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Year: 1866

A correspondent, writing all the way
from Texas, tells of the devotion of q
young Southern wife who accompanied
her husband on foot from South Carolina
to the Lone Star State, and thought moth
ing Of it. There are not many danes
or dsmsels who would undertake such
journey even though they we're sure of
finding the goal of hymenisl happiness
at the end of it:


Some months after the close of the
war, a gentleman overlook well dressed
Confederate soldier with knapsack on
his back, accompanied by neat, pretty
looking girl, apparently about eighteen
years of age, with bundle in her hand.
The soldier stopped to ask some direc-
tions about the road. The gentleman
found he was Confederate soldier, re-
turning home with his wife, and invited
them home with him to dinner, as he
lived near. The soldier, fine
looking Texan, told his story. His
home was on the Nueces. He
belonged to Johnston's army, and had
gone through all the varied fortunes of a
soldier; been once wounded and twice a
prisoner at Camp Chase. In one of his
various wanderings he had met and fallen
in love with the daughter of a, widow in
the northern part of South Carolina,
whose husband had fallen at the battle
of Manassas The widow, from compe-
tence, found herself reduced almost to
want. When the war closed, our soldier
went to the house of his intended moth
rin.law, and for month worked with
all his might, mending fences and put
ting the farm in the best order he could
Then, thinking it time to see his old
mother in Southern Texas, of whom be
had not heard one word for over two
years, he prepared to return home; bat
it was hard to leave his sweetheart, not
knowing when he could make money
enough to come for her. But she set
tied the matter by saying she was with
him. So one morning they were mar
ried aud started for Texas on foot, with
their knapsacks on their backs, and
without single cent of money. "But,
said the bride, I'VE found people very
kind; we made friends all along the
road; we were never turned off at night;
we always got plenty to eat, and people
would often make us little presents Of
money. We would frequently ovsrtake
a WAGNER, who would give as ride as
far as he was going our way. When /
get to my husbands home shall have
traYelsd over two thousand five hundred
miles, aud moat Of 1t on foot. ! would
no. take anything 10 the world for
my trip; have found everybody SO kind
aud good "


The young husband looked into her
bright young face aud smiled, as though
he thought be saw there the reason eve
ry one was SO kind.


But we're you not afraid 10 come so
fer with a wild Texan2" some one re-
marked.


"Oh, no was the smiling reply ~
always liked the Texans, they are such
brave, good soldiers.


You have indeed proved that you
liked one Of them


After dimes tha geptleman had his
carriage brought round, and carried them
a days journey homeward. As | shook
hands with the bride, | wished her a
pleasant journey.


"Qh never fear that" she answered,
~ sm almost hoIae--a hundred miles or
two isn't much. | am as happy as a
king" They drove of, the happiest
couple | ever saw
Year: 1866

Correspondents Piiisburg chrOnicle.l


Take a cigar and we will step into No.
TO- and saa the tiger" You need no;
hesitate-everybSdy does it, There is
quite a crowd in tonight, aAd the betting
Is lively. Edge your way through the
crowd and get sight at the table on the
left Quite a number Of the old habiiues
are playiDg, while an indiscriminate
crowd Of outsiders are following the
play Of the winning man Thst mild
looking, impossible dealer Is sa old
Year: 1866

TELLING TREES BY FIRE.-The idea of
burning down a tree six or eight feet in
diameter, and solid green, would seem to be
simply absurd and ridiculous. But the thing
is done in Oregon every day at vast saving
of time and labor. The operation is done in
these wise: A hole is bored into the tree
horizontally, the nearer the centre the bet
ter. Then directly under this hoe another
Is bored at an angle of elevation so that the
holes meet together near the centre Of the
tree. A coal of fire with kinding is intro
duced into the orifce thus formed. and the
lower hole causes II draugh'. and the upper
one performs the functions of "A chimney
The heart of the tree is dry and contains
considerable amoun. Of pitch. and when man.
ipulated us we have described burns briskly.
1t is generally necessary to feed this fire with
some fresh fuel from time to time, but one
man can keep large number of trees thus
Burning, and will get twenty or hundred
trees down thus much quicker and easier
than he could otherwise do. In similar
manner, when the tree is cut down, it is cut
into pieces by being burned in two. A hole
is bored into the log from the top. and anoth


er from the side. till they meet as before de
scribed, when the perpendicular hole acts as
fue and the horizontal one furnishes the
draught. 1t often happens that in burning
large tree into lengths for saw logs there is
not more timber wasted than would result
from chopping the log with an AK.
Year: 1866

