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Year: 1865

A lazy boy makes lazy man just as
SAFE as crooked sapiog makes crooked
tree. Think of lhat,py little lads. Who
ever saw boy grow up in idleness that
did not make lazy, shIftless gagabond
when he was old enough to be a man,
though he was not nan in chareter, un-
less he had q fortune left him to keep up
appearance The great mass Of thieves,
raupers, and criminals have come 10 what
they are by being brought up to do moth
ing Useful. All those who Gre good mel
now, aud useful to the community, were
industrious when they were boys {fyou
do not like to work nov, love for indus
try can soon be acquired by habit. So,
my little reader,I want you to lcok around
a. once for something to do,in doing which
you can benefit somebody. Shun Idle
ness as you would the evil one.
Year: 1865

To compress the whole subject of. Petro-
leum into a newspaper article would be a
feat more difficult of accomplishing than
any yet performed by literary prestigators
However, ! will give you, in as concise a
form as possible, the more interesting fea-
lures of the petroleum subject.


The rapid Developments of the oil-pro-
ducing territory, and the immense quantity
of petroleum that is now consumed in the
United States, has made it so familiar to
the public that an elaborate analysis of it's
properties is unnecessary 1t is natural
OIL, deposited in the earth usually at the
depth of from one hundred to six hundred
ieet' has rancid, disagreeable odor, and
is valuable for burning, lubricating and
medical purposes. Although its properties
and knowledge of the extent of its de-
posts, have but recently been known in
this country, petroleum has in reality been
known and used to some extent in every
age, running back almost to the diluvian
period.


In Egypt petroleum was used for med
icinal purposes nearly four thousand years
ago, and oil springs are still in existence
IN that country. In the latter part of the
last century, two ship cargoes of the crude
oil were transported to England to be sold
but the process of refining not being under
stood, the traffic was abandoned Under
the name of Sicilian oil, the people of Ag-
rgentum used what is known as petroleum
for the purpose of illumination, and in Par
ma there is spring of naptha which the
people apply to a like use at the present
day. In Asia Minor the oil has been known
to exist and has been used to limited ex-
tent for ages and in Persia large guam.
Year: 1865

EARTH NOT OUR ABIDING PLACE.-Bulwer
eloqucntly says q can not believe that
earth is mans abiding place 1t can't be
that our life is cast up by the ocean of
eternity to float moment upon its waves
and then sink into nothingness Else why
is it that the glorious aspirations, which
leap like angels from the temple of our
heart, are forever wandering about unsatis-
fed? Why is it that the rainbow and
clouds come ever with beauty that is not
of earth, and then pass off and leave us to
muse upon their favored lovliness? Why
is 1t that the stars, who hold their festival
around the midnight throne, are set above
the grasp of our limited faculties, forever
mocking us with their unapproachable glo-
ry And, finally, why is it that bright
forms of human beauty are presenter to
our view, and then taken from US, leaving
the thousand streams of our affection to
flow back in Alpine torrents upon our
heart We are born for higher destiny
than that of earth there is a realm where
the rainbow never fades-where the stars
will be spread before us like islands that
slumber OH the ocean-and where the be-
ings that passed before us like shadows will
stay in our presence forever"
Year: 1865

THE ELECTRICAL EEL-All other fishes fly
the vicinity of these formidable eels Even
the fisherman, angling from the high bank,
fears lest the damp line should convey the
shock to him from distance. To catch
them mules and horses are driven into a
marsh, which is closely surrounded by In
dians, until the uuwonted noise and distur-
bance induce the pugnacious fish to begin
the attack They are then seen swimming
about and trying to glide cunningly under
the bellies of the horses Many Of these
are stunned by the force Of the invisible
blows others, with names standing on end
foaming with wild terror sparkling in their
eyes, try to fly from the raging tempest.
But the Indians armed, with long poles of
bamboo, drive them back into the middle
of the pool. Gradually the fury of the un-
equal strife slackens. Like clouds which
have discharged their electricity the wear
led fish begin to disperse long repose and
abundant food are necessary to replace the
galvanic force which they have expended
Their shock becomes weaker. Terrified
by the noise of the trampling horses, they
timidly approach the bank, where they are
wounded by harpoons, and cautiously drawn
on shore by nonconducting pieces of dry
wood
Year: 1865

