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Year: 1865

Marshal IIoa has been around notifying
the citizens 70 remove their wood firm
the streets. which has beea laying around
promiscuousIy all winter. This is right.
bat We should like % see h;m do something
more than to rerely notify those who
pay no heed to his orders. There is way
hy which the Marshal cat have the streets
kept clean. and it Is his duty to see that it
is done
Year: 1865

Remember that s. & VI. Becker are
selling off their present stock of Dry goods
Clothing. &c, at reduced prices, SO as to
make room for the mammoth stock which
will soon be here from the east. They
wish to go in the new brick building with
a new stock of goods, hence they will
dispose of the present stock on hand at
the lowest figures possible.
Year: 1865

II is amusing to see how enthusiastic
ana excited PEOPLE will get over Z dog
fight, especially where one may happen to
be a particular ''f.vorite dorg" Of the town.
On Monday last couple Of dogs got 70
lighting down on the corner of Michigan
and LaPorte streets, and it seemed but a
minute till the streets We're alive with men
and boys all manitestipe more or less
interest in the iight
Year: 1865

Some mean boys 4 few days ago amused
themselves b b. eating the wings # TIE
large wheel at the water house near the
depot These boys will come to grief if
they don't mend their ways. they are al
ready disgrace 10 their parents and
friends.
Year: 1865

UTR WOULD CALL THE ATTENTION OF DRUG
" GISTS TO the above establishment, and invite
them when in the city, 10 look through our stock


Our goods were bought when gold was at tl 81, snc
before the additional so per increase in Tariff Duty
which We are confident will enable Us TO sell goods IN
our line very low and yet realize profit We VIII du-
picate any Cincinnati b-fuctuations in prices con-


orde,s are solicited Je7'6t-dly
Year: 1865

Colonel II. II. CLARK, G. S., has been bre'
yetted Brigadier General of the United States
Army for his long and meritorious services
in the Commissary Department General
CLARK was Chief Commissary of the Utah
Expedition under ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSTON,
and during the nrst three years of the war
of the rebellion he held the position of Chief
Commissary of the Army of the Potomac
In this extended field his arduOus and mul-
hilarious duties were performed in manner
that commanded the respect and admiration
of all subordinate officers brought into Off
cial relations with him. General CLARK is
now Chief Commissary of the post at New
York City and his friends will hail with
pleasure the recognition of his eminent SER
vices by the Government. General CLARK's
keen appreciation of talent and executive
ability in young officers was of great value
TO the service, by enabling him to select sub
orainates who have contributed materially
to the raising of the Commissary Department
to its present high state Of efficiency.
Year: 1865

grand funeral cort were paradng the bysreets and
marching to the localities where they had been ordered
70 form In line To Pearl street extended this vast fune
real train. There was great plain Of black hats
grand galaxy OF white linen shirt bosons overwhelm
ing avalanche of broadcloth, and all animated by com
mon impulse, single purpose-o reach the City Hall.
But at past eleven the gates closed There
was more hope for those who had long hoped against
hope and gradually the trains at the Park entrances
we're broken up and the people departed disappointed,
hut determined to at least the outward covering
OF the mortal remains they could not behold and par
tcpate IN The procession which to follow them to
the depot whence they TO DO taken the Western
States, where here more and grief
stricken friends


Composing part Of these small trains Of people who
waited to pass in to view the Of President
were the residents OF Of the Western Siates-Inos
in partcuarwho had come here especially to see the
last Of the man they loved There also people from
Albany, PHILADELPHIA Boston, and from the rural dis.
ricts OF Pennsylvania Connecticut Massachusetts, and
New York, including many largo famies-tbe heads Of
which wished their children to look upon the face
3of the great, good who has gone from midst
And many Of those have go home disappointed unless
they feel constrained to- continue in their endeavors
until they succeed. Perhaps great number will today
take the train for Chicago or some other place in the



metropolis. From what was In the pro-
cessions before the forming Of the grand cortge we
Judge that there must have been hundred thou
sand strangers attracted New York yesterday for the
express purpose Of participating In pageant surprising
In magnhcence and extent anything Of the kind over
called forth in America. The hotels ell full, and
private houses had to be resord TO in many to
accommodate the unexpected guests from distance.


