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Year: 1866

E@ A steamboat in a-dense fog
was drawing near the wharf at New
port, II. l. The passengers were
struck with the gigantic size of some
persons standing on shore. Pres
emily one Colossus fell on one knee
and the other giants began to caper
around in manner very unbecoming
to men of such huge proportions. II
was presently found that they were
little boys playing marbles on the
wharf, and the fog had by some op-
teal illusion magnified their apparent
size. 1t is well known that things
which are dimly seen frequently ap-
pear much larger than they are, and
that things which are not seen at all
sometimes appear to be immense
Exchange.


We shall never forget an incident
similar to the above that occurred on
Lake Superior, in 1852. The steamer
Sam. Ward, having on board a party
of excursionists, stopped at the Pic
tured Rocks, i'll dense fog, carefully
feeling her way in until the smooth
perpendicular ledge hundreds of feet
in height in the vicinity Of the Grand
Archway, loomed up in monster pro-
portions, the ridge SO obscured by
dense and drowsy mist that the rock
seemed but a connecting wall between
the emerald waters of the lake and
the feecy covering that was elsewhere
above, around and about, in all direc-
tons. Two small boats put off and
were soon lost to sight from each
other and the steamer. After a time
those in our boat were startled by the
view of most unearthly craft, to all
appearance long way off, filed with
shadowy monsters vague and indef-
mite in form, who seemed to swing
high up in the air and then to dip
deep down in the lake, great, uncouth
beams Of uncertain form and color
The novelty however, was soon dissi-
pated, as in an instant the other small
boat seemed to shoot out of the fog,
and as the strange optical illusion had
been mutually participated in and was
mutually astonishing, so was the rec
ognition between the two parties mu-
tually cordial and hilarious, and to-
gether we made for the steamer, close
in the vicinity, whistling and ringing
bells with the utmost desperation to
bring her Cyclopean wanderers home.
Year: 1866

A Portland steamer was found TO
be going astray, on recent trip from
Boston, owing TO deviations of her
compass. The deviation, it was also
found, was caused by the steel hoop
skirt of young lady who was in the
pilot house, and on her retiring the
compass resumed its proper position.
Year: 1866

The brig Issca from Philadelphia for Boston 10 at a9eo
inside Sandy Hook in distress she came In the oSx
No H. The bay iu of floating ice schooner with feeo
mast gone tow ed in the Hook last night
Year: 1866

PosTpoyED.-The American Geographical
and Statistical Society postponed their meeting Last
evening on account of illness in the family Of Dr. VIII
Modern Statistics as Applied to Ancient History"
Year: 1866

The whole time of the Court yesterday was oc-
euped witt tho Of Zeno Blhl Tho defense offered
evidence 70 how that the Transaction loan and also
show the rood character OF the accused Toe
counsel for th. defense stating that he had 90
witnesses TO call to the character Of the accused.
Year: 1866




A GooD RULE.-A men who is very
rlch now, was very poor when be was q
'oJ.When asked:how he got his riohep he
replied, "My father taught me never 10
play till my work was finished, and never
spend my monsy until I had earned it,
If had but one hours work in a day i
must do that the first thing, and in an
hour, and after this l was allowed to
play; and l thea could play with more
pleasure than if I had the thought of an
unfinished task before my mind. 1 early
formed the habit of doing everything ip
time, and it soon became perfectly easy
to do So 1t is to this owe my pros,
perity."
Year: 1866

CAUTION TO ASSESSORS. new law con.
taiDs clause which will compel Assessors to
make full and complete statistical returns.
We copy the second section for the information
of those interested. 1t reads as follows:


"The Board of Supervisors of the several
counties of this State are hereby directed to
reserve in their final settlement with their
County, District, and Township Assessor, a
sum equal to 25 per cent. of the amount al.
lowed BY the State for making bis ann ual as
sessment, until be shall furnish the certificate
OF the Surveyor General, that satisfactory
report, as provided in section OF this act, has
been received at his Office, which certificate
shall in all cases be given when satisfactory
report has been made"
Year: 1866

THERE is soon to take place, according to a
statement going the rounds of the press, in
New Orleans an impressive Masouic ceremony
the holding Of what is called by the frater-
nifty Lodge of Sorrow"-the occasion being
the commemorasion Of the members Of the
mystic tie who have died during the war
Upon this interesting occasion, the Grand
Commander of the Supreme Council of the
southern section of the United States, is
to take the leading part, and is to be assisted
BY other Masons of high rank
Year: 1866

