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Year: 1866

The Register describes the sudden storm on Mon
day evening, in Mobile, as something absolutely
terrific an ice cream cart, with its canvas cover,
was raised from the ground and carried of by the
wind, whilst false calves and zeal were exposed to
view, although the dust impeded the sight of the
nnrious in such matters.
Year: 1866

gusta (Ga) Chronicle and News says that the
smallpox is rapidly decreasing in that city and its
neghborhood. During the month of May the
whole number treated by the smallpox physician
in and out of the hospital was one hundred and
nine, of which sixty-six were hospital patients
There were twelve deaths from smallpox during
the month at the hospital, and four in private
quarters. This is manifest Improvement on thu
previous record
Year: 1866

TAN AND COLLECTING AGENCY IN JEFFERSON PAR.
rsH.-Captain Jules G, Dreux has opened an office
in Carrollton opposite the court house, as an
agent for the payment of taxes in Jefferson parish
for the redemption of property forfeited for taxes
for the sale of real estate, for the collection of
rents, and for the examination of titles, and he
will give his attention to everything connected
with the transfer or pledging of real estate No
tares will find the agency of great assistance in
the transaction of their business in Jefferson.
Captain Dreux, by long residence in the parish,
and thorough acquaintance with its records, is
well qualified for the Researches he proposes to
make part of his ayocations, and his habits of
laborious application, superior intelligence and
strict integrity entitle him in the highest degree to
public confidence. His advertisement will be
found in our columns
Year: 1866

THE CHOLERA CASE IN HALIFAx.-The pilot
who brought the steamer England into Halifax
has since died. with two members of his family.
He said before his death that be did not board the
vessel, but merely towed in her wake. whence he
gave the necessary directions
Year: 1866

LIFE AND ACCIDENT INsURANcE,-The necessity
for taking our policy of insurance upon life, to
protect our families in case of death by accident
or natural causes, should be duly appreciated by
ALL til matter of very little expense, and may
be the means of their leaving all they love in an
independent position, while neglect Of such a
precauton would, in case of misfortune, perhaps
leave them pennies. No man who really has IN
affection for his family can be excusable Tor ne
glectng thing SO important; nor do we believe
that many would fail doing it. if they only thought
a moment on the subject. But few refuse to in
sure their houses or their goods why not, on the
iseme principle, their lives? Is it not done in the
nfrst cases to provide against accidents? We


Nope that the matter will be thought upon by all.
Year: 1866

woNES Vor1xG.-The Gold Hill (Csl.) NeWs
lows


at is said, it would degrade woman to intros
duce her into politics. On the contrary it would
purify politics. Because woman is not so strong
AS man, physically, tits said she was not intends
ed to be direct ruler IN Republican Govern
ment What an argument. Yet it passes for
argument, and is, indeed, the common reply to
a suggestion in favor of female suffrage. The
grand National rule, if the Constitution Of the
Union is to prescribe it, should be Every white
adult of the age of 81 shall have and enjoy the
elective franchise. Some who are now strenu-
ously insisting that all men in the South, OF the
African race, shall vote scout the idea of white
fem lie suffrage, and retail all the stale and
trashy filings against the proposition. No less a
man than John Stuart Mill declares his thorough
belief in the proprety of female suffrage, and
he announced this when recently canVassing
Westminster District for a seat in Parliament !
Henry Ward Beecher expresses his hope aud eou-
6deuce in the success OF a movement with this
object in view. II is evident to the careful and
candid observer that woman's right TO vote IS
approaching formal concession through the
laws that extend her privileges for conducting
business in her own name, and the general,
though tacit, admission of her "proper sphere
in the discharge of duties which dozen year:
ago she was popularly declared unfit to under
| take or unsuited to perform. Talk of women
not being adapted to hold Office Why, they
hold hundreds of Uncle Sans post-ofhces, TO-
day; and their competency and failhfulness II
handling and delivering the mails is a matter
official remark and compliment from the Wash
| inQton head of the Post Office Department. Il
very short iime-we, have high authority 70
prop6ecyiug g-the vast majority Of the post sta
tions will be kept by ladies. Hasten the da.
when the woman shall naYe precedence IN ap
plying for these Government places ~
Year: 1866

To the honor Of your Society it has in all times
and under all circumstances, in war and in
peace. been faithful TO the Union Of the States
and the rights of the States. At no period since
its organization have its teachings and services
been more required than at the present, when
the victorious arms of the Republic having sup
pressed the false theory that the Uniou can be
divided by secession, or the voluntary withdraw
al Of n State from its Federal relations and obli-
cations, we are compelled to encounter the op-
posite extreme of compulsory exclusion, by
which the ceEralists deny 10 eleven States the
representation 10 Congress which is guaranteed
to, them by the Constitution.


