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Year: 1866

SEVERE But JUsT.-Ths Boston Trav-
eller speaking of the breaking up Of the
Cabinet, says of the members who are
expected to stay in:


The members of the Cabinet who re-
main are its least respectable members.
McCulloch is an old bunker, and small
bunker, and no more fit to have charge
of the finances of great nation than a
raw lapdsman to command one OF our
steam frigatss. Welles remains because
he likes the pay of his place. He never
left an Office that would yield him farth-
ing, and it would kill him surely were
he even to dream of having lost the ghost
of counterfeit three cent postal note.
He stays in for his salary. and be would
have done the same hsG the President
taken a course the very reverse OF that
which be resolved npon. Seward is mean
and malignant. and has been employed
ever since the summer Of 1860 in striving
for revenge on the men who SO wisely
prevented bis nomination for the Presi-
dency at that time. To seek the Presi-
dency generally makes q man silly. II
has made Seward silly. and something
more; it has made him bsse. He is a
man of mind, and his conduct is one oi
the most painful Of the many evidences
that are citable that men Of high intellec
tual powers can be the most odious OF
creatures. He belongs to that order Of
New York politicians Of whom Aaron
Burr was the first. Martin Van Bureu the
most contemptible, Henry j. Ray ymond
is the smallest. and Willism H. Seward
the worst. He is yet seeking the Presi-
dency. and we shall see him try to trip
up MIR. johnson year or two hence. and
then there will be an end of him; and as
Burr fell because he was an assassin, and
Van Bureu because he was coward, SO
will Seward sink under the enormous
weight OF his meanness.
Year: 1866

a gentleman of our town, a few days since,
engaged to haul freedman, his family and
fleets, from an adjacent farm to a place in
town where employment had been obtained.
This man had, for some time, been sick, and
burden and expense to the worthy and ven
cradle gentleman upon whose place he stayed.
The conveyance arrived, his effects, Ia load
for one horse) tumbled in, and now he comes
forth, ascends the wagon and takes his seat.
But ere the wagon started, his spirit had de-
parted The homeless and pennyless creature
then .nd there was relieved from his misera-
BILE condition on earth. He died ON Tie arago,a.


A question of responsibility, on the part
of the carrier, now arose. Should he put the
dead body off where it was, or should he car
ry it to the party who had engaged the SER
vices of the negro and family, to whom ne had
contracted to convey him? What should he
do? The negro, too, had died on his wagon,
and utterly without means or friends who
had them. The moral responsibility of tho
labor and expense of interment would seem
to devolve either on the party upon whose
place he was, him to whomhe had..engaged to
60, or him that hadhim in charge at the mo-
mcnt Of his death.


It was determined to put him off the wagon
where he was. His burial expenses were
finally realized through the charity OF our
people, sought by one cf his own ra,e.


Truly, the condition Of the negro is now
sad indced.-Sumter Watchman.
Year: 1866

DEATH OF Col. Jouy HAELEsToN Read
The Charleston Daily Neles Of the Sd, saws


';This gentleman. who had arrived in Charles


ton but thi ce or four days ago, ON his way
to Columbia to attend the extra session o


the Legislature, died suddenly on Friday
night, Of disease of the heart. Col Read
represented Georgetown District for ihamy
years in the House Of Representatives. oE this
State with great ability and untiring zeal


and was always regarded as q man Of the
highest character and Influence By the mem
hers of that respectable body. When the
State called upon her sons for help during
the late revelation, he nohIy responded, and
went out as the captau Of a company, and
at the close OF the war was one of the fed
officers CT his regiment. In private life he
was urbane, hospitable, generous and kind


being one Of those who had always been look


Cd upon as belonging to that class known
as Carolina gentlemen and who are dc
creasng rapidly by death. He has left
family to dcplorc his untimcly loss, and many
friends who will sincerely regret his death. y
Year: 1866

