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Year: 1865

Cold Bathing.


just now l am sorrow to sec there is
a re-action against daily cold bathing.
a medical man of my acquaintance
cautions his patients against too fre.
quent bathing, for fear the oil may all
be removed from the skin. He tells
them that twice a week during the sum
mer, are quite enough for anybody. A
we'll known writer has recently caution.
ed the world against the removal of the
skin oil by too frequent bathing.


This is an entire misapprehension.


Without discussing the physiology of
the skin, l need only say that the pa
ticnts at hydropathic establishments,
many of whom are very delicate and
feeble, are frequently bathed three or
four times a day, and never lose tho
skin oil in consequence. Pugilists, in
preparing for the prize ring, are bathed
two or three times a day, and rubbed
with rough towels by the strongest
arms. Heenan was bathed three and
four times a day, aud was rubbed by
Mcdonald and Cusick with all the pow.
er of their strong arms, fifteen minutes
at time, and with the toughest towel,
and brushes, and yet the account says
when he appeared in the ring, his Skin
was as beautiful as baby's.


IF cold water wero used and soa,
avoided, bath every hour with tn,
hardest friction would only increase th
secretion of oil.


A more frequent objection, and on
urged by the patients themselves, i
that they cant get up a re action.
lady said to me this morning, I hav
tried several times to bathe, and it al
ways gives me the headache. Besides
[ cant get warm for an hour. /
Thousand persons have said the sam
thing to me within the last ten years.


Now this is oil because they don
manage right. Let them manage as


shall now advise, and this want of re
action and consequent congestion of tn
head aud chest will never occur agair


Purchase bathing mat or make on
by sewing into the edge of large piec
If oil cloth half inch rope, an
spreading it out on the floor, on risin
in the morning, spring into the midi
Of il, and with an old towel folded eigf
or ten inches square, apply the water 4
fast as your hands can fly, then wit
rough towels rub as hard as you ca
bear on until the skin is as red as
boiled LOBSTER. I do all this ever
morning in less than one minute, an
always fnd myself in a delightful glo7


| have met no Que who, taking tn
bath in this rapid and vigorous way
was not satisfied with it. = Dio Lewis.
Year: 1865

MAKE A BEGINNING Remember, in
all things, that if you do not begin,
you will never come to an end, The
first weed pulled up in the garden, the
first seed in the ground, the FIRST shil-
ling put in the savings bank, and the
6rst mile travelled on a journey, are all
important things; they make a begin
ming, and thereby a hope, a promise, a
pledge, an assurance that you are in
earnest with what you have undertaken.
How many poor, idle, erring, hesitat


ing ourcast is now creeping and crawl.
ing through the world who might have
held up his head and prospered, if, in.
stead of putting of his resolutions oi
industry and amendment, he had only
made a beginning
Year: 1865


The following parody, which is taken from reb-
j journal, is one Of the most unmercifu satres Of
he kind we have seen for mauy day. Many " ex-
smpts" on this side of the line will testify to both
its poetry and truth. The author should be furn-
shed with his life exemption from military service
10 CO. or not to go that is the question;
Whether 1t pays best to suffer pestering


BY idle girls and garrulous old women,


Or to take up arms against host of Yankees
And by opposing get killed-to die, to sleep,
lGit eout y and in this sleep to say we g sink
To rest by all our eountrys wishes blest,"
And live forever chats consummation
just what Pm after.) To march, to fight
To fight perchance to die aye, there's the rub
For while Pm asleep who'd take care of Mary
And the babes-When Bill is in the 10 yer ground
Who'd feed 'ern hey There's the respect
have for them that makes life sweet


For who would bear the bag to mill,


Plow DObbin, cut the wheat, dig taters,


Kill hogs and do all sorts of drudgery,


If am fool enough to get a Yankee


Bullet on the brain Who'd cry for me
Would patriotism pay my debts when dead
But oh the dread of something after death
That undiscovered fellow who'd court Mary,
And do my huggin'-that's agony,


