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Year: 1866

A dispatch from New York. says
that General Grant narrowly escaped q
fatal accident on Monday. While ex-
aminihg a newly invented rifle, he
took hold of it in such manner that
it was accidentally discharged, part of
the cartridge entering his left hand,
and lodging in the palm and thumb,
wOunding him, report says, seriously.
The scene Of this unfortunate accident
was in private apartment belonging
to General Grant, his aids and four
children of his family being present.
The ball lodged in the wall of the
room directly opposite to where Ger
eraI Grant was standing at the time cf
the accident. The wound was care
fully dressed bya surgeon. ...-. 70.
Year: 1866

ID. A dispatch from Washington to a
New York paper says the statement Of
public debt issued from the Treasury
this month is looked upon by financial
men here as exceedingly fiattering;
while it is stated from official sources
that next months showing will exhib-


it a much greater reduction.
Year: 1866

BY ELIZA COOK.
IT'S well to WOO, tits well to wed,
For so the world has done
Since myrtles grew, and roses blew,
And morning brought the sun.
But have care, ye young and fair,
Be sure you pledge with truth;
Be certain that your love will wear
Beyond the days of youth!
For if ye give not heart for heart.
As well as hand for hand,
You'll find you've played the unwise part
And "built upon the sand"
'Tis well to save, It's well to have
A goodly store of gold,
And hold enough of shining stuff,
For charity is cold.
But place not all your hope and trust
In what the deep mine brings;
We cannot live on yellow dust


Unmixed with purer things,
And he who piles up wealth alone
Will often have to stand
Beside his Golfer chest, and own
'Tis "built upon the sand"
'Tis good to speak in kindly guise,
And soothe where'er we can;
Fair speech shall bind the human mind,
And love link man to man.
But stop not at the gentle words,
Let deeds with langnaage dwell, dwell
The one who pities starving birds


Should scatter crumbs as we'll.
The mercy that is warm and true
Must lend helping hand,
For those that talk, yet fail to do,
But "build upon the sand.''
Year: 1866

A TRAVELLER in Montana relates that
In some of the streams at the sources of
large rivers the speckled trout are so
ravenous that they will bite at anything.
He says they even followed him into
the woods and bit the spurs on his
boots as he rode away. A fshy story.
that.
Year: 1866

AN amusing incident occurred at a
late fire in New London. An Irish
servant girl had in her pocket money to-
the amount of two months wages. She
thought it would not be safe on her
person, and handed the money to d
stranger and asked him to keep it for
her, and then threw the pocket book
out of the window. She hasn't seem
either since.
Year: 1866

THE landlord of hotel in German
town called boarder to him one day,
and said: "Look here I want you to
pay your board bill and you must. I've
asked you for it often enough; and T
tell you now, that you don't leave my
house until you pay it, "Good," re-
piled the lodger, ''just put that in writ
ing; make regular agreement of it..
I'll stay with you as long as l live"
Year: 1866

Horse manure is one of the most ener-
getic of the animal manures and is very
easily injured; in fact, without care to give
proper treatment, most of that made in
summer will be about ruined Boussin-
gault found that, when horse dung was
allowed to become thoroughly decompo-
sed it lost ninc-tcnths of its weight and
more than half its value. This was not the
effects of burning; but of perfect decompo-
sition. Where the manure is burned in
the heap it is little better than ashes.
This can be prevented by the application
of water to the manure heap, frequent turn
ings and making compact piles, but this is
attended with good deal of trouble, and
few have water in sufficient quantities
convenient. Mixing with sod, scrapings
of the roads and walks, swamp muck, &c. :,
will rctard decomposition, and should al
ways be composted with horse dung.
Manure, however, cannot be made in the
summer without trouble, and the farmer
III ,uld, in the spring, apply, to the land all
that he has on hand, and it is better to give
corn Il good top-dressing before the first
or second hoeing, thus using all the accu-
mutation up to that time, than to risk
keeping over. This course we, have pur-
sued with good results. After this the
orchard may receive a top dressing and a
shallow ploughing. Such an application
will not be wasted. Where manure can
not be taken care of, it is best to apply it
to the land at once, where it will be accom-
plishing some good. .. u.ua


