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Year: 1866

A correspondent Of The London Times,
who witnessed the Southern Loyalist
procession in Philadelphia writes THE
hero of the procession was Parson Brown
low, who was the only delegate honored
with seat in an open carriage, and he
conducted himself in manner highly
characteristic. Reclining upon the back
seat, he managed in some unaccountable
way to extend his legs entirely over the
front seat, occupied by two unfortunate
members of the League, and utterly re-
gardless of their comfort, to plant his
feet alongside of the coachman in front
In this novel manner the Parson rode
along, viewing the world between his
toes, and presenting most startling pic
ture Of vulgar ease.
Year: 1866




model artists, and ought to be called an
exhibition of model artists The city is
disgraced by such disgusting scenes, and
the authorities are guilty of gross neglect
Of duty in permitting them. Mayor
Hoffman, who should be the conservator
of the public morals Of the city as far as
possible, ought to suppress the evil at
once. He cannotplead ignorance ofits
existence, for he was at the performance
and was compelled to leave in disgust in
the second act. The manager, the
women and all connected with the estab-
lishment ought to be arrested and pun
ished for their public aud gross violation
of decency. We call upon the Mayor
and the police, in the name of an out
ragged community, to do their duty,-N
Y. Herald.
Year: 1866

We meet every now and then in the
world with people who are decidedly
born to the purple" Not the purple
of birth, or wealth, graiifed ambition, or
Lucullus-like tastes, but the Tyrian dye
Of monarehs annointed by q divine
chrism, which no. king-maker or king
dethroner can question or remove.


The signet is on their brows, though
they may be clad in russet, and the glory
and pride Of far-reaching dominion, on
which the sun never set, is in their hearts
though they may not call one rod of
the earth their own. These people as
similate themselves with all that Is most
beautiful in the world. and make il iheirs
What matters It to them, il Dives yon-
der. has life rent Of all that wonderful
panorama Of parks, fields and palaces
through which they wander2 Does the
sun fall more eheeringly and lovingly on
his head than on theirs7 Have the birds
which sing amidst the branches Of his
trees q language Of deeper significance
Year: 1866

Niblos theatre has capped the climax
Of indecency in the way Of public amuse-
ment Nothing in this city nor in any
other that We know OF has ever sp-
preached the nightly exhibition there Of
women in almost a nude state. The
concert saloons, which have become so
VIGOROUSLY immoral that the police are
compelled to make a descent on them
sometimes, have no such disgraceful
scenes. The ballet, as it is called, at
Niblo's is not bit more decent than the
Year: 1866

A California paper says: Some
time since we published, at the request
of friend, recipe to cure neuralgia.
Half drachm of sal ammonia, in an
ounce of camphor water, TO be taken a
teaspoonful at time, and the dose re-
peated several times, at intervals of five
minutes, if the pain be not relieved at
once. Half dozen different persons
have since tried the recipe, and in every
case an immediate cure was effected
In one the sufferer, lady, had been
affected for more than week, and her
physician was unable to alleviate her
sufferings, when solution of sal ammo
mia, in camphor water, relieved her in
a few minutes.
Year: 1866

Brick Pomeroy," Of the Lacrosse Dem.
oc,at, Thus discourseth concerning the
railroad engineers: The engineer stands
ut I,s post, his oyO closely scnnning the
hand holding on the iron bar which
stops, starts and regulates the monster
that is obedient to the lishtest touch of
genius and skill. In the hollow of that
mans hand-in the glance of his eye
in the brain under the cap pulled So
closely down-in the perfection of his
knowledge, and the careful scrutiny of
his mechanical eye-are the lives of men
and women, whose places on earth could
not well be spared. See how steadily
the train runs 1t passes the mile-post,
and the next, and the next, on time, to q
minute. The engineer looks at the track,
at the timetable held in clamp before
him-at the clock on the engine-at the
steam gauge at his left hand He touch
es the lever; we run faster or slower as
he wills; and the train stops at station
after station to the SecOnd. The fireman
opens tho iron door bya chain, he swings
it back, and into the red hot, roaring,
suffocating, livid, pent-up edition OF
Hades the fuel is tossed, and clank' goes
the door as the heat increases, and the
steam is made by whose power we rush
ahead. We love the engineer-'the mon
arch of the footboardn His hands are
hard, his pants soiled, his face moist with
sweat; but it is his care which bears
thousands in safety, and his skill which
makes us feel as safe on the Cow catcher
as in our own sanctum.


