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Year: 1866

The New Orleans correspondent of the


Mobile Register thus pokes fun at the


ladies hats:


This morning, everybody and his wife,


as they say, is out of doors. Confined


for FIVE days to their houses, ladies have


gotten behind hand in their shopping,


and this morning the streets are thronged


with them. Spring colors are displayed
for the first time this season, and notice
the new-fashioned hats out in abundance.
Such fashion Women say that men


make sport of all those fashions when


new, but that they gradually come around
and finally advocate them as much as
anybody. To this charge / can plead


mot guilty" have never yet laughed
at a single style or fashion, no matter
how much wags may have cracked their
jokes at it, or smart comic papers made
sarcastic pictures about it; but have ta-
ken them all as matter Of course, and
as no manner of business of mine-but
now | am struck with amazement at
what seems to me to be the most stupid


thing ever worn upon the feminine head.
1t is utterly beyond my powers of de-
scription, but the latest style of hat de-
serves passing notice, and ! am at a
loss how to write about it intelligbly 1t
is sumner. Take half sheet of ordi-
nary note paper and fasten two broad
ribson strings to the ends, bring this
down over the top of the head allowing
a portion OF the sheet to haunt out
over the waterfall trim the whole
with roses, flowers, birds and
grasses, and you have the present style.
As | have said, this is the first fashion
that ever struck me particularly, but |
had to laugh outright atthe simple goose
saw wearing one yesterday-lt was so
ridiculous. There was really nothing OF
it. In French book store down town
there are some pictures from ChdriUari,
one of which represents little girl hold
ing doll with one hand, and wping
away the tears from her eyes with the
other. AT glass stands woman-the
mother--puttipg on a little hat and le
pere enters What is the matter little
one; you are crying p Yes, papa
she says, sobbingly, mamma has taken
my dolls hat to 90 out to promenade"
| can understand the force of the illu-
sion after seeing the new style. Oh
this is too absurd. The coal-scuttle that
adorns the head of fair ancestress of
mine, who lived some centuries ago, is a
far more respectable sight What will
they not invent next? They say gen
tleman is well dressed when he attracts
general attention for his neat appear
ance, and when no one can tell what ar
tice of dress it is which attracts the
most The rule could not be applied to
the other sex now, for the first remark is
g Goodness what a hatl" These little
are plentiful to-day, and as
they have come on with the New York
! dare say they will be-
come popular
Year: 1866

From the Pittsburg Commercial, 18th inst


A company boring for oil on the farm
Of. William Cunningham, situated in
Jackson county, West Virginia, in going
down, went through vein of metal about
eighteen inches thick. The company
took no particular notice Of the borings,
but continued their drilling until they be-
came satisfied their efforts in search for
oil were fruitless, when they abandoned
the well. In recurring to the strata
through which the drill had passed, the
owners thought Of the metal vein, and
Immediately concluded to have il an
alyzed. A quantity of the metal borings
was sent to New York, where it has been
assayed and pronounced to yield ninety
eight per cent Of pure silver Under
meath this vein, which is three hundred
and forty feet from the surface, is vein
of silver quartz four feet thick. The
gentleman from whom we learn the fore
going facts gives the following account
of the strata in the well: First forty feet,
hard flint rock; next two hundred feet,
soft soap stone; then the silver vein
eighteen inches thick; next four feet of
quartz, and then bed of black sand,
similar to the sand found in the gold
mines of California


This valuable discovery has been made
on a small farm located above Lefari
Falls, six miles above Ripley Landing,
West Virginia, and distant from Pitts
burg two hundred and forty miles. The
owners have been offered, since the dis.
covery, two hundred thousand dollars for
the farm, but they have refused to sell at
any price, as they design developing it
themselves They are already at work
roaming out the we'll preparatory TO
sinking shaft, the machinery for which
was brought up from Cincinnati on the
steamer Leonidas on her last trip
Year: 1866

The venerable Leslie Combs, of Ken
tucky, thus alluded, in a public speech,
to the proposition for social equality of
whites and negroes:


Other candidates may do as they please,
but so far as am concerned, will do
nothing TO weaken or divide those op-
posed to the monstrous and unnatural
doctrine rampant at Washington, of ne
gro social and political equality God s
curse has stamped the negro with an in
effaceable black skin and woolly head (;
and in His providence, has kept him for
six thousand years in close proximity to
other races, but always Subordindte-in
mind and body, as well as civilization
and refinement; and yet we have the
spectacle now before us of deliberate
conspiracy in The North TO bring down
our favored race to the negro level, in
violation of Gods law, and all written
history. The idea of elerdting the odor-
ous sons Of Africa to the Caucasian sta
tns, is about as absurd as trying to per
filme dog tenRel by tying it up in bou-
quet with pinks and roses.
Year: 1866

because they fear this heavy preponder-
ance of Canadian members will leopard
ize their interests In New Brunswick
the Ministry and Upper House of Par
lament favor Confederation, but the
majority of the members of the Lower
House oppose it, and the people endorse
the course of the latter The contest
between the Ministry and the people
upon the subject is very animated, and
some fear it may lead to an open rup-
ture. In Newfoundland the majority Of
the Parliament have passed anti-confed-
GRAFTON resolutions, and have taken issue
with the Governor of that Province upon
the question. The feeling of the people
in all these maritime provinces is very
strong, and some even prefer annexation
to the United States to being forced into
a confederation in which Canada will
rule them. What the policy of the Brit
ish Government will be, in view of the
strosg opposition thus shown, is not yet
developed. -Phila. Ledger.
Year: 1866

The Philadelphia public have been ex-
cited over a remarkable contest between
sn elephant and his keeper The ami
NAL having become unmanageable, was
secured by chains in the middle Of his
iuclosure, and deprived Of food and drink.
This only seeming TO make him more re-
fractory las would seem very natural),
his attempts to escape were met by firing
a dozen loads into his head from a rife.
One of them destroyed his right eye, but
this is lamented as an accident Then
an apparatus was rigged to throw him
from his feet, and he was laid on his side
and kept there until be became entirely
docile he is now as good as new, with
the exception of the loss Of an eye. The
elephant, who is called Romeo, is now
the largest in the country, being nearly
ten feet high, and weighing over i've tons.
Year: 1866

FREE TRADE LEAGUE IN ST. LouIs.-By invita-
tiOn of Mr. Simon Stern, Secretary of the Ameri-
can Free Trade League, organized in the city of
Sew York, number Of the most influential bus-
less men of ST. Louis, met at the Lndell Hotel, on
lie evening of the I'd inst, to consult upon the
rropriety cf organizing a Free Trade League in


hat city. The result of the conference was tie
adoption of THE Constitution of the American
Free Trade League" and the appointment of a
Committee on Organization, with instructions to
report the names of proper persons for perma-
nent officers of the League.


This is move in the right direction. The West
and South are being robbed by the protectionists
of the East, who have made Congress 4 Protec tive
Tariff League. Not satisfied with the present
tariff the prOteGtionists demanding increase.
"Put up the tariff one per cent. higher, and we will
be satisfied say the proectiouiss. 1t is done as
they request and still the old cry is droned in
our ear ''Put up the tariff one per cent higher
and we will be satisfied


In the days Of Hamilton seven and one-half per
cert. advaloremwas necessary to enable the manu-
facturers of this country to engage in the mauuac-
turer o! IRON After awhile it was put up one per
cent higher. and still another per cent. until to-
often repeated Words g Put up the tariff per
cent and we will be satisfied are still ringing in
our ears.


The argument that we cannot have free trade
| while we have such an overwhelming national
debt ia unsound. Protective tariffs check and pro
hibit imp0rLations and deprive us Of much Of the
revenue obtained from imports.


| If the West and South H. not speedily organize
against the manufacture If the East, they will be
Eastern thieves do their roNbing business in broad
daylight, and if we do not object we cannot com
plain if we lose all gre lbacks and fractiona
currency Cairo Democrat.
Year: 1866

The undersigned take this method of .ufnng their thanks
to their friends for the patience they have displayed during the
vexatious delays in the supply of the


Red Jacket Isitters
For the hrst time suee their int reduction into this city
are enabled to announce supply to meet the de-
and We can now pledge ourselves to fill promptly all orders
for the BllTERs In another column give list of some
OF the leading houses who have steadily sustained the BIT
TEIs and from whom country irieuds get their sup
plies Of RED JACKET on the same terms as from u.s.


