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Year: 1866

THE EFFECTs OF GETTING TnPsY.-
Thomas Graham last evening got too much bad
whisky aboard, and acting under its influence
amused himself by smashing showcase at
Longs Varieties, Third street, below German
more acts of vandalism of that description,
Alderman Tittermary had him locked up in
Moyamensing Prison.
Year: 1866

THE SUPPOSED MURDER NEAR GUTENBERG
THE BODY Identified. The body of an unknown man
found washed ashore Gutenberg feg days since
has been recognized that Of William Wlks, who re-
sided at No. 33l South Seventh-st jersey City, and
who has been missing since the Goth Of January The
deceased a shoe-cutter and short time previous
his disappearance. while crossing the ferry. had So
worth of shoes stolen from hiu the property Of his
employer which so preyed upon his mind that Ills fam


lily thought it led to his disappearance In consequence
OF the marks OF blow on the head. apparently in.
niced with hammer the Jury the inquest rendered


verdict of death by violence at the hands OF some un
known person. The deceased had money when he
left home. and consequently could not have Deen mur
dered for the purpose OF robbery He ~ years OF
age and leaves wife and children. The body was ex
huned from the Potters Field and was buried by the
family yesterday afternoon
Year: 1866

THE LAUGH OF W0MAN.--A woman
has no natural gift more bewtching
than sweet laugh. 1t is like the sound
of flutes on the water. 1t leaps from
her in clear, sparkling rill; and the
heart that hears it feels us if it bathcd
in the cool, eXhilerating spring. Have
you ever pursued an unseen fugitive
through trees, led on by a fairy laugh
how here, now there, now found
We have: and we are pursuing that
wandering voice to this day. Some
times it comes to us in the midst OF
care, or sorrow, or irksome business,
and then we turn away and listen, and
hear it ringing in the room like a silver
bell, with power to scare away the evil
spirit of our mind How much We owe
to that sweet laugh 1t turns prose to
poetry: it hings flowers of sunshine
over the darkness of the wood in which
we are travelling; it touches with ligh,
even our sleep, which is no more than
the image of death, but is consumed
with dreams that are shadows ofimmor.
talty.
Year: 1866

The matter ofhomc industry, is OF
vital Importance to the people OF the
South. We must do everything in our
power to foster and encourage all and
everything thati in the least tends to a
concentration of capital and labor in
our midst, and which seeks to develop
the mechanical and agricultural resour-
COS ocour section. The shade Of diff
ference in the prices Of material produ-
iced at home should not be Of such mo-
mont rs to cause total discontinuancc
Of patronage all Of which is in favor of
the foreign producer but fair allowan-
ccs should be made, and public spirit
enough cyinced as shall place our me
chanical abilities on such a footing that
thov will be able to compete with out
side capital and cheap labor, 1t is but
q question Of time, which liberality and
enterprise will soon accomplish.


TO this end encourage your own
work shops--your own ioundries-
your own mcchanics-your own mer-
chants. Neither go abroad nor send
abroad for what you can have manu-
factured or can purchase at home We
ought not TO purchose articles from
outside sources which can be produced
in our midst, merely because they are
triAe cheaper, but should encourage
our own producers by our patronage
We can neither be great nor indepen-
dent until we are self sustaining, and
we ought to be willing to payfor these
blessings. They will come with a uni
ted effort Oh the part Of our people,
and not before.
Year: 1866

The wild streams leap with headlong sweep


., fresh and strong they foam along,


Waking the rocks with their cataract song


Nv eve bears glance like the beam on a lance,
Vile watch the waters dash and dance;
linn with gIee, for l love 10 see


lac. path Of any thing that's free


Tie skylark springs with dew on its wings,


,li I'D in the arch of heaven he sings


7.lla-Trilla oh, Sweeter far


~..n tLe notes that come through the golden bar.
Tie Joyous bay of the hounds at play,
The cav of a rook on its homeward way
l.! these shall be the music for me,
r5r love the voice Of the free.
The deer starts by with his antless high,
Proudly tossing his head to the sky;
The barb runs the plain unbroken by the rein,
With streaming nostrils and flying name
The clouds are stirred by the eaglet bird
Is the flap of its swooping pinions is heard.
Jl, these shall be the creatures for me,
For nv soul was formed to love the free.
The mariner brave, in his bark on the wave,
Hay laugh at the walls round a kingly slave;
And the one whose lot is the desert spot,
Has no dread of an envious foe in his cot.
The thrall and state at the palace gate
Ire what my spirit has learned to hate;
h, the hills shall be home for me,
?Jr I'd leave a throne for the hut of the free
Year: 1866