God bless and preserve the engineer,
On all the pages of history there are 10
braver records than those made by rail
road engineers. We once heard the
whistle of an engineer at Des Jardin's
Bridge, when with hand on the scream
ing whistle he sounded the alarm, and
whistled himself down sixty feet into
the murky waters and into heaven; never
deserting his post in the plunge which
was fatal to sixty-three out of eighty one
souls. He was fonnd at the bottom OF
the river, his hand firmly holding the
lever-his compressed lips telling the
noble story of his death, We have heard
him time and again; we have stood by
him on the engine in the hour of sudden
danger, and seen how brave man would
act when death reached out its bony
hand as we whirled past the door OF
eternity, so widely opened that we could
almost hear the voices Of those within
We have seen engineers in danger scores
of times, but we never yetsaw one desert
his post. To the noble ones who have
died in their duty and their glory-tC
each one of these we sound OW whistle
three times, for All hail thou noble
man."
Year: 1866

crowded with people. A detachment Of
police kept excellent order and preserved
a regular line, which extended all around
the extensive warerooms and into Broad
way. Spectators are already getting sl5
to $50 per ticket.
Year: 1866

From the New York Herald of Thursdayl


Considerable excitement prevailed yea
terdsy afternoon in the vicinity of the
Bowery and Bayard street, owing to the
appearance of man in an entirely nude
state, running through Bsyard street
from the direction of Division street. and
taking refuge in cigar store in the Bow
cry. 1t appeared on inquiry that he had
resorted to an establishment in the vicln-
ity for the purpose of enjoying Russian
vapor bath, and while undergoing the
operation, which is stated to have some
what of an exhilerating effect, protested
to the attendant that he could not stand
it," and upon being urged by the attsn-
dant to endure it, he Immediately dashed
through the basement window demolish.
ing the sash and lacerating his person in
two places, and fed up the street A
police officer obtained his clothing, and,
being a,tired, he was taken to the Tenth
precinct station, where he gave his name
as George Scott, by occupation brick
layer, and stated that he was utterly un-
able to endure the bathing operation, and
that the man in attendance being in
clined to detain him, he impulsively
sought this mode of escape. There
being no evidence of intoxication or in
sanity he was Immediately released.
Year: 1866

town and the country house are hers
She engages and dismisses the servants
The table is laid to suit her taste. She
has all the keys. Therefore, woman
marry


If matrimony does not suit them, des
pite husband, father and mother, she
sues divorce. Her husband is obliged
to give her an income in keeping with
their rank in society. She is free as air
Year: 1866

one Of the characters in Sir Walter SCOTS
"St Romans Well"


Rio (called Reo) the famous poodle
dog, the favorite pet and companion of
the statesman for years, both at home
and abroad, has had, since 1863, a
dreamless sleep in the garden. The red
clay mound that marks the place of his
burial still awaits the tablet for which
an appropriate epitaph was once written:


Here rests the remains


OF what. in life. was satire on the human race


And an honor to his own


faithful dog


On the left of the fireplace Of the room
we last spoke of, in winter, and in the
veranda in summer, is generally seen the
owner of the premises. The man is
known personally, and by thousands of
pictures, from the St. Lawrence to the
Rio Grande. The face is SO kind that it
is almost handsome; and many years of
high thought, generous deeds, and pa
tient suffering have given it that peculiar
look of the maturely good which is al
most beautiful. His age on the llth Of
February, 1866, was fity-four. The eyes
are large, dark, habitually thoughtful,
and almost sad, sometimes full of brill
liant power, and always fine. His dress
is much as described by the Blind
Chaplain" whom we will quote hereaf
ter, except that in summer it is usually
white The pure and delicate fabrics of
the outer. garment, however, hide the
heavy wooden that i'll health and neural
gia compel him to wear
Year: 1866

