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Year: 1866




MCCUNS.


SMALL CLAIM AGAINST THE CITY.


Charles Cousins agt. The Mayor


This was a case for some SO, the property Of the
plaintiff 4 coored man. taken from him during the July riots
The plaintiff only witness testified that he left the hotel
the afternoon Of the 18th July going 10 BROOKLYN he
surrounded ly crowd Of men, who took hold Of hm
They took bis vae from him. broke open and tore its con
tents At tho time there fray going The crowd
around him commenced following Here's Niger come let
kill him. Let's burn him" He escaped and away get
ting to the engine OF the Fulton Ferry and ultimately get
ting safely away The following Is the charge OF the Court
Gcnemen this Is very small case suppose II the plain
m was rich man. some large factory owner or the like there
would have been question about his claim being allowed but
this poor Is compelled TO come here with his suit for the
small sumoft29 % The Recorder who tried the asked
the Cont 70 charge that the property stolen then the
you believe he lost his property by the rioters then he is
donDIediy entitled TO recover with interest


rae uTyat once rendered verdict Of SO 90 Mr. Hackeu
denied
LIABILITY FoR DAMAGES occAsIosED DEFECTIVE DRAINS


AND sEwERs-vKBDICT FOR THE CITY.


Luke Casey agt. The Mayor &c


The plaintiff sues for damages arising from flooding OF his
cellar at the corner Of tgtaTe and Thirty fourt tho
l5 OF April e5 Ii Is claimed that this arose from the bad
condition OF The sewer and especially from defective con.
tnc0n OF branch sewer On the other hand claimed
that the fault from the defective construction the bonse
dran and from unavoidable The inspector OF Sewers
testified that he had personally inspected tho a.
sewer ana that not single dran SecOndayc was prop
CITY CONNECTED WIN H. IL Was also testified
te occurrence he tides were extraordinarily and unusually
high Tho Court charged that tho City was liable or any dam.
sgS arising from Tue detective 0oud01 Of the sewers bat Il
Year: 1866

The earnings Of the New York Central Railroad Tor The
last week in November show decrease Of $4,000. The
Erie Railway earnings show decrease for November Of
100000 on the main line.


Tho following statement OF coal transported the
Delaware aud Hudson Canal for the week ending Deosm
Year: 1866

TIE New PREAcHER.-Dr. Crary has had
the seasonable element in high degree in
his editorials recently. We quote from one
in the Central, September 26th, entitled ''fhe
New Preacher


Now, whoever your new preacher may be,
whether you petitioned for or against him, or
came only by the will Of the Church authori-
ties, consider that the Church sends him to
care for your soul, and to seek and lead to
Christ those who are sinners. He deserves
your confidence, your hearty and constant
sympathy aud aid, in all matters that pertain
to his work. You should not fail to have and
manifest proper concern for his temporal
comfort. How can man have any heart to
labor for and with people when he is thrust
with his family, into an uncomfortable par
sonage, and sees that the stewards are driv-
ing a sharp bargain with him, determined to
pay as little as possible? You touch the best
part of mans nature when you show him
love, and care for his loved ones. There is
no place where liberal support pays 50 well
as among MINISTER'S A half-starved lawyer,
doctor, or school-teacher, is most pitiable
sight; but an impoverished, ill-fed, and i'll
clothed minister seems to us always an argu-
ment against the Divine goodness Make the
acquaintance of your pastor as soon as you
can. Don't wait for him to come to you, but
call at the parsonage and make him welcome
with pleasant words and smiles. Proffer
your assistance in any matters in which you
can help him. There are many ways in
which kindness and good will can be shown
This is the style in which pastor is made g
| blessing. But if you receive him with dis
| trust, make hasty pre>judgments in his favor
you will scarcely fail to make him uncom
| Portable
Year: 1866

Caro- the Bear, and his Little Friend.
A French nobleman owned tame old bear
which he kept in q stable near his house
There lived old Caro-,


One cold winter evening poor. thinly clad
boy came that way, and because be had mo-
where else to stay over night, crept into the
bear's stall, and made himself comfortable
ON Caro's soft bed. BY and by the old bear
came home. The beggar boy was already
fast asleep, for he was very tired. Anybody
would have thought that the bear would have
been very angry, and have torn the boy all to
pieces, and eaten him up; but it was not so.
He not only let the poor boy rest, but he
clasped him with his paws, and drew him
close up to his thick fur, so that he might not
be cold. This hotel seemed very fine to the
boy, and the next evening he returned, and
was treated in the same friendly manner by
Caro-. Indeed, from this time he was the
constant and welcome guest of the bear, who
divided with him his meals, and became very
fond of him.ss eYa 8t~as
i After awhile the boy died. The bear grieys
ed for him deeply, ate but seldom, and went
often with dropping head to the grave OF
his little friend.


