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Year: 1866

A RECRUIT FROM THE GRAvE.-Tle
St. Louis News says the following
circumstance, among the most remark
able that occurred during the war, is
vouched for by Colonel Ellis, late Of
the First Missouri Cavalry, and can
be attested by the parties concerned:


"a few days after a fercely con
tested battle in the South, a party of
soldiers belonging to the First Missouri
took .jaunt over the battle field, aud
came to a spot where the rebel dead
were buried. In one place the hair
of mans head was seen sticking out
Of the ground like tuft of grass, and
near by hand was seen protruding
upward, which evidently belonged to
the corpse that owned the head of
hair


One of the cavalrymen remarked to
his companions, in a spirit Of thought
less levity, "See, there's a dead rel
reaching out for something; let's sec
what he wants In the same spirit
of wanton mischief, almost reckless
ness, the cavalrymen took hold of the


mans hand and hauled the body ou


of the grave, the loose dirt falling bacl
into the hollow hole. Soon after, The


man began to stir and manifest sign


of life, to the utter astonishment ant


horror of the resurrectionists.


The man was taken by his rescuer


to their tent and was rubbed dowr
washed off. and in few days becam
as "good as new" He said that i
the battle he was stunned by tn
passage of a shell which knocked hil
senseless. He was picked up anon
the dead and buried like the rest Nc
a scratch was found on his body. FL
said he had joined the rebel army, an
: fought the federals long and well, bl
e as this was his second appearance @
e earth, he would now join the fedora
L and fight for them. He according


enlisted in the First Missouri, did
' good deal of tough marching and hal
q fighting, and last September was mu
l. tered out of the service and paid o
d at Benton Barracks.
Year: 1866

1t is not much the world can give
With all its subtle art,
And gold alone is not the thing
To satisfy the heart;
But oh, if those who cluster round
The altar and the hearth,
Have gentle words and loving ways,
How beautiful is earth.
Year: 1866

BEwARE.-Young man, shun the cup
that intoxicates. Let not the voice OF
the tempter allure you from the paths
of temperance to the highway that Is.
thronged by the moderate drinker and
the drunkard. Drink only the bcver-
age that God brews-pure cold water.
The steps of the drunkard all tend
downward; they "lay hold on hell"
Year: 1866

THE JUDICIARY OF VIRGINIA.-The Rich
mond correspondent of the New York TINES Is
makes the following truthful reference to the
judiciary of Virginia:


~ have had eighteen months experience
with this people, am acquainted personalIy
with several of the members. of the Virc5iinissi,
Judiciary, and with the reputation and ante
cedents of all, and feel entirely safe in saving
that the charge that this people would ask :
?r that the judges would consent to do man
injustice simply on account of his political
Proclivities is libel so foul that it could only
emanate from men who would themselves be
guilty OF tn the fastardly act sti if they Ed the
power. There is not a man on the bench in
this State who would for an instant lend. him.
self to any such purpose; and Underwood. with
all his malignity and ingenuity in lying, has
been unable to make it appear that a1y one
OF them has done it.
Year: 1866


Go, barricade the river up,


And paddock down the rail;
We-Ahave no train on Sunday run, =
Menl have no steamer sail.
Go tell the sailor on the sea


To make his canvass fast,
And trust the mercy of the waves


Till Sabbath shall be past.
Comnand the sun to stay his course,
Forbid the wind to blow,
And tell the flowers they shall not bloom,
The trees they.shall not grow;
The little wild-bird shall not sing,
The lambkins shall NOT play,
The cattle all shall silent be-


It is the Sabbath day.
And order yonder reprobate,


That strolls along the road,
To turn at once from sinful ways,


And seek the house Of God.
What need hath he of light or air?
Go, bid him fast and pray,
And put mournful visage on