The Radical organ at Nashville says !:
/" One prediction we make with feeling
of confidence in regard to the restoration
of the insurrectionary districts: Not a
solitary Southern State will be admitted
into Congress or the Electoral College
until the enfranchisement of the colored
has been tested in at least
one election in the District of Columbia,
and in Tennessee at general election.
Year: 1866




The Springfield Republican has the
following from Yankee correspondent
at Honolulu:


Along the shore was row of grass
houses These are mere shells built of
bamboo, or sapling lashed to upright
posts; punches of grass the size of
mans arm, are tied to each row, being
made to lap over the one below like
shingles on a roof The ridge-pole is
covered with braided mat of grass, and
thus made it is a most excellent cover
ing, foot in thickness, cool, water-tight,
durable, and prolific breeding place for
all sorts of spiders, heas, cockroaches
and centipedes. In doors the earth floor
is pounded hard and covered with score
of mats woven of the split leaf of the
"hala,' a species of palm On these
mats the inhabitants sit by day and sleep
by night. A few houses have single
glazed sash and door hung upon hinges
in frame, but generally the only en-
trance for light and air is through n low
hole covered at night by a.plank or mat
curtain. Culinary utensils are not very
numerous. A hole in the ground to bake
"taro in, a wooden plank or stone slab,
and a stone pestle to pound the taro into
"poi," calabash to hold it, and gourG
for water, are ALA young couple need
to commence housekeeping with. Some
times, if the family are aristocratic, they
will glory in an iron pot or two; but it
is merely for the sake of putting on airs
that they use them, as when they do
have meat they prefer it baked with the
taro in their stone ovens, and as for fish,
both salted and fresh, they eat that raw.
And yet in every cabin that | peeped
into saw books, states, and newspapers
stuck behind the bamboo rafters, and L
am told that nearly every native, male
and female, above the age often years, can
read and write, while many have received
what we New Englanders call good
common school education at the variOus
missionary schools.
Year: 1866

commenced a search for his missing com
panion, and, hearing sounds which
seemed to come from the bowels Of the
earth. he soon discovered that she had
fallen in cavern which afterwards
turned out TO be eighty feet deep. AS
sistance was rendered by persons living
in the vicinity as quickly as possible by
letting bed cords into the hole, aud after
much labor the lady was hauled up, TO
the qualification of her friends, very lit
tie injured. The cavern into which Miss
Sorey had fallen is a fearful place, being
about three feet in circumference at its
mouth and eighty feet deep Fortunately
she caught on ledge before reaching
the bottom, and was therefore saved
Lebanon Tenn) Herald
Year: 1866

A subscriber living in the neighbor-
hood of Taylorsville has given us the par
ticulars OF an accident which promised
to be most unfortunate in its results, but
in which the victim was proyidcntially
saved. Ii seems that there was meet
ing in progress at church near Taylors-
vile, aud the lady in question, together
with a male friend, was on her way TO
attend il. The couple were walking
leisurely on the road, when, TO the horror
and dismay OF the gentleman, the lady,
Miss Ellen Sorey, suddenly disappeared
in the earth Recovering as quickly as
possible from his surprise, the gentleman
Year: 1866

All y l says, "you've been a hard and
bitter mother to me and yet it goes
again the grit to turn ones back upon you.
I've toiled on, and lived hard, and yet you've
always showed me cold, cruel face and
as said that, feeling quite heartsick, |
,eans my elbows on the side o. the ship, and
my chin on my hands, and has long, long
look at the old country as we was leaving,
perhaps to see no more.


looked round and there stood plenty,
tearfuleyed and sad with all the lines of
sorrow marked in their foreheads, while
could see lips trembling and breasts work
A5 with the pain they could hardly keep
down. And then don't know how it was,
but it seemed to me that we thought to-
gether the same sad things, and that
knew their thoughts and they knew mine.
There was all the old life, e,-plain as could
be and then came the long, long struggle
with sickness, and death, and want and
knew that people said such poor folks
should not marry, and many another bitter
word, as if it was wrongful to love and try
to be happy. The wind whistled through
the ropes above our heads, and the clouds





though the bitterness was gone, could see
plenty Of sorrow and sadness all around.


