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Year: 1866

Yesterday. mail bag carried to the address of
Speaker Colfax, Indana's protest against the par
don of Jeff Davis, as prepared and put into circu
lation by Chaplain Loxier. The numb ber of names
appended to the document is estimated at twenty
thousand, and the superficial area OF the paper was
sufficient to carpet the Hall of the State House.
The roll was the size Of the Captains thigh which
is quite considerable 1t was decidedly large
roll and A strong roll. The first names were those
of the Lieutenant Governor and the State Officers,
amended TO the document officially. Ifevery 10y
al State follows suit. jeff Davis had better make
haste in his calling and election.-Ind. Journal,
llM.
Year: 1866

and Mr.. 7 Westbrook broke into boat
house and taking therefrom an old water
logged craft, pushed out to the rescue of
the drowning men, who were endeavor-
ing TO support themselves on pieces Of
board and floating boxes. They succeeded
in saving four persons, but two others per-
ished before they could reach them. There
were undoubtedly several lives lost, but in
the hurry and confusion Of the moment
We could not learn positively of any other
than these.


OTHER VESSELS BURNED.


Two or three schooners lying alongside
the dock, the names of which we could
not ascertain, were burned. Any attempt
TO rescue them from the burning pile
would have been disastrous, and they were
left to their fate.


LATER.


Just as We are going to press, we learn
from reliable soarce that the fire orig
mated in the Detroit 6 Milwaukee freight
depot, through a barrel containing oil,
naptha or benzine, which was being rolled
out, and was seen to be leaking slightly.
An attendant came near with a light,
which he carelessly passed above and near
the barrel to ascertain the nature of its
contents, when the escaping gas ignited,
and in an instant the work of destruction
was bugun. Its result, as we have seen,
is the total destruction of all the offices
and enclosures of two important railroads
at the busiest time and season of the year.
Year: 1866

PHILADELPHIA, April 27.-In the case OF
Probst, on trial for the murder Of the Deer
ing family, the prosecution was closed this
afternoon. The counsel for the defense
stated that he had no witnesses, and they
were allowed two hours tomorrow to speak
in his behalf when the case will 20 the
jury The case continues to excite much
interest. The streets in the vicinity Of the
Court House being crowded all day.
Year: 1866

Owing to the great confusion incident
to the occasion, it Is of course difficult to
ascertain with absolute certainty the
origin Of the fire, but there seems 70 be no
doubt as TO the locality. From the most
reliable sources we learn that there was a
quantity Of kerosene oil upon the dock
near the ferry landing, under tho westerly
end Of the freight shed. One barrel, It IS
said, was leaking very badly, and caught
FIRE from lamp carried by one Of the
workmen.
Year: 1866

ment' we recognize a Chief Magistrate
worthy OF the nation and equal to the
great crisis upon which Bis lot is cast. and
We tender to him, in the discharge Of bis
high and responsible duties, our profound
respect and The assurance Of our cordial
aad sincere support.
Year: 1866

Yesterday, The President returned to the
Senate the bill providing for the admission Of
Colorado as State into the Union, with his
objections thereto. The Senate, for some
reason, did not have the bill read; whether
out of respect to the private feelings of the
Secretary Of that body, or for want Of time
on account Of the lobby pressure for an ex-
ecutive session to have the confirmation Of
SLoASAKER reconsidered, we are unable to say
but as the message was not read by the Sen.
ate it is yet the private property Of that body
and any publication of it before it is read in
the Senate would be irregular and improper
We regret, therefore, that we are unable to
lay this important state paper before our
readers
Year: 1866

