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Year: 1866

It is good policy for every man who has
a paying business, to stick to it closely
By so doing a handsome sum Of money
may be.accumulated in nine cases out of
ten, where industry and economy are used,
in very few years. Persons who are con-
tinually changing from one kind of busi-
ness to another, rarely succeed at least
ten fail where one becomes wealthy. The
same remark will apply to specializing in
stocks. Persons who possess means may
invest them in hazardous enterprises, but
men should never borrow funds in order
to do so, no matter how large the gains
that are promised. Many defalcations have
occurred through a desire to enter into
specuIations Of different kinds, and many
handsome fortunes have also been lost. 1t
is better to take six per cent. for money
secured by bond and mortgage on good
property, than to make loans at Is or 20
per cent. to persons who are trusting to
profits from stocks or speculation, in any
article, for the means to enable them to
make payment. In many cases both prin-
cipaI and interest have been lost, and vet
men viii not be satisfied with slow but
sure gains. The one who sticks to his le-
gitimate business is generally the best of
in the end. Admitting that a handsome
sum be realized in speculation, it may not
bring happiness or peace of mind, as there
is frequently more pleasure in the pursuit
than in the possession of an ar icle. The
gilded apple may turn to ashes on the lip
It is therefore well not to make haste to be
rich. Beside there is pleasure in Occupa-
ton, and men make a great mistake who
retire from active business while they are
blessed with health and strength. The
man who Iabors all day is generally hap


pier than the millionaire, simply because
he is eontented, eats his food with relish
and rises from his bed in the morning re
freshed with the sweetest sleep.
Year: 1866

First and foremost, don't try to be polite.
It viii spoil all! If you keep overwhelm-
ing your guests with ostentatious entreat-
les to make themselves at home, they will
begin to wish they were there. Let them
find out that you are happy to see them by
your actions rather than words. Always
remember to let bashful people alone at
first. 1t is the only way to set them at
their ease. Trying to draw them out has
sometimes the contrary effect of driving
them Out-of the house Leading the
conversation is a dangerous experiment.


Better follow in its wake, and if you want
to endeary yourself to takers, learn to listen
well. Never make fuss about anything
never talk about yourself-nlwsys pre-
serve perfect cOmpOsure, no matter what
soIecisms or blunders others may commit.
Remember that it is very foolish pro-
| ceeding to lament that you cannot afford
! to your guests better house, or furniture


or viands. It is fair to presume that the
visit is to you, and not to these surround
ings. Give people pleasant impress


sion of themselves, and they viii be
pretty sure to go away with pleasant inn
preston of your qualities. On just such
slender wheels as these the whole


fabric Of society turns; it is your business,


then, to keep them in revolving order.
Year: 1866

Our GREAT Dry GOODS SToRE.-There are in
all the great cities of America and Europe, some
one or two great stores which are the representa-
tiyes of their class among the communities in
which they are located For example, in New
York, Stewards and Lord & Taylors are the stores
pest known; and in Boston, Jordan, Marsh u Co.,
take the first ranks, and in our own city, among
those which all ladies believe to be the largest
and which contain the most desirable stocks,
GlqueI's can never be put in the background.
Having been in existence for more than quarter
OF century, and having always been noted for
the vast variety of the stock it contained, as we'll
as for the very reasonable rates at which the
goods were sold, a ladyno more thinks of buying
bill Of goods without first going in there and in
spectlng everything of the kind she wants, than
she would of blindfolding herself while shopping.
Mr.. tquel, the proprietor of this es Establishment,
has lived among us all his life, and knows exactly
what our people like to wear, and to use in their
houses, consequently his customers never go out
Of his store dissatisfied Therefore, it should not
be surprising that whenever it is announced that
new goods have been received at Giquelis, it
should create no little excitement among the fair
sex, and that if the weather permits nearly every
one, young and old should go there to invest orto
look We do not wish to be considered as intend
ing to create any undue excitement in this COM
munity this morning by the publication which IS
made in another column but it is indeed true that
there are more new goods at Giquel's to be shown
to-day
Year: 1866