This doctrine of compulsory exclusion is
scarcely less offensive than that of voluntary
secession. Each is fatal to the perpetuity OF
the ULiOn.


After long and exhaustive war, which has
cost us so much blood and treasure, the country
needs repOse, that industry, commerce and the
arts of peace may revive, and friendly relations
between the States and people may be re-estab-
iished. Friendly confidence among the people
is to be encouraged, and must supercede hatred
and revenge. No portion of the States or peo-
pie can be deprived of their just rights without
producing arrangement.
Year: 1866

The Presidents wearisome iteration
of the assertion that he has done his
whole duty, suggests that there may
be possible doubt in his own mind
about it. General Grant did his
whole duty, but does not go round the
country telling every body that he
has, as though begging them to be-
lieve it. When men are thoroughly
conscious Of having done their whole
duty, they are generally satisfied to
LET their acts testify for them. We
suspect the President Is haunted by
the ghosts of his old speeches, In which
he pledged himself to put traitors on
the back seats, make treason odious,
and confine the work of reconstruction
to loyal men exclusively. He must be
conscious that his policy has not been
in accordance with his pledges. Is
this what's the matter of him m?-ICin
Com.
Year: 1866

The President, in his speech to the
committee from the Philadelphia Con-
vention on Saturday last, says: "I
am as much opposed to egotism as any
one" In this same speech he exem-
plifies the charming modesty which is
so characteristic of our worthy Presi.
dent by very iifrequent references to
himself In proof of this / give the
number of times the following words
occur in his speech:
Year: 1866

Inc delegates commenced assembling this morn
ing about halfpast Q o'clock They entered the hall
in a much more quiet and orderly manner than was
observable in the Wigwam Convention OF the l4th
of August last The swarthy, long haired South
emers who formed a considerable proportion Of
the last Convention were a particularly noticeable
feature of the assemblage in National Hall this
morning, ana one could hardly refrain from con
trasting the immeasurable difference of their mis-
sion from that of the Southern element in the
Wlgwam.


Here and there was seen loyal SoutheTner IN
ffaJernal COME renee with Northern Republican,
and the utmost harmony prevailed IN such converse
There are not two elenents IN this assembly, one
more ultra than the other. All think act, and talk
ike, and moreover agree upon the vital point that
the Union can only be restored upon basis of poh
ucal equality white and black and the rights OF
humanity.


The decorations and emblazonments of National
BAN are the subject of universal encomium. The
rich and tasteful festoOnInR OF the national col0rs
around the chandelier and upon the wall express
slyelv beautiful The mottoes are very apprOprla O.
and express the sentiments that called together the
Convention.


the meeting to order, af or which DIR. Newman, of
New Orleans, offered an impressive supplication TO
the throne of the Almighty to guard guide, and
preserYo the nation aud TO assist its true aud only
friends IN enhancing It's future nd moreover
Year: 1866

case the necessities are of precisely the
opposite character; the fuller and freer the
discussion of the great questions now agi-
tating the public mind, the nearer the truth will
the Convention arrive, and the greater will be
the amount of good accomplished. The leaders
in the present movement realize this fact and
they have given loose reins to any one who
aspires to labor on the stump.


In consequence of the vast crowd assembled
on the streets and in the different public halls,
the hotels we're almost deserted. 1t was easily
discovered that none OF the great guns were
10 be found, and that was an additional cause
for the scattering OF the crowd which on the
previous evening was gathered about the Conti-
mental and elsewhere.


Notwithstanding the comparative duness
which reigned in the corridors below, an i'm.
mense amount of work was done by the Com
mlttees on Resolutions and Address.


