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Year: 1866

The disastrous petroleum fire of Friday night last
reyyes the question OF lis dangers and the way to
avoid them. During the early days of the petroleum
excitement, when lawmakers knew no more OF its
properties and peculiarties than did the goneap public
a law was passed iorbidding the storage Of petroleum
Of less than certain gravity, which met the point OF
danger much as would law forbidding the handling
Of gunpowder whose grains not of an established
coarseness. The explosive quality in petroleum is
benzole which exists to greater or less degree in all
graytes of the crude oil except the mbricating oils
In some of the lighter oils of Western Pennsylvania
the proportion of benzoe is nearly quite % per cent
The first action in the refining process is to remove
this benzoe, which should then be thrown away, or
at most, only used for fuel. The largest
and bestknown refners never retain this
ingredient in their oils justly considering it too dan
gerous to be tampered with. There are unscrupuous
refners however who add this benzole TO their re-
fined oil to increase its bulk and their consequent
profit and il is this oil containing large proportion
Of benzole which expodes and brings discredit upon
the whole petroleum trade. Oil properly refined will
extnguish burning brand as quickly as water, aud
such oil only should be sold.


One simple law would regulate the question OF dan
ger from oil explosions. Let the law enact that po
licemen or other officers shall test all oil offered for
sale, by putting lighted match TO vessel containing
IT, If it extnguishes the match, il is safe; If 1t ex-
pode let the oil be seized and conscated as danger
ous The rapacity Of unscrupuous manufacturers
or dealers should not be allowed to endanger the lives
and property of honest men.
Year: 1866

Perhaps the most important position in this State is
that of Controller of the City and County Of New
York Ifhe is an honest man, having single eye TO
the interests of the citizens Of the metropolis he can
cause the reduction of the burdens imposed upon the
TAXPAYERS at least one-thrd. lie can do this by
seeing that the franchises Of the City its ferries
kes wharyes and piers and real estate bring fair and
rcmuncrative returns to the City Treasury; as also
that no warrants for stealing jobs shall receive his
signature That Richard Kelly, the Union-Repubh-
can candidate is eminenty qualified for the discharge
Of the duties Of this office is generally and warmly
conceded We trust that no Union man, taxpayer
or citizen who desires good, economical and ener-
geic City Government, will fail To deposit his ballot
for Judge Kelly on Tuesday next.
Year: 1866

should the disgrace Of the long imprisonment o JEFF.
Davis, without trial, be overlooked or permitted.


great responsibility rests upon Congress, AID we
believe it has the intelligence and courage to stan
it. We have made little progress in the restoration Of
the inter.relation5 Of the country, and somewhere
there has been a vast mistake in the whole policy
Of reconstruction The experience Of two years
should be sufficient guide to more practical wisdom.
With all its difficulties Congress meets now with
better opportunity and power to establish per-
manent order and prosperity out Of confusion
than It has had at any period since the war We
believe it will use its advantages with prudence and
oi;litv
Year: 1866

We now especially warn the friends o! good gov
ernment and city reform to be on the alert to do their
duty next Tuesday. There is great danger that bad
men will slip into Office through the prevalent apathy
in regard to the coming election. This election is
one of greater Importance, in many respects, to our
tax-payng community, than the State election just
passed. Therefore, we urge upon every voter the
Importance of giving a few moments of his time at
the polls on Tuesday next. BY such effort only can
we demonstrate our capacity for local sefgoyem
ment.
Year: 1866

The Republican party, as reorganzed in this city,
has no aation with any of the officials whose nests
are in the City Hall Neither of the Democratic
candidates for Controller can, if elected, escape,
sooner or later the influence of his party associates
now in office. Judge KELLY will and must be nde-
pendent of them ALL He is, from the force of circum
stances, not 80 much the Republican as the Peoples
candidate The office is that needs such reforna-
ton as Judge Kelly will be in position to thoroughly
and fearlessly carry out.
Year: 1866

HAVING removed his Office to the Irving Block
l L would return his thanks TO his friends and the
public for their liberal patronage. Hoping that his
earnest endeavOrs TO give satisfaction in the past
viii guarantee him large share of practice in the
future. he is prepared to perform all operations in
his profession in the most skillfUl manner.


