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Year: 1865

About FIVE O'Clock yesterday morning passenger
train on the Erie Railroad thrown OF tho tok
the Of Deposit New York State, by broken rail-
resulting injuries lcss serious TO twenty
Of tho passengers Sergeant Jackson, Of the Nineeth
Illinois Volunteers, is the only one reported Of danger
ousIy injured Two or three cars were badly smashed
The train due at Jersey City a, four NJ did not arrive
until -four hours later, in consequence Of the delay
occasoned by the accident This train brought all the
injured passengers with the exception Of two three
who could be moved and left at Deposit under
medical treatment
Year: 1865

The New York correspondent of the
Rochester Democrat is responsible for the
following:


AlexanderT Stewart clears one thousand
dollars per day,i Sabbathsexcepted, all the
year round. Cornelius Vanderbilt pleads
guilty to double that sum, while William B.
Astor rates his income at four thousand
three hundred and thirty dollars per diem.
Sleeping or walking, the latter gentleman
finds three dollar bill dropping into his
bat every minute of the twenty four hours.
He cannot sit down to talk with his physi-
clan without having little more wealth, if
not health; he cannot unburden his mind
Tor ten minutes without feeling the burden
increasing in his pocket; and he cannot walk
Broadway, however the weather may be,
without meeting shower of money. At
every turn cash stares him in TIE face in
the most insolent manner. Banks fling
their dividends at his head; ruthless fnan-
ciers beat him with coupons; Implying and
soulless corporations dump their filthy lucrs
at his door step, and contemptuous bill
stickers plaster his house with greenbacks.
One might inquire what the fellow has done
to merit this treatment, and the only charge
that can be brought is that he was a rich
man S son, and therefore must suffer.
Year: 1865

THE GREAT RULE OF CoNDUCT
rule of conduct followed by Lord
Erskine-a man of sterling indepen-
dence of fprinciple and scrupulous adj
herence to truth-are worthy of being
engraven on every young mans heart.
sit was first command and counsel of
my earliest youth" he said, 'always to
do what my conscience told me to be
duty, and to leave the consequence to
God. shall carry with me the men,
ory, and trust, the practice, of this
parental lesson, to the grave. have
hitherto followed it, and I have no
reason to complain that my obedience
to it has been a temporal sacrifice. I
have found it, on the contrary, the road
to prosperity and wealth, and 1 shall
point out the same path to my children
for their pursuit" And there can be no
doubt, after all, the only safe rule Of
conduct is to follow implicitly the
guidance ofan enlightened conscience.
Year: 1865

WORSHIP GoD WITH Flowers. Flow
ers are the memories OF childhood, which
accompany US from the cradle to the grave
l left my birthplace at the age of seventeen;
yet the peonies, tulips, and roses, of my
mothers garden are pictured to my mind
with vernal freshness. Teach your chill.
dren to love flowers, and they will love
home and all its inmates. Beautify the
ground around your dwelling with rich foil
age plants, and the bright blossoms of
sweet flowers, and the faces of all who
look upon the scene will be lighted with
smiles, while their hearts will worship the
great Giver of all good and perfect gifts to
man. If could be the means of creating
a general taste for gardening and love Of
flowers, | should feel as thoug had been
Of more real and lasting benefit to my ceun-
try than all the military heroes of the pres
ent age. Worship God with flowers. AS
He loves allthat is beautiful, and good, SO
will He love you as you make your home
lovely,
Year: 1865

If. then, we believe that our men were
murdered at hndersonville, If we have not
put forth a solemn falsebood to the world
in this behalf against the South; il treason
aggravated by murders mort foul and
numberless is worthy Of DEATH il our sons
aud brothers are dear TO us; If their blood
has net been shed in vain; il our country for
whose safety so many good and brave men
have been offered up, is worth the sacrifice
Of the lives Of great criminals, then let these
leaders-IepreseDtativ mep--be executed.
as warning and example that all men may
understand hereafter that he who aims
blow at the life Of bis country shall surely
die.


j give you, herefore-Justice and Mercy:
both equal attributes Of the Deity.
Year: 1865

TIE New York Daily News suggests that
subscription be commenced to raise suf-
tcient amount of money to prosecute all the
parties to the recent military execution in
Washington for murder


The Columbus Crisis echoes the views of
the News and says "the SUGGESTIONS is a good
ope."


