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Year: 1866

I'm thinking on thy smile, Mary
Thy bright and trusting smile
In the morning OF our youth and love,
Ere sorrow came--0r guile,
When thy arms were twined about my neck
And my eyes looked into tn inc,
And the heart that throbbed for INC alone,
Was nesting close to mine.
| see full many smile, Mary,
On young lips beaning bright,
And many an eye of light and love
Is flashing in my sight;
But the smile Is not tormy poor heart,
And the eye is strange TO me
And loneliness steals DER my soul,
When its memory turns to theel
I'm thinking of the night Mary,
The night of grief and shame,
When with drunken rawlings on my lips
To thee homeward came.
Oh the tear was Ia thy earnest eye,
And thy bosom wildly heaved,
Yet smile Of love was on thy cheek,
Though thy heart was sorely grieved
But the smile soon left thy lips, Mary,
And thine eye grew dim and sad
For the templer turned my steps from thee,
And the wine cup made ME mad,
From thy cheeks the roses quickly fled,
And the ringing laugh was gone,
Yet thy heart still londly clung to me,
And still kept trusting on.
Oh my words were harsh to thee, Mary.
For the wine-cup drove me wild;
And child thee when thy eyes were sad,
And cursed thee when they smiled.
God knows that loved thee then,
But the fire was in my brain,
And the curse of drink was In my heart
To make nae love bane.
Twas a pleasant home of ours, Mary,
In the spring-time Of our life,
When looked upon thy sunny face
And proudly called thee wife
And twas when our children played
Before our cottage door;
But the children sleep with thee, Mary,
shall never see them more!
Thou'rt resting in the churchyard now
And no stone is at thy head
But the sexton knows adrunkard's vile
Sleeps in that lonely bed;
And he says the hand of God Mary,
viii fall with crushing weight
On the wretch who brought the gentle life
To its untimely fate!
But he knows not of the broken heart
bear within my breast,
Or the heavy load of vain remorse
That will not let me rest;
He knows not of the sleepless night,
When, thinking Of thy love,
seem to hear thy gentle voice


Speak kindly from above.
have raised the wlne-cup in my hand,
And the widest strains I've sung,
Till with the laugh Of drunken mirth
The eechoing air hath rung,
But pale and sorrowing face looked out,
From the glttering cup, on me.
And trembling whisper have heard
Which fancIed breathed by thee.
Thou'rt slumbering in the silent grave,
And thy sleep is dreamless now,
But the seal of an undying grief


Is on thy mourners brow;
And my hearth Is chill as thine Mary,
For the joys Of life have fled
And long to lay my aching breast
With the cold and silent dead !
Year: 1866

At this time Of the year, when the
stock is chiefly in pasture, and the barns
and graneries are comparatively empty,
time should be taken for general clean
ing out. All the buildings should be
swept out thoroughly, the hay, feed, ETC.,
cleared out, and also all the scattered
grain with the insects it may contain,
and the whole of the premises put in
order for the reception Of the new crops i
and in raniy days repair the flooring to
cattle stalls, etc, making sure that all
liquid and solid manure shall be saved
Year: 1866

Who are you, young man, young
woman, living in this age and country,
and yet doing nothing to benefit othersi
Who are yOu-blest with powers OF
body and intellect, and yet an idler in
the busy workshop of lie? Who are
you with an immortal soul, and yet that
soul deaf to the myriad voices all about
you that call to duty aud to labor
Arise. and be a faithful toiler. God
calls you; Humanity calls youi and they
both have right to all your powers.
Arise Make your whole life one scene
of industry. Arise, and go forth, and
every moment your feet shall press or
your hands touch some pedal or key in
the ''organs that shake the universe. "
Arise. there is work for you to do,
You were created to toll and bear q
hand where the hammers of Time are
ringing as they fashion the fabric Of
eternity.
Year: 1866