INTERESTING SOUTHERN PUBLIcATIoNs.-We be-
lieve it to be the duty Of every Southern parent
to see to it that til cir children should be well read
in the most correct histories of the great events
of the past six years Unless such is the case, it
is most likely that the actors in the drama of the
great war, on the Southern side, will 60 down to
posterity in anything but the proper light by
which their conduct should be viewed. The he
rosm of the Southern people, and the true cause
Of their struggle. will alike be smeared with the
gloss of untruth and prejudice, and the descend
ants of the greatest heroes Of modern times will
be taught to be ashamed of the deeds which
should immortalize them. Our friends, Messrs.
Bloomfield 4 Steel general stadoners and law
publishers, No. GO Camp street, advertise in
the CRESCENT to-day for agents in every parish
and county to sell Polard's great history Of the
war, and Shows lives and campaigns of the
Southern generals. These books are Of the class
which, we think, should be placed in the hands
Of our youth and should not be allowed to 90 beg
ging for purchasers. Well disseminated through
out our section, there will be no danger Of the
great facts of the struggle becoming obsolete and
forgotten or that the laures of our heroes will
be allowed to grow faded and yellow. We hope,
therefore, that our people will potroniae the
books freely, anu make it a paying business to
any person who undertakes the agency Of them.
Year: 1866

WASHINGTON, April 15.-It is probable the
President will early this week nominate a
Collector for New York.


The House Committee on Judiciary are
engaged upon the subject of the resolution
recently referred to them involving the
question as to whether any additional leg
islation is necessary to procure the trial of
jeff Davis. No judicial proceedings will
be instituted pending the cOnsiderati on of
this matter by Congress.


The Supreme Court of the United States
having decided the Indiana military COM
mission for the trial of civilians to be lie
gal and persons convicted by it having in
consequence been discharged there is no
doubt steps will soon be taken to procure
the release of DR.. Mudd, Arnold, O'Laugh-
lin and Spangler, convicted of conspiracy
against the life of President Lincoln.
Year: 1866

= NosAoAaA AeAeBrapn company


The Washington correspondent Of the
Cincinnati Commercial thus shows I'D q
very Transparent swindIe as


A bill has been introduced in the Sen
ate to incorporate a national telegraph
company, whose lines shall extend over all
the post roads of the country, and be at
the service of the Government at rates
to be prescribed by the Postmaster Gen
eral. If this measure promised relief
from existing monOpolies it would be
hailed as great blessing to the country
at large. But unfortunately, it is one Of
the many lobby swindles, and perhaps the
largest Of all Of them, that are now pend
ing before Congress. The corporators are
men who have neither the means nor the
intention to carry out the enterprise they
pretend to have undertaken, and proba-
bly, the only result of the bill, if passed,
wonld be for them to receive q hand
some bonus for the privilege of being
swallowed up in the monopoly that now
controls the electric current from Maine
to California. The same parties who are
trying to get this scheme through are sin
terested in a bill to construct q telegraph
line from the United States to the West
Indies, and they couldn't, to save their
lives, raise money enough to-day TO build
a line from Cincinnati to COvington.
Many of them are Ohio men, A former
Mayor OF Cleveland heads the list, and
my opinion is, he might possibly find bet
ter employment than lobbying such swim
dies as these. r1
Year: 1866

Colonel Giles N. Surtlif, of the Fifth
United States Colored Infantry, has been
nominated and confirmed Brevet Brigsdier
General All who know General Shurt-
Gff will confirm us in saying that there is
n OF a more gallant, faithful or meritorious
officer in the service and that the star
could not rest on worthier shoulders.
Year: 1866

The New York Commercial, speaking of
the Fenian hubbub, says If real move
ment is designed upon Campo BellO
Island, or upon New Brunswick, what
faulty of gable induces the Fenians to
hold an open air meeting in Eastport
Are they never to cease from platform
rhetoric Men in earnest would never
make mistake like this-a mistake which
has the single palliative that it keeps up
the excitement and SO sells bonds.
Year: 1866

n 7 bFALDIAI.


In this connection we are requested to
state that the retention of the United
States Marine Hospital by the Govern
ment viii not in the least interfere with
the benevolent project recently proposed
by some of our best and most philan-
thropic citizens, of establishing new
Hospital here which shall be unsectarian
in its objects and workings. Our citizens
will soon be called upon to contribute TO
this object, ana we hope shortly to see a
hospital building in process of erection.
Year: 1866

Nothing gives us greater pleasure than to
read and Commend such excellent senti.
ments as those contained in the following
extract, and which occasionally uttered By
leading men at the South. They give hope
of the cemiDg Of brighter day, when those
who now persscute the helpless, ignorant
and poor. will enroll themselves among their
friends, and we shall have the spectacle of a
whole nation, North and South, actisg justly
and righteously toward the despised and
weak.