\


May :, 1866.
Editors OF the Register


As you have not been favored with a
communication from this township,
feel it my duty to give You few items
in the way of general news In the first
place, will inform you that am a sub
scriber to the WEEKLY REGISTER, and
am well pleased with the stand it has
taken in defense of popular liberty
and the restoration of civil law and or
der. Keep on, Messrs Editors, give the
radicals knocks and you will have har-
vest by and by There is surely a good
time coming. Conservatives in this
township are all registered and are
ready for Tom, Trainer & Cos "consti-
tutiopal amendment" Send it en-, we
will give it fits" We have but few
"dyed in the wool" woolly heads in this
township. aud they had better pack
their "duds" and move to some cline
more conpenial to their feelings The
registrar of this township is a notorious
abolitionist. and of course he cussed"
all the constitutional Union men, but
the disunion negro worshipers, who
neither regard the constitution, laws or
ANYTHING else, were registered without a
word. The disfranchising scheme of the
Rump Legislature, which held forth in
vour CITY last winter, will find no quar-
tiers in Pawpaw township, and, verify
believe. il will receive its death blow D
old Marion.


We are in the midst of delightful
weather. Spring arrayed in all her
loveliness, is here. The wheat crop in
this section is almost an entire failure
In conclusion, permit me TO say to the
conservative voters here. as elsewhere,
go to the polls on the oath and redeem
your young State from the odious con
stitutional amendment


Mr.. WILDCAT.
Year: 1866

Troy, Jan. 1.-THE extensive barn of the Troy
and Cohoes Horse Railroad Company was burned
last night About thirty horses and seven cars were
burned The fire originated from a kerosene lamp,
and spread so rapidly that nothing could be saved
The loss is $4,000, partially covered by Insurance.
Year: 1866




One hundred and twelve cases of smallpox have
just been treated on one plantation in the above
mentioned sub district But for the good Quakers of
Philadelphia these poor people would be without
clothing. Capt. Rutherford has sent them blankets
and clothing enough to make them comfortable all
given by the Phiadephians. Of course he has other
contributions to distribute.
Year: 1866

would tell his daughter to wake him up by
and by.


And 80 he went on dreaming, until one
winters night he woke up in land where
there was no more going to sleep.


And the days of John and Martha are
likely to be long and prosperous, for they
honored their old father in his age and
need, and the bread which they cast upon
the waters has come back to them with
blessing.-Euery Saturday.
Year: 1866

The TRour-This is the only fish that
comes in and goes out of season with the
deer He grows rapidly, and dies after
reaching mis- full growth. The female
spawns in October, at different time from
nearly Ill other fish after which both male
and female become lean, weak, and un-
wholesome eating, and if examined closely,
will be found covered with species of
clove-sh aped insects, which appear to suck
their substance from them, and they con-
tinue sick until warm weather, when they
rub the insects off on the gravel, and i'm
mediately grow strong. The female is the
best for the table She may be known by
her small head and deep body Fish are
always in season when their heads are SO
small as to be disportioned to the size of
their body The trout is less oily and rich
than the salmon the female is much
brighter and more beautiful than the male
they swim rapidly, and often leap, like the
salmon, to great height when ascending
streams In trout pond they may be fed
with angle worms, rose bugs, crickets,
grass-hoppers, &c, which they attack with
great voracity. They grow much more
rapidly in ponds than in their native
streams, from the fact that they are better
fed, and not compelled to exercise. Trout
are the only fish known that possess voice,
which is perceived by pressing them, when
they emit a murmuring sound, and tremble
all over.
Year: 1866

Fired with emulation, carefully watch


ed common garden spider Epeira dtade-


ma, J which found as entertaining as won


derful. | commenced by destroying the


web of fine, fat spider, and the owner ap-


peared excessively astonished as her web


collapsed around her. At length she took


refuge in an inverted fower-pot, where |
found her two hours after. | am inclined
to think that during this period she was
preparing materials for new web. found
in every case, where a web is destroyed,
that the spider goes away to some quiet
spot, and drawing his legs closely round
him, remains quiet two or three hours. Dur
ing this period of repose the spider is stu


pid and dull-iust gives an impatient shut
fe when touched, and does not run of, as
spiders generally do when disturbed.
watched again, then left and when return
ed, in half an hour, | found the spider az
active as a spider could be, in building a
new web, the old one, which, on my last Wis
it, was still hanging, had now vanished
Had the spider eaten it? That's the rub