The Committee on Address
held a protracted meeting, which lasted far into
The night. The address already prepared by
Judge Sherwood, OF Texas. the general purport
of which was given in The EVENING TELEGRAPH
OF Monday, was submitted to the Committee aud
thoroughly discussed. Many portions of it
proved acceptable to majority, but the address
as whole was not appl owed.


Senator Creswell, OF Maryland, was finally
authorized to prepare and submit this morning
the drait OF an ADDRESS, for tue approval or re-
lection of the Committee. He was furnished
with notes by order of the Committee, embody-
ing the views Of the majority; and from these
and the accepted portions of Judge Sherwood's
document, the Address of the Convention to the
American people VIII be prepared.


The Committee on Resolutions
were also in session last evening, but their deli.
berations were rather more dlscordant than
were those OF the other committee. The con-
sideraton OF the various resolutions which had
been referred and submitted to the committee
inv olved a long and stormy discussion. and
nothing that was particularly satisfactory was
arrived at
Year: 1866




The capor Of Fort Eric is Irshman by birth, as his
indicates although resident Of this country since
the years Of his youth Enstng in the regular cavalry
many Of his adventurous countrymen did, he served
eight years. apprenticeship to the art OF war; in that
most instructive all military schools-the life Of an
Indian fighter on the plains Of the West-a life which
first developed the sterling qualities Of such soldiers os
Phil Sheridan Gordon Granger and Others who rose TO
the highest rank In the late for the Union.


At the commencement Of the rebellion O'Noill like
many Of his brave and adventurous comrades in the
lar service Of the line struck for advancement in the VOL
unoer service Such men proved especially tted for the
cavalry branch Of the service, and in IL many Of
Of the States in whose behalf they cast the weight Of
their sabres II noticeable during the rebellion
that the most dashng and successful among the subor
dinate officers Of the cavalry arm were men OF this
cass-men whose experience and military schooling un
der the best regular officers OF the time fitted them to
into the field ONeill was one Of these. From cap
tancy in Ohio regiment of cavalry believe he rose
10 lieutenant colonelcy, greatly distinguishing him.
self in the OF his service On one OCCASION II Is
related Of him. an example Of his bravery and de.
cison, that the regiment TO which he was attached
rate force, and summoned TO surrender. The
colonel in command counseed submission and advised
his retreat and themselves the best way they
could To this arrangement O'Nci dcmurred and upon
the command being given up 10 him, made desperate
tight and cut his way out ONeill also active In the
chase Of John Morsan when that worthy invaded the
North and chiefly instrumental In his capture Tho
selection Of such officer 0Nei 10 lead the advance
Canada shows that the Fenan leaders exercise careful
discrimination In the selection Of materials
Year: 1866




The Florence ALA Journal gives the
following good advice to its readers;


Daily is our attention directed to new
and multiplied evidences of industry,
energy and determination, such as make
assurance double sure that the prosperity
Of the people of North Alabama will be
worked out and established OF such fOun-
dation as makes its permanence unques-
toned. The PlOW, the Loom and the
Anvil, the Mil, the Saw and the Plane,
each and every one Of these is bringing
forward its allotted and proper part in
the great work Of resuscitation. But
material prosperity cannot be Of long
duration, nor is it desirable without mel-
tat culture and advancement. Knowl-
edge is power, and the pen is mightier
than the sword. To Dur readers we
would say, renOvate your plantations,
rebuild your factories and workshops,
extend yOur-bus mess in every direction
you may deem advisable, but if you wish
solid prosperity and happiness to attend
you and your fellOw-citizens, build up
your educational Institutions, see that
your schools, colleges and universities
are prepared, and fitted, and enabled to
discharge the highly important duties
imposed upon them By law and society
that is, to teach this people.


