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Year: 1865

CAUTION TO DISCHARGED SOLDIERS
\ contemporary says the country Is at
present flooded with circulars of bogus
claim agents located at Washington, who
promise an additional bounty to all men
enlisted in 1861 and 1862 The way
they swindle is to write to men for. their
discharges for the purpose of getting them
their bounties. Such parties as are in
weighed into transmitting them in due
time receive a circular stating that their
claim is allowed, and the soldier may have
his extra bounty by remitting the stipulat
cd tee-S25 ; this will be the last of the
game All soldiers should bear in mind
that the government has already paid all
the bounty authorized by law


Why should marriage be spoken of as q
tender tie, when it is SO contounded tough
that nothing but death can cut it ?


You can get more comfort to your fam.
lily out OF five dollars .judiciously expended
at home, than out of twenty-five dollar.
IN taking the family to fashionable wa
'ering place
Year: 1865

An act to preserve the fish in the ponds


in the town of Richmond.


1t is hereby enacted, &c.


Sec. |. If any person, after the pas
sage of this act, shall kill or destroy, in
any manner other than the ordinary way,
with the hook and line, any pickerel or
other fish in any of the ponds formed by
the railroad embanklnents in the town of
Richmond, in the county of Chittenden,
or in any other pond situated in said Rich
mond, the person or persons so catching,
killing or destroying such pickerel or other
fish. shall forfeit and pay fine not ex-
ceeding five dollars nor less than one dol
lar for such otfense, TO the town of Rich
mond, with full costs of prosecution,
which may be recovered in an action of
debt in the name of the treasurer of said
town. before any justice of the peace hav
ing jurisdiction of the same.


Sec, , Any person may sue for and
prosecute to final iud dgment in said action
OF debt any breech of this act in his own
name or in the name of the town of Rich
mond, and npon the recovery thereof one
half OF said fine shall belong to the prose-
cutors and the other half TO said town.


Approved Nov 9. 1865.
Year: 1865

An act in amendment of section sixteen


of chapter twenty-five of the general


statutes, relating to common schools


and school laws


1t is hereby enacted, &c.


Sec. l. Section sixteen of chapter
twenty-five of the general statutes is here
by amended so as to read as follows
Whenever, upon personal examination OF
schools, the superintendent of any town
shall become satisfied beyond a reasonable
doubt that a teacher to whom a certif-
cate has been granted, is incompetent TO
teach or govern his school properly, or
setting an evil example before such school,
the superintendent is hereby empowered,
at his discretion, to revoke the certificate
heretofore granted TO such teacher, by FL
ing in the town clerks office of such town
statement in writing, of having made
such revocation, and the reasons therefor,
and delivering copy thereof to the pru-
Dental committee, and also to the teacher
who is so revoked, and every teachers GER
titicate that shall been duly revoked. pur-
suant to the provisions of this section.
shall Immediately. upon the filing of such
revocation and reasons therefor, become
thereafter null and void and of no effect ::
and such teachers contract with the
school district shall become void therefrom
and it shall not be lawful for the pruden-
tial committee to pay such teacher for
any services thereafter performed as teach
er, unless by vote of the district


Sec. =. This act shall take effect from
its passage.
Year: 1865

An act to prevent taking sliad or white


fish in Lake Champlaln or its tributa-


ries


1t is hereby enacted, &c.


Sec. l. That if any person shall take,
kill or destroy by the use of seine>. nets
or lines of any kind. in the waters of
Lake Champlain Or its tributaries, any
fish called Shad or white fish, in the months
ef September, October or November in
any year, such person shall forfeit and pay
to the treasurer of the town in which, or
nearest to which, the same shall be so
killed, taken or destroyed in this state.
the sum of five dollars for each and every
shad or white fish SO killed. taken Or de-
stroyed one-half to the person who shall
prosecute the same to effect, and the 9TH
cr half to the treasurer of such town,
with full cost OF such prosecution, in an
action Of debt founded upon this statute !;
and any justice in the county, whether an
inhabitant of said town or not. shall have
full jurisdiction to hear. try and determine
the same.


Sec. 2. This act shall take effect from
the time the governor of the state shall by
proclamation declare that the state of
New York and the government of Cana
da have passed like acts prohibiting the
taking or killing shad or white fish in
those parts of Lake Champlain and its
tributaries within their respective jurisdic-
tions.


