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Year: 1865

tIEL ILtILN " IIirI fIH
Would through this medium acknowledge their
thanks 10 the Public for the very liberal patron
ago received during the past season, and would
take this opportunity TO announce to the citizens
Of Bast Saginaw aud the Saginaw Valley gene
rally. that they hare On hand and are constantly
receiving one OF tho best essortments OF
Year: 1865

Croud is an Inflammation Of the inner sur-
face Of the windpipe. Inflammation implies
heat, and that heat must be subdued, or
the patient will inevitably die. II prompt
efforts are mado to cool the parts in case Of
an attack Of the Group. relief will be as
prompt as it is surprising aud delightful
All know that cold applied TO hot skin,
cools it. but all do not as well know and
understand that hot water applied to an
inhamed skin, will certainly cool Il oil.
Heuee the application Of iesd-cOld watar
with linen cloths, or almost hot water with
wooden flannel, or two folds large enough
to cover the whole throat and upper part
Of the chest; put these in pail Of water
as hot as the hand can bear, aud keep IL
thus hot by adding water ,rOm boiling
tea kettle at hand.


Lot two or three ef the hannels be in hot
water all tho time, and one on the throat all
the time. with dry flannel covering the
wet one GO as 10 keep The heat in 10 some
extent the hAnnels should not be 50 wet
when put on as to dribble, for il is impor.
tant TO kepp the clothing as dry As possible.
and keep up tho process until the phlegnl
is loose. the chill is easier and begins to
fall asleep; then gently wrap a dry flannel
aver tue wet one which is on, 50 as TO eoyer'
il mp entirely, and the clIild issayed. When
it wakes mp both aannels viii be dry = Halls
JoNyadi oJ He,fhh '.-
Year: 1865

% The Northern radicals formerly de-
nouncsd the Southern system OF slavery
because it msde the negroes brutal
and savage" Having secured freedom
for them, IS an incident Of the war


they no8 insisE that these brutal saw
ages, before they have had chsncs to


improve shall be armed with the bal
lot. Are they loaf to al sense Of
shame p f.
Year: 1865

A SOUTHERN correspondent of the New
York Times, writing from Greensboro, North
Carolina, on the 4th inst. says


. Ii may startle you to be told the South
never had any affection for the institution oil
slavery it is true, nevertheless. Settled hab-
its of life and a thousand interests were bonnd
up in it; but all of these would long ago have
been sacrificed to emancipation, if only the
black man could thereby have been made
white. The dilemma of the South was,
Whether it were better to bear the ills VIC
have, than to fly to others we know not Of
1t was the anticipation of the appalling prob
lem of what the freedmen would do and ol
what could be done for him, that forbade
emancipation by the general sentiment of the
South. Now the whole South accepts eman.
cipation, and with certain feeling of Joy
that the responsibility of the result is moi
with them
Year: 1865

New York. Sept. 2i


The election to choose delegates to the
North Carolina reconstruction convention.
which is to meet on the I'd of next month,
will take place to-day aud an order has been
issued from the military headquarters Of the
Department forbidding enlisted men or Off
GERS in the army throughout the State visiting
the polls, aud no one will he allowed to leave
camp except in case of necessity, but If there
should be an attempt made to create dis
turbanee at any Of the polling pacds. it Is
enjoined on the military officers to see that
order is preserved. even without request to
that effect from the provisional or civil au-
thorities
Year: 1865

THr Irish always vote the Democratic tick
ct in this county and State, but the party
leaders hereahouts never seem to find place
for any of them on the ticket.


We suggest 10 our Irish fellow citizens, and
charge nothing for the hint, that the present
campaign would be q first rate time for them
to throw of on these unappreciatiye party
leaders, especially as they assert that there is
no Democratic ticket in the field.
Year: 1865

The reconstruction convention adopted to-
day resolution requesting the Provisional
Governor to call out the militia of each coun-
tty immediately and repress the disorder and
lawlessness which exists in many counties.


The question of the abolition of slavery
was discussed at length, when further consid-
Grafton was postponed till Tomorrow.
Year: 1865

THE ALGONQUIN AND THE NAVY DEPARTMENT.


