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Year: 1865

tered by me from the hot sun Of an afternoon


seem sometimes to have imagined they repaid


the obligation by holding me up in the late


hours Of the evening, but feel that have
done my '1evel best" for all, from the chill
dren that played at my foot 10 the old man
who paused In his tottering walk to rest awhile
beneath my foliage. And II was my only am.
bition to extend my umbrage, TO magnify
my shade through many years for the benefit
of the citizens of the capital. Oh Washing.
ton Washington that gobbleth the profits,
and feeceth those that are sent unto thee
have not gathered thy children beneath my
whom the question was never aSe-ed why
cumbereth he the ground'"


II could give many interesting reminis-
cences, and disclose many secrets, were there
any to hear me. have seen this capital Of
the nation grow up from q wilderness; and
how have watched the progress Of Pennsyl-
vania avenue from its swamphood' Since
WILLARD's hotel was built how often have
members of Congress passed beneath my Bri.
arean but briarless arms, sometimes with
steps unsteady-showing how heavily their
public duties weighed upon them. Standing
near me in groups they have sometimes con.
forrcd with the lobby, confding to each other
awful secrets that have locked up In my
trunk, and which will now be lost to the
world forever. Others, too, have stood there
connecting plans that made all my limbs
shiver. l have heard the mysterious confabs
ofthieves and villains Of every degree of tur.
pitude. have often heard the 'correspon-
dents" from Newspaper Row, tired with their
day and night labor, comparing notes before
going home upon the unthankfulness and un-
of their labor; and, oh, how
often have heard the colloquies of all classes
who stopped occasionally within my area
wound up with the exclamation Come,
let's go and take another drink y


within the last Eve years have heard
much, too much, from the dark plotters
against the Government that protected them.
Even tree is shocked by such treason as
has been whispered at midnight under my
1 am Union tree. If had
allowed a part of my branches to secede,
either from the south side or the north, how
soon would those branches have withered,
and how would my handsome form have been
distorted and crippled! And now that the
tree of liberty has survived the treason that
assailed it, had been happy to have lived
to see the banners of peace waving over the
land, and to have stood until had wasted
away pieccmeal, instead of being cut down
ingloriously and cast into the FIRE that boils
the bacon and cabbage Of those who once
sought my shelter to escape the heat! Re.
fleet, oh thou that passeth by, that such is
life in Washington
Year: 1865

This invocation, from the songs of MORRIS,
was said and sung, was echoed and re-echoed
around the corner of Fourteenth street and
Pennsylvania avenue yesterday afternoon,
with an unwonted depth of feeling The
woodman appealed to was busily engaged in
cutting down in his prime, and with all his
leafy honors clinging to him, the noble and
symmetrical sycamore that has. for so long
sheltered the callers at the popular estab.
lishment of CozzESs, the Wine Merchant,
and KTDwELL, the Chemist, from the sum-
mer's sun. The woodman in obedience to
the orders of officials who are Strengthening
and improving our thoroughfares, turned
deaf ear to all appeals. In vain was NORRIS
sentimental song, Woodman, spare that
tree ~ chanted in all its variations. The
more they begged min to "spare," the more
ten-strikes he made upon the base of the big
sycamore, severing root after root, below the
surface Of the ground which had been digged
away, until it fell with a crash that was re-
sponded to with a sigh by all who witnessed
the seeming sacrilege, Some said the noble
tree uttered groan as the last ligament that
bound il to the earth was severed; but, be
this as it may, we are assured that last night,
during the rauses of the rain, which wept
6tfully upon its living leaves, it was heard
to soliloquise as follows:


sOLILOQUY.


ALAS alas Is not my fate e cruel one
l care not for the threadbare jokes OF stupid
witlings who, in passing, tell me to pack up
my trunk and Gave, who ask derisively why
| didn't bark at the fellow who felled me- who
cry out, twig the old button'ball chap
guess he won't branch out quite SO proudly as
he has done


"No, l do not feel cut up by the feeble
sarcasms of such sap.heads. Tho only toler'
ably witty thing heard from them all was
remark Of CozzENs', that / could now af-
ford to give BEAU HICKMAN chip But
feel that my fate is hard one. Have not
breasted the storms and endured the heats of
summer and the disagreeabilities of Wash.
ington life long enough to entitle me to the
enjoyment of quiet old age, now that there
is prospect of increased comfort in this
CITY ? Have not drawn juices from the earth
and absorbed oxygen from the atmosphere to
keep my branches clothed with broad leaves
for the comfort ofthose who sought my shade
1t is true, young men who have been shel
Year: 1865

ALL letters relating to the subscription Of, or
advertising in, the REPUBLICAN should be ad
dressed to the publishers, as above.


