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Year: 1866

From the Richmond tval Times, l1th.l


Our readers will recollect that on Fri
day last the dead body of a white woman,
clad in a shawl and bonnet, was found
floating in the dock at the foot of the
York river railroad depot At the time
of its recovery, the corpse, which had
doubtless been imbedded in the mud for
weeks, was so much decomposed and
swollen that recognition was impossible,
and the verdict Of the Coroner's inquest
thereupon attributed the circumstance to
accidental drowning. Since then let
ter has been placed in our hands which
excites strong suspicion that the unfor-
tunate deceased was its author, and that
she subsequently, committed suicide 1t
was received from female, who stated
she had woman hoarder who disap-
peared very mysteriously about the time
it was written, and when her room was
searched this letter was found. The heart
less wretch who could become so debased
as to betray an innocent woman from the
paths of rectitnde. and then forsake her,
deserves a punishment, compared with
which the most tortuous agonies yet
known of the days of the Inquisition,
would be the most refined We append
the letter:


RICHMOND, VA, January 6.-Having
been led away from my home by heart
less wretch, and being dependent on him
to come and take me home, or send me
the funds to do so with, / have waited
patiently and gone in debt, till now 1
can do so no longer, and have deter
mined TO commit that terrible deed Of
self-murder. Nybill has been called for,
and / said would pay it this morning,
still relying on my betrayer TO send me
a letter, telling me to meet him at some
appointed place, as he had promised to
do; and, to make my troubles greater,
/ have been bereft of my nearest and
dearest friend-my mother. Mother
Oh. how that word sends thrill through
my heart, and yet to think and to know
that II is not to be called and answered
to any more in this world have made
her think that this man and / are mar
ried. and that he was the best of hus-
bands | would not for the world have
given her moments pain. was her
pride and her JOY, but now she is no
more. OH God, lam the most wreiched
of human kind Ny heart is breaking
it will burst j can truihfully say with
that lovely song


I have no mother now,


Still am weeping"


Oh, how often have I thought Of it, and
wept tears of bitterness am left in the
cold, cold world, with no one to love, and
no one TO pity me. Oh. what a sad state
to be in, and rather than come 10 worse
state than death itself, (as my situation
admonishes me Twill If live few weeks
longer,l viii commit this awful deed
Year: 1866

From the New York World


There is a judge down in Virginia who
has already given TO an astonished world
several extraordinary decisions His
name ought to be Underbrush, and he
ought to be cleared out at once. The
fact is, his name is Underwood, and
there Is but one judge on earth greater
than be. and his name is Dick Busteed
Underwood is Judge Of the District Court
of Virginia; and IL be is an authority on
law ("and if the court knows itself, and
Year: 1866

mere are many persons who have been deferred
from lnsuring their Lives for the benefit of their
families on account of not being in sound health
Inc me- Undersigned is agent for the UNIVERSAL
LIZ INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK
and is also agent for the -.-D1'
Year: 1866

An exchange says a man in Buf.
falo gave fifty dollars for kissing a
lady on the street.


A friend Of ours says he will give
all the money he has on hand, and
ell that he ever expects to have, fol
the pleasure Of slipping the nectar
rom the lips Of a certain little widow
OF his acquaintance, and IL that aim
enough he will enter into a bond tc
be her slave for life.
Year: 1866

Honesty AND IsDusTRY-Let hon.
esty and industry be thy constant
companions and spend one penny less
than thy clear gains. Than shall thy
hide.bound pocket soon begin to thrive
and will never again cry with an empty
stomach neither will creditors insult
thee, nor want oppress, nor hunger
bite. nor nakcdness freeze thee. The
whole atmosphere will shine brighter,
and pleasure spring upon every corner
Of thy heart. Now, therefore. embrace
these rules and be happy. Danish the
bleak winds Of sorrow from thy mind.
and live Independent. Then shal,
thou be 4 man and not hide thy face
at the approach Of the rich, nor suffer
the pain Of feeling little when the
sons Of fortune walk a, thy right hand;
for independence, whether little or
much, is good fortune, and places
thee on even ground with the proudest
Of the golden fleece. OH then, be
wise, aud LET industry walk with thee
in the morning, and attend thee until
thou reaehest the evening hour Of rest.
Let honesty be as the breath Of thy
soul, and never forget to have penny
when thy expenses are enumerated
and paid; then shalt thou reach the
point ofhappiness, and independence
shall be thy shield and buckler, thy
helmet aud crown; then shall thy
soul walk upright,n nor stoop to the elk.
en- wretch because he hath riches,
nor pockc, an abuse because the hand
which offers !, wears a ring sst with
diainond..--IIcnjamin Franklin.
Year: 1866

