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Year: 1867

! The proprietor of chateau, in the
neighborhood of Cassel, died a short
time since, and his remains, amid a
wide spread grief, were lowered into the
family vault, and deposited in sarco-
phagus in the subterranean chapel,
Epending the completion of certain oper-
ations necessary to prepare the place
destined to receive the coffin. The
deceased had owned hound, to which
he was particularly y attached, and Lucy
returned his affection with double inter
est. At the death of her master, the
poor beast would not quit his death
Fchamber and was seen on the morrow,
with head bowed down and eye mourn
full and sad, following with measured
steps the funeral cortege, accompanying
to its last resting place the body of him
| of whom she had been SO fond After
the ceremony, when the friends and
eighbors had retired the outlets of the
vault were carefully closed and for a
time no one thought of Lucy, but when
at length they sought her she could not
be found, Notwithstanding the active
search made all over. the estate. The
servant specially charged with the care
of the kennel suggested that, as Lucy
was with young, she had been prostrat-
ed in some cave or hollow in tie neigh.
borhood, as she had been in times be.
fore. In the meantime the workmen
were sent for to complete the details of
the interment, but it was not till after.
the lapse of ten days that they could
get to the tomb. The first visit to the
remains of one so justly lamented was
made with ceremonious solemnity.
But what spectacle presented itself to
the gaze of the visitors The pail had
been pulled off, the lid of the coffin had
been torn open, and upon the breast of
the deceased there lay another corpse,
that of poor Lucy, who, without doubt,
after having borne her litter had come
to die, upon the body of her master. In
a corner of the vault were found, ex-
piring, the seven little ones whom the
poor animal had ceased to nourish, be-
cause she had ceased to live. It is dif-
fcult to imagine the labor the faithful
creature had gone through in order to
lay bare the body of her master, whom
she would seem to have wished to come
to life again. The cover of the coffin
had been gnawed open, the shroud was
in pieces; but the corpse remained in
tact. t.N5t-
Year: 1867

A SERIOUS c CHARGE.-A clergyman
in New York, in late religious dis
course, made the following severe charge
against the feminine portion of creation
thereabouts II


In relation to freedom from sin, he
held that the desire, an uncomfortable
desire to commit sin, was often the con-
sequence of the education and habits of
the parents of the child who had it. 1t
was we'll known that at the establish
ment Of A. I. Stewart there were many
bills made out, and went to husbands
and fathers, for goods which had not
been bought at all, bnt stolen from that
store, by their wives and daughters
not stolen because they could not get
money to buy what they wanted, but
because, Of an uncomfortable desire to
steal.
Year: 1867

The RAINING TREE.-The. Island Of
Fierro iis one of the largest in the Canary
Group, and it has received its name on
account Of its iron bound soil, through
which no river or stream flows. It has
also but very few wells, aud these not
very good. But the great Preserver
and Sustainer Of all, remedies this in
convenience in way SO extraordinary
that man will be forced to acknowledge
that He gives in this an qndeniable de-
monstration of His wonderful goodness.
In the midst Of the Island there grows
a tree, the leaves of which are long and
narrow, and continue in constant YER
dure winter and summer, and the
branches are covered With cloud which
is never dispelled, bqt resolving itself
into moisture, causes to fall from its
leaves very clear water, in such
abundance that cisterns placed at its
foot to receive it are never empty.
Year: 1867

b II is said of an ecceotric lady of Pc
nurious habits that she was SO affected
BY a charity sermon on certain occa-
sion as to borrow dollar of her neigh
bor and put it into-her cwn pocket.
Year: 1867

u A lady who had read of the
extensive manufacture of odome.
ters to tell how far a carriage had
been rum, said she wished some
Connecticut genius would invent
an instrument to tell how far hus'
bands had been in the evening
when they just step down to the
post Office. 1850 is'' ss833 l}i3#
Year: 1867

- Fashions do change. Few
articles of clothing are at present
considered more essential than
shirts. And yet men have been
put in the pillory IN England,
within a few hundred years fr
presuming to enjoy so expensive
and unnecessary luxury.
Year: 1867

A SPLENDID lot Of new spring goods is be
ing received daily At X. krauae's Clothing
and Furnishing Store on Second street, near
Main. Call early if you wish to have pick
of the new arrivals.
Year: 1867

