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Year: 1865

Go1NG AT THE OLD PRIoE.-The Knickerbock-
er Monthly is responsible for the following good
story;


Somewhere in Connecticut there is a family
by the name of Barstow who were never noted
for cleanliness On the contrary, the name was
proyerbial for flthiness. They were farmers
and Mrs. Barstow was engaged in the dairy bus
mess. Each week she posted her way to a vii
lage near by and disposed of her butter to
Squire Walker who dealt in country produce
and groceries. Ere long she learned that she
did not get but half as much for her butter as
her neighbors were receiving, and this aroused
her unusual quiet temper, and she determined
10 demand an explanation of Squire Walker the
next time she went to market. So the follow
ing week, with her regular amount of butter,
she presented herself at the grocer's counter
and said esquire Walker, what are you pay
ing6or butter to-day?' He opened her boxes,
and after careful survey of the contents, re-
Piled; "Twelve and a half cents" "Twelve
aid half cents Twelve and half centsW she
,2eated Chow sitthat you pay Mrs Perkins
twenty cents pound, and only allow me q nine
pence-and this you have done all along p
"Well, said the Squire, coloring and hesita-
ting on each word, "The fact is, Mrs. Barton
your butter is not so clean as hers, and find it
hard work to get rid of it at that price, even
when people knew who made it," 90, if that



fdent air, "I will show them that | can make
as good butter and as clean butter as anybody"
Mrs Barstow, all excited hurried home not
withstanding the oppressive heat of the after
noon, and seizing the milk strainer and wiping
the perspiration from her face, exclaimed to her
daughter: "Betsy Ann, Squire Walker had
the impudence to tell me my butter was not so
clean as Nancy Perkins, and now l mean to
show him that can make as clean butter as
She" "Du tell think should try mother"
replied Betsy Ann sympathetically. Mrs. Bar
stow commenced semming her milk and pour
ing the cream into her tall, old-fashioned churn.
It was all in but the last PAN when mounted
upon stool, she was reaching after that but
unfortunately she slipped, and one of her dirty
feet slipped into the churn until it brought up
on the bottom, scattering the contents in eyelv
direction. Extricating herself as soon as she
could, she commenced scraping the cream from
her limb and throwing it back into the churn,
remsrking in a slow, celebrating tone to her
daughter, who was laughing in very unbecom-
ing manner at her parents mishap: "Well,
Betsy Ann, guess my butter will have to go at
the old price once more p
Year: 1865

In a town in Connecticut resides a man VIII o
made fortune in the milk business by not
giving the fall measure: as he grew rich he
thought he would change his occupation to
something more respectable, and accordingly
bought grist mill. In conversation with his
wife, he said he did not feel right about the
cheating he had practiced in the milk business,
and wished some way could be devised whereby
he could repay in the grst-mill what he had
cheated in the other. At last they settled on
the following plan, which was to have the
measures which they took toll with, as much
too large, as the milk measures were too small.
Year: 1865

Mr. REYNOLDS, the dramatist, once met free
and easy actor, who told him thathe had passed
three festive days, at the seat of the Marquis
and Marchioness of -, without an invitation.
He had gone there on the ption that as
my lord and lady were not on speaking terms,
each would suppose that the other had asked
him, and so it turned out.
Year: 1865

IT is a beautiful custom in some Oriental
lands to leave untouched the fruits that are
shaken from the trees by the wind, these being
regarded as sacred to the poor and the stranger
Year: 1865

the Governor shall have printed, and
transmit to the Legislature with his an
nual message.


SEC. g. When any male minor shall
have been committed to the Reform
School, and ,he commissioners shall find
him incorrigible, or shall deem his contn-
uancc injurious TO its management or
discipline, they shall certify the same up
on the mittimus by which he is held, and
the mittimus with such certificate shall be
returned to the county court next to be
held in the county where such minor shall
have been convicted or sentenced: where
upon said court, shall, in their discretion
either remit said minor to the Reform
School for further and more severe dsci-
pline, or to the county Jail or State pris-
ON, to be there imprisoned for The remain
'ler of the term for which said convict
was convicted. And the commissioners
shall have power, with the approval of
the Governor, to discharge any minor as
reformed whenever they shall become
satisfied that his onger detention in said
school shall be to the injury Or dsadvAn-
tage of said minor.


