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Year: 1866

A SENSIBLE HIT.-The Louisville Journal, of q
recent date makes the following sensible hit:


We are told that all must be equal before the
law that the same penalties for crime inflicted on
a white must be inflicted on a negro, and other.
Nothing could be more severe the race to be
regarded as free. Take the vices of stealing and
pilfering. All know the habit of the negro, and
the opportunities he has had and temptations He
knows little of the rights of property. He has
been accustomed to pick up what he wanted. The
utmost penalty little whipping, and mostly
a rebuke and a release promise not to do SO
any more. Now, apply the law to the negro which
is made for the white man. Is it just? How many
penitentiaries will it take to hold the number that
will be incarcerated? What We have said of steal
ing is applicable to other crimes that might be
mentioned.


It is zealously urged that the negro be allowed
to give testimony in court Shall he be subject
ed to the same pains and penalties a white man
if he swears falsely? Where the negroes are few
and have long been free in the states an enormous
proportion of them get to the State Prison. How
will it be where the numbers of this class are very
large, as i5 is in the South? When races are SO
different physically intellectually and morally, is
it not absurd to consider them alike responsible
to law, and subjected to the same penalties for
crimes? In a state of slavery the infirmities of
this race were overlooked and forborne with.
They suffered but slight punishment for crimes
that would have sent white men to the peniten-
tiary. They are now no more fit for the RESPONSE
bilties that the criminal law imposes OH white
men than they We're before, and the law that makes
them so is more cruel than just.
Year: 1866

In the Supreme Court of the United States re-
Gently, Judge Black, OF Pennsylvania, (Attorney
General under President Buchanan.) delivered an
argument on the subject of Military Commissions,
which was styled by the leading lawyers there the
greatest effort of his life. He gave history of the
birth and struggles of trial by jury, and in speak


ing of the nature of Military Commissions said
'' They simply signify the right of an Executive


irrespective of the judicial power, to capture i'm
prison and kill any person to whom the Govern
ment Or any of its dependents may proper to
impute an offence and the power to choose a
Court that Will do their bidding. This power is
lawless and despotic It has been exercised in
some form or other ever since the days of Nimrod


under various shapes and disguises. Under the
French Monarchy it executed by means of
Lettre de Cdchet in Russia by imperial rkase;
In Turkey verbal order from the Sultan causes a
man to be tied into sack and thrown into the
Bosphorus. Herod sent his Provost Marshals to
kill all the children in Bethlehem and spread
mourning over all the land in one night Macbeth
organized Commission upon Banquo, and that
Commission sat upon him the same night
at convenient place beside the road where
it was known he would pass and the Com
mission did precisely what the Attorney General
says Commission may do here with an Ameri-
citizen-that is, they killed him. When Lola
Montez was Minister and mistress of the King of
Bavaria, she had another mode of dealing with
those who thwarted her Government but substan-
italy the same; she bought herself pack of Eng
ilsh bulldogs, and with these at her heels she
marched up and down the streets OF Munich, with
sense of power which any Judge Advocate in
America might envy Mr. Black also remarked
that no witness was ever punished for perjury
committed before a Military Commission, for the
Government protected and employed them '"The
power of such tribunals in the hands of an execu-
tive, backed by raving crowd or malignant
priesthood, is to be dreaded. Why, it is the
French revolution and the Polish plot combined.


Every bright name in history was linked with re-
sstence to such despotic of illegtimate power,
and none excused it or used it but beast, who
fattened on the garbage and otfa thrown it by it's
masters" The Court was STILL very still, and not
even Erskine Burke ilnpeaching Warren Hast
ings were listened to with more awe and reverence.
Year: 1866

When the Senate of Virginia was about to nd
lourn, unanimous vote of thanks and approba-
ton was rendered to Lieutenant Governor Cow
per, the presiding officer of that body, who re-
sponded i'll a handsome speech, which was pub
lished in our columns yesterday. From that
speech we Gull the following


''And I believe solemnly that of oil the citizens
OF the United States, the people of the Southern
States are decidedly the most thoroughly loyal to
the Constitution. Ind these are The sentiments Of
the Chief Magistrate Of the natios-nay, I know it
and they the sentiments of the best part of his
Cabinet, who are now, to-day, standing, support
ing and encouraging the Executive in the position
he has taken"


These are not the words of what is called ''a
rebel They are the words of an original and
consistent Union man. who opposed secession
from first to last and who, for his fidelity to the
Union cause, was elected by the Unionists, under
the Alexandria Constitution, to tho high position
he now fills This testimony to the loyalty of the
Southern people deserves therefore to be written
in letters of gold.-Ric1mond Whig.
Year: 1866

Miss Poole, a lecturer on electrobiology and
mesmerism, lately paid visit to the town of Car
marthen, Wales, and disturbed for brief period
its wonted quietude. The editor of the Reporter
published some structures the performances,
and offered, by simple test, tc prove that the
mesmeric sleepers were in reality wide awake
whilst supposed to be under her powerful intiu-
ence.