Considering the fact that many Of the people remained
In the streets during the whole night waiting fora chance
to see the corpse Of Mr. Lincoln and that many OF
1citizens away from their homes carly hour
yesterday morning. brngng their breakfasts and their
1day papers, both to be consumed while they stood In
tho line, it is to be regretted that time could not
have been given them, or that something else could
not have been done to facilitate the entrance and egress
the crowds who fortunate enough to gain the
interior Of the City Hall But let the unsuccessful
console themselves with the thought that they at
least successful in forming portion Of Of the largest
spontaneous exhibitions of nation's for
honest plain simple man. that the history Of the
world recorded that the pen Of the historian will
probably have opportunity to describe In the future Of
|any Of the nations Of the earth.
Year: 1865

notice at almost every theatre lack Of bills Of the plal
Everybody Is anxious TO get that sprght little paper ThE
PLAY BILL, of course; but when all the copies OF TIE
PLAY Bill. are gone nothing remains


One lke know the the when looking IT.
Q performance


Managers should see 70 that has BILL i
the old time before THE PLAY BILL heard Of
To between the acts laugh over about
carry home TO around among the neghbo-these
the uses Of this new, gossippy sheet


insist regular bill Of the playof what kind
don't 80 mat Il be neat and well prntedo every Lady
and gentleman


l;an,t this be had. Messra rnanaqersl.
Year: 1865

tion Of the National authority every
where was an indispensable condition
of any assent on our part to whatever
form of peace might bo proposed
The President assured the other party
that while he must adhere to these po-
sitions, ho would be prepared, so far as
the power is lodged with the Executive,
to exercise liberality. Its power, how
ever, is limited by the Constitution, and
when peace should be made Congress
must necessarily act in regard to the
appropriations of money and to admis-
sion of representatives from the insur-
rectionary States.


The Richmond party we're Informed
that Congress had, on the 3lst, adopted,
by the constitutional majority, a joint
resolution submitting to the several
States the proposition to abolish slavery
throughout the Union, and that there
is every reason to expect that it will be
accepted by three-fourths of the States
so as to become a part of the national
organic law. The conference camo tC
an end by mutual acquiesCence, without
producing an agreement of views upor
the several matters disc used, or any o
them. Nevertheless it is perhaps o
some Importance that we have submitted
our opinions and views directly t
prominent insurgents, and to hear then
in answer in q courteous and not un
friendly manner.


/ am, sir, your obedient servant,


WIN. H. SEWARD.
Year: 1865

The Washington correspondent of
the N. Y. Herald, writing on Sunday
last, says:


The Rev. DR., Garnet, Of New York
colored preacher, oficiated in the Hall
of the House of Representatives to day,
much to the disgust of some of those
who attend service at the Capitol, who
believe that a second class Heaven is
to be provided for negroes in the other
world. 1t was acknowledged that the
worthy Doctor had the advantage in
ability and eloquenco of some of his
white brethren who havo ofTiciated there
this season.
Year: 1865

The use Of money has come in mod
ern society to be test Of character
AS men use money, they use everything,
and everybody. IF they are honest aud
equitable in that, they will be honest
and equitable in other things. If not,
not. The intense and universal pursuit
ofsociety, it follows that men will man
ifest in it what manner ofspirit they are
Of. The eagerness with which they
pursue the main chance absorbs all
other feelings and desires. Even the
eternal laws and ordinances Of God,
which have been established as bull
wark against the mad assaults Of human
passions, are no barrier to the master


passion. 1t may be that the test comes
in matter of mills, or of millions; but
whenever it comes, and however large
or small the transaction is, how few
paratively out of the immense null
titudc engaged in business can lay their
hand on their heart and say, 'I have not
overreachcd or taken advantage, or put
a cent into my pocket that was not hon


estly and clearly my ownl" How few
have so scrupulous sense of honor
and honesty, that they would no more
overreach the government than theiI
own brotherl For besides the amazing
ambition to get rich, another feeling
comes into play. To gain the better o
a man in bargain is accounted smart
ness. The FLIP Of great intellectua
keenness is added to the love of money
There is something peculiarly fascina
ting in being quicker, earlier, brighter
faster than your neighbor. 1t is no
that you care so much about the "ilth


