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Year: 1866

To OrR CITY SrRsCRIBERs.-Th rapid increase
OF our city circulation has forced us to reduce
the extent of the carriers routes and 10 employ
several new carriers From complaints made at
the office, we fear that the new carriers have
failed to find the residences Of some subscribers,
and we must ask their indulgence for few days,
until the routes and locations are more perfectly
learned by the new carriers. We beg our readers
to notify Us, either through the post-oIice or by
calling at our counting room, of any neglect of
Year: 1866

A Losr CHILD was discovered by gentle
man wandering about the upper part Of the
city, wet up to the knees with trudging along
the slushy streets. Poor little fellow, he had
cried until his eyes were swollen, and his voice
30 thick that lie could barely speak. The only
information he could give about himself was
that his name was " willy and that he
wanted 10 20 home" The gentleman, after
trying In vain 10 learn from the little four
year old where lis home was, carried him to
the station house, where, much to his sur
prise, they refused 10 receive him. lie there
fore kindly carried him TO his own house, de-
luged with fresh flood OF tears because he
"didn want 10 70 home with him


Ii seems very strange that the officers OF the
upper station should have refused 10 let the
child stay there until reclaimed by his friends
That was the very place for him. 1t should
be a part of the duty of the police To pick up
such little wanderers, especially IN snch
weather as this, and carry them To the staaion,
that II might be- general understanding that
when children are lost their friends might
know where 10 seek them,
Year: 1866

Being desrous of extending the influence of their pubca-
ons in this section the Publishers of HARPERs MAGAZINE
and WEEKLY will pay particular attention to subscriptions
from the Pacific States and subscribers rely the
prompt arrival of their Magazines by mail.


The Publishers have perfected asystem of mailing by which
they supply the MAGAZINE and WEEKLY promptly to those
who prefer receive their periodicals directly from the Of
flee of Publication The postage HARPERs MAGAZINE is
"a year. which paid the Subscribers post
Office
Year: 1866

and pleasantness. Let us mark the chan.
ges, admire and enjoy We will not al.
ways live to behold these yearly spring
Iresurrections. THIS may be our last, and
if not the last it must take one from a
number already not large Let US look
at our gardens, and our fields not always
and only to speculate upon the prospect
of an abundant yield, but to see also the
handiwork Of Nature and to feel how we
are cared-for And at the same time let
us ask ourselves the question, 8 Are We
worthy z"


But word and I am done. Parting
words are always solemn. | have tried
not to be dietatorial or egotistical, in my
Lectures, nor have l labored to so shape
my sentences as to the above grammati-
cal criticism. My object has been to
do good to others and to myself


Time is flying, life is feeting,


Every thing to final tends;


Every purpose, every calling,


With ibis life of trial ends;


Bat there is Hope eternal,


Treasures too that viii endure;


May it be our constant effort


These above all else TO secure


ICHABOD WHACKHAMMER.
Somewhere, April 2, 1866.
Year: 1866

They had a baby convention over in
MuScatine the other day, Fifteen moth
ers, with their little ones were present
aud they voted OF. the question of the
prettiest. Each baby got one vote and
no more. Every mother voted for her
own offspring.
Year: 1866

MULTUM IN PARvo.--In a long letter
from Horace Greeley to Gov. Perry, of
South Carolina, which appeared in late
number of the Tribune, the following
pithy paragraph occurs: "Let me say
once for all, tnat | make no professions
of love for the negro race, and that your
claim to superior regard for or interest
in the black race is wholly unrivalled.
do not love negroes as negroes; like
whites better; but l comprehend that
justice is all mems true interest, and
that u wrong done to the humblest, the
most despised, is an injury and peril
to ALL Ny superior regard for the white
race leads me to protest against and seek
to prevent, to foreclose, to preclude any
injustice by it to any race or class what
ever. Are not you Christian enough TO
realize that it is more lamentable to do
wrong than to suffer ito If you are, why
need constantly repel this assumption
that am impelled by special affection
for blacks ?'
Year: 1866

