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Year: 1865

GEN. CUsTAR's BRUTAL1TY.-Iast
week we published portions Of three let
ters from Texas, which exposed brutal
practices resorted to by Gen. Custar in
the treatment Of his command, the army
in Texas. This week, another letter is
handed US, written by resident Of
Lyons, from which We copy few lines:


"O1r health is better than our grub
We get half rations Of wormy bread, and
sugar and coffee according; fresh beef
without salt or pepper. On this cam
paign wo marched from 2 till 10 a. m,
and from 4 till 8 p. m. We have been
treated worse than dogs. Gen, Custar
went in the advance. He and his wife
and staff would be shooting all day long /;
if they saw quail, they would stop the
whole command in the sun, SO they could
get 4 chance to shoot it. They made
out to keep us in the sun oil day. The
sun was hot enough to broi! coffee in the
shade"


These complaints of i'll treatment come
from soldiers from the different States,
and not doubt exists that there is all
too much foundation for them. There
can be no necessity now for forced mar
ches, nor for poor fare any length Of
time nor can there be any palliation for
the great brutality practiced upon soldiers
in that department.-Lyons Mirror. 81


From oil that We can learn Gen. Custar
is acting most inhumanly towards the
men under him. We have it from good
authority that the half starved men while
on the march saw bushels Of peaches fed
to the hogs while they were not allowed
to take 0, even buy one. We do hops
that the attention Of the Government
Year: 1865

The Workingmcns Union Meeting. IN favor
of the establishment Of the Eight Hour system Will be
held this evening at No. ~ Bowery A number OF
popular speakers viii be present and address TIE
assembly
Year: 1865

nz~ The Washington correspondent OF
the New York Tribune says: Gen. How
ard is still busily engaged on his report,
in which he viii make several sugges-
lions relative 10 the action Congress
should adopt for the benefit Of the desti-
mte freedmen during the winter. The
General is not apprehensivc Of any great
amount Of suffering among the blacks Of
the South this winter, for the reason that
this years crops have been much heavier
than those Of last, and that he has al
ready dispatched a number of his officers
10 distribute the large amount Of supplies
contributed by the Sanitary Commission
and Quartermaster's Department among
the most destitute Of the Southern freed
men,
Year: 1865

Ia A young man in Jackson, Mich,


became very assiduOus in his attentions
10 a young lady in that place, and mat
ters progressed so far and so smoothly
that everybody thought it would culmi-
nate i'm marriage shortly. He was asked
by the mother Of the young lady at the
tea-tahle one evening when he and her
daughter were 10 be married He cody
remarked that he had no idea Of marry
ing anybody, and he and her daughter
were mere friends, whereup0n the young
lady rose, seized the teapot, and threw
its boiling contents into his face, scalding
him severely, and then furiously ordered
him to quit her sight. .
Year: 1865

Ia" The operation of casting a cubic
block Of steel, of the enormous weight of
one hundred tuns, was recently success
fully accomplished at a foundery at East
Greenwich, near London.
Year: 1865

JACKS WEDDING DIREcTIoNs.-'I l say,
Jack, I'm goin' to get spliced tonight !;
couldn't ye stand over on that track, and
lend US a hand in steering Us in through
the shoals to Port Matrimony?'


No, I'm blessed if | can, Bill, cause
you see Kate and Is shipped for Dolly
Devon's fandango tonight; but as I've
been in through that channel three times,
shipmate, l can give We all the marks and
deeps, and sailin' directions, so you can
sail into port clear of everything.


If you're going to do the thing up all
shipshape, the first thing after you get IN
Among the fleet, branch pilot takes you
In tow and moorS you about two fathoms
from the parson. Then be brings in your
c0nsort and anchors her yard.arm close
aboard on your starboard hand. After
that he tows up another dimity craft, and
moors her head and stern alongside the
bride. Next, the pilot drops down him
self on your port beam, and there you
are, all stem on to the commodore. Then
the parsOn he sets in with lingo as long
IS the mizzen top sail halyards, which
you doesn't pay no 'tention to, till he
comes to akin ye if you'll take that are
craft for your life cOnsort and carry sail
for better or worse on the same tack with
herr Then you sing out, Aye, aye, sir,
sharp. Then Commodore Blackcoat says
you're spliced as fast as blazes and then
all the beaux your wife ever had bear
down and take the last taste they're ever
going to get of her--'prap's. Then the
fleet all sail and go driving about on a
DEVILS cruise after mischief You watches
your chance, signalize your consort, both
Of you square away before it, crack on
canvas, and comes to anchor in Blanken
Bay.
Year: 1865

SOONEh OK LATER.


