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Year: 1866

Over thirty years ago there was considerable
excitement in Cecil county, Nd, on account
OF the sudden disappearance of widow lady,
named Patty Polk, who resided about four
miles from Elkton. All search for Ter was
trultless After reasonable time had elapsed,
letters OF administration on her effects were
issued, and in settling up the estate the.
administrator was unable to find note drawn
by one Of the men who had been seen to: 20
INTO the thickct. The note was known to
have been in her possession short time be-
fore her disappearance. This aroused the
suspicious Of some of the people, and the two
men were arrested, but nothing could be
proved against them, and. they were
discharged.


a number of years ago one of the suspected
parties died, and last week it is reported that
the other being very i'll, sent for a minister,
to whom he made free confession. According
to popular rumor, the confession was to the
effect that he, with the other party, sent to
Mrs. Polk to meet them in a certain place,
where they would pay the money on the notes,
and they then failed to meet her. That they
saw her on her way home, and knowing that
she would pass through the thicket, they went
into it and laid in ambush and as soon as
she appeared one knocked her on the head
with a stick of wood, killing her, That they
then placed her body in the midst of wood
pile, where they intended to let. it remain,
but it becoming hoxious they went to the
pile with box to remove the, body, and
found that the dog of the deceased had taken
his place to watch over the corpse, and they:
were compelled to kill him before they could
get the body, and that after succeeding they
carried il in the box to where the Philadei-
phia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad
was b0ng built, and placed it in the ernbank-
ment.


It is also stated that as soon as the man
had made this disclosure he commenced to
improve, and that he is now in fair way of
recovery Wash. Star.
Year: 1866

oTHERE is talk of erecting in each South
ierh State a monument dedieated to the Bal


timorei ladies, with this isitinscription,sAA e
were hungry, and they gave us me9k we


were thirsty and they gave us drink. we


were strangers and they took us ID |. We


were naked and they clothed us; We were
in prison and they came unto us"
Year: 1866

GAS METRES IN WINTER.-As winter
is here il may be well to know the best
way TO prevent the water III our gas
metres from freezing, and thus avoid
the consequent annoyance of want of
light. One OF two pints ofglycerine, well
mixed with the water, are sufficient for
middle-sized metre, but the quantity
must be increased in proportion to the
degree of cold to which the metre is ex-
expected to be exposed. 1t possesses
another advantage, namely, it retards
TIE evaporation of the water which con-
tinually takes place, and also results in
the sudden extinguishing OK the lights
when the quantity of water becomes
too small A sufficient amount Of
glycerine in the metre will prevent this
evaporation entirely, and obviate an
accident not rarely seen in places where
n great many gas burners are turned on;
for instance, in church during service,
or in the house when there is party.
Year: 1866

TURKISH PRovERBS-A small stone
often makes a great noise. A foolish
friend is. at times, q greater annoyance
than wise enemy. You'll not sweeten
Your mouth by saying "honey.' If a
man would live in peace he should be
blind, deaf and dumb. Do good and
throw it into the sea, if the fish know it
not the Lord will. Who fears God need
not fear man. If thy foe be as small as
gnat, fancy him as large as an ele-
phant. 4 man who weeps for every one
will soon have lost his eyesight. More
is learned from conversation than from
books. 4 friend is of more worth than
a kinsman. He rides seldom who never
rides any but borrowed horse. Trust
to the whiteness of his turban who
bought the soap on credit. Death is a
black camel, that kneels before every
mans door.
Year: 1866

The people of Chicago, who went in
to ecstacies over the supply of pure
water recently introduced into the city
from Lake Michigan, arc now puzzling
their brains with.the problem of how to
get rid of the dirty water. They are
afraid to turn il into the lake lest it
viii return through the tunnel, so they
propose to send it southwark to enrich
the Illinois river bottoms. -3
Year: 1866

The RfvER is still falling, with be-
tween seven and eight feet water in the
channel.


