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Year: 1866




A REMEDY FOR BILGHT OF APpIE TREES
MANY apple trees are being affected with
blight the ends Of the young limbs and
tender dying in midsummer, and which.
unless arrested, will gradually spread until
the trees are destroyed. Many persons
have tried cutting of the dead branches
each year, but only to find the difficulty
increased the next. showing plainly that
the disease is not local TO the limbs but
general in the body of the tree. A farmer
who has given much attention to this sub
ject, has discovered that the trouble has its
origin in the sap or juice of the tree per-
haps growing out of the peculiarities of the
soil on which 1t Is grown, and has devised
remedy which he has used with marked
success and certainly for several years. The
remedy is this: carefully bore a hole (ac-
cording to the size of the tree halfthrough
the body of the tree and fill it with sui
phur, then carefully close the orifce with
a pine plug from a fourth to half an inch
in length, taking care not to bruise the sur
rounding bark always operating upon the
north side to prevent its being affected by
the SUM, and in year or two the wound
will be entirely healed over and the trees
restored to perfect health aud vigor.
Year: 1866

WARRINGTON Nay 10, 800


the VETO or COLORADO BILL
After the reading Of the journal the Chair laid before
the Senate the veto message OF the President the
Colorado BILL which was read by the Chief Clerk fol-
Year: 1866

Hardly State of the six last named but
is equal in size to all of New England, while
one is a third larger. And the population
is nearly double,


In view Of the fact that since the the cen
sus was taken from which We CLEAN the
above figures, the New England States have
fallen off twelve per cent, and the six West
ern ones have increased over thirty per
cent, it is safe to say we more than double
them in population, as We beat them FIVE
times and over in extent.


And all this tract of country, an empire
of ITSELF has but the same representation
with fOrty-fve representatives in the House.
Now let US sit down on this lOg-by the
forge-on your shoe, tailor or carpenters
bench; let as lean on this hoe-bandle, rest
on this Pick-ax; on this pIoW-beam, or
wherever We are, and see what difference
Year: 1866

INSECT LIEE.-A peculiar poetic pen
furnishes the following funny fancy:


Insects must generally lead joyful life.
Think what it must be to lodge in lilly.
Imagine palace of ivory or pearl. With
pillars of silver and capitals of gold, ali ex-
haling such perfume as never arose from a
censor. Fancy again the fun of tucking
yourself up for the night in the folds of a
rose. rocked to sleep by the gentle sighs of
the summer air, and nothing 10 do when
you wake up but to wash yourself in dew
drops and fall to and eat your bed clothes.
Year: 1866

a jewel of a little girl


One lucious summer night
The angels dropped, by chance I guess,
Into d nest of white,
Baptized from dainty head to heart
In heavens transcendent light.
What could they name so fair thing
If 'twere not Little Pearl?
Her hair was like a mist of gold,
Each little line a curl,
One watched unconsciously to see
Two hidden wings unfurl.
Year: 1866

A lady experienced in making butter,
says: Before go to milk, put kettle,
say one third full of water, and large enough
to let the milk pail into it, on the stove,
where it will get boiling hot by the time l
come in with the milk. then strain the
milk into another vessel, and wash the pail,
which should always be of tin, and then
pour the milk back into the pail, and set it
into the kettle of boiling water till the milk
becomes scaldirg hot, taking care not to let
it boil; then pour it into pans, and set it
away in the cellar for the cream to rise in
usual way. Cream produced in this way
will seldom require more than twenty
minutes to churn, while by common prac-
tice the dairy maid may often churn for
hours, and then, perhaps, have to throw it
away, as l did before l became acquainted
with the Russian plan, the essential features
of which 1 have adopted in my present
mode, as given above. The method is ap-
plicable to all seasons-summer as we'll as
winter.
Year: 1866

This portion Of our Union is represented
in Congress by twelve Senators and twenty
seven members.


