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Year: 1868

When we called the assessors attention
to this remarkable discrepancy, he assured
US that he had called in person at every
habitable house in the ward; had made
diligent and searching inquiry for every
white and black man living on the premises; !;
had not only gone into the principal resi-
dences, but into kitchens, out-houses, &c.,
and taken down the name of every person
that he could learn slept in them. Every
body who knows Mr.. Giblin will be con-
vinced that man of his acknowledged
energy Of character and long acquaintance
with the people of that ward did not let
many taxpayers slip through his fingers.


The facts above stated confirm the sus-
picion we had that many negroes from the
country registered in Marshall Ward. This
can now be ascertained by obtaining cor
rect lists of the registered and the assessed
negroes, and setting the committees to
work hunting them up. Let copy of
these lists be posted at the county court
house, where the farmers can see them,
and make notes Of all who live in the
county and registered in the city.
Year: 1868

HORTICULTURAL AND POMoLoGICAL So
cIETY.-This Society promises to revive
with the opening spring. The Executive
Committee will meet on Wednesday eve
ming, at the office of the Southern Planter,
at TX O'Clock.
Year: 1868

CIRCUIT COURT OF RICHMoND.-Judge
Meredith yesterday, after disposing of
some civil business of no general interest,
adjourned his court until the first Monday
in May.


During this term an immense amount OF
business has been disposed Of, and the
docket considerably reduced.
Year: 1868

From the Pittsburg Commercial.


Twenty years ago, in Cavendish, Yer
mont, man name Sage, twenty-five years
of age, possessing an iron will and an iron
frame, met with a singular accident, the
particulars of which we collect from a pa
per read by DR.. Harlow few days since,
before the Massachusetts, Medical Society.
Sage was ramming a hole that had been
charged with powder. The iron struck
fire from the rock, and the iron be was
ramming with was driven up through his
cheek, out of the top OF his head, high ia
the sir. and was afterwards fo4ua, se4arel
PODS distant, smeaFed with blood Ind brains
The tanning iron was 81 feet in length and
l 4 inches thick, and pointed at one end,
the taper being seven inches long, and the
diameter of the point quarter of an inch.
1t weighed thirteen pounds. The point
was upward, and the iron smooth The
missile entered, by its pointed end, the left
side of the face, Immediately anterior to
the angle of the lower Jaw, aud, passing
obliquely upward and slightly backwards,
emerged out of the top of the head in the
median line, at the back part of the frontal
bone, near the coronal snture. The ordi-
nary reader will understand il better if we
say that, pointing upward, it entered the
cheek outside the teeth, and under the
cheek bone, went inside an inch behind the
eye, and out of the top Of the head in the
center, two inches back of the line where
the forehead and hair meet. After few
minutes the man was taken three-quarters
Of mile in a sitting position in a cart.
The opening in the brain was two inches
wide by three and half inches long. In
fifty-nine days the patient was abroad.
The effect of the injury was the destrnc-
tion of the equilibrium between his animal
and intellectual faculties. The man lived
until 1861, when DIR. Harlow secured the
skull, which he exhibited, illustrative of
the statements contained in his paper
Year: 1868

We shall constantly udmonish the Southern
people 10 be self reliant and shah do what We
may he able to induce tho establishment Of
manufactures in our midst for our home pre-
duets. To this end we will pay special attention
10 the COST and srATIsTIOs Of manufacturing
and exert ourselves 20 encourage the diversih-
cation Of Southern industries and the develop
nsnt Of Southern resources
Year: 1868

In is stated by the friends Of Senator
Grimes that il is the intention Of that gen
ueman 10 enter sun against the New York
Tribune and Cincinnati Gazette for libel.
The suit against The former will be bssed
upon charge in the Tribune that he voted
ior the acquittal OF lhe President under
corrupt indaences, and against the latter on
a charge that he vas guilty Of corruption
while Chairman of the Committee on Naval
Affairs during and since the late var
WasAsngtoR Star, Juas6.
Year: 1868

