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Year: 1866

A Slip OF TIE ToNaUE.-Recently q Young
lady went into a certain book store for ths
purpose Of purchasing piece Of music co.
titled " When l sleep, dream Of thee, but
by one Of those "ludicrous mistakes which
will sometimes happen in the best families"
she astonished the young man by inquiring
if he had the music entitled, "When I dream
l sleep with thee W The mistake brought
modest blush to the cheek Of the fair inquir-
to the young gentleman.
Year: 1866

GEN~LEMEN.-Pcrhaps they are rarer
Personages than some of them think for.
y hich Of us can point out many such in
ibis circle? Men whose names are gen
erouS, whose truth is constant, and not
only constant in kind, but elevated in
degree who can look the world honest
ly in the face with an equal manly sym
pathy for the great and the small b? We
all know a hundred whose coats are very
well made, and score who have excel
lent manners, and one or twa happy be-
ings who are what they call in inner cir
cles, and have shot into the very center
and bulls eye Of fashion; but of gentle
men how many? Let us take little
scrap of paper and each make out his
list.-TIackery.
Year: 1866

AWAY FROM GoD.-The prayers of a
church were recently requested in behalf
Of young man in Washington City,
and far away from God" Without be-
ing irreverent, We will express the opin-
ion that the young man is about as far
from God as he can well get, and we fear
will not avail him without change
of location, Washington City not being
in the list Of places patronized by Provi-
dence.-Ho hrs County Farn,er.
Year: 1866

RAT HUxr.-some time since the young
men of jackson township, Pickaway county
had a competition rat hunt. They had twelve
men with Captain on each side. The con-
test was to see which could produce the
most rattails. The result was that at night
the aggregate number Of tails produced by
the two sides was about two thousand
though the day was not very good one for
rathuuting.
Year: 1866

1t is said that one drop OF strong spirits OF
hartshorn will in an instant remove the pain
caused by the sting OF bee, wasp or hornet.
1t should be at hand in every family where
there are children.
Year: 1866

Fast You've LADIEs.-TEe divorce court
has shown US the social end Of several fast
young ladies' They begin their career by
being very jolly, rolliCking girls, amusing
enough, no doubt, as long as they are young
and irresponsible; but their brothers come
home from college, and they emulate their
swagger and their slang. They affect taste
for vuwomanly things, and soon acquire a
real love for excitement, unknown to respec-
table ladies thirty years Of age have heard
Of girls smoking cigaretts ani carrying bet
Ting books. The surroundings of all this sort
Of thing need no comment If the girl mar
ries a sensible man he will at once put an
end to everything of the kind; if he is a
fool he permits it, and reaps the cOnse-
quences.


As the husband 60 the wife is thou art mated with


clown,
And the gossness of his nature will have weight to


drag thee down"


Bat the misery does not end in the nine
days scandel; the real sufferers, at least the
only sufferers. worthy Of pity, are children
who, in latter life, blush to hear their moth
er's name if daughters, they themselves new
er quite escape the shadow of the family dis
grace.-Ne,U York Home Journal.
Year: 1866

Juan Gonzales was yesterday afternoon arrested
on st. Philip street, in an unsuccessful endeayor
to commit, as he is accused, the above crime. He
had been living in the room in which the fire was
discovered for more than year previous, and no
motive is as yet revealed for his setting the house
on fire. He was found in the house itself at the
time of his arrest with the doors and windows of
his room (Which lie had taken from their places
already burning,


Gonzales's own account of the matter is, that
the windows and doors were burning in the fire.
place, and that he was using them to cook his din
ner He says Ethat there were none in the room
whenhe came into it, oneyear before that he had
picked them up in some of his excursions upon
the river and brought them there, and that he
thought he had right to do as he pleased with
his own property. His English is rather difficult
to be understood, and the whole matter is one moi
easily to be comprehended. Otherwise, of him
self, he says that he is seaman by occupations
that he has travelled about through the Wes
Indies and Florida, and generally employs himsel
in the winter season in the oyster business, and il
the summer on the river.