1t is the Sabbath day.
Year: 1866

GREASE FOR LEATuER.-ln smcaring
leather with oil, We aim not only at making
the leather plant, but also at making it wa
terproof. Train oil possesses this character.
istic, that after while it dries up, and then
the leather becomes brittle. Hogs lard is
admirably adapted to secure both objects,
pliabiity and impermcability to water. 1t
renders the leather perfectly plant, aud no
water can penetrate it, 1t is especially suit,
able for greasing boots and shoes but, in the
summer season, an eight part Of tallow should
be melted with IT, 1t should be laid on when
in a melted eoadition, but no warmer than
ones fingers dipped in the mass can bear.
When it is first applied to boot or shoe, the
leather should be previously soaked in water
that it may swell up, so that the pores can
open well and thoroughly absorb the lard
The liquid lard should be smeared over the
articles to be waterprOoied at least three OIL
four times, and sole leather Oftener still
Afterwards, the lard remaining visible on the
outside, should be wiDcd off with a rag. BY
this means, you may have waterproof boot
or shoe, without the annoyance caused by
most stuffs penetrating the leather and greas
ing the stockings An occasional coating o
hogs lard also to be recommended for patent
leather boots and shoes, as it prevents thc
leather from cracking, and if it be not rub
bed in too strongly the leather will shine
just as well after'the grease has been applied


Shoe and Leather Rcporirr.
Year: 1866

EVIDENCE of the prurient curiosity which
women OF virtue sometimes feel about the
ways OF the depraved of their own sex was Civ.
en- In Cincinnati The other day. The occasion
was the sale of the furniture Of a well-known
brothel. The house Was crowded with women
OF all social and moral grades. Well>bred
ladies Jostled keepers and inmates of estab>
ishmen,s ike that they had come TO sec, and
bid against them for whatever article took
their fancy, with no apparent sense of impro-
priety. Among the meetings recorded was
one of woman who made her way through
the crowd to her husband, and pinched his
arm, saying, " I thought l should find you
here"
Year: 1866

Mr.. Low favored US with about a gallon
of sweet cider, of his own manufacture, one
day this week. Good, is no name for it; it
was super-excellent. While meditatively
slipping the ambrosial nectar our thoughts
wandered far back through the misty vistas
of the past to the halcyon days of childhood,
when we used to sit straddle of barrel and
suck cider through straw. Happy, happy
days. Mr.. Low, we thank you. There is a
favorite song of ours which commences-'A
little more cider"
Year: 1866

gent person can have concOcted and uttered


without knowing its falsehood and moaning tC
deceive by its utterance.


Why is it that, in no single instance like this,
involving mingled consideration OF ethics and
courtesy, have We been able TO make our an
tagonlsts consider, or even face, the Main Ques'
toni They always prefer to talk of the rude
ness of calling one a liar-the wrong of being q
liar they shirk and dodge as though it covered
mortal infection. Never once have we been
able to coax, or shame, or drive, one of them to
copy the statement which we had branded as a
lie and endeavor to prove it true. Why not
Why does even Tie Times-which dipped into
this discussion wholly uninvited-relapso into
obstinate silence the moment it is asked to con-
slider the Main Question:


The Herald crawls back to the encounter In
this Shiny fashion:


1T is the theory Of this American system that diff
feronces Of opinion are not crimes. way or the
other that may differ from Cne another honestly
enough in thought and that such differences are emu
tied to courteous hearing and reasonable answer


But, Sir, this is not a matter of difference
of opinion" You charge us, the Twenty Mil
lions of Americans who insist that there shall
be. under the Constitution and laws OF our
country, perfect equality of civil rights among
our countrymen, with conspiring and striving
TO create an eristocracy of three millions oil
negroes-to confer on them peculiar and exclu-
siye privileges denied to WITHSTAND on that
charge you ask the people to vote us down-to
defeat Gen. Hawley and elect Mr. English Gov
ernor of Connecticut Now, to argue that point
with You, as a matter whereOn two antagonist
opinions may honestly exist, is to give your
clients that very dishonest advantage in the can
yass which you seek for them. Mind, that
YOU do not argue that our doctrines have
a certain tendency: You broadly charge on us
a specific purpose and intention. II is you who
attack, using naked falsehood as your weapon;
we stand on the defensive against your dam
aging imputation: how shall we meet you on a
fair and just footingl We know no other way
but to oppose to your willful, deliberate lie the
truth that you are seeking to iniure US by false
hood, and let the public see this as plainly
as possible.


