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Year: 1866

part, the general rule between mer-
chant and merchant is, to compound
Immediately, the creditors allowing
the debtor. to retain, not only. such
property as is exempt under the insol-
vent law, but also, suficicncy OF
property besides to put him on his feet
again and make him prisoner fhope:
Why, I earnestly ask, should not the
like rule of conduct obtain toward and
among those who have been engaged
in agricultural pursuits, and who owe
their present circumstances to the ac-
ton of government and not to any
fault of theirs?


Is it true that the vocation of MEL
chant is more important to the country
than that of the farmer or planter or
is it true that there is anything in the
vocation of merchant better calcula-
ted to liberalize it's follower than there
is in. the noble and independent busi-
ness of studying and developing the
productiyeness Of mother earth L
trow not.


In what I have said to you do not
mean to be understood as having init
mated, in the remotest degree, any
opinion as to what extent, if at all,
contracts based in whole or part, upon
slave property, have been affected in
law by the action Of Government in
abolishing the institution. Nor DO l
mean to be understood as intimating
that there are not many debts, where
the debtor is amply able to respond,
looking to the origin of the credit CIV
en-, which may not be compounded
upon principles Of natural equity
I do however desire it to be under
stood that, in my judgment, ca uni
versal reputation of dcbts," even if
allowable under the Constitution of
the United States and the Constitution
of the State of Georgia, would be both
unwise and unjust. Republication is
one thing-the compounding of 9 debt
upon fair and equitable principles by
the parties, upon the data given you
in the foregoing remarks, is another,
and very different thing.


My sole object, gentlemen, in pre-
senting these views to you, 1 say to you
in all sincerity, has been, that they
may 60 to your people with your en-
dorsement, (if you accord, and be a.
dopted by them as their rule Of con-
duct in this perilous crisis. If your
body can suggest any better plan Of
relief you will have put the country
under lasting debt ofgratitude.
Year: 1866

The Report Of tho Secretary OF The Treasury eommends
itself with unusual force 10 all business men, II Ieefae'
the declarations Of his famous Fort Wayne speech and ha
previous official statements fully and be takes bold ground
in favor Of specie payments, which he thinks can
be reached by July, 1863, or after the maturity
and funding Of the Z3O notes it win be seen that he
asks no new power for funding concerned, out is Of
opinion that the egaenders should be Withdrawn fasteT
than the law at present allows in regard to an expansion
of National Bank currency, he Is equally sound He
recognizes the Of the South but would SUP F them
by taking from the North currency used by them II
violation Of the distribution made dungthe earlier history
Of the Bank law His recommendation that the banks
be made 10 redeem their issues practically Is one that
Congress should heed.


Atlthe London Stock Exchange the following were the
Year: 1866

The American hardware manufacturers should
Immediately forward to this city the informa-
ton necessary to the framing OF the Tariff bill, to
make it sufficiently protective of their interests
Strange to say, the facts and figures thus far
principally furnished have come from the hands
OF a man who is an American, indeed, but turns
out to be an agent of the Birmingham and Shef.
field manufacturers. Our hardware makers
should hurry I'D,
Year: 1866

1t is in contemplation to build new and
costly executive mansion on the high grounds
east of the Capitol, and. turn the White House
INTO a proof building for the State Depart
ment. 1t was for that purpose leave was asked
Today to bring in joint resolution directing
the proper committees to make reconnaissance
tor a site
Year: 1866

Tn, Irsr or CosvErIcs.-A lady in this
c;tv and one somewhat noted tor her beau
tv of complexion, noticed few days since,
the sudden appearance upon her person OF
GREAT numbers of pimples, like groups OF
little volcanoes, which threatened to cover
her beautiful neck and arms with patholo
pical arabesques. Under the advice of a
nbvsician. whom she had called in, she or
dered medicated bath and with the hes
itation of woman Of delicate nerves, she
gradually submerged her person. Scarcely
however, had the sulphurous wave envel-
oped her form, ere, from head to foot, the
delicate white of her person was changed to
Ethiopean bronze. Ignorant Of the fact that
the change of color was due to her almost
daily habit of whitewashing herself, so to
speak, from head to foot, and fearful lest
the sudden transformation OF her person was
due to an attack of the cholera, she again
hastily summoned her physician, who, when
he arrived, could hardly preserve his grav-
ity on Witnessing the changed appearance of
his patient.


