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Year: 1867

OK SEATEs.-A slant 10 the right with


the right foot. slant to the left with the
left foot-slants to the right and one
to the left with tho left foot-and just
then We saw something op the ice. and
stopped to pick it up On our feet again
--tgO slants 10 the right, one to the left,
accomplished with the loss of confidence


Another slide with the right foot and we
sat down with fearful rapidity. but with
,ery little if any elegance. What set
down il was, for we made deep dent in
the ice. Just then one of the ladies' re-
marked, so lcok, Mary, that fellow with
the hat on aint got his skeets on the right
place" Ditto, thought we. just then
a ragged little devil sung out as he passed
US, "Hello, old timber legs p and VIC rose
suddenly and put after him. Three slides
to the right, two to the left, and away
went our legs, one to the east and the
other tothe west, causing an immense fis-
sure in our pants, and another one in the
cold--O, how cold !-ice. The lady-we
knew she was one by the remark shemade
again spoke and said, 30 look, Mary


that chap with the hat on has sat down on
his handkerchief 10 keep him from taking
cold. We rose about as graceful as q
sawhorse, when Mary said hGuess it aim
handkerchief Jane;" and Mary was
right Boston True Flag.
Year: 1867

INFORMATION has been received at the Navy
Department of the arrival Of the United
States steamer Lackawanna at Valparaiso
Chill, on the 9th Of December last Officers
and crew all we'll The vessel was to leave
the next day for the port of Honolulu.
Year: 1867

SrrRArr TR1AL.-This trial has been
brought TO close for the present, the jury
failing to agree in verdict. They were
out some seventy hours and upwards and
are represented to have stood eight for ac-
ouittal and four for conviction. At the
close of the trial, Judge Fisher dismissed
Mr.. Bradley, the senior counsel f or Sur
ratt. from the bar for alledgcd disrespcct
to the Court. The dismissal, under the
circumstances, is said to have been without
authority of law, and we notice the mem
bers of the bar have held a preliminary
l.eeting in regard to it. The course of the
Judge during the trial was partial, partlzan
and disreputable aud, in the opinion of the
profession, his conduct towards Bradley was
both tyrannical and lawless In the rapid
nrogress of events it is likely, when Surratt
is tried again, he will be tried by a negro
jury.
Year: 1867

WAITING FOR GoD.--Somc time
ago, a boy was discovered in Clai-
borne street, evidently bright and
intelligent, but sick. A man, who
had the feeling of kindness strongly
developed, went to ask him what he
was doing there.


Waiting for God to come TO me-
said he.


"What do you mean?" said the
gentleman, touched by the pathetic
tone Of the answer Of the boy, in
whose eyes and flushed face he saw
the evidence Of fever.


"God sent for mother, and father,
and little BROTHER said he, land
took them away to his home up in
the sky; and mother told me, when
she was sick, that God would TAX,
care Of me. have no home, nobod,
to give me anything, and so CONF
out here, and have been looking $,
long up in the sky for God TO CONT
and take care of me, as mother sait
he would. lie will come, won't be
Mother never told me a lic."


"Yes, my lad" Said the man, over
come with emotion, che has sent M
10 take care of you."


You should have seen his eye
fash, and the smile of triumph break
over his face, as he said; "Mothel
never told me a lie, sir, but you have
been 30 long on the way"


What a lesson Of truth, and ho~
this incident shows the effect o
never dcceiving children with tales
Year: 1867

A STRANGE DIscoVERY.-An INDECENT old
lady. who had long subsisted upon the char
ity Of members Of the church to which she
belonged. in Buffalo, recently "shuffled Of
her mortal coil, and her effects were taken
to an uptown auction store TO be disposed
Of Among these effects was what the girls
used to call q hustle, ,"-tOurnure, as we
say in French-a strange article to be found
in the possession Of female who, it was
reasonable to suppose, had long since cast
aside the vanities Of this world, and was no
longer "on her shape" Now this same
"bustle." while patiently waiting with the
other traps TO be sold, excited deal oi cur
iosity especially from the male Toodleses who
most do congregate about auction stores
and yesterday afternoon, one Of these, more
inquisitive than the others, who was en-
deavoring to satisfy himself as to what the
internal arrangements Of the machine were
like. effected a breach in the outside cover
ing, when two SIS greenbacks and marriage
certificate were brought to light. The in
yestigation 10 to DC continued, as it is sup
posed that rich deposits still remain.
Year: 1867

and erect a military despotism over ten
States in which valid State governments
are in operation, it can and will do the
same thing in ten or twenty more.