Bows think tobacco - gOOd--at nny
rate they persist In trying to use Y tho
II makes them III, as II they thought II
would prove to be good. A boy nine
years Of age was recently brought In for
examination by his mother, and having
a twenty-five inch brain, we advised
him never to touch tobacco, because 1t
had such n tendency to induce the blood
to the brain and keep the body lean and
little. We remarked that II he ever
expected to be full sized man he must
keep clear Of tobacco a. he would Of any
other poison. The mother remarked
that she had seen enough Of the use of
tobacco to make her very earnest I'm
trnImnAs aa>s s,oy .>saftr0 its use. sne
said her husband used tobacco for ten
or more years, becoming lean, bilious
and sickly; that when he became SO
weak and ill that he could hardly walk
or sit up, he would smoke several cigars
day. Finally the doctors informed
him that he must quit using tobacco or
go to his grave. This brought him to


his senses, and he resolved to try the
experiment. From that day he used


no more, aud in three months time he


went from weight of 1870 up to ls5


pounds, and became as hardy, healthy,


and robust man as could be seen in a
days ride. That woman thinks tobacco


is not good for boys, and she is sure it is


not good for men. She is determined


If parents could realize the extent of the
evil resulting from the use of tobacco,
especially by youth, they would certainly
refrain from setting them the bad ex-
ample. The appetites Of all tobacco
users are perverted, and they are in an
abnormal condition ofbody and mind.
Year: 1866

have defective teeth.


We believe ii this subject could be
brought home to the conscience of every
mother in the land, so that she would
believe the truths here stated, that rad
ical change would take place in cookery,
and generation would hardly pass by
without showing an universally improv-
ed condition Of the teeth of Americans


Ignorance on this subject is the cause of
this great evil, for we are unwilling to
impute this enormous sin to our moth
ers as one of deliberate or even thought
less commission.


Every one knows, or should know,
that errors in diet cause imperfect diges-
ton Of the food received into the stomach.
Consequently IL -is~not assimilated OF
converted into blood. The coarser parts
of food are necessary to perfect digestive
and assimilative processes. It is no
matter why. 1t is enough for us to know
the fact. Nature requires obedience to
her laws, and if they are nullified, pun
ishment follows, if not swiftly, yet sure
ly. q"


How necessary is it, then, that this
subject should receive the utmost atten-
tion of parents. 1t has hitherto been
too much the custom to leave all this, as
belonging entirely to nature-as thing
we had nothing to do with. We have
been too much in the habit of consider
ing that nature furnished her own ma
terials, and man had nothing to do with
her operation. p. T. SMITH.
Year: 1866

60. a SNAPJUDGMENT.--A clergyman on
one occasion received no fee for marry
ing parsimonious couple, and meeting
them several months after in social
gathering, took up the baby and ex-
claimed: II believe / have a mortgage
on this child!'' Baby's father, rather
than have an explanation before the
company, quietly handed over a IS bill
Year: 1866

THE Snow PLow.-The Directors
Of the Pacific Railroad Company
have had constructed at their work
shop in Sacramento a novelty, at
least in this section of the country,
in the shape Of snow plow. This
apparatus runs on two ordinary car
trucks, which are entirely concealed
from view by the outer casing of the
framework. The machine, which is
ten feet wide, eleven feet high and
thirty feet long, resembles huge
wooden box, made wedge. shaped in
front, with the sharp point resting
as near the ground as practicable for
working purposes. The slope of the
wedged portion runs up q: an angle
Of about forty-tive degrees. On this
portion Of the apparatus, several feet
from the ground, is a large double
iron plow. The machine, when in
use, will be placed in front of loco
motive. The wooden incline will
raise the snow from the track. and
the iron attachment will throw il of
on either side. Machines somewhat
similar to this are said TO lie in Use
an the railroads Of the Northern
Sta.es
Year: 1866

A PREACHER ON FIRE.-The New
York correspondent of the Boston
Journal sends the following: "In
one Of the Presbyterian churches the
other Sunday morning, minister
was officiating with all due decorum
and solemnity. All at once he be-
gan to cut up queer antics. and short
ly disappeared from public view, to
the no small astonishmcnt Of his au-
ditors. The pulpit being close one
boxed up on all sides, and the door
shut, the people could not tell what
was going on; but smoke rising
from the pulpit gave assurance that
there was fire somewhere, and the
excited congregation learnt, after
awhile, that the minister was on fire.