The extract below is from obatge re.
Gently delivered to the Grand Jury of Hen
rico County, tRichmosdI Virginia, by Judge
Christian, of the Circuit court.


And now having instructed you to present
all ofenses committed by freedmen within
the jurisdiction Of this court. | should be
recreant to my plainest duty and the high
responsibilities Of my position il l failed to
remind you that it is also your sworn duty
TO present all offenses committed against
them. You will remember. gentlemen, that
these people are now clothed by our laws
and Constitution with certain civil and per.



ing the laws Of the country. are bound to
recognize and respect. And while we hold
them amenable to our laws, we must at
the same time afford to them the protection
of the laws in all the rights of person and
property which have been conferred upon
them. They have become free without any
agency of their own. During the long and
bloody struggle through which We nassed,
the remarkable spectacle was exhibited,
without parallel in history. of servile
race, in many sections largely outBumber.
ing the dominant race, not only passive
spectators of the mighty struggle, in which
they we're taught to believe their liberties
were involved, but in many inst, noes exhib-
iting a singular fidelity to the master, so
that the wife and the daughter, the mother
and sister Of the Confederate soldier were
often left to the care and protection Of the
faithful slave. We must all admit that the
horrors Of the recent war, full of horror and
crime as it was. full Of deeds of dark and
damning atrocity and outrage upon humani-
ty and civilization. would have increased
thousand fold if the fires of insurrectian had
been lighted up throughout our land. and
the brutal passions Of servile race let loose
upon the weak and helpless. But nowhere
did the docile and faithful slave lift his hand
against his master, but remained passive
spectator to the end of The great struggle,
and only accepted freedom when it was
forced upon him. Having thus become free
without any agency of their own, but by the
inevitable logic Of events, they strongly ap.
peal to us, the dominant race, to US, their
former masters. for protection in all the
rights which their new condition has con.
ferred upon them. Let us cheerfuly and
heartily accord to them that protection in
all their civil and personal rights.
Year: 1866

The Vermont LEGISLATURE Yesterday
ratified the Constituti nal Amendment by
a vote of % to 10 the Senate. and l99 70
ii in tho House. This NAV be considered
a tolerably emphatic Endorsement.


The Colorado Central City Register
saws that the weather in the mountains has
not been so fine since 1861. From all parts
there come reports Of great activity in min
ing operstious. Those who are not taking
out any gold are preparing to do so early in
the Spring The mining which is going on
at present is encouraging in the extreme,
and gives promise ofa splendid yield next
season. ~


The safe Of the Treasury Of Brown
County, Ohio. was blown open by burglars
on Tuesday night and a large amount Of
money taken. A citizen was shst while at
tempting to arrest the thieves
Year: 1866

~W onders will never cease as
long as the ingenuity of man can
range the field Of speculation, or
utility and gain honors either by trust
ing q luck, Drawing obstcales or vent
ing passion We have been most for
chilly Impressed with many things in
our own Of late, and We local in trav-
cling around has many laugh that
lhe public should enjoy. To mention
only few by way of variety, comes
hIat the case of a gentleman whose
pf9pensity for gas allowed him to so
hr lorget himself as to call by hard
name freedman of respectable char
acter and his assistant. This gas
man accused him of being not re-
moiely descended from an animal of the
eanIne tribe. The freedman not claim
lnF 10 be thus related, offered a posi-
aEe insult to the gentleman, and was
81 tised by having his right organ of
ID closed. The executive of his
1 or came down upon gent like a
fI upon the fold, and with a writ
ed him to the seat of city justice.
Die blow, gent was pardoned, but
hsulting our city dogs by accusing
81 aarkey Of being kin to them, he
fned five dollars.


young gentleman was placed in a
a6 curious position on Main Street.
"a a lady just from the country was
hg by his store on horseback,


animal became suddenly Ia


with a disposition to enjoy


ospitalities of our town. by lying
ao in the street. Our young man
ed out, seized the animal by the