Sec. 3. That the governor of this
state cause this act to be forwarded to the
governor of tie state of New York and OF
the Canadas, with the request Of this state
that their respective governments pass
like acts prohibiting the taking, killing or
destroying shad or white fish in the parts
Year: 1865

An act for the preservation of fish in Col


chester Pond


Ii is hereby enacted. &c


Sec. |. Ii any person shall take, kill
or destroy any fish in what is called Col
chester Pond. situated in the town of Col
chester in Chlttendcn county, or any of
the tributaries of said pond, in any man
ner except with hooks and lines. each per
son SO offending shall for each offence for
felt and pay a fine of ten dollars to the
treasurer OF the town of Colchester, with
costs of prosecution, to be recovered in an
action in the name of the treasurer Of said
town, before any justice of the peace hay-
ing jurisdiction of the same.


Sec. 2. Any person may sue for and
prosecute to final iud gment any breech of
This act, in his own name. and upon recov-
cry thereof, one-half of the penalty shall
belong to the prosecutor. and the other
half to said town OF Colchester
Year: 1865

A New Hampshire paper says that the
little daughter of a gentleman said to her
father one evening this week. that if be
would give her cent on the following
morning, and double ii every day during
the month, she would not ask him for any
more money for the year. If our young
friends will only figure up the amount,
they Will find it will constitute a very
respectable sum of pocket money The
promise was thoughtlessly given 10y the
girls father. who was glad to commute
for Il new frock.
Year: 1865

OsE MoRE REBEL In his speech al
Washington on Monday, Bethel Fisher But
Ter said lin the future the danger to our
liberhes can come only from the ambito Us
OF those ia the army, who may conspire
against the life of the nation" Does Ben
Butter refer 10 himself He is the only
officer in our army guilty of insubordina-
ton and had he belonged 10 any other
army, he would have been court marliaied
and sho, for his munnous harangue at
Lowell IN. Y Herald.
Year: 1865

give relief-such relief as can be cot for
money. But human means seem quite
powerless to stop the awful diseases that
are walking through the land. carrying
thousands before them. The native feels
himself i'll. wraps himself up in his
blanket, and so perishes.


In this enormous population-let it be
remembered that here in Bengal alone
we have at least IS. 600 peopiv-rne few
Europeans can only do good here and
there, and vet, it is solely by Europeans
that good is being done. The rich ns-
tive will not help his countrymen. God
gave him his money, and God intended
him to keep it. That is pretty much his
mode of reasoning Sometimes the
fever strikes him, and then in abject
terror he offers English doctors q fee Of
500 rupees to come and visit him. In
a recent case of that sort. the man, who
was worth four millions sterling, had
refused to give relief to the poor after
the cyclone. When death was at his
throat, he altered his mind and promised
large benefaetions if he recovered. He
was not spared TO add falsehood to his
cruel service.
Year: 1865

A Calcutta correspondent Of the Lon
don Times gives the following additional
details of the loss of life by the terrible
cyclone in India:


see that the news of l., 600 persons
having been lost in the cycione was re-
ceiyed with incredulity in England The
estimate was wide of the truth, but only
because it vastly underrated the calamity
AS every one who knows this country
will readily conceive, there is no possibil-
ity of ascertaining precisely the loss of
life. because hundreds might be swept
away and leave no trace behind. But
we are not without data for arriving at
q conclusion, and il has now been cal
cuiared that not fewer than so. GOO per
sons were drowned or otherwise killeI
hy that fearful storm. In the Island of
Saugoralone, before the cyclone. there
were $500 persons. There are now
about l,20o-nor have any left it to go
elsewhere Seven thousand were carried
clean aw: y by the storm wave. All up
the river the population has been swept
off. if not in the same proportion. yet in
very large numbers.


