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Year: 1866

The man who is wretched upon the
"happiest day of his life," must be un-
fortunately circumstanced. The man
who, Immediately after the ceremony
is performed which binds him to
beautiful woman, coclly takes his hat
and politely bids his bride permanent
"'good evening"" evidently does not ap-
preciate the bliss resulting from mar
riage ceremony. This riece of unap-
preciative coolness was transacted by
gentleman of o"r city on Wednesday
evening. On that evening wedding
transpired under circumstances that
caused considerable quiet commotion
among quite large circle of our citi-
zens. he bridegroom is a gentleman
quite extensively known in society,"
The acquaintance between the parties
commenced considerable time ago, and
ripened speedily into intimacy. The
intimacy grew to attachment and their
love was unfortunate. A considerable
period elapsed between the time when
the wedding should have taken place
and the time when it actually occurred.
The bridegroom was still strongly dis
posed to delay it still longer, but the
friends of the lady decided that the
ceremony must take place, and must
take place on Wednesday evening. The
gentleman in question had been for
some days out o. the city, and was ex-
pected back on Wednesday. During
the day several of the gentlemen friends
of the lady were present at the depot
waiting for the expected arrival. At
length the gentleman came but was un-
seen by the watchers, and proceeded
quietly to his boarding house, where he
sat down in peace to his supper. Be-
fore he had finished his meal be was
summoned to the door to meet a gen
tleman. The visitor proved to be the
brother of the lady in question. A con-
versat;on ensued, during which the
brother asked his acquaintance if he
were gentleman enough to marry the
lady, and if he would marry her on that
evening. After some consideration af-
Grmative answers were returned: and
the promised bridegroom departed to
find clergyman. The minister he
sought was conducting prayer meet
ing, but the groom passed through the
congregation and whispered his errand
in the clergyman's ear. A substitute
to eonduet the meeting was called by
the reverend gentleman, and he left for
the scene of the wedding. Meantime,
number of friends, male and female,
had assembled at the house of the brides
father, and when the clergyman and his
companion arrived, preparations were
made for the immediate performance of
the ceremony. Bride and groom,
bridesmaids and groomsmen, ranged
themselves in order, and the ceremony
that bound a man unwillingly to felicity
was briefly pronounced. Immediately
upon its conclusion the husband took
his hat, stated that he had an engage
ment elsewhere, babe the bride and the
company good evening, and has not
since returned.-P Pittsburg paper.
Year: 1866

The MAIDEN's Vow.-The Nam
moth Cave of Kentucky is not without
its story of love and romance. Some
twenty years ago a dashing Tennessee
girl promised her mother that she would
never marry certain man ''on the face
of the earth''-said suitor being partic-
ularly Objectionable to the old lady. So
there was quiet in the family for some
time. But one pleasant day the gay
girl and her lover ran away and went
into the Cave, to spot now called the
"Bridal Chamber" and in the presence
of few witnesses were there matri-
monially united, about 1926 feet below
the "face of the earth"
Year: 1866




The following capital anecdote of Ar
kansas political life is only an exaggera-
ton of what may be observed in other
Western States:


"About twenty years ago Governor
Y and Judge W were candi-
dates for Congress in this district
They were both far-sighted, shrewd
politicians-the Governor by far the
most winning in his manners, as the
sequel will establish. One hot day in
July, while they were travelling together
on the canvass, they came upon party
of twenty men or more assembled on
the roadside for the purpose of having
a shooting match. Thinking it good
time and place for presenting their re-
spective claims, the Governor proposed
stopping. They halted, aud the Gov
ernor soon made himself at home. He
bought number of chances in the
match, and being good marksman,
succeeded in winning quite a quantity
of beef, which constituted the prize.


"The judge had conscientious scru-
Piles as to shooting matches, and did
not participate, and stood by conversing
with the more sober of the crowd, while
the Governor was in high giee with his
companions over the beef. When it
was given out to the successful shooters
our Governor ordered his to be divided
among some widows, who he ascertained
lived in the vicinity, and then asked
the b'hoys-i if they were not dry +? Of
course they were, and Y ordered
plentiful supply of the 'Oh be joyful
Here the Judge had scruples, and did
not participate but had it been.other-
wise it would have availed nothing
The Governor was decidedly the man at
the shooting match, while the Judge
felt himself in the vocative. Leaving
their friends they proceeded on their
way some twelve or fifteen miles, and
halted alta camp ground, where the an
nual camp meeting was being held
They separated in the crowd, each cleo
tioneering with all his might, with old
and young, friends and strangers
king hay while the sun shines-for
there was fine opening.