While the weather continues as cold
as it has been for a week past, no busi-
ness can be done on the river.
Year: 1866

A planter who has devoted close attention
and observation to the condition of the cot
ton crop and the prospect for the present
wear, particularly in the States of Tennessee
Alabama and Mississippi, gives ii as his
opinion that not more than half an average
crop need be expected. Considering the in
efficiency Of labor, and the increased expendi-
tares in culture, cotton growing can not be
made profitable if Congress levies tax OF
FIVE cents on the pound, al is proposed, He
SAYS the influence of this proposition, which
seems to meet with favor in Congress, has
already been to induce planters te abandon
cotton growing, in whole or in part, and
turo their attention to corn and meat and
such articles as are needed for home con-
sumption. He himself given UP cotton
raising, although he rented plantation last
fall for that purpose and prepared the ground
with that object in view. He says it Is the
unanimous sentiment of his neighbors to
curtail the cotton crop, not from hostility to
the Government or disinclination to pay
taxes, but because FIVE per cent tax in adj
diticn to other expenses, will more than eat
up the profits Of the crop. In other words,
the more cotton q planter raises, the worse
off he will be. At the best he Gays no esti-
mate of the value Of the cotton product will
approach accuracy that is based upon more
saan half a OiacinRati Commercial.
Year: 1866

person, shall, for either of said offences, be
subject to fine not exceeding one thousand
dollars, and imprisonment not exceeding six
months, by indictment and conviction before
the District Court Of the United States for
| the district in which such ofense may have
been committed, or before the proper Court
of criminal jurisdiction, if committed within
any one of the organized Territories of the
! United States.


SEC s. That the District ATTORNEYS. the
Marshals, their Deputies, and the Clerks of
! the said District and Territorial Courts, shall
be paid for their services the like fees as may
be allowed 70 them for similar services in
other eases. And in all cases where the pro-
ceedings are before Commissioner he shall
be entitled to fee of SO in full for his SER
vices in each case, inclusive of all services
incident 70 such arrest and examination.
The person or persons authorized to execute
the process TO be issued by such Commission
ers for the arrest of offenders against the
provisions of this act, shall be entitled to a
fee of So for each person he or they may ar
rest and take before any such Commissioner
as aforesaid, with such other fee as NAV be
deemed reasonable BY such Commissioner.
for such other additional services as NAV be





as attending the examination, keeping the
prisoner in custody, and providing him with
food aud lodging during his detention, and
until the final determination of such Com
missioner, and in general for performing
such other duties as may be required in the
premises, such fees to be made up in confor-
nifty with the fees usually charged by the
officers of the courts of Justice within the
II 1fr saf
practicable, and paid out of the Treasury of
the United States on the certificate of the
Judge Of the district within which the ar
rest is made, and to be recoverable from the
defendant as part Of the judgment in case of
conviction.


SEC. 8. That whenever the President of
the United States shall have reason to be-
lieve that offenses have been or are likely to
be committed against the provisions of this
act, within any judicial district, it shall be
lawful for him in his discretion to direct the
Judge, Marshal and District Attorney of
such district to attend at such time as he
may designate, for the purpose of the more
speedy arrest and trial of persons charged
with violation of this act. And it shall be
the duty of every Judge, or other officer.
when any such requisition shall be received
by him, to attend at the place and for the
time therein designated.


Sec. TO- That it shall be lawful for the
President of the United States, or such per.
sons as he may empower for that purpose, to
employ such part of the naval forces of the
United States, or of the militia, as shall be
necessary to prevent the violation and en-
force the due exactions of this act.


SEC. ii. That upon all questions of law
arising in any cause under the provisions of
this act, final appeal may be taken to the
Supreme Court of the United States.
Year: 1866

We have deprecated the formation of the
proposed so-called ''Union Party here, be-
cause in reference to the events Of the past, it
would be an attempted fraud ON the part of
those who might enter it, and in reference to
the present it would be slander upon those
who should not the object of both the fraud
and the SANDER, being to further merely per-
sonal and selfish designs. As to the real ''U-
Mon Men, of Confederate times, our town-crer
could not find them, and one of CARRIERS omni-
buses would certainly hold them ALL At this
time, there is, in every honest sense, No other
sort.