Life is but a feeting dream,


Care destroys the zest of it;
Swift it glideth like a stream
Mind you make the best of it,
Talk not of the weary woes,


Troubles, or the rest of it :;
If we have but brief repose,


Let us make the best of it!
If your friend has got heart,


There is something fine in him
Cast away his darker part,


Cling to what's divine in him.
Friendship is our best relief
Make no heartless Jest of it {:
1t will brighten every grief,


If we make the best of it.
Happiness despises state;


'Tis no sage experiment,
Simply that the wise and great
May have joy and merriment
Rank is not its spell refined
Moneys not the test of it,
But calm contented mind.
That will make the best of it.
Trusting III the Power above,
Which sustaining all of us
In one common bond of love.
Bindeth great and small Of us.
Whatsoever may befal-


Sorrows or the rest of it
We shall overcome them all,
If we make the best of it,
Year: 1865

WE JOY IN GoD-This is every Delivers
privilege God is reconclled to him in the
person and through the work of Jesus all
charges against him are blotted out all
his sins are freely and fully forgiven he
is justified from all things, and stands be-
fore God in Christ, accepted, beloved, and
blessed. To him God is love with him
God is peace and he is now a son of God
If this is believed on the testimony of God,
and realized in the effect of faith, then God
becomes our exceeding joy, and we rejoice
with joy unspeakable and full of glory. If
we joy in frames, they change if we JOY
in friends, they die if we joy in posses
sions, they are vanity but if we JOY in
God, though the exercise Of joy may be ill
terrupted, yet the object remains eternally
the same, and we shall joy for evermorc.
Beloved, look at Jehovah in Jesus there
you see him as the Father of mercies and
God Of all comfort joy and rejoice in him
as your God, your portion, your everlast-
ing all Throughout this day, Joy in God
as your father, your Friend, and your Sa-
viOur.


JOY to find, in every station,


Something still to do or bear


Think, what Spirit dwells within thee;


Think, what Fathers smiles are thine


Think, what Jesus did to win thee


Child of heaven! canst thou repine?
Year: 1865

Bar of County, ON the occasion of his retiring
from the Bench" was received this morning.


do not feel like rejoicing oyer the event which
the supper" is intended to jubdte. regret that
we are to lose the services of our distinguished
brother as President Judge of this Judicial district
Those services have given general, may say, uni
versa satisfaction to the Bar, to justice and to the
people Still regret thatmy health together with
the extremely bad state of the roads, will prevent
my attendance on Saturday evening l could find
something to be jubilant over. 1t would be over
the return of the Hon. Ulysses Mercur to the Bar,
once more to instruct by his high legal attain
ments, to encourage us by his example of industry
and to link us still closer together as brothers. by
his kind and atfabe manners


Yours,
Year: 1865

A DOCTOR up town recently gave the
following prescription for sick lady, ga
new bonnet, Cashmere shawl and new
pair of gaiter boots. The lady, it is ned
less to say has entirely recovered.
Year: 1865

A WOMAN is either worth a good deal or
nothing. If good for nothing, she is not
worth getting jealous for; if she be true
woman, she will give no cause for jealousy,
A man is a brute to be Jealous of good
woman-a fool to be jealous of worthless
one but he is double fool to cut his throat
for either of them.
Year: 1865

Don't give up your seat III the cars when
you are tired with your days work, to
pert young miss who has been amusing
herself with little shopping. She will not
even thank you for it and if a man IS go
ing to sacrifice his comfort, he has reas-
enable right, at least, to expect a little
gratitude. No use being polite to some
ladies-there is an old proverb about cast
ing pearl before-what's her name? Don't
submit to be crowded off the pavement into
muddy gutter by two advancing balloons
of silk and whalebones Haven't your
newly-blacked boots as good claim TO
respect as their skirts? Look straight be-
fore you, and stand up for your rights like
a man-the ladies can contract little, II
they see there is no help for it.


Don't talk literature and the fine arts to
the pretty girls Of your acquaintance until
you are sure they know the difference be
tween Thompson's Seasons and Ihompsons
Arithmetic And if they look particularly
sentimental, then you may know that they
do not understand what you are talking
about.


Don't ask nice little girl about her
dolls, unless you are very certain she has
not "come out" and been engaged IN two
or three hirtations already.


