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Year: 1866

Manufacturer of
Tin, Copper and sheet Iron Ware
pOOFING and guttering done at shortest notice
IL on the most approved stye, and on reasonabI,
terms.


Always on hand-TIN WARE JAPAN WARE
household Family Goods, at wholesale and retail
winch we propose to sell at New Orleans and st
Louis prices.


Our arrangements with frst-cass Southern anf
western honses are now complete. We can furnisl
any thing IN our line as low as any other establish
ment in our trade.


We keep constantly full supply of TIMERS
MATERIAL, which we offer to the trade at regular
wholesale prices.


Our STOVES are of the best pattern and made
expressly for the Southern market; and our whole
stock has been carefully selected and laid in since
the decline IN prices and we are determined 10 give
our customers the benefit thereof


We are also fully prepared to manufacture Smoke.
stacks, Escape Steam Pipes, and all and any work
IN our line connected with Steam Mills


Orders from the country respectfully solicited and
promptly attended to- iel0dly.
Year: 1866

John Sctles agt Wright Glies Co.


This was a case OF considerable interest IN
legal bearings The evidence Of the plaintiff that IN
November the defendants agreed 20 employ him at an In
creased salary Of 5000 per for year commencing
from the LIST OF January following The defendants having
discharged him he for the first months salary when IL
became due expressing himself ready bis side TO fulfil his
agreement At the close Of the plaintiffs the defendants
dismiss the complaint the ground that the agree
men not being one 10 be performed within land
being writing within the statute OF frauds and void


The Court being the point Of dsmsng the this
ground the plaintiff asked leave to introduce letter written
by him in the and presence OF the firm to third party
stating they had made "a permanent with
the plaintiff To this the defendants counsel objected that
the plaintiff could be agent both parties TO the contro
yery bat beside that Of the words permanent arrange
men no for year could be made and could not
be assisted by parole evidence.


The Court only passed on the latter point dismssng the
complaint. - -


Mi Norton and Mr. Giehrst for plaintiff; Mr. Sheppard
and Mr. Luther H. Marsh for defendants.
Year: 1866

The East River Bank agt. Samuel +. Butterworth


This suit promissory note for g. 400 made BY the
defendant to the order OF third party and by him ndoed
over the bank The deenses that this note was
accommodation had been presented 10 the defendant OF
maturity and was aid by indorser by notes IL
peared the testimony tha. this note loaned TO the
ndorser and when became due be waived protest and
paid some money giving enough to make the bal
When this note in its turn became due me indorser
made stock of still smaller pedging the defend
ants note and paying the difference and again when that be-
came ue making new stock note that ultimately the note
was reduced TO $50.


On the former trial the Court dismissed the complaint bat
the reversed the Judgment holding that the
maker and indorser being absolute
loan the defense accommodation not good and that
was for the Jury whether the subsequent transactions
between the and the indoser amounted to or were ae
ccpted as a payment Of Mr.. Butterworth's note.


The case was submitted TO the jury under these principles
who rendered verdict 81 600 being the amount
naming due on the notes with interest.
Year: 1866

TRANSIENT Young MEN.-Girls.
beware of transient young men nev.
er suffer the address of a stranger;
recollect that one steady farmer bov
or mechanic is worth all the floating
trash in the world. The allurements
OF a dandy.jack with a gold chain
about his neck, walking stick in
his paw, some honest tailor's coat on
his back, and brainless skull, can
never make up the loss of a fathers
house and a good mothers counsel.
and the society of brothers and sis.
ters; their affections last, white those
of such a young man are lost in tho
wane of the honeymoon. 'Tis true.
Year: 1866

on their heads ''


MEMoRY.-Many well authenticat.


eo eases are on record leading to
very serious doubt whether any act,


however trivial, is ever forgotten i;


and tending to show that, on the con-


trary, each act remains on the brain


like old manuscript in chest.
Their very existence for q time NAV


be forgotten; but they still remain
intact where they were first placed.


