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Year: 1866


Since last we met long years have flown,
Long years of sorrow, joy and pain
That prattling boy to man has grown,
But still he is boy again.
For when the Past awakes to life,


And breathes again its sunny hours,
We cast aside the present strife


And live mid joys that once were ours.
Oh boyhood's years, why hast thou fed,
And left me saddened and alone,
Like one who mourns the absent dead.


Who once around her hearth had shone
Alas each coming of the day


But bears thee farther from my sight,
And still l watch the hours decay


Until they're lost in years of night
Oh Time; stay thy uplifted hand


Deal gently with thy willing slaves
Oh death, seek not our little band


For victims for your gaping grave
Let hearts that loved in youthful day


Live still when age is round them cast;
To sing again their boyish lays,


And count the pleasures of the past.
Year: 1866

O far beyond these cloudy bars
There is the sacred light of stars:
They shine for us-but when shall we
Bask in their bright eternity?


We feel these bars, these cloudy bars
That veil from us the sacred stars
Creations Spirit can'st not thou
For us, poor us, unveil thy brow9
0 God tbs not for us to know
Thy wondrous works here shown below,
Yet thy weak servants ask that thou
Would here on earth unveil thy brow.
We ask l-yet still the cloudy bars
Drink up that sacred light of stars
All, when, ah, when, ah, when shall we
Know their own clear eternity2
Year: 1866

"WHAT shall do for my head Its
SO dizzy | seem to see double"


The doctor wrote prescription and re-
tired. The receipt ran thus.


"When you see double you.will find re-
lief if you count your money"
Year: 1866

and teach the people true loyalty. The as


tendency Of Southern rebel and North
ern Copperhead Democracy will again incite
the masses to false views Of this subject )
viii lead them to believe that State rights il
proper object of loyal devotion that it was
the only fault Of secession that it failed, and
the national existence will still be in jeop-
ardy.
Year: 1866

We hope that at the meeting of the council to-
night, the streets and landings committee of the
board of assistant aldermen will report upon the
memorial from the projectors of the above men
toned important enterprise. The fact that the
proposed road would be of almost incalculabe
benefit to the Second District is so patent that it
cannot require lengthy consideration to arrive at
all the points in the case, and as time is of the
greatest importance to the measure, we trust that
none will be lost.


Another consideration should influence the COM
mittee in this matter. 1t is now about the time for
the council to take its usual summer vacation, and
if there be any delay now, two valuable months
will be lost to the enterprising gentlemen who
have this important public work in contemplation.
Whereas if it should be approved of by the coun-
Gil before its adjournment, the road could be com
pleted, at least to the bayou by the time the fall
trade begins.


Houses convenient for residences for our bust
ness men are very scarce and high, and there are
hundreds upon the line of this proposed railroad
which now do not pay living interest upon the
capital invested in them, If the council should
take immediate and favorable action on the memo
rial, these houses would be soon tenanted at coed
rents our increased population would be accom-
mooated WIN dwellings, ana tne CITY gam larBly
in taxes on the increased value of the real estate
thus made productive. It is true all this would
occur if the matter were delayed six months or q
year; but as the city never in greater need Of
money than at present. this is a just and proper
means at command to increase the revenues al
most at once.


Finally, as the proposed public improvement
would injure no one, and infringe upon the rights
/ a
fetal for ALL we trust it may be allowed to be pu
in operation at the earliest possible moment.


"Ifit were done, when tits done then It were we'll


Tt donp 1yn
Year: 1866

monument as big as the grand pyramid,
might be built of the teeth that have been ruined
by neglect Shall this still go on in face of the
great fact that sozodont is certain preventive OF
dental decayi
Year: 1866

In noticing the death Of Mr.. Dolhonde yester.
day, an error was committed in saying that the
gentleman had been a member OF the house Of
Martin, Dolhonde & Cobb The deceased was Mr..
Alfred Dolhonde, of the firm of John S. Watts &
Co., whose demise is equally regretted as if his
worthy brother Of the other house had fallen.
The Second Louisiana Brigade Relief