Why are young ladies al the
breaking up Of party like arrO~sf
Because they can't go Of without a
beau and are in a qsirr till they
get one.


There is many a man whose tongue
might govern multitudes, II he could
ooIy govern be tongue.
Year: 1866

A METROPOLITAN Dress ITEM Some time
ago, says the San Francisco Tribune, we had
case OF arrest Of woman for wearing a
dress which caused scardalous remarks. A
similar case has transpired in New York
Upon this the leading Journal of that city
expresses itself thus:


We must record our protest against the
arrest OF any lady who desires to walk our
streets in an unfashionable dress. Her case
is one for the social and public opinion Of
her sex and ours, perbaps-for the miliner
and the dress maker-but not for the police
officer. The lady who walked up the streets, 8,
the other day, attired 10 dress which was
decent and comfortable, but not out of the
way, was OF course, the victim of noisy ur
chins and male slarers; but, if the peace was
disturbed thereby, the rabble should have
been held to keep it, and not she.
Year: 1866

FLORENCE
SEWING MACHINES,
Copy of the Report of the Committee of Award.


at the Fair of the
AMERICAN INSTITUTE.


NEW YORK, 1865.


TO THE
Florence Sewing Machine Co.,
FOR THE BEST FAMILY SEWING MACHINE
HIGHEST PREMIUM! GOLD MEDAL
Year: 1866

GARD


The PToprietors, in presenting TO the public the
above Incompatible Bitters, assure them that but
for of gratitude to the generous donor of thu
recipe and in response to the opportunities of the
hosts of southern friends who have experienced
their efficacy. they would have hesitated before
placing an article OF such sterling merit on mar
ket flooded with deleteriOus compounds lbelling the
name of Stomach Bitters Our Senior however,
having the solicitation of those friends expended
on the manufacture of the GREY JACKER BIT
TIERS the experience acquired in half lifetime
devoted to the preparation of Tonic Digestive Slim
ulants, and discovered their immense superiority
over all other Stomach Bitters have unhesita-
tngy added these to the list of articles already pre-
pared at our establishment and so well known aud
largely patronized by the unity at large.


BARNETT & LION take this seasonable oppor-
tunity Of thanking their numerous friends Cor the
immense increase in their business during the year
and inform them that although the manufacture of
the GREY JACKET BITTERS must necessarily
cause additional tax their energies yet from
large additions in the Improvements made and
making in the manufacturing department of the
establishment their orders viii be filled promptly
and they hope as satisfactorily as usual.


BARNETT g. LION


Jan l9d3m 81 and So Gravler st.
Year: 1866

SPRiNG The advent Q. &pring will be
mos, welcome to all after the cold winds
and deep SHOWS Of Winter. The first and
second days Of Spring were bamy aud
delightful indeed, and few more days Of
such weather will soon open 10 US navga-
tion upon our great highway, Lake Michi-
gan, and begin for all a new season Of
business life and activity
Year: 1866

re- Thousands in the West place their
confidence IN the Red Jacket BiUers. be,
cause they are aware that it secures health
to families who dwell in unhealthy dis
tr;cts, and that those thus situated who do
not use j. tall sick from the effects Of bad
water aud bad air.
Year: 1866

