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Year: 1866

TRIALS OF LIFE.-We start upon life 3 Jour
ney full of hope, full of gladness, and full Of
joyous ambition, confident in our own strength
and in the support of friends and kindred Sta
toned around us, on whom we lean with great
satisfaction; but as years pass on, one of the
outposts, the supports, falls; and then another,
and another, each succeeding year leaving one
or more the less For while We scarcely miss
the acquaintance and friends Of our childhood,
for we have so many: but as time rolls on, the
number becomes so small that each additional
loss makes a greater void, Father, mother,
brothers, sisters, our oldest neighbors all gone
the minister of our youth has grown gray before
us-he, too, has passed away and beyond Is
schnnmate here, and another there. nothing il
left to connect us with the times and the homo
Of childhood, and such feeling of desolation
comes over us, that we are ready to sink in per
feet helplessness and despair. To the old who
may chance to read these lines, the suggestion
is made, which, if wisely Needed may save tho


body from sinking under the whelming load.
and it is this, He who made us is the Father Of
us all and the dispepsations of this life are de-
signed to prepare us the more certainly for 8
beatifc existence beyond the grave and to en-
able us to make the transition with the least yiO
lence, and at the same time to train us to those
habitudes of heart which will the more elevate
Us in the world beyond, he aIranges that we
shall learn to lean less on ourselves, less on 9TH
ers, and more ON himself as q weary man leans
on staff, and the sooner we begin thus to lean,
the happier we shall be in time, and the mora
ready shall we find ourselves to take up the re-
turnless journey without murmur and without
q cirh
Year: 1866

TWENTY-FIVE days have now elapsed since
the proclamation Of peace by the President, and
we have waited in vain for the very first shrek
from tortured 'Union man, or yell from a
half roasted freedman. Our revilers predicted
that sort of St. Bartholomew massacre would
follow the Presidents proclamation-but some
how or other the anticipated slaughter hangs
fire: This disappointment is naturally agggra-
waiting to the Radicals, and they are grumblins
terribly


The uniform good conduct of the Southern
people must be very provoking to Underwood,
Mackenzie & Company. When the Southern
journals were ichhabilitated in those great Con
sttutonal rights and franchises of which they
were for months deprived, they were expected
to spring forth like painted Indian braves, ready
for all sorts of deeds of terrible cruelty. The
intelligent and exceedingly fair minded Rich
mond correspondent of the New York Worlo
comments upon the tone of the Richmond press
since we have had restored to us our old charter
of privileges.


Look, he says, ''for instance, at the con
duct of the press here ever since the proclama-
ton of peace and restoration of the hdbeas cor
pas, when many who mistake the character Of
this people, might have supposed they would
have abused their newborn power by defiance
and angry exultation Where have We seoa it
Every one must have remarked that the most
violent papers-even those of tie \ stripe
have underrated their tone. The explanation
is simple This is proud and high-minded
people, and while they chafe under harshness
and domination. they are the most tractable in
the world when magnanimously left to their in
stincts of honour and self.respect. !"


The explanation Of the correspondent of the
World is correct We might with impunity
tomahawk and scalp the Freedmen's Bureau
and the few Federal soldiers who remain among
us, every day, and it would be a safe and not
unpopular waste of time but the editors of the
South have never been addicted to such unman.
ly and ungenerous assaults. When they were
masters of the situation, and held the lives OF
every Southern paper in their hands, there was
a much stronger and more nor! lrrePresslhle lncllna
Richmond Times.
Year: 1866

When girls are grown up they begin to be-
courted and caressed; then they think that the
recommending themselves to the affections of
the mon is the only business they have to attend
to, and so presently fall to trioking, and dress
ing, and practicing all the engaging arts. pecu-
liar to their sex. In these they place all their
cess Of them. But they should be given to un-
derstand that there are attractions more pow
erful than these; that the respect we pay them
is not due to their beauty SO much as their mod~
esty and unaffected virtue.
Year: 1866

TRUE.-1t is not work that kills men; it is
worry. Work is healthy. You can hardly put
more on man than he can bear Worry is
rust upon the blade. 1t is not revolution that
destroys the machinery, but the friction Fear
secretes acid but love and trust are sweet things
Year: 1866

