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Year: 1866

My home it is poor one


To all who pass it by;
They cannot see its beauty,


And neither, faith, can L
That is in paint and timber,


In doorway or in roof
But that it has its beauties,


I'll quickly give ye proof.
Come hither, young one, hither,
Your fathers steps are near
That's Bess with hair SO yellow,
That's Sue with eyes SO clear;
That's Will, with tawny trowsers,
Tucked in his stocking leg,
And yonder two wee darlings
Are bonny Jean and Meg.
A cluster of fair jewels,


Five in the rugged set
If any man has brighter,


I've got to learn it yet;
And Tom when l am swinging
The arms with weary strain,
Their blessed faces cheer me,


And make me strong again.
l sometimes sit and wonder
What will their future be2"
If they must delve and putter
A tread mill round like me
And scarcely at the years end
Have half groat to spare
And see bad men put over them,
Twill be too hard to bear.
But then l think, as nations


Rise in the scale of might,
God puts the poor man forward,
And gives him power and light;
And learning, Tow, will do it
And Christian truth will show
That Heaven makes no distinction
Between the high and low.
So, though my homes poor one,
To all who pass it by,
And none can see its beauty,
Save mother, God, and /,
The future will be grander,


For some great glory won,
Some gem set in the ages,


By even a poor mans son.
Year: 1866

We observe that a City cotemporary copies
from the Tribune telegraphic despatch
giving the contents of letter received in
Washington and written to some one there
by prominent citizen Of this State. There
are errors in statements of fact in relation to
Mr.. Pool in the said telegram, and also in
regard to Mr.. Holden; but let them pass for
the present, with this protest
Year: 1866

We understood that at the last Session of
the University there were present exactly
1os students fifty being returned soldiers,
and ten bene6ciaries The Session was a
very agreeable one.
Year: 1866

TIE CHoLxRA-THs NECESSITY or ENER-


Osnc AcnoN.-Another snip has rsached
thss side the Atlantic wisa an unusually
large sick list This IL ali that Is posi-
lively known to the publis in relation
to the Virginia, which arrived In our port
two days ago; and, in the absence OF posi-
tive knowledge, and in the present state Of
the public mind, il will be generally assumed
that the disease on board is cholera. We have had
recent iilustra,ion that people may bo unneces-
sarily preeipitats in their conclusions on this
subject Il is going too fast to assume that all
diseases that come here just now are Asiatic
cholera; and we even seem to be going. too
fast in accepting ss such all diseases pro.
nounoed to be eholers by men who ought to
be competent judges. In the case of the Eng
land we were fest assured that the disease was
the cholcrar than that twas not, then again that
II was |; and, by the time that opinion has been
turned topsy.turvy 20 often as this, men nat
urally doubt whether even the las. judgment is
TO be final, and then whether opinions so
changeable are OF the highest value, whatever


they ultimately declare.


One of the learned assistants of q coroner


decided that we had epidemic Asiatic cholera


in Delaney street but o proper examination


determined that the woman had died from


poison. II was also. declared that boy had
died from cholera in the upper part Of the city,
on the north side but il proved to be disease
of the brain. Numberless recent embryotic
panics have been exploded in just this way,


and the people will use only wise and proper
cautionin doubling all alarming stories In rela-


ton to,the presence Of the epidemic There il
all probability that disease coming TO our
shores in April is not cholera; but we must
remember that the doctrine of probabilities
cannot always be accepted rs a safe guide.
When Columbus told, in Europe, of the new
world he had found, his stories were doubted
as Actions, because travellers were more likely
to lie than continents to be discovered. Er.
traoriinary cases so beyond all probability.
We may have the cholera here now, in defiance
of the usually accepted facts of its history, aud
in relation 10 oil ncedful acts Of preparation
against IL we ought to act as II already sure


that It Is among us.


| This b especially true Of the Commissioners
| Of Health. They should assume its early ad-
vent as an inevitable fact and act accordingly
with that assumption They have row all
legal power and should use IL boldly. In the
presence Of the great scourge the Board oA


Health will become practically the govern.
ment of The city, and II is to be hoped that TIE
energy, earncstness and intelligence Of ID


membess will place this body in COR history In


excellent contrast with all other government
we have lately had.
Year: 1866

This shows the HERALD TO be, by its extensive and
comprehensive circulation the chief organ OF the advcr.
tiscrs Of tho Metropolis and the medium of communi
eating their business wants to The public


NOTE.


