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Year: 1866

The Department of Common Schools of
Pennsylvania recently made the following
decisions, which will be of interest to the
people of every district in the State:
/ That the time for issuing the warrants
for the State Appropriation to school districts
has been changed by the act of April, 1865,
until after the close of the Common Schools
for the school year.


1t is not legal, in any case TO keep
school open on Saturdays.


Scholars, whose parents have legal resi-
dence in one district, cannot legally attend
the schools of another district, merely by 60
| ing in that district to work for their board,
with the intention of attending school, and
returning TO the residence of their parents
when the school has closed.


Christmas day, Washington's birthday
Fourth of July and Thanksgiving Day, are
| legal holidays, and when these occur on an
ordinary school day, they are TO be observed
/ by closing school, and the teacher is to write
on the rool book the name of the holiday, in
the column under the proper date. and count
the day as if school had been open, Ifother
holidays are taken without the consent of
the proper board, the time is to be made up,
at the end of the term.


School directors elected next spring will
not be entitled 10 vote at the coming election
for County Superintendent, which takes place
the first Monday in May, 1866. The terms
of school directors commence on the frs,
Monday in June, and therefore only those
now in Office can vote.


A receipt given by Collector for State
County or school tax paid does not require a
revenue stamp An order drawn upon the
treasurer of a Board requires no stamp
but receipt given by person who holds
such order when it is cashed, if for over
$40 must be stamped.
Year: 1866

( 1 found IT here-a WOrn-ont shoe,
All mildewed with time, and wet with dew
'Tis little thing ye would pass it by
With never a thought, or word, or sigh;
Yet it stirs in my spirit hidden well,
And in eloquent tones of the past doth tell.
1t tells of the little fairy child
That bound my heart with a magic wild,
Of bright blue eyes and golden hair,
That ever shed JOY and sunlight there
Of a prattling voice, so sweet and clear,
And the tiny feet that were ever near.
1t tells of hopes that with her had birth,
Deep buried now in the silent earth;
Ola heart that had met an answering tone,
That again is left olone-alone!
Of days of watching and anxious prayer
OF a night of sorrow and dark despair.
It tells Of form that is cold and still
Off little mound upon yon hill,
That is dearer far TO a mothers heart
Than the Classic "statues of Grecian art,"
All! strangers may pass with careless air,
Nor dream of the hopes that are buried there.
o We, who have never DER loved ones wept-
Whose brightest hopes have never been swept
Like the pure white cloud from the Summer


sky


Like the wroath Of mist from the mountain


high


Like the rainbow, beaming moment here,
Then melting away to its native sphere -
Like rose leaves, loosed by the zephyrs sigh,
Like that zephyr waiting its perfume by
Like the wave that kisses some graceful


spot,


Then passes away-yet it is ne'er forgot.
If like these your life hopes have fled;
Ye cannot know of the teals | shed.
Ye cannot know what little thing
From memorys silent fount can bring
The voice and form that were once dear,
Yet there are hearts were they only here,
That could feel with me, when, all wet with


dew,


/ found it this morning-this little shoe.
Year: 1866

AS the time is now approaching says
the Country Gentleman, when the supply
of ice for the ensuing year is to be Sc
cured, beg leave to give you the expe-
rience of one of our "Clinton Farmers
Club" of Clinton Ohio. His ice-house is
situated on the side of a gravel hill, COW
ering a pit about four or FIVE feet in
height; the sides of the pit are boarded
up, end the drainage is through the grav-
eli. Finding it expensive to haul from
the neighboring ponds and rivers, he last
winter filled his house with snow, after.
the custom prevailing in Switzerland aud
California (for my friend is traveller
simply rolling up in masses, and with q
wheel barrow conveying it to the house
first lining the sides of the pit with straw,
and after it was filed covering the snow
with the same material, thus filing his
house without cost, and securing an abun-
dant supply of good ice for his large fam
lily during the whole summer. The snow
settled down into compact mass, when
the spring and summer heats affected it,
aud portion still remains at the bottom
of the pit, as solid as glacier of the
Alps.
Year: 1866

Poor poet dabbler, save your INK
And learn at least and first TO think,
Nor vainly hope the muses. aid
To have their breathings thus portrayed.
You have not helped yonrse!f, and they
Will never meet you but half way.
II is shame to shock the sense


