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Year: 1866

PRIcg or a KIss.--A lady who was
rudely kissed by man, while walking
in Buffalo, few days since, instantly
returned home and started her hus-
band after the offender, who was lodged
in prison, and fined Fifty dollars the
next morning by the magistrate. The
defense set up that the kiss was only a
joke, given under the influence Of liquor
and but for testimony of general good
character, the Judge announced that
the punishment would have been six
months Imprisonment.
Year: 1866

lie liveth long who Iiyeth well


All other ..fe IS short and vain;
IL Iiveth longest who can tell


OF living most for heavenly gain.
lie ljveth long who live;h well


All else IS being flung away,
lie Iiyeth longest who can tell


Of true things truly done each day.
Waste not thy being back to him


Who freely gave it, freely give;
Else Is that being but a dream;
'Tis hut u be, and not to HUe.
Be what thou seemestl live thy creed
Hold III To earth the torch divine;
Ee what thou prayest TO be made;
Let the great Masters steps be thine.
FIJI Up each hour with what will last;
Euy up the moments "a they 20;
The life above, when this i past,
Is the rape fruit Of life below.
SOW TRUTH If thou the true woudst reapi
Who so9s the false shall reap the vain;
Erect and sound thy conscience keeps
From hollow words and deeds refrain.
Sow love, AMI taste its fragrance pure;
Sow peace, and reap its harvest bright
sow sunbeams on the rock and moor.
And find a harvest home Of light Selected.
Year: 1866

: What world of woe, (exclaims a contempo-


rary who perhaps keenly felt what he was say


ing, is contained in these fewwords to the poor
artisan and mechanic '1'll call round and
pay, = says the rich man, to avoid the trouble
of going to the desk to get the necessary funds,
and the poor mechanic is obliged to go home to
disappoint his workmen, and all who depend
upon him for their due. 1t is an easy matter
to work the only real glory in this life is an
independent idea Of being able to sustain your
be easily inns agined what crushing force there IS
in-.I' Il call around and pay to the laboring
man who depends on that pay for subsistence.


II those who could pay would pay at once it
would place hundreds and thousands in a con-
dition to do likewise, and would prevent much
misery and distress. -
Year: 1866

THAT female energy and devotion which
bought the grave of Washington, which once
erected statue to Henry Clay, which, by deeds
of mercy and kindness, lined the darkest clouds
Of our war with CLEANS of holy light, that won.
derful strength and love of woman, SO beautiful
in self.sacrifcing charity-are now being felt
throughout the Southern country. This is q
great and powerful element. It is gigantic
agent of benevolence. 1t is by means of fairs
and other agencies, public and private, raising
the funds to rebuild and repair our destroyed
and desecrated churches to found orphan asy-
lums !; to furnish poor MANNED soldiers with legs
and arms; to feed, clothe, shelter and educate
the destitute children and widows of our Con-
federate heroes, who left their loved ones only
ing and poverty caused by the war wherever
they can find it-these are the noble, lovelyand
immortal aims of that active sympathy and
charity which now emanate, in rays of holy eff
fulgence all over the South, under the magic
invocation of woman s influence. 49,


These efforts make no noise. They are silent,
but full Of power. In our cities and remote
country towns, we see frequent notices that the


ladies will hold fair on &c certain day for
the public know about the matter Charity and
beneyolence are not ostentatious. They do not
seek notoriety. But like drops of pure water
falling on granite in some retired dell they toeor
the rock. So these humble, modest efforts of
the women of the South are making an impress
sion upon the sordid selfshness of every com.
munity in behalf of poverty and religion.vs~1


0s As we have had occasion heretofore to re-
mark, the city Of Baltimore stands at the head
Of these charitable movements It is "a proud
and glorious distinction to be leader in such
cause, and Baltimore never shone so luminously
as now. There we see both the means and in
clination to do good and relieve the suferings
of humanity. But here, in our own midst, tho
our people have a hearty will, their means are
contracted Still this will if earnest and stead
fast, will find way to administer relief to our
poor, who never needed aid as now 90 -'t


tits highly creditable to the Southern heart
and character that, in section. where distress
is universal, where the condition of the people
differs only in degrees of want and suffering,
there should be so deep an interest, so warm
sympathy for their destitute fellow-citizens.-
Especially are these remarks applicable to our
ladies. 1t demonstrates that the war has not
crushed out and destroyed the most lovely fea-
lures in the character of our people. Whatever
calamities have befallen us, it is proud salts
faction to reflect that our hearts are still rich,in
all that adorns and beauties humanity. This
is treasure worth preserving <'N
Year: 1866