Eg-Dr. W. has a new preparation for identifying
and cleansing the teeth. May19d3m
Year: 1866

IL Il entire success mple-Prompt-Efneient, and
ssiiabe. They the only Medicines perfectly
adapt &c popular use-so simple that mistakes can
not be made in using them harmless TO be free
from danger and efficient be always reliable
They have raised the ghest dAtiou from all
and will always render satisfaction
Year: 1866

A Milwaukee paper says, that
about month ago, a ragged little
urchin called upon a merchant of
that city, and asked the loan of fif-
ty cents, for which he promised to
give his note, bearing interest at
ten per cent. The merchant
struck with the novelty of the
proposition, and with the evident
straight forwardness of the boy,
gave him the money and took his
note,as the boy insisted upon giving
it. He had almost forgotten the oc-
currence, when he was surprised to
see the little fellow walk into his
store one day to pay his note. Up
on inquiry the merchant learned
from the boy that he invested the
money in newspapers and oranges,
and had already made about forty
dollars, which he was about pla-
cling in q savings bank. He had
no father nor mother, and did
chores at a friends house for his
board.
Year: 1866

LIQUID HoNEY.-The following
receipt for a beautiful liquid honey
is taken from Mr.. Langstroth, which
he says "the best judges have pro-
nounced one of the most luscious
articles they ever tasted" Put
two pounds of the purest white su-
gar in as much hot water as will
dissolve it; take one pound of
strained white clover honey-any
honey of good flavor will answer
and add it warm to the syrup, thor
oughly stirring together. AS re-
fined loaf sugar is q pure and in
odorous sweet, one pound of honey
will give its flavor in two pounds
Of sugar, and the compound will
be free from that smarting taste
that pure honey often has, and
will generally agree with those
who can not eat the latter with
impunity. Any desired flavor can
be added to it.


Although no profit can be real
lied from inducing bees to store
this mixture in boxes or glasses,
the amateur may choose, in bad
seasons, or in districts where hon
ey is pure, to secure in this way
choice specimens for his table.
Year: 1866

The New York Herald shows


how ridiculous is the oft repeated


expression Of Northern Radical
orators and editors, who in speak.
ing of freedmen, call them the
"loyal blacks" of the South. We
quote:


"The Radicals must laugh in
their sleeves when they talk a.
bout the ''loyal blacks" They
know well enough that but few of
the poor negroes know what is
meant by the word loyalty. 1t is
an insult to the intelligent citizens
of the country to reiterate such
nonsense. 1t would be just as sem
sible to talk of the loyal children
who are only just learning the al
phabet, or the loyal baby in its
mothers arms. Yet these Radi-
Gals complain that the South is
not put under the control cf the
poor benighted blacks. They un-
blushingly claim that half this
continent, and that the richest and
most important half, shall be put
into the hands of the negroes.
Seven or eight millions of whites,
the intellectual people of our own
blood and race, with all the vast
interests and future of the South
ern States, to be turned over to
three millions of ignorant negroes
who scarcely know the right hand
from the left! How preposterousl
What an insane propositions 1t
is too absurd for serious argument.
None but the craziest fanatics, who
ought to be in the lunatic asylums,
or the most desperate revolutiona-
ry politicians would entertain such
a thought"


This is putting the case plain
ly, pointedly and truthfully. The
only genuine loyalists of the South
are the intelligent and educated
whites-no matter whether they
took part in the war for establish
ing separate nationality or not.
This class, is true, are rebellious
against the tyranny and oppression
of the Radical party, but to the
Union under the Constitution and
the laws of the land, they give
true respect and allegiance.
Year: 1866

''You have heard" said a youth to his sweet
heart, who stood
While he sat on a corn-sheaf at daylight's
decline ,
"You have heard of the Danish boys whistle


of wood;


wish that the Danish boys whistle were


mine!"
"And what would you do with it!-tell me-"


she said,
While an arch smile played over her beauti-


full face;
81 would blow it," he answered, sand then my


fair maid


Would fly to my side, and would there take


her place."
els that all you wish for. Why, that may be
Without any magic" the fair maiden cried;
ga favor SO slight ones good nature secures;"
And she playfully seated herself by his side.
81 would blow it again, said the youth; "and


the charm
Would work SO, that not even modesty'S


check
Would be able to keep from my neck your


white arm;'
She smiled, and she laid her white arm round


his neck.
"Yet once more would blow, and the music


divine


Would bring me the third time an exquisite


bliss;
You would lay your fair check to this brown


one of mine,
And your lips, stealing past it, would give


me kiss"
The maiden laugh'd out in her innocent glee-
"What a fool of yourself with the whistle you'd
For only consider how silly 'twould be
To sit there and whistle for what you might


take"
Year: 1866

Remington Patent. Thus all be-
tokens the eventful adoption of
this gun as the standard arm of
the world.


