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Year: 1866

Mr.. Banks, of Mass regarded the bill as just. 1t
simply declared that the man who had deserted his
country in its hour of danger should not be permit
ted to return to its high privileges when the hour Of
danger had passed


Mr.. Thayer of Penn, was in favor of sustaining
the great American commercial marine out Of which
we had formed a navy in the late war. lie was Op
posed to the bill which. in a single line expunged
the greater part Of the mercantile marine from Amer


Mr. Washburno, of Illinois, said the bill came from
the Committee on Commerce with great unanimity.
lie urged the passage Of the bill, and read letter
from the Secretary Of the Treasury, asking some
such legislation as is proposed in the pending bill


Mr.. Garfield, of Ohio, said this was not question
OF men but one OF tonnage. The Secretary of the
Treasury ressEing registers almost every day to
the class of vessels that this bill proposed to exclude.


The bill was then passed-yeas &c. nays 81.


FREEDMEN'S BUREAU.


The House took up the Freedmen's Bureau bill.
Mr.. ponnelly, OF Minnesota, sustained the bill in
speech of an hours length. He said we must legis-
late to save the South and protect the freedom of the
negro. By doing the negro justice Congress would
render the nation safe forever Universal education
and universal suffrage must go hand i'll hand to-
gether.


Mr.. Garfield, of Ohio, next addressed the House,
principally on the question of restoration and the
relation of States to the General Government lie
eOntended that individual States were unknown to
international law, and when gentlemen argued that
international law couId he o6ned TO the noIiticai
status of State they leading US into The
law of nations more applied to States than it did
to counties. lie proceeded to deny the theory that
the States were not in the Union. They were still in
Union and although they had forfeited their rights
IlSy ndu none OF IuC!F ODllgdJlOnS W men
the surrender Of the rebel armies took place there
were no State Governments in the South, and it was
emnently proper that the President should provide
some kind of government for them until Congress
could act and let no man that there Is quarrel
between the Executive and Congress on the question:
for the whole question of restoration remained with
Congress.


We could not obtain indemnity for the past. but
we could obtain security for the future. He saw in
the South no proper evidences of loyalty to induce
him to vote for Southern Representatives here lie
should never abandon his labor here to secure suf
trage for the negro-a qualified intelligent suffrage
lie urged, in conclusion, that all of the legislation
here should be for freedom and in behalf of the op
pressed.


Mr.. Kerr, of Indina was about to address the
House hour the relations of the several States
70 the Inion who-, h@ S"va wav for adnnrnnaar
Year: 1866

Gold Pens,
In solid Gold Holders!
In solid Silver HoldersI
Suitable for Ladiesl
Suitable for Gcntlemenl
Twill please the ladies and the men.
Each line they write they'll bless the pen;
The giver bless, and praise the taste
That gave for use and not for ,oaste-


A Good Gold Pea!i
Year: 1866

A Joint resolution to amend the Constitution so as
year, was passed. The resolution was first passed
for $ 0O0 by vote of 20 to 3 but at the request
the lieutenant Governor it was reconsdered, and
passed unanimously. A bill was reported to amend
the charter of the Baltimore Chrome Company The
militia bill was made the order of the day for Friday
at o'clock


The provision of the Constitution which prohib 5
tho Legislature from receiving any new business
within ten days of the close of the session. has dimin-
ished the number of bills coming up for action in
both Houses.
Year: 1866

FLIGHT oFTHE FLYING FIsH.-Mr. Horace
ccty OF Natural History, has brought for
ward additional evidence ia relation to the
manner in which the fight of these fishes is
sustained, The so.called flight has been AS
serted by some naturalists to be only long
leap, the fish projecting itself from the water
by vigorous action of the tail, just as the
salmon does in ascending falls, the large fms
acting as parachute, but never as wings
after the manner of birds. A few observers
have claimed that they really flew, Mr.
Mann's observations sustain this last view,
as appears from the following facts. These
fishes leave the water at very low angle, of
only five or six degrees, and during their
flight change their direction so as to rise
over the crests and descend into the hollows
of the waves. The motion of the fins was
distinctly seen under favorable circumstances
as when they flew near the ship and the
sunlight struck upon them so as to be re-
tiected to the eye The motion is not con
stant but somewhat intermittent, though
kept up during the whole flight The extent
of their vibrations is quite small and is indi-
Gated by more or less shady space, or
glimmering, which corresponds with the arc
through which they move. In some instances
they few to the distance of seventy-tiye or
a hundred yards, barely touching the water,
from time to time, and at others thirty or
forty yards without touching it at all
Year: 1866