"Towards night the Judge began to
look around for his distinguished oppo-
nent, but could not find him anywhere
He waited impatiently until evening SER
vices began, and concluded he would go
out to the large shed where the people
had assembled for meeting, thinking
perhaps he might meet his friend On
going out what was his astonishment to
find the gallant Governor, the hero of
the shooting match, in front of the al
tar, surrounded by ministers and class
leaders, with hymn book in his and,
head thrown back, singing as loud as
his lungs would permit


's How firm foundation, ye saints of the Lord"


"' From that moment said the Judge
Il gave up all hopes. l tell you-I tell
you, sir, man good for camp meeting
and shooting match, can't be beat for
Congress 1t can't be done, sir? And
SO it proved.
Year: 1866

Within my lonely little room
Where many crimson evening shines,
cheer away the falling gloom
With songs beneath the easement vines:
Sweet memories haunt the lingering day
That hovers o'er each golden sun


Each tune play


Brings back ray


Sing to me. sing, old Violon.
Old friends. your homes in sunset shine,
The trees around them softly sigh,
While Ger the rolling distant brine
You sail from home and poverty;


I see your vessel far away,
I see your faces sad and wan


Turned where the day


Sets wild and gray


Sing to them, sing, Old Violon.
Old books-companions of my youth,
And friends of age still frightening earth
How oft we've unused above your truth,
How often smiled upon your mirth!
Your date recalls the happy years
And all who blessed them past and gone


Their smile appears


Mid falling tears


Sing to them, sing, old Violon!
Companionless amid the days
wander in the Autumn blast,
Through fields and trees, and well-knowr


ways,
The silent scenery of the past.
Like friends the distant mountains smile
O'erfowed by the departing sun


A little while


A little while,


Sing to them yet, old Violon.
Yon pale autumnal cloud of white
Stood in the cold east all day long,
And in the silent sky tonight
Under the full moon hears my song.
My fancy whispers mournfully-
'Tis some dear spirit beloved and gone


Come back to see


Old earth and me


Sing to her, sing, old Violon.
All soon, sweet friend, thy aged strings
To stranger.fngers shall resound;
But when to thy rich murmurings
The joyous dancers beat the ground,
Through the gay window with the moon
I'll look ere mirth and dance be done,


And list thy tune.


Though soon, too soon,


Death watts me from my Violon.
Year: 1866

THE past fall, as a lady, modestly
attired, was on her way to the city of
New York, on board one of the Hudson
River night boats, she sat quietly read.
ing in the ladies' cabin, when fashily
dressed dame, mistaking her for SER
want, rather rudely accosted her with


"Do you know this cabin is for the
ladies?"


"Certainly I do" was the answer;
"and have been wondering for some
time why you are here!"
Year: 1866

AN APOLOGY. lady wrote to her
lover, begging him to send her some
money. She added by way of postscript
/" am so ashamed of the request [ have
made in this letter, that I sent after the
postman to get it back, but the servant
could not overtake him." .a
Year: 1866

FIVE years ago, man in the Ohio
State Prison succeeded in making his
escape. A few days ago he returned
and expressed desire to serve out his
term. The only explanation given is,
that while out of prison he got married
it would be ungallant to say more.
Year: 1866

A TRIAL FOR THE TEMpER.-She


wasn't bad wife, but she had tenn
per. If she could have parted with the
one article at sacrifice, I wouldn't
have swopped her away for any other
woman in England. Not that l ever did
swop her away, for we lived together
till she died, and that was thirteen
years. Now, my lords and ladies and
gentlefolks all, I'll let you into secret,
though you won't believe it. Thirteen
years of temper in any place would try
the worst of you, but thirteen years of
temper in cart would try the best of
you. You are kept SO very close to it
in cart, you see. There's thousands
of couples among you, getting on like
sweet lie on milestone, in houses five
or six pairs of stairs high, that would go
to the divorce court, in cart. Whether
the jolting makes it worse 1 don't un-
dertake to decide, but in a cart it does
come home to you, and stick to you.
Violence in cart is so violent, and
aggrawaticn in cart is so aggrawating.
Year: 1866

