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Year: 1867

Silas Bronson, native of Middlebury, in this State, died in New York last week leaving million or so of dollars behind him. He made to the city of Waterbury the generous donation of two hundred thousand dollars to found city library, which will. if properly managed, place that city in possession of public library equal to the best in the country. Such an insti- tuition is just what Waterbury wants. It has been so busy in money-making and in the development of mechanical ingenuity that it has neglected the intellectual neces- s,ties of its people, to some extent, and this timely gift will serve to direct the en- terprise of the place to a new source of profit. .s
Year: 1867

The Board of instruction will be full and CON-
peient Brownsville is on the line OF the Mem
phis and Louisville railroad, sixty miles north
Of Memphis. Its Society is good, and the town
prOverbial for its good health. Board can be
had in the families Of its best cities 5. The
course Of study is as thorough and complete as
any institution in the country.


Terms per sess on Of twenty weeks, payable
STRICTLY, one half in advance:
Year: 1867

Many Improvements will be made during the
vacation which viii add greatly TO the com
fort ana efficiency Of the establishment some,
important additions have been made to our
corps OF Ieachers, which viii enable as to o1rr
a. many advantages as any school I'm the South
OF West.


Our Boarding Department will be 50 much
enlarged that We can easily Accommodate one
hundred more pupils than we had last session.
Terms as heretofore. For catalogues OF other
NATION, address
ROBERT ID SMITH


Secretary and Business Manager.
Year: 1867

General Sherman has expressed his desire and
dent and General Grant, to go on Captain Dun
cans excursion to the Holy Land, which is
to sail in June next. General Sherman will take
with him his daughter Minnie. His presence
as one of the excursionists will insure good
Year: 1867

Part of this large sum has been used in
payment of the Indebtedness of Government;
but much of it is massed up in the various
repositories of the nation, reserved as basis
for specie payment. When the last fiscal year
commenced there was in the hands of the sub
treasurers only 1858, 000 when the year ended
there was ON hand over $130, 600, 600, much of
it in gold. A comparison of the year just
ended with its predecessor shows the follow
ing result
Year: 1867

The Supplementary Reconstruction Act is to-
day officially promulgated by the Secretary Of
state, with the certificate of the Clerk of the
House, and the Secretary of the Senate, that it
WAS Iassed over the Presidenps veto.
Year: 1867

of nakednesS such as I would not attempt to
describe to you. He said, after this year
and half, he was accustomed to steal out of
his house.


He came one day 20 counsel his daughters
and one or two coored persons who had re-
,mained faithful to him through all bis trials
He vas standing in front Of his house, look
ing out along the turnpike that led to tho
Yazoo river, wheE he saw troop Of horse.
men coming up over the hill. He expected
it was II band of guerillas such as had been
raiding through the country, and paused a
moment previous to fleeing but as he hesi-
tated, he looked again, and saw the flag of his
country--the Stars and StripesD "No man."
said be, "can tell how felt then, The per-
spirNtion broke out from every pore Of my
face and skin, and felt that and my fam
lily were saved" Oh th0re is power in a
symbol. Our flag speaks of our nationality
freedom, the right, and the power of self
government in man but the cross, the sym
Dol of Christianity, it speaks of hope to our
whole humanity. 1t is the symbol of sacri-
flee and Of suffering-not to the preserva-
tiOn Of single nation, but, blessed be God,
for the salvation of the whole world-the
cross Of Christ.
Year: 1867

Sorrow sobers us and makes the
mind genial. And in sorrow we love
and trust our friends more tenderly,
and the dead become more dear to US,
And just as the stars shine out in the
night,so there are blessed faces looking
at us in our grief, though before their
features were faded from our reeol-
lection, Suffering Let no man dread
it 80 much, because it is good for him
and it will help to make him sure OF
his being immortal. 1t is not in the
bright, happy day, but only in the
solemn night, that other worlds are to
be seen shining in their long, long dis
tance. And it is in sorrow-that
of the soul-that we see farthest and
know ourselves natives Of in6nity and
sons and daughters of the most High.
Year: 1867

Daniel O'Connell once saved a cow
thief from hanging, though the fellow
was condemned TO transportation. He
afterwards returned to Ireland, and
made himself known to O'COnnell,
and in requital for his services as
counsel, he said he would impart
valuble secret "If your honor wants
to steal COW go on a dark, rainy
night, and take COW that stands
out in tho field, and suro yell get u
good one The weakly ones, yer honor,
always shelter under tho hedge if
the weather is bad"
Year: 1867