SANTA ANNA has issued his address at
last, and 1t appears in the New York Herald
first, of course The General defines his po.
stlon, exhorts the Mexicans to unite and
drive the usurpers from their country, do
clares a monarchy in Mexico 10 be impossi-
BILE, offers his own services to his country,
says the restoration of the republic is the
acme of his ambition, and winds up with
the following grandiloquent peroration


at is now time, Mexicans, to forget for
ever our past contentious, and TO make a
strenuous effort, at once terrible and stimuli
taneous, against our common enemy, The
tremendous onslaughts of our indOmiahle
soldiers will bring the revelle of liberty, JOY
to the hearts of mothers and rejoicing to the
country. Heaven grant that the content.
ment which foreshadow be not disturbed
by new fratricidal dissensionsl Union shall
be my watchword before the fight Union,
again, after the victory.


God alone is inlalible, and it would be q
monstrous presumption on my part We're
to set myself up as free from error during
my long public career; but, with my hant
ON my heart, can say that never has my
will been an accomplice in my faults, bu
rather the impotence of human nature 10 nc
complish good in the absolute


Trust TO the sincerity of my words and in
tentions. ! cannot, should not, nor will
close the book OF my life with falsehood.-
only seek for my tomb new laurel tree
whose shadow shall cover il in the midst q
peace.


Let US hasten the hour of our nations tri
umph Confde in my words and be ready


Down with the empirel Long live tho re
public"
Year: 1866

CuRIosITIEs OF HUMANITY. Some author
or other wrote himself blind, as we have
heard, on the "curlosities of literature;" but
he certainly would have used up two OF
three pairs OF eyes ii he had set himself sc.
riously to work looking out for the curiosi
ties of humanity. We could have mention.
ed few to him, and here they are;


The husband that says to his wife on a
Monday night, when the cook Is in revolt,
dinner is behind hand, and ''stocks down,
MY dear, you look tired; let me walk up
and down with the baby while you rest ="


The wife who expends as much pains up
on her toilette on rainy morning, when
there is no one but John" at the breakfast
table, as she does on the evening when her
old sweetheart is to call


The husband who reads all the congress
sional debates to his wife without meanly
skipping every other paragraph, and always
Keeps her posted in floating politics


The wife who provides herself with spools
of cotton, thimbles, and sewing work, before
the reading begins, and don't have to jump
w NhNS az NfciJ hNC hilhuicS W iNiAh
something from the other room.


The man who IS consistent, and goes out
to chop kindling for exercise, after having
recommended bed making to his wife as a
healthful method of expanding the chest.


The woman who tells her husband just
exactly how much money she spent in that
shopping expedition yesterday.


The man who is always delighted with
the domestic puddings and pies, and don't
expect daily bill of fare like unto French
restaurant


The woman who don't look into all the
envelopes in her husband vest pocket when
she mends that garment.


The man who never saw collar pattern
that fit so much better than his ever did


The womun who can't tell tile color of her
neighbours new winter bonnet


The husband who, especially during north
east storms and during the prevalence OF do
mestic toothaches, makes up his mind that
it is great deal cheaper to he amlable than
to scold. chronological journal.
Year: 1866

A FUNNY SToRy.-The Detroit Advertiser
is sponsor for the following:--About one
year ago one of orr business men visited
New York city, and while there ordered II
half dozen cartes ds pisite of himself, which
he distributed among his friends in that
place. A few days ago he was surprised TO
find one of these counterfeit resemblances"
in possession of the family cook. An inves-
tigation into the matter disclosed the TACT
that she had received it from fortune-teller
in New York city, who advertised to forward
correct likeness of any young lady's flu
ture husband, all for the sum of fifty cents,
which amount the cook had remitted, ac-
cording to the advertisement, and received
her employers likeness in return.
Year: 1866

THE CLOSh OF BT. JOHNS FAIR


We understand that the Fair and Festival
of 81. Johns Church, which closed on We'd
nesday evening, met with very great sue
cess. This was well deserved by the extra
ordinary zeal and liberality, not only of the
members OF the congregation themselves,
but of very many of our citizens in general


