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Year: 1866

Ilean upon my window sill
And gaze into the night,
To watch the swiftly falling snow,
Enshroud the earth in white.
love to watch the downy flakes
Like chrystals in the air,
They hide the rough and barren ground
And make all nature fair.
The school-boy's shout with merry glee
AS home from school they go,
And hail the winters welcome sign,
The falling of the snow.
1t seems so very strange to me
And others too ween-
Thai aged men are discomfort
When Wintry skies are seen.
But when we've passed from youth TO age
lis then we all shall know,
Why aged men are discomfort
To see the falling snow.


NED. EUGENE.
Year: 1866

When the sun withdrew his light from
the Cross and all nature shuddered at
the scene, it was not, as appeared, a
triumph of malice, but of goodness and
love. The power of evil seemed to kill
the innocent and just, when it only
wounded itself to death.


1t were easy to draw illustrations of
benefcent divine agency in human af-
fairs, from sacred and profane history.
and apply the lessons they furnish to
individual life in the present, as afford
ing occasion for reverent trust, patient
submission, hopeful endeaVor, and joy
full anticipation, but on this day of ma
tional thanksgiving and praise, it
would be inexcusable to forget the il
lustration of the truth in our national
experience, or to fail to draw inspira-
ton from it, combined with admoni-
ton, in reference to the future that
appears before us a nation.


1t is said that in gratitude for the
cheering intelligence that was brought
to him by young lady in Washing
ton, Of an appropriation by Congress
Year: 1866

PoETICAL AND CoNvIvIAL.-At one Of the
recent feies in honor of the nuptials of our
great hearted and gala Mt friend, Gen. Frank
Cheatham, the following impromPtu lines
were recited over toastby fellow-soldier,
whose deeds upon the field are only more
conspicuous than his merits as scholar.
writer and gentleman. In days gone by
he won merited distinction through these
columns as the keenest satirist and ablest
critic of the day; subsequently we had
many heroic actions of his to record; and
now, when we present him in the peaceful
character of genial and witty guest at a
marriage feast, we feel assured that he will
prove no less welcome. Neater, sweeter or
more appropriate verses never appeared
than the following:
Year: 1866

Here's health to the Brave and the Fair,
To glory and beauty combined,
To charms SO attractive and rare,
To the laurel and myrtle entwined.
Though man in his pride may proclaim
He reigns in his grandeur alone;
His deeds can but win bright name,
For woman to wear as her own.
THIS the name our hero achieved,


On the fields of his glory and fame,
Is by Beauty from Knghthood received,
As tribute she justly may claim
But the laurels which CBivalry won


Never fourished so freshly now,
When thus wreathed in bright garlands upon
Her fair and majestic young brow.
And amid the green laurel's bright hue,
How modest the violet shows;
While her virtues his pathway viii strew
v ith the fragrance and bloom of the rose.
Then, health = Fair and the Brave
They viii live our hearts and in story;
Adjoining the name which he gave,


In the blending of beauty and glory.
NASHVILLE, March, Is, 1866.
Year: 1866

The first year of married life is a most
important era in the history of the husband.
and wife. Generally, as it is spent, so is
almost all subsequent existence. The wife
and husband then assimilate their views
and desires, or else conjure up their dislike.
and SO add fuel to their prejudices and ami
mosities forever afterward.


81 have somewhere read, says Rev. Dr.
Wise, in his Bridal Greeting" ''of a
bridegroom who gloried in his eccentrici-
ties. He requested his bride to accompany
him into tie garden a day. or two after their
wedding. He then threw line over the
roof Of their cottage Giving his wife one
end of It he retreated to the other side and
exclaimed:


tPull the line!''


81 can't,'' she replied.


.'Pull with all your might" shouted the
whimsical husband. etw


But in vain were ali the efforts of the
bride to pull over the line, so long as the
husband held on the opposite side. But
when he came around and both pulled at
one end, it came over with great ease.


