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Year: 1865

The Tribune's Washington special says
that General Joseph s. Fullerton, who was
recently sent by General Howard on tour
of inspection through South Osrolins,
Georgia and Florida has returned He
states that good many planters told him
they should obtain more labor from the
freedmen under the contract system than
they ever did before. The amount of labor
performed by them depends altogether on
their employer, and the right kind of men
can get as much labor from them as can
be done by any person in the hot climate
of the South.


A common remark among Southern
planters is, "SlaVery is right; it is by far
the better condition for the negroes, and
his slavery is far better for the white man /;
hut the war has so demorslized the negro
that we can do nothing with him, and it is
best to acknowledge at once that he is free,
and to hire him TO do our work" The peo-
ple of the South are fully convinced thA;
slavery has passed away forever, and they
Year: 1865

EAST DAVENPORT School HousE.-We al
luded to this matter yesterday We learn
since that there is prospect that q new
school house will be erected in that part OF
the city this season. The plans are now be-
ing made out and it is expected that the
work will comm ence shortly.
Year: 1865

The mansion presented to the Iieuten-
ant General IN Philadelphia, is twenty
two feet front, one hundred and five feet
deep, and four stories in height The


front is Of sandstone, and has n balcony


under the first story windows In the in


terror the arrangements combine elegance
and convenience There is a spacious
hall and handsome staircase ascending
from it to the fourth story, lighted by n


window on the roof. There is also pri-


vate staircase leading to the dining room


and kitchen. Back Of the chambers, on
the second and third floors, are bath


rooms, which are elegantly fitted up. The
parlor, about II nv 40 feet, Is sunerhlv
furnished, the carpets being Of velvet, the


furniture Of walnut, and the curtains Of
the richest lace. The piano, and all the
articles of furniture in the room, are in
the highest style of art Vases of an an
tique pattern decorate the richly carved
marble mantle, and an elegant clock, sur
mounted by figure representing the his
torian. is in the centre Of it On the cen
tre table is a magnificent copy Of the BIZ
BILE. Passing on To- the dining room, are
exposed to view, on an extension table, =
silver tea set, and china dinner and tea
set, together with pearl handled knives
and silver forks. 4 prominent figure or
| it is a large silver cande1ebra and flower
stand combined. In the dining room is a
very beautiful sideboard. The chambers
on he second floor are furnished in al


most as costly style as the par'ors- Vel
vet carpets are on the floors, a splendid
Jenny Lind bedstead is in each room with


beautiful dressing rooms and wardrobes-


The reception room. on the second floor
back, is also riohIy furnished In the
Year: 1865

a eotemporary per gives publicity to


the following story of Lieutenant General


Grants boyhood


In the village Of Georgetown, O., where


General Grant and the writer of this arti-


Gle spent part of their boyhood, the ar


rival of show of any kind was great
event, and the one with which my story is
connected was circus People came
from every part of the country, In all


kinds of conveyances, to see the wonder
full feats- To the boys, the pony and the
monkey were the greatest objects of at
traction. The boys and the monkeys, as
If enjoying popular favors, were permit
ted to ride the pony This pony was well
trained to perform his part On the oc--
casion OF which | speak, after the pony
and monkey had performed to the great
delight of the spectators, tie manager
asked if there was not Z boy who would
like to ride the pony The word had
no sooner been spoken, than out stepped
a good-sized boy from the country, and
took his seat upon the pony The pony
understood we'll the part 10 be performed
now and as soon rs be was turned into
the ring began running Mt the top of his
speed, and To rear and kick as high as he
could; then suddenly turning around, the
boy went suddenly into the dust, to the
great amusement of the lockers on. The
pony seemed to enjoy the trick as much
as the audience The manager then said.