The lady quietly remarked that
\ uncommon complaint with the
pl, and to please give him bottle
pit and water. She supposed it
have been the drinking of Pearl


water, she never knew water to


ree with him before, but allowed


lst have been the pearls. Salt and


was administered, and while pre-
ing and drenching the animal the


became nightly mixed, as the


man did not know which his


pom was most attracted to, the


or the young woman.


ttlng isl now a favorite amusement
g gents who have nothing else to
ge their attention, and to see skill


rrier shake the breath out of rat


ked upon with the greatest zest.


lime things are looked for soon, as


ewspaper men were in solid con-


yesterday for some time-severial


nes were disposed Of and we learn


entally that Red Jacket came out


In the scrimmage. Soon things


arranged and the world will Be-


and better.
Year: 1866

Gs- There is some hope still left us
hat the dark clouds that have


hrrounded us for the past two davs
BIZ he withdrawn, and that this
ndless succession of violent showers
BIZ cease. We noticed Yesterday
Fening, prospecting on Capitol street.
dove, sent out probably from some
fll wetter locality than this to see if
5 Ere were any abatement of the wa
b.. The low countries are inunda-
"a and their inhabitants have, after
he fashion of that first great nav
gator Noah, sent forth dove to see
{ he can bring back to them any of
hat hope which must now be nearly
one. Olive branches were probably
ot plenty enough to spare him one,
ut it is presumed that he found some
b. green, as he left on the approach
f the last shower.
Year: 1866

Conscious of public demand for reliable medi-
clnal compounds, possessing intrinsic value and
merit, and aware of the unreliable and inadequate
supply mostly from Northern sources, and pre-
pared by parties possessing experience in South
ern treatment number of able and experienced
Southern Physicians have quietly and deliberately
prepared, and are endeavOring to supply that de-
mand by offering a class of
Year: 1866

THESE BITTERs ARE PREPARED IN PURE
Bourbon Whskey from a combination Of over twenty
different kinds Of roots barks and herbs which act in
perfect concert with the other prepared from the
original formula given by the great chief Red Jacket
to Dr. Chaplin who used them successfully in his prac
tice for many years. and by their gained so great
popularity in the treatment and cure OF Dyspepsia,
Liver Complaint Constipation Sick and Nervous Head
ache, Fever and Ague, and all diseases arising from
torpid liver and indigestion Persons suffering from
either of these oathsome diseases will find cure by the
use Of these Bters which perfectly pure and Tree
from all those drugs and posons usually put up IN snch
preparations and palmed of on unsuspectng public
single trial will convince the most skeptcal that IN
the RED JACKET there is virtue that no other
Bitters possess,


They strengthen and invigorate the system.


They unequalled for general debility.


They a cure for Dyspepsia.


They give good and healthy appetite.


They assist digestion.


They purify the breath and acidiy OF the stomach.
They cure DiarThoea ard Cholera Morbus.


They are antidote to change Of water and Diet
They are the best stimulant in existence.


They are a preventive of Fever and Ague.


They relieve Constipation.


They cure Nervous Headache.


They are perfectly pure and palatable.


The genuine RED JACKET BITTERs only sold
In ouart bottles never by the gallon quart pint.


See that our private Government stamp is unbroken
over each cork.


Sold BY all druggists and dealers throughout ths
country.


Call for Red Jacket and take other.


Circulars to the trade supplied on application.
Year: 1866

r. The high water for some time
past has set us to thinking seriously
whether we ought not to report river
news. Town creek has been present
ing the appearance of very earnest
md respectable river, but the sudden
|auctuations of that erratic stream
would require the services of a most
Efficient corps of reporters. Imagine
how it would read:


"The river rising rapidly; it rose


feet in the last hour. At this rate it
would rise 12O feet in "A hours and
| the capitol will not be safe"
Perhaps it would be as well not to
report it, but let Town creek rise and
all without alarming any one.
Year: 1866




~ Among the bitter experiences
Of the last few days, we chronicle the
fact that we must this morning say
good bye to our old friend, Captain
J. B. johnson, of the firm of Craft
L Johnson, who leaves our city to en-
ter INTO business in New Orleans.
We have known him for years, and
have ever found him the gallant sol
|dier and the afable and courteous
gentleman. Among the many brave
men who made the army of General
Lee, great and glorious, no more
gallant officer could have been found
than Captain Johnson, and when
the blessed white winged messen-
ger alighted upon our land
and We found him located at Jackson
we did not allow ourselves to consider
the prospect of his leaving. We can
trnlysay,