The tears we shed for those we love are the
streams which water the garden Of the heart,
and without them it, would be dry and barren;
and the gentle flowers Of atAcsion vculd perish.
Year: 1866

4 Mock MARRIAGE-A FORGED LICENSE
AND A FICTITIOUs MAGIsTBATE.-ln the
northeastern part of our city lives a lady
and her daughter The latter has been
waited on for some time by man named
". STRouDE, and on evening before last the
courting season was brought to a termination
by the marriage of the parties. No suspi-
ciou rested ON the mind Of the newly made
bride that all was not right; but yesterday
msrning the mother Of the girl had her sus-
dicions aroused, and with a female friend
made her appearance at the station house,
and asked the officer in charge whether
there was a magistrate in this city Of Ger
tain name, which we did not learn. The Of
fccr assured her that there was not, when
the lady. who is Of genteel appearance and
GOOD manners, told the officer of the suspl-
cions she had, when the officer proceeded to
arrest the newly made groom. lie was
found, and upon being questioned as to the
Justice who performed the ceremony, could
give no straight account Of IT, repeating the
name Of several, and finally giving that Of
man who never was a magistrate. The
guilty groom is about forty years Of age, and
Is now inthc station house. The license was,
we learn, forgery; and the scoundrel, who
will be tried in a few days, will no doubt get
his deserts. lie was committed yesterday
bv Squire HALL for a hearing, probably to
morrow. Since he was committed We learn
that he has proposed 20 marry the girl in
the proper way; but she very sensibly says
that she could never depend on a villain who
has thus BETRAYED her, and will haveuothing
10 DO with him. A few years in the pcnl-
teptlarv will doubtless be his portion, which
he richly deserves.-Msmphis ApdlOnshe.
Year: 1866

An affections Of the Womb treated with sue
cess Those married ladies who have been so un-
fortunate as to miscaTTy, or prove abortive, can
be carried to their full time, if found pregnant,
by giving me a call.
Year: 1866

Young married ladies whose misfortune it has
been not to bring forth in due season, remember
God has said you should multiply and replenish.
by letter OF in person. No lady over thirty-tive
years of age need make application. All eommu-
ncatiOns byletter or person strictly confidential.
Year: 1866

In one fourth of the time that it takes with the
old mode of treatment. In this treatment no
medicine is taken internally. You receive the
baths seated on your chair, with no Inconvenience
whatever.
Year: 1866

ALI Rom AND BRlonr.-Thc storm that
made its appearance Saturday night and
continued through yesterday, and promised
to be second edition Of the equinoctial
storm Of the last Of September. has subsid-
cd, leaving the skies clear and the air cool
and bracing. It is an event worth mention
ing. The great army Of carpenters and brick
layers have few more days yet for active
operation.
Year: 1866

The New York journal Of Commerce has
the following with reference TO the new tax
hill:


We cannot agree with some Of our con
temporarics who assert that the modiiica-
tiuns of the tax law in the bill which has
Just passed the House are 50 many decided
improvements upon the present system.
With here and there an exception, the
changes are made for political effect, or upon
the urgency of some personal or sectional
interest and are not amendments of the eX-
isting law in the best meaning of that term.
The trade, commerce and active capital of
the country are heavily taxed, but there is
much inequality even here; while the in
tercsts best able TO bear the full proportion
Of the common burdens are purposely eX-
empted. If any incomes are to be taxed,
certainly the landowner living upon the pro-
dace of his own unincumbered estate can at-
ford 10 pay his share. The only sound
reason for exempting anything of class
from the general operation of a tax Is, that
in some cases the pro rata charged would
be- so small that it may be more 10
collect il than il is worth. To tax every
man i'm proportion 20 his income without re-
gard either 10 his personal expenses or the
source from which that income Is derived,
can give rise 10 no well founded complaint,
although the question of permanency might
well bc taken into consideration TO tax the
larger incomes a higher rate than the
smaller is gross inequality; but TO exempt
the great bulk of incomes from the tax alto
gether leaving the whole Of this load upon
the few who do not belong TO the favored
classes, is such manifest injustice that it
should find no defenders
Year: 1866

