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Year: 1865

It is a common practice in many parts
of India to oblige persons suspected of
crimes to chew dry rice in the presence of
the officers Of the law. Curious as itmay
appear, such is the intense influence of
fear on the salivary glands that if they
are actually guilty there is no secretion of
saliva in the mouth, and chewing is i'm
possible Such culprits generally con-
fess without any further efforts. On the
contrary, a consciousness of innocence
allows of a proper flow of fluid for soft
ening the rice.


Many of our readers are familiar with
the case of the thief to whom,in common


with other suspected persons, stiCk of
certain length was given, with the assur-


ance that the stick of the thief would


grow by supernatural power. The cul-
prit, imagining that his stick had actually
increased in length, broke g piece off, and


was thus detected A similar anecdote
! is told of farmer, who detected depre


bottoms on his bin, by calling his


men together, and making them mix up a


quantity of feathers in a sieve, assuring


them, at the same time, that the feathers


would infallibly stick to the hair of the
thief After a short time one of the men


raised his hand repeatedly to his head land


thus betrayed himself.


II A Partisan physician. during his visits


made in a hired fly, had received bottle


of real Jamaica rum as sample, bu


found, after returning home, that he hao
left it in the carriage. He went to thu
office and informed the manager that he
t had left virulent poison in one of th'
t carriages, and desired him to prevent any
: of the coachmen from drinking it. Hard
| ly had he got back when he was summon
[ ed in great haste to three of these wor
T thies, who were suffering from the mos
4 horrible collie and great was his difficult,
: in persuading them that they had onl.


stolen some excellent rum.-- Cleaning
e for tie Curious.


. A WHOLE FAMILY IN HAVEN


whole family in Heaven! Who can pic
. ture or describe the everlasting JOY? n
- one is absent, no father nor mother, De
n son, nor daughter is away. In the werl
j. below, they were united in faith ,and lov'
a and peace, and joy. On the morning {
o the resurrection they ascend together
+ Before the throne they live together
- united alteration. On the banks of Il
= rivor of life they walk, hand in hand AN
! as family they have commenced CT
i reer of glory which shall be everlastin!
n There is hereafter to be no separation
- that family; no one to lie down on be
. of pain; no one to wander in temptatio
- no one to sink into the arms of DEATH
=, Never in heaven is that family to moN
: along in the slow procession, clad in Il
- habiliments of woe, to consign one of i


members to the tomb. God grant, in H
h. infinite mercy, that every family may
- thus united.


u n- A gentleman while walking Il
v, ls..o-o e. ~ Dos Mninns In,un dlrinn
Year: 1865

WYE WOULD CALL THE ATTENTION OF DkUG-
wv GISTS to the above establishment, and invite
them, when in the city, TO look through our stock


Our goods were bought when gold was at III %, alc
before The additional so per in Tariff Duty
which, we are confident will enable Us TO sell goods IN
our line very low and yet realize profit We Will du-
piicate any Cincinnati bill-huctuatons in prices con-
sidered


Orders are solicited JeT'G4-dly
Year: 1865

and these white men by white MANS
Government. Gentlemen, let me add one
word in this same connection. For many
years. past, as you are well aware, we were fl,
obliged to stand upon the proposition that
the South, where negro slavery existed by
State law, that it was their business;
that we had no right through the Fed
eral Government or otherwise to inter-
fere with their affairs; that was q neces-
,sity of our position; the absolute and
uncomfortable construction which we
placed upon the Federal Constitution and
upon the Constitutions OF the States, that
each were supreme IN their spheres. You
are all perfectly aware at what cost we
done this; You are all perfectly aware
that with this 'disinterestedly volunteering
to protect the Constitution of the country
from invasion, by insisting that these men
could not make their crusades upon the
slave States, we were driven into minorities
over great portion of the country that
otherwise we would have had with undis-
puted sway. / thank my. God that that
time is passed, that we have come to
time when we can go back to the point we
occupied twenty-five years ago, and can
stand and devote our entire attention to the
yindication of the just rights OF the great
laboring masses of our country. These
men for whom we have done so much, who
ought to be grateful to us for what we have
done, have been far otherwise. They pitch
ed into a rebellion and staked their negroes
upon the issue, as a gambler throws his
pawn into the game. They have lost. Let
the negroes go. [Applause.l


