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Year: 1865

Judge Barnard yesterday sitting in Chambers, granted
order for the Of Charles Brown on an appca
lion made by the officers OF the Phenx Bank. Brown is
the person who followed the woman Brewer to the JEFF


erson Market police station and was there detained on
criminal charge The order for arrest Is IN civil suit
Year: 1865

the discovery Of these facts Messrs. Morris and
Ketehum ordered payment to be stopped, and in
few days will be ready to submit to the creditors
a proposition for liquidation. Meanwhile all re-
mttances are deposited in bank to the credit OF the
refnitters. The large capital Of the firm and
wealth of its junior partner renders it probable that
the loss to the creditors will not be heavy at
first reported. Ii is as vet. premature to attempt
to state the amount of the defalcation, but it is
variously estimated at from two to four million
dollars.


Edward Ketchum who has absconded, is twenty
five years of age; has been married two or three
years and has one child. Before departing he left
a letter for his father. in which he admitted his
crime and asked his father to provide for his wife
and child. saying he bad provided for himself. 1t
is represented he abstracted bonds from the safe
of the firm, but to what extent is not now known.


The Fourth National Bunk it is now stated,
is involved by his transactions $255. 900, having
negotiated for some OF the forged certificates.


The last seen OF Ketchum was in trunk store
on Broadway, when he had some fifteen packages
of money, thought from glance to be as much as
sixty thousand dollars, and where he bought a
travelling bag.


A card from tie Presinent of the Fourth Ma
tional Bank saws it is perfectly sound. The earn
ing for the last six months exceed the amount Of
the forged certificates held.
Year: 1865

Do NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY buying any OF
the numerous worthless articles called Gold Pens which have
flooded the market FOG the last few years when at lower
prices you can get pens which acknowledged TO be the
BEST IN THE WORLD


Avoid the shameless Upstairs whose lack Of brains compes
them to attempt IMITATION to s adrertemen II you
the full value of your money, call on A. NORTON No
IS Maiden-lane. or inclose stamp circular.
Year: 1865

CHARLESTON, S. c., Oct 27.-The Ma
sons of the North are about to receive a
distinguished committee from the CAPT
tol of South Carolina. The Masonic fra
ternlty of Columbia have chosen broth
ers VIM. Gilmore gSimms and Robert
Bruno as commissioners to represent to
their northern brethren the distressed
aud prostrate condition of the lodge OF
Columbia The working impliments of
the order have nearly all been destroyed
by the ruthless hands of war, and the
lodges generally are in most helpless
condition. The brotherhood in the north
cru States it is hoped will extend the
hand of welcome to these two eminent
members of the fraternity. They will
take their departure for the city Of New
York in tho steamer on Monday.
Year: 1865




This hero of few unsuccessful battle
: fields;S it is reported, met with very
cool reception from the President on the
recent occasion Of his visit. He was
kept waiting i'll the anti-room nearly
halfs day while his bitters We're served,
and On his final admission was quickly
disposed of The immediate cause of
this disfavor-fs that, during his recent
semi-oficial trip through the Sonth,
ESchurz, thdagh' ostensibly engaged in
looking after the affairs of the Freed
mems Bureau, spent most OF his efforts
in attempting to organize a Republican,
rarty in that section. 1t is asserted
that he sought to convince the people OF
? the States that he passed through, that
the question of their re-admission would
depend entirely upon their joining that
party.


.Schurz is a political demagogUc of the
Red Repnblican school and OF the red
dest.and most fanatical class. He IS
fine elocutionist, and there all his good
qualities end As public speaker he
rendered the Republican party all the
, service in his power during tue Pres
3denial campaign Of 1860, and Tor that
wGs rewarded with the mission to Spain.
He was about as we'll fitted for the
place as the Rev. Colonel Jacques is tor
principal of female seminary lie Tell
into disgrace ut Madrid, resigned, came
home and hung round Washington for a
season soliciting military rank. lie OBJ
tained it, and proved one of the poorest
Of the many poor political generals that
have sprung up like fungnses during
the late war The easy, good nature OF
the late President could not resist his
persistant applications for places, which
he was most clearly incompetent to hll.
1t is gratifying to see that President
Johnson takes him for what he is worth
and treats him with the attention be
deserves
Year: 1865