By lucky chance another spider came
along the piece of wood, from the end of
which my spider had fastened one of her
foundation lines. "They met" and in an
instant the claws of each was shot out with
dexterity that puglist might envy the
blows were given in the same manner
as a cat strikes her antagonist. The tres
passing spider was soon convinced that it
would be the height of folly to stop where
he was so, fastening line from where he
stood, he let himself down on to convol
vulus leaf. My friend rushed to the spot
where spider No. had fastened his line,
and seizing ON it (the other end of which,
be # remembered, was in communication
with spider No. 2's body, began to wind
him off--that is to say, she drew the line in
toward herself in the same manne- that
sailor hauls in a rope, but with a rapidity
that was truly wonderful the front legs
were moved so quickly that my eyes could
scarcely follow them. Spider No. had
decided objection TO his vitals being wound
away in this sort of manner, put an end to
my friends little pastime by cutting the
line. Spider No had now collected web
that amounted to the size of large pea
when she found the supply cut off, she be-
gan slowing it away in her own body, fore
ing it in with her two front claws, and in a
few moments not a vestige was left.
Year: 1866

. How SOLDIERS FEEL ON THE SUB
JEcT.-The North Alabamian, publish
ed at Tuscumbia, says:


On Monday last at the election in
this city, we met several persons who
had belonged to the Federal army, in
the late war, from this county; all of
whom cast their votes for Sidney An
derson, candidate for Probate Judge
who had belonged to the Confederate
army They not only voted for him,
but electioneered for him stating that
they honestly differed as to which
party was right on the war question,
and had fought each other for four
years, and that now all feelings were
buried and they were willing to be
friend their former adversary We
like to see this principle growing be-
tween those who were opposed to
each other during the war 1t is the
only principle which can restore peace
and harmony to our country.
Year: 1866

His Only Hope of Peace Is to Sustain


Congress-His Opinion of the PhiIa-


delphia Convention and the New Or


leans Massacre - The Names of the


Brave Soldiers Who Endorse the Pitts


burg Convention.


Boston, August 26.-At political meeting at
Gloucester last evening, General Butler was one
OF the speakers. The Herdlds despatch saws
General Butler, on being introduced SAID that
the issues now before the country we're the same
substantially as those OF 1860, and in this con-
nection he proceeded to trace the causes which
led 10 the Rebellion, and the part taken by the
Southern States in their attempt to overthrow
the Government, He contended that Oy their
Rebellion they had forfeited their property,
their rights, and their lives, if Rebels were
hanged, which, unfortunately, he said, they
were not Passing on, he spoke of the failure
OF the Southern representatives to secure their
seats in Congress, and said that if any portion
of the Southern States had sent a loyal man to
Congress, it was only to get him admitted, and
when they had secured a representation, they
would send disloyal men. Referring to the
Philadelphia Convention, he said 1t was com
posed of set of men who proposed TO settle
war which they did not fight, but which they
opposed in all possible ways and it is the
intention of loyal people to know by what
right they arrogate to themselves that privilege.
1t is the men who did the fighting, he said who
are to do the settling. General Butler charac-
terized that body as the most remarkable that
ever assembled, and said that the delegates from
neither section of the country represented their
constituents. He then referred to the New
Orleans riot, and read a portion of the corre-
spondence' relating to it, and said the whole
tenor Of President Johnsons dispatches TO
General Sheridan was to gloss over the horrible
affair. II this state of things cannot be altered
the General continued, we will march once
more, and woe to him who opposes us
In considering the Constitutional Amend
ments recently adopted by Congress, he said he
was in favor of the one relative 10 negro suffrage
but accepted it as the best he could get He
was in favor of full and impartial suffrage, and
he would try by every means in his power, in
it. In concluding his speech the General said
that unless the people of the North were firm in
upholding their Congress they will have their
work OF the last four years to do over again."


