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Year: 1865




President Lincoln is dead. great and
good man is gone,-and who is response
BILE for his death, may be question with
some.-Many men Beacher, Greely and
others, at the North have been advocat-
ing that we must not hang the rebel lead
ers. Are not these same men (Beacher &
Co.. in measure responsible, for if these
men, and all men, at the North had ad-
vocated that perjuries, traitors and
murderers should suffer the full penalties
of the law, would this thing have happen
ed? And why should they not suffer
death? Where is the man that is true
to his country that will say that the as
sassiG of President Lincoln, ought not to
die. And how much more guilty is this
assassin than the rebel leaders, who have
pergured themselves and attempted In
every way they could to destroy the gov
ernment, starved their prisoners and caus-
cd the death Of hundreds and hundreds
of as brave and good men as ever lived
And even the President is laid low, by
the hand of the assassin at their bidding.
Now shall these leaders escape, what say
you, Beacher, what say you, Greely, what
say you milk and water men at the heart,
shall these rebel leaders suffer the full
penalties of the law? Not in any spirit
Of revenge, bat as safeguard for the fu-
ture. But if these leaders are set at lib
erty to plot, to purjure and murder again
let this assassin 90 free also. for he is no
more guilty than they. Look at their deeds
of crime. But why will not the Amsri-
can people come boldly up and execute
the laws of the land? We are gone il
we do not. There will be no safety fol-
life or liberty; and then again,how absurd
is the idea that deserters must be shot
the crazy John Brown must be hung, and
the fugative slave bill must be executed
to the very letter--and you or must be
imprisoned for life, for learning slave
to read the Bible but these leaders who
have stopped short Of no crime in the
criminal calendar. must be pardoned,-
We expected such doctrine from men whose
sole ideas were wrapped up in slavery
but we did not from men who were fol
! their country, their homes and their God
....,.... FELIX.
Year: 1865

CuRRANT AND GoosBERRY TREES
Take sprouts of last years growth and
cut out all the eyes or buds in the wood.
leaving only two or three at the top; then
push them about half the length of the
cutting into mellow soil where they will
take root and run up single stalk, form.
ing a beautiful symmetrical tree. Ifyou
wish it higher you have only to cut the
eyes out again a second year. They have
been known to attain six feet in height.
This places the fruit out the way of fowls :,
and prevent the goosberries from mildew.
ing which often happens when the fruit
lies on or near the ground, andis shaded
by superabundauce of leaves and spouts.
1t changes an unsightly bush which cum
bers and disfgures the garden, into an
ornamental dwarf tree. The frnit is larg-
er and ripens better, and viii last on the
bushes by growing in perfection until in
the fall. Many people suppose that the
roots make out from the lower buds. 1t
is not so-they start from beneath the
bark and wood, at the place where it was
cut from the parent root. The currant
requires to be severely pruned, when the
object is large and handsome berries
At the spring pruning, every new shoot
should be headed back four or five eyes,
and the old wood wholly cut out, or as
much of it as possible. as it is on the
young and vigorous wood that the best
fruit is produced Country Gentleman.
Year: 1865

of the family, particularly Edwin, the
great tragedian, who is true Unionist
and patriot and who quarreled with j.
Wilkes some time ago on account of the
atrocious political principals advocated by
the latter. Edwin Booth has lately com.
pleted an engagement of 100 nights in
New York and has been playing three
weeks in Boston. He was to have taken
his farewell Saturday afternoon, but he
was so overcome that be did not appear in
public, and it is doubtful if he ever again
appears on the stage Junius Brutus
Booth, still older brother, was playing
at Cincinnati, and the feeling against him
was so strong that he was obliged to has
tily leave the city. o. g 1852 hgt


j. Wilkes, the murderer, has latelv
been engaged in oil speculations, in com.
pauy with friend formerly Of Boston.
and is reported to have become quite
wealthy. During his last engagement in
Boston he expressed sentiments SO strong.
ly disloyal that his brother actors wcnld
have nothing to do with him and when
he left the city he expressed his undying
hatred of the Union and the North. The
elder Junius Brutus Booth, the father of
the murderer, came to the United States
from England in 1874, and soon gained
great fame as a tragedian. He was very
irregular in his habits and when crazed
with liquor frequently broke his engage
ments. He was remarkable for entering
into the character be was personating


with his whole soul, and to him the play
for the tine being, was real. 1t is quite
likely that the son, while inheriting
some Of his fathers genus, has also in.


