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Year: 1869

Grand Banquet in Sevlle-Espartero in
High FavOr-He Is Announced as the
Choice Of those Present as the Head Of
che Government.


MADRID, Jan. o. 1869.
A grand banquet was given at Seville last even
ing. All the municipal oficers of that city and
many other notables were present. One
OF the features Of the banquet was COM
pimentary telegram which was sent to Espartero,
wherein the guests expressed their preference for
him as the head of the State, whatever the decision
or the Cortes may be relative to the future form Of
the government.
Year: 1869

We want the name of every white man in
Southwestern Virginia who dares betray his
country and his race by voting for Wells. We
want the name Of every white man who dares
betray the State by staying away from the polls
and refusing to vote for Walker We want to
publish them-to disgrace our paper with their
disgraced names, and when we have done this,
we want them sent to the lunatic asylum.-
Spot them every one Bristol Nems.
Year: 1869

My Respected Friends


From an upper window just above the pretty
Sweet brier that gives name to my humble
home, it is my purpose to send you a Sunday
letter from time to time. | cali them Sunday
letters, not that they are written on Sunday
but they are intended to keep you company on
that sweet and sacred day, after you return
from Church. Truly, the Sabbath is the best
day OF all the week, and is an ever-recurring
What sweet hymn that is closing with this
stanza
Year: 1869

AMERICAN ToApIEs. spicy journal,
the New York Telegram thus hays shoddy
alive: There exists among our citizens a
class of the most abject tOadies that can be
shown by any nation of the world. We have
no distinctive classes of society-the nearest
approach to aristocracy here is intellect, and
that being common only adds to the force of
our principle of equality. Yet there are toad
ies-not your genuine English article, born, edu-
Gated, trained, in the harness of self abasement,
but wretched shoddy upstarts-the most lgno
rant, uneducated classes of our people, sudden
ly elevated by the questionable speculations of
the war to all the dignity that fine raiment and
mansion on the avenue can give. These silly
people, having tasted the pleasures of wealth,
and finding it sweet to their souls to be able to
lord it over few dunkies, paid tor the purpose,
look down upon those of poor estate whence
they sprung themselves. They begin to think
that equality of man is all great mistake-that
there are divisions of society into aristOcrats
and the cdnailIe. The former class they esteem


themselves. Having acknowledged this divis.
| ion, our aristocrats begin to look higher. The
aristocracy OF Europe attracts their attention,
| An English prince comes on a visit to this coun
| try fortnight hence, and of course our high
| er class Il are preparing to kneel before him
| and to make such an ado as shall make us sridl
culous in the eyes of the world. We protest


however, against these wealthy ignorant classes
| being quoted as the representatives of New


York or of America. They have made the


class distinction for themselves. Let their de


grading worship of princes and foreign notOrle
ties be set down as the act of the wealthlest bu


most illiterate and ignorant portion Of Ameri
can society. .- '.a
Year: 1869

FIRST LovE.-Ask any re,y young lady what
she thinks of 6 first love-" and she will tell
you that it is the quintessence Of all that is
ecstatic, compared with which any so called
love that may come after it must be as sky blue
skinned milk to clotted cream. Put the same
question to an enamored young gentleman OF
eighteen and he will vow that it is the Clique:
champagne of human existence, to which all
subsequent emotions dignifed with the name
Of love are mere cider. But the mature of both
sexes, in nine cases out of ten, can tell diff
ferent story. Boy-and- girl love is but faint
shadow of the intense passion which often
overcomes and enthrals the middle aged. The
capacity for loving is not fully developed in the
young miss who has just cast aside her dolls
nor in the youth whose chin is but newly &c
uuainted with the razor The enthusiasm Of
these novices in the tender passion is generally
evanescent. OF course there are exceptiona
cases but as general rule love does not take
firm root in the heart before the age of twenty
five. Professions of undying devotion from
young men of nineteen or twenty are rarely t.
be trusted. The question which a lady whC
receives an offer of marriage should consider ii
not merely whether she has 1COn the affections
of her lover, but also, whether, if won, she cal
keep them. To have, and to hold, are TIVE
| things.
Year: 1869

A FIGHTING EDIToR.-The proprietorS of
the Boston Saturday Ecening ErpreSs have
recently engaged the services, as a permanent
They announce the fact thus Y:


We have the sublime pleasure to announce
to the deputy State cOnstablcs, and all others
interested, that we have engaged at an inn
mense salary, one of the indispensable adjuncts
to an independent newspaper establishment, to
vita fighting editor This course has been
taken in order that we may have an equal show
with all belligerents who desire to get proper
satisfaction for anything we may say. The gen.
tleman engaged for this purpose informs US
that he has been in the business for some fif-
teen years, and that he is fully competent to
attend to all the duties required of him. AS a
recommendation, he informs us that during
| his career as fighting editor of various news
| papers he has succeeded in biting off some
| sixteen noses and twenty ears, and gOuged out
nearly forty eyes, having them now all nicely
preserved in a glass bottle, which he IS willing
to exhibit to any one who desires it. He also in
forms us that, besides being good bitter, he has
broken several arms and legs of his numerous
antagonists. He has also killed six men by
throwing them out of the editorial window,
and has broken three spinal columns By knock
| ing the owners thereof down several flights of
stairs He is an infdel, and has no fears OF a
hereafter.


He proposes to conduct his department on
the BARRIERS plan: first come, first served. All
orders will be promptly executed, and gentle


men can examine a map of Mount Auburn


Cemetery while waiting for their turn.
Year: 1869

ADVICE TO GTRLs.--Do not estimate young
man by his ability to talk soft nonsense, nor
by the length of his moustache.


Do not imagine that an extra ribbon, tied
about the neck, can remedy the defect OF a
soiled collar or an untidy dress.


If your hands are Drowned by labor do not
envy the lily fingers of Miss Fuss and Feathers
whose mother works in the kitchen while the
daughter lounges in the parlor


If dandy, with cigar between his fingers,
asks you if smoking is offensive to you, tell
him, emphaticalIy, yes. The habit should be,
even though the odor may not.
Do not waste your tears on the imaginary
sorrows of Alonzo and Melissa, nor the trials
of the dime novel heroines Seek rather to
alleviate the woes of the suffering ones on
earth.


If your dress is inconveniently long, and a
gentleman steps upon it, don't be angry, but
meekly beg his pardon, as you ought. Always
cherish partiality for the smell of dishwatei
it is more conducive to health and far less
expensive than "Boquet of Eden. .''-Jenm,
June.
Year: 1869

How TO GAIN UNANIMNrTY IN JURIEs.- -
Let the jury consist exclusively of ladies. As
it is proyerLial that women never do disagree,
there would not be the slightest difficulty in
securing always an unanimous verdict. The
whole tw.lse would vote as one woman, more
especially if one of their own sex was being
tried. Besides, the more prospective horror
of dozen women being all locked up together
without cup of tea, or a stocking to mend, or
baby to play with, or novel to thumb,
would force them to agree, long before they
had looked at the prisoner even to see whether
he was good-lookihg or not
Year: 1869

A six-year-old boy was asked by his teacher
to write composition on the subject of water,
and the following is the production: Water is
good to drink, to swim in, and to skate on when
it's frozen. When was little baby the nurse
used to bathe me every morning in water.
have been told that the Injuns don't wash
] was an Iniunl sat
Year: 1869

BEAUTIFUL EXTRACT. =" Men seldom think
of the great event of death until the shadow
falls across their own path, hiding forever from
their eyes the traces of the loved one whose
living smiles were the sunlight of their existence
Death is the great antagonist of life, and the
cold thought of the tomb is the skeleton of all
feasts. We do not want to go through the
dark valley although its passages may lead to
paradise and, with Charles Lamb, we do not
want to lie down in the muddy grave, even
with kings and princes for our bed Fellows


but the fiat of nature is inexorable. There
is no appeal of relief from the great law which
dooms US to dust. We flourish and we fade as
the leaves of the forest, and the flower that
blooms and withers in day has not Trailer


hold upon life than the mightiest monarch thai
ever shook the earth with his Footsteps. Gen


erations of men appear and vanish as the grass


and the countless multitude that throngs the


world to day, will to morrow disappear as the


footsteps on the shore.