All letters or communications intended for pub
l!eatisn, or in any way relating to the editorial
apartment OF the paper, should be addressed to
the editor, as above


Business and other correspondents will greatly
oblige the Publishers and the Editor by comply
ing with the above suggestion.


To CORRESPONDENTS. No notice can be taken
OF anonymous communications. Whatever is
intended for insertion must be authenticated by
the name and address Of the writer-not necessa-
rily for publication, but as guaranty OF Its good
faith.


We cannot undertake to return rejected com
munications
Year: 1865

To CURE HoovE IN CATTLE A
writer in the Irish Agricultural Gazette,
mentions case of this disease that was
cured by pouring couple Of cans Of
cold water upon the loins Of the animal
He also speaks favorably Of this treat
mept in other instances.


To START A BAuLKY HoRsE.-Fill
bis mouth with dirt or gravel from the
road and he'll 60. Now don't laugh at
this but try it The plain philosophy Of
tho thing is-it gives him something
else to think Of. Wo have seen it tried
hundred times, and it has never failed.
-Er.
Year: 1865

The PACIFIC MoNrHLy.-We are much
pleased with the appearance and literary
contents ofthis new monthly magazine.
We see Messrs. Gszlsy & Co. are gentle.
men Of the right metal. and know how to
conduct q periodical Of this character.
One great feature of this monthly msgs.
zine is. every subscriber obtains present
of sn article Of Jewelry. which could no,
be obtained at any retail store for less than
from FIVE to ten dollars. This is q novel
and paying way Of building up quick
and successful subscription list. The Pa.
eife Monthly alone is we'll worth the price
Of subscription. and when the proprietors
offer such additional Inducements to sub.
serioers. it is bound to succeed. Their
enterprise should be sustained.
Year: 1865

New EsTERpRIsE.-We contemplate
establishing General Respon nsibility''
Office, the main business of which shall be
to shoulder everything that is unpleasant
to every body else. We have the telegraph
office-and what is the use of the tcle.
graph, if matters cannot be made to 60 to
please everybody? For example: If a
draft should occur, and we. knowing the
extreme anxiety of every one to learn the
result. should take the trouble to procure
the list of conscripts at the earliest mo-
nent. by telegraph. and impart tho infor-
nation to every conner, free Of charge.
that part of it would be all well enough.
But suppose some person is drafted who
thinks be should not be enrolled here; or
some one who thinks he ought to have
escaped. and that somebody else could
have better stood it; or some one who has
been systematically shirking out Of risk
which his neighbors and fellow-cltizens
are compelled to run. bnt whose name
mysteriously finds its way into the wheel,
and is drawn out-all this is unpleasant
to the parties i'm medisteIy interested. and
they feel wol6sh at somebody, they can
not exactly tell whom, or why. Wepro-
pose to shoulder the blsme-because we
keep the telegraph. Such persons may
secure exemption; or, again. they may
6nd the Provost Marshal mean enough to
refuse to take their simple say,so. but de.
msnd evidence which does not exist
blame it all on us. In fact, should per.
sons receive intelligence OF the death Of
friends. or Of the loss of property. by tel.
egraph, we don't know but that we shall
consent to answer for the death, or make
good the damage.
Year: 1865

WARRANTY DEEps.-Those who have
been inquiring Of rs for Blank Deeds. for
some time past. and all others in need Of
the article. are hereby informed thst we
are prepared to furnish any amount Of
them. from q single Deed up any number
desired.
Year: 1865

movement of the troops now here. The
Second and Sixth Corps are to start this
morning for Burkesville junction. The
Icavalry and Twenty-fourth Corps are to
60 toward Danville, while the Fifth Corps
will remain to take possession of and
bring away the property and effects of
Lees Army.