The General was frequently applauded during
his speech, and at the close was honored with
three cheers. ...
Year: 1866

The Crown Prince of Prussia has issued the
following appeal for the formation of a national
institution lor ipvalds:-


Numerous associations have been formed for
the support OF the army IN the field, for tending
the wounded, for relieving the distress of the
families left at home bereft of their bread
winners. Even as the entire nation was ready
ana willing for any sacrifice in the great battle
TOR Prusslas honor, and the reformation of Ger
many, so is the whole Fatherand now eagerly
desirous to compete in one and the same great
patriotic work. namely. to relieve and heal, as
far as 1T is within human power, the many
wounds and sutferings caused by the war.
But these sufferingB reach far beyond the pre-
sent time, and 1t therefore becomes necessary
already to-day to think OF the future. The sup
port OF the State cannot alone solve the problem;
1t therefore becomes the duty Of the people, by
spontaneous act Of charity and love, to guar
antee that the future of the brave sons OF our
Fatherland, who have bled Tor us, and through
their wounds have become incapable of
gaining a livelihood, be secured as far as pos
sible, and that the families of the killed be
sufficiently provided for. With the appro-
baton of his MAJESTY the King, I intend
placing myself at the head of general national
Institution for lnyalils, which Will strive to
attain these objects. / will Immediately call
upon men enjoying general Conscience to form
themselves into central committee, at Berlin
who will have to draw up statutes, 10 consult
the necessary relations with the officials, and to
undertake the future management of the whole
institution. simultaneously with this central
committee, other committees may, however.
already now be formed in all provinces of the
country, to exert themselves for the develop
ment and furtherance of this national cause. 1t
can only succeed through the united efforts of
the entire people. May none be found wanting,
but may everv one contribute towards the at
tainment OF the object; SO that also those brave
men who gave their best strength for the honor
and glory of the Fatherand that also the fami-
lies deprived of their supporters and maintainers,
may, with all of us, overlook the sufferings and
sacrifices of the war to regard with pride and
satisfaction the deeds OF our army. ...


(Signed) FREDERICK WILLIAM


"CroWn Prince.n
Year: 1866

Some years ago, some English officers
camping in the vicinity of Mulkapoor, went
out tiger-hunting, and bagged splendid
tigress. Whilst returning home with the
trophy, they found in a secluded spot, in
the lee Of Jagged rock, what evidently
was the lair of a tiger, for there lay bones
Of both human and brute kind, shreds and
rags of clothing. More interesting than
all, however, was the discovery Of a tiny
kitten, not more than fortnight old, coiled
in corner, winking and blinking and gap
ing at the intruders The hunters at once
decided that this must be the cub Of the
beast they had slain, and willingly took
charge of the little orphan.


Tiger kittens are not captured every day,
SO when the hunters returned to their quar-
ters, the excitement in their tent was con
siderable The newly acquired kitten was
provided with tiny dog-collar and chain,
and attached to the tent-pole, round which
if gambolled, to the delight Of an audience
numbering nearl y twenty. About tw 0 hours
after the capture, however, and just as it
was growing dark, the good people in the
tent were checked in the midst of their hi
larity by a sound that caused the bravest
hC"lG " bCbI A8tuCI l1tC5 uiaLly


1t was the roar, or rather combination Of
shrek and roar, peculiar to the tiger when
driven mad with rage. In an instant the
gambling kitten became every inch IT,
ger, and strained with all its baby strength
at the tether, while it replied, with loud
wall, to the terrible voice outside The
company were panic-stricken. There was
something so sudden and unearthly in the
roar, that it seemed as though the great IT,
ger, brought in an hour before, had come to
life again. Certainly, the tiger in question
was already fayed, but the picture conjur
ed up, became not the more pleasant for
that. There was, however, not nearly so
much time for speculation to the sacred
company as writing these lines has cost :;
for almost simultaneous with the roar, there
lcpt sheer into the centre Of the tent,a bold
tigress, and without deigning to notice a
single man there, she caught her kidnapped
baby by the nap of its neck, and giving a
jerk, snapped the little chain, and turning
for the tent door, trotted off at full speed
After all, it appeared that the little thing
did not belong to the tiger that was slain,
but to the brave mother that had tracked
and recovered it, Sanguinary man-eater
as she may have been, one can be scarcely
sorry to hear tLat not gun was leveled at
the great rejoicing creature, as she bore off
her young one.
Year: 1866