1t seems that he had carried in his
pockets a lot of loose lucifer match
es, and they ignited and set him on
fire. Assistance came, and the min
ister tfirc) was put out. The ser
vice was continued, but the solem-
nifty of the audience, was not so


marked as on some other occasions. ="
Year: 1866

both Houses was waning, and that as
between the President on one side, and
the Radical leaders on the other, at least
two Senator'S and eight Representatives.
were determined to stand by the Presi-
dent, and these were men, too, who had been
counted on by Stevens and Sumner as among
their devoted followers. The Conservative
Republicans spoke very plainly, and declared
that the President was right and must De sus-
tanned. At a later period in the evening 1t was
ascertained that not one of the present uncon-
stitutional measures before Congress can be
passed, and that the Senate, at least, will sus-
tain the Presidents veto OF every one OF them.
The Radical leaders have not yet given
up the battle as lost. They are infiexibly
determined to fight it out to the bitter end ;
but IL has been ascertained to to-day that
they are very much dispirited, and are COM
planning Of the power and patronage OF the
President, the very things they sneered at In
open debate In both Houses only week ago.
do not wish to raise any false hopes, but,
really, If the leaven continues to work, 1
would not be surprised at the speedy admis-
sion of Tennessee. From all quarters the
President receives hearty congratulations and
endorsements of his speech. The general tone
Of these are You are right. Stand firm. You
are standing on rock, and your position Is
inpregnable. The people will sustain you.
Several members of Congress who have here
tofore acted with the Radicals, have conveyed
TO the President intimations that henceforth
he may count on their Correspond
snce Neao York Netos, 26h.


THAD. STEVENS A JONAH.


At the Republican caucus, while one of the
speakers was dwelling upon the mode that
Congress had goaded the President on TO
his present position, and showing how
the present state Of affairs could have
been avoided, some one sung out in a
sotto voice, "If one man had been out Of
this body we should not have got into this
predicament" This was a direct thrust at
Stevens, placing the whole responsibility upon
his shoulders. 1t is quite apparent that there
the issue is drifting, and that all will soon be
forced to choose between the alternative
accept President johnson or Thaddeus Ste
yens as their leader. There will soon be no
medium ground upon which they can stand.
When that comes, as come it must unless
Congress changes its course, who can doubt
it's results There can be no mistaking the
side on which the great mass of the American
people will be found in that issue.
Year: 1866

THE MYSTERIOUS RAPPING AT THE LIBBY =
knockings which have been a source Of won.
der to the non. official attendants at the ses.
sions of the Provost court for the last few
days, are now explained and If any spirits had
any hand in the affair they were certainly not
those of the lamented departed. 1t appears
that workmen have been busily engaged in ft-
ting up q number Of cells on the second floor
for the safe keeping Of expected arrivals.
Each cell is whitewashed well, and will hold
four prisoners. It is supposed that these
additional Accommodations are either provided
in view of lthe prospect Of those twenty
thousand negroes who are to be mustered out
Of service at City Point one of these days or
else because the Proves Court at the Libby is
intended to be made permanent institution
in this city.
Year: 1866

Policeman Kendrick was putting out the lights
on his beat, at the corner of Seventeenth and
Broad streets, he saw two men running of with
what appeared to be a box Of ladies' shoes and
a bag of clothes. Policeman Kendrick imms-
diately pursued the men, and, although he
was unable to overtake them, kept them in
sight until they reached the dock One Of the
men had on black slouched hat and blue
military overcoat, and the other black coat
1t is supposed that the men had broken into
some store, and were then making off with the
plunder, but no information Of robbery at
the time has yet been received at the chief-of-
police office.
Year: 1866

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THE Pooh OF RIcHMoSD.-The dramatic per-
formance at the Richmond Theatre, Tor the
benefit Of the poor Of this city, TO which we
alluded on yesterday, will como on on Monday
evening next In spite Of any manifestations
to the contrary, we have always had faith In
the generosity and charity Of the citizens Of
Richmond, and we call upon them now 70
show by a crowded audience on Monday night,
that they have not lost their old dsympathy and
Kindness for the distressed and deserving poor.
Only about three hundred dollars have been
contributed by our citizens TO the Richmond
Relief Association since IL has been In opera
ton, and il they will come forward now, as we
have every reason TO believe that they VIII, II
funds of the Association, In addition to enjoy
Ing pleasant evenings amusement. III