Association,


In another column will be found an announce
ment of the permanent organization of this gallant
brigade. The officers selected are men who will
live in history, as among the bravest and most de-
voted of heroic army and heroic people. They
have left the field of strife with honor and will be
equally distinguished in the grateful remembrance
of the noble men who imperiled all by their side,
and who, in imperaling that all, so suffered that
they need aid
Year: 1866

We call particular attention to our stock as the best, that has ever been offered 10 this market. As we purchased our goods forcash. we can afford to sell cheap, and are determined o.do so, Give us call and satisfy yourself, that our stock is as we represent it, and that we wi.ldo as we say, apr7-
Year: 1866

FROM THE NEW YORK MERCURY


There can be hue wonder that the artists Of the United
States have already marked their cordial
plan, and conceive that this with the letter endorsing
by the principal citizens OF Chicago will
any doubt respecting the genu or the Association
which might otherwise probably be entertained The
will take shares In the Crosby Art
while those who like chance he assisted by certainty
will do because they Of al realizing tie
value Of the - which they invssi.
Year: 1866

DRINK FOR Mich Cows.-Coys
that give milk in winter will add
much to their profit by giving
them a bucket full of warm water
twice day, with a little bran, or
the slops of the family with it.
Every one has noticed how an ex-
tremely cold day. will affect their
milk, or when they have become
wet. A little salt with meal float
ing on the surface of such drink,
will soon teach any COW how to
drink it. They will drink at the
pump all the better for a little.
Year: 1866

CoLDsLAw.-Cut a hard, white
head of cabbage in two, shave one
half as finely as possible and put
ut into a stew pan with a bit of
butter the size Of an egg, one small
teaspoonfull of salt, and nearly as
muck pepper add to it a wineglass
of vinegar; cover the stewpan, and
set it lover a gentle heat for five
minutes, shake the stew pan about
when heated through, turn it into
q dish and serve as salad,
Year: 1866

A MACHINE TO PICK CoTToN,-
Referring to an experiment witness
ed near Memphis with a newly in
vented cotton picking machine,
the Bulletin says;


"The machine is of simple con.
struction and designed to operate
on two rows at time. A mule
is the motive power, walking be-
tween the rows, the driver perch
ed on the top of the machine,- at
his right hand is a lever by which
the machinery is thrown in and
out of gear. The front of the
machine present two rows of re-
volying brushes by which the cot
ton is drawn in and a cylinder of
wire teeth in the rear takes from
the brushes passing the cotton to
another row of brushes by which
it is cast into a receptacle behind,
holding perhaps 800 pounds
There are two faults with the ma
chine which the inventor, howey-
er, says he can speedily remedy.
One is too great a degree of veloci-
ty, and the other, that too much
trash is taken in with the cottou.
Itwas conceded by gentlemen of
experience in these matters that
Mr.. Tienseh's invention is the
nearest to perfection, and that it
can be readily developed by one Or
two alterations"
Year: 1866

SELECTING A Govt is some
times the case that the best judges
will be deceived. A cow of very
, unpromising appearance, coarse in
the neck, large boned, and second
or third rate milk marks generally,
will now and then turn out to be
first-rate; while another, with
these marks largely developed, fine
in the head and neck, and promis-
ing every way, will prove unsatis-
factory. But a failure in this is
rare. Let the head be light, the
forehead broad, the horn rather
thin and clear, the eye clear and
prominent, the neck thin, and the
quarters very light, the back
straight, the headquarters well de-
veloped, wide over the loins, the
carcass deep, the udder coming for
ward and well shaped, the skin
soft to the touch, the teats well
set not too large nor too small, and
the tail long and thin like whip
lash. Such a cow ought to be a
good one.
Year: 1866