Luther was one day being shaved and
having his hair cut in the presence of
DR., Jones. He said to tho latter.
Original sin is like the beard. We are
shaved to day, and lookclean and
have a smooth chin; to morrow our
beard has grown again; nor does it
stop growing while we remain on
earth. In like manner original sin
cannot be extirpated from us; it
springs up as long as we exist
Nevertheless, we are bound to resist
it to our utmost strength, and cut it
down INCREASINGLY.
Year: 1867

leave to society ruined character
wretchcd example, and q memory
that will soon rot.


leave to my pa ents during tho
rest Of their lives AS much sorrow As
humanity, in a feeble and decrepit
state can sustain.


leave to my brothers and sisters
as much modification and injury as |
could bring on them.


leave to my wife broken heart,
a lite of wretchedness and shame, to
weep over my premature death.


give and bequeath to each OF my
children, poverty, ignorance and low
character and the remembrance that
their father was n brute.
Year: 1867

EX.MayOr Monroe, ofNew Orleans
who more than any other man stands
charged with the guilt of tho terrible
massacre in that city last summer,
has been on q visit to the President.
He would like to have General SHER-
IDAN removed from his command in
the Louisiana District. This may be
natural enough. General SHERIDAN re-
moved him from his command and
"one good turn deserves another" But
it is extremely impudont for such a
man as MONROE to present himself to
the President upon such an errand or
upon any other. If he had his due no
would have been tried as an accessory
to tho New Orleans murders long ago,
for the consequences Of those crimes
rest upon his soul. We do not imagine
that he effected anything at Washing
ton, but his visit there is suggestive
of the amazing boldness with which
these unreconstructed Rebels force
themselves into notice. MONROE, it is
SAID, is going to Canada "to spend
the summer" He should resolve to end
bis days there, the country can spare
him and Canada will no doubt admire
him.
Year: 1867

VI A prominent Norwichian dis
tinguished himself at a church fair,
the other evening, by purchasing a
certain article of feminine apparel,
under the impression that they were
white pantalOons for boys.
Year: 1867

HEAVY THEFT.-Some time Saturday
night some bold fellows went to the store
of Messrs. Armstead s. Parr, corner of
Eighteenth and Cary streets, broke the
transom light over the front door, through
which one Of them wormed his way into
the store and opened the door. They
then took small iron safe to Cary alley,
a short distance off, and were going to
break it open. Just then policeman Gill
came up and arrested one Of them, who
gave his name as Moses Branch. He was
carried to the stetion-house, and brought
before the Mayor yesterday morning. The
Mayor continued the case until to-day.
The safe contained valuable papers, but
very little money.
Year: 1867

THE RECENT ATTEMPTED ESCAPE ROM
THE PEN1TENTIARY-FURTH PARTICU-
LARs.-The recent attempt Of nine felons
to escape from the penitentiary was noticed
in the Dispatch of Saturday last. The
plan was we'll and adroitly arranged, and
failed, not from any mismanagement OF
the parties, but owing to the insuficiency
Of quantity or lack Of strength of the mar
cotic with which they drugged an old
negro sick in the hospital.


The leader is Joseph Holt alias Curley,
we'll known to the police Of this city. A
few years ago he fred into room at the
old Union Hotel occupied by a female of
doubtful reputation, and wounded her in
the leg. The woman's only offence was a
refusal to admit Holt at late hour in the
night. He subsequently shot Detective
Tyler, who attempted his arrest, but was
afterwards secured, tried, convicted, and
handed over to Colonel Pendleton, the
superintendent of the State prison. The
prisoner boasted that he would not remain
there two weeks, but his stay has already
amounted to nearly as many years.


Holt and his accomplices succeeded in
gaining admittance to the hospital by
feigning sickness. The Jfeint, we hear,
was eminently successful; SO much so that
the attending physician never suspected
the rascality. The only inmate Of the
hospital besides the redoubtable "nine !"
was an old negro. He was drugged, but,
for want Of strength or quantity, the old
man did not remain under its influence as
long as it was hoped and supposed he
would. Having satisfied themselves that
sleeping as we'll as dead men tell no tales,
they cut hole through the ceiling Of the
lower hospital room, through which they
gained access to the room above. Here
they crawled up the chimney and landed
safely ON the roof. They then crept
around to the southeast end Of the prison
buildings, facing CANDLES Hill, and by
pulling off the slate secured big rope to
the Roof, by which they hoped to land on
terra frmd.