The naval which Is 10 take place between tho
machinery Of the Algonquin and the winoosk has az
sumed now phase and yesterday morning sensation
created at the Navy Yard by the actions Of tho
tending parties Rear Admiral Gregory was yesterday
notified by Mr Edward N Dckerson that his employers
had ordered to resist the preparations Of OF
the Admiras workmen ocut holes In the boilers and
pipes Of the Algonquin for the ostcnsble purpose
Of applying thermometer TO ascertain the power Of the
engines He denied the right Of the Rear Admiral to
alter the engine until had teen accepted by the Navy
Department and called on him 10 take such action as
would prevent the collision between his and those
Of the Navy Yard which must ensuc " the attempt to
alter the engine Of the Algonquin persisted in Mr.
Dickcrson also notified Chief Engineer sprague at the
Nayv Yard 10 the same effect
Year: 1865

Match Against Time on Fashion Course.


A match against time for $500 came or yesterday
morning on the Fashion Course, Young Morgan, OF
wcstbury Long Island Of one thousand three hundred
pounds weight, being matched 10 trot one mile In ESQ
carrying wagon and drver-three hundred pounds The
mile mas made In 2l6k
Year: 1865

CAUTIoN.-COlds and coughs can be pre-
vented by dressing comfortably, and you
can find the preventive in the shape of a
large and fashiOnabaOtOck of Dry Goods
and Clothing the store of Harris & Marks
One of the firm now in San Francisco, is
sending up the newest and latest styles of
goods by every steamer. Call and get a
geuine article.
Year: 1865

PAPERS FOR MoNTANA-''It never
rains but it pours." The last number of the
Lewiston Radiator comes to hand, dressed
up in brown paper, with the announcement
that the office is to be removed Immediately
to Helena, Montana Territory. We learn
that the material for another Office will be
shipped to that place early in the spring.
Year: 1865

MANAGEMENT OF WORKING OXEN 1T
is not SO much hard labor that heats oxen
and makes them loli in warm weather, as
the i'll treatment OF rough and abusive
drivers. Treat them with gentlensss
when at work feed them well and reg
ularly tnreo times day, with cut
hay, and straw wet with water, sprinkled
with oat and Indian corn meal, 1t least
twelve quarts. besides some roots daily
let them have clean water rs often %
they are ted, and not require them TO
drink that which is impure or stagnant;
| give them at least two hours after feed
Ing to chew the cud and rest. and they
will perform vast amount Of hard work,
and increase in hcsh at the same tiinc,
and will usually be found to be moro
conveniant for many purposes than horses.
Let it be reiterated that it is not the
hard labor that oxen perform that cxha ust
their energies. Oxen were mado for
hard service: and it treated kindly and
carefully, they will labor hard every day
and still grow fat. But when fed stint
cd allowance Of poor hay and meal.
worried and abused by a bawling and i'll
naturcd driver. who necessarily applies
the lash or goad, and dragged out by car
ryiug on their necks huge cart tongue,
from morning till night, ill their strength
fails, and sensible people are lod to cos-
cludc that they cannot endure the heat
like horse.-AWicaltn alist.
Year: 1865

THE CHoLERA.-The Secretary of War, in re-
sponse TO a communication from Mayor Gun
ther, of n ew Gerk, states that the steamship H.
linois Will be turned over by Government to the
city authorities for quarantine purposes when
ever wanted, and that the subject of granting
land for cholera quarantine hospital al Sandy
Hook has been referred by the President 10 the
Attorney General, who has not vet given his
opinion. The steamship Atalanta has been re-
moved TO the Upper Quarantine. A commu-
nieation from DIR. Bartlett who was Health
Officer of that port at the time Of the last visi-
tation of the cholera, in 1854, was Land before
the Health Commissioner The Doctor pre-
sents a statement Of the circumstances attend
ing the appearance of the disease at that time


and arrives at the conclusion that its spread
may be prevented by a thorough cleansing and
disinfection OF the baggage and everything on
board the arriving vessels which has in any
way been in contact with the infected persons
and the complete isolation Of the uninfected
passengers while this process is In operation.
Year: 1865

The rayages fthe worm which stripped
the leaves of the cotton plants in Arkansas,
has turned out a blessing instead of a curse
as II seems 10 have caused more mature Weld
to the bolls, and the cotton can be gathered in
cleaner condition than if the dead leaves
were present, TO mix with il. The same is re-
ported OF the cotton crop in Southern Illinois
The product from the quantity planted, will
be unprecedented
Year: 1865