If there be any respectable journal that dis
sents from this position, We we will thank 1t to
say why-always beginning with categorical
treatment of the Main Question.
Year: 1866

The National Intelligeneer, now chief heifer in
the Presidential manger and said to be in the
enjoyment Of sundry good things in the way of
hay corn, oats, and choice fodder, devotes itself
TO the difficult task Of standing by the Pres-
dent" As this duty involves an abuse Of nearly
everybody else, here is the way it speaks Of
Senator Trumbulrs speeeh


.'The veto was not sssaed in the spirit in which 1t
WAS written There the odor and. frequently the
yery substance OF deroagogery throughout this care
foywlten speech by Of the leading legal minds OF
the senate upon constitutional question OF the pro
fonndest interest and OF extraordinary gravity which
I'D bean presented to the Senate in manner BETTING
lis solemn character


Now will The Inteligenesr tell US what 1t
thinks of President Johnson's speech On Feb
ruary 22i The word "demagogery," not very
good at best, is too expressive to be used in SC
limited an application.
Year: 1866

There are indications ofloyalty among South
rners which occasionally como to us, full OF
consolation and hope. Gen. Hawley OF Connee
ticut has received letter from q Southern
stakeholder who had been three years in the
Southern army congratulating him on his
election. The Generals election he regarded
as "a triumph of constitutional nationality and
universal freedom over national partizanship.'
Twelve months" he goes on to say, " oil
Freedman's Bureau will give you success to the
National party. am for the Nation, and
find that the Secessionists are with the Demo
Gratis Of the North, and the Copperheads with
the Democrats. i sec that the non who at
tempted to destroy the country are not with
you therefore / conclude that your party de-
sires to preserve it," SO long as there are ten
men in the South who feel as this writer, we
have hope of its ultimate salvation.
Year: 1866

The johnson meeting" at Washington on
Thursday evening,


Resolred That opposed to any attempt on the
mart of the General Government to force universal SUI
rage upon the people Of any State or Territory against
the known will OF the loyal people thereof as unconSt
tutiona, impolitc and unjust.


Very well: let us settle the matter on that
basis. Let all "the loyal people" of each State
lately in revolt, and none others, vote on the
question, and we agres to abide their decision.
What say youi


by the way, gentlemen, did Mt most ofyou
thing it unconstitutional, impolitic and un-
just" to force Emancipation on the people OF
the SOUTH Will you expiainf
Year: 1866

Garret died hard. If the Civil Rights bill
passed, he would become an enemy OF the Gov
ernment. We are very much distressed about
the fate of the Government. 1t had ahard time
resisting the detection Of one Davis. How can
it bear up under that of another
Year: 1866

