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Year: 1865

A party Of twenty Southerners left
New York by steamer, on Monday, for
Brazil. One Of these emigrants is the
agent for over thousand Southern fami


lieswho contemplate leaving their country
for their country's good, and who are
now waiting for the report of the agent
sent out to examine the country and Sc.
lect a location. 1t Is said that this
scheme Of emigration to Brazil is very
extensive, and that thousands Of South
ern families will embark in it rather
than remain under the Government and
flag Of the United States.aA s9.f 4
,a A similar migration Of tories followed
the close of the war for independence.
Nova Scotia absorbed the greater number
Of then, and their descendants manifest.
ed the family hatred Of the Republic,
during the late war, by doing all they
could to supply the rebels with arms,
ammunition, clothing. and such neces>
saries to carry on thewar as could not
be manufactured in the South or obtained
elsewhere. They rejoiced over every
rebel success, and sneered at every Union
victory. They were among the most
malignant and active alien enemies Of the
United States. ea----.


We shall be at no pains to conceal our
satisfaction at the departure from our
shores OF all men who are dissatisfied
with the Government of the United
States. and can not quietly accept the
results Of the war which they themselves
provoked. The sooner they 60 the better.
They will if they remain. form the nu-
cleus Of a mischevious set of political
agitators, banded together for no other
purpose than to keep the embers Of trea-
son alive, and fan them into fame of
discord and citilstrife, ifever opportunity
should offer. Their places can be readily
filled by better men, in whose Blood runs
no taint of treason, and who will BE- con
tented to share the blessings of a great
and powerful free Government.


d If there are inducements held oft BY
the Brazilian Government that will draw
off the worst element of Southern society
1.-The original secessionists--we shodld
rather rejoice than griete. The climate
is copgenial, the soil rich. the country
but partially developed, and the negroes
10 process of liberation, and once flee,
will be on a political and social equality
with the whites. II Brazil does not suit
these NAL contents, the world is all before
them where to choose. But If they GO
abroad expecting to End system of sla.
very like that which the war has fortu-
nately blotted out, they will have to
travel TO countries so remote that history
has no record of them. The impulse
given to the cause Of human liberty by
this war is such tide4wave that it will
wash all shores, and baptize all races
With "a new birth.right Of freedom
Year: 1865

From the Cincinnati Commercial


Doctrines of Madison and Jefferson.


The Republican Union party have been
charged by the organs Of the Democracy
with an evasion Of rugged issues some
what remarkable, in their platform re-
Gently presented to the people Of Ohio,
as the doctrine Of the day. 1t has been
frankly admitted by many, indeed it was
useless TO deny, that in The Union plat.
form it was not proposed to cover all the
ground in the country for all time. Room
was left for the building Of the political
tabernacles Of the future. The Republi.
can Union men were not all agreed upon
the question of negro suffrage, either in
Ohio or the Southern States, and agreed
to disagree about that, and to unite only
upon those things both present and essen
tial. This may be called by perpendicu.
lar persons, who present themselves as
examples Of extreme moral and political
development, and assume an altitude of
some miles above the level of the salt
water, temporizihg, but it is practical
policy-the same thing as craftsmanship


1t happens, in the course Of human





events, that the Democracy have plat
form, and that there is, at least, as OBJ
servable an evasion OF the wire edge Of
the facts that are to divide the parties Of
the future, as in the case Of Republican
Unionists; and, perhaps 1--WE wish to be
particularly impartial, and hence put in
all the reservations even more SO.


The pinch in the Democratic party
comes on the question of State rights.
The real point is, whether State has a
right to secede without the consent Of all
the States; whether the secession OF the
Southern States in 1861 was right;
whether the Southern consederates were
rebels, OR merely good Democrats; whe.
ther the Government Of the United States
and its supporters, or the Opposition in
the late war, were right. And this leads
to the further point, whether it would
ha in accordanoa u;tL vounJ nar,oorot;o
doctrine to appropriate the ruins of the
Southern Confederacy as the foundation
Of the Democratic party Of the future.