Little Master s'Snappish can learn many
things from this animal. When his brother
or little sister is in his place, he flies into a
passion, and chases the intruder away. If
either one of them wants piece of his cake,
he talks very Grossly. He should 60 to sshool
to Caro-, If he has not for better teacher our
loving, dear Savior What do you say, Mas
ter Snappish-will you not learn from him
goodness, gentleness and mercy?-Zion Her
aid.
Year: 1866

FROM the Dayton w. JoafHai.I


The rats are swarming the country west
and northwest of this. They seem to be mi
grating southward, and the weather seers
predict that there win be very severe win
ter. In many places the rats have destroyed
the corn, sweet potatoes and tomatoes and
they have got into the orchards, and climbing
the trees, they have destroyed much fruit.
The great rat army reached New Castine,
Drake county, the other day, and forthwith
their scouts took possession of everything
eatable. A man in the place, whose stable
floor had given out, determined to have il
replaced with new one. On examining in
to the matter. it was ascertained that the
space under the floor was literally packed
full Of rats The owner Immediately crcu-
lated the word, and all the idle men and dogs
in the village were collected together, and
the place Was surrounded. The workmen
then proceeded to remove the floor, when
the men and dogs pitched 10, and began the
work of slaughter. They did no. cease un-
til they had slain l,505 rats y And the
space in which these vermin were gathered
was only 20 by "a feet, and II feet deep
The statement is made TO US by truthful men
who witnessed the slaughter, and may be
taken for the truth, extravagant as it may be
Year: 1866

THE New York Conservative leaders. head
ed by Thurlow Weed, are nearly frightened
ont of their wits at the prospect OF the forth
coming election in that State They admit
that Hoffman cannot be elected. Thurlow
now gives up all hopes Of the success of !" my
policy in the Northern States, and in an in :
terview with the President is said to have
frankly expressed his opinion that the radi-
cal majority in the next Congress instead Of
being diminished will be increased
Year: 1866

The Springfield Republican says couple
of young Boston ladies attending school at
the Wesleyan Academy, at Wilbraham,
Mass, who had often been reproved for
wrong doing, were expelled the first of last
week, and deeply feeling their shame and
disgrace, took each dose OF laudanum and
came near dying.
Year: 1866

at Rome, shorn of his temporal power, but
protected by friendly government, in the
free and unfettered exercise Of his spiri.
tual prerogatives as head of the Church: or.
he may 70 into exile, carrying his spiritual
prerogatives with him, and become the
guest Of any catholic or other government
that may. be willing to receive him: A
prudent regard to the dignity Of the Pom
tiflcate and. the welfare Of tho Church
not to speak of merely personal consdera-
tions, which, however, would probably
weigh little with the Pope himself, though
they must be fully present to the minds OF
many of his advisers, would undoubtedly
dictate the former course but pride, pas.
sion, and fanaticism will be strongly in
favor Of the latter. lie must be bold man
who ventures to predict which Of the two
will ultimately he determined upon. To
all appearance the final decision IS re-
served for the very last moment, and 1t IS
impossible to conjecture what may be the
hurried choice of an aged and eScitable
pontiff, distracted by conflicting counsel
We have only to hope that English diplo-
macy will not do anything so foolish as TO
busy itself with finding residence for an
ecclesiastical potentatc who had much bet
ter stay where he is. If Plus TX. thinks
proper to take up his abode at Malta, he
will of course be entitled to the hospi-
tality and respect which the British Go
vernment never refuses to ilustrious
exiles; but it would be silly and imperti-
nent piece of officiousness for the British
Government to 60 an inch out of its way i'll
order to provide fugitive Pope with a
pseudo V atican in partibus. If British d.
plomacy has been advising Plus TX. to set
up his Papacy in Malta, we can only say
that British diplomacy has once more been
meddling and muddling.
Year: 1866

