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Year: 1866

WHOM press for gold this crowded street


A hundred years TO council
Who'll tread yon church with willing feet.


hundred years to come.
faie' trembling age and fiery youth.
And childhood with its brow of truth
The rich and poor on land and sea
Where will the mighty millions ba


hundred years to comet
We all within our graves shall sleep,


hundred years to come,
No living soul for us shall weep.


hundred years to come;
But other men our lands will till.
And others then our streets will fill,
And other birds will sing as gay,
And bright the sunshine as to-day,


hundred years to come.
Year: 1866

We have probably MI Of us met with
instances, in which word heedlessly
spoken against the reputation of Il fe-
male has been magnified by malicious
minds until the cloud has become dark


enough to overshadow her whole exist
cnce. TO those who are accustomed
not necessarily from bad motives, but
from thoughtlessness-tO speak lightly
Of females, we recommend these
"hints" as worthy of consideration !:
Never use a lady's name in an inn


proper place, at nm improper time, or
i'm mixed company. Never make as
sertisns about her that you think are


untrue, or illusions that you feel she
herself would blush to hcar.-When


you meet with men who do not scruple
to make use Of a woman's name in o


reckless and dunprincipled manners ,shun


them, for they are the very worst mem


bers of the committeeman lost to ev-
cry sense Of honor--every feeling Of
humanity. Many a good and worthy


woman's character has been forever
ruined and her heart broken by u lie,


manufactured by some william, and re-


peated where 1t should not have been,
and in the presence Of those whose lit
tie judgement could not deter them
Year: 1866

A BAD SPELL.-Among the world of
people to whom the name of Saratoga
is familiar, how many there are who
fail to spell it properly. The following
vain attempts, superscriptions taken
from letters coming to the Saratoga
Post Office, will suffice to show how


many different ways the word may be
spelled. Our readers will please re-
member that none of these arc correct !.
Year: 1866

Hall in his Journal of health, gives the follow
ing biz of wisdom:


Bread and butter are the only articles of food
OF which we never tire, from early childhood to
extreme old age. A pound of fine -four or Indian
meal contains three times as much meat as one
pound ofbutchers roast beef, and if the whole
produce of the grain, bran and all, were made
into bread, fifteen per cent more of nutriment
would be added. Unfortunately the bran, the
coarsest part of which gives soundness the teeth
and strength to the BRAIN is generally excluded.
Five hundred pounds of -four give TO the body
thirty pounds of the bony aliment, while the same
quantity of bran gives more than one hundred and
twenty five pounds.


This bone is lime, the phosphate Of lime. the
indispensable alment Of health to the whole human
body, and frem the want OF which multitudes of
persons go into general decline. But swallow
ing phosphate in the shape of powders or in syr
ups to these declines has little or no effect
The articles contained in these phosphatcs must
pass through natures laboratory. be subject TO her
manipulations in albemics especially prepared BY
almighty power and skill. In palmer phrase the
shortest. safest. and infallible method Of giving
bone and brain and strength to the body. thereby
arresting disease, and building up the constitution,
ia to eat and Gigest more bread made Of the whole
grain, whether wheat. corn, rye or oats.
Year: 1866

A very valuable pocket-knife was once dropped
into twenty feet well, half full Of water. How
shall we get it Quit Shall we have TO draw the
water from the well1' The writer proposed TO
use a strong horse shoe magnet. near by, suspend
ed by a cord. But we can't see where to lower
the magnet to touch the knife Throw
the suns RAYS down on the bottom Of the we'll by
a looking glass. vas the second answer. Il WAS
done, the knife rendered visible from the top Of
the well, the magnet came into contact, and tie
knife brought up-all being accomplished in Il min
ute of time
Year: 1866

Thesmagic Of success galvanizes rebels.into pat
riots. speculation into enterprise, and impudence
into genius, and under its magical influence vice
is mistaken for virtue, and ignorance sometimes
passes for knowledge offered as a stock text. from
which we would like to hear sermons from all the
not smoke. do not murder. do not lie, do not cheat
do not s,sal do not gamble, be just, be generous,
fear not. love your fellow men as well as God,
lore true.
Year: 1866

The Florence received the only premium
Francisco, in 1864 and 1865, to any Sewing
Machine, Sewing Machine Co., or Agent. The
claim of competitor to medal is without
any foundation whatever.