We ask a candid perusal of the calm
and decorous but very firm and able
veto message of the President. If the
plain positions there laid down can be
shown to be wrong-if the facts or the
reasoning there presented can be met
or answered, we trust that some at
tempt will be made to do it. As it is,
the Radical press, unable to centrovert
the Presidents telling arguments, seeks
only to cover them up with abuse.


For the sake of our republican sys-
tenn of government, imperilled as 1t was
never before imperilled; for the sake of
the cause of popular liberty, We hope
these madmen may be checked in their
eXceSses.


"A thousand years scarce serve to form State,
An hour may lay il in the dust"


Hartford Times.
Year: 1867

The VISITING FIREMEN.-The notice in


the newspapers of the intended visit of the


Washington Fire Company of Wilmington,
DEL, seems to suggest some sort of enter
tainment at the cost Of the fire department
of this. city. We are requested by the
board of control to state, that while they
feel every disposition to extend every cour-
tesy to their brethren of Wilmington, they
feel themselves forbidden by the known
circumstances of our firemen generally, as
well as by the recent action of the Council
diminishing their pay, from making any,
even the smallest, pecuniary demand upon
the members of the department. They
will, however, show the visitors every civil
ity. and kindly attention within their power,
Year: 1867

CLEAN OUT YOUR ALLEYs.-The police
have received instructions to cause all piles
of ashes and garbage to be removed from
the alleys of the city, and they are notify.
inR houseksepers to that effect. II
Year: 1867

it's with him to damn or bless me. AND
for this brave boy with me, who Otter
prays ives, before aud since) with true
and sincere heart, was it crime in him il
so, why can he pray the samel


do not wish to shed drop of blood
but 81 must fiaS the course" 'Tis al
that's left me


Upon piece of paper found in the
diary, and supposed to have been tori
from it, is written the following


My Dea-, [piece torn out,l forgive me
but | have some little pride. | cannot
blame you for want of hospitality. You
know your own affairs. | was sick, tired
with broken limb, and in need of medi
cal advice. | would not have turned a
dog from my door in such plight. How
ever, you were kind enough to give II:
something to eat, for which | not only
thank you, but on account of the rebuke
and manner in which to-[piece torn out.
1t is not the substance, but the way in
which kindness is extended that makes one
happy in the acceptance thereof. The
sauce to meat is ceremony. Meeting were
bare without it. Be kind enough to ac-
cept the enclosed S. although hard to
spare) for what have reed.


Most respectfully, your obedient servant
REPORT OF THE JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL.
BUREAU OF MILITARY JUSTICE,


May IA, 1867.


Respectfully returned with the copy
asked for.


The diary" purports to be one for 1864
and the leaves cut or torn from it proba-
bly, contained entries of that year, and
were thus destroyed by Booth himself. 1t
is absolutely certain that the diary is, in
all respects, as it was when it came into
my hands, and Colonel Conger, who was
prominent in the pursuit and capture OF
Booth, after having carefully examined it
in my presence on yesterday, declared its
condition to be now precisely the same as
when he took it from Booths body after
he had been shot-the writing in it being
the same, and all which it then contained
Colonel Conger was examined before the
Judiciary Committee of the House of Re-
preSentatives to-day.


J. HOLT, Judge Advocate General.
Year: 1867

A DEGRADED POPULATION, INDEED.-Mr.
Ruskin's last letter on political economy
contains the following statement about the
lower orders of London "On Thursday
evening last, as told you, was with Mr..
Carlyle, and he was speaking of the diff
ferences in good or evil between the coast
of the Mediterranean in winter and the
Thames shore in spring; and the one great
difference which he felt bitterly was not
in cloud or cold, but in the different tenn
per of the people about him. For the
peasantry of Mentone (where he lived all
this last winter) were gentle and modest
and kind; and he could walk alone, far
among the hills, and meet with nothing
but quiet human courtesy, and rendering
of such simple respect as to an old man Is
both due and comforting. Butin the streets
of Chelsea, and of the whole district OF
London round it, from the park to the outer
country (some twelve or fifteen miles OF
disorganized, foul, sinful, and most
wretched liie) he now cannot walk with
out being insulted, chiefly because he is a
gray, old man; and also because he is
cleauly dressed-these two conditions of
him being wholly hostile, as the mob Of the
street feel, to their own instincts, and so
far as they appear to claim some kind of
reverence and recognition of betterness to
be instantly crushed and jeered out of
their way !; and this temper of the London
populace has been, he said, steadily on the
increase for the last twenty years, so that
now the streets have become nearly impas-
sable to him, riding or walking, and he
must either get through the quietest ne
can find to the park, or be fain to walk his
rounds under the night, when it cannot be
manifest to the public proyocation either
that he is old or has whole coat on"
Year: 1867