SEC. 10. This act shall take effect
from its passage, and shall be under the
control of all future Legislatures, to alter,
amend Or repeal.


Approved Nov. s, 1865.
Year: 1865

The Lexington Gazette gives the following
account of dark tragedy which occurred
near the Natural Bridge, Va, last week:


On the night of Wednesday last house
occupied by Mr.. John f. ,Ierrod and his wife
was discovered to be on fire; but too late to
extinguish the flames, or even to rescue the
inmates, who at the time were supposed to
have been enveloped in the flames while asleep
and unable to escape.


No suspicion of foul play was entertained
at the time, but on making search among the
ashes for the remains of the old couple who
were supposed to be burned to death, the
bones Of only one person were found. Two
or three days afterward the body of Mr. .ler-
rold was found in a strip of woods between
his house and the spring, from which he seems
to have been returning with bucket of water,
when he was violently assaulted by some one,
and almost Immediately killed.


As soon as it was discovered that the muir
der was apparently connected with the fire,
suspicion at once rested upon a negro of
doubtful character named Isaac Chaney, who
had been seen at or near the house on two
occasions the day before the fire occurred
He was accordingly arrested, and the coat he
had on at the time was recognized as having
belonged to the murdered man. On search
ing CLANCY lodgings, sundry articles of fur
niture, bedding, &c., were found that were
known by the neighbors as Mr.. Jerrold E
property. The negro confessed that the
double murder had been committed, but that
he was only posted as sentinel for some one
else. who had committed the horrid deeds.
Year: 1865

NEGION.-Ihe Eric DlSpatcH says:


The thieves and scoundrels who have been
infesting the oil region for some weeks past
are about to be brought up with round
turn" A vigilance system has been adopted,
which extends from Cory to Pithole and Oil
City, and every man who is at all prominent
in the region is a member of the organization;
and yet none known as such to the public.
An understanding has been entered into be-
tween them which will lead to the capture
and punishment Of every pickpocket, robber
or swindler who may attempt to practice his
nefarious occupation. No mercy is to be
shown any of them. Courts or justices of the
peace will not be appealed to, but strong
cord, the first derrick, and body elevated in
the air, will end the career of the scoundrels.
Already some three or four of them have been
stripped of everything except enough to hide
their nakedness, and let loose with their hair
matted in tar and their bodies branded ''thief'
with hot iron.
Year: 1865

The Richmond Republic, of Monday has
an article contrasting the present prospects of
the South with those at the time Of President
Lincon's assassination. We give the conclu-
ding portion Of it:


With few exceptions, the organs of public
sentiment in the Northern States are now ar
rayed on the side of humanity, Of brotherhood,
and peace. Nothing was more natural than
the fierce excitement aroused by the murder
of Mr.. Lincoln; but no sooner was the public
mind of the North disabused of the first i'm
preston that the South had instigated, or
countenanced. or entertained anything but
profound abomination of that dastardly and
Internal deed, than the same dispositions for
reconciliation which were manifested upon the
surrender of General Lee once more revived,
and are every day affording increased demon
stration of the magnanmity and patriotism of
a gallant and generous people. That there
are still ultra and untorgivlng men who would
crush the South under the iron heel, is no
doubt true; but it is our sincere conviction
that the great mass Of the Northern people
have no sympathy with a vindictive and suici
dial policy, and will sustain the Administration
in its wise and noble efforts to consolidate the
hearts of all Americans and make the Repub-
lie the glory of the world. Well may the
South unite with the North in the day of
thanksgiving which the President has pro-
claimed, and pour out its grateful oblations to
Heaven, that, out of the fiery abyss of war,
and out of the very Jaws of death, the Divine
hand has rescued the people.
Year: 1865

TROUBLE IN THE FRENCH V!xEYARDs.-A
Paris letter in the London Times says that the
extreme heat which prevailed during the vim
tage in France produced a curious result
The grapes being in general very ripe. fer
mented in the watts with extraordinary rapidity.
A great portion of the spccharlne matter had
countries like Burgundy, where wine growers
do not leave the wine very long in vat, fearing
it may become hard and rough, the wine, on
account of the saccharine matter remaining in
it. will ferment for long time in the cask.
These wines will consequently require much
care, not only from the danger Of excessive
fermentation during their transport while
young, but even after they are lodged in the
consumers cellar. The excess of saccharine
matter will render the wine liable to ferment
at every change of weather, and if the cellar is
not sufficiently cool the fermentation NAV pro.
duce acldlty, There is no doubt that the
wines of this years growth are of excellent
quality, but they will require great attention
before they arrive at maturity.
Year: 1865