The trains are now running to Burkes-
willie junction, the road being in a rather
|shaky condition, not much regularity is
las yet obtainable IN the time table.
Brig. Gen. Smyth died on the 9th inst,
from the effects of the wound he received
ON the 9Th His body has been embalmcd
and is on its way to his late home. He


lived in Wilmington, Del, and leaves


wife and chilled to mourn his loss.


Maj Gen. Mott. who was badly wound
ed in the engagement of the 9th inst,
while gallantly leading his men in a charge
on a rebel wagon train, left for home this
morning on leave ofsbsence. Gen. Motifs
wound is just below the knee, the ball
passing through between the bones.
Year: 1865

The American Agriculturist gives the
following four recipes for making hard
soap. The editor particularly recon-
mends No. l, and as this is the time Of
year when our thrifty housewives supply
themselves with this much needed ar
ticle, we make this publication for their
benefit.


No. l. Pour 4 gallons of boiling wa
ter over six pounds of washing soda (sal
'soda) and 3 pounds of unslacked lime.
Stir the mixture well, and let it Sc tile un-
lit is perfectly clear. 1t is better to let it
stand all night as it takes some time for
the sediment to settle. When clear,
strain the water, put 6 pounds of fat
with it and boil for two hours. stirring it
most of the time. If it does not seem
thin enough, put another gallon of water
ON the grounds, stir and drain off, and


add as is wanted to the boiling mixture


It's thickness can be tried by occasionally


putting a little on plate to cool. Stir


In handful of salt just before taking off


the fire. Have tub ready soaked, to


prevent the soap from sticking, pour II


in, and let it settle until solid, when you
will have from the above quantity of in


gradients about forty pounds of nice white


soap.


No. 2. Dissolve pound concentrated


potash, in 2. quarts of boiling water, in a


small kettle by itself In another kettle,


boil about 5 pounds of clean fat, or taI-


low, or its equivalent of soap grease,


with 2 gallons of soft water. As soon as


the grease is melted, gradually add the,
dissolved lye from the small kettle, about
"a gill at a time, until all lye is used, con-


stantly boiling and stirring over slow
fire until it becomes thick, and as trans
'parent as honey. During this process,
sufficient water should be added OCCASION,
|ally to replace what has boiled out. If
using fresh grease, add ounces of salt.
Let it stand till it gets cold, then cut in
Ito bars, and put away to dry. The con-
.centrated potash, or lye, can be obtained
lat any drug store, and usually in country
stores where medicines are kept.
No. 8 Another correspondent writes
/. Hard soap is made the same as good soft
'soap, by the union of grease and strong
lye the clearer the grease, the better the
Isoap. They are boiled up together when
they boil up thick, then add salt in the
proportion of 2 quarts to s gallons Of
'soap. Let it boil up thoroughly, set it
away to cool, when it can be cut out and
,dried ready for use"
No. 4. Take about II quarts good
soft soap, add 1 teacupful of fine SALT
bring it to s boil while stirring, and set
away until cold then take off the top
bring it up to simmer, then strain"
Iput it on board to dry. Cut it up and
turn while drying.
Year: 1865

At the--, the other evening one
gentleman pointed out dandifed indi-
Vidual to friend as sculptor.
"What p said his friend, "such look
ing cap as that sculptor ? Surely you
must be mistaken"
"He may not be the kind of one you
mean" said the informant, shut | know
that he chiselled a tailor out OF a suit OF
clothes last week.
Year: 1865

WAsHlhdIOHJ JAn' o.


The National LlteIligencer this morning
says: 1t is now Gear enough that the war
must go on with renewed energy. There
can be no excuse now for holding back
men or money to the uttermost.


The rebel leaders insist upon dismem-
berment of the government as sine qua
non to any negotiation. We almost state
by authority when we say that the rebel
leaders, who attended the recent confer
encs, declared that civil war would follow
in the South were opposition Of restoration
of the Union submitted to the people.