There are three lessons l would write
Three words as with a burning pen
In tracingS of eternal light


Upon the hearts of men.
Have Hope. Though clouds environ now,


And gladness hides her face in scorn,
Put then the shadow from thy brow


No night but hath its morn.
Have Faith. Where'er thy bark is driven
The claims disport, the tempests mirth-
Know this God rules the host of heavens,
The inhabitants of earth
Have Love and not alone for one,


But man, as man. thy brother call
And scatter, like the circling sun,


Thy charities on all.
Thus grave these lessons on thy SOUL


Hope, Faith and Love, and thou shalt find
Strength when life's surges cease to roll,
Light where thou else were blind.
Year: 1866

" OLD Cooper " is Dutchman, and like
many another man, of whatever national
ity, has wife that is "some."


One day the old man got into some
trouble with neighbor, which resulted in
a fight. The neighbor was getting the bet
ter af the old man, which Coopers wife was
not slow to see. The old man was resist
ing his enemy to the best of his ability,
when his wife broke out with:


" Lie still, Cooper lie still If he kills
you I'll sue him for damages"
Year: 1866

A PEW in a Congregational meeting house
is thus advertised for sale in the Amherst
Mass Express pew in the meeting
house of the first parish in Amherst is for
sale. The man that owns the pew owns
the right Of a space as long aud wide as
the pew is from the bottom of the meeting
house to the root, and he can 60 as much
higher as he can get. If man will buy
my pew and sit in it On Sundays, and re-
pent and be good man. he will go to heav-
en-, and my pew is as good place to start
from as any pew in the meetin-house"
Year: 1866

An old fellow in neighboring town, who
is original in all things, especially egotism
and profanity, and who took part in the late
great rebellion, was one day blowing in
the village tavern to a crowd Of admiring
listeners, and boasting of his many bloody
exploits, when he was interrupted by a
questions


l say, old Joe, how many rebs did you
kill during the war 7" ~


"How many did kill, Sir how many
rebs did | kill Well don't know just
how many but know this much killed
as many O. them as they did O me !"


TIE persons who live on the failings Of
L.. Ill nfr tinr,
Year: 1866

the onerous duties of Chairman. The
body, containing more members than the
House of Representatives, was ruled with
quiet frmness which commanded the
admiration of ALL


The city of Ssnddsky fully sustained
her enviaBle reputation for hospitality;
nothing was left undone which could add
in any way to the pleasure or comfort of
of the crowd of guests and during the
entire three days not an untoward event
occurred to mar the enjoyment or dimin-
ish the good results of the Union Conveu-
Year: 1866

The rights OF women, what are they?
The right to labor. love and pray;
The right TO weep with those who weep,
The right TO wake when others sleep.
The right to dry the falling tear,
The right to quell the rising fear;
The right to smooth the brow of care,
To whisper comfort to despair.


The right to watch the parting breath,
To soothe and watch the bed of death;
The right, when earthly hopes all fail.
TO point to that within the veil.


The right the wanderer to reclaim;
And win the lost from paths of shame;
The right to comfort and to bless
The widow and the fatherlcss.
The right the little ones to guide, .-..
In simple faith to him who died;
With earnest love and gentle praise
To bless and cheer their youthful days.
The right the intellect to train,


And guide the soul to noble nj m;
Teach it to rise above carth's toys,
And wing its flight for heavenly joys.
The right to live by those we love, .H
The right to die that love to prove;
The right to brighten earthly homes, ....
With pleasant smiles and gentle tones.
Are these thy rights? Then use them wei
Thy silent influence none can tell;
If these are thine. Why ask for more?
Thou hast enough to answer for.
Year: 1866

TOR SALJs-A PRIVATE GENTLEMAN OFFERS FOR
sale he has further for them, pair Of hand
dark bay Hameltonian years old M hands
high sonsd and kind in all harness and under the saddle
long white tails and together In less than four minutes
The we worthy the attention Of any In want OF
stylish aud good pair Of horses and they will be sold at
reasonable price, Can be l3 West Thirty ninth
street. Everetts stables, Seventh avenue
Year: 1866

A wise old gentleman, who knew all about
it on retiring from business, gave the follow
ing sage advice to his son and successor:


Common sense, son is valuable, in all
kinds of business+except love making"
Year: 1866




labor and capital among us. We will rust
to death unless we do So Our waste places
must be rebuilt, and the hearts of our sad
dened people made contented.