We have no doubt the first work the
Democratic party, as represented by the
News and the Crisis, would enter upon if il
was in power, would be the prosecution Of
every man who has raised his hand foput
dozen this rebellion. Those who favor that
project will vote the Democratic ticket.
Year: 1865

Possession of Ford's Theatre in Washing
ton will be takon on Monday next by the
Government, which will pay Mr. Ford rent
for the building until the meeting of Con-
gress, in anticipation Of an appropriation
for its purchase.
Year: 1865

WOMEN AND NEwsPAPERs.-Wom
are the best subscribers in the werld to
newspapers, magazines, &c. We have oeen
an editor now going on eight years, and we
have not lost dollar on female subscribers.
They seem to maket it point of csnscien-
tious duty to pay the printer and the preach
er-two classes of the community that suf-
fer more by bad pay land no pay at ally
than all the rest put together. Whenever
we have woman's name in our book we
know it is just as good for two dollars as
piekayune is for ginger cake. Besides,
whatever they subscribe for they read
whether it is good, bad or Indifferent. -
If they once subscribe to q paper, they
are sure to read it, upon the principle, we
suppose, that if they bid not their money
would be thrown away-as an old lady,
whom we once knew, for whose sick servant
girl the doctor had prescribed dose of oil;
but as the girl weuld not take the oil. she
teok it herself rather than it should be was
ted. Hence we say, they are the best read
ers. For these reasons we had. any time
in the world, rather have dozen women on
our book than one man. Reading Daily
Times.
Year: 1865

WE saw boy the other day borrow
stick of candy from a comrade to show him
that he could phil it out of, his ear. He
swallowed it and then, twisted himself in
various ways to extract it but at length
informed his companion that he had for
cotton that part Of the trickl
Year: 1865

HATS IN PARIs-Among the variously
shaped hats, the melon hat and the casquette
(cap) are the two popular ones. The best
way Of ornamenting . hat is to trim it
round with well.curlcd feather, and to
place at the side small ruby and emerald
humming bird. ! feel sorry to be obliged
to acquaint my fair readers with the fact
that change is talked about in the present
shape of bonnet. which is generally found
to DO so becoming The millners are try
ing to introduce something which will suit
the high scaffolding Of hair now SO general,
and the frigh,ful bonnets they have planned
are in the style Of those worn during the
Restoration. The fronts are high and vide
enough to enclose . perfect forest Of hair !;
at the top of the head the bonnet slopes,
and then suddenly rises round the face
In one word, it is frightful; and it is only
waste of skill and taste on tho nilliners'
part to endeavor to inpart anything like
grace to it. These bonnets which have
seen were made of rice straw, with the
crowns trimmed round with scarlet velvet
fuchsias; these flowers fell over some lace
which served for curtain. The caps were
torsadss of white tulle. with red velvet
fuchsias hanging over them.
Year: 1865

MoURSlNG.-We cannot say Why the
popular taste, the past week. almost univer.
sally mingled uhits with the black drapery
employed in the funeral decoration oi
houses, on account of the lamented death
of the President. Black is the mourning
color here and in Great Britain. In Eng.
land they drape the houses entirely in black
for the demise Of sovereign. White ID
commonly interminglsd with black to de.
note the decesse Of child, young girl
or an unmarried person. Why the two
colors should have been combined, except
for picturesque effect, on the recent occa
sion. we cannot understand. However, i
was we'll meant and looked well, and do
partures from strict etiquette Ut such tint
are of little mement.-E5.
Year: 1865

National Debts ana U. .. Stocks.