Now this statement is q wanton misrep-
resentation, or it means that there is a for
midsble Union sentiment in the Southern
States, ready to take up srms for the old
flag. For certainly we cannot suppose
that these men meant by such declara-
ton that they would be glad to hazard the
proposition for reunion if they were not
fearful that the impropriety of such a sGep
might lead to revolt against the nselves.
Year: 1865

steady and healthy, not spasmodic like our


recent army trade and its adaptations will


be SO gradual and natural that no. disturb


ancos OF any relations between different
classes Of residents will grow out of IL


When the army came In upon us like food,
and Government was obliged TO convert rnany
private residences into public Offices, rents
rose so suddenly and to such exorbitant rates
that great hardships were thereby imposed
upon hundreds Of Government clerks and
employees receiving fixed salaries, and very
moderate ones. But in the hsloyon days Of
peace and the steady increase of business
that are coming tho supply will keep nearer
to the demand, and the mutual interests Of
all will be promoted. We trust that instead
of sitting down and prophesying evil, our
citizens will be on the alert to assist in the
development of every sound enterprise that
promises to aid in the advancement Of the
material interests Of Washington, D @.
Year: 1865

Sir William Napier was one day taking
long country walk near FreshfoTd,
when he met little girl about five years
old, sobbing bitterly over broken bowl:
she had dropped and broken it in bring
ing it back from the field to which she
had taken her fathers dinner in it, and
she said she would be beaten on her re-
turn home. Then with sudden gleam
Of hope, she looked up innocently into
his face. and said ;sibpt ye can mend it,
cant ye p Sir William smilingly ez.
plained that he could not mend the bowl,
but the trouble he could, by the gift ef a
sixpence to buy another. However on
opening his purse itwas empty of silver,
and he had to make amends by promising
to meet this little friend in the same spot
at the same hour next day. The child,
entirely trusting him, went on her way
comforted On his return he found an
invitation awaiting him to dine in Bath
the following evening, to meet some one
whom he specially wished to see. He
hesitated for some time, trying to calcu-
late the possibility of giving the meeting
to his little friend Of the broken bowl,
and of still being in time for the dinner
party in Bath; but finding this could not
be, he wrote to decline accepting the in
vitation on the plea ofa pre-enga cement, .
saying to his family, II cannot disappOint
her, she trusted me so implicitly
Year: 1865

At the OnGOn Mass MeetIng 9n Oet0-


ware, Sept. 16, 1865.


FeIZoa1 CitGzeas We have met here
to -day for the purpose of conference and
consultation. Whatever difference OF
opinion may exist among us in regard to
matters of public policy, we must all ad-
NIT we live in an age of great change and
of great events. Almost every day finds
us in the midst of some startling and stu
pendous mutation. OF this vast assembly
there is no one prior to the Presidential
election of 1860, that had ever dreamed
our country would be called upon to pass
through the scenes of trial and blood OF
the past five years. Think not,
nv countrymen, these events are
the result of accident or chance. What
lessons of instruction they teach us
Who can look back over our past history
during the period of the conflict through
which we have just passed, and tall TO
see in that awful struggle the hand of an
over ruling Providence. These lessons
of ''bloody institutions" were designed to
make mankind know and love each other
better; and to govern their conduct by
the benign principles of christianity, in
stead of the long cherished and longprac.
ticed maxims of inbumanity and oppres.
sion. To teach us that God Is just and
that his Justice cannot slumber forever.


Its said in this eonhictthat our Govern.
ment has been successful If so, and !
do not deny it, the measure OF its success
has been in proportion to the Justice and
humanity of its policy. For two long
years the sanguinary contest was pro,
lIonped, battle after battle was fought, and
held after field was lost, at sacrifice oi
Ithousands of lives and countless millions
lof treasure without any beneficial result
being accomplished apparently, to the
Year: 1865

IL is authoritatively stated that the
Great Eastern will at once be dispatched
10 Newfoundland, to fish up as much us
possible of the severed cable 10 be used
in subsequent effort to connect the two
continents,
Year: 1865

just as the evening SnaqOWs We're De-
ginning to thicken over lake and island,
we steamed away from this peaceful re-
treat and were soon moving swiftly down
the beauteous expanses of Green Bay
The Death Is Door light shone dimly ID
our rear as 1 turned from our watehful
and kind hearted captain and retired for
the night. The next morning found us
moored in the harbor of Green Bay City,
and the voyage of the lakes was ended.