GRAY & NORRIS


Wholesale Agents for Red achet Bitters


81 Canal Orleans La
Year: 1866

Young MEMS GRAND DRESS, FANCY AND MASK
BALL-The Young Mems Association will give
another of their splendid balls at Odd Fellows
Hall on Saturday evening next. The entertain
ments given by this excellent Association are all
for charities and for charities of the worthiest de-
scriptior. E ere 55.4


Aside of the praiseworthy object of the reunions
their gatherings are distinguished for elegance and
refined recreation. We have been complmented
with an invitation and shall endeavor to be
y V
Year: 1866

see was soquistsd there not being particle Of proof
70 sustain the indictment


ATTEMPT BURGLARY
Patrick Handley q half wtted youthl who was ar
rested several times for going into premises for the pur
pose or Aeepng was brought up ON charge OF burglary
upon the complaint OF Charles Brohers. HIS Honor
sent him 70 the Penitentiary for three months
Year: 1866

CENTENARY CHURCH FAIR.-The ladies at the
Centenary Church are conducting their Fair
with degree OF success that Is really flatter-
ing. We paid them short visit, and were
only displeased that we could not stay longer
The tables are dressed beautifully, and with
taste that reflects credit upon the fair hands
that did the work. Add to the beautiful
dresses of the tables, a tempting array of all
sorts of tricks, toys, and toilet articles; the
portraits of those honored heroes, Generals
Lee and Jackson, placed in appropriate and
candy; mammoth pound and fruit cakes, with
their snow white coatings, and all other sorts
Of sweets and substantials, to please the eye, or
make the tongue water, and you have the
faintest idea of what then is there to please
In or above all we have mentioned, the pre-
sence of many and beautiful ladies add to the
charm of the Fair. When we enter place Like
this, look around MS, and consider that all
that we see that is so beautiful is woman, or
woman's work, we wonder what we mortals
would do without the ladies.
Year: 1866

THE ASSASSINATION OF SECRETARY SEW
ARD-About five or SIX DAYS ago n man named
Sterling King was arrested in this city and
lodged in the county Jail on a charge of horse
stealing. and held TO await q requIsition from
the Governor of Ohio. On Sunday last he be-
came little soft, opened his mind to another
prisoner, and informed him that he was one of
the parties engaged in the attempted assassi-
nation of Secretary Seward. Major General
Jer. &. Davis, commander of the department
during the absence of General Palmer, was at
once informed of the matter and Immediately
proceeded to the Jail, where he had long in
terylew with King, who again confesses that
he was one of the conspiratars. Gen. Davis
then telegraphed to Washington on the subject
and we have not as yet learned If there have
been any instructions received relative To the
prisoner. II is believed that King, who is a
shrewd vagabond and has been in both armies
during the late war, having been arrested by
the Confederate authorizes and tried as q spy
and served a sentence with ball and chain in
the Newport Barracks tor swindling the Uni
ted States Government, and is now giving out
this information in order that he may get into
the hands of the military authorities, whom he
knows cannot make a case against him, and by
so doing he will get out of his horse stealing
difficulty. He is indicted in Cincinnati on two
charges Of horse stealing, and il is reported
that several other charges are ready 10 be
brought against him HIs home has not vet
been ascertained, although he has been in the
hands of our police for over a week.-LOvis-
ctlie Courier.
Year: 1866

A CHEAP BARoMETER.-A German has re =
Gently invented very cheap and easily made
barometer. Take common glass wide
mouthed pickle bottle, and fill il 10 within
three inches OF the mouth with water. Then
take common sweet oil flask, cleanse il thor :
oHghly and plunge the meek into the pickle
bottle as far as il viii go. This completes the
barometer, and in fine wea her the water wHI
rise IN the Aeck of the flask, descending again
in wet, windy weather. Before heavy gale
OF wind the water has been seen TO leave the
flask altogether, at least eight hours before the
gale was at its height.
Year: 1866

E-M. Ponsard, the author OF a new and
very successful play, just brought out in Paris,
occupied an obscure seat In the back OF a pri
vate box during the first performances OF the
piece, and the audience was first made aware
of his presence by shower of kisses bestowed
upon him by his wife when the uproarious ap-
plause decided the success of the drama.
Year: 1866

RITUALISA.