lucrc," oh no, but you are resolved nc
to be beaten in trial of wits. Thus
is that false intellectual pride ofts


joins with the dominant passion G


riches to tramplo the golden rules c


honesty and fair dealing under foot


But in spite of solicitations, how beau
tiful beyond compare is unswerviug VI


rightn css. - Christian Inquirer.
Year: 1865

The New York Tribune says at is
understood that Henry Ward Boecher
yesterday asked and received from the
Secretary Of War permission to preach
the gospel in Charleston in the ripeness
of time. He expressed a particular
desire to preach an election sermon in
the cradle of the rebellion, on the oc-
casion of Ben. Buffers assumption of
the Governorship Of South Carolina, "
Year: 1865




After the formal interview was over
there was a lengthy general converse
ton held. 1t seems that it was during
this informal talk that the rebel ambas.
sadors first heard of the passage Of the
constitutional amendment by tho low
er house Of Congress. One of the num-
Der remarked that this action might
complicate affairs little with the South
The heavy planters insisted upon main
tanning that institution and defending
it, and asked Mr.. Lincoln how he could
get around that fact. Old Abe was
ready for them with one Of his stories
and said: "There is an old farmer out
in Illinois who had made his arrange.
ments to raise large herd of hogs; he
informed his neighbors that he had
found a way to raise cheap pork. This
excited the curiosity of his neighbors
and they asked him how he was going
to do it. The old farmer replied tha
he should plant large field of potatoes
and when they had got their growtl
would turn the hogs in and let then
dig and eat, thus saving the expense o
digging the potatoes and feeding them
But said his neighbors, the frost vii
come before they are fattened, and i
all probability the ground will be frozG
foot deep. How do you propose
get around that?' 'Oh,' replied the fal
D mer, they will root somewhere, anyway
= and may as we'll root away there, if it
/ hard work"
Year: 1865

tanning normal schools, the memorial |
lists add


Experience tells US, trumpet-tongued,
that teachers will not be trained unless
it is done by the State, and that the
dearest wants and interests of the State
are sacrificed while she neglects it.


" 1t might as we'll be contendcd that
the officers of the army and navy should |
be left to educate themselves in the arts
of war; and that it is unjust to foster
them at the expense of others. For in
what sense do they serve and defend
this republic any more than the public
schoOIH If, as the terrible experience
of these days tells US, all that the Gov
ernment has expended upon her mill
tary and naval schools has been we'll
and wisely spent, infinitely more do the
safety and welfare of the State demand
that she shall see to the training and
principles of those who are to defend
her from the dangers of ignorance, vice
and crime, which are perpetually in
arms against her order and prosperity.
May the timo never be when our State
shall look back in hopeless despair upon
those who neglected in season to guard
against these foes by organizing and
training that best of standing armies
for republican Statc--an am pie corps
of able, well-trained, professional teach
ers for all the common schools Of the
land. 1t is as true of States as of man
Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall
he also reap


Finally, your memoriali8ts beg leave
to suggest that the expense of main


tanning Normal Schools will be at mos


but trifing portion Of the annua


school funds of the State, and the small
per centum thus taken will in YER


few years be returned tcufold in th


increased power and efficiency of ou
. common schools. The school-tax un
! der such auspices will yield a doubl


value, and we shall be enabled to boast


not merely that we have schools an


teachers by tens of thousands, but thG


each of them is a fit representative an


guardian Of the best interests Of ou
people"


:, The House has referred the subj et


to the Committee on Common School


by whom it will be examined, and a rt


port made to the House at an early da,
Meanwhile, the subject is of sufRcier


Importance to engage the attention {


those whom legislators arc sent here
- scrvo-tho people. b. L.
Year: 1865

How TO GET RID OF YOUR CoRNs.-
Rub them over with toasted cheese, and
let your feet hang out of bed for
night or two, that the mice may nibble
them. If the mice do their duty, the
remedy will be sufficient.
Year: 1865