The peculiar feature of novelty
in this invention consists in the ap-
plication of a swinging breech
e,pierced by firing pin, to a bar
rel bored "through and through" :"
and acting in combination with a
tumbler attached to the hammer,
so that the curved edges of the
tumbler and the breech piece will
correspond and interlock to
brace against the recoil. Thus it
is adaptable to any style of bar
rel, and can be used in the pistol,
carbine or sporting gun, as well as
in the field arm.


There being a large quantity
of superior Springfield rifles in
the various arsenals of this coun-
try, an economical method of al
tering them to effective breech-
leaders, has also been devised by
the Messrs. Remington, which
may obviate for a time the expense
of manufacturing entirely new
arms of the improved pattern
Utica Herald.
Year: 1866

Blushing is sign that some-
thing of the angel is left in woman,
beautiful to the eye and bespeaking
the inward purity of the heart,
When a woman ceases to blush
she has lost her greatest charm.
Year: 1866

er ambiguous phraseology:


A glass cf wine, with piece
of ice in it, and a nice clean straw
to empty it, is not an unpleas=
ant thing these hot afternoons;
but the wholesale use of liquor
as a beverage is very pernicious,
and sooner or later affects the
mind, which is the only distinc-
ton between man and beast.
Year: 1866

The Claiborne Advocate of the Sd mourn
fully remarks that the present weather is de-
lightful and just the kind for picking cotton
inf there were only enough of the staple to
make it an object.
Year: 1866

And if properly managed will promote the health comfort
and happiness Of every member of the family.


TIME, MONEY, and extreme vExATIoN by delays of
your daily meals, may be saved by using the
Year: 1866

The following extract from a discourse


which Rev. Albert Barnes, ID. D., of Phila-


delphia, delivered to his people on last
! Thanksgiving day, is so truthful and SO
/ timely, that it deserves wide publicity-ss-
! pecially in consideration of the source from
| which it comes


Il hesitate not to say that, on the whole,
! the conduct OF the South in the feelings
! evinced on the termination OF the conflict
has been such as to demand the confidence
of the North and to secure the admiration
o. mankind. The surrender of armed forces
was so complete and entire; the cessation of
hostilities was so immediate and universal;
the acknowledgement that they had been
overcome was SO prompt, frank and manly;
the readiness tereturnto to the Union has been
so general and apparently SO sincere; the
recognition of the fact that slavery is ex-
tlnct for ever has been so wisely admitted as
= fact, vast as are the consequences involved
and as is the change in their habits; The
readiness to come under the arrangements
iorcollecting the revenue has been so prompt
the disposition to resume commercial inter-
course with the great cities of the North has
been so Marked and the willingness to come
into the great arrangements to the Nation
for perpetuating freedom has been SO gem
eTal CilaJ we see In TINS, Itnlnk, Tue return
of the feelings of the best days Of the Re
public. There are xceptions-indiyidua
but there has never been civil war closed
where there was less lingering animosity,
or more willingness to unite again under the
same Government Can We forget, when
we think of what is in the Southern bosom
still, that ong-cherished opinions, feelings
and customs do not soon change among
people? Can we forget how long after tho
wars of the Roses and after the civil
wars that resulted in the establishment of
the Commonwealth in England on the
cessation of the forms of war, the feelings
that had been engendered fingered in the
bosom of ofEnglishmen? Can we forget how
long after the revolution, the banishment
of James, and the accession Of William and
Mary, ,love for the 'Pretender' fingered in
the hearts OF portion of that nation? how
firm was the conviction that he was the
righttul heir to the crown? how strong the
hope that he would yet come to the throne?
Shall We blame our Southern brethren if
some similar feelings linger in their
bosoms?"
Year: 1866