The Orange Erpositor publishes a part
of the annual report of the Auditor of
Public Accounts for the fiscal year ending
September 80, 1866, from which we take
the following table, showing the relative
number of male whites and blacks who
have attained the age of twenty-one years
This table is made up from the returns OF
the commissioners of the revenue, and is
therefore, more correct than those taken
by the census takers:
Year: 1867

THE CHoLERA.-A physician of this city
contributed last spring to the Medical Jour
nal paper in which he stated that the
neighborhood in Wheeling in which the
cholera first appeared and proved most
fatal some years ago was near locality
whence the authorities Of that city had toe
late in the season removed large quantity
of filth, thereby creating q most offensive
nuisance. Either clean up while the
weather is cool, or not ut all, was the IN
ference to be drawn.
Year: 1867

The UNITED STATES GRAND JURY AND
THE DrsTILERS.-The Grand Jury of the
United States Court have been delayed in
their investigations respecting the distil-
lers in our vicinity, in consequence of the
absence of an important witness. That
witness was, however, before them on yes
terday, and if true bills are found, they
will probably he handed into court to-day.
We are, however, more strongly confirmed
in the belief expressed by us few days
since that nothing will be done with the
distillers by this court.
Year: 1867

SCHooNERs IN IOWA CHAPTER OF AC-
CIDENTs.-As a tugboat was coming up the
river Monday night with the schooners
Mary +. Tabor, Merchant, and Lawrence,
in tow, when just opposite Drewry's Bluff,
the former, which was loaded with guano
for Messrs. William B. Jones K Co., ran into
one of the sunken wrecks at that point,
and the shock was so severe that the
hawser which united her to the steamer
was parted, and she was thus stopped.
The momentum of the Merchant drove her
among the wrecks, and, running against
one, lost her rudder; and the Lawrence,
also unable to stop or direct her course,
ran into the Tabor and injured her head
gear very much. The Mary L. Tabor was
supposed to have received the most serious
damage, but she was brought up to her
wharf, and as she is not yet leaking, it is
hoped that her injuries may not prove to
be as severe as was at first feared.
Year: 1867

THE arrival of the Pioneer steamship
at San Francisco, on her round trip to
China and Japan, and the instantane-
Gus transmission of the news by tele-
graph, makes a new and Inn portant era,
electric current can be transmitted to a
distance of three thousand or ten thou
sand miles as surely as that of one
thousand-in fine to any requisite dis
tance, ii Is not unsafe to predict that ere
long the SUCCESS of the grand expert
ment of an Atlantic cable will be
rivalled on a still grander scale by 8
Pacific cable from San Francisco to the
Sandwich Islands, and thence to some
point on the shores Of Eastern Asia.
Year: 1867

HORACE GREELEY, in recent tenn
perance address in Philadelphia, stated
the following as an evidence that there
had been great improvement since he
was a boy: I" remember it was talked
ofas great scandal because man did
not furnish liquor at the funeral of his
little child. Indeed it was regarded
quite as necessary that host :should
furnish his visitors with liquor as that
he should furnish them with chairs. If
the Rev. DR.. Lord, ex-President of
Dartmouth College, as a young and
eloquent clergyman in my native town,
everybody was very drunk In fact, 1
don't think ever saw a more drunken
time in my life."
Year: 1867

Take four pounds of rags and a bunch of


shavings,


An old tin pan and bunch OF straw;
Then steal an old hat of somebody's leav-


ingS,


And swear its your own to get clear of the


law.
Next get an old stocking and stuff it with


paper,


And If it Is possible, put in it a mole;
Then get some old china and q nutmeg


CRATER,


And make them all up in a nice little roll
Put all these things in net of red,
And gltstentng beads must cover them all
Then faSten it on to the back of your head
And you will have "a waterfall.
Year: 1867