''There," said he, as the line fell from the
roof, "you see how hard and Intellectual
was our labor when wepulled in opposition
to each other, but how easy and pleasant ii
is when we both pull together. It will be
SO, my dear, through life-if weact together
it will be pleasant to live. Let us, there
fore, always pull together" -


In this illustration, homely as it may be,
there IS sound philosophy. Husband and
wife should mutually bear and concede, il
they wish to make home retreat of Joy and
bliss. One alone cannot make home hap
py. There must be union of action, sweet
ness of spirit, and great forbearance and
love in both husband and wife, to secure
the great end Of happiness in the domestic
/ circle.
Year: 1866

The Washington correspondent of the
New York World says there are large
number of Republicans who are dissatisfied
with Thad. Stevens as leader, and who
have expressed a willingness to try and see
if some plan Of adjustment cannot be ar
ranged. They do not like the look of things,
and their ansthemas are loud and deep
against the mon whe have led them.
Year: 1866

SoNACSs


Put into nice porcelain or brass ket'
tie any desired quantity of water, sweet


en- with pure white sugar; when boiling,


throw into it either whole or stoned


peaches as desired Let these also boil


to certainty, when, with prong or


fork fill one bottle with the fruit, after


wards covering with the boiling fruit.


Let the bottle be quite full, cork and
seal, or cover with the lid Immediately,
completing one bottle at time. As the
fruit is exhausted in the kettle, more
should be added, also some boiling wa
ter from the tea kettle, and sugar as the
supply otjuice diminishes. Be careful to
season the bottles with warm water be-
fore filling with the boiling fruit, OF you
will be very likely to crack many of
them. 1t will be of no use feryou to
allow the fruit to remain in any bottle,
hover slightly flawed or cracked, as the
contents will not keep. In such case
the fruit should be returned to the ket-
tie, brought to boil and placed in
perfect bottle; but there is no necessity
for cracking or injuring one in ten thous-
aud. Do not allow yourself to be more
than few seconds in filling and COM
pleting entirely each bottle. Care should
be taken not to place, after filling and
while hot, near to any very cold sub
stance-for instance, on a cold plate,
marble, stone shelf, table, or against the
cold wall, and in no case sprinkle with
cold water. Any one understanding the
principle of heat and cold will perceive
Immediately the common sense of these
directions.
Year: 1866

Saws the Boston CUltiUdt0r: The sub


iect OF deep and thorough drainage, with
reference to all kinds Of lands, dry, not
less than clay soils, is one now attract
ing considerable attention, not talf so
much, however, as it deserves, for it un-
ouestionably lies a; the foundation of
all thorough aud successful cultivation
and permanent Improvements. The two
serious objections 10 this, are the high
prices demanded for labor, and the low
prices of lands. Hence, few, aside from
those popularity denominated fancy farm
ers, will engage in draining uplsnds-
for it is hard to persuade them even to
drain swamp-lands Much good weald
be done should every farmer who fences
his ground with stone Walls dig trench
four feet deep the width Of the wall aud
fill il ND to the surface of the ground
with field stone and then build the wall
thereon, and it will have good fouuda.
tiop. which will serve also as a good
drain, and tue loan taken out may be
used for numerous economical purposes


such as will suggest themselves to the
euterprising farmer. But as farmers de-
eide generally, that deep drainage will
not nav, it may be as we'll to consider
whether it pays to farm without drain


ing We are Of the opinion that it will
not The frat thorough step of perma
n,ut improvement in farming in New
Enpland and the Middle States is deer
AID thorough draining, Soil thus fitted
for fiIlage, is not only more pleasant tc


work, but it renders labor and fertilizer!
vastly more remuneratIye TO the hus-
bandmen. Whether this shall be done
is only question Of time. Its utility
and necessity are beyond question


among nearly all intelligent farmers


If any doubt, let them experiment or
Year: 1866

nj Tin and Sheet Iron Ware, and dealer in
Cooking and Hoating Stoves, No l3 Main
Street, Wheeling, West Virginia


! would respectfully call The attention OF the
public TO my large and select stock OF copper
Cans and Can Tops.