The Times and Tribune, in order to make show of
business publish statements pretending that they are
from official returns to the Revenue Department These
statements are made up in the TSms and Tribune olces
10 suit their own purposes and very curiously the
Times sho'cs larger busines than the Tribune and
Che Trlnae larger business than the Tmesi But no
rcurns Of the kind have ever been mado 10 that
department Our table, given above, is taken from
4hc official books and is strictly correct in cvery par
fcuar Any one Gun satisfy himself on this point by
inspecting the books at the Internal Revenue oGce
Year: 1866

Annexed are the returns TO the Internal Revenue
Department of the receipts from advertising Of all the
daily papers of this city for two years In the first
column receipts for thirteen months being the
scar 1894 with one month of 1sG3 and In the second
column the receipts for the twelve months of 1861


Ttirtecn months For The
Year: 1866

be desirable to assume. How different Is this
with the course of England in regard 70 neu-
trality during the rebellion. We do not wait
for any overt act to be committed, but antiei-
pate any such event, and place ourselves In .
position to defend it. England never did a.
much at any period in the progress of our war.
The prompt action Of our government to en-
force the neutrality laws will challenge the ~
miration Of every Power in Europe. Il
Year: 1866


The Of the death OF Captain Nye also
offered and endorsed


In the case OF Jane Ann Gleason against Henry O.
schaeer being for SANDER tried yesterday in
Part Supreme Court before Judge Mason jury
brought verdict for plaintiff assessing the damages
at six There defence in the suit and the
allegation that defendant accused plaintiff OF theft
Judge Mason reprmanded the jury for bringing In such
a verdict and, a motion to set Il aside. reserved his
dec sion


the st. Marks Insurance Company, the 9th Of last
January tho General FERN Of the Supreme cour, yes,cr
day ordered election.


AT the present term Of tine Superior Court the regular
business has very much mpeded In consequence Of
tho absence OF jurors Yesterday Judge McCunn pre-
sidng at Part Of Superior Court, ordered Mr. Reid,
acting clerk TO fine delinquent jurors $3.50 each,
and expressed strong determination to enforce the
penalties During the week Judge Jones presiding at
Part Of the court, directed Mr.. Havland, the
clerk fine several jurors s25 for each day oI non
attendance


The case OF the United States several of the crew
Of the ship Tanjore for alleged mutiny while on the
voyage from Hong Kong TO New York, came on again
for hearing yesterday before Commissioner Osborn
Further evidence was given respecting the means which
the captain had to use que the disturbance The es
mony on behalf OF the prosecution has closed and the
matter adjourned for the examination Of witnesses
on behalf OF the defendants.
The OF Daily Bateman In which the
plaintiff claims t4l0 for services rendered to the defend
ant in the spring Of 1888 before the Marine Court
yesterday Several witnesses were examined, and the
case was adjourned until today
grand demonstration took place las, evening In
Cooper institute in aid OF the American Bible Society
Fund II beng the anniversary Of the signing Of tho
Protest by Martin Luther and his associate reformers
the occasion referred 10 In strong and impressive
language by the several speakers Selections from DIFF
ferent oraorios sung during the evening BY the
New York Harmonic Society.
rhc General Transatlantic company's new screw steam
ship peree yesterday thrown open for the iion
| Of the eofnpany's guests The new vessel, which Is
maEnlnconty nttcd up for the accommodation OF two
hundred and forty nrst class passengers viii sail Tor
| Havrc on Saturday next, under command Of Captain
| Duchesne


Tho nrmncss in the geld marke, yesterday had the
eject OF mparng greater degree Of hmness In CONNER
ea circles though business moderate In both foreisn
Year: 1866

The principal Of an academy gave a
pupil who was an aspifant for the sitna-
ton Of school teachers certificate which
said This young man is capable Of fill
ING any position for which he Is qualif-
ed"
Year: 1866

MEN ONE Would RATHER Nor
MEET Men who mix salad bet
ter than any other men.


Men who ask you to listen while
they read aloud something they have
written themselves.


Men who tell stories that run into
one another, so that you find it very
difficult to get away at the end of
any Of them.


Men who have quarreled with all
their relations.


Men who have been betrayed and
abandoned in the most heartless
manner by all their friends.