THE SEProLINE On Is Non ExPLosvE.-rhe
value of this celebrated oil Is so well known that
tits almost spperfuous to call the attention OF our
readers to the importance Of supplying themselves
with this almost indispensable household comfort
SO far superior is it to every other burning fluid
that it is now almost universally used all over the
Southern and Western country, and it Is only with
constant and untiring energy that Mr.. Gross, Is
Dauphn street, the popular sgent, is able to meet
the demand. At present his stock is large and he
win sell either at retail or to the trade at the
lovestmarket figures. His assortment Of lamps is
complete, embracing every style with all the
modern Improvements. 1t will pay any one need
ing anything in this line to call at Is Dauphin be-
fore purchasing.
Year: 1868

Don'l crowd this world is broad enough
For you as we'll as me;
The doors Of art are open wide


The realm of thought is free.
OF all esrh's places you are right


TO choose the best you can,
Provided that you do not try


TO crowd soire other man.
Wha, natter though you scarce can count
Your pile of golden ore,
While we can hardly strive 10 keep


Gsunl Famine from our door
Of willing hands and honest hearts


Alone should man be proud
Then give HIN all The room he needs,


And never try 10 crowd.
Don'I crowd, poor miss Yovr dainty silk


Will glitter none the less
Because it comes 10 contact with


The beggsr's tauered dress;
This lovely world was never made


For you and me alone
pauper has a right TO tread


They pathway 10 the throne.
Don't crowd the good from out your heart


By fostering all that's bad
But give 10 every virtue room


The best that may be had
Be each days record such a one


That you may well be proud
Give each his right, give each his room,
And never lrv 10 crowd.
Year: 1868

SEEING IS DECEIvING.-Here is a row
of ordinary capital letters and figures
.SSSSS XXZZZZ3333 3SS88S


They are such as are made up of two parts
of equal shapes. Look carefully at these
and you will perceive that the upper halves
of the characters are a Uery lille smaller
than the lower halves-so little that an orr
dinary eye will declare them to be of equal
size. Now turn the page upside down, and
without any careful looking, you will see
that this difference in size is very much
exaggerated-that the real top half of the
letter is very much smaller than the bottom
half 1t will be seen from this that there is
a tendency in the eye to enlarge the upper
part of any object upon which it looks. We
might draw two circles of unequal size, and
SO place them that they should appear equal.
Once Week
Year: 1868

A crocodile of great size and ferceness in
tested the banks of the Nile, and spread
terror and desolation through all the coun-
try round. He ate up the shepherds and
the sheep, the herdsmen and the cattle to-
sether Everybody fled from before him.
Various plans were devised and many efforts
made for his destruction, but in vain. A
public meeting of the inhabitants was held,
to consider what should be done to rid the
country of this plague. While they were
consulting together the ichneumon stepped
forth, and thus addressed them. The
ichneumon is a small animal, and lives on
crocodile's eggs.


Il see your Distress said the ichueumon /;
and though l cannot assist you in your
present difficulty, yet | can offer you some
advice that may be of use to you for the
future. A little prudence is worth all your
courage it may be glorious to overcome a
great evil, but the wisest way is to prevent
it. You despise the crocodile while he is
small aud weak but when he gains his full
size and strength, you fear him and flee from
him. You see l am a poor little feeble
creature. vet am much more terrible to the
crocodile and more useful to the country
than YOU are. attack him in the egg !;
while you are contriving, for months togeth>
er, how to get rid of one crocodile, and all
to no purpose, effectually destroy fifty of
them in a day @
This fable dear child, is intended to show
The danger of suffering Ill habits to grow;
For the fault of week may be conquered, tits


clear.


Much easier than if went on for year.