We know not the author OF the following,
bat this we do know, that language contain
ing more truth never was uttered by man;


ssNature knows no rich, who brought rs
all poor into the world. For we are not born
with fine clothes, nor with silver and gold.
She who brought Us into tne-worid without
clothes or food, will receive Us again quite
naked into her bosom. She doth not know
how to contain our possessions and estate 10
the grave. A little space Of ground after
death 10 enough for the rich am POOR. Ma
ture then produces US al alike, and makes
all die without any difference. Who can
End out the diieren. conditions Of the dead.
Open the sepulchres, view the dead bodies,
move the ashes, and distinguish Il you can,
the rich from the poor. Perhaps you viii
know him By the magn. hcence OF BIZ tomb,
which only shows you tAat he possessed
more goods, or rather that be has Lost more
than the poor man has. wonder that men
do not put some Fathers into their dying
pillows. wonder that people Do not soften
the mattresses on which they shall finally
die, breathing difficulty away with their
last breath, By thinkin. that they have macc
beds Of softness for some of their oppressed
starving fellow creatures, to rest upon IN
life. wonder that people who have money
do not know the bliss, the JOY, Of using 1t
while they live, that is the test; not giving
it away after death"
Year: 1866

The commanding officer of the military nos,
at Darlington, South Carolina, forwards to
the Commissioner OF the Freedmen's Bureau
an application from some Of the most prom.
lnent citizens of Chesterfield district asking
the Government to come TO the relief of the
starving poor in that district. The petition
states tnat there is now great suffering among
the poorer classes of the white people of the
district for the want OF the necessaries of life


and the distress is increasing aud pxtendin Q
every day, while there are none there able To
give relief or save these destitute ones from
actual starvation. This district suffered more
severely by the march OF Sherman's army
than perhaps any other in the State from the
destruction of provisions aud the means of
providing for the future and there is now
neither gram sufficient to keep the population
alive nor money to purchase il with The
STATE Of affairs is becoming truly aiarminr


Livery day poor women are begging in the
streets OF Cheraw for meal or corn to save
themselves and children from starvation. and
the petitioners wonld gladly afford it il they
had It. Therefore, IN behalf Of these sufferers,
they apply 10 the Government for assistance
and state that TO be effectual 1t must be speedy.
Year: 1866

A scientific gentleman In the State of Maine
has written to the Assistant Commissioner of
the Freedmen's Bureau. requesting that a
young Freedman and his wife be procured tn
perform the work on his farm. and wishes the
Assistant Commissioner to make il a special
point in the contract that they will not have
any children.
Year: 1866




10 THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.


The committee appointed by the Common Council TO
receive his Exccllency the President OF the United
states published tce in the newspapers 70 the effect
that the foreign Consuls would the Mayors OF.
fce In order to receive Mr. johnson the day OF his
recen, arrival in New York II Is not, perhaps very
strange that the officials this ctys COVE should
not know that the foreign Consus here could not attend
such recspto upon mere newspaper notice, without
breaking through the rules and regulations OF their OFF,
cia functions inasmuch they bad not received an
thentic invitation from either OF the committees. In
these matters II h not the individual consul who u
honored By the recognition sighted by the negcc
but u is the government which he representa- should
remark that rot only the city authorities, but also the





In view OF recent difficulties at home and abroad,
while the governments o Europe and the United states
have maintained an honorable friendship u would have
been diplomatic policy at least that the represcn-
taiives OF those European powers should have
been invited 10 unite In doing honor on
the part OF their kings and emperos 10 the President
Of this great republic. Admitting that the Common
tonai oourtesges tnOee leading merchants certainly
should have known better they have undoubtedly
experienced the hospitality OF foreign municipaesa
fact which should have enabled them 70 understand
what would be- the proper action for a committee
such occasion II may be mentioned that has often
occurred former years that public receptions here
Of consu under the impression, IL Is believed that
the invited consus would inform tho other members OF
the consular body.


