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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 foremost, in
order to catch beau, "she looked so green
in her country attire" The country lass look
ed comically into the face of her rather faded
relative, and replied" Better green than
withered."
Year: 1865

WOMAN is better observer than man and
carries induction further; she is consequently
more penetrating, and is a much better judge
of the moral and intellectual value Of those
about her.
Year: 1865

MANY of our youth are stuffed sc
fuRin the beginning, by their phi
lanthrOpic teachers, with the fruits
of knowledge, that they soon de.
sire only the honey thick extracts,
then the cider and perry thereof, un'
til at last they ruin themselves with
the brandy made Of that.


THERE is sex in glass there are
bow windows, and bell glasses.


He who is swallowed by the roar
ing surge, is generally beyond the
aid of surgery.
Year: 1865

NOW Is the time to subscribe, and have
Your volume complete for 1868. We will
furnish Back Numbers to such rs do not sub
scribe in time for the January or February
humbcr. But to se snre and get the m with.
out delay, send in your subscriptions early.
Our subscription price is


FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR,
Payable in Advance, upon the receipt of
which our receipt, for the same, will be sent
in return.
Year: 1865

Was seen projecting out Of the cable in
the fake underneath that in which the
fault was suspected TO exist, and on one
Of the men taking il in his fingers, and
trying to bend it down, the wire broke
short of. Ii was nearly three inches
iong, d evidently OF hard, ill-tempered
meial, which had aown out through the
threads in the tank. The discovery was
IN some measure n relief TO the mems
minds, that one certainly, and possibly
the second of the previous faults might
nave been the result of accident
Year: 1865

They we're wound round it slowly and
we're passing over the wheel together,
the 6rst damaged part being on board,
when q jar was given 10 the dynamome- g.
ter which few up from sixty cwt, the
highest point marked, with o sudden
jerk, three and half inches. In fact
the chain shackIe and wire rope cham
ber as 1t wore up out Of the groove on
the right.hand side of the V of the heel,
got on the top Of the rim of the v wheel
and rushed down with a crash on the
small wheel, giving, no doubt, severe
shock to the cable to which it Was at
tached.
Year: 1865

The Boston Board oftrade has adopted
resolutions looking to the increase of cot.
toa raising in the Southern States, and
asks the government, within the sphere
OF It's legitimate powers, to give its aid
forthwith in sustaining AMI organizing
such portion of the laboring classes as
cannot be reac hed by private capital.
Year: 1865

JOINT RESOLUTION to authorize the Postmaster Gene


raj to extend the Contract with the Overland Mail


Company.


be Il rssOLred By the Senate and House of Repre-
sentGtiues Of the United States Of America in Con-
gress assembled, That the Postmaster General be.
and he is hereby, authorized and empowered, in his
discretion, to extend the mail contract number ten
thousand seven hundred and seventy three with the
present contractors any other responsible parties
commonly known as the Overland Mail Company,
for term of one year from the first day of July next
upon the terms and conditions with the present
existing contract, except to schedule time, which
shall not exceed sixteen days for eight months of the
year and twenty days for the remaining four months,
and except as to compensation, which shall not eI-
ceed the sum of eight hundred and twenty thousand
dollars, beyond the amount paid for carrying OF the
printed matter by water.


Approved, June 30, 1864.
Year: 1865




To the Editor Of the Smyrna Times: DEAR
SIR.-On the morning of Thursday last was
requested by our worthy Teacher tMr. Chath-
ann to visit the School in District No 5 for
the purpose of witnessing an examination and
review of the pupils under his charge, and
exercises OF the School were performed with
credit to the scholars as well as an honor to
the teacher, L think it not out Ofplace to speak
word to you and the people of the District
in reference to it. Upon my entrance into the
School found Mr.. G. engaged in making some
preliminary arrangements for the review, and
being informed that there would be but one of
the committee present he proceeded with a Sc
rles OF examinations, in the presence of Miss
Sevil (prece ptress of the lower SchOOn and nv
self. After having passed through a general
review of the studies in the books, and then a
thorough examination of the classes on the
black board in mathematical problems, feel
constrained by the interest feel in the welfare
OF the school to express my satisfaction las one
OF the commlttee) of the manner in which the
classes requited themselves as they passed
tSnIlough the whole course, almost without
oiuhder And now sir, deem it but Justice
70 say word with reference to the lower school
I nave NisiCeo that department a number of
times In company with my brother commits
slOners during the session, and have found i
in better order and in an improved condition
The children, with but few executions seem
to observe the rules of order, and reverence
their teachers Their kind and noble precen-
tress, aided by her active assistant, seems to
exercise with the patience Of job every means
in her power to foster and imAibe in their
young minds the principles of education and
good department. Respectfully yours,


COMMISSIONER.