Yes, children, take lesson from the wise
little ichneumou. When you fnd out bad
habit or evil temper, attack Il in the egg.
Don't wait till, like the crocodile, it grows
SO strong and fierce that you can do nothing
with it.
Year: 1868

A YOUNG lady in Snyder County, Penn
sylVania, was recently in the garden picking
blackberries A piercing scream from her
alarmed the rest of the family, who were al
the tea>table. fastening to the spot, they
found her on the ground insensible. She
was carried into the house, and, sad 10 relate
examination proved that she was dead. Her
friends, on proceeding to prepare the body
for internent, were horror stricken to find
an immense black snake ooiled tightly
around her person, underneath her clothing
There being no evidence of the snake hav>
ing bitten her, the inference was that the
young lady died from fright.
Year: 1868

AT an inlen ded wedding just as the cere-
monies were about to begin, the bride sud
denly called upon the bridegroom to adjure
tobacco, on pain of forfeiture of welded
bliss, etc, which he refused to do-then and
there taking fresh quid from his tobacco
box, to show his independence. Whereupon
the young lady took out dainty box. took
a chew, amid the applause of the guests, and
ordered the minister to 60 ahead. This was
too much for the bridegroom, who fed the
scene, leaving the girl triumphant with q
piece Of liquorice in her mouth.
Year: 1868

IT has often been remarked that, when a
stranger enters st. Peters for the first time
the immediate expression is one of disap-
pointment; the building looks smaller than
he expected 10 find it. So it is with the
first sight of mountains their SUBMITS never
seem so near the clouds as we had hoped to
see them. But closer acquaintance with
these, and with other grand. or beautiful obs
jects, convinces US that our first impression
arose not from want of greatness in what
we saw, but from a want of comprehensive
ness in ourselves to grasp it; what we saw
was not all that existed, but all that our
uutaught science could master. As we
know it better, it remains the same but we
rise more nearly to its level; our greater
admiration is but the proof that we are be-
come able to appreciate it more truly.
Year: 1868

In the days when Malibran was in her
gIory-so runs the operate legend-a fanat
ico Of melody went to hotel where she had
recently stopped, and bribed the chamber
maid to procure some relic of the great song
stress's presence. The only articles he could
get we're two cakes of soap, both of which
had been in the Diva's washing stand. One
was more used than the other, and the ques-
ion arose, which was the more valuable as a
memento? The less-used cake could obviN
ously have passed through fewer hands since
it was last elasped in Malibran's fingers
but the cake which had been more used had
probably been longer and more tightly
squeezed when Malibran did touch it; How
the dilemma was solved, tradition does not
record
Year: 1868




TIE New MAGNETo- ELECTRIC LIGHT
We published yesterday very interesting
account of the new magneto-electric light
used on board the New York and Havre mail
steamship, the st Laurent. This splendid
light is almost as brilliant as that of the sun.
1t will penetrate the densest fog distance
of TWO or more miles, and its rays can be
seen at night, through an ordinary atmos-
phere and at a sufficient altitude, for thirty or
forty miles. The electro magnetic batteries
manufactured by the Compagne PAlliance of
Paris, which are used on the St. Laurent,
have this improvement over all others, that
the light produced is continuous Until
this machine for the generation of electricity
was invented similar brilliant light could
be obtained, but no dependence could be
placed on it. Now, however, continuous
ness has been obtained, and as much so as
from gas or any other Illuminating process.
Experiments were made on Tuesday night
with the light on board the French steams
ship for the qualification of the curious and
scientific AS the beautiful moving reAec-
tor was lighted up, the river and the shores
of New Jersey were made as clear almost as
under the solar rays. The whole cost of
manufacturing the battery and its appurte
nances is said to be only about four thou
sand dollars, while the current cost of the
materials used is Insignificant. Why should
not every ship at sea be provided with this
light? 1t would save numbers of lives and
a vast amount of property by preventing
collisions and wrecks. Why should not all
our lighthouses use it? Why, indeed, should
not our cities be illuminated by it instead of
gas 1t would furnish a cheaper and far
more brilliant light. If it should be too
intense for lighting cities, no doubt scientific
men will be able to tone it down or regulate
it. 1t seems to us that this new invention
is destined to revolutionize the present modes
of Illumination, and we call the attention of
our scientific men and government authors
ties to the subject.-N 7. Herald.
Year: 1868

1t is not The amount of food and care given
to a horse that insures his health and good
condition, but the times and manner of appli.
cation. There are times when horse should
have a full feed, aud other times when he
should have small one. The heaviest feed
should be in the evening after his days work
is done. His appetite is then gratifed, he
lays down to rest and will most likely lie till
morning. By this time his food has diges.
ted, his system is rested, be gets up refreshed
with a good appetite. His morning meal
should not be an over full one-not so full
as that of the previous evening. He should
be driven or worked moderately for the first
hour or Two. After that his speed or labor
may be increased if there is any urgent nes
cessity for it; his mid day feed should be
smaller than that of morning or evening-it
should be the smallest meal of the day, and
he will travel or work on it during the after.
noon with more vigor and less exhaustion
than be would have done on a full feed, and
will enjoy his evening meal with a greater
relish.