To one gallon of water, take one


and a half pounds of salt, one and


a half ounces of saltpetre, one and


ahaF ounces of sugar, one and a


half ounces of potash. In this


ratio the pickle to be increased to


any quantity desired. Let these be


boiled together, until all the dirt
from the mixture rises to the top
and is skinned of. Then throw
it into tub to cool, aud when cold
pour it over your beef or pork, to
remain the. usual time, say four
or five weeks. The meat must be
well covered with the pickle, and
should not be put down for at least
two days after killing, during which
time it should be slightly sprinkled
with saltpetre, which removes all
the surface blood, ETC., leaving the
meat fresh and clean. Some omit
boiling the pickle, and find it to
answer well; though the opera
ton of boiling purifes the pickle
by throwing off the dirt, always
to be found in salt and sugar. IF
this recipe is properly tried, it will
not be abandoned. There is none
that surpasses, if so good,
Year: 1866

The local of the Vicksburg
Times is tired Of things about
town, and thus expresses a desire
to 60 somewhere: "Oli, that we
could hire a horse on a credit, and
go far away to some lonesome spot,
where policemen are not standing
around, and get on our all Eours
and paw up dirt and holler." ye
Year: 1866

and II bc whip Lazada, and overrun the State OF
Jalisco, he viii have every hing in his own hands
Every military leader expects To be President or Dcta-
tor his party shall prove successfu This accounts
for The increased number OF candidates


The clergy are by means satisfied with Maxmilian,
although four-hfhs OF the Church party are his warm
supporters The clergy expected 10 make tool OF the
Emperor and reestablsh their temporal power In the
Emperor; but they wofuly mistaken In their man,
for he has proved himself TO be possessed Of the most
liberal views and one OF his first acts was TO proclaim
free toleralon all religions He also ratified the laws
passed under Juarez condemning the immense estates or
the Church the State, and sent an embassy TO the
Popc who was finally induced TO assent 70 the decree OF
conlscation In The matter OF the clergy against the
American Bible Society he also against he Clergy,
and In December annulled the old niquitous laws
giving them the sole monopoly Of trade IN religious
books, and by decree permitted the Unlimited sale
OF Bibles. This LIBERAL, magnanimous and just
course while IL has estranged from him the heads
Of the Church, must gain him both the respect and


friendship of the Of the Christian world He has in
these acts noble example for other monarchs, even
at the cost OF alternating his STRONGEST supporter Maxi
milan has only nullify some OF his former DEGREES
and to make few concessions 10 the heads OF the
church in Mexico, to secure their immense influence
wealth and support; but he has The dignity TO withstand
the tempation ana will pursue to the end the liberal
policy already begun, even If II cost him his throne
His own party is large and powerful and counts among
ts members the lter1 Of the country well as much
wealth and intelligence He has strong hold upon the
Indians OF tho valley, whose devotion to him has been
shown In numerous instances. The next few months
big with the fate Of Mexico and soon will be deter
mined whether the people shall be under republican or
imperial rule.
Year: 1866

The Berlin correspondent Of the Lon
don Times states that another European
war is imminent iie says


1t is generally recognized that the
present peace is merely an armed truce
which may continue for year, perhaps
for two, but certainly not beyond, and
which will be succeeded by struggle to
which the war with Austria was hardly
more than childs play. Whenever it hap
pens, we may be pretty sure that Frus-
sia will be well prepared for III far from
reducing her military establishment, she
is enlargIng and completing it, her ar
senals are filed to overflowing with imple-
ments Of destruction, her gun factories
are in full blast, strange rumors are cur
rent of new and undreamed of improve
ments in the artillery department, and
if hostilities should break out she may as
tonish her enemies With second edition
OF the needle gun, more fata and more
decisive of victory than the first, On
the other hand Louis Napoleon is hard
at work reorganizing his army and get
ting it in proper trim for q contest with
the foremost military power on the con-
tinent-for such Prussia has now become
and unless the French emperor's
thread Of life should be prematurely
snapped, he may be depended upon to
take the earliest opportunity of retriev-
ing the prestige he has lost and which he
can i'll afford to dispense with Then,
indeed, Greek will meet Greek, aud the
tug Of war will commence in good earn
est
Year: 1866