Wherever the FLORENCE has been brought
in competition with other Sewing Machines.
ithas always been declared the best 1t is
the most simple. the most substantial, the
most efficient, and its use is easily learned.
Every Machine sold is guaranteed in the full
sense of the word.


SEND FOR CIRCULARS AND SAMPLES


OF WORK.
Year: 1866

The Florence was awarded the First
and Highest Premium at the State Fair of
California, the only Fair on the Pacific Coast
at which any two double thread Sewing Ma
chimes were exhibited in competition in 1865.
Year: 1866

This Institute was established to. if posi-
BILE, prevent the unwary from falling into
those dens of robbery, tyclept quack doctors
traps), and hereafter the scientific originators
OF this Institute will not be to blame if the
afflicted are robbed of their money, and in
jured in constitution. There is also another
view of the affair. The rising generation
should be reared with strong constitution.
and the Directors wish to arouse their guard
ians to proper sence of their duties in their
premises, if possible to prevent them from
stuffing their young charges with deleterious
drug, with chance of entailing upon the
tender constitution, just forming, eomplica-
tion of evils, a thousand times worse than
death.


II would be consuming space, to no pur-
pose, TO enumerate the diseases to which this
system is applicable, suffice it to say, that
there is no disease. within the catalogue of
human ills but what can be cured at the Elec-
tropathic Institute We heve instructed the
Resident Physician to ,carrant a perfect and
permanent cure. or ask No Pay for seruices.
when in his judgment il is within the bounds
of cure.
Year: 1866

18th, Says


During the fast ten days this section of country
has been Wis ted by copious showers of rain which
have revived the spirits of our people to great
degree, AID been of incaieulable benefit to the
corn Gro o, which now promises to be an average
yield.
Year: 1866

South, was a sectional, free trade, pro-slavery,
anti-liberal concern in every fibre of its frame,
and no occasion Of doing wrong seemed to be
lost upon it. Probably no party that ever ex-
listed had such fatal facility for mischief as
this one, and now that it is passing away to the
limbo of forgetfulness, and different organi-
cation is tagsng its place, the count'S will re-
rejoice at the relief


In saying this, We wish to express no indorse-
ment OF the Convention, or the party it found.
ed ; and if the Presidents speech is to be ia.
ken as fair sample of what the party means
and what it proposes to do, we are inclined tc
Democratic party. In this strange toI outbreak
the President appears to have outdone his ia
nous serenade speech, and to have gone to th(
utmost range of partisan rancor
Year: 1866

er, approached her and said he was not afraid
to walk with her, whereupon Cooper fired at
him, the ball entering his head and killing him
and instantly; after he had fallen Cooper again
shot him through the head At this iuncture
Cooper received blow over the head from DIR.
Josiah Ellingsworth, who struck him with a
chair just used at the grave from the effects
of the blow Cooper fell but recovering himself
fired on Ellingsworth killing him also instant
ly. By this time our informal, who was first
assaulted, had secured a stick, with which he
struck Cooper, knocking him down; he was
then secured, and subsequently brought here
and lodged in Jail. Mrs. Cooper, on account
Of domestic difference, had been separated from
her husband for some time; her connections


were much respected, and her unhappy fate
deeply regretted. johnson, the brother Of


Mrs. Cooper and the first victim, was citizen


ofmeans, responsibility and influence; he leaves


a family. DIR. EllingswOrth, the second victim


also leaves a family was originally from Della


ware, but came to this county number O


years ago, and in his neighborhood attained


some reputation as physician, though he haC


never formally studied the profession; lie alst


represented this county in the State Legisla


ture. Though man of limited education, h


is said to have possessed no little native ability
As Cooper Is in the hands Of the officers of tn
law, prudence forbids further comment upol
his conduct at present


: We extract the following from private let
: ter:


? / tell you it was bad looking sight to Sc
two men lying dead in grave yard along sid
of an open gravel trust | shall never Sc
such sight again. Cooper was very anxiou
that they should loose his hands little an
let him sit in the foot Of the carriage, but tn
-