Stephens the Fenian leader, has given an


interesting account of the manner in which


he escaped from the Richmond Ireland)


prison. The day after he was locked up he


was informed by friend that his escape had


been planned by parties outside He was
told few days later that the Gath Of Novem-


Der was the day selected His friends had
procured keys for the six or seven doors be-
tween his cell and the prison wall, which
was twenty-five feet high. On the evening
of the 23d he went to bed at the usual hour
eight o'clock. He was very drowsy, and it
required all his efforts to keep awake. About
two o'clock he heard slight noise at a con-
siderable distance, which be at once knew
to be the sound produced by opening the
first gate. Soon afterward he heard a SINH
lar noise and so on until the KEY turned in
his cell door. This grated SO noisily that it
had TO be drawn open with the utmost eau
ton. Stephens had risen and dressed him
self about midnight. The high wind, heavy
rain, and intense darkness of the night. were
all favorable for his escape. His friend
pressed himself against the door to prevent
its creaking, and a revolver was instantly
placed in his hand. They then passed, in
the same manner, through all the doors of
'tlt blASJi AiiiAll iiltl iIiC Op6u dlI,
when the outer wall obstructed their further
progress.


1t must remain a mystery how he ascend
ed that wall, but the manner in which he
descended it was as follows: He had been
given to understand that he must leap frora
the top of the wall into garden at the other
side. Before doing SO, however, he felt
along the top of the wall and his hand came
in contact with 4 metal funnel or stove pipe,
at which he pulled to see if it were firm
enough to descend by. Finding it quite
firm he let himself down by it for some eight
or ten feet, when he found himself on the
roof of a shed, down which he slid to path
which ran by its side. In that way no trace
of his descent was left, and hence the mysti-
fication of the detectives


No sooner was he down than he told his
friends to disperse Immediately and go home
Two only remained with him. They pro-
ceeded about three hundred yards, when one
of the two remaining friends also left, and
he then proceeded to the house at which he
had determined to take refuge. Six differ
ent houses were ready to receive him that
night, and every one of the six owners re-
mained up all night anticipating his arrival.
No one saw him enter the house III which he
took refuge, and from its windows could be
seen the prison in which he had been con-
fined.
Year: 1866

sharing our pleasure.
Once more at Port Byron, Mr.. Dame, Gen.
eral Agent of the Western Union Road, re-
signed his trust. and the constant, thoughtful
care that had been with us throughout, and
left nothing undone, was at an end.


How truly all wished they GOULD take by
the hand every officer of the road, and each
new-mads friend, thanking them for all they
had done, beg that some future day they
would visit Rock Island, so' that some little
morsel of the debt that they had laid upon us
might be returned.


SMITH, Jun.
Year: 1866

This result is most gratifying to the friends
of the Union and the Constitution. Roll On
the ball, boys-stand by the government and
support loyal men for Office. The only rebels
arc those who oppose the governmsut-and
NO such men should hold Office.
Year: 1866

The great conservative meeting of the
campaign is to be at Rock Island ON Monday
Oct. 22d, and we appeal to the democratic
and conservative voters of this and adjoining
counties to begin, now, to prepare for the oc-
casion.
Year: 1866

WITH RESPONSIBLE AGENCIES IN


w every County in Tennessee, and very shortly
throughout every Southern State. This Company
insures against THEFT or DAMAGE to Stock
while stolen. II not recovered within
Year: 1866

kissing NDGRo.-At one Of the sta
tions on the Southside railroad, Va, few
days since, revolving spectacle took place
in the presence Of the passengers A school
marm," who is 'teaching the young idea
how TO shoot" in one Of the neighboring
counties, met there a negro sister, which so
rejoiced her that she ineontinently rushed to
her embrace and exchanged hearty kiss.
The passengers stared with surprise, and
seemed puzzled to decide which Of the two
drew the sweetest honey. The sight was an
unusual one in that good old Commonwealth,
and very naturally made the school woman,
the balance Of the route, an object of con-
tempt on the PIrt Of those who were travel
ing with her.
Year: 1866