perhaps there is another boy who would
like to take a ride" Finally out stepped
Ulysses 5. Grant He was much smaller
in size than the boy who had just been
thrown by the pony. The manager placed
Young Grant upon the back Of the pony.
Ulysses took the reins into his hands, and
tucked his heels close in bebinI the
shoulder blades of the pony He seemed
to comprehend the situation The man~
ager, seeing his cofnposufe and sclf-reli-
ance, thought he would give the poney a
trial of what he must do. So he gave
him smart crack with the whip, and
away he went at the top of his speed, now
rearing so high as to be nearly erect on his
hind feet, then kicking up so as to be
perpendicular upon his fore feet; but
Ulysses never lost for a moment his eoui-
librium. The pony, finding he could not
unhorse him this way, ran around the ring
at the top of his speed, and suddenly
wheeled about But the rider was not to
be taken by surprise; he threw both arms
tightly around the neck of the pony and
stuck to him, amid the great cheering of
the crowd. The pone could no more
throw him from his back than he could
the monkey He fought it out on that
line as much as in taking Richmond and
Vieksburs Whatever Ulysses 5. Grant
undertook to do, he did.
Year: 1865

ARTExUs WARD on BALLADS. Ds.-Artemrs
Ward Is of the opinion that the ballad
writer's of the present day are too partial
to their mothers. He says


Our ballad writers put far too much
mother in their melodies Thus we have
Dear Mother, I've come home to die -
Mother, is the battle Ger? ~" Mother
dear, o pray for me -" Write a letter to
my Mother etc The other night we
heard an athletic Ethiopian minstrel dis
mally bleat, Mother kissed me IN my
Dreams just as though she would DO it
until she washed the cork from his face.
4 mother is good thing. Without
mothers, in fact life would sc unpleasant
But why sing the maternal parent merits
so persisteutly, and in such shaky verse
Why not vary the thing, and occasionally
produce a father or two? If we must
continually sing about our parents
let us by ali means give the old
man cEance.
Year: 1865

third story chambers the floors are cover-
ed with Brussels carpetilg, and the furni~
ture is of superior kind All portions
of the house are furnished in the most
complete manner, and the family of the
General found in the pantry some of the
substahtials of life. and coal in the cellar
with which to do the cooking. The inte-
rlor cost of the mansion was about fifty
thousand dollars.
Year: 1865

The frog trade IS getting to be quite a
feature of Sandusky. 1t is not a remark
that not the largest, to slip three humid
red dozen of them in single day, to
tickle the tastes of the epicurss Of Pitts-
burg Gcd Cincinnati
Year: 1865

ees, and tomorrow at the winding of their
chieftain's horn or other agreed signal,
collecting together and burst unexpected
ly upon the enemy with the force and
rapidity of the thunderbolt. The caval-
ry of the Blue Ridge are as terrible as the
elansmen of Roderick Dhu, and let not
craven submissionists suppose they would
be exempted from the horrors of this new
mode of warfare, being more obnoxious
than Yankees they would be its first Wet
inns. Let them recolect the treatment of
captured tories in the revolution of 1T76,
and take timely warning from their fate.
Did not blind madness drive the Yank-
ees on, they would recoil with just ter
ror from that result which we have but
family sketched, but to attain which they
are str wing with frantic eagerness, as il
it were thor highest good. Nothing re
mains for us but-taking for our watch
word ne uer surrender to prosecute the
war in whatever form we may, and with
all the energy we can command, until we
drive out our foes from the fair land which
God has given us.
Year: 1865

RIGurs OF MAN,-Absurd prejulices
have perverted human reason, and even
stuffed that instinct VIII ch teaches animals
to resist oppression aud tyranny. Mutt
tudes of the human race really believe
themselves to be the property OF small
number Of men who oppress them. Such
is the fatal progress Of that original er


ror, which imposture has either produced
or kept up in the mind Of man. May
true knowledge revive those rights Of rea


sonablc beings, which, to be recovered,
need only to be felt Sages of the earth,
philosophers of every nation, it is yours
alone to make laws by pointing out these
rights to your fellow citizens. Take the
glorious resolution to instruct your fellow
creatures, and be assured that if truth is
longer in diffusing and establishing itself
than error, yet its empire more solid and
lasting Error passes away; but truth
remains Mankind, allured by the ex-
pectation of happiness, the road to which
you will show them, will listen to you
with attention. Excite sense of shame
in the breasts of those numerous hireling
slaves, who are always ready at the com
mand Of their masters, to destroy their
felow-citizens. Rouse all the powers of
human nature to oppose this subyersion
of social lrws Teach mankind that lib
erty is the institution of God authority
that of man. Expose those mysterious
arts which hold the world n chains and
darkness; let the people be sensible how
far theircredulity has been imposed upon
let them ressaume with one accord the
use of their faculties, and vindicate the
honor Of the human race.--AJbe Ray
| nat
Year: 1865