FThe melancholy days have come


May kind friends greet and fortune
smile uDOn him wherever he UOeS.
Year: 1866

z The lifeless corpse of Red


Iackct was found yesterday lying upon
he foor in a brick building in our
|sity The spirit had fled but was not
It rest 1t circulated amusingly upon
|Our streets, slept soundly under the
stairway and upon the lounge, and the
Head Centre when last seen was riding
|lpon both sides of a horse, up Main
street Try Red Jacket but don't
|nixit with Angelo whiskey smashes.
Year: 1866

The idea of burning down tree six or
eight feet in diameter, and green, would
have seemed to be as simply absurd and
ridiculous But the thing is done in Ore
gon every day at q vast saving of time
and labor. The operation is done in this
wise: @ -l = u


A hole is bored into the tree horizont-
ally, the nearer the center the better.
Then directly under this hole smother is
bored at sn angle of elevation such that
the holes meet together near the center Of
the tree A coal of fire with little kind
ling is introduced into the orifce thus
formed, and the upper one performs the
functions Of chimney. The heart of
the tree is dry and contains considera-
bic amount Of pitch, and when manipu-
lated as / have described, burns briskly-


1t IS generally necessary TO feed this
FIRE with some fresh fuel from time to
time. But one man can keep large
number of trees thus burning, and viii get
twenty OF q hundred trees down muen
Quicker and easier than he could other
wise do In similar manner, when the
tree ia cut down, il Is cut into pieces By
beinr burned in two. "A hole is burned
into the log from the top, and smother
from the side till they meet Is before de-
scribed, when the perpendicular hole aefs
as fue and the horizontal one furnishes
the draft It often happens thatin burn
ingaR large tree into length, for saT-logS
thsre Is mot more timber wasted than
would result from The rAoppsos OF . lcg
With an axe, = .1sssri i-1-,s's
Year: 1866

Washington Correspondence Cincinnati Gazette. !


1t was stated in this correspondence,
some days ago that Chief Justice Chase
had expressly said he could not hold Court
in Virginia while the State was under
martial law. 1t may now be added that
he had an interview with the President
on Saturday evening last, during which
he urged upon the Executive the propriety
of removing the suspension of the priv
ileges Of the writ of habeas corpus, and of
Withdrawing martial law at least in Vir-
ginia, so far as relates to cases in which
the Courts of the United States have iu-
risdiction His object in making this re-
commendation is, of course, to have the
Court in such condition that it can con-
sistently with its own dignity and inde-
pendclce, proceed with the trials for trea-
son and other crimes. The recent pro-
ceedings at New Orleans made the Chief
Justice particularly unwilling to enter
upon trials for treason where the action of
his Court might be interrupted by the mil
itary authorities The orders in that case,
as well as other recent orders, clearly
enough demonstrate that the peace pro-
clamstion does not remove martial law,
and the Chief Justice desires the assur-
ance of a Presidential order or proelama-
ton to the effect that the Court will not
be interfered with by the military in case
proceedings in the treason cases are begun.


What the President will do in the mat
ter is not yet known, but there are hints
that he will soon issue a proclamation to
the purport that martial law is sbrogated
in all matters whereof the civil courts
have jurisdiction.


The spring term Of the Virginia Circuit
Court has opened at Norfolk, Judge Un-
derwood presiding, and it is expected that
the Grand Jury will bring in true bill
for treason against Jefferson Davis. Prior
to the rebellion this court was held
st Richmond, as being a more
central and convenient point, and
the House passed bill to-day allowing
it to be returned to that city. Whether
Judge Underwood will take any steps in
the Davis business is not known. MIR.
Chase will probably visit Norfolk, and
attend the Court next week. So much
interest attaches to the question of treason
trials in Virginia, that it may be men
toned in this connection that the House
Judiciary Committee has under consid-
Grafton bill drawn by Judge Lawrence,
of Ohio, quite materially regulating the
qualification and selection of jurors for
such trials, which, it is believed, they will
agree TO report in some form.