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Year: 1867

On our first page to-day will be found a
very important article upon the subject Of
heavy ordnance, bursting guns, &c. 1t is a
matter which not only involves many mil.
lions of treasure but which may at some time
decide the fate Of the country in war.
Year: 1867

The Senate expended its debating force
yesterday afternoon upon the bankrupt bill.
The homestead clause is defeated, bat the bill
will probably pass the Senate without any
other serious notifications.
Year: 1867

John Staurt Mill, in a recent
speech, said Of tho Fcnian move
ment and prisoners !: A.


ltis necessary, then to punish
these people, but it is not necessary
to hang them. 1t is important that
the world should know that you, the
people of England abhor the idea of
staining the soil with the blood o f
political offenders. hope that we
shall not have to reproach any one
for this But if it is done, l hope
that you will show that it is not
your doing that you do not sym
pathize, that it is not you who want
to hang the poor men who aimed to
obtain the liberty Of their country
even by the most mistaken means.
Political malcontents are very sell
dom bad men they are generally
better than the average, They
very often do wrong things but the
man who will risk his life and all
that is dear to him for public OBJ
jcct is generallya a better man than
common-he is an object Of pity
and not Of haired.
Year: 1867

Lows OF BEAUrY.-0ne element of religion is
love of beauty. Religion is something more
than taste. refinement, or any polished pro-
priety of a cultured class but is inseperably
connected with taste, propriety and refinement
The religious act is the beautiful act, the rell-
gious spirit is the beautiful spirit, the rehgious
life is the beautiful ife and the religious cnar'
acter is the beautiful character; and God, with
whom all religion begins and ends, is the Inn
nitely Beautiful One, and we do not know MIN
As be is. and love him as we ought, until we see
him as the perfection of beauty-the One altos
gether lovely.
Year: 1867

ONE Of the most inconceivable things in
the nature of the brain is, says the Chris
tidn AdUOcate, that the organ of sensation
should in itself be insensibe. To cut the
brain gives no pain, yet in the brain alone
resides the power of feeling pain in any part
of the body. If the nerve which leads from
it to the injured part is divided, it becomes in
stantly unconscious to suffering. 1t is only
by communication with the brain that any
kind of sensation is produced, yet the organ
is insensible. But there is a circumstance
more wonderful still; the brain itself may
be removed; may be cut away down the eor>
puS coliosun1 without destroying life. The
animal lives and performs all its functions
which are necessary to simple vitality but
no longer has mind; it cannot feel or think.
1t requires that the food should be pushed
into the stomach; once there it is digested,
and the animal will live and grow fat.
Year: 1867

Ed. GAZETTE, Sir Il am sorry you did me the
injustice, but more sorry that you did pure and
good woman the injustice of publishing the SLAM
der which came out in your last issue. beg to
assure you that the case of Mrs. Wilson is the
common one of woman who has for some
years been contemplating divorce, setting out
to obtsin one. In the interests of justice, beg
you, as the lady's case will very speedily come
on for hearing in legal tribunal, at which
time all the facts will be elected, to refrain from
publications which are made with view of
nreiudicinq her case, For what bad man or
two have said of myself in this matter, have
the consoling assurance that l shall make them
verv much ashamed CHARLES 3. DARWIN.
Year: 1867

SIMPLE EXPERIMENT IN ELEc-
TRIcIrY.-Get q clean glass bottle
with rather large mouth, and hold
I:t-A.-Ar- -4L-a-lA -a,a ar, e4 4a.,. >-ar-rtU,-
place it on the table, and put a com
mon tin plate on top of it; now get a
piece of brown paper like what is
used in grocery stores; dry it perfect
ly, take it up by the opposite corners,
and rub it on the cats back. If Miss
Puss has any objections. they may be
overcome by placing her between
your knees, and rubbing the paper to
and fro across her back; if you have
no cat, your own hair will do, if it is
not damp or greasy. After rubbing
the paper five or six times, drop it on
the plate on the bottle. Now, if you
put your knuckle to the plate, a
bright blue spark will be seen to Ay
to it, making noise like the break
ing of small piece of wood. Take
the paper up without touching the
plate, and again put your knuckle
to it; another spark, similar to the
last, will be seen. If you are afraid
to take the shock, you may do as the
monkey did that wanted chesnuts-
put pussy's paw to the plate; as soon
as she feels the shock, she will ex-
press her displeasure at such proceed
ings by splitting and kicking at the
apparatus. This experiment may be
varied by putting little paper men
and such like objects on the plate,
and holding your hand on another
tin plate over them; when the hand
or plate is held near enough, they
will hop up and down quite lively
The only trouble in performing these
experiments is to keep the apparatus
dry.
Year: 1867