ESs~ 1t has been beautifully said that
u the veil which covers the face Of futu-
-ity is woven by the hand Of meroy."
Year: 1866

BASEBALL IN PETERsBURG.-A state
ment occurred in the columns Of our paper
a few days since to the effect that Peters
burg was without that modern requisitefor
q "two-horse town"-a baseball club.
We learn that we have been heavily COM
planned of by the youngsters of the Cock
ade City as being guilty of an egregious
error, and have been requested to correct
the statement. This We cheerfully do, and
inform the young athletics Of Richmond
that new rival in the baseball world has
sprung up in Petersburg in the shape OF
the Dixie Club. Master Johnny Joynes,
son Of Judge Joynes, is president.
Year: 1866

Mr.. RrcHrSGs.-Among the arrivals yes
terday at the Ballard House was Mr.. Peter
Richings, 50 long upon the stage, looking
as gay and as perpendicular as he did forty
years ago! He Is very wonderful man
He has come down as sort Of ambassador
from past sge-a very respectable one
quite creditable to that generation from
which he halls. We know no man who
has lasted so long and SO well. We envy
him. Could we live as long as he We
should see the upshot Of the present ma
tional troubles. He will most assuredly
outliye them. He will yet make love tc
some beautiful lady in play before the
Emperor Of North America!
Year: 1866

WoNAN's LovE.-One of the strangest as
well as one OF the most remarkable cases of
woman's devotion has lately come TO our ears
that we have ever known. A young man who
was engaged to be married to a young lady of
a good family, in Dubuque, was some time
since sent to the Penitenuary for stealing
The lady was the only person who appeared to
have any interest in his release, and .single
handed and alone" she did everything in her
power to have him pardoned. For a long time
her efforts were Of no avail, but finally she
wrote Gov. Stone that her all depended upon
the release Of the young man-that she was
engaged to be married TO him, and that aup-
fortunately she was in such condition that nm
less she was allowed TO marry him that herself
and family would be disgraced." BY this
ruse she succeeded in accomplishing the de-
sired end. Under these circumstances the
Governor instructed the Warden TO let the
young man .'go free" provided the young lady
would marry him before leaving the peniten-
tiary. which she did. One Of the last boats up
the river brought the young couple home TO
Dubuque.-Ld Crosse Republican.
Year: 1866

~Tbe Avranohin states that in a comm une
near Avranches an owl has taken terrible ven
geance for the loss Of her Young, which had
been killed by farmers lad. For four days
the owl was on the watch for the destroyer.
and on the fifth, upon the boy leaving the farm
house, the injured bird. which had been
perched upon q tree, pounced down upon him,
and with one stroke Of its claws tore out his
left eye, the sight OF which is permanently de-
Year: 1866

~A city editor, who is q bachelor, having
said in his last Issue that be really wished he
had a sen, so that he could dress him up in
the fashion, was called upon the next day by
his adorable, to whom he had been paying his
distresses for the past two ears, and asked il
he really said that Certainly i did, my
dear" "Well, Jimmy" said she, "Why don't
you make arrangements for OneS'' Our friend
says 1t was the first time he was ever cornered
He was so mortified that he went right away
to parsons.
Year: 1866

NATURAL EXPECTS OF MIsCEGENATIoN-
Attemptto Poison.-Friday afternoon the resi-
dents of Oak street, between Batavia and Syca-
more streets, We're shocked at the brutal treat
ment of a good looking white woman, by her
negro husband. The couple had Just moved in
the neighborhood, and who they were and
cued the woman were entirely ignorant Of As
soon as released from the clutches Of her liege
lord-who in perfect harmony with negro in
srincts, after the honeymoon had passed had
been indulging the Africans disposition to
tyTannze over the weak and helpless-the
woman walked up the street and at the first
drug store purchased poison, which she swal-
lowed on her return, hoping thus to be re-
lie we'd from her loathsome condition. The dose
however proved too large TO produce the
desired object, and the stomach revloting, and
the skill of the physician being brought into
requisition, her life Is in a fair way of being
sayed.-Bufdlo Courier.
Year: 1866

But the crowning glory of his life re-
manned to be attained in his latest discov-
cry, or rather combination, for he does not
claim to be the discoverer of CEDRON,
which is the basis of the BitterS now offer
ed to the public. That honor belongs to
to whom its virtues have been known for
more than two hundred years. Armed
with it, the Indian bids defiance to the
fear the most venomous serpents. 1t is a
belief with them that while there is breath
left in the body the CEDRON is potent to
cure, no matter what the disease may be.
While DIR. Bull is not prepared to indOrse
this extravagant pretension, he lis never
theless satisfied, from a thorough examin-
alton of the evidence relating to itsvirtues,
that as q remedy and preventive for all
diseases arising from exposure, either to
changes OF weather and climate, or to the
miasmatic influence, it stands without a
rival, and justly deserves the reputation it
has so long enjoyed in Central America
and the West Indies.
Year: 1866

