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Year: 1865

Drowning Casualty In the North fiver-


Three Lives Lost.


Last Sunday evening, about half past eight o'clock,
melancholy accident occurred In the North river, of
Hoboken by which the lives Of two mon and one child
were lest; and three and wero snatched
the yawns of death by the prompt assistance rem
dered them by Lieutenant Robert Woods Of the United
States Revenue Cuyahoga The particulars OF
the sad affair as near as could bo asccrained fol
lows:--


boating party, consisting Of Ave men, woman and
one child started the New York side and proceeded
up the river on u pleasure excursion After enjoying
themselves in various ways during the afternoon, they
started to return TO their homes and had Just reached
that part of the abreast of the Hamburg Steamship
Companys wharf, when, from some unknown cause the
boat cpsizcd and It's occupants were precpated into
the water Tho officers Of tho Revenue Cutter Cuyahoga
hearing the cries Of distress, Immediately dis
patched two boats, under the command OF Lieu
tenant Woods to the assistance OF the unfotunates
and II is mainly owing 10 that gcntlcmans timely
arrival and inofagabc cxerons that they all did not
sleep that night in a'wacry grave Two OF the men and
a little child drowned before the boats reached
them and the survivors-thrcc men and one woman
when rescued completely exhausted, and were
taken out the water dead than alive They were
oil taken board Of the Cuyahoga, where everything
was done by the officers OF the vessel to make them
comfortable after which they we're taken TO Hobokcn,
together with their boat, and sent TO their homes
We we're unable to learn the Of but OF the
unfortunate men, Mr. John Hamilton and child, the hus
band Of the woman who was N the boat The cause OF


the upsettng OF the boat Is mystery that VIII probably
be- solved upon the coroners inquest when the bodies
are recovered but IL Is suppored by some TO have hap
pened from tho parties indulgng too freely IN liquor


The breath OF Of tho rescued men sced terribly
strong OF alchoholc drink and II Is thought that they
were about changing scats rocking tho boat at the
| time OF tho dreadful occurrence,
Year: 1865

The preparations for the appropriate observance OF the
promises be celebrated grand and liberal scale.
The military Of march have already published
il remains point out the that the veterans OF the
war 1912 the citizens will take in the monies
which appear in our columns this morning, will the
order Of exercises of the various civic benevolent and
other societes


There great rush of New Workers the suburban
districts yesterday there generally is just before the
advent of any similarly noisy holiday; and the trains
portation perfectly jammed with eager
citizens anxious for the pure a and the
puted quiet Of the country They win doubtless Gnd
tho pure air but the silence and repose viii fee before
the advent of celebration day the dow before
the rays Of the SUM- The New Haven road
alone, up yesterday, took out nearly Two thou
persons and in the afternoon equal number and
Those going by other and other Of convey
ance will undoubtedly swell the number to many thou
sands and perhaps more, exclusive Of those who go on
short excursions return the evening Of the Fourth
To meet this demand every car, cart, horse, ship,
steamer yacht and yawl will be called into roqusltion,
then there will hardly be for all who desire to
travel away from the city the Fonrth Of July. There
will be the same scene enacted OF the small
cities villages within hundred mites of New York
only their residents will the metropolis 20
Che ceremonies and hear the OF the big guns. so
that the population of New York will not be materially
lessened by the exodus now going on.
Year: 1865

va Hope for the lifflicted.-In another part
of this paper viii be found the advertisement of the
celebrated Institute established by DR.. J. c.
YOUNG, in 1850. In this age of deceit and char
latanism it is boon to the suffering to point out
to them where they are sure of obtaining the wished
for relief and Under the care of the skillfu
Doctor the sick and troubled can dvest themselves
of their burdens of pains and shame lay aside their
cross, and secure health and happiness. If you
are sick or in trouble, do not hesitate. Read the
advertisement and follow the advice. Do not for
get the number nor the manner of directing your
letter. CONSULTATION OFFICE, $40 Washing
ton street. San francisco.
Year: 1865

WHICH Pit is a question among candid
men whether the return of the Democratic
party TO power, or the return of the cholera.
would be most destructive and Injurious 10
the country ?-4ppeal.