We have often heaEd of the honey
ant of Texas, but the account seeming
so romantic we have heretofore hardly
been able to credit it, but as we now have
a specimen before us, furnished by our
friend Leo Smith, of this city, we can no
longer have doubts on the subject These
ants are of medium size, between the
large and the small red ants, and are Of
a redish brown color. Appended to the
rear of each one, is translucent sack or
globe filled with pure clean honey of a
most delicious flavor. The sack varies
in size on different ants, ranging
between the sizes of buck-shot and a
common navy pistol ball. On this sack,
at short intervals, are attached thin layers
about the length and width of half a
grain of rice, and of dark color, evil
IDENTIFY to strengthen it and keep it in
shape. These interesting animals when
they crawl draw their delicious load after
them, and if the sack is opened, the
honey runs out, and they set themselves
to work to replenish it again. Whether
they deposit this honey in their great
general reservoir among the rocks, to
draw from it as occasion may require, or
hold and use it as individual property,
we are not informed. Here is curios-
ity that we believe has heretofore escaped
the eye and pen of our celebrated natu-
ralists.-San Antonio LEDGER
Year: 1866

The principal evidence as to the state
of the human brain in sleep, is derived
from the observation of woman in
Montpelier--a case well known and often
quoted. She had lost portion of the
skull cap, and the brain and its mem
branes were exposed. When she was in
deep or sound sleep, the brain lay in the
skull almost motionless; when she was
dreaming, it became elevated and when
her dreams, which she related on waking
we're vivid or interesting, the brain was
protruded through the cranial aperture
This condition has also been experimen-
tally brought about and observed in ami
mails, and the same result has been seen,
namely That in sleep the surface of the
brain and its membranes became pale,
the veins ceased to be distended, and
only few small vessels containing ar
terial blood were discernable.
Year: 1866

self on the streets after sunset A violent
rebel threatened TO pull down the Custom
House, and but for the timely arrival of
the eighteenth corps would have executed
his threat Mayor Monroe hung him
self, and then killed his family, in order,
as he afterward stated, to avoid the just
indignation of the Union citizens. The
Commanding General takes his meals
regularly in spite of the rebel threats.
1t is stated on good authority that the
Mississippi river is undermined. Sew
eral rebel cruisers came up the river
yesterday to see whether the reported
surrender of the Confederate authorities
was correct Being told that it was,
they cursed the United States Govern
ment, and after taking coal and provi-
sions went down to Barataria.


Unfortunately the war vessels in port
were unable to get up steam in time to
overhaul them. People here do not
hesitate to speak openly in favor of
President johnson and the Constitution.
One man went so far as to say " D--n
the Radicals" The ex-rebels are in a
destitute condition, and in some portions
of the city are eating their children.
Year: 1866

boldt has therefore considered all this as
belonging to the period of the old REQ
sandstone, judging only by the nature o.
the rock, a method now well known to be
very fallible. Above this is reddish oil
yeliowish clay loan. This is always
above the highest water marks, and these
three layers occupy the whole valley o.
the Amazon
Year: 1866

pU1Iss.-Be not diverted from ybUr duty BY
any idle reflections the silly world may make
upon you, for their csnsures are pot In your
power, and consequently should mot be any
part OF your concern.
Year: 1866

We learn by letter from Washing
ton that "tbe House Judiciary Commit.
tee have had under consideration the
bills introduced by Mr.. LAWRENCE to
reduce the pay and mileage of members
of Congress" As might have been ex-
pected the Committee concluded not
to recommend them" They allege in
excuse that "the whole subject was
passed upon by the constituents OF the
members in the last election" The
allegation has no foundation in fact.
Few if any Of the Representatives who
voted for the appropriation swindle, in
creasing their own pay, had the man


hood to meet the issue and justify their
votes. As general thing the
wrong done to the public was freely adj
mitted in the canvass. The necessity
of providing for the soldier was plead


not in Justification, but in extenuation,


and in some instances candidates went
so far as to pledge themselves to aid the


repeal of the section increasing their
own wages and mileage. With these
facts fresh in the public memory, the
decision of the Judiciary committee is
rather more frigid even than the origi-
nal swindle. The people were told by
their representatives that the appropri-
Year: 1866

the preacher. "Mr. Collier" said the
little fellow, "is my father herei If he
is tell him that our house is all on fire,
and that he must come home as soon as
he can" The father and the congrega-
ton as well started instantly for the
fire and saved a considerable portion of
the furniture, although the house was
seriously damaged.