A RUSAwAY.-On yesterday evening about
8 O'Clock bay horse, with spring wagon
attached, and negro man named James
HenrN inside, came clattering down the hill
on the Ninth street side of the Capitol Square,
at full stretch. That freedman was hero
in his way. He kept his seat, reaching out
TO recover the reins that were trailing behind.
The frantic horse turned the corner at Min tn
and rushed down Main street. The wagon
swung against the telegraph post, using up =
wheel-James Henry still inside-thsnce into
another spring wagon, with an old grey mare
hitched, standing quietly by the pavement.
This he turned round, towing the grey mare
backwards, to her great astonishment and dis
gust-James Henry still inside-thence over q
pile Of brickbats, overturning the wagon and
breaking both shafts-James Henry on the
ground, rolling over. He was not hurt, how
ever, but sprang up and caught the horse, and
coolly went to work to repair damages. 4
Year: 1866

AMATEUR CoNcERT.-A concert In aid Of the
Relief Association will be given by the leading
lady and gentlemen amateurs in this city some
time next week The concert will of course be
we'll attended particularly by those who do
not wish to patronize theatrical performance
at this season. .-
Year: 1866

MEETING AT FIRST MARKET HALL.-A public
meeting of the citizens Of Jefferson Ward will
be held at the First Market Hall tonight at
o'clock to consider the interests of the city in
relation TO the charter elections In April next.
Year: 1866

THE CONSERVATIVE" PARTY-We
desire to call particular attention to the
fact that every returned rebel soldier,
every draft dodger, every ex-C Camp Cha
sette and every rebel sympathizer is i1en-
titled with tho so-called Conservative par.
ty. We further wish loyal men to re-
member that aside from such as we have
mentioned above, there are but few that
belong to the organization.


They must also remember that it is
such men as we have desert bed that are
now denouncing the acts of our loyal
Legislature as unconstitutional. Men
who used every exertion in their power
to overthrow the Constitution and laws,
All the bushwhackers and raiders that
during the war waylaid and murdered
their fellow-citizens and stole their prop
erty, are now identified with this party.


We ask loyal men if they affiliate and
CO ooperate with such men? Notwith-
standing some of the measure of the
Uuicn party may be Objectionable, for ali.
things human are attended with some
degre Of imperfection, yet can they pos
sibly be as Objectionable as the internal
schemes concocted by the rebels and their
sympathizing friends? We ask Union
men to ponder these matters seriously
They now have to cast their lot with the
men who stood side by side with them
in sustaining the Government during the
war, or with the rebels. The alternative
is presented to them, and we are happy
to believe from the indications we have
seen, that the honorable discharged SOL
diers and Union citizens almost to man
will co-operats with the Union party and
will aid and sustain our loyal Legislature
in carrying out its measures.


They fought the rebellion during the
war, and they cannot sympathize with
those who murdered their sons and other
relatives. and who destroyed their prop
erty and did all in their power to destroy
the Constitution and overthrow the Gov
ernment.-G Garksvilye (W Fa) Tee
graph
Year: 1866

1.7sy-A young couple had been married by a
Quaker, and after the ceremony, he remark
ed to the husband: Friend, thou art at
the end aithy troubles" A few weeks after,
the young man cane to the good minister,
boiling with rage, (his wife was a regular
vixen | thought you told me that l was at
the end of my trouble - 80 did my
friend, but did not say which end.'
Year: 1866

COMPLETE CLOTHING HoUsE.-Ws take great
pleasure calling the attention of our readers to the
conspicuous advertisement of Messrs. Smith, Bros,
q Co., No. 10 West Baltimore street. We speak what
we know when We say their present stock of clothing
cannot be excelled. We commend this firm to the
favorable notice of all who may want goods in their
line. They sell at small profits, and deal on the
square with everybody
Year: 1866

SEVERAL hundred bags of grain, donated by the
citizens of Cincinnati for the suffering and destitute
Nashville en- route to their destination. The packa-
ges bore the impressive mark of Peace" Far more
South are such sentiments. sincerely expressed and
honestly acted upon, than the most munifcent
eleemosynary contribution which the wealth and
liberality of the North could bestow.


