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Year: 1865




THE MAYORS MESSAGE AssAILED ETC


The Cartmcns and Laborers Association met last
ing at No 70 Prince street, John Lynch presiding


Mr. STEPHENS, the President Of the workingmcn's
Unon said the association should not be discouraged by
their recent failure 60 beat the contractors The
have made big fight for what they thought right, and
thcy did il pcaceably They had the respect and sym
before three months He considered Che contractors
have nothing to do with the contract They are only The
tools OF the politicians, and only receive small per
centage Of the profits He designated the contract as
"big beat


The PPEspExr stated that the contractors still want
day or two 10 put the members Of the organization 20
work We will never ask thcm again Tho speaker
attacked the Mayor message TO the Board Of Coun
Cilmen, published yesterday and dched hun TO show
where the men employed by the contractors had been
driven away from their work. Hc said hat the Mayor
was right in dschargng the health wardens Tor they
are useless their reports smOthercd lie argued
that he Interested in the contract when he recon
mend the reduction Of the supenendcns or the street
cleaning force He agreed with the rst speaker that
the men had done themselves credit by thor cond CT IN
this movement He remarked satircally that all the
men interested In the contract are honest men--very
honest He concluded by cnoDng on the men to stand
by their organization, NJ was their only protection


Reports of tho members OF The organization working in
each ward for the contractors then received


Mr. brennan oontradiCcd the report circulated In the
papers that all the mombcrs Of the organization arc at
work for the contractors II Is only Few Of the sd
members that have gone TO work for them


PATRICK FISEEy said that it would be well to appoint
committee to ascertain n the contractors are going to
give The work they promised ii they are not willing 70
fual their PROMISES then the association can take It's
own remedy.


committee was then appointed 70 wait on Mr. Dcvoe
and ascertain whether he will fuln his promises IN
reference to giving work TO some Of tho members Of tho
organization.


there are streets which have not been cleaned IN several
days.


. The PRgrDESr said there are several streets in tho
seventeenth ward that have not bcon cleaned In lty
days, md cannot be In three weeks 20 come


The meeting then adjourned till Tuesday next
Year: 1865

The grandest funeral pageant ever re-
corded in the annals of the wOrld-grandi
not only in the pomp and show of out
ward ceremonial, but in the universal dem
onstrstions of grief and mourning which
greet it everywhere-has reached and
passed Buffalo in its westward progress,
and before this meets the readers eye, will
have arrived in this city. To-day, which
We devote to paying honors to the Dead,
will be one of the grandest as well as the
most solemn which Cleveland has ever
seen. We need not exhort our citizens 70
observe it properly. No one needs re-
minder or exhortstion. All feel oppressed
with common loss and common sorrow.
not only expressed by outward ond visible
badges of mourning, but leaving its deep
impress upon every heart.
Year: 1865

Booth Killed.


The heart of the people experienced yes
terdsy a relief from its unnatural tension


on the announcement that the murderer ol
the President had met his fate. Rat-ibu-
tive justice, in his case, hes been speedy as
well as sure As we'll might he expect tc
escape the day Of judgmer as to fee from
the penalty of his crime. Sooner or later,
should God spare his miserable life, venge-
snce would inevitably overtske him. A
nation was on his track; mighty people
waited and watched for justice upon him
and though he should fee to the uttermost
parts of the earth, his crime and the veDge-
ance of the people for it was sure to find
him out. But the Nemesis which follows
crime has il this csse come with terrible
swiftness. Before the msrtyred President
is laid in his grave, his assassin has been
hunted down and killed. Thus speedily is
crime punished and justice done.


The particulars Of the pursuit of the
murderer and his desperate though unsuc-
cessful defense, are given this morning,
and will be read with the intensest interest
by all. They confirm the theory previous
1 ly adopted by the authorities, that the as
ssssin had b5en thrown from his horse and
had sprained his snkle. His defense was
desperate one, as that of q condemned and
icullswed villain, who we'll knew that his
doom was ignominious de'th, would natu-
rally be.


