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Year: 1865

A MoTHER's LovE.-At a steamboat
disaster on the Mississippi, a man saw
woman and a girl struggling together
In the water, and cried out, "f can save
one of you which," Save my
daughter" said the mother, and then
uunk
Year: 1865

HOLIDAY STREET THEATRE.-Mrs. D. P Bowers
will appear this evening in the sparkling character
of Diana" in the brilliant comedy entitled Loves
Masquerade, which piece Manager Ford announces
with fine cast, new costumes, scenery, and apprO-
pirate music The comedy of the -Four Sisters
will also be produced, with Mrs Bowers in four
different characters. This bill is very attractive
one and the entertainment this evening promises to
be of the finest given at the Holiday since this
eminent actress commenced her engagement. A
matinee will be given at the Holiday tomorrow
afternoon by Hermann.


FRONT STREET THEATRE.-Hermann terminates his
engagement at the Front Street on Saturday night,
beyond which time it is impossible for him to remain
owing to calls elsewhere. Of the admirable charac-
ter Of his performance we have before spoken, and
we can but commend him to the notice of the public
lie will give an entire programme this evening,
and will be assisted by Mr.. Hasemayer who will
tertan the audience by the performance of several
airs on his novel wood and strand instrument.


CoNcoRDIA OPERA HoUsE.-The grand Mlltonlan
Tableaux at the COncordia Opera House, as produc-
tiOns of art. are worth visit A matinee will ,be
given tomorrow afternoon.
Year: 1865

APPEAL IN BEHALF OF SOLDIERS FAMILIES.
There will be found in our columns of to-
day an earnest and eloquent appeal in behalf
of the destitute soldiers and their families,
and we hope it will not be without avail
Penned by one who has been untiring In her
endeavors to assist the noble-hearted men who
have contributed so much to save the Govern
ment from destruction, and in every case the
result of personal observation, it is sad to
think that sketches like these can find truthful
originals in this community; and the perusal OF
such must prompt, we think, speedy relief
We bespeak for the communication in ques-
ton an attentive perusal.
Year: 1865

Relief Association on any Wednesday morning at II
o'clock, at the New Assembly Rooms. corner of Han
over and Lombard strcets-entrancc on Lombard
street The ladies Of the Association will hold FAIR
and Festival. commencing the 5th of December
rrox.. to aid the funds of the association. and will be
glad Of donations OF help of any kind
Year: 1865

The correspondent of the Cincinnati Ga
see says there is not newspaper writer of average
position in Washington whose salary is not equal to
or greater than that of Congressman, while his ex
pepsss need not 10 half 10 gyeah
Year: 1865

THE Staunton Spectator, in the following,
gives an account of family wedding coat that
has proved veritable heirloom:


Many years since, an old German citizen Of
Pendleton county, when about to lead his fair
''frow'' to the hymeneal altar, purchased a
broadcloth coat in which he was married.
His wife presented him with many children,
among whom were eight sons, all of whom
were married in the same coat in which their
father married their mother The youngest
of the eight sons had seUen sons, all of whom
were married in the same wedding coat; and
after the youngest son of the seven, or the
youngest grandson of the original owner of the
coat had led his blushing bride to the altar in
his venerable grandfather fashionable we'd
ding coat, he sold it for the sum of SO. What
has become of the coat since it was sold we
have not been advised, but suppose that some
one is keeping it for the purpose of getting
married in it,
Year: 1865

&x- Hope for the Af1icted.-In another part
of this paper will be found the advertisement of the
celebrated Institute. established by Dr. j. C..
YOUNG, in 1885,. In this age Of deceit and char.
latanism it is boon to the suffering to point out
to them where they Of obtaining the wished
for relief and cure. Under the care of the skillful
Doctor the sick and troubled divest themselves
of their burdens pains and shame lay aside their
cross, and secure health and happiness. : IF you
are sick or in trouble, do not hesitate. Read the
advertisement and- follow the advice. Do not for
get the number nor the manner of directing you
letter. CONSULTATION OFFICE, $40 Washing
ton street, San Francisco
Year: 1865

hundreds Of dollars might be saved annually, in
stead of applying to Physician for chronic blood
diseases. There is mo- organ or tissue of the body
it does not reach, sore but what it will reach,
or pain it will not relieve.
Year: 1865