Now, look over there toward the setting
sun, yet not half way to the Pacific! There
are six States. Let US figure little. Take
vour peuciI and set down
Year: 1866

POTANEo DRUG STORE
No. ID FRONT LEvEE, opposite tho AIGIERs FERRY


LANDING, NEW ORLEANS.
The stock of Medicines Simple and Compound will be toun
SUPERIOR full and complete The patronage of the public
respectfully solicited by the proprietor, -
Year: 1866

CAN A MoTHER FORGET? Can q mother
forget =? Not morning, noon or night but
she looks into the corner Of the kitchen
where you read Robinson Crusoe and
thinks Of you as yet boy. Mothers rare
" become conscious that their children
are grown out Of thei. childhood. They
think Of them, advise them, write to them
as though lot fall fourteen years ofage
They cannot forget the child. Three times
day she thinks who are absent from the
table, and hopes that nezt year at farihest
she may just ''havo her own family there,
and if you arc there look out for the fat
limb of fried chicken aud coffee which
nobody but everybody's own mother can
make. Did Hannah forget Samuel a
short sentence full of household history
and running over with genuine mother
love is tolliugly beautiful "MoFeover hi
mother made him a little at,and brough
It to him from year to year, when sh'


came up with her husband to the sRcri-


fCo."


A mother mourning at her first born


grave or closing the eye ofchild after ohil'


displays grief whose very aacrodnoss


sublime. But bitter, heavier than th
death stroke, is the desperation OF so
who rushes over T. crushed heart into vice
which We would hide from even the abar
5 doned and vile.


Napoleon was once asked by a lad
what France needed for the education {
youth and the short profound reply wa
t .Mohers"
Year: 1866

Last summer bank clerk in New York
stole 100000. He lost the money by
lighting tho tiger. He then called upon
lawyer nnd informed him that he was
ruined man and thought of suicide. This
led to the following dialogue


GLOW much does your defalcation amount
to -


zone hundred thousand dollars"


Got any Of it left I


Not a cent


That's bad you have nothing laA b
work with


What must be done =


You must return to your desk and o.
stract another hundred thousand


'What must I do that for 2


TO preserve your character aud save
you from State Prison. With the hun
drcd thousand dollars you have to steal
tomorrow, intend to compromise With
the bank. Your stealing after tomorrow
will amount to 100000, I will call al
the bank and confess your offence. will
represent myself as your heart-broken
uncle, 'honost but poor will offer tho
bank s50,O to hush up the matter. The
bank will accept. This will leave $50 900
to divide between you and me-thst i.
S25, 600 apiece. With this sum you car
retire from business


The young man listened and took iu
wisdom. He doubled his dofalcation and
compromised as the lawyer said he should
He is now worth $3.50, 600, and is count
cd Zone Of the most respectable goutle-
men in the city Of New York.
Year: 1866

BED~ A stray contraband from down
South was lately inspecting horse pow
or in operation, when he broke out thus I.
"Nlister, [ has seen heaps OBJ tings in my
lie but I nebber saw anything whar q
boss could do his own work and ride his-
SELF
Year: 1866

BALL IN VALLEcITo.-There will be ball
given in Vallecito on the 22d of this month,
for the benefit of the school in that place.
We hope all living in and adjacent to Valle-
cito will turn out and contribute to the cause
of education the small sum of 81. the price
fixed for admission. A liberal turn out will
place the little folks in circumstances, and
thereby enable the Trustees to continue the
school until Fall. By the relief in this man
ner proposed, no special tax will be required
from taxpayers for the year 1866. The ladies
propose furnishing the supper free, and
promise that nothing on their part will be
spared to insure pleasant time. We en-
treat all gentlemen friendly to SO laudable
purpose, and especially for SO small sum of
money. to be on hand on the 22d of june
We understand that the musicians have vol
unteered their services on this occasion. as
we'll as the owners Of the hall, free Of charge.
Year: 1866

THE AMERICAN
FLAG is the ablest.
truest and most fear
less defender of the
Union cause in this
State. There is no
other paper that can
compare with it in
any respect. tits in
dependent of cliques
cabals and factions.
-Nerada Gazette
Year: 1866

ReSOlred That
this Convention
does most heartily
indorse the AMERI-
CAN FLAG, as a news
paper true. energet-
ic and reliable for
its advocacy of the
great measures and
principles of the Un-
ion party in this
State ; and that we
do hereby commend
it to the confidence
and support of all
loyal men.-Resoiu-
tiOns Of Union
State Convention.
Year: 1866

Having established myself in San Fran
cisco in order to have facilities for supplying
my store with the latest arrivals of Goods
from the East venture to say that there is
not as complete stock of Spring and Sum-
mer goods in the county as there is in my
store. 1 shall continue to keep it we'll sup
piled with the latest and most desirable kind
o. goods. Particular attention will be paid
to the selection of such articles in the San
Francisco market, as some of my customers
would see proper TO order, if in the store
they cannot be suited.