IN order prevent a recurrence of such omission
of etiquette the part Of city ocas and the lea
ing merchants would IL not be advisable f0f tn Mas or
81 New York procure authentic list % foreign
suls from the Secretary Of State Naehinrion that
our local functionares may future know whom they
should either eiifuly gnorantiy disregard on
behalf Of my esafrsres subscribe myself


a MEMBER or THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS
Year: 1866

before We shall examine with the the bills
for the assembly OF popular representation OF the North
German Federal States. We expect, however that u
the rights OF the Pssan people and Diet are 70 oe sur
rendered In favor OF future Parliament tho fuii exc
cuton OF these rights will also be secured 10 that body
The task OF the federal union or Germany remaining
TO ba accomplished will most securely attain the
support OF tho nation when the arduous work
mas been begun upon the basis OF the
imperial constitution OF lSs9 and has shaped itself 10
conformity with the situation OF anairs. Prussia
WIN then be powerful enough TO keep strong pro-
tectng Power the German frontiers intact and 10 pre-
vent all interference OF tho foreigner In the organization
OF our new political arrangements


ROYAL hAJEsrYPe nctrated with the high importance
OF the present epoch To the entire German fathcrand
we oner from the depths OF hearts our operation
towards the united and free development OF that which
providence has placed in your haIestys hands


We remain with the deepest respect your Maiesty's
most faithful and obedent


CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES
Year: 1866

The KOynI INDEMNITY BIII.


BERLIN Sept might
The Prussan Dict is engaged in the discussion OF the
bill to indemnify King William for his violation OF the
constitution in imposing and raising funds for tho
support OF the without the consent Of Parliament
Year: 1866

FORNEY's ULTIMATUM.-In q speech
which he made in Philadelphia last Satur-
day night, Forney spoke Of the southern
people and the proposed amendment to the
Constitution as follows: ..


"They must by this time have learned
THAT WE OFFER NO MORE TERMS. These are
the last. [Applause.] These or nothing
and these possibly will not be sufficient to
crafty the insatiate appetite of American
patriotism il there is longer rebellious de-
lay. / do not, for my part, pledge myself
to the theory Of the immediate admission
Of any of these still revolving and disaf-
fected States that ratify that amendment.
Each such insolent State must come to
Congress with free constitution and o
clean bill of health" [Cheers.]
Year: 1866

GOVERNOR MoREHEAD ALIvE.-We are
exceedingly gratified to be able to stop the
painful rumor that has been prevailing for
some days of the death of Ex-Governor
Charles S. Morehead. We are assured by
gentleman who left him on Friday last
that he was then well and hearty. Aweek
previous he had violent and serious at
tack of illness, but soon recovered from it.
louisville Courier, 4th.
Year: 1866

SINGULAR AND SERIOUS ACCIDENT.
Night before last, as Mr.. Edward Wade,
who lives on Oregon Hill, was descending
the stairs In his house with kerosene
lamp in his hand, his foot slipped and he
fell 10 the bottom Of the staircase. The
lamp was exploded In the fall, aud piece
of It struck him on the side Of the head,
inAicting q severe though not dangerous
Year: 1866

The Committee on Police reported that
they had nothing to do with the matter of
discharge Of policeman W. G. Bailey from
the police force under the ordinance
granting the Mayor power to appoint and
dismiss. The report was adopted.
Year: 1866

On Tuesday last the Secretary Of War issued
the following order:


oyer o. pardon to dsserters from the Regular


Army soio surrender


by direction Of the President, all deserters
from the Regular Army who voluntarily ioin
their regiments, or surrender themselves AT
any military post or recruiting rendezvous,
before the 18th OF August, Ie66 will be returned
to duty without trial or punishment, on con-
dition that they make good the time lost by
desertion and forfeit all pay and allowance for
the time of their absence


Such deserters as, under this order surren =
der themselves at any other place than the
stations of their regiment, will be subject TO
assignment to other regiments as if they were
unattached recruits.
Year: 1866

IMPORTANT TO THE VETERAN RESERVES


The Third Comptroller has decided that SOL
diers OF the Veteran Reserve Corps who have
received certificates of merit are entitled to
additional pay at the rate of two dollars per
month under the acts OF March 9, 1877. and
August T. IS5i
Year: 1866

