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Year: 1865

A rebel female, on her way from Can
ada to the States lately, attempted to
smuggle fancy alarm clock beneath her
hoop skirt. The waggish dealers in
clocks, who knew she intended to run
the blockade with her purchase, set the
alarm so that it would strike just as she
was passing through examining her, when
the 'whir-r.r' Of the alarm betrayed the
Whereabouts Of the contraband goods, and
led to its capture.
Year: 1865

Ring to the tide as it GIBBS and swells
His was the anguish a moment tells
The passionate sorrow death quickly knells;
But the wearing wash Of a lifelong woe
Is left for the desolate heart to know,
Whose tides with the dull years come and 60,
Tnlhope drifts dead to its stagnant brim,


Thinking Of him.
Year: 1865

tut IIlIO hight
He watches the gleam of the lessening light
Fixed on the dangerous island-heght
That bars the harbor he loves from sight;
And he wishes at dawn he could tell the tale
ofhow they had weathered the southwest gale,
To brighten the cheek that had grown SO pale
With a sleepless night among spectres grlm,--


Terrors for him.
Year: 1865

How they went down
Never was known in the still old town
Nobody guessed how the fisherman brown,
With the look of despair that was halfa frown,
Faced his fate in the furious night,
Faced the mad billows with hunger white,
Just within hail of the beacon-light,
That shone on woman sweet and trim,


Waiting for him.
Year: 1865

Losing the breath from the shores in May
Dropping down from the beautiful bay,
Over the sea-slope vast and gray
And the shippers eyes with a mist are blind;
For thoughts rush up on the rising wind
Ola gentle face that he leaves behind,
And heart that throbs through the fog-banl


dim,
Year: 1865


Burned with the iron of hopeless pain,
Into thoughts that grapple and eyes that strain
Pierces the memory, cruel and vain
Never again shall he walk at ease
Under his blossoming apple trees
That whisper and sway in the sunset breeze,
While the soft eyes float where the sea-gulls
skim,
Year: 1865

BrrrLER.-Apropos of tue apology OF the
New York Evening Post, for Buffers failures
in arms by ofset;ing his merits in other re-
spects, one of which is tha, he prevented the
yellow fever from visiting New Orleans
whilst be was there, the Providence Post says
this phenomenon can only be explained on
the ground that there could not be two pest
llences in the city at the same time.
Year: 1865

days skating. In the next wear there


was good skating from December % to
March 8. The two following years af.


orded but little opportunity for the
lovers of skating.


Our Park now looks comparatively
unattractiVe save for tho large number
Of evergreens which defy the weather to
rob them of their glory. Pedestrians
are few, but numberless carriages and
equestrians still swarm the drives. which
are in splendid condition. The animals
IN the neighborhood of the arsenal have
most of them been removed to winter
quarters In large rooms under the build
ing. There they form as great an at
traction to the visitors as ever, and are as
contented as can be expected. Come
when you will. Jack Frost, we are per-
fectly ready for you.
Year: 1865

WASHINGTON, Aug. O. Brigadier
General Dodd, who had charge of the
assassins, reports that on the trip DR..
Mudd acknowledged to him and 9TH
ers, that he know Booth when he camo
to his house with Harold, on the
morning after tho assassination, but
was afraid TO tell of his having been
there, fearing the life Of himself and
family would be endangered thereby.
lie knew Booth would never be taken
alive. He also acknowledged that he
had been acquainted with Booth for
some time; that he was with Booth
at the National Hotel on the evening
referred to by Weichman; that he
met Booth in the street, and Booth
said he wanted him to introduce him
to John Surratt; that they started
up Seventh street on their way to
Mrs. Surratt's, and on their way they
met John Surratt and Wcichman, and
returned to Booths rooms ut the Ma
tional where he (Booth) and John
Surrutt had some conversation Of a
private character.


lie said that the Military Commits
sion in his case had done their duty,
and, as far rs they.are concerned, the
sentence in his case was just-but
some of the witnesses had sworn false
ly and maliciously. OLaughlln ac-
knowledgcd that the Court had done
its duty, but insisted he was only i'm
plicated in the plot to capture the
President. Arnold also said he was q
party to the plot to capture the Presi-
dent only, and that ne believed the
assassination was gotten up by Booth
only few hours before executing it.
Spanglcr insists that he had nothing
to do with any plot, and that his ex-
preston that he would help Booth all
he could, was in reference to selling
his hOrao
Year: 1865

Toads.-Never kill the toads that
frequent your garden. Not by any
means remarkable for beauty, they
are, nevertheless, very useful in de-
stroying insects, particularly those
that fly in the night.