And makes me want to stay at home


Specially as l amt mad at anybody


Shells and bullets make towards of us all
And blam'd my skin, if snortin steeds,


And pomp, and circumstance of war,


Are to be compared with feather bed,


And Mary by my side. ExENPT
Year: 1865

NO PRACTICAL
Lock Picker or Thimble Rigger


Required to
OPERATE THE SAID LILLE LOCK.
Any parties desirous of seeing the above mentioned
lock, Its insecurity and easy mode of open


ing the same, can call at
31s Battery Street, San FraEcisco.
Year: 1865

1% In reply to our Salisbury correspondent, we learn that the Controller of the Currency has decided that TO new banks, in any state, can be formed at present under the National Banking act, preference being given to old banks desiring to change their organization.
Year: 1865

eertainsd the locality Of the house where
the suspected man was concealed, the
officer stationed his men around it 30 az
to command every avenue of entrance
or departure, and then opened the door
and went IN


The room where Lemos lay concealed
was in the second story Of rakish look
ing building, the frst floor being occu-
pied by g sort Of grocery. The entrance
door vas on the side Of the house, to-
ward the back end, and opened on dirty
narrow alley. Up one fight Of stairs
went the Lieutenant, and into the room
of Lemos, the aperture or door 70 the
latter being very low or nearly square.
The latter instantly thrust his hand in
his pocket, as though feeling for a pistol,
bat was informed by the officer thai he
was his prisoner, and all resistenee vas
in vain He asked by what authority he
was arrested, but bis captor was not
communicative. He was at length in
dueed to rise aud dress himself, aud the
"daFbies" were slipped upon bis wrists
to make everything secure. He was
then, together with the woman, put In
charge Of the guard, and placed in se-
cure quarters to await the arrival of the
train.


The news Of q mysterious arrest soon
spread abroad through the city, and
some Of the CopperheAd portion Of the
community we're terribly incensed-
Loose threats of all kinds were made
against the officer and his little compa-
ny, and an attempt was made "a get out
q writ Of habsas corpus, and have the
man delivered from the clutches Of his
keepers Nothing was effected, however.
Before leaving the place, Lieutenant
Massey secured ali the papers, letters,
&c, he could find in the house, and took
brief notes of statements made BY those
living in the vicinity of the house where
Lemos was concealed. Lemos seemed
from the first very uneasy, and anxious
ly inquired of the gnards what he was
suspected OF, and at one time asked If
any sears we're noticeable upon his face.
His neck was closely mafflsd up in
handkerchief


The description Of the arrested man
tallies precisely with that given in the
New Haven Courier, and further sus-
picion 10 manifested from the fsct that
his wardrobe was in running order"
and the room be was surprised in, had
four trap doors, leading in vsrioGs direc-
tons. The man keeping the grocery in
the same house, states that sometimes
Lemos would be entirely out Of money,
and then receive remittances frem
abroad. He has also had his trunk
checked at different times for Detroit,
leaving the inference that be was leagued
with the Confedsrsts rascals in Canada.


The party reached this city safely with
the prisoners yesterday noon, and they
were soon lodged securely In the Militia
ry Prison. The orders Of bis superiors
have been successfully carried out, and
Lieutenant Massey certainly deserves
honorable mention for the soldierly judg-
ment and caution he has Displayed
lad Journal
Year: 1865

another as to ALLOW the rules Of decency
10 Be upheld Again, Why shoald no: the
local authorities insist that men shoald
year, while IN the water, some kind of
slight eioThing7 Il Is invariably the rule
in France, and on the continent gener-
ally; Why not, then, adopt ithere7 The
local authorities may, perhaps, say that
they have not the power to lay down
such regulations, or, what ia more to the
purpose, could not enforce them. We
very much doubt the alleged fact that
they have not the power. We believe
that the present laws ere Sufficient for
the purpose, and that the local euthori-
ties, if they had tbe inclination, c2c'd
soon bring about reform in these mat
ters- And even If sheir local acts are
insufficient, let them go to Parliament
AID get them amended. The House Of
Commons would only be too glad to have
an opportunity of lending their aid to
put down practices which would not be
tolerated in any petty town on the cor
tinenk Bat We are very much afraid
that the authorities are blind to their
interests.