Unquestionably North Carolina is a men,
Der of the Union, unless we admit the prin-
ciple of secession, which has been crushed.
The effect Of the rebellion, therefore, was
only to paralyze our powers as State. A
spirit of genuine loyalty alone can revive
those powers. That spirit must be encour-
aged.


The storm has subsidized, but still the
waves roll, and unless we beware, they will
engulph US. He anchored himself by the
President, whom he believed to be an instru-
ment in the hands of God for the restoration
OF harmony. By the assistance of the South
ern people we can accomplish this work.


There were three tests laid down for them.
First, they must elect unmistakably loyal
men to office; second, they must repeal the
ordinance of secession, and burying the dead
Confederacy, cease to weep over its remains
third, they must abolish slavery.


He held that we were all guilty of the sin
OF omission, if not of commission The mad
spirit of fanaticism had swept all away for
the time being. And not until the despotic
acts Of the Confederate government stung
our people into life, did spirit of submis-
sion and returning loyalty to the govern
ment of our fathers take hold in their hearts
But we were forced to follow the leaders on |
on! to degradation and humiliation. Is it
proper, now, that these men should lead in
the work of reconstruction9 Does any one
suppose that the Congress of the United
states will receive any man, fresh from the
halls OF Congress of the so-called Confederate
States, or fresh from the field of battles 1t
is preposterous. Our Congressman must b.
unobjectionable, they must be unmistakabl,
Year: 1866

Southern men will do well 10 heed the ad-
vice ofthe Jackson Miss Clarion. In an
article recommending the education of the
negroes by the southern people. it says:
Nor will it do to despise the negro He
was not desp'cable as an enemy when slave
He would be very formidable one now,
were he without any one TO support him in
hostility. The gallant Colonel Griffith of Ar
kansas, said that as bard fighting IS he had
! encountered frem the federal troops was
from negro regiments. Give these men the


material aid and countenance of the radicals


who are now courting them, and we win find
them formidable foes.


There is deal of wisdom in the advice It
is. in every view of the case, for the interest
! OF the southern people that they should edd-


cate the negro themselves. A prominent
planter Of Mississippi lately remarked that he
had no difficulty in engaging negroes TO work
on his place because he established a school


on it. for the education of the children of his


workmen. The thirst for education every.


where manifested by the negroes IS favora-


BILE sign for their future. 1t will not do to


despise their influence on the fortunes of the
country. They will be a powerful agency for
good or evil in its future, and If the Soath


treat them justly. and grant them the privil
ege Of education, they will become a tower of


strength to the political as well as material


Interests Of the sectlon.-NemphisI POST
Year: 1866

MissING.-The Green Bay 1dcocqic,
kewaunee Enterprise. and Chiffon Times
are missing from our editorial table this
week. The two latter tailed to come to
hand, while the former was stolen by
some thieving scamp from our dog Pedro,
@r., who was carrying it in basket A
man who would steal from a dog would
hso9 one, and is poos too good to be hung
Year: 1866

Nj. Geotfroy, Of Paris, asks, IN an article
in the Moniteur, what may be the utility of
the moon with regard to our planet, and
whether il is only there for the purpose Of
raising the waters of the ocean twice day.
To this he replies that besides the great
planets that are carried along the regular
path round the sun, there exists an unin.
tied number OF bodies of different hi2es,
moving through space in every direction,
as the almost daily discovery Of a vast num-
ber of asteroids proves In his opinion the
moon was once one Of those erratic bodies,
and happening one day to get within the
sphere of attraction of our planet, was
TO ced to become our satellite, instead of
continuing it's own course, Hence, the
moon is but an accident. The earth had
done without 1t before, and might do with.
out il again. Venus was about the size of
the earth, and goes regularly round the sun,
although it has no satellite. Why should
tho earth need one? He continues 10 say
that our moon is OF no use to us, because we
might perfectly we'll DO without oceanic and
atmospheric tides, and the best eulogium
he eau PASS on our satellite being that it
is perfectly useless, he goes further AMI
declares that we owe il to the merest chance
it having been picked up, as it were, Oh
the way and as such thing might happen
again, the author sees no impossibility
whatever in our getting some day another,
and perhaps more moons still, added TO our
stock. NJ. GeoifrOy ia one of those who
deny that the moon is inhabited. First, be-.
cause the excessive cold there must pre-.
vent the possibility Of any animal hfo and
second, because the moon has no atmos-
phere.
Year: 1866