The next evening Miss Poole varied her pro-
gramme little by commenting upon the critic,
and taking copy of the Reporter from her pocket,
she tore it into shreds before the audience. Short
" afterwards the unfortunate editor entered the
room, when the doorkeeper appealed to Miss
Poole if he should send for policeman to turn
him out, and she replied; Let him alone; have
policemen of my own. We will have some fun
directly" Addressing about eight of the young
men on whom she had been operating, but who
were apparently awake she said, "Ihere is per-
son in this audience whom 1 want you to bring
upon this platform; go and fetch him." At this
command the whole of them bounded OFF the plat
form and ran towards the individual referred to-,
who was pointed out to them by the doorkeeper,
and they laid hold of him and carried him by main
force to the platform, the audience cheering and
laughing heartily, little anticipating what would
follow But matters soon took serious turn, for
as soon as he was brought near the platform Miss
Poole whose GOODNESS and self-possession had evil
IDENTIFY deserted her, seized hold of him by the
hair of his head and dragged him upon the plat
form, the young men still keeping fast hold OF
him, and there he lay for few moments with
the enraged lady pulling his hair in furious man
ner, the audience yelling and hootlng at her; but
their yells and hoots she needed not. The editor
at last gained his feet but his revenger still clung
tenaciously to him until some parties IN the audi
ence came to his rescue. The confusion was now
the audience Miss Poole proceeded with her per-
fGImance. Summonses have been issued against
Miss Poole and her coadlutors who joined Ill the
affray- Toronto Leader.
Year: 1866

ExPED1T1oUs-We understand that what is known az
the Ar Line to Memphis, between Norfolk the great
Mississippi mart, is beginning to transport very large
amount Of freight and doing it in very brief period.
with cotton, conveyed from Griffin, Georgia to Nor
sl, delayed an entire day on the sonthsidc
railroad Farmvlle, in consequence of the desruc
ton of the bridge Buffalo Creek Notwithstanding
this detention the cotton was landed in New York within
eight days from the time of leaving Griffin This is
markably precedent we believe in the
South.


The souhsde railroad is prepared to forward manu-
facured and other kinds tobacco all points South and
Southwest of Petersburg To New Orleans and all inter-
mediate points persons ship with the that
their goods will go directly through. This will be crafty


ing intelligence to merchants and they shoud fail
to avail themselves of the opportunity. E5
press.
Year: 1866

CURE FOR SMALL-Pox.-As this loathsome and
dreadful disease is at present alarmingly prevalent
in several parts of the country, it may not be
amiss to mention what is said now to- be the es-
tablished mode of treatment in the English army
in China, by general orders, and is regarded as a
perfect cure It is as follows, as reported to have
been discovered by an English army surgeon two
or three years ago. When the preceding fever is
at its height, and just before the eruption appears
the chest is rubbed with croton oil and tartar1c
ointment. This causes the whole of the eruption
to appear on that part of the body, to the relief
of the rest. It also secures full and complete
eruption, and thus prevents the disease from at
tacking the internal organs
Year: 1866

General Joe Johnston employs about five hun
dred of his late Confederate soldiers in the repair
of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad. AS they
became familiar with the pick and spade in the
entertainments, they work with knowledge, and
are glad to obtain living in this way,
Year: 1866

During the violent hurricane of the 1th the French
coast 200 enormous blocks stone placed in front of the
breakwater Cherbourg, protect from the action Of
the sea- lifted by the and thrown the wall
into the harbor Forty cannon, planted the pier,
thrown into the Such storm had before been
experienced in that place
Year: 1866

IMMIGRATION TO FLomDA-The Gainesville Fla.)
Era, makes mention of the fast filling up of that
It bids them welcome and assures them of the
kind reception they will receive from the people
Year: 1866

NEW YORK, June 8.-The Herald
has rumors of the departure of a Fe-
nian privateer from this port, some
time since, with arms and munitions
of war and full crew, which were
put on board in Long Island Sound,
when she stood to sea. The vessel
was blockade runner and ex-U. S.
gunboat, and was sold in Philadelphia
last August for SIS, 900, and towed here.
She is said to be in the condition
in which she left the Navy Department,
and mounts six broadside guns and
one pivot gun. The Fenians are said
to have bought her for $4,000. It is
said she is capable of fourteen knots
speed.