WBsrwARp. Ho Our esteemed fellow
citizen, DR.. Irwin, departed to>day for Jack
son county to visit his family previous to
starting for the gold regions. He intends to
locate about sixty miles west of Denver
He 10 engaged with company organized
in this city for the purpose Of taking out
the requisite machinery to crush quartz,
&c, and they entertain little doubt Of the
success Of the enterprise.
Year: 1867

PIiiNG IN THE GooDs.-The popular
boot and shoe house Of Child 4 Co, IS
Brady street, is piling in their spring stock
by the hundred cases to meet the wants Of
their extensive wholesale and retail
trade.
Year: 1867

ORRIs HASKELL. young man in the EN-
ploy of Jacob Friday, on the Blue Grass
road, while walking with his axe thrown
over his shoulder slipped down. and on
rising, discovered that the sharp edge Of the
axe had Gu. eff the little finger of his left
hand. He was brought to town and DR..
Maxwell disarticuiated the joint and dressed
the wound
Year: 1867

Some of our editorial brcthren n in
the interior are disposed to let re
construction alone, because a letter
has been written in support ofit by
the troublesome Brown, of Georgia
who acted so like the dog in the
manger during the late war, aud
was then altogether an obstructive,
instead Of either constructive or
reconstructive They need not
trouble themselves about that; in
Mississippi there is large party OF
that class who take the opposite
ground. Brown happened TO got
right, for once; if he had known
that the South would have gone in
the same direction he has taken, he
would, it is likely, have taken the
opposite track. We have one or two
in this State who must be always IN
the opposition, and who back cut
the moment they find the people
with them.-N D. Pic0yUHe.
Year: 1867

"Have you ground all the tools
right, as told You this morning when
/ went away p said a carpenter to a
rather green lad whom he had taken
for an apprentice. "All but the hand
saw, sir" replied the lad promptly /;
81 couldn't get all the gaps out Of
fhnf
Year: 1867

PREAcHIyG.-In the town Of Flyup-
thecreek there was a shoemaker who
at times oficiated as preacher He
always wrote the notices himself, ia
order to save the expenses ofprinting-
Here is one of them: There will be
preaching in the pines this Sunday
afternoon, on the subject, All who do
not believe will be damned at three
o'clock
Year: 1867

The whole paragraph. from which we copy, Is
out of the line of fair criticism and grossly UNJUST


The bold stroke of \. 7. Stewart d Go. IN reducing
their stock through the auction houses las startled
the dry goods trade and owerprces predicted for
everything in the line II Mr. Stewart and his fellow
merchant princes in dry goods return no profits for
1865 with their ample capital and superior
ability what must be the condition of the cross-road
retailers of the country 10 whom the city trade looks
for payment?


The Pacific Mail Steamship Company have declared
a dividend Of three per cent ont OF the earnings Oi
the quarter ending April 90 payable June ].


The following shows the receipts at the following
Year: 1867

THE South SHOULD ACT UNDER THE
SuERMAN Bulls NOT, CoNFIsCA-
TIoN WILL FoLLow.-The New York


Times, edited by a Radical member of
Congress, has the following menacing
editorial:


"It is very we'll understood that bills
are in course of preparation for early
introduction into the next Congress
providing for saoeepi'eg co1yfscatie'e
Of rebel property in the southern States,
and for its distribution among the en-
franchised slaves, for paying claims of
loyal men for property destroyed dur
ING the war, aud for giving farms to
northern soldiers who will settle in the
South. Mr. Stevens has declared his
purpose, God willing and he living
to press such q measure as this upon
Congress, and General Banks in debate
declared hinselfin favor Of such distri
button Of southern farms among north
ern soldiers as the only effectual mode
of reconstrrteting southern society. 1t
NAV safely he assumed that the whole
body of Radicals in Congress will go
for such measure and it is confident
lv expected that the rejection by the
South of the new terms now proposed
will create a fresh feeling of resent
1nent which will give it popularity and
strength throughout the North. Tie
measure itself has elements of attraction
formany classes, ,and is expected to secure
the support of the soldiers in a body.