" Madame" said he, with all the gravity
he could summon, - be not alarmed YOU
are not i'll; you are only remarkable
chemical product. You are no longer
woman; you are sulph'ret. 1t is not now
a question of medical treatment which |
have in my hands; but a simple chemical
reaction which must bring about. | shall
anaiyze you. l shall submit you to a bath
of sulphurc acid, diluted with water. The
acid will have the pleasure to combine with
you-will take up the metal and sulphur
with which you are so plentifully covered,
and will produce a sulphate We shall then
find, as precipitate, very pretty woman"
Fair DANES, let this incident serve YOU as a
lesson-never use a white powder which has
a metallic base.-Hiaing and Scientific
Press
Year: 1866

RECIPE FOR QUARREL WITH A WIFE
Wait until she is at her toilet. preparing to
go out. She will be sure to ask if her bon
net is on straight Remark that the lives OF
nine tenths Of the women are passed in
thinking whether their bonnets are straight,
and wind up the remark with, you never
knew but one woman who had any common
sense about her. Wife will ask you who
that was. You with a sigh will reply:


''Oh you never mind. :"


Wife will ask you why you did not mar.
ry ber then. You say, abstractly, "Ah
why indeed?"


The climax is reached by this time, and a
regular row is sure to follow.
Year: 1866

A RACE horse having been recently killed
IN South Carolina by lightning, the owner
SAID that there was some consolation in
knowing that nothing but streak of light
ping ever caught him.
Year: 1866

SoME OF YOU CAN'T, AND WE PITY
~ you. You have tried every remedy but the
oNE b destined, by its intrinsic merit to supercede
an similar preparations. it is not surprising you
should be reluctant to try someh ing else after the
many experiments you have made of trashy COM


pounds foised on the public as a certain cure: bu.
Year: 1866

4 PER1LoUs ADvENTURE.-On Saturday
last sailor employed on the schooner Eure-
ka was lost overheard in Lake Ontario The
night was very dark, and the gale so heavy
that the vessel could not stop to pick hinaip,
but was driven irresistbly onward. hhe
man managed to get three boards together,
making a sort of raft. on which he got. and
drenched and benumbed with cold he float
ed for sixteen hours on the surging bosom of
the lake. Meantime the schooner hove to
under a lee shore. and when the gale subsi.
ded she put back in the direction of the
place the man was lost overheard with but
little hope of finding him. however. But he
was discovered not far from the same spot.
floating on his frail raft, the only visible
object in the wide waste of water. Getting
him aboard, the Eureka proceeded on her
voyage to Oswego.


This is at once one of the most periOus
adventures and narrowest escapes from death
which has come to our notice in a long time,
and, indeed, it is but little less than miracu-
lous.-T Toledo Blade.
Year: 1866

\ NOVEL SuTURE.-Dr. Dorat, in a private
letter from Central America says:


| will mention curious case of native
surgery | witnessed short time ago. The
patient had received a severe stab in the
abdomen, from which protruded about half a
yard of intestine and a portion of omentum,
the former having a longitudinal slit about
three inches long. On my arrival | found
an Indian medico had sewed up the wounded
gut with the nippers Of a large ant. The
insect, which is very savage, was taken by
the body and its head presented t. the united
lips of the wound which it bit and held fast
The operator then. by pinch of the fingers
killed the ant, nipping off its body and
leaving its head fixed to the gut. Anothe
and another thus applied. to the number
of 10 or 10, effected this singular suture.-
The gut was then replaced, and, no infiam
nation ensuing. the man recovered speedily
This curious practice is said to be usua
in this part of Central America.
Year: 1866

Bilious Disorders Complaints.