We are satisfied that If twas at once
knoEn that strict rules as to decency as
regards bathing we're enforced rigorous
ly at Margate, the place would become
much more popular than il is at pres
ent II might not be fuller, because
even under present cirenmsiances at
this season Of the year, il is always fall,
bat the class Of visitors would be of q
more select character tkan has hitherto
been the case.
Year: 1865

Again, the city is without a public
hall adequate to the demands Of its
population. Let the old Association
become strong By the Infusion of new
blood and capital, aud may be il win
find il expedieut and profitable TO build
a large and commodious hall. This
oaght to be done by some means, and in
what more appropriate way could il be
done than by a society for the diffusion
of useful and entertaining knowledge
We mast have better place for con-
esrts, lectures, and the like. If all our
citizens who ought 70 do 30 will take
stock in the Evansville Library Associa-
tioB. we can not only build up 8 6rst-
class library, that will be a standing
honor to the city and the resort Of citI-
zsns and strangers, bot we can build q
ftstciass hall for public meetings, that
viii pay good interest on the capital
employed to erect it, and greatly in
crease our means Of enjoyment


WoRKIEGMAs."
Year: 1865

1sRoNAScE on THE RAN "A pretty 1T
tie bit OF romance developed itself IN
one Of the State street cars on Friday


Among the passengers was pale, quiet,
little woman, plainly dressed, and very
pretty withaL Presently q one-legged
soldier lsbered into the car on his
erutehea Tbs seats were crowded, and
the soldier had to stand The young
woman got up, pulled the blue sleeve
and pointed to the seat she had vacated


For the frat time, as be turned, she had
q fah view Of bis face, and neither Of
them paid any mere attention to the
empty seat They stared st one another
minute, and then, in spite Of the awk-
ward motion Of the car, embraced and
kissed leach other with histsrieai
ferret Al ersh the Passsagsra were
Year: 1865

Or CorRss. ss.-After humbly promising to
do the fair thing by Mrs. Wilhelm this
time. and apologizing for past misconduct,
and further promising to give her notices
prominent position in the ''City 1ems." the
Gazette man takes her notice and buries it
in an out Of the way place in his paper. just
to show his constitutional meanness and
hatred 20 anything that does not pull in his
sectarian harness. OF course!
Year: 1865

READING, Pa, April I9, 1864.
DR. WIsHART-Dedr Sir: One year ago the
Examining Surgeon of this district told me
had Consumption of the Lungs and that could
not be cured; and Judging from all my symptoms
at that time, myself supposed this to be true
was for more than one year troubled with a
hacking cough, which gradually grew so bad
that L could not have a severe fit of coughing
without splitting up blood in large quantities.


For months could not work at anything,
and was obliged to keep my bed most of the
time While in this condition 1 was ip Mr..
Rowbotham's store, in this city, and he seeing
how low l was, recommended me to try your
Pine Tree Tar Cordial. He said he had sold a
great deal Of it, and that, as it had cured so many
others, he believed it would do some good.
bought bottle and commenced using it. In
very short time l saw that | was getting better
very fast and alter taking several bottles was
entirely restored to health, so that could work
every day at my business, which is very heavy
work in an iron foundry. When l commenced
TO use your Pine Tree Tar Cordial, my weight
was only one hundred and thirty-five pounds;
since the use of it have weighed on an average
one hundred and fifty five. / shall be glad to
have you publish this, as believe should not
have been living at this time ifI had not used
your great medicine, and | wish all who suffer
TO receive its benefit.


No., x,.,tr<s
Year: 1865

Henry S. Foote has written long let
ter to Hon A. O. p Nicholson on the
question of Negro suffrage. 1t is pub
lished entire in the Montreal papers.


Mr.. Foote declares that slavery is dead,
and its future revival impossible As late
as last December, if proper counsels had
prevailed, the South might have made
terms with the National Government upon
the basis of gradual emancipation, uni
versal amnesty and reasonable compensa-
ton to owners of slaves. The opportuni-
ty was lost, " We have been compelled
to surrender at discratiQn."


In relation to the duty of the South in
enfranchising the freedmen he says:


We must, in order to assure our return
to liberty and happiness not only recog-
nize the colored denizens of The South as
now free, but we must allow them the
same means of preserving their freedom
that we ourselves desire to possess. They
must be freedmen in fact as we'll as in
name. We must consent to their being
invested with the elective franchise; and
this must be DONE too, no matter what
cherished notiohs We may entertain in re-
gard to the mental inferiority of those
whom some of us have heretofore regard
ed as the doomed posterity of Ham,
Nor can we now safely talk about carry
ing them through course of special tu-
telage and probation such as understand
you to recommend, ere we make them our
own equals before the law Of the land
These are not at all matters for our regu-
lation, but we are to be attended to by
those who hold in their hands exclusive
ly the sword and the purse of the ma
tion. | tell you, my dear Sir, and, thro'
yeu, wish to urge upon the whole mass
of my fellow -countrymen of the South,
that those things must be done by us, else
our States will not be allowed to have
Represeh tatives and Senators in Congress
or even be permitted, without molestation,
to administer their own municipal con-
Germs.


