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Year: 1867

Daniel Webster, referring TO his own
lowly origin and his birthplace, gave
utterance to sentiments which did him
honor; and which will find responsive
echo in many hearts


1t is only shallow-miudcd pretenders
who make either distinguished origin Il
matter of personal merit, or obscure
origin matter of personal reproach. A
man who is not ashamed of himself need
not be ashamed of his early condition.
1t did happen to me to be born in n log
cabin raised among the snow-drifts OF
New Hampshire, at a period so early
that when the smoke first rose from its
rude chimney and curled over the frozen
hills, there was no similar evidence OF
white mans habitation between il and
the settlements on the rivers of Canada.
It's remains still exist: | make it an
annual visit. ! carrymy children toit and
teach them the hardships endured by
the generations before them. ] love 10
dwell on the tender recollections, the
kindred ties the early affections, and the
narrations and Incidents which mingle
with all know of this primitive family
abode; | weep to think that none who
then inhabited it are now among the
living; and if I ever fail in ailectionate
veneration for him who raised it, and de-
| fcnded it against savage violence and
destruction, cherished all domestic com
! forts beneath its roof, and through the
! fire and blood of seven years revelation
ary war, shrunk from no toll, no sacrifice,
| to serve his country, and to raise his
children to condition better than his
own, may my name and the name OF my
posterity be blotted from the memory OF
mankind.
Year: 1867

II cannot be that earth is mans only
abiding place. 1t cannot be that our life
is bubble cast up by the ocean OF eter-
nity to float moment upon its waves


and sink into nothingness. Else why is
it the high and glorious aspirations that
leap like angels from the temple of our
hearts, are forever wandering unsatis-
fled? Why is it that the rainbow and the
cloud come over us with n beauty that is
not of earth, and then pass off to leave
us to muse on their loveliness? WHY'S
il that the stars which hold their festi-
val around the midnight throne, are set
above the grasp of our limited faculties;
forever mocl1ing us with their unap-
proachable glory? And, finally, why is
It that bright forms of human beauty
are presented to our view and taken
from us; leaving the thousand streams OF
affection to flow back in an Alpine tor
rent upon our hearts? We are born. for
oil higher destiny than that of earth
There is "a realm where the rainbow
never fades; where the stars will spread
out before us like the islands that slum-
ber on the ocean, and where the shadows,
will stay for ever in our presence
George d, Prentice. -,.l 5.,l se.ii ..,i
Year: 1867

l shall have in good time for planting sero,
raj Hundred bushels Of selected Seed Wheat
of both the White aud Red varieties


This wheat will be furnished TO parties
wishing to raise good wheat, and make a
business of it, TO some extent foi the future,
a, a price that will not more than pa, all the
expense of getting it here.


| shall have GUANO of various kinds to
put in with the wheat. and hope pains will
be taken TO prepare the land well, and fur
row il in such IL manner as TO allow no wa
ter to stand on the field during winter.


r. NQRFLEET
Year: 1867

REDUCTION OF FREIGHT ON IIAT.-We
learn from Col. S. l.. Fremont, Superin-
tendent of the Wilmington & Weldon Rail-
road, that the price of freight on hay from
New York to Rocky Mount and Tarboro,
has been reduced from one dollar to sixty
eight cents per hundred weight, by placing
it in the fourth class of articles enumera-
ted in the tariff. This will doubtless prove
welcome intelligence to farmers and resi-
denta Of the two places named, d,-FH.
journal,


We took occasion a short time since to
notice the heavy charges on freight from
Weldon to this place, and we are glad to
see that our remarks ha veapparently pro-
duccd some gond result as the above ex-
tract from the journal will show.


We felt sure that Col, Fremont would
provide some remedy for the complaint so
universally felt by the entire community
and his action in this matter will be accord
ingly gladly welcomed.


Edgeconibe county will depend this year
upon the North for large amount of for
age, and this reduction of freight On hay
aloIe will amount to considerable item,
We trust he will continue the good work
and that we shall soon be able to announce
reduction on every other article OF
freight.
Year: 1867

FULL TO OvERFLowING.-Judg Fowle
,ast week seemed deterpined to test to its
utmost capacity the limits Of the new Jail
and consequently to-day nineteen occu-
pants sigh for freedom within its dreary
walls.