IBT HARRIRT Z. PRESCOTT.
SOo1aR or later the storm shall beat
Over ny slumber from head to feet;
Sooner or later the winds shall rave
In The long grass above my grave.
I sAall not heed them where lie,
Nothing their sOund shall sigAify,
Nothing the headstons's fret Of rain,
N0thing to me the days dark pain.
SsoneESOr later the sun shall shine
With tender warmth on that mound Of mine,
Sooner or later, in summer air,
Clover and violet blossom there.
shall not fee in that deep laid rest,
The shssted light fall over my oreast;
Nor ever note in those hidden hours
The wind-bloWn breath of the tossing flowers.
SOOnST or later the stainless SHOWS
Shall add their hash to my mute repose
Sooner or later shall slant and shin,
And heap my bed with their dazzling drift.
Chill though that frozen pail may seem,
Its touch no colder can make the dream
SsaSTeckS not the sweet aud sacred dread
shrOudfng the city ofthe dead.
Sooner or later the bee shall come
And ill the noon with his golden hum;
Sooner or later on half paused wing
The blue-bird's warble about me ring
Ring and chirrup and whistle with glee,
Nothing his music means to he,
Meme Of those beautiful things shall know
How soundly their lover sleeps below.
Sooner or later, far out in the night,
The stars shall over me wing tLelr fight;
Sooner or later my sparkling dews
Catch the white spark in their silent ooze.
Never q ray shall part the gloom
That wraps me round in the kindly tomb;
Peace shall be perfect for lip aud brow
Sooner or later,-Or why not now
Year: 1865

BrTrERs.- Bitters are acknow-
lodged by physicians and those who have taken
them, to be an excellent tonic and preventative
of disease They have also curative properties


rendering them an almost indispensable article
to all. Read the advertisement 10 to-day's
bottle To the taste it 10 as palatable as soda
Year: 1865

AN IPKOvIDENr CUss.-A printer one night
this week, feeling that his coat was rather an
incumbrance than il convenience, considered
that he made Il good trade by exchanging said
garment for palm leaf fan, and did not discover
his error until last night when he failed in his
efforts to protect his person from the falling
rain with the exchanged for fan.
Year: 1865

III Hereafter we will Issue our paper at
double the present size, and when subscriptions
and advertisements will justify it we viii Issue
full sheet, with every variety of reading mat
tor proper for families. This will depend upon
the readiness of the community to extend US its
patronage. We are compelled to adhere strictly
to the rule of cash in advance with even our
best friends. Our necessities compel us to
make this rule infexible. Subscribers who
have paid in advance, will receive their papers
until the expiration of the time, provided they
can send for them.
Year: 1865

~ we had the pleasure of meeting last Mon
day evening, Major C. c. White of the 23th
Wisconsin Vols, and Provost Marshal General
of the State He is the first Federal officer that
received with the courtesy proper 20 return Of
peace. Our citizens will do their best no doubt
to make the sojourn of any Federals amongst US
on duty. as pleasant as possible, and lend their
assistance in restoring law. order, quietude, and
social happiness.
Year: 1865

' r We think our planters will not do wisely
to sell their cotton at the mere nominal prices,
which will be offered here at first Trade re-
strictons will soon be removed, and cotton
here, will bear price in some reasonable pro-
portion to its value in New Orleans. Our plant
ers have suffered enough Whilst the trader
who comes out, with capital to supply the plant
ers' wants and move the crop, is entitled to rea-
sonable profits for his trouble and risk. the
planter at the same time should pro.nct himself
against being ruined by spectators. Live and
le. ive," is good rule for all
Year: 1865

DR1 GOODS.