The manure of horned cattle contains SO
much water that it ferments slowly, and
may be composted with less trouble and less
danger. For this reason it is good to mix
with horse manure. Although it is really
of less value than the former, yet from the
better condition in which it is usually
preserved, it is often found to answer a
better purpose in practice. The value Of
manure, however, depends more upon the
Year: 1866

"The door was locked when 1 got
home," said Tom, ''and how to get in
without waking the Governor, was the
difficulty. knew he'd give me particu-
lar fits if he knew was out after ten, and
the clock had just struck one. The bacl,
yard was an impossibility, and but one
chance remained There was q porch
over the front door, the roof of which was
few feet below two windows. One of
them l knew was fastened down, and the
other opened from bedroom, which might
not be occupied. An old maiden sister Of
the governors wife had arrived on the
same day, and it was very probable she
was in that room; but knew the bed was
in the corner furthest from the window,
and I hoped should be able to get in and
through the room without awakening her,
and then 1 had comparatively an easy
thing of it. So getting plank from a
plank from neighboring board pile, I
rested it against the ewes of the shed,


pulled off my shoes, put them in my pock-


ct, and ''cooned." All right so far, but
1 thought it necessary, in order not to a.
rouse suspicion in the morning, to remove
the plank; SO dragging it up threw 1t of
the end, and down it went with an awful
clatter on stray dog that had followed me
two Or three squares, and who immediate
ly set up the most awfnl whine hound ever
gave tongue to. That started half a doz-
en- dogs in the neighborhood. barking; a
mocking bird in the window above CON-
menceq as if he intended to split his throat
at it, and an old woman in her night clothes
with candle in her hand, appeared at q
window across the street [ knew that ]
! was safe as far as she was concerned, but
if any one came to our windows, the can
die gave light enough to have very proba-
bly, discovered me. Nobody did come
however, and the old lady, after peering
up and down the street for minute Oh
two, popped in her head and retired. The
mocking bird still kept up his eternal
Year: 1866

The most superficial observer travelling
either in England or on the Continent,
must have noticed the extreme care which
is taken to preserve trees and fruits from
destruction. Americans would do well to
copy after the example of their European
neighbors in this matter. ...


Yearly and daily and hourly our magni-
cent forests, the distinctive beauty of an
American landscape, are falling under
woodman's axes, sacrifice to the greed of
gain. Undoubtedly one cause of the diff
ferent estimate of the inhabitants of the
two countries put upon the value Of trees
is, that in old countries the forests are
nearly gone, and must be guarded if any
portion of them is saved. In America on
the contrary, settlers never can believe
that the vast forests will be exhausted.
The result however, is the same. A far
mer having selected his land, at once goes
to work to clear off the timber; and, SEEM
ingly possessed of an unquiet spirit urging
him on, stopsnot until he has removed
nearly every article, of the wood, often
leaving his cottage standing alone with
out even the shelter of solitary tree a
fiery furnace in Summer, and a bare and
bleak place in Winter. Nor do the con-
sequences end here. The farmer soon
finds the cooling springs, at which he was
wont to water his focks either drying up
earlier than usual or afording much less
water than when he first settled the farm,
and ignorantly attributes it to an unusual
number of droughts and "dry spells,
instead ofinding the true solution in the
fact that the chief protection the cooling
springs that formed such prominent fea.
ture of attraction in causing him to pur'
chase was destroyed by himself when he
cut down the forests. But notwithstand
ing the vastness of the forests that ma
ture so prodigally scattered over the eoun
try, they are fast disappearing before tho
axe, and it is, now serious question how
long they will last. ~ " 49,.
Year: 1866