1t ia stated that the high price of bird
seed is 70 be accounted for by its having
come into use Ior improving or supplying
deficiencies in the female form. Areligious
journal says: at seems by the manner of


it's use it will deceive the most wary. 1t
is said to be enclosed in small bags adapted
to the proper size and shape and attached
in some peculiar way to the undesclotbing.
so that at the motion Of the body the bagged
bird seed moves so as to resemble very
much the living 6esh." If this is all true,
it is in one sense an Improvement on the
old articles of cotton and curled hair which
have been so exclusively used, but which
deceived no one. The same paper quoted
above says further on this topic: "Doubt-
less many unhappy marriages have resulted
from such deceptons arising from such
sources. Mothers, do your duty and take
this matter in hand by seeking to exercise
that influence and authority with which
you are invested by your position. As
gual dians of the welfare OF the social COM
pact we deem it our duty to take the lead
in this effort at reform" We are all
familiar with the phrase seedy fellow"
and know what an idea Of wretchedness It
conveys but heaven save us from seedy
women
Year: 1866

I A LADY, modestly attred, was on her
way to New York, on board one of the Hud'
son river night boats. She sat quietly read
ing in the ladies' cabin. when a flashily
dressed dame, shade or two whites on tho
outside, rnistaking her for servanti rudely
accosted her with, Do yoli know this
cabln is for ladies' p :" Certainly do was
the answer, aud nave been wondering fer
some time why you are here
Year: 1866

take the pleasure of informing the people Of
this vicinity and adjoining country, that have
opened a suit Of rooms in the above named ioca-
ton and have fitted up for the proper attention
10 the practice Of Dentistry in all its depart.
ments, guaranteeing the highest professional 10
skill end moderate charges. J zo'
Year: 1866

DIpN't LIKE THE Look OF THINGS.
A gentleman, Resident of city not u
thousand miles from New York, had
the eXuberant fortune of five successive
wives. He had buried the,a, Gne after
another, as death made its demands
upon them. and three or four of them
happened to be ia different places, at


quite distance from each other. Two
or three of them were In different towns.


To reconcile his sense OF sacreducss


with his sense of order and numerical


ug:ty, he started one day on tour Of
collection to bury them all in one place.


lie mounted the wagon himself, and


drove around till he had got them all


together In one load, and then, as fats


would have it, was Obliged to drive By
the house where the lady Of his present


addresses, to whom he had offered him
self was sitting ut the open window
Seeing her sitting there, he bowed to


her, as any gentleman would, as he


drove by with his precious load Of five


collins with their contents. 1t WAS too


much for the lady; she declared she
never would have him, and has to this


day kept her word.
Year: 1866

When, at the commencement of the
present session of Congress, it was the
fashion with some of our Conservative
friends to laud this little demagogue as a
becoming pattern of Republican modera-
ton, your correspondent, from thorough
knowledge of the mans insincerity, pre-
dicted that before the session was over
his eulogists would have occasion to re-
gret their precipitancy. That prediction
is more than verified in his course on the
plan of the Central Directory to keep out
the South till after the next Presidential
election. Raymond spoke against it, and
then went and voted for it. His chop
ping and changing disgust even the Rad
icals of his own district while honest
men of every political faith heartily des-
pise him 1t is shame that New York
should be so misrepresented, but in the
next Congress the grievance will be rec
titled Master Raymond will have per
mission to stay at home and edit the
Times. He never would have got into
the rump Congress even, but for the
foolish division in the Democratic ranks
Just such division as enabled that
other Radical jumpngjack, VIM. E.
Dodge, in the eighth district, to elbow
out Hon. James Brooks. The probabili-
ties ut present are that there will be no
such division next fall, and that therefore
the Jacobins who bought and stole their
way into the capitol as if from this city,
will no more be heard of after the rump
Congress has executed its mission
Year: 1866