With such disjointed orm-rail fence,
When poesy as smooth should flow
As glIdes the wind Ger crusted SNOW;
And with a measured pace as true
AS beats that throbbing heart in you.
Ifyout nlu st write do get a friend
To ctilicise and to amend


Before you rush yourself in print
To catch from me pointed hint.
Besides there yet may be time
You'll be ashamed of such weak rhyme
And, if that time should never come,
'Twould still he best if you keep mum.
You see the poets are around,


And they can't stand jarring sound;
Long as these sounds YOU still cfeate
Expect pen lash DER your pate.
Year: 1866

The Boston Journal relates of Portu
guese soldier, recently returned from the
war, that when he went into service, he
could not understand even the military
orders in English, but made a good sol,
dier. Coming to this city, he got into
debt for his board with one of his own
countrymen, and said that when he en-
listed, he received $500 in boun-
ty, which he hid in crevice of his bar,
racks on going to war. His landlord and
others took him about to the several mil
itary camps in the hope that recollec-
ton of the place would enable him to re-
cover the secreted money; and it was not
until friend had provided him with
means of going to New Bedford to ship,
and his missing the way and return, and
that chance led him to New Hampshire


where it proved that he enlisted, and, on
going to the barracks at Concord, he
found his five hundred dollars which had
remained safe for two anda-half years.
Year: 1866

The Old Pittston Bank has now become
fully merged in the First National Bank
at that place. The new Bank has an IN
creased capital and is under substantially
the same management as the former Pittston
Bank.
Year: 1866

A COLLAPSED TowN.-A friend writing us
from the Dalles, draws gloomy picture of the
present appearance of that town. He says that at
a moderate estimate, one-half the buildings on
Main street are unoecupied, and that back from
the business portion of the town, vacant houses
meet the eye at every turn. The stores are do
ing little or no business, and everything indi-
lapse. The largest property holders admit that
they have lost all confidence, and are eudeavor
ing to save the most they can from the general
wreck. 1t is rare indeed, even in the history of
the Pacific coast, to find a town of the import
ance of the Dalles, flicker out so Suddenly, and
the reader will naturally desire TO know why the
collapse? The explanation, VIC presume to be
this: The meR who built up the Dalles and la
bored for the prosperity of the town, hoped to
establish there the grand enrcpot of supplies for
the whole North Pacific coast. For time the
chances were about even as to whether the
Dalles or Portland would occupy this position.
The latter place enjoyed the advantage of pos
sessing capital as also holding the key to the
trade of the Willamette, and with these infu-
ences operating in her favor, it has been appar-
ent for some time that Portland is and must re-
main the emporium of the Northern country
Henceforth there can be nothing that Partakes Of
the spirit of rivalry between those towns. The
superiority of Portland stands an admitted fact.
1t is possible that in the course of the develop
ment of the country, town may spring up at
some point near the mouth of the Columbia that
will'compete with Portland for toe trade of the
Northern country. Whether this is to happen will
mainly depend upon the people of Portland. If
they go to work in the proper spirit of enterprise,
and remove the distractions from the channel of
the river, and having done this, turn their at
tention to direct importNtons, rather than re-
main tributary to San Francisco, they are quite
sure to retain the control of the trade with the
Northern country. They have here a prize worth
contendng for and if they fail to grasp it, it will
be for the lack of enterprise.
Year: 1866

STREET IMPROVEMENTS. - We notice
that property holders on the line of Main
street arc replacing the old riekety side
walks, and introducing something like order
on that important thOroughfare. There is
another improvement that should claim carly
attention. During the breakrup of last week
those who passed along Main street were
compelled to wade through mud in many
instances ankle deep. This is mainly owing
to the bed or centre of the street being lower
than the sides, thus affording no means for
drainage, and leaving the water to stagnate
until such time as a "chnoOk" comes along
and laps itup. TO remedy this condition of
affairs all that is necessary is to fill up the
bed of the street say ten or twelve inches,
and arrange a system of drainage by running
cutters along the line of the side walks. To
effect this improvement need involve the
outlay of a very small amount of means on
the part of the city. The beds of the creeks
that course through our town afford abundant
supplies of gravel-tho very best material
for filling in streets-and with this the work
can be cbeaply and expeditiOusly executed.
Another season should not be permitted to
pass without witnessing the completion Of
the improvement here indicated
Year: 1866