Won't do, my lad" says, rousing up
and wetting both hands as if | meant work
and then | goes down in the steerage to
try and make things bit comfortable, fol
you see all the poor things were in most
miserable state Some was i'll, some down
hearted some drunk and foolish, some drunk
and noisy, some drunk and quarrelsOme
Then there was children crying, and wo'
men scolding, and altogether it was any,
thing but cheering prospect for the night
Tor, as you may say we were MT shooA
down into shape yet.


s. Good time coming" | says cheerily
and having no young ones of my own,
set TO to help them as had. got hold of {
young avcr-about two and half,
should think, and he was a-letting e.
right away as if he'd got all the trouble il
the ship i'll his precious young head. But h
soon turned quiet, playing with my knife
and all at once finds as he'd made ham
mock o me, and had gone off as sound a
a church. During the next three days it,
mother was very i'll, poor thing, and | haC
to regularly mind the little one and did
too


Well, It is MT very pleasant life, in tn
steerage of an emigrant ship bound 70
New Zealand, specially if the weather's
bit rough ; and so we found it. For tn
next morning, when | went on deck, ther
was a stiff breeze blowing, the ship wa
heeling over and as thought the nigh
before, so it was,--there was nothing
sight but waves all round. One sailor di
point to something which he said was home
but it might have been cloud


the fourth night had come, and as la
in my berth listening to the "wash wash
Year: 1866

Cink clauk, sound the hammers now


The sturdy anvils ring;
The bellows roar. and the hot flames pour
Their ruddy light far over the floor:


And the brawny smiths, they sing
Whirr whirr, go the busy looms


In the factories dark and high,
Where the timid sunbeam softly falls,
Through the crusted pane, on the blackened walls
From the pure and beautiful sky.
stitch, stitch, go the. needles. bright


And the silver-g cleaning thread;
Women toiling early and late,
While the eyelids droop with a heavy weight,
To earn their daily bread.
Click, click, go the slender types,


As they fall from the printers hand
Scattering wide each burning thought,
As it shaped itself in the mind that wrought,
Far over the waiting land.
Burr, burr, go the busy planes


In the homely workshops, where
The sinewy joiners all day ply
Their noisy craft and the shavings fly,


And their fragrance fills the air.
Ring, ring chime the virgin coin,


As the mighty lever falls
On the solid bars of silver and gold
By the swarthy coiners fashioned and rolled


In the great mint's yaulted halls.
De I've, dclye-hear the miners at work


Far down in the hidden mines,
Toiling by day and toiling by night
Mid the noxious glooms where no ray of light
From the warm sun ever shines.
On, on, speed the sharpened ploughs
As they turn the heavy soil,
Where the sturdy farmer guides the share
Through the last years furrows, cleaning bare,
With the horny hand Of toll.
These are the workers, hour by hour,
With hearts that are brave and true,
From dawn till dark, through the whole day s


length,
Each gives with an earnest will his strength
To the work he finds to do.
But grander task for all remains
Which will only end with Time:
And this grand task is mid the ceaseless din
OF the constant struggle that hens US in
To make our our lives sublime
Year: 1866

ros. and then some laughed, some cried,
and one or two seemed half mad with JOY,
as after while she ran down towards us,
picked US up, and proved to be British
man-ofwar, homeward bound.


In another week was back in the port
left, without clothes, without money, but
with as good and true friend in Captain
Ellis as ever walked. l had life, and with
it came hope and somehow, since then,
things have prospered with me in the old
country, the old home that once left to
go far at sea-
Year: 1866

nS- Our candidate for Sheriff needs but a word. Henry 4 Botstord is too well known in Iitch6eld County to require an intreductioa !. His patriotism, liberalty. public spirit and and thorough going devotion to the Union, make him candidate for whom any man may well he proud to vote. His high minded course during the canvass his freedom from trammels and entaneling alliances, place hiiniin brilliant contrast with his opponent who is beguiled into the ranks of his worst enemies by the hope of an office.
Year: 1866