From all of the Southern States we receive the
most gloomy accounts of the condition of things as
as they now exist, and evil forebodings of the fu
ture. We are sorry to say that private adviccs
confirm what reaches us through the press, and
that our own State is not an exception. As sam
pie of what reaches us every day, we clip the fol
lowing paragraph in reference to the condition Of
Arkansas written by one of the editors of the Mem
phis Avalanche, who has just returned to his home
from visit to that State:


1.-THE reports which have reached this city have
not been exaggerated. Indeed, the condition o.
the country is worse than represented. Gloom and
despair pervade the minds of the entire farming
population. The losses of those engaged in the
culture of cotton will be enormous. But few vii
pay expenses. The losses this year are much lar
ger than those of last year. Planters are rapidly
paying off and discharging their hands, being un
able to feed them longer. The negro is complete
ly demoralized. Most of them have largely over
drawn their wages and having learned this fact
many of them have abandoned their employers
leaving the cotton still unpicked and the result is
planters are compelled to employ others to pick out
their cotton, for which labor they have already
Year: 1867

PACKING BUTTER IN NsUAuIER.-The
annexed correspondence on the sub
ject of packing butter in summer to
keep is important aud interesting, as
showing the comparative excellence of
wooden and stone vessels under the
different circumstances stated. A
Vermont butter maker writes TO the
New York Farmers Club, concerning
packing butter TO keep;


Pack it in we'll soaked tubs or fr-
kins put little damp salti in the bot
tom and place it in a cool, dry cellar on
a bench Of wood eighteen inches from
the cellar bottom, and the same from
the wall. Stone or earthenware does
not keep butter we'll, as the moisture
from the surrounding atmosphere IN
warm weather condenses on such yes
sells and soon affects the butter. Pnt
no salt on or between the layers. Fill
to within half an inch of the top, and
place a clean wet cloth over the but
ter, and pack Che edges down with a
knife, and then spread thin wet salt
ever the cloth. Having made and
dealtin butter for some time, the above
mode of packing and keeping butter
will be useful 20 many, and cause a
smile Of delight 10 the buyer,
Year: 1867

Under ga roof Of pine


10 hear the rtngdoEe brood,
With the sorrow of love long past,
Thrilling the lisse ming wood
Deep mid the clustering frs,


Where the nightingale sings all day,
To hide in the darkness sweet,
Where the sunbeaIns md no way.
To ramb5e from field to field,


Where VIE poppy isaLl on dameY
Al but the zittle black coal


AT its core that1E stfIl the same
And where the speed WeIl'' blue
Cheers with its two kind words
And the Wild rose burns with blush
At the fattery Of the birds.
To bask on the grassy cliff


Lazily watching the sail,
The blue plains Of tEf8 deeper sea,
And the shadows emerald pale
The breeZesi rippling track,


And the sea birds Pickering white.
AthWart the rosy cloud
And under the golden light.
In the haycock sweet and dry,
To Iazily nestle down,
When half the field is gray and shOrn,
And half the field waves brown
Mid the clunps Of purple thyme
When the evening sky is red,
To lie and rest on the flowers
Ones Epicurean head.
Or better. amid the corn,


To turn on ones lazy back,
And see the lark upbOrne


Over the drifting Wrack;
To hear the field mouse run
To its nest in the swinging stalk
And see the timOrOus hare


Limp over the hedge-side walk.
Such are the Summer joys


That Epicurians love
Men with no morrow to heed,
Heeding no cloud above
GrasshOpper-men that sing
Their little Sumter through,
And when the winter comes.
Hide from the frost and dew.
Happy the man whose heart
Is granite against Times frost,
Whose SummerOf calm content
In Autumn s never lost
Who, when care comes with clouds
That gather from East and West,
Has still a changeless heart,
And sunshine in his breast,


Chambers Journal
Year: 1867

Tell me the old, old story,


OF unseen things above
OF Jesus and his glory,


OF Jesus and his love.
Tell me the story simply.