New YORK. Nov. S.--Hayana advices of
the 2Sth state that the severe hurricane of the
22d and 23d ragged with great force all over the
island. In Havana harbor many vessels drifted
from the wharves and sank. The Admiral s
flagship ran into wharf and was injured A
total of some fifty vessels were more or less
injured The streets of the city were filled
with water to the depth of Il foot, and houses
and walls were blown down. Two-thirds of
heroof the theatre was torn off The coun-
try seat of the Captain General and other
property suffered considerably.
Year: 1865

A BUILDING IN CHICAGO DESTROYED BY A
ToRPEDo.-The Chicago Gll.) papers state
that an attempt was made few nights since
to destroy an entire household by blowing up
dwelling with large torpedo. The instru-
ment was thrown through a window into the
parlor, with slow match attached. where 1t
exploded, making a complete wreck of the
building and its furniture. The very roof was
moved from its position by the force of the
explosion; but, strange to say, the inmates es-
caped with their lives. The reason assigned
for this act of vandalism is that the house was


of the class denominated fast, and was in
habited by a large number Of disreputable
females.
Year: 1865

A TRAVELLER at the South writes as follows:
"There will be an immense sale of real estate
throughout the Southern States during the cur
rent decade Every day meet planters and
other property owners who are proposing to
dispose of part or the whole of their real
estate, their reasons being as various as the
intonations of mocking bird. Some are
going to Brazil, some to the North, some to
the West, some to Mexico, and many leaving
the country to engage in other pursuits in
towns and cities. The planter who has work
ed for a score of years his large cotton farm,
with hundred slaves, is wholly shipwrecked
in an industrial manner, and cannot conceive
how TO 90 TO work
Year: 1865

ONE WAY TO PUNISH JEFF DAvIs-A
correspondent of the London Spectator, thus:


"Mr; Davis must be condemned to death, but
We're President Johnson, I would neither
pardon him and send him into exile nor allow
him to be hanged. If he We're pardoned on
condition OF exile, he would merely lead a
comfortable perhaps luxurious life abroad.
receiving much attention from certain people.
He must be conspicuously punished, and vet
not made martyr either by his Imprisonment
or his death. Therefore upon his condemna-
ton would reprieye his sentence indefinitely.
on condition that he gave his parole never
to leave the country, and to report himself once
month TO the judicial or military Ger OF the
republic nearest to his place OF residence, and
once year to the President at Washin gton
From any position of public trust he is of
course cut off. Unnecessary, he should be COM
fortably supported at the expense of the nation
His only punishment should be that of owing
his life to the clemency of the government he
sought to destroy, and the becoming humiii-
alton OF publicly acknowledging its authority
once a month while he lived. And such an
example would be more instructive than a
hanging. Thus would do with the chief civil
and military leaders of the rebellion"
Year: 1865

MAgYSyIILE, March Isl, 1865.


Ma EDIroR--0ur trip TO MarysyilIe was
pleasant, although an outside seat would have
been far otherwise. A strong south wind of
piercing cold is very unpleasant accompani-
Enent to traveller. especially when they meet
face TO face. White and McNacghton. who
made the trip on horseback. bear testimony TO
the truth OF this fact To them the trip was
ANYTHING b1t agreeable. On arriving at Ma
Tysvile, We repaired at once to the Office Of The
Provost Marshall. were passed By the Exam
ming Board aad mustered into the Federal ser
vice. We were then conducted 10 our quar-
iers to remain until the departure OF the boat
tomorrow Thursday morning. Being al
lowed TO run al large until o'clock P. ", We
embraced the occasion to take 8 short ramble
around the city. We called upon our old
friend, formerly resident Of 0roville, :. Rosen-
thai and found him as jolly, pleasant and pat
rioilc as ever. Ou taking leave of him, he ex-
pressed many wishes for the success of cur mar
ty and the cause of the Union. We raid
short visit 10 the Appeal Office, where we
found the presiding genius of the tripod busily
engaged in the preparation of copy 1t is
some consolation to know that while the sol
dier goes forth TO battle for constitutional lib
erty. able miuds are conducting the course Of
public opinion at home. We say emphatic