You men of the Republican party we mean
who have UNIFORMLY declared that you are
opposed to Negro Suffrage. Now that the
Republican party stands committed by the
vote of their Representatives in Congress,
in favor of Negro Suffrage, what will you
do? Will you swallow your words, and vote
with the party which has betrayed you, OF
will yo,i come out from the foul party, iden-
tify yourselves and vote with those who
are open undisguisedly AGAINST Negro Suf-
frape. and in favor of sustaining the Presi-
dent Of your choice in his patriotic efforts to
MAINTAIN and defend the Constitution, re-
store the Union, and peace, harmony, and
prosperity to the country. The issues arc
before you, negro suffrage. disunion on the
one side, and white mans government,
the Union and the Constitution of Wash


ington and his co-patriots on the other,
which will you do 2--Neravli lduoeate.
Year: 1866

The Milwaukee Wisconsin tells the follow.
ing:


IA few weeks ago large number OF
pigeons had made a resting place upon the
cornice of the Austin @Block, corner of
Spring and West Water streets. and had be-
come so great an annoyance that it was ne
cessary to keep them away. For this purpose
wire gauzc was nailed up the full length
of the cornice. 1t happened that when the
gauze was put up that one Of the pigeons
remained behind, and is a close prisoner
there, and has been for three weeks, but
during all this time he has been daily fed by
his companions. Almost every hour of the
day several pigeons will be found clinging to
the gauze and waiting patiently their turn
to deliver to the imprisoned pigeon the food
they have brought him, and every one seems
to be more anxious to supply him than to
feed himself. The choicest bits that can be
picked up ere reserved for the poor compan-
ion, and he is now living on the fat of the
land. We haveno doubt that, like an honest
pigeon as he is, he would prefer to break
the chains which bind him and work for
his own living. but as he can not do that,
must submit to being the pet Of the flock. "
Year: 1866




ana 9O,S6S enlisted men were killed on the battle
field, or subsequently died of their wounds
while 1921 officers and 1872, 0lO enlisted men died
OF disease So that about one officer was slain
in battle for about every Is men; while only one
officer died for every so men in the hospital
This excess OF loss of life among the officers in
battle Is partly due to the fact that in battle they
are expected TO lead their men on; and still
more, II may be, that when sickness interYenes
they nave medicines, care, and nourishing food
that circumstances forbid TO be given to tine
bulk of the army


The number of white troops enlisted was
almost exactly 100000 men; the number of
deaths among them, 25l, l22, or l death out of
10. The number of colored troops was 1870 900.
of whom 29, 29S died, or about ont of G. The
death rate of the colored troops was therefore
nearly double that of the white; but the death
rate from disease alone was far worse than this.
Out of every eight deaths among the white
troops, three died on the field of battle and FIVE
from disease. Out of every nine deaths among
the blacks, one died on the field of battle. and
eight from disease The negro, as slavery has
left him, feeble of WILL and with but little moral
stamina, is less capable than the white man of
enduring the physical trials of the military
service.


The above tables show that the regular ser.
vice is far safer, both on the battlefield and i'm
the hospital than the volunteer force Out OF
the same number of troops of either force, seven
volunteers would die to six regulars; the NOR
tality among the former was nearly fifteen per
cent greater than among the latter.
These army records give the precise number OF
men who fled while in their countryis service.
IL does not tell us of that great host who, dis
missed at their own request for disability, went
home TO die. An examination of the pension
records would partly supply this want; bur the
| iull number OF those who gave their lives to
their country can never be known.
Year: 1866

but notwithstanding all possible exertions Of the
tiremen and citizens generally, spread through al
most two entire squares of buildings, which in
the course of q couple Of hours were thus laid in
ashes. Had not Just then a strong north wind
ceased from blowing, there cannot be doubt but
what much greater calamity would have ensued,
As it was, the loss in the destruction Of buildings
was quite considerable, though greater part of
the more valuable properties had been insured,
mostly in the English Phpnix Fire Insurance Com
pany Of London, of which company the late
Richard Relf, cashier Of the State Bank Of Louis
lana, was for number of years the authorized
agent. Since these remote times, the fires in our
city have beoomemuch more frequent; but thanks
10 our efficient fire brigade the damages occasoned