An old man was shaving himself one
day belore the fire, but suddenly exclaim
ed in great rage to the maid servant


al can't shave without glass! why is
it not he'e


"Ohw said the girl, II have not
placed it there for many weeks, as you
seemed to get along quite as well without
it.


The crusty old bachelor (of course he
was an old bachelor, or he would not have
been so crotchety and crusty) had for the
first time observed that there was no glass
there, and his inability to shave without
one was 'in the mind only, it was imag
mary.


A Dutch farmer, who measured a yard
through, was one day working in the hal'
vest.feld, with his IItAe son, and was Bit
ten by snake lie was horror-struck
When he recovered himself little he
snatched up his outer clothing and made
tracks for home, at the same time busy
ing himself in putting on his vest; but
it wouldn't 90 on. lie looked at his arm
and it seemed to be double its natural
size; but tugging at it with greater des-
peration, he finally got both arms in,
But his blood fairly iroze in his veins
when he discovered it wouldn't meet by
about foot. BY this time he had reach
ed his house, Nnd throwing himself ON the
bed, exclaimed in agony of terror


80 mine frow I'm snake bite I'm
killed Omine Got !"


But his little bit of a wife, standing a.
kimbo in the middle Of the floor, burst
out into fit of laughter so uncontrolla-
BILE that she was likely to suffocate, and
thus beat her husband in dying. The
Door man. in his alarm, had endeayorc
to put on his little boys vest, and vas not
swollen at all, except in the mind.


Many a mother feels fretted and jaded
and worn out with the cares of housekeep-
ing. and is almost sick But at the mo-
ment a welcome visitor comes in full of
life and cordiality and cheeriness, in less
than five minutes that mother is differ
ent woman; the sky has cleared; the
face is lighted up with smiles; and she
feels as we'll as she ever did in her life.
Her Encouragement, her almost sickness
was not sin the mind, " it was a reality
but the excitement of conversation drove
out the wearying blood which was oppres-
sing the heart, and made it fairly tingle
to the finger-points
Year: 1865

Hay- A man, noted for his calm
ness and scolding wife, was one
night stopped in the woods by a pre-
tended ghost. II can't stop my
friend, said he. "If you are man
| must request you to get out of the
way, and let me pass. If you are
the devil, come along and take sup
per, for ] married your sister"
Year: 1865

one horrible moment the only doubt l had
was whether was to be drowned or poi
soned Coming to the surface, however:
l swan to land, making no further at
tempt to walk in dead water, which am
inclined to believe, is almost impossible. :"
Year: 1865

TIE religion of Jesus Christ is a vast
remedial system, made up of many nigh
ty forces, and containing within itself ca.
pacities of adoption and adjustment to
every phase of the worlds progress and
to every necessity of individual life. These
mighty forces are to some extent dormant,
and thew must be awakened into action !;
and the outlying field around the Church
must be filed, by all the agencies which
God has placed in our power. To deyeI'
ope these inner forces, and to cultivate
this outer field is the bounden duty Of this
age and this Church.
Year: 1865

Mr.. Oliver johnson has Withdrawn from
the editorship of the Anti Slavery Stan
drrd, after long and faithful service of
twelve years, during which time he has
done good work for the Anti-Slavery
cause. Since 1853 he has been the respon-
sible editor Of the Standard, but now he
holds that the mission Of that journal is
fulfilled. lie says:


Thank God, the work of Abolitionists,
so far as slavery Is concerned, is done
Why run the mill after the grist is out {?
Whatif the Constitutional Amendment
is not yet tied up in the official red tape ?
There is nothing that AbolitiOnists can
do to make its ratification more certain.
Society action is no more needful to this
end than to ensure the vernal equinox or
the next eclipse, or to make fire burn, or
water run down hill
Year: 1865

