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Year: 1865

GEoRGIA.-For much time this State was
quiet as a sucking dove. Meekness and loyalty
hardly expressed the goodness of that people.
They were only bidng the time when they
could bite with certainty of striking home.
The last insult that State has offered the
Government is the election-or rather the
announcement that she will unanimously
elect-Alex. II. Stephens, an unpardoned
rebel. to a seat in the United State Senate.
The T. S. Government Immediately on be-
ing made aware of this state of facts, tele-
graphed Provisional Governor johnson to
prevent the Inauguration of Jenkins, the
Governor elect, and not to issue certificates
of election to the members of Congress elect.
ed from that State. How many times have
those fellows got to be whipped?
Year: 1865

The Bellefontalne Republican, journal
that is thoroughly Abolition differs with
General Cox "in the practical working Of his
system, and cant agree with him in his
reading OF the lesson said to be given US from
history, and concludes that "the General s
plan IS impractioable And yet we are told
that the General, with his "impracticable
theories, is a very proper man to be elected
Governor OF the great state Of Ohio Never
was there greater nonsense uttered than the
declaration that such man is the right sort
OF man TO be elected Governor. an
Year: 1865

DE CAUTIOUS when you are told by any
I'D one that they have good Sewing Machines
Tor sale as any one, etc. Tne Singer and the
original How the oldest and most reliable
machines and best now use, will do all kinds
oil work from the finest to the heaviest that any
family ever wants DONE and will last a lifetime II
properly taken care Of | have been agent for
other machines aud have got rid of them. Please
give me call and examine tor yourselves.


Sewing neatly done to order.


/ also have machine twist and thread for sale.


Any one wishing to purchase please give me a
call. W.T. NORRIS. Agent
next door TO Babcock's hall, up stairs. on


Illinois street.
Year: 1865

SLIGHTLY MIXED. 1t is not stated
whether the following item was the re-
suit Of inebrlety on the part Of the print
er, or the reporter


"HoRRIBLE CATAsTRoPHE-Ye ester
day morning, at four o'clock P. NJ, a
small man by the name of Jones or
Smith, with heel in the hole of his
trowsers, committed arsenic by swallow
ing dose Of suicide. The verdict of
the inquest returned jury that the de-
ceased came to the fact in accordance
with bis death. He left child ard SIX
small wives to lament the end of his IN
fortunate loss. In death we are in tha
midst Of life
Year: 1865

Come, listen all, while relate


What recently befel
Unto a farmer down in Maine,


While digging of well.
Full many yard he dtg and delVed,
And still be dug in vain;
"Alaek /" quoth he, 'fe'en water seems
Prohibited in Maine !"
and still he dug and delved away,
And still the well was dry;
The only water to be found,


Was in the farmers eyeI
For by the breaking of the bank


That tumbied from its station,
All suddenly his hope was dashed


Of future liquidation
And now his sands were running fast
And he had died, no doubt,
But that lust when the earth caTed in,
He happened 10 be out
"Aha!-I have a happy thoughtW
Exclaimed the wicked man
To dig anew this cursed well


l see pretty plan;
nTu hide me straight, and when my wife
And cen my ne1ghbors know
What's happened to my digging here,
They'll think that I'm below
"And so to save my precious life,
They'll dig the well no doubt,
Fen deeper than twas dug. at first,
Before thty find me out"
And so he hid him in the barn


Through all the hungry day,
To hide the digging Of his well


In this deceitful way.
Bat is. what grief and shame befel
The false, ungrateful man,
The while he slowly watched to see
The working Of his plan
The neighbors ali with ons accord
Unto each other said.
"With such weight cf earth above,
The man is surely dead"
And then his wife with pious care


All needless cost to save
Said "Since the Lord hath willed 1t so
Fen let il be his grave y
Year: 1865

The first year of married life Is a most
important era in the history of man and
wife. Generally, as it is spent, so is
almost all subsequent existanoe. The
wife and the husband then assimilate their
views and their desires or else, conjur-
ing up their dishkes, they add fuel 10
their prejudiees and animosity forever
afterwards.


II have somewhere read" says the
author of Bridal Greetings, "of bride-
groom who gloried in eocentricities. He
requested the bride to accompany him
into the garden day or two after their
wedding. He then threw line over tho
roof of their cottage. Giving his wife
ore eud of it he retreated to the other
side, and exclaimed


"Puli the line."