at may be supposed that the Su-
preme Court will present final barrier
against the ultimate success of such
project But it must be remembered
chat four members Of that court out of
nine would now, beyond all doubt, en-
dorse such measure; and that of the
five who would oppose it, one, if not
tive, will probably never again sit on
the bench, in consequence Of extreme
age and illness. A law was passed,
moreover, at the last session, which de-
clares that in case Of the death of Su-
prene Court Judge the vacancy shall
not be filed until the whole number of
judges shalkRave been reduced by death
or otherwise to seven. The chances
are, therefore, that within the next year
the Supreme Court Of the United
States will be as thoroughly in the
hands of the Radicals as Congress is.'
Year: 1867

CAN We TRUST THEM "A majority
of this State have come to the sudden
conclusion that, after all, the Sherman
Reconstruction Bib is rather we'll cal
culated to restore North Carolina co her
position in the Union, from which they
were instrumental in dragging her. 1t
IS wondrous strange, for instance, how
quickly the Raleigh tSe'ati'a Ell can change
coats. AT first it despised and abused
the Howard Constitutional Amendment
and all who favored it then, when it
saw the determined spirit of the nation
al government to have the amendment
made valid despite the Southern opposi-
tion, it concluded that our Legislature
had better reconsider their decision
against its adoption. Secondly, the
SeRt53aeI would countenance no such
either Stevens, Sherman, or any one else;
but again when it sees a second manifes-
tation of the strong will of Congress to
put down treason and exalt loyalty, it
quickly advocates acql Iiescence to the
dictations of the bill recently passed.


Now, we might give the Sentinel, the
GoldSboro' Meas, the Old North State,
and other papers of that class, credit
for honesty and good sense if we could
only see them act consistently with
their declarations. But now, instead of
turning their forces to the aid of men
aoho haze all the time. stood prominent
as Uniomists, they throw a loose gar
ment of loyalty over the shoulders of
their old rebel associates, and begin to
pull the wires to get such men into of
fee


Oh ho! the editors of these papers,
and their rebel allies, may as well try
to convince the devil that they are pure
enough at heart to enter the kingdom
OF heaven as to atte mpt to convince the
Unionists of North Carolina that they
are honest and re liable enough to be
entrusted with the. reins of State gov
ernment-Salea Observer.
Year: 1867

EFFECTS OF MILITARY INTERVENTION WITH Re-
GARD TO THE CRIMINAL CoURT.-The effects of
the Intervention Of military authority in the ques
ton of juries at the recent term of the Criminal
Court are most severely felt by a number of
prisoners confined in jail These poor devils, or
rather such of them as have not been convicted,
at least expected to be confronted by their accus
ers and brought to trial at this term of the Court
and if confined longer it would but be undergoing
their sentence This postponement is to them
serious The oppressiveness of confinement in q
close. substantial jail, during the whole of the
month of August, will have to be borne and suf-
fered. Poor creatures, We pity. them not that
but punishment, visited upon the innocent, par
takes of the nature of oppression, and when me-
cessariy inflicted upon prisoners before conviction
is much to be regreated.
Year: 1867

either branch Another lease for the pleas
ant reign of Brownlowism in Tennessee


Don't imagine that the troubles in Ten
nessee are over, now that the election is
past. The feeling Of antagonism and the
clash of interests will so on, I fear, worse
than before [ heard, not over half an
hour ago, that already five hundred colored
men were thrown out of employment in
Nashville, OH account Of casting their bal
lots for the further disfranchisement of
rebels. Similar prescription will doubtless
obtain all over the State The conse
quences can be readily imagined.
Year: 1867

The main attraction at this house during the past
week has been the unique dramatic and panoramic
ENTERTAINERS entitled Tour Around the World" in
which the entire dramatic company takes part. and
which is made the pleasant medium Of conveying to the
audience idea OF the best qualities OF all nationa
The tourist after Witnessing the exciting scene Of the
OF the Henrietta, vesta and Fleetwing on the
enjoy The surprise created there By this triumph or
Yankee sailors and ship builders The alusons 70 the
national triumph thus Won are received nightly with
rounds Of patriotic appalse The house OF last evea-
i5 was usual large, and the applause was pro-
poronaiey liberal n proof Q. the fact .a' the public
thus shown in seizg and giving dramatic aud arsase
expression 10 great national or local events.
Year: 1867

AMe newspaper - Power.