From, DR.. Theodore Bell Of Ne,o Fork City,


Not only your Pills admirably adapted to their pur
pose aperent, but find their beneficial effects upon
the Liver very marked indeed They have in my prac-
tce proved more efectual for the of bilious
plants than any one remedy MENTION / sincerely
rejoice that we have at length purgative which is
thy the confidence OF the profession and the people.
Year: 1866

ADVICE OF AN OLD LADY.-" Now, John. couldn't could a me ps T9 f95 m9tae s% aaer NsyefF tNh o marry Q young woman before you have contrived to happen at the house where she lives at least four or five times before breakfast. You should know how late she lies in bed during the morning, or wheth- CT the morning wash and the towel have robbed her of her evening bloom You should take care to surprise her so that 5ou could see her in the morning dress,

 ala observe how her hair looks when she is lot expecting you. If possible, you shoui1 be where you can hear the morn ing Conversation between her and her mother. # she is in-natured and snap plsh to her lsother, so she will be to you, depend upon it. But if you find her up and dressed neatly in the morning, with the same countenance. the same smiles, the same neatly combed hair, and the same ready, answers to her mother, which char | acterized her department in the evening, and particularly if she is lending . hand to get breakfast ready in good season, she is a prize, John, and the sooner you secure her

 to yourself, the better. .....r
Year: 1866




The Senate, on Friday last, passed the
Civil Rights Bill over tho veto, by a voto of
thirty three to fifteen Three votes more
than the requisite two-thirds, and without
the aid of New Jersey or scovel glorious
triumph, truly, of the great Union party OF
the country, over the johnson faction both
in and out OF Congress. 1t now only awaits
the formal vote of the House to enact it into
a law, despite the veto Such sthe onward
progress of truth and justice TINT men are of
no earthly consequencc-how eminent So
ever they may be-who presume to stand in
the track of humanity and civilization in the
United States in this nineteenth century
Presidents and Secretaries arc endorsed and
supported only as they may act in accordance
with the sovereign will Of the people, and
their 'policy" shall be for the common in
terests of the country at large.


| We trust that those in authority will take
lesson from the events of the past week, as
they have been developed by the public
press and sounded in their ears by the great
union masses everywhere throughout the
land, but more particularly as foreshadowed
by the recent elections in the North and East
The POPULAR HEART BEATS FOR LIBERTY,
UNION AND EQUALITY, AND WOE BE TO
THOSE WHO DARE TO TRIPLE WITH ITS sA
CRED AND EARNEST PuLsATIoNs IN CAUSE
SO HOLY A living power Is at work within
it, and nothing short of the entire redemp-
tion of the Republic from the stain of sla
very, treason, and disunion will quiet its
mighty throbbings. God speed the nation
in the consummation of work so noble, Sc
generous, and SO dear to every patriot heart


The followingi is the vote by which the bill
passed the Senate Notwithstanding the Presi
1 ident,s obiections
Year: 1866

right Judges and it is mean slandet, and
insulting to their personal and judicial char
acter to insinuate for a moment that they
would so disgrace themselves as to come
down to the level of poor Salisbury notions
of honor and justice, and commit moral, If
not legal perjury and suicide.
Year: 1866

The talented author of the Louisville
Cowier's "Town Triaes," lays off the
following small jobs in the "pictur"
way for Harper's artists:


There is no one publication in the Uni
ted States to which the world is more in
debted for correct pictures of the bar
barous and barbarian South, than that
eminently reliable exponent of the civ
ilization" of the age, Harper's Weekly
But we, who want full length portrait
of Secessia have been sorely disap-
pointed at the shortcomings of Harper 8
artists, and believing that all that is ne
cessary to have full justice done the sub
ject is to call the attention of the pro-
prietors of that journal to our grievance,
we here present few subjects that we
would like to have illustrated in the
Weeky:


First We want portrait of that em
inently jealous minister of the gospel
who whipped his little son to death, be-
cause the infantile reprobate didn't prop
erly say his prayers.


Second. We want the portraits of these
Massachusetts schoolmasters who turn
their young lady scholars clothes up
over their backs and apply the birch to
portions of their persons that young la
dies are popularity supposed not to pos
sess


Third. We want the portrait OF the
bright and intelligent young mulatto gem
tleman, who, in search of scientific
knowledge, beat open the heads of two
white ladies in Michigan, the other night,
to see if white trash really possessed
brains.


Fourth. We want the portrait of the
agent of the Freedmen's Bureau in North
Carolina, who stole the rations and cloth
ing intended to fill the stomachs and
cover the nakedness of the negroes.