possess you of them, for then they
know you will be in their power. So
long as you hold them you are mas.
tiers of the situation. Act upon the
fact that the Radicals are attempting
to impoverish you and drive you out
of the country. With this ever in
your minds, grasp your lands with a
death grip, and, if necessary, face
starvation itself before you give way.
If they cannot dispossess you by pur-
chases, they will resort to legislation,
and attempt to tax you into acqui-
escence.


1t has been suggested that the three
cent tax may be avoided by manu-
featuring the cotton in the district
where it is grown. That, if practi-
cable, would be only a temporary re-
lief. Your enemies would tax it at
the gin, in the boil, in the blossom,
and, if necessary, in the ground
They intend to tax it out of existence,
if they fail to drive you from your
plantations.


Go into the hog and hominy busi-
ness. Raise corn and slaughter pork.
Cover your hills with cattle and pune
tuate our pastures with sheep, mules
and horses, and flavor the whole with
showers Of goats.


Teach the freedman that he is a
Southern man, to the cabin born,
and that his destiny is launched on
the same billow that now heaves be-
meath the white man. Bejust to him.,
and the day may come when you may
lean upon him as a rock.


Cultivate the earth to the best ad-
vantage, and never fail to have your
barn full. But do not neglect to cul-
tivatc letters.
Year: 1867

acter, walk, and conversation, and
not to blazon forth before a scandal,
loving community, any departurefr from
the strict path of rectitude; charity
for the weakness of human nature,
which will cause to privately and
mildly tell brother Of his faults, and
endeavor to effect a reformation;
charity, that though brother should
sink deep into the depths of sin and
woe, will cause us to speak kindly of
his failings, and try to raise him
from his fallen condition. Charity,
that though we differ with brother
in opinion, yet we will not speak i'll
of him, or detract from his good
name, but if he is in error, to warn
him skit; if it is a mere difference in
judgment or construction, to allow
him the same privilege we claim for
ourselves. "Tho right of forming
his opinion according to his own
Judgment, without being ccnsured OF
charged with evil doing.


If esprit of true charity, was
more generally embodied in our &C
tions, there would be less heart
hurnings and wranglings, less strife
and contention. There would be
more joy and conteutment. Broth
erly love would prevail and harmo-
NY prevail throughout. The social
bonds of society would be more
strongly knit together, for charity is
the real cement that binds us into
one common mass, and makes the
human race one family, These three,
Faith, Hope and Charity, the greatest
of these is charity. May its broad
mantle ever be our shield.


J. 0. w., 245.
Year: 1867

TIE BAPTIsrs.-From the tables
given, the curious in such matters may
learn that there are 1,157,2S1 Bap-
tlst communicate members connected
with their churches in this country.


VAIN SHow.-A bag of wind may
be mistaken for sack of corn till it
is lifted Or opened.


Success in life depends upon the
heroic self with which one sets out in
life.


I had rather have newspapers with
out u government, than a government
without newspapers
Year: 1867

Try this, some of you; Fasten
nail or key to q string, and suspend
it to your thum and finger, and
the nail will oscillate like pendu-
lum. Let some one place his open
hand under the nail, and it will change
to q circular motion. Then let a
third person place his hand upon your
shoulder, and the nail becomes in a
moment stationary.
Year: 1867

Never quarrel without sufficient
cause, but ifit be necessary that you
take up quarrel: then see that you
quarrel firmly to the end.