We vote cholera" first, last and all the
time.
Year: 1865

GENERAL BUTLER.-Major General Benja-
min F. Butler offered his resignation to the
President few weeks since, says the Syra-
cuse journal, and begged him to accept it,
saying that he wished to close up his affairs
with the government and settle down to the
practice of the law in New York. The
President declined acceding to this request,
observing that his present reconstruction
policy was an experiment which might fail,
and if it did, he wanted Gen. Butler to 60
South and assist in trying some other. For
this reason the General remains in the mill
tary service. We hope this little circum-
STAGE will have no tendency to discourage
our Democratic friends in their present very
laudable efforts to give President johnson a
cordial and disinterested pport.-Appeal.
Year: 1865

Persons often complain because they have to wait so
long before they can be accommodated at our office.
We give each patient numbered ticket on entering
so that we may serve them in the order Of arrival This
is the only fair way and the best do To avoid
waiting patients should call write and secure an ap
pointment. and they will be accommodated as near as
possible to the time named Even If no appointment is
made patients seldom have to wait than half an
hour.


We have given the gas, up TO this writing, to sereH
thousand hundred aud eshigHiHe pa'i'Hfs all Of
whom have written their names certificate scroll
with their own hands, and within five minutes after
having their teeth Not of al this vast number
have complained Of injury from the gas. We can draw
teeth without pain.


propose TO give an exhibition of the Gas (as per
advertisement at the Cooper Institute WEDNEspAY
EVENING next 22d inst. and extract few teeth at the
close before the audience CO. COLON.


Ofce. No. 70 Cooper Institute
Year: 1865

The UNIVERSAL CLOTHES -WRISGER, which
took the first premium at tie Fair OF the American
Institute is rayTaHfci the best in use
Send for circular giving wholesale and retail terms.
X. C.. BROWNING, General Agent


No 347 Broadway.
Year: 1865

extras has turned into cule what at first was supposed
10 have been invested with some element OF dlgr'ty
worthy Of tho OCCASION II Is regarded az ctos ter
mnaon TO such career that Of the leading actor IN
the tragedy that he should have been captured while


trying to make his escape In his wlies pettcoa's and
should have surrendered without enort at resistance
which might have dignned In glorious death bis exit
from the scene on which he Jagged too long He Will
now come here 10 be tried for completely In the assss
snation Of President Lincoln aud will probably die no
political martyr, but as feloa and murderer


From the we'll known characteristics Of General VII.
500 and his pertnacity attention TO minute details 40
doubt is ontertaned that the arbitrator Jen will be
safely delivered to the authorities here for trial and
punishment
Year: 1865

Some years ago A. held bond against b.
Tor several hundred dollars, having some time
to run. When the bond came due, A. made a
diligent search for it among his papers, but il


was not to be found. Knowing to a certainty
that the bond had not been paid or otherwise
legally disposed of, A. concluded frankly to


iniorm his neighbor B. of its loss and to rely


upon his sense of justice for the payment


But to his surprise, when informed of the loss.


B. denied ever having given such bond. and
strongly intimated fraudulent de sign on his


part in asserting that such a transaction had


taken place between them. Being unable To
prove his claim, A. was compelled to submit
to the loss OF the debt, and also to the charge.
OF dishonorable intentions in urging the de-
nand. Years passed away, and the affair al
most ceased to be thought of, when, one day.
While A. was bathing in Charles River he was
seized with cramp and came near drowning.
AFTER sinking and rising several times he was
selzed by friend, and drawn to the shore and
carried home, apparently lifeless. But by ap-
phcatlon OF the usual remedies he was res
toreo and as soon as he gained sufficient
strengtn ne went to his bookcase, took out
DOOR, and from between the leaves took out
the identical bond which had been SO long
missing. lie then stated that while drowning
and sinking, as he supposed, to rise no more,
there suddenly stood out before him, as it
were In picture, every act of his life from his
chlldhood to the moment when he sank be-
meath the waters, and that among other acts
was that of his placing that bond in book
and laying il away in the bookcase. A. armed
with the long lost document found in this man
ner, called upon B., of whom he recovered
the debt with interest. Similar instances of
quickened memory might easily be given.
Year: 1865

