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Year: 1866




BT THoHAs.BUcHAEAN READE.


Between broad fields of wheat and corn
Is the lowly home where I was born


The peach tree leans against the wall,
And the woodbine wanders over all
There is the shaded doorwry stin,7


But strangers foot has crossed the SILL
There is the barn--and, as Of yore
/ can smell the hay from the open door,
And see the busy swallows throng,
And hear the pewee's mournful song
But the stranger eomes-oh painful proof
His sheaYes are piled to the heated roof
There is the-orchard-thc very trees
Where my childhood knew long hours of case
And watched the shadowy moments run
Till my life imbibed more shade than sun
The swing from the bow stiIl sweeps the air,
But the strangers children are swinging there
There bubbles the shady spring below,
With its bulrush brook where the hazels grow
Twas there found the calamus root,
And watched the minnows poiso and shoot,
And heard the robin lave its wing,
But the strangers bucket is at the spring.
0 ye, who daily cross the sill,
Step lightly for l love it still
And wheE ye crowd the old barn -eaves,
Then think what countless harvest sheayes
Have passed within that scented door
To gladden. eyes that are no more
Deal kindly with these orchard trees
And when your children crowd their knees
Their sweetest fruit they shall impart,
As if old memories stirred their heart
To youthful sport still leave the swing,
And in sweet reverence hold the spring.
The barn, the trees, the brook, the birds,
The meadows, with their lowing herds,
The woodbine in the cottage wall
My heart still fingers with them all.
Ye strangers on my native sill,
Step lightly, for I love it still! y
Year: 1866

s@-Assure yourself that employment is
one of the best remedies for the disappoint-
ments of life Let even your calamity
have the liberal effect of occupying you In
some active virtue, so shall you In manner
remember others till you forget yourself
PrGtt
Year: 1866

seYEyery sin is mortal, destructive of
the happiness and subyersiye of the recti-
tude OF the soul that commits it. The guilt
of no sin can be removed by anything short
of the blood of the Divine Saviour nor
can the defilement of it be taken away by
any other power that that Of the Holy Spir-
-
Year: 1866

HENRrco CIRCUIT CoURT.-In the Hem
rico Circuit Court yesterday all the grand
jury indictments were quashed on the
ground that the law as il existed in 1860
declared that there should be enly two
grand jury terms in a year, and this grand
jury was one Of four Quarterly terms) in
year. The court sustained the motion to
quash the indictments.
Year: 1866

'BUsT or COLONEL MoesY.A-We learn
from the Wsrrenton (Fsuquier) IAdsz that
the distinguished young artist Valentine,
Of this city, has succeeded in making an
admirable model In plaster Of ColoBei John
s. MOsby. Mr.. Valentine had to make two
before succeeding. The FIRST WAS detective
on account Of the material employed. The
second was . triumph Of art. The War
rentsn lnder pays IL the following tribute:
"No one who has ever seen the Colsnel
can fail at the first glance TO recognize In
the young artists bust the true 'impersona-
ton of the great partisan leader Of the
late war. 1t is Mosby confessed--not with
the placid serenity Of the civilian in these
piping times Of peace but wearing in
every lineament that stern resolve and un-
dinching resolution Of soul which struck
terror to the hearts Of the foe, and made
his name tower of strength in the cause
for which he SO gallantly contended. We
would advise all who have not seen this
production of Virginia's young artist to
call at his studio before he leaves. They
will not only be amply repaid In the con-
temptation of a true and faithful work Of
art, but will find the artist himself, In the
urbanity and refinement Of his manners, .
true type Of o Virginia gentleman"
Year: 1866

