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Year: 1866

"A sensational clergyman ont in
Wisconsin told his hearers that he
should divide his discourse into three
parts. The first should be terrible, the
second horrible, and the third should be
terrible horrible. .Assuminga a dramatic
tragic attitude, he exclaimed, in start
ling, agonizing tone, "What is that I
see there7" Here, q little old woman
in black cried out with shrill treble,
at is nothing but my little black dog
he won't bite nobody" The thread of
the discourse was so badly broken by
this curious interruption that the terrible
horrible head was never reached.
Year: 1866

Trip lightly over trouble,


Trip lightly over wrong;
We only make grief double


BY dwelling on it long.
Why clasp woes hands SO tightly,
Why sigh DER blossoms dead
Why cling to forms unsightly!


Why not seek joy instead?
Trip lightly over sorrow,


Though all the days be dark,
The sun may shine tomorrow,
And gaity sing the lark;
Fair hope has not departed


Though roses may have fed;
Then never be down-hearted,
But look for joy instead.
Trip lightly over sadness,


Stand not to rail at doom
We've pearls to string, of gladness,
On this side of the tomb.
Whilst stars are nightly shining,
And heaven is overhead,
Encourage not repining,


But look for Joy instead.
Year: 1866

They build up the constitution strengthen and increase
their bodily vigor raise their children
with halt the suffering they would have to undergo ordinarily


TRY ONLY ONE BOTTLE AND BE CONVINCED.
For sale by all Who esale and Retail Grooers,
Year: 1866

We hare hosts of testimonials from al parts Of tho coun
try space will allow of the publication of but few Of
them; select those well known persons whose
Intelligence and discrimination beytnd doubt and


WIN Pay sIeo0


to any predang certificate pahed by that
Year: 1866

Ba-Mother don't you wish you had the tree
of evil in your gardeu2'


why, Josh, you sarpest, what do you mean
by thar


AS moneys the root OF all evil, if We had
the tree, then couldn't We get the precious
stuff
Year: 1866




By the arrival at this port Of the British bark Somevc
we have Buenos Ayres dates of March and Montevideo
of March g. little later than those via England. BY
this arrival learn that the united land and sea forces OF
Brazil and the Argentine Provinces which for so long
period had been making preparations on the borders for
The invasion of Paraguay, with the intention Of dcposing
the present Dictator Lopez had al last commenced
forward movement, and in few weeks, doubtless i'm
portan engagements will take place. involving tho future
Of that country


The allied force is powerful in all arms of attack, but
the defense will also be desperate all the routes TO that
country are full of mine torpcdoes batteries &C. There
is feeling in Buenos Ayres that the invasion has not
81 10 the result.


There had been upon the Provincial Bank of Bue
Ayres, when about two hundred and forty thousand
dollars in gold drawn out The loss Of this amount
though small for a national institution, caused prodg
fright the part Of the Directors, who Immediately
called a meeting Of the mercantile community 10 take
measures TO sustain the institution IL the bank il not
involved with the Government 10 greater extent that at
present appears no serious result is anticipated.
Year: 1866

MAY A MAN HAVE Two NAMES I'm the Superior
Court before Justice Jones' yesterday the case Of Edward W.
Kennedy ag James Keegan suit for $500 eO0 OF which
deposited with the defendant and $500 sent on to him by
expresr The defendant admitted the first sl0o setting of s
but denied the receipt o the o On the stand be testified
he had received no sum Of sOO from Edward w Kennedy


He had received that about the beginning April but
was from Edward Clifford lie did not know exactly who
Clifford was rather he did and that ho was sailor the
United States frigate Vermont


This plaintiff being recalled stated that he the only
Clifford on that vessel lie had enlisted under that be-
cause he had enlisted before the Navy be bounty
Jumper he would explain. His explanations dow


Defendants counsel contended that plaintiffs showing
the money money Of which he had robbed
United States Government. and to which he had no title


Plaintiffs counsel would not address the Jury


The Court charged that the defendant could up
defense TO the repayment OF money had
actually received from the plaintiff and the Jury gave tho
plaintiff a verdict for s2e7 so


Mr. Barnaby for plaintiff; Mr.. Yard for defendant
Year: 1866

SALE oP SCRANTON CoAL-A RISE IN Prices
thousand Of Scranton coal were sold yester
day at public auction Mr. John H. Draper officiating
toneer The attendance the sale large and the bid
ding brisk lump and steamer coal being sold In large lots
Year: 1866