WALKING-LEAvEs OF AUsTRALIA-Almost
everybody has heard Of the wonderful walk
ing leaves of Australia. For long time
after the discovery of that great island,
many people really believed that the leaves
of a certain tree which tiourishes there,
could walk about the ground. The story
arose in this way: Some English sailors
landed upon the coast one day. After
roaming about un.il they were tired, they
sat down under a tree to rest themselves
A puff of wind came along, and blew off
shower of leaves, after turning over and
over in the air, as leaves generally do finally
rested upon the ground. is it was mid
summer and everything quite green, the
circumstance puzzled the sailors considera-
bly,


But their surprise was much greater, as
you may well suppose, when after short
time, they saw the leaves crawling along
on the ground toward the trunk of the tree
They ran at once for their vessels, without
stopping to examine into the matter at all,
and set sail away from the land where
everything seemed to be bewitched. One
of the men said that he expected every
moment to see the trees set to dance jig"
Subsequent explorations n Australia
have taught us that these walking leaves
are insects They live upon trees. Their
bodies are very thin and fiat, their wings
I forming large leaflike oranges. When
they are disturbed their legs are folded
away under their bodies, leaving the shape
exactly like a leaf with its stem all COM
plete. They are of bright green color in
the summer, but they gradually change in
the fall, with the leaves, to the brown of
frost-bitten vegetation. When shaken from
the tree, they lie for few moments upon
the ground as though they were dead, but
presently they begin to crawl along towards
the tree, which they ascend again, They
rarely use their wings, although they were
pretty we'll supplied in this respect
Year: 1865

past is dream and his visions are real
tiles. Living on a farm, eating of the grain
he worked night and day to raise, spending
in stocks the grain he sold, walking through
his swamp, muddy, tired, hungry, he is not
farmer, has forgotten that he ever was.
All things seem different now. He is rich
though walking through mire and over
crags, he walks on velvet though living
in the old house Ga pile of bricks, it seems
a palace in the centre of broad domains,
and he is lord of all he sees


We hope to speak of what we gain and
what we lose, in our next. j. G. III.
Year: 1865

Our little friend is in his grave
The sod is green with April rain.
We weep for him. What would we have .?
TO him at least our loss is gain.
We lose the hope of future years


Our child, our gallant little man;
But he, the futures pain and tears.


We will be happy if we can.
Or, if not happy, still, content


His peace should solace our despair
God takes away the gem he lent


To set it with the star-beams fair.
Year: 1865

LADY Caroline Lamb had, in a moment of
passion, knocked down one of her pages
with a stool. The poet Moore, to whom
this story was told, observed. "Oh, moth
ing is more natural for a literary lady to
double down page" 81 would rather"
said one of the company, "advise Lady
Caroline to turn over a new leaf"
Year: 1865

THE SKY AN INDICATION OF THE WEATHER
The color of the sky, at particular times,
affords wonderful good guidance. Not
only does a rosy sunset presage good
weather. and ruddy sunrise bad weather,
but there are other tints which speak with
equal clearness and accuracy. 4 bright
yellow sky in the evening indicates wind
a pale yellow, wet ; neutral grey color
constitutes favorable sign in the evening,
and an unfavorable one in the morning
The clouds are again full of meaning in
themselves. If their forms are soft, unde-
fned and full feathery, the weather will be
fine if their edges are hard, sharp and de-
finite, it will be foul. Generally speaking,
and deep unusual hues betoken wind or
rain while the more quiet and delicate
tints bespeak fair weather. These are
simple maxims and yet not so simple
but what the British Board of Trade has
thought fit to publish them for the use of
seafaring -Seieatifc American
Year: 1865

