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Year: 1867

ISFANTICIDE-THE MOTHER THROWS THE
CHILD FROM THIRD-SToRY WINDOW INTO
THE FRONT YARD.-Early yesterday morn
ing the dead body Of female mulatto infant,
which had come to its full time, was found
in the front yard of private residence on
Franklin street between Nineteenth and
Twentieth. The fact was reported to po-
lice headquarters, and Major Poe pro-
cccded to the house, and found in the attic
room occupied by Frances Giles, the
house servant, sufficient evidence Of the
birth of child. Tho woman was arrested
and carried to the station-house, when,
being found to be in an unfit condition to
be detained, she was sent under arrest to
Howard's Grove Hospital.


\ coroner's inquest was held at the
lower station-housc yesterday afternoon
at o'clock, and the following were among
the leading facts elected:


DR.. G. w. P. Brock examined the wo-
man Frances Giles after her arrival at the
station-houSe, and gained from her the
admission that the child found was hers,
and that she had thrown it from the attic
window out into the yard. She said that
the child was born alive, but had died be-
fore she threw it from the window. Seve-
raj other witnesses who examined the
room Of the woman found there unmis-
taxable evidences of the birth Of a child.
Mr.. Lambert, neighbor, stated that he
heard something fall upon the ground in
the front yard of the adjoining house at
about 3 o'clock yesterday morning, and
that very shortly afterwards he heard q
child crying.


The Jury returned a verdict that the
child came to its death by violence at the
hands Of its mother, having been thrown
from the third story Of house No. ISIS
Franklin street.


The girl charged with the murder of
her child is a bright mulatto, about Sc
venteen years Of age. Her behavior has
always been good heretofore.
Year: 1867

DR.. DOGGETT's DISCOURSE LAST NIGHT
BEFORE TIE METHODIST SUNDAY SCHOOL
CoNvENTIoS.-Last night the Broad street
Methodist church was completely filled by
a large and intelligent audience, which had
assembled to hear the sermon of Bishop
Doggett. After singing and prayer, the
Bishop arose and stated that he had Sc
lccted as his text part Of the fourteenth
verse Of the second chapter Of Titus, " Zeal
Gus Of good works." and that he would
speak on the general subject of Christian
enterprise. lie then proceeded with his
subject, which he handled in a mastery
manner, delivering most eloquent and i'm
prcssive discourse. We regret that want
of space prevents our giving even brief
synopsis.
Year: 1867

CIRCUIT Court OF TIE UNITED STATES
a motion was made yesterday by the
counsel for John Morris to set aside the
verdict of the jury. The Judge said that
he would examine into the matter, and
unless he could reduce the fine, the mo-
tion of the counsel would be sustained.
1t will be remembered that Morris had
been found guilty Of violating the revenue
law.


The District Attorney announced that
he thought he would be able to discharge
the grand jury to-day.


a few motions Of 10 public interest
were made; after which the court ad-
iourned.
Year: 1867

So much is pressing upon Congress, that we do
not the propriety of consuming valuable time in
attempting to impeach the President. The move
ment would create great excitement not only in Con-


gress, but Throughout the country. The smoke and
dust of the commotion would be to the specu-
lators peculators and punderers of the
who could drive their arts with and impunity


Retrenchment the public debt, revision of the revenue
act, and the protection of the treasury against
calty, should engage the undivided attention of Con-


gress but these and other important questions would
not be half solved wisely considered amid such
an excitement as impeachment would occasion. Those
who might seek immense fortunes by legislative aid,
would be enabled to get almost anything they might
ask for, under such circumstances. Mr.. johnson is
not of sufficient consequence be the occasion of
such calanlties. He has already done his share in
damaging the public interests.-Terre Haute Express.
Year: 1867

John McDonough, the millionaire of New Orleans,
has engraved upon his tomb series of maxims he
had prescribed the rule for his guidance through
life, and to which his success in business is mainly
attributed. They contain much wisdom that we
copy them:


RULES FOR THE GUIDANCE MY LIFE, 1840.-
Remember always that labor is of the conditions
of our existence.


Time is gold throw not minute away, but
place each one to account. Do unto all men as you
would be done by.