Fifth. We want the portrait Of that
government official at Memphis whose
desire to elevate himself "above the
common herd led him to abandon his
lawful wife, and live in the odor of
sweetness exhaled from the carcass Of
a negro mistress.


Sixth. We want the portrait of the
United States army officer who drove
about the streets of Shreveport, Louisi-
ana, in company with a negro wench


Seventh. We want the portrait of the
chaplain connected with the bureau, who
tied up his sable parishioners by the
thumbs, because they would not pay
their taxes.


Eighth. We want the portrait of that
eminently patriotic ex-rebel general, E.
W. CAN'T. who ravished his own sister-in-
law, little girl twelve years of age.


Ninth. We want gallery of photo
graphs of the seventy or eighty black
proteges of the bureau, who, the last
New York Police Gazette informed u.s.
have committed acts of such horrible
and brutal violence all over the Northern
States, that it has become unsafe for a
woman to leave her house without an
armed protector.


We have here opened up a fine field
for the getters-up of the cartoons of
Harper's Weekly, and feel satisfied, now
that we have indicated where the " rich
placers " are to be found, that they will
work them to the fullest extent
Year: 1866

ALTHOUGH the balls of the Turkish
Embassy are said to be the most delight
full in Paris, the psehas have not yet
made progress enough in western civili-
zati to ask ladies' to dinner
Year: 1866

D9We are glad to note the successful pro gress of the Commercial College in Bridge port, which the following notice in the Stand ard indicates.

 We are pleased to chronicle from time to time the rapid advancement of the Conner cial College in this city. Its enterprislng man agers are determined to maintain their promi. hence over all other institutions and are using every effort to bring it to the notice of all young men desirous of procuring superio, business education. We would advise all who are thinking of attending a college of this kind to give Our Institution the preference.

 Gov. Oglesby, of Illinois. writes the follow ing in reference to Bryant, Stratton & Co.'S Commercial Colleges:

 Il Can again say that their enterprising eff forts to disseminate useful commercial knowl edge deserve the hearty encouragement of she business world. have had occasion to be- come better acquainted with the system and to more heartily approve of and endorse it."
Year: 1866



 Since the first of July change has come over the town, becoming gradually more and more marked up to the present time. Every now and then people ride by in slow uncer- tam way on gay colored horses, others are driven about in small wheeled vehicles of great size and uadulating proportions, boarding mouse pianos play unceasingly, and innumer able light dresses float over our sidewalks all indicating the presence of our summer visi- tors. Their dssipations, so far, are not of a description to shock us. Croqust all day. an occasional hop at night. and now and then an excursion in the dingy picnic. wagon form pretty much all the outward demonstrations j; yet there seems to be much informal enjoy ment, Etch6eld serving as sort of bow win dow into which quiet city people like to step. out of the heat and press, to cool.

 At sunset, the pride of our day, it is never ending source of entertainment to watch the various couples as they traverse the streets en- toying the gorgeous spectacle

 First comes pair courting clumsily after some old-world precedent; then dashing young person charging down in the open field on the adversary whose arm she takes, confidently then passes nice insidious soul stealing into the heart of the companion whose arm she touches lightly, dangerously; while here and there move along staider couples, walhinGuaG1i1Esag together in the calm confidence ofl at has stood the wear and tear of life.

 Not the least characteristic are our Sunday l evenings, when the streets are at their fullest and the elms and moonlight seem to coax every living thing out into the open air. Just before day turns to dusk happy change brings the Episcopal Church together, and as the darkness is adding solemnity to it's closing services the eye often wanders to the chancel window whose colors deepen and soften in the twilight. as the harsh old Jewish dispensation melted into Christianity, and 1t times it takes an | almost human expression, that of kind face growing soft and sweet as it transmits the light from friendly heart beneath. As the evening closes in the piety of the village seems no longer to fear melodious expression bu waxes sonorous, hymns and semi-spiritual song' going up on every side, while as we wend oul way home the last object on which the ey, dwels is the old Congregational Church shin ing out grandly in the moonlight, like man! another good Puritan deed in this naught! world. ... = An exceedingly interesting game of Bas Ball was played here on Saturday between l the Mechanics Club of Wolcottville and tn Dutton Club of this place resulting in the sue
Year: 1866