Thejuice of the sheep sorrel expressed,
and exposed on pewter plate, in the sun,
until Esomcwhat jellicd. Apply it on the
skin over and around the cancer, the ap-
plication to be continued until the cancer
and its roots loosen and drop out, which
will be in the course of three or four days.
The ingredients of which the pewter is
composed, combining with the acid of the
plant, are believed to be important in tho
compound. The leaves of the sheep sor-
rel are what botanists call sagittare,
which is resembling in shape the head OF
an arrow. The writer also states that he
cured his corns by an application of the
leaves of the sheep sorrel to them, which,
in few hours soften them so much that
they could be pealed off, and cure effec.
ted .....,
Year: 1866

If HENRY WILSON," Senator from Mas
sachusetts, is really converted to the Chris
tian faith, as reported, it is another evidence
of the healing influences Of the NATIONAL
REPUBLICAN, upon the body polite. We
have been preaching the everlasting gospel
to the faithless for several years. WILSON
has been q constant reader Of the REPuBLI-
CAN, although he never paid cent towards
the support Of the paper during its liveliest
warfare upon the slave power and against
rebellion. We never sought or needed his
support. We are only glad that he has read
the REPUBLICAN faithfully and with fear and
trembling. We have always administered
wholesome truths to HENRY" and we are
glad that they have done him good. We
have a right to expect now, as o matter Of
Christian reciprocity, that the next time he
appears before q large audience in Boston
he will acknowledge that the last time he
spoke in fremont Temple, in that city, he
made willful misrepresentation about the
President Of the United States and others
with reference to the Federal Offices in Mas
sachusetts. An open confession is good for
the soul. Do it thoroughly HENRY, and we
will forgive YOU.
Year: 1866

The telegraphic announcement in the New
York Times that the Hon. LEWIS D. CAMP
BELL, our Minister to the Republic of Mex
leo, had received his instructions and had
been ordered to proceed Immediately to his
post of duty, and that he had asked for q
delay in the time of his departure, is without
any authority in truth. When Col. CAMP
BELL receives his instructions he will promptly
obey theh.
Year: 1866

LABVnS VE LIE ~..>.NA -


The PRESIDENT had q hard days work yes
terday. From nine to ten, Immediately after
breakfast, he was engaged in preparing papers
for Cabinet meeting. From ten to twelve he
was occupied in close consultation with Gen.
GRANT and Lieut.. Gen. SHERMAN, in examin-
ing the list Of officers for the new regular
army, preparatory to Official announcement.
From twelve to three he was attending Cab
met meeting, which may or may not have
been "highly important" We await the
announcement Of radical correspondents on
that subject. From three to half past four
he was engaged in holding interviews with
from fifteen to twenty different persons, on
as many different subjects. At half past
four he left his Office and went to dinner and
to obtain rest AT seven he returned to his
Office and received until eleven o'clock, o
STEADY stream" Of callers being on hand.
Thus The PRESIDENT passed the day, and
yesterday was not much unlike every other
day. except that when the Cabinet is not in
session the crowd is much greater and the
questions more complicated.
Year: 1866

New ORLEANS, June 27, 1866.
Editor Of the Gtesoent-If you believe with me
that the attempt to reconvene the convention of
1854 is unlawful and calculated to disturb the
@peaoe and good gEder of the State you will please
publish the following that the people may know
how stand the matter. I am bold to say look
upon the whole matter as q conspiracy against the
Constitution and people of the State.