spection All.ofal and garbage OF every Sort
should he removed daily beyond the precincts
Of the city. Our system Of surface drainage
admits of a perfect supervision Of the cutters,
which sbould. be frequently cleansed and decd
orized Butiti is in the crowded districts and
among the habitations Of the poor that the
most careful scrutiny will be required ADD where
the most complete sanitary regulations should
be enforced With these precautions properly
taken, We need have no fear Of the cholera,
and even it. in it's erratic course, it should Tor
tunately pass us by altogether, the expense in
Cured would be amply compensated BY the
greater freedom from anxiety and the assured
improvement in the general health.
Year: 1866

Rev Henry Ward Beecher addressed
an immense meeting in the Academy Of
Music, Brooklyn, n. Y, Monday even
ing, Oct. 18th.


In opening his speech he laid down the
following as the things necessary to be
done in reeonstructing the Union:


First The utter destruction of slavery,
root and branch, which has been the
fundamental cause of national discord,
treason, and war.


Second, The purgation of the Consti-
tuition of all influences derived from
slavery, and the purgation of the laws
and civil courts of all customs aud pro-
ceedings derived from slavery or infected
with it.


9hird The readjustment of the sun
dered political relations of the States,
long in the condition of suspended ami
nation.


Fourth. The security, the education,
and the enfranchisement of the negro
population, happily now made free.


FIFTH. The establishment of good
will anli eordiality among alienated citi-
zens; the revival of the sentiment of
unity in national life; the renewal of
enterprise. industry, and commerce,
which, like the circulation of the blood
in the body, places the whole nation
under the influence Of one common.
central, vital life.


Some might be inclined, perhaps, to
add a sixth head to the duties of to day,
namely. our foreign relations, and their
adjustment, but SO long as we are at
peace at home, we have no foreign re-
lations.


AT a stage he said:


But l have great faith in the honor
and the good intention of the South, and
| am not ashamed to say that my heart
goes out to them. l am not ashamed,
when ten years shall have passed away,
to have it understood that there was one
man here, and he an abolitionist Of the
darkest dye, who, after the war was all
over, had a yearning for that part of the
country also, and who was sorry for their
SOTTOWS auu tuelT MISTAKES, ana VINO,
although indignant at their crimes and
as eager as any one to vindicate judg
ment and Government during the war,
yet yearned at its close for their restora-
tion as part of the Union, and believed
every honorable mans mind and inten-
tion who pledged in that matter.


Not that he would leave the restora-
ton to be accomplished without law, but
that he would so surround the necessary
legal enactments with testimonies Of
sympathy and kindness rs to make in the
South beginning of that public senti-
ment which maintains and makes opera
tive all living laws. This is my faith
and my heresy."


Mr.. Beecher closed by expressing his
belief that it was necessary to give the
testimony of the North now with vol
ume, vastness, and decisiveness that
shall admit Of no misunderstanding, and
that when they who represent the people
again take their places it shall be with
all the North behind them and inGorsing
them.
Year: 1866

The extract below is from charge
recently delivered to the Grand Jury
of Henrieo county (Richmond) Virgin


ia, by Judge Christian, of the Circuit


Court:


And now having instructed you to


present all offenses committed by freed


men within the jurisdiction of this court,


| should be recreant to my plainest duty


and the high responsibilities of my po-
sition if L failed to remind you that it is
also your sworn duty to present all Often


ses committed against them. You will
remember, gentlemen, that these people
are not clothed by our laws and Consti-
tuition with certain civil and personal
rights which you and l, in administering
the laws of the land, are bound to recog-
nize and respect And while we hold
them amenable to our laws, We must at
the same time afford them the protection
of the laws in all the rights of person
and property which have been conferred
upon them. They have become free
without anv agency of their own. Du-
ring the long and bloody struggle
through which we have passed, the re
markable spectacle vas exhibited, with
out a parallel in history, of a serylle race,


in many sections largely outnuInbering
the dominant race, not passive specta-


tors of the mighty struggle IL which


they were taught to believe their hber


ties were involved, but in many instances


exhibiting singular fidelity TO the mas
ter, So that the wife and the daughter,


the mother and the sister of the Conted-


ate soldier were often left to the care
and protection of the faithful slave. We
must admit that the horrors of the re