Smvrna Julv 0Stl, 1854
Year: 1865

HENRY WARD BEEcHEE sticks to 1t that
Davis ought not to be hung, as hanging does
not reform man, and justice requires nothing
that is not for the good of society. The results
cf the war are more terrific warning than the
galows. He says:


:" l would withhold capihl punishment from
these offenders then, not because they do NOT
deserve capital punishment, but because the
inHicnOn is not otdemanded, and because it would
create an injurious impression in Europe.
say, take step Of moderation in the direction
of humanity, because it will be understood e
the advantage offree governments all the world
over,
Year: 1865

or1IyIDd
Mr.. EDITOR.-It used to be the custom with
our Old-times Methodist ministers, when they
married couple, to sing verse and pray with
and for them after getting through with the
marriage ceremony. On one occasion the min.
lister opened his hymn book, the parties being
in hurry, and accidentally opened to the
hymn and commenced singing


"Ye simple souls that stray


Far from the paths of peace"
How appropriate OLD BACHELOR
Year: 1865

A SINGULAR AccIDENT.-At the Central
most singular and painful accident happened
to young workman named Pardoe He had
a medium sized file, which had been pointed
for screwdriver, in his right hand and reach;
ing back for some utensil behind him, one end
of the file came in contact with revolving belt,
the force of which drove the file, point hrst'
through the heart of his hand and a., ABOUT nve
inches upward into his arm. The file had to
be fastened into a wise to be EXTRACTED Mr.
Pardoe suffered terribly, falntlng three times
after the extraction.
Year: 1865

Some malicious individual lately sent a false
marriage notice to the Albany Journal, ) in which
it was published. A young lady was accused
of being the author of the hoax and her feel
ngs were so wrought upon by the approbrious
charge that she went into spasms and died al
most immcdiatelv
Year: 1865

WHAT A Fly CosTs.-A curious calculation
has been made recently, by a savant well known
in Paris by his peculiar antipathy to the fly.
He collected three thousand flies in a room
measuring two cubic metres; on the floor he
spread pound loaf of sugar At the end of
four days he went to investigate the result Of
his experiment There remained table
spoonful of sugar. This statistician, therefore,
calculates that sugar being at the rate of thir-
teen cents a pound, a fly costs the country
twenty cents from its birth to its demise.
Year: 1865

big chair in which the "tat woman" sat, in
the st. Louis Museum. A local paper says it
is to be sold at constabe's sale in day or two,
and any one in want of a settee, lounge, a
church pew, or a buggy body, can buy this
chair and convert it to the use required. On
pinch, it would make second story law Of
flee, stand for band of music, or the pilot
house of a steamboat
Year: 1865

A clergyman once posted the following no.
tice on the gate of his church =" Found, two
hats in my strawberry bed. The owners can
have them by proving property" We don't
believe the owners will call for them.
Year: 1865

A servant from that region known as tout
West, " recently tried whiskey to Kill rats. She
made it sweet with sugar crumblcd in bread,
aud set the dish in the cellar In few hours
she went down and found several rats glorious
ly fuddlcd, engaged in throwing potato parings
and hauling one another up to drink. These
were easily disposed of; those not killed left
the premises Immediately, undoubtedly suffer
ing with severe headache
Year: 1865

Among the Scotch families which settled in
the northern neck of Virginia more than a
hundred years ago, there was one which was
connected with the present house of Argyle
About ten years ago a suit was decided in the
courts of.Richmond by which it appears that
the present young Duke was entitled to the
proceeds of some property in Virginia. On
being advised of this, the Duke ordered the
whole amount Of this to be paid over to dis
tinguishcd anti slavery society in the United
States, for the benefit of the slaves.
Year: 1865