In the beautiful drama of Ion, the instinc


OF Immortality, so elOquently uttered by tn


death devoted Greek, finds deep response il
every thoughtful soul. When about to yie
his existence as a sacrifice to fate, his belove
Clemanthe asks if they shall not meet again, t
which he replies: l have asked that dread
| full question of the hills that look eternal-c
: the clear streams that flow forever-of the sta1
= among whose fields Of azure my raised spir


hath walked in glory. All were dumb. Bu


while gaze upon the living face, | feel ths
c there is something in the love that mantle
8 through its beauty that Can not wholly perish
n We shall meet again, Clemanthe.
Year: 1869

GRANT has given the father of E. B
WAsHBURNE his old saddle. He had
better have given halter to the son,
and taken care that it was put to proper
use. AS he can't execute the laws his
next best work would be to execute f.
b. WASHBURNE.
Year: 1869

half of the female portion of our population are
seldom in the enjoyment Of good health or, to
use their own expression, never feel we'll"
They are languid, devoid of all energy, extreme.
ly nervous, and have no appetite.


To this class Of persons the BITTERS, OF the
TONIC, is especially recommended
Year: 1869

PEhSONS ADVANCED IN LIFE,
And feeling tho hand of time weighing heavily
upon them, with all its attendant ills, will find
in the use of this BITTERS or the TONIC an
elixir that will instil new life into their veins,
restore in a measure the energy and ardOr Of
forms, and give health and happiness in their
rar amin
Year: 1869

This is a question that often presents
itsaif and il is almost always decided in
the Affirmative, sour land must be
nut nut in;v that is the Thought, AID wheth,
er wet or dry, the form must be carried
Year: 1869

It is said that the President will veto the negro militia bill on the ground that Congress has no power over the militia of the States. The bill is designed only for bad purposes. It had its origin in hate, revenge, and a thirst for power and domination. It proposes to give to some of the South ern States what it withholds from the rest. It allows Louisiana. Florida, the Carolinas, and Alabama to reorga- nize their militia, but forbids this privilege to Georgia, Virginia, and Texas. The effect of the bill upon the South, if it should become law and go into operation, cannot fail to be most deplorable Corrupt Radical demagogues will ordain what organ izations shall have arms and what ones shall not, and thus they will at all times have it in their power to compel the people into the adoption of what ever measures they please. Still we expect the bill 10 become a law in spite of the inevitable veto, and weex- pect this all the more for the very reason that it is so violent. Congress thinks that it can do nothing too bad against the people of States that refus- ed to indorse its action.-Courier Journal
Year: 1869

The subject of education is one that interests every member of society. Wherever thcre arc good schools there is heaffhy state of morals and viz orous and prosperous growth of the country. Happily for Prairie county it is better supplied in this respect than most of it's neighbors. One oi our best schools is the Austin Semi nary, which win open it's third semi annual session on the first Monday in February, presided over by Prof. w. A. Garner and lady, and assisted by competent teachers. This institution is at Austin, in this county, quiet moral town, situated in an upland country, with pure air and good water We had the pleasure of attending the commencement exercises of this schoo last June, and was struck with the proficiency exhibited by several of tho classes. Prof. Garner is agood scholar and man of untiring energy, and fl in his right sphere when he is in tho school room. Parents and guardians would have to go far to find better place to send their children and wards than the Austin Seminary. For tht terms aud price of tuition we refel you to advertisement in this number of our paper.
Year: 1869

s@ The publishers of the Memphis Avalanche presented it in a new dress on the 12th inst, and we must say its typographical appearance is as good as that of any daily paper printed in the country. We are glad to note the success that has attended the faithful labors of those conducting it, and hope the outlay they have made to improve their paper will be appreciated and more than returned. They are wide awake newspaper mon and fully up with the times in giving the latest news and Q correct statement of the markets.
Year: 1869

The detective police contradict the
statement that nearly all the securities
stolen from the Ocean Bank had been
recovered. The only clew IN their
hands is the telegram fren England
published on Thursday, which is to be
worked up,
Year: 1869