New YoRK.-Special dispatches
from Washington to the morning
papers, contain the following:


The Finance Committee of the Sem
ate has decided to change the House
Tax bill so as to allow gas companies
Year: 1866

PORTLAND, Me, June Sit is
stated that the State Central Railroad
have applied, to the Grand Trunk
Railroad for transportation for the
Fenians, who are making a universal
skedaddle, this morning, using all their
cars
Year: 1866

|Don't say freedmen are not inventive
One night last week q party were serenading
IN front of West & Anderson's store, Rich
mOnd, and another party in the rear, working
their way INTO the store. Whilst delightful
strains were enticing TO the front windows
aceoDPlices were engaged on a single string in
the rear
Year: 1866

-Colgate'a Honey Soap-ThIs celebrated
Toilet soap In such universal demand made from tho
choicest materials is mild and emoent in It's nature


any scented and extremely action upon the
'Etn For all druggists and fancy goods dealers
Year: 1866

DRAINAGE NUISANCE AT THE HuB.-The
Boston correspondent Of the Chicago Times
writes as follows:


There is better reason for fleeing from
Boston this summer than ever before, in the
existence here of one of the most horrible
nuisances which the world can show. The
story is too long to be told in detail here
suffice it to explain generally that the south
part of our city was built with no expecta.
tion that the Back Bay would ever be 6ll
ed up, and the sewers were all constructed
to empty their contents there, to be swept
into the ocean with every days ebb tide
But the project of filing up and building
the Back Bay, and making it the fashiona
BILE quarter of the city was conceived, aud
voted a noble one by general voice. II
has gone on year after year, until only 9
little piece of water remains, and this, com
munication with the sea being cut of, is
covered with floating filth State and city
authorities, and corporations and private
citizens, are having q confused quarrel as
to who shall remedy the evil, and at whose
cost and in what manner it shall be done
Meanwhile every train on the Worcester
and Providence railroads, which cross each
other in the very centre Of this sickening
mass OF abomination, is obliged by law to
stop there to prevent collisions, and the
passengers have to hold their noses ant
battle with their nausea for full two min.
utes; and when the wind is westerly the
fearful stencil is borne right into the best
part of the city, driving people away from
the Common and Public Garden, carrying
the seeds of disease into every house, and
putting US in worse condition for chol
era summer, probably. than any other city
on the continent. In the press and in pri.
vute conversation the voice of indignation
is everywhere heard, but whether any rem.
edy can be applied with sufficient prompt
ness to abate the nuisance before the com
ing Of autumn, is more than doubtful.
Year: 1866

The Duke Of Orleans, the oldest son
of King Louis Philippe, was the inher-
itor Of whatever rights the royal family
could transmit He was a noble young
man--physically and intellectually no.
bic One morning he invited few
companions with him aa he was about
to take his departure from Paris to join
his regiment. In the conviyiality Of the
hour he drank too much wine. lie did
not become intoxicated; he was not in
any respect a dissipated man. His
character was lofty and noble. Bat in
that Joyous hour he drank a glass too
much. He lost the balance Of his body
and his mind. Bidding adieu to his
companions, he entered the carriage.