TELEGRAPH FAC-SIMILEs.-Mr.F Field has
brought out to this country number of
very interesting specimens of the system
of telegraphing now in operation between
Paris and Lyons, and Paris and Bordeaux,
by which exact copies Of the message are
produced at either extremity of the lines
solely by mechanical means. The message
is written on prepared paper covered with
q lead d-colored surface, which is non-con-
ductor of the electric fluid. The writing,
or drawing, in the ink furnished for the
purpose, changes the points touched by 1t
to the opposite electrical character. The
pendulum is swinging at each end OF the
circuit in unison. Its upper end is divided
into points, say, like fne-tooth comb.
The message being passed over these at
one end, sends o current to correspond
with the writing on lines, and produces an
exact copy of the original upon the pre-
pared paper held to the vibrating pendu-
fum in the distant city. Thus facsimile
of writing and signature Is furnished with
out any skill of the operator. A drawing
of the likeness of q thief or absconding
clerk is reproduced with minute faithful
ness. Patterns of machinery, patterns for
bonnets, hicroglyphics. messages in Chinese,
or in an unknown tongue, are copied with
Al little trouble as the simplest letters Of Q
familiar alphabet. Some notices Of this
have been given in foreign journals, but no
mere verbal description can convey full
idea Of the wonderful process. The HI
bernian who insisted some years ago that
the telegraph operator should forward his
nhotooraph over the wires to his sweet
heart was only little ahead Of his age,
since this can now be done without the
slightest trouble, provided the iikness be
taken on the proper material.-Journol Of
IoyaTnerCe
Year: 1866

LONDON Friday Evening, March 23.-The
Bank has reduced the rate of discount to "a
per cent.


Alarming war ramors continued to prevail at Vienna,
but the news is conflicting.


The recruiting Of Austrian volunteers for Mexico
about TO commence.


The Star says Lord Grosvenors resolution drawn
up by Disrael and If should obtain majority it will
be followed Immediately either by the resignation OF
the Government or the dissolution Of the House. but
most probably dissolution.


A collision took place the Norfolk coast between
an English steamer and Russian brig. The brig az
terward eapszed and ten Of the and the captain
were drowned


The Tirgess city article saws the various markets
continue show extreme dullness and closed without
symptoms of rally. Notwithstanding the reduction OF
the rate of discount by the Bank OF France.


There yesterday an increased discount demand
at tie Bank chiefly in consequence Of some applications
having been held back in anticipation OF the lowering
Of the rate from TO per cent The latest returns
show alteration lead TO the immediate adoption OF
a fresh downward movement.
Year: 1866

PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, April 4, 1854


This morning the leo o'clock through train
for Washington was passing along the Pennsylvania
Railroad track on the west side Of the SehuykiIl
small iron bridge which the road, near the wire
bridge broke down. precipitatng the engine and tender
into into the road below Fortunately the train was
running very slowly at the time or several cars would
have shared similar fate. The engineer of train
whose name is Fennimore, and fireman whose name
is unknown went down with the engine and were both
instantly killed Their bodies were buried beneath the
ruins, so that il was impossible 10 extricate them.
Year: 1866

The Supreme Court of the United States, on
Wednesday, previous to It's adjournment size
die, ordered that the several causes brought
into that court by writs Of error or appeals
from the circuit and district courts for the
several districts within the States declared to
be in rebellion by the proclamation of the
President of the United ScatcS, dated August
l6, 1861, be called and disposed at the next term
of the court under the rules thereof, and in
regular order rs they may stand on the docket.


This is equivalent to a recognition Of the
lately insurgent States rs still within the
Union; for as the court issues its mandates
only to courts held in recognized States, it
would not decide on cases from those States if
it did not hold that they are still within the
Year: 1866

IN the Senate, on Friday last, this bill was
passed over the Presidents veto by n vote Of
thirty three TO fifteen. 1t has yet to pass the
like ordeal in the House. 1t may thus be
forced upon the country in spite of the Pres-
dents efforts to save us from its evil effects.
We need not speculate rs to what would be
the result of such 4 Radical triumph. Events
crowd thickly upon us, and the morrow may
dssipate all calculations TO the winds which
are made to-day either by the people or the
Radicals Let us wait and hope.
Year: 1866

CHLoRoFoRMINo NEGRO REGIMENT
The 125th regiment, United States colored
infantry, are on duty at the military prison
in this city. The presence of Major VIII
liams, with his safe filed with greenbaeks,
among them on Wednesday, caused many
pair Of headlights to gisten. He paid them
off in full and left them rejoicing IN ana
around the prison. We were of the opinion
that negroes could stand the smell OF any
thing that man or beast could stomach but
chlOroform knocks them No sooner n"u
the paymaster gone than the news reaeneu
the ears Of posse Of negro females ID tne
neighborhood, and they soon resolved 70 %
for dem niggars." Night came on ana 'ne
females came out, each possessor OF enough
chloroform to put a mule to sleep so souhu
that they could steel his teeth without nuit
ing him. The work was going bravery o"


when some Of the officers OF the prison. US
covered that something had broken loose
among the negroes. One of the negroes VINO
was on duty at the gate was fouhd cuuuiei
up in hard knot with his gun under MN,
his ewes and mouth shut 50 tight, that they
could not have been blown open with gun
powder. His pockets were turned inside
out. and his money gone. He was brought
10 his senses in an hour, and said " he didn t
know how it cum, but de gal was kivered



with pitroum lie. or sufin.