cent war, full of horror and crime as it


was, full of deeds and dark and damning
atrocity and outrage upon humanity and
civilization. would have increased a
thousand fold if the fires of insurrec-
ton had been lighted up throughout our
land, and the brutal passions of servile
race let loose upon ihe weak and help


less. But nowhere did the docile and
faithful slave lift his hand against his
master, but maintained a passive specta.
tor to the end Of the great strue gle, and
only accepted freedom when it was for
ced upon him. Having thus become free
without any agency of their own, butby
the inevitable logic of events, they
strongly appeal to US, the dominant
race, their former masters, for protection
in the rights which their new condition
has conferred upon them. Let us cheer


fully and heartily accord to them shat
protection in all their civil and personal


rights
Year: 1866

The following incident in the fatal
collision of the Niagara with the Post
boy, on the Mi.sippi, was related to me
by an eye witness:


The two steamers struck, and the Nj
agara Immediately careened and began
to sink. The widest CONSERVATION was
at once universal Ladies rushed to and
fro with piercing screams, imploring the
men to help them. But no means seem
ed on hand, and each sought his individ-
ual rescue.


AT this fearful moment negro boy
one of the crew-was seen quietly lash
ing a long and stout rope around his
body, at the other end tying a stick of
wood in its center.


Instantly, with this apparatus, he
threw himself into the river. Turning
upon his back, the stick, drifted to the
ropes end; and, calling upon two ladies
who stood upon the edge of the boat
one with a child in her arms-he urged
them to spring, and catch either end Of
the stick. Horror stricken, they hcsita-
ted. The negro lay calmly on the waves,
and, in tones of confidence, told them it
was their only hope, insisting that he
would carry them safely to the shore. For
another instant they hesitated; but, gath
ering courage from his self-possession,
and realizing that it was their last mo
ment. they took the leap, and both sue
ceeded in grasping the stick. Turning
quickly, to prevent their seizing him,
the heroic fellow struck out, with strong
muscles, for the land The rapid current
was well nigh resstless; but be wrestled
manfully with his burden. The energy
of despair kept them to their hold, and
at length their feet touched the bottom
3oth ladies with the clinging little one,
were saved Many witnessed this feat.
1t exhibited not only cool, nnparallel
ed bravery, but was wholly uninterested,
as both ladies were strangers. 1t should
be added. that the boy left his own trunk,
with his best clothing, and three hundred
dollars III money to sink with the wreck.
T Rev. j. ". Aluord
Year: 1866

General William Schouler, formerly
editor of the Cincinnati Gazette. and now
Adiutant General in Massachusetts, is
out in letter against General b. f. But
Ter. He says that he is Republican,
but he Garnet vote for Butler, because
he is pledged to impeach the President.
General Schouler, in his letter, says:


The President will decline to be de-
posed. and he will call upon the army
and navy to support him. Congress
will call upon the militia to support Con
gress Tue issue is made partizan-
The heat becomes every moment intense.
People divide politically; the militia hes
itates: the army hesitate which authority
to acknowledge. This breeds dissen-
sion, fight takes place, blood is shed =
Who can see the end of it? Who can
count the cost?


And yet it is to produce this condition
of affairs that we are to send General
Butler to Congress. l beg to be excused
Should Andrew johnson or any success
sor of his ever commit acts which would
make Impeachment necessity, l have
faith that Congress would meet the ext
gency in proper form and in n right
spirit; but save me from being a party
to sending. year in advance. 4 repre-
sentative pledged to Impeachment, and
who labors under the deIusion that he is
appointed under God to act the part.
am also opposed to the election of Gen
eral Butler because have most devo-
ted regard for General Grant. l be-
lieve in him l hope and believe that
he will be candidate of all true patri
otic men for the President two wears
hence. He is our best and hrayest and
should have our highest place. 1t is
said and believed he has no more bitter
enemy than General Butler, aud it is also
believed that one of the reasons next to
the impeachment which General Butler
has to get into Congress; is to head of
General Grant and uncork the bottle in
which General Grants reports placed
him for the part he acted at Bermuda
Hundred, and his failure to act at Fort
Fisher"
Year: 1866