She pulled it, at his request, as far as
she could. He cried


"Pull it over"


II can't" she replied.


"But pull with all your might" shout.
ed the whimsical husband.
but IN vain were all the efforts of the
bride to pull over the line, so long as her
husband held to the opposite end. But
when he came round, and they both pull.
ed at one end, it came over with great ease.


"There," as the line fell from the loof,
,"you see how hard and inefficient was our
labor when we pulled in opposition to each
other; bat how easy and how pleasant it
was when we both pulled together! Il
will be so with US, my dear, through life!
If we oppose each other, it will be hard
work if We act together, it will be pleas.
ant to live, Let US always pull together" :"


In this illustration, homely as it may
be, there is sound philosophy. Husband
and wife must mutually bear and eoncede
if they wish to make home retreat of
Joy and bliss. One alone cannot make
home happy. There needs unison of both
in action, sweetness of spirit, and great
forbearance in both husband and wife, to
secure the great end of happiness in the
domestic circle.
Year: 1865

NENTftATE YOUR CHILDREN Rooms.
Most parents, before retiring to rest,
make it duty to visit the sleeping.rooms
of their children. They do so in order to
be satisfied that the lights are e1tinguish.
ed,and that no danger is threatening their
little ones. But if they leave the room with
closed windows and doors, they shut in as
great an enemy as fire, although his rava.
ges may not be so readily detected
Poison is there, slow but deadly. Morning
after morning do many little children
wake weary, ,fretful and oppressed. what
can it neanY what can it be Z the moth
er cries. In despair she has recourse to
medicine. The constitution becomes
enfeebled, and the child grows worse
The cause is perhaps never traced to over
crowded sleeping rooms without proper
air but it is nevertheless the right one
An Intelligent mother, having acquainted
herself with the principles of ventilation
will not retire to her own room for the
night without having provided a suficien-
cy Of cir for her children, in the same
manfer that she provides and regulates
their night covering, or any other requis.
ite for refreshing slumber. Sometimes
by judiciously lowering window, and at
another time by leaving door wide open
this end may be attained. In many houses
the day and night nurseries communicate.
When this is the case, the window of the
further room should be left open, ,aud the
door between the rooms likewise open
Even in severe weather young children
can bear this arrangement, If they are
not exposed to direct draft.-Fansiiy
Herald.
Year: 1865

Of most enduring fertility and in the
merely rolling and billy portions OF the
State, the northern and eastern hillsides,


as we'll as much of the upland are thtckly


clothed With humus accumulAied for ages.
On the other exposures may be found ey-
ery variety OF soil, from the deep elayey
loan to the thin yellow clay occasionally
Year: 1865

An act to legallze the Grand List OF the


town Of Barre for the year 1865.


1t is hereby enacted, &c.


SEC. l. The grand list Of the town
of Barre for the year eighteen hundred
and sixty-fve, as made out by the listers
ofsaid town, is hereby declared to be legal
and valid, and all taxes assessed thereon
are also declared legal and valid the same
as though said list bad been returned
within the time specified by law, proyid>
ed that this act shall have no effect in
suits now pending prorided, however,
that said grand list shall be subject to all
such alterations as may be required by
the report of the committee to average
aud equalize the real estate appraisal for
1865.
Year: 1865

1t is hereby enacted, &c.


SEC. l. Section ten of chapter sixty.
eight of the General Statutes shall be Sc
construed, that whenever the homestead,
or any lands includiog such homestead,
belonging to a married man, shall have
been, or may hereafter be, mortgaged by
a joint deed OF such husband and wife,
the joining in such mortgage deed by the
wife pursuant to said section ten, shall
have no other effect than to bar r
right or claim 20 such homestead, as
against such mortgage.
Year: 1865

Sec /. Itany person shall hereafter
within the period of ten years kill any
animal of the deer kind found running al
large within this State or assist therein
or shall hort or worry any such animal
he shall be punished by fine Of fifty
dollars, and costs of prosecution, to be
recovered by suit before a Justice of
the peace one-half of said fine to be
paid TO the complainant, and the other
half to be paid into the treasury Of the
town in which such animal shall be so
hurt, worried or killed.
SEC. 2. If any offense against the
provisions of this act be committed in
any unorganized town or gore within
this State, one,half of the fine imposed
by this act shall be paid to the complain
ant, and the other half shall be paid into
treasury of the State. hm h


SEC. 8. This act shall not be so con.
strued as TO interfere with the rights of
any person who shall be the owner of
such animals, partially or wholly domes-
ticated. si


SEC. 4. This act shall take effect
from its passage.