5 from Princess Anne the next morning, the
found loaded six shooter under the seat {
r the carriage
Year: 1866

HARVEST HoME-We learn that Commit
tee Of Sons of Temperance and Good Temp.
lars have resolved that Harvest Home of
mammoth dimensions shall be held in the neigh
borhood of Wilmington, about the middle OF
next month. 1t is expected that all the tempe
rance organizations within reach, and all friendly
to the demonstration, will participate A pro.
cesslon with music and banners is to be part Of
character of the Committee, we feel warranted
in predicting that the affair will be grand
success ess-Repu6heon
Year: 1866

I0-The following startling threat was
made use of the other day by an excited
pugilist: ''I'll twist you round yohr OWL
neck, and ram you down your own throat,
until there is nothing left Of you but :he
extreme ends of your shirt collar sticking
out of your eyes"
Year: 1866

A correspondent writing from Charles
ton harbor to the Providence Journal,
gives an animated description, as follows


In the centre, in mid channel, like a
grim sentinel, stands Fort Sumter, bowed,
broken and desolate. A shapeless pile Of
earth and sand and brick, it bears no like
ness to its former self Where the new
cross of the confederacy and the palmetto
f 70 of South Carolina and the division
flag of General Ripley were SO proudly
flying in April and July of 1868, only
ore single banner, and that the red white
and blue, now waves.


Scared and cracked, its walls seem
ready to fall The face toward Cum
ming's Point is crushed and broken into
a steep hill of mingled sand and brick,
and shot and shell. The face toward Fort
Moultrie and the channel is covered and
protected by solid work of interviewer
palmetto logs. Yet the structure Of the
fort is Scared and cracked and broken
above and around, and behind these addi-
tional defsnces. The casemates, closed
and covered by an immense framework of
heavy beams, and this again thick with
earth, can be entered only by winding
passages, damp and dripping with mois-
ture The easements once entered. it
would hardly seem possible tha. any human
being could have lived any length of time
within them. The guns were Shiny and
mouldy, and the carriages were sweating
with an oily moisture. Climbing out Of
the stone port hole and through the more
widely expanded ones in the palmetto logs
you could look down around the base Of
the fort, where the ceaseless tide had
woven over each of the stones mantle like
thick. green wet floss, and see fragments
Of shell and broken bolts. You could
look to the right and see where the wall
had crumbled aud fallen into the sea-
\ ou could look above and see the logs
rent and gashed, and the brick wall with
great sears and ragged cracks and wide
seams, as though little more of the storm
OF iron shot would have beat it down be-
meath the sea- You could look to the left
and see the closed ports, the rough repair
ing, the broken parapet.


Ia the interior the sandy earth was sup
ported in It's irregularity by number!ess
Gascine5 gabions, and dotted here and
there by dark holes which admitted US
into the dark caverns. What had been
the parade was now green and Shiny with
the stagnaat moisture over which were
scattered pieces of an exploded gun, straps
of iron hoops, a few decayed barrel slaves,
iron and loaded shot scattered from scrap
nel and otis of soiled clothing and broken
bayonets. From the tall flag staff in the
centre a small Union banner was waving.
And this was all that remained Of Fort
Sumter Over these and behind here
we're the guns which handful of men
were made 10 withstand, but which woke
nation to the duty of complete and en-
tire preparation.
Year: 1866

How TO CouRT IN CHURcu.--Ayoungg gem tleman, happening 10 sit at church in n pew adjoining one in which sat young lady for whom he conceived sudden and violent pas sion, was desirous of entering into acourtship on the spot but the place not being suitable for formal declaration the exigency of the case suggested the following plan:

 He politely handed his fair neighbor bi- ble opened with pin stuck in the following text:

 Second Epistle of John, verse 9th

 "And now bcseech thee, lady, not as tho wrote new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one apother."

 She returned it pointing to the 2nd Epistle of Ruth, verse 10th:

 "rhen she fell on her face and bowed her self to the ground and said to him--why have found grace in thine eyes, seeing that am q strangcr?"