After some remarks touching General
CoX's evasion of the questions put to him,
Judge Ranney took his seat. It-~r'sln h
Year: 1865

ed; that trial by jury, free speech, free press,
are to be held inviolate; that military COM
missions, for the trial of civilians, are abso-
lutely prohibited, /, for one, believe it to
be my highest duty to give him warm
support. If he will not go so far, will
support him where he is right, and as earn
estly condemn him where he is wrong
The party which has not been diverted in
the midst OF the terrors of the past tour
years from its steady support of the rights
of the States and the rights of the people,
cannot be seduced by hopes of power,
nor driven by fear of consequences to
abandon that position now. 1t demands
nothing which is not prescribed in the Con-
stitution; it will be satisfied with nothing
less; it will be unselfish and earnest in its
support; it will be determined and active
in its opposition; it rises above party aims;
it banishes party aspirations; it will be true
to him, whoever he may be, who will be
true to the Constitution and the country.


The questions now in controversy touch
the very organization of the Federal Gov
ernment. They revive the old theories of
confederation and consolidation. They are
hidden under spurious and deceptive names.
Reconstruction, as our opponents use the
word, means not restoration of the Union,
but reconstruction of the Constitution ;
change in the framework OF the Govern
ment and every change proposed is in dim
mutton OF the States, and ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
of the Federal Government. Delay in re-
construction means that military Govern
ments are to be used to effect them. The
tendency of war is to consolidation. We
must resist it. 1t will lead to despotism.
Local ,self-government the rights of the
States confederation. These are the only
hope of liberty. Ourfathers saw this, and
they formed confederation. In few and
simple words, they established the test of
all questions. "All powers not delegated
are reserved" Let us bring all to this
test. Let us solve them by it, and as far as
human wisdom can effect it, we escape all
dangers. Shall we change that test nov
Shall we destroy the States? Shall we
impair their powers? Are wiser, more
patriotic, more honest than our fathers p
No. Let us restore the Government as they
made it. They gave us a blessing; ilet us
beware that we do not make it a curse.


The speech was warmly received, and
ELECTED throughout marked attention and
great applause. d..
Year: 1865

sion OF the center building, on the east. to the
line OF the new wings, becomes an architectural
necessity. L have prepared plans for thus
completing the work, in harmony with what
has already been done, and will place them in
the Capitol for future reference.


81 do not suppose, nor would recommend,
that any any action be taken by Congress, in
reference to such an improvement until the
war is ended and the financial condition OF the
country becomes settled and prosperous: but,
inasmuch as it Is my purpose to retire from the
works as soon as the dome Is finished, L deem
it incumbent upon me TO leave upon record my
views to their final completion.


''Patent Office Building.-The tiling OF the
North Saloon has been completed, also tho
plastering. The wood work of the cases has
all been prepared and deli sered; the sash hes are
all glazed, and the iron pilasters, stair ways,
and railings are completed and READY 70 De
put up.


"North Front.-By an act of Congress ap-
proved July Q, 1864, the sum OF S35,O00 was
appropriated for finishing the Patent Ohict
building In view of the lateness OF the sea-
son, and the strike of the stone-cutters, which
took place on the 1st of August ii was dee m ed
advisable not to urge the contractors TO a gem
eral resumption OF the work until the ensui
spring; there has therefore been but little pr,
gress made.


East Wing.-The furnaces under this por
ton Of the building, which were in progress
construction at the date OF my last annual re
port, and for which an appropriation OF 5000,
was made, have been completed, and were in
successful operation during the most OF the
past winter The accounts for the same have
all been closed.