by these calamites become eventually more and


more ercumscribed
Year: 1866

An election was held a few days ago in West
Virginia, ss called, in which vote was taken
on the question of disfranchising those who ad-
hered to the Confederates during the war. To
make the thing certain, all were excluded from
voting who would be disfranchised in case the
proposition carried. OF course the result was in
favor of the radicals. 1t is, however, new fea-
tnre in the science Of government to prevent men
from voting on proposition which denies them
the right of voting for all future time.
Year: 1866

eying the captain with admiration for his
scientific qualities. Putting on his coat
the captain Strengthened himself up and re-
marked -


well, my friends, are you all satisfied
or do you wish still further exhibition of
the enlisting process have whipped
your very best and largest men. suppose
you have no objection to follow their exam
pie p 9a


No sir ee' responded one or two of the
crowd. You'll do to lie to, old fellow
So come on boys-fall in 7
" They did so, and in very short space of
time the young captain, Yankee soldier,
had complies ely filed his company all eager
to be led by so brave and scientific man.
A few days latter the captain moved front,
and it has been said that Captain Clayton's
company, of the Sd Vermont Infantry, was
one of the best as we'll as bravest organiza-
tions in the campaign under the command
of Grant in his last grand movement against
the Rebel Capital.


BALTIMORE MD
Year: 1866

In domestic happiness, the wife's inHu-
ence is much greater than her husbands
for the one the first cause-mutual love
and con6dence-being granted, the whole
comfort of the household depends upon
tribes more Immediately under herjurisdc-
ton. By her management of small sums,
her husbands Responsibility and credit are
created or destroyed. No fortune can
stand the constant leakage of extravagan-
ces and mismanagement; and more is spent
in trif1es than woman would easily believe
The one great expense, whatever it may be,
is turned over and carefully reflected on,
ere incurred the income is prepared to
meet it but it is pennies imperceptibly
the sliding away which do mischief; and this
wife alone can stop, for it does not come
within mans province. There is often an
unsuspected trfe to be saved in every house
hold. 1t is not in economy alone that the
wife's attention is 50 necessary. but in those
niceties which make we'll regulated house.
An unfurnished cruet-stand, a missing key,
buttonless shirt soied table. cloth, a
mustard pot with its contents sticking hard
and brown about it, are really Dothings ::
but each can raise an angry word or cause
discomfort. Depend upon it. there's a
great deal of domestic happiness in well
dressed mutton chop, or a tidy breakfast
table. Men grow sated of beauty, tired of
music, are often to weared for conversation,
however intellectual j but they can always
appreciate well-swept hearth and smiling
comfort. A woman may love her husband
devotedly-and sacrifice fortune, friends,
family, country, for him-she may have the
genius ola Sappho the enchanted beauties
Of an Armida but-melancholy fact-if
with these size fails to make his home com.
Portable, his heart will inevitably escape
her. And women live so entirely in the
affections, that without love. their existence
is void. Better submit, then, to household
tasks, however repugnant they may be to
your tastes than doom yourself to love-
less home Women Of higher order of
mind will not run this risk they know
that their feminine. their domestic. are
their first duties.
Year: 1866

DIR. H, who is pastor of the Orthodox
Church, had been for some time annoyed by
the forwardness of lay brother to . speak"
whenever an opportunity was offered, to the
frequent exclusion Of those whose remarks
had greater tendency to edifcation. This
had been carried so far that the pastor,
whenever he stated that an opportunity
would be offered to any brother to give an
exhortion," had always secret dread of
the lOquaciOus member.


On one special occasion, the later pre-
faced aprosy incoherent harrangue, with
an account Of a controversy he had been
carrying on "My friends" said, he "the
devil and | have been fighting for more than
twenty minutes. He told me not to speak
to night, but determined would. He
said some of the rest could speak better
than |, but still could not keep SILENT
He even whispered that Ispoke too often
and that nobody wanted to hear me; but
was not to be put down that way-and
now | have gained the victory, | must tell
you all that is in my heart" Then follow
ed the tedious harrangue aforesaid.


AS they were coming out Of the session
room, the good pastor inclined his head SO
that his mouth approached the ear of the
militant member, and whispered, Broth.
er. Think the devil aOaS right r