PH1LADELAHIA, Oct. 27.-Tne Fair for
the Soldiers Home pr"ves thus far a
great success The Academy of Music
is crowded to excess day and evening.
The receipts thus far have exceeded the
expectations of the most sangGine. Ar
have been made by nearly
all the railways leading to the city to
sell tickets covering the passage and
giving an entrance to the fair.
Year: 1865

AT the opera the other evening, one
gentleman pointed ont dandified look
ing individual to his friend as sculptor
"What z, said his friead, "such a look
ing chap as that a sculptor? Surely You
must be mistaken" He may not be
!. the kind of a one you mean," said the
informant, "but know that he chiseled
a tailor out of suit of clothes last
week ...- -.. t
Year: 1865

"AN eel was caught in the Delaware,
off Market street dock, on Friday, By a
boy weighed eleven pounds" This an
nouncement is as we find it. 1t must be
either very big eel or a very small boy
the header can take his choice.
Year: 1865

A correspondent Of the New York
Ners grumblinglY admits the probability
Of The passage of the Constitutional
amendment resolution through the New
Jersey Legislature. He says two or
three Democratic Senator's are already
willing 10 put their names in permanent
black lines, by either their formal votes
or convenient absence. Only one
Democratic vote is required to pass the
amendment through the House, aud the
correspondent admits that three gentle
men are ready to go ever at the proper
time. This is good news from New
Jersey-the land of Camboy and AmbOy
land nsures the endorsement Of the
amendment by the Legislatures Of every
Free State.
Year: 1865

THE REPORT or THE SECRETARY OF WAR.-The
report Of the Secretary Of War is ready for delivery
il viii satisfy the country that the vgOr char
aeterizes that Department in reducing the army to
peace footing which marked its action in the prose-
cution Of the war On the first of May last we had
in the field and in hospital one million five hundred
and three men. This has already been reduced TO
one hundred and seyenty-fye thousand and the pro-
cess of reduction is still going on. By the ls Of
July next the army will consist of fifty thousand,
which the Secretary deems sufficient for a state Of
peace and he will ask for thirty-three millions only
for the year.


4 list of some three hundred General officers to be
mustered out is ready but as Congress has not al
lowad General officers any additional pay after the
date Of their being mustered out, opportunity viii
probably be given to remedy this injustice.
Year: 1865

The following letter has been addressed to the
editor of the London PGI lIdH Gazette:


"On Sunday morning the 24th September, the
Princess de GOnzaga, of the ancient and illustrio
house of Mantua who was suffering from severe
mental excitement was conveyed to the wOrkhouse
by the medical attendant with a request that as the
princess was quite uncomfortable, she might be
placed here for protection her friends being unable
that day to take any steps towards placing her under
safer care The poor lady was provided by the
medical officer with a separate room, under the spe-
cal superintendence of paid nurse, until her re-
mOval from the workhouse on the 29th of September
TO an asylum, where she died on the 9th of October
am informed that after the death at the asylum
rosary of beads, which was proved to have been in
the possession of the Princess when she left the
wOrkhOuse, was missing. As the connection of the
unfortunate lady with the workhouse was owing to
an outbreak of her malady on sabbath morning
during the absence of her friends and the inability
of her physician to obtain assistance elsewhere, and
her friends have reimbursed the parish authorities
all expenses incurred on her behalf, it is TO be re-
GREETED that the relatives of the deceased Princess
should be panied by the publicity which has been
given of her admission TO the workhouse.


Al am, sir, your Obedient servant,


&C. L. DOUGLAS, Master.


a. NOyember "a IS65 "
Year: 1865

RICHMOND AND DAYyILLE RAILROAD


NorIcE-To give facilities TO the public on the line
Of this road for the transportation small packages by
Express, su arrangement has been made with the
SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY by which their
wagons in Richmond and Danville will call for and
receive all Express Freight intended for stations on
this road, on notice being given at their Office and
their wagons will deliver all Express Freight arriving
by this road FREE OF ANY EXTRA CHARGE FOR RE-
CEIPT Or DELIVERY, and the rates Of Express
Freight will be the as charged by this Company


THOMAS DODAMEAD,


novl5-lm SUPERINTENDENT.
Year: 1865

To all accessible points in the South.