An instance is related Of a gentleman


whose property depended ON the pos


session of certain paper, which he


was sure he had received and put


safely away, but in what place his


memory failed to recall. Walking


one day on the bank Of a river, in an


abstracted state Of mind, consequent


upon the ruin which would soon be-
fall him, he stepped off the bank into
the river, and, being unable to swim,
Immediately sank. While going
down, the faculties of his mind SEEM
cd suddenly developed to their ut
most vigor, and every act of his life,
from his boyhood up, passed in re-
view before him.


Then it was that he remembered q
particular book in his library, in
which, for greater security, lie had
placed the document. Rescued by
his friends from the river, he aston
ished his attendants by jumping up
as soon as resuscltated, walking to
has shelvcs and taking out the paper
from the book. This fact he had
saved from the mass of memories
that had returned TO him while un-
der the water-but all the rest had
as completely as before his
In this case, certainly,
the memories Of his life were dormant
in his brain until certain mysterious
conditions disengaged
them from their resting place.


Another instance, related by Aber-
cromby, illustrates this more torci-
bly,. a certain aged and illiterate
woman, in the north OF Scotland, had
a severe illness, which was accompa-
MED by delirium. While delirious
she would repeat pag, after page of
Hebrew and Greek. Upon her re-
covery she remembered nothing of
that which she had said, and finding
1t difficult to speak her own tongue
tiueEtly, she, of course, was still less
able to answer in the dead languages.
An investigation, however, revealed
the fact that when a yoang girl of
fifteen, she had been employed as a
servant in the family of very learn
ed divine, who was in the daily habit
OF reciting aloud many pages of his
favorite Greek and Hebrew authors
and these recitations she had heard
while around the house in domestic
This case is also mora
remarkable from the fact that the
actress never made any effort to re-
-ain-even had she been able-any
If that which she daily heard.
Year: 1866

about to invade the province In the vicinity of s. An
drews town the st. Crox, about twenty miles from
its mouth II liz the border and therefore liable to
attack but the officials regard the reports unfonnded


One thing Is certain: the Fenans will meet the full
hostility OF the province The people here don't wish
any outside interference with their quarrel whatever
difficulties they have with England they wish to settle
by themselves
Year: 1866

We'll hath the poet said that Death,
with his chastity mien and his chilling breath
with his lev hand and his heart of stone.
Hath every season for his own.
There'sno escape from his poisoned dart;
Twill pierce in its flight each throbbing heart
Fen sloic the bow and string are set,
And the shaft is aimed at the Household Pet
She struggles now with the monster grim;
Her cheeks grow pale and her eyes grow dim
Her attsnuate form is racked with pain,
And efforts to save seem all In vain;


They are in vain-she is going fast;


Her form Is chill-she has breathed her last;
'Fis q solemn fate, but il must be met


8 Zen by the little Household Pet


She is gone I've never shall see her more.
In her Childish sports as oft before:
No more shall look in her sparkling eye,
No more shall list to her sweet bye-bye;
The soul has gone to its rest afar,


Perchance to dwell on some distant star;
OF all she was. naught remaineth yet,
But the dust of the little Household Pet.
She has gone from earth with its pain and care
She's safe in a realm that is bright and fair /;
And tits cheering to US who hnger here
To know that her way to heaven was clear;
But yet il is hard TO give her up.


And the hand is slow to take the cup,
And hearts are bleeding, and eyes are wet,
For the little. playful Household Pet.
Adieu sweet child it is thine to go
And ours to remain awhile below;
Ours to lament that thou art dead.
And streW with flowers thy grassy bed;
But while we Rrieye, twill be sweet to know
That our heavenly Father ordered so;
And that, howe'er deep may be our regret.
1t is well with the little Household Pet.
Year: 1866

II II should be the pleasure Of the General


Assembly TO concur With me ~ my earnest
wish and desire TO bring about that spirit Of
harmony and good feeling which ought to
exisi among our own people In the different
sections Of The Stats; u We should succeed
in doing so, and there Is no reesop why We
should not, except the petty rivalry hmopg
our politicians in search OF place, we could
meet our constituents with cheerful copnte-
nances and tell them that our glorious State
had, with one voice, adopted the platform a
East Tennessee's noblest SOP, in his manly
efforts to preserve the Governmsnt and re-
store to tho States, and the people Of 'hs
Year: 1866

We claim to be the representatives Of a
great and gallant State, and, As such, II be-
comes an Imperative duty, row more than
at any other time, TO use all just and fair
means TO quiet the disturbances, to subdue
the passions and extirpate the preudices
growing out OF the late unhappy contest,
and to restore to the people, as far as practi-
cable, the peace and prosperity they enjoyed
before the war. All our efforts should be
directed 10 the accomplishment Of that end.
The glory OF our State, the permanenee OF
Republican institutions, the happiness and
prosperity Of our children may depend upop
the liberality and magnanimity displayed
toward the gallant and brave mep who have
recently surrendered to the United States and
given solemn pledge To sustain tho Conhti-
tuition and laws.