Approved Nov. 8, 1865.
Year: 1865

1t is hereby enacted, &c.


SEC. l. When an appeal shall be Ia,
ken from the final decree of any Court
of Chancery 10 any cause determined in
said Court, and said cause shall be trans
ferred by such appeal and entered in the
Supreme Court 10 pursuance OF sections
eighty-three and eighty-four of chapter
twenty nine of the General Statutes, the
Supreme Court shall have all the juris-
diction Of chancellor of the Court OF
Chancery, in cause pending in Court
of Chancery, for making such interlocu-
tory orders from time to time on motion


and notice thereof as the circumstances
of the case render necessary.


Sec. 2. Application for such order
may be made by said Supreme Court
when sitting in any county in this State.


SEC. 3. When an appeal shall be
taken in any cause as described in section
one of this act, between the time oftaking
such appeal and the first day ofthe term
Of the Supreme Court to which such ap
peal shall be taken, chancellor Of the
Court of Chancery shall have tul juris.
diciion and power ofa Court of Chaneery
for making in such cause all necessary
interlocutory orders on motion and notice
thereof Notwithstanding such decree and
appeal. And when in any cause any or
der shall be made or proceedings had un-
der this section, the clerk of the Court of
Chancery shall transfer such order and
proceeding 10 the Supreme Court. and
they shall become part of the cause on
the hearing in the Supreme Court.


SEC. 4. Whenever in any cause in
chancery decree shall de made by any
which requires the taking Of
an account, an appeal may be taken from
such decree to the Supreme Court, and
he accounting so required, if ordered by
he Supreme Court, shall be postponed
lntil such cause is remanded from the
Supreme Court.


Sec. 5. This act shall not affect any
'1it now pending.


Approved Nov. Q, 1865.
Year: 1865

An act in relation TO appeals in Criminal
Gases.


1t is hereby enacted Sec.


SEC. l.. If the respondent in any
cause shall hereafter appeal from the
judgment r sentence of any justice
of the peace rendered in any criminal
prosecution, the appeal shall suspend the
judgment or sentence, but shall not va
cate the same and ifneither the prose-
cutting officer or the respondent shall en-
ter the case in the court to which the ap.
peal is taken, the said justice, after the
adjournment of the court to which the
appeal is taken, may issue his warrant in
due form of law to carry his judgment
into effect, the same as ifno appeal had
been taken.


SEC. 2. The respondent may in all
cases where the sentence is for fine and
cost only, tender or pay to the justice the
ine and cost with interest at any time af-
ter an appeal to twelve days before the
session of the court to which said cause
is Appealed, which sums the justice shall
receive and enter on bis records, which
shall be iull satisfaction Of said judg-
ment.


Sec. 8. If the respondent shall not
enter his appeal and the same shall not
be entered for affirmance, the prosecu-
ting officer may have an action OF debt in
the name OF the State, against the bail,
upon the recognizance for the appeal
from the Judgment oil said justice, before
any court Of competent Jurisdiction TO try
Year: 1865

the same. And the judgment shall be
for such sum as is just and equitable J;
which in case the respondent cannot be
found shall be the amour. Of fine and
cost and interest and in case the sem
tence was imprisonment, such sum as the
court shall adjudge equitable. Provided
that judgment against the bail and pay
ment of the same shall not relieve the
respondent from the sentence of impris--
oument if he is afterward apprehended in
the State.


SEC. 4. This act shall take effect
from its passage.


Approved Nov, 8, 1865. p
Year: 1865

Civil Causes.


1t is hereby enactsd, &c.


SEC. L. No judgment shall be arres-
ted in any civil cause on the ground that
the declaration in such cause contains
defective count or counts provided, such
declaration also contain good count or
counts for the same cause Of action, but
the verdict Of the jury in such case, tho
general, shall be deemed as the finding
Of the jury on the good count or counts
unless it otherwise appear; and the court
shall proceed and give Judgment accord
ing TO the rights of the case, and the mat
ters in law, without regard to any defects
or imperfections in any such count or
counts 10 such declaration contained.
Year: 1865