Life is too short to drink mean
whisky, or make love to fast women.
Year: 1867

An anxious inquirer asks: "What
can be a more desolate sight than an
old maid sitting on an inverted half
bushcl, in a cold kitchen, with her
feet on the rim of slop bucket,
pairing her corns with o case knife,
by the light of a tallow candle?
Year: 1867

The law of Tennessee requires Admins
traitors to publish iusolvent notices in a
newspaper. A written notice carries out
neither the spirit or letter of law, but it does
30 injustice to all interested parties and lays
the Administrator liable for damages to all
who are losers by his nOn-cOnfoTmity with
the law. We quote from the code Of Ten
nessee, section 1880:


The Clerk (of the County Court) K
shall make an order upon the executor OF
administrator, to give notice by advertise.
ment in some newspaper published within
the State, and also at the court house door of
the county, for all persons having claims
against said estate to appear and file the
same, authenticated in the manner pre-
scribed by law, on or against a day to be
fixed in such notice, which shall not be less
than three nor more than six months after
the date of notice; and any claim not filed
on or before the day fixed, or before an APP
preparation of the funds Of the State is
made shall be forever barred both N law
and equity.
Year: 1867

MARRIED A FASHIONABLE LADY.-Accord-
ing to one of our exchanges, a few days ago,
a bridal party stopped at Cincinnati hotel,
and after many weary hour the most mo-
mentous moment in a mans whole life ar
rived for Verdanb. On two chairs were
piled pyramid of skirts, etc, and on table
near the head Of the bed the astonished eye
Of Verdant beheld sight which froze him
with horror. There were false calves, false
hips, false palpitators and false hair. In one
tumbler Of water was full set Of false
teeth, from another glass eye stared at the
bewildered bridegroom. How long be stood
Yerdant knoweth not, but after while a
hollow and strange voice from under the
bedclothes addressed him thus:


Why don't you 50 to bed, dear2P


So would, but by thunder don't know
whether to get into the bed or on the table. Z
Year: 1867

The Holly Springs Reporter Of the 18th
inst, says


1t Gen. J. Longstreet Of Confederate
fame, was in our city last Saturday He
seemed to be in good health Calm, unob-
trusive in manner, he still wore the de
termined look for which he was so well
known in the days when the brave men
under his lead drove the enemy before them
upon the historic fields of Virginia and
Chickamauga. Defeat may have palsied
his arm, but bis heart IS as grand as in these
terrible days of battle.
Year: 1867

DIvoRCE.-The following bill has been reported by the committee to whom was referred the pGt- tions for amending divorce laws

 Sec. 1. No divorce shall hereafter be granted up on an eX parte application unless the good charac- ter of the applicant, and residence in this State re- quired by law, shall be proved by the testimony of two credtabe witnesses, residents of this State

 Sec. ?. The hearing and trial of all divorce caus es shall be had in open court at the regular court room and not at chambers, and if such trial shall be had before committee, such trial shall be had in like manner in the regular court room.

 Sec. 3. No divorce shall hereafter be granted ou the ground of such misconduct permanently destroys the happiness of the petitioner and de feats the purposes of the marriage rcations until one year has elapsed after the commencement of d | suit for divorce.

 l Sec 4. No decree of divorce, hereafter to be l granted by any court in this S& ' shall have the effect to dissolve the marriage contract until after the expiration of six months from the time of pass l ing such decree, and the time when such decree shall have such effect, shall Dc therein expressed or such decree shall be null and void. Whenever alimony or the custody of minor children shall Eo given to the petitioner that portion of the decree relating to alimony or the custody of children ma take effect immediately or at the expiration of six months, at the discretion of the court

 Sec. 5. Each party to any decree of divorce shali have all the rights and privileges and be subjected to all the duties and liabilities of single and unmar- ried persons, from the time of passing such decleo l except the right to marry, but either party may marry again after such marriage contract shall | have been dissolved, as herein provided. l Sec G.. No decree of divorce hereafter granted. shall have any validity be of any effect whatever if the applicant within two years prior to the date of such decree, has applied for and been denied a decree of divorce, unless the same shall be granted for new cause, which has arisen since the date Oi such previous application.

 Sec. 7. Nothing in this Act contained, shall af feet any suit now pending.
Year: 1867

The Washington public were startled last week with the astounding disclosure that one of their most prominent business men. @ gentleman who had been for some years Postmaster and for long time had held the lost important Town offices in the gift of our people, had been detected in a series of petty thefts. As he is both Town Clerk anl Judge oS Probate and as lis records were kept at the store of Bras tus Hurlburt, with whom he had formerly been in business, he had easy access to the money drawer of chat gentleman and was ID the habit of attracting small sums. Mr. IErlburt began to suspect this month or two since and under the advice of counsel, set men to watch who in repeated instan- ces detected the theft. A prosecution was started but the criminal took to the woods and is supposed to have escaped out of the State. He was connected with one of the first families in town and has most esti- mable wife and several children for whom tho deepest sympathy is felt