! You inquire Of mo bow this Is 70 be done
Year: 1866

Ever thus like a Gheber adoring,
Let me rest in the light Of thy eyes,
Like his wild heart my spirit is soaring,
And loyes-bat no orb of the skies.
For the sun and the stars beam with splendor,
Round this earth for each worshiper here
kneel 10 shrine far more tender,
Enshriaed where bnt one can be dear.
Return, oh return me some token,
So that hope like the morning may rise;
Oh whisper one word which when spoken,
No light will be dear but thy eyes.
Year: 1866

beg inform my friends and the public generally that il
consequence of the conaagaon of my Drug Establishment
No l2 Magazine the night of the 3Oh ult have
temporarily removed my office the of Common and
Magazine Streets 54 Common street. the store
Of Messrs F Dunn Coz where am prepared to receive
orders as usual


Thankful for patronage and fayors would respectfully
solicit continuance ofthe same


G. N. MORRISON, Wholesale Druggist
New Orleans June / 1864
Year: 1866

The undersigned will open tie Point Clear Hotel on or oou


Tae 10Th day of May next,
This establishment is being repained and put in COM
pete repair and condition Gas and water works are being
erected the grounds beautifully laid out and the house fur
nshed entirely with the best Of materials and the latest
Improvements


Arrangements will be made for direct communication With
Ne" Orleans and Mobile both by steamboat and telegraph


BILLIARD TABLES
Of the most pattern have been ordered new Ten m
Alleys being built and every amusement suitable to the c
mate and place afforded to man, woman and child. For


BATHING AND FISHING
ana this celebrated watering place no supe
For on the continent and the undersigned intends to make u
the most easant and comfortable one in the world.


CHAs. E. sMEDEs, Manager.
Year: 1866

, EVERY one knows the unlimited demand
for this useful article, and if you once under
stand its merits, and the advantages of Sc
curing its monopoly in the manufacturing
and sale, there is scarcely one man in a thou
sand that would not, after due investiga-
tion, give it hearty support We speak from
experience and practical knowledge when
we say that this Broom is superceding all
others, and is fast coming into general use;
and we defy capitalists to find a field of la
Dor that will pay as large per centage as
Powers Patent Broom.


1t IS true, we sell the right to manufac-
ture and sell this article, and some narrow
minded persons might doubt how and when
they would see their money coming back,
but as a general thing capitalists are salts
fled to loan their money at 10 per cent; but
if We cannot satisfy the most incredulous
that Powers Patent Perpetual Broom will
guarantee 100 per cent. on all capital in
vested. then we say, in all candor. don't in
vest your money with us in the Broom, and,
on the other hand, if, after investigation
you find we have underrated instead of over
rated the advantages, then give it your sup
port. We feel confident that we can con-
vince any sober sane and reasonable man that
the Broom is all we claim for it, and if we
can't show this, if you come from distance.
we will pay your expenses both ways and
bills while in the city. Remember this if
you please


If you are not satisfied that it is even a
greater success than we rePrSSont 1T, we are
making them here where any one can see the
process, and you can do the same, 1t does not
require that man should spend a number
of years to learn what child can do ia a
minute, and herein lies the great success of
POWERS PATENT PERPETUAL BROOM


For terms and circulars, address, with
stamp,


DE WITT g. PIPER,


SOL Olive Street. Office, Room No. 5,
Year: 1866

As WE ExPEGTED-The Washington
correspondent of the New York Times in
his letter of the 25th says, ga systematic
and tolerably well organized plan for mis-
representing the Presidents speech, and
of the circumstances under which it was
delivered, was put in operation within
one hour after the speech was concluded,
and up to this moment the parties engag-
ed in this unfair course, have persistently
kept up other highly colored and exag-
gerated reports by kilograms, to thenews-
papers in the North and especially in the
West and Northwest"