In the latest and most superior style. Having
recently returned from San Francisco with new
Instruments which have all been remodeled, and
constructed on a principle differing from, ard
which work with more energy and truthfulness,
than those of any other establishment on the
continent, and using only OIL COLOR BACK
GROUNDS, which obtained at great expense,
and acknowledged to be superior to all others
which, together with many years of practical ex-
perience, will enable him to defy competition in
the production of FAMILY GROUPS and other
large Photographs. Special attention given to
the execution of
Year: 1866

ASSAULT AND LAReENY.-AbOut 1880 o'clock on
Thursday night two boatmen named George Williams and
Clerk won't board the boat Hercules now lying at
the foot Of Twenty ourtht, North River and violently
saultsd the owner and master Henry Baker They
brought before Justice Ledwh yesterday morning on the
doubecharg Of assault and Of stealing from the cabin OF the
boat after having seriously injured Mfr Bakor by striking him
with brick tied in handkerchief United States currency
amounting in value the Of t9o The two men were
committed for trial without bail
Year: 1866

"a BoDY STILL WARM, AETgR BEING IN
THE VAULT A Month The Louisville Dem
ocrat of the 9Th relates the following most
remarkable case:


The following is undoubtedly one of the
most remarkable cases that we have heard OF,
and is creating considerable excitement
among parties who have witnessed what we
are about to relate. On the 5th of February
last, Michael King. about II years of age,
was killed, at Oakland, by being struck IN
the Had with stake, which was drawn from
the ground BY an unruly horse Two days
after the accident, when the body was about
to be buried, the relatives of King thought
that they noticed evident signs OF life, and
the body was removed TO the house, where it
was kept for several days \ report got into
circulation at the time, to the effect that the
body lad come to life. After keeping the
body several days it was removed TO the
lowe r graveyard and plaed in a 'ault, where
it now is. and it mas been visited by hun ireda
Of our citizens. The body retains its natural
appearance, is timber and warm, after being
dead and in the graveyard one month We
have heard no reason assigned for the strange
phenomenon.
Year: 1866

1t is stated that during a recent storm in
Wisconsin the lightning was seen to strike
into the Lakes in the vicinity of Madison,
ard masses of ice, two feet in thickness
were hurled hundreds OF feet in the air, ike
dust before the sweeper; and the latent heat
set free by the change Of vapor to liquid,
wa. so great as to raise the temperature in q
few hours from below the freezing point to
that of summer az deg and preserved it
there for nearly twenty four hours.
Year: 1866

An old topper. on being taken to task By
some of his neighbors for his opposition
to a temperance movement In the village
in which he resided, retortea that their
accusations were unjust, for he made
much greater persona! efforts to pu. down
liquor than any OF them.
Year: 1866

TO the people at the bslo-box they would carry it
by as great majority they voted down secession
in 1861. The people of East Tennessee are for the
new Franchise law, and will see that it is carried
out. Nine-tenths of the Union men of this end of
the State lndorse the course of our Legislature-I
mean the course of the majority Those who find
fault are men who are disfrdnchiSed and whose de-
tense OF rebels has made them odious to loyal men.


have taken the trouble to inquire after the col
ored population and their lines of conduct. l am
pleased to be able to report that. general thing
they are peaceabe and are behaving well. There Is
general complaint and it is we'll founded that too
many OF them are idle, doing nothing, lying around
loose. Their necessities will cure this evil in due
time. The whites in this end of the State are not
disposed to oppress them, but are willing TO give
them fair showing. Such at least is my informa-
tlon derived from the best source in the country.


Ihls Methodist Conference has made good i'm
preston upon the minds of the numbers who have
attended. have never heard betterpreaching, and
this remark is general among the people This is
the second year of the new Conference, and they
have as many as six Presiding Elders Districts and
sixty Stations and Circuits with the certain pros
pect OF others being added. They have Is 800 MEM
bers, and fully two hundred preachers, local and
travelling How can they do otherwise than in
crease? They have truth and loyalty on their side;
they are backed up by loyal population, they have
the pecu mary means and they have the blessing of
God resting upon them. The Missionary Board
have appropriated Sl5, 600 to aid them for the
ing year. and the Church Extension Society has
given them $4,000 TO aid in building houses of
worship.