The citizens of Worcester were startled
out of their propriety on last Friday morn.
ing on account of the discovery of the death
of man named Artemus Ward and wife,
who resided at No 81 Main Street The
bodies were discovered at z O'Clock in
the morning by the Oldest of their five chill.
dren, who Immediately went TO the next door
neighbor, Mr. j, II. Raymore, and informed
him of the fact. The father was found par.
TALLY lying on his bed, and the mother was
1ressed and lying upon the floor near the
bed. Word was at once sentio the authori.
ties, and in about half an hour DR.. Wood.
ward, city physician, made his appearance,
and remarked that the unfortunate parties
must have been suffocated from the coal.gas,
as there was hot coal fire in the ROOM
The windows were Immediately thrown open
but all attempts to resuscitate the man and
wife were unavailing. The bodies were
cold in the embrace OF death, and of course
it was impossible to tell how long life had
been extinct In an adjoining room q ser.
want girl and two children had slept upon
the floor during the night, but it appears
that the coal-gas had had no effect upon
either of them, although the two children,
we were informed, were taken with slight
vomiting about the time of the discovery Of
the dead father and mother. The remaining
children slept in an upper room and escaped
the influence of the gas. But the fact that
the two children and the servant girl was
not seriously affected by the coal-gas, and
other circumstances which hung over the
affair, would indicate that it was the inten.
tion of some Gend in human form to poison
the whole family. AS it was, the perpetra-
tor, whether living or dead, was partially
successful. Itwas also discovered that some
time during the night the woman was heard
to yomit, which circumstance is very sus-
picious one. Other eminent physicians soon
Year: 1866

made their appearance in the room where
the dead parents lay, among them DR.. o.
Martin, who also agreed with DR.. Woodward
that the deceased probably died from the
effects of inhaling the gas. But there are
many theories advanced in regard to the
matter, and nothing short Of medical ex-
animation of the bodies will satisfy the
public, which is considerably excited over
the matter. The character of the deceased,
Artemus Ward, is not an enyiable one, and
that of his wife was not above suspicion.
Ward was resident of Worcester for many
years, and had always borne bad name
He formerly kept a saloon near the Foster
Street Depot, and had on the day before
moved on to Main Street, and yesterday was
to have opened a saloon there. He was a
hard drinker, though not vicious man, and
had been In the House of Correction a
number of times for offending the laws of
the Commonwealth, and his open violation
of the drinking law had attracted the notice
of one of the State Constables, who had but
recently made out his papers OF complaint
against him for keeping a nuisance. His
wife (his second one, and considerably
younger,) is represented as having also been
a quarrelsome woman. Ward and his wife
had lived unhappily together. About
year since the woman made an unsuccessful
attempt to poison herself, and two years
ago, it is stated she threatened to poison
her husband if she ever caught him in q
state Of intoxieation. 1t was shown that she
purchased quantity of opium at drug
gist's, but it was not used in this affair, as it
was found yesterday morning in the original
paper, and its weight answered TO that pro-
cured at the time The woman was known
to be an opium eater, and it is conjectured
that she clandestinely administered that
powerful narcotic, or some other poisonous
substance, to her husband and to two of her
children. However, the whole affair is
shrouded In mystery .-Boston Post.
Year: 1866

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GATE CRY is now printed. 10 offered for 2le
at very low price. Its capacity is sufficient
to print paper 2sx42 inches, and can be run
at the rate of 900 to 800 per hour. II is not
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work it will perform, as the appearance Of
the paper at the present time will satisfy ev-
cry printer on this point. This press is Of
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of greater opacity and speed, to meet the re-
qurements of our increasing circulation.


Also, RuGGLEs CARD AND BILL-HEAD
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treadle at the rate of 200 to ,200lper hour.
Also, RuGcLEs DIAMOND CARD Press,
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Also, for sale, at bargain, Job Power
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All the above presses can be seen in daily
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These presses are not to be sold on account
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For further information, address


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pron'r Cars Cry
Year: 1866

How TO Go TO BEp.-Halfs Journal Of
Health gives the following advice as to how
to go to bed in winter time. Those who
practice retiring on the 'cuddle up" plan will
readily fall in with these suggestions:
'Doit in hurry if there is no FIRE in the
room, and there ought not to be unless you
are quite an invalid.


"But if person is not in good health, it is
best to undress By good fire, warm and dry
the feet WE'LL draw on the stockings again;
run into room without hre: jump into bed;
cuddle up, with your head and ears under
the covers for a minute or more, until you
| feel little warmth; then uncover your head:
next, draw of your stockings, strsighten
out, turn over on your right side, and 60 to
| sleep.