THE CHANCES FOR ANOTHER GREAT BATrIB.-
After the failures of General Joe Johnston to
prevent the junction Of our forces in North
Carolina, il is hardly probable that, single
handed, he will risk another collision with Sher-
man. After the late equally decisive failure Of
Lee to break through and double up tho lines
Of General Grant, II Is not likely that he will
repeat that experiment without assistance. John
ston must fall back to Lee, or Lee must join
Johnston before either can make another fight
In this extremity We should say that Johnston
would hurry up to Richmond but for the dam
gers Of third party menacing the last remain
ing communications Of Lee--and that party is
Sheridan. Ills cavalry are on the south side Of
the james, and within day or two we may
hcar that they have tapped the Danville Rail-
road. Then the only alternative to Lee will be
the evacuation Of Richmond and this will, per
haps, be the next great even! of The closing
scenes of tho drama.
Year: 1865

LSSa- We are gratifed to witness tae
many evidences OF improvement AMI en-
terprise that are TO be seen in our city,
a great part of The town that was de
stroyed during the war is already rebuilt
and but short time can elapse before
jackson will be larger and prosperous
t5an it has ever been,
Year: 1865

Four men. who loved Christ with love
stronger than death, wrote his life, but
LETT no hint of his height, complexion, fea-
lures, or any point that could help the
mind to a personal image. Others wrote
long epistles of which he was the Alpha
and Omega but his form was as much
kept secret as the body of Moses, hidden
by the Almighty in an undiscovered grave.
The christian tombs aud relics of the first
centuries show no attempt to make nn i'm
age of Christ, Too deep a sense of the
divine resting upon the early church to
permit any attempt to paint the human
as it appeared in him.
Year: 1865

The Female Medical College Of Pen Insylva
MIA now in the sixteenth year of its exist
ence, has just graduated a class oftwentE- three
students, and Judging from the success that
other lady physicians have had, there IS little
doubt that they will find enough to dol The
Philadelphia North Amertcda says TIL ere are
some SIX or eight regular female physicians
in that city, whose daily practice is ed ual to
that of the average of male physicians
Year: 1865

Congress adjourned on Saturday the 18th inst
The following is q IS ketch of the two last days pro
March 17-In the Senate report was present
ed from the Committee to whom the President's
message was referred. The report was adopted
without call for the yeas and nays.
The report says all the measures recommended
by the President to promote the efficiency of the
army have been adopted except the entire repeal
Of class exemptions. Some measures recommend
ed by bim, such as the creation of the office Of
GeReral-in-Chief, were originally passed by Con-
gress with view to the restoration Of public con-
fdence and the energetic administration of militia
ry affairs. The classes now exempted, east of the
Mississippi river, embrace about 5000 men,
while $4,000 men have been detailed by executive
authority. 1n consequence of this abuse of the
power OF detail, Congress at the present session
passed act revoking all details and limiting the
power.


70 conscribe ministers of religion and require
them to obtain details to preach the GOSPEL Would
shock the reig glous sentiments of the people, and
inflict great injury upon the country The con-
scrptiop Of editors and the printers necessary to
publish newspapers would destroy the indepen-
dence Of the PRESS and subject it to the control of
the Executive department Physicians and apoth
ecaries essential to the health Of the people.
No complaint has reached Congress of abuse in
this class exemption.


Congress does not concur in the opinion Of the
President that the suspension of the privilege of
the writ Of habeas corpus is indispensable to the
successful conduct Of the war. The writ has not
been suspended since August last and it is not
perceived that the military reverses to the country
since that period caused by the absence Of
the Legislation asked for


The report in the closing paragraph, says if loss
of time be vice OF deliberatve assemblies, promp
titude is great virtue in executive action. The
committee deprecate the transmission of the
sage it is we'll calculated to excite discord and
discussion.


March l9.-The House met to day at o'clock.
Mr. Watson, from the joint committee appointed
to wait on the President and inform him of the
readiness Of Congress to adjourn, reported that
the committee bad discharged the DUTY assigned
to it. The President stated that be had no fur
ther communications to make That in his recent
message he had fully explained his views as to the
legislation needed by the country, and SO far
Congress had not eoncurred in his opinion he hop
ed it would turn out that he was mistaken. That
to the full extent of his power, and the
placed at his disposal all might feel assured of his
purpose faithfully to protect and defend the coun
try.


at 2 o'clock p m, the President pro tenn, ad
journed the Senate sine die.