Never put off till tomorrow what can be done to-
day. Never bid another do what you do yourself
Never covet what is not your own. Never think any
matter so triang not to deserve notice.


Never give out that which does not first come in.


Never spend but to produce.


Let the graeest order regulate transactions of your
lfe Study in your of life to do the greatest
good.


Deprive yourselfof nothing necessary to your COM
fort, but live in an honorable simplicity.


Labor, then, to the last moment of your existence


Pursue strictly the above rules, and the Divine
blessing and riches of every kind will flow upon you
to heart content, but first of all remember that
the chief aud great duty of your life should be to
tend, by all means in your power, to the honor and
glory of our Divine Creator.


The conclusion to which l have arrived is that
without tenn erance there is health without virtue
no order; without religion happiness and that
the aim of our being is to live wisely, soberly and
righteously. JOHN McDosorau


NEW ORLEANS, March 2, 1854,
Year: 1867

at them like dear old bear. You must not think
that Spangle regards the new comers' as burdens
Quite the He goes into ecstacies over each
one; dlates upon its beauties and projections for FIVE
minutes and then seems to think it ought to be LED
away to grow up, and be no further trouble to him
until they want to marry. If one of them has the
q atomach-ache' and cries at night, Spargle thinks
that the pain is special hardship to him, because it
keeps him awake a few minutes The fact is undeni-
able that the best men are selfish brutes far ba-
bies are concerned.


sPANGLE HONE.


will saw though that of all the children / have
Spanpe is the biggest baby. IT'S true he was thro
most of the ailments have enumerated before got
him. but in thousand other respects he still s, and
always will remain in that chronic state of babyhood
which ever attends over-indulged and spoiled hus-
bands. When we were first married my old baby
would almost break his back to pick up my fan. and
he would kill fly in minute if the fly manifested
disposition to alight on nv nose.


Now have to almost literally dress him in the
morning. have to get his boots together, one OF
which he generally kicks under the bureau, the other
under the bed. l always have TO find his cravat. II
go to bed first, in the morning find his cloths scat
tered over the only man can scatter clothes
He would never put clean shirt if it were not
spread out a chair before him. His sleeve buttons
not taken out or put in at all. do not believe
he has combed his own head since were married
He can't even wash Lis face properly without be-
ing told like any other child. If did not wash him.
his ears and the back of his neck would be sight to
behold.


sPANGLE ON SICK BED.


Albeit he has patience for Others who have
pains and aches yet you ought to see him when any
thing is the matter with him. He tears, and groans
and grunts a slight attack of collie in manner
to keep every awake in the house Atsnch times
he always believes he is going to die, and will not sui
fer to leave him for moment.


Yet with all his faults well, you know the quo
tation believe he is the best mar living, and
would rot give him for ten acre lot full OF men like
the scapegrace of husband which foolish, cred
ulous correspondent Dolly Dash," isso silly about
Year: 1867

Oh could there in this world be foInd
Some little spot of happy ground,
Where village pleasures might be found
Without the village tattling,
How doub'y bIes ed that p ace would be
Where all nigh dwell at liberty,
And feel themselves forever free


OF gossip's endless prattling
IF such spot was really known
Dame Peace might claim it for her own,
And in it she might fix her throne
Forever and forever
There like queen, might rel gn and live,
Where every one would soon forgive
The little Sights they might receive,
And be offended never.
The mischief makers that remove
Far from our hearts the warmth of love,
And lead us all to disapprove


What gives another pleasure
They seem to take ones part when
They've heard our cause, unkindly then
They soon retail them all again,
Mixed with poisonous m easure.
They have such cunning way
Of telling tales. They say,
"Don't mention what say, pray,
l would not tell another"
Straight to neighbor's house they go,
Narrating every thing they know,
And break the peace of high and low,
Wife, husband, friend and brother.
Oh! that the mischif- making crew
Were reduced to one or two,
And they were painted red and blue,
That every one might know them;
Then would the village soon forget
To rage and quarrel, fume and fret,
And fall into an angry pet


With things too much below them.
For it's q sad, degrading part
To make another's bosom smart,
And plant dagger in the heart


We ought to love and cherish:
Then let us evermore be found
In quietness with all around,
While friendship, peace, and JOY abound,
And angry feelings perish.