Among the men in the United States
Senate who, through good and evil report
have adhered to the landmarks Of Govern
ment and maintained the fundamental prin-
ciples on which our institutions rest, Senator
CowAS, Of Pennsylvania, stands pre-eminent-
ly distinguished for his legal knowledge; his
facility for debate, and power Of demonstra.
ton. Under his ponderous fail the wheat Of
constitutional lore is separated from the dust
and chaff Of vain rhetoric and unsound theo.
ries. The speech which will be found in our
outside columns to-day, by the Senator, rings
clear with the metal Of statesmanship, and
reminds us Of those palmy days Of the Re
public when statesmen spoke instead of poll.
ticians, and when public men rose above the
trammels of party dictation to compre hend
and consider the imperial interests of a
mighty and united people. The country
owes debt Of gratitude to Senator CowAN
for reviving the school of national statesmen.
His effort brushed out Of existence the frothy
defamation and the untenable postulates of
the radical oratory which has lately deluged
that body; and for mastery presentation Of
the purposes Of the late war, and the present
duties Of peace, it has never been surpassed
If it has been equalled in the chamber where it
was delivered. This speech should be sent
to every household in the land, and should
be read by every American patriot, to rout
the enemies Of public peace and counteract
the deadly influence Of the pestilential and
incendiary harangues with which the con-
gressional committees have been deluging
and desolating the whole North. Let the
friends Of one country and one people circu-
late this unanswerable document
Year: 1866

The PRESIDENTIAL ievee AZ the Executive
Mansion last nign' was ope Oh the erandest


and most interesting mat we nave witnessed
for many years twas not confined to the
strict rule Of the dress drawingroom, but
was open to all Of the people who chose to
call upon the Chief Magistrate Of the nation
and pay their respects. notwithstanding this
democratic latitude, the thousands who made
up the grand ovation to the greatest Of
earthly potentates, last night, while they were
composed Of the most humble in society as
well as the wealthy aristocrats, cons tituted,
as whole, one Of the most cordial, respect.
full, and elegant companies that ever crowded
Year: 1866

The Richmond Times says that "the recent con-
servatism of the Catholic Irish, and the warm
sympathy manifested for the South by the Pope
have largely increased the popularity of the
Catholics with the Southern people.


The conservative character of the Catholic
Church stands in grand and striking contrast
with some of the pscude-relgious denominations
of the North. Catholicism is not what it used to
be. tits 40 longer politically aggressive and in
tolerant. 1t no longer sows the seeds of fierce
dissention5, nor is its career now marked any
where by bloody persecution and relentless hate.
Profit,ng by the wisdom and experience Of its
past history, the Church Of Rome, even where it
enjoys supremacy as the established religion, no
longer seems to desire the union Of Church and
State. We accord to it but the N eed Of justice
when we say that its influence in this country
has been to pour oil on the troubled waters Of
civil and political strife. Its ministers have
never forgotten from their pulYits their high and
holy office, nor heNe they kindled in the house OF
God those fires of sectional hate which swept the
land with fratricidal war. They do not now stir
up the unsubsided passions Of men and hound
them on TO new deeds Of inhnntenity. Advsrsi-
ty reforms and pnrifes churches as we'll as taen
and the Catholic church may have been induced
to follow the virtues which now eharaeterizs it,
by its knowledge Of the penalty which, in iis
own case, followed swiftly and remorselessly the
departure from the path of reetitude." ESQ
Year: 1866

The followsng beautiful German legend is told
in ''Thorpe's Yule- tide Stories.


It relates that mother who had lost darling
little daughter, sorrowed day and night for her,
as one without hope, and that for three days
and three nights she neither ate nor drank any
thing, but wept in the bitterness of her SOUL
The third night, as she thus sat overcome with
suffering, in the place where her child had died
her eyes bathed in tears, and faint from grief
the door softly opened, and the mother started,
for before her stood her departed child. 1t had
become hesveAly angel, and smiled sweetly as
innocence, and was beautiful like the blessed 1t
had in its hand a little cup that was almost run
ming ever, so full it was. And the child spoke:
ooh! dearest mother, weep no more for me; the
angel OF mourning has collected in this little cup
the tears which you have shed for me. Iffor me
you SIZED but one tear more, it will overflow, I
shalt have no more rest in the grave, and no joy
in heaven. Therefore, ., dearest motherl weep
no more for your child for it is well and happy
and angels are its companionsl'' II then vanish
ed. The mother shed no more tears, that she
might not disturb her childs joy in heaven.
Year: 1866

WHAT THE PEOPLE OF THE SOUTH MUsP


UNDERSTAND, AND WHAT


THEY MUST DO.