This most unworthy attempt to gain credit Oh
pretences known to the whole community to bo
false, and to seek advantage by injuriously mis-
representing the mass of our people, is bearing
it's natural fruits 1t tends to excite bitterness
of feeling, and already it has led to recrimina-
tions and exposures, sown jealousies and pre-
judices, and set citizens at variance, at time
when we should all consent to throw a vail over
the past, and labor in harmony for the promo
ton of our common interests. And truly our
work is arduous enough, if we approach it with
united effort. We trust, as the movers in this
party scheme must now see the evil they are
effecting, that they will abandon that attempt
to divide us which could only be mischievous.
Sentinel. i-e s
Year: 1866

ces. The majority in Congress are carrying OH
an essentially revolutionary scheme. And the
object is like that of their predecessors in con-
spiracy and treason 1t is to preserre porcer.-
For this object the secessionists undertook to
Southernize the North against an accomplished
event, and adapt the Constitution by violent
reform to their own section. For the self-same
object the dsunionists now in Congress under
take, against an accomplished event and one Of
the greatest in history, by denationalizing tho
South, to deliberately destroy the rescued u
MON, abolish the social compact, defy the laws
of nature, and revive the abominable abasement
Of feudalism which perished under the curse
of Heaven three hundred years ago. This,
from the lust of power in few hands-just as
the few artful and arrogant traitors OF 1861 did
for the sake of power.


But there must soon come to pass notable
difference. The desperate secessionists were
able to induce their people to follow them, and
war resulted. The present revolutionary COM
bination, defiant and desperate as it is, cannos
command their people, and hence their extreme
and reckless maleyolence.


We implore the people to realize for them
selves that the solemnly declared pledge made
by every one of them, through Congress, in lS-
81, is being repudiated by their party leaders,
and a conspiracy is on foot for the subversion OF
the Republic and the establishment of grim
and mOnstrous military despotism instead. Do
you doubt it, fellow-citizens of the Union? The
South is to be kept down as a fulcrum. But
the iron lever is coming with crushing force up
on your own breasts, and you must rise and In
dignantly demand that restored Union shall
not be subuerted, or the power will pass forever
from your still sovereign hands.


l. Let the people hold meetings in every hamlet
in the North and West with Andrew johnson,
the resolution of 1861, and the Union as the
only party platform, and rebuke with disgust
every suggestion Of sectional malice or ruinous
fanaticism.


We say to you, fellow citizens, that your aw
full sacrifices and your splendid achievements
are all to be in vain, and that speedily, if you
do not put forth your powerful arm and smite
your betrayers Their scheme is to perpetuate
their hold upon you by establishing themselves
as ne,o and mighty stare po,cer IN the iSouth,
through the pretence of negro suffrage; and
thus entrenched, aided by the powerful name
Of universal freedom, they will establish a re-
morseless and tremendous enginery OF oppres-
sion of the white people of the whole country,
through passive and brutal negro soldiery.-
The issue is between liberty and bondage-and
bondage to a race of bondmen, through few
who are to control them Men of the United
States, are you for Union for treenaea ard
freedom, for ,cltite men?
Year: 1866

The Richmond Enquirer says The WAR Is
NOT YET OvER-l-Ihis is the watchword OF the
Radicals, by which they justify every measure
that forms part of their scheme OF revenge, and
every precaution they take for the future. Does
a military district commander nullify the act Of
a Legislature? Does general order re-estab-
lish provost marshals in all localities where a.
gents of the Freedmen's Bureau are stationed?
Are men torn from the bosom Of their families
and suddenly carried off to be placed before
military tribunals? The reason is one and the
same the war is not yet over. IT may be so,
and as those who have the power in the land
say so, it is not for us to deny it. But singu-
lar war it is, waged by one combatant only,
without fear of resistance, without danger of
body or life. 1t is kicking the dead lion. 4
noble duty, indeed, for great, powerful nation,
with two hundred thousand bayonets at its COM
mand. Secession is dead Its leaders captive,
its soldiers disarmed, its spirit crushed-great
must be the pleasure, then, to worry prisoners,
to try underlings and to play for the war danes
of the loyal and hard-fghting freedman. But
if this delights the heart of the Radicals, we
have no right to object. We knew when We
raised the banner of the Confederacy that wa
were in revolution and that rebels, when they
succeed, are praised by man and glorifed in his
tory, but that failure brings to them sorrow to
the heart and penalty to pay We count tho
cost beforehand, and We must now pay it ike
men. The burden may be heavy, the sharp
thorns in it may sting but we must reap what
we have sowed, and those who fought heroical-
ly will know also how to bear heroically.