II SECHAND
Year: 1865

THE funniest story of this age is told by a
Detroit paper. A lady suspected her husband
of improper intimacy with the hired girl. With
out informing her husband of her intentions, she
sent the girl off. and that night went to sleep in
the girls bed. She hadn'f been there long " hen
somebody come in and took the other half Of the
bed. About two hours after the wife rose, in'en-
ding to reveal the OF her spouse


struck light. when. 10 II vasthe servant man
Year: 1865

them the most pleasarable impressions
Of the President In DECLINING, the
President regretted that the national
character of the question restrained ell
private sympathy which they might have
awakened in him, and made the import
ant Statement, that complete arrange
ments have been made for the early
legal trial of Mr. Davis, acct riding to
the laws of the lard f
Year: 1865

BY an official statement We learn that out
of $50 persons tsdeiving Goverment rations
at Knoxville, 357 were white and two black.
The question does not now seem to be. what
shall be done with tho black man, but what
shall bo done with tho white man. All
things considered, the freedmen Of the South
exhibit more tact in providing for themselves
than tho poor whites. This may. in part be
accounted for from the fact that tho blacks
as sliaes, wero accustomed to industry and
do not disdain any work that brings them an
honest livelihood. while the poor whites have.
with few exceptions, spent their lives in q
shiftcss manner. and have neither tho skill
nor disposition TO lator.
Year: 1865

ETA veteran tells the follwing:-Ouco
mule driver was engaged in leading "A
unruly mule for short distance. which job
proved about as much as he was ablo to do, al I
gave full employment for both hands. As ho
was thus engaged, newly appointed Briga-
dier rode by him in the consequential radiance
of his starlight. when the mule driver hailed
him as follows:
Year: 1865

E~ Those who 60 into swimming bath
ct the proper time are apt to remain ton times
longer than they ought TO. We bare seen
people come from the water with tees and fin
gers that looked as if they had been pa-soils l.,
Such bathing kills people. No person should
remain in the water longer than :en raiautes.
Year: 1865

4 PORTION of the clergy Of Missouri hav-
ing declined 10 take the oath Of loyalty re-
quired by the new Constitution, it is proposed
to hold convention of such ministers as are
in favor Of sustaining the laws Of the State,
and who do not regard loyalty as incompati.
be with religion:
Year: 1865

A QrAKER had his broad-brimmed hat
blown off, and chased it for long time with
fruitless and very funny zeal. At last seeing
8 roguish looking boy laughing ct bis disaster
he said to him, cart thou profane lad 7"
Tho younger replied that be sometimes did q
littls in that way, "rhen." said he. taking a
half dollar from his pocket. thee may curse
him to this amount"
Year: 1865

= :


Gated, the cable hauled in again, and the
| piece repaired or cut out. This evening
signals were received from the Great


Eastern which report all we'll. She was
then more than two hundred knots from
land, and going into one thousand fathoms
Of water. The cable was paying out at
the rate of nearly seven knots an hour,
and the signals to the shore. both for pay.
ing out and messages were as clear a. if
only sent from two miles distance. The
strain on the dynamomcter in sinking the
rope was less than Il cwt., owing to the
high specific gravity of the cable or, In
othe: words, the bulk of its tarred hemp
has sufficient buoyancy to balance and al
most keep up the weight of its copper
conductor and outside iron wires. Be.
fore twelve hours more are out tho Great
Eastern will have run into $500
fathons, when if any mishap occurs Who
will have to bring back her own iutelli.
gencc, TOR no signals under such circum-
stances can reach her. From this time
forth, therefore, the public must depend
on the messages forwarded from the yee.
sci itself, and, wlica these MESA ees cease.
will be at liberty to conjecture with al
much wldness as to the cause as all here
did when the atom Of wire discovered on
Monday put an end to communication
with Valencia. The compression Of the
water and unvarying temperature of the
Atlantic are already improving the miles
that have been sunk, and, if all should
happily so well, the wire will continue to
improve to tae last fathom.


The Caroline leaves here Tomorrow.
1t would be impossible to ovcr.peaise the
courage and secdevotion of her officers
and crew, who on that stormy Tuesday
night when the Great Eastern was almost
towing her under water, and when the
cutting OF the tow-rope would have at
once relieved her, deliberately y resolved to
hold on to the last, aud risk anything
rather than delay the expedition. 1t Is
not often that such thorough 'pluck" is
shown on board a vessel when the men on
deck at the wheel are up to their. waists
in water. When it occurs, it is merelt
justice that it should be recorded. and a.
far as endurance and determined courage
are concerned, few have wore contributed
to the success Of the Atlantic telegram
than the officers and crew Of the Caro-.
line.