IF the people In the rebelliOus States
can be made to understand that 1t is the
fixed and determined policy of the Gov
ernment that the colored people shall
be protected In their civil rights, they
themselves will adopt tho necessary
measures to protect them and that will
dispense with the Freedmen's Bureau,
and all other Federal legislation for
their protection. The design of these
bills is not, Is the Senator from Indiana
would have us believe, to consolidate all
power in the Federal Government, or
to interfere with the domestic regula-
tions of any of the States, except 80 far
as to carry out constitutional provision
which is the supreme law of the land.
If the States will not do it, then it Is
incumbent on Congress to do 1t. But IL
the States will do 1t, then the Freed
mems Bureau will be removed, and the
authority proposed to be given by the
other bill will have no operation.


Sir, trust there may be no occasion
long to exercise the authority conferred
by this bill. l hope that the people of
the rebellious States themselves will
NohAVA" w thS SNiSlttir SotuitiVIl VI
things. | do not expect them to change
all their opinions and prejudices. do
not expect them to rejoice that they
have been discomfitted. But they ac-
knowledge that the war is over; they
agree that they can no longer contend
in arms against the Government; they
say they arc willing to submit to its au-
thority they say IN their State conven-
tions that slavery shall no more exist
among them. With the abolition of
slavery should go all the badges of SER
vitude which have been enacted for its
maintenance and support. Let them
all be abolished. Let the people Of the
rebellious States now be as jealous and
rs active in the passage Of laws and the
Inauguration of measures to elevate, de-
velop and improve the negro, as they
have hitherto been to enslave and de-
grade him. Let them do justly aud
deal fairly with the loyal Union men In
their midst, and henceforth be them
selves loyal, and this Congress will not
have adjourned till the States whose
inhabitants have been engaged in the
rebellion will be restored to their former
position in the Union, and we shall all
be moving on in harmony together.
Year: 1866

STILL Notwithstanding the
hard times and high prices, the sale of the
best chemical saleratus is still on the in
crease. People will use it and every sue
cessful housewife tells her neighbor, and
when her neighbor tries it she tells anoth-
er, and thus its fame spreads until it is
hard to tell where it will stop.
Year: 1866

The Masomanian published at Mazo
Mamie, Dane county, announces in its last
number that that paper will not be pub
lished any longer. 1t gives as reason
that the town and vicinity cannot support
paper yet AS the Mcsomamian is the
second paper which has tried to have an
existence in that village, and as it has sue
ceedcd no better than the first-started
some seven years since, we should con-
clude that the enterprise of the place is
not increasing very fast, and would rec
commend lapse Of ten or twelve years
before making another effort in that line.
Year: 1866

Mr.. EDITOR: BY what right does a
merchant of this village convert the pub
lie sidewalk into butchers stall, for the
sale of that vilest of all articles of food, fat
greasy pork Has such privilege been
conferred on him by any ordinance of the
Village Board?


In passing this retail pork stand the
other day, soiled fine silk dress ire
pairably. Cannot this nuisance be abated?


A LADY.
Year: 1866




The representatives of the States should
be LOYAL MEN, willing to abide by and be
DEVOTED TO THE UNION AND THE CoNsTITU-
TIoN OF THE STATES.


ALL responsible positions and places ought
to be confined distinctly and clearly to men
who are UNMIsTAKABLY AND UNQUEsTIoNA-
BLY, YLoYAL.-Presidents Reply to the Virginia
Committee.


hold it my duty to recommend the adj
mission of every State to its share in public
legislation when it presents itself in the per-
sons of representatives whose LOYALTY CAN
NOT BE QUESTIONED under any eCisting con-
stitutional or LEGAL TEsT.-President's Veto
Message.


The Constitution declares that no State
shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the
Senate of the United States without its con-
sent. Then, where do we stand All that
is needed to finish this great work of resto-
ration is for the two Houses respectively to
determine the question. Oh but some one
will say, A traitor might come in p The
answer to that is that each House must be
the judge, and if traitor presents himself,
cannot either House know that heis a traitor9
And if he is traitor, can they not kick him
out of the door, and send him back saying
to the people who sent him, "YoU MUST
SEND Us LOYAL MAN?" Is there any diff
Guilty in that ? If traitor presents himself
to either House. cannot that House say to
him, No, you cannot be admitted into this
body. Go back. We will not deny your
people the right of representation, but THEY
MUST SEND LOYAL REPRESENTATIVES.
Presidents address to the Soldiers and Sailors


1 will put an end to the Freedmen's Bu-
reau just as soon as the South. by proper
action for the PROTECTION OF THE FREED
MEN, make it unnecessary Presidents In
ter0ieao aoih Governor Coz.
Year: 1866

We are compelled by the pressure on our
columns, occasioned by the report of the re-
construction committee, to omit the very
interesting account of Commencement at
Chapel Hill, furnished by an esteemed friend
who never forgets us on such occasions.