The House passed the Senate bill amending the
impressment laws. After other business Of nospecial
interest the House was adjourned sine dic
Year: 1865

IT is when we stand upon the mountain
tops that the orb of day rises rnajestically
before our eyes: and the golden orbs Of
great thoughts some up most sublimely
above the horizon OF our souls.
Year: 1865

The Quartermaster General has ordered
officers of that Department on duty in charge
of the several principal posts to, report to
him without delay the number of interments
registered during the war, white and black,
loyal and disloyal, to be separately emu
merated. .Y...


All officers of the same Department who
have made interments on battle fields during
tho war have also been ordered to report the
number of the same, giving the localities,
dates of battles and dates of interment.
Year: 1865

CoNscIENcE.-''A A little boy in petticoats,
in my fourth year, my father sent me from
the field, home. A spotted tortise, in the
caught my attention, and lifted my stick
to strike it, when voice within me said,
1t is wrong | stood with uplifted stick,
in wonder at the new emotion, till rodora
and the tortoise vanished from my sight.
| hastened home and asked my mother what
it was that told me it was wrong? Wiping a
tear from her eye, and taking me in her
arms, she said, Some men call it conscience,
but [ prefer to call it the voice of God in
the soul of man. Ifyou listen to it and obey
it, then it will speak clearer, and always
guide you right But if you turn a deaf
ear, or disobey, then it will fade out little
by little, and leave you in the dark without
guide"
Year: 1865

A young man, whose bluntness was such
that every effort to turn him to account in
dry-goods store was found to be unavailing
received the customary notice from his en-
ployer that he did not suit and must go.


''But I'm good for something" remon-
strated the poor fellow 10th to be turned in
to the street.


You are good for nothing as salesman
anyhow, retorted the principal regarding
him from business point of view.


Il am sure | can be useful, repeated
the young man.


''How? Tell me how


Don't know sir; / don't know"


Nor do ], laughed the principal as be
saw the eagerness the lad displayed. -


''Only don't put me away, sir don't put
me away. Try me at something besides sell
ing | cannot sell. / know that l cannot
SELL


Il know that too; that is what there is
wrong


But / can make myself useful somehow,
| know | car"


The blunt boy who could not be turned in
to salesman, and whose manner was so
little captivating that he was nearly sent a.
bout his business, was accordingly tried at
something else. He was placed in the count
ing house, where his aptitude for figures
soon showed itself, and in few years he
became not only chiefcashier in the concern,
but eminent as an accountant throughout
the country. Boys be sure and be good
for something.
Year: 1865

chest. He digs through with his jack
knife ~


''Well, l ain unreasonable I'm willing
Tom should be punished but his mother
don want him turned out of school We
want him to have good education. The
teacher can whip him if necessary.


You seem to think, sir, it is great priv
ilege to whip your boy. 1t strikes me that
that is asking great deal of young lady,
and that such little jobs as those you ought
to do yourself Parents are bound to send
their children to the school-room in such
condition that they will neither kick nor bite !;
and if they neglect their duty they ought to
forfeit their privileges


Mr.. Skinner went home with new views.
But for Toms sake did not let the matter
rest there. L gave prescription which |
thought suited exactly to Toms case, and
which L have never known to fail; and as
it works with boys of the Tom Skinner stripe
as charmingly as Rarey's does with wild
horses, | give it for the benefit of all parents
and school committees, thus: Take Tom
out of school for one week; don't leave him
any leisure wherein to torment the cat or
stone the neighbors' hens, take him out in
to the field, make him work at your side
from morning till evening" so that he will be
sure to sleep o nights never strike him or
whip him; work him six days in succession,
at the end Of which time you may reasona-
bly, expect all the bad spirits have worked
out of him at the rate of one per day. Then
let him go back to school, and if the evil
possession comes again, repeat the exorcism
till it is effectual and complete.