REPORTED TROUBLE WITH THE FRERDMRN-
report has gained some circulation in our
midst that the freedmen on one of the Sea
Islands have formed an armed combination for
the purpose of preventing the former owners
even visiting the soil. notwithstanding thew
might have legal and military right to act in
either particular. How much reliance NAV Ia
placed in the report we are not prepared to
say; but we feel convinced that should thew
prove correct the military will promptly adjust
the ificulties.-CkdrleStOn Is ca Courier,
hCr
Year: 1865

Gen. Fry dispatched Col. Brown upon
the crrand to this city, which has thus
far been so successful, three weeks ago.
1t was after he heard from the Colonel in
regard to the stupendous frauds which
are now beginning to see the light, that
Gen. Fry made the change in the quota
for this city which has made him the
subject of so much hasty and undeseryed
reproach from many of our journals. At
least, the present state of facts shows vast
lv in his favor.
Year: 1865

The most important swindler thus far
arrested is the Chief Clerk of the Brook
lyn Naval Rendezvous, which is located
near the entrance to the Navy Yard
Upon being secretly arrested, and brought
into the presence of Col. Baker, at his
-ooms in the Astor House, the prisoner
assumed an air of injured innocence, but
upen being confronted with incontestable
proofs in the shape of numerous forged
documents, which the willy detective had
secured, he turned States evidence as
the only remaining course, and made
clean breast OF the whole affair. All, OF
nearly all of the other parties have like
wise made full confessions, in one or two
cases in the shape of afidavits.


The principal mode of sWindling, II
the case of the forgeries, was rather com
plicated, and somewhat as follows Twen
iy men are are enlisted for the navy a
Year: 1865

We should not be surprised if, when
Richmond had fallen, and the discounted
leaders of the insurrection had been
driven from every city and almost every
house Of the South, they might still find
one safe place of retreat. It is in the
State of New jersey, and among the
members of the legislature, whose devo-
ton to the rebellion seems to be as ar
dent as that of any journalist at Rich
mond, and whose hatred of the loyal
army as malignant as that Of any bush
whacker of the Valley.


This New Jersey legislature has recent
ly distinguished itself by voting against
the amendment of the constitution which
proposes to remove from the statute book
the odious cause of this bloody civil war
It has had the proud satisfaction also, re-
Gently, of voting against an act to give
the right of suffrage to the brave Jersey-
men in the field, who are exposing life
and limb in defence of the constitution
and the government But the degrading
littleness of its spirit was, perhaps, most
strikingly exhibited the other day. when
bill was before the Assembly to incor-
porate an association in Sussex county,
for raising monuments to those natives of
the county who had fallen in the militia
ry service, engaged in the suppression of
the present unholy rebellion.


AS soon as the preamble was read, a
Mr.. IIiff jumped up and moved the word
'unholy' be stricken out, and his demo
cratic friends carried the amendment. 1t
was then moved successfully by loyal
members, to insert wicked and oauseless,
'causeless' alone, and finally so mild a
term as 'uniustifable, but the majority,
by a solid vote, refused to condemn the
rebellion in even thatmilk and water way.
At length one of their own number
moved to insert the word righteous,
which unquestionably expressed their
real feelings, but not enough of them
were sufficiently bold to declare them
openly, and so, with the aid of the Union
votes, righteous was also rejected. Yet
they had deliberately declared that the
rebellion was neither unholy, nor wicked,
nor causeless, nor unjustifable, and only
the fear of political consequences pre-
vented them from declaring that it was
riQhteous-EUeninO Post
Year: 1865

A susceptibility to delicate attentions, a
fine sense of the nameless and exquisite
tenderness in manner and thought consti-
tute, in the mind of its posessor, the
deepest under-current of life, the felt and
treasured but unseen and inexpressible
richness of affection. It is rarely found
in the characters of men, but it outweighs,
when it is, all the grosser qualities. There
are many who waste and lose affection by
careless and often unconscious neglect
It is not plant to grow untended the
breath of rude indifference or rude touch
may destroy forever its delicate texture
There is a daily attention to the slightest
courtesies of life which can alone pre-
serve the first freshness of passion. The
easy surprise of pleasure; the earnest
cheerfulness of assent to slight wishes
the habitual respect to opinions the po-
lite abstinence from personal topics in the
company of others unwavering attention
to his or her comfort, both abroad and at
home, above all, the careful preservation
of those proprieties of conversation and
manner which are sacred when before the
world, are some of the secrets of that
rare happiness which age and infrmity
alike fail to impair or diminish.
Year: 1865

