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Year: 1866

In view of the fact that the President has
withdrawn the nomination of Ed. Wright as
collector Of this district, the question is al.
ready asked why the appointment was not a,
once confirmed. And Some are grumbling
that Senators Grimes and Kirkwood didn'i
attend to it at once. Nominations are always
referred to committees. Our Senators have
not yet been caught mapping, and they doubt
less did their duty in this case. We know
they are both especially friendly to Colonel
Wright.
Year: 1866

of Saturday. published at Ironton says:


"a strange and striking phenomenon was
Witnessed by many of our citizens last Tues
day evening, just as the moon was rising. A
large, dark colored-in fact, real black-bar
appeared to come out of the moon, and slow
y psssed up and down over its face. This
motion up and down was repeated FIVE or six
times, and at length the bar disappeared over
the top of the moon. Altogether it was a
very straight sight, and one that we are not at
all able to account for =
Year: 1866

A GERaAS girl of Dubuque went to Galena
few days ago in search of her sister 4,
the depot she made some inquiries OF a mis-
cradle pimp. wEo volunteered to show her
the location of her sisters residence She
accepted the invitation. and the two, followed
at safe distance by four confederate pimps
who had received the wink, lett the depo,
together. The unsuspecting girl was led to
secluded place, and there ravished by the
five villains. One of the men is under arrest
the others, though known cannot be found.


The Galena Gazette from which we CLEAN the
above, also chronicles two attempts at rape
on respectable young ladies Of that city The


Dubuque papers report that the wife Of a


night watchnan of that city, and mother OF
nine children, was outraged hy a man who
entered the house in the husbands absence,
and threatened to murder his victim if she
made the least outcry.-Cedar Falls Gazette.
ELEVEN thousand eight hundred and eighty
two acres of land were taken up in the Iowa
Land Office in April, for actual homestead
Year: 1866

IALIIMUhE, JuHE o.
The State Convention Of the unconditional
Union party of Marylsdd, assembled at noon
al the Fourth street theater There was a
large attendance and great enthusiasm.
Year: 1866

ering their reasonable purposes isa crime


against the State Hence the country need


not be dissatisfied at delay in reconstruction.


Insurrectionists should be pardoned when de.
feated and repentant. They should not be
given power while still insurrectionists. Let
then Congress carefully ascertain the animus
of the South. Safe and wise reconstruction
demands this. The radicalism of English
Republicans built up the Tory party and re-
established the STUART dynasty; the conser
vatism of the English Tories established tha :
dynasty without demanding guarantees for
freedom, and made necessary, as a conse-
quence. second revolution in order to save
the government and the liberties of the peo-
pie from overthrow. English parties have
lived through two centuries. There is no
reason why the Republican party which saved
this country should not so endure 1t is the
party of feedom, of progressive Democracy.
1t will SO endure if it avoids the conservatism
which barters away right for the sake of quiet
on the one hand, and the violence which dis
turbs constantly the foundations of social or
der, on the other. Let it be true to the spirit
of Liberty and Human Rights in this emer.
gency let it likewise avoid tho violence and
revolutionary ultraism, which exacts the ex-
tremest penalties of its enemy and SO in the
end defeats ITSELF
Year: 1866




iugton.


WASHINGTON, September 18th
All along the route he was greeted
with continued cheers. Some OF the
buildings along Pennsylvania Avenue
were brilliantly Illuminated, while from
others the National flag was displayed.
Thousands of persons were In the street.
as spectators while large crowd gather
ed before the. Executive mansion. The
President in alighting from his carriage
spoke as follows:


Fellow. Citizens--F or this demonstra-
tion you tender upon my return home to
assume the discharge of my official da-
ties, you will please accept my heartfelt
thanks. Such a welcome from the peo.
pie who have been the daily eye witness
es of the manner in which 1 have dis
charged my duties, is particularly graft
flying. All can promise you for the fu-
ture is, that there will be a continuance
of my conduct in the past. have tried
to discharge my official duties in compli-
ance with the Constitution and the
principles which 1 deemed to be right.
/ will add that the sentiments which
Won exhibit tonight is not peculiar to
Yourselves, but that which per-
yades the country wherever l have
been. My own opinion is that the
impression which has gone abroad to the
country with regard to sustaining gov
ernmefit of Constitutional law, is un
mistakeable and is understood, and l
believe the day is not distant when the
Judgment of the American people will
be made manifest that this Union must
be restored, and that peace, prosperity
and harmony must again prevail through
out the United States believe | can
safely testify that the great portion of
your fellow citizens that Ivisited-and l
have seen millions of them since l left
you-will accord with you in sustaining
the principles of free government in
compliance with the constitution OF
the country. Permit me, in returning
this evening, to again tender you,
a people whom / have known long, and
in whose midst / have served in many
official capacities, and now serve in that
Of chief magistrate, my heartfelt thanks
for this cordial welcome, which will
be remembered by me as long as there
is pulsation in my heart. Cheer after
cheer were given for the President.l At
the conclusion of his remarks he bowed
his thanks and entered the Executive
Mansion.
Year: 1866

@One OF the popular song writers of the
day celebrates the everlasting maternal topic
under the caption OF This hand never struck
me, mothert" SO much the worse for him; IL
be had been properly spanked in his youth he
would never have perpetrated such stuff in
his adolescenre.-BosfoH Post.
Year: 1866

The Houston Telegraph has good au-
thority for stating that General Magru-
der will return to the United States
shortly and become a g lod loyal citizen
thereof The 7ele api says:


We hope the nl gentleman will make
up his mind 60 settle dow, with hii
family, in Texas Thou n'. Of hearts
would greet them warm The State
owes a debt Of gratitude 10 The old man
which she can never pay. Had it not
been for his able management OF his lit
tie force during the war, the return
of peace would not have found a silver
spoon, fnger-ring, or silk dress in
the State; and its whole vast extent
would have been plowed with desolation,
from stem to stern. This none can gain
say who had a just comprehension OF
the situation that was.


Since the downfall of the Conlederacy
the old warrior has lived in poverty and
exile We would be proud to grasp his
manly hand once more
Year: 1866

watchman occupied in guarding one of
the pits, whilst his dog ran round about
barking furiously On approaching the
pitt was discovered that large female
wolf was hidden there. The watchman
related that during the night his atten-
tion had been called TO this spot by the
barking of his dog, and that he had then
perceived the wild beast. The workmen
at once closed all the outlets OF the yard
and commenced pelting the wolf with
stones, which rendered it furious, and It
succeeded in springing ont of the pit and
showing fight, but it was soon driven into
a corner, where it was killed by blow
on the head from club. 1t is unknown
how the animal had arrived in the place
where it was discovered.
Year: 1866




The London Post says: II certainly
does seem strange that any faction, how
ever extreme its views, should still exist
in the United States which can.persist in
a policy which, if actually pursued.
would inevitably bring about another civil
war. The great object with which, as we
were told, the North engaged in costly
war against the Southern States, was TO
prevent them from seeding from the
Union. 1t was absolutely essential that
the republic should be one and indivi-
sible. This unity, it was insisted was
necessary for its greatness and its pros
perity, and to maintain il no sacrifices
were considered great Now, however,
that the war is at an end, it is those who
are most bitter in their hostility to the
South who strive to prevent this much
desired unity becoming an accom-
plished fact. Ii il fortunate, under
such circumstances, that the republic
has for its chief magistrate tsuch a
man as Andrew johnson. The honesty
with which he has endeavored to recon-
cile the differences Of the antagonistic
States, and the sound craftsmanship he
has shown in his efforts to reconstruct
the Union on the only possible sound
basis-namely, the equal recognition of
the rights of all its citizens-have Sc
cured for MIN the respect Of every true
friend of that great republic. Against
the narrow minded prejudices of those
whom, in the first flush of victory, the
Republican party sent TO Congress, he
can do little more than protest. That
protest may or may not be availing, but
such as it is, he deems it his duty to
make il not douhting, however, that the
moral support accorded to him by the
bulk Of his fellow citizens will give to it
an efficacy which no hostile majorites IN
Congress can entirely overthrow.
Year: 1866

DIsINTEREsTED BENEvoLENcE..-A case of pure
dsnterested benevolence came to our knowledge
yesterday. lady living in B. Stree, has been for
several months past interested in visiting poor SOL
der boy lately belonging to one OF our Maine regi-
ments who has lost leg having had itampurated in
rebel hospital, where he was confined for five
months. The house in which he lived, though in a
very respectable part Of he city, contained eight
flnilies and so small was the bed room in which he
mas lain for three months, with bemorrage of the
lungs that there was not room enough for a chair
"i'hih 1t. The lady had so much pity for the young
nan @ subjected to breathing the hot air of the room
~ non .ne kitchen with s steam and fumes, that
Sno GUN nm nome to her own house, cleared out
room On the hrst floor and fitted it up with two beds,
one ior MN anu one for his mother or nurse, for the
'ne oeg' and thisfrom no hope of reward, but with
great inconvenience, and solely from true feeling of
pity for one who has spent his strength and perbaps
his life, to sustain the integrity of his country.