1t was precisely because we suspected
some such foul play, we declined to pub
lish the mixed-up telegraphic synopsis OF
the speech received here, and waited for
the report made by the reporter of the
Washington InteJligencer Now that the
President has "shelled the woods" and
driven out the bushwhackers who were
assailing him into open hostility, we may
expect from them all kinds of misrepre-
sentations of him.-Memphis Appeal
Year: 1866

A light cone of brass receives the corn
which is held fast by double row of teeth
made of malleable iron, inserted between
the two rows of corn, and drawn into the
cone by means of screw entering an iron
nut in the handle A brass ferule covers the
nut and gives bearing to the shoulder of
the cone. Two small brass wires, about an
inch and quarter in length, extend from
the two angles of the center-piece, within. the
cone, to the edges OF the broom when filed


leaving on each side small hook to con.
meet narrow brass band that Hattens ana
stiffens the broom instead of sewing. The
difference in weight between this and The
Year: 1866

To OUR READERs.-The great influx of
advertisements has caused such a pressure
upon our columns that we shall be con-
strained for a short time to reduce the
amount of our reading matter. The difficulty
will be remcdied at the earliest possible
moment, and in the only practicable manner
by enlargement
Year: 1866

Buyers of Duplex Elliptic Skirt should
examine the hoops to be sure they get
the genuine.-Advertisem


Spectators in every variety of skirt,
especially young men of susceptible
age, are in danger of being imposed upon
with a spurious article.
Year: 1866

| Ey- We stated inadvertently, yesterday, that
! there would probably be delay of day OF
/ two in the passenger trains on the Southern
railroad. This we are gratitied to say was
| mistake-passenger trains continue to run
regularly over the road. The break, which
occurred at Pelahatchie, will only cause
| few minutes delay to paesengers-there are
! trains on both sides of the break with suf-
fcient force and facilities to insure a prompt
and convenient transfer. The break is of
| trifing nature, and will be repaired in
day or two.


! We are gratifed to learn that during the
next week daily trains will be put in opera
tiOn on the New Orleans and Jackson road
and also on the Central road, thus giving us
daily trains in;every direction. All the rail-
roads in the South were nearly used up by the
wear and tear of nearly five years struggle
The ravages of war fell on them with no
sparing hand. They were literally worn
out, like the grey coats of our brave soldier
boys, but cannot be so readily repaired or
replaced Surely we do not censure our
brave boys for being out at elbows or broken
at the knees then shall we grumble at the
railroads for being worn out in the same
cause. The railroad companies of the South.
we are satisfied, are doing their best to get
their roads in good running order; their in
come depends on this, and they know it.
Much has been done since the surrender to
effect this, and much still remains to be
done, but which we feel assured will be ac-
complished in due time
Year: 1866

Again we are called upon to chronicle
another of those sickening cases of crime,
which we hope for the sake of humanity
may be the last that shall ever appear in
these columns.-Missouri Republican.


That can be easily effected the next
time you care called upon to chronicle" a
seduction or Grim. con. case. refuse to an
sHar
Year: 1866

that in the end they must surely return
TO plague the inventors.


II Is fortunate that in each OF these
eases the bane and the antidote 60 nearly
together. The member of Congress who
claims for his preiudices an authority sll-
perior TO the Constitution, and for his
win a weight beyond all law, soon ceases
to be a trouble except to his friends. The
demagogues who travel from place to
place, lying everywhere for THEN. per-
sonal profit, long ago rendered them
selves impotent for good or i'll, except in
the narrow circle in which they move.
The newspapers which in their zeal for
factien forget 10 be decent, are throwing
away the influence they might usefully
WELD, and making for themselves q rep
utation that viii stick TO them long after
Andrew Johnson shall have triumphed
over the malignity Of his enemies.
Year: 1866