The stranger who desires to obtain, cor
rect idea Of the nature and extent of business
transacted at Walla Walla, has only to visit
the stores of our leading merchants and ex-
anime the of stocks goods on hand. The ex-
tent and variety of these stocks amaze the
newcomer, and it is only after an examine
tion of this kind, that he begins to form a
correct estimate ofthe vast amount of busi-
ness transacted at Walla Walla Take the
stores ofany of our leading merchants, and
no such stocks of goods are to be found north
of San Francisco. We have here not only
larger stocks than are to be found at any Of
the wayside towns below US; but we, also,
have the advantage Of abundant capital,
which enables our merchants TO deal with
their customers on the most liberal terms. In
this regard there can be no comparison be>
tween Walla Walla and the little cutch>pen-
ny towns that seek to contend with US for the
mining trade The center of rich agricul-
tural valley, the development of which is but
Just commenced, there is a stability and firm
ness about our town that is not to be found
at any of the mere "portages," where The
traveller lays over for the night and hastens
away in the morning Here everything
wears an air of solidity, and men Of means
have found it to their advantage to settle
down and make investments. Hence the
superiority of our mercantile establishments,
and the immense stocks Of goods that tempt
the purchaser. A stock of goods which at
other towns we might name, would be con-
sidered respectable, at Walla Walla would
hardly serve for peddler's outfit We res
fer to these matters in n spirit of boasting,
but to the end that traders and consumers
living in the mining districts, ruay understand
at what point they can find the largest stocks
Of goods adapted to their immediate wants
The local trade of the valley and the inn
mense mining trade that centers at Walla
Walla, warrants our merchants in keeping
stocks of goods that are not to be found at
rival points, and hence it is that we are en-
ablcd to offer purchasers inducements not to
be found elsewhere. Anticipating an unuS
sually brisk spring trade, our merchants have
laid in heavier stocks than usual, all of which
they can sell at figures that leave the pur-
chaser no iuducement to 60 below. \ mis-
ners outfit, embracing the various articles of
-four, bacon, sugar, coffee, etc, can be bought
at Waila Walla on better terms than the
same articles can be bought in Portland and
shipped up. Flour to,day, is selling in this
market at lower figures than it is quoted be,
low, and when freight is added, the advan
tage in our favor is fully % per cent. In
wooden and other goods, the only advance is
in the item of freight, and so we might run
through the list, and show to the interior
trader and consumer that We present greater
inducements than are to be found elsewhere


With all these advantages in our favor, We are
abundantly justified in looking forward to
brisk spring trade.
Year: 1866

A SLOW CoACu.-The express on the
lower River appears to be a SLOW coach.
Since the close of navigation there has been
but two through expresses from Portland to
the Dales, and one of them was brought
through by steamer. The same remark will
apply to the mails, only a little more SO,
there having been but one through mail since
the close of navigation. As contrasted with
this slow coach manner of doing business,
all through the winter we have had regular
mail and express communication with the
Boise country, and thence through to Salt
Lake. 1t is by this channel that VIC have
had all all our news, including the Presidents
Message. The difficulties in making the
communication through to Salt Lake are vast
ly greater than on the other route, and yet by
the exercise of energy and enterprise, the
line has been kept open. Our friends of the
Columbia River would do well to take les
son from the energy exhibited by the mana
gers of the overland mail The day for slow
coaches has gone by, and only those who keep
up with the times can expect to succeed.
Year: 1866

When the proposed amendments to the
Constitution were about to be voted on
in the House, as they passed that body,
Mr. Thad. Stevens, in his closing speech,
urged the necessity Of the famous third
section, which was stricken out by the
Senate, saying .s 7
II should be sorry TO hnd
that that provision was stricken out, be-
cause before any portion of this can be
put in operation, there will be, if not
Herod, a worse than Herod, elsewhere, TO
obstruct our actions. That side of the
House will be filled with yelling seces-
sionists and kissing cepperheads GiUe
us the third section or giUe as nothing.
Do not mock us with the pretense of an
amendment which throws the Union into
the hands of an enemy before it becomes
consolidated.