Zinc MW PdnS.-Experimcnts in
England have recently been made re-
garding the effects Of zinc upon milk,
and it was found that milk kept in
zinc vessels will continue sweet four
or five hours longer than it will in
vessels of any other material


A eyre TOR ErySipelas. - Take the
common yellow carrot, scrape or grato
it fine, and apply as poultice. IL is
assure cure. The same for Group in
children: apply to the neck and
breast; change the poultice when it
becomes dry.
Year: 1865

lst. Once upon a time woodman
found snake almost frozen to death, and
being Of a compassionate disposition he
carried the half dead reptile to his home,
and laid it down in front of blazing
fire. He seated himself beside it and
watched with anxious eye the signs of
returning animation. He had not watch
ed and waited long, when his, snake-ship
began slowly to unfold his bow timber
coils, and with spring like flash of
Tightening, he b1 the poor woodman, who
had been the means of saving its life.


Moral-ingratitude.


In our intercourse with the world we
sometimes strike up with just such a snake
as this, enrobed in the garments of the
"human form devine," and we think our
city is particularly blessed Tor cursed as
the case may be) with very fine speci>
men of this "genus homo"


Cd. On glancing over the columns of
a Broad street daily, our eye was attrao>
ted to some very high toned language.
After announcing. that military guards
were patroling the streets and disarming
all the colored people, the editor of that
"daiIy" says:


Now there is no earthly use for our
eoiered population to carry weapons. 4
majority OF those rambling around the
streets might, better by far be at bone.
And if they would keep at home, they
would not be disturbed or molested.


We are somewhat of the opinion that
Year: 1865




character, if not their superior. We are
proud to think that Don Pedro, the cul-'
tivated Brazilian Emperor, should have
discovered the gem of native worth in the
African, and Ehat under his fostering
care it/shOp have made an lndelI0le
mark in the history of races The ideas
of the attainments and capabilities of
the African have been largely drawn from
the plantation slave, around whom was
built wall of law that he should not do
thus and so. From him the ideas were
taken of the whole race, regardless of
what the race might do under different
influences and outside the restraint which
trammelled his action. In our opinion,
the fact that it was deemed necessary to
hedge him around by law in his mental
abilities, was positive proof and de-
claration to the world ~hat under these
forbidden influences, he might rise and
become q cOnapetifOr. q01th the race that
b0u'ad him. The reason we put shutters
on our windows and locks on our doors
is because of robbers, but if We were not
AFRAID of robbers we would not put our
Il 10 nd
pense. SO with the African and the
Circassian. The fact that laws were
made to keep him from stealing knows
ledge, and by that means advancing him.
self, is proof that the Circassian was
afraid that he qo0uH steal knowledge,
and c0uld advance himself through its
agency. Therefore, he made laws, or
fastened up the shutters and looked the
doors of that temple in order to keep him
just where he wanted him to be, namely,
on the outside. 1t is quite customary
to hear the remarks that the negro is
fit for nothing, that he cannot be taught
nything,' and that he cannot advance
in the scale Of humanity If this is
really so, how very foolish for men to sit
down in legislative halls and make laws
to preve7at him from learning anything,
and advancing in the human scale, when
these men, in their own minds, are con-
vinced that he cannot do what they are
determined he shall not get the chance to
do. 1t is very evident from this that they
utter with their lips what they do not
think with their hearts. But these laws
are dead, and we are glad of it. Fate
has torn down the shutters and broken
the locks Of the temple of knowledge, and
the great problem of advancement has
commenced, and if, in its solution, it
should give birth to men in the full
sense of the term; We hope and trust
that the boundary lines of color and race
shall be obliterated from the map of
common sense, and every man shall stand
on his own merits as man, and the world
shall behold the consummation of the
poets highest hope, that


GMor ~ mon +ha xrorlJ n'oa


Shall hrnthers be am a that
Year: 1865

The WRoNG Alphabetically Berkey,
the English hunter, tells the following
eXcruciating story OF Lady Haggerton's
scheme TO charm the regent