West Wing-The repairs of the west wing,
for which an appropriation OF $4,000 was
made, have been completed, and the accounts
saftled
Year: 1865

The debate in the Senate to. day on the joint
resolution dismissing officers from the army
who have not commands commensurate with
their rank was unusually spirited, nearly all
of the prominent Senators participating in the
discussion. The belief is generally entertained
that the resolution will not be adopted the
Military Committee having some time since
made q unanimous report against the measure,
and large number Of the Senatoys expressed
their objections to it. An effort was made to
save the resolution by postponement, which,
at the time OF going to press, had not sue
ceeded.
Year: 1865

THE DUTCH GAP CANAL.-The canal was
commenced In August last, and up to the day
OF the explosion OF the bulkhead eight regiments
OF white and colored troops were detailed for
the special work, averaging from 100 to 14Ome
employed daily on an average OF ten hours
The canal is 522 feet long, and the greatest
width OF excavation is 122 feet, and the depth
as feet. The width OF the canal proper is 6s
feet 1t the top and As feet at the bottom At
nigh water there will be depth OF I6 feet
From these facts some idea NAV be formed OF
the immensity of the work.
Year: 1865

THE NEW ARMY CORPS.
Nearly thirteen hundred applications have
been received for offic positions in the new
First Army Corps now being organized in this
city by General Hancock. Comparatively few
OF the applicants have been accepted, thus far,
hoWever
Year: 1865

= Congress at its last session passed sn act
providing that any person, whether inven-
tor or assignee, for whom 8 patent was
ordered to be issued on the payment of the
final fee, but who had failed to make pay
msnt thereof, shall have the right to make
an application for patent the same as in
the case of an original application, provid-
ed such application be made within
two years after the date of the
allowance of the original application, and
nothing herein shall be SO construed as
to hold responsible in damages any per-
sons who hove manufactured or used any
article or thing tor which the patent
aforesaid was ordered to issue. This act
applies to all cases now in the Patent
Office, and also such as may hereafter be
filed
Year: 1865

MEADvILLE, March 20-7:55 P. N.


The $50 A. N. train, from Cleveland, on
the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad,
came safely through arriving at six this
afternoon. The road is probably in safer
condition than before the break. Some
two hundred men are working on the
Franklin branch, which cannot be in rum
ring order for several days, and perhaps a
week.


The destruction at Franklin, Oil City
and the Oil Creek region is really enor-
nous. Five millions is the estimate of loss
made by practical oil man who arrived
here yesterday By horseback from Oil City
Sixty houses are reported carried away at
Oil City alone.
Year: 1865

his arrival and God speed his partngf Were these
friends Canadians II not then or what other nation
aty9 Were they not accessories st least after the
fsct-acoeseores or . kind whom our law holds
70 be equally guilty with the principal and subject
70 the same punishment What says Blackstonei
"Generally any assistance whatever given 10 felon,
hinder his being apprehended tried or suffering punish
ment, makes the assissor an accessory We imagine
that no one who beevest Gazette well Informed as to
the fact that surra was here will doubt that
have met just such accessories as thoee-men who II
they did not know OF and instgate murder and
tempted murder az Washington not horrihed
those crimes as to be prevented by their loathng OF
them from receiving and aiding the criminal. From
this state OF feeling Is far TO that which must be-
long TO the accessory before the fact and when
our contemporary vouchng his belief Of occurrence
which supposes or at least renders highly probable the
existence among us OF one cass Of accessories
understand now he should feel certain that other
class u absolutely absent We venture give no opinion
TO the justice Of this latter opinion Il NAV be that
no one In Canada knew anything OF the murder before II
took place. and we know not nor care to know at
present. the names OF those by whose and
assistance Surratt passed on through this cty But
II, - the Gazette says lie has been here unless he
merely passed on with through ticket making himself
known 70 no one-in which no one would know Of
his passaseher can be doubt that there arc among
Us parcipators In this great crime Whether there Is
any mode by which their offence be reached have
not considered sufficiently enable us pronounce
opinion upon The extradtion treaty applies 70 per-
States and criminal courts ordinarily only deal with
offences committed within their Jurisdiction; but II
seems hardly possible ii be truo that the assasSins
have accessories among that the government Of the
United states will rest until they have exhausted every
elort TO secure their punishment.
Year: 1865

DABoLLs roo TRUMPET FOR EAsRAGAHsET-


now ABOUT SANDY BooKg


We learn that arrangements have been made 10 plsce
one OF pabols fog trumpets worked by eighteen
inch oaorc engine, at Beaver Tail Lighthouse, Rhsde
Island.