A young man named Smith who re-
sides in Wells county, Indiana, was en-.
gagged to a young lady in Michigan A
few days since he went to that State fol
the purpose of wedding her. After his
arrival in her native town she refused
most emphatically to marry him, and hs
was brought back raving maniac.
Year: 1866

pounds No honors to the dead can
atone for neglect of the living, but honor
is all that remains now Let Scotland
be the purchaser Let her purify 1t
of its associations as a roadside Inn,
and make it shrine for his true lovers
foreyermore .-Iadepeadsnt.
Year: 1866

utmost south, and from the East that bor-
ders on the Atlantic to those golden regions
in the West, united in peace and harmony.
| want to see God glorifed, and his Sabbath
and institutions We must learn to respect
and, honor law, and stand by and sustain law
and order, and virtue and truth and piety.
Then this republic shall remain until that
time when God shall despatch Gabriel, who,
with one foot upon the land and the other
upon the water, will proclaim that time shall
be no more 1t will, believe it will


if not perhaps in quarter of century,
and it may be the half of that time, repub-
licanism will have become a byword, and
independence reproach. In Gods name,
in the name of all the men and women in
the land in the name Of the little children
that are born just into life, let me beg you
brethren not to make mock at sin.
Year: 1866

Upon the brown and far-of hills


The haze lies soft and blue
While nuts are dropping thick and fast
Where Summer wild flowers grew.
The naples gold and crimson leaves
Like blOod-stained banners gleam,
And purple astors ope their bloom
Beside each purple st.eaT.
The woods like some grand temple stand
Beneath the glowing skies,
While down the long, dim isles, the haze
Like slumb' ring incense lies.
No organs deep, majestic notes


Come pealing on the air
No choral strain triumphant notes
Along these arches fair.
No voice is heard-no sound, save but
The brooklet's rip ling flow,
Or whistling quail in clover thick,


Where scarlet berries grow.
Perchance some frightened rabbit tread
May wake and echo there,
Or drowsey hum of honey bee


Fall on the dreamy air.
The sunfower and the golden rod
Their gaudy hues unfold,
And seem as if some Midas touch
Had changed them into gold
The grapes in purple clusters hang
Upon the clinging vine,
And in the orchard, mid the leaves,
The ruby apples shine.
But through the forests, DER the hills
A voice come whisp' ring low
1t murmurs of the wintry winds


And of the falling snow.
The crimsoned leaves to earth must fall,
And breezes o er them sigh,
Oh sad it seems, that ought SO fair
Should ever fade or die
Weread on every falling leaf


This lesson most sublime:
That resurrection holy power


Shall triumph over time.
For though the summer flowers must fade
The Spring with sun and rain
Shall call them from the hill and vale
To bud and bloom again.
Year: 1866

The Metropolitan Board o. Health held its regular
semiweekly session yesterday afternoon No 3O Mo,st
President jackson Schultz in the chair and all the member
piesept


The Of the last meeting read and approved


A QUESTION or vERACIIY.


Some weeks ago the Sanitary Committee made its
port upon which the Governor requested his Proc
lamaOn Of Peril the statement used that a deaths from
cholera had 0ecsred Wards Island between the 22d Of
osember and the 20h OF December 1865 In
ton The Board of Health which had been previously pub
shed In Of the daily papers DR. Sayre last resident
ply scian Of the city, fit 10 deny this statement and to
Lad examined every Of reported cholera that took
pace upon the Island and thai the peculiar symptoms OF that
disease inv srsby absent The Committee would perhaps
Of this letter but for the fact that It's char
aoter yeracty had been called in question and il
that the upon which
tie Proclamation IL based should be strictly true Dr. Sayre
had furthermore in bis official capacity made the report
10 the Commissioners Of Emgaon and for the purpose Of se
ting the question forever at Tesi the Sanitary Committee
emined tho death book Of the hospital at Wards
Island, and Transcribed therefrom the report of II
cases IN which the symptoms were detailed. e'ery
one or which strongly marked by all
fhe pAthOg characteristics Of cholera They found
also that there during the time specified 81 "a Of
Which were fatal and the gentlemen agreed with DR.. Ford
that they were all genuine Aslac cholera although the
tents Lad In DO instance with tic
on ~ Atlantic Ibeps things were cot forth ip dstN Y