National Freemason.
Year: 1867

Some ncorrigible old bachelor suggests that there
is no reason why ladies who know SO well how to
preserve anything else should not preserve their tenn
pers. The thing is accomplished the self-seaing
principle. All that is necessary is to keep the mouth
of the vessel tightly closed.
Year: 1867

The Freedman's Bureau will expire
next July, by limitation. It is under
stood that Gen. Howard will not recon-
in case the reconstruction of the South
should be accomplished. In that event,
he will recommend comprehensive sys-
tenn of education for the colored youth
South, by the establishment Of an exten-
sive normal school at Washington city,
for the education of colored teachers
and the organization of normal schools,
for the same object in the Southern
States
Year: 1867

A correspondent of tho Country
Gentleman, writing from Indiana,
gives his experience with maple su-
gar:


Use the half-inch bit for tapping,
but be sure to keep il perfectly sharp,
and no danger Of splitting the wood.
Bore from half to ive.eights deep (;
that will give quarter of an inch
1or fresheuing, without materially
damaging the tree.


j would use the elder spile in pre-.
ference to any metal spile ever tried;
and if properly cleaned every spring,
with your pans or buckets, there will
be no danger of soured sap. My
plan is to hot lime juice them, with
good rinsing.


For cleansing your syru after
straiuing through double wooden cloth
into tub, let it stand two hours in
order to settle; then draw off by a
faucit inserted 10 the side of the tub
one inch above the bottom that will
give you the clear stuff. Then place
over the fire, and on coming to a boil, g,
add a pint of new sweet milk to every
twenty gallonsSt to slack il; aud skim
we'll as long as anything comes to the
top.
Year: 1867

A curious incident recently occur
red in French court Of criminal ju-
risprudence. A young woman, car
rying child less than year old in
her arms, was arraigned for having
stolen three gold ten-frauc pieces
from the house of lady where she
called on business. The prisoner
stated in her defence that her baby
snstched the coins from a table with
out her knowledge; that she had just
discovered them, and was preparing to
go back with the money when she
vas arrested The defence was
thought most improbable, owing to
the child's age Tut the president, in
order to test it's possibility, ordered
one of the ushers to lay three gold
pieces on the ledge Of the dock, with
in the baby's reach. The moment
the little thing saw the money it
clutched the pieces firmly and at
tempted to put them in its mouth
This experiment satisfied the tribu.
nal that the woman had told the
truth, and che was in consequence ao-
quilted Of the charge.
Year: 1867

A correspondent Of the Milwaukee
Sentinel says that the following colo
duy occurred between a noisy, Draw
ling Democrat politician and a quiet
observing Republican. 1t hits the
nail on the head, aud is too good tc
be lost.


Democrat-T demand TO knew, sir,
If the States lately 10 rebellion are in
the Union or out Of the Union just
answer that, il you will.


Republican-The question is illus
trated in your own personal history.
Four years ago you united with the
church here and, if am rightly in
formed, you have been rather hard
member to manage; and lately, charg
es have been preferred against you
for downright misconduct, aud you
have been suspended until your case
can be examined, aud your fitness fol
the membership determined. Now
sir, l demand to know whether you
are in the church or out Of the
church 2


The Democrat appeared to see the
point aud left.
Year: 1867

Stir your sugar for one hour, while
it is cooling and graining, in large
wooden trays or bowls with a thin
wooden paddle, and you will have as
white, nice sugar as you could wish.