The light shed by the platform Of the
Democracy Of Ohio, it must be confess
ed, is neither very copious nor clear, but
struggles dimly through the t"@


Mist of things that were"
Year: 1865

The Philadelphia papers notice the
arrival in that city Of large invoice oi
Georgia cotton yarn, the fret that has
reached there since the war began. II
was from the Eagle Mills, and was
packed in large boxes, owing to the
fact that there IS not 10 Macon a single
yard of baling cloth nor ream of pack
ing paper with which to putshe yarn
up in its former sized packs. The con
signees are now parceling it out accord
ing to custom, and wrapping and la
beling it as the trade are accustomed
to see it
Year: 1865

JUDGE G. c. R. Mitchell, of Davenport


died of apoplexy few days ago. He was
an early settler of Iowa, having settled in
Davenport in 1885, entering the piece of land
on which he lived al the time Of his death


He was member of the Territorial Legisla-
ture in 1643, was an unsuccessful candidate
for Congress in ls48, was elected Mayor Of
Davenport in 1856, and Judge of the fourth
judicial district in 1851. Shortly aitefvArdl
he resigned, and had been quietly living on
his place near Davenport since that time W
Year: 1865

We record this morning, with joy and


pride, the renewed verdict of the freemen


of Ohio in favor of the Union and against
the sympathizers with rebellion, who,
cloaking their nefarious designs under
specious pretences, have sought to obtain
control of our State Government. The
Vallandigham Democracy have been
routed, horse, foot and dragons. General
Cox and the entire State ticket are elected
by majority of about 10000. There will
be decisive Union majority in both
branches of the State Legislature and
there is no possible-chanc that the con-
Ticted traitor, Vallandigham, will be sent
to represent Ohio in the Senate of the
United States. This is the glorious record
of our victory in Ohiol


The majority last fall for Lincoln ON
the home vote was %, Coxs majority
is not as large, owing to heavy falling
off in the vote. This is especially the
case in the strongly Union counties, while
in all the closely contested sections the
Union gain is marked.


The Union men of the Reserve may join
in the rejOicings over this glorious con-
quest, but not as those who have aided it.
They have not done their duty. While
The Democrats polled their full vote, We
have suffered ten thousand Union voters TO
stay away from the polls. The rest of the
State has on the average held its own.
We regret that the Reserve has not doue
ITS duty better, but our regret is lost in the
general joy at the grand triumph of Union
principles over Copperheadism and Seces-
sion.
Year: 1865

Pennsylvania wheels steadily and ire
sistibly into line beside Ohio in the grand
Union phalanx. The majority in the old
Keystone State is fully ten thousand. The
gallant Major General Hartranft, the hero
of Fort Stedman, is endorsed by a sweep
ing majority, bnd Pennsylvania has given
us a renewed pledge of her unwavering
devotion to the Union banner.
Year: 1865

The leader of the English tories, Lord
Derby, and the English premier, Lord
Palmerston, are both prostrated by the
gout. In the event of the permanent in
capacity of these statesmen for public
business, Lord Granville or Lord Claren-
don will probably succeed Viscount Pal
merston, and the Earl of Malmsbury,
though not very brilliant person, will be
the most available successor of the Earl of
Derby as spokesman eff the conservative
party of the house of lords
Year: 1865

4 Leap for Lys-The Nashville Dis
patch saws an extraordinary event in the
local history of that city occurred one day last
week -Four soldiers were pursued by the
patrol guards, for some ulfense, and in their
f ght rushed 10 the road leading off the pub
lie square to the old wire su-pensiun bridge
Three of the men made the frightful leap
from the edge of the precipice, clearing the
ledge of rocks and lighting on terra frma,
a height of sixty feet safe and sound They
swan the river and made oud their escape
The guards captured the one who considered
" discretion the better part Of valnr." and
stood in utter amuZement watching the des-
psrate exertions of the three men who had
hailed them. The uiense was not learned,
but we are constrained to sav that this won
derfuI feat Is only paralleled by the leap for
life by Gen. Putnam, an incident that stands
out boldly in the history of the revolutionary
war
Year: 1865

4 Nlt FIR the Radicals to Crack The
following extract from a legal decision of
Judge Spra.mc, of the L. = District Court.
IN Boston. Is II hard nut for the a licals to
crack Il was decided in 1862, in the case
of the Amy Warwick The Judge said
" lt has been supposed that ufter the rebel
lion is suppressed the Government will have
the rights of conquest; that State and its
inhabitants may be permanently divested Of
all political privileges. and treated as foreign
territory acquired by arms. This is an error
"A grave and dangerous error Under des-
pctic 90 seruments the power of municipal
coniScation may be unlimited; but under
our Cove nment the right of sovereignty
over any portion of State Is given and linn
tied by the Constitution. and will be the
same after the war as it was before When
the United states takes possession of any
rebel district, they acquire no new title, but
merely vindicu-e that which previously ez-
isted
Year: 1865