This Conference has taken into its fellowship at
their session strong and useful men, who have
been tied on to the rebel Conference, much against
their wishes, until the door was opened for their es
cape from worse than Egyptian bondage. These
men are men OF experience and talent. Among them
| name F. NJ. Tanning, D. B. Carter, R. W. Pa
thy, Wills Ingle, W. c. Graves and J. Huffskcr-
But rs the mail is soon to be made up, 1 close.


w. G. BRowNLow.
Year: 1866

Some OF the rebel papers are quoting the follow
ing extract from u speech made by the President in
the United States Senate, December l9 1850. and
Boosting that it is guarantee that he will stand by
them. We think il an unfortunate extract for them
it lsstes the course pursued by the present Con-
gress in scrutinizing all Executive nominations that
come before them from the Executive. II docs give
aid and comfort to the rebels but it also admonshes


the Senate to look after the interests of the country


How has Lincoln been elected, and upon what
basis does he stand \ minority President by
nearly million votes but had the election taken
place upon the plan proposed in my amendment to
the Constitution, by districts, he would have been
this day defeated. But il has been done according
to the Constitution and according to law. am for
abiding by the Constitution; and in abiding by il,
want to maintain and retain my place here and
put down Mr.. Lincoln, and drive back his advances
upon Southern institution, if he designs TO make
any. Have we not the brakes in our hands Have
we not got the power? We have Let South Car
olina and her Senators come; and on the 4th of
March next, we shall have majority of six in this
body against him. The successful sectional candi-
date, who is in a minority of Million or nearly So
the popular vote cannot make his Cabinet on the
4th of March next unless this Senate will permit
him.


g. Am l 10 be SO great a coward as TO retreat from
duty? l will stand here and meet the encroach-
ments upon the institutions of my country at the
threshold; and a man. as one that loves my coun-
try ana my constituents, l will stand here and re-
slst al eneroachments and advances. Here is the
place to stand. Shall desert the citadel and let the
enemy come IN and take possession No. Can
Mr.. Lincoln send foreign minister or even con-
sui abroad, unless he receives the sanction of the
Senate? Can he appoint postmaster whose salary
is thousand dollars year without the consent
Of the Senate Shall we desert our posts, shrink
from our responsibilities, and permit Mr. Lincoln to
come with his cohorts, as We consider them, from
the North, TO carry of everything? Are we SO |
cowardly that now that are defeated, not con-
quered we shall do this Yes, we are defeated ac-
cording to the forms of law and the Constitution
but the real victory is ours-the moral force is with
Year: 1866




Mr.. --: You will take notice that we have
determined 10 rid our community of negrO-loving
fanatics AMI philanthropic teachers of our former
slaves. You are one of the number, and it will be
well for yoI you are absent from the CITY by the
Ist of June. Consult your safety.


ANONYMOUS.
Year: 1866

a Copperhead, who is watching the
industry with which the Democrats are
helping Andrew johnson to turn one set
Of Republicans out Of office, and put anoth-
er set in, remarks, that it would be like
our Democratic luck, if, after having done
our best to stir up quarrel in the house
hold of our enemies, they should, after a
full pow-wow, calmly conclude to have a
love feast, and give to US nothing but
laughter and contempt for our pains.
Year: 1866

THE MILWAUKEE AND PRAIBrE DU CHEN
R. R.-This having been the only route to
the upper Mississippi, this week, there is
an immense amount of traYel over the
road The trains include ten or twelve
well filled passenger cars daily. The pass
sengers are mainly people seeking new
homes in the Northwest, and the greater
portion of them are bound up the Missis-
sippi to the northern part ofthis State and
Iowa, and to Minnesota. The Wisconsin
is quite high again, and there is some
trouble on the river bottoms. On two or
three Of the last days of the week there
were no through trains on account of the
washing away of considerable track beyond
Boseobel, making it necessary to change
cars.-Mddison Journal.
Year: 1866

nSPJohn J. Crilley, sent to the State
prison for robbing Van Colts jewelry
store in Milwaukee, is sinking rapidly un-
der the effects upon his mind Of the crime.
which he is now being punished for: lie
is completely prostrated, and more like
child than the energetic man he was
"The way Of the transgressor is hard"
Year: 1866