For the present the South must bear and for
bear. 1t must show its true courage by sub
mitting to the inscrutable DEGREES Of Provi-
dence and its high principle by scrupulously
fulfilling every pledge it has made. 1t must
guard its honor faithfully to give no just cause
Of complaint to the North, and to deserve the
warm sympathy that ever goes with the op-
pressed. Where resistance would be madness,
complaint is idle, and recrimination unworthy
great nation. History enters for us our solemn,
silent protest ON its indeble record and justice
is sure to reward our patience and our selfcon-
troll. Every step in the wrong brings those who
hate us nearer to their destruction, and adds to
the strength of our cause 1t is useless to fret
and to fume. Let us rather wait and watch;
we have enough to do in building up the broken
fabric of our States and action is the best medi-
cine for sorrow. Every house we build, every
field We till, and every mile of canal or railroad
we construct brings us nearer to the time ofour
restoration and glorious will be the day when
the South, great and powerful once more, will
have proved itself worthy, by patient endurance
and noble forbearance, to be the wise and mag
unanimous ruler of the restored Union.
Year: 1866


I stood upon the margin of stream
Watching the sunlight shadows dance and gleam


Upon its placid breast,


So calm in its sweet rest.
/ threw pebble half way from the Shore
And saw its calm surface no more;
But tiny wavelets from the centre went,
And eddying circles with the circles blent,


And such, said l, is life,


Sometimes all free from strife,
The heart reposes, careless, happy calm,
Till some light triAe fills it with alarm,


pebble in the stream.
A heavy cloud swept O er the azure sky,
The stream grew dark it passed swiftly by:


/ saw the shadows there


Twas dark where once twas fair
A little breeze came with the darkening cloud,
The troubled waters rippled against the shore.
And plaintive sighed-"we are at rest no more ~


How much said l, is this,


Like lfes strange fitful bliss:
A little cloud, a breeze sweep O er our sky,
And all our hopes and joys grow dark and die;


A shadow on the stream
Year: 1866

The Scientific American says:


"The unpleasant Odor produced by per-
spiration is frequently the source Of VexA-
tion to persons VINO are subject to- il.
Nothing is simpler than to remove this odor
much more effectually than by the applica-
tion OF such onguents and perfumes as are
in use. It is only necessary to procure
some of the compound spirits Of ammonia
and place about two tAblsspoonsful in q
basin of water. Washing tho face, hands
and arms with this leaves the skin as clean,
sweet aud fresh as one could wish. The
wash is perfectly harmless and very cheap.
It is recommended on the authority Of an
experienced physician"
Year: 1866


From the New Orleans Picayune. It'll


We can only give a note of one or two
striking passages of this very interesting ad-
dress, read yesterday in the Methodist Gen
eral Conference.


On the subject of its colored congregation
and communicates and their probable leav-
ing this church, some to unite with the Af-
rican Methodist Episcopal church, and some
with the Northern Methodists, while many
would remain, it remarks: "If our labors
are not appreciated by some on earth, our
witness is above and our record in heaven"
As for those who remain with us the church
should provide generously and fully for their
spiritual welfare, 'Of the whites only few
have gone from u.s.


On the subject of education it advises the
establishing Of training schools for young
men who seek the ministry.


As to the changes in policy il speaks with
caution and reticence, as their duty the bish-
ops regard to be to designate action for the
General Conference.


As TO the increase Of the episcopate, they
felt il their duty to speak more boldly and to
say that they were in favor of a bishop for
the Pacific coast, and such an increase in
the number Of bishops here, not that there
should be bishop for each State or Con-
ference, perhaps, but at least enough to make
the bishops pastors of the people as well as
OF the Conference ministers.
Year: 1866