YOUR INTEREST rs SUBSERvED


By Sustair:2g Your County Paper
YOUR INTEREST Is SUBSERVED


BY Sustaining Your County Pspef,
YOUR INTEREST Is SUBSERyED


By Sustaining Your County Paper
YOUR INTEREST is SUBSERvED


BY Sustaining Your County Paper
YOUR INTEREST is SUBSERvED


b. Sustaining Your County Pape
Year: 1865

ALL BUSINESS AND PROBES IONAL MEN


Should Advertise in the Argus
ALL BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL MEN
Should Advertise ia the Argus
ALL BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL MEE


Should Advertise in the Argus.
ALL BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL MEN


Should Advertise IN the ArgIs.
ALL BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL NRN


Should Advertise ia the Argus
ALL BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL HKE


Should Advsrsiss in the Ara
Year: 1865

ARRIVAL OF. CAPTAIN SEMMEs.-Cap-
tain RAPHAEL SEMMEs, whose arrival in
the Confederacy had been previously an
nouuced, is now in Richmond The gal
liant Captain is looking as hale as ever; and
his many friends will be pleased to learn
that he has accomplished his long and tedi-
GUS Journey homeward in safety. We are
not informed, says the Wig of the Cap
tain's movements, but the country can lily
spare him from that sphere of usefulness in
which he has made SO great reputation for
himself and SO gloriously defended the coun-
try's cause.
Year: 1865

+ People of the South: You have cheer
fully made many noble sacrifices for the
scause of Southern independence. You
have freely given of your property and your
blood. : Having paid so dearly for our free.
dom, which We think, in the providence of
God, assure, can you fail to watch the fu-
ture of our nation7 To gain our indepen-
dence as nation will be an inestimable
blessing;' but to neglect the mental and
moral training of the children of the South
would be to destroy our independence, and
loose the dear, Blood bought treasure.


acknowledge is power" 1t is better
than riches or. honor. 1t is the principal
thing. We, therefore, beg your influence
and cooperation in the cause Of Southern
education. But it may bo asked, "What
can we do,ip this woEk?" You can call
into the school room the teachers who are
to train the young. You can. encourage
and support them in their arduous work
Our SCHOOLS would all soon be filed with
able and competent teachers, if they were
called out, and properly encouraged and
remunerated by our people. Then, dear
people of the South, raise your voices at
once and call for the educated ladies of our
Year: 1865

UhereaS. our worthy companion, HENRY
GooDING has been cut down in the noonidc of
life, and has fallen victim to the memorable de-
crees OF fate therefore be it


Resolved. That it is both meet and proper that
we give expression to the inherent sentiments of
the heart, and place our record, amongst the
archives ol our earthly sanctuary. this humble
but endcarng token of the high esteem in which
we held our departed companion. and of the grief
indulged by all of US at this our sad loss and dire
ailictOn.


Resolved. That we hereby bear testimony to
the many virtues Of our dead companion, his up
right course aud conduct in all the walks Of lie,
and his nestimable department as the friend aud
patron of our beloved order.


Resolved That we grieve at this fell stroke Of
death, and mourn the fall of him who once adorn-
ed the right in Council: for he was our excellent
King. He was Warden too but now the ri ght
hand column is gone. and the Sun in the West
has closed his day on earth Tor the last time.


Resolved. That we deeply. sincerely and most
atlectonately sympathise with the bercaved rcla-
tivcs of him we mourn. in this affecting dispcn-
sation. and put forth our most ierven prayers
that He who tempcrs the wind TO the shorn
lamb'' will look down with compassion upon the
widow and fathcrless in this their hour of desc
lation, and will fold the benevolent arms Of His
love and protection around those who are thus
bereft Of their earthly stay.


Resolved. That while we mourn the loss of our
dear companion, friend and brother. we have an
abiding faith and indulge the fond hope that in
the brig ght morning of the worlds resurrection his
mortal frame, now laid in the dust by the chill
ing blast OF death, will spring into ncwncss OF
life, and expand in immortal beauty in realms
beyond the skies.


Resolved. That the foregoing Preamble and
Resolutions be spread upon our records, and the
Secretary be required TO furnish copy to the
widow OF our beloved companion, and also copies
for publication.


j. Il. CRANDALL, Scc'y.
Year: 1865

MORE ABOUT QUARfz.-Tbe rich quartz
strike, noticed by us last week, continues to
engage attention. Several interests have
been sold in the claim at large prices and
all the holders are sanguine that the lead is
valuable. The owners of the rich rock have
been pounding it in hand mortars this week,
and they say they are confident it will real
rock will yield from $4,000 to $4,000. They
further say that the lead is clearly defined.
about six iches in width, and encased in wall
rock. They did a little work on the lead on
Wednesday, and took out one piece of rock
that they value at $1,000. The boys are
confident that they have Gn California par
Iance) the dead thing" and we hope they
are not disappointed in their expectations


From Quartz Hill, where this discovery
was made, a plainly defined lode runs in I
northtwesterly direction, and upon it, mile
distant from the Hill, good prospects have
been obtained in the groupings, which ha:
caused the lead to be taken up as far as
traceabls.