Notwithstanding the absence Of the President,
applications for appointments continue to be for
warded to Washington in large numbers. They
are Of course placed in file TO await his return.
Year: 1866

| We intimated in our last issue that further re-
| fection upon the conduct of His Honor, Judge
| Buxton, In his final disposition of the of
| Green Hodge, Freedman, convicted one dav last
| week of a rape upon the body of respectable
white lady of tins county, within the last few
| months, might force us, under a stern sense of
our duty public journalist to animadvert in
a mild, dlspassonate and respectful manner, up
on it, detailed to by those who present
and heard the case investigated And we ap-
proach the discussion of the subject under most
extreme sense OF pain, inasmuch we have con-
celved of the character Of His Honor-and still
retain the conviction-that he is a man of the
very highest moral and Judicial WORTH and that he


was betrayed into this instance of judicial inGis-


cretiOn by too sensitive appreciation of the fact
that the prisoner is very young, and has lust


emerged from state Of ignorant bond ge into


of enlig ghtened civilization that he is not fully


capable Of rightly understanding. The prisoner,


after long, patient and searching investigation


Of his case conducted by the jealous skill and in


defatigable perseverance Of Joseph II. Wilson,


Esq. assigned as his counsel by the Court, was


convicted by an intelligent jury, upon chain of
testimony so clear and convincing that an argu-
ment in the case was superogatory.


His counsel also acting under an acute sense Of
fear that he hadnot fulfilled his whold duty moved
for and obtained rule for trial upon flimsey
and untenable techricay in the verbage the tes-
timOny of the prosecutrix and also in arrest of
Judgment upon like tecEnicaty upon the face of
the indictment. Both points being ruled against
the prisoner, his counsel announced that he had
exhausted his duty, and that therefore he would
not pray an appeal to the Supreme Court. But
His Honor, misapprehending the counsel thought
that he had prayed an appeal, and said that he
thought the prisoner ought to have it, and to
lieve the Court, the counsel craved the appeal,
which granted Now, the serious phase of
the matter still recurs, there not two sides to
this question, since it is notorious fact that at
least ten of this nature have occurred since
the emancipation of the negro to one before that
event. II such unWhOlesOme manifestations of ten
der conscience in behalf Of the negro are to pre-
vail in the counsels of the judiciary what security,
in the name of mercy, have we for the protection
Of the virtue and chastity of wives, daughters
and sisters? Is it not license granted to this
class to revel in their ruin? We pray Judges
to watch and guard this great responsibility. Yer
OIL1f. sap.
Year: 1866

The elections yesterday settled point con-
clusively at least for some time to cOme-the con-
stitutonal amendment will not be adopted Nei-
ther the Legislature of Maryland nor Delaware
ten excluded States make thirteen opposed to it.
As it requires three-fourths of the States, the
adoption or rejection of the amendment is now
likely to be the rayng ground of political parties
for the next campaign, and it is hardly possible
that the Radicals will be able to create another
wave of popular feeling which will blind the judg-
ment of the people by introducing extraneous is
sues, we are likely to have thorough discussion
and perfect understanding on all sides of the
nature of that amendment and of the principles
involved in it's adoption. The amendment makes
80 sweeping a change as to justly entite it to be
called revolutionary. Yet, if the people really
bent on its adoption, after thorough understan-
ding of its character, we can only acquiesce, while
demurring to the wisdom of their course. But
what we have always strongly protested against,
and shall to the bitter end, is the effort to make
it's adol ton the condition for the exercise of their
undoubted rights the part Of any section OF the
country. That it is to make the rejection of chang
es of the organic law punitive, Is to Introduce
style of punishment unknown to the law and the
Constitution and to set precedent Taught with
mischief.


We believe sobery that the result of the late
elections not verdict in favor of the cOnstitu
tional amendment. We believe that the thinking
men of the country are not prepared to make such
an inroad as it proposes on the independence Of
the States. We believe that the feeling of the peo-
pie against the leaders of the rebellion has been
adroitly played upon to secure triumph that can
not possibly be maintained. so believing, we shall
spare no pains TO make clear the consequences of
the adoption of such revolutionary change, and
shall calmly await the revision of this award
which is bound in our Judgment, to lead to the
reversal of the ma oritles over which our Radical
friends now 80 loudly exult.-Ndt. I'ateligencer.