As we all anticipated. disease is raging
everywhere-cholera. fever and small
pox- The epidemic fever which have
mentioned in previous letters this year
is depopulating whole districts. A
magistrate told me the other day that he
had been riding through a village in
which there was hardly a grown up
person left They had died without
hope of assistance, without medicine.
without food-for the crops are rotsing
on the ground in many parts, where the
salt water rushed in. The Bengaleese
are in a deplorable plight, and the Zem-
indars increase the great misery by
turning the ryets ont of their huts be
cause they are behind hand with their
rents. There is money enough here 70
Year: 1865

As was going along the street the
other day met little fellow, of about
fourteen years Of age, wearing q silk
hat snd carrying acane. His hat was
such as men wear, and of the latest
style, and his cane was one of those
dandyfied affairs which are carried as
ornaments by "children of larger
growth" He was a bright-eyed, rosy
checked boy, pleasant to look at and
no doubt psesssni " know but it
was very comical to see the grave cir
and measured gait he kept up, as
though he was bent on forcing the
public into believing that he was real
lysaman. Why, it was about ~ far
from the rim of his hat to its crown as
it was from his head to his waist and
instead Of appearing dignifed, he only
put you in mind of Tom Thumb in full
dress. As he strutted along the street,
men and women turned around smiling
~ to look after him, and he seemed to
be the occasion Of no small amusement
on the part Of those ragged urchins
who carry "the papers and run on
errands.


1t is a very common wish among
boys to become men and . very prop
er desire it is too, when they have cor
rect notions of what it is to be man.
When they think, with the boy we have
just described, that it consists in throw
ing off the jacket and loose cap, and
putting on q long-tailed coat and high
hat, why it is very foolish symptom.
Somo boys even go further than the
one we have named, and think it ID
manly to smoke cigars, and chew to.
bacco, xnd use those horrible words
which we sometimes hear loafers in
dulge in. But do boys ever think,
wonder, that grown-up human being
may wear fine clothes, and may look
quite like great, strong fellow, and
yet not be man, in any good sense Of
that term? If such person has vi.
ces and degraded habits he is no more
man, than boy is q good fellow >
among his playnstes, II he is selfish
and quarrelsome.


What is it then to be a man, and
what should boys initiate in men
why, it is manly to be brave in time
OF danger. II is manly to be respect
full to your superiors, reverential to the
aged. generous to your equals. kind 70
your interiors, charitable to the poor,
forbearing with your associates. II ie
manly also to honor God aud obey your
parents.


Initiate men good men, in these
things, my dear young friends, and
you will be manly, no matter what kind
of clothes you wear.
Year: 1865

ANOTHER SLAP AT DAvIs.-A report
was made in the Confederate House,
similar to that of the Senate, in reply to
Davis scolding message, but no action
was taken upon it. 1t says that appro-
priations have been made for an army
half million strong, which should be
enough, and that the conscription is al
ready so sweeping as to impair the pro-
ductive power of the country and injure
the public service in other respects, with
no compensating advantage. In fact,
like the Senate document, it tells Davis
in substance that the Congress and the
country have done all they can, and if
ne cannot now conquer peace, there is
no use in trying to do it.
Year: 1865

AooIDENT.--During our late thaw,
Friday, 18th inst, Chauncey NJ. Snow
of Lunenbsrg was driving span Of
horses over bridge on Mink Brook,
when one of them slipped off the bridge
into the brook, drawing the other horse
after him. The brook being very high
and full of loose ice, though three linen
were present, no assistance could be
rendered, and one horse was drowned
and the other killed by the fall or by
the ice in the currtIt. The horse
drowned was carried down the brook
near half mile before he lodged. An
other bridge on the same brook was car
ried away by the freshet i@t
Year: 1865

AN EXTRA SEsSION-A runlor has been set
afoat from Washington that President Johnson
will probably before long issue call for an ex-
ira session Of Congress, and there may be some
thing in it. The long interval of six months TO
the regular meeting of the two Houses may be
longer than the Executive will think it exped-
ent to watt especially as each House, upon the
question of admitting the members elected
thereto from any State, is the absolute judge
yee or nay.s Thus the concurrence Of the two
Houses is necessary to the consummation of the
work of reconstrpcticn in each and all of the
late rebellous States. To this view, and in or
der to secure some uniform system in a law from
Congress, it is not improbable that President
johnson may call an extra session, and lay be-
fore the two Houses not only his general pro-
oramme of reconstruction, but some important
suggestions in reference to the relief and en-
couragement to labor and trade of the impover
ished white and emancipated black population
of the South, and in reference, also; to their
rights of property, confscatons and taxations.
He may likewise fnd it expedient to call for
some measures of legislation touching our ma
tional finances and national debt, and the ques-
tion of general bankrupt law Upon all these
things there is proper work for special session
Of Congress and yet it is possible that, looking
to practical results, Andy johnson may deter
mine to do without the assistance Of the fussy
and impracticable Northern abolition radicals as
long as possibility. 7. Herald.
Year: 1865