In 1856, a young man by the name
Of Sharpe-Jacob Sharpe -aiterward Of
Columbus. Miss, was reading law with
Stephen f. Hale, in Entaw. Just after he
had finished his course and been admitted
to the bar, he fell victim to a severe revi-
val that occurred in the Methodist church Of
the town aforesaid. Being young man
Of brilliant parts and Jealous in the work,
the revival was not over before the older
members had Jake well broken in. Scarce
ly . meeting passed at which Jake was not
called on to pray in public and right well
he bors his part. One evening, when the
interest was at fever heat. and the tears and
groans Of the mourning multitude could be
seen and heard on every hand, Jake was
asked 10 lead iii prayer" He complied
Of course and in the midst of his petition
vocifersted "Oh, Lord call back thy
wandering sheep. Inspire sinners with a
horror of sin, Enable them. we pray thee
- present their petitions at tho Throne OF
Grace before they are .forersr barred By
the statute Of limitations"


1t was sometime afterward ere Jake had
heard the last Of pleading the statute o
Limitation against the sinner. Marion
Commonwealth.
Year: 1869

To start a baulky horse, fill his
mouth with dirt or gravel from the road,
and hell 60. Now don't laugh at this, but
try it. The plain philosophy Of the thing
10. it gives him something else to think Of
We have tried it a hundred times and it has
never failed.
Year: 1869

CoLp CoMroRr.-An old missionary,
who had been many years in Labrador.
was at length compelled 10 return, his in
fuence oil gone and his mission entirely
fruitless. A young man, who was just
Hedging into the ministerial status. was APP
pointed in his place. and before he went to
his assignment he theaght he would visit
his venerable predecessor and learn from
him the cause Of his trouble in the land OF
iosbsrgs. The old man received him very
cordially.


my venerable brother" said the young
man, II wish you to tell me the cause Of
your difficulty. that may avert like fail
ure. Must ] preach them he'll tina, is
hot e.


"No, my young friend" said the old
missionary. laying his hand on his broth
er's arm no. that was the rock split on
preached it very warm to them, and they
rather liked the idea of going there. think
if you preach them hell fifty degrees
colder than Labrador you will drive them
all to repentance"
Year: 1869

{ A BEAUTIFUL PLEsENT.-On Thursday
last the ladies of the Leigh-Street Baptist
church sent to the house of their pastor q
magnificent silver pitcher and waiter. This
is the third agreeable surprise of the kind
with which the family has been favored
within few months. i. I'll. B.
Year: 1869

PIc-NIc AT WEST PoINT.-Our readers
will recolleet that Trinity school viii hold a
picnic at this Point Monday next. AS this
isss day on which great many persons win
discontinue business they cannot find a
more pleasant way Of spending the time
ahan In trip down the York River railroad
with this party. 5sH eis
Year: 1869

THE CoLoRED BARBEoUE.-The is every
reason to believe that the Colored Walker
Barbecue of yesterday would have been q
success but for the disaster elsewhere noted.
The attendance was large, and the colored
men seemed thoroughly in earnest.
Year: 1869

In the midst of all this, Mr.. Robert l..
Hobson, Sr., the barber of Twelfth street,
who was the chairman of the Committee of
Arrangements, with view to restore the
decorGm proper to the occasion, arose and
asked that all present would at once cease
everything like levity, and betake them
selves to the duties that humanity required.
A shocking event had occurred.-one which
would carry grief to maryland those who
had escaped the awful catastrophe should
not only be thankful for themselves, but
should show proper respect and observe
the solemnity due to those who had been so
unfortunate as to have lost their lives or to
have been injured. Hetrusted that all who
were present, whether in good faith OF, not,
would not fail to behave properly.


This had o most admirable effect on all
who heard it, whether white or colored.


THE WOUNDED AND DEAD. !, 8


The bodies of Colonel Branch and Police
man Kirkham were placed In the bowling
alley on the island, and the wounded men
were provided for as comfortably and as
speedily as possible


Colone! Branch was found to have re-
Year: 1869

FROM the new Ork Clulen


Suppose that women qualify themselves
to be good wives; suppose they learn to
superintend the household, to direct the
cook, to control the nursemaid, to keep
the butcher boy and groceryman up to
the requirements of the occasion and the
letter of their contracts. Suppose they
study economy, acquire the skill neces-
ssry to fit their dresses, and the good
sense to cut their cloth according to their
means. Suppose they educate them
selves partially, so as to be useful and
pleasant companions, not mere dolls and
toys Suppose they practice keeping
accounts, so that they can have some
idea how the money goes. Suppose they
try to go without morning visits and eve
ming parties-ma'inees, balls and routs.
Suppose they strive to appreciate the
fact that they are not meant merely TO
make peacocks of themselves. Suppose,
when they haye doae all this, we let them
work as much besides az they may wish,
provided they insist upon it.
Year: 1869