herited his vices and passions, and had
wrought himself up by hate aud liquor to
a species of insanity that prompted him
to commit the murder. His actions and
exclamation OH Jumping upon the stage,
after the fatal shot, have characteristics of


a maniac, or of the same excitement which
used to distinguish his father when upon


the stage,
Year: 1865

Stunned and bewildered as we are by
the great calamity that has so suddenly
fallen upon us, we must not yield to des-
pair. The republic lives, and He who has
SO gloriously brought us through the
heaviest trials that can befall nation,
will still protect us. Men will be found
to stand in the breach and to guide our
councils in the difficult work of bringing
order and peace out of the chaos and ruin
of broken revolution and vast terrific.
ry devastated by civil war.


Andrew johnson is now president of
the United States. 1t is useless to dis
guise the doubt and distrust produced by
his conduct at the Inauguration. But he
is man of capacity and has many admi-
rable qualities. He is heartily devoted
to the Union and to the cause of liberty.
If he has sterling character at bottom, as
we would fain hope and believe, he will
rise to the occasion, will trample upon his
own personal weakness, and act as man
should who is called to such vast respon-
sibilities in this new and momentous cri-
sis. If he shall disappoint our hopes,
the remedy is in the hands of Congress.
He may at any time be impeached and
removed. In that event executive power
would rest temporarily with Lafayette
S. Foster of Connecticut, president pro
tsmpore of the Senate, until an election Of
president and vice president could be or
dered by Congress and held. Mr.. Foster
is man of ability, integrity and SOUND
opinions, and no power intrusted to hin
would be misused.


But we will fear no such contingency.


President johnson will be surrounded by
able advisers; he will feel the conserva


tive force of public opinion, and vii


without doubt be able to carry the gov


ernmeut safely through the trying periot


of reconstruction. While his known Sc
verify of feeling toward the rebel chief
will be guaranty against any weak len
, iency, at the same time the influence
brought to bear upon will prevent the en-


forcement of any needlessly harsh anc
aggravating measures towards the south
; ern people.


Whatever happens, let us stand firm
5 Never despair Of the republic We mour'
3 the cruel death of the most true-hearte'
t and faithful of rulers, in whose wisdom
e and 6rmness we placed implicit trust an
: hope but God can save and guide US b.
r other instruments. Let US trust in Hin
and remain steadfast. t.-,SprsngJfeu Re
publican.
Year: 1865

When the house is still and the day is done,
And the stars are out aloft,
sit by the falling fire alone,
And think of the years that are past and gone,
Many time and oft


dream of the village beside the sea
l dream of the seat by the trysting-tree;
And of one who will never come back to


All, many time and oft
When the city is hushed and the chimes are still
And the voice of the crowd is soft,
My thoughts wander on at their own wild will,
And my tears fall fast, and my heart is chill,
Many time and oft.


dream of the hopes all faded and fed,
OF the vow that is broken, the shaft that il


sped,


And one to whom forever am dead
.a All. many time and oft |
Year: 1865

sS Lay it down as rule never to
smile nor in any way show approval or
merriment at any trait in q child which
you do not wish to grow with his growth
and strengthen With bis strength.
Year: 1865

The FISHING BUSINESS IN EAST BosToY-
We understand that measures are being taking
10 organize monster fishing company In East
Boston, TO carry on the business in all its
branches, with a capital of one million dollars.
One individual puts nifty thousand dollars
into the concern. One object of this large pro-
ject lie TO endeavor 10 take the FISH market back
again TO Observation-Disclosures Telegraph.
Year: 1865