But 'the best laid schemes Of mice and
men gang aft a'glee," and while the opera
tion above described was going on, the
drugged negro became partially awake,
and commenced jabbering. The guard
below called to him to keep quiet. This
thoroughly aroused the old man; and he
replied: You had better come up here
quickly, for there amt nobody here but
me-" This communication excited the
suspicion of the guard, and he went up,
but to his surprise discovered that all the
other birds had taken wing sure enough.
The hole throtgh which they had departed
was distinctly visible, and an alarm was at
once sounded.


The schemers heard the alarm with
emotions which can be better imagined
than described, and scampered back with
much more haste and far less precaution
than they had emerged from the hospital.


1t is stated that Holt is greatly detected
at the failure, and objects seriously to the
severe discipline which has been put in
force since. He is bold, bad man, and no
doubt requires all the watching which the
superintendent and his assistants can ex-
ercise.
Year: 1867

SORGHUM MoLAssEs.-This famous sac
charine fluid, which became so popular
during the late civil war, has now almost
entirely disappeared. A barrel hawked
through our streets Saturday at the low
figure of thirty-fve cents per gallon was
finally disposed Of at thirty cents, and the
buyer manifested no anxiety at the latter
low figure.
Year: 1867

To BE ESCLosED.-The reservoir con-
nected with the city water works, just
west of Hollywood Cemetery, is to have a
new and substantial enclosure. This work
was authorized by the Common Council
some time back, but the job has been just
commenced. The old enclosure had be-
come almost wholly valueleSs.
Year: 1867

BRoEE HIS PRoMIsE.-William Col
lins, the United States soldier who ap-
peared before the Mayor Saturday ON the
charge being drunk and disorderly and
cursing the Chief of Police, and was dis
missed on his promise that he would go to
camp and not come into the city for two
months, again appeared yesterday to an
swer the charge of stealing pot of butter
from a marketman. The Maycr sent him
to his officers to be disposed of.
Year: 1867

Mr.. Smith stated that the estimated cost
of removing the wreck of the steamer
West Point, sunk off Rockets, was 1000


A resolution was then adopted provl-
ding that if the officers Of the York River
Railroad Company did not remove The
wreck in four months from date the city
would do it at the expense of said COM
Year: 1867

N. GoussEr, the great champagne
which those who wish to taste his wines
will appreciate, and which probably
will come into general use. By means
of q new system of cork and cork
screw, glass ofchampagne can be ta-
ken from bottle without injnFing the
remaining contents; thus this perish
able wine can henceforlh be enjoyed In
a small quantity without the waste of
a whole bottle.
Year: 1867

A SECRET WORM KNOWING.
able writer gives utterancc to the fol-
lowing valuable secret: "This look
ing forward to enjoyment don't pay.
For what | know of it, l had as soon
chase butterflies for a living, or bottle
up moonshino for cloudy night. The
only way to be happy is to take the
drops of happiness as God gives them
to us every day of our lives. The boy
must learn to be happy while he is
learning his trade; the merchant while
he is making his fortune. Ii he fails
to learn this art, be will be sure to miss
bis enjoyment when he gains what he
has sighed for.
Year: 1867

Ny, sealing and unscaling, locking and
opening Of the jury wheel of the re-
spective county, and all acts, and parts
Of acts Of Assembly, now in force, i'm
posing any penalty or punishment on
the sheriff and county commissioners
or either of them, for anything done
or omitted by them in relation to the
keeping, locking, opening, sealing or
breaking the seal Of any jury wheel,
or in relation TO the selection or draw
ing of jurors, shall be taken, deemed
and held to apply TO the said jury
commissioners and sheriff


SEC. 5. Each Of said jury commits
sioners shall be allowed and paid out
of the respective county treasury two
dollars and fifty cents per day, and
four cents per mile, circular, from the
residence Of the commissioners 10 the
court house.