All goods shipped nom the North by the Adams or
Harnden Express Companies will be transferred TO the
SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY to complete trans
pos,ation.


s4yGoOds shipped from the North by steamship and
marked to the care Of Southern Express Company will
be promptly Forwarded to destination free Of charge for
commissions or drayage.


Arrangements have been made with the Danvihe
Railroad Company, and receive freight for all
ay-stations on that road at the rates were
formerly charged by the DanyilIe Railroad Express.
Goods called for. WITHOUT EXTRA CHARGE and
promptly forwarded.
Year: 1865

A shocking tragedy occurred in the town
of Caledonia, Racine county, on Wednes-
day night, the particulars of which we
gathe er from the Milwaukee Sentinel A
boy named John Stitesky, aged about
nineteen, and his father, had been in the
woods, and at nightfall returned for supper,
The meal being prepared, the mother called
John to come to tea The aged couple sat
down to their meal, thinking the boy
would presently join, when suddenly
shot was fired through window pane of
the room, and the father was struck by a
ball in the left arm, completely shattering
it at the elbow The mother started up,
and at the same instant another report re-
sounded, and she was struck in the abdo-
men by bullet, which passed completely
through the body In another moment
another discharge was heard in the yard,
and Fastening out of doors, the father
found his son weltering in his own blood,
and already gasping his last He had shot





bothof his aged parents with the two barrels
Of one gun, and had shot himself through
the body with another weapon, ending
his life almost instantly. The mother
has doubtless breathed her last ere now,
and it is considered doubtful whether the
father, who is over sixty years of age, can
survive his injuries and the shock Of his
grief.


As the reader has already surmised, the
boy, author OF this terrible tradgady, was
not sound in mind though he had never
been noticeably insane. lie has laborcd
under mental alteration at intervals,
though he has never been violent, or con
sidered dangerous
Year: 1865

that he had secured the Welsh vote of this
neighborhood, rather missed his calcula-
tiohs for the result of the ballot shows
that he did not get one ballot over the
straight party vote.
Year: 1865

We give below all the election returns
we have received up to the hour Of going
to press. They are not so full as we cogld
wish, but are enough as to be able to form
pretty good estimate as to how the coun-
Year: 1865

Tn the dead of the night am frequently
awakened by a little hand stealing out from
the crib by my side, with the pleading cry,
Please take my hand, papa"


Instantly the little boys hand is graspcd
his fears vanish, and, soothed by the con
seriousness of his father presence, he falls
into sleep again.


We commend this lesson of simple fila
faith and trust to the anxious, sorrowing
ones that are found in almost every house,
hold. t'.''


Stretch forth your hand, stricken mourn.
er although you may be in the deepest
darkness and gloom, and fear and anxious
suspense may cloud your pathway, and that
very act will reveal the presence of loving,
compassionate Father, and give you the
peace that passeth all understanding.


The darkness may not pass away at once,
night may entold you in its cold embrace,
but its terrors will be dissipated, its gloom
and sadness flee away, and, in the simple
grasp Of the Father hand sweet peace will
be given, and you will rest securely, know
ing that the morning cometh. - -L0ngre-
gdtioaultSt. ...
Year: 1865

A bit of glue dissolved in skim milk and
water will restore old Grape .....


Half a Cranberry bound on q corn will
soon kill it. ..,........ ..


An inkstand was turned over white ta-
b'e-cloth; servant threw over it a mixture
of salt and pepper, plcntifully and all traces
OF it disappeared. -....


Picture frames and glasses are preserved
from flies by painting them with brush
clipped in mixture made by boiling three
OF iour onions in pint of water.


Bedbugs are kept away by washing the
crevce with strong salt water put on with a
brush.