Gentlemen say / speak of party.
Whenever party is necessary to sustain
the Union, / say rally to your party and
save the Union. i do not hesitate to say
at once, that section is there to save or
destroy the Union party, is there to save
or destroy the Union by the salvation or
destruction of the Union party.
Year: 1866

Among the items of foreign news we
find the following I


Mr.. Judah P. Benz jamin was published
as a barrister in the usual form by Sir
Edward Ryan, and the presence of the
gentleman who was so lately in rebellion
against the lawful Government of the
United States excited good deal femo-
ton and curiosity. Vice Chancellor Sir
W. Page Wood was present at the cere-
mony. After his call, Mr. Benjamin
dined at the students table, and at the
close of the dinner-the new made bar
risters being called up by name to the
bar table in order to take the dessert in
the private room of the benchers-upon
the name of Mr. Benjamin being called
there was considerable applause, not,
however, unmingled with very distinct
Kisses. 1t is a somewhat singular circum-
stance that Immediately preceding Mr..
Benjamin was dark-skinned gentleman
from the East Indies, who will be the
late Confederate senior. Some Of the
applause was intended for this gentle


man. Mr.. Benjamin is short, thick.set
man, yerging towards middle age. The
oath Of supremacy and abjuration was
taken by him with the utmost nonchal-
Year: 1866

Mr.. Raymond, of the New York Tig'es,
in lengthy speech in Congress on Mon
day, took occasion to lay down in a con
else form the policy by which the Fede-
raj Government should be administered
with reference to the people lately in re-
bellion and the States Of which they are
citizens. He said the President, by his
wisdom, had left little TO be done in the
way Of restoration yet seven months
had been wasted by Congress in eisputing
how that little was to be done. He ex-
pressed his belief that the true policy
was to be found in observing the follow
iue six points


First To accept the present status Of
the Southern States, and regard them as
having resumed their position Of self
government in the Union.


Second That the House should decide
Year: 1866

on the admission Of Representatives by
districts, admitting none but loyal men
who can take the oath prescribed
q Third To provide by law for giving
the freedmen Of the South the right OF
citizens in courts of law and elsewhere
20 Fourth. To exclude from Federal Off
ces the leading actors in the conspiracy
which led to the rebellion in each State.


Fifth. To adopt such amendments to
thA Constitution as may seem wise to
Congress- and the States, freely and with
out coercion.


- Sixth To take such measures, by the
disposition Of military forces, as will pre-
serve order and prevent the overthrow,
by usurpation or otherwise, Of govern
ment in any State.
Year: 1866




The New York Commercial Adper-
tisr moderate Republican journal,
has the following remarks on the Civil
Rights Bill, vetoed by the President,
and passed over the veto by Congress.


Whatever construction may be
placed upon the sections Of the bill
which bear upon the functions of the
States, 1t is evident that the measure
itself is a stride towards centraliza-
ton, and is, therefore, hostile to the
spirit and plan of our government
Against this manifest tendency Of
majority Of Congress, both willful
and ignorant, the President sets him
self like rock. His sturdy opposi-
ton must make itself felt in the end,
and he will succeed in indoctrinating
the people with ideas by no means
unfamiliar to them, but which have
been covered up and partially oblite-
rated by the hurricane of war"


Truthful and sensible.
Year: 1866

The New Orleans correspondent Of
the Mobile Register thus pokes fun at
the ladies' hats:


This morning every body and his


wife, as they say, is out of doors


Confined for five days to their houses,
ladies have gotten behind hand in
their shopping, and this morning the


streets are thronged with them
Spring colors are displayed for the
first time this season, and notice the
new-fashioned hats out in abundance.
Such q fashion! Women say that
men make sport of all these fashions


when new, but that they gradually
come round and finally advocate them
as much as any body. To this charge
/ can plead "not guilty" 1 have
never yet laughed at single style or
fashion, no matter how much wags