The creation Of national debts is not ,
modern improvement, but the ability Of I
great nation to provide for . great debt
and to make it the most convenient and
best form Of personal property, is modern
wonder. The debt of Great Britain was
begun BY raising million sterling by loan
in 1892, and when her great contest with
Louis XIV. was terminated, the debt had
reached fifty millions. Many statesmen
and economists we're then alarmed at the
grea. burden which had been imposed upon
the industry Of the country, but when the
war Of the Austrian succession had swelled
this amount to eighty millions, Macaulsy
says that historians and orators pronounced
the case to be desperate. But when war
again broke out, and the national debt vas
rapidly carried up to one hundred and forty
millions, men Of theory and business both
pronounced that the fatal day had certainly
arrived. David Hume said that, although,
by taxing its energies to the utmost, the
country might possibly live through it, the
experiment must never be repeated-even
small increase might be fatal. Granville
said the nation must sink under it unless
some portion Of the load was borne by the
American Colonies, and the attempt to i'm.
pose this load produced the war of the
revolution, and, instead Of diminishin1,
added another hundred millions to the bur


den. Again, say Macaulay, was England
given over, but again she was more pros.
porous than ever before. But when at the
close of her Napoleonic wars in 1916, this
debt had been swelled up to the enormous
sum of over eight hundred millions sterling,
or four thousand three hundred million
dollars, or nearly one half the entire prop.
erty Of the United Kingdom, the stoutest
heart, the firmcst believer in national pro-
gress and national development, might well
have been appalled,. But in the very fac.
Of this mountain Of obligation,-to say
nothing Of her vast colonial possessions
the property Of the British nation has been
more than trebled, and her debt is now q
charge Of but 12i per cent. againstit. All
that Great Britain has done in paying her
deLt, we shall do, and more, with ours.-
We have vast territories untouched by the
plow, mines Of all precious metals of which
We have hardly opened the doors, a popu


lation full Of life, energy, enterprise and
industry, and the accumulated wealth Of
money and labor Of the old countries pour
ing into the lap Of our G ant and ever to, be


united republic. During the fiercest and
most exhausti2g of all possible wars, we
have demonstrated our national strength
and all the world over, national strength is
but another name for national credit. "As
good as United Stocks" will soon be synony-
nous the world over with "as good as
British Consols." For our part, we think
U. S. Treasury note, bearing seven and
three tenths annual interest, is just as much
better than British Consols as the rate OF
interest is higher. Some of our timid
brethren, who shipped their gold to London
and invested in consols. are now glad to sell
out and invest at home at round loss,-
and serves them right.-Neso Yorker.
Year: 1865

An exchange asks if it is any harm for
Young ladies to sit in the lapse Of ages p
Another replies that it all depends on the
kind Of ages selected. Those from
eighteen to twenty five it puts down -
extra hazardous.
Year: 1865

The Sabbath Schools, Tomorrow, will
he in session as usual. We believe new
interest is being taken in these nurses
ries of the Church, and superinteadents
and teachers are exerting themselves to
make them attractive and beneficial to
the children. We hope they will perse-
we're in the good work, and that they
may soon number every childin the city
with the Sabbath Schools.
Year: 1865

We left Owensboro after lying-to about
two hours to take in all the hogsheads
of tobacco the beat could carry. 1t
was all marked London. l suppose the
agents of the Rothehilds have been
down to Owensboro What is Billy
Brown about7 or did he buy this lot
himself and ship direct to London2
just think of going from Owensboro to
London to markell Win this tobacco go
to London and come back again in
Year: 1865

WHAT NE-LEGGED MAN CAN Do.-There
is a young man in NewburypOrt named Crock
EFT, who lost leg above the knee, on the Bos
ton and Maine Railroad, when a child, who
can perform feGts with one foot, that few if any
lads of his age in his neighbohood can perform
with two feet He will swim like duck he
can run as fast as the fastest, bounding on like
a deer and his skating is marvellous. A doz-
en- lads may start with him on the ice, but he
is sure to come ont ahead. Nor is it in a
straight course alone he shows bis speed with
a crutch 10 one hand and skate upon the foot,
he will defy them to catch him, and dodge as
nimbly as cat. We doubt if there is boy
that can jump higher. He will leap q fence
as high as his head aud surprise his associates
by standing back to fence that will come to
his shoulders, turning q somerset and coming
down right end up on the other side. 1t is
very doubtful. had the two legs remained to
him, if he would ever have developed so much
spring and activity. lie has made up 10 train