The press is the motive power that
moves the world. It's influence is be-
yond dispute, and its agency is accept
ed by all. The following very able ar
ticle on this subject we copy entire from
one of our exchanges


"The press is an educated force of
wonderful potency. The humble and
unpretending newspaper that comes
every week intOa dwelling, contributes
imperceptibly but certainly 10 the in
tellectual growth of all the people
therein. Indeed, it is not difficult in
the Obscurer walks of life to detect
what kind Of newspaper a man regu-
larly reads by the opinions he draws,
and the methods by which he states
and defends them. Some men who
pass for more than ordinarily intelli-
gent and thoughtful know very little
except what they have learned from
the newspapers.-Nay, let any one sit
down and deliberately pass in review
his stock Of knowledge, accurately dis
Criminate what he is indebted to the
newspapers for, and what he has ac-
quired through other sources, and he
will be surprised to find how large are
his obligations to the public journals
An uncommonly shrewd observer of
men, and one personally acquainted
with most of the eminent men of his
day, remarked that some of the most
conspicuous among them, radiant with
genius and all other qualities requisite
to constitute great leaders, were mainly
newspaper men; that is, they relied
throughout long and brilliant careers
chiefly upon newspapers for facts sug-
gested, for ideas, and largely for the dis
cussion whereby the real and apparent
were separated from each other.


at may be said moreover that news.
papers manufacture more great men
than are made by any other process
1t is matter of nOtOriety that very
few public men, upon deliberate hear.
ing and actual review, bear any fair
proportion to the reputation they en-
joy. Many men for whom nature has
done little, and art less, have a cOlOs
sal fame, which will not bear to be ex
amined too closely. In these cases the
difference between the real and the i'm.
aginary is the product of newspaper
laudation. The public may not feel
under obligations to the press in this
matter, but the fortunate individuals
who reach high position through thi,
expenditure, if in it have abundant
| reason to prove that the ,1elgsDq1lej


is q pOWer,"
Year: 1867

SHARES or NATIONAL BANKS TAX
ABLE AS OTHER PROPERTY.-The
shares of the National Banks in the
hands of citizens, are liable to State,
County, and Corporation taxation, the
same as other personal property. This
was decided by the Court of Appeals
in the State of New York and was then
taken to the Supreme Court Of tho
United States, where the decision Of
the Court of Appeals was sustained.
This settles the question.
Year: 1867

n white man in Kentucky murdered
his coIOred mistress the other day but
he explained that he was afraid she
would tell his wife that he had q child
by her, and Kentucky justice was sat
isfied. The magistrate who heard his
case was sympathetic, and accordingly
the murderer, one Of the cOwardlie5t it
appears, was released forthwith. Much
as we are used to startling reports Of
Southern justice, this case amazes US.
As we read it in the telegram, it seems
that the taking of human life in Ken
tucky is Il matter of as much indiffer-
ence as the throwing away Of q bad ci-
gar. \ man commits the two worst
crimes upon the weakest and humbest
Of women, and judge in league with
the murderer, lets him go. As to how
far the spirit of this hideous dispensa-
ton is shared by other magistrates, and
the public opinion Of Kentucky, we do
nOtstop to inquire. The state of things
there must be almost hopeless, if it is
possible for any other justice of the
peace to set a murderer free on person.
al explanation. Evidently the negro
has one right in Kentucky, which
white justice scarcely disputes, and
that is the right of being killed.
Year: 1867

THE WINTER IN TEXAs.-A private let
ter from Baltimore gentleman i'm Calves
ton says: "On the first day of January we
had a snow storm which lasted from 8 P.
NJ, until daylight, on the morning Of the
I'd. On the morning of the ID the ground
was frozen hard, and there was quarter
of an inch of ice, This is the first snow
storm since 1852 and the second time the
Galvestonians have seen the novelty in
seventeen years, The young folks did not
know what to make of it,"
Year: 1867

HENRY WARD BEECHER's New
sToRY.-The II. y. Evening Gazette
says that the manuscript will be ready
for the publisher before the end OF
March, when he is to receive for it
$25, 900. The title is reported to be
"The Call of the Clergyman" ," and the
story will contain much of his life and
many of his experiences in the early
days of the West, when he was poor
and fighting his way through the
world.
Year: 1867