The Washington correspondent of the
Commercial thus speaks of the sOn-in-
law of Secretary Chase He says


That overruling Providence, without
whose volition even sparrow cannot
fall to the ground, may have had bene-
ficent and wise purpose in view in send
ing the Hon. VIM. Sprague [" Little
Spraguey" they call him in the report
er's gallery, and when he rises to crate
they say he speaks his little piecey
to the Senate IL is more easy, however,
to account by natural causes for the fall
of sparrow than for the election of
Sprague. A brick or a shot gun viii
produce the former result, by the opera
ton of the laws Of grayitation. and
Providence does not so much will the
decease Of the poor bird as to refuse to
suspend the laws of nature in response
to which the feathered tribe yield to
the pressure Of a brick or the force of a
buckshot In the case OF Sprague's cleo
ton, the object 80 far must be matter
of faith, which is, we are reliably in
formed, the evidence of things not seen
and the substance of things hoped for.


Mr.. Sprague is the youngest man in
the Senate, and the smallest in physical,
as well as mental, stature There is a
boyish look and air about him, and he is,
withal, handsome man, the cynosure of
female eyes, and the focus of innumer-
able opera-glasses He looks good-hu-
moredIy at the world through a pair of
glasses which give him the appearance
of college student, or an inspiring
curate in the penultimate stage of his
divinity course. He seldom addresses
the Senate, and then invariably from
carefully prepared manuscript, and not
unfrequently in such stumbling and
hesitating manner as to cause his audit
ors to wonder that he is not more familiar
with Chief Justice Ghases handwriting,
which, it is proper to remark, is very
hard to decipher


This distinguished Senator from Rhode
Island made an announcement the other
day that may be said to have put the po-
litical world on tip-toe of expectancy.
He proclaimed himself in favor Of man
hood suffrage" in the District of Colum-
bia, and said that when bill having
this purpose in view was introduced. he
would demonstrate that, by comforting
the right of suffrage upon the colOred
population here, Congress would go far
towards solving the problem of recon-
struction
Year: 1866

The Cleveland Herald gives an nc
count of the execution of murderer
named Cooper, at Ravenna, Ohio, on the
27th of April. He had made several
desperate attempts to escape, and when
the sheriff came to shackle him, he swore
that no one should enter the cell, and
that the irons should never go on MIN
while he was alive. He was perfectly
wild with excitement His eyes glis-
tened through the barred door like those
of an infuriated tiger He raved and
tore around his cell like a madman,
cursing and swearing in the most bias
phemous manner The sheriff found
that it would he impossible to coniine
him without considerable assistance. He,
therefore, called in several prominent
men of the town to consult as 10 the best
course to he pursued Among them was
DR.. ID. B. Jennings, who proposed that
chloroform should be used to suhdue the
enraged murderer


1t Was at first objected to by some,
but Drs. Keyes and Graham being con-
suited, it was decided that that was the
only means of accomplishing the de-
sired end Two large syringes were pro-
cured that would each hold about one
pound ofthe subtle fluid They were filled
with the chloroform, bed quilt procured
TO place over the grating of the cell
door, and, after everything was prepared,
the contents of one of the syringes we're
discharged in the cell, and luckily struck
Cooper full in the face He was some
what taken aback by this novel proce-
dure, and told them to come on with
their doctors stuff. but they would
never subdue him in that manner A
second discharge of the chloroform
lsdcE syringe, however, did the work.


In less than four minutes from the
time of the first injection of the chloro-
form, the raging man was quiet, ano
sank down on the floor, perfectly help.
less. The sheriff and his assistants took
him out into the corridor of the Jail,
where the manacles were placed on his
legs and arms. In about fifteen minutes
he revived, hut the deed was done and
he was unable 10 do further harm As
soon rs he. became able to speak and
move, he raised his nanacled hands, and
said, with wicked oath, Gentlemen,
you have showed good deal of wit, but
you are a set Of towards This took
place on Wednesday He was hung on
the following Friday.
Year: 1866

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT On last Tuesday a daughter of Mir JESSE MAR TIN Of Surrounded Hill, was drowned by laihng in a well. having gone there for the .po pose of drawing bucket of water.