MYSTERIOUS EXPLOSION AT NEW YORK
HOTEL Ttco Persons KILLED and .SererdI Wotn-
ded.-At half-past eleven o'clock yesterday
morning an explosion of a mysterious boX in
front of the Wyoming Hotel, 33 Green witch
street, New York, took place, shattering the
front OF the hotel and breaking nearly all the
glass in the building, opposite and along the
square where the building is situated. Two
men were killed and nine wounded. short
time ago, II appears, a guest of the hotel left
this box as security Tor his bill, and promised
TO call soon and redeem il. The box was
placed in the baggage room in charge of the
porter, and this morning smoke was seen IS
suing from the box when it was taken by two
men and carried 10 the sidewalk. Just as they
reached the edge of the sidewalk the explosion
occurred, killing the two men carrying the box
and doing much damage as above mentioned
The police have arrested all the persons stop-
ping at the hotel, and the matter is now under
investigation. The explosion was very Ioud
and attracted the attention of persons a mile
distant from the locality.
Year: 1865

~T The New York Herald says, "The
main object of the trip Of Mr., Calfax aud
his companions was to ascertain if the
resources and status of the country de-
manded the speedy construction of the
Pacific railroad. Governor Bross, with
whom our reporter conyersed, is decided
10 the conviction that an early completion
Of the work is loudly demanded and his
opinion is shared by the entire party
The development of wealth to the coun-
try attending this event, it is asserted
will be of a most astonishing character.
The Pacific end of the road is being
pushed with marked energy and success
over the east side Of the Sierra Nevada
The ridge, which is 1000 feet high, will
soon be worked through. The rest Of
the road, it is asserted, is as easy Of con.
struction as a road on the New York
Central line"
Year: 1865

A GooD CREATURE OF GoD.-The


Rev. DR.. Guthrie says: II have heard
man with bottle of whiskey before
him have the impudence TO say Every
creature of God is good, and nothene to
be refused If it received with thankseiy-
ing; and he would persuade me that
what was made in the stilI>pot was a
creature of God. Ia one sense it Is so,
but in the same sense so is oil of vitriol,
so is prussic acid. Think of fellow
tossing off a glass of viioril, and excusing
himself by saying that is a creature of
God. He would not use many such crea-
lures, that's all I'll say. Whisky is good
in its own place. There is nothing Ike
whisky 10 this world for preserving a
man when he is dead. But It is one of
the worst things in the world for preserv-
ing man when he is living. II YOU
want 10 keep a dead man put him in
whisky; if you want 10 kill living
man put The whisky into him. 1t was a
c,pitaI thing for preserving the dead ad-
miral when they put him 10 a rum punch
con, but it was bad thing for the sail
ors when ther tapped the cask and drank
the liquor till they left the admiral, as hs
had never left bis ship. high aud dry
Year: 1865

A New York Correspondent OF the
Boston Journal says Sargent Corbett


who shot Booth, is well known in this city.
| He was a constant attendant to the Fulton
Stree. Meeting, aud greatly annoyed il
by what was considered his lanaicism.-
He took part frequently, and in his
prayers was in the habit of adding "er''
to all his words, as 20, Lord-er, hear.er
our prayer-er." When anything pleas
ed him he would shout, "Amen," GLORY
be TO God, in sharp sbrill voice, TO the
great horror of some in the meeting. All
remnnstranoe vas in vain. and he Shouts
ed TO the very last. He enlisted in the
18th regiment, and made conscience his
guide there. He was perpeually in hot
water because he would follow the order
Of bis conscience rather than the military
order. He prayed in the corner of his
tent regularly night and morning nor
could the taunts or jeers of bis associates
turn him aside. | have seen him often
in the guardhouse with his knapsack full
of bricks as punishment, with his tesla
ment in his hand, lifting up his voice
against swearing, preaching temperance,
and calling upon his wild companions to
seek the Lord" One day at dress
parade in Franklin Square, Butteffeld
cursed and damned the regiment for
something he did not like. Corbett
stepped out of the rarks aud reproved
the Colonel for breaking Gods law
He was of course put under arrest. He
made up bis mind that the time for which
he enlisted expired at twelve o'clock at
night on certain day. lie gave notice
that he should 20 home when his time
was out. He was put on picket duty,
and as the hour Of midnight was sounded
he laid his gun down on the line and
marched off. He was tried by court
martial and was sentenced to be shot
The order was not executed, but be was
drummed out of the regiment. Moth
ing daunted he enlisted again. lie was
in a detachment of the New York six
teenth who were hemmed in by Mnshy