SEC. 6. 1t shall be the duty of each
Of said jury commissioners TO take
upon himself and discharge the duties
ofhis said Office, under penalty of one
hundred dollars for each and every
neglect or refusal to attend the same,
TO be sued for and recovered before
any justice of the peace of the proper
county, as debts of like amount are
now by law recoverable, ten dollars of
which shall go to the person suing and
the residue to be paid by the said JUS
tioe to the treasurer Of the respective
county for the use Of the same.


SEC. l. In case of the inability of
either or both of the said jury CON-
missioners, by sickness or death, or
other unavoidable causes, TO discharge
the duties of said office, or in case of
neglect or refusal TO serve thereon, it
shall be the duty of the president
Judge in such county, wherein said
vacancy may have occurred, to ap-
point a suitable person or persons, as
the case may be, possessing the quail
ifcations aforesaid, to perform the du-
ties Of said Office during such vacancy,
and such person or persons, after hav-
ing complied with the requirements of
the third section of this act, shall pro-
ceed TO discharge the duties of said
otice the same as il elected by the
people, until the next general election,
when the people shall elect acommis-
sioner in lieu thereof.
Year: 1867

A gentleman whose lady was suf
fering from the cold, got up at mid.
might and went below to fetch a mus
tard poultice. In bis agitation he
mistook the room on his return, and
went into one where there was a light
burning dimly as the one he had left
"a room altogether similar, and ap-
parently his wife in bed, fast asleep.
lie applied the mustard poultice to
her chest, and sat quietly waiting at
her bedside till il began TO draw. 1t
did draw Il drew an infuriated scream
from the young lady who had been
the subject Of his unconscious solici.
tude. At the sound Of the unaccus-
toned voice, the nature Of the accident
which had bcfhllen him and his patient
was at once visible, aud he rushed
headlong from the arms Of the mus
tard woman into the arms of his own.
Both parties told their story the next
day, and had to retire amid the laugh
ter Of all the occupants.
Year: 1867

A LESSON FOR LAZY WIvEs.-0ne
day sturdy peasant was at work in
the field amidst storm and rain, and
went home in the evening, tired and
drenched to the skin. His loving wife
said "My dear, it has been raining
so bad that / could fetch no water, so
! have not been able TO make you any
dinner As you are wet through, /
shall be obliged TO You to fetch me n
couple of buckets Of water-you can
not get any wetter." Tho argument
was striking; he, therefore, took two
buckets and fetched some water from
the well, which was at q considerable
distance. On reaching his house, he
found his wife comfortably seated by
the fire then, lifting one bucket after
another, he poured tho contents over
his kind considerate partner. "Now,
wife, said he, "you are quite as wet
as am, so you may as we'll fetch wa
ter for yourself; you can't get any
uetter."
Year: 1867

Yesterday morning. between II and 1, q
private watchman of a warehouse opposite
the second dock ABOVE Walnut street, no,Icea
two yonng men and young woman walk
solemnly out upon the pier, and there stand
as ii In the most earnest consultation. Their
actions he thought suspicious. so that he crept
close to them to see what they might do The
con versation was carried on in very low tones
so that he could hear nothing, till at last the
Young men in turn kissed the young woman
there was melo dramatic fareweil-and then
splash In the water.


The ycuDs woman had diyested herself or
bonnet. shawl, and perhaps OF waterfall, and
plunged into the river The young men stood
idly upon the pier, gazing down on the gloomy
waters. and made no attempt TO save her. This
was thrillInely strange to the wa.chman lying
rerdu. He lost no time in rushing to the wharf
and in jumping overheard after the would. i. be
suicide. She made no resistance to the watch.
man, and by the aid OF plank and a rope or
two from vessels lying near by, both were again
safe on terra frma. very wet. In the excite.
ment the two young men disappeared, but
were subsequently apprehended and confined
in the Harbor Police station for the balance OF
TIE night. Through the intsrcession OF the
young lady they have been released.