ally we wish success TO the Appeal The Ap
peal is printed on one of Hoes cylinder presses,
AID We had the pleasure Of seeing our friend
l. 3. Ayers, fee! Tie machine. 1t was the
first time we had seen the machine in opera
iion, and We confess cur admiration of the
genius of mankind generally, and the inventor
of this machine in particular The day wore
away very much as days usually do, and nigh,
found US ready to seek repose at cur quarters,
Of which as dutiful soldier we have DO wish
to complain. More anon.
Year: 1865

CHEArISG TIE OTHER Way Considerable
complaint is made of Government being cheated
by people giving in a false statement of their
incomes. \ case has come 10 light which
shows that there has been some cheating the
other way. The Cleveland Piaindealer tells
Of a well dressed young man, OF good manners,
who gave in his income to the assessor at sew
eral thousand dollars, paid the tax, and had the
pleasure Of seeing Ais name in the list among
The uabobs Of the country. On the strength
of this, he courted a wealthy mans daughter,
and married her. Then it was found out that
be had no money, and sold bis mothers watch
to pay the income tax. The Government
made good thing out OF it, so did the ycuug
man.
Year: 1865

A "REMINISCENCES. The Stocktos Record
In an article on incomes. says: I'VE despist
sailing under false colors; the flashing plume:
OF the peacock only render the uglneSs of the
jackdaw more patent In 1887, banking
firm in Marysville had a sign on their door
which read, Capital 100000; but. wher
they were called upon BY the Assessor, they
informed that official that they were worth
only 100000. The Assessor told them that
oil be knew was what he saw on the sign al
the door, but the chief of the firm told him
that he needn't mind that it was only put
there for policy.'"
Year: 1865

South CAEoLINA.--It is the universal opin
ion Of Union men, rs well as many of the Op-
position. says the Appeal that the State Of
South Carolina should be degraded and dis
graced. The most feasible and practical plan
we can conceive would be to convert the State
into black colony. Condscate all the lauds,
offer them for sale at Government rates TO 6e-
gro settlers, and allow no white man, unless a
Secessionist, to live in the State This done
instruct the negro Inhabitants to hold a Con
vention and change the name Of the State by
calling it Africa, and naming Charleston Eth
opia. Ii there is State in the Union where
white men cannot survive the climate it IS this,
and We say give it to the poor BLACKS. 1t
wou!d recompense the robbed, aud at the same
time punish the robber.
Year: 1865

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF The SECOND
u Judicial District Of the State Of California in
and for the County Of Butte. Mary Jane Reed vs..
John M. Reed. Action brought in the Distric.
Court Of the Second Judicial District. and the
Complaint fled in the County OF Butte, in the Of.
See OF the Clerk OF said District Court.


The People of the State of California, send
greeting to John NJ. Reed:


You are hereby required to appear in ac-
ton brought against yoD by the above named
Plaintiff in the District Court o, the Second Judi
cial District Of the State of California in and for
the County of Butte, and to answer the Complaint
filed therein Ia copy OF which accompanies this
Sammons) within ten days, exclusive Of the day
Of service after the service on you OF this Sum
mons-if served within this county; or, If served
ont of this county but in this Judicial Distric.
within twenty days: or if served out OF said Dis
tgict. then within forty dsys-or Judgment by de.
tant will be taken against You. The said action is
brought TO obtain Judgment of this Court against
YOU, for dissolving the bonds OF matrimony now
existing between yon and the above named Plain.
TIN, on account OF wfal deSertca of said Plaintiff
without leaving or contributing ANYTHING for the
support of said Plaintiff and the offspring of said
bonds OF matrimony for long space of time to-
wit: from Esd day of March 1862 to the present
time. And she further prays. that she have the
care and custody and control of their infant chill
dren, William Reed, and Joseph Reed. solely and
exclusively without the interference of said Defen-
dant and il you fail to appear and answer the said
Complaint rs above required the Plaintiff will ap-
ply TO the Court for decree Of divorce and custo-
dy Of their children, Jane and William Reed and
for said further relief as the Court may think Just
and proper, and costs OF Court.