Yours, respectfully, & ABELL
Year: 1866

An old man committed suicide at Paterson, N.
j. on his first wife's grave because he didn't like
his second. A letter was found in his pocket con
tanning a feeling allusion to his recent troubles,
and concluding with a touching request to be
buried in the same grave with his dead wife.
Year: 1866

Our FINANCIAL SITUATEoN.-Ihe WASH
ington correspondent of the New York
Times writes to that journal that the
Secretary of the Treasury will devote
considerable attention in his iorthcom-
ing report to the question presumption
of specie payments. He will undouot-
edjy ask for further power to fund the
floating anI non-interest bearing eo-
legations of the Government, and will
likewise urge more concentrated sys-
TEN Of redemption Of national bank
notes as a necessary preliminary to a re-
sumption of specie payments. Mr.. Nc
Oulloch thinks, with proper legislation,
he may return to specie standard with
in eighteen months. On the other hand,
it is known to be the opinion OF many
leading bankers in the country that
with one hundred millions of gold s


the Treasury specie payments may oe
resumed within ninety days. And they
argue that the entire security and grea'
diversity OF the circulation of the Ma
Year: 1866

CONFIRMATION Bishop DE Goesbriand
of Burlington administered the rite OF
confirmation to large number of chill
dren at the Catholic church in this place
on Saturday last, and preached at the
same church yesterday afternoon and
evening. In the course of his remarks
in the evening he gave detailed accounts
ofhis recent visit to Rome and also Of
the proceedings of the late Catholic
Council at Baltimore.
Year: 1866

The NEW BOARD or EDUcArIoN.
Montpelier Freeman says of the new
Board OF Education


SO far as we can judge, it is composed
of independent, thinking, considerate,
iudicious men, who will be guided in
their action by what in their judgment
and they are as likely to be well in
formed as any six gentlemen in the State
will best serve the cause of education.
The business Of selecting the text books
which are to be authoritive after Novem-
ber, 1858, will deyolve upon them, aud
they are gentlemen who will look at that
question in all its aspects, and wholly
with reference to what the educational
interests OF the State demand. The
Board will of course continue Mr.
! Adams as Secretary.
Year: 1866

CUSTOMS SE1zURE.-Major Adams, one
of the deputy customs officers atRouses
Point, on Tuesday last, made consider
able of seizure. A Jew on his way
from Canada south, made an entry OF
goods at the Custom House, but failed to
satisfy the officers that all was right, and
a search of his person revealed lot OF
silks wrapped about him, and also a lot
of diamond jewelry, thought to be OF
over a thousand dollars value.
Year: 1866

tional Bank notes is one of the most po.
tent elements TO aid resumption, and
that the system of redemption should
not, therefore, be more stringent than it
now is, but on the contrary, If any
change be made, that it should be re-
laxed. This question will force itself
upon the early attention of Congress,
and will prove one of the most impor-
tant of the session.
Year: 1866

g Charley Woods, of Bellows Falls,
who our readers will remember lost both
feet by railroad accident a few years
since, gets round so well now that he
went hunting a few mornings since and
soon returned with two fat coons and
gray squirrel.
Year: 1866

81


We have been furnished through
the mail with a copy Of that delecta-
BILE sheet, the Henderson Ne,os, which
we never see except by these special
courtesies. 1t was sent to us with
the expectation, we suppose, that we
would notice a long article, which
takes for its text few sentences from
the communieation of correspon-
dent Of the JoukNAL, published dur
ing the Henderson Fair. We would
not notice the pueriIities of the ex-
convict, except that our silence may
be taken as confession of some un-
warantable inferences as to the ladies
and citizens of Henderson. Ii is our
earnest desire, as it is the interest of
both cities, that the most amicable
relations and friendly feeling exist be-
tween their respective citizens, and we
have no disposition to publish any
thing to irritate or unnecessarily dis-
please. There was no disposition
manifested by us to disparage the
Fair, as frequent notices in advance
Of it's opening will testify. During
the Fair, our regularly employed re-
porter being absent from the city, we
requested a gentleman, not connected
in any. way with this Office and than
whom no more respectable citizen is
to be found in Evansville to write us
an account of what he saw. He
did so, and we published his com
municatinn. There ID not one word
in it that is denied or disproved by
the Me,os. If he told nothing but
the truth, it is merely question of
the propriety o writing and publish
ing it. For that we are responsible.
We are satisfied that no respectable
or candid citizen has given the matter
any thought, or found anything so
Objectionable as the paper would
have the public believe And so we
leave the matter. apologizing to- our
readers for troubling them with any
reply to the convict's story. We
may, however, have hereafter to ask
their indulgence toia little document
airy evidence of a character slightly
personal to the Ne'cs man.