Men who have been prosecuted
and swindIed by a general conspi-
racy of everybody.


Men who initiate popular actors.


Men who are always asking,
"Don't you think so?"


Men who are always putting a
case"


Men who agree with you too much.


Men "who feel impelled to join
issue with you there"


Men who are technically enthusi-
astic on the subject of art, without
having any practical knowledge Of
it whatever,
Year: 1866

AHl-The editor Of the Solano Herald came
near being expelled by the fraternity of this
State recently for advertising that he had mon
ey to loan. His bacon is saved by the following
explanation - The money belonged to a third
party, who had more confidence in judg-
ment as to securaty than in his own. When we
get rich enough to have money enough of our
own to lend shall retire, and not wait to be
expelled
Year: 1866

QUITE SENsIBLE.-The Daily Netrs published
at Charleston, South Carolina, concludes an
editorial relative to the late elections in the
North with the following sober words 80 Disa-
greeable as the prospects may be, we forced
to conclude that without any power in US to
control the tide of events, are drifting slowly
back into the Union on the basis of the Con-
stitutional Amendment, and that we will only
cease to occupy our present anomalous position
when we are represented in Congress by men
who can take the test oath, and when our
State Offices filled by men who have never
violated an express oath of allegiance to the
United States
Year: 1866

RUFUS CHoATE says Take the New
England climate. in summer; you would
think the world was coming to and end


Certain recent heresies on that subject may
have had a natural origin there. r d.


Cold today; hot tomorrow mercury
at 500 in the morning, with wind at
south east and in three hours more sea
turn. with wind ateast, and a thick fog
from the very bottom of the ocean, and a
fall Of 40 degrees of Fahrenheit Now
so dry as to kill as the beans in Hamp'
shire; then foods carrying off the bridges
Of the Penobscot aud Connecticut; snow in
Portsmouth in July, and the next day a
man an yoke Of oxen killed by lightning
in Rhode island You would think the
world was twenty times coming to an end
But don't know how it is; VIC 60 along;
the early and later rains fall each in Its
season seed time and harvest do not fail;
the sixty days of hot hot corn weather
are pretty sure to be measured out to us
The Indian summer with its blaud south


west wind and mitigated sunshine bring
| all up. and on the 25th Of November Of
thereabOuts, being Thursday, the millions
of grateful people in meeting houses Of
around the family board give thanks fo'
a year of health and happiness, aJ dl
Year: 1866

WoNDERFuL BUT EASY AND EFFEcruAL
METHOD OF RENDERISG ALL SoRrs OF IA
PER FIRE PRooF.-This astonishing etfect is
produced by a most simple process. II is
only necessary, whether the paper be plain,
written or printed on, or even marblel
stained, or painted for hangings, to i,nmerse
it in q strong solution of alum'water, and
then thoroughly dry it, when it will immedi'
ateIy become fire, e,proof. This experiment is
readily ascertained, BY holding a slip of pa
per over candle. Some paper. however,
will require to imbibe more Of the solution
than it may receive by single immersion;
in which case, the operation OF dipping and
drying mustbe repeated till such paper bsl
comes fully saturated, when it is positively
asserted. neither the color or quality of the
paper will he in the smallest degree affected;
but that, on tue contrary, both will be even
improved
Year: 1866

TOMATO CArsuP.-Take ripe tomatoes and
scald them just sufficient to allow to take of
the skin; then let them stand day, covered
with salt, strain them thoroughly to remove
the seeds; then to every two quarts, add
three ounces Of cloves, two Of black pepper,
two nutmegs, and very little Cayenne pep
per, with little salt; boil the liquor for
half an hour, and then let it cool and settle:
add pint of the best cider vinegar, after
which bottle it, corking and sealing it tightly.
Keep it always in cool place.
Year: 1866

There are lonely hearts 10 cherish
While the days are going by;
There are weary souls who perish


While the days are going by.
IF smile we can renew @- '-
As our journey we pursue,
I o! the good we all may do.


While the days are going by.
There's no time for idle scorning


While the days are going by;
Let your face be like the morning.