Tom is now under this regimen. 1t works
beautifully, and | am persuaded we shall
have new and better edition both of Tom
at school and of Tom on a farm
Year: 1865

UKEAI Truth IN SMALL 7 1ARATKAPH. =
One secret of the practical failure in. after
life of SO many promising young persons is,
that they did not learn that man. $ capacity
and success in the world is estimated, not
by what he can do, but by what he does do
The opposite heresy is / am sorry to believe,
early imbibed in most of our seminaries of
learning. How the youth of genius, real or
supposed, is worshipped by his associates
and too often by society also. while the
more diligent plodder is left in neglect to
work out his own salvation" as he almost
infaIlably does.
Year: 1865

THE Force OF EDUCATION Nothing
was so much dreaded in our schoolboy days
as to be punished by sitting between two
girls All, the force of educationl In after
years we learned to submit to such things
with out shedding a tear.
Year: 1865

A Savannah belle stepped off the sidewalk
the other day to avoid walking under the
American flag which hung in front of an
officers headquarters Gen. Geary, mill
tary eommandant of the city Immediately
gave orders to have her promenaded back
and forth under the hated symbol for an
hour, as a warning for similar offenders.
Year: 1865

*Those who might think this portrait over
drawn and who in comparing this sketch with the
original in its present frame and setting, might
be inclined to use the wordsaof Shakespeare and
say Look on this picture, then on that" must
make due allowance for the modifying hand of
time and circumstances which often change the
character as we'll as the outward man and if my
friend has not now hand and heart ''open as
day to melting charity" or is not so free-handel
asin his youth. but cIings closely now to what he
squandeCed in.y youth, 1t will or ought to be re-
membered that such is the result Of experience
and observation,as youth of prodisalitv is often
reversed by an old age Of closc and rigid econo'
nv and often Of avarlco.
Year: 1865

NEGROES IDEA OF. FREEnoA.-A correspon-
dent of the Atlanta ,Neto Era says:


eTo show how impractical their notions are
will cite aofew instances which have seen
or learned from reliable authority Though
the farmers. are all busy saving their corn and
pea crop,-it is no uncommon thing for the
whsle working force of a plantation to lay
down the implements Of flab6rand go a fish
ing hereby openly violating the contract they
have entered in with their employers. One
handy legged, thick Tipped son Of the cotton
field thinks he will go TO some city, probably
Atlanta, and commence a large commission
business. His wife, who is a splendid field
hand, he aims to send to school one year and
then set her up in. the millinery business,
One old woman has daughter said qaugh-
ter has nose as broad as the Constitution
and as fiat as the speech of a,State politician.
Her lips are like two huge slices of beefsteak
burnt black on one side Her foot about the
shape of Il template stone, would fill a stout
brogan, No 20 and have no room to spare
and to cap the cliElay, she is as black as the
ace ofspades and ugly as a huge nightmare.
Now the indulgent and proud mother of this
beautiful daughter, is anxious TO hire good
piano ard music teacher for her child. she
vii! soon be Of an age to set out and 1t Is
desirable that she have at least one popular
accomplishment, / have not drawn OH my
fancy for these things. They are facts and
not poetic fables"


The Tribune reports 10000 olacks in the
District of Columbia, and great personal dis
tress Here is picture of the sufferings of
these people:


The most frightfulemortality exists, as
many as 80 cofios per week being furnished
by the Quartermaster's Department, tnoss Of
whom are for chiiAEen. is the opinion OF
physicians practising among them, and Of
other close observers, that three-fourths, OF
these children die from neglect and want; In a
family of soldier who lost his life in battle
five out of the ten children have died since
March, 1855, from the above causes. In an
other, three out Of seven children of a soldier
drafted in December last, have starved to
death in the last three weeks =.
Year: 1865

The Blak Republican is newspaper ia New
Orleans edited by coored man "a cerg3man,)
who it would seem from the following does not
think that the regeneration Of his brethren is
to be accomplished by voting and tax paying


The colored man and the white man cannot
live together in tais country; they must, and
will have to separate, unless the Congress Of
the nation will give them a place for them
selves, for as it was with Abraham and Lot,
SO it is with us, and the sooner we seek home
for our rising geoeration, the better it will be
Tor us. Our fioal destiny, 50 far as can aimly
see, is shat in three hundred years it will be a
rare thing to see colored man in this country.