If there be pleaure on earth which an.
gels cannot enjoy, aud which they might al
most envy man the possession OF, it ia the
power of relieving distress. If there be a
path which devils might pity man for endur'
ing, it is the death.bed reflection that we
have possessed the power of doing good, but
that we have abused and perverted it to pur--
poses Of i'll.
Year: 1866

QUARTZ MINING.-The Nevada Transcript
SAYS:


Experience Of the past two years has de.
monstrated that quartz mining, when proper
ly managed, is a pretty sure business, and al.
so that the mines in this vicinity are as valu.
able as any to be found in this State. A few
years ago it was thought that no valuable
quartz mines could be found in the county
outside of Grass Valley township, and for sew,
eral years no effort was made to develop q
ledge in this locality. The reason why Grass
Valley is in advance of Nevada in the rich
paying mines which have been opened, is
this: In Grass Valley the placer mines were
exhausted long before similar mines were
here, and the miners were forced to embark
in quartz. Here we had some Of the mos.
extensive and richest placer diggings in the
State, and this kind of mining being better
understood, the entire energy of our people
was devoted to them. The leads which have
been opened near Nevada within the pas.
two years pay as we'll as any to be found id
Grass Valley which have not been worked to
greater depth. Nearly every paying mine
in Grass Valley to day has its history 'fatl.
ure, and in most cases it has only been after
number of failures that mine has been
made to pay. Experience has taught miners
that the only sure test for the value of a mine
is dsep working, and when our quartz lodges
are thoroughly prospected by men who un-
derstand their business, there is no more risk
in quartz mining than there is in any other
kind of business 20" a
Year: 1866

The first brick ever made from bullion
taken out Of the Gould & Curry mine, is
still preserved in the Office of the company
in Virginia City. 1t was taken out in 1860,
is principally Of silver, and worth about
500. 1t is about five inches long, three
inches wide and three,sourths of an inch
thick, and its value, as being the first brick
from that noted mine, is far more than its
intrinsic worth as mere bullion.
Year: 1866

TEETH AND PAINLESS DENTISTRY,
L corner Camp and Canal streets New w, ; Ut
Hours. Teeth inserted on Vulcanite Base,
vastly superior to gold in every respect, being
much stronger and more durable, and can be
furnished at Half the Price


The most nervous persons can nave .St.i Iutlr
Teeth inserted without the least pain teeth
Extracted without pain. sep2'-oino-d
Year: 1866

manufacturer oil
Tin, Copper and sheet IRON Ware
pOOFING and guttering done at shortest notice
~ on the most approved stye, and on reasonable
terms.


Always on hand-TIN WARE, JAPAN WARE
household Family Goods, at wholesale and retail
which we propose to sell at New Orleans and ST.
Louis prices


Our arrangements with frst-class Southern and
western houses, are now complete We can furnish
any thing in our line as low any other establish
ment in trade.


We keep constantly full supply of TIMERS
MATERIAL, which we offer to the trade at regular
wholesale prices.


Our STOVES are of the best pattern and made
expressly for the Southern market and our whole
stock has been carefully selected and laid in since
the decline prices, and determined TO give
our customers the benefit thereof


We are also fully prepared to manufacture Smoke
stacks, Escape Steam Pipes and all and any work
in our line connected with Steam Mills


Orders from the country respectfully solicited and
promptly attended to. ielOdiv
Year: 1866

NEW YORK, April z.


The Herald's Washington special says, it is
now admitted that the resolutions granting
the Mexican loan will pass the house of Rep
resentatives. The opponents of the measure
concede that mnch 1t is understood that
number will vote for it, for the purpose Of
giving Napoleon to understand that the ooun-
try is in earnest, in regard to its endorsement
Of the republic of Mexico. Their vote in
the same instance be given FOR that measure,
in the hope that with its passage in the house
Napoleon will take the hint, and will with
draw from that country. 1t is understood
that after its passage in the lower house. it
will be held in the senate. to see whether the
French Emperor will take the hint without
further action by Congress. Both Congress
and the President are very determined and
positive in their opposition to the imperial
Mexican system. While there is no disposi
ton to bring on any serious complicati with
Napoleon, there is determination to do some
thing that will show to him that this country
will not submit to any double dealing, or
doubtful action on his part. For that reason
the vote will be very decided in the house.
The action Of the senate will be upon Ma
poleon's action, after the house has given
him decided hint by the passage Of the
measure bY that body
Year: 1866