Given under my hand and the seal Of the Dis
tict Court of the Second Judicial District this II
| day of April, in the year Of our Lord one thou
sand eight hundred and sixty-iive.


n27 ]. c. MOORE, Clerk.
Year: 1865

Your delicate organizations should be treated
with great scientific care. At the Institute you
will find kind physician, who at once discover
your disease or trouble, and sympathize with you
IL your affection. Should you he irregular you can
get relief, no matter what may be the cause. You
need not fear TO call on account of the delicaey of
consultation, for the utmost secrecy Will be Insure,
at all times, and the Resident Physician will treat
you in the most honorable manner giving you all
the assistance and advice, both medical and surs-
cal, that you may require. Private apartments
psi ia ly for ladies
Year: 1865

Was doorkeeper duying April at Ford's
theatre. Saw Booth about 10 o'clock on
the night Of the murder he came in and
went out again, and returned in few
minutes asked witness what time it was;
was told TO step into the lobby and he
could SEQ. He went out and walked in at
,he door leading to the parquet.e then
came out and walked up the stairway
leading To the dress circle I; that was Ia I
witness saw Of OF him till be leapsd on the
stage. Is acquainted with Edward Spang-
pler; did not see him enter or go out at the
front entrance: every person passing into
tbe lower part Of the theatre, the par
Year: 1865

until witness requested him to 60 out. He
asked him where the Secretary was wit
ness said he was standing on the stoop,
Did not offer any explanation for his pres
ence. Gen. Grant was there that night :;
did not ask about Grant; went away when
told to; it was about 10y o'clock band
was serenading Gen Gran t, and q crowd
gathered around. When the Secretary of
War was pointed out to him he did not
90 to him. nor tell what his message
was.
Year: 1865

\ Southern contemporary remarks
that commentators have been divided as
to the question of flesh for the food Of
man, and some have even supposed that
man was not originally made to eat or
need flesh. Our contemporary thinks.
however, that the question is settled by
the following verse in Ninth Genesis:
"Every moving thing that liveth shall
be meat for you; even as the green
herb, have l given you all things"


We regard this decision as conclusive
but it does not seem to be concurred in
at the markets of the Confederacy. Nei-
ther flesh nor green herb are permissible
to the majority of the community, under
their practice. There can be no question
about either meat or turnip-tops, pro-
vidcd you can get them. If our contem-
porary will put the people in the way of
making the experiment, they will discuss
the question of what was originally in
tended for food-after dinner.
Year: 1865

A LITTLE LESSON FOR WELL-DIsPosED
WIyEs-"W is it." asked lady,
"that so many men are anxious to get
rid of their wives?" Because" was
the reply, $50 few women exert them
selves after marriage to make their pre-
sence indispensable to the happiness of
their husbands!" When husband and
wife have become thoroughly accustomed
to each other-when all the little battery
of charms which both played off so
skillfully before the wedding day had
been exhausted-too many seem to
think that nothing remains but the
clanking of the legal chains which bind
them to each other. The wife seeks to
develop in her affections no new at
traction for her husband; and the lat
ter, perceiving the hpsus, begins to
brood over an uncongeniality which
does not exist, and to magnify the
ills that do exist into unsurpassable oba
stacles in the way of his earthly felicity.
This is the true secret. The woman who
charmed before marriage can charm after
ward, if she will, though not, Of course,
by the same means. There are thou
sand ways, if she will only study them
out, in which she can make home so at.
tractive that her husband will uncon.
sciously dislike to absent himself from
it, and SO she car readily make herself
the particular deity Of the domestic para
disc. This done, she may quietly laugh
at all attempts to ALLEVIATE her husbands
inclinations and with those inclinations
will always 60, in such cases, his active
judgment.
Year: 1865

All history has shown that tho nation
with most slaves in ancient times was,
ceterls paraJus, the most powerful in
war, and it is the remark of one of the
best American students of antiquity
that if there had been a State in Greece
without slaves, the probability is, it would
quickly have been overthrown by the
neighboring slave States. We find, in
the Jewish system, slavery formally es.
tablished by q Divine decree. Long be-
fore the foundation of that system, we
find the patriarch Abraham going to