TERRIBLE CALAMITY AT GOLD HILL, NEVADA
Early Wednesday morning, April 7th, fire was
discovered in the Yellow Jacket, Grown Point
and Kentuck mines, at Gold Hill, Nevada, which
ragged with violence for two days, defying the
efforts Of the entire Gold Hill fire department for
its suppression. The fire broke out liz the sOO-
foot level of the Kentuck, and is supposed to
have originated from a candle left in the timber
by miner of the night shift. It's starting was
so unexpected that thirty-six workmen were un-
able to escape, and were smothered by the smoke
and gas many of them leaving families whose
heart-rending lamentations added to the horrors
of this terrible calamity. The loss of life was
caused by the heat and smoke forcing the poi
sonous gases back into the drifts where the un-
fortunate laborers were at work, and continual
caves impeded the attempts made to rescue them
and to extinguish the confagration. At ia n.
of the 9th, it being believed impossible that any
of those confined in the mines were vet alive,
every opening was closed and steam sent down
each shaft. An examination made on the llth
disclosed the fact that the burning still con-
tInued and the shafts were again closed and
steam sent down. Our latest dates are to the
9th instant, at which time the fire was not put
out. The extent of the injuries to the property
can not be ascertained but it is thought will not
be irremediable We understand that all three
OF the mines in question were managed and SUI
perntended by John P. Jones, ESQ.,, formerly
State Senator from Trinity county.
Year: 1869

Ir is officially stated that in Arkansas, during
the three months preceding the calling out of
the militia, there were received at the Gov
ernor's headquarters authentic accounts of over
200 murders perpetrated with impunity in that
State, and very many of the most fendsh out
RACES but during the forty days that have past
since martial law has heen declared, but one
single murder and not single outrage has been
heard of in the State
Year: 1869

WHAT Is THE REASON ?-The Humboldt Time.
states that the Indians recently sent out with
detachment of soldiers from Fort CASTOR, in
search of the marauding savages whose depreda-
tions in that county have become so frequent,
decline doing any fighting against this particu-
lar band. The Times is unable to assign any
reason for this sentiment on the part of the
friendly Indians.
Year: 1869

BREACH OF PROMISE CASE The breach of
promise case of Reed VS.. Clark, has been de-
cided, the jury awarding the plaintiff $lO. 900
damages. The testimony was ve-y conflctinp


CiarK denying that there ever was any matrimo-
NAL engagement between himself and plaintiff
Those description of cases have been yery COM
mon lately IN San Francisco, all of which have
been brought against the wealthy old bachelors
OF that place. 1t is evidently misfortune to
have wealth and remain single Adventuresses
are ever ready to bring action for large
amount of damages, which gallant Jurors are al
ways willing to award. The present case is
very good illustration of how any schemng
women can make " raise" out of any single
man who may have the money to pay the DANA
ges she may claim. No really refined or sensi-
tive woman, even though she may have been ILL
treated, would ever think of asking for money
as salve on her wounded feelings, or brave the
public notoriety which such a case always
brings. To be freed from such a woman at any
price, is cheap. Any woman by constantly
forcing herself on the society of a single gentle
man, could have as much cause for damages as
the plaintiff in the present case. That she could
never have loved him-she being thirty and he
sixty-is plain. Her object, therefore, even if
she desired to marry him. was to obtain control
of his purse, and doubtless she is better sat-
is6ed with her ten thousand with out him than
she would be as his wife, Men are often discar-
ded by women whom they truely love and who
gave every hope that their affection was re-
turned, yet we never hear of man sueing a
woman for damages, even though her action has
completely blasted his hopes and enjoyment of
life. In all other actions for damages actual
loss has to be proven, but in breach of promise
cases all that appears to be necessary is for
woman to swear that man proposed, and forth
with the jury awards about as much as they
think can be we'll made out of the gentleman's
property. Wealthy old bachelors in the future
in San Francisco will have to keep themselves
close 10 prevent being feeced by the enterpris-
ing of the fair sex.-Sacramento Record