ing what be lost by accident.
Year: 1865

LEGAL TESDERs.-The question has often
been asked whether there are to be any more
legal tenders issued, and it is one of great
interest. Ia the earlier stages Of the war, there
was a misconception of its magnitude and du
ration. The means for replenishng the treasury
were inadequate for protracted struggle
They were all mere make shifts to meet the
exigencies of the hour, without any regard to
the future The country was drifting further
and further all the time from sound compre
hensive basis and it required the efforts of the
best and ablest men 10 the country TO check
the tendency of things, and place US upon q
sure and safe foundation There is now no
need of issuing more legal tenders, as the
Internal Revenue, together with taxes and
loans, are nearly or quite sufficient to meet
current expenses. The unlimited issue Of paper
money must certainly work q manifest injury
to the country, and we are glad to see the
expansive policy almost entirely abandoned.
1t has reached limit beyond which it will be
dangerous to go. Every consideration favors
the most conservative policy, and experience
admonshes US to adopt system of retreuch-
meut in this as in everything else, and hope
bids US anticipate the most gratifying results.
San Jose Courier.
Year: 1865

UNEASY LIES TUE HEAD, ETC.-Accordinc
TO newspaper writers. the reignug monarch-
of Europe in spite of the present peace. have
an uneasy time of it. The King of Prussia is
not liked by his people; the Emperor of Russia
is in constant dread of assassination from the
hands of some yengeful Pole and the Saturday
Review has the following about the Emperor
of the French:


Even now, with an apparently confirmed
dynasty and a snpine people, when the elect of
thirty-fye millions is seen dragging two horse
drag, like private gentleman, to the Bos. he
is under the anxious and studied protection of
the police. These two young men iG fsshiona
bic attire, cantering little ahead, are police
agents; that middle-aged gentleman riding
with lady, some fifty PAGES behind, is another;
small knots of apparent loungers are on the
watch along the ride and an armed force
would start up at the first sign of suspicion or
alarm. When ball was given to the Emperor
and Empress at distinguished embassy, the
list of invitations was carefully revised by the
Prefect, or his sub, who, not having some Of his
people stationed in the ante chamber, insisted
on cards OF invitation to enable others dressed
and decorated for the purpOse) to mingle with
the company. When the Emperor honored the
Baron de Ro,hschild by joining shooting
party at bis chateau, the entire establishment
was placed under strict surveillance during the
preceding fortnight, and, when his Imperial
Ma jesty took the field, the neighborng country
was cegne like besieged town."
Year: 1865

WOMEN IN PARAGUAY.-Everyb body smokes
in Paraguay, and nearly every female above
thirteen years of age chews We are wrong.
They do not chew, but put the tobacco in their
mouths, keep it there constantly except when
eating, and instead of chewing roll it about with
their tongue and suck it, Only imagine your
self about to salute the rich red lips of mag
nlicent little Hebe, arrsyed in satin aud flash
ing with diamonds She puts you back with
one delicate hand while with the fair taper
fingers Of the other she draws forth from her
mouth a brownish- black roll Of tobacco, quite
two inches long. looking Ikea moDstrous grub,
and depositing the savory morsel on the rim Of
your sombrero, puts up her face, and is ready
for your salute We have sometimes seen al
over-delicste foreigner turn with shudder Of
loathing under such circumstances and get the
eplthet of ei saraco (the savage) applied to him
by the offended beauty for bis squesmisbness
However, one soon gets used to this in Para
quay, where you are, perforce to custom,
obliged to kiss every lady you are introduced
TO; and one-half you meet are really tempting
enough to render you reckless of consequences.
1ou would sip the dew of the profered lips in
The face of tobacco battery, even the double
distilled "honey dew" of old Virginia
Year: 1865

HEALTH AND STUDY.-lf, by gaining knowl-
edge, We destroy our health, we labor for a
thing that will be useless 10 our hands and il,
by harrassing our bodies Though with design
to render ourselves more useful) we deprive
ourselves of the abilities and opportunities of
doing that good which we might have done
with meaner talent, which God thought SUI
fcient for US, by having denied US the strength
to improve it to that pitch which men OF
stronger constitution can attain to, we rob God
of SO much service, and our neghbors Of ell
that help which, in state of health, with mod
crate knowledge. we might be able to perform.
He that sinks bis vessel by overlooking it,
though it be with gold and silver and precious
stones, will give his owner but an i'll account OF
bis voyage.
Year: 1865