He states the reasons why the Northern
people require it to be done, thus


The people of the North are not will
ing TO trust us of the South with the ex-
elusive control of this affair, because they
believe, and We cannot possibly convince
them to the contrary, that, should they
permit US 10 become represented again in
the two Houses of the Federal Congress,
before we shall have carried into opera
tion fully the arrangements which they
have heretofore stipulated in behalf Of
the colored race, we should aiterward
either openly resist the execution of the
compact or at least attempt to evade its
provisions and some inprudent move
Year: 1865

There is no surplus of Labor at the
South-far from it. Southern staples
never before commanded such prices in
peace as they do now and they arc GER
tain to be high for the next eighteen
months, and probably much longer, And,
as half the arabic land in the South now
lies fallow, apd can be bought very cheap
ly, Labor ought to be in great demand
there and to be well paid. And the la
borers are there, willing to work, if only
assured of fair wages, good treatment,
and honest payment. Industry at the
South remains disorganiZed and Produc-
tion deficient, mainly because the late
Shareholders, in too many instances, are
not reconcied to the idea of paying ne
groes for work as they would pay Whites.
They still cling to the hope that Slavery
in essence, if not in name-may some
how be restored. In proof of this, we
extract the following from the leading
editorial of the Memphis argus of the
20 inst.-N T. Tribune:


"The number Of free laborers lost to
the country in the Southern States, in
consequence of the rebellion, is very great;
besides, there has been no emigration
whatever for four years or more, and idle
ness and dissoluteness have grown to an
alarming hight among all classes. 1t will
be impossible for the white population al
ready in this country to become at once
active and jealous laborers, though we
have no doubt, it may and will do so in
time; for we altogether reject the theory
that the white man cannot labor in the
malarious regions of the cotton States,
though we are willing to admit that he
may not be SO well qualified for this kind
of labor as the black. Emigration has
never yet done much to increase the pop
ulation of the South, but should its prin-
cipal flow change to that direction i. you'd
take years for it to produce a visible eff
feet upon its industrial resources. 1t is
necessary, therefore, that much of the
labor to develop the resources of the
Southern States, if that development is to
happen very soon, should come from some
other quarter than its own flee white pop
ulation or emigration. Where else then
are we to look hut to the strong, healthy
blacks already in our midst, whose num-
Der comprises nearly third of our whole
population, and whose capacity for labor
is not excelled by any people on the face
of the earth ? These people are among
us, and they have not the means Of going
elsewhere if they desired to, nor have we
Year: 1865

ments which have recently occurred IN
the South have greatly tended, | fear, to
aggravate this unfortunate feeling of dis
trust. Moreover, the people Of the North
are almost the exclusive holders OF the
bonds which represent the vast debt
which has grown out of the prosecution
of the war, and they are apprehensive
that if the exercise of the elective fran
chise is limited to the white population of
the South, the whole voting power of our
section may be hereafter welded in favor
of repudiating that debt. We shall never
be able TO satisfy them that this debt will
be safe without the counterpoise of negro
suffrage.


He has no doubt of the success of the
new system of labor in the South, nor
does he think that any injury can arise
from extending the elective franchise to
both races alike. Southern plantations
will be as prosperous under the new as
they were under the old agricultural sys-
TEN. He is decidedly of opinion that
there will be as little fraud in elections



hereafter as there was formerly, and as
judicious an exercise of suffrage Since
it is a fixed fact that the negroes must be
free, sit will be far better to make friends,
and neighbors and brethren of them, than
to retain them in our midst as Pariahs or
Helotes."