The young woman was very reticent, and
II is supposed that she resides somewhere in
the neigh borhood Of CuIrant sl!ey. From what
few admissions she made to Lieut.. Edgar, com.
manding the harbor patrol, II would seem that
the young men Were lovers of such exceeding
fine parts that she could not decide between
them. They began to look upon each other
with numerous eyes, so that to sa We bloodshed
that all cause OF contention might be removed
This is stl ange tale, one that the prosaic re-
porter Is rarely called upon to write, but II is
"ower ue'-Phila. Herald.
Year: 1867

THE VIRGINIA HOMESTEAD LAW-The lag.
islation last winter embraced an acr for the ex.
empiion of homes'eads. 1t permits tne head
of a family to hold free from execution home.
stead Of not exceeding one hundred and sixty
acres OF land. and improvements not greater
in value than twelve hundred dollars The
law is. of course. prospective in its operation
and will bar executions only for debs con-
tractsd subsequent to its enactment 1t also
requires the head of family To iie decIara-
ton of record that he will avail himself of the
privilege OF exempt in respect TO any such
execution as may be at any future time issued
against him.-NOrtolk Journal
Year: 1867

- To obtain any of these letters the applicant
must call for Advertised Letters" give the date
of the list, and pay cent for advertising. Y


81 If not called for within month they will be
sent TO the Dead Letter Office.
Year: 1867

ADvERrrs1Ne.-Am merchant on Paint
street, who is one of our most liberal
advertising patrons, told US the other
day that his sales in the year ending
Sept. l, 1867, were ten thousand dol
lars greater than in the year previous
that he attributes this increase
solely to advertising. And this in the
face Of the fact that people have
been crying out that the times were
hard and trade dull the past year
So it is dull times and hard times
with old fossils who have net enter
prise and sagacity enough to adver,
tise. The times will get duller and
harder with them year after year,
while the live men who know how to
keep their business before the public
will gradually take away from them
the few customers they now have


CAL. Casstts.
Year: 1867

S We clip this as being better
than anything we could WRITE ana
because it suits some persons ABOUT
our village:


"If you wish to keep your town
from thriving, turn a cold shoulder
to every young mechanic or beginner
in business-kill him off if possible.
Look upon every new conner with a
scowl, and discourage him all you
can; if that won't do, decry his work,
and rather go abroad for wares Of
his kind, than give him your money.
Last, though not least, refuse to pat
ronize the local papers. Then go to
seed!' There is no more efectual
way to retard the growth of town
than this"
Year: 1867

" w take IL tnat PRESIDENT y 0nn-
son was not impeached because ma
jority OF the House were of opinion
that it could not be done in accord
ance with the Constitution! 1t seems
a little out of place therefore, to be-
rate gentlemen for flunkeyism and
oYerpowering Difference to official
station, because they voted against
impeachment. Many of those who
so voted are sufficiently alive to the
disreputable character of the man
johnson, and would gladly have re-
lieved the country from such an in
cubus. The slight difficulty In the
way was, not that the person or office
is sacred, not that it was too trouble
some or required too much nerve or
was not worth doing, but that it
could not be done constitutionally.-
The argument of those who oppose
this view seems to be, that it would
be desirable to impeach johnson; a
desirable thing is also constitutional:
ergo, it's constitutional to impeach
Jehnson.-State Journal.
Year: 1867

A Curious CAsE.-The Chicago husband
who went away on business January 3lst.,
and came home February 10th, to find that
his wife had got a divorce from him mean
time, and married another man, was only
sample case. The only witness against him,
the charge being cruelty. was the new hue
band. As some atonement, this is the third
case noticed within a week where courts have
set aside their decree Of divorce after one of
the parties were married again. This is the
fourth case which equally illustrates the
looseness of our marriage law, where man.
as mere practical joke, obtained the legal
separation of a newly married couple, by
acting as attorney for the gentleman, whom
he made the plaintiff in his absence on the
wedding tour On his return he found the
decree on his Office table. and learned that
for the latter part Of his honeymoon he had
been illegally eohabiting with his former
wife, and was obliged to take out a new
marriage license and get married again
Lord Brcugham once said, in Parliament,
not half the people knew whether or not they
were legally married.
Year: 1867

CAN'T BE DID.-An editor down East says
he would as soon try to 90 to sea upon a
shingle, make ladder of fog, chase streak
of lightning through a crabapple orchard,
swim up the rapids of Niagara river, raise
the dead. stop the tongue of an old maid, or
set Lake Erie on fire with a wet match, as to
stop lovers getting married when they take
it into their heads to do so.
Year: 1867

G ONE OF YOU CAN'T, AND WE PITY


- you. You have tried every remedy but the
ONE destined, by its intrinsic herit to superceds
all similar preparations. it is not surprising you
should be reluctant to try something else after the
many experiments you have made Of trashy com
pounds foised on the public as i certain cure but