The French papers have got new romance.
A noble young officer falls in love with beau
tiful girl, engages to marry her, and goes off to
the wars. The maiden is seized with the small
pox and her beauty is turned into hideousness.
In battle ball passes SO close to the lover &
eyes that his sight is forever DESTROYED He re-
him, telling him that the charms which won him
are destroyed. He replies that he cant see
it, as he is blind, and that to him she is as
beautiful as ever. They are married, and i've
happilY together
Year: 1866

The black man who spoke in our City
Hall On Friday evening, was born and bred
10 manhood u slave. lie carries upon his
back still the mark Of his masters lashes
He can be pardonei therefore, in stern
remembrance Of the wrongs OF slavery and 4
vindietiyc feeling which would not be so
excusable in one differently nurtured. 1t
will not quite do Tor Us generally to accept
his proposition that our magnanimity is or
greatest weakness at the North. We
question too the correctness Of his assertion
Of the superior disinteresledness of the col
ored soldiers. One great iuducemcnt to the
negro to enter the army certainly was that
So he woull secure his freedom and that Of
his race, which could hardly be considered a
wholly disinte rested motive. Furthermore
it will hardly do to denounce Mr. johnson
for what he is going 10 do. When he has
shown himself the oppressor of the black
man, or proved traitor to the cause of free
dom and human rights, 1t will be time
enough to say that it were better for him
that he had never been born.
Year: 1866

We copy in another column, at some
length the main points Of the speech Of Gov.
Boutwell, on tie suffrage question. Wcown
the force or its considerations but mast al
So own ourselves not fully convinced On all
its points The right of suffrage ir nowhere
wholly unrestricted. Here in Vermont,
where it is the lreost, it Is permitted only
to persons over q, to men, and to men '' Of
quiet and peaccable behavior" We cannot
see why. take the county through, further
restriction requiring every voter to he able
to read the Constitution Of bis State, OF Of
the Land. would not be well


The act as passed By the House is well, for
1T removes all restrictions Of color within the
region under the immediate and
SPECIAL care Of Congress. II Con
gross shall hereafter pass an act, applicable
to all colors, restricting the right in the Dis
trict, in the respect named, We think the
country will not greatly quarrel with the
arrangement.
Year: 1866

1t is stated that the Tammany Hall Dem
ocrats intended to make their recent pow
WOW on the Sth INST, the occasion when
President johnson should commit himself
to the fortunes Of the Democratic party
They sent special invitation to the PEesi-
dent to be present, but getting no response
they dispatched messenger to Washington,
who besieged the President tor two days for
a letter, but all in vain. The President was
too old a bird to be caught with such chaf.
Ii is further stated that the committee got
letters from Generals Grant and Sherman
and one from Secretary Seward, which they
did not read at their banquet and which
they very carefully kept out of the hands OF
the reporters.
Year: 1866

A RECRUIT FROM THE GkAvE.-The St.
Louis Ners says the following circum-
stance, among the most remarkable that
occurred during the war, is youched Tor by
Colonel Ellis, late Of the First Missouri
Cavalry, and can be attcsted by the parties
concerned


4" A few days after a iercely contested battle
IN the South, party Of soldiers belonging TO
the First Missouri took jaunt over the battle
field, and came to a spot where the rebel dead
we're buried. In one place the hair Of a man s
head was seen sticking out Of the ground like a
tuft of grass, and near by hand was seen pro-
truding upward, which evidently belonged to
the corpse that owned the head Of hair.


One Of the csvalrymen remarked to his CON-
panions, in spirit of thoughtless levity, a" See,
there's dead reb reaching out for something /;
let's see what he wants - In the same spirit
of wanton mischief, almost recklessness, the
cavalrymen took hold Of the mans hand and
hauled the body out Of the grave, the loose dirt
falling back into the hollow hole. Soon after,
the man began to str and manifest signs Of life,
to the utter astonishmeut and horror Of the re-
surrectionists.