EP7We have been permitted to make
few extracts from a private letter from Wash
ing City. 1t was in reply to one which had
been written concerning the condition of af-
fairs in this State since the surrender of the
Confederate armies The writer has unusual
facilities for obtaining correct information
of the Presidents views and the condition
of affairs at the national capital, and we can
vouch for the accuracy of his statements:


"Your first answer is in reference to the
testimony of Ethe negro, the Legislature
allowing them to testify in cases where 9TH
er negroes or mulattoes were concerned, but
not against white person. Twill not dis


cuSs, at great length, this point; but will
simply say that your policy is, i'll my opinion,
bad. You will have many cases arise be-
tween the whites IN which negroes viii be
the most important witnesses and, perhaps,
the only ones. Now, it strikes me forcibly
if you do not allow them to testify, that
justice, or rather law, will not be able to be
carried out as it should he. would make
no distinction on account of color, but allow
all to testify. Your jurors could easily dis
criminate as to whether the negro was tell
ing the truth or not. l have owned slaves
whom 1 would believe under oath, no matter
what they wonld say; and we have negro
meu now in our employ that would believe
as soon as the ordinary run of white men,
You will and must admit that you have
seen, and that frequently, slares whom you
would believe. 1t is true that you will find
many who would tell a lie inst as soon as
they would tell the truth and if it is to
their interest to lie, they would do so. Now
do not think that the trait of lying was pc
culiaT to the negro, for l see white men
doing it daily and l knowIof many, whom,
although they occupy good Ipositions, 1
would not believe on oath. Your trouble
would be between white men and negroes
negro will, as a general thing, lie fol
another negro as they will not 60 against
their race and the same will hold good in
the case of the whites against the negro.
But would not your juries be able to dis.
criminate by the manner in which the ey-
idence was given, the character of the par
ties, to who was telling the truth 2 Again.
these cases would, as general thing, be
only petty cases and not of frequent occur
rence-and may also say, the more impor-
tant the case, the less chance would there
be to practice deception-for by cross
questioning, the man who lies will be found
out, let him be white or black. In Massa.
chnsetts, negro testimony has proved ben
eficial. At first, you will, perhaps, have a
little trouble, but it would not last long for
the first negro caught lying in court you
could punish and the negro would soon find
it to his interest to tell the truth. am glad
Year: 1866

"a We copy below some portions of
letter from respectable citizen residing
near Lauderdale Springs, callingl atten-
ton to the condition of things existing
at that place. The robberies he com
plains of are all committed within cir
cult of two miles from the post. In an
other part Of his letter he instances Cuba
Station, where there are no guards, as a
place that is entirely free from such dis
orders. We have no doubt that our cor
respondent is correct in his suppositions,
but both our citizens and our civil au-
thorities are powerless in this matter.
All we can do is to put the complaints
on record and appeal to those who hold
the remedy in their hands to say how
long it is proposed that this abuse shall
be continued and encouraged. Our cor
respondent says:


On the night of January 18th there
were six houses broken open, and rob
berry committed. My corn. crib was
broken into, and ten or twelve bushels of
corn taken from it. Ipursued the trail
of my corn by the scattered grains and
small pieces of shuck, up to the house of
a freedman, where | found about the same
quantity of corn, as nearas | could Judge,
in his possession / had him arrested,
and proved by two white men, besides
myself, that the above statement was
true but here came the negro guard and
one white man, and swore positively that
he had been in possession of the corn
over a month. One of these black
wretches also swore that he was at the
freedman's house from un-down until
midnight, and, of course, swore the ac-
cused out of the case.


cannot hear of any depredations COM
mitted anywhere except where the ne
gro guards are stationed; and of course,
l believe, and so do all the citizens around
here, that if were not for this negro
guard here, there would not be one-tenth
of the thefts committed that have been.
Nearly every gentleman in the country
believes, furthermore, that this negro
guard are the cause of all our troubles,
and also encourage the freedmen in their
misconduct and frequently, take part in
it themselves.