The sentence of most embraces hard Ia
Dor for the term of their imprisonment,
and We presume the Sheriff viii! soon have
the prisoners engaged at some labor, likely
to reimburse the county for the cost of
their maintepance while thus confined.


There are plenty of places in need of
just such work, and which would probably
remain untouched for some time, unless
they now fill the influence of this crowd,
by means Of the shovel and Doe.


When put to work. let it be in manner
best calculated to be of general advantage
to the county.
Year: 1867

On the part Of each
country the surrender
shall be made only by
the authority OF the ex.
ecuttve thereof. The
expenses OF detention
and delivery effected In
virtue Of the preceding
articles, shall be at the
cost OF the party max.
ing the demand.
Year: 1867

MANY years ago, when Thomas Jefferson was
President of the United States, an attempt was
made at Washington to execute his bust in
plaster of Paris after new plan which, but for
the fortune of an accident, might have ended in
the death of the President. An artist by the
name of Brewer fitted box tightly about the
Presidents neck and left an opening in the top
through which he was to pour the liquid plaster.
The hair of Mr.. Jefferson was arranged in the
usual way, his ears stopped up, and a couple of
quills were put into the nostrils communicating
with the outside of the box, through which it
was supposed by the artist a sufficient supply of
fresh air could be obtained. The artist was not,
however, as we'll read in physiology as he might
have been, or he would have known that no
ordinary man, much less the President of the
United States, could get enough oxygen to sust-
ain life through couple of small goose quills.
Mr.. Jefferson took seat upon couch, his head
in box, and the artist poured in his plaster
For short time the great statesman patiently
submitted to the uncomfortable position, but
finding the supply of air insufficient, he got up
and, dashing his head against the wall, broke
the box, and the whole eontrivance fell to the
floor in fragments. Thus ended the attempt oi
Mr.. Brewer to take bust of the President.
Year: 1867

INDIA RUBBER VIRTUE. = Beecher says 81
think after all, that the India rubber kind OF
virtue, that will bend and stretch, just little,
and then fly back to its place, is safer than the
icicle virtue, that is pretty sure to melt unless
you keep it on the north side of the barn all the
time and when it once meltsi that is the last
of it,"
Year: 1867




ADVICE TO MARRIAGEABLE GIRLS. -Punch's
Pocket Book contains the following, from the
pen of "single woman of the world eff q
man wipes his feet on the door. mat before COM
ing into :he room, you may be sure he will
snutling the candles, snuffs them out, you may
be sure he will make a stupid husband. If .
man puts his handkerchief on his knees while
taking his tea, you may be sure he will make q
prudent husband. In the same way, always
mistrust the man who will not take the last
piece of toast or Sally Lunn, but prefers wait,
ing for the next warm batch. 1t is not unlikely
he will make greedy, selfish husband, with
whom you will enjoy no brown at dinner, no
crust at tea, no peace whatever at home. The
man, my dears, who wear goloshes, and is care
fal. about wrapping himself up well before vens
turing into the night air, not unfrequently makes
a good invalid husband, that mostly stops at
home, and is easily cOmortei with slops. The
man who watches the kettle, and prevents its
boiling over will not fail, my dears, in his mar
ried state, in exercising the same care in always
keeping the pot boiling. The man who doesn t
take tea ill-treats the cat, takes snuff, and
stands with his back TO the fire, is brute
whom | would not advise you, my dears, to
marry upou any consideration, either for love
or money; but most decidedly not for love.
But the man who, when the tea is over, is dis
covered to have none, is sure to make the best
husband. Patience like his deserves being re-
warded with the best of wives and the best OF
mothers-in-law. My dears, when you meet with
such a man, do your utmost to marry bin. IN
the severest winter he would not mind going TO
bed first"
Year: 1867

a FARMER saw an advertised receipt
to prevent wells and cisterns from freez-
ing. He sent his money and got this
for an answer: "Take in your we'll or
cistern on cold nights, and keep it By
the fire."
Year: 1867