Indeed, no such undertaking has ever been
more popular in Wilmington. Every one in
attendance speaks in high terms of the en-
joyment which they received, either from
actually assisting in the work, or from mere,
ly visiting the exhibition. Some idea can be
had of the numbers thronging the hall from
the fact of there being consumed during the
six days about one hundred and ten gallons
of Ice Cream and three hundred and forty
quarts OF Strawberries The number OF
bouquets furnished daily was also very large,
and much of the beauty of the Fair was ow.
ing to the display in this direction. The
prices of articles for sale were unusually
reasonable, and buyerswere left free to make
their purchases without those annoyances
that often deter persons from visiting such
places. We feel that all concerned meri
very general congratulation upon the happy
and prosperous manner in which everything
was conducted and terminated. We hopt
soon to be able to announce the amount re
allied by their harmony and diligence
Year: 1866

the Stock of the Company will ba sold on account Of


Working Capital. No other stock Is offered for sale


An entirely original aud mutual plan has bean adopted
for the speedy disposal othe working oar the par
trulsrs OF which all parties invited TO call at the
Office, No. 432 Chestnut St.. tup stAlrsA fsb2-tf
Year: 1866

A Sandwich Island newspaper records
singular accident. A man employed
on plantation, intending to shoot goat,
laid his cooked revolver in chair for a
moment when a chicken flew upon the
chair, and stepping on the pistol, fred it
of-whether with malicious intent, or
not, does not appear. The ball lodged in
the mans leg, inficting serious wound.
This is certainly curious Illustration of
the danger of leaving fire arms about.
Year: 1866

An Irish girl was ordered to hang the
wash-cloths on the horse III the kitchen
to dry. Her mistress shortly after found
very gentle family horse standing in the
kitchen completely covered with the ar
ticles that had been washed that day
Upon interrogating the girl the reply was,
"Oeh, to be sure, you told me to hang the
clothes upon the horse in the kitchen,
and the baste is the kindest [ ever saw,
sure"
Year: 1866

Judge Russell, of Iron County, Nc,
produced from single grain of wheat
stock of seventy FIVE stalks, averaging
twenty-niae grains each, or an aggregate
of two thousand one hundred and seventy
five grains. Were bushel and a half
(the ordinary quantity) to be sown on an
acre, and to produce in the proportion
this grain has done, the yield would be
eight thousand two hundred and sixty
two and half bushels on the acre.
Year: 1866

Anthracite coal was first used in this
country in the Wyoming Valley, by two
Connecticut blacI,smiths, in 176S-69,
but it was not till 1903 that it was used
for domestic purposes in the common
CRATE. In that year Judge Fell, of
Wilkesbarrc, recorded the fact he had
made the experiment Of burning the com
mon stove coal Of the valley in common
replace and found it answering all the
purposes of fuel.
Year: 1866

A young lady stepped into the store of
a merchant by the name of Wade, and
very innocently said she would like to be
lcctghed (Wade) ''Really, l am very
sorry" said he, "but my wife will tell
you that you are too late by a couple of
years"
Year: 1866

The following is copy of bill post
ed on the wall of country village "a
lecture on total abstinence will be deliver
ed in the open air, and a collection will
be made at the door to defray expenses" +"
Year: 1866

One of these sunny March afternoons


when the sky is blue and soft as sap


phire, and the air full of balm, the spire


of Grace Church tipped with sunset gold
and the plate-glass palaces along Broad
way all glitter as they reflected the silk
en- robes of the hurrying throng is
our scene and time


She was just released from her weary
days work in the sitting book bindery-
the care worn, thread bare woman, and
she breathed in the fresh air greedily
as she edged her way meekly amid her
scornful sisterhood. Suddenly she paus-
ed in front of fruit stand, the tropical
gleam of golden oranges reminded her of
the little white face, that was wasting "a
way on the lonely pillow at home, and she
fingered her worn purse longingly.