SIMPLICITY IN STYLE.-A letter..fell
into my han ds which Scotch servant
girl had written to her lover. It's style
charmed me. It was fairly inimitable ;
wondered how, in her circumstances
in life, she could have acquired so ele"
CANT and perfect style. 1 showed the


letter to some Of my literary friends in


New York, and they unanimously
agreed that it was q model Of beauty
and elegance. 1 then determined to
solve the mystery, and I went to the
house where she was employed, and
asked her how it was that in her hum.
bic circumstances in life she had ac-
quired a style so beautiful that the most
cultivated minds could but admire it.
" Sir" she said, came to this eoun-
try four years ago. Then 1 did not
know how to read or write. But since
then l have learned how to read and
write, but 1 have net yet learned how


to spell SO always, when sit down to


write u letter, choose those words


which are so short and simple that l


am sure I know how to spell them. !"
There was the whole secret. The ve-
ply of this simple-minded Scotch girl
coudenses a world of rhetoric into a


nutshell. Simplicity is beauty. Sim
plicity is power.-[ Fitz Greene Haileek.
Year: 1865

1t often happens, when the husband
fails to be home to dinner, that it is
one OF his fast days Punch.


A Richmond paper demands that The
line be draoon. The time may come
when he won't want it drawn.


Somebody says the most difficult as.
cent is getting up a subscription.
Year: 1865

A Union newspaper desires to know why 1t Is
that, if we want the President to declare justice
to the negro in Virginia, We do not insist upon
his doing the same justice to the negro IN ONO
and Illinois. The cases are not parallel Er-
ginia went from the Union, and is now in con-
dition OF treason. We must insist upon heG
purifieation before We ask for her companion
ship. One of the terms is Emancipation, an
other should be Manhood Suffrage If Illinois
and Ohio secede, we shall insist they receive
the treatment that we would administer 10
Virginia.
Year: 1865

400 Acres of Land in one tract, situated in
section 49, in the northwest cerner Of Plain Town
ship, Wood County, one and half miles south Of
The attention of sheep raisers and stock growers
generally Is especially directed to the advantages
In location and adaptation Of this body of land as
stock growing tract Ills one Of the most desira-
bic tracts Of land in this portion Of the State for the
purpose above named, being well watered and ad-
mirably located. Soil Is rich, mellow and deepi
the tract comprises Doth prairie and oak openings,
with sufficient supply Of timber TO fence II entire.
The railroad inteFsects the western portion of the
tract On the east side the land is bounded by a
county road, and On tho west by what is called the
Town-line Ditch. II is well drained throughout


Il will be sold exceedingly cheap aud upon good
terms Of payment. Here is an excellent bargain.
Year: 1865

NEW YORK, March 29.


The Tribt9le's Washington special SAYS
the following is just issued by the Provost
Marshal General;


The 23d section of the act approved
March 3, 1865, provides that any person
enrolled in any sub-disirict may, after no
tice of the draft, and before the same shall
have taken place, cause to be mustered into
the service of the United States such Bum-
Der of recruits not subject to draft as they
may deem expedient, which recruits shall
be taken as substitutes for such persons, or
so many of them ss may be drafted, to the
extent of the number of such recruits, and
in the order designated by the principals at
the time such recruits are thus mustered in.
In order that credit may be given to the
sub-district for recruits furnished, and the
draft be made duly for the deficiency re-
naming after crediting and other recruits,
it is necessary that all the members of the
association shall belong to the same sub
district previous to the commencement of
the draft. The association will furnish
the roVost Marshal of the district q
list of the names of its members, designated
by their orders and numbers accordingly,
which list will not be altered or increased
after the drawing shall have commenced.
When the draft has been made, the recruit
standing at the head of the list Will be taken
as substitute of the first man drafted who
belongs to the association; the recruit
standing second on the list will be taken aE
substitute of the second man drafted, and
so on until The list of recruits is exhausted
by drafted men who belong to the asso5ia-
ton, or till all members Of the association
who have been drafted are exempt. Where
Year: 1865

the number of recruits furnished by the as
sOciation exceeds The number Of men draft
ed from its excess, though credited to the
sub-district, will create no claim for exemp-
lion of any person WhomsoeYer. The mem
bers OF associations who secure exemption
under this section are exempt from that
draft, but are liable to be drafted on future
calls
Year: 1865

This being the season for Governor mes
shges, about q dozen documents Of this
character have made their appearance with
in a few weeks. So far as they show the
debt of the several States, they are of spe-
cial interest, the effects Of war upon finance
being very distinctly marked As will be
perceived from the following statements,
debts have rapidly ACCOMPLISHED during the
last four years, and chiefly III prosecuting
Year: 1865