Cheese coming forward much more freely; nearly
10000 boxes for the week but not selling well The
present production is large, estimated az 40 per
day I'm this State alone. shippers are backward about
paying 17c for the finest Factory, though they do give
that for choice LOTS very few are worked on 70
the home trade at ia al7tc The feeling If weak and
further decline anticipated Most Of the farm daries
have been partially SKINNED and dealers quickly accept
120l4c for such those SKINNED all they can be viii only
bring aloe. sales were made to-day at 7c even III Will
require good foreign demand 20 up the half OF


what cheese win be produced IN this country during the
present and prices must harmonic with Shippers
q ". ulInN.
Year: 1867

cT What has become Of the Fort Smith pa
pers--Era and the Standard? Up to Thurs
day morning. neither one of them have made
there appearance. We were anxious to get
them that we might compare notes Of the
fight. Consequently, We shall have to 60
10 press with our own version Of the affair
admitting, however, that we have aimed all
along to give our side Of the river the best
show 81. H.a
Year: 1867

To the Editors Of the Richmond Dispatch


Will you allow and excuse an outsider
for making few suggestions to your honor
able City Council in reference to the i'm
provement Of the Water Works.


see that they have adopted the plan Of
Messrs. Rives and Myers. The plan will
answer the purpose intended. Of this
am perfectly satisfied but is it not money
thrown away? You will get no better wa
ter by this arrangement; but the same
muddy, filthy stuff that you are now COM
PEELED to use. Well now, gentlemen, it
seems to me that you can obtain this with
ont any more expense to the people by
simply selling the whole concern, located
there on the river, called the pump house,
10 some manufacturing company, and take
the proceeds and go up the river q suiii-
cient distance, which, suppose, will not
be more than eight or ten miles, probably
less, and bring your muddy water through
an aqueduct down to the reservoir. This
is the same way in which the croton water
is conveyed to the city of New York, and
also in Boston. No machinery to keep in
order, no high water to interfere with your
water wheels, you dispense with the ex-
pense ct keeping the machinery in opera
ton, and several other items of expense
which | could name.


That the plan here recommended is
practicable, there can be not the least
doubt. ! believe the pump-house, with all
its privileges, would more than pay for this
plan, and the $4,000 now appropriated
would be SO much saved. | hope some
others more competent will take up this
subject and give us the cost of this ar
rangement. With your urconsent, propose to
inform you how you can obtain good, clear
spring water, in no way connected with
the James river, from one who loves good


III ,TEp
Year: 1867

ZETELLE AND HIS New HoUsE.-Zetelle,
that famous and deservedly popular cate
rer of Richmond, gave to his friends yes
terday a reception-at his new house just
below us-that excelled anything Of the
kind we have participated in for many
a long day. By invitation, many OF our
best citizens assembled in one of his ele-
CANT upstairs apartments at about half
past Il o'clock, and in a short time after
wards folding door at the lower end was
thrown open, and table laden with every
thing nice, and arranged with that taste
and style characteristic of Zetelle, !" hove
in sight" Few words Of invitation were
necessary for the party to proceed to disar-
range the order of things on the table, and in
less time than we can tell it, they were well
in action. The gentlemen of the editorial
profession were treated with especial cour-
tesy, a separate room being allotted totheir
use. "Mine host "prefaced his invitation
to his reception with the remark that 1t
was to be Ga small affair TIA mere
lunch.n If that be what he would call a
mere lunch, we will be contented never to
dine again during the rest Of our lives. 1t
is in bad taste to say what one has had to
eat when invited out, so we will generalizc
the array of rich viands and sparkling
wines into " a sumptuous affair" and thank
The generous and hospitable host for his
liberal entertainment. Among the guests
present was delegation from" The Club, y
who expressed their opinion that the re-
ccrtion was "demnition fine thing and
they have the credit of knowing all about
these things.