A CLEVELAND copper speculator fell
asleep in church, from which he was wa.
ked by the pastors reading; aSurely
there is vein for the silver and place
for the gold where they End it, Jump
ing to his feet, he shook his book at the
minister, crying, "Pli take FIVE hundred
shares
Year: 1865

Vice Admiral Farragut recently visited
the Brooklyn Academy of Music. and oi
course was the hero of an ovation. In
reply TO the question of lady, the hero
of the Hartford explained how he came
to be lashed 10 the masthead during the
battle Of Mobile Bay. The Brooklyn
Union thus describes the incident:


"Admirai," said lady. "do tell if il
was true, as they said, that you were
ashed to ,he mast down at Mobile Bay?
"Well," said the Admiral-who is as art
less as child--"I'Il tell you all aboat it
You know in fight the smoke OF the
guns lies upon the water, and naturally
would want 10 see over it to know what
was going on. Well would jump upon
box-so high (indicating with bis hand
then would get up little higher; and
by and by got up to where they say
l suppose l was two hours in getting ur
as high as that had little rope thai
l had lashed around me, just TO keep
rom falling in case | should get huvt.-
Every one you know is likely to get hur'
in fight"
Year: 1865

The human eye always attempts to sup
ply the complement of color. Thus, if the
eve rests for any time on any color, say
green-which is composed of blue and yell
low-on shutting the eyes a faint repeti-
ton of the object will be seen in red. which
is the third of the primary coors and COM
plimontary to the other two.


The laws of acoustics are hitherto but
little known but it would seem that q sim
liar effect is produced, two notes of the ma
jor triad when struck calling forth a faint
impression on the ear of other notes being
supplied. 1t is curious fhct. and ono
which quite upbolds this law, tha, on strik-
ing any chord on the pianoforte, all the
strings of the same chord throughout the
instrument which are in unison with the
notes struck, are in vibration. while the
other notes are not agitated. This can be
oculsrIy demonstrated by placing on these
strings little saddles of paper, which will


be seen to vibrate violently, while when
placed on other strings which are foreign
to the chord, they rest undisturbed'
Year: 1865

There 10 a curious custom at Havana,
of laying out bodies in state during the
night before burial. They are placed close
10 an open window fronting the street, on
a couch raised four or five feet from the
ground. The corpse is surrounded BY high
wax tapers. and the whole room is il!uml-
mated. Frequently, when returning from
a tertulia or ball. have been startled to
see the fixed and rigid features of some
old lady or gentleman dressed in their best
attire, and apparently reclining before the
window. 1t used to appear unnecessary
nockerv of death, dressing out corpse in
new suit Of clothes with tight patent
leather boots and white neckclotb. re-
member one night 10 particular. was re-
turning home through one OF the streets,
when seeing the lower window of house
Illuminated, and concluding that :here was
body lying in state, l went towards it
There close to the window 80 close that l
could have touched it through the bars,
lay the body of young girl about fifteen
years of age. She was dressed as for
ball, with flowers in her hair, and white
satin shoes on her feet; her hands crossed
on her breast, her eyes closed, and her
mouth sligbtIy opened; and altogether her
face and expression was one OF the most
beautiful.
Year: 1865

CoxrRTITIoN. AT his stand next the Fret
National Bank, Franz Meyers is competing
successfully with all opposition, in tho sale
of ready made clothing Ills stock is equal
TO any in the city, in size and variety, and
le is prepared to sell At just a. reasonable
rates as any one. Give him an early call.
Year: 1865

To BE HUNG.-The Supreme Court yester.
day decided that Poole, one of the Placer
vile robbers, convicted and sentenced to
death some time SINCE should be hung, and
directed the Court below 10 appoint the day
of execution
Year: 1865

"The times are so hard, can hardly mau-
age to keep my nose above water" said a
husband the other day to his wife, who was
i'nporsuning him for new dress. NO"
she replied with some asperity, "but you
manage to keep it above brandy and water
easy enough"
Year: 1865