The case will come before Recorder Gastine
| tomorrow morning for examination.
Year: 1866

magazine, edited in Boston, hut published in New
York, is about to appear. All its articles will be
anonymous, it will " aim to develop new authors T.
and it is to be under the editorial control OF ady
and gentleman very widely known in lltefature''
Year: 1866

Yesterday evening, as carriage with several
persons inside, and containing the corpse of a
negro child, was on its way to the graveyard fol
lowed by colored procession on foot, the horses
attached to the vehicle took fright and became
uncomfortable. They ran down Rampant street,
and turned the corner sharply at Cont, the driver
being unable to stop them on account of the
breaking of bit in the mouth of one of the horses.
The carriage was at length stopped and badly
damaged by being thrown upon the sidewalk.
The driver received serious injuries in his right
knee; it is supposed to be a compound fracture
and the pain, at any rate, sufficiently great to
render him senseless. The rest of the party met
with no injury. The drivers name was John Ro
drigues, who drives carriage No. 1856. He has
been since, we learn, carried to his own house
AS the cemetery in which the body was to be in
tered was but a short distance from the place o
the accident, the corpse was carried thither by
negro, the friends of the deceased following OF
foot.
Year: 1866

The Examination Of EVItnesses in the Case


Hern.


The above case came up for the usual prelim
nary hearing that takes place before the com
mittlng magistrate, yesterday morning, and con
siderable audience were assembled of friends and
sympathisers with the different parties and of wit
nesses to the tragedy itself. The most prominent
among the latter was the wife of the deceased
Hern, dressed in mourning with handkerchief to
her face, and the latter still further concealed by
the dropping of her head. She had pleasing ex-
Preston of countenance, a child in her arms
showed that she was mother, and her detected
and troubled look added little to the interest of
the scene, It will perhaps be remembered that
at the time her husband met his death She had
just fed from his house into the street. and that in
espousing her quarrel (rashly and injudiciously
perhaps, but certainly as it appears in the first in
stance, from good-natured impulse,) johnson
had been led to commit the deed. Something of
the embarrassment naturally incident to such a
situation appeared in her face. As for the rest,
Year: 1866

In the Second District there is now daily to be
seen upon the streets vendor of steel chains and
rings, and who bears SO many Of these around his
neck and shoulders as almost to give him the ap-
pearanCe of wearing chain arnor He calls himself
Frank, and lie has been the victim Of a nervous
stroke which has curously affected his lower
limbs and which Of itselfis sufficient to keep him
always surrounded with a crowd. He has so little
control Of his movements that he never walks in
a straight line, but moves by series Of tacks.
But the most singular thing about him is that he
cannot sit still for many minutes or walk for any
distance without turning around two or three
times, as if he was winding himself up but really,
for the opposite reason, as he explains 1t, OF
Strengthening out his nerves."


This misfortune to Frank was the source to him
of still another. He was arrested yesterday We
beieve) upon the charge of being drunk and dis
turbing the peace and of being thumbugger,
TO quote his own word) generally The case
was Immediately dismissed when it came up to-
day, in the Second District recorders court, for
hearing, and when he proved, as he easily did
that he was suffering from sort of paralytic
affection. But hsmovements, when he was released
might have again caused his arrest by any officer
who knew nothing Of the previous facts, as he
started off from the station. party Sof stately
danes were at that time passing, and it was no
| little amusing to witness the sensible quicken
| ing in their speed as he put himself in motion.
| A Much Needed Reform.


Dauphin street, which was so called in honor Of
Louis XIV while he was only heir to the throne O.
| France, has for many years proved that it appro
priately derived its name from that licentiou
prince. The residences Of some Of our most re
spectacle citizens are it is true, upon this street
but the character of others Of its inhabitants has
been above reproach. The number of tn
latter has been for long time diminishing, am
we are happy to announce that they are now &
take up their departure altogether


The statistics show that there are, Or were yes
terday, some fifty prostitutes who live upon thi
street, and that there are some dozen property
holders who own the few houses that are lease
for such bad purpose. Considering the extra
ordinary demand for tenements, it would at firs
glance not appear difficult to lease all of thes
houses TO honest tenants. The difficulty is tha
the latter class are only able to pay half the rer
that can be easily obtained from the other. RI
corder Gastnel has however, discovered remed
that may perhaps meet the evil. Ordinance M
403 imposes severe fines (Sl5 day after propt
notice. upon every property holder who sha
lease tenements for houses Of prostitution, an
this law he declares he will henceforth rigid
execute. By way of commencement he hi
served the following notice upon each Of such pro-
erty-holders:


NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 26, 1866.
Year: 1866

BREACH OF PRoMIsE.-Bcfore n
court of common pleas, a case of breach
of promise was recently under consid-
Grafton. The breach between the
parties was apparent enough, but as to
the promise there existed slight shade
of doubt, until the plaintiff set the
matter right as follows: Question by
defendants counsel: "Did my client
enter into a positive agreement to
marry you"" Answer: "Not exactly,
but he courted me a good deal, and he
telled my sister Jane that he intended
to marry in our family"
Year: 1866

In suit in the Superior Court of
Cincinnati, a manufacturer of the
" Pure Essence of Coffee" was obliged
to testify how it was made. He said


awe take molasscs, the cheapest


dirticst and nastiest we can find; boil
it down until it gets thick and ropes
take it out then, and place it in pans
to cool, and when hard it is broke VI
and ground, after which ground rye
is mixed with it. 1t is then put into
paper packages, which are placed in
boxes, each box being sold at 50 cents


and labeled g Pure Essence of Coffee. d
Year: 1866

Not only does death beautify our
lifeless forms, but the thought of it gives
a more beautiful expression to the coun-
tenanoe even in life, and new strength
to the heart; as rosemary is both
placed as r chaplet on the brows OF the
dead and gives life to the fainting by
its vivifying essence.
Year: 1866

A New York paper last evening am


nounced that feet of armed vessels
had mysteriously put to sea, and, as
some well known Fcnian officers were
absent from their usual places, it was
surmised throughout the city that the
much talked of invasion was to begin.
Year: 1866

A correspondent OF the Worcester
(Mass.) Spy predicts dull times for the
boot and shoe trade. Manufacturers
who, ten days ago, were preparing to
do a heavy business, have suddenly
collapsed, and the prices of work as
well as Of goods have a downward look
Year: 1866

The Cleveland Herald says of crop
prospects in Northern Ohio, that there
has been great damage to fruit during
the late cold weather, and that in some
places the early fruits are entirely de
stroyed. The injury TO wheat, which,
especially in some of the third or
fourth tier of counties from the Lake,
was thought to be nearly fatal, is not
as great as at first apprehcnded. -.rr
Year: 1866

Eighteen men were accidentally
poisoned in the town of Lisbon, Michi-
gan, a short time since, all of whom
have died. The men were engaged in
logging, and had hired a man to do
their cooking, and he had used care
lessly a package of strychnine, mis-
taking it for saleratus.
Year: 1866

At medical examination, Young
aspirant for doctors diploma was asked,
When does modification ensue? Think
of the amazement his questioner must
have felt when he gave the answer,
when you propose TO u lovely girl and
are refused
Year: 1866

MuRDERouS FIGHT At CHIMBoRAzo.-On
Saturday night two negroes living in the
vicinity of Chimborazo got into a hight.
For time they used nothing but the wea-
pons which nature had given them; but at
last they seized rocks, and beat each other
vigorously. One of them dealt the other
a tremendous blow upon the head, trac-
turing the skull in two places. At late
hour on yesterday evening the fractured
negro was in very critical condition, and
it is not expected that he will recover.
The negro who inflicted the blow has not
been arrested.
Year: 1866

MEMORIAL CONCERT AT LOUISA Court
HoUsE.-A concert will be held Oh to-
morrow evening at Louisa Courthouse,
the proceeds to be devoted to raising a
fund for placing in order the graves of the
Confederate soldiers inferred in the neigh
borhood. There was large hospital at
the Courthouse during the war, and seve-
raj skirmishes took place in the adjacent
country. A number of orr soldiers are
buried in Louisa, and it is hoped that the
people of the county will be able to Obtain
money enough to meet the expense Vi
arranging and marking these graves.
Year: 1866