The murderer, when killed, was heading
directly for the heart of the Confederacy,
where, sheltered by Johnstons army and
under the fostering care and protection OF
Jefferson Davis, he might for brief time
enjoy the praise of the Confederate leaders


There is a general feeling of regret that
the murderer was shot down instead of
being taken alive, as it seems that he might
have been. The cause for this feeling is
found not only in the desire TO see proper
and legally decreed punishment n.eted out
to murderer and assassin, but in the gen
ersl impression that important develop +
ments as to the extent and nature of the
conspiracy might have been made IN
his trial. Harold, however, an sccomplice
of Booths, is in our hsnds, and will be
tried. If we Can infer anything from the
previous character of the two men, he is
much the most likely to make revelations
in reference to the instigators of this hor-
rible murder than was his principal.


Booth has been killed So far, justice z
has been done. But Booth, criminal as
he was and much as he deserved the fate s
he has met, is but mere tool in the hands
crafGier and more powerful men. Slavery.
treason, rebellion, lay at the root of this
most monstrous murder and they must
suffer the penalty. Justice is no more sat-
iefed by the death of Booth than it would =
be by the destruction of the pistol which he
used. The punishment of traitors and the
of treason throughout the
land can alone satisfy its stern demands,
Year: 1865

The Funeral Car In the Procession


In the procession from the City Hall to
the Hudson River Railroad depot, the re-
mains were borne in g magnificent funeral
ear, richly and heavily drsped and formed
to appear in keeping with the OCCASION
The car was fourteen feet long, eight feet
vide, snd fifteen feet one inch in height
Z The main platform was five feet from the
ground, and on this dais six inches high,
) vi b columns cover Ell with vines of mYItles
and csmelias, at the corners supporting al


arched canopy of black cloth, surrounded
{ by a miniature temple Of liberty. Black


cloth covered the platform and fell within


few inches of the ground, edged with


silver bullion fringe and fsstOOned also


with black, spangled with silver stars and
: also bordered with silver fringe. The


platform was strewn with laurel wresths
and flowers. From the center of the arch
Z a large eagle was suspended, bearing in It's
Stalons q laurel wreath. Sixteen gray
Shorses. with black cloth coverings trimmed
with silver bullion, drew the car, each one
He'd by q colored groom dressed in mourn
.jing.-K Y World
Year: 1865

William Young, who was arrested by
the provost guard for making obscene com
,ments on the death of President Lincoln,
was this evening escorted through the
principal streets of the city by squad Of
the veteran reserve drum corps, who play
ed the Rogue's March. The prisoner was
elevated on board upon which was paint
ed words descriptive of his ofense. The
novel affair created considerable sensation
Year: 1865

The public will be glad to learn the
precautions which have been taken
for the protection of the life of the Presi-
dent. Assassination has taught the
nslion a lesson. Before this the people
have been little jealous Of escorts and


guards. Now that they have learned the


wickedness and mslignity of treason and
the desperation of its leaders, they will be
irejoiced that proper precautions have bAen
taken to secure the life of the President, SO
valuable to the nation.
Year: 1865

1t is sometimes too late to pop the
question; man once did so to n
Icharming widow just as she had
reached her home after burying her
first husband. you are too late.
The deacon spoke to me at the
grave"
Year: 1865

Thee were coming to the church, by Fair
thorn Gap; in the while | were coming by
the Holly Hedge.


For a minute the farmer paused, but the
next he burst into a fit of uncomfortable
laughter; peal after peal, each higher than
the last. The poor woman had but one ex-
planation for this phenomenon She
thought it delirium; a lightning before
death; and was beginning to wiring her
hand and lament, when she was checked
by the merry yeoman:


Dame, thee bee'st a fool 1t was | my
self thee seed at the church porch | seed
thee, too; with a notice to quit upon thy
face, but, thanks to God, thee bee'st lv-
ing, and that is more than cared to say of
thee, this day ten-monthW


The dame made no answer. Her heart
was too full to speak, but, throwing her
arms round her husband, she showed that
she shared in his sentiment And from
that hour, by practising careful absti-
nence from offence, or temperate suffrance
of its appearance, they became the most
united couple in the country But it must
be said that their comfort was not COM
plete till they had seen each other, in safe
ty over the perilous anniversary Of st.
Marks Eve.
Year: 1865

Thirty or forty years ago there lay scat
tered about our Southern New England a
great many quiet inland towns, numbering
from a thousand to two or three thousand
inhabitants, which boasted little old fash
ioned society of their own-which had
their important men who were heirs to some
snug country property, and their gambrel-
rooted houses, odorous with traditions OF
the colonial period or of the Revolution
The good, prime danes, in starched caps
and spectacles, who presided over such
houses, were proud of their tiny parlors, of
their India china, of their beds of thyme
and sage in the garden, of their big family
Bible with brazen clasps, and most times,
of their minister.