A midshipman asked priest to tell
the difference between priest and a jack
ass. The priest gave it up. Zone wears
q cross on his back and the other on his
breast" said the midshipman. "Now,"
said the priest, "tell me the difference
between a midshipman and jackass." !"
The midshipman gayeit up, and asked
what it was. The priest said he did not
know of any.
Year: 1866

LAST DAY BUT OEE OF HowEs' CIRCUs.-The audi
ence at the Circus, though the location has been
changed to the Of Green and Columbia Streets
just large and quite enthusiastic as while in
the lower part of tho city. We have never seen such
large or more respectable audience than was pre-
sent yesterday afternoon and evening at any similar
place of amusement in Baltimore. Thousands wera
turned away at night unable to procure even stand
ing room. This is the last day but one. The per-
ormance tomorrow night will be the last most posi-


lively. and those who desire to this novel and ex-
ceent performance, must lose no time. The matt
uees given at o'clock, offer many advantages for
ladies and children they are not so crowded as the
performances at night The final procession will take
place tomorrow.


A pleasing incident occurred yesterday during the
procession in the Western part of the city, As the
cavalcade reached the Washington Monument, at
Mount Vernon Square, circle was formed round the
monument, the band performed patriotic airs, and
the entire company saluted the statue of the Father
Of his Country as they resumed the limo fmarch.
Year: 1866

RoMANcE.--An old story is told of crack young
barrister in London, lately member of Parliam cut
who was recently about to be married to a young
lady of distinguished connections. 1t seems that
the Prospecting bride was possessed, among other
desirable qualifications. of very noted name, of
neat little fortune of f3 900 year and was, more
over the niece of a distinguished peer Great pre-
paratiOns were made to have the wedding in the
most recherce manner possible. A certain nobeman
of high rank wae to give away the bride and the
great tory chief Disrae was to propose the health
of the pair at the wedding breakfast All the ton
looking anxiously forward to it as promising


to be of the most brilliant affairs Of the season
But, not long before the happy day. when the upper


circles ere all agog, with the coming event, the
bridegroom disappeared. Very soon it leaked out
that he had involuntarily become the inmate of a
debtors prison. 1t was malicousy suggested by
some that he had got friend to put him in to es-
cape the match. owing to the discovery that the


adys fortune was not as large he had supposed
Another report was, that upon learning of her be-


loyeds incarceration. the fair bride that was to be


sent her whole fortune to the Jail to acquit his debts,
which he, however had the self respect TO refuse
the amount was not sufficient for the purpose
lnasmuch as there IS now prospect of the mar


rage, and the topic of the arrest quite exhausted


the retailers of gossip have good naturedly dropped


the whole subject, ready to enter with equal zest


into the next romance that turns up among the fash
| ionable people of the West End.
Year: 1866

! of these ana other things 1 VIII speak to
you fully when | meet you face TO face.
I see no good reason why Wheeling
should not he made the permanent capl-
tai of our State. All that visitors have
to do is to strike the Ohio River or the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and they are
at once almost here 10 point of time
and, by the cheapest and pleasantest mode
of travelling yet invented amopg men.


l will not speak of the Legislature, as
l feel I cannot do the subject justice,
and as you, no donbt, have seen the
proceedings you will Judge for your
self, as will all the world "and the rest
of mankind :" and l know what that
judgement will be. There is nothing TO
relieve the picture as drawn by them.
selves. l will, however, except some,
who with Roman frmuess stood up in
opposition to the overwhelming major
ity and endeavored TO maintain the dig
nifty Of the State, their own consciences
and honor aud the integrity of the
constitution Among them | would
make honorable mention Of John s Bur,
dett, of Taylor county, who is all atfable
and agreeable man wit and a gentle
man, and whose neat, able and conclu.
sive speech in the Senate on the Regis
tration bill I hope you will publish in
your paper Our preventative, Cooper,
also stood up to his work with great
manly independence. He worked hard
and stood we'll in the House, and hope
he will be applauded by his constitu
ency have been agreeably entertain
ed with genuine hospitality during the
greater part of the visit by our old
friend I, who remembers his old friends
over the mountains with great kindness;