Big THING-The Albany journal says,
on Monday of last week, we were called
to our door to witness the passing of a
huge train of wagons, 80 in number,
bound for Montana. The train was owned
by two men who intend to make their for
tune by running provision train between
Iowa and Montana.
Year: 1866

WELSH EMIGRATIoN--Late English pa
pers say the mania for emigration to the
United States has again set in among the
golfers and iron workers of South Wales,
and the effects of the movement are begin
ming to be seriously felt, more especially
by the colliery propretors. We have no
more valuable class of foreign population.
Year: 1866

~ Quite a number Of improvements
are being made in our village this spring.
Some housos and stores are being built,
and quite lumber are being enlarged and
re-ftted, and business generally is quite
thriving and active.
Year: 1866

rWThe village election for the village
of ofDodgevillc will be held at the clerks Of
flee on Tuesday, May 8, 1866, at which
time president and six trustees will be
elected to conduct the affairs of the village
during the coming year. 1t is useless for
US to enlarge on the Importance Of having
good officers, and men who will attend to
the affairs of the village, our citizens know
that as well as we can tell them. Let there
be good turn out and full vote, and we
have no fears for the result The polls
will be opened at one o'clock in the after
noon, and closed at four.
Year: 1866

A TERRIBLE TINE.-The scenes on board
the cholera infected ship England, while at
sea, are represented as frightful, few on
board being found courageous enough to
bury the dead, some of whom were left for
days in the steerage in a state ofdecompo-
Sition
Year: 1866

.T The Baraboo Republic reports that
a little daughter of Z. NJ. Tower of Iron-
ton, was SO seriously burned by her
clothes taking fire from burning log in
the yard, that after suffering two or three
days she died.
Year: 1866




No DANGER. Hamlin, returned
missionary, whose experience of cholera
has extended through three visitations of
the disease in Constantinople, expresses it
as his opinion that there is no disease
which may be avoided with so much GER
tainty as cholera. If one is prudent and
temperate in diet and drink, and can avoid
over-exertion, great fatigue, great anxiety,
fright and fear, he is as safe from cholera
as from being swept away by a comet.
This opinion, he declares, is the result of
his personal investigations in at least a
hundred cases, not less than three-fourths
Of which could be traced to one or anoth-
er of the melting causes mentioned.
Year: 1866

Pithole Letter to the New York World


The petroleum interest has been fated to a
carnival of disasters during the past three
months more serious than any in its previ-
ous history Fire has visited the wells and
the towns with about equal destruction. In
Titusvile not small portion of the city
has succumbed TO the destroying element,
while Pithole City has lost from the same
cause seven hotels besides several business
houses and Plumer, Ball Town and Petro-
leum Center have likewise suffered severely.
The Humboldt refinery at Plumer and re-
hnery on Pithole have gone up in smoke or
down in ashes The terribly destructive
fires which swept away nearly 10000 barrels
of oil, besides tanks engine houses, derricks
and every thing else within reach, upon
Bennehof Run and Oil creek, have already
been noticed in the World. Great damage
was also done along the Alleghaney, which
appears here en- force every spring. Add to
these the losses By unavoidable accident, the
suspension of the banks, the lethargy of
Congress upon the material subjects besides
the continued low prices of oil (about one
third its market price one year ago, and we
arrive at the unavoidable conclusion that the
petroleum interest has been subjected to
test the success of which has proved not
little for its character Of stability and per
manence. According to the Oil City Regis
ter, the total loss to the oil regions arising
from this series of disasters is not less than
five millions of dollars.
Year: 1866

A SHEEP SHARING MkCHNE.-A won-
derful machine for shearing sheep is among
the novelties which has obtained place in
the patent Office. II is the invention Of an
ingenious Buckeye, and is said TO possess
power and Aexibility, SO that when an indi-
vidual specimen of the oris driesis submitted
10 the action of the machine he has no time
to utter a cry, great or small and before he
knows what has happened to him he is
thoroughly shorn. We do not know wheth-
er the invention will succeed. We have
heard Of a grand shaving machine which
will reap the beard of the genus homo with
astonishing rapidity, but we never heard Of
any one who was willing TO trust his face TO
the the tender mercies of the automatic bar
Der. Sheep being naturally timid, may OBJ
iect to the manipulation of the machine
which is 10 deprive them Of their coats.
Nevertheless their protests will be in vain.