 He returned the book pointing 10 the 18th verse of the 3d Epistle of John "Having many things to write unto you, l would write with pen and ink, but l trust shortly to come unto you and speak face to face, that our joy may be full.'

 From the above interview, marriage took place the ensuing week.
Year: 1866

visana Correspondence London Times.

 At 2:80 P. Nj. I heard the astonishcd news that the Prussians had attacked the corps q armee of Count Thun [the Second) in front of Prcsburg, and that severe conflict had been going on there forseveral hours. The officer who gave the informa ton at the same time stated that tAegraphlc despatches had been at once sent off to an- nounce the conclusion of the agreement for five days suspension of hostilities, and that the fighting must have ceased soon after 12 o'clock. Presburg is nearly forty miles distant. The railway which runs to it from Vienna. on the left bank of the Danube, was held in various places by the Prussians, and no trains had been despatch ed for many days. The steamers had stop ped running, and it was not possible to get to the place, even if the road and bridge ofboats to the city were clear, till night fall. suspension ofhostilitiesin Vienna, and battle forty miles away at one and the same time, were embarrassing events to deal with but it was evident that Austrian and Prussian had renounced the combat long before I could have reached the spot, and so put off my departure till this day, when it is probable the Archduke and his headquarters will move from the city to- wards his army to await the course of events. It is plain the Prussians could not have known of the temporary truce, or they would not have attacked the Second Army corps, but as yeti have no infor- nation. It appears that the Prussians at tackled the Austrian position outside Pres burg with great vehemence in the morning, skirmish being gradually developed on their side into an action. But though Count Thun's corps was not very strong, the Austrians were in great force near Presburg, and were enable not only to hold their own but to drive the Prussians from the hills or rising ground they got possess ion of in the early part of the attack. The engagement took place at Blumenau, lit tie village some three miles northeast of Presburg, on the junction of the road from Marchegg with the roads which run down the valley of the March, and then proceed nearly parallel with the railway from Vien- na to Presburg, which branches off from the Ferdinand Nord Balin at Ganserndort. Probably the details of the engagement, as well as the news of the five days truce, were known in London and Paris at least as ssoonas they reached us in Vienna. Here we can only say that the Austrians repulsod the Prussians, and that when the orders to put an end to the fight pere received they had the advantage and kept it. There was gleam of light on the Austrian arms for once, it is said. but it was soon obscur- ed by the news of the truce.
Year: 1866

Making Me Most of 0ae's Self-We Have a good specimen of this in the case of our Chi nese friend, who sits so comfortably in his boat-hands, feet, mouth, and eyes, all so busily employed.

 The Chinese are very industrious, thrifty people, and very fond of money making. It is wonderful how ingenious they are in deyi- sing means of profitable employment. We wish that our young friends stood in no need of hint on this subject. It would be we'll ii they were always employed, and always gel employed; for we are sure that there is great truth in those words of the poet: ''Satan finds some mischief still for idle hands to do.
Year: 1866

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

Now Is THE TIxE.-Franz Meyer, next
loor to the First National Bank, politely
invites the public to call and examine his
fine stock Of Mems and Boys ready made
clothing lie must dispose Of it regardless
Of prices
Year: 1866

A case has Just been tried in Baltimore, in
which two employees of the City Wafer De-
partment claimed of the City Government
one-fifth additional pay for an excess of two
hours day of labor performed over eight
hours, which, by the ordinances of the city,
are made n legal days work for all persons
employed in every department of the city
government The facts of the case having
cided that it was optional for the plaintiffs to
work the ten hours required of them, or to
resign their positions as laborers, and that
they could make no legal claim for extra
compensation.
Year: 1866




Gen. Butler made speech at Harris
burg on the 1Ith instant, in behalf of
Gen. Geary and the Republican ticket
In the course of his remarks he defined
his position on reconstruction, in the fol-
lowing language: @