Her ladyship had at her residence
miniature farmyard, and those pretty
little Alderney cattle. When the prince
and his friends had arrived, she came
forward from side wicket as a milk
maid, for the purpose OF making a syl-
labub for the prince. She had q silver
pail in one hand, and an ornamental
stool in the other. Lady Haggerton
tripped along with ribbons flying from
her dainty little milking hat, that hung
on one side OF her graceful little head,
and the smallest little apron tied below
her laced stomacher till she came oppo.
site his royal highness, to whom she
dropped a really graceful courtesy.
Then passing lightly over the beautiful
plated straw, her tucked up gown show
ing her neat ankle, as well as her col
ored stockings, she placed her stool and
pail convenient for use. Leaning against
the flank Of one of the crossest looking
of the Alderneys, she was attempting to
commence her rustic labors, but not
having selected the right sex, the Of
Tended animal did not seem to fancy the
performance, for he first kicked out, and
then trotted away, nearly upsetting
stool, pail, and Lady HaggeFton, who,
covered with confusion, made a hasty
retreat for her little dairy, whence she
did not appear again.
Year: 1865

IMPORTANT DEoIsIoN.--A Washington
dispatch says that the Attorney General
has just made decision affirming that
the amnesty proclamation was a means
only to secure specific purpose, which
was the suppression of the rebellion.
The rebellion ended, the amnesty is void
1t does not restore citizenship property,
or vested rights. The President has no
power to pardon except for what is past.
The executive clemency cannot stretch
to the future. Therefore, the DEGREES of
confscation there must stand The de
cision will be given to the public in a
few days.
Year: 1865

Memo SUFFRAGE. - The Connecticut
Legislature by two-thirds vote and
over has adopted a constitutional amend
ment striking out the word white"
and giving the negro the ballot. So far
as its Legislature can speak for it, the
land of steady habits goes for universal
suffrage. The amendment goes now to
the people of Connecticut, and we have
notice in advance from the Democratic
party that it is to be resisted at the
polls.
Year: 1865

which they will have sold at the earliest
day and run away with the proceeds,
leaving the negroes in rags and foodless,


with winter Just coming on. Trust
thyself is the very first maxim to be
impressed on the ignorant blacks take
no mans fair words as substantial veri-
ties, but insist on being paid as you go,
Year: 1865

MORE EHGRANTs.-The emigration
from Canada into the United States
since the collapse of the Southern Con-
federacy is of wholesale character.
Three hundred "Canucks" went south
on the afternoon train on the Rutland
railroad on Friday last.
Year: 1865

Many of these people have seen bet
ter days, as their appearance plainly
indicates. They are ten to one females,
plainly, but tidiIy dressed, wearing
bonnets of most antique patterns and
homespun of their own make. a few
have been able to buy cheap calico,
and if young and homely are apt to
have a hat of more modern fashion,
which, however, would appear sadly
out of date in Broadway or at Sarato-
ga. The habit of dipping snuff is al
most universal among the North Car
olina aud Georgia females, and great
many chew tobacco. You will see
otherwise good-looking women expec-
torating freely from car-windows, along
the street, or as you pass them on the
road. Each woman, or girl, carries q
stick in her mouth, which projects like
a miniature powsprit from three to six
inches which they continually roll as a
sweet morsel from side to side. The
habit disfigures the mouth, and gives
a masculine appearance to the lips and
teeth, which are not unfrequently stain
cd with liquid tobacco and snuff. La
dies of refinement arc not addicted to
this unscemly habitat least they do
not practice it m public.


Among the next Yankee innovations,
consequent upon restoration of peace
and good neighborhood, you may lool,
for the speedy organization of anti
snulf.dipping and anti-fcmale tobacco
chewing societies. Yesterday noticed
a group of young women sitting around
the door of a store in Fayetteville
street. A soldier was sitting and chat
ting with the party. As ! passed ]
saw him take out his paper of fine cut
and take chew. One of the young
women sitting near him, with glance
which said "plcasc give me a chaw OF
tobacco" extended her right hand to
take the package, at the same instant,
with the left discharged an old quid OF
huge proportions from her mouth
She deposited a wad Of the weed be-
tween her pretty lips, returned the pa
per and nodded "thank you" just as
if she had done the same thing before.
All our suffers and Yankee traders
keep "yallcr snuff on hand as sta
pie article. The extent of the trade in
this article, which is not stuffed up the
nose, but eaten by the fair sex of this
country, would surprise every one, il
the figures could be correctly given
About five hundred barrels of the ar.
ticle are now lying waiting a market
at Greensborough.- Cor. NJ y. 7ri6-
Year: 1865

From the st. Paul Press, May 81.