There is a general dullness in the Dry
Goods Trade. The city is full of country
merchants, but there is general indisposi-
ton to buy. The market has not yet re-
covered from the effects of the capture of
Richmond. Domestic cotton fabrics are
heavy under the constant decline in the
raw material. Prints are about lc lower
to-day.
Year: 1865

IT is old news telling the public gold is
going down they find that out FAST. enough
but they have no idea Of the reduction in
carpets aud furniture unless they 60 to IL.
Selby's, 80 and Al East Second street, and
select from the largest and best stocks in
Davenport ar6-dlw
Year: 1865

In the House this afternoon, Mr.. Went.
worth of Illinois introduced bill prohibit
ing the importation of cattle until all dan,
ger from cattle diseases had ceased, and no.
tice given by the President by proclamation.
Some suggestions were made to the effect
that the bill would interfere with the unex-
pired treaty between this country and Can
ada, from which quarter danger of cattle
disease is only to be apprehendedi but the
bill WAS passed..
Year: 1865

THE Louisiana Legislature were badly VIC
timized few days since. A communication
was received by the Senate, of which the
following is the opening: 'The undersigned.
as committee of ladies, acting in the name
of a large number of loyal ladies of New
Orleans, wish to present your honorable body
with United States flag, etc." The Senate
received the communication, accepted the
flag, and fixed an hour in the afternoon for
its formal reception Shortly after they re-
paired to the Hall of the House of Repre-
sentatives for the purpose of electing State
Printer. That duty performed, they re-
turned to their own chamber, and ordered,
forthwith, that everything relating to the
letter and the flag should be exPunged from
the journals of the Senate. In the interval
the fact had leaked out that the ladies de-
string to make the presentation were colored
Year: 1865

Mr.. CoLFAX's S LECTURE.-As the members
of the Senate and the House have mostly
secured their tickets, those left for our cit.
zens will necessarily be few in number. We
advise all who wish to be secure of their seat
to obtain them at once at some of the hotels
or book stores. As the number is limited it
is hardly probable that there will be any
tickets loft for sale at the door.
Year: 1865

A BosToN correspondent of the Scientific
American tells how to draw corks from bot


tbs wit out injury to the cork, and without
the a d OF any instrument. He SAYS: Grasp
The tile in the hand ard strike It squarely
upon any firm place. right side up, with such
f'rce as it will bear without danger of break
ing. few blows will extract any ordinary
Cork, whether the bottle be full or only psytly
Year: 1865

y SNAKE IN A QUEER PLACE.-One day
lately, party of young folks. male and te-
male, in the Township Of Franklin, Pennsyl-
vania, went to the whortleberry rock, dis
tance of about eight miles After reaching
the rock, the day was spent in the usual way
by picking berries, and wandering over
the vast plain of rock Evening came, and
the parties returned to their homes One
young lady, after reaching her residence,
and performing her customary work about
the house, repa ed to her room to retire for
the night, and, upon undressing, what did
she discover, nicely entwined about her
waist, between her crinoline and under-gar-
ments, but snake fully twenty inches in
length As might be expected, on making
such discovery. the lady's feelings can be
better imagined than described She gave
the alarm, when other inmates of the house
came to the room and dispatched his snake.
ship. 1t turned out to be one of the spotted.
adder species, which is very numerous on
the rock. The query is how the reptile man.
aged to get in that position. The only way
1t can be accounted for is this: Some time
during the day the young woman must have
been sitting down on the rock, and the broad
skirts now worn might possibly have covered
the snake, which, in its endeavors to escape.
got between the garments, and SO worked
itself up to the waist unfelt by the partv.-
She states that several times during the day
and evening she felt a sort of gripping sensa.
tion about her body, but delicacy in compa-
ny induced her to bear it rather than TO at.
tempt to ascertain the cause.
Year: 1865

SlMoN's WIFE's MoTHER.-A friend just
returned from New York tells US a pretty
good story of an Illinoisan who was stopping
at the same hotel On Sunday, the Western
man. being desirous of hearing several of
the most famous pulpit orators of the metro
polls. went in the morning to DR.. Chapin's
church. but heard stranger preach from
the text: But Simon's wife's mother Law
sick of fever" In the afternoon he went
to Beecher's Plymouth church and heard
the same discourse from the same preacher.
Going in the evening to DR.. Osgood's church
he found the same discourse and the same
theme" Simon's wife's mother lay sick of
a fever" The next day the patient hero Of
the thrice told discourse was crossing to
Brooklyn in ferry boat, when the alarm
bell in the Park agtated the air with its
shocks of sound, and a man behind him in.
quired why that bell was tolling. Looking
up, he saw the now familiar countenance Of
the speaker, and was prompt to reply: Il
think Simon's wife's mother must be dead
heard three times Yesterday that she was
sick of fever.-ProUidence Journal.
Year: 1865

The following is an extract from a letter
written to the st. Louis Democrat, from
Long Branch, somewhat noted place of
summer resort. Wonder if the style will be
introduced here?