Job work oil all kinds will receive my per
sonal attention,


OH Well Casing and Sand Pumps made to or
ty2l
Year: 1866

| ~ There is not a civilized nation


OH the face of the earth that would


not joyfully accept the Southern


States as a part of its domimOns


and grant them equal rights with
their own people; nor one that
would not feel its strength and power
dOubled by the acquisition. Their
immense and fertile territory, the
grand and wonderful heroism of
their people, their astonishing capa-
bilitieS for producing wealth, the
fidelity of their people to their
pledges, make not only the territory,
but the people who inhabit it, valu-
able beyond all calculation. Yet
the blind and fanatical JacObins who
rule this nation propose to erect that
vast and valuable domain into
negro colony, and expel from it its
heroic, cultivated, hospitable and


magnanimous inhabitants. Was
there ever such reckless intatuatiCn
since the confusion of tongues at the
tower of Babel !-LouiSriHe Courier.
Year: 1866

re- One day during last week two
women made sensation on a train
going to Hartford from New Haven,
by trying to "dead head" a four
teen year old boy through by con-
cealing him beneath their skirts.
Unluckily for them, they left their
tickets ON the seat aud sat down on
them, and when the conductor came
along they had to get up to find
them, and thus disclosed the dodge
All the spectators roared with laugh.
ter, and the women wilted with
shame.
Year: 1866

EEA painter carried a bill TO a law.
yer once for payment. The lawyer
after examining it said; ado YOU


think any painters win ever go to
Heaven, if they make such charges as
these ," 81 never heard OF but ono
who went" said the painter, land
he behaved so bad that they deter
mined to turn him out, but there
being no lawyer present to draw up
a writ OF ciectmcnt, he remained
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 forcash, we can afford to sell cheap, and are determined to do so, Give us call, and satisfy yourself. that our stock IS as We represent it, and that we will do as we say. apr7-
Year: 1866




A correspondent writing from Vienna,
the capital of Austria, relates the follow
ing concerning the burial customs Of the
imperial family. We had stepped into
one of the churches to see the splendid
tomb erected by Canova to the remains Of
Queen Christiana, Of Sweden, when we
were told that in an adjoining chapel was
to be seen the hearts Of all the deceased
members of the royal family. So, fol.
lowing our guide through dark passage
down pair of stairs, into What was call.
ed the Lorette chapel, we were permitted
to look through an iron grating into
circular cell, where on two shelve:
were ranged ffty-four hearts, each con
taincd in silver vase or urn,and arrang
ed in the order of decease. The urn,
we're of different sizes-the one contain
ing the heart Of Maria Theresa being
nearly twice as large as any of the 9th
ers. We we're told that when any one o
the reigning soyereigns die, the heart i
tput in this curious collection in the eel
under the church, and the bodies commit
ted to another church in the city and th'
intestines to another.
Year: 1866

"WHo'LL CARE FoR MoTHER Now2"
A fellow says he heard fashionable
young lady squalling this popular air
with all the improvements, and that, to
satisfy little curiosity be had, he took a
step around the corner of the house, and
there he saw mother drudging over the
wash. tub. He came away satisfied that
the singer did not care for smother.s How
hard this joke hits many households.
Year: 1866

IL \ NUTSHELL. Here is the whole matter in a
nutshell. We sh0nld like to have some of the Radi-
Gals solve the problem set forth so briefly and
pointedly


''The Southern States either had the right TO
withdraw from the Union, or they had hot the right
If they had the right, the Federal Government had
no authority to compel them to remain in If they
had not the right they still States in the Union
and entitled to repl leSentation.


If they had the right to withdraw from the Union.
then their no binding force in the Constitution.
If Congress declare that they did go out. they
must lind their authority outside of the Constitution
and the result of the war. 1t seems to that Con.
gress should have considered the Southern States
as in the Union and admitted such representatives
as were qualified under the Constitution and laws to
seats, excluding all who had become disqualified
by participation in the rebellion except in cases
like that of one of the Senators from Tennessee
where the test oath was waived by the Senate
The right of either house TO Judge of the election
and qualification of its members. is unquestioned.
The right to hang traitors is also unquestioned.
Bat the right to punish States belongs to the war
mower.
Year: 1866

SUMNER MANAGEMENT OF THE GRAPE.-Manv
cultiyatorS act if they thought that when the
vine properly set in suitlbe soil with the ne
cessary treliis, no summer management Is neeessa-
ry. and the vine is allowed to grow at ramdon-a
mass of tangled branches and foiiage-until the
annual winter pruning comes round when perhaps
some expert is hired to take away the superincum-
bent mass and bring the thing into some kind of
shape. No vine will ever produce fruit fit for
Summer pruning is much more necessary than
winter, if would have fruit ripen sufficiently to
he palatable. As soon as the grape is far enou gh
developed, which is usually about the middle OF jane
| commence cntting or pinching away the young
shoots leaving two or three lunches of fruit on
the side shoot and one leaf beyond the last buneh;
these shoots having no fruit generally cut away
entirely. This is to be followed up about once
week, during the growing season, which usually
ends upon bearing vines the last of August. This
throws the whole strength OF the vine into the fruit
and produdes large, will-ripenei branches | have
never had any difficulty in ripening any of the com
mon kinds in general cultivation; even the Catawba
has, since adopted the system Of through summer
pruning. ripenel perfectly here. With my mode of
training on wires, with canes abopt two feet apart