If a horse is very thirsty do not give him
over two gallons of water. He will, perhaps,
want four or five, but such drink would 10
him more harm than good. He will be more
refreshed and better able to perform his duty
after drinking two gallons than he would
have been after drinking four 1t is neces.
sary, sometimes, to restrain the appetite,
even with water, and this requires some
judgment and discretion. ......


Never suffer horse that has been driven
or worked through the day to spend the
night without first having been well cleaned
anI his limbs well rubbed down. This ope-
ration, if well performed, is worth half
feed-it is worth more to the owner than the
price of many feeds. The same operation
should be performed again in the morning.
In fact horse should never be taken out of
the stable to either work or travel, without
first having his limbs well rubbed down. 1t
stimulates the circulation, aud opens the
pores of the skin-the horse then feels that
be has limbs and enjoys pleasure in using
them.


Always cultivate an acquaintance with
your horse-be on social terms with him
talk to him with kindly tone of voice, pat
him on the neck, and even sing or whistle TO
him. for he is fond Of music, and these little
attentions are not lost on him. Pull hand
ful of grass by the road side and feed it to
him. If he is tired and worn down, it is
astonishing how these little attentions will
encourage and cheer him up.


Now let me tell you what not to do. Do
not swear at, nor scod him. If be has faults
try to coax him out of them by kindly treat.
ment; but if you try to whip him out of
them, you will whip him the deeper into
them. He has spirit of resentment, if you
rouse it in him, as well as you; and you hav.
ing the greater reasoning powers, ought to
show the best example. e.-.Stock Journal.
Year: 1868

W2DE HAMPTON is again
threatening to bid farewell to
his native State and to say
tGood night" to his native Il land.
He threatened to leave for for
eign parts at the time the con-
fedetacy was rsubjugated; and
now he threatens that, in case
Of the election of Grant, he will
''pack up his household goods
and seek a more congenial
Cline" 1t would be painful to
have Massa Hampton leave
us; but it is far more painful to
have him always terrifying us
by his threats to leave.
Year: 1868

Mr.; CUNNING says the poor
people paymore of the stamp
tax thap the rich do, because
there are .POro people of the
poor class than there is Of rich.
This is not accrrect statement.
because the rich use more
stamped articles than the poor,
but even if it was, the poor
would have the consolation of
knowing that if they paid the
most stamp tax, they had the
most people to help bear the
burden. t1rrfl' That proposition is
about as broad as It's long. 's.
Year: 1868

gospel to the brave girl who bad SO nearly
perished in her attempt 10 aid the seek.
ers after liberty and freedom.


And the air rang with shouts from
brave honest hearts of "Long live George
May, the maniac horseman, aRd his brave
wife, Grace HarkeyP'
Year: 1868

We must 90 back little in our story
before we can follow Grace to the end
of her journey. and explain why and
how she was called upon to do what
many women would have trembled al
the very thought Of undertaking.


For a day or two past. q strange look
ing individual had been seen riding al.
ong the woods on horseback. He was
gaudily dressed, every scrap Of finery,
every piece Of gay ribbon that he could
find, was used to deck his person. He
had been handsome, but the idiotic look
which ever rested on his face destroyed
every trace Of beauty; and the low 6snd-
ish laugh, and the horrible shrieks Of
despair be sent out on :he quiet air
made every one who bebeld hIm remble
and step aside and let him pass.


No one knew be was, or from whencC
be came; no one could tell from his
dress or his manners whether be was AZ
English subject or belonging 10 the col
Onies.