One Orthodox Congregational Society
extended it's benignant patronage over all
the people of such town; or, if stray
Episcopalian or Seven-Day Baptist were
here and there living under the wing of the
parish, they were regarded with a serene
and stately gravity, as necessary excep
tione to the law of Divine Providence, like
scattered instances of red hair or of bow
legs in otherwise well favored families
There were no wires stretching over the
country to shock the nerves Of the good
gossip WllH tile lnouSHI Iidt Ilch HclSH-
bors knew more than they. There were no
heathenism of the cities, no tenpins, no
travelling circus no progressive young men
of heretical tendencies. Such towns were
quiet as a sheepfold. Sauntering down
their broad central street with somewhat
dreary uniformity of aspect, one might, of a
summers day hear the rumble of the town
mill in some adjoining valley, busy with
the town grist; in autumn, the fip-fap of
the fails came pulsing on the ear from half
a score of wide-open barns that yawncd
with plenty; and in winter the clang Of
axes on the near hills smote sharply upon
the frosty stiffness, and would be straight


way followed by the booming crash of some
great tree.-Donald g. Mitchell
Year: 1865

If YOU cannot on the ocean


Sail among the swiftest feet,
Rocking ON the highest billows,
Laughing at the storms you meet,
You can stand among the sailors
Anchored yet within the bay,
You can lend a hand to help them,
As they launch their boats away.
If You are too weak to journey
Up the mountain, steep and high,
You can stand within the valley
While the multitudes go by.
You can chant III happy measure
rs they slowly pass along,
Though they may forget the singer.
They will not forget the song.
II YOU have not gold and silver
Ever ready to command,
If YOU cannot towards the needy
Reach an ever open hand,
You can visit the afflicted,


Ger the erring you can weep;
You can be a true disciple,


Sitting at the Sayiours feet,
Ii you cannot in the conflict


Prove yourself a soldier true ;
Ii where fire and smoke are thickest,
There's no work for you to do:
When the battlefield is silent,


You can go with careful tread,
You can bear away the wounded,
You can cover up the dead.
Do not, then, stand idly waiting
For some greater work to do;
Fortune is a lazy goddess,


She will never come TO you.
Go and toll in any vineyard,


Do not fear to do or dare
If you want a field of labor,


You can find it anywhere.
Year: 1865

rather good looking boy with no special
facial marks.


Such is the company nsw on trial for
conspiracy to murder the President and
other officers of our Government Among
them all, Mrs. Surratt alone gives proof OF
anything like mind. The rest were miser-
able tools of cunning and diabolical rebel
leaders.
Year: 1865

How to act when the clothes take fire is
an important piece of information. The
Scientific american says, three persons out
of four would rush right upto the burning
Individual, and begin to paw with their
hands without any definite aim. 1t is use
less to tell the victim tC do this OF that, or
call for water. In fact, it is generally best
to say not a word, but seize a blanket from
a bed, or a cloak, or any woolen fabric-if
none is at hand, take any wooden material
hold the corners as far apart as you can,
stretch them out higher than your head,
and, running boldly to the person, make
motion of clasping in the arms, most about
the shoulders. This instantly smothers the
fire and saves the face. The next instant
throw the unfortunate person on the floor
This is an additional safety to the face and
breath, and any remnant of the fame can
be put out leisurely. The next instant i'm
merse the burnt part in cold water and all
pain will cease with the rapidity of light
ming. Next, get some common flour, re-
move the water, and cover the burnt parts
with an inch thickness of flour if possible :;
put the patient to bed, and do all that is
possible to soothe until the physician ar
rives. Let the flour remain until it falls off
itself, when beautiful new skin will be
found Unless the burns are deep, no 9th
er application is needed. The dry -four for
burns is the most admirable remedy ever
proposed, and the information ought to be
impaired to all. The principle of its ac-
tion is that like the water it causes instant
and perfect relief from pain, by totally ex-
Guiding the air from the injured parts
Spanish whiting and cold water, of mushy
consistency, are preferred by some Dredge
on the flour until no more will stick, and
cover with cotton batting
Year: 1865