The lengthy attacks upon Generals
A. p. HovEY and JAMES HUGHES,
and Mr., UNION BETHEL, of Warrick
County, it is unnecessary for us to
notice. The character of these gen
tlemen isitoo we'll known to the citi
zens and soldiers Of Indiana to need
defense against the ISLANDERS of such
reprobate.
Year: 1866

PERsoNAL-Among the visitors
the past few days to the District Fair
has been Gen. JAMES G. VEATcH, of
Rockport. We regret to see the
General still suffering from physical
disabilities brought on by his severe
exposure in the camp and field during
the late war. He was one of our
most gallant officers and would make
most valuable public man in civil af-
fairs, ifhis health did not as yet disable
him from active duties. We hope to
see him soon in the enjoyment of his
former yigor.
Year: 1866

An eccentric old gentleman, a mil
lionaire, recently deceased, in Paris,
has left last evidence of oddity in his
will. Five or six years ago, the old
man had occasion to visit Il country
try town, built upon the banks of the
Saonc. Early one morning he sailed
forth from the inn at which he had ta
ken lodgings, fora walk He attempt
ed to cross bridge, separating the
two quarters Of the town, but was
stopped, midway, by toll-keeper, who
demanded one sou for the privilege of
crossing. The millionaire searched
his pockets, but having inadvertently
left his purse in his room, found him
self literally without sou. lie ex-
planned to the tollman, who chanced to
be u stubborn, intractable fellow, and
would take no excuse. The rich man
barely escaped arrest for an attempt to
delraud the proprietor Of the bridge,
and would probably have been subject
cd to some annoyance, had not pas
ser-by lent him the necessary sum.
He went away, vowing that the toll,
keeper should lose his place. Unable
to accomplish his purpose in any other
manner, the vindictive old fellow Or
ders, in his will, that the bridge shall
be bought and thrown open to the
public, free Of charge. BY this means
the obnoxious functiOnary loses his
office.
Year: 1866

Wo should exercise kindness sympathy
and liberality toward the Southern people,
and be magnanimOus toward the whole
South without distinction of race or color.


All the sympathy and magnanimity
of his listeners, as far as had been eX-
hibited, had been against their own
race and exclusively for the blacks,
Gen. Howard counselled them to think
equally well of the white man. That
is well for Gen. Howard, considering
that he was speaking to Summers con-
stituents. 1t presents striking con-
trast to the position taken by certain
radicals in Tennessee, who, whilst they
have studiously avoided the slightest
exhibition of magnanimity towards the
great body of their own people-even
insisting upon divesting them of one
of the dearest rights of citizenship
they have become SO enamored with
the negro rs to express desire to
place him upon an equal footing with
the most favored class at the ballot
box. 1t is wonder that such excesses
and absurdities do not shock even their
own blunted sensibilities.-LNnion and
Americdn.
Year: 1866

Even the very dregs of this poison will
be as nothing compared to the anguish |
have experienced for the past six
months. / forewarn all ladies for the
future against trusting heartless men.
Ere long will close this life. Will some
kind, plying friend, pay me the last re-
spect which | shall require on this earth?
All know what that is


Alden, and forever, MARY.


Inclosed in the same envelope was the
following, evidently addressed to the vii
lain who was the cause of all her sorrow


E.-You might have so easily prevented
this cruel deed, which | am about to
commit, and yet you were too cold
hearted to do so. | did not think it OF
you. Please tell me why you have for
saken me before | die | shall be hap
pier then, and willing 10 90 to eternity
Ere you get this, though, ] will drink
poison to kill myself


Your once devoted MARY.