Fortune, success, fame, position, are


never gained but by piously, determinedly,
bravely sticking, growing, living to thing
till it is fairly accomplished. In short,
you must carry thing through, if you
want to be anything or anybody. No mat
ter if it does cost you pleasure, the So
ciety, the thousand pearly qualifications of
life No matter for these. Stick to the
thing and carry it through Believe you
were made for the matter, and that no one
else can do it. Put forth your whole en-
ergies. Stir, wake, electrify yourself, and
go forth to the task. Only once learn to
carry a thing through in all its complete
ness and proportion and you will become a
hero. You will think better of yourself
Others will think better of you Of
course they will The world in its very
heart admires the stern determined doer.
It sees in him its best sight, its brightest
object, its richest treasure. Drive right
along, then, in whatever you undertake.
Consider yourself amply sufficient for the
deed. You'll be successful. Never fear.
Year: 1865

We may well open our eyes with won
der when we see such journal as the
London Illustrated News, always hereto
fore unfriendly to our cause and very sar-
castle and abusive of our public men, say
ing of President Lincoln that, "The lu-
dicrous falseness of the popular estimate
of this remarkable man must by this time
have become apparent to all capable of re-
fection. No man could have spoken more
simply and nobly over the dead at Gettys-
burg more firmly, and at the same time
wisely and moderately on the question of
emancipation more tersely and unan-
swerabiy than in rebutting the charges of
illegal arrest The same spirit pervades
all these utterances-that of magistrate
severely conscious of his responsibilities,
disinterested, energetic, circumspect'
Year: 1865




A Committee of the Rebel Senate was
engaged early in the present year in an
inquiry into the condition of the Confed-
eracy. Among the witnesses summoned
before them was General Lee, and the
following are extracts from his testimony,
on the 24th January 1865


Question by Senator Hunter-What is
your opinion as to evacuating Richmond,
and withdrawing the army to North Car
olina.


An my opinion, it would be bad
movement. The Virginia troops would
not go to North Carolina: they would go
home.


Q.-Do you think we have troops
enough for the next campaign?


Al do not We cannot last till mid
summer.


.Q.-What do you think of the policy
of arming 100000 negroes?


A.-If we are to carry on the war, that
is the least Of evils; but in such an event
the negroes must have their liberty.


Q-Do you think we could succeed by
putting the negroes into the field.


A.-That would depend on circum-
stances. We could at least carry on the
war for another year.
Question 6y Senator HiU.-What is the
sentiment of the army in relation to
peace?


At as almost unanimous for peace
The men will fight longer if necessary
but they believe we cannot continue the
war through another campaign.
Question by Senator Graham.-W What
is your individual opinion on the subject
of peace?


Al think the best policy is to make
peace on the plan proposed by Mr.. Ste.
phens. The people and the country
ought to be saved further sacrifices.


Question By Senator WaIker.-If peace
be not made before Spring, will you con.
sent to take command of all the armies
of the Confederacy, with unlimited
powers?


Al will take any position to which
my country assigns me and do the best
can, but do not think I can save the
cause now. No human power can save it
Had | been assigned such place one
year ago, think could have made oul
condition better than it is now.


Question by Senator Orr.-You think
then, General, that the best solution OF
our difficulties is to make peace on the
Stephens plan?
A.-That is the best policy now.
think the Army and the people ought tC
be saved if all else is lost.
Year: 1865

ter recently from her mother, living in the
city of Geneva, Switzerland, which states
that regularly in the church she attends,
prayers are made every Sunday for the
success of the North in its struggle against
wicked rebellion. for the continued


health of President Lincoln, and for the
speedy extinction of every vestige of
slavery from the great American republic.
This is a beautiful and touching incident,
showing how the hearts of the honest
lovers of liberty everywhere go with us,
while the defenders of privilege, inequali-
ty and lnhuma9lty carry Y tnelr sympathies
Year: 1865




TREASURY DEPARTMENT,


Office of Internal Revenue,


WASHINGTON. Mar. 8.