BusHING TOMATOES. s.-Ihosc who
love good tomatoes will take pains to
cultivate them so as to insure them, as
near as may be, in their full perfection.
There is no other fruit that delights
more in air and sunshine than the to
mato They should have, therefore,
abundance OF room, AMI the vines be
Sustained from falling to the earth. !
have found stout brush firmly set round
the plants, to answer better than any
other method. The branches have
room TO extend themselves rs they like,
while the limbs of the bush keep them
in their positions. By this method the


fruit is more fully exposed to the genial
influences Of the air and sunshine


whereby it attainS more delicious TIA
yor, larger size, and comes quicker to
maturity.-R0roliSt.
Year: 1866

In THE WRoNG PLAcE.-An old Meth
odist,very great at responses, which were
not always appropriate, but always well
meant went one day to hear a popular
preacher. The preacher, usually lucid
was rather perplexed, and felt it himself
lie labored through the first part, and
then said:


aBBTTSthren, l have reached the conclu.
sion of my first point"


"Thank Godl" CALCULATED the old man
who sat before him, profoundly interest.
ed, in voice that was heard in every par
of the old church.


The last part of the sermon was harder
to preach than the first.
Year: 1866

The deYil came up to earth one day,
And into a court house he wepded his way,
Just as an attorney, with a very grave face.
Was proceeding to "argue the points in the


case"
Now. a lawyer his majesty had never seen,
For to his dominions n one had bsen
And he felt very anxious the reason to know
Why none had been sent to the regions be-


low.
Twas the fault of his agents, his majesty


thought,
That none of these lawyers had ever been


caught,
And, for his own pleasure, he felt desire
To come to the earth and the reason inquire.
Well, the lawyer who rose, with visage SO


grave,
Made out his opponent consummate knave
And the Devil was really greatly amused
To hear the lawyer so roundly abused.
But soon as the speaker had come to close,
The counsel opposing then fercely arose,
And he heaped such abuse on the head of the


first,
That made him villain, of all men the worst
Thus they quarreled, contended and argued SC


long,
It was hard to determine which of them was


wrong, i
And, concluding he'd heard quite enough Of


the "fuss,"
Old Nick turned away and solilloquised thus
IF all they have said of each other be true
The Devil has surely been robbed of his due
Bat Pm satisfied now it's all very well,
For these lawyers would ruin the morals o.


hell.
"They have puzzled the Court with their vii


lannon's. cavil,
And Pm free to confess they have puzzled The


Devil
Ny agents are right to let the lawyers alone;
If had them, they'd swindle me out of my


throne,
Year: 1866

" ne DlaTK CUuHUy IVePuUIIUaH HIl
the nail on the head when itsaid: "There
ought to be no such thing as doing a
thing gratuitously in a printing Office
Nobody gets groceries, or dry goods, OIL
medical advice without paying for them
In newspaper Office not a line is SCI
that does not cost something for sitting
Either the printer must pay the whole
or the advertiser pay his share. The
only question to be asked by the publish
er.ls, who is to pay the money for the la
ber2 what ground has this party or indi
vidual to require me topay for the pro
motion of its object2"s
Year: 1866

PEELING 0NIoNs.-In speeliDg onions,


ppta large needle in the mouth, half in
and half out The needle attracts the
oily juice Of the bulb, and any number
may be peeled without affecting the eyes
Year: 1866

The Richmond Enquirer of the 7th
inst. saws: The Federal dead buried
during the war at Belle Isle, Hollywood
and Oakwood are being disinterred and
removed to a cemetery especially set
apart for the purpose.


A few days since we visited Oakwood
Cemetery, on the eastern slope of which
a group of freedmen were leisurely plying
pick and spade, beguiing the time with
the lest and boisterous laughter peculiar
to the race. The graves were deep, and
it is fact worthy of note that we could
not learn from the working party that
single cofinless grave had been discov.
cred among the hundreds which they had
opened.


The cofins, when uncovered, were
raised to the surface Of the ground by
means Of hooks, and the tops removed.
Some of the coffins are comparatively In
a state of good preservation, while others
are greatly decayed; and the same re-
mark is applicable to the remains within
them. In one coffin which we saw
opened, lay the perfect skeleton of a
powerfully framed man, wrapped in a
Dlanket WllCn WAS uub iItio ucO" W.
The hair Of the head was almost perfect,
and the red whiskers still clung to the
chin; but in other instances the only
relics of humanity left were few black,
decaying bones. The remains are placed
in new boxes and hauled to the Federal
cemetery, and the dsinterred collins piled
up and burned. :,


We saw no white men connected with
the work of disinterment or any means
employed for preserving the identity OF
the remains. The cemetery to which
they are removed is located between the
williamsburg and Charles City roads,
short distance beyond the Williamsburg
toll gate, and contains, according to
rough estimate, some four hundred
graves, arranged in parallel rows.