He is a strictly temperate man. and has
never been known in his whole life to be
under the influence of liquor. He has been
a senator at Washington Tor seventeen
years, and was four years state senator,
and. several years Il state Judge
Year: 1867

STRIPED BUG.-Jonathan P. West
of Morristown says he has successful
ly defended his vine patches against
the ravages Of these mischievous
creatures, by means of very simple
process, which we do not recollect to
have heard of before. 1t is this:


Lay board, one or more, accord
ing to the size of your patch, between
the rows in such a manner as to af-
ford a shelder to toads in the day
time, and leave it undisturbed, so that
they will make their home under it,
which they will do in great numbers.
At night they sally out and devour
every bug, and grow fat as Aldermen.
He says he has had dozen or more
of these little philanthropists make
their home under a single board not
more than six feet long, and perfect
ly protect his vines. The process is
so simple, and the authority for its
perfect success so good and direct,
that everybody should try it.-Ne'cs-
dealer.
Year: 1867

knowledge of the subject, though
an essential element of reform, in not,
Of itself, sufficient to guard men from
formation of Incorporate habits
Past experience has also fully proved
that the formation of a resolution not
to drink, unless recorded in the pres
ence of friends and companions, and
sustained by the influence of associ-
ated example, and frequent counsel
and exhortation, will in majority of
instances, prove insufficient to guard
men, and especially our young men,
against the formation of an evil habit.
The pledge and the principle of as
sociation cannot be safely dispensed
with, in the present state of society.
They are just as needful now, as they
ever were, their proper employment
will be attended with the same bless
ed results as before. Men who can,
with the history of the temperance
reformation before them, ridicule the
pledge and temperance societies,
should, to be consistent, mock at mar
riage vows, oaths of allegiance and
oaths of office, church covenants, and
pledges of fidelity, to whatever prin-
ciple, and for whatever purpose insti-
tuted. Human virtue is frail, and
even when the mind and heart are
rightly inclined, the will to do right
is often feeble, and opposing infu-
ences are strong 1t is not therefore,
a vain thing, that we give to men, in
their struggle with evil, within and
without, all possible helps, though
naughty and vain theorists may de-
.nounce them as extrinsic AMI uncall-
ed for. An honest man would pay a
debt, if he have the ability, though
he had not signed an obligation to do
so. A christian man would tell the
truth in court of justice, though
the obligation of an oath were want
ing, and yet the common sense of man.
kind requires the signature of the
note and the administration of the
oath.-Dr. Jeocett.
Year: 1867

The most foolish predicament a
man can get into is to get drunk. In
drunkenness every man shows his
strongest and most ardent passion
There are six kinds of drunkards,
and if you will go into any drinking
place where there are dozen men
under the influence Of liquor, you will
be sure to find these six different an
imals.
The first is ape-drunk. He leaps,
and sings, and yells, and dances,
making all sorts of grimaces and cut
ting up all sorts of monkey shines, y
to excite the laughter of his fellows
o, terribly silly is the drupken clown.


The second is tiger-drunk. He
breaks the bottles, breaks the chairs,
breaks the heads of fellow carousers,
and is full of blood and thunder
His eyes are fired with vengeance,
and his soul raves with murderous
fury. Of this sort are those who
abuse their families.


The third is hog-drunk. He rolls
in the dirt on the floor, slobbers,
grunts, and going int 0 the street
makes his bed in the first dich or filthy
corner he may happen to fall into
He is heavy, dumpish, and sleepy, and
cries in grunting way for little
more to drink


The fourth is puppy-drunk. He
will weep for kindness, and whine his
love and hug you in his own arms, and
kiss you with his slobbery lips and
proclaim how much he loves YOU
You are the best man he ever saw,
and he will lay down his money or
life for you.


The fifth is owl-drunk. He is wise
in his own conceit. No man must
differ with him, for his word is law
He is true in politics, and all matter
must be taken as authority His arm
is the strongest, his voice the sweet
est, his horse the feetest, his turnips
the largest, his town the finest of all
| in the room or land.


The sixth and last animal of our
menagerie is the fox-drunk man. He
is crafty, ready to trade horses and
cheat if he can. Keen to strike a
bargain, leering around with low cum
ming, peeping through cracks, listen
ing under the caves, watching for some
suspicious thing; sly as fox, sneak
ing as wolf, he is the meanest drunk.
ard of them all.