The Episcopal brethren, in their Convention
at Philadelphia, have hard time in getting a
vote of thanksgiving through that body for the
removal of Slavery as the cause Of national dis
sension and ligiousestrmgement. Why don't
some of the opposition offer a resolution Of re-
eret that Slavery is abolished and propose Q day
sf fasting and prayer to induce the Almighty to
Nstore that institution If, as they seem to
think, He hos made mistake i'll permitting its
destruction, the prayers of the righteous avail
eth much and they ought TO pray according tc
faith. ... .t r.,-t-
Year: 1865

Every one who goes TO barber 10 have his her hair
dressed how dsssrrrsbe the petfu1rs generally
by them The only remedy know OF for this trouble


insist upon their usug nothing but the T. l. In fntsrs
Year: 1865

the watch dog, who hearing the uproar,
had managed to break loose from his chain,
rushed upon the scene. and set up his pow
WOW.


The squire had mortal horror of dogs,
and neither fear nor love was strong enough
to keep him quiescent now. He sprang to
his feet with yell; Will followed. Kate
alarmed for her lover, hoped out of bed,
and appeared with flaming tallow dip.
Peggy flung hcrarms about the squire neck,
with a cry of horror, and Jake was silent
with amazemcnt. Mrs. Blake was the only
only one who possessed her wits. She seiz-
cd the corn pepper, and laid about her with
vigor.


Her aim was not always correct, and in
consequence, she smashed the looking glas.
into a thousand fragments, and, Knocked
down the clock from its shelf, and demolish
ed two bowls and pitcher that were quietly
reposing on the mantel.


The squire broke from Peggy's embrace
and dashed out of the window. Will fol
lowed and Mrs. Blake would have pursued
by the same outlet, but she was little too
large to get through with ease.
A dreaded council was holden; JAKE
stormcd; Mrs Blake threatened; and a
both Peggy and Katie confessed. And Jak
and his wife were SO rejoiced at the pros


pect of getting rid of Peggy, that they for
gave their daughter, and took Will Dart
mouth home at the end of the year.
! And in due time Peggy and the Squir
were made one flesh.
Year: 1865

A New York Correspondent of the Gin.
cinnati Commercial tells the following good
story about Bugust Belmont


In this place, l am reminded, for some
thing better to say of Mr. Belmont of a
story relative of his banking house. He is
a very passionate man, and lets fly at odd
times much talk which good boys do not
use. So as he had a confidential secretary
to whom he used to dictate letters, he
blazed away at this poor secretary one morn
ing, and damned him to crisp. The clerk
was poor fellow, but a gentleman so he
quietly arose and took his pen from behind
his ear Mr.. Belmont" he said, Il dc
not know that can get another position
but will not keep this one. You shall moi
have it in your power to swear at me, sir.


"Who are you" said Mr.. Belmont, that
may not swear at you? But, come what
will you take to let me do so when please?'


The clerk sat down gravely an instant
and replied:


"You give me twenty-five hundred 9
year to do your work. can not do the
work and be sworn at, also, for less thar
four thousand dollars.


"You shall have it, damn you" said Bel
mont, and the tradition goes not only tina
he gave the man the money, but neve
cursed him again at all.
Year: 1865

1t is well known that an auction Of un-
married ladies' used to take place annually
in Babylon. SIN every district" says the
historian, "they assemble on certain day
of every year all the virgins of marriage able
age" The most beautiful we're first put
up, and the man who bid the largest sum of
money gained possession of her. The sec
ond in personal appearance followed, and
the bidders gratifed themselves with hand
some wives according to the depth of their
purses But alas it seems that there were
in Babylon some ladies for which no money
was likely to be offered, yet these also were
disposed of-so provident were the Babyloni-
ans. when all the beautiful virgins, y
says the historian, were sold, the crier
ordered the most deformed to stand up; and
after he had openly demanded who would
marry her with small sum, she was at
length adjudged to the man who would be
satisfied with the least and in this manner
the money arising from the sale of the hand
some served as portion to those who were
either of disagreeable looks, or that had any
other imperfection. This custom prevail


ed about 500 years before Christ.