These discoveries have turned the minds
Of men considerably to quartz, and just now
We have strong prenonitory symptoms Of E
quartz fever
Year: 1865

On this SuuJect the NeVaoa transcript IN
the following:


1t is said that Congress is going to devis
some means TO make the mines yield reve
nue.. Perhaps the fac, is overlooked tha
the mines already yield large revenue te
tho General Government. First, during the
past year miners have paid eight per cent o
their net earnings in the shape Of income tax
Second, they pay one half of one per cent. In
gold or its equivalent, equal now to one pei
cent. on the gross Weld Of their mines, which
is on an average equal to ten per cent OF 'he
profits. If the Government intends to IN
crease the tax on the gross yield 1t had bet
ter make up its mind to prevent The working q
of mines paying little profit, or for evasion
Of its revenue laws.


At the last session Of Congress Conness
introduced bill for the sale Of the mineral
lands On whose advice this measure was
proposed, or what utterances of his constltu-
ents suggested it, we know not. We think
the great majority of the miners of this State
especially those with no capital to buy mines
with, are opposed to such a measure. 1t
will be apt to restrict prospecting and new
developments except in the interest Of capi,
talisls, and il may oust many claimants who
have expended all their means in running
tunnels. etc. from the reward Of their toll
unless their is an absolute gift Of the title to
the mines now being worked, which can
scarcely be expected The whole matter is
full of difficulties, and we incline to the opin
ion that it is better to leave pretty well
alone.


1t is very easy to say "better let the mines
alone" but will Congress let them alonel
These lands belong to the General Govern
ment, and can be made source Of National
revenue by sale or taxation; and it cannot be
supposed that, while The laws Of Congress
are reaching out 10 every property and in
dustrial interest in the country for revenue
to meet the enormous annual expenditures
incident 10 the war, that SO tempting a field
for the production of revenue will be allowed
to escape. In two annual reports, the Sec
retary OF the Interior, has recommended tax
alton of tie mineral lands of the Pacific
coast-an evidence that the subject has se-
riously engaged the attention of the Admin
istration. And we may Test assured that the
proposition to raise large revenue from these
lands in some manner, will be pressed home
upon Congress. Perhaps those interested
Congress. whether there shall be direct tax
upon the proceeds of the mines, or an abso
lutte sale If the ands-one horn or the other
of the dilemma, in our belief, they will have
to accept. The question is, which shall it
be!
Year: 1865

IMPORTANT DEcIsIoS. - The suit com
menced not long since by the Attorney Gem
eral to enjoin the State Treasurer from pay
ing interest on 81 100000 Central Pacific
Railroad Bonds authorized by an Act of the
Legislature of last winter, was decided by
the Supreme Court on the End inst. in favor
of paying The interest. On the following
day the Company drew S5l ,555 from the
State Treasury, the first semiannual install
men. Of interest on 1873 Bonds of $1,000
each held by the Company remaining
27 bonds, of the 1900 authorized, had been
disposed of by the Company.


1t is said that now, the Company being in
funds, will increase their force of laborers,
and diligently prosecute the work on the
road, which has been dragging slowly for
the last six months.
Year: 1865

IRON CLAD HOUSES IN New YoRK.-Thev
have corrugated iron houses in New York
The material used is a thin plate Of iron.
corrugated by the rapid action of machine,
and two of these, separated by intervening 9
joints and filled in solid with cement or
concrete. form sing le wall of any desired
thickness.
Year: 1865

y GRAND DEsIDERATUM.-lhere are two
things that the world is always seeking
viz: cheap substitute for steam, as motive
power and one for cotton. The French
think they have found the latter, at least, in
Chinagrass or nette.weed. Woven colored
and anchored clothes have already been
made from il.
Year: 1865

The Culpeper Observer has the following:
Wanted at this office, an editor who can
please every one Also, foreman who can
SO arrange the paper as to allow every mans
advertisement to head the column"