When jeff. Davis was returning
from Buenna Vista, Mexico, to the
States, with his regiment, he called on
General Wool, who was then in COM
mand Of that department, and asked
for teams to darw the mems knapsaoks.
The general informed him that the
transportation was all engaged in re-
moving the ordnance from the country,
therefore it was impossible to accom-.
modate him. jeff. insisted until he had
introduced the subject the third time,
whereupon the old regular told him he
would hear no more about the matter.


JEFF. took his leave suddenly, telling
the general to go to hell. The general
told him If he would repeat the words
he would put him under arrest. jeff
repeated the words, and took to his
heels down the streets pursued by the
writer of this article who was on guard
at the door during the conversation,
and was ordered by the general to ar
rest him.


jeff. saw that he was coming out
second best in the race, and made q
flank movement through Mexican
house into the back yard, which was
enclosed by high back wall so that it
could not he scaled, where the guard
kept him until the officers Of the guard
and four men came.


The officer of the guard informed
the colonel that he was his prisoner,
and that he had orders to take him to
General Wool's headquarters. The
officer replied, if the colonel said he
would go that was enough; but judge
of his astonishment when he saw the
perfdious jeff. again taking to his heels
down the street. This time he was
pursued by Kentuckian, who was the
nearest to him when he took his flight.
He soon came up within reach of him,
and dealt him a blow with the bntt of
his gun over his head, that prostrated
him.


jeff rolled over on his back, and
made some chivalric thursts with his
sabre, which were successfully parried
by the Kentuckian, who was in the act
Of wrenching the sword from his hand,
when the rest of the party came up
and overpowered tho colonel, and
marcned him back to headquarters.
where he was put under guard until
he repented his rashness and apologized
to the General, who released him to
pursue his march a wiser if not bet
Ter mani A. DICKaoN.
Year: 1865




wish every husband would copy in
his memorandum book this sentence
from a recently published work.
"Woman must be constituted very diff
ferently from men. A word said, a
line written, and we are happy omit
ted, our hearts ache, as if for great
misfortune. Men cannot feel it, or
guess at it; if they did, the most care
less of them would be slow to wound
us so."


The grave hides many heart that
has been stung to death, because one
who might, after all, have loved it after
certain careless fashion, was deaf,
and dumb and blind, to the truth of the
sentence we have just quoted, or if
not, was at least restive and impatient
with regard to it. Many men, marry.
ing late in life, being accustomed only
to take care of themselves, and that in
the most erratic, rllmbling, exciting
fashion, eating and drinking, sleeping
and waking whenever their fancy, or
good cheer and amusement, question
able or unquestionable, prompted, come
at last when they get tired of this,
with their selfish habits fixed as fate to
-matrimony. For awhile it is novel
ty. Shortly, it is strange as irksome,
their always being obliged to consider
the comfort and happiness of another /;
who have something always hanging
on the arm, which used to swing free,
or at most but twirl a cane. They then
think their duty done1 if they provide
feed and clothing, and refrain-possi-
bly--from harsh words. Ah-it is
listen to that sigh as you close the
door. Watch the gradual fading of
the eyes, the paling of the cheek, not
from age-she should be yonng-but
that gnawing pain at the heart born of
the settled conviction that the great
hungry craving of her soul, as far as
you are concernep, must go forever un-
satisfied. God help such wives, keep
them from attempting to slack their
souls thirst at poisoned fountains.


Think you, her husband, how little
kind word, caress to you, how
much to her? If you call these "child-
ish" "and beneath your notice." then
you should never have been married.
There are men who should remain for
ever single.


You are one. You have no right to
require Of woman her health, strength
and time, especially her devotion to
mock her with this shadowy, unsatisfy-
ing return. A new bonnet, a dress,
shawl, watch, anything, everything,
but what tride woman's heart must
crave to sympathy, appreciation, love.
She may be rich in everything else, but
if she be poor in these, and is good
woman, she had better die.