The pure air of his new apartment seems to put new
strength into the poor soldier. How much the Door
suffer during sickness from want Of pure air in their
sick rooms none but the visiting Samaritan can tell.
Year: 1866

ALMOST FIRE. Some children while at play
with matches in a house on Neal Street on Monday,
accidentally fire to trunk The fire communica-
tedto ceiling Of the house. when was discovered
by some of the neishbors and extinguished before
much damage had been done save cracking the glass
in the windows. -
Year: 1866

THE GREAT TPANTEcNATHEoA.-There was large
audience at Deerng Hall last evening to witness the
beautiful panorama on exhibition there. 1t is no
common affair, but is truly series of artistic paint


ss representing interesting scenes both in the old
world and the There will be grand matinee at
3ocl7ck this afternoon for the accommodation Of the
pupils of the Schools and this evening the paintings
will be unrolled as usual.
Year: 1866

BAND CoNoERT.-The Portland Band, under the
leadership of Mr. j. Cole, will give Concert this even


ing OF City Hall, which occasion they will appear
in the new uniforms which have just been made for
them. Many of the old members have rejoinod the
Band and there is doubt of it's brilliant success
We hope citizens will turn out tonight and give
the Band bumper of benefit. s.--i
Year: 1866

WHERE is the Alderman who, last year kept the
sidewalks Commercial street SO well cleared Of mo-
lasses? Ought not the city to collect storage where
the sidewalks are all taken up SO that person is
Obliged to walk in the streets? QUIZ.
Year: 1866

IT must be from sheer reconsideration that citizens
of Portland, in making purchases of hard SOAP ever
allow an inferior article, from beyond the State to be
palmed off upon them to the exclusion of the Steam
Refined Soaps of Messrs. Leathe g. Gore, made here
in midst and superior in all respects 70 anything
manufactured elsewhere.
Year: 1866

IT will be seen by advertisement in another col
umn that DIR. Rockingham has returned to the city,
and may be found at his Office 151 Exchange street,
ready to test the merit of his system OF practice
Year: 1866

II the Constitutional Amendment Is s'not TO
be ratified, We advise the South to "a ahead
as fast as possible in cmulating Athens. She
will have little else to do, There is no pro-
liability That Northern capital will seek in
vcstment among people TINT tolerate no
differences Of opinion on political questions,
and who employ fire and murder as appro-
pirate arguments against Uniontsm. Nor Is
1t at all likely that Congress will need
the advice OF the Southern members for some
time to come. There Will be nothing, con.
sequently, 10 prevent the South from making
powerful and uninterrupted progress toward
the ancient civilization Of Athens and Rome,
which would, perhaps, be greatly in advance
of the civilization che has yet attained. II
Is easier to believe her well adapted to the
pursuit Of art and science, than to believe In
her superior capacity TO govern. Her career
In government has resulted some what disas-
troue!y to the men who were the most cher
ished subjects Of her protcction-thc slave
holders But In the other line she has made
no great failure, and tue world will applaud
her the moment Athens Is emulated.
Year: 1866

COUNCIL OF THE ROMAN CATHoL &c CHU RICH


The Catholic Mirror, the Official organ of the
Most Rov. NJ. J. Spalding, Archbishop of the
Diocese Of Baltimore, ia an editorial article
this week on the Second Plenary Council of
the Roman Catholic Church, which is to as
semble in Baltimore on the 9TH of October
says that 1.-The main object of the Council is TO
promote uniformity by inducing ameIioration
In the discipline, and such other matters as
pertain to ministerial functions inithe various
arch -dioceses and dioceses of the United States


changes and improvements in church admin
istration being demanded by the growing wants
OF the times and the spiritual exigencies of our
ticle says that especial attention will be given
to the question of how the spiritual require
ments of the colored race can best be met In
view of the abolition of slavery, and.the new
relation which the late slave race have come
to occupy in the Republic the subject will
probably be one of the most interesting before
the Council"
Year: 1866