 Such frightfal lapse from honesty has, as may be imagined, caused the greatest excitement among us, and fresh accusations are pouring in against one who is now held responsible for many losses where he is probably not in any way guilty
Year: 1867

Our views regarding the designs of the Boston and Erie Company to reach Fish kill via New Haven and Danbury, were confirmed by Senator Ferry's opening speech in behalf Of the Parallel road, as it Is called, running near the N. Y. and N. ii. railroad. He stated most positively that the road to Fishkill would not be built through this county-that the "God of Nature" had created barriers against any route except one near the Sound
Year: 1867

not but wish that your editorial teeth might partake thereof in wedding cake style and that you might someday enjoy rest from your scissoral duties, and eat spunky Striped Bass along with.

 YOUR GUIERELLA
Year: 1867

This sort of small beer cannot have been extremely refreshing when first uncorked, but when poured out for us the next day, 1t tends greatly to the increase of profanity

 Formerly, man had his option, We be- leTe, on festive occasions, to sing @ song or make speech; now statesman has no such choice. Are not both these customs relics Of the barbarous age before Temper aneo and TeleSraphs which deserve immcdi ate abolition?
Year: 1867

AN ECCLESIASTICAL BLAST AGAINST


~ THEM. -


The Baltimore Episcopal Methodist
has an article on the subject of the
condemnation, by the plenary council
of the Catholic Church, OF certain fash
ionable dances. The Methodist takes
sides with the council in the discussion
that has ensued. We quote:


FOR are we ignorant of round dances
as practiced now. We have observed
them at Saratoga night after night, un-
til we knew all we wished to know
about them. An old doctor, accus-
toned for many years to see the unvar-
nished side of society, is not likely to be
over-prudish and fastidious about cor
poreal exhibitions; but if Esculapius
had lived until now, he would not have
thought 1t proper to look at the Phe-
nomena of the polka as we saw them
at Saratoga, except as a permitted
study in animal physiology or moral
pathology. The young ladies who were
handled and swung about there
night after night might have been
perfectly innocent of all eviE,-we
trust they were-but, if we were Young
and marriageable again, we would no
more think OF seeking one of them for
a wife than we would select the show
cake in eonfectioner's window for
home consumption. 1t might be very
good cake, but then the association of
the ideas of purity with public expos
ure and lrreverent handling has nat
ural difficulty in it, so great that, from
what we have heard fall from gay gen.
tlemen, even the practice of the polka
does not overcome it. We know the
defence against it. We are entirely
familiar with "Honi soft qIi NAL y peISe"
-"Evil be to him who evil thinks;"
hnt this motto nf the 10 sold fo
have originated under circumstances
that contradicted its philosophy, and
its use is commonly true to its origin.
1t is well to have u pure imagination,
but to have one purged of common
sense is not laudable. The mind that
can perceive no evil tendencies in things
not positive breaches of the command
ments is not only pure, but stupid. The
Cordeliers have legend that, when st.
Francis saw young man stealthily
kissing maiden, he raised his hands
to Heaven and returned thanks to
God that there was so much
Christian charity in the world. The
saint was so pure that he could i'm
agine no impulse to kissing but SYM
pathy, and discern no spirit in il but
elevated religious devotion. Now, we
confess we are not pure enough to be
stone-blind. We are not to be ''honi
Soit'' out of our senses and a knowl-
edge of human nature. We do not
think that polkaing has power to
steady the reason, and that waltzing
gives a paralytic vertigo to animal ma
ture, or that the German shuff1es the
intellect into region of pure elevation
inaccessible to the passions. We do not
think that gross improprieties become
harmless because they are fashion
able" We think of a waltz much as
Byron did, who was not a Puritan. The
opinion of the Catholic Council derives
great weight from the fact that it is
based upon the information obtained in
the confessional from one end of the
country to the other. The effect of
these dances upon the mind and NOR
ais, with us, is an inference; with them
it is disclosure; and we do not know
how its weight is to be resisted by the
Yotaries of the fashion.
Year: 1867