FREycH-Mr. Fayarger whose system of teaching
French especially the pronunciation is highly approved Of by
the mos, competent judges will give illustrative lesson this
afternoon His advertisement viii be found in another col
Year: 1866

There's a shade tree in our garden,
And beneath its pleasant shade
There's a seat 1 love to sit on
With a certain little maid;
Friends may laugh and slyly quiz m
And though banter has its thong,
Our converse is so pleasant


That I don't believe it's wrong
All the day I think about her,
Call to mind each gentle look,
Think her face so interesting
That 1 scan no other book;
When the work hours hang wear.
How fer eventide / Ion
To resume the pleasant c


Which I don't believe is
We have talked of love O


And we've long made up
Folks should speedily get mar
When they feel they are so
And as that's our case precise
e've thought about it
my, we think we'd best get


For we don't believe it's W
Year: 1866

A glass of whisky is manufactured per-
haps from dozen grains of corn, the value
of which is too small to be estimated. A


glass of this mixture sells for twenty-five
cents. and if of a good brand is considered


well worth the money. 1t fires the brain,
sharpeus the appetite, deranges and weak
ems the physical system. On the same
sideboard on which the deleterious beverage
is served, lies newspaper. 1t is covered
with half million of types-it brings in
formation from the four quarters of the
globe. The newspaper costs less than the
glass of grOg--the juice of few grains of
corn-but it is no less strange than true
that there is large number of people who
think corn juice cheap and newspapers too
high. And it is still more wonderfully true
that hundreds of men aretoo poor, or too
hard run, to take newspaper, and yet they
are able to spend four times four, and some
of them forty time four dollars for whisky.
Year: 1866

Brick Pomaeroy to Bin Arp-A Racy Letter.


Did you hear anything drap up this way?
Something fell down! The man at the
other end of the avenue snapped cap,
Bill, just to see if the nipple was clear!-
That cap means businessl Il is some ways
to the other end of the avenue where the
vulture have gathered to feed upon the
corpse so terribly mangled, but the mar
at the other end of the avenue has a quick
eye, cool brain, steady nerve, and his
gun is ready! Just you sit down behind
a stump like, and keep cool 1t is dog
goned aggravating to keep cool in fight,
but you must do it. The report of that
cap whistled from Maine to Minnesota. and
several million of true sportsmen are ready
to load for the man at the other end of the
avenue to fire.


And tell your folks there to keep still
to plant their cotton, corn, rice and sugar
cane. Give them good advice. Bill. Help
them smooth down the hillocks, and level
the sod over the graves where so many of
your brave boys and our boys are sleeping
together. Build up the houses our boys
pulled down, and as soon as we get our war
duds off, we will help you, Bill. You see
we are unhitching the team which ran away
and broke down your gates. We don't like
the team any better than you did. Your
gate post was our gate post. The team
that broke it down was bad one-the man
at the other end of the avenue is unhitching
it, Tell your folks to be brave in peace as
they were in war.


The early winds of Spring are of more
account than you dream of. They are blow
ing the dead leaves out of the forest. They
are blowing the dead ducks far out to seal
They are clearing away the debris-wheel-
ing the little sticks hither and yon. Rolling,
flying, and eddying around, the leaves and
twigs are leaving their late resting place,
and it will not be long, Bill, before all this
rubbish will be removed, and the grass and
flowers will again beautify the earth as be-
fore. And there shall be no more prowling,
and no more Poachers. The man at the
other end of the avenue is not clown,
bufoon, vulgar jester, low wit, boor-
ish story teller. Alb, no, Bill He is a
very good. man, and you viii like him
Year: 1866

rienced vine-dresser, matted with vineyards
that win prove greater sources of wealth
than was ever the most prolific of cotton
fields. Our worn-out and sun-baked fields
may be carpeted with our tropical grasses.
and converted into most nutritious pastures
for innumerable f1ocks and herds.


Nowhere in the world can the orchard be
made to bring forth such increase of deli
cious fruits, and all that may be made
therefrom, as under the "skiey inhuencies"
of our Southern land Our forests, with
their millions upon millions of unavailed-of-
wealth, are almost untouched. Our won
derful mineral resources are virgin and un-
plucked, save only so far as to leave dis
covered the rich exhuberance that awaits
the ravishment of hardy enterprise. Our
fisheries are no mean rivals of those of the
North. if we but choose to spread our nets
for our own treasures of the sea, instead of
depending upon neighbors with whom we
would be brothers of they would only let US
be so.