Excuse me for writing so much in this
rambling way and saying so little


Yours, in haste, BLANCHE
Year: 1866

We have pleasure in calling The at.
tention of our readers to the advertise
ment of DR. Larookahs Pulmonic Syr-
up, which appears in another column =
This remedy is endorsed by many Of our
most emminent men-men who are too
conscientious TO deceive others, and too
shrewd to be deceived themselves
There is no question in our minds bpt
that this preparation is the best for the
diseases it is designed TO cure, which
medical science has yet devised Boston
Times
Year: 1866

can measure parental loye-how broad,
how long, and strong, and deep it is; it is
sea-a sea which mothers can only iathom.
But the love displayed on yonder hill and
bloody cross, where God 'ssown Son is perish
ing for us, nor man nor angel has line to
measure. The circumference Of the earth.
the altitude OF the sun, distance of the plan
ets-these have been determined but the
height, depth, breadth and length Of the love
of God passeth knowledge. Such is the
Father against whom ali Of us have snucd
thousand times Walk the shore where the
ocean sleeps in the, summer calm, or lashed
into fury by the winters tempest, is thunder
ing on her sands and when you have num-
bered the drops of her waves, the sand on her
sounding beach, you have numbered Gods
mercies and your sins. Well, therefore, may
we go to him with the contrition of the prodi-
gal in orr ears and his confession on our
lips" Father, have sinned against heaven
and in thy sight" The Spirit Of God help
ing us to go to God, be assured that the father,
who seeing his SOD afqr off, ran to meet him,
fell on his neck and kissed him.. was but an
image of Him who, not sparing His own
Son, but giving Him up to death that we
might live, invites aud now awaits your COM
ing.-Dr. Guthrie.
Year: 1866

The Duke of Orleans, the oldest son of
King Louis Philippe, was the inheritor of
whatever rights the royal family could trans
NIT. He was noble young man-physical,
ly and intellectually noble One morning he
invited few companions Hftifhim, as he was
about to take his departure from Paris to
join his regiment. In the conuiviality Of the
hour he drank too much wine He did not
become intoxicated he was not in any re-
spect dissipatcd man. His character was
lofty and noble. But in that joyous hour he
drank g lass too much. lie lost the balance
of his body and his mind. Bidding adien to
his companions, he entered the carriage. But
for that extra glass of wine he would have
kept his seat. He leaped from the carriage.
But for that extra glass Of wine he would
have alighted on his feet His head struck
the pavement. Senseless, bleeding. he was
taken into beer shop and died That extra
glass of wine overthrow the Orleans dynasty.
confscated their property OF one hundred
millions of dollars, and sent the whole family
into exile
Year: 1866

HYDRoPHoB1A.-Ana aged German forest>
keeper, who is on the verge of death, has
published secret cure for hydrophobia,
which he says he has used with success for
fifty years, saving many men and animals from
horrible Death Tho wound must be bathed
as soon as possible with warm vinegar, and
when this is dried, a few drops of muriatic
acid poured upon the wound will destroy the
poison of the saliva and relieve the patient
from danger. This cure appears in the Leip-
sic Journal: and wo' give it as we find it.
Year: 1866

race did not want to take the trouble to rear up


the red skins to higher civilization, and found il
more convenient to their own interests to expel


the primitive possessors of the soil from the
country.


Haditnot been for this consideration there cannot


be doubt that at least the more advanced nations


or Indian tribes might have been brought up to the
standard Of agricultural civilization, as we behold
this in the Mexican half cultured population.