WHAT PRODUCES PETRoLEuN.-The most
generally received theory with regard to,
the origin Of petroleum is that in the form
alton Of the North American continent the
great upheaval which threw off the water
and discovered the land, deposited vast
fields of marshy salt grass and sea-weed in
the beds where petroleum is now found.
This vegetable deposit, in the transforma-
ton became covered with successive layers
of sand, shutting up the vegetation of the
internal heat Of the earth the vegetar
ton and salt water could not consume the
vegetable matter, nor could it drive off the
salt water in vapor. for the hardening Of
the sand into rock cut off all means Of es-
cape. As result, the heat distilled the
vegetation, extracting the carbon and hY-
drogen comprising them--hence the form
alton Of the hydro -carbsnic compound
known as petroleum the same natural heat
which performed the work Of distiatiols
would naturally crack the rock above to.
some extent-hence TIE assures through
which the oil has been forced up in somes
localities, producing the oil springs, Upon
this theory the fact that the oil is found
when near the surface, in narrow crevices
or fisures, is easily explained-the petro.
leum being forced into these cracks FROM
the beds below. -. s1-z
Year: 1865

A CASE OF Yesterday about
noon girl apparently about seventeen
years of age, called at the Rock County
House in this city, near the depot, and said
she wanted to take the train in the evening
for Prairie du CHEN. Towards evening she
complained Of being sick and grew so much
worse that physician was called, but about
midnight she died. An inquest was held
this morning which disclosed the fact that
she died by poison administered by her
own hand. Itappeared that she had been
in this city about six months, had BEEN
leading a life Of sin, and in a fit of desper-
alton procured arsenic of one Of our drug
gists and took this opportunity to commit
the rash act. She came from McGregor..
Iowa, and gave her name yesterday as
Ellsworth, but one Of the witnesses tes-
tified that she went by the name Of Frank
Gum. No clue could be obtained as tc.
her relatives or former home, except that
she stated she had brother in Prairie du
Chicn.


The verdict Of the jury of inquest was in
accordance with the above facts Janescilla
Gazette. :
Year: 1865

The War.


The New York Times is frank enough
to express its disgust with the representa-.
tives Of its own party who can see only
good in war and only evil in peace. I,
says:


1--WE trust that Senator Wade will sleep
better now the attempt to negotiate peace
has utterly failed. His gentle temper,
never, perhaps, too sweet and gentle, ought
to be considerably modified by the assur
ance that the war must still 90 on. In
common with good many other oppo
nents Of the administration, he seems to
have been greatly exasperated Of late by
the efforts of the President to ascertain
whether peace was possible without sacri.
ficing the object COR which the war is wag-
ed-the integrity Of the Union. We not
suppose that the result Of these endeavors
will soften his indignation against Mr..
Lincoln for having made them, but it may
do something toward healing the wound
which the possibility Of peace was likely
to make incurable Mr.. Wade, and those
who sympathize with him, can rest easy in
their minds. There is no immediate dan.
ger Of peace. tits now quite certain that
the rebels are not prepared to surrender
They arc preparing to fight with new vigor
and make fresh sacrifices in the attempt
to destroy the Union. We shall have more
battles, more taxes, more drafts, quite
enough of all, we are sorry to believe, to
satisfy the patriotic rapacity Of those who
have come to love war for its own sake, be-
cause it gratifies certain resentments and
hatreds in their natures, which have long
since overborne their love of the Union and
their regard for the Constitution Of our
common cOUntrvn
Year: 1865

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.--Thc New
York Times, strange as it may appear, has
declared against the adoption Of the Con-.
stitutional amendment abolishing slavery
until we are through with the war struggle.
We most heartily concur with the view it
expresses when it says: xa -


Whatever may be the merits Of the prop
osition itself, this is not the time for action
upon it, We do not believe in the wisdom
Of amending the Constitution at all now.
We are in tho midst Of a war. The whole
political atmosphere is red hot with revO.
lntionary fervor. Mems minds are excited,
the rescntmcnts are aroused, and their pas.
sions are in the ascendant. This is not q
favorable mood for digging about the foun-s
dations of our great temple Of republican
liberty. Things are very apt to be done In
such temper which the very men who
do them will regret, and would gladly undo,
when cool reflection takes the place of
heated and incorporate zeal.
Year: 1865

but still he moved not; they lifted him,
and Downie was dead


Fright had killed him as eGectuaily 10
II the AK Of real headsman had severed
his head from his body.