The man was taken by his reseuers to their
tent and was rubbed down, washed of. and in
a.few days became as good rs new" He
said that in the battle he was stunned by the
passage Of shell which knocked him senseless.
lie was picked up among the dead and buried
like the rest. Not scratch was found on his
body. He said he had joined the rebel army,
and fought the federals long and well, but as
this was his second appearance on earth, he
would now join the federals and fight for them.
BE accordingly enlisted in the First Missouri,
did good deal Of tough marching and hard
fighting, and last September was mustered out
Of the service and paid of at Benton Barracks.
Year: 1866

gine (the only one in town. belonging to the
Railroad. Considerable credit is also doubt
less due to the St. Adams Fire Department,
consisting of " anybody with bucket"


The origin of the fire is unknown, some
believing it the work of an ineendiary W lie
Others trace it to the candle factory in the
basement of Foster Il Potter's store.
Year: 1866

against the Government, do you expect to resist


them Do you expect to meet them with a


paper blockade Constitutional Amendment
II that is your expectation your expectation will
not be realized. And when they have involved
the country in an Indebtedness Of four, five or
six thousand millions Of dollars-when they
have 50 broken your credit in the markets Of
the world that your paper will sell for fifty cents
on the dollar-snd taking advantage Of the just
and natural hostility of the people against Eu-
ropean aggression. they involve you in a for
eign war. what have they to DO but to march
out of the United States and bid you defiance


Secondly, you leave the rebels in possession Of
power which they will surely avail themselves
Of when they again undertake the destruction Of
the goyernment-the opportunity to bestow the
elective franchise upon the negroes.


1t is maxim Of another language. which We
may well apply to ourselves, that where the
voting register ends. the military roster Of re-
bellion begins and fyou leave those four mil
ions OF people TO the care and custody Of the
men who have inaugurated and carried on this
rebellion, then you treasure up for untold years
the clements Of social and civil war, which must
not only desolate and paralyze the South, but
shake this Government to Its very foundation.
Year: 1866

no part of the penalties prescribed for
guilt. On the other hand, if record
Of conviction by lawful court be not
a prerequisite 20 suffering the penalty
of the law, the act Of Congress may
work intocrable hardships. The ac-
cused will then be lodged to prove his
innocence whenever the registry of
the provost marshal is adduced against
him. No decision of a board Of elcc-
ton officers will protect him against
the necessity Of renewingshis defense
at every subsequent election, and each
time with increased difficulty arising
from the possible death or absence of
witnesses. In many cases this may
prove q gross wrong. 1t cannot be
doubted that in some instances there
were causes that prevented a return
to service, or a report by persons reg


stered as deserters by provost mar
shals, that would have been held iusti-
flying reasons by a court martial or
at least would have prevented an APP
proval of the courts sentence. 1t is
well known, also, that some who were
registered deserters were. at the time,
actually in the military service as
volunteers, and honorably discharging
their duties to the Government. TO
hold that the act Of Congress imposes
upon such the necessity of proving
their innocence, without any convic-
tion Of guilt, would be an unreasona-
bic construction of the act, and would
be attributing to the national legisla-
ture an intention not warranted by
the language and connection of the
enactment


4 1t follows that the Judgment of the
the court below, upon the case stated,


was right. The plaintiff not having


been convicted of desertion and fail


ure to return TO service, or to report


to provost marshal, and not having


been sentenced to the penalties and


forfeitures OF the law was entitled to


a vote


The Judgment is affirmed.


! WOODWARD, c. j.


concur I'D lne cOncluslOn staleu III


the above opinion, and in most of the
reasonings by which that conclusion


is reached.


But ! do not concur in treating the


act of Congress as a valid enactment,


for believe't to an er post tacto law,
in respect to all soldiers, except such
as commit the crime of desertion after


the date of the law. This is not a
case Of desertion subsequent to the
enactment, but prior to it, and the


penalties of the offence are such as


were fixed by law, when the offence


was committed, and it is not compe-
: tent for the Legislature to increase
. them, except for future cases
Year: 1866




HUBER VS.. REILLY. Error to the Court Of Com
mon Pleas OF Frankling Strong, Justice


The act of Congress under which
the defendant below iustifes his refu-
sal to receive the vote of the plaintiff
is the one approved on the Sd day Of
March, 1865. The twenty-frst sec
ton is the only one applicable to this
case, and is as follows


"And Be Il further onociod That in addition to
the other lawful penalties Of the crime Of deserton
from the military or naval service Of the United
States who shall not return to said seryico, or re-
port themselves 10 a provost marshal within sixty
days after the proclamation hereafter mentioned
shall be neemed and taken to have voluntarily re
hnqushed and forfeited their rights Of citizenship
and their rights to become citzens and such de-
serter shall forever be incapable Of holding any
Office Of trust profit under the United States, OF
ofexercieng any rights Of citizens thereof and all
persons who shall hereafter desert the military OF
naval service and all persons Who, being duly en-
rolled, shall depart the Jurisdiction Of the district
IN which he is enrolled, or 60 beyond the limits Of
the United States, with intent 70 avoid any draft
into the military or naval service, duly ordered,
ihau be liable TO the penalties Of this section"
Year: 1866