If you would economic time and
wood. BY all means have a tight sugar,
house over your furnace, for cold
gust Of wind blowing on .he surface
Of water, will stop the boiling, as the
water vapor is thrown back BY lids
into the syrup. Try it for a moment
with a lid then raise your I'D and see
tho water dripping back The faster
tho evaporation, tho morssoa ipsiser
sugar.
Year: 1867

We meet upon tie Level, and part upon the
What precious words of meaning these words Ma
Come let us contemplate them they are worthy
of a thought


In the very soul of Masonry these precious words
are wrought.
We meet upon the Level, though from every sta
ton come


The rich man from his mansion and the poor man
from his home
For the one must leave his wealth and state out
side the Mason's door,
And the other finds his true respect upon the
checkered floor.
We part upon the sqnare, for the world must have
its duo:


We mingle with the multitude-a cold unfriendly
crew
But the influence Of our gatheting in memory is
And we look upon the Level to renew the happy
scene.
There's world where al are equal-we are hur-


rying towards it fast
We shall meet upon the Level there, when the


gates of death are past;
We shall stand upon the Orient, and our Master


will be there,
To trv the blocks we offer by his own unerring


Square.
We shall meet upon the Level there, but never


thence depart
There's mansion-'tis all ready for each trust


ing, faithful heart
There's mansion and a welcome, and multitude


is there,
Who have met upon the Level and been tried upon


the Square.
Let us meet upon the Level then, while laborins


patient here;
Let us meet and let us labor though the labor be


severe:
Already in the Western sky, the signs bid US pre-


pare,
To gather up our Working Tools and part upon


the Square.
Hands round, ye faithful Masons, from the bright


fraternal chain,
We part upon the Square below to meetin Heaven


again,
Oh what words of precious meaning these words


Masonic
We meet upon the Level and we part upon the


Square.
Year: 1867

Did you ever see our baby!


Little Tot;
With his eyes so sparkling bright,
And his skin so lilly white,
Lips and cheeks Of rosy light -


Tell you what,
He is just the sweetest baby


In the lot.
All he is our only darling,


And to me
All his little ways are witty;
And when he sings his little ditty,
Every word is just as pretty


AS can be-
Not another in the city


Sweet as he.
You don't think so-never saw him,


Wish yOu could
See him with his playthings rattle-lng.
Hear his little tongue gathering;
Little dancing feet come pattering-


Think you would
Love him just as well as | do,


If you could
Every grandma's only darling,


suppose,
Is as sweet and bright blossom,
Is a treasure to her bosom,
Is as charming and endearing,


As my rose.
Heavenly Father, spare him to us,


Till Life's close.
Year: 1867

From all parts of the country we are in
receipt Of the most favorable news concern
ing the crops, especially wheat. The crops
promise as great yield as in any year for
she past twenty years, and we hope that
Providence will continue his blessing and
allow our suffering people to harvest plen-
tiful supply of food this year. The oat
crop, also, looks excellent, and upon the
whole, our people have reason to be great
ly rejoiced at the favorable prospect be-
fore us, as far as the staff OF life is con
cerned
Year: 1867




WHAT IS YoUR DAUGHTER THISKING ABOUT -
You are very careful about her dress; you att
tend personally to its purchase and fit. You
60 with her to that her foot is nicely CATERED
aud you give your milliner special Instructions
as to the make and becomingness of her bonnet
but do you ever ask her what she is thinking
about? In other words, do you know anything
at all of her inner life? Many who are esteemed
most excellent mothers are as ignorant on this
all important poirt as if they had never looked
upon their daughter's face. They exact respect
fulobedisnce, and if the young creature yields
it, and has no need of a physicians immediate
services, they consider their duty done. Alas,
what fatal mistaken These are the mothers
who, never having invited the confidence ofthese
yonng hearts, live to see it bestowed anywhere
and everywhere but7in accordance with their
wishes. Is it, canit be enough to a mother wor-
thy the name, to be satisfied that her daughters
physical wants are cared for? What of that
yearning hungry soul, that is about here and
there for something to satisfy its questionings2
OH give thought sometimes to this When
she sits there by the window, musing sit down
by her, and love her thoughts out Of her. Cast
that fatal dignity to the winds which has come
between SO many young creatures and the heart
which they should lie nearets to in these impor,
tant, forming years. Respect is good in its place,
but when it freezes Up your daughters soul-ut-
terauce-when it sends her for sympathy and
companionship to chance guides, what then? A
word loving kind word, at the right moment
no mind can oyer-estimate its importance.
Remember this when you see the sad wrecks of
womanhood about you, and amid the sweeping
waves Of life's cares and life's pleasures, what
ever else you neglect, do not fail to know what
that Young daughter of yours is thinking about
Year: 1867

mo freeman shall be taken or Imprisoned. o
dissezed Of his freehold Of his liberties or FREE Gus


ms, or be ouilawed or banshed or in way de
stroyed and We will not pass upon him, nor con
demn him but by the law-judgment Of his peers
or by the laws Of the land We will sell freerrint
TO justice and H. administration to no man, anS
we viii not deny nor defer oither right or juste,
10 any man."