1t was tragedy to all. The medical
students tried to open vein, but oil was
over, and the conspirators had now to be-
think themselves Of safety. They now in
reality swore an cath among themselves.
and the affrighted young men, carrying
their disguises with them, left the body Of
Downie in the hotel One of their number
told the landlord that their entertainment
was not yet quite over, and that they did
not wish the individual that was left in the
room, to be disturbed tor some hours
This WAS to give them all time to make
their escape .-.-.'ss


Next morning the body was found. Ju-
dicial inquiry was instituted, but no salts
factory result could be arrived at. The
corpse Of poor Downie exhibited no mark
Of violence, internal or external. The i'll
will between him and the students was
known; it was also known that these stu
dents had hired apartments at the hotel
for theatrical representation that Dow
ME had been sent for by them but beyond
this, nothing was known. No noise had
been heard, and no proof Of murder could
be adduced. OF two hundred students at
the college, who could point out the guilty
or suspected fifty? Moreover, the students
were scattered over the city, and the magis-
trates themselves had many Of their own
amongst the number, and it was
not desirable to 90 into the affair too mi
nutcly. Downle s widow and family were
provided for, and his slaughter remained
a mystery, until about fifteen years after
its occurrence, gentleman on his death
bed disclosed the whole particulars, and
avowed himself to have belonged to the
class Of students who murdered Downie.-
Dickens Household Words.
Year: 1865

Group is an inflammation of the inner sur
face Of the wind pipe. Inflammation i'm
plies heal, and that heat must be subdued
or The patient will inevitably die II prompt
efforts are made to cool the parts in the case
of an attack Of the Group relief will be as
promp: as il is surprising and delightful
All know that cold waller applied 10 hot
skin cools IT, but all do not know and nm
derstand that hot water applied 10 an in-
famed skin will certainly cool il of Hence
The application OF iced water with linen
cIoihs, or almost hol water with wooden
han1el, oi two fold, large enough TO cover
the whole throat and upper part of the chest;
put these in pail OF water as hot as the
hand can bear, and keep il thus hsl by adj
ding water from the boiling tea kettle
Let two or three fannels be in hot water all
the lime, with dry flannel covering the
wet one so as to keep the heat in to some
extent; the fannels should not be SO wet
when put on as TO dribbIe, for, il is imports
ant TO keep the clothing dry, and keep M
The process until the phIegm is looss, the
child easier and beginning to fall asleep;
then gently wrap flannel over the wet one
which is on. 20 as to cover il up entirely,
and the child is saved. When it wakes up
both AapneIs will be dry.-HaFs Journal Of
Heaiik.
Year: 1865

The way in which words are often divi-
ded when set TO music sometimes produces
a rather ludicreus effect. stranger was
once surprised on hearing a congregation,
mostly OF women, crying out


ooh for a man!


Oh for man


Oh aor mansion in the skies !"
At revival meeting, the other evening,
We heard the congregation roaring:
"Send down Sal


Send down Sal


Send down Salvation from or high w
While on another occasion choir sang
TO the best of their ability


"We'Il catch the aee


Well catch The flee


Well catch the flee-iing hours -
II is 10 be hoped no body was bitten.
Year: 1865

Our friend who sends this letter
to us says "For Gods sake don't
let the Southern people forget their
duty to the wives and children of
such men as Jackson" We echo
his words. The fame and histories
of Jackson is in tho mouth Of all
the world. Upon the page of the
history Of those times he has fixed
an impress which no man can fail
to see and admire. Leaving out az
Il question the right or wrong Of
the cause in which he lost his life,
his personal character stands bold
ly forth a light to the world and of
which the Southern people have n
right to be proud. And though, as
Mr.. Buden Extensively reminds us,
his grave and the graves of thou
sands Of earth's noblcmen have
been dishonorcd. Still it is the part
of us who are thus made to feel the
dishonor, not to forget our duty to-
wards him and his bcreavcd widow
and orphans. We call upon the
people to come forward and put in
to the lap of the widow of Stone
wall Jackson enough of the means
of living to keep her above want,
enough of their abundance to cna-
Bile her at least to weep without
hunger by the grave Of her saintcd
husband.-T Telegraph.
Year: 1865

One Of the best descriptions Of
weakness was the wags query to
his wife, when she gave him some
chicken broth, ''if she would not try
to coax that chicken just to wade
through the soup oBco more.