Another darkey was found in the mud in
the commons, near by, apparently dead, and
half hidden by the grass and dog fennel -
He was dosed good. His breath couldn't
have been drawn with a cork screw His
hair curled gracefully. His pockets turned
inside out beautifully, and his money gone
'' intirelv" He was rolled over and rubbed
until life's itful fever" was shaken out Of
him, and he mustered strength enough to
softly murmur. Gentlemen, is | all heah
Is bin sleepin' in bed wild a pole cat p
Another darkey curled over in the prison
ward and shouted, Dey's lie in dis prison,
sho' He woke up with his money gone.


Yesterday the negroes would grab their
noses in one hand and their money in the
other, whenever a negro wench came near
them, but they had better spend it while
they had chance for, in the language of
one of them, Eff night comes, an you boys
got any left. dem female niggars come round |
heah wild dat suff an steal it ebery cent
Louisville Democrat
Year: 1866

va Hope for the Affiicted.-In another part
of this paper will be found the advertisement of the
celebrated Institute established by DR.. j. c.
foUNG, IN 1880. In this age of deceit and char
latanism 1t Is boon to the suffering to point out
to them where they are sure of obtaining the wished
for relief and Under the care of the skillfu
Doctor the sick and troubled can dvest themselves
OF their burdens OF pains and shame lay aside their
cross, and secure health and happiness. Ii you
are sick or in trouble, do not hesitate. Read the
advertisement and follow the advice. Do not for
get the number nor the of directing your
letter. CONSULTATION OFFICE, $40 Washing
ton street, San Francisco.
Year: 1866




1t is a bright, balmy morning, and the
dew drops are quiverirg on the grass, as
if the stars of midnight had distilled their
essence on the earth. TIE song of the
lark is rising loud and clear. while from
the cottage roof the red-breast is sending
forth his joyous notes. 1t is as yet too
early to hear the clang of the blacksmith's
hammer, or the voices IN the workshops.
A sense of quietness, peace and pleasant
ness is filing the soul, and therefore, dear
reader, come with me, and loiter awhile
in the old churchyard, where slumber the
dead in the presence of the living. Be
hold this simple grave, at whose head
stands bat plain stone, bearing upon it
the initials w. G. You wonder who
sleeps below, and fain weuld know his
history Then, come, and as we trudge
along to the village, over which the sun
is now throwing his golden beams, | will
raise the curtain of the past, and present
before you pisture in the scenery of
life-a page from the book of human de-
pravity.


Walter Gordon was she only child of
a poor farmer living in the western coun-
try. His father had impressed upon his
youthful mind the necessity of economy,
and, as he grew up to manhood, those
ideas took full possession of him. He
was put in possession of farm, and when
he found himself his own master, all Of
his dormant qualities began to flow in
natural channel. He made it his business
to seek every poor farmer in the neigh
borhood, of whom he could purchase sale
able articles, always taking advantage of
their necessity. Gold, gold, was the OBJ
ject of his hearts alteration. lie fawned
and cringcd, and coaxed, ground down
and oppressed to gain it, and he succeeded.
For the love of gold he drove his old
father from the house, and endeavored to
! fasten bin on the village poor-house. =
Year: 1866

country were more united to-day than for
many months past. A voice, "Thank
you Tor that" ] IIo had tried to do his
duty. lie looked to the present as the
most vital moment for Ireland. Within
three months he was confident the ind.-
pendence of ireland would be achieved