Put the meat into cold water, and let It
grow warm slowly. This dissolves the
gelatine, allows the albumeu to disengage,
and the scum 10 rise, and diffuses the sa-
worry part OF the meat But if the soup is
over hot fire, the albumen coagulates and
hardens the meat, prevents the water from
penetrating, and the savOry part from dis
engaging itself. Thus, the broth will be
without flavor, the meat will be tough
Allow about two table-spoonfuls of salt to
four quarts of soup, where there are many
vegetables, and less where there are few.
Be sure not to leave any fat floating on the
surface. A quart Of water TO a pound of
meat is a good rule. Soup made of un-
cooked meat is as good the second day il
heated to boiling point. If more water is
needed, use boiling hot water, cold or luke
warm spQils the soup. Keep the vessel
covered tight while boiling, that the flavor
be not lost. Never leave the soup in metal
pots.
Year: 1866

We take the following spicy extract on
"ine writing" from the Xenia Torchlight.
There is much "more truth than poetry"
III it:


"You must quit fine writing early IL
your ambition is TO produce anything ac-
ceptable to refined tas e. Strip yonr thoughts
as naked as ever they were born, if you
wish them to fight well in the world. Go
as direct to your theme as streak Of
lightning. Ride right down upon it like
charging cavalryman. Fill your words
up with thought so that they shall weigh
seventeen or eighteen pounds apiece
Weigh each word and see that it comes up
to that standard before you 'say it. No
body wants your words. Your thoughts
your own-everybody is interested in
What do you think? say--and quit your
froth and fustian. We desire no more
fine writing John S. c. Abbott, for in-
stance, has furnished enough to last to the
end of the world"
Year: 1866

O. CURE FOR DAMP WALLs.--The following
is stated to be a good remedy for damp
walls :-Three Quarters Of a pound OF mot
tied soap 10 one gallon OF water. This
composition to be laid over the briclx-work
steadily and carefully with a large fiat
brush, so as not TO form froth or lather
on the surface, The wash 10 remain
twenty-four hours, 70 become dry. Mix
half pound of alum with four gallons of
water, leave, it to stand for twentylfour
hours, and then apply it in the same man
ner over the coating of soap. Let this 10
done in dry weather,
Year: 1866

The head of the Tennessee Government
is infamous enough, in all conscience; but
black hearted and devilish as is Brownlow,
the head of the Missouri Government looms
high above him in all that is Internal. This
Governor Fletcher is thus spoken of by the
SO. Louis Times: Itt taW 9aH


We state it boldly that nine out of every
ten murders committed in the State, are by
Fletcherites upon Democrats; and we de-
clare with equal bOldness that the Governor,
apart from whatever completely he may
have in, plLndering the people by bogus
railroad sales, is guilty of the most in
famous perjury and official malfeasance, in
protecting the criminals, and putting to
violent death whoever endeavors to avenge
the wrongs which justice is impotent or
careless to punish. Missouri is in an awful
condition, 1t is true, but the responsibility
does not lie at the door of the returned
Confederate soldiers. Everywhere we see
them endeavoring to secure plain living
by industry and strict attention to busi-
ness. They aspire to no Offices, insult no.
body, wrong nobody; but on the contrary
are shot down like dogs by the adherents
of, that man whom the Chicago Journal
thinks should be sent to Congress for his
= efficient preservation OF the peace of the
cOmmunitY."f ~ a. sil
Year: 1866