The government ut one time had steam whistle there;
but, az is the case at most lighthouse stations steam
not practical motor


From the success which has attended Dabolrs fog
trumpet as worked by the caorc engine have reason
10 anticipate the most beneficial results from s use TO
commerce aud navigation for all future time


Foreign governmental, however, have done much moro
TO develop this Invention than our government and
this fact very strange one, tho invention s
purely American. Even tho French government have
Informed Mr.. Daboll recently, thst from certain ex.
periments made by the Director General OF
Lighthouses, they arc satisfied that the trumpet
possesses superior advantages any oher form OF


signals for fog alarms and this Is fast becoming the pop
ular opinion among scientific Hut how about
Sandy Hook? An appropriation made by the Con.
Of 1890 for fog signal Sandy Hook and several
other localities which has been carried out Now
that the we'll nigh ended will not the government
give us this much desrcd Of protection for Sandy
Hook Ope Of Dabos twenty -four inch caloric fog rup
pets such recently ordered BY the Nova Scotia author
Ties Tor haiksx would prove incacsby beneficial 10 the
commerce or the whole world, and protection TO life
sod property a sen The season s suspicious for now
carrying forward this important enterprise Will not the
proper au'nortes take immediate acticn in this matter
Year: 1865

Ths Trial OF tho C0nsp1rators.


WARRINGTON, May 8. 1865.
The trial Of Ithe assassins will commence here next
week, and, It s generally understood, on Monday a.
though circumstances may compel postponement until
tho middle Of the week The court will be well selected
Of gentlemen Of superior ability, and the trials will be
rapidly pushed forward Extensive arrangements have
been made by the government for the report Of the
proceedings six stenographers being engaged It sup
posed that the trial will take place the Arsenal at the
foot OF Fouranda Half street. where the assassns
now In custody closely guarded by regiment
Year: 1865

woman who had saved his life, and then set
out. Late in the afternoon, two officers ar
rived at the cabin,and when they were shown
the dead bodies, at once proceeded to remove
them. And, ere the week had passed, whole
settlements blessed the Border Heroine for
the work she had done.
Year: 1865

All who have used DR., HARvEY's FEMALE PILLS
recommend them to others. Nurses recommend
them Druggists and Dealers recommend them in
preference to other medicines because of their merits
No lady objects to take them for they are elegantly
PREPARED BY AN EXPERIENCED CHEMIST


They ar perfectly harmless on the system, may
be taken at any time with perfect safety ut dur
ing the early stages Of Pregnancy they should
not be taken or a miscarriage may be the result
They never cause any sickness, pain or distress.


Each box contains sixty pills and full directions
for use.
Year: 1865

In lS52 famous eronaut advertised that
he would make an ascension from Oakland,
California II was a total novelty 10 nine
tenths of those he addressed. and the public
rushed to see him in crowds. In the centre
of the space from which the ascent was to be
made, the huge sphere foated, held down to
vulgar earth by dozen ropes graspcd by as
many persons selected from among the by
ISLANDERS. The navigator among the heavens
had not yet made his appearance. and the
audience were growing inpatient, as mani
tested by their shouts and curses. lie was
probably playing freeze-out poker with some
flush miner, in some adjoining tavern, Ia
Artemus Ward, and could not be choked
of. In few minutes more the - machlne"
would have been torn into threads, when
gust Of wind arising, the balloon was sudden
" wrenched from the hands that held it, and
rushed like a rocket straight towards the
clouds. Did we say wrenched from all?
No not from all A cry of horror rose from
the lately turbulent crowd for there, cling
ing to slight wooden cross-pieee attached
to one of the cords, was small dark object
which every one pronounced to be human
being. A lad who had been selling papers
among the crowd was one Of those who had
volunteered to hold the guys, and not being
sufficiently alert, had been carried off with
the balloon. The spectators were appalled,,
and every observer momentarily expected to
see him drop. But the young adventurer
had no such idea, and those who had glasses
saw him Chamber up the cord. and seat him
self astride the cross-piece. The balloon as
ccnded upwards in the glowing rays Of the
sun, it seemed like speck; then vanished
altogether. -