Nor is the enterprise and the hardy in
dustry lacking to develop these resources,
should the course of the Federal legislation
compel an abandonment of cotton culture
as the principal reliance of the South. The
war was good school in which the South
ern people became Injured to undertakings
for which it was always before supp posed
they had no adaptability. The monuments
of their ingenuity, skill and industry still
exist, nor have they lost the cunning of
hand and brain which still stand them in
good stead whenever it becomes necessary y
to abandon culture of cotton, and turn their
attention to the development of other re-
! sources.
Year: 1866

In late paper noticed decision
dered by Kentucky justice that XII
a ''binder," in case before him bro
by lady to recover a pony from Sc
man who promised it in payment for 4
and thought to back from his bargain
by judgment for the plaintiff, was cons
ed to "pony up This brings to
a decision by equally high legal auth
that any man or any other man, has a
to take a kiss when the fenianess cal
is willing to give it. At least SO i
the author of the following "pome, .
as you newspaper men say, from
change:
Year: 1866

COMPLETE CLOTHING HoUsE.-We take great
pleasure in calling the attention of readers to the
conspicuous advertisement of Messrs. Smith, Bros.
d Co.. No. 40 West Baltimore street. We speak what
We know when We say their present stock of clothing
cannot be excelled. We commend this firm to tho
favorable notice of all VINO may want goods in their
line. They sell at small profits. and deal on the
square with eyerybody
Year: 1866

cent OueDrSah.


Some of the negro soldiers have uudeniabIy been
guilty OF serious outrages on person and property
during the past few months, and they have in two
many cases escaped detection and punishment It
mas been serious evil. especially affecting the
southern portion OF the city. a lawless, inSolent
bearing has at times characterized some the negro
soldiers, and has given pain to those who desired to
see them manifest, by their actions that they were
Morthy TO oe lreemen. The peculiar opportunities
gwen them: by their position soldiers having the
privilege of carrying arms, has been used often times
to accomplish bad ends. certain degree of antag-
onISm was eneyltable under the existing circum-
stances, where numbers of race heretofore in sery-
tude have been suddenly emancipated arms put in
tnelr hands and they finally themselves thrown into
the position OF ylctors over their former masters
This feeling has been indicated the part of the
negroes to far less extent than might, under the
circumstances, be expected.


This difficulty has been stimulated by the police
VINO have almost invariably been unnecessarily
harsh and generally extremely brutal in their treat
lnent OF those whom they arrested among the ne
groe3. 10 such an extent, in consequence had the
dread Of an arrest by the police reached among the
negroes that they preferred the consequences of
ssting it. when they had arms and numbers on their
side. These acts which have mentioned were
wrong. and are not defensible but they had in no
erabe nor had they been of late unusually frequent
or fragrant, but rather the contrary if anything A
deoent police force could at any time have made
Memphis thoroughly orderly city.


The Third Celored heavy artillery were just about
being mustered out Of servi3e This regiment con-
tanned very bad men, as indeed has every white
or c9lored regiment we have ever known, Whatever
resistance was made during the progress of the riot
was undoubtedly from members of this regiment
Among the victims however, not more than three or
four are known to have belonged to it. The mass of
the negro population Of the city has been as peaceabIe
orderly and industrious as that Of any city in the
country. Yet it is among this portion that the vic
tins were found almost entirely. There is no doubt
whatever that the pending investigation will show
that the police quite as much to blame as the
negroes in the original fracas and that in all the sub
sequent ourages the negroes were simply the victims
ofa lawless qnpriucipled and worse than barbarian
mob,-MeUlDhiR Post
Year: 1866

Some LONDON theatres are making capital out ol
the celebrated tragedian g. V Brooke then en- route
for Australia met his end. The terrific catastrophe
is represented with every fidelity ofdeta Oh the stage
The Surrey theatre brings Brooke himself on the
boards. and makes him hold touching soliloquy
upon his unavoidable fate 1t sounds almost ncredi-
BILE that the widow of the deceased artist should have
taken a part in the performance of this sensation
piece, but this is positively true She is an Ameri-
can, and well known by her maiden name of Avonia
Jones on this side of the Atlantic. The Britannia
Theatre at Hoxton jealous of the success of its rival
of the Surrey tried to outdo the other by making the
this object engaged the sailors saved from the wreck
to take part in the representation. This expedent
draws vast crowds to the DOORS and the theatre can
hardly hold the nightly audiences. The merits oi
these heroes of very questionable for their
escape is due to their having seized the only sea-
worthy boat and left the rest to perish. This seems
however, to make them no less Welcome to public
curiosity.
Year: 1866

You will observe, therefore, that we Sc
cure safe and speedy transportation, as
well as great saving in breakage, which
alone is a very important item to be con-
sidered in the cost of our Wares.