A lady correspondent, lamenting over
the new-fashioned skirt, says it looks as
ii it had been made of any old, half-worn
material that one happened to have in the
house. Oh, how much prettier the full
dress looped over snowy skirtl Farewell,
little glimpses of embroidery! Farewell to
the huted founce of pure white skirt with
which we were wont to freshen our dusty
dress for the street! There was too much
poetic distinctiveness in your style; the
radicals must needs put you away, / trust
they are satisfied. We look like storm
rugged schooners. We look like the daugh-
ters of the sturdy Norwegians, ready to
walk along the shores of the Categat and
6kagerack, with the mercury frozen and
the wind blowing a gale. saw the other
day, on a tremendously large woman, a
brown dress of some heavy material made
in this new style. The longest skirt was
trimmed with perpendicular strips of black
velvet, the upper skirt was trimmed dag
Onally, and the basqulne was bordered
straight around. The poor woman looked
as if somebody had been pulling her bias
wise. Then saw young miss with the
same style OF dress, of a heavy mottled MAJ
terial called Victoria, edged with a narrow
band OF fur. 1t was just such garb as the
damsel wears who Is about stepping into
the reindeer sleigh up In LapIand but as
1t was mild day, and the street was dusty
and not icy, it suggested pity that fash
ion could never control the weather. SO
much for revolution in street skirts. Out
door acquaintances will no longer consider
US stylish, for there is certain want of
style and an angularity Outthenew fash
ion that prevents ones thinking better Of
1t than that 1t is serviceable."
Year: 1866

guessed she was hard on her clothes, any
how, and 80 they never got married, and
the whole thing turned out wrong; but
couldn't help it, for amt going to put
Eacts on record that amt so. But it amt
a bit like any novel that ever read, so
there must have been something strange
about this fellow and Molie that never
could find out, SO Ill have to let it slide as
IT, is
Year: 1866

cetcIuay dlttrnOOn-


On motion OF Mr.. Chandler. the isipt resolu
ton to prev the importation Of Cholera into
the ports OF the United States was taken mn
and amendments offered by Messrs Hender-
son and Edmunds were agreed to, making the
joint resolution TO read as follows:


Resoired, DC, That the Secretary Of the
Treasury be, and he hereby is. authorized 20
make and carry into effect such orders and
regulations OF quarantine as in his OPINION
may be deemed necessary and proper in aid
OF state or municipal authorities to guard
against the introduction Of cholera into the
ports of the United States; and the Secretary
is further authorized to direct revenue officer.
commanding revenue cutters TO aid In the ex
ecution OF the proper quarantine and also in
the execution OF the health laws of such States
respectively as may seem necessary: and for
the carrying out OF this provision such sums
are appropriated As are necessary: Proridrd
That the authority here given shall expire on
the first Monday in June next


The joint resolution was then passed i'm the
above form. -


After short executive session the Senate
adjourned. :" - ~


HoUsE.-After our report closed


The House resumed itself into Committee of
the Whole and resumed the consideration of
the tax bill. Without coming TO any coucIu.
sion on the BILL the committee rose and the
House adjourned. s..
Year: 1866

WILL THE SUCCESS OF THE CABLE
BE PERMANENT ?-An exchange, in an
swering this interrogatory, says:


Will the telegraphic current from
continent to continent remain unim-
peded by the accident of waves and
currents and the irregularities of the
ocean bed? We think this is doubt.
full. The surveys so carefully made
show that the bottom of the sea for
some five or six hundred miles from
the coast of Ireland is interrupted
rocky ridges and chasms, in the midst
Of which there is much danger of the
cable getting chafed, by the bearing
down of its own weight into the hol
lows, and the scraping Of its surface
upon the rugged ed ges of the rocks
Again, towards the coast ofNewfound
land there are rapid and changing un
der-currents. which may materially
affect the safety of the wire. All these
probabilities must be tested before
We can pronounce success permanent
There may be a radical error in the
plan Of running the cable directly west
ward from the Irish coast over these
rocks and chasms, which sooner OF
later viii! wear it away, and it vii


probably part. it may be in a few day,
or a few months. Why not make {
curve southwark and meet the Gul
stream, which we know makes /;
smooth bed for itself, and which doe.
not flow so far north as the coast of Ire
land. By following this curve of til,
Gulf stream the uneven bottom of th


ocean would be avoided. This cours


might insure perfect safety for th


cable, although it would involve tn


necessity Of laying a few more miles


In its present position we cannot re
gard its permanency as at all certain
Year: 1866

FOOIsCAPPA PAPER.-During the reign
of Charles l all English paper bore
in water marks the royal arms. The
parliament under Cromwell made a
jest of this, and among other indignities
to the memory Of the King, it was Or
dered that the royal arms be removed
from the paper, and the fools cap
and bell" be substituted. These, ii
their turn. were of course removed a
the Restoration; but paper Of the size
Of the Parliament journal still bear,
the name Of "foolscap.'H y