suGAR.-The way in which sugar is made
perfectly white. it is aid was found out in
curious way. A hen that had gone through a
clay mud puddle, went with her muddy feet
into a sugar house. She left her tracks on
piece Of sugar. 1t was observed by some one.
that wherever the tracks were the sugar was
wtitcned. This led to some experiments -
The result was that wet clay came to be used
in refining sugar. 1t is u.ed in this way
The sugar is put into earthen jars, shaped as
you see the sugar-loaves are. The large ends
are upwards. The smaller ends have a hole in
them. The jar is filed with sugar, the clay
put over the top, and kept wet. The moisture
goes down through the sugar and drops from
the hole in the small end of the jar. This
makes the sugar perfectly white.
Year: 1865

1 ne bill in this case charges that the dssend.
ant reduced the plaintiff to slavery and that sbe
was compelled to bring a suit whereby. after a
protracted litigation, she rega:.sed her freedom.
that when the defendant reduced the PLAINTIFF To
servitude he took from her certain personal
property; that she brought an sction 81 trover
thereier soon after the judgment was rendered
whereby she was finally liberated from slaverv.
that the defendant offers to plead the statnte ef
limitation at law, from which she pravs that he
may be injeined: Held, That il appearing that
the plaintiff recovered her liberty on the ground
that she belonged 10 the white race the claim OF
the defendant to hold her in servituds Is no er-
cuse to the plaintiff for not bringing her suit at
law within the period OF limitation.


The Judgment in the suit for freedom having
decided the fact that the plaintiff is white wo,
man, 1t follows that she was never under auv
disability to sue by reason of the claim preferred
by defendant that she was his slave


Neither her bondage before the institution Of
the action OF trover, nor the restraint bv being
hired out under the direction of the court pen-
ding her suit for freedom, prevented her from
bringing her action Of trover for damages sus-
tanned by reason Of the unlawful conversion of
her property.


Nor is the alleged fact that she was advised
by her counsel not to bring the action of troTer
until her suit for freedom should be decided
such an excuse for her failure to sue as will dis
place the statuts bar


REVERSED
Year: 1865

PRESIDENT DAVIS AND THE PREss-A wri
ter in the Wilmington Journal bears the
following testimony as to President Da-
vis' notions Of tho position Of the pIesa
ought to occupy:


happened to know that the President
was approached some months sgo by an
intelligent gentleman who desired to es-
'ablish first class newspaper which
should support the administration, aud tha.
the President after thanking him for his good
Intentions, replied that while be wished to re-
ceive the support Of the press Of the country. be
did not wish 70 have an organ devoted especial
ly to his inteaest. He said no man wae so wise
or elevated that he could be benefited BY judi
cious and Independent criticism and that he de-
sired the press to be perfectly free to condemn
or approve the acts OF the government according
as they might deserve.
Year: 1865

'Tis fashion, fashion everywhere,
We follow all its fright
The ladies talk about it days


And dream about it nights.
The darlings all strive very hard


Towear the biggest rats,
And now the size has grown so great
You cen must call them cats.
\ small fish-net well stuffed with hair
Hangs graceful DER the back,
Resembling (its so very large


a travelling peddler's pack.
can't conceive what good they are,
But twill not do To lag
Tie waterfall is absolute


Hang out the pudding bag!
You have to look three time to see
The honnetsior the Fall,
And then YOU must look quite sharp,
They are so very small,
And YOU have one in your hand,
However much inclined,
II bet YOU can't tell what part s front,
And which shall 20 behind.
TIE monSt rous hoops are growing less
Let's thank orr stars for that.
Perhaps NJ other year viii see


The last Of "mouse' and rat"
Let those who stick to good old ways
Be patient yet awhile,
And pretty soon they'll find themselves
Right in the latest style
Year: 1865

Al Welsh celebration in New York.
Doctor Jones told the following amusing
story:


The speaker said editors are like other
shrewd men. who have to live with their
eyes and ears open, lie related a story Of
an editor who started Pa Der in Lew
village in the West The town was infcst-
Cd by gamblers, whose presence was Il
source Of annoyance to the citizens, who
told him if he did not come out against
them. they would not patronize his paper.
He replied that he would give them a
''smasher" next day. Sure enough, his next
issue contained the promised ''smasher )"
and OH the following day the redoubtable
editor, with scissors in hand was sitting in
his sanctum cutting out the news, when
in walked large man with q club in his
hani and demanded to know # the editor
was in. 'No, sir, was the rcnly. "he has
stepped out take seat and read the pa
pers he will return IL a minute" Down
sat the indignant man OF cards, crossed his
,egs with his club between them, and com
menced reading paper. In the meantime
the editor quietly vamosel down stairs, and
at the landing below he met with another
excited man, with a cudgel in his hand,
who asked him if the editor was in. Yes
sir, was the prompt reply; you will find
him seated up stairs reading newspaper.
The latter in entering he room with 9
furious oath, commenced violent assault
upon the former which was resisted with
equal ferocity, and the fight was continued
until they had both reached the foot of The
stairs and pounded each other to their
hearts content.
Year: 1865

Upon this subject the New York Ncvs
says:


"The shipments Of goods from this city
to the various ports OF the Southern States
have lately become immense. An average
Of iifty vessels per week are now leaving
this port for the South, all laden 10 their
utmost capacity, and considerable difficulty
is experienced in obtaining transportation
The number of weekly departures are now
greater than before the war, being from
twenty five to fifty per cent. in excess OF
departures at the same season, during the
period extending from 1896 TO lSG0.-
This fourishing condition OF trade is eX-
ccedinglv gratifying, for it indicates that
the South has still the ability to buy heay
lily to supply its pressing needs. 1t is no.
ticable, also, that our merchants and man
ufactursrs are doing all in their power to
aid Southern buyers by selling on advan-
tageous terms. Many Southern buyers
who were financially ruined during the
war. have been ''set upon their legs again
by merchants who knew them well before
the rebellion and had confidence in their
integrity. We regard these indications as
not only commercially but politically i'm
portant, for we have more faith in the viz
tue Of adc-rcconstruction than in the
partisan article which Congress Is now en-
gagged upon"
Year: 1865

A correspondent relates the following
which seems almost too good to be true
Ben Davis, as his neighbors call him, had
a very nice melon patch. One afternoon
while in the village store be overheard
some boys plotting to help themselves to
the fruit without being invited. Ben said
nothing. but on his way home set his wits
to work to head them off. As he was
passing along, a large black snake crossed
his path which Ben succeeded in captur-
ing alive He Immediately went to his
garden and selecting the very finest wa
termelon, cut it in two very carefully,
scooped out the inside, aad by means OF
PEGS on the inside fastened It together so
nicely that one could hardly detect the
seam. lie then plugged it, and forcing
the snake in head first, made all secure, and
left it in plain sight That night OF course
he lay concealed near by to witness the
sport Shortly after nine o'clock, three
boys came, and each selecting the finest
melon he could find started away, with
it Ben following at a safe distance. They
proceeded to an outbuildng not far distant
struck light and prepared for a good time.
Ben looking on through the cracks. Boy
like, the largest one was taken first. Il
guess It's hollow said the boy ripping
through one side with his jack knife
well soon sec what's in it," continued he
turning it over, and then came scream
of terror from all the bcys as the snake
giided ont among them, and away they
scrambled, leaving the other melons un>
touched. and it did not make them feel
more comfortable to hear the uprOarouS
laughter of Ben as they took flight The
story sp.ead through tic village, and they
soon found that they had paid dear price
for their free melous For weeks whenev-
er the boys saw the thieves, they would
set up hiss, and the culprits would bo
glad to retreat out of sight to hide their
shaxlc.