This galop is comparatively new dance.
Inc gentleman clasps his arm around the
iady's waist, and squeezes ad li6itum. and
the lady drops hers around his neck and
lovingly lolls her head upon his shoulder,
and both go spinning and painting down the
room at speed elsewhere seen only at
Dutch lager beer gardens after forty glasses
each. Imagine team consisting of blind
mule aud lame COW hitched to cart.
whereof one wheel is twice the size of the
other and neither is round driven rapidly
over superannuated corduroy road, you
you will have some idea of the motion of
the galop, and nothing short of that will do.
The old, graceful, plain waltz, the schot-
tsche and polka. with even their license,
were bad enough. but when the bottom of
skirts 90 flying far above where the dress.
tops ought to be-when the lady's flushed
cheek literally lies on her partners shoulder.
and his too often whisky scented breath
scorches her bosom-when the whole dance
seems to be especially contrived to secure
unrestrained hugging and to exhibit female
stockings in distended state, the thing,
though perhaps fashionable, becomes lit
tie too much for decent humanity.
Year: 1865

Resolved. That we sincerely rejoice in the ces
s,tOn Of war and the return of peace throughout
our whole country; and we trust that the momcn
tous lessons Of the past four years will inspire
among all our fellow citizens greater reverence
for constitutional obligations and those iendly
and fraternal relations between the people o{ all
the States which are the most solid guarantee
for the perpetnity of the Union.


Resolved. That the Democracy of California
will in the future. rs in the past. give cordial
support to the National Administration in the
discharge of all its constitutional functions and
most especially in times of great national peril;
that in the face Of the manifold difficulties and
cmbarrlssmcnts resulting from the late war, the
Democr ,tic party will not withhold its suppoft
from the policy of the Administration far a
the same tends to secure the rights and lib,ert ie
of the States and Of their citizens.


Resolved. That upon every ground Of Justice
aud policy to the white people ot the country as
we'll rs of humanity to the negro themselves the
Democratic party is inaexibly opposed to negro
suffrage. and its inevitable consequence, the pc
ltical and social equality of the negro. in every
form and especially to the unnatural and rcvo.
lutionary scheme for thrusting universal suffrage.
by action of Congress, upon the negroes of the
Southern States.


Resolved, That the welfare of California de-
mand imperaively that her mining interests
should be developed and fosered and her peo-
pie are in the same degree opposed to any system
for the sale or taxation of her mines.


Resolved that the whole history of California
is triumphant vindicaton of her State policy OF
a gold and silver circulating medium; and that
any change in this respect would be disastrous in
the extreme; that unwritten contracts for work.
labor and services should by iaw, in all cases. be
enforced in gold and silver coin.


Resolved, That the Monroe doctrine is an cs
scntial part of the policy of the Democratic party
and of the American people.


Resolved. That when the civil authority is in
full operation there is neither warrant in the
Constitution or laws. or even a pretext in any
supposed necessity of State. for trials by military
courts. or arrests by military power. And that
the writ of habeas corpus should be held inviol-
able under the provisions Of the Constitution.
Year: 1865




SEC. l. All written contracts of co. partnersbin
for mining purposes upon the lands of the United
States within this state, formed by two or more
persons shall be subject to the condition an H.
abilities prescribed by this act.


SEC. 2. Any member of a coparnership, or his
successor in interest in any mining claim. who
shal neglect or refuse TO pay any assessment or
shall neglect to perform any labor or agreement.
may after the expiration Of sixty days after such
assessment, labor or other liability has become
due. be notified in writing by any remaining part
ner or partners, or by his or their agents. that
such assessment, labor + liability is due, which
written notice shall specify the name of such
mine AMI the district wherein it is located. and
shall particularly mention the liability which has
been incurred; and if such delinquent reside
within the state, he shall be personally served
with such notice; and if the person so notified
shall refuse or neglect for thirty DAYS after ser
vice of such written notice. to comply with the
requirements OF the copartnership agreement. the
remaining partner or partners may sell the inter-
est of such delinquent partner in and to such
mining claim.