PRESENCE OF MIND.-The Washoe Times
relates the following remarkable instance of
presence of mind. A man named Dennis
Quinan was at work in the bottom of shaft
10 feet deep. he had filled the bucket,
which was hoisted nearly TO the top by the
man at the windlass, when, through some
defect, the bucket became detached from the
rope, and went tumbling into the shaft again,
threatening death aud destruction to the unfor.
tuuate individual at the bottom. Quinlan
hearing the noise and comprehendng the dan-
gerous position he was in, bethought himself of
some means to escape. The iron bound bucket
was coming with irresistible force, and must
soon be upon him. Quick as thought he grab
bed his pick, and, holding the handle firmly on
the ground, stopped under it, hoping thereby
to divert the force of the falling bucket, and
save both life and limb. The pick handle was
driven into the hard cement about one foot,
aud the bucket shattered into fragments He
only received slight flesh wound 10 the side,
and was to work again in day or two iD bis
old place.
Year: 1865

ESIGNA.-A few months since the following
enigma was sent to the Queen newspaper by
person who stated that neither he nor bis friends
had been clever enough to discover the solu.
ton, though they bad the puzzle two or three
years ID their possession


Himself he stood beside himself,


And looked into the sea.


And in himself he saw himself,


And wondered nightly.


And when himself within himself


He saw himself go round,


Into himself he threw himself.


And 10 himself was drowned.


New II it had not been himself


B1t any beast beside,


Himself he might have cut himself.


Nor in himself have died.
The last issue OF our contemporary has the
following answer from contributed "fhe
solution of The clever riddle is, a Neddy aud
an Eddy | have always seen it answered
thus, and believe it to be correct"
Year: 1865

We have advices, says the Vicksburg
journal, (which we deem reliable J from


Yazoo, of an alarming character. The
people of the county are said to be fees
ing to town for protection, and the ne,
groes are represented as arming them.
selves, and claim that between now and
Christmas land must be given them or
they will take it by force. The colored
troops stationed in the county are espou-
sing the cause of the country negroes,
and serious trouble is apprehended. That
the main features of the case are exag-
gerated we do not doubt, but there is
enough of truth in the report to warrant
some apprehension. Fortunately for the
people of Mississippi, they have General
in command of the Department who ap-
preciates the dangers and responsible
tiles Of the situation, and who will be
found equal to any emergency. Force
will be met by force, and any act of vi
olence will be checked promptly and the
authors and leaders summarily dealt
with.
Year: 1865

We suhJoln few remarks upon this


subject taken from the works of one


whose writings gained for him the renown
! OF illustrating what was meant by the


perfe ctioc of reason 1t would seem that


we are now in the same predcament that


EaGiand was at the time he wrote, and


his reasons given then are equally appli-


cable TO our situation. Speaking of the


magnltude of the national incumbrance,


ne says: 1T very far exceeds all calcula.


lions of commercial benefit, a7d is pro


ductive of the greatest Inconvenience


For, first. the enormous taxes that are


raised upon the necessaries of life for the


payment of the interest of this debt, are


hurt both to trade and manufactures,


10y raising the price as we'll of the articles
OF subsistence as of the raw material; and


OF course in much greater proportion,


the price of the commodity itself. NAY,


the very increase of paper circulation,
when extended beyond what is requisite
for commerce and foreign exchange. has
natural tendency to increase the price
CT provisions as we'll as OF all other mer>
chandize. For as its effect is to multiply
the cash of the country, and this to such
an extent that much of it must remain
unemployed, that cash (which is the uni,
versal measure of the respective values
OF all other commodities, must necessa-
rlly sink in its own value and verything
grow comparatively dear. Secondly, if |
part of this debt be owing to foreigners,
either they draw out of the country
a considerable quantity of |
specie for the interest, or else it is made |
IN argument to grant them unreasonable
privileges in order to induce them to re-
ide here. Thirdly, if the whole be ow-
ng to subjects only, it is then charging
he active and industrious subject, who
Jays his share of the taxes to maintain
he indolent and idle creditor, who res
elves them. Lastly, and principally, it
Veakens the internal strength of Stats
y anticipating those resources which
hould be reserved to defend it in ease OF
ecessity." Jay Cook may see many
ational blessings in all this, but the
uantity of green,backs we possess don't
nable US to look far enough ahead to
njoy many of those blessings, which they
ould purchase for US.