Our Stock is one of the largest and best
assorted to be found in the West, and for
sale at
Year: 1866

of sale and at the time and place of sale to
the same to be seVerally sold to the highest bid
der for sum not less than the taxes penalty, and
costs, and ten per centum per annum interest on
said tax pursuant to siiid notice; and the said
commissioners shall, at said sale, strike off the
same seVerally to the United States ut the sum,
unless some person shall bid the same a larger
sum; who shall, upon paying the purchase mo-
ney in gold and silver coin or in the Treasury
notes OF the United States, or in certificates of
Indebtedness against the United States, be entitl
ed to receive from said commissioners their GER
tlhcate of sale; which said certificate shall be
celved in all courts and places as prima facie evi-
dence of the regularity and validity of said sale,
and of the title of the said purchaser purcha-
sers under the same: Provided, That the owner
of said lots of ground, any loyal person of the
United States, having any valid lien upon or in
terest in the same, may, at any time within sixty
days after said sale, appear before the said board
of tax commissioners in his or her own proper
person, and, if citizen, upon taking an oath to
support the Constitution of the United States,
and paying the amount OF said tax and penalty,
with interest thereon from the dade of the said
proclamation of the President mentioned in the
second section of this act, at the rate of fifteen
per centum per annum, together with the eXpen-
ses of the sale and subsequent proceedings to be
determined by said commissioners, may redeem
said lots of land from said sale; any purchaser,
under the same, having paid moneys, Treasury
notes, other certificates of Indebtedness of the
United States, SHALL upon such redemption being
made, be entitled to have the same, with the in
terest accruing aftersaid SALE returned to him by
the said commissioners, upon surrenderng up the
certificates of sale: And provided, further, That
IL IHe o"ner OI stlQ lOUS Oh ground Snall De q NIL
nor, nonresident alien, or loyal citizen beyond
seas, person of unsound mind under legal
disability, the guardian, trustee, or other person
may redeem the same at any time within two
years after the sale thereof, in the manner above
provided, and with like effect: And provided,
further, That the certificate of said commission
shall only be affected evidence of the regu-
larity and validity of sale by establishing the fact
that said property was not subject to taxes had
been paid previous to sale, or that the property
had been redeemed according to the provions Of
this act


TO BE CONTINUED.
Year: 1866

An Act making Provision for raising Property OF
the United States sunk in the Waters thereon.


Be it enacted by the Senate and House OF Ke-
presentatiyes Of the United States OF Ameriea In
Year: 1866

An Act to incorporate the Mount Olivet Cemetery


Company, in the District of Columbia.


Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re-
presentatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That Edward A. Knight
Charles j. White, and Charles D. Bowling and
their successors, be and they are hereby created
body polite and corporate by the name and title
of q the Mount Olivet Cemetery Company" and
by that name may have perpetual succession,
may sue and be sued in the courts of law and
equity, and other competent tribunals, may have
and use common seal, and the same may destroy,
alter, and renew at pleasure, may associate with
them such other persons in said company to any
number not exceeding nine, may fill all vacancies
which may occnr in their own body, and may
from time to time ordan such bylaws, not in
consistent with the laws in force in the District
OF Columbia, as they may deem necessary or pro-
per for said company.