The above is an extract from magma
chdrtd, a charter OF liberty extorted
from King John by our semi-barbari-
an ancestors in the year 1915. In the
conhrmat0 chdrtariUm in the reign OF
King Edward, 1897, and in the reign
of Henry Ill, there was like declar-
alton. From that time TO the present
the violation of this charter has been
thought sufficient aronnd for the
deposition and even execution of n
British Sovereign.


Even in those barbarous ages, a
right to trial by jury of his peers
was thought to be an essential safe
guard 70 the individual. This right
was re-asserted in our Declaration of


dependence. Yet to-day, living un-
der the American flag, are twelve mil
lion people denied the right of trial by
a jury OF their peers. Any one of all
these millions may at the present day,
in this so-caIled land of the free, ''be
taken or imprisoned, or disseized of
his freehold or free customs" may be
"outlawed or banished, or in any way
destroyed, at the will and pleasure of
a military commander who is not even
responsible for his acts to his military
superior.


According to our theory of govern
ment all power is vested in the peo-
pie. In a large section of our country
the people are at the present time de-
priyed of all power, and are as much
at the mercy of arbitrary rulcrs, as
are the denizens Of the most despotic
country upon the face of the earth.
We have been told, and we believe,
that, this country cannot remain half
slave and half free. The people of
the North cannot enslave the people
of the South without creating a gov
ernment which in the end will en-
croach upon their own liberties.


If there is any historical fact, more
important as n lesson to us, than any
other, it is this. No free people ever
succeeded in cnslaving another free
people without losing their own ibcr-
ties, as a necessary consequence of
their ambitious folly.-.Salem States
man
Year: 1867

LYING IN BED.-lt is often a ques.
tion among people who are unac.
quainted with the anatomy and phys
iology of men, whether lying with
head exalted or level with the body,
is the most wholesome. Most, con
sulting their own case on this point


argue in favor of that which they
prefer Now, although many delight
in bolstering up their heads at night,
and sleep soundly without injury, yet
we declare it to be dangerous habit.


The vessels in which the blood passes
from the heart TO the head are always
lessened in their cavities when the
head is resting in bed higher than the
body; therefore, in all diseases at
tended with fever, the head should be
pretty nearly on level with the
body; and people ought to accustom
themselves TO sleep thus, and avoid
congratulated Journal.
Year: 1867

These periodicals are ably sustained by the
contributors Of the best writer's on Science,
Religion and General Literature. and stand un
rivalled in the world Of letters. They are in
dispcnsab!c to the scholar and the professional
man. and to every leading man, as they furnish
4 better record of tho current literature Of the
day than car! be obtained from any other source.
TERNS EIR 1853
Year: 1867

HAVE proved, from the most ample experience, an
/ entire success. Simple-Prompt pt-Ethcient, and
Reliable. They are the only Medicines perfectly
adapt &C popular use-so simple that mistakes can
not be made in using them, harmless to be free
from danger and efficient to be always reliable
They have raised the highest commendation from all
and will always render satisfaction.
Year: 1867

from all parts Of the globe prove them TO be
just exactly what we claim.


They are purely vegetable.


They will invigorate and strengthen.
They fortify the system against the evil Cf-
fectS Of unwhoesome water.


They Will cure Dyspepsia.


They Will cure Heartburn.


They will cure Headache.


They will cure Jaundice.


They will cure Sea Sickness.


They viii cure General Debility.
They will create Healthy Appetite.
They contain no poisonous drug.
They will inyigorate the organs Of digestion
and moderately increase tbc temperature Of
the body; and the force Of the circulation act
ing. in fact, rs = general corroborant Of the