referring to the military movements un.
dertaken on this side of the Atlautic.-
Mr' stephens said that they were uneor.
tunate and disastrous in their effect q,
the. cause. So long as the oxcitemen,
and zeal by the people were directed to.
ward America the force of their rising
was wasted and dissipated. He hoped
the American Fenians were now satisfied
that no conflict could take place on Can.
adian soil, and that it was to come off in
Ireland. The man who now prated of
invading Canada was a mortal enemy to
his country and his race. In conclusion
Mr. Stephens said he spoke to them as
one who was going into battle from
which he might not return, and begged
them to believe he was in earnest. He
was going from here direct to Ireland
Mark every man, he said, who ridicuIes
or attempts to cry down the cause in Iro-
land, and remember him forever. He
hoped his words would have some weight
for they would soon hear something that
would prove that he was in earnest. fA
voice "You have proved it already
We want to ight."1 He promised that
;hero were 100000 men IN Ireland as
mad for fight as the Irishmen here.
and as brave, and the opportunity would
soon be given them. 1t having become
manifest that the great portion of the
crowd who could hear Mr.. Stephens
ceuld not be much longer restrained
from crushing those near the stand, Mr.
Stephens brought his remarks abruptly
to ciose Being called upon to say
something about the defaulters of the
Fenian funds, he promised that a full
list of their names would be published
in few days. In bidding his fellow
countrymen farewell he would say as he
began, there would be fighting in Ireland
before the 1st of January, and that he
himself would be in the midst of it. {,


Mr.. Stephens was frequently Interrupt
ted during his speech by the applause
and uproar of the crowd, and was sever
al times obliged to urge his hearers to
give away about the stand, against which
they swayed and pushed with such vio-
its going down. go
Year: 1866

Burton, while travelling on steam
boat seated himself ana called for
beefsteak. The waiter furnished
him with small strip of the article.
Taking it on a fork, and turning it
over and examining it, with one of
his peculiar looks, he coolly remark
ed, Yes, that is it bring me some.
Year: 1866

move the Commissioners, the fact of their
official misconduct must be tried by a
court and jury. This is absurd +:


First. Because the courts are not
named in the Law, either expressly OF i'm
piled, as having any Jurisdiction in the
case.


Second. Because the Governor, who
can alone render the judgment of re-
moval, has devolved upon him the entire
responsibility and, that being so, it
must be for him exclusively to investi-
gate and decide the fact, and not avoid
responsibility by referring it to the courts


Third. Because he has no right to call
apon a court Or jury to assist him, and
no one else has such right.


Fourth Because no matter what
court might find to be the fact, it could
not, is found one way, award the only
penalty that can be rendered, or iftound
in the other, deprive the Governor of his
power to award it, or absolve him from
the duty of doing so.


And lastly, because his power, during
legislative recess, is the same over the
facts and penalty as that of the General
Assembly when in session and sup
pose that no one will hold that that body
could only act in association with or in
subordination to any courts of the State.


1t is impossible, think, for sound
mind to entertain doubt upon the point.


The long and well settled doctrine of
the Presidents power to remove officers
under the Constitution of the United
States is in conflict with such theory.
1t is now, and has been since the organ;
izatien of the government, scttltd that
the power exists.


The only doubt ever entertained about
1t was that it was not coincident to the
power Of appointment; but that as that
power was in the II resident and Senate
jointly, a removal required the sanction
of both. Neither in the debate, when
the question was first agitatod, nor in any
that has since been had, was it intimat, d
that if the power had been given in ex-
press terms to the President, he could
not exercise it, or that it was not his du
ty to do so without the aid of any other
body, legislative or judicial.


Upon the whole, therefore, l have no
doubt that it Is given to the Governor
a'one (the Legislature not being in ses
sion) to investigate into the truth of the
alleged misconduct of the Police Com
missioners, and to remove them if he be
satisfied that they have been guilty of
"official misconduct"


Yours, respectfully,


..REvERDY JOHNSON


BALTIMORE; Oct 22, Evening.-The
ca c of the Police Commissioners has
been postponed till Friday Gen. Candy,
commander Of the department, came here
to-day from Washington, and had an in
tcrvieV with the Mayor and Police Com
missiouers. 1t is understood that the OBJ
ject of his visit was to inform himself as
to the condition of affairs in this city.
Year: 1866