DURING the past week, the telegraph has
furnished us with two important announce
ments. One is the proclamation of the Presi-
dent declaring the restoration of peace in the
Southern States, and the other is the passage
by the Senate over the Presidents veto of the
Civil Rights bill. The Presidents proclama-
tion restores the supremacy of the civil iu the
United States, which has been suspended 10
various portions of the Union, for the past
Eve years. The civil war that has desolated
the conutry has been officially declared at an
end. Peace again reigns supreme, and the
nd but unavoidable lesson should teach Us as
. nation, and as States, and as individuals, to
be more careful in resorting to an appeal to
arms for the repeal of obnoxious laws. The
appeal should be to the people through the
ballot box. They aim to be just, however
much they may be temporarily deceived. The
majority must rule in government like this.
and the appeal to force against their decision,
is but the hight of folly and madness. We
care not to discuss the effects OF the bill just
passed BY the Senate. Peace again pervades
the land, and under its benign and prospering
influence, whatever may be found oppressive,
or unsuited to the condition of majority of
the people must give way before the peaceful
mandate Of the people through the ballot box.
What cannot be effected in that constitutional
method, ought not, and as the war just closed
has demonstrated, cannot be carried by force.


Another important announcement of the
last week, is the result of the Connecticut
gubernatorial election. The vote was very
close. the radical candidate, General Hawley,
being successful by less than thousand ma
jority, while the total vote was over eighty
seven thousand.


The Bankrupt bill has been defeated in the
House Of Representatives.


The New York Herald's special despatch
from Fortress Monroe contains rumor that
JEFF Davis will be taken to Richmond on a
writ OF habeas corpus. His health is growing
worse.


The London Times says there is too much
reason to fear that the peace of Europe is
about to be broken by one of the least jus.
and least necessary wars of modern days, and
hopes that England may hold aoof.


The Tennessee Legislature assembled on the
9th, with radical majority of members, 4
more than working quorum. The radical
cancus voted to refer all credentials and admit
only those elected as new members and exclude
the boilers re elected, on the ground that the
latter came back under pledge to bolt again,
and are therefore in rebellion against the Stale
government
Year: 1866

HARD TINgs'-We invite attention TO
the humorous and readable communication of
Hard Times" on the currency question, and
hope be Will adhere to bis determination to say
more hersfter. He promises to outstrip the
renowned Petroleum V Nasty"
Year: 1866

A gentleman once heard man
swearing dreadfully in .he presence
of number of his companions. He
told him it was a cowardly thing to
swear so in company, when he dare
not do it by himself. The man said
he was not afraid to swear at any
time or in any place. "Tll give You
ten dollars" said the gentleman, eff
you viii go into the village grave
yard at twelve o'clock tonight and
swear the same oarhs which you
have uttered here, when yOa are alone
seith God"


agreed" said the man; sit is an
easy way to make ten dciisrs."


"Well, you come to NE tomorrow
and say you have done it, and the
money is yours"


The time passed on, midnight came.
The man went to the grave yard,
not sound was heard; all was still
as death. The gentlemen's words,
alone asih God, came over him with
wonderful power The thought of
the wickedness of what he had been
doing, and Of what he had come
there to do, dsrted across bis mind
like fash of lightning. He trem-
bled at his folly. Afraid to take an
other step, he fell on his knees, and
instead of the dreadful Osths he came
to utter, the earnest cry went up
"God be merciful to me a sinner"


The next day he went to the
gentleman and thanked him for what
he had done, and said he had resoly-
cd not to swear another oath as long
"a he lived.
Year: 1866

The PRESIDENTS RKBUKE OF a SE-
cEsH PREACHER. An account IS
given of the interview of secesh
clergyman from Alabama with the
President some months ago. Gen.
Thomas had silenced the preacher
for his reasonable preaching, so he
posted off to Washington to get re-
dress. -...


The President received him courte-
ously, but when he had made known
his errand, he arose from his seat,
and gave him a blessing he will re-
member for lifetime. Going back
to the early days Of the conspiracy
against the nation, he arraigned the
apostate clergyman as "guilty before
Cod for the measure Of war and
woe which had desolated the land
''Not satisfied" said he "with this
carnival of blood, you are still ham
mering away at your end OF the
string to keep alive this agitation,
and encourage an alienation which
is to day the bane of reconstruction,
and must operate to widen the gulf
you have dug between the people OF
the North and the people Of the
| South"


s.Why," said the clergyman, in
terupting the President in his furious
denunciation, lone would think from
your anathemas that we poor preach
ers were accursed of God and man,
and we were shut out from heaven
and earth"


Heaven" repeated johnson, with
decision; 81 say reverently that you
and yours of your cloth who persist
in this suicidal folly this great
crime against God and humanity
may deem yourselves lucky if you
get to hell"
Year: 1866

A Coon HIT-Senator Sye, of
Nevada, in speech recently deliY-
cred in the Senate, on the post office
appropriation bill, made the follow
ing palpable bit:


Mr.. President, remarked ycSter-
day that thought there was no blame
to be attached TO Congress for not
having acted more speedily. The
work of restoring this country is q
great work. The labors imposed up
on the shoulders of this Congress is
herculean. They are to build up
where treason has torn down. They
are to heal these wounds as best they
can. The man who had in his en-
ploy q person who had enveloped his
house sud his children in flames by
the torch, and would take him back
into his employ the next day, would
be considered fit subject for luna
tic asylum The same rule of pru-
deuce, caution and care, should pre-
vail here. The wounds upon our in
stitutions are everywhere seen. The
blood yet oozes freely from wounds
that can never be healed. And yei
my distinguished friend from Wis
consin says we must take them in
Sir, there is q little example before us
on this subject. In olden time cop.
perhead was found stiffened with
I frost A humane husbandman, like
my distinguished friend from Wis
consin, put him in his bosom to warn
him and thaW him out. What die
the copperhead do? He stung hin
to death. After that example, j dC
not propose that any of that breed
shall find warming here. Laughter.


Ny friend from Wisconsin, with his
great gushing heart, wants to tax.
such things in his bosom. Look ou
for your arm pits. Laughter.
Year: 1866

A SoHooLMAsTER. after giving one of his
scholars sound drubbing for speaking bad
grammar, sent him to the other end of the
room to inform another boy that he wished to
speak to him, and at the same time promis-
ing to repeat the dose il he spoke to him un-
dramatically. The youngster, quite satis-
fed with what he mad got, determined to be
exact; and thus he addressed his fellow pu-
pill There is common substantive Of the
masculine gender, nominitive case, and in an
angry mood, that sits perched upon the emil
nence at the other side Of the room, wishes to
articulate few sentences to you in the pres
ent tense
Year: 1866

CURE FoR.lSGRowISa NAILS, 1t is stat
ed cauterization by hot tallow is an immedl-
ate cure for in-growing nails. Put small
piece Of tallow in spoon aud heat it over a
lamp until it becomes very hot, and drop Iwo
or three drops between the nail and the gram
ulations. The effect is almost magical. Pain
and tenderness are At once relieved, and in a
few days the granulatious all go away, leav-
iug the diseased parts dry and destitute Of all
feeling, and the edge Of the nail exposed so
as to admit Of being pared away, without any
Inconvenience. The operation causes but lit
tie pain il the tallow is properly heated
Year: 1866

If radical politicians were disposed to
reflect, they would see in the news
which reaches us daily concerning the
Fenian uprising in Ireland, a picture Of
what will transpire in the southern
States not many years hence should the
Congressional policy be persisted in. The
radicals are making an Ireland of the
South, to be governed by them with
more than English rigor, and they have
no right to expect that American citi-
zens will submit to oppression and out
rage any more quietly than the people
of Ireland have submitted. The recol-
lection of past freedom will stir south
ern hearts more deeply, because fresher
and more recent, than the recital Of the
ancient glories of the Irish Kings now
stirs the hearts Of all who were born
upon "the Green Isle" And there are
other circumstances which will operate
powerfully to create in the South
spirit of bitter hostility to the North
far stronger than that which pervades
the breasts of Irishmsn against their
hereditary foe. In Ireland, the Saxon


governs the Celt; in the South, should
the radical idea be carried out, the ne
gro will govern tho white man. The
oppression Of the South will be as much
Year: 1866

Experienced breeders ofCotswold and
Leicester sheep say that these sheep
should not be kept in the same pastures
or yards with Merino sheep. They say
that the ordor from the bodies of the
Merino is not only offensive, but hurt
full to the English breeds. The long
wooled sheep are little disposed to
roam over the pastures: they eat what
they want, and then lie down. The
Merinoes, on the other hand, are much
disposed to ramble all over the pasture,
picking q little here and there.
The consequent trampling of the grass
and scattering Of the droppings of the
sheep seem TO affect unfavorably the
Cotswolds and Leicesters; so much so
that it is advised, even where they are
kept alone, that at least three pasture
lots be kept, so that the sheep may have
fresh pasture frequently.


Canadian farmers, who think highly
of the long-wools, claim that the preju-
dice which exists against them in many
parts of the United States is owing to
this mismanagement of those who own
them.
Year: 1866

The near approach of the holiday sea-
son, when poultry begins to find a place
upon our tables more frequently than
during any other portion Of the year,
makes the following rules for selecting
fowls of use to many: A young turkey
has a smooth leg and soft bill. and il
fresh, the eyes will be bright and the feet
moist. Young fowls have a tender skin,
smooth legs, and the breast-bone yields
readily to the pressure of the finger.
The best are those that have yellow
legs. The feet and legs of the old fowl
look as if they had seen hard service in
in the world. Young ducks are tender
under the wing, and the webb of the
foot is Transparent. The best are thick
ard hard on the breast. Young geese
have yellow bills, and the feet are yell
low and supple; the skin may be east
ily broken by the head of q pin; the
brest plump, and the fat white.
Year: 1866