We omit from the same cause an Obituary
Notice of the late Seth Jones, Esq.


These, with other matters of interest to
our readers will appear in our issue of
Thursday
Year: 1866

The Supreme Court of this State met IN
this City yesterday, present, Chief Jusf:ca
Pearson and Judges Battle and Reade Wo
learn that there are some fifty applicants for
license to practice in the Courts
Year: 1866

lNdENIoUS EXPERIMENT. Place on sheet
OF white paper 4 piece of blue silk about four
inches IN diameter in the sunshine cover the
crntn OF tins with piece of yellow silk about
three inches in diameter; cover the centre Of
the yellow silk with piece Of pink silk about
two inches in diameter; and the centre ct the
punk silk again cover with another circle of
green sIlk, about one inch in diameter then
cover the centre of the green silk with 4 circle
OF indigo about half an inch in diameter, and
in the centre of the whole make black dot
with pen. Then look steadily for a minute
ON this central spot, and close your hands about
an inch distant before them, and you will ap-
pear to see the most beautiful circle of colors
that Imagination can conceive, which are not
colors of til, silk, but will keep perpetually
changing
Year: 1866

with FaylOrs' Improvement which for Ilghtness of
dfaught are second 10 now IN use


n TACT. we are manufacturing all of the various
1indS OF Agricultural Machinery Known TO work well
IN this part Of the country. TO
Year: 1866

A SINGULAR CASE OF INSANITY.
On Monday we witnessed singu-
lar case Of insanity, and the remark
able power that some persons have
to control insane persons. As the
morning accommodation train from
New Haven to this city stopped at
Southport, Conn, an insane woman,
apparently about 35 years of age.
was forcibly brought on board the
cars by her friends, to be taken to
the Insane Retreat at Bloomingdale.
She was perfectly wild with excite
ment, and her hands were firmly
tied at the wrist to keep her from
tearing off her clothes. AS she was
forced down into her seat, and held
there by her attendants, an entire
stranger approached her, inquired
after her health, asked to see her
tongue, felt her pulse, smoothed her
forehead gently with his hand, and in
a few moments entirely soothed and
quieted her. Her illusion was that
she had lost her head and feet. The
stranger told her she was partly right
and partly wrong in her impressions;
that it was true she had temporarily
lost her feet, but that her head was
all right, as was proved by her show
ing her tongue. ...


He conversed with her nearly all
the way to the city got her finally
to admit that her head was right,
and told her that when she got to
Twenty seventh street she would find
her feet. On reaching there the
stranger requested that he might take
her out of the cars and place her in
a carriage. The friends were incred-
ulous but consented. The stranger
then said, "Well, / told you, you
would find you feet when you got
here, and, sure enough, you have.
Come with me-" This was said
mildly, but with firm voice of as
surance and authority, and to the
astonishment of all present, she got
up, followed her stranger friend out
of the cars, and allowed him to con-
duct her to carriage and place her
in it. He then kindly bid her good
by, and disappeared in the crowd,
without waiting to receive the show
er Of thanks from her friends.--Neao
York NeUs.
Year: 1866