Mr. BANKS in his speech in favor Of an ap-
preparation to enable this country to be rep
resented in the French exhibition, proposes
one test Of the superiority Of American pro-
ducts over all the rest Of universal mankind,
that may not be satisfactory to our European
contemporaries. He says that among other
things. the navy department will send mon
itor to the show whereupon:


'.Our naval authorities, am told, will sum-
mon the navies of the whole world to dis
charge their batteries on the uninteresting and
silent monitor that lies sleeping in the center,
if they will only allow that monitor in return
to throw single shot at each of them when
they have fred to their hearts content"


That is fair of course, and what peace
measure it would be? To turn aside from look
ing at the vegetable and mechanical manu-
featuring and artistic sights, and gather the
crowd down to the water 5 edge where good
natured eombatants should, after the fashion
of prize fighters at fair, amuse the people
with belligerent encounters conducted in the
most admirable spirit and temper with the
most disastrous results would be novel pas
time. How the crowd would cheer as one
after another of the worlds pavies would go
down? England and France had tussle for
oceanic supremacy. In the days ofthe Armad a
Spain tried to put under Britain with men Of
war. sterner contest, was when Holland
sent forth her vessels to contest England $
ri IL s.Co n IL.
sea and the thunder of Won Tromp shook
the ocean, But the contestants did their
deeds then in martial humor. They were
mad, and fonght accordingly. What pity
men to do the whole thing after different
manner? How much better than their muir
derous way of doing it would have been to
have gotten up an international exhibition,
had an awarding committee, then to have
gone to work and sunk each other on
purely scientific grounds, and strictly as a
test of mechanical superiority? 1t would
have been an interesting feature of an in
formal Peace Congress and though the rep
resentatiyes of the different nations might
feel inwardly chagrined at seeing their navy
go plump under at a shot, courtesy would
forbid their manifesting any spleen and there
would be no bad blood.


If there is any American citizen so lost to
patriotism and SO destitute OF national feel
ing not to admit the incontestible superiority
Of this Yankee nation over all the rest Of the
world. or who doubts that the monitor afor-
said would wipe out, put under, eSterminate
and blow up instanter, all the nayes in the
world in such an encounter, we advise him
to pack up his trunk, get q certificate of ex-
emption from the draft and go to Patagonia a
for the remainder of his natural life He
is not fit son of the Great Republic. II is
expected, of course, that the commanded oi
the monitor shall have an American Eagle and
Fourth Of July member of congress and
our peculiar and irrepressible mode Of cele-
brating victory shall '.astonish the native b"
as greatly as our pluckey mode of winning it.
Let the exhibition go on by all means.
Year: 1866

The fact that Gen. Grant cannot be caioled
into devotion to copperheadism, into an ''un-
conditional surrender to the reconstructed
Democracy, have caused these ..fire in the
war; gentry to open upon the Union Hero,
as noted for his republican simplicity as for
guns they formerly used against him and his
soldier boys, but which we're spiked for a
time by the unconditional surrender Of the
Southern Confederacy. The Rochester
Union (Cop charges Grant with seeking to
convert himselfinto Napoleon, and to exer-
else despotic powers. And that pink of
journalistic loyalty, the Cincinnati Enquirer,
thus relieves itself Of its venom toward the
out the rebellion:


"His shoulder strap Excellency. the Lieu
tenant-General, is very graciously willing
that all loyal menin the South shall vote, and
ifthey elect loyal men to Congress, all right.
He would admit them. He is to be the judge
of the loyalty. Consequently no one is to be
admitted that does not pass his Grant 81 in
spection of loyalty. How liberal this is!
Loyalty to be the test, and Grant to define
what loyalty is. This is the Lieutenant Cen
erals idea Of q republican government. We
might as well have dictator at once, and
may well exclam, upon what meat has
this our Cesar fed, that he has grown SO
great! ="


The Enquirer waxeth wroth nightly. That
Grant should have whipped the rebels and
then intimated that the Enquire should be
suppressed is more than it can endure in good
temper.