There are hard, unloviug, cold mon
strositles of women-rare exceptions
who neither require love or know
how to give it. We are not speaking
of these. That big-hearted, loving
meu, have sometimes been throw n
away upon such, does not disprove
what we have been saying. But even
man thus situated has greatly the ad-
vantage of a woman in similar circum-
stances, because over the needle, q wo.
man may think herself into an insane
ASYLUM, while the active, out door tur-
MOL business life is at least something
Of a areprieve to him.


Do you ask me, "Are there no hap.
py wives9" God be praised, yes, and
glorious, loyable husbands too, who
Year: 1865

know how to treat Q woman, and
would have her neither a fool nor
drudge. Almost every wife would be
a good and happy wife were she only
loved enough. Let husbands present
and prospective think Of this.-London
journal. no re
Year: 1865

STAMPS ON EXPRESS REcEIPrs.-we un-
derstand that Collector spooner will
commence tomorrow issuing citations
to ell persons who have neglected to
stamp receipts they have given to Ex-
press companies for packages Of money
aud freight received since August lsi,
1864, and who have not made arrange
ments with the Express companies to
have this matter attended to for them
Mr.. spooner has given notice that he
will proceed to enforce the penalty OF
5000 for every receipt not stamped or
Cancelled


The Express companies which have
been receiving money on deposit 10 afiix
stamps viii close their books tomorrow.
Gin. Gazette.


We suggest that it would be well for
the business men Of Evansville to see
to it that stamps are placed on their
express and railroad receipts We
know that our citizens are disposed to
live up to the law, but presume that few
Of them are sware that receipts Of his
character are required to be stamped.
Year: 1865

There is one branch of agricultural
economy that seems to have been
strangely neglected by many even of our
best farmers; mean the manufacture
and repair OF the ordinary tools and i'm
plements in use on the farm Every
day experience teaches that a farmers
tools, owing to necessary exposure to
the weather, and the extraordinary wear
and tear to which they are frequently
subject, are liable to have broken or
worn out some necessary part which
must be Immediately repaired, or the
work in hand be abandoned Now, as
all purely agricultural labor, if we'll done,
must be done in its proper season, it fol-
lows that every serious delay in such la
Dor will result in direct peeuniary loss
To make this loss small as possible, ev-
cry farmer should be prepared to repair,
promptly, the little breakages, &c, that
are constantly occurring on the farm
This is not difficult; almost every man
possesses by nature sort of mechanical
ingenuity, which. united with a little
practice with tools, will enable him to
save much time and money in the cult
vation of his farm. 1t is true that there
are many farmers whose whole stock
of mechanics tools consists OF. perhaps,
an old hammer and saw of the
cheapest kind, and in the worst possible
condition at that and their skill is emily
on par with their tools. Indeed
know of owners of large farms who are
not the proprietors of either saw or ham
mer, but make an axe do the duty of one,
aud cobble stone answer the purpose of
the other. Such a state of things is not
only poor economy, but is absolutely de-
meralizing. Every farmer should be a
sort of mechanic Let him buy few of
the most necessary tools at first, and then
others, as he feels the need of them
Skill will follow use. 1t is altogether
too expensive to buy every axe helve,
filail, pitch fork handle, white tree, or
neck yoke that may wear out or chance
to break; and altogether too vexatious and
wasteful to go to the village" and
spend half days time, and a dollar
or two in money for repairing some tool
that might as we'll have been repaired at
home.


A corner in the barn or shed may be
appropriated for shop, bench and vice
erected, and few tools purchased
most needful at frst-and the economy
of the plan of being your own mechanic
will be demonstl ated the first time you
mend one of your own tools. ACORN.
Year: 1865

Observation-Disclosures this singular
heading the New York Tribune says; In
one American year, railroad accidents
take place at the rate of ten month
During the past six months, the average
was twelve and for three or four months
back the number of disasters much eX-
ceeded the general average Twenty
seven or twenty-eight OF these peculiar
happenings were engineered through the
month of September, which is not quite
one for every State in the Union with or
without railroad systsm); nor fol every
day OF the month. In previous month
the proportion was nearly the same.
Year: 1865

AFoRE1GN VIEw.-The Toronto Globe
which may be called partisan OF the
radical party in this country, says tine
tone of the Message differs widely from
the tone of tie Republican caucus, ana
of the Republican leaders in Congress.