In DYSPEPSIA, and its attendant train
of symptoms, it acts more like q charm
than a medicine. There is nothing in the
range of Materia Medlca that can for a
moment bear a comparison with it IN this
disease.
Year: 1866

Last night at the regular meeting of the
City Council an ordinance seeking 10 mod
ify the State Liquor Law SO as to admit the
sale of wine and beer on Sunday, was read
q third time; and after much bitter discus
sion it was recommitted to the Committee
on Ordinances, and the City Attorney-Mr
Heislsy and others strongly advocated its
immediate passage. Messrs. Huntington,
Jones, Roberts and others espoused the oppo-
site cause. The discussion was lengthy,ex-
cited, bitter and personal. We append the
report of the Special Committee, to whom
was referred the petition signed by 1871
voters praying the City Council not to re-
strict or modify the present Liquor Law in
any manner by an ordinance.


To ths City CJunea:


Your committee, 10 whom was referred
the remonstrance of 2,377 citizens of Cleve-
land against amending the Sunday liquor
law so as to permit saloons to be kept open
a portion of the Sabbath day, to sell beer
and other malt liquors, respectfully report:


That the Sunday law of Ohio, passed by
the Legislature, on February 18th, 1SR,





his usual avocation on the Sabbath day, ex-
cept only those who conscientiously observe
the seventh day of the week as their Sab
bath. The law mentioned above intends
that every person in Ohio shall cease from
prosecuting his daily business one day cut
Of the seven. 1t requires the poor laborer
to suspend his labor on the Sabbath day, no
matter how much his family may need the
pittance ne might earn by hislabor on that
dsy. The poor washerwoman who sup
ports her fatherless children by her toll,
cannot earn one penny for them en- the
Sabbath. for the laws of Ohio forbid her
performing her daily labor on the Sabbath
day, and If she attempts it she is punish
able by law. Thus stands the State Law Of
Ohio to-day, bringing within its scope every
person in Ohio, high and low, rich and
poor, and granting no special privileges in
that regard to any person in the State.


Your committee report, also, that no pow
er exists in Ohio to repeal the above men
toned Sunday law except the Legislature
of the State; and so long as that law stands
in force no action by the City Council can
legalize the prosecution of business on Sue
day, and any enactments by the Council
would simply have no effect.


Your committee also further say that the
remonstr6nce referred to them is signed by
2,S77 citizens of Cleveland, and that, over
and above all legal questions involved, y the
remonstrance is entitled to the earnest and
careful consideration of the Council as the
voice of large portion of our fellow w-citizens
who are interested in the peace and quiet
Of our city.


Thus much your committee say in regard
to the power and duty of the Council and
they further say that, even if the City Coun-
Year: 1866

AWARLIkE SrArK-The State Of Iowa.
which sent some seventy thousand troops into
the feld-exceedng its quota by nearly six
thousand-iustead Of being overrun and borne
down with obligations. has State debt OF a
little over three hundred thousand dollars,
which she can pay of at any time. None Of
her counties are in debt in consequence of the
war. The reason for this extraordinary ex-
hibit is to be found in the fact that her people
vent out and fought, instead Of hiring others
10 do 50.
Year: 1866

SUBsIDENcE OF THE EARrH's CAUSE.-THE
commune of Buonanotte, in France is hourly
menaced with utter destruction. Five manu-.
factories have already been overthrown, and
sixtf -four more are threatened with imminent
ruin. The inhabitants have fed 10 the greatest
CONSERVATION to the neighboring villages.
The cause Of the disaster is sudden and vio-
lent depression of the soil, which is at the
present time accounted for By one of two
ressons-either the fall Of an immense mass Of
earth 10 the west Of the district, or The yield
ing of the roof of on extensive subterranean
cavern. But in reality nothing certain is yet
known as to the cause of this most deplorable
event. A number of civil engineers have
FASTENED to the spot. and prompt measures are
in course Of adoption to prevent still greater
disaster.