this will be found a very simple process; and though
taking much time and labor when the vineyard Is
extensive il is the only true way to have fine fruit


No person should ever engage in the cultivation OF


grape extensively without giving il all the atten-
non required. and if he has not the time or dis


position. should not embark in grape growing.
Year: 1866

a correspondent OF the st. Louis Re
publican writes FROM Brazil The following
interesting facts concerning the growth of
the banana in that country:


'The most wonderful production of this
and all tropical countries, in my estima-
ton, is the banana aud its congener, the
p1antain. We have half dozen varieties
each with peculiar flavor and qualities
Some grow only eight or ten feet high,
others twenty. The stalks are from six to
twelve inches thick, but almost as soft and
succulent as celery. Each of them bears
one bunch Of bananas, and one only, when
IL IS cut down with stroke of the 'espada'
to secure the fruit and to give place to
other stalks; and thus they grow aud ri.
pen perpetua'ly all the year round. A
great traveller has calculated that the plan
tain on one acre Of grounl, will produce as
much food as one hundred and thirty-three
acres Of wheat or forty-four acres of po,a.
toes. The fruits constitute the principal
reliance of the poor, and is luxury to all,
1t is good raw, roasted, baked, and indeed
in every form, and equally relished by all
domestic fowls and ANIMALS; many devoar
fruit, leaves, stalks and all, with the great
eat avidity.


The banana, requires but single plant
ing for alifetime-putting in the ground
single sprout or shoot from the banana
patches, at n distance of twenty or thirty
feet from each other, and Oh ground that
is always calculated to spare for that pur-
pose, because it is impossible to exlirpate
the root. The one stalk gives mcre-
springing out from the sides in the ground
perpetlalIy Iy-and in a few years covering
the intervening snsces, till the whole sur
face becomes q forest Of fruit and foliage,
with scarce room to pass through the cool
over hanging arches. A banana Or bah
ana patch is beautiful sight, with the
stalks and their produce in all stages OF
perfection the brond leaves waving ia the
breeze and tanning in the lazy repose,
while the bodies of the trees bend under
their lucious burdens, and would often
break down wi.L the weight, except from
neighboriug support. There are hundred
or two of bananas on bunch, like grapes.
and the punches are generally as much as
stout man can carry. They should al.
ways be cut as soon as the fruit is matur-
ed-but while the skin is yet greenland
hung up in the shade TO turn yellow, which
improves the flavor. 1t takes about year
for stalk and fruit to mature from the first
planting, but then there is never any more
trouble with the crop, scarcely any hoeing
or wedding. no culture only 'slay and eat
Certainly it is the greatest boon ever bes.
.owed on the indolent tropics. A native,
swirgiug in his hammock, with bunch of
ripe bananas hanging on one side, and
smouldering fire on the other, by which be
may light his little cigar without getting
up, is most perfect picture of content
ment.
Year: 1866

THE Eplantersof South Carolina, like chose
of Louisiana, are taking active measures to
prevent all leasing of land TO negroes. A
resolution lately adopted at a meeting OF
landowners, says: "It is the sense Of this
meeting that any landowner renting land to
negroes, to be worked free from the control Of
himself or some responsible agent, is in the
present condition of the negroes of this dis
trict, pursuing a course ruinous to them and
highly detrimental to the peace Of the COM
munity and the interests Of whites; that we
bind ourselves not to infringe the letter and
spirit of these resolutions, and to discourage
the Infringement by others as far as our in
huence extends.
Year: 1866

THE Committee appointed by the Mary
land State Convention to address the Legis-
lature relative to the restoration of rights of
distinguished voters appeared before it on
Friday. The Hon. Montgomery Blair, its
Chairman, delivered an address pertinent to
the objects of their mission and expressive
of full appreciation of the consideration
and respect extended by the Legislative
bodies in their Official capacity.
Year: 1866