As to a little child
For I am weak and weary,


And helpless and dedled.
Tell me the story slowly,


That I may take 1t m
That wonderful redemption,
Gods remedy for SIM
Tell me the story often,


For I forget 50 soon
The early dew" Of morning
Has passed away at noon.
Tell me the story softly


With earnest tones and grave
Remember I'm the sinner
Whom Jesus came to save.
Tell me that story always,
If you would really be,
In any time Of trouble


A comforter to me.
Tell me the same old story,
When You have cause to fear
That this worlds empty glory
Is costing me too dear.
yes, and when that worlds glory
Shall dawn upon my soul,
Tell me the old, old story,
''Chrls6 Jesus makes nee whole
Year: 1867

ELDERS PORTRAIT or JUDGE LYONS
There is now on exhibition at Franck'S q
portrait Of Judge Lyons by Mr.. John FL
der which is well worthy in all respects
OF the high reputation of that talented
young artist. The likeness is accurate, the
features well portrayed and in true pro-
portion, the coloring tasteful; and in all
the painting is unexccptionable.


This picture would prove an ornament
TO the courtroom in which its lamented
original held his court and as 4 fitting
tribute to his memory should be placed
there. We suggest its purchase for that
purpose.
Year: 1867

Com AND FLOUR EXCHANGE.-Tho
Board of Directors Of this association held
a meeting last evening at the Tobacco Ex-
change, and adopted regulations for the
government Of the business OF the Ex-
change. Active preparations are being
made to put the institution into speedy
uucrati0n
Year: 1867

STRANGE RESULT OF A COOP HARVEST
In Richmond, flour has advanced in price
within the last week one dollar and hail
at least. Extra riour which last week sold
at wholesale Tor SIS 10 day brings Sl4.50.
We can imagine no good reason for this
advance, especially rs wheat is selling for
les, than three dollars per bushel.
Year: 1867

PARpoxEp.Nfhe Governor on yesterday
pardoncd Henry Clay, negro, convicted in
the County Court of Orange of assault
and battery, and sentenced to sixty days
confinement in the county Jail.
Year: 1867


One by one the sands are flowing,
One by enc the moments fall
some are coming. some are going,
Do not strive to grasp them all
One by one thy duties wait thee,
Let thy whole strength go to each;
Let no future dreams elate thee,
Learn thou first what those car teach
One by one, bright gifts from heaven,
Joys are sent thee here below
Take them readily when given,
Ready, too, to let them go.
One by one thy griefs shall meet thee
DO not fear an armed band
One will fade as others reach thee,
Shadows passing through the land.
Do not look at life's long sorrow,
See how small each moments pain:
God will help thee for Tomorrow,
Every day begins again.
Every hour that fleets so slowly,
Has its task to do, or bear;
Luminous the crown and holy,
If thou set each gem with care.
Do not inger with regretting.
Or for passing hours despond:
Nor, the daily toll forgetting,


Look too eagerly beyond.
Hours are golden links, Gods token,
Reaching Heaven, one by one:
Take them, lest the chain be broken,
Ere the pilgrimage be done.


Adelaide A. Proctor
Year: 1867

E The commercial editor of the
Boston Watchman and Reflector, in
a report of the Lynn shoe market,
notices as a curious fact the differ
ence in shape required by various
sections. "The Southern ladies wear
boots cut very high in the instep; the
ladies of California and the Western
States require broad, wide boot,
while for the trade of the New Eng
land cities a very narrow, delicate
shaped boot is demanded"
Year: 1867

HAVING permanently located at CALI
LII polls, with a purpose to practice the
profession of DENTAL SURGERY, in all its
branches, 1 would therefore respectfully So
licit, and by careful treatment OF those who
may call on me, hope to receive liberal
patronage of the citizens of Gallipolis and
vicinity. knowing from past experience that
l can give entire satisfaction where my advice
is adhered to.


Please call and examine specimens of my
work, enquire and Judge for yourself If you
have teeth so BADLY DECAYED. that you
think or HAVE BEEN TOLD that they
COULD NOT be filled, give me call. One
half OF the natural tooth providing it is IN A
HEALTHY CONDITION is preferable to
an artificial tooth of any kind.


Teeth Extracted


WITHOUT PAM
by the use of Laughing Gas and SPRAY OF
ETHER-with no injurious results whatever.
Office. Fenner's block, up stairs first floor,
Public Square.


DIR. D. W. Clancy,
June %. lS66-tf. Dentist.
Year: 1867

~ A malicious joke was recent
ly played in Paris upon three actors
who were supposed to be drinking
champaign in an nm The property
man put gentle emetic into the
bottle, and the actors were obliged
to go off before the scene was cen
cluded.