This calls to mind the story ofa clergy
man who suspected one Of neighbors Of
stealing hay from his barn. One night
he provided himself with dark lantern,
and watched for mis- coming. He saw the
suspected man 20 to the barn, axe out as
much as he could crrry on hs back and
start for homo. The clergyman stole up
softly behind him, and opening his lantern
set fire to the hay behind his back. 1t
flashed up instantly and he ran away in
the greatest terror A few days after the
culprit came to the clergyman and, confess
ing the theft. asked forgiveness. He said
that while he was carrying away some hay
the fire of God came down upon it, and he





The clergymen freely forgavc him, but
did not for long time tell him how the
hay came to take fire.
Year: 1865

The usher of the Troy Opera House. a
few evenings ago, received in the front
scat person arrayed in black broadcloth
and wearing a round crowned felt hat
The attentive usher hurried down the
aisle and touched the spectator on the
shoulder with an "You must take Of your
hat sir" The head turned round. and a
pair of feminine eyes gave the usher an
indignant look he retired with an Il beg
your pardon, madam" and the audience
testified their appreciation Of the incident
by a subdued applause
Year: 1865

Action is life; naction is death. Life
in the human body is warm. Death is
cold Vigorous bodily action causes the
blood to circulate throughout every part oI
the body The want OF action causes it
so to speak, to stand still. The blood goes
more freely to those parts Of the body ol
brain most exercised. IF we swing the
slcdge hammer like the blacksmith, OF
climb the ropes like the sailor, We get
large ana strong arms and hands. If we row
boat or SWING a scythe, it is The same
But if we use the brain chiefly. to the
exclusion of the muscle, ne may have more
active minds. but weaker bodies. The
better condition in which the entire be-
ing, body and brain. is symetrically devel-
oped, requires the harmonious exercise OF
all parts, in which there will be a happy
equilibrium with no excess. no deficiencies,
no hot-head ache, no cold feet Head
ache is usually caused by pressure of
blood on the brain; cold feet is a limited
circulation Of blood in those extremities.


There is an old adage which says; Keep
the feet warm and the head cool, " which
was no doubt intended to counteract a
tendency the other way Certain it is
that that those who suffer with hot heads
usually have Geld feet.


One cause OF cold feet is wearing tight
CATERS. which interrupt the free circula
ton of the blood Another is the wearing
Of tight stockings and tight shoes. Still
another cause is. using the lower limbs so
little that there is not enough blood in cir
culation in these parts to keep them warm.
Year: 1865

A gentleman, now distinguished mcr-
chant of Boston, but formerly a resident
of Nantucket, was once engaged in plant
inc potatoes on his fam in that town
when dry old fellow stopped to watch the
operation The merchant, more enthusi
astic than skillful in his farming, was
dropping five seed potatoes in each hill.


"Ah. planting potatoes, squire - re
mark ed Uncle Jerry.


Yes" replied the merchant, "and Il
the rot dosen't take them | expect to have
a good crop. What time do you think il
best to dig potatoes, Uncle Jerry


The old fellow looked into hill and
replied


dig 'em now; you will never set a big
ger crop"
Year: 1865

itary detective system was to crafty ma
hgnant hatred and spite towards the South
and to fleece money out of every body in
the North who had the least sympathy or
kind feelings for friends or relations in the
South Many of these detectives have
recently retired from the service" with
handsome fortunes accumulated in this
manner, although, four years ago, they
were not worth cent.
Year: 1865

treat a whole race of their fellow-men? Sir
this doctrine Ola white mans government i
as atrociOus as the infamous sentiment that
damned the late chicf-iusticc to everlasting
infamv, and fear to everlasting fire.
Year: 1865

Boston paper says that a hasty rud-
ding which had been set out to cool one
morning in that city, was taken to the
station-house by policeman, on a charge
OF s0,ek'ag IN tie strest-a practice which
is not permitted in that tidy town.
Year: 1865

The piles sustaining the London bridge have were critically examined, and found to have been decayed but slightly. These piles are principally of elm Old Savoy Place, in the 3city of London, is sustained on piles driven six hundred and fifty years ago. They con zsist of oak, elm, beach and chestnut, and are perfectly sound. The bridge built by the SEmperor Trojan over the Danube, affords a

 striking example of the durability of timber in the wet state. One of these piles Mas taken

 up and and found to be petrifed to tho depth

 of three quarters of an inch, and the rest oi

 the wood had undergone notchange, though il Uhad been driven 1900 years.