We have been permitted, says the Cincin-
natl Enquirer, by friend who has lately re-
ceived private letter from the distinguished
Confederate General, Longstreet to make the
following extract from it. Its tone, coming
from such source, ought to convince even
the most sceptical of the disposition of the
South to accept, frankly and honestly, the
results of the war; and it should shame
those who, from party heat, refuse to allow
that section of the country to resume its old
relations with the Union. General Long
street says:


81 see that some of the public men of the
North are still inclined to doubt our loyalty
at the South, and to hold us in our present
condition for further guarantees. What can
we do to satisfy them? We are willing and
anxious to do any thing that is wanted of us,
provided we are allowed to get on some con-
stitutional platform. / do moi suppose that
there are a thousand men in the South who
think differently from myself on this sub
ject: and have some doubts whether there
are as many as that who would leave the
Union to-day, if they were offered the
choice to go out or return upon terms o
euuality' sts- SIS l-s
Year: 1866

- a3lh JEFF Davis.


New YORK, September 14-The Herald S
Washington special says In a previous
dispatch I understood there was good reason
to believe that in a few days JEFF. Davis
would be released on parole. or bail l
received my information from. a high official
who possesses excellent facilities for learn
ing. the Presidents, views and intentions on
such subjects The announcement created
quite a hutter among the politicians, and
several very Influential ones favorable to the
Presidents restoration policy ~Yentured to
call on him to ascertainJsif the. announce
ments were we'll founded They urged the
President to defer any action in the matter
TIL after the fall elections, reminding him he
was already accused of sympatbizing with
rebels, and abusing the pardoning power,
and assuring him that the release of the
head rebel at this time would be handled by
the Radicals in the present campaign with
a powerful effect, and greatly impair the
chances of the party now laboring to elect
to Office men who would support his, the
Presidents, policy This have on undoubt-
ed authority, F-r - :. .,e,r;-a.--t ~.


The President replied that many distin-
.guished and loyal gentlemen frem both the
North and South had appealedstpshi him for
the release of, JEFF Davis, and had presented
several considerations which made a favera-
bic impression on his mind why Davisshould
not be held any longer IN confinement; and
that he had said tO7them thar if from any
fault of the court or the proper officers of
the Government jeff Davis should not be
brought to trial in October, he should not,
from any reason then known to him, deem it
his duty to hold the prisoner for another day.
But in giving the friends of Davis this as
surance he had anticipated the action Of the
court, and had not appointed any time for
Davis release IN the event Of his not being
tried He declared that he had from the
first desired to have Davis tried for treason,
and had used such influence and authority
as he possessed to have the trial take place
at an early day, but if there should be any
farther delay in bringing on the trial, he be-
lieved that neither the interests of the coun-
cry nor his duty demanded that he keep the
prisoner longer in custody. He also stated
that he was unable to perceive that the re-
lease of Davis ON parole or bail would
furnish the Radicals with a valuable weapon,
but that he believed the masses, if there
should be further unnecessary delay IN
bringing him to trial, would approve of his
being conditionally released.


1t is well understood in the best informed
circles that Davis will not be tried at the
October term, so that his release may be
looked for soon after, but.not till after that
time Mr. Reed, one of Davis counsel, had
been authorized by the Attorney General to
say to his client that the Government would
direct his Immediate release on the condition
of his leaving the country and never re-
turning, and that Davis Indignantly rejected
|. the offer 1 40
Year: 1866

President johnson arrived IN Washington
City an last Friday, and was met by a vast
multitude of friends who had assembled for
the purpose of welcoming him to the White
House again. Being called on to make a
speech, he SAID -


Fellow-citizens For the demonstration
you tender me upon my return home to as
sumo the discharge of my Official duties you
viii please accept my heartfelt thanks. Such
a welcome from the people who have been
the daily witness of the manner in which [
have DISCHARGED my duty, is peculiarly graft
flying All can promise you for the future
is that Il VIII be 8 eontIaua1ce of my con
duct IN the past I have tried to discharge
my official duties, in compliance with the
Constitution and the principles which
deemed to be right. 4 ygll1 state that the SEN
timents you exhibit tonight one not peculiar
to yourselves, but is that whichsp peFFades the
country wherever I have been