In letter written by the. chief editor of the New Haven Register to- his paper from Canada we find the following. ,1 l''' -lt

 "We met, accidentally, with Hon. John c. Breckinridge, (who happened to be day here with some friends,) and with whom we spent pleasant half hour. He is in splendid health and condition, Q little bronzed by ex- posture, a few more gray hairs than when we last met him, seven or eight years ago-but the same noble demeanor, the same polished gentleman, He hopes, with us, for the early re-establishment of real peace and unity, and brighter days for the Republic. We trust it will not be long before he is permitted to re turn to his native State, and to councils sohich his statesmanship adorned; for think as you may of his part in the late disastrous war, land with him it was an honest part.) he has few superiors among the men of his age, in either section. He bears his exile like man with becoming dignity. s,. s:e.- Now if there is man whom the people of the United States can never forgive it is John Breckinridge; His treason has no psllia- ton; he stole out of the Senate of the United States into the Confederate army long after the war began, not being led into crime but leading others into it, fighting in cause which left him no excuse for his double treason against his State and against his country. And yet the above article discloses the hu- initiating fact that there is something infinite ly below John Breckenridge. That old ser vile spirit winch led the Register to betray the patriotic Douglas in 1860 reasserted itself when the Chief Editor found himself once more in the presence of his master. One thing, however, is here unwittingly cleared up. We think we now understand the old Southern contempt of everything Yankee and we freely admit that if there had not been . very differ. ent breed of New Englanders from the Editor of the New Haven Register, MT Breokinridge would not now be an exile in Canada.
Year: 1866

ssympathize with the stern Congressional m a Joritles At the very worst the delegation will stand as it does in the present Congress with, reasonable chances for two out of three of the o'stricts now represented by the opposition.
Year: 1866

we are welcomed by acquaintances and friends into our new business, is that from our old schoolmate the Editor of the Chicago R R Gazette. We might easily turn the tables on on him with. old musical and school remin,s- cences of the times when we looked up to him with all the enthusiasm of school-boys admi. ration; but it would hardly be fair 50 near oul old home, and we must rest content with with thanks for the kind remembrance and for the spicy sheet he always sends us.
Year: 1866

General Frank P. Blair, of Missouri,
one of the few Republican politicians
who distinguished themselves by per-
sonal gallantry in the war, has lately
written a letter to a meeting in St
Louis, in which he gives utterance to
the following magnanimous and gene
rous sentiments. He says in speaking
of the Radicals:


"Such persons are most persistent in urg-
ing measures Of unnecessary harshness and
indignity, in order 10 irritate and goad our
vanquished opponents into acts of resist
ance which viii justify the infliction of
still greater cruelty. If those brave and
unfortunate people could only be driven by
their insults and contumely TO such acts, it
would fiji the soul of their malignant per
secutors with unspeakable JOY and satisfac
tion, because it would afford the pretext
they seek, to deny to the Southern people
the rights of freemen and free States.
These JacObins feel and know that it is ne
cessary to disfranchise the white race at
the South as afording them their only
chance Of retaining power and position.


What civilized nation on earth would
hesitate an instant, II the opportunity Otier-
ed, to incorporate with themselves the
brave and heroic people Of the South, whose
fortitude and endurance, in q mistaken
cause, challenge the admiration and re-
pect Of the world? Would France OF Eng
land, or any ether civilized power, hesitate
to give such men the full and equal rights
accorded 10 all other citzens2 Would not
those nations be most happy to claim, as
their own, such men as Lee and Johnston
and host of Others, and to confer upon
these living heroes the rewards which
genius and courage have always command
ed2 Would they fail to honor and cherish,
as part Of their own glory, the memory Of
that iliustrious throng of the dead, led by
Stonewau Jackson Their fame belong TO
our name and nation, and their survivors,
animated by an equal courage and devotion,
ard inspired by what we hope and believe
is a better cause, Will hereafter contribute
equally with the noble spirits Of the North
70 the renown Of our great Republic


Fellow-citizens, those who wish we'll to
the country, and would secure its greatest
happiness, can have no higher aspiration
than that the peace you celebrate may be
perpetual. With respect, yours,


FRANK ?. BLAIR"