\ PARTICULAR IRIsHNAN.-One Of the city
colportcurs of Cincinnati some time ago,
when engaged in distributing tracts among
the poor benighted ones about the town,
met with an amusing incident. Coming to
an isolated building Of humble pretensions,
he opened the door without the ceremony of
knocking, saying


"Will you except tract of the Holy
Land p meaning the four pages of the let
ter-press he had i'll his hand. The man Of
the house instantly replied:


Yes, be jabers a whole section, if you
give good title but I'd like 10 know if
there be much fevern ague there to bother
a poor devil ?" The colporteur retreatcd.
Year: 1865

The young ladies' of the time saws the New
York Citizen, will receive in these stanzas that
homage to their hair which seems to be their
sole ambition:
love thee for thy chignon, for the boss of pur-


chased hair,
Which thou hast on thy occiput the charming


taste to wear.
oh, what grace that ornament unto thy poll


doth lend,
Wound on what seems curtain-rod, with knobs


at either end
love thee for the roses, purchased too, tby


cheeks that deck,
The lilies, likewise, that adorn thy pearly pow


dered neck,
And all that sweet "iHusion' that O 'er thy fea-


lures spread
Improves the poor reality of natures white and


red.
love thee for the muslin and the gauze about
thee bound,
Like endive that in salad doth Holsters tail


surround
And oh love thee for the boots thine ankles


that protect,
So proper to the manly style young ladies now


effect.
love thee for thy figure not there may, for


aught see,
The clothes frame of drapers shop inside all


that dress be;
do not love thee for thy face, do but thy sur


face know,
Vle picture It's l value. not the canvass did


below.
love thee for thy emptiness, thy vanity and


pride;
But oh, too lovely, far too dear, art thou to be


my bride.
So dear wife as thou woudst prove, to marry


thee alas
How very rich ought to be, and should be


what an ass!
Year: 1865

ADvERrIsING.-A few years ago man
in Hartford, was keeping modest shoe
store in State street, and in the old-fash.
ioned way would probably have got along
and made fair living. A day or two
ago one of the Hartford papers published
list of real estate purchased within a
few weeks by this shoe dealer, the pur-
chase money amounting in the aggregate
to over $4,000. We know from items OF
his previous purchases that he was already
real estate owner to large amount -
We believe he still keeps that unpretend-
ing shoe store. How has he made his
fortune !? Advertising This is the whole
secret. He had advertised far and wide;
advertised by the column, by his own or
borrowed brains he made his advertise
ments SO readable that often they we're
the most literary productions in the paper,


He kept his name before the people,
the people have bought his goods, and he
is now wealthy man.


The New Haven Register says: We
have similar example in a different line
Of trade in this city. A gentleman, who
is still young man came here with few
hundred dollars, and opened store l7xls
feet. but brought with him what was
more valuable, thorough knowledge Of his
business, and Of the value Of advertising
He now lives in one of the finest houses
in the city, owns largely in real estate, is
sound for we don't know how many thou
sand, and is still enlarging his business and
carrying on it with an energy and sue
cess which cannot fail to place him high
on the roll of the income tax list. True,
his advertising expenses for the year were
some Sc, 900, but no one can visit his es
tablisbment without seeing that il
pays Syracuse Courier and Union
Year: 1865

, THERE is a joke-though possi-
bly a wicked one-on a certain chap
lain, which ought not to be lost to
the world. 1t is the chaplain's bu-
siness to look after the regimental
mail. This chaplain had been an
noyed exceedingly by the great num-
Der of warriors who were running to q
him and enquiring about the arrival
and departure of the mails. To save


time and patience he posted a notice


outside his tent which read "The


chaplain does not know when the


mail will co." and imagined his trou-


bles at an end. He was absent from
camp that day, and on returning and
glancing at the notice was Mortified
to see there upon his own door, read
by multitudes during the day, in
hand exactly counterfeiting his own,
the following words: :" neither does
he care a damn" 1t was case of
depravity that he was unprepared for.
Year: 1865

n@- Governor rierpout of Virginia got in to little difficulty in Washington theother day, by asserting, in an unguarded moment, that The southerners will not submitto pay ing any part of the national debt" This does not look as though even this very loyal gov ernor was thoroughly reconstructed :" Either the " southerners' are not citizens of the Uni ted States and have TO claim to the rightsioi liberty and representation, or they must bear the burdens of such citizenship. That those men, who have brought all this debt and dis grace upon our nation, should now be made a privileged class, exempt from all the b1rdens and yet crowned with every right of citizen ship, is most impudent and absurd pretention

 and we are glad that Mr. Pierpont, received a just rebuke, for his impotence and indiscretion.
Year: 1865