Very grateful for past tavors, will here
with solicit that share of patronage hereto
fore bestowed upon me. and shall assure those
who will favor me with call that
Year: 1866

THE FLAG is to be trusted as n
true Union paper without deceit
which no motive of interest can
turn from its course and which
cannot be swayed by favor or in
tihidated by threat. tits first
class journal, and ought TO re-
ceive the hearty support of the
true Union men of San Francis
CO and the interior.-Stockton
Independent.
Year: 1866

board Of the future
and will serve as a
beacon light on the
political paths of
the nation. A large
number of these ar
ticles are worthyof
republication in
book form.-LoS
-Angelss Ne,cs.
Year: 1866

THE AMERICAN FLAG exceeds
in variety and interest of its
contents any paper west of the
Rocky Mountains. 1t is justly
entitled to the friendship of all
Union men. The press general
ly have accorded it the honor
due to their giant cotempora-
ry.-ESmeralda Union.
Year: 1866

FoUND DRowSED-This morning, the cap
tain OF q vessel discovered the body OF a
mulatto man floating in the Anacostia, and
after securely fastening the body, notified
Lieut.. MIlstead. of the Eighth Precinct who
sent for the Coroner 10 hold an inquest. The
body was clad in citizens clothing, and had
apparently been some days in the water.
Year: 1866

Run OVER This morning, a large hog was
run over by street car. just south of 7th
street bridge. The police, in order to prevent
a nuisance, permitted rome eoiored men 10 cut
the amin ais throat and remove the carcase
Year: 1866

We hope the great Dictator will re-
seiye another invitation to be present at the
laying Of the corner stone of some dead
tatesman previous to the November cleo
lions. He has been so successful at
" swinging around the circle - in going to
and returning from Chicago, that we think
he has sufficient encouragement to try it
over again.
Year: 1866

THE MIDDLETowN MEETNG.-Notwith.
standing the adverse weather. coupled with
the fact of the Exhibition ofthe Agricultural
Society which brought many of our political
friends from the lower part of the county to
this city, the train took down quite large
delegation to attend the Middletown county
meeting yesterday morning.
Year: 1866

IT IS hut JUST and proper to state that
the Union Republicans Of Wilmington are
much indebted to the energy and pcrsever-
ance of the chairman of the State Central
Committee-sAMUEL NJ. HARRINaToN, Esq,
for early and accurate telegraphic returns
of the great Pennsylvania Triumph, on
Tuesday evening. His arrangements for
obtaining dispatches OF the result of the
election were ample and timely; and for
them he deserves and will receive the thanks
of the hundreds who assembled at the League
Headquarters in this city to hear them read.
Year: 1866

TAILOR sTABBED A FELLOW woRKaAN-raE
MURDERER AT LARGE.


Between eight and nine O'Clock last evening murder
committed in the tenement house No. I66 E.st
Fourth street, under circumstances which, far rs
known, admit Of NO paation.


The victim tailor named Richard Pollard, a
Of Ireland and twenty years OF age He was
formerly employed by William Cormack, the murderar
jourpeyman, but left him about eight days ago.
Last evening about eight O'clock the deceased
60 into the apartments of Cormack and the latter
going about nine o'clock Shortly after some
children while running through the hallway
macks rooms observed deceased lying across the
threshold of the door covered with blood The alarm
Immediately given and the body taken In charge
by the Seventeenth precinct police.


The apartment which the deed committed Is the
one in which the deceased and Cormack formerly
worked IL Is In the back basement of the tenement
above mentioned and Is about twelve feet square in
the the entrance door stood the workbench
Opposite the door is the fireplace alongside OF which
stood chair, and opposite the workbench IL door
When the body Of deceased discovered was lying
as stated ABOVE across the Threshold Of tho door with


the feet In the hall and the head In the the right
thrown back above the head and the left
lay II the side; the chair the and Of
deceased and imned aely in front OF the chair large
pool OF blood; th bed tho inner Cor
macks shirt, stanoi with blood and torn h IL had
been burriedly dragged on


hsavy double edges bowie knife, and ~ clean cut fully
two inches in leh.h between The right shoulder bone
anu he nfst nR FROM appearances, wOuiu seem AZ
II Pollard had bc1n sitting the chair and Cormack had
stabilized him fSeu the 'front.' the weapon cut through
the lapel OF Vhe coat and the clothing Of deceased
and entered tns body stated above all probability
reaching the lung and destroying the power OF
speech n would also seem as deceased
had taken of his coat and vest laid them
on the chair and started 10 the room but having
gone ~ sr the threshold became ncnsibe and fell
In the posiii in which he discovered The
dcrer after committing the deed, must have gone into
the bedross o, taken OF his bloody shirt put clean
one, and oily walked away taking with him the instru
ment used The inmates OF the house heard quar-
relling b. ween the parties and the perpetato up


to late our last night had not been arrested the cir
cumstap es Immediately connected with the murder or
the cau es which led TO II remain mystery.