At the head of each grave is a wooden
slab painted white and bearing the name
of the soldier supposed to repose be-
meath it, although we think but little
dependence is to be placed in the accu-
racy of work so loosely performed.


The majority of the names are for
eign and recorded as belonging to North
western regiments.
Year: 1866

Mack" writes from Washington to
the Cincinnati Commercial as follows :;


In a conversation with friend the
other day, Thad Stevens expressed his
opinion that the President ought Ger.
tainly to be impeached; that be could
name twenty offenses he had committed,
any one of which was sufficient to justi~
fy his displacement, and that he thought
the country owed to itself and its own
dignity as nation, to resort to that ex-
pedient for getting rid of man who had
proved himself wicked, incompetent,
treacherous, and said he, " a id fool
into the bargain" Why" said Thad.,
"Tll take that man record, his speeches
and his acts, before any impartial jury
you can get together, and I'll make them
pronounce him either knave or fool,
without Che least trouble" "


He continued my own impression
is that we had better put it on the ground
of insanity, or whiskey, or some
thing of that kind. l don't want
to hurt the mans feelings by tell
ing him he is a rascal. I'd rather put
it timidly and say he hasn't got off that
Inauguration drunk yet; and just let
him retire to get sobered off. Finally,
Thad. was asked what would be done
about it. He replied that he couldn't
tell exactly yet He knew he could carry
the House on the subject, majority
only being required, but he was in doubt
about the Senate, and there would be no
movement made in that direction until
the Senate could be counted on. This,
after all, may be said to be the precise
status of the impeachment question:
question which looks more serious to day
than it has looked at any time yet and
which, think, will be pressed much too
far for the general veal before the close
of the session.


/ did not think so a weak ago. Re-
peated conversations on the subject have
changed my opinion, and lead me to this
conclusion: That Andrew johnson
would be turned out of his office before
the lst of January if it were not for the
restraining influence which capitalists
naturally exert over such matter. Capt.
tai is timid and conservative always and
never more so than just now, when it is
feared, and rightly too, that to impeach
Johnson would be to shake the confidence
of money kings abroad in the stability
of the government, and TO impair the
value Of American securities on both
sides of the Atlantic. If there were no
five.twenties there would be no Andrew
johnson at the White House three
months hence. That's certain; and if
A. j. don't believe it he is not posted
Year: 1866

Cor ENOUGH OF Ir.-Marysve Association of
teamsters have been trying their hands in opposi-
ton to the railroad. They loaded at Marysvlle
with freight for Quincy and Taylorville. Their
tariff of freights was adjusted for twelve days
round trip; but they passed through Oroville, on
the homeward stretch, just one month from the
date of leaving the lovely banks of the Yuba. While
unloading down freight at the depot, they were
offered Quincy freight at better prices than they
had realized from Marysvile, but they declined
They had got enough of Quincy. Try again. Ma
rysville draw tie trade of Northern California


if her transfers Association only exhibit the
and pluck to go in and win. We wish they would 1t
would be beneficial to the business interests of
Northern California. if it was not to the Transfers
Association. Perhaps the better plan would be for
the Association to make Orovlle the base of their
operations, assist the people of Butte and Plumas
counties in opening the wagon road to Beckwith
pass and thus have command no: only of the Plu-
mas trade, but good share of the trade of the
State of Nevada. This road, when completed can
be travelled with loaded teams all seasons of the
year, and in that respect will be much better than
the railroad of the Central Pacific company for
their track will be buried in for seven months
of the year. We notice that the main Association
at Sacramento, have subscribed $500 towards con-
structing the Quincy and La Porte Turnpike. Let
them give this Beckwith route fair consideration,
and we doubt not they will find wagon road that
will afford them permanent and profitable bust
ness.