Bat for that extra glass he would have
kept his seat He leaped from the car
riage. But for that extra glass of wine
he would have alighted on his feet.
His head struck the pavement. Sense
less, bleeding, he was taken into beer
shop aud died That extra glass Of
wine oyerthrew the Orleans dynasty,
conhscated their property of one hun
dred millions Of dollars. and sent the
whole family into exile.-Harpsr's Maga-
zine.
Year: 1866

That dozen fine specimens Of any
kind Of fruit are better worth having
than double the number of half grown
and poorly ripened ones is too obvious
to require argument. Thinning the
fruit is one Of the most ready and effec-
tive means to secure its full develop
ment, but there are other aids which
will be mentioned presently. Thinning
is often omitted through negligence,
but more frequently from timidity. In
deed it does require some courage to
remove half the young fruit from a tree,
until one has experienced its utility.
Not only do the remaining fruits acquire
greater size, but degree of perfection
never found in an overabundant crop.
One Of our principal growers Of the Is
abella grape, whose success is generally
credited to his favorable location, at
tributes very little to this circumstance,
but thinks that his almost certain crop
of well-ripened fruit is due more to his
severe thinning, taking off three-fourths
of the berries, than to anything else.
The largest pear growers of our ac-
quaintance thin severely. The amount
to be removed in thinning will depend
upon the variety and vigor of the tree
with trees in full bearing, from one
third to one-half the fruit may often be
removed with advantage. The earlier
it Is done after the fruit commences to
grow, the better, except with stone
fruits, which are allowed to remain until
the stone is formed. Where very large
specimens Of fruit are desired, growers
resort to other expedients or tricks,
some Of which, such as bringing" the
bark, we can not commend, while
others, such as shading the fruit during
its period of growth until the time OF
ripeIiing, are harmless. Supporting
the fruit so as to relieve the strain upon
the stem, and supporting the right side,
or blossom end up, are both said to aid
in augfnenting the size. Some horti-
culturists i'll Europe go so far as to in
arch leafy shoot upon the fruit spur,
and thus bring to the fruit a greater
supply Of sap than it would otherwise
get; and solution of sulphate of iron
(copperas), 20 grainsto the pint Of water,
is applied by the French gardeners.
The fruit is wetted with this two or
three times during its growth, and it is
said to increase its size and improve its
beauty by preventing fungous spots.


But these are refuements that few of
our readers will care to practice thin
ming, added to good culture, will give
all that need be desired.
Year: 1866

An Irishman, being very fond of COO
milk for his dinner his wife always KEEP;
itinthe spring in alarge bowl. One day
a frog concluded to take quarters in the
bowl, it being just deep enough to hide
him. .....s. .r r.|


Dinner came on, and the old woman
placed the bowl before the old man, not
even dreaming of a frog being in it.


The old man vent on enjoying his
milk and bread as usual, until he drank
it so low as to make the frog visible,
when he exclaimed -


Faith and be jabers, old 'oman,
what's this in me milk "


"Oh, nothing, John, but mere bit of
a mote" ="


"a moie," cries the enraged Pat, land
dye call thing sitting oD all fours and
staring me in the face with his big eyes
mote? BY my soul Id rather have n
beam in my eye than mote like that IN
me mouth"
Year: 1866

We write this on the last day Of
November 1t showing, and the wind
is quite cold and wintry. We hope the
farmersare well prepared for this season.
With barns, corn cribs, cellars, &c, well
filed, the farmer is the happiest man
living. With plenty laid mp in store
for his family; with warm and comfort
able quarters for his stock, and plenty
Of feed for them; his children attend
ing the district school, and growing up
in habits of industry and economy;
with clear conscience, and firm trust
in the kind Providence that has so boun-
tifully supplied all his wants, it wonId
be strange if the farmer was not the
happiest of men.


There is much to be done by tho
farmer in winter; yet it is his season for
mental culture. Encourage your chill
dren to improve their minds during this
season Of comparative rest from physi-
cal labor; and when spring opens up,
and brings its active duties, all will be
the better prepared for them, in conse-
quence Of the Improvement Of the mind.
Year: 1866

Our little four year old Carrie went
with her aunt to revival meeting.
The preacher was earnestin his delivery,
and she was very much interested.
Mother" said she, when she came
home. Il have heard such a smart
minister. He stamped and pounded
and made such noise! and by and by,
he got so mad he came out of the pulpit
and shook his fist at The folks and there
'casn't anybody dared TO go up and
fgh him."
Year: 1866

"A down east editor, in compIi-
mentary notice of vigilant general,
was made by the omission Of single
letter to call him batte-scared veteran.
The poor man fastened to make amends
in his next issue by stating that it was
his intention to have denomiuated the
hero bottle Scared veteran.
Year: 1866

eg-WE called attention last winter to
the importance of watering stock dur
ing the winter, when the streams are
frozen. Stock often suffers for water,
when a little attention to the matter
would avoid the difficulty. a..
Year: 1866