TO paralyze and to PROSTATE that party by
claiming that they spoke in the name and
with the authority of Andrew johnson, the


latter has been so indifferent to the measures


he voted for in Congress and sustained while


he was candidate for Vice President


ard even directly after he assumed the


Presidential chair, that his coldness amount


ed almost TO absolute and open hostility -
Ihe millions OF noble spirits who at first re
jecled the idea that the man, thus sustained
an1 thus apologized for by a generous and
loyal people, would be callous or treacherous
aud who were then reluctantly forced to ac


custom themselves to this dismal apprehen-
sion, will not, | am sure, shrink from the
task now laid upon them of consolidating
their ranks against the common enemies OF
their country. They must abandon all aspi.
fallons for place; and the compensation for
this sacrifice il it be one, will be in the fact
that it is far better to be in a position of
honorable, independence than to be associ-
ated in the Government with those who have
steadily prayed or plotted for its DOWNFALL
But they will not have long to wait These
are DAYS let us hope, of purifying trials.--
No matter how threatening the dangers that
surround lis. and how novel and wcighty the
dufles demanding ourconscicntious energies,
both are to he preferred to that agoni2ne
suspense which has heretofore been simply
advantageous to the Coppelheads and trai.
tors and damaging to the permanent inte-
rcsis OF the country. OCCAsIoSAL.
Year: 1866

BEAUTIFUL EXTRAC1.-The loved
ones whose loss 1 lament are still in
existence they are living with me at
this very time; they are like myself;
dwelling in the great parental man
sion of God; they still belong to me
as I to:them. AS they are ever:'in my
thoughts, 50, perhaps, am I in theirs.
As l mourn for their. loss, perhaps
they rejoice in anticipation of our
reunion. What to ME is still dark,
they can no longer enjoy their pleas
ant society During their. lifetime I
was discontented because I could not
always have them around me. 1fa
journey took them away from me I
was not, therefore, unhappy. And
why is it different now? they have
gone journey. Whether they are
living on earth in far distant city,
or in some higher world in the inf
mite universe Of God, what difference
is there? Are we not still in the same
house of the Father, like loving bro
thers who inhabit separate rooms ?
Have we therefore ceased to be bro
theirs ?-Roran.
Year: 1866

SHOWING THE DEAD.-There is a
curious custom at Havana Of laying
out bodies in state, during the night
before the burial. They are placed
close to an open window fronting
the street, on a couch raised four or
five feet above the ground. The
corpse is surrounded by high wax
tapers, and the whole illuminated.
Frequently when returning from a
tertulia or ball, 1 have been startled
to see the fixed and rigid features of
some old gentleman and lady,
drssed in their best attire, and ap-
parently reclining before the window.
1t used to appear an unnecessary
mockery of death, dressing out a
corpse in new suit of clothes with
tight patent-leather boots and white
neck-cloth. I remember one night
in particular. I was returning home
through one of the by.streets, when
seeing the lower window of a house
illuminated, and concluding there
was body lying in state, I went
back toward it. There, close to the
window, so close that I could have
touched it through the bars, lay the
body of a 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 slightly
opened, and altogether her face and
expression was one Of the most beau
tiful I ever saw.
Year: 1866

BLowING UP STUMps.-A cores
pondent Of the Agricul'Uist gives the
following cheap and expeditions
manner of clearing out stumps: Sc
elect solid place in a large root,
near the ground, if q stump with a
tap root, and with an inch and Il
quarterauger, bore in, slanting down
ward, to as noar the heart Of the
base of the taproot as you can judge; !;
then put in charge of one or two
ounces ofpowder, with safety fuse,
and tamp in dry clay or ordinary
tamping material, to fill the hole,
some six inches above the charge !;
then touch fire to the fuse, and get
out of the way. The blast will usu-
ally split the stump into three pieces,
and make it hop right out of the
ground. If the charge is put too high
up, the blast will only split the top
Of the stump, without lifting it.
This plan is said to be better than
any patent apparatus yet invented.
Year: 1866

A RATHER "ToUGu UN."-
Western hunter and his brother
spent a year in and about the Rocky
Mountains. They had two rifles,
one bullet and keg of powder.
With these, he says, they killed, on
an average, twenty-seven head Of
buffalo day. The fact that they
did this with one bullet, led to the
following cross question: "How did
you kill all these buffalo with only
one bullet?" {. Well, we shot buff
falo; stood on side and my brother
on the other. Brother fired, the
ball passed into the barrel of my
rifle. The next time l fired, and
brother caught my ball in his rifle.
We kept up the hunt for twelve
months. killing nearly two hundred
buffalo per week, and vet brought
home the same ball we started
with"