While the days are going by; =.
o! the world is full OF sighs.
Full of sad and weeping eyes;
Help your fallen brother rise
.3 While the days are going by.
Year: 1866

Have been used With the greatest success. Their
mission s not only to prevent disease, but to
cure. Thy search out the various maladies by
which the patient is suffering, and rc-invgorates
the failing system. To the aged and infrm few
doses OF these valuable pills will prove to be
Year: 1866

The raising and care of stock demands
the attention of every farmer. The man
ner in which he performs this part OF his
labor, is very true criterion by which to
Judge Of his merits and success as q farmer.
The man who keeps lot of lean, hungry
looking cattle, is not the man to stand him
as a farmer, not to find farming very prof
table III the long run. For too little at
tentiOn Is paid to the choice OfstOck. Very
many farmers, because they can get a little
more money from the butcher tor nice
calf than for common one, sell the best
aud raise the other. But this course, eX-
cept for very short time, is tar from be-
ing profitable. 1t Is a freak of nature that
like produces like" and from this law
there are few deyiatiOns. Now. the farm
er who raises all inferior calf not only
makes sure of an inferior animal, but all
the descendants of that animal will be q
low grade. This is an item worthy of con-
sideratiou. The difference in the value of
good and an inferior COW, for the purpose
of raising stock, is very much greater than
the difference in the price. Feeding Is an
important part of the care of stock. The
best breeds OF animals, unless well fed, viii
be of little profit. Many farmers seem to
think that the greater the number OF cattle
they can keep OH given quantity of hay,
the more profitable it will be. But this is
mistake. The old maxim, anything
that is worth doing at all is worth doing
well, is eminenty true of feeding stock.
1t is cruel and Improbable to keep an api-
NAL so short for food as to have it grow
poor. Cruel, because nearly all the COM
fort and happiness of animals consists In
gratifying the appetite. Improbable, be-
cause they are losing flesh, when by more
liberal feeding, they would be gaining in
| flesh an value. Some farmers sell their
best hay and feed the poorest, and seem to
think they are on the high road to wealth.
They are on the road; but they are moving
backwards. Good cattle can no more be
raised on poor hay than good house can
be built with shaky boards. In either case
there is an utter impOssibility, because the
materials used are not of the right descrip-
| ton. Good breeds, good care, and last, but
not least, good feed, are the three princi-
pal, essential elements of success in this de-
partment of farming canadian Farmer.
Year: 1866

him as an attorney of this State, and, there
fore, he was not competent to plead before
him. At the request of Mr.. LatrObe the OBJ
lection was withdrawn and Bradley permit
ted to proceed, He then went into a long
TRADE about the rights Of the negro under
the Civil Rights bill, the equality of all men
before the law, &c. He contended that the
railroad company had no right to- refuse
him admittance to any car, and that he, un-
der the law, could take position where he
pleased. On the other hand, it was argued
that the company as a corporation had a
right to make their own rules and enforce
their regulations; that they had the power
to say when certain classes of passengers
should be accommodated and when they
should not; this was essential to the good
government OF the road in every respect
The justice, after hearing both sides, gave
judgment in favor OF the railroad COM
4.
Year: 1866

The Reconstruction Committee is having a
protracted session to-day, and the quid nuncs
about the Capitol are in a great fever to ascer-
tain results. The report brought away from
the key hole by an indefatigable "black cat
to the effect that the introduction of the New
York platform had produced an explosion, and
that Thad Stevens was storming about the
room kicking recusant radicals into the traces
right and left, is not generally credited.
Year: 1866

TIE SALE TO THE RAILROAD COMPANY.


EGitor Stdr:-I vas surprised to see by
Thursdays Congressional proceedings that
the Commissioner Of Public Buildings rec
ommends to Congress the sale to the Wash


ington and Alexandra Railroad Company of
the Government reservation between Sixth
streeI and The Washington canal, and in doing
SO, uesignates II as a a.sworthless piece of pub
lie property" Without pausing TO remark
upon the questionable propriety of a Govern
ment of1cer depreciating the value of public
property, wish to say that the Commissioner
has not been well-ad yised as to the value of
said property. II lies but one square south
of Pennsylvania avenue and contiguous to the
business part Of the city. Moreover, as il
seems fixed fact that the canal is now To he
improved and made serviceable, il is certain
that this locality would be a main landing
place for produce brought down the canal,
This worthless" land would, under the ham
mer, sell for S1O00OO, as any business man will
tell the commissioner There are MANY i'm
portant reasons why this privilege should not
be granted to railroad company to mar the
grand plan OF the public GROUNDS extending
from the Capitol TO the river, but propose to.
day only to trespass on your columns to the
extent OF calling attention to the value of this
property and the desirabilty that members of
Congress should be posted, so as not to give it
away for a song. C1rIzKS
Year: 1866