Corn6 ick twenty seven years OF age and native OF
Ireland He has heretofore borne good character and
up 70 the time Of Pollard's leaving him they slept


ogeth er In the back and boarded with Of the
other tenants IN the house


Ihf body was removed To the seventeenth precinct
sa on house AID Coroner Cover notified TO hold an In.
quUL
Year: 1866

COMMERCIAL FRAUDS AND THEIR CAUsss-The
most fruitful cause Of the numerous frauds,
entertainments and forgeries Of late so common
in commercial life, is the gross negligence Of
business men. In almost every case developed
recently in the courts we find evidence of mer-
chants and bankers and brokers throwing
thousands and millions worth Of bonds care
lessly about their Offices The fact Is that
many Of these gentlemen have become 90
familiar with large sums Of money that they
have forgotten the value Of them. But there
is more reprehensible feature in their care
lessness, and that Is the temptation to which
they expose the young men IN Their employ
ment Many Of these come from the country.
They are unused to the vast amount of wealth
lying around loosely; they are dazzled by the
prospect Of sudden riches so easily acquired,
though at the risk Of their regulations; embezzle-
ment or forgery follows, and In many instances
the degradation Of the STATE Prison seals q
career Of future infamy.


II these careless ananciers were the only suf-
ferers there would be little pity for them;
bat the whole moral tone Of society is con-
taminated and the strcem Of commercial life is
poisoned. Frauds Of q stupendous character
have been made so easy that the wonder Is they
do not occur more Vften. If employers will
place temptation in the way Of their employees
they must expect TO be deeced. IF they hold
immense values In bonds aud stocks with so
Year: 1866

HARD AT WORK on THE CAPITOL SorARR.-
Two or three energetic carpenters were busily
engaged yesterday in making good the fencing
around the grass plats in the Capitol Square,
and, for the future, those who wish to cross,
on pleasure or business, must keep the beaten
track Soft, velvety turf is far more pleasant
to the feet than pebbly, foot-torturing gravel,
and perhaps the carpenters, or convicts,
or somebody, could roll the walks little,
and dig out the biggest rocks, when they
have finished the railings. IT, at the same
time, they would cut out those singular parti-
tions which make those benches which are not
broken anything but places of rest, they would
confer q favor on the ladies and such as are
more than twelve inches in diameter.
Year: 1866

NEGRO HIRING IN RICHaoYD.--The negroes
who fiocked into town by the thousands last
summer and fall, have been amusing them
selves during the winter with various agree
able occupations, ranging over every depart
ment of fhuman industry, from boot cleaning TO
chicken stealing. But even the most delight
full avocations must become worn and insipid,
and the vigilance of an efficient police has pre-


vented the continuance of n negro era similar
to that which Francis I. promised to the good
French people, who were, one aud all, to have
a daily rooster in the pot Other professions
for the negro have also fallen out of date,
and those who are really not indolent
enough to die rather than work, have for some
months past been hunting around for some
thing to do. Many have gone back TO the
corn field, many have wandered to their old
homes, many have died or disappeared myste-
riously, and a large portion of the available
balance may be seen any morning in front of
the Old African Church. There you will find
negroes of every grade and every shade, tall
and short, stout and slim, with shoes and
without shoes, with hats and bareheaded, with
coats and without coats-the greater part with
more traces Of dust and dirt about them than
is necessary, and all of them without work
They loll abont in the sunny places, shifting
their location as the shade falls upon their
heads; talk little, chew little, and sleep a
great deal Occasionally, some person, .desti-
tute of sufficient help, goes down to the church
and hires q servant and hires one to his salts
faction. The very fact that the negroes go to
some point where they can be hired, is a slight
improvement in the appearance of things,
and If thpv will onlv work thew must ha
encouraged as far as practicable. Work has
never killed a negro yet, and if we can ever
impress that conviction upon his mind, there
is more hope that he will be able to withdraw
his mind from Utopian visions of big pay and
nothing to do, and turn in TO work for his
living, negro though he be.
Year: 1866