Ii would have been difficult just then to
have insured the Life of that boy at any pre-
MUM. As for the involuntary aronaut,
what must have been his feelings as he found
himself thus severed from the firm earth to
which he had been accustomed. At first bis
little heart was in his throat. and ne seemed
to have suddenly fallen from some vast
height INTO an abyss Of fatbomless air. The
world vanished instantaneously from sight.
The boy had unfortunately wound the cord
about his hand in such manner that 1t wss
impossible to let 20 at once. Yet knowing
the fate that awaited him. should he fall, he
had, by the exertion Of an amount of
strength wonderful IN one 80 young, eontriv-
ed 70 assume the position Of comparative
safety already noted. There be saw the
wind driven clouds of different strata rush
past him with frightfal velocity, and, look
Year: 1865

ing down. could dimly discern the Landscape,
and the ocean with its ships, spread out as
on a map. During the afternoon the people
of Benicia saw the car dash by, and little
thought of the throbbing heart that from
that awful eminence awaited in cold and
anxiety the coming night The blood began
to CONCEAL in the veins of the little traveller;
the act OF breathing grew difficult his
muscles increased to such a fearful tension,
were beginning to relax a numbness was
seIzing ON the fingers that grasped the cord


\ few minutes more must evidently ter
inmate the terrible ride through space. All
at once the rope attached to the valve was
thrown against the boy. He elutched Il IN
his despair as an additional hold upon lie
joy The valve opens the gas escapes
the balloon is once more nearing the earth
1t rushes into the leafy embrace Of a grove
Of trees, and after a violent struggle, rests.
When some ranchman, who had been watch
ing the descent, reached the spot he found
the young adventurer seated on the ground
at the foot Of an oak, looking the very pie
ture of astonishment, but none the worse for
his journey, except few scratches


We have heard OF persons whose hair
from terror turned gray in a single night
The hair Of the lad, on coming down, was
bright red. but as it was red before he went
up, we 90 not know that this was anything
remarkable We meet him-the boy then.
the man now-daiiy, he looks like any othCg
mortal. and seems to have forgotten all the
circumstances to which he was indebted lor
his elevation.
Year: 1865

One OF the best things of the season is
from Bishop Simpson, who has declared in
favor of paying the rebel war debt when 1t
becomes due, viz after 4" the independence
OF the Confederate States shall have been Sc
cured"


The Boston Troreller blows very strongly
on Judge Redield's doctrine, that the only
ground on which the freedmen of the South
can be made voters is the clause Of the Con-
stisution requiring Congress to guaranty a
republican form Of government to the several
States. 1t gives long list of repubhes-al-
ways called so-from tbosc.of Greece and
Rome down to our own, in which slavery
was allowed-and winds up as follows


/" Our power to convert the freedmen into
citizens is not derived from the republican
| clause of the constitution, and that clause
never before was interpreted to mean any
thing of the kind. For years after the con-
stitution which contains that clause had be
come the organic law oI the land, many
States-most tStates-excluded large numbers
Of their people from the polls, because they
were not possessed o. certain property quali-
fcatiops. Rhode Island, required, that the
voter should be possessed ofs certain amount
of real estate, or that he should be the eldest
son of person who was thus qualified. Yet
Rhode Island was a republic, and no sane
man ever thought that the federal govern
ment had the right to call the majority Of
her male population to the polls under the
republican politY clause. Our power to deal
with the condition OF the Southern coiored
population proceeds from the right of con-
quest, right to the exercise Of which there
is no limit, rave what proceeds from the
force OF public opinion Had We not con-
quered the States which rebellsd, we could
not have Interfered With their Internal con-
dirion, and never should have thought oi
thus interfering. We have the power TO ele
vate the colored people politically, and we
should exercise il, as men Of sense, and as
men who love justice. We should elevate
them, because it 10 our duty to do as we
would he done by, and because we are strong
enough to DO our duty. Acting on the broad
principle Of right, we shall find our cause
better sustained than we could hope to sus-
tain it BY deducing from the constitution a
power which that instrument cunfefs upon
no body of men in tire country. We weaker
our cause when We seek to found the pro.
Year: 1865

We are glad to learn that a project Is on
foot to erect church building at Essex
Junction. Tie church gCers in that vicinity
need a church, and have held several meet
ings to colsult in reference to the subject.