For not only have many of the aboriginal families
been intermixed with the ancient colonists OF
Louisiana, but the French legislative laws expressly
stipulated in their favor, complete equality with
their superior white population; whilst this pre-
rogasive never was extended to the Africans or
descendants of African blood Whilst Indian slavery
existed, originally even among the Indian tribes,
it was never sanctioned or even tolerated by the
old French Jurisprudence; and yet, according to
the ancient decisions of the supreme courts ofsome
of the North American States slavery in individu-
ais from Indian descent was legally acknowledged
as being fully recognized by the old English com
mon law. Hence the great aversion which our
Louisiana legislators always had for the decisions
of what is called the old English common law Or
jurisprudence, by which almost any horrible
usage may be vindicated, ytde even that of selling
ones own wife in open market, with halter
around her neck.
Year: 1866

September Goth.


The weather was rainy and bad this
morning, and outside of flour and wheat
very little was accomplished in the pro-
duce market. -tA f. -lt


Flour was in good demand with no inn
provement in receipts. Rye flour was
higher and advancing. Corn meal was
dull and heavy.


Wheat was higher and in good demand,
but the advance did not extend to the
common grades. Corn was held firmly,
but buyers stood off on account of the bad
weather. Oats were higher and tend fur
ther upward. Rye was in good demand
and higher prices were paid. Barley is
stiff but quiet.


Hay is in demand at outside rates. Good
red top is quoted in New Orleans at $50 per
ton. Choice timothy ought to be worth
more, as it isfa much better article
Democrat. Ef
Year: 1866

You will observe, therefore, that we Sc
cure safe and speedy transportation, as
well as great saving in breakage, which
alone is very important item to be con-
sideIed in the cost of our Wares.


Our Stock is one of the largest and best
assorted to be found in the West, and for
sale at aas
Year: 1866

Have opened fashionable Tailor Shop in the room
above Davidson < Cos store. in the new brick row
the west side of Michigan STREET.


Orders Solicited. Satisfaction warranted


Special attention paid 10 cutting
Year: 1866




On Saturday last, Gustayus Ehrenborg, the
Oldest newspaper carrier connected with the
CRESCENT Office died of cholera, after very
short illness. tits due to the memory of a faithful
servant and truly upright man, that passing
notice Of the event should be made.


He had been a carrier Of the CRESCENT nearly
fifteen years. During that whole period, its pro-
prietors ever found in him a man Of undertaking
truthfulness, unfang probity, and scrupulously
conscientious in the discharge of every duty.


He was a native Of Sweden, and about 60 years
of age. Humble as his station was here, he was d
gent eman by right Of birth as we'll as by right Of
the correctness Of his principles, He sprung fIom
noble Scandinavian stock, and, in his native land,
was entitled to rank, politically and socially.
Why he lefthis country is not known, but assur-
edly the cause, whatever it may have been, was
not such as would stain his escutcheonY ISesolute
in retaining his self respect yet he was most mn
assuming man He never referred to bis family
or antecedents ana such meagre knowledge as
we have Of either comes from others, not himself.
He had that humility, void Of obsequousness,
which 80 becomes a gentleman, who cannot re-
ceiye a rebuff or an affront passiveiy
Advanced as he was in life, in 1862 he refused
TO take;Butlers oath, and registering himself as an
enemy he was soon after ordered to leave the
city. Upon arriving within the Confederate lines
though exempt from military duty by age, he vol.
unteered in the artillery service, and served, in
that arm during the remainder of the war, as he
served in every other situation, faithfully and
| honorably.