near Culpepper. All surrendered ex-
cept Corbett. He stood out mantully
with his revolver and breech- loading
rifle. He killed seven men before he
surrendered. He brought his man down
every time he fired, and as each rebel
fell he shouted: "Amen! Glory be to
God" Just as he used to at Fulton street
Meeting. Mosby liked his pluck, and
ordered his men not to shoot him. He
was a prisoner at Andersonvile. lie
now passes down to history, immortal


zed as the avenger of the President.
Year: 1865




WOMEN AND MEN. Women may talk Of
their inherent rights as much as they please,
but they cant overcome nature Men and
oaks were made to be twined, and women
and ivy were made to be twined about them.
Though anequality were established between
calico and cashmere tomorrow, it would not
be week before all the officers would be men,
and all the soldiers women. Females are
perfectly willing to go ahead, provided the
men so first. Set FIRE to steamboat, and
not yard of dimity will bulge till corduroy
sets the example So long as the men cling
to the vessel, the women will cling to the
men. But if the men plunge overheard,
feminines plunge too. As we said before,
reformers may prate about equal rights, but
they can't alter the regulation of God. 1t
S impossible for women tofree themselves
from men, as it is for steel dust to free itself
from its attachment to magnet.
Year: 1865

Manners IL make it poirt of moral
ity, says a writer, never to find fault
with another for his manners. They may
be awkward On graceful, blunt OF polite, pol
ished or rustic | care not what they are if
the man means we'll and acts from honest
intentions without eccentricity or affectation.
All men have not the advantage of good
society, as it is called, to school themselves
in all its fantastic rules and ceremonies, if
there is any standatd of good sense and not
upon these artificial regulations. Manners,
like conversation, should be extemporaneous
and not studied. / always suspect man
that meets me with the perpetual smile on
his face, the same bending of the body, and
the same premeditated shake of the hand.
Give me the heavy, it may be rough-grip
of the hand, the careless nod of recognition
and when occasion requires, the homely but
welcome salutation 'tHow are you, my old
friend p
Year: 1865

A sturdy sergeant of one of our Massachu.
setts regiments being obliged to submit to
the amputation of his hand, the surgeon of.
fered to administer chloroform; but the vet
eran refused saying If cutting was to be
done on him he wanted to see it, and lay
ing his arm ON the table submitted to the
operation without a sigh of pain. except a
firmer setting of the teeth as the saw struck
the marrow. The operator, as he finished,
looked at his victim with admiration, and
remarked-''Y You ought to have been sur
geon, my man. = / was the next thing to
one before | enlisted, said the hero.
What was that" asked the doctor "a
butcher" responded the sergeant with a
smile, which despite the surroundings com
municated itself to the bystanders.
Year: 1865

He is the noblest man of whom our free
country can boast; whether at the workshop
or at the plow, you find him the same no
hearted, free, and independent being.
And if there is man in society upon whom
we look with esteem and admiration, it is the
independent, sober working gman. We care
not whether he be farmer, mechanic OF
common laborer-whether his tolls are en-
dorsed in the workshop, the field or the coal
mine-whether his home is in the backwoods
or the neat cottage-our admiration is the
same What happy picture he presents;
what reward for his labor, who by his own
unaided exertions, establishes for himself a
respectable position in society; who com
mencing in poverty, by his skill and assidu-
ity, surmounts every obstacle, oyercomer
every prediudice, and finally succeeds in
forming a character whose value is enhanced
by those who come after him Such a man
VIC prize as the noblest work of which ma
ture is capable-the highest production she
can boast And let it be borne in mind by
the young working man just entering upon
the stage of life-let it ever lie at the foun-
dation and be the moving spring of all his
efforts-that for this situation he must strain
every nerve to attain. 1t can be attained by
all. Untiring industry and virtuous aHlbi-
ton never fail to find their reward They
never yet were exerted in vain, and never
will be while honesty and justice find home
in the human breast
Year: 1865

Hints ON ETIQUETTE. u. The corner OF
visiting card is turned down to intimate
that the caller intends the compliment to
| include some second member of the family
in the house


2 A lady should not rise from her seat
when gentleman is brought up and intro
duced to her unless be is an elderly gentleman
or, from peculiar motives of family eonnec-
ton, the lady wishes to pay him the mark
| ed attention of shaking hands at a first IN
| teryiew.


g. After dining at a house for the first
time, a card should be left the next day, or,
at the latest, the third day after.