Soft-soap should be kept in dry place in
the cellar, ~and not used until it is three
montls old. =. = q


70 scour knives take the ashes of coal,
unmixed with any from wood; they are a
better article than bath brick for that pur-
pose. r... .Ts s..-.u


To boil ham it should be soaked from
twelve to twenty-iour hours, according to its
age. Have it more than covered with cold
water, ard let il simmer two or three hours,
and then boil an hour and half or two
hours, skim it carefully When done, take
it up and skin it neatly, dress it with cloves
and spots Of pepper laid on accurately. You
may cut writing or tissue paper in fringe,
and twist it around the shank bone if you
like. 1t should be cut past the centre,
nearest the hook in very thin shoes
Year: 1865

A friend connected with the United States
Sanitary Commission, relates for the Amer
lean Agriculturist, the following:


A number of wounded from the battle of
Petersburg were lying in a hospital tent, a
mong whom was negro whose leg had been
taken off. He was on mattress on the
ground, and, the weather being hot, the
dressed stump of his leg was exposed, and a
swarm of flies was sitting upon it. Present
ly large toad hopped into the tent, and,
taking his station near the edge Of the bed
began to gobblc up the blue bottles in dou-
bic quick. The moment one alighted with
in six inches of the spot he would square
himself for the attack his eye twinkling
with excitement, and then, with flash Of
his tongue and a smack of his mouth, the
unlucky insect would disappear.


The boy was asleep when this commenc-
ed but soon awoke, and was at first fright
ened at the ugly toad SO near him; but our
friend bade him be quiet, and pointed out
the service the creature was rendering him,
when the negro and all present voted him a
member of the Commission, with many
thanks, and his kindred were Mt once in high
favor.
Year: 1865

A YOUNG lady from the country being in
vited to party, was told by her city cousin
to fix up and put her best foot tormost, in
order to catch beau, 'she looked so green
in her country attire. " The country lass
looked comicalIy into the face of her rather
faded relative, and replied. Better green
than witheed.
Year: 1865

THE QUESTION OF NEGRO SuPPRAoR.-Edi-
tor Star: Your able article Of Tuesday last upon
the proposed change in the political status Of
the District of Columbia, is SO exhaustive Of
the subject. that i do not propose TO offer any
thing TO strengthen the argument. 1 simply
wish TO offer, as a business man and a resident
OF twenty-five years, my endorsement Of the
views contained therein, and express the hone
mat others who think with me, and concur in
the views you have so ably presented, will not
hesitate TO express themselves upon q subject
so vitality important 70 the business of this
community, and so radically affecting our
rights and dignity as citizens Of the great Ame-
riean Republic. i, adopting the spirit OF your
article, ask what good is TO come out of III Are
we TO be wiped entirely out OF political exis-
tencel If so, what is the compensation If i
understand the advocates OF this great reform,
we are to have under this new order Of things
better form Of government q more energetic
system OF city improvements, and-that is all.
has II occurred TO the political 50 nattere in ths
District, that our municipal government for
the past four years have, upon several
occasions, applied TO Congress for en-
larged charter powers, so as to enable
them TO establish by taxation upon property,
system Of street improvements upon
those thoroughfares which are under the con-
troll of the corporate autboritiesi Have not the
city authorities promptly acted under this
extended power. and are they not pushing
ahead with commendable energy street paving
upon thoroughfares which a few years ago
were almost impassable, but are now most
used because OF their improved conditionl i
know that comparisons are odious; but il
under more than a half century's Congress
sional control in and over this city, we have still
before MS the governmental quagmires in Viz
glnia avenue" and the woe -begone look or
Maryland avenue, may we not point with
some degree of complacency TO what we have
already done, and still propose 70 do under the
powers recently extended to the municipal
authorities. Tyranny has been defined a. an
exercise Of power over subjects not requisite for
the purposes Of government II this definition be
a correct one, am sure that it would be DIM
cult TO find in the worlds history a more
power than the adoption Of the proposed
measure concerning the District Of Columbia
would be. CoxsERytroR
Year: 1865

How SEA CAPTAIN STOPPED SAIL
oRs' GRoG.-The Boston Courier says
We were much interested in hearing
Deacon Estabrook, of this city, a sea
Captain Of forty years standing, relate,
at a meeting last evening, how he sue
ceeded in substituting coffee for Jack S
daily allowance of grog, and the good
effects which followed the substitution
The Captain, from his earliest youth,
had been greatly exercised on the sub
ject of temperance. He was an un-
believer in the necessity Of grog on
board ship, and had seen sailors in
foreign parts subject to ridicule and
extortion in consequence of this ad-
diction to liquor. But it was a serious
question to introduce a reform, Every
body drank liquor. No shipmaster
thought of going to sea without a full
supply in the spirit-room, and every
member of the ships company expec-
ted, as a matter of course, his daily
allowance.