Thirty thousand copies of Bancroft's oration
have been ordered by Congress, and are now
being printed at the Government Printing Of


nee The frontispiece is a steel engraving of
Abraham Lincoln in an oval medallion. s1r-
rounded by rich ornamental designs, and was
executed at the Currency Bureau of the Treas
ury. The work will be ready for delivery in
Year: 1866

The Senate Committee on the District of CO.
lumbia have, it is stated. agreed to report bill
for qualified colored suffrage in the District,
giving the right TO persons of property, of ed
ucation, and those who have served in the
army and navy
Year: 1866

SThe President gives substantial evidence
OF his friendship for the negro and his desire
to elevate him 10 intelligence and usefulness
by subscribing twenty five dollars to assist In
the publication of the Tennesseean, the negro
organ AT Nashville.
Year: 1866

THAT BIG HOLE on the avenue, with bar
rel stuffed In it, near the corner of 1lth street.
will make s. trap for somebody's horse, and a
big bill of damage for somebody to pay unless
promptly repaired.
Year: 1866

THE SMELL from the fish wharf last night
was terribly offensive and sickening. causing
great complaint amongst the residents of South
Washington. As the weather gets warm il
VIII be requisite TO exercise great care in
maintaining cleanliness at that point.
Year: 1866

Besides this, the personal character and
military achievements of the generals
above named have surrounded them
with the halo of military glory which
always takes the popular heart. So in
answer to the sneers of the Times per.
mt me to repeat the prediction that the
prominent heroes Of the South have only
to b'de their time to become the popular
idols of the people Yf the Union.
Year: 1866

circuiallon on the surface vigorous, keeps
the skin clean and in good condition to
withstand both heat and cold, and makes
the horse look very much better. An
ungroomed horse is like an unwashed
boy, or person who never attends to
his toilet.


7. 1t is question with some, wheth.
er horse should be blanketed IN the
winter. If the stable is good one,
md sufficiently warm, we should not
uie the blanket, except when the horse
is out of doors, or has been subjected to
severe labor or exposure. II it is used
when they do not need it, it will do
them little good when they do need it.


8. In cold days OF winter, when hor.
se's bits are full OF, frost, always warm
them thoroughly before placing them in
the mouth. Not to do this is very
cruel. Touch your tongue or even
wet finger to a very cold piece of iron,
and You can appreciate the Importance
Of this hint. 1t may be little trouble
to do it, but il should be done. The
Frost may be taken out conveniently by
placing the bits in water.


8. If you have no labor to perform
with your horse, see that he has plenty
Of exercise daily. This is necessary to
the. health Of the animal, as well as to
his and your comfort.


10. Do not allow him TO drink very
large quantities of ficc.cold water at once.
Moderately warm water is the best for
animals, but large quantity of very
cold water is always injurious. Especi.
ally, is this case when they do not have
moderate exercise Immediately after
drinking, or when the horse is warm or
much wcaricd by hard labor.
IL. a horses food can never be ex.
actly measured to him. Sometimes he
needs more than at other times. Give
him as much as De needs, and exercise
judgement in regard to the matter. At
all times give as much good bright hay
f>assyour horse can eat. IL the weather
isvery cold, the horse needs heat.produc.
ing material, and corn is as good grain
as you can give. Grind it and feed wet
and mixed with little cut hay or bright
straw. When it is warm, oats is the
best of grain for horses and for laboring
horses nothing is superior to them. Oats
arc to tho house what steak is to the
laboring man they furnish the material
for muscle.


II. Young colts should not be stabbed
IN winter, unprotected from cold storms
and winds by sheds, or kept in unexpos.
ed situations. They need to be kept
where they can move about as much
rs they desire. IL gives them better
constitutions and better locomotive
power Give them liLtlc grain DAILY,
and domesticate them by treating them
kindly and handling them frequently,


,l3. Brood mares, unless they are
worked, should be allowed to run out,
except when the weather is severe
Give them plenty ofhay and a moderate
allowance Of oats, A few roots occa
slonally are good, but never feed frozen
roots, or those very cold. to them or
any animal. 1t is like putting so much
ice in the stomach. = Ohio Farmer.