An impudent boy managed to climb
upon the stage Of the Opera-hall, dur
ing the delivery of Mr.. Coughs lecture,
approached Mr.. W. H. Hay, shook hands,
and assumed a position Oh the stand
during the balance of the evening. Mr..
Cough had not heard from his family
for some days, and when the boy tum-
bled upon the stage, the lecturer felt
certain he was the bearer of dispatch
with bad news. For the moment he
felt much alarmed, and very percepti-
BILE hitch occurred in the lecture. The
lad refused all explanations of his con-
duct, unless before the Mayor, this
morning, he unbends himself. 1t is ev-
ident his conduct was the result of o
wager with some one on the strength of
his impudence. Brass won the bet, and
probably an intimate acquaintance with
the county Jail.
Year: 1866

alton in question was iniquitous, and
they were assured that it would never
have been made, had it been possible to
separate the provisions for the pay of
members and the bounty of soldiers.
The people were induced to forgive the
COngressman's theft in view of the sol
dier's bounty, and in this way only did
the delinquents escape the rebuke
they merited. To say now that
the people approved their votes
is wholly and Intentionally false.
The measure under consideration could
not have received popular endorsement
because its authors never asked for such
endorsement. By the most liberal con-
struction they were only forgiven in
view of what were claimed to be miti
eating circumstances, and clemency to-
ward the offender cannot be construed
into an approval of the offence.
Year: 1866




General HHIEIS aspires to be the
WENDELL PHILLIPS of his party in West
Virginia. Although there may be a
trihing difference between the two in
point of ability, there is anhonest bold
ness about the General that enables
him 10 sustain the same relation TO
RadicaliSm in West Virginia that WEN
DELL PHILLIPS sustains TO Radicalism
in Massachusetts,. HARRIS rs pioneer
and political path finder may
not rs yet be quite rs successful as his
great exempler, but the results of his
first efforts are quite encouraging, and
indicate that when his modesty is rub
bed off he will be quite illustrious in
the paths of Radical exploration. A
few weeks ago he boldly enunciated the
necessity of negro enfranchisement as
an off set to the vote of the Catholic
Irish. This was an advanced posi-
ton, and many predicted that his party
would never come uQ to 1t. But sally
comes up" more readily than was eX-
pected and General HARRIS, perhaps
much to his own astoniShment and GER
tainly To the disgust of three-fourths Of
the people of West Virginia, finds that
the managers of his party are ready to
follow his lead. Brevet Brigadier Cen
eral Doctor Ton HARRIS, with the odor
of the smoke house from which he fed
his rebel company still clinging to his
garments and with that military COM
mission business made freshly odious
in tho minds of the people, by the
recent decision of the Supreme Court, is
undeniably the leader of the radical
party in West Virginia and certainly
..rnles the roast Even our slOw-paced
contemporary, the Wheeling IRtelligencer,
has at length wheeled into line, some
what timidly it is true, and displaying
its usnal amount of "fcar and trem-
bling" but still pronouncing the negro
suffrage shibbsleth rs distinctly as it





dares.


Brigadier, &c, HARRIS, editor of the
Richie Press and pioneer of the radical
party in West Virginia, is looming up,
with fiery visage and "eye like Mars
and plucks with mailed hand the blush
ing honors of leadership from the brow
of our amiable friend. Even the United
States Senatorship may not be deemed
too dainty a morsel for the ''unbounded
stomach" of the pioneer, and that ar
IDENTIFY coveted prize be snatched third
time from the eager grasp of him who
erst was called ''the young, talented and
fearless editor of the Wheeling IRteli,
qeaccr." Our neighbor's declaration in
favor of negro suffrage comes none to
soon. if he still desires to maintain caste
in the radical party in this State
The race between the Richie Pres'
aud the IntelIigeHoer promises to be a
lively one and We utter the words o.
prophecy and hope when we say "the
Devil take the hindmost.' The people
of West Virginia will bencither grieved
nor disappointed if the Devil takes them
both.