YELLOW fat upon beef is an Indication that
the animal had deceased liver. White tai
low or fat is a better sign of health than VEL
low. which indicates diffusion of acrid bile
throughout the whole animal. Yellow poul.
try also is not healthy food. Those chickens
that are half starved in crates should be
avoided.
Year: 1866

That leave the poison to crawl through the system,
eating its way into the tissues and organs beneath
the apparently smooth surface, to burst out in the
future with vrulence that will battle the effects of
medicine, when PERFECT CURES can be OBJ
tanned by consulting a physician whom long prac-
tice and thorough investigation into the causes of
DISEASES of the URINARY ORGANS enables
to determine at once the nature of the disease.


In all diseases entrusted to the Doctors care,
PERFECT, SPEEDY and PERMANENT
Year: 1866

elaborate sermon which be preached.
said several times, "the commenta-
tors do not agree with me here"
Next morning poor woman came to
see him, with something in her
apron. She said her husband had
heard his sermon, and thought it was
q very fine one, and as he had said


'the common taters did not agree
with him." he had sent some OF the
best kCneys.
Year: 1866

What are yon doing vi h them? Do you
let the wind blow them hither and thithcf 2
Do you not know that they are well worth gath
ering, saving and using? To-day, during
ride. we saw a German woman raking them up
by the roadside and filing bag with them.--
a wagon stood near, and they were to bc taken
to the suburban gardens to help make early
crisp vegetables for city folks; The German,
are systematic economists they know that
these leaves contain inorganic matter necessary
to p.ants-that it cannot be got so easily and
abundantly in any other form-that for COM
post, litter for hog-pens, horse-stables, sheep
Sheds, &C., there is nothing bettcr--that Tor us'
in hot-beds in spring they are worth ten times
thucost of gathering. And yet there are many
farmers who will pay a great deal more
for foreign fertilizer which will not yield
them so muchreal profit as the leaves that strew
the ground, and which may be had for nothing
Gather. store and use them.
Year: 1866

She put down her veil again Immediately
her lips moved involuntarily as she lowered 1t:
thought could see through thelace, that the
Slight movement ripencd to smile. Still there
was enough left TO look on-enough to charm.
There was the little rim of delicate white lace
encirclng the lovely, dusky, throat there was
the figure visible, where the shawl had fallen
open, slender, but already well developed In Its
slenderness, and exquistely supple there was
the waist, naturally low, and left to its natural
place and size there were the little millinery
and iewelry ornaments that she wore-slmple
and commonplace enough in themselvcsn,yet
each beauty, each treasure, on her. There
was all this TO behold, all this TO dwell on an
spite Of the yeil The veil how little Of tho
woman does it hide, when The man really loves
her --C0llin's Basil.
Year: 1866

a wealthy farmer living near Crab Urchard,
Ky.. killed some hogs few days since aud pre-
sented his neighbors with some choice pieces Of
meat Next day all who had eaten were taken
i'll and FIVE have already died. None Of the
Others give promise Of recovery. The remain
der of the drove were taken sick the day after
the killing of the few choice ones, and are dying
rapidly. The disease supposed to be hog chol-
Year: 1866

These wonderful Medicines are now familiar to the people
that Of their yatue as Physe need De
made Tho Pills of Or. Eaggiel contain mineral. They
do not grie and they not eeosths system by extreme
purging. They are universal in creating
Year: 1866

The following extraordinary facts
we're recently disclosed on the occasion
of the trial of man, native of Belsi-
um. at the Seine Court of Assizes:


The accused was charged with deser-
ton from the French army, and with
numerous other offences The accused
was originally young soldier, having
entered the army in consequence of the
promise of girl whom he loved that
she would marry him when he became
an officer. Soon afterwards he was in
formed that his betrothed had commit
ted suicide, and accompanying this sad
news, was that of the death of his moth
er. For the first time his military life
becoming unsupportable, he thought of
suicide, and then became distracted in
his mind. lie was just going to drown
himself, but happening to pass by a
church he had met on his road, he en-
tered it and threw himself at the feet
of priest belonging to the order of the
Redemptorists. The reverend father
consoled him in his grief, and gave him
such encouragement as to induce him
to change his intentions all together
Pending court martial, which con-
demncd him by default, he wandered
from presbyteries to abbevs and from
abbeys to converts, from Mons to Fa-
mur, from Famur to Liege At length
arrived at Limbourg, in Holland, he
entered the monastery of Wittena Be-
ing great lover of books, the ex soldier
shut himself up in the library of the
fathers, where he drew up an inventory
of the works and catalogued them Hav-
ing there acquired knowledge of Ger
man, he bade adieu to his hosts, and
proceeded to AK la Chappelle, where
he opened a course of French philoso-
ply. His efforts proved very success
full.


Among his disciples the professor
found young lady of great distinction
who protected him and obtained for him
the appointment of secretary to very
high parsonage in Belgium. This mod
ern Gil Bias was inclined to terminate
his romantic life and adventures there,
when the cannon of the Alma startled
all Europe. The deserter turned pale
as criminal at this report, and felt
ashamed of his position. France was
combating in the East and he was not
there. He avowed his offense to his
employer, and implored him to afford
him the means of returning to the ranks
of the French army Touched by his
tears and his patriotic sentiments, the
protector of Albert Vuillot encouraged
his project, and the deserter re enlisted
at Lille, on December 5th, 1854, in the
Foreign Legion as Belgian subject.
Feeling it impossible to preserve his
nationality with his name, which was
already recorded as that of deserter,
he took the fancy name of Casteville d.
Attenerode Twelve days after his ar
rival in the Crimea, in consequence of
rbrilliant engagement, he was made a
corporal by bis colonel Vulliot assist
ed at the :ombats of April and May, at
the famous attack of the cemetery, and
covered himself with blood and glory.
Being dreadfully wounded, be remained
for about twelve hours apparently dying
amongst the dead. Transported to the
hospital at Constantinople and from
Year: 1866

AssURANCE.-An extraordinary dis
play of assurance was made at the resi-
deuce of a superintendent of a railroad,
IN suburban town, one evening last
week. At a late hour, after the family
had retired, the door-b bell was rung, and
a gentleman of engaging manners and
conversation appeared and desired to
see the "Super" on urgent business.
He was ushered into the sitting-room
and they conversed on the topics of the
day for about half an hour, when the
caller gradually approached the subject
uppermost in his mind-that of procur-
ing permit to sell shoe brushes upon
the trains
Year: 1866

FEMALE INFLUENCE.-The charac-
ter of the young men of community
depends much on that of the young
women If the latter are piously culti-
waited, intelligent, and accomplished, the
young men will feel the requirement
that they themselves should be upright,
gentlemanly and refined but if their
female friends are vain, frivolous and
silly, the young men will be found to
be dissipated aud worthless. But re-
member, always, that sister is the
best guardian of brothers integrity
She is the surest incubator o. a faith
in woman's purity. As daughter she
is the pure light of the home. The joy
of the father is the oftenest centered on
his daughter. She should, therefore,
be the sum and substance of all.
Year: 1866

A Drop OF INK Think of Queen s
first signature to death warrant, where
tears tried to blaDch the fatal blackness
of the ink ; or traitors adhesion to a
deed of rebellion, written in gall of a
forger's trembling imitation of another's S
writing, where each letter took the
shape of the gallows; of a lovers pas
siouate proposal written in fire of a
proud girls refusal written in ice of a
mothers dying expostulation to way
ward son written in her hearts blood :;
Of an indignant fathers disinheriting
curse on his first born, black with the
lost color of the gray hairs which shall
90 down with sorrow to the grave
think of these and of all the other i'm
passioned writings to which every hour
gives birth, and what a strangely potent
Protean thing drop of ink grows to be.