By the Husband Of a Ritaalist.
i do not know, and less care
What clothes parson ought TO wear
A black dress or a white dress.
Why should 1, while call my own
One who, when preaching wears a gown,
And lectures in a night-dressl
Year: 1866

A couple Of tame wolves have been
objects Of curiosity in yard on Mul-
berry street, for few days past. Thcy
are very tame--so tame that they are
"nicest play things in the world" On
Saturday a gentleman went down to
see them, and the lady of the house re-


marked to him that they were very
tame. "Just see here said she. and
she fondled them as il they were inno-
cent little babes. "You putyourhands
upon them, and see how tame they
are" she invitingly said to the gent.
OF course he would, but, as he ap-
preached, four rows of teeth admon


ished him to keep a safe distance. At
this, the woman assured him il was
only a playful demonstration, and, TO
show him how exceedingly well tanned
they were, she entered the house and
returned with threelittle kittens, which
she placed before the wolves, Then
she engaged in further conversation
with the gent, and, soon after, both
hearing faint squeak, turned around
just in time to see the tail of kitten
number three goiug down the mouth
of the tamest wolf The visitor i'm
mediately took his departure, after
making liberal offer for the wolves.
to take home for an infant child to play
with in the absence of its mother.E
New Haven Journal. ri
Year: 1866

Bow. TURSiPs.--Ws find tho following
good advice 10 a country exchange: The
scarcity of grain this winter will evidently
be geatasa result of the great drought
this SUMNER This may be remedied in
part If. each fsrmer win sow several acres
Of his best lend in, 'turnips,. They make
excellent food for stock, and may furnish
subsistence te Q large GLASS Of persons who
my not be able to obtain other food. Don't
nagleot this. The matter is imp ortant
enough to claim tho Immediate attention Of
every farmer. Five hundred bushels oftnf.
Year: 1866

mand the sacrifice of the sacred prlnci-
Piles of the Constitution. to their desire


for social and political elevation. They
possess the same turbulent nature that
sleeps the Andes foot in blood, and
that makes the Amazon blush for the
shame Of the Spanish conqueror. Yet
these natural anarchists are encourag-
ed in their propensity for revolution,
by men like Charles Sumner, who tells
them that San Domingo will be re-
peated IN this country if their demands
are net granted, 1t seems impossible
that the testimony Of Mexico and
South America should be lost upon the
people Of the United States, yet there
arc many who are even worse than
Bourbons, for, while they will not learn
from history, they seem to have for
gotten even what in their lucid days
they acknowledged to be tho truth.
God forbid that of such should ever be


a majority Of the voters ofcur country!
Year: 1866

Gen. Lee has arranged with G. B.
Richardson. of New York, for the publi-
cation Of his history of the war 1t is
now i'll preparation, but will not be com
pleted for several months. In The articles
of agreement it is stipulated That no
alterations shall be made by the publish
er after the manuscript comes into his
hands. Lee is positive on this point,
and will brook no change to suit the
Southern palate"


We find the above persistent item" in
most of our exchanges, and we are at a
loss to conceive what changes in Gen
/ Lees book would be necessary to render
it palatable to the South. There is prob
ably an error of the types, and North
rrn" should be read instead Of South
rrn."
Year: 1866

A freed negro, of Montgomery, undertook
to assist Yankee Major to procure negroes
for his plantation lin Miss, at s. per head
He soon reported ;37, but II of them turned
out to have been pre-enTaged under the
sanction of the Bureau. 1t shows how
lightly negroes regard their constructs. AS
soon as the weather gets warm again, we
expect to see the negroes begin to straggle
again. When the sun shines hot i'll the day
and the nights become warm, so that tree
or a fence corner will do for a freedman
lodging, and the black berries ripen, and the
roasting ears fill with luciOus fatness, and
the spring rOosters get big enough to
crow. the irrcpressible SambO Will
wander forth, in spite of the Bureau con


tracts. and leave "Jack Green" to rip
ahead and smother up the cotton. Mind
what we say, the free nigger is bound tt
hurt somebody, and Yankee Majors are as
/ likely to suffer as some Others. Sambo S prln
ciple business this year is, to distribute small
pOx, and he is a going to attend to that
/ He is sorter resting from his legitimate bus
! mess lust now, because the nights are frosty
/ and he wants a chimney corner to toast III
/ shins by a fire, and the piggaries and hen
neries are played out for the present. ant
! fruits and berries and melons havn't come IL
At the proper season he will begin to till hi


destiny with more vigor, and the prospect G
the cotton crop of 66 will begin to groN
small by degrees and beautifully less Bt


sides his small pOX business, ke will have I


go voting before the year is out, and tha
| will lay by the cottOn.-Messenger.
Year: 1866

THE POORER CLASSES OF ENCL tND.-John
Bright. in a recent speech at Birmingham
Tins spoke of the poorer classes III Great
Britain:


There are among them one million-con-
siderablv more than a million, believe, III
the United Kingdom-of those who are
classed in the unfortunate list of paupers.
There are at least "a million that are just


above the paupers-always in peril lest
they themselves should become paupers
Their conditions and prospects are no more
favorable than that. Then look at the lg
norance of the lower strata of this portion
of the nation look at their poverty, then
suffering, their utter hOpelessness OF good
Why, in the American ESOuthern States
/ during the reign of slavery, every negro
/ had an idea that there was dav of Jubilee
1 for him Verify" they used to say, the
/ Lord will come and deliver us But in thl
/ class. the lower strata of the population o


vour country, l venture to say there Is
| neither belief in anything better for them
/ nor scarcely is there any aspiration atte
| it.


And such is the jubilee which has beef


vouchsafed to the Southern negro.
Year: 1866

Sworn and subscribed the day and date above
written before me-


A. B. POTFENGER, Alderman.
We stake our reputation that 1t was far from
the Committee to do anything else but what was
honorable and lust, and why should the Com
mittee be blamed for the slowness of the boat
Does any one suppose that we would risk our
own lives upon an unsafe boat, If we knew 1t I?
The idea is perfectly prepOsterous.


Yours truly, 7. B. MILLER,


On behalf of the Committee.
Year: 1866

1t is Il melancholy spectacle to behold a
free Government die The world, it is
true, is filled with the evidences Of decay
kll nature speaks the voice OF dissolution,
and the highway of history and OF life is
strewn with the wrecks which Time, the
great despoier, has made But hopes of


the future bright visioE OF reyiving glory,
are no where denied to the heart OF man,
save as he gazes upon the downfall Of legal
liberty lie listens sorrowfully to the
aatumn winds as they whistle through
,iismautied forests, but he knows that
their breath will be soft and vernal in the
spring, and that the dead flowers and the
wthered foliage will blossom aud bloom
again He sees the sky overcast with the
angry frown OF the tempest, but he knows
that the sun will reappcar, and the stars,
the emblazonrv of God. cannot perish
Man himself, this strange connecting link
between dust and the Deity, totters weariy
onward under the weight of years and pain
toward the gaping tomb, but how briefly
his mind fingers around that dismal spot.
1t is filled with tears and grief and the
willow and the cypress gather around it
with their loving but mournful embrace


And is this all i! Not 80. If man die
shall he not live again Beyond the
grave, in the distant Alden, hope provides
an elysium of the soul where the mortal
assumes Immortality, and life becomes an
endless splendOr.


But where, sir, mall the dreary regions
of the past, filled with convulsions, wars,
and crimes, can you point your finger to
the tomb Of free commonwealth on which
the angel of resurrection has ever descend
ed or from whose mouth the stone of des-
potism has ever been rolled away? Where,
in what age and in what cline, have the
ruins Of youth regained their lost estate
BY whose strong grip has the dead corpse
of Republic once fallen ever been raised?
The merciful Master who walked upon the
waters and bade the winds be still, left no
ordained apostles with power to wrench
apart the jaws of national death and re-
lease the victims Of despotism. The wall
of the heart broken over the dead is not
SO sad to me as the realization of the fact
And all history, with loud, unbroken
voice, proclaims it, and the evidence of
what the past has been is conclusive to my
mind OF what the future will be. Wher~
ever in the dominion of human conduct a
people once possessed Of liberty surrender
ed these great gifts of God at the command
of the usurpcr, they have never afterwards
proven themselves worthy to regain their
forfeited treasure.-D. ~ Voorhees,
Year: 1866

Is there one being. stubborn as the rock
to misfortune, whom kindness does not al
feet? 1t comes with double grace and
tenderness from the old it seems in them
the boarded and long purified bencvolence
years as ifit had survived and conquer
ed the baseness and selishness Of the or
deal it had passed; as if the winds which
had broken the form, had swept in vain
across the heart. and the frosts which had
chilled the blood and whitened the locks
has possessed no power over the warm
tide Of the affections 1t is the triumph Of
nature over art ; it is the voice of the an
gel which is yet within us. Nor is this
all, the tenderness Of age is twice blessed
blessed is its trophies over the obduracy
Of encrusting and withering years, blessed
because it tells us that the heart will blos>
som even upon the precincts of the tomb.
and natters us with the nyiolacy and i'm
mortality Of love.