GARRoTrSG IN BROAD DAYBIsHr.-On yes
terday afternoon, gentleman at Rockets
had occasion to send out one Of his colored
bands, with fve-dollar note, to get change
for him. He proceeded to Main street, and
when near the locality well known az the
" Forty G run Battery" was set upon by three
Federal soldiers, one of whom threw his hand
over the negro's mouth and eyes, while the
other two went through his pockets and
robbed him of the five dollars belonging to the
gentleman and two and a half dollars belong
ing to himself; all of which was accomplished
in such short time that they made their
escape before any one had time to notice it.
Year: 1866

REMARKABLE DEATH.-We stated few days
since that number of distileries In New York
had been seized on the charge of violating the
revenue laws. Two officers going to examine
one of these, one of them was drowned in vat
A Mr.. GRIFFIrHs opened trap-door in the
floor, which he supposed led to cellar. Step
ping down as he supposed to stairway, he
fell into vat full of mash, about twelve feet
deep and was drowned
Year: 1866

LosISG MILLION AND HALF DOLLARS
CooLLr.-We stated a few days ago that Mr..
Lord, of New York, had had his safe robbed of
million and half of dollars. The old man
is eccentrc-sometfmes left his safe open
takes his loss with Indifference, and'says he
minds the newspaper fuss over the affair more
than the loss
Year: 1866

The CONFEDERATE DEAp-OAKwooD GENE
TERY.-By an advertisement in another
column, it will be seen that proposals will be
received until Tuesday, the 2oth instant, for
putting up substantial plank fence TO enclose
Oakwood Cemetery, and it is a great gratifica.
ton that we find that no lukewarmness Of
feeling or want of sympathy caused that ap-
parent neglect Of our honored dead to which
we referred in the Dispateh Of Yesterday.
Year: 1866

NuIsASCE.-That portion of the city called
Rockets seems to have but little attention
paid 10 it, and it is source of much COM
plant that the citizens of that portion of the
city, who pay their taxes, as well as those Of
any other portion, for its expenses and sup
port, should be compelled TO endure a nui-
sance which, if located in any other part
Of the town, would be a matter OF much
excitement, and heavy fine upon those
who created it and allowed it to remain
But poor despised down-trodden Rock
etts, with all her bad streets and nearly
broken down bridges, has to endure
that which, if not soon remedied, will pro.
badly cause many cases of cholera this sum-
mer in that densely- inhabited locality
We allude to that portion of the York River
railroad lying between the arch over Main
street and the arch over Poplar street.-the
banks on each side having been washed by the
rains, has covered the track with mud, causing
the water to dam up into almost pond, which
is now green with stagnation and filled with
dead animals of various sizes and descriptions.
II is general deposit of all kinds of filth that
the people choose to throw in it.


Let the proper authorities see that the per:
sons 10 whom belongs remove this nuisance
at once. l. can be done At small expense
and if done in time, will save the lives and
health of many.
Year: 1866

THE CONCERT IN MAScHEsrER.-The concert
to be given at the Methodist Church in Man.
chester has been postponed until Friday night.


We have not as yet seen programme, but we
have heard the names Of some Of the most
talented amateur performers Of Richmond
and Manchester mentioned in connection with
the entertainment. From these names, we
are prepared to say that the performance IL 70
be of the first order, and, with it's object, IL
deserving Of great success. We wish that our
neighbors over the waters may meet with
result in their undertaking that will not only
be nattering, but which will enable them to
carry out their plans with regard TO repairing
their church.
Year: 1866

SUSPENSION OF LITERARY JoURSAL.-We
are requested by Messrs. Cole Turner, agents
for the Home Gazette, TO state that that journal
has suspended its publication within the last
few days. The Home Gazette was Southern
paper, devoted TO Southern literature, pub
lished for the Southern people by former
officer of the. Confederate army who had
acquitted himself gallantly throughout the
late war The publishers viii, In few days,
refund all money sent from subscribers, less
the amount due for papers sent.
Year: 1866

RESISTING THE PoLIcE.-J. McNier was ar
rested yesterday for assaulting and resisting u
policeman while in discharge Of his duty, and
was bailed in the sum of three hundred dollars
to appear before the Mayor this morning.