A LADY in one of the western cities
was anxious to buy a came's hair
shawl, and the price of the only one
that suited her was Sl,5OO. After she
vainly tried to get it for 81, 900, the clerk
that for it and been refused. Ofcourse
he had wanted it to surprise her, and
in order to help him do it she privately
paid him $500 ,land directed the clerk to
send him note, telling him he might
have it for 81, 600. Then she waited for
the shawl, but it didn't come; and after
several days of wonderment she saw
the identical article worn in public by
a woman OF the town.
Year: 1867

The hat was passed around in GER
tain congregation for the purpose of
taking up collection. After 1t had
made the circuit of the church, it was
handed to the minister, who, by the
way, had exchanged puIpits with the
regular preacher, and he found not a
penny in it. He inverted the hat over
the pulpit cushions and shook it, that
its emptiness might be known, then
exclaimed with great fervor, 81 thank
God, that got my hat back from this
Congregation"
Year: 1867

AN old man of three score and ten,
being congratulated on his vigorous
and youthful appearance, replied, so
yes, my eldest boy is forty and the
youngest is only three! You see my
eldest went to the wars in '62, and fear
ing that he might soon get shot, 1
thought it my duty to try and fill the
YacuumO
Year: 1867

pense incurred in defense of any suit again st any
County Ceurt CLERK, o. Revenue Collector to com
in payment Of Revenae, shall Be allowed bv the
Comptroller, upon satisfactory proof of such suit.
and the -easonableness of the same and be shall
issue warrant for the same. and il shall Re paid.


SEC. Al. Report of the Committee on finance.
showing the mileage and per diem allowance of the
members Of the senate at the third Session of the
thirty-fourth General Assembly and the ag9reeate
amount of each
Year: 1867

4. When do intransitiys verbs become
transitiye I " sst'
Iptransitive verbs become transitive
when they ore used to govern the Obiec.
tive caselor when they are in the active
voice y 35iSi


5. Define ease as used In grammar.
Case Is the state or condition Of nouns
with respect to other words ins sentence
8. What is limiting adjective
Not answered.


7. What are the principal and what
ths ppbordinate elements Of Q sentence 7
The parts which compose il


9. What is mespt by the term adjunct
Not answered.


o. Write q synopsis Of the verb, write.
Potential Mode, passive voice.


] may be writing I have been writing
I should be writing I should have been
writing


10. Parse the following : "This truth
is clear--To bless is to be blest." The
rule is foot in length.
This truth is clear


This 10 an adjective qualifying truth
Truth noun common third person sin
gular nominative to is


Is verb irregular intranstive indicative
mood present tense active third person
singular agreeing with its subject truth


Clear adverb modifying is
| To bless is to be blest


To bless verb third person singular in
Gnitive mood
Is verb irregular intransitive Indicative
mood active voice


to be verb irregular Infnitive mood


The rule is foot in length
/ The adjective qualifying rule


Rule noun common third person singu
lar neuter nominative


Is verb irregular intransitive ipdiota
tive third person singular


A indefinite article belonging to foot


Foot noun common neuter third persol
singular


10 proposition shows the relation be
tween length and foot


Length noun common ueuter third per
son singular objective


If q certificate should have been Issue
on the above showing, we should hav
some one to grant certificates on demaDt
We have suppressed names in this cast
but In the future will not bo SO charitabl,
For the last year or two, We have born
! insult after insult, without saying au,
thing about it. Now we say i; save yor
postage and avoid exposure; for after ih
names will not be concealed.
. R. M. CAMPBELL.


Cpk Of Board,
p. s. Next week we may publish
letter received from disappointed lad
spd give the record Of her examination.


r. NJ. G.
Year: 1867

The STEAMER GEoRGEASNA had some OF
her guarding injured on Wednesday by
floating pieces of ice, but by the skilful
and energetic efforts of Captain Hill and
his assistants any further damage was pre-
vented, and similar accidents provided
against in the break apparently about to
take place.
Year: 1867

FELL IN FIT.-A negro man named
cambridge, fell down yesterday in fit at
the corner of Main and Ninth streets,
creating quite a commotion among a
crowd of freedmen, who Immediately sur
rounded him. He was promptly cared for.
It will relieve the nervous to know that he
is subject to such attacks.
Year: 1867

The Ice IN THE RIvER.-There are
strong indications that the ice in the river
is about to break up. 1t is quite rotten,
and q day or two more Of such weather as
we had on yesterday will cause it to give
way. For this there is every prospect, as
the wind yesterday was from the south