For one, claim that not one foot of
territory of the United States was ever
out of the Union. l claim again that no
citizen of the United States has ever rid
himself of single obligation to the Uni
ted States. (Great applause.) l claim
further that no citizen has ever got rid of
one particle of governing power of the
United States, as exercised over him
either to restrain him IL wrong or aid him
in right, or to make him do his duty both
as citizen of his State and as citizen
of the United States. (Long continued
applause.) But l am told am disun-
ionist becaues don't choose 10 recog-
nize that an organization of State gov
ernment which, by the people that made
it, was made hostile to the United States,
and which fought the United States for
four years as part of the government of
the United States. | do not want to be
called a disunionist, for only insist that
disloyal men, with their bayonets at my
throat, are not portion of those who are
voting with me and acting with me in the
Government of the United States; they
are now a portion of the United States
without any intervening act. | do not
see why they are not, when for instance,
they were carrying on the battle of Manas-
sas, ] do not see why if this theory is
correct, their representatives had not as
much right to sit in Congress and vote
whether Mcclellan should or should not
go forward. Ask your own representa-
tiVes from Pennsylvania was the case
when they laid down their arms.
did that bring them back? I know of
no better illustration of this point than
by taking the case Of partnership where
of partners go together in a
with partnership capital, and |
after time two or three of them choose
to leave the partnership against the con-
sent of the others; can they take the
property with them against
the compact by which the partnership
was formed can they destroy the part
nership? They can, as far as they are
but can they themselves go
out of the partnership for all purposes Of
destroying their own right? They can.
Can they come back into the partner
ship? No, not until the rest of the part
ners get ready. (Long continued ap-
plause.)
Year: 1866

The sttrocious insult offered to the na-
tional flag, the portrait of Washington,
and national air, by a number Of rebels
at the Old Theater on Saturday night,
has excited great Indignation among the
most moderate Union men, as well as
among the more ultra. ones. Several gen
tlemen have declared that they were
done with conservatism after that display
of disloyalty; a stern policy is the one to
employ in dealing with the rabid haters
of the Government and all its honored
insignia, symbols and emblems. We as
sure the persons engaged in the kissing
business that the American people are de
termined that every man who lives I'M
der the United States flag shall either
love it or fear it. If they have not the
good sense to love 1.-THE soldiers who
put down the rebellion have power to
make them dread it. God forbid that
ever an invading army should enter our
territory again, for fain would we spare
the people every where the terrible
scourge of war, but an army will come
again, if necessary, to crush out the his
sing serpent of treason. Press
and Times.
Year: 1866

The Allentown, pal Register says:


"We have numerous instances on record
of the judgment of the Almighty sud
denly overtaking the wicked, giving
practical illustrations of the truth of His
word, which declares that the wicked
shall not live out half their days. An
instance Of this kind occurred near our
Heighboring town of Catasaque last week.
A man named Miller, about three weeks
ago made an agreement with some Of his
companions in vice to meet him at a GER
tain place every Sunday. when he would
them the holy ordinance
of Communion, giving them whisky and
crackers. This mock ceremony was per-
formed every Sunday, but the hands
which administered the mock emblems
in derision, were so msngled by the pre-
mature discharged of blast last week, as
to require amputation. He was also Sc
verely burned about the head. After
two days of extreme suffering he went to ,
meet his insulted Creator"
Year: 1866

Father. dear father come home with me nowl
The clock in the steeple strikes one;
You said you were coming night home from the shop
As soon as your days work was done.
Our fire has gone out-our house is all dark
And mothers been watching since tea;
With poor brother Benny, so sick, in her arms,
And no one to help her but me.


Come home come home! come homei


Please father, dear father, come home
Father, dear father, come home with me nowI
The clock in the steeple strikes tWo;t E
The night has grown colder-and Benny is worse
But he has been calling for you.
Indeed he IS worse-ma says he will die;


Perhaps before morning shall dawn;
And this is the message she sent me to bring
Come quickly, or he will be gone!
Father, dear father, come home with me nowl
The clock In the steeple strikes three;
The house is SO lonely-the hours are so long
For poor weeping mother and me!
Yes we're alone-poor Benny IS dead; .-
And gone with the angels of light
And these were the very last words that he said:
Il want to kiss papa to-nightP


Come home come homel come home


Please father. dear father come homel
Hear the sweet voice of the child,


Which the night winds repeat as they roam:
Obi who could resist the most plaintive of prayers
Please, father dear father. come homei