IL Orders have been issued reducing the
Mississippi squadron to fifteen vessels. Acting
Rear Admiral Lee will remain in command
All the mortar vessels, and all the IRON clads,
except the Tennessee and Missouri, are or
dered to Memphis, and will at once be put out
of commission. All the other vessels now in
the squadron will be sent up to Mound City
and put out Of commission. The Tempest will
be the flagship of the squadron,
Year: 1865

TERRIBLE AND FATAL AooIDENT.-On
Wednesday afternoon of last week, Cornelius
Stebbins, who had been living in the town
but short time, went into the steam mill at
Troy, the grist mill, and got caught by his
rcoat in an upright shaft which revolves one
hundred and thirty times a minute. He was
carried around, it was thought. one hundred
times before the machinery could be stopped,
and each time his feet or legs struck post,
breaking both his legs below the knee, and
fracluring one so badly that pieces OF the
bone from two to four inches long, few across
the floor of the mill


As quickly as possible the steam was shut
off, the machinery stopped, and the poor boy
taken down. Surgical aid was called and
the fractured leg amputated below the knee
and the broken bone OF the other leg set, but
medical skill and kind care could not save
him. for after lingering thirty-two hours. he
died. His widowed mother also lived at
Troy, going there with her con- Newport
Republican.
Year: 1865

The appointment Of Hon. Richard P.


Marvin 10 the position Of Provisional
Governor in Florida is one Of the best
that could possibly have been made.
Judge Marvin was for many years
widely known ss sn able lawyer in


Western New York, then as Judge who
had few equals upon the bench. Sub
sequently he received the appointment
of United States District Judge for
Florida, and removed to KEY West,
where he resided until the commence
ment of the war. HIS answering 10y
atty was the cause Of his return At that
juncture to New York, and he now goes
back as Provisionsl Governor OF that
State which his influence and great per
sonal popularity could not restrain from
the nadress of rebellion In politics,
Governor Marvin was a consistent and
earnest whig, prior to the. dBintegration
of that party, since which time he has
been upon the bench.-Ckicqge kPabh
Year: 1865

THE Radiator says that Secretary Smith
will abide the orders of the courts touching
the removal of the capital of Idaho; also,
that he will be in readiness in few days to
pay the per diem and mileage Of the mem
bers of the Legislative assembly for the ses-
sion of 1861
Year: 1865

THE late eastern news seems to indicate
that the Southern Confederacy is about
squelched least so far as the maintain
ing Of large armies is concerned 1t now
remains to be seen whether the Confeder-
ates can carry out their oft-repeated boast
of successfully conducting guerrilla war
fare.
Year: 1865

The Precautions OF Our Authorities TO


Prevent Its Spread to this Country.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.


By the last arrival from Europe have news Of the
existence plague which is making fearful ravages in
Russia 1t is character that may be easily imported
through commerce other countries The intercourse
between this country and Europe is frequent and rapid.
We know not how it may be brought TO shores.


s anything necessary be done TO meet it All have
conceded that reform necessary in our health
laws ordinary emergencies Yet there seems to
he disposition to let the Legislature adjourn without
doing anything practical TO relieve The Health bill


introduced in the early part Of the session has been de-
feated in the House, and similar fate seems TO await
the bill pending there providing for amendment
to our Quarantine laws, To render them more eff
cien The defeat of the Health bill mainly from
the fact that it drawn that necessarily have
failed 10 accomplish any practical results did not con-
fer the power necessary TO accomplish what was needed
The bin 10 amend the Quarantine laws is not open to any
such objection IL confers precisely the power which is
required to prevent the importation of such diseases
as prevail in many parts of Europe Under exist


ing laws the eHealth Officer is poweress 10 prevent that
communication wish vessels Hnder quarantine which Isl
necessary perfect protection TO the public health.
Vessels arriving, board of which rags and other
cargoes, In which contagious aad Infections diseases
freqn ntly imported are consenty visited by runners
and others who bid defiance h. the Health OlIlcer and
challenge him 10 produce any authority 10 prevent them