"Have you any one cent oranges, sir?"


eve don't deal in one-cent customers
better go about your business, woman"
said the man contemptuously.


ooh, the heart sickness of poverty -


She had proceeded but few steps be-
fore she stopped, involuntarily before a
display of cut flowers It was not the
dazzling camelias nor the imperial pink
azaleas that attracted her eye it was the
knot of wild violets blue and dewy, like
those that grew under the old apple tree
at home, when she was girl. How lit
tie pining Willie's eyes would sparkle at
the sight of those blue violets


GLOW much are these violets 2" She
asked with strembling eagerness.


oh IL =, L., Il,
he did not believe the faded looking wo-
man would be a customer, and was vexed
at being interrupted in eulogizing to a
splendily dressed lady some rare hot-house
blossoms.


She turned away with weary sigh,
but the lady had noticed her wan face
with plying kindness.


"Give me the wild flowers" said she
and then touching the wouan's shoulder,
she added, ''Take these violets-you seem
to wish for them so much p


The plae face lighted up All, it was
worth a shilling to call forth such smile!


"Thank you, lady, it was for my little
boy (; he is dying!"


Dying-it was strange fancy to the
jeweled child Of luxury. She could not
imagine it in all the glow of sunshine
and vitality that surrounded her, and yet
it struck warning chill to her heart
Dying to think that people could die


x X \


"Oh, mother they are so beautiful
Put them where | can look at them all
the time-they make me think Of lovely
Greenwood. +"


And then midnight came, the little
child set out on his far journey to the
many mansions of his Fathers house,
smiling upon the violets with his last
earthly glance. The broken hearted moth
er could shroud him in no glistening satin
or costly lace but when the little pine
coffin came, she sprinkled the blue eyed
fragrant blossoms upon his breast and so
laid him down to his everlasting slum-
bers.


Did the Recording Angel write down
no history of that brief incident in his
book of light All, the day will come
when riches are no longer of any avail,
and that one deed of kindness will be
more precious to the daughter of wealth
than all Galconda's diamonds


lie needs no more weary watching now,
that sick and suffering child he is gath
ering the violets that grow along the riv-
ers of Paradise se-LJe Illustrated
Year: 1866

WAR Poetry OF THE SorTH.-Mr. L. Z. De
Leon will deliver a lecture in the Concert
Room of the Exchange Hotel on Monday night,
entitled THE War Poetry Of the South, its
origin and characteristics, with specimen read
ings" The lecturer is well known in this
city as gentleman of pure taste and literary
culture and there is no reason TO doubt but
that under his auspices, the programme for the
evening will be both amusing and interesting
Our " war poetry" whatever may be It's lite
rary merit, was the audible expression OF tho
feelings and hopes of people engaged in a
great and terrible war, and We should not look
with indifference 10 any effort TO continue it
in remembrance and give II IN honored place
in the memories of the South. The lecture
will commence at Il. NJ, and tickets may be
obtained 1T all the principal music stores and
hotels throughout the city.
Year: 1866

A FIyAHCIAL CRIsIs.-The gift concern, the
circus, and other temptations, all in full blast
at once, puts the leading financial house in the
city in great peril. The national bank of Boot
black, Shoe shine & Co. will be shaken to its
foundations A failure Of that concern would
carry with it an immense community, and
such calamity ought to be avoided, If posi-
BILE The president of the bank threw up his
brush and swore he'd see the show, If he
broke The only sympathizing institution Is
the Old Iron Bank, whose funds are very low
supplies from the ruins being exhausted-and
il i feared il will be unable to aid much in
this crisis. The enterprising house which has
shone so brightly is therefore in danger of
beinp aummoxed, Ia new financial term in
vented by B., $. CO..
Year: 1866

"rence with our commercial operations" lie
was himself sure that the English Govern
ment, during the American civil war, had
honestly endeavored to prevent ships being
fitted out in English ports and he expected
from the Government of the United States that
they would continue honestly TO put their laws
in force and although they might not always
succeed in accomplishing their object, we
should not make that ground of national i'll
will or of an interruption of friendly rcla-
tons, and then he would not be afraid OF that
great Alabama precedent.