4. When people meet at the house of a
common friend, they may converse together
without an introduction, if they find them
selves in proximity and an occasion arises
for speaking, but without special introduc-
ton, neither lady would recognize the other
if they met in public the next day
5. t'Not at home may mean not in the
house or not at home to visitors, the latter
words understood, but not expressed.
fear there is no polite alternative; for certain
", when | drove up to door, if my foot
man brought me back word, Mrs So-and-
so is engaged, | should consider it equiva-
lent to ''cut direct" When there has been
death In the family, or if there is an illness.
the servants may very properly be instruct
ed to say that : their mistress does not re-
ceiye visitors. This under the eircum-
stances, will readily be understood to have
general signifcation


g. A lady who is about to leave the city
should certainly leave her own and her hus-
band card at all the houses where she Wis
its, with the p. p C, or p f. A., which in
Inmates her husbands S departure; but she
certainly should not add the name of the
place to which she is going; this is never
done.
Year: 1865

DOMESTIC SCENES. These are sometimes
made very mortifying as well as ludicrous by
the oficious interfering of children, who like
to have finger in all sorts Of pies. How
provoking it is, for instance, when lady is
pressing her visitor to take the last biscuit
on the plate with the assurance that there
are plenty in the Kitchen" to haze little
daughter cry out, in the simplicity of her
heart: Mother, you are mistaken, there s
only two more in the bake oven, and papa
hasn' come to tea YETI
Year: 1865

B1nA young lady advertised in the Cleye-
land Plaindealer for young gentleman to
act amanuensis. He must be able to write
in cipher; and wher not engaged he will be
expected to read poetry with feeling, con-
verse with ease, and bo able to play cribbage
and backgammon He must expect to be
kissed when she is pleased, and clffed when
she is not; but as her temper is acknowl-
edged to be good, there win probably be
more kissing than cutting. There's good
chance for somebody
Year: 1865




CURE FOR DYsENTERY. DIR. Paige Of
Washington, communicates to the Reoas6li-
can of that city the following simple remedy,
long known in family practice, and which
was recently tried in the camp of the New
York twenty second regiment, where there
we're from eighty to one hundred cases daily,
and with rapid cures in every case I'm a
teacup halt full of vinegar, dissolve as much
salt as it will take up, leaving little excess
of salt at the bottom of the cup. Pour
boiling water upon the solution till the cup
is tgWo-thirds Or three-quarters full A scum
will rise to the surface, which must be re-
moved, and the solution allowed to cool.
Dose, teaspoonful three times day until
relieved. The rationale Of the operation of
this simple medicine viii readily occur TO the
pathologist, and in many hundred trials
have never known it to fail in dysentery and
protraeted diarrhea.
Year: 1865

Nor INCLINED TO KISS THE RoD.-A
Southern officer writes humorously to the
Mobile Register, in reply to the accusation
of Northern Newspaper that the South
ern people still praise their own Generals.
and neglect to praise those who have saved
the Republic He thinks the Yankees must
have queer ideas about Southern human ma
ture8if they expect anything different, and
says:


Nor do sing peans 10 the Union Gen
erals for saving the Republic for at the
time the thing was done it struck me they
saved the wrong one 1t may be that
ought TO feel grateful to the Generals who
thrashed me and all my friends, within an
inch of our lives, but, in the language of
Mr. a. Ward, Idon' t see it in thoselamps. =
We all admire the artistic beauty of the
style in which the Union Generals put us
through; we make no attempt to suppress
or disguise the fact that the thing was done
handsomely in point of skill; but to de-
nounce us as set of uDgrateful sons of
guns, because we don t exrend our ink and
eloquence in constantly saying SO, would be
called, in some countries, premeditated
attempt to add insult to injury.
Year: 1865

makes every free white male citizen of the
United States twenty one years OF age who.
shall have resided six months in the State.


qualified voter in the district where he re-


sides, except that no soldier, seaman or ma


rine in the United States service can vote in
the State sa