SIR Complaints have been made to
this office as to the manner in which in
come returns have been made in many
Collection Districts in the United States,
and concerning yours among others. 1t
is in the power of the Assessor, and it is
also his duty, to require all persons who
have filed affdavits that they were not in
possession of 5000 income for 1862 and
1868, where he supposes the statement to
be fraudulent, to appear before him and
explain or rectify their returns or afhda-
Wits.


1t Is reasonable that persons whose
family expenses were over S2 ,OOO per year
must have a taxable income, and yet 1t Is
known that persons who have lived at a
rate requiring an expenditure of from
81 900 to So, 900, have made afidavits that
their incomes did not amount to 5000 per
year in the years referred to-
All such returns are presumptively erro-
neous, and in many instances are probably
fraudulent.


Other persons engaged in trade of var
ious kinds, have assumed their income
to have been some certain sum, without
taking an inventory. Others have made
greater deQuCGOnS Cudu are dlIOWGU ny
law, such as expenses of labor and machi-
merry, and new buildings Where such
returns are made under circumstances
which show that there was j deliberate
intent to mislead the assessor or evade
the payment of this proper tax, they
ought to be re-assessed by the ASSESSOR
For though mere mistaken return,
after it has been examined any fraudulent
return may be inquired into at any time.
No man can benefit by his own wrong,
and no time can cure what is void or
voidable by reason of fraud.


Where a taxpayer comes forward and
makes voluntary amendment of his for
mer return, with the statement that he
made an improper return under an honest
misapprehension of the law. and you are
satisfied that he was not melted to this
course by fear of detection, you can re-
ceive his return if you are fully satisfied
of its correctness, without the addition of
any penalty. But when, upon investiga-
ton, you find person clearly guilty of
having purposely made short returns, you
should, if the return was made since Ju-
ly, 1864, assess the one hundred per cent.
penalty for fraud, and in addition report
the case to the Collector for such action
as he deems it.


Very respectfully,


JOSEPH LEWIS, Commissioner.
Year: 1865

Who are they? The toiling millions,
the laboring man and woman, the farmer,
the mechanic, the inventor, the producer ?
They are natures nobility No matter if
they are high or low in station, rich or
poor in pelf, conspicuous or humble in
position, they are surely upper circles in
the order of nature whatever the distinc-
tions of society, fashionable or unfashiona-
bic, decress. It is not Iow-it is the high
est duty, privilege and pleasure, for the
great and high-souled men and women to
earn what they possess, to work their way
through life, to be the architects of their
own fortunes. Some may rank the classes
we have alluded to as only relatively low,
and in fact the middle classes. we insist
they are the very highest If there be a
class of human beings on earth who may
properly be denominated low, it is that
class who spend without earning, who con-
sumo without producing, who dissipate on
the earnings of their fathers or relatives.
without being anything in and of them
selves
Year: 1865

| have known a country society which
withered away all to nothing under the
dry rot of gossip only. Friendships once
as firm as granite dissolved to jelley, and
then run away to water, only because of
this; love, that promised future as en-
during as heaven and as stable as truth,
evaporated into morning mist that turned
to a days long tears, only because of this;
a father and a son were set foot to foot
with the fiery breath of an anger that
would never cool again between them, on
ly because of this and husband and his
young wife, each straining at the hated
leash which in the beginning had been the
golden bondage of God-blessed love, sat
mournfully by the side of their grave,
where all their love and all their joy lay
buried, and only because of this. I have
seen faith transformed to mean doubt,
hope give place to grim despair, and chari


ty take on itself the features of black
malevolence, all because of the spell words
of scandal and the magic mutterings OF
gossip. Great crimes work great wrong
and the deeper tragedies of human life
spring from its larger passions but woful
and most melancholy are uncatalogued
tragedies that issue from gossip and de-
traction; most mournful the shipwreck
often made of noble natures and lovely
lives by the bitter winds and dead salt
waters of slander. So easy to say. vet Sc
hard to disprove-throwing on the limo.
cent all the burden and the strain of dem.
onstrating their innocence, and punishinC
them as guilty if unable to pluck out the
stipgs they never see, and to silence words
they never hear-gossip and slander are
the deadliest and the cruelest weapons
man has forged for his brothers hurt
Year: 1865

The Herald's London correspondent
states that within a couple of years the
Prince Imperial of France is to make a
Royal visit to the United States and take
a tour in the country. He is to be attend
ed by a splendid feet and two or three
ministers of state, and move about with a
brilliancy which will completely, tits said,
eclipse the Prince of Wales.