The occasion of the reception was the
opening Of his new house, which Zetelle
has fitted up in a style exceeding anything
in the way OF restaurant We have yet
had in Richmond. On the first floor is
large dining room, in which gentlemen can
at any hour and in short time be served
with whatever they wish in the way OF
solids or liquids. Up stairs, on the second
floor, is ladies' saloon, something which
Richmond has long needed,) furnished in
elegant style. On this floor there is also a
large room for private parties. On the
third floor are also rooms Tor private par
ties. The whole establishment is fitted Up
tastefully and comfortably, and we fee
that Zetelle and his new salon have be-
come fixtures of Richmond.
Year: 1867

Orr DEAD At HoLLYwooD.-We are in
receipt of note from an officer Of the
Hollywood Memorial Association which
informs us that we are in error as to our
statement made in Mondays issue to the
effect that the bodies of the Confederate
dead were in an exposed condition. We
cheerfully give room for a correction, in
the words of our correspondent: "On Sa-
turday the graves were visited by persons
connected with the Hollywood Memorial
Association, and no such condition was
observed"


1t was far from our intention, as well as
Of our correspondents, to reflect upon the
ladies of the Association in the article re-
ferred to. We could not reasonably cen
sure those who might be hired and paid
for their work for whatever damage might
have been done by the elements in the late
extraordinary spell, and Heaven forbid
that we should ever find fault with the
good ladies who, true TO their natures as
women of Virginia, are laboring SO earnest
ly to honor those who fell upon her soil in
her defence.
Year: 1867

CHILD FoUND.-A little girl was picked
up on Marshall street yesterday, unable TO
give her name or the place where she
lived. She had light hair and blue eyes,
and was dressed in dark calico dress, over
which was white apron. She was taken
to the second-station house, where she can
now be found
Year: 1867

THE FRUIT.-We learn from farmers in
this vicinity that the fruit has thus far
escaped without injury, and that there is
at present a fine prospect for good crop
of both apples and peaches.
Year: 1867

TERRIFIC EXPLOSION -NARRow ESCAPE =
This morning about o'clock. the people in
the vicinity Of the Warner FIGURING Mills,
in this city, were awakened by terrific ex-
plosion caused by the bursting Of the steam
boiler. The building is considerably dam
aged. Four men employed, were in the
mill at the time, yet. singular to say, oil es>
capped unhurt. The engineer had just left
his post but . moment before the explosion
took place, and WAS about at the head Of the
stairs when it occurred. The mill Was run
by Mr.. Burwell and did an extensive bust
ness. being run mostly night and day. =
Rock Island Union of today.
Year: 1867

PEoPLE's MgErIxa To-Nlanr.--Let il BE-
remembered that the Peoples Meeting 10
held at the German Theatre this evening.
II is the work Of no particular party, but
has been called by representative men Of
both parties, with the view Of forming q
new organization in this county, for the
purpose Of correcting the numerous errors
that have taken root in the party in power.
The remedy for oil social and political evils
is with the people. They have only to take
the matter in their own hands to find that
remedy. 1t is to the interest Of every labor
ing man-every man who gains his living
BY his trade or profession TO be present at
this meeting.
Year: 1867

OAKwooD MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION
There will be meeting of the members of
this Association tomorrow evening in the
lecture-room of the Third PRESBYTERIAN
church, Church Ill.,, to consider the ar
rangements for the proper observance of
the 10th of May-their memorial day -
and other matters which may be brought
before them. They request full attend
ance of the members, as it is desired that
any action on the subject shall be as unani-
nous as possible.


While on this subject we will mention
that this Association have put up and
marked about ten thousand headboards
over the graves of the soldiers who were
buried in Oakwood Cemetery. The ladies
of this Association haze gone to work in
earnest, and on the coming 10th of May
they will have the qualification of seeing
these boards placed over the majority OF
the graves of those whose names were
known, and the proud satisfaction will be
theirs of letting the friends of these fallen
heroes know that their last resting places
have been marked and cared for.
Year: 1867