He said that the United States had thrown
cold water upon the proposition emanating
from the English Government that both coun-
tries should concert for the amendment of each
Of their Foreign Enlistment acts. 4" Whether
" or not IN alteration was made lie felt sure
''that they need not be afraid of any danger,
for danger only could arise from the United
States not executing their law in our favor
rs honestly as we endeayorcd to execute our
- law for them"


If commerce were the great autdOte to war,
he wished 10 see it brought TO bear against war
in the first instance, and next in favor of the
restoration of peace. There might BE- a tenn
porary depression of trade, but they might
rely upon it, when the war was over, our trad"
and resources would survive and be as vigor-
ous and elastic Is before. Our ships would
come back rs the ships Of the United States were
now reappcarng He had the utmost faith in
sound public opinion; but if public opinion
should not lead to the adoption df the present
proposal, he felt perfectly sure that England
would not be ruined, and that she would retain
to the last her national prosperity and her
national greatness.
Year: 1866

WEAgE authorized by Mr.. Joseph Mayo to
state that, before he announced himself
candidate for the Mayoralty of this city, he
was informed by two of his fellow citizens
who had previously seen Generals Terry ana
Turner that no objection would be made 10
his qualification to that office If elected by
the people, and that since that time he has
had personal interview with his Excellency
the President OF the United States, who said
10 him the same thing.
Year: 1866

HORSE -SrEALIyG-A Man 0P MAyY NAMES
AND AS MANY CALLISGs.-Seyeral weeks ago, q
negro named John Routh, aiids DIR. Booth,
diias John Boiling, who has so little Of the
black in his composition as to be generally
taken for a white man, went to Bob Clarke's
livery stables in Petersburg, and hired a horse
TO take ride. The colorless negro rode, and
rode, and rode, until he reached Richmond
town and in the mean while Clarke moaned
for the quadruped that did not return, and
would not be comforted The police were put
on the track of the delinquent negro, and yes
terday he was arrested by Captain Freeman
Routh was in great tribulation, and said that
he found the horse TO be of so little value that
he did not care TO have the trouble of sending
him back TO Clarke. He therefore sold him for
fifty dollars, with the intention of making it
all right with Clarke if he were foolish enough
to make any fuss about il. Before he turned
his attention to horse stealing, Routh had
been practising as doctor, veterinary surgeon,
and school teacher and he is now learning,
under the care of Lieutenant Caldwell, of the
Petersburg police, TO bear confinement with
equanimity. If the extraction of the decayed
molar is the only sure remedy for toothache,
then hanging the thief should be the only sure
cure for horse stealing.
Year: 1866

An interesting and important law ease
was argued at the last term OF the Court
Of Appeals. The action was brought
against the New York Central Rafircau
for damages which the plaintiff sastain
ed by the burning of his house The
house caught fire from a burning shed
belonging TO the Railroad Company,
which was set on fire from spagay Of
one of their locomotives Itwas claim
ed on the part gf defendants tiat no
case was ever known, where Il man Was
held in damages for a fire communicated
to his neiehbor's property from bis own.
witch was accidently burned, although
his property was fred through careless
ness, and that every fire, If not The re
suit Of incendiarism, is from careless
ness. The plaintiff claimed taat Ac was
entitled to damages, inasrnuch as the de-
PENDANTS would be liable had the ire
caught from spark of the locomotive
directly, and that the Intervention of the
woodshed ought not to relieve them from
responsil ..ity Tie plaintiff has been
defeated ia the lower courts, and the de
ciaion Of The Court Of Appeals viii be
looked FOR with interest If the plaintiff
should succeed, every sufferer by the
great fire at Troy. IN ls62, could recover
damages, for that eonfagration oecarIed
from spark Of locomotive setting
FIRE to the Hudson river bridge Albany
Express, July 8.
Year: 1866

\ cat was found in a deserted house in
Medford. Mass, the other day, which had
been shut up there witHout food or water
for eight days it was just alive. bat revived
under proper fsOdiDs.
Year: 1866

The voice of New Hampshire is
heard clearly pronouncing upon the
great issue of the hour, 9 Make haste
slowlyi in the work Of Reconstruction,
do it thoroughly, botch it not by com
promise with sin, and let it rest upon
the sure basis of eternal Right" This
is the voice of New Hampshire. She
is radical-and radically right.


The canvas was a quiet but thought
.ful one; there was no campaigning
storm of excitement; and the res alt is
allthe more significant Of the abiding
faith of the popular heart in tho great
progressive principles which find their
embodiment in the Republican party
The majority gained under these cir
cumstanees, shows that party, if bul
true to itself, TO possess a permanen
strength which may well bedeemet
invincible.