Our true interest lies in assimilating
onr whole Southern population in politi-
cal rights, in sentiment, in mental cul-
ture, in a just and affectionate neighbor
ship, and in true and loyal brotherhood.
We have to deal with a race whom we
knew to be mildly affeutioned, docile, and
readily subject to all high and command
ing influences, and it will be greatly our
own fault if we do not get along with
them in the relation now in process of in
stitution far better than we ever did be-
fore.


He intimates the duty of the South to
be sincere in their regard for the Nation
al Government in the following reference
to the present relations of Canadian peo,
pie:


" Before | conclude, permit me to say
that here in this beautiful city, | daily
and hourly witness the friendly associa-
tion, personal and official, of gentlemen
who less than twenty years ago were ar
rayed against each other in political
contest, aggravated into actual war. This
happy effect has been produced by the
patriotic submission of the defeated Ca
madam insurgents, and the liberal and
christian policy of the Government,
which not only granted a general amnes-
ty, but generously remunerated even "de-
nounced rebels" for losses incurred in the
conflict. What glorious example for
the emulation of our country p
Year: 1865

,eouH haze Il aud hare got 1t, and now
the question is What viii you do with
it?


By reason of your rebellion you have
impaired no right of the United States,
but you have sadly changed your posi-
ton and standing with that government.


Under the law defining treason and
providing for its nishment, without
the clemency of the President, unable to
take any step or do or perform any act
in recognizing State Government.


The former State Government having
been overthrown by rebellion and the
citizens generally laboring under such
disabilities as to render them powerless
to act, the question presented itself to
the President "what is to be done p


The Constitution of the United States
declares that 'the United States shall
guarantee to every State a Republican
form of government"


There being no Government (State) in
Texas and the people not in condition to
act without the aid of the President, it
became his duty to provide the means
whereby they may re-establish their for
mer relations with the General Govern
ment.


To that end he has, to all but few
offered amnesty for the past and to this
few he has said present your claims for
special amnesty, and if you show merit,
your petitions will be refused lie has
appointed me Provisional Governor and
made it my duty to take such steps as
may be necessary to give the people an
opportunity of availing themselves of his
amnesty upon the terms proposed, and
then, when thus prepared, to provide the
means for the assemblage of a convention
of delegates to a convention to be elected
by the people to alter ora amend the present
Otate OOnStlJu1lOu, VI idlne heM ohSj
as to them shall seem best, to be submit
ted to the people of the State for their
action In the discharge of the duty as
signed me, | can only say, have but one
object, that is to carry out as | under
stand them, the views of the Government
at Washington, in enabling you once
more to occupy your proper positions in
the Union. Officially no feeling of ma
lice or spirit of revenge, will cause me
to swerve to the right or to the left |
came as an humble instrument in the
name of the President and Government
of the United States, to tender faith,
friendship and Union to those who have
it in their hearts to accept the offer. All
else depends upon the people
Year: 1865

1t was announced some time
ago that the Hon. Robert Dale Owen
was about to commence writing the
Life of President Lincoln, and we
now learn that the task has been
commenced, and gs laborious is is
considered that it will require two
years to complete it. His publisher,
so cognizant is he of the magnitude.
of the work and the distinguished
ability brought to bear upon it, pays
Mr.. Owden three thousond dollars in
advance, and fifteen thousand when
the work is ready for the press. 1t
was due to the life and memory Of this
great and good man that his biogra-
oher should be one of the first men
of the nation and we are free to
say that in no better hands could tn 5
sacred task be con6ded.
Year: 1865


/ UTAH MUST PoNEY-UP.-it will be
satisfactory to everybody to know that
Utah is at length about to be made to un-
der stand her relations to the Govern
ment of the country. BY her isolated
position by the isolated character of her
population, as well as by the known hos
tility of Young, their leader, to the Uni
on, the work of compulsory observance
of their duty, has been from time to time
delayed, though it must haye been ap-
parent to every looker-on that the longer
such means we're delayed, the greater
would be the difficulty to be overcome
The time has now arrived, however, when
Utah must succumb; and the beginning
of the proceeding will be tbe collection
of the United States taxes the same as
elsewhere, which has been ordered But
Young is sharp enough to choose wisely
there will be agaiu postponement, un-
less indeed the Governor of the Territory
shall cause the act Of Congress to be en-
forced against polygamy, in which case
the "Prophet" might be the first to be
made an example of, and this would uu.
doubtedly cause serious trouble Ger
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