A Cow DRlNKs EIGHTEEN GALLONS OF
WHIsKEY.-The Troy Times gives a most re-
markable case Of beastly' intoxication:


1t seems that, on the upper part of Green
Island, an illicit whiskey still existed until yes
tesday, when Marshal Kipp, Collector Wood
ward and Inspector Fales made raid on the
premises, and locked up both the owner and
door. \ month ago the distllery was in full
blast 1t was still night, and the man
running the machine, who mad made eighteen
gallons Of whlskey, put it out in the open air
to cool. Along came COW. She was thirsty,
and the beverage looked inviting. She swal-
lowed every drop-eightcen gallons of unrcc-
uhcd whiskey, warranted to kill at forty rods.
That COW has been drunk ever since She
staggered home, and is now in the fourth week
OF grand old bender The COW eats nothing
falls down whenever they try to raise her up
and has become as lean as a crow. instead of
a COW. Whether the COW will get sober or end
her life in fit of delrium tremens, is a ques-
ton We shall look anxiously to see the solution
Of 1t is really remarkable case, and we
should scarcely believe it if our informant was
not connected with the telegraph, and of course
perfectly reliable
Year: 1865

says the case and eagefaess with
which old and young freedmen went
through elementary textbooks was
astonishing = -, -.-.-------- -
| Such facts Of conduct are the very
signs, the unmistakable outward ex-
pressions Of civilized aspirations.---
The race that exhibits them il not
/ travelling towards extinction, but ex
actly in the opposite direction.-And
whatever the ultimate fate of such a
race may be-, its determination will
have to be accomplished by wholly
different method from that which has
proved fatal to the red man. The
latter committed the same blunder
and crime that the institution of slav-


cry did. He threw himself across


the track of civilization, and attempted


by bloody and remorseless violence


to check it in its al-conquering ca


reer. His attacks ultimated in in
placable warfare. Probable the civ


llizee has been somewhat to blame for


this result. We cannot stop now to


consider that question. ~ 15l8 D
Our point is, that there is nothing
in the character, habits or antecedents


OF the negro, which will be likely to


provoke against him those destruc-
tive energies Of civilization which
@ have pushed the red man to the wall.


He is not at war with civilization, but


is struggling under grave and harass-


ing discouragements to assimilate and


to. copy after it. And he is no more
inclined tc deliberate starve himself


to death by Incidence than other peo-


pie. "Blt," you will say, ''he is nat


urally lazy, and when not compelled


to labor, he will be gradually showed


aside by his more Industrious white


neighbor." So are you lazy; so is


every mortal born of woman. 1t is
a fundamental characteristic of the


natural heart. Persistent toll is at


first irksome to every human being


The actual enjoyment of methodical


industry is second nature, an &C.


QUESTION and not a native instinct.


Human beings do not make this ac-


QUESTION except under the stimulus
and pressure of adequate motives
Such motives could never be devel-
oped in state of slavery. Neither
can they be developed under milder
forms of oppression. Give the negro
his liberty, all his inaienable rights,
and the same chance you claim for
yourself. Let him understand that
he is not only to work out his own 1
salvation, but that he is to have his
salvation after he gets it worked out!
His of-hand logic in connecting the
possession Of knowledge and lands
with the stability of his freedom and
the permanence of his foothold in the
land of his birth, sufficiently indicates
his receptiveness to those higher mo-
tives which have founded the arts and
built all the civilized structures of the
pras1d, and his capncitYto.rea@aar n.
cause to effect fsr enough to ZEE mat
he must maintain himself II he ex- j
poets to hold his ground amongst
'reemen. The race capable OF such
perceptions, and of coming under tie
sway of such influences, can only be
sxterminated by deliberate, wide
spread and persistent malice on the
'art Of the victor race, which it would
lie more foolish than even scandalous
o attribute to the white inhabitants of
his country.-Louisvslle Union Press.
Year: 1865

The RECIPROCITY TREATY.--A Washing
ton dispatch says (:


The Canadian authorities are quite will
ling now to make reciprocity treaty perfect
ly reciprocal; that is, they are willing, under
the necessities Of the treasury. to lay on their
own products as heavy duties a. we shall
be obliged TO lay on ours. This is the true
remedy for smuggling and the only one."
Year: 1865

QuorAs.-Thc question Of quotas seems
to be troublesome one. Our advice to each
liable who is in doubt about the matter Is
TO set down his own quota IS one, and then
20 right about doing his best to fill it.
Year: 1865

DIsINTEGRATION .-t'When in the course of hu-
man events it becomes necessary for one people
to dissolve the political bands which have con-
nected them with another, they generally go to
work and devise ways and means for the sepa-
ration. The communication Of "K. O., in this


issue seems to be the forerunner of an impend-
ing dissolution of Walla Walla County from W.
T., and its annexation to Oregon. 'K. @" be-
gins at the foundation of government for start
ing point-suddenly drops down to remote and
dilatory District Judge, handles him without
gloves, and then comes out plainly with many
reasons why Walla Walla should be part and
parcel of the State of Oregon. So far as Wyche
is concerned, he has certainly acted very badly
in his official capacity, lounging about Wash
ington City and hunting up his friends down
South, when he is bound by oath to be here at
tending to his Court; but that furnishes no great
reason why we should go over to Webfoot. For
his remissness or incompetency Judge Wyche
or any other Judge in the Territory might by a
popular petition from the people, be removed
from office, or at least from Office in the Terrific
~. But if the people want to discuss the sub
ect of annexing this county to Oregon, now is the
time to do it, and there is no more satisfactory
way of doingt than through the columns of a
newspaper.
Year: 1865

A Coon REsOLvE.-The recent Democratic
State Convention of Ohio, put forth some very
good Resolutions, and none better nor more to
the point than the l4th one, which reads as fol-
lows


"Re8olUed, That we most explicitly condemn
the policy of the party in power in creating
thousands of millions of Government stocks
and attempting to exonerate the holders thereof
from all obligation to pay their just proportion
of taxes for the support of the States in which
they reside, and thereby creating an odious and
privileged moneyed arstocracy; and we declare
it to be the immediate duty of Congress and the
State Legislature to use all legal and Constitu-
tional power they possess to subject money so
invested to burden of taxation equal to that
imposed upon other property for Federal, State
and municipal purposes.
Year: 1865

The report that General Butler not long since
rendered his resignation, turns out to be with
out foundation. 1t is now stated that the Ad-
jutant General has received no such document
nor is it believed that General Butler has ever
offered his resignation in any manner which
would admit of its acceptance,
Year: 1865

BIdoTRY Run MAD.-From paragraph
in the telegraph news, it appears that some
Of the latter day fanatics have been urging
the President to compel the various denom-
nations of the Southern Churches to unite
in fellowship and communion with the cor
responding denominations in the North
The President is reported having remarked
dryly that the Constitution is silent on that
subject, which means chat it gives him no
authority to coerce the actions Of people in
relation to matters of religion. No unde-
mented person could expect that the Presi-
dent would have the assurance to endeavor
to officially influence the action of religious
bodies in matters purely clerical The ap-
peal made to the civil authorities to inter
fere in purely religious matters shows that
there is abroad in the land bad spirit of
religious intolerance and bigotry, controlled
by political illiberality. 1t is well that
such a spirit is not encouraged in high quar-
ters Mowntatneer
Year: 1865

Scarcity OF GIRLs.-There appears to
be at this time great scarcity of girls to do
housework in the city We hear inquiries
for them almost every day. There are said
to be quite number eff them arriving with
the immigrant trains, who, if they would ap-
ply in the city, could find good homes and
and profitable employment.
Year: 1865

is of sufficient capacity to carry travellers over as fast
as they may come, and good ferryman is always
in attendance that there can be delay in cross
ing. The Ferry is chartered by the Territorial Leg
islatare, making the proprietor responsible for any
accidents that might occur from misma agement.
The road from the ferry intersects the Lewiston
road near the Spokane Ferry, and will be known as
the wagon road to Spokane river, Occur dAlene
Mission and Pend Orelle Lake, and will be open for
wagons in time for the Spring travel.