.s'lf sense Of chilliness come over yoa on
| getting into bed it will always DO an injury,
and its repetition increases the i'll effect with
| out having any tendency to harden you.
Nature sbhors violence. We are never
shocked into health. Hard usage makes nc
garment last longer.
Year: 1866

GEN. CUSTER was the only Union officer of
any military note in the Philadelphia Com
vention. On the 10th of last March he APP
peared as a witness before the Joint Com
mittee on Reconstruction, and gave this
testimony:


al do not regard the people in that por-
tiOn of the Southern country in which |
have been as in a proper condition or as
manifesting proper state of feeling to he
restored to their former rights and privile-
ges under the General Government and |
do not they have been sulficietly taught the
enormity of the crime they have committed
by rebelling against the Government. |
think the Government ought to maintain
control of those States that were in the re-
bellion until it is thoroughly satisfied that
loyal sentiment prevails in at least a ma
jority of the inhabitants-that certainly
does not exist now and when allowed
representation none but loyal men should
be admitted as representatives. Five years
ago the Southern people voluntarily aban-
doned their rights and privileges as States
in the Union, and with their rights and
privileges they forfeited their share in the
General Government.


Having waged bloody and determined

war for four years to carry out their de-
signs against the Government and having
failed up to the present time to manifest a
penitent spirit for the crime committed
against the nation or TO give proper and
sufficient guarantee for future good conduct
cannot but give it as my opinion that
just regard for our national safety in time
to come, our obligations to foster and en-
courage throughout the Southern States a
proper regard and affection for the national
authority, as we'll as to give support to
those who are and have been loyal imper
atively demand that the Government should
maintain its present control Of the States
lately in rebellion until satisfied that they
may, without detriment, be entrusted with
their former rights and privileges"
Gen. Custer, and any other man of COM
mon intelligence in the nation, knows that
the temper of the Southern people this
| August is much worse than it was last
March. All the reasons assigned by the
General then for enforcing stringent con-
ditions on them apply with far greater
force now They have changed for the
worse, and Gen. Custer too
Year: 1866

A minister having preached the same
dircourse to his people three times, one of his
constant hearers said to him after service 'Doc-
tor, the sermon you gave us this morning having
had three several readings, move that it now be
passed"


MANY sweetly fashioned mouth has
been disfgured and made hideous by the fiery
tongue within it.
Year: 1866

The following story is told of St. Fill
lippo Neri He was living at one of the
Italian universities, when young man,
whom he had known as boy, ran up to
him with face full of delight, and told
him what he had been long wishing above
all things in the world was at length full.
filed, his parents having just given him
leave to study the law; and that there
upon he had come to the law school in
this university on account Of its great
fame, and meant to spare no pains or
labor in getting through his studies as
quickly and as well as possible. In this
way he ran on q long time, and when at
last he came to stop, the holy man, who
had been listening 10 him with great
patience and kindness, said:


Well, and when you have got through
your course of studiesr what do you mean
to do then z


"Then shall take my doctors de-
gree" answered the young man.


And then p asked St Fillippo Neri,
again.


And then" continued the youth, al
shall have a number of difficult and
knotty cases to manage, and shall catch
peoples notice by my eloquence, my
learning, my acuteness, and gain great
reputation"


"And then2p repeated the holy man.


And them replied the youth, why
then shall be promoted to some high
office or other; besides, / shall make
money and grow rich.


And thenT repeated St Fillippo
Neri.


And then" pursued the young law
yer" then l shall live comfortably and
honorably in wealth and dignity; and
shall be able to look forward quietly to
happy old age"


And then?'' asked the old man.


And then" said the youth" and
then-and them shall die"


Here St Fillippo again lifted up his
voice and said, And then p whereupon
the young man made no answer, but cast
down his head and went away. This
last "And theRG had pierced like a
fash Of lightning into his soul, and he
could not get rid Of it. Soon after he
forsook the study of law, and gave him
self up TO the ministry, and spent the