III the bill now pending passes this source Of danger will
at once be removed for II cfectray prohibits all such
1nication u is TO be hoped that II the Health
bill, which I have urgently cndeavorcd 10 have
passod because II contained prov sions which would
cectually prevent the generation Of nc ous and pes
tcntia diseases IN midst shall fail 10 become aw,
that at least the Quarantine bill, which is designed to
prevent their importation, shall be enacted into law
and thus project against one very great source o
danger.


by calling attention 70 this most important subject
your valuable journal before the adjournment of tn
Legislature shall render late yOu viii uhserve the
interests of the pubic, and OBJ yeqrs respectfully
ArRI 81 1856 R.sIG. mt Physician
Year: 1865

The northeast storm Of yesterday n rev such damper
the Fashion Course 70 give IN track the resem-
bance Of canal and suggest aquaca rather than trot
ting postponement of the sports announced was
unavoidable To-day however, should the weather be
fair the trot will OIL Ten horse3 are entered Tor
thar
Year: 1865

Prevalent MIsrAKEs.-The Express calls
the attention of its readers to the following
prevalent mistakes. Patrons Of newspapers
should remember them;


II is mistake to suppose that the sub
scription price of a newspaper is clear gain
to the publisher.


1t is mistake to suppose tbatIhe gets his
white paper for nothing.


1t is mistake to suppose it is printed
without cost


1t is a mistake to suppose that he can live
bodily by faith.


1t is mistake to suppose that it is an
eusy thing to please every body.


1t is mistake to suppose that paper is
not worth buying which contains only what
we know and believe already.


1t is mistake to suppose that money due
for paper would be as good to US yea1
hence as it is now.


1t is a mistake to believe that we woulc
not be thankful for what is due us for sub
scription.
Year: 1865

1t is good sign to see man do an act
of charity to his fellows. 1t is bad sign to
hear him boast of it, 1t is good sign to
see the color Of health on mans face. 1t
is bad sign to see it all concentrated in his
nose. 1t is a good sign to see an honest man
wearing old clothes. 1t is bad sign to see
them filing holes in bis window.
Year: 1865

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Year: 1865

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Year: 1865

suit, and, governed by generous spiri,
of Cancellation, had become mutually
forbcaring and forgiving, and return to
their old habits Of fraternal kindness
and be better friends than ever. Then
let us consider that feud which alienat-
cd us has been settled to mutual salts
faction; that We come together to be
bound by iirmeE bonds of love, respect
and confidence than ever. The North
cannot get along without the South,
nor the South without the North the
East without West nor the West with
out the Fast; and say it is our duty
to do all that within our power lies to
perpetuate and make stronger the bonds
of our Union, seeing that it is for the
common good of all that we should be
united. / feel that this Union, though
but the creation of a century, is to be
perpetuated for all time, and that it
cannot be destroyed except by the all
wise God who created it. Gentlemen
Il repeat, / sincerely thank you for
the respect manifested on this occasion,
and for the expressions of fapprobation
and confidence, please to except my
thanks.


The leader of the delegation replies !:


Mr. PIEsIDENT-On behalf of this
delegation, / return you my sincere
thanks for your kind, generous and
expressions of kind feel
ings towards the South, 1ei @


The visitors then retired.
Year: 1865

GA RoLLING SToSE GATHERS 80
Moss. ."--Well, what of that? Who
wants to be messy old stone, away in
some damp corner of pasture where
sunshine and fresh air never come, for
the cows to rub. themselves against for
snails and bugs to crawl over, and for
toads to squat under among the poison
Gus weeds. 1t is far better to be q
smooth and polished stone, rolling
along in the brawling stream of life,
wearing off the rough corners, bring
ing out the firm crystalline structure of
the granite or the delicate veins of the
agate or chalcedony. 1t is this per.
getual chatting and rnbbing in the
whirling current that shows what sort
of grit man is made of, and what use
he Is good for. The sandstone and
soap-stone are ground down to sand
and mud, biit tic firm rock is selected
for the towering fortress, and the dia-
mond is eut and polished for the mon.
arch's crown. i