As this is the nearest route from the river TO the
mines it is expected that will be the point for thu
steamer landing; and further, that there will be a
line of stages travelling over it in the spring.
Travellers from the lower country will find it to-
their advantage travel by this route, account Of
its nearness There is plenty of good


WOOD, WATER AND GRASS


along the road. horsepower Boat, large enough
Year: 1865

In tue first place, if you want to be miser,
able, be selfish. ThiRk all the time of your
self and of your own things. Do not care
about anybody elae. Have no feeling for any
one but yourself Never think of enjoying
the satisfaction Of seeing Others happy but
rather it yeu see smiling face, be jealous,
lest another should enjoy what you have not.
Envy every one WHO'S better of, in any res
pcct, than yourself; think unkindly towards
them, and speak i'll of them. Ba constantly
afraid least some one should encroach upon
your rights; be watchful against it, and if
any one comes near your things, snap at him
like mad dog. Contend earnestly for eve
rything that is your own, though it may not
be worth dime; for your "rights" are just
IS much concerned as if it were q pound of
gold. Never yield a point. BE very sensi.
tive, and take everything that is said to you
in psayfulness, in tho most serious manner.
De jealous Of your friends, lest they should
not think enough Of yoa. And if at any time
they should seem to neglect you, put the
worst construction upon their conduct you,
can
Year: 1865

CABINET CoUScILs on THE QUESTION OF uNuEsrnlcr-
ED TRADE WITH fnE SoUTH.-Tlle Charleston Courier
says For two days there have been long sessions Of
the Cabinet, engaged chiefly in the consideration Of
the question ofthrowng open the whole South to
commercial enterprise without restrictions Of any
kinda It is understood that since tic removal of the
objections Of the military authorities the President
and a.! members ofthc Cabinet except one are strong
lyin favor Of an unrestricted trade. The opinions Of
the obiectu member are at all times entitled to re-
spect and the decision Of the question has been de-
lerrcd until after the next regular meeting OF the
Cabinet.
Year: 1865

We hear that one of our Congressnen las
received from citizens of one Of the larger
towns in the State, an invitation to deliver
san sulogy on the death of President Lin
coin, /" on the approaching National Fast
day.
Year: 1865

and listen to you defaming my best
friend. He'll is no such place, for ]
was there, and a decenter gentleman
i never met with than the one you
ridicule. Plenty of pork steak, bread,
butter, cheese, and whisky, for all that
have a mind to be happy" And the
infurated little piper shook his dimu-
nitive fist in defiance at Father Am
brose. ,.r n


The interruption, SO impious and
wicked, created an unequalled sensa-
ton among the people. They would,
i suppose, have stoned him were it
not for the good father, who told them
TO attribute it to the horrors succeed
ing a night Of heavy drinking and
debauchery.


The poor piper continued the vic
tim of this delusion until tho return
of Micky McCrau to the parish, who
explained, tho trick that had been
played on him by the miners.


From that day Paddy the piper be-
came a sober man, left Off playing on
Sundays, and l have no reason to
doubt, died a good Catholic. %
Year: 1865

who are willing to do him justice will for a
moment deny. Let him be heard before
he is condemned. Let rational men wait
for full knowledge Of the facts as well as
the circumstances under which he acted,
ere they. bestow censure upon one who has
shown himself so great and good. 1t it be-
lieyed by those who know him best that he
will emerge from the thick mists which now
envelope him, like the morning sun in its
brightest glory, only to shine forth in mag
nifcence and beauty, the wonder and admi-
ration of the world. OBSERVER


Cry HOTEL, n. O., May 2, 1865.
Year: 1865

A gentleman having horse that started
and broke his wife's neck, neighboring
squire told him he wished to purchase it for
his wife to ride upon.


"No, no, he is a splendid horse, said the
other, 81 will not sell the little fellow, be-
cause inted to get married again mysef
Year: 1865

SHARON. The election in this town was con tested inch by inch, the Democrats making unwonted exertions, being encouraged by the hard run they gave the Union men last fall. The latter marched up steadily and firmly to the polls, and the result is Union gain of twenty since the Presidential election The Representatives elect, Messrs. Hartwell and Lewis are Union men of the true metal.