MIssISSIPPI-HoLMEs sCoUNTY.-Says the
Lexington Advertiser; From what We have
been able TO learn from our exchanges, this
section Of the State is surprising all other
places in the success of the labor system,
and in the qualities of good and orderly
citizens. At least three-fourths of the arabic
land in the county had been turned under
by the plow. We are not cursed with that
blight, the Freedmen's Bureau. The freed
man has his equal rights before the courts,
and exact justice is meied to every one in
law. We wish this condition of things may
continue. Peace prevails throughout the
borders of Holmes county and plenty will
soon spread her ample board TO the indus
trious citizen. The rich harvest will repay
the husbandman for his toll. and will tell
what prodigies Of labor can be performed
by the willing individual. The circle Of JOY
we trnst win embrace others whom the mis-
haps Of war have oppressed.
Year: 1866

dream. and so did you; it was dread
full for me to see you with your eyes fixed
on her, watching her so eagerly. And
then to look at her, staring up at the
stained glass window as if she could see
through It, miles and miles away into the
sky. On, Tn snre the ike never was
and then, when you fell down, l screamed
and yOur.father ran up and carried you
down, aad brought you home in farmer
Slade's four wheeler


After lhis had an invitation TO 90 up
to The rectory, and there, in the long
winter evenings, we used TO SIT, and while
/ played she sang. Oh, those happy
times, when she loved me, but only as a
dear friend and | loved her as had
never loved before or could love again.
/ do nol know the kind of love / had for
her. was but little older than she
was. bat fell as a father might feel TO-
wards his daugbter-a Sweet tenderness
and love that made me pitiful 10 her.
knew she loved man unworthy Of her,
aad think, al times, she felt this her
self, and knew felt it.


l was perfectly free of the rector's
house at last. and we used to fud in our
music a means Of converse that our
tongues could never have known. All,
me. those days! Gone-alas they are
gone


She left Us at last, and in a few years
her mOlherless child came back in her
place, and as again sit in the old rec
tory parlor, years and years after my
visit, with her daughter beside me sing
ing-but alas not with her mothers voice
all the old memories food back upon
me, and feel grateful, calm joy in the
Openly-shOwn respect and affection of
the daughter of her whom / loved so 81
lently, so tenderiy and SO long.


| SIT in the old seat in the church now
and play and once IN the year the old
anthem; but the voice is gone that filled
the old church as with glory that day. 1
feel, as the SQUADS swell out, and the
strings vibrate under my withered fng-
ers, I am but waiting TO be near her under

the old yew tree outside, and it may be
nearer to her stlIl in the longed for iu.
ture..
Year: 1866




To the Editor Of the Press


1 love to hear fervent prayer Everybody
does. Such prayer is effectual. But if not
fervent it is not effectual. Now, what is the
character of prayers at our religious confer
ences? Are they fervent? Sometimes, but
not always. Often, indeed, they are other
wise-long and prosy, and almost unendura-
BILE. So far from edifying, they annoy and
vex. In fact, I think they are the occasion, If
not the cause, of no little sin. Not blessing
do they draw from heaven, while many a
curse, if not spoken, is felt. They are literal
bores-perhaps it were not improper to say,
they are nuisances. which should be speedily
and effectually abated. If one lacks the gift
he should not volunteer prayer. If called
upon, let him respond, and in part make up in
brevity what is wanting in unctioA. Other
wise he imposes upon an audience.


These hints, if not calculated for any par
ticular meridian, may yet answer for whatever
attitude. Whoever has the gift will generally
seem short in prayer if long. Whoever lacks
the gift will seem long if short. Let him,
then, be shorter, and all the people viii say
Toy in t.HtHt lLli 4- rlu AMEN
Year: 1866

Oh! be not the first to discover
A blot on the fame of friend
A flaw in the faith of lover,
Whose heart may prove true in the end.
We none of us know one another,
And oft into error may fall
Then let us speak well of our brother,
Or speak not about him at ALL
A smile or a sigh may awaken
Suspicion most false and undue;
And thus our belief may be shaken,
In hearts that are honest and true.
How often the bright smile Of gladness
Is worn by the friend that We meet,
To cover a soul full of sadness,
Too proud to acknowledge defeat
How often the sigh of detection,
Is heaved from the hypocrite's breast;
To parody truth and affection,


Or lull a suspicion to rest
How often the friends we hold dearest,
Their noblest emotion conceal
And bosoms the purest, sincerest,
Have secrets they cannot reveals
Leave5base minds to harbor suspicion,
And small ones to trace our defects
Let ours be a nobler ambition,


For low is the mind that suspects.
We none of us know one another,
And oft into error may fall
Then let us speak well of our brother,
Or speak not about him at all


IN o. Picayune.