Phrenologists make great account of the nose.
If any one is disposed to set them down as
dreaners, then we cite Napoleon and other
good judges, who thought very highly of this
member as prominent mark of character. By
them large nose is considered an almost never
failing Iadication of strong will. One can see
this every day -zemplifed on very common ec-
casions. The first tine you are on a steamboat
take the trouble to notice who first rush out
from il se jump ashore. They are all oig-nosed
people to man. Y ou need not keaOybody's
word FOR this, But examine for yourself


It was for nothing that conquering nation
of antiquity had Ronaan noses No'timd peo-
pie they, who did not know their own minds
They knew them very well and made the rest
of the world acquainted with them too Well
developed noses do not indicate predomnance
Of imagination. The Romans were not distin-
guished for this faculty; but they appear, in
some way or other, connected with taking the
lead in practical matters, They go before, and
clear tne way, where organs of less size and
strength would fail to penetrate and open pas
sage. They go ahead at fights and fires, and
are foremost in crowds, IN riots, and daring un-
dertakings; sometimes getting the whole body
into trouble, but then the first to .Ieao the way
to an escape We see them pointing the way
to glory in the warrior and hero, in Washington
and Wellington, and with never-failng forecast,
guiding the sagacity of statesmen.


We do not know if it has ever been remark
ed that the Hebrew nation owe their uncommon
excellence in music to this portion of their phys
les, rather than to their ears. 1t is customary,
we are aware, to speak of an ear for tune an ear
for time, &c; but We would suggest, with defer
ence, whether it would not be more correct to
say nose for harmony and song. Certain il is
that the descendants Of Jubal and Asaph are
among the chief musicians OF this day, as the
illustrious characters we have mentioned were
of theirs; and they are remarkably endowed
with the nasal organ. Evidently, the nose was
not placed in such proximity with the instru-
ments of vocal sound for nothing And it is
not only an index of musical capacity in its pro-
prietor, but an excellent musician itself.
Year: 1865

WILMINGTON AND MANCHESTER RAIL
RoAD-A meeting of the President and Di-
rectors of the Wilmington and Manchester Rail-
road Company was held in this place on yester-
day, and such steps taken as viii put the roaG
ill rnnning order by the middle of August next
perhaps sooner, provided the labor necessary
to hasten the work can be obtained at the offers
made Of sl2 per month, and prompt pay, with
rations furnished Of four pounds of meat and
and one-fourth of bushel of meal per week.
We understand the company wish to employ q
large number Of. laborers at and near Sumter
and Little Pee Dee, and We hope men enough
will seek this employment to repair the road in.
the time stated above Hilaaiaston Herald.
Year: 1865

A boy in Jamaica was driving mule; the
animal was sullen; stopped, and turned his
arched neck upon the boy as in derlsion and
contempt "Won,t go, will you Feel
grand, do you! guess you forget your faith
er was jackass."
Year: 1865

A few weeks ago business man of SA.
lem inserted an advertisement In the Re-
publican for one week, costing him only a
dcIlar. The other DAY he told us that in
vestment brought him in over fifty dollars
to his certain knowledge. Who will say
that people do not read advertisements, or
that advertising does not Psy 2-SGIsm
Republican.
Year: 1865

During the whole war they have
constituted party, in several States
exceedingly influential, and at
times seeming almost able to OBJ
tain the control, known as con,
servatives. While they yielded
a normal submission to the rule Of
Davis and his Cabinet, they sought
by every means, within the scope
OF what they called a constitutions
al opposition, to weaken the pow
Year: 1865




Our obligation to them grows
not merely out of the fact that we
have liberated them, but out Of the


other fact that we have used their
services as soldiers in the field, and


they have there borne arms under
the same flag which our white sol


diers have fought for, aud by their
fidelity and bravery have estab.
lished their claim to our gratitude.
We, therefore, must recognize ouI
duty to make their freedom a thing
valuable them. The hopes which
they have cherished must not be
disappointed, if wo have the p ower
to fulfill them. The freedom which
we give them must not be q FREQ,
dom in name simply, but in deed
and truth--a freedom which shall
give them the fullest opportunity
to make such advancement in civil
Year: 1865

The United States Troops and the People


I'm COll1sfon-A Number or Men Wound


ed, One Supposed Msrtsily-Ths Riot


Quelled by tho Crew or the United states


Revenue Cutter.