SEC q And be it further enacted, That said
corporation may acquire, hold and dispose OF
such estate, real, personal, and mixed, as may De
necessary or proper for the purposes of said cor
poration: Provided. The said corporation shall @
not own at any one time more than one hundred
acres of land in the county of Washington, and
without the limits Of the city Of Washington
Year: 1866

HILL BEAcHY.-This individual, subject
for so many newspaper paragraphs In the
course of the last few years, is at Boise, and
still proposes to inaugurate his stage line
from that point to some place in Nevada
His failure in the attempt to coerce the In
dians some time since, he says, has turned
his hair as white as that of Captain Kidd
lie is now trying to get contract to carry
the mail over his contemplated route.
Year: 1866

CHURNTowN.-Wasson & Co. are taking
out from SIG to 500 per day to the man in
placer diggings. Though Churntown is an
old mining camp, it evidently contains much
treasure yet for enterprising miners. Half
the energy and outlay necessary to 90 to
mines afar of will prove more remuneratiye
right here.
Year: 1866

speciai.-We would caA the attention of our
readers to the Grover & Baker Machines Their
reputation is too well established for us to attempt
word IN their favor, but would advise any per-
Sons wanting reliable Family Sewing Machine, to
investigate the merits of these before buying. "a
word to the wise is sufficient OF
Year: 1866

w. Hope for the Afflicted I'm another part


of this paper will be found the advertisement of the


celebrated Institute established by DR.. J. C.
YOUNG, in 1850. In this age of deceit and char
latanism it is boon to the suffering TO no;nt or,
to them where they are sure of obtaining the wished
for relief and cure Under the care of the skillful
Doctor the sick and troubled can dvest themselves
OF their burdens of pains and shame lay aside their
cross and secure health and happiness. If YOU
are sick or In trouble, do not hesitate Read the
advertisement and follow the advice. Do not for
get the number nor the manner of directing your
letter. CONSULTATION OFFICE, $40 Washing
ton street, San Francisco.
Year: 1866

SEvERE.-The Auburn Stars and Stripes
says:


When we advance our opinions upon any
question of public Importance, we do not
consider every reader fool who does not
adopt our views but when a man gets an
CRY and stops his paper because we write
against his position on a mere question of
expediency, then we are satisfied that about
the time he was made brain material was
scarce, and the cavity in his Uranium was
filed up with blue mud
Year: 1866

Full" Mother, where's the man going to sleep2" asked a girl of fifteen of her moth CT, who had just promised traveller lodging for the night in their out of the way hut "l'll have to put him in with you and Jack and Kate and Sue and Bet, l suppose" was the reply, "and if it's too crowded, one of you must turn in with me and pap and Dick and the twins"
Year: 1866

The third volume of the MINER Is begun with an enlargement Of the paper and corresponding improvements. It is the determination to make it in every respect more complete and attractive than the preceding volumes. l. will lead rather than follow in the sure and gratifying progress which the Territory Is making. While it will treat of al matters of public importance, its col umns will be more particularly devoted to the in- lerests of the miners of Arizona, the intrepid and deserving men who as pioneers and prospectors through dangers and difficulties 10 which ordina ry men would have snccumbed have wrested this rich country from the hands of the savage, and will not abandon 1t. As their organ, and a record of the progress in the opening and development of the unrivalled mineral, agricultural and pasto ral regions of the Territory, and of all that per taius to its growth and prosperity, the MINER will merit large local and general circulation. Az the only paper in the Territory, it's value as a news medium and advertising sheet must bc ap- parent, not only 10 onr own citizens but also To business men throughout ihe Union
Year: 1866

York, were brought eore the Recorder yesterday morn
Ing Thoy took 0. drive in carriage Sunday even
ing to enjoy the saubrious air of the Eysean Fields and
the drivers eyes being defective from the too frequent
% the rum bottle 70 his Rs ne quietly grove
spilled both him and his guests The carriage was liter
ally shvered TO small pieces The ladies we're humane
ly sent TO beautiful country seat In Hudson county
Year: 1866

at the Naval Academy at Annapolis an opportunity to
learn the various details of practical seamanshp The
Macedonian and savannah have been detained BY head
winds, but Will probably arrive here tonight The
whole feet will rendezvous in Hampton Roads, and
when everything Is in readiness will set sail from this
harbor 10 cruise for the summer
Year: 1866

vKr0Es FROM THE MAYOR OF RESOLUTIONS TO
CONTRACT FOR LIGHTING NEW YORK WITH GAS,
AND TO PERMIT THE CONSTRUCTION OF BRANCH
RAILROAD IN HARLEM-APPLAUsE IN THE LOB
BY, ETC.


This Board met yesterday, President IGreen in the
chair.


After the minutes Of the previous meeting were read
and approved, and few unmportant papers acted
upon the suboined veto was received from his Honor
the Mayor