An unfortunate editor has lost his
umbrella. He says it was a very good
one, although there were a number of
holes in it, and as it takes a year now to
earn money enough to buy a new one,
he is rather sorry to lose it, and has
great curiosity to know where it is
gone
Year: 1866

CEASE FIRING AT THAT OFFICER.-Ihe
Montgomery Mail, dwelling upon the fact
that Southerners generally prefer soldiers to
represent them i'll Congress and elsewhere,
says:


To vote for Snch men is not to hurl de-
fianee at the cOnqueror, but rather to exer-
else the privilege of cOmplimenting gallant
men, without a thought whether it may or
NAV not please the cOnqueror. The true con-
oueror is not only devoid of jealousy, but
/ is willing to share his meal and couch with
/ the vanquished- ii has learned to honor
! his prisoner from the electric sympathy
which is always generated by bullets and
| bayonets.


AT Rich Mountain, Gallant South Caro-
Imam, in command of section of artillery,
! had fought his guns web, until he had not
men enough left TO work them. Our lines
were broken and the enemy was dashing up
on Them A she'll dismounted one of his
pieces, killed his horse under him and shat
tered his right arm. Gaining his feet, the
gallant fellow mounted his remaining gun
and standing erect as it dashed away under
a shower of bullets, shook his swordi at the
enemy with his left hand. just at thi:
moment the order came sharp and clear from
the Federal lines, Cease firing at that Off
GER" Such specimen of ardent valol
drew a spontaneous shout of applause, ever
from his mortal foes As it was then, SO i
/ will be hereafter When the fanatics of tn,
North abuse the men who considered it thei
duty to obey the mandate of their State, al
| universal shout viii come from the trut
Union men of the North, Cease firing a
that officer
Year: 1866

rY- A Travellers Insurance Company has
been organized in Mobile, a kind of instl-
tuition which has been some years i'll opera
ton in the North; apropos of which we
find a story of waggish fellow i'll Chicago
who lately called at the Office OF the Irav-
elers' Insurance Company III that city, and,
for twenty cents each, procured two policies
of 5000 each, for one day, for two friends OF
his who were about going on journey ana
directed them TO he filed out for William
Corbctt and Patrick Fleming, which was
done by the clerk with due gravity and Ill
perfect oblivion of the fact that the travel
ers were two condemned murderers who
were about to start that day by the hem
pen line for that undiscovered country &c,
&c &c
Year: 1866

CY~All old newspaper readers are famillar
with the story of the Boston lady, Who one
cold evening ordered a load of wood to he
sent to the house of a suffering Sneighbor,
but meanwhile having imbibed something
warm, concluded that the weather had mod
Grated and countermanded the order The
recent cold spell having reminded the editor
of the Philadelphia Ledger of the story, he
reproduces, it, but indulges his miserable
spleen against the South by locating 1t upon
n rich Virginia widow. 1t won't do' the
thing is out of its latitude, and besides
being as notorious as anything in Joe Miller
can no more pass for a Southern anecdote
than fast Yankee trotter could be mistaken
for n Virginia raee-horSe.
Year: 1866

Men and woman make their own
beauty or their own ugliness. Sir
Edward Bulwer Iytton speaks in
one of his novels Of a man 'swho
was uglier then he had any bust
ness to be-" and, if he could but
read it, every human being carries
his life in his face, and is good look.
ing or the reverse las that lite has
been good ar evil. On our features
the fine chisel of thought and emo
ton are eternally at work. Beauty
is not the monopoly of blooming
young men and of the white and
pink maids. There is slow-grow-
ing beauty which only comes to,
perfection in old age. Grace be-
longs to no period of life, and good.
ness improves the longer it exists.
| have seen sweeter, smiles on a lip
Of seventy than ] ever saw on lip
of seventeen. There is the beauty
Of youth, and there is also the beau
ty OF hollness---a beauty much more
seldom met. and more frequently
found in the arm chair by the fire,
with grandchildren around its knee,
than in the ballroom or the prom
enade. Husband and wife who have
fought the world side by side; who
have made common stock of JOY
and sorrow, and aged together, are
not unfrequently found curiously
alike in personal appearance and
pitch and tone of voice--Ijust as
twin pebbles on the beach exposed
to the same tidal influences, are
each others alter ego. He has gain
ed a feminine something which
brings his manhood into full relief.
she has gained masculine some
thing which acts as a foil to her
womanhood.