GARDEN SEED.-The ladies who have
charge of the colored schools in the eastern
portion of the city and its suburbs have
undertaken good work, which deserves TO
be mentioned. Not satisfied with attend
ing to their mental culture, they have pro-
cured a large number of garden seeds of
the most useful varieties, and are giving
them out to freedmen who have patches OF
ground in which to plant them. These
ladies satisfy themselves by personal visi-
tation that the objects are worthy, and by
occasional visits will see that the gardens
are properly worked and kept in order.
Some of those who have applied for seeds
are living six miles from the city and yet
these ladies have gone to the homes of the
applicants to learn if they were worthy
recipients of their bounty. Already they
have given seeds to more than $50 persons,
and their work is still going on. Every
available foot of space on Chimborazo has
been dug up and planted with seeds fur
nished from this source.
Year: 1867

FoUR-LEGGED BABY FoUND:-Pollceman
80, while on his beat yesterday, struck a
trail by which he thought he would Ger
tainly find dead baby near the river
bank. Accordingly he repaired to the
station house, and procuring plck ana
shovel, returned to the spot where the In
FAINT was supposed to be, followed by a
procession of young freedmen. tie went
to work, and after digging some moments
at length came to the object of his search
The little innocent had evidently been
murdered, the marks of violence being
plainly visible upon it but an inquest was
deemed unnecessary, as it had four legs,
and was, without doubt, dog.
Year: 1867

Man KNOCKED DowN BY LOCOMOTIVE.
As the night mail train on the Richmond,
Fredericksburg and Potomac railroad was
passing Camp Lee before day on Saturday
morning, coming into the city, an object
not then ndistinguishable by the engineer was
knocked from the track by the cow-catchcr,
and when the A. NJ. down passenger
train passed the same point, the conductor
discovered white man lying in the ditch
apparently dead. A hand-car was imme-
diatcly sent back to bring the body into
the city, and Coroner Little notified to
hold an inquest but just as the men were
about lifting the dead man on the car he
suddenly came to life, got up, said he did
not know how or when he got into the
ditch, and only remembers that just before
day lie was walking along the track on his
way home. He was somewhat bruised,
but did not appear to be otherwise hurt.
Year: 1867

ALMOST AN ACCIDENT.-Saturday after
ternoon as street car No. was passing up
Main between Twenty-tifth and Twenty
sixth streets, colorcd boy, who was play
ing ball in the street, ran unconsciously in
front of the horses attached to the car, was
knocked down, the horses passing over
him; but the driver promptly applied the
brakes, and stopped the car just as the
front wheels touched him. He was drawn
out but little injured.
Year: 1867

A LADY SHOT AT BY MAN IN THE
STREET AS SHE RAISES WINDOw.-On
Saturday morning last, at about o'clock,
as Mrs. +. r. Meanly, who lives on the
corner Of Second and Main streets, was in
the act of raising her front window, a man
on the pavement aimed shotgun at her
and fired it. Several of the shots entered
her hand, but the greater part of the load
lodged in the window behind, which saved
her life. The man who fired the gun, one
James Anderson, a carpenter by trade,
was afterwards arrested, carried before
the Recorder, and examined.


Mr.. +. K. Meanly, being sworn, testified
that hs was in the back yard when he heard
the firing. lie found out what had been
done, and Anderson having been pointed
out to him as the man who had fired the
gun, he ran after him and caught him. lie
knew nothing OF the firing other than from
hearsay.


A servant girl who lives with Mr.. Meanly
testified that she saw the accused aim the
gun at the upper window and fire. She
was in the room just underneath the one
in which Mrs. Mcanly was at the time he
fired. Knew the accused. He had visited
gentleman-Mr. TOoncy-who lived at
the house in which Mr.. Meanly now lives.
She had heard the accused say that Mr..
Tooney owed him money for work.


A gentleman who was passing near the
house before the gun was fired testified
that he saw the accused standing in front
of Mr.. Meanly's house fooling with gun,
and he thought the gun went oil acci-
dentally.


The accused, in answer to questions by
the Recorder, stated that he did not know
Mrs. Meanly; that he went to her house
with the intention of shooting ut somebody
"iust for fun" 1t was evident that lie
was trying to appear idiotic; but his con-
duet was too marked TO leave the impress
sion that he was not in his right senses.
He appeared more Surly than idiotic.


He was sent on TO answer an Indictment
for miSdemeanor.