Don't say complimentary things to ayoung
lady at party without first making sure
that her intended" is not standing behind
you the whole time


Don't accept young lady's invitation
to go shopping with der unless you have
previously measured the length Of your
purse.


Don't stay later than eleven o'clock when
you spend the evening with pretty friend
the wisest and wittiest man in Christen-
dom becomes a bore after that hour.


Don't believe any woman an angel. If
you feel and symptoms Of that disease,
take dose of sage tea and go to bed-it
is as much malady as the small pox, and
it is your business to get over it as soon
as possible An angel, indeed! If you do
not find out pretty soon that she lacks con-
siderably more than the wings, we are sad
Iy mistaken.


Don't make up your mind about any
creature in a belt ribbon and velvet rosettes
without first asking your sisters advice
Depend upon it, one woman can read all
other better in five minutes than you can
in five years.


And, above all, do not imagine that you
must keep your lady talk and gentleman
talk in separate budgets, labeled and sort
ed, unless you want the girls to laugh in
their sleeves at your wishy-washy senti-
mentalism. Talk to them in frank, manly
style, as you would to an intelligent gen
tleman. Don't suppose, because they are
women, they don't know anything.


Remember all this advice, sir, and you
may make rather less of fool Of yourself
than you would otherwise.
Year: 1865

There is not much building in the line of
new stores OF houses, but large amount
of repairing all over the village Carpcn-
tcrs and house joiners have found plenty
of work and good wages.
Year: 1865

PouGHKEEPsrE, Dec. PA desperate attempt was
made to break Jail in this city Saturday morning,
at three o'clock. The attempt was to involve the
death of Jailer Palmer. The party attempting to
get out consisted of three persons One of them was
armed with an iron bar, and stood at the entrance
through which the jaier would pass to reach the
prisoners quarters. When that official opened the
door leading to the quarters he observed the ruan
standing with uplifted arm, the bar in his hand
ready to strike. With great presence of mind, he
quickly closed the door, thereby saving his life The
night police then called in. and the desperadoes
were secured and heavily roned. The ruiiians are
confined on the charge of river piracy. Their trial
will take place next month.
Year: 1865

TREAsURER's OFFICE,


WASHINGTON, December q, 1865
The attention of heads of bureaus in this and
other departments in which action is taken on papers
connected with the settlement of accounts is re-
spectfuy invited to the fact that errors frequently
occur in the names. addresses, amounts, and other
Important particulars contained in such papers,
which necessarily carried into the drafts issued
from this office in pursuance thereof These errors
cause great delay to the persons entitled to payment
on such drafts and much labor in this Office for their
correction.


In addition to the labor and delay thus involved.
is the risk which the Treasurer called upon to as
sumo. as the officer making the remittance of pay
ment to the wrong parties and of amounts in excess
of the sums due. The evil seems to be increasing,
and errors of the kind frequent to consume
considerable portion of the time Of this office in
correspondence and otherwise to the end that they
may be corrected.


This state of affairs is not only dangerous to the
treasurer, but obviously detrimental to the public
interest," 1t must necessarily OCCASION the minds
OF those cognizdnt of it, the belief that the public
funds disbursed without due attention correct
ness or proper precautions against fraud.


1t has therefore, been determined to call attention
to it in this manner in accordance with suggest
of the Hon. Secretary of the Treasury, in the hope
that hereafter increased vigilance will be exercised
and more numerous checks against errors instituted
in the offices alluded to.


1t is in contemplation from the first day of Janu-
ary next to keep record in this Office of such errors
embracing all the particulars in regard TO their
renee that can be ascertaned. From this record it
is intended to make full report at the close of each
month to the heads of the several departments and
the bureaus OF the same in which the errors may
have respectively occurred. F. L. Spinner,


Treasurer United States
Year: 1865

LOUISVILLE December 23.-Ths mornings news
papers publish elaborate article on the subject of
taxing leaf tobacco. 1t is written by gentleman
fully eonversant with the matter. He takes strong
grounds against the position assumed by the tobacco
convention recently held at the Cooper Institute.
New York. and contends that the proposed taxing of


leaf tobacco would be injurious alike to the Govern
ment, the planter and manufacturer
In the common council the charges of bribery
against N 5. Glover are not sustained six voting


in the affirmative and thirteen in the negative; but
he was unanimously expelled from the council for
having acted as to seriously compromise his asso-
eiates
Year: 1865