civil war, and the flame is not yet extn-
guished in the hearts Of the former slave
holding aristocracy. Having failed in
their first attempt to destroy the Govern
ment they seek to retain political power
by the same spirit of political violence by
which their chiefs had sustained their su-
premacy before the war. My deliberate
conclusion is that if the military force be
withdrawn the live of Union men who
proved themselves conspicuous in main
tanning their allegiance will not be safe
The ultimate security both of the Govern
ment and Union men of the South depend,
In my opinion, on the ratification of the
amendment proposed by Con-
gress and the enfranchisement of the loyal
black man, as he becomes educated and
qualified for that important privilege. If
the advocacy Of these measures Identifies
me with the Radical party in opposition to
the President, | must accept the situation :;
besides, cannot change my position in
respect to my feelings deem it neces-
sary to preserve and perpetuate the Union.


j. MADISON WELLS,


Governor of Louisiana.
Year: 1866

Sooner or later the storms shall beat
liver nav slu1uber from head to feet
Sooner ot later the wind shall rave
IN the long grass above my grave.


shall not heed them where l lie,
Nothing their sound shall signify,
y,tling the headstone's fret OF rain,
Nothing to me the dark days pain.
sooner or later the sun shall shine
With tender warmth on that mound of mine
Sooner or later, i'll summer air,
Clover and violet blossom there.
/ Shall not feel in that deep laid-rest
The sLeetcd light fall over my breast;
Nor ever note in those hidden hours
The wlnd-blown breath Of the tossing flowers.
sooner or later the stainless SHOWS
Shall add their hush to my mute repose;
sooner or later shall slant and shift,
And heap nv bed with their dazzling drift.
Chill though that frozen pail shall seem,
Its touch no colder can make the dream
That recks not the sweet and sacred dread
SLrouding the city Of the dead.
Sooner OF later the bee shall come
And fill the noon with his golden hum;
Sooner or later on halt-polsed wing


The blue-birds warble about me ring
Ring and chirrup and whistle with glce
Nothing his music means to me
None Of these beautiful things shall know
How soundly their lover sleeps below.
Sooner or later, far out in the night,
The stars shall over me wing their flight,
Sooner or later my darllling dews
Catch the white spark in their silent ooze.
Never ray shall part the gloom
That wraps me round in the kindly tomb:
Peace shall be perfect for lip and brow
Sooner or later,-OL why not now?


HAMMER f. PRESCOTT
Year: 1866

LENGTH OF Geological PEMoDs.-All the
facts of geology tend to indicate an anti
guilty, Of which we are beginning to form
but dim idea Take, for instance. one
single iormatiOn--our well known chalk


This consists entirely of shells and frag-
ments Of shells deposited at the bottom Of
an ancient sea far away from any conti-
nent Such a process as this must be very
slow; probably we should be much above


the mark if we were to assume a rate OF
deposition of ten inches in a century Now
the chalk is more than 1000 feet in thick
ness, and would have required, therefore,


more than 100000 years for its formation.
The fossiliferous beds of Great Britain, as


a whole, are more than 1000 feet in thick


ness, and many which, with US, measure
only a few inches, on the continent expand
into strata Of immense depth while 9TH
ers of greatimportance elsewhere are Who'll
| ly wanting with us, tor it is evident that
during all the different periods in which


Great Britain has been dry land, strata
have been forming (as is, for example, the
case now elsewhere, and not with US
Moreover we must remember that many Of
the strata now existing have been formed


at the expense of older ones thus all the
flint gravels in the southeast of England


have been produced by the destruction of
chalk. This again is very slow process.


1t has been estimated that a cliff 500 feet
high will be worn aw>y at the rate of an


inch in a century. This may seem a slow


rate, but we must bear in mind that along


any line Of coast there are comparatively


few points which are suffering at one time,


and that even on these when fall of cliff


has taken place, the fragments serve as a


protection to the coast until they have been


gradually removed by the waves. The
Wealden Valley is twenty-five miles in


breadth, and on these data it has been cal
culated that the denudation of the Weald
must have required more than l50, 100000
Of years. Lubbocl's pre- Historic Times.