed regarding
them.
Year: 1868

TIGHT BREEcHEs-A lady writer, indignant at mems
criticisms on ldes dresses, fashions, ETC., has her
say at the latest style of pantaloons thusly:


The press has been remiss in deprecating the
foies OF the female SEX upon OCCASION in style of fe
male apparel but il is noticeable fact that the popin-
jay style Of breeches now in vogue more ridiculous
than anything the women ever wore is unnoticed
Female loveliness is such that il make charming
any extreme fashion. but what length OF familiarity
pray Heaven, ever make tolerable much less
comely the neither appenda2es Of a human crane.
wound about with cloth tightly TO stop the cir,
culaton?


The present style Of pantaoon is neither comfort
able. comely. economical TIE SWELL that
adopts il neither stoop sit down without pos
itve danger OF an exposure Of his person from rup
:ures caused by tension.


When we these fashionables of the male persua-
sion the street. reminded of the exhortation
Of the rawboped Informed preacher when illustrate
ing the wonders OF creation Raising his long, skinny
this frame" voice i'll the congregation replied,
d" then his tools were mighty dull"


Here comes a six foot gallant with number ten
boot and figure like pair Of tongs. There is not
enough Of his legs 10 make shadow and he walks
!: each foot double base yiel BY his side, per-
haps is another deVotee of the same style, half his
length whose makeup reminds one Of plum -pud-
ding pcrched on the handle of pair of pincers.
There they 60 the extremes Of folly and the very
sence Of righteousness. Nothing woman ever wore
will compare in folly with tight breeches on handy
legged human biped.
Year: 1868

BURIED AIJvE.-The West Union (Iowa) Gazette
SAYS: horrible is related TO having
transpired in the family of E. c. Byam. While alb
sent from home his little daughter fell from a fence
aud taken up for dead He was griefstrcken
as feel that he could never be content until he had
looked once more upon her sweet face. The body
taken up and the coffin opened, when It was dis
covered that ii lay its face and that the hands
both clutehed full Of hair, giving unmstakable
evidence that the child was buried alive.
Year: 1868

NICE OLD BoYs.+A number Of old gentlemen. of
the ancient regime, in Washington. have formed
into Club to prepare grounds for themselves to
play marbles in. They admit no one as member of
the Club under sixty years of age. Rather late to
resume "going from taw."
Year: 1868

SHORT AND SHARp.-The following is reported as
the response Of Gen. Grant to deputation who wait
ed on him with address at depot in Ohio, as he
on his way to Washington few days after the
election. He said:


You have heard so much speechmaking recently
that presume you are tired of It, You have done
the talking; now propose to do the work
Year: 1868

The total eclipse of the sun which
is to take place on the 18th Of August
next, will present such long duration
of darkness that astronomers are an
ticipating it with unusual interest.
From near Alden the central line of
the eclipse extends to the Southern
coast Of New Guinea, crossing Hindo-
stan the Bay Of Bengal, the Melayan
peninsula, aud the Gulf Of Siam on the
way and at certain places on this line
the duration of the total darkness will
be at GAG. At the date ir question
the moon will not be more than six
hours from its perigee, while the sun
will not be far from its appogee; a
twofold condition which increases the
apparent diameter Of the moon, and
shows the apparent diameter Of the
sun nearly at the smallest. Hence the
prolonged darkness. Such a chance
occurs but rarely, and we cannot won
der that the strong desire exists to
make the most of it in endeavors to
solve certain highly important questions
in physical science. Unluckily, the


AL-.t ,.on,oor ,r;ll ho q. SO full
blast on the 10th Of August, which,
with its heavy clouds, will render OBJ
servation either uncertain or impos-
sible, except on the eastern side Of the
mountain ranges.
Year: 1868

We have never read anything more
beautiful than the following, from the
pen Of George 2. Prentice:


There is but breath Of air and beat
Of the heart between this world and
the next. And in the brief interval of
pain and awful suspense, while We feel
that death is present With Us, that We
arc powerless, and that He a1lpover-
iul' and the faint pulsation here is
but the prelude of endless life here.
after, We feel in the midst of the
stunning calamity about to befall Us,
that the earth has no eompensating
good to mitigate the severity of our
loss. But there is no grief without
some benifcent provision to soften its
intenseness. When the good and
lovely die, the memory Of their good
deeds, like the moonbeams on the
stormy sea, lights up our darkened
hearts and lends to the surrounding
gloom a beauty SO sad, SO sweet, that
We would not, if we could, dispel the
darkness that environs us.
Year: 1868

AN lrishman, a short time in this
country. was eating boiled green corn.
After eating oti M the corn, he passed
the cob back to the lady who sat at tha
head Of the table, saying. Would
you plase be so kind as TO put some
more beans 6n the stick Z"
Year: 1868

ADvics To YorSa MKS.-A writer
gives the following sensible advice TO
young men; Let the business Of every
one alone, and attend to your own
Don't buy what YOU don't want. Use
every hour TO advantage. and study to
make leisure hour useful. Think
twice before you spend dollar {; re-
member you will have another 10 make
for il. Look over your books regularly,
and il you find an error trace il out
Should n stroke Of misfortune come
upon ,on in your business. retrench,
wcik harder. but never fly The track
Confront difficulties with unflinching
and they will fly at last;
then you will be bonored but shrink,
and you will be despised.
Year: 1868

MASONIC. The Richmond Dispatch says
numbcr of German Ffeemasons propose to
hold a convention in New York very soon to
consider tho expedieucy OF etfectiDg what they,
consider reforms in the Order. Not satisfied
with discarding all higher degrees than that
Of Master and c0nfning themselves exclusive
Iy to the system of tho old blue lodges, they
also propose, in so far as their organization IS
concerned. to abolish grand lodges
Year: 1868

On and after the first day Of April next, the
subscriber will be found at the above stand
where he will be pleased to see his old custom
ers, and all others who may want anything
the WATCH or JEWELRY LINE


mar l9-tf ia s. FLEM4NGt
Year: 1868

RAN.-During the week, this part of Arizona has been blessed with abundance of rain The creeks and gulches are filled with water, the crops are looking exceedingly well; the air is cool and bracing, and the face of the country is robed in beautiful green, Let us return thanks to a kind Providence for this delightful country; and everything lu it. save and accept the Apaehes'
Year: 1868

On Thursday ninety dollars of government
funds were transmitted to the Treasury through
a Catholic priest in Washington and duly cred
tied to the Conscience Fund" This fund
has received similar contributions from time
to time, until the aggregate sum amounts, we
understand, to two or three thousand dollars.
The lowest contribution has been fifty cents.
II is well when the restitution of but half
dollar il the consequence of an awakening of
conscience to a sense Of duty. But on what
principles Of moral philosophy can we account
for the striking fact that the most slightly bur-
dencd consciences are the most easily pricked?
How is it that we hear Of no restitution Of the
vast sums which have been accumulated within
the few past years by stockgamblers in Wall
street, by shoddy men of every degree, particu-
larly by those who sprang up like mushrooms
all over New England during the late war; by
the lucky adventurers who secured contracts
for horses, for guns for worthless steamers, for
last, but by no means least, by distillers and
dealers and internal revenue officers, who,
whether detected or not, are conscious of being
implicated in incalculable whiskey frauds?
Why are not the consciences of all these heavy
sinners pricked? Why don't they disgorge
their ill-gotten gains? So far, we have not
heard of single instance Of tender con-
science on their part The "Conscience
Fund" amounts to only two or three thousand
dollars, while two or three hundred millions
would not cover the losses which the Treasury
Of the United States has sustained on account
Of robberies on gigantic scale. II is obvious
that we cannot rely upon the conscience
Fund" alone for the payment of our national
debt