Al length Sir James GrOvenor COZ
ceived the idea Of bis being spy In dis
guise. and on the day our story opens, b
bad set out with a party Of six men L
pursue, aud IL possible, capture the strang'
being. They met him in the woods, no
tar from Grovenor mansion. He wa
ridding rapidly and gazing vacan'll
around him-his gaudy attire AuuerinI
in the wind. and his voice shrieking u
those dOlelnl tones so unpleasant 10 hea


When be saw SIR James and bis party
approaching, at a fearful speed, be mad
no effort 10 escape, but refined in hi
horse and stood beneath the shade Of
tree until they approached. Sir Jane
was At the head of The men, and as b
rode up, the strange individual role
has large blue eyes vacantly around. an
in whining, peevish voice, said, "Dl
you see heT spirit ride this wayl They iol
me she rode this way on q white horse
her yellow hair dripping blOOd-Oh,
imuEE fInd ihe spirit or my julia. 1ne
Year: 1868

An ACT to grant the right of way to the White


hall and Plattsburgh Railroad Company.


Be it enacted By the Senate and House of Repre-
seHtdtiUes Of the United States Of America in Cons
gress assembled, That the Whitehall and Platts-
burgh Railroad Company be, and is hereby, au-
thorized to locate, construct and operate its rail-
road across the land belonging to the United
States at Plattsburgh, in the State of New York,
upon line commencing in the highway leading
from Plattsburgh to Peru, at point one hundred
feet north from the north line of the enclosure
surrounding the government buildings, running
thence iD northeastery direction about sixteen
hundred feet to the bank of Lake Champlain,
thence northwardly along the bank of said lake
to the north line of the land belonging to the
United States, such line of said road being des-
ignated on a map OF survey of the same, made
by James P Campbell, and now on file 10 the
office OF the Secretary of War: Provided, That
the right of way herein granted shall be subject
to such restrictions the Secretary of War may
think necessary to protect the interests of the
United States And provided further, That no
more than four rods in width of the government
land shall be occupied under the provisions of
this act


Approved, May 20, 1868
Year: 1868

Tho following Is an account ola hard
fight between a man named Hit aud o
sever. foot alligator, in Texas:


Hit went at work as usual in the
morning, but during the night an alli-
gator had taken possession, and was in
the yard On arriving ut the yard, Hit
entered the vat without discovering the
intrador, and took hold of side OF
lsather and pulled and tugged, but
could not raise the hide, and called to
his sou to assist him in raising it.
He had not yet discovered tho mon
ster living on the hide, nearly covered
with tan.oOze. He heard splash be-
hind him, and thought it was his son.
Not so, however; the alligator had made
lunge at him, but only caught the seat
of his byeeches. Thinking his son had
missed his grab he bawled out, "What
the devil are you pulling at me fort Why
don't you take hold of the hide I" His
son answered, Pap, l amt there"
Apolodorus relates that Theseus sat so
long on a rock that he grew to it, SO
that when Hercules tore him forcibly
away, he had left the neither part of a
man behind him. Mr.. Hit had mar.
row escape from similar fate. He
screwed himself around minus the seat
of mis- breeches, to see the monster IN
battle array, face to face, confined with.
in the limits OF the tan vat. The alli-
gator, as is known to those acquainted
with the brute, is, like him who has his
quarrel Just, doubly armed, being able
| to knock down man or an animal by
a blow OF his tail as we'll as to break
the bones with his ponderous jaws; but
in this case the sides of tie vat inter
posed, and kept the beast from bringing
its rear into the fight. Hit struck out
with his fists, but finding the coat of his
adversary too much for such assaults
leaped upon his back and played Ken,
tuck with his thumbs, bringing some
thing more than the fablea tears to the
eyes OF the crocodile. In the meantime
the boy had run to the house after Mr.
G., who presented his gun, cooked, a
some huge mass. Hit, as it turned out
was on top, his body elevated about
twelve degrees. Mr.. G. was standing
nearly over them in shooting position
Hit saw the danger, bHt too much ex


hausted to speak, disengaged his hand
and elevated them, when Mr.. G. fired
killing the animal. Hit recovered lit
tie from his exhaustion, and sang out
What did you shoot fort l had hin
whipped, all to putting the strings ei
him."