According to the new schedule of
the New Orleans and Jackson Rail
road, passengers can go through to
New York in three days and fifteen
hours; eighteen hours in advance of
any other route. The time from this
city to New York, viii be three days
snd four hours.
Year: 1866

Correspondents should write but on
one side Of sheet, and avoid unneces-
sary length. We frequently are com
PEELED to leave out communications
that if one-half the length we would
willingly publish We desire CORES
pondence from every part of the State
and desire to give information of the
crops, condition of he freedmen, &c,
with any news Of interest transpiring
We invite our friends to write on these
subjects. But such letters, to interest
the public should be brief
Year: 1866

We have made arrangements that
will enable MS hereafter to furnish our
readers with the latest telegraphic re
ports from all quarters. Our facili-
ties for obtaining late dispatches are
better than at any point in the State,
where adaily paper is established, and
we will use every effort to furnish the
public the latest news The success
Of the Atlantic cable has effected a
wonderful change in the Importance
and value Of dispatches to all bust
ness men. Our subscribers may rely
on getting, through the Daily Clarion,
+he very latest cotton and gold quota
lions, and all important news, includ-
ing European dispatches by the Allan
tic cable
Year: 1866

"pocket" of corn tied about his waist, and
a spade, going along, setting his spade in
the ground at distances of 8 or feet, and
with one hand dropping corn in rear of the
spade, as he opens the way by pushing for
ward the spade with the other. Or If they
cover with hoes, each man drops hill and
then covers it before proceeding to drop
another.


Like brother A., I could not get left
hand plow, and am using right-hand
one, which "comes very awkward" And
the folks here drive with check lines and
double lines to single horse. Only yester-
day was plowing with single line, and
one Of my neighbors coming up, remarked
with astonishment this innovation no rules
here!


Our Spring has been rather backward,
and we are just finishing our corn-planting.
OF crops generally we don't raise much on
these Islands, but of grapes an abundance
and to spare" as you will be very easily
convinced of if you come up next October.


Excuse the rambling style of this, and
believe me


Yours truly, CATAWBA.
Year: 1866

The Radical Union State Commit
tee of Missouri have issued a stirring
Address to the People, eXhorting them
to "stand by Congress-" and adding


"Remember what is at stake. The
battle is not over. The physical con-
flict, for the time at least, is ended,
but the moral conflict between loyalty
and disloyalty continues, and a victory
here for the right is necessary to pre-
serve all that has been won in the con-
flict of arms. In Missouri we know
what is involved in the struggle, be-
cause we have had experience of the
rule of both parties. While the ele-
ments which make up the present
Conservative party held sway, they
gave us stagnatiOn in business and en-
terprise. They kept Missouri far in
the background. They excluded i'm
migration. They held fast to Slavery
They supplied us with negroes and
kept out white men. And finally
they brought notification and treason
and war. The Radicals have changed
all this. They have given us peace
and law and social order. They have
given us freedom in the place OF
slavery. They have given us immi.
grafton. They are giving us wealth
and manufacturing and general pros.
perity. They have given us a name
of which loyal Missourians may well


be proud. They have given us a fu
ture which, if we are true to ourselves
cannot fail of realizing our brightes


hopes. What these parties have done
in the past is the best evidence o
what they will do. in the future. Be


tween such parties and their policie


the choice is to be made"
Year: 1866

The female heart may be compared
to a garden; when well cultivated,
presenting continuous succession of
fruits and flowers, to regale the soul
and delight the eye; but when neg
lected, producing a crop of the most
noxious weeds large and fourishing,
because their growth is in proportion
to the warmth and richness of the soil
from which they spring. Then let this
ground be faithfully cultivated; let the
mind of the young and lovely female
be stored with useful knowledge, and
the influence of woman, though undi-
minished in power, will be like the
"diamond ofthe desert" sparkling and
pure, whether surrounded by the sands
of desolation, forgotten and unknown,
or pouring its refreshing streams
through every avenue of the social and
moral fabric,
Year: 1866

OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS; La,
Corner Camp and Common,
Opposite the City Hotel
Entrance on both streets, in the spacious


and elegant Story Builing, is constantly in ses
sion under eight able Professors.