At length in The Fall of 1924, being
at Smyrna, Captain Estabrook saw
some of his own crew reeling through
the streets and pointed at by Turks as
'dogs of Christians" He made up
his mind then what to do. During the
passage down the Mediterranean, spirits
were served out as usual. But when
the Rock of Gibraltar had been passed,
he, without saying anything to officers
or crew, took possession Of the keys of
the spirit-room and ordered the steward
to serve out hot coffee instead Of spirits,
when the time for the daily allowance
came. The men took the coffee without
a word. They knew the Captain s
principles. They knew the change was
not made for economy, because the
coffee cost three times as much as three
water grog, and no complaint was
made.


The vessel reached Boston Rav in a
snow-storm in the month Of February,
when the Captain called his men to-
gether and gave them their choice to
have coffee or grog served out. With
one consent they decided for coffee,
Eand from that time said the ven
cradle ex-captain, until | quilted the
sea, sailed, my ship without grog.
Had | endeayored to force the men by
lecturing them and finding fault with
them, | never could have succeeded" d"
Year: 1865

QUARRELING-If anything in the
world viii make a man feel badly, ex-
cept pinching his fingers in the crack Of
a door, it is unquestionably quarrel.
1t degrades him in the eyes Of others,
and, what is worse, blunts his sensibili-
ties on the one hand, and increases his
power Of passionate irritability on the
other. The truth Is, the more quiet
and peaceably We get on, the better for
our neighbors. In nine cases out Of ten,
the better way is, if man cheats you,
quit his company and, if he SANDERS
you, take care to live so that nobody
will believe him. No matter who he is,
or how he misuses YOU, the wisest way
is to let him alone for there is nothing
better than this cool, calm and quiet
way We have Of dealing with the wrongs
We meet with.
Year: 1865

A PUBLISHER of a newspaper, out
West, il the first issue of his journal,
returns thanks to those who loaned him
the pecuniary means, and gratitude to
heaven that there is no law in that State
enforcing Imprisonment for debt.
Year: 1865

A BEAUTIFUL ExPERIMENT.-If an
acorn be suspended by piece Of thread
to within half an inch Of some water
contained in hyacynth glass, and 50
permitted to remain without being dis
turbed it viii in few months burst and
throw a root down into the water, and
shoot up tapering stem, with beautiful
little green leaves. A young oak tree
growing in this way on the mantle-shelf
Of a room is very interesting object.


THE best right of man, is the night
to write what is right. The best right
of woman, the marriage rite. ~
Year: 1865




"With the demise of the rebellion we
confidently anticipate the decease of
its twin, Abolitionism.
With no bondmen to rant about, silence
will preYailin the councils Of Abolition
Legislators. Sumner will have to round
his classic peri DDS with reference to
some other subject than the wrongs Of
the negro, with no oportunity to en-
large upon the Nervousness of men
selling their children"


And we shall have no more dough
faces in the North trucking to the
STAKEHOLDER, and aiding him in his ef-
forts to place the government in the
hands of his class, to be administered
for the purpose of sustaining the insti
tuition of slavery We shall have free
people and free speech in the North
and in the South.
Year: 1865

Zeb Vance, the rebel Governor Of
North Carolina, had the impudence, on
the 28th ult, after the surrender Of
Johnston, to issue proclamation to
the people Of that State. He an
nounces that under God he will do al
in his power to settle the Government
of the State, to restore the civil author
ity in her border, aud to further the
great ends of peace, domestic tran
guilty and the general welfare Of the
people. The audacious scamp does
not seem to reflect at all upon the
criminality and wickedness of his ca,
reer for the past four years, but is OBJ
livious to all that he has done to de
stroy the "pesce, domestic tranquility
and the general welfare" of those he
was called upon to govern. He will
have his eyes opened ere long, if they
are not already. Zeb ought to have
had the grace to retire from the State
with his master JEFF, and abide bis for
tunes.