The deed of charity becomes deed of Christianity
and love when accompanied by such a proclamation,
and it is such acts and expressions as these which
and South. sympathy and kindness will prove a
more powerful and effective reconstruetlon COM
mittee" than that of which Stevens and Sumner are
members. If we could only throw demagogues and
politicians out of the way, the mute eloquence of
TINS suffering nation would soon find harmonious ex-
nond Times.
Year: 1866

n D"Iss NoAL hlNE'-A correspondent OF the new
York Commercial Advertiser, writing from Geneva.
Switzerland. makes the folio wing statement:


AT Sohaenis saw the coal mine of Switzerland,
1t is vein of about foot in thickness on an aver
age, and has to be worked beneath the rock surface
1t is species of camel COAL said to contain about
for 100000 francs 1t embraces two hundred acres of
land; and when l told them that in America they
could buy five thousand acres with veins of coal nine
feet thick for the same money they looked at me as
if they had caught me in regular Yankee Dragging
They intend to use the coal for making coal oil and
Parahne candles, and they expect large profits"
Year: 1866

The exhibition Of Bierstadts "Storm on
the Rocky Mountains, closed on Wednes-
day night, after n season of unprecedented
success. For several evenings previous to
the close, the large hall was literally crowded
with the very elite of our society. We ac-
cept this as a very gratifying evidence of an
increasing taste for art among our people.
The great success of the exhibition, however,
was undoubtedly due to the intrinsic merit
of the picture, of which there seemed to be
but one opinion. 1t has been removed to
Baltimore for exhibition. Our friends there
will find something to contemplate in those
storm clouds.
Year: 1866

Of embroidery, needleworl, homespun articles,
and by supplying flowers from the ample
stores which are to be found in their gardens
Horticulture is an elegant and attractive
branch of industry, and it can be praeecea IN
this climate to an extent that ought to MAKE
New Orleans floral paradise. Our fair ought
to show what can be done in this line we


might make many other suggestions; put We


presume that we have said enough for the
| r1rrnnsa
Year: 1866

Among the clumsy, inconsiderate things
perpetrated by Congress during the excite,
ment of the last hours before its adjourn,
ment was the passage of an act admitting
the Territory Of Nebraska as State into the
Union. This Territory does not contain as
many loyal inhabitants as existed in any one
city Of either Of the ten States to which the
same Congress applies taxation but refused
representation We are glad to learn that
the measure did not receive TnE PRESIDENTS
signature.
Year: 1866

On the first page Of our paper today will
be found the official publication of the civil
appropriation bill, in which SO many Of our
citizens are particularly interested. The
publication of the Internal Revenue Law is
suspended fpr this day in order to give this
important law to the public.
Year: 1866

SENATE The Senate receded from its
amendment to the bill to fix the time
and change the place of holding United
States Courts in Virginia, and the bill
was passed.


The special order of the day, which
was the consideration Of bills from the
Pension Committee, was taken up.


A bill to repeal certain sections of the
pension act of 1s62.64-65, and substitute
therefor the provision giving S25 per
month to persons in the military OF ma.
val service who lost both eyes, or both
hands, or so permanently disabled as to
require constant personal aid of another
person, and $50 per month to those who
lost both feet, or one hand and one foot,
or have been permanently disabled so
as to be incapacitated from rerformln 6
manual labor, but not so much so as to
require constant aid and protection and
Sl5 per month to those who lost one
hand or foot, or so permanently dis
able as to materially interfere with the
performance of manual labor without
being incapacitated.


Mr.. Van Winkle offered an amendment
providing pensions for widows and
children of colored soldiers who died in
the service, without other evidence of
marriage than proof that the parties had
habitually recognized each other as man
and wife and lived together as such
two years next preceding enlistment.
Adopted


Several other amendments were adopt
ed and bills passed.


Mr.. Sumner presented petition for
the trial of JEFF. Davis by Court Mar
tial. He expressed no opinion upon it,
but now that the subject was before the
Senate would add that the trial of jeff
Davis at this time by Jury at Rich
mond will be one of Roses great COM
edies, which will hereafter excite the
derision of the world Petition referred


The Senate adjourned until Monday