We see that our neighbor of the Intel
Egencer fully endorses the plan of the
extreme Radicals which proposes to
treat and govern the Southern States as
conquered provinces. He speaks OF the
territorial theory as "a theory which
finds favor with Congress and with the
people, and which offers speedy, final,
legal and orderly settlement OF the
whole problem of reconstruction." We
wish our neighbor would advise US of
the probable effect Of this theory upon
the continued existence ofWest Virginia
If it be true that the rebel States
lost their sovereignty by their
rebellion, can any legality attach to
their acts, assumed to have been per
formed in their State capacity. Can
the division of Virginia, to which her
assent as State was necessary, be of
any force or legality, if Virginia at the
time of division was no StGtc' Can the
creature be greater than the creator 7
Can West Virginia be sovereign and
independent State while Virginia, her
creator, is dependent territory
Can mere province, tributary and
subordinate, impart to a portion
of its territory and people SOW
creignty and vitality which it does
not itself possess' If so, please explain
the manner and reason of the operation.
The Radicals of West Virginia have al
ways claimed to be her special friends
and protectors, and we should like to
know how they can reconcile their obll-
CATION to her with an endorsement OF
the suhjugation schemes of the Radical
Congressional majority.


The debts due from the various States
lately in rebellion, are also likely to be
productive of embarrassing dilemmas.
As soon as Congress provides those
States with provisional or territorial
governments, their bonds will be worth
10 more than so much waste paper,
and as much of this debt is due
to the North, there is likely to
be q conflict between Radical pol
icy and Radical interest. While
our neighbor is calculating the effect OF
the territorial theory upon the exist
ence of our new State, we wish he
would also Indicate the means by which
the debt of Virginia is to be liquidated
if the old Mother of States is now de-
pendent and irresponsible territory. Al
Virginia is popularity supposed to be IL
arrears with this section to the amount o.
ten or fifteen millions, the result Of his
Investigations will be awaited with In
terest.
Year: 1866

greater than that of Ireland as the new
ly emancipated negro is moro ignorant,
brutal and degraded than the English
people.


The history of all nations in all ages
shows that no people who have once
been free can ever be brought to sub
NIT quietly and without an effort to
throw off the yoke to such misgovern-
ment as the radicals propose to put
upon the South. Poland afforded one
example, Hungary another, Ireland
another, the recent Cretan insurrection
against Turkish authority another, the
late rebellion against English dominion
in the East Indies another, and the
catalogue might be swelled
by the addition of an hundred other il
Illustrations of the truth that no people,
having once been free, will patiently
submit to such outrages as form the
main features of the radical programme
in relation to the South. The radicals
profess to be actuated by desire to
to prevent future rebellions; they are
pursuing the course which has bred
civil wars heretofore, and which, so
long as human nature remains as it is,
will continue to bring forth civil tu-
multi and strife.
Year: 1866

We see by our exchanges that the
typographical society of Richmond, Va,
have adopted a resolution favoring the
abolishing of Sunday work on daily
newspapers. This is subject which
deserves the attention Of all who pub
lish, as well as all who read the daily
morning papers. Under the system now
customary in all the cities, Saturday is
the leisure day for night printers, while
Sunday is a working day; they are
neither permitted to spend that day
with their families, nor in church. Ii is
true a printer is not, in one sense, com
PEELED to work on Sunday, as he, Of
course, has the privilege of leaving the
employer who exactsit. BUTT amounts,
virtually, to compulsion, for at best il
would force him TO lose two days ont of
the seven. aud that some men could not
well afford to do. Some ten years ago
the experiment was tried in this city,
and, through breach Of faith in one or
two of the offices, we believe, it failed.


There is no good reason why publish
ers, if the public would sympathize in
the reform, could not abolish Sunday
work almost entirely. But, unfortu-
nately, the very people who esteem the
privileges Of the sanctuary above price,
would make each Monday 'blue," should
they fail to have their morning paper,
OF should that morning paper fail TO
contain the very latest scrap of local or
telegraph news. In truth, 4 paper
issued on Sunday morning would
involve but little work on the
part of printers or pressmen, and
but an hour or two's work
for carriers and newsboys on
Sunday morning early, and yet the is-
suing of paper on Sunday morning
would bring down the indignation Of
the religious community as gross dis
turbance of the sanctity and quiet of
the Lords day. Sunday printing is q
greyious wrong to large class Of prin-
ters and editors, but so long as they
have to satisfy the exacting demands OF
an impatient public, and crafty its
greed for the earliest news, there seems
to be but little chance for amendment.
The man who would inform the author
titles of his neighbor cutting wood on
Sunday, would feel greatly chargTined
if his Monday mornings newspapekSid
not contain the news received on I'M
day night by the Atlantic cable.-Ez.