So far as human judgment may measure the
character Of man Gustavus Ehrenborg was one Q
the truest and best, and all who knew him will


join in the hope that he may now be receiving tn
reward Of the just, the brave and the good.
Year: 1866

i Pray, sir said the lady. could you tell me
how, when we were lately at the coast, we
were followed for nearly mile by number of
geese?n


Really am at loss replied the youth,
unless on the principle that birds of a feather
flock together" "


The banterer was diseomfted
Year: 1866

One of the mest valuable combinations Of uetu medicine
an agreeable beverage that has been offered to the
nnblc Millions of bottles sold throughout the North
during the last years. and wherever introduced it has
proven welcome addition the invads table, the family
circle and the bachelors sdeboard


Ladies whohsve lost strength appetite, and suffer from
nausea vomiting and vertigo


Gentlemen who dent feel very well Just before breakfast
or dinner whose is out of order and system is gene
rally deranged-


Mothers weaning children and suffering from general
debility


Children Of sicky nature and dyspeptc constitution


Travellers who have change their water and


All who live in naarous districts and are subec to mias
matte Influences will of the most valuable tonics and
invgOrators that can be taken in
Year: 1866

AN APPEAL TO THE You've LADIES OF RICH


HoYD.-There is great suffering among the poor
people In this city for want of clothing Hav-


ing become poor during the war, and losing
their husbands, some have been forced to beg,
who, in former times, gave to the poor. Many
children now need assistance In the way OF
clothes. The gentlemen of our city are doing


much good in the way of providing provisions
to the destitute; but it is impossible for them
to give clothing also. Now Is the time for
the young ladies to be up and doing. Try and
procure clothing for the poor children. am
sure many of you can afford to spend one dol
lar week for the purpose Of giving to some
ragged child suit of clothes TO keep 1t from
freezing. Young ladies, appoint meeting at
some place; make some arrangement TO Buy
clothing for the poor children, and even
widows visit their desolate homes; hnd ont
your means will allow you. Young ladies',
rest not after reading this appeal until you
have gladdened some poor heart. Remember
syour homes were defended In time OF trouble
by them that have sacrificed their lives upon
the battlefield, and now you are enjoying
that home, while the widows and orphans
are forgotten, "Giving to the poor, you lend
to the Lord" "God loves cheerful giver."
LOYAL.
Year: 1866

THE ANTICIPATED VETO OF THE FREEDMEN s
BUREAU Built is reported from Washing
ton that the President, in a late Cabinet meet
ing, indicated his purpose TO veto the Freed
mems Bureau bill, and was confirmed in that
resolve by Secretaries Seward, McCulloch, and
Welres If this purpose shall prove to be
based on an assumption that equal rights and
equal laws afford the true and only adequate
remedy for the evils which the Freedmen s
Bureau attempts to mitigate, we shall heartily
approve the veto, if veto there shall be. If, on
the other hand, the Freedmen's Bureau bill
be vetoed, and the blacks RENTED absolutely
to the tender mercies of the late rebels now
dominant in most of the Southern States, we
shall receive such veto with profound regret !;
and so, we cannot doubt, will the mora
humane and considerate half of the American
people. Give the blacks the rights of man
hood, and they will take their chance for sub
sistence, albeit that chance must be for many,
a hard one; but if they are to be asked to
make brick without straw, they may have
reason to suspect that the parts of Moses and
Pharoah have been so mixed and muddled that
they cannot be Disseminated. But let us not
believe in any such veto till we see it.-Ne,o
York Tribune.


To appreciate the 1ribune's wit, the reader
must remember that President johnson has
on more occasions than one avowed his will
lingness to be the Moses who should lead the
negroes to the promised land of freedom.
Pharoah, indeed
Year: 1866

acquire new customs, live amongst jaguars or
yellow fever, find no sympathy In our religious
ideas, have no adequate means of education
for our children, but permit them to grow mp
ignorant little Brazilians instead OF cultivated
virginians. We advise our countrymen 70
think twice before they make the experiment
Of emigration to Brazil
Year: 1866

EXPLANATION Our Manchester reporter
ss,, into an error in noticing some Manchester
paragraphs on Monday last. we owe an
apology to the police officers for saying OF them
what they did not deserve. We know them 10
be yigilant and active'in their duty, and that
their time and attention Is given to the pre-
servation of good order on that side OF the
James We win look more carefully into
matters over there next time, so as to prevent
any more occurrences of like nature.