These phenomena have, I'm all ages,
excited curiosity, and in many instan-
ces they have produced wonder ut
their extraordinary height and fury.
1t is related of the soldiers of Alexan-
der the Great, who were natives Of the
Mediterranean shores, that when they
reached the confines of the Indian
Ocean, and saw its waters rolling up
to a great height, and then flowing
back, twice every day, they became
alarmed, and attributed the phenome-
ma to a special interposition of the
deities of the country which they had
invaded. Various remarkable theo-
ries have been advanced regarding the
tides. Many of these are so truly alb
surd that it is hardly worth while to
refer to them. Persons find it difficult
to understand why the tides are high
er at one time than another, and why
they rise to the height of sixty feet In
the Bay of Fundy; forty feet In the
ports of Bristol, England, and St. Malo,
France, and only rise to few feet in
height at New York and other places,
while they are scarcely perccptible i'll
the Baltic and other seas. Descartes
was the first philosopher who advanced
the theory that the tides were due to
the influence Of the moon, but Newton
was the first who worked out the prob
lem and discovered the true cause.
Descartes believed that the moon act
ed on the waters of the ocean by pres
sure; Newton demonstrated that il
acted on the ocean by attraction; that
instead Of pressing the waters it rolled
them up directly under it, and also at
its antipodes at the same time, thus
producing the two tides every day.
The tides are attractions of both the
sun and moon. If the earth had no
moon, the attraction of the sun would
produce two tides every day, but their
ebb and flow would take place at the
same hours, not varying as they do
now; these tides would also be much
smaller than those of the moon. AL
though the mass Of the sun is far
greater than that of the moon, and
though attraction is in proportion TO
the mass, yet it is also inversely MS the
square of the distance. AS the sun,
therefore, is four hundred times more
distant than the moon, the attraction
of the waters of the sea towards the
sun is found to be about three times
less than those of the moon. There
are really'SYo ocean tides, the lunar
and solar, but the latter is absorbed
by the former, which is wholly OBJ
servable in respect to the time, the So
lar only, as it influences the height of
the tidal wave. That caused by the
moon is three times greater than that
of the sun, and it follows the moons
motion around the earth, rising and
falling every twelve hours, and each
succeeding tide later by three-quarters
of an hour than the preceding one,
exactly in accordance with the posi-
tions OF the moon, or, as 1t is common
ly called, its rising and setting.
Year: 1866

"Think before you act, but when the
time for action comes, stop thinking"
This is the true doctrine. Many men
fail in life, and go down to the grave
with hopes blasted and prospects Of
happiness unrealized, because they did
not adopt and act upon this motto
Nothing so prepares a man for action
as thought; but nothing SO units a
man for action in the course of action.
Better by far adopt some course and
pursueit energetically, even though it
may not be the best, than to keep con-
tinually thinking without action. "Go
ahead'' ought to be printed in every
young mans hat, and read until it be.
comes part of his nature, until he
can act upon his own judgment, and
not be turned from his course by every
wind ofinterested advice. In c0nclu-
sion we would say, "Think before you
act but when the time for action
comes, stop thinking"
Year: 1866

An old lady in a steamboat asked
the man who came to collect the fare
if there was any danger FLEEING blown
up, as the steam made such a horrid
noise. "Not the least" said the sharp
collector, ''unless you refuse to pay
your fare!"
Year: 1866

TIE Radical journals pretend to fear
that the South will establish system Of
serfdom for the government Of the ne
groes quite as bad as slavery. There il
one right the negro certainly has-the
right Of locomotioB. Ii the Southern
people are foolish enough to ill-treat the
blacks, they will not remain with them
In slavery. the negro had no choice of
residence. IL is not so now. If the blacks
are deserving, the North aud West will
invite them by liberallegislatiOn to make
their homes in these sections To say
that the negro will cling with an ignoble
teuacity to a section IN which be may be
abused is to eoueede that he is fitted only
tn he a serf or a slave. We eoncede
nothing Of the kind. If Ohio chooses
10 enfranehise negroes, and the distine-
ton is of any value to them, there Is no
reason TO believe that they will remain
in Tennessee and Kentucky. Millions
at foreign born citizens have crossed the
oe.sa to secure for themselves enlarged
political liberty If the crossing OF a
+, CT is the only obstacle to freedom, and
The dsrkeys cannot get over IL, 1t is
hardly worth while quarreliDg about
their status as citizens