During the reception Of the Richmond county vouu.
tesn Of the Second Metropolitan Zone hundred and
Thirty third New York; regiment. n Nautilus Hall,
Tompknsvlle, Staten Island, yesterday at about i've
p n, two soldiers belonging to the Sixty al nth New
York vountsers guarding the government cotton inside
the Quarantine enclosure upon the green in front
Of the hotel and being intoxicated. entered into fight
with Of the citizens, but finding themselves getting
worsted they Immediately retreated inside the gates OF
the Quarantine grounds, where procuring musksts they
approached the again with nxed bayonets when
general rush was made for them their musks taken from
Them and in attempting TO escape they very badly
beaten They were finally taken inside, whom platoon
Of the same regiment came up 10 the gates and ndis
crimnately nred upon the crowd who Attempting
to force tho gates and throwing missiles Of all kinds at


A number Of persons were more or less injured BY
stones and some were shot. Among the latter was
who shot in the left breast The wound is supposed
TO be mortal. Lieutenant Nelson his way 70 the
Immediately went 10 quel IT, but on approaching the
gate was shot by one Of his own party.


(citizenJ in tho left knee he viii lose his les.


Mortimer Denyse Of the One Hundred and Thirty third
New York and belonging to Staten Island shot in the loft
arm above the wrist He will probably lose the arm


Geo. W. DAILY, also resident Of the island, wounded
In the leg


The riot reported at the central police once, In
this CITY, at seven O'Clock last evening" and superntend
ont Kennedy ut once issued orders TO Captain Todd
command OF the Harbor Police boat TO be in readiness
take large force Of the police down to the island and
sections from various precincts detailed for that
purpose. Intelligence was brought by the next boat
however, that the crew OF the United States
outer had queed the disturbance and that the services
OF the police would not be needed. They went down,
hnvv thA koaea haA
Of the difficulty
Year: 1865

after MS peregrinations To charge him with lying IN
wait, DC, Is paying him undeserved compliment
There s not particle OF the specification proved but
the immedsate contrary DurAg the whole OF the


ing 80 Tar the evidence throws any light on his con-
duct instead OF lying in wait the Vice Presi-
dent ne was standing a the different bars from the
Union House 20 the Kimmell House. with the intent
then and There uniawfuiiy and maci0usly 70 make At
xerott drunk Booth employed him for an emergency
He was perfectly competent to perform In the plan TO
capture 10 furnish the boat to carry the party
the Potomac For participating In tho Presidents
ssssnation he could have been intended Booth
was - his conduct shows anxious carry on the glory
OF the thing He remarked that he wanted botchng
with General Grant He must have known when he
soid hderon to take charge Of the Vice President that
ne nad not the courage and did nos par
0cuiary whether he accomplished IL not
me cnaree Is divisihs into two separate and dis
tinct parts: with combining, confedorating, &e.,
proven guilty Of the charge and specification he has al
ready turned States evidence the Provost Marshal
ano therefore, his punishment would fall under the prac
tce usual all courts OF justice that oonfessng has
case however rests such slender ground Instead
or conspirng to KILL he refused to XIII and instead OF
lying 10 wait he intoxicated himself ut the appointed
hour ana next morning ran away He guilty solely Of
What ne confesses Of conspng to abduct the President
VI tns' ne can be found guilty under Indictment


ARGUMENT IN BEHALF or MRS. sURRATT.


MI Aiken followed In an argument In behalf Of Mra
6urratt closing with the following remarks Let not
TINS nrs State tribunal In country history which
involves womans name, be blazoned before the world
with the harsh hints Of intolerance which permits in
justice but o. the benignant heart and kindly Judging
mind OF the worlds lainented victim Of crime which
would In hs ramifcations Of many fates
would nave counselled you Let the heralds Of peace
ana charity, with their wool-b staves follow the
fasces and Of judgment and law and without the
sacrifice OF innocent Iphgena let the ship Of State
launch with the dignity ot unstaned sals into the
ru11ed sea Of Union and prosperity


The court adjourned