THE CosMopoLITE.-A new magazine. with the
above title, is to be started in this city. The
publishers in their prospectus state that the Cosmo
polite will stand upon sectional basis" and will
be "uninfuenced by any party clique whatever.
This character as well the promise that gentlemen
of distinguished literary ability and reputation in
the North. as well as in the South, and other coun
tries will contribute to its pages, will commend il
to the general reader and without doubt gain for il
substantial footing among the literary periodicals
of the day. Messrs De Leon S Co., are the pub.
fishers
Year: 1865

tIHE WORK OF CONscIENCE.-The Secretary of the
treasury on Saturday received sixty dollars accom-
panied by the following note:-


Place the enclosed sixty dollars to the credit of the
government 1t Is from person who believes that
God viii punish in another world those who keep that
which does not belong to them.
Year: 1865

Gold Pens,
In solid Gold Holders
In solid Silver Holders!
Suitable for Ladies
Suitable for Gentlemen!
Twill please the ladies and the men.
Each line they write they'll bless the pen;
The giver bless. and praise the taste
That gave for use and not for ,roste-


Good Gold Pen!
Year: 1865

Remarkable.


There are condolences in editorial thought
and expression, which sometimes appear re.
markably strange to tie unpracticed. We lost,
years ago. the friendship of dog like mortal
by suggesting that he aud Dr.. Holmes wrote
poetry very much in the same channel Of
thought and metre. Our sorrow has been light
at the loss, but the fact that such arrangements
will occur is patent. In the Democrat of
Lacrosse we find the following article: in the
Pr.du Chen Courier we find the same article
both leaded and pretending to editorislism!
Who is the author of this spicy paragraph


"Mr. Armstrong, the able and brilliant editor
Of the Lansing Journal, is to start thorough
bred Democratic paper in Madison on the lst Of
September. We congratulate the Democracy
OF Madison and of Wisconsin on this accession.
]. G.. Armstrong is true as steel. He is not
afraid to speak his mind-he has brain sufficient
to discriminate between right and policy and
does not know the meaning of the word fear.
For four years he has stood like hero in de-
fence OF the great principles Of Democracy,
and it is with no ordinary pleasure that We
write this notice, and welcome him to the
patriotic ranks of Wisconsin. Let him be
given generous support"


Mn. ARMSTRONG, a friend Of ours, writes US
that sowing to circumstances he will not en-
gage in the enterprise credited to him in the
double editorial of the Democrat and Courier.
In this our friend JOHN shows good sense
We would prefer place in Tophet without
seratchers, to the editorship Of a Daily Wiscon.
sin paper at Madison.
Year: 1865

The People OF the South.


From the Savannah Herald, August 18th.


We have noticed with regret disposition on
the part of some Northern editors to mis-
represent the feelings and sentiments of the
people of the South in regard to the recon
structon Of State Governments. They allege
in positive terms that an overwhelming ma
jor.ty of the citizens of the Southern States
including many of those who have taken the
oath Of allegence, are still actuated by spirit
Of insubordination towards the General Gov
ernment. ana that it is their secret determin.
alton to obtain the control, through the medi.
um of the ballot box, Of the State government
that they may be, thereby, the better enabled
the maintainance of national u.hority.


These unfounded and mischievous imputa
tons are based upon careless or wilful misrep'
reservations made by Southern correspondents.
Our sole object in noticing the unjust editorial
structures Of the class of editors of which We
complain, is to place them, as well as the
Northern public. on their guard against a class
Of gross fabrications, sensational communion
tons. and Aippant insinuations.


That there may have been exhibitions oi
restiyencss and dissatisfaction in the South
under the new order Of things, We do not
pretend to deny but it is equally true that
6ucn MANIFESTATIONS OF 0lSioyalty are VI very
rare occurrence, and are confined almost en-
tirely to class of young men recently in the
rebel army, who find it extremely difficult To
reconcile the present condition Of the South
with that preconceivsd attitude OF independence
to which they believed she was ensi
tied. IL ..I


But on the other hand, we know it to be the
case that the great mass Of the Southern
people. including almost every farmer, are
loyal, and are observing in good faith the new
political obligations imposed upon them by the
government at Washington. Their course
has been to encourage reviving loyalty, to
harmonic as far as practicable the elements
Of Southern society. to open the way for q
hearty union for the development Of the ma
ternal resources of tho South, for repairing
the damages Of war, and for the support Of a
reunited country.