might have cracked their jokes at it,
or smart comic papers made sarcastic
pictures about it; but have taken them
all as a matter Of course, and as no
manner Of business Of mine--but now
/ am struck with amazement at what
seems to me to be the most stupid
thing ever worn upon the feminine
head. 1t is utterly beyond my powers
of description, but the latest style Of
hat demands a passing notice, and l
am at loss how to write about it
intelligibly. 1t is sumner. Take
half sheet Of ordinary note paper and
fasten two broad ribbon strings to the
ends, bring this down over the top of
the head, allowing a portion Of the
sheet to 1aunt out over the waterfall;
trim the whole with roses, flowers,
birds and grasses, and you have the
present style. As I have said, this is
the first fashion that ever struck me
particularly, but l had to laugh out
right at the simple goose / saw wear
ing one yesterday-it was so ridicu-
lous. There was really nothing of it.
In French bookstore down town
there are some pictures from Charipars,
one of which represents little girl
holding a doll with one hand, and
wiping away the tears from her eyes
with the other. At glass stands a
woman-the mother-putting on a
little hat, and Ia pere enters "What
is the matter, little one; you are cry
ing? ?" Yes, papa,' she says, Sob
bingly, mamma has taken my dolls
hat to 90 out to promenade" i can
understand the force of the illusion
after seeing the new style. Oh! this
is too absurd. The coal-scuttle that
adorns the head of fair ancestress of
mine, who lived some centuries ago,
is o far more respectable sight. What
will they not invent nextp They say
o gentleman is well-dressed when he
attracts general attention for his neat
appearance, and when no one can tell
what article of dress It is which at
tracts the most. The rule could not
be applied to the other sex now, for
the first remark is, Goodness! what a
hat !" These little cockle-shells are
plentiful to-day, and as they have
come on with the New York recon-
mehdation, ] dare say they will be-
come popular. N
Year: 1866

RouflCol Toet1ng.


The orthodoxy of the Adrian Es
pos,tor, a. an exponent of Michigan
Republicsnism, will not be ques.
toned. II has usually met the ex.
pectations of the extfeme radical por.
ton of its party. In its comments on
the Governors fast it but expresses
opinions which every fair-minded
man, and every considerate man, how.
ever radical in his opinions he may
be, cannot but endorse. After noting
at some length tho disregard which
was generally paid to the Governors
recommendations in that city, the Er-
pos,tor goes on to say.'nf 3lii loIm &.
THE truth is, tho Governor made
a mistake. There are causes which,
enlisting the sympathies and appeal
ing to the hearts Of the entire people,
irrespective of party, may most ap-
propriately be made the subject Of re-
ligious and devotional exercises. But
such was not the theme of the Gov
ernor's proclamation. 1t cannot be
disguised and should not be denied,
that Governor Crapo's proclamation
is partizan. Every man who, in the
present political posture of the coun-
try does not sympathise with the rad
ical majority in Congress felt himself
insulted by the proclamation. No
farce could be more ridiculous than
to ask Democrats and republicans to
come together in the same church and
pray for the country. They entertain
radically different views a. to the
country's needs. We rejoicingly be-
lieve that very large majority Of the
people are opposed to the policy of
reconstruction which President john
son is so obstinately endeavoring to
enforce. Nevertheless large minor
ity Of the people firmly believe in and
uphold that policy; and we have too
good an opinion Of human nature to
assail those who happen to disagree
with us, as recreant TO justice and lib
erty, and actuated by disloyalty and
wicked motives. If the spirit Of Gov
ernor Crapo's proclamation had been
attempted to be carried out in all tho
of the State yesterday, it
would inevitably have given rise to
schism and dissension of the most Bit
ter and implicable character. We
should have deprecated such an at
tempt, and are glad that the practical
common sense of the people prevented
the mischief which Governor Grape
did not intend, but which the tenor Of
his proclamation was well calculated
to produce. We sincerely hope that
no future Governor of opposite poll
tics to ourselves, may make Governor
Crapo's blunder precedent for invit-
ing US to pray aud fast for the success
of principles which we repudiate and
a cause which we deplore."


A very sensible view of the subject.
Let us never have repetition Of this
unfortunate and hypocritical-for all
such attempts cannot be regarded as
otherwise than hypocritical-attempt
so introduce the religious sentiments
Of the people into the rervice Of q
party warfare. Let this attempt be
so thoroughly condemned that no ex-
ecutive Of any party shall ever again
make this mistake"