THE INDIA CoTToN CRoP.-Adyices from
crop of that country the present year, will
show a material falling off as compared with
the year just closed, the inducements TO plant
so far As the price is concerned, not being SO
great. aud the recent panic In England, which
seriously disturbed money relations with Iu-
da in connection with cotton. acting as a
check TO the free and unrestricted growth OF
the staple.
Year: 1866

On Friday next, the Third District Court will
hear the argument on the application made by
Charles lizard for man damus against NJ. O'Con-
nor, first justice of the peace for this parish or
dering him to grant suspensve appeal to the
relator, against whom judgment was rendered by


the said justice of the peace, at the suit Of Robert
Allen. There is nothing to render this peculiarly
interesting, except some of the facts alleged in
the petition for the writ Of nandamus. lizard
alleges that he gave bond, with solvent security,
that the latter fully justified in open court, and
that the act of the judge, in setting aside his ap-
peal, was one of fragrant injustice; moreover,
that q NJ. O'Connor actually took from the pos
session Of the constable the writ of fl. fa issued
in the case and which writ was stayed by consent
Of parties until this mandamus case should be de
cjded, and said NJ. O'Connor actually went in per
| son to the residence of Izald, broke open the
doors, and in person directed the seizure to be
made and the property to be removed from tbs
| hous9n
Year: 1866

1t will be seen by our dispatches this
morning, that Admiral Farragut, the gal
liant old tar who took New Orleans and run
the rebel batteries of Port Hudson and Mo
bile, is ashamed of the bad company he is
compelled to keep. In his speech at Del
ronicos, he took pains TO state distinctly
that he was invited to accompany the
President TO the West" and that he was
taught in that good old school where an
invitation from his COmmander-in-C Chief
was always a pleasant duty to perform. -
In other words, the invitation of the Ad-
mlrals superior officer was regarded as a
command, and he has become so ashamed
OF his company, since Johnson turned the
journey into rebel electiOneering tour.
that he feels it necessary to disclalm all re-
sponsiblity for the disgraceful exhibition.
of which he forms an unwilling and invol-
untary part. He evidently fears that even
his reputation for loyalty will suffer before
the country. unless he washes his hands of
the reasonable sentiments proclaimed by
Johnson.


General Grant intimatcs very plainly in
his brief speech that ii was agreed and I'M
derstood before the party left Washington,
that the President was not To make anv
speeches. OF course the President would
keep no such promise, particularly after
partaking of Dclmonico's wine; and it be
came necessary for General Grant to throw
out this broad hint, that in making stump
speeches for the rebels, the President was
acting in bad faith. and that but for the
agreement to keep still. he would not have
accompanied him. The attempt 10 drag
Gen. Grant and Admiral Farragut into the
support of the rebel cause. under the guise
of a pleasure excursion, will not succeed
Just yet.-Chi. Tri5.
Year: 1866

of suffrage. The rebels say they do not like
the tone of their papers, but if not, why do
they not have those that do reflect their SEN
timents? They strive to treat US like cat,
without showing their claws, and say that
they like Johnson; but let me ask, as be-
tween him and jeff. Davis, who would it
be? They will throw Johnson away as they
did Governor Wells, and every Union man
whom they can use. Had they sent their
loyal men up to represent them in Congress,
and refused to support the rebel press, they
would be at once admitted, while the devil
of secession might have still lived, but now
they have put the American people on their
,ruartl -
Year: 1866

The Atlantic Monthly paints the charac-
ter If Andrew Johnson thus:


The President of the United States has
so singular Il combination of defects for the
Office of Constitutional magistrate, that
he could have obtained the opportunity to
misrule the nation only by a visitation of
Providence. InsincCrc as well as stubborn,
cunring as well as unreasonable, vain as
well as ill-tempered. greedy Of popularity
as well as arbitrary in disposition, vecring
in his mind as well as fixed in his will. he
unites in his character the seemingly OppO-
site qualities of demagOgue and autOcrat,
and converts the Presidential chair into a
stump or throne. according as the impulse
seiZes him to caiOle or to command. Doubt
less much of the evil developed in him is
due to his misfortune in having been lifted
by events to position which he lacked the
elevation and breadth of intelligence ade-
quately to fill. lie was cursed with pos
session of power and authority which no
man OF narrow mind, bitter prejudices, and
inOrdinate self-estimation can exercise
without depriving himself as well as iniur-
ing the nation. EgOtistic to the point OF
mental disease. he rese2ted the direct and
manly opposition of statesmen to his opin-
ions and moods, and descended to the last
degree of littleness in a political leader, that
of hctraying his party in order to gratify
his spite. He, of course, become. the prey
of intriguers and sycophants of persons
who understand the art of managing minds
which are at once arbitrary and weak, by
allowing them to retain unity of will amid
the most palpable Inconsistencies of opin
ion, so that inconsistency TO principle shall
not weaken force of purpose, nor the EN-
phasis be at all abated with which they may
bless to day what yesterday they cursed
Thus the abhorrer of traitors has now be
come their tool Thus the denouncer o.
Copperheads has now sunk into depend
ence on their support. Thus the imposcl
of conditions of reconstruction has now be-
come the foremost friend of the uncondi
Year: 1866

The Freeport. Illinois, Journal is inform
ed that General b. I. Butler will be in the
West during the campaign. and will speak
at FrecpOrt at some time before the election
in November. The middle or latter part
of October will probably be the date of his
coming.
Year: 1866

The United States Treasurer yesterday
received for redemption, from gentleman
Of New York, thirty dollar Continental
note. As the redemption Of Continental
money ceased many years since, the note
was returned to the forwarder
Year: 1866

ourselves or ours, when it becomes downright
satire her music has answered its end, and re-
poses in the piano-case from its labors. These
are what won us. A mild temper is not al
ways found behind the mist with which our
imagination has invested the objects of our
passions. 1t is learned for the first time after
marriage, but rarely learned even then, that
whatever may have been the best means of
getting husband, a good dinner and neat,
comfortable apartment, are the best means of
keeping him. that a cleverness at housewifery
has infinitely more value than the most bril-
liant execution of whole opera of Rossini, and
that thrifty hand is much better than bright
eye " to make the pot boil" In other words,
the difference between useful article of house
hold furniture and mere parlor ornament be-
comes very clearly discernible, but not in a
manner very conducive to our comfort or salts
faction.


To form an alliance in business, no consider
alton can be too careful, no decision too pro-
tracted. Honesty, disposition, ability to dis
charge the partnership duties, cannot be too
rigidly sought for by the calmest and most dis
passionate observation and the most dihgent
inquiry. This is business copartnership the
parties meet but on few points, for the trans
action-ike clerk and principal, or two indie
pendent citizens-of mere business affairs, with
mutual intelligence and skill. 1t may last,
Wnen FORMED, Tor one or TWO years. In the al
fair of marriage, when the two parties are to
be amalgamated into one, when their situations
in society and the most essential part of their
enjoyments for life are dependent upon its pro-
priety, how brief oftentimes the interviews,
how slight the means of information or acquain-
tance! A few bright smiles, a few witty
speeches-no part of the ordeal tending to give
a calm, dispassionate observer the slightest
foundation for judgment-and the two par
ties are one They descend from the heaven
OF their imaginatiOns, and fall to this earth
destined for the repentance of mortals.


Of course, with love, that makes such fools
of us, and all our boasted powers of discern
ment, keep no terms. 1t is, to my mind, a
mere disease of the Imagination; and if had
the nursing of it, | should certainly treat it as
| would any other infammatory distemper
Bloodletting, spare diet, sudorifcs, are, de-
pend upon it, all-potent in this business. If
any desperate lover doubt it, let him try my
remedies; if he fail, he must be cracked in
deed. Yet l do not by any means intend to
deny that the lover is himself (so Nature has
benevolently prOvided) Iesolutely intent on
what is after all the best cure for his passion
possession for let him once marry, and if
he be not shortly cured, his disease would baf-
fe Galen and HippOcrates- old Ecula-
plus himself He has it in his power, with
this recipe, to exchange at any time the pains
of the heart for the pains of the head, and if
not wholly to eradicate, at least very effectual-
to shift, the seat Of the disease.