They are thoroughly glad that peace is res
tored, and see no use in making war among
citizens. now that the fighting in the field is
over. With this truthful assurance, We com.
mend to Northern editors moderation and
mutual forbearance, looking to the future
rather than to the past, restoration rather than
more dissension, and mutual enmisy.
Year: 1865

"Should Soldiers convention put good
ticket ON the track: it will make Gov. Stone
get up and travel ON double quick, and we see
no reason why it shouldn't succeed 1t Will oe
voted for by nineteen.twentieths OF the soldiers
and would be sustained by full half Of the Re.
publican party.
Year: 1865

The seat Of the Canadian government will
shortly be removed to Ottawa. The confed.
GRAFTON and defence questions are to be post
poned until next year, when an effort will also
be made to obtain renewal of the reciprocity
treaty.


A paris correspondent says the queen Of
Spain and her prime minister are not on at all
good terms A strong republican feeling
exists among the officers Of the army, aud a
revolution may be considered as imminent,
Year: 1865

! week. He objected to compheating E grand
event Of the sges, for which the Dial Of Time hss
been long waiting By this two cent business. II
the bank refuses to redeem, the holder has only
/ to take remedy in the courts AZ once.


Mr. Wilson asked If the widow had not receiv-
ed her money.


Mr. Pratt admitted that it was so, through a
threat Of the Savings Bank to carry the matter
into court


Mr.. Wilson said the bank must require proof
that bills offered were not part Of the stolen bills
Bill-holders ought not TO complain Of thst


Mr. Bullsrd Of 81. Johnsbury suggested that
the Canadian Government Is 10 refund the stolen
money, and therefore that there is now no good
reason for the act Of last session. He was much
dissatisfied with the course Of the bank-thereis is
too much Of the sharper about it; or At any rate,
such is the impression among the public


Mr.. Stewart said the only remedy that seems
to be suggested by the debate is, that the time
for the redemption Of the bills shall be extended;
but he was disposed TO concur with the gentle
man from Wallingford.


Mr.. Barlow said the Canadian Government
has not refunded yet; they propose to refund
only thAt part Of the money which was given up
to the raiders by the marshal At Montreal, and
that is on condition that the raiders Sre given
up. They are not given up yet and the Cana
dian Judge seems 10 be conveniently sick. The
only purpose Of the bank i 20 protect itself
against the stolen money They have right to
do thst-both moral and legal; they are doing
It, and it has happened more than once that the
bank has found that the money presented to it
for redemption, by the persons who make all the
clsmOr, was actually part Of the stolen money.


The bill was dismissed Adjourned
Year: 1865

ARE SHERNAN's MARCHES of ANY EFTT -
When he went through to Savannah, tine
rebels treated Us 10 the most absurd state
mcnts Of how little hurt any such raid could
DO but it came out not long since, that in
two months after they had not repaired tie
most important railroads destroyed by him.
The Richmond Wing Of March 4th, speak
ing of Sherman's present march and its
method, says THAT such a course is very
damaging to US in the destruction Of the
means Of subsistence and transportation. is
very evident. But it consoles itself with
the thought that he "leaves the people Of
the country much more strongly united
against him and the Yankees than he finds
them.
Year: 1865

II was Impossible to get in or out Of the sup
per-room or near the table. No wines were fur
nlshed with the supper and but little water
The eofee-ToOm was shrewdly located nj the 9TH
er end Of the building. where nobody could get
at It TIL supper was over. The floor was covered
with the debris Of the supper. An the dresses
which escaped spoliation below were spoiled here.
The ladies were very angry; so were the men
Some bullied. some bribei the wsiters. and some
ate the remains Of other peoples suppers The
mass surged to and fro Ike sea Plates were
broken by dozens. There was n general mess.


The ball lid not close--it fizzled out ike a
poor piece Of fireworks. After two O'Clock the
people were still eating off plates which had
been used before. aud drinking from each others
cups.


The end Of the Inauguration ceremonies was
not at all creditable to those concerned.