All over the world it is distilling at
the behest of men. Here despairing
prisoner is writing with rusty nail his
dying confession of faith on his damp
dungeon wall There an anxious lover
is deceiving all but his bride with an
ink which only she knows how to rem
der visible. Beleagured soldiers in In-
dian forts are confding to the perilous
secrecy of rice water or innocent milk
their own lives and the fortunes of their
country. Shipwrecked sailors, about
to be engulfed in mid-ocean, are con-
signing to floating bottle the faint
pencil memorandum of the spot where
they will swiftly go down into the jaws
of death. Everywhere happy pairs,
dear husbands and wives, affectionate
brothers and sisters, and all the busy
world are writing to each other on end
less topics, with whatever paper comes
to hand, whatever ink! The varied
stream thus forever flowing, is the in
tellectual and emotional blood of the
world, and no one need visit Egypt or
summon an eastern magician to show
him all the acts, all the joys and woes
of men reflected from the mirror of a
drop of ink.
Year: 1866

SCANDAL IN HIGH LIFE. The fol
lowing paragraph is from Washington
letter to the Louisville Journal. The
parties alluded to can be no other than
Senator Sprague and his wife, the latter
being the daughter of Judge Chase:


A year or two ago there was a we'd
ding here in high life ESQ calIed.) A
young but prominent citizen of North
ern State, who counted his fortune by
millions, was the happy bridegroom,
and the daughter of a then cabinet min.
lister was the bride. Rare jewels, worth
hundreds of thousands of dollars, were
lavished on the fair lady, and such
wedding was never in the land since
Commodore Bartlett's daughter mar
ried the Cuban negro Ovedio. Well,
there have been many rumors about the
couple just named, and the air has been
thick with scandalous rumors 1t was
known the husband was festive cuss,
and that his thousands were spent in
riotous living-wine, cards and other
ct ceteras. But only latterly did the
wife seem to know, or at least to notice
the delinquencies of her lord, when it
was presented to her in such shape
that there could be no doubt of his in
fidelity. And so she has brought an
action for divorce, and wi of course
get swinging damages both of which
she is entitled to, albeit the lady her.
self is very gay. The case will create
sensation when the names are given
to the public.
Year: 1866

PARDoNABLE MIsTAKE.-An Irish
man being in church where the col
lection apparatus resembled an election
box, on its being handed to him, whis-
pered in the carriers ear that he was
not naturalized and could not VOTE
Year: 1866

RoBBERY.-On Thursday night last an at
tempt was made to break into the front Win
dow of the house of Mr.. Henry Hungerford,
on the corner of Clay street and Brook ave-
nue.. Failing in the attempt, the thieves pro-
ceeded to the rear of the house, and forced an
entrance into the kitchen. Here they played
sad havoc, for in the morning there was
scarcely 4 kitchen utensil to be found Every
thing of value was stolen, including all the
clothes i'll wash. There is rs yet no clue to
the robbers
Year: 1866

NARROW EsCAPE.-Yesterday morning a spi-
tied horse, attached to a cart, started off, near
the corner of First and Baker streets, and had
not continued far before the wheel of the cart
came off The cart went tumbling to the
ground, the conclusion throwing the boy under
the horses feet. Fortunately, the shafts OF the
cart broke short off, which prevented it from
running on him and crushing him TO death
Year: 1866

CONVENIENT ARRANGEMENT. The Norfoik
steamers now stop at most of the landings
on James river, which delays them from
arriving at their place of destination as soon
as usual; but the advantage derived by the
Company, as well as the accommodation and
convenience afforded to the farmers on the
river, more than counterbalances the few
hours delay, which is made manifest by the
very large increase of passengers and freight
brought up by this line on every trip for the
last week or two. There is also considerable
increase of travelling by the Baltimore and
New York steamers.
Year: 1866

The capital stock Of said Company shall he SIXTY THOU


SAND DOLLARS divided into Six Hundred Shares Of One
t5 HgndFsd aF I Boilers Sas may Be increased g
the Stockhodersin aou Mt Of Stock Twenty Per Gent Of
sad Stock a be paid the time Of signing this act and
Ihe balance at Thirty Sixty Ninety aud One Hundred


twenty Days after hree days notice in writing. The said
TompRny shall commence its business the sum Of
Ihrhye Thousand Dollars shall have been subscribed for
Year: 1866

THE ELEPHANT ROMEO AT LARGE.-After - o'clock
on Sunday night the 2Sth ult., the immense elephant
Romeo, attached to Mr.. Forpaugh's mammoth menage-
re, became unmanageable at the depot of the Ridge
railway company, during the temporary absence
of the keeper. The most extravagant stories were
freely circulated to the ravages committed by the
monster The following the facts:


At the depot the elephant broke small wagon over
turned ear and tore down number of stalls What
few about the depot gave the animal a wide
BERTH and were more or less terrified The elephant
gained access to the street, and Travelled out Ridge
avenues tore down several tree boxes smashed several
panels OF fence, pulled up tree by the roots and fl
nally entered field where he Stood as monarch of all
he surveyed. Word sent to the keeper, who pro-
curing horse started after the elephant. They met
on the field. The ANIMAL not recognising his keeper
seemed inclined to dispute the territory but in few
moments be most effcctuay subdued and there
then difficulty in leading him to the menaperie
at Tenth and Callowhill streets. Herehn showed ,,
of bad temper by picking man N ,1, bis tr,,n "a
doshng him against ne,-.on. The man cscaned With
lew -gnt bruises. The elephant after he had chain
put on his feet, dashed down portion of the green
wall of the stable with his immense trunk His keeper
who alone can do anything with Romeo proceeded to
the work of subjugating the animal. He succeeded in
the most eectual manner and yesterday he took his
place in the procession of the menagere that paraded
through number of the principal streets The keeper
informed the proprietor of the Press that is only
times the elephant shows bad disposition, when it is
impossible to perform him in public view. When
brought out before the public the elephant is always
tame calm and not the least danger need be appre
hended. He is the finest and largest specimen of the
kind in the country his weight being about five and
quarter tons, nearly twelve thousand pounds As
performing animal he is rated by Dan Rice the best
in the profession. The amount of damages done by
his eephantine highness will reach nearly one thousand
dollars which the proprietor will pay upon the presen
taton of authenticated bills philadelphia Press
Year: 1866

That it is the lightest and strongest Machine built


That it is the lightest draft Machine built.


That it is the only Machine built that is good M


That it is the enly Machine built that is as good re


That it is the only Machine built that is perfect H
combined so that can be used either way as desired


That it is changed from Mower to Reaper very q
Self Raker by three bolts.


allows it conform to the inequalities of the ground


That the joint Is IN the Frame, and the cutting appar
line when the joint is in the FngerBar those parts al
Of breaking the bar and the Machine works har
That it is exceedingly simple in construction-easly
from two to ten inches hgh-that it is made mostly of
swell, warp and twist by expOOure to the weather.


That it has no side draft, and pair of the lightest
Year: 1866

The Board Of Education held a stated meeting last
evening Commissioner Vance presided.


communication received from the trustees OF the
Eighth ward asking appropriation o. thirty thousand
dollars 10 purchase school site in that ward.


Commissioner WARREN stated that he had received q
communication from the School Board OF Boston, in
forming him that committee Of FIVE would visit this city
in few days from the Boston Board for the purpose OF
asccrtainng What advantages schools possess
theirs, and reporting upon them with view TO their
adoption. He moved that committee Of five he ap-
pointed TO receive the strangers and show them the
school system.


Mr. MILLER asked IL would cost anything to do this
and felt glad that Boston had acknowledged the
superiority Of the New York school system.


Mr. WARREN replied that no expense would be neces.
sary


The resolution then adopted


Commissioner wEsr moved that any old school furni-
ture that hand, unfit for in the public schools
be given TO the Asylum for Orphans and Half Orphans Of
the city OF New York. The motion adopted


resolution offered in favor OF aboshng the
Office Of the Procssorshp OF Mixed Mathematics in the
Free Academy II was adopted


The Finance Committee reported that the sum remain
Ing their hands FOR special appropriations IL 81 50s
and recommended economy in the disposal of business
that will call for money out OF this fund.


The Committee Sites aud Schoohouses reported In
favor Of appropratng for the purchase OF school
site In l15h street, In tho Twelfth ward The report
referred 10 tho Committee on Finance


The Board thon adjourned
Year: 1866




Some weeks since bill introduced in tho State
Legislature at Albany providing for the payment Of
seventy nve dollars bounty to the soldiers who have
served during the rebellion and who have not received
the state bounty. This bill the justice OF which must
be apparent To ALL was we believe, referred TO he Mill
tary Committee and further action has since boon
taken In the matter As there many brave men
anxousiy awaiting the adoption OF the law OF co a,a
ton Of bounty who In much need, you will be
doing this class OF our citizen soldiers great favor by
giving publicity TO this communication. Trusting IL
may have the effect OF calling the attention OF the ISgs
Iaturc TO the urgency Of early adoption OF the bill
l am, respectfully, VETERAN