(. On the 4th Of April last there was
a celebration in London on account of
the opening of the main drainage
works Of that city, by which the
Thames river is to be purified or re-
lieved of the refuse matter of the city
which has been. poured into that
stream. The London Times gives a
very extended account Of these works.
The river runs through the center of
the city, which stands on the north
and south sides of it, and receives all
its drainage. 1t is desired to inter-
cept this matter before it reaches the
stream, and the contents of the sew-
ers carried off in another direction
1t became necessary to construct GER
tain main sewers of great length and
capacity to receive this refuse. There
are three great main lines of sewers,
or rather tunnels, which run from the
extreme west to the extreme east of
the metropolis, and which are laid at
angles to all existing sewers and a lit
tie below their levels, so as TO inter-
cept their contents and convey them
to an outfall Ia miles below London
bridge. As large proportion of the
sewage as practicable is by this means
carried away by gravitation, and for
the remainder constant discharge is
effected by pumping. At the outlets
the sewage is delivered into reservoirs
situated on the banks of the Thames,
and placed at such level as will ena-
BILE them to discharge into the river
at or about the time of high water
BY this arrangement the sewerage is
not only at once diluted by the large
volume Of water in tho Thames at
high water, but is also carried by the
ebb tide to point in the river 26
miles below London bridge, and its
return by the flowing food tide with
in the metropolitan area is effectually
prevented. The work required the
highest engineering skill, Tunnels
have been carried under railways,
streets, water-courses and highways.
Foundations have been laid in all va
rieties of shifting ground, from peat
to quicksand. One whole mile OF
tunnel was driven under the town OF
Woolwich. The ordinary drains of
the metropolis are, in the aggregate,
about 1900 miles in length, and it
required 80 miles Of main sewers to
intercept their contents from the
Thames. The cost Of the work has
been ga, 100000. -sevenths of it
has been completed, and London is
now the best drained city in the world.
The improved health of the city al
ready attests the Importance of the
work.
Year: 1865

Lately some practical men have rec
commended application of salt to gar
dens, either in autumn, after the crops
have been removed, or in the spring
before or after digging for crops; and
we have no doubt from our own linn
tied experience in its use, that it will
effect all that is claimed for it. For
years it has been established that salt
hay from the marshes over-Aowed by
sea-water, was far to be preferred as Il
mulch to any other substance. Tho
application of urine, a SO to fruit trees,
especially the plum, where it has been
most generally used is well known to
have a very beneficial effect. Tho
fruit-growers of New England and
New York, claim for salt many add
vantages by sowing it under pear
trees. They say it gives the blush to
this fruit 1t will have the effect in
garden, also, of destroying noxious
insects which have their winter habi-
tat;ons in tho ground. From six to
eight bushels to the acre can be ap-'
piled with safety. Any coarse, refuse
salt will do. 1t should not be buried
tho rains will dissolve it and carry
it down. Farmers frequently havo
salt from their meat tubs and maaker-
el barrels, which could be used in this
way, after being thoroughly drained
and dried, and applied at the rate of
about four bushels to the acre.


Salt is not a lasting application.--
It's direct influence rarely extends be-
yond year though the good it effects
may continue for many ycars.--Ger-
mamtoen Telegraph.
Year: 1865

Would through this medium Acknowledge theil
thanks 10 the Public for the very liberal patron.
age received during the past season, and would
take this opportunity TO announce 10 the citizens
Of East Saginaw aud the Saginaw Valley gene
rally, that they have on hand, and are constantly
receiving ono Of tho best assortments Of
Year: 1865

Too wicked for prayer 700 weak for a moan,
To BE- heard in the streets of thc crazy town.
Gone mad in the joy of the snow coming down,
To be- and so die in nv terrible woe,


With bed and . shrouJ of the beautiful snow