SEC. 3. All sales under the provisions of this
act shall be at public auction and by giving five
days notice thereof. and by posting written no.
tees in three public places. within the mining
district where such mine is located. The notice
shall also specify the extent of the interest to be
sold and the time and place of such sale. which
place shall be within the district where the mine
is located. The purchaser at such sale shall ac.
quire all the right and title of the delinquent
partner.


SEC. a. If any delinquent partner in any mine
is absent from the state. or resides in any other
state or territory. the notice to such delinquent
shall be by publication once week for four sue
cessive months in some newspaper published in
the county where the mine is located; or if there
he no newspaper in the county. then such notice
shall be published in some newspaper in adjoin-
ing county. After the expiration of the time of
such publication. the interest of such delinquent
shall be sold, in the manner prescribed in Sec
tion third of this act.


SEC. 5. This act shall take effect from and after
its passage. Approved April 4, 1864.
Year: 1865

On Monday we witnessed a singular
case of insanity, and the remarkable
power that some persons have 70 control
insane persons. As the morning accom-
mediation train from New Haven to this
city, stopped at Southport, Conn, an in
sane woman, apparently about thirty
five wears of age, was forcibly brought on
board the cars by her friends, to be taken
TO the Insane Retreat at BlOomingdale.
She was perfectly wild with excitement,
and her hands were firmly tied at her
wrists TO keep her from tearing
off her clothes. AS she was forced
down inte her seat, and held there
by her attendants, an entire stranger APP
preached her, and addressing few kind
words to her, inquired after her health,
asked to see her tongue, felt her pulse,
smoOthed her forehead gently with his
hand, and i'm "A few moments entirely
soOthed and quieted her. Her illusion
was that she had lost her head and feet.
The stranger told hershe was partlyright
and partly wrong in her impressions;
that it was true she had temporarily lost
her feet, but that her head was all right,
as was proved by her showing her
tongue. He cOnversed with her nearlyall
the way 10 the city; got her finally to
admit that her head was right, and
told her that when she got to Twenty
seventh street she would find her feet.
On reaching there the stranger requested
tn at he might take her out of the cars
and place her i'm a carriage. The friends
were incrednlous, but consented. The
stranger then said: Well, l told you
you would find your feet when you gnt
here, and sure enough you have Come
with me- This was said mildly, but
with a firm voice of assurance and au-
thority, and to the establishment of all
present she got up, followed her stranger
friend out Of the cars, and allowed him
to conduct her TO a carriage and placed
her in it. de then kindly bid her good
bye, and disappearedin the crowd, with
out waiting 10 receive the shower Of
thanks from her friends.
Year: 1865

RsA- A recent number Of the Galveston
CJpilida says ave learn from United
States officers late from the Rio Grande
that the so-called Liberals have raised
the siege Of Matamoros, dispersed,
vamosed the rancho, and left for parts
unknOv n. Our army officers have got
pretty we'll posted in Mexican affairs,
during their sojOurn on the Rio Grande,
and estimate Mexican patriotism by a
truer standard than they did when they
supposed that all who called themselves
LibsTais were really in favor of enlight-
ened liberty, regulated by law. They
have seen how the desire of power and
plunder mas stolen the cloak Of patriot
ism, and that many of the pretended
friends of freedOm only desire the free
dom % steal and rob. a good under
standing now is said TO prevail between
the United States authorities and those
Of the empire; and il is hoped that peace
and order will he preserved for time at
least, and that trade and commerce be-
tween the two countries will find prOtec-
ti0n and security
Year: 1865

nea. "Burleigh," the nom de plume
under which Rev Matthew Hale Smith
writes to the Boston journal, tells of a
remarkable robbery in New York. He
says;


The broker was inside the counter, near
the safe. A man came in without hat,
and with a pen behind his ear. He
walked round TO the spot where the
banker stood, who was talking with a
gentleman, and said to him, "Please to
move, sir" and the banker did. The
fellow coOlly took out of the safe several
thousand United States bonds, and cOOlly
walked away, and has never been seen
from that time to this. Near the closing
hours Of business the hands were sought
for and could not be found. The banker
turned 30 one of the clerks and askedhim
for them, stating that he saw him re-
move them from the drawer.


Fortunately the clerk was able tUproye
an abb, and then the audacity of the
thief was made apparent.