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Year: 1866

at the door I came in az, I walked into a
closet, and before | could rectify nv error
there cams a tremendous laundering at
the hall door


The lady's real husband had come, and
she few to let him in


Well aware that it would be no use to
try to get out of the house b. any ether
way than that in which entered il. and
convinced of the danger of meeting the
man, VINO mi ght fall into the vulgar weak
ness Of being jealous, | was trying 90 col
lect nv scattered senses in the darkness
when the wrathful husband burst into the
room, followed bv madam. The light was
extIn9ulshed, and while she was search-
ing for friction match, the gruff voice
raved and stormed, jealous and revenge
full:


81 know he is here saw him come in
to the house with you you locked the
door; I'll have his heart out-where is
he p


"Hear me- hear me! will explain,
urged the lady.


As was listening to hear the explaha-
ton, the husband walked plump against
me, and at the same moment the light ap~
peared


well, B" we cried. deeply in
terested, tor we knew that every word Of
his story was true, how did you get out
of the scrape r.


81 used a violent remedy for so violent
complaint Driven into corn.r-my life
in dangcr-perceiving at glance that
Othello WIS not 50 strong as | was, threw
myself upon him. fell with him, and held
him there until had given him a fall ex-
planation of the error, and made him hear
reason, and tanned him to be as gentle as
lamb. Then | left rather unceremonious-
II. and have never seen Othello or Desde-
mona since"
Year: 1866

en- by the fall Of ten feet, and the death
struggle which followed vas painfully
| protracted, as the rope stretching consid-
erably allowed his feet at first to touch
tie ground, and made it necessary for the
deputies 20 draw it up The visible
movements lasted between six and seven
ninutes


At the end of 20 minutes the body was
examined by physicians present, who
found that there was still slight move-
ment of the heart Ten minutes more
and no sign of life remaining, the coFrse
was lowered carefully into the coffin
placed TO receive it, and carried BIZ the
officers into the hospital Of the Jail, where
during the afternoon the autopsy took
place,


MINOR INCIDENTS.


The morning was dark and cloudy, and
for an hour before the prisoner entered
the Jail yard there were frequent April
showers, but about l clock the sun
broke through the clouds, and the mur-
derers last glimpse of earth rested on a
clear and smiling sky


y large flock ofdoves flew all the morn
ing above the jail yard, lighting on the
different roofs, as if to select the best
lint from which to view the scene As
soon as the prisoner and officers ascend
el the scaffo.i, the birds stationed them
selves on the roof opposite, in a long row
and remained until all was over, looking
precisely like earnestly interested specta-
tors Of the scene


The walls surrounding the yard are so
high that TO view Of what was going on
could 6e gained from the neighbOrinc
buildings and there was none OF that
clambering upon roofs ard trees which
ia commonly a feature of such occasions.
The street outside however, although
nothing was 20 be seen there except two
policemen receiving tickets Of the invited
visitors, was thronged throughout the
forenoon, for some time before and after
the execution.


The fact was made public yesterday
that since he has been confined at East
Cambridge, Green has sought to obtain
the means to destroy himself Shortly
after his sentence he wrote a letter to a
friend in Maiden, which he sent hv an
unsuspectinG visitor, requesting that
certain poison which he designated might
he brought to him and given to him dur
ing an embrace. This and similar at,
tempts were foiled by vigilant watching.
and the murderer was unable to escape
the penalty Of the law even by taking its
inGiction into his own hands
Year: 1866

"A man nut West saws he moved so
often during the year, that whenever
covered wagon stopped Mt the gate, hi,
would fall on their backs. and
hold up their feet, in order to be tied and
thrown IN
Year: 1866

A NOVEL B1LL.-A bill is being prepared to
provide for the purchase and working of all the
distilleries in the country by the Government
1t is said that twenty millions of dollars will pay
for all the property now used in the lawful
manufacture of ardent spirits. Two years ago
there were one hundred million gallons Of
whiskey made and consumed, the annual tax
on which, if all paid to the Government, would
be two hundred millions of dollars, whereas
there is now received less than twenty millions
from the whole. The South is filed with
Illicit stills, an enormous quantity of liquor is
being made, and good brands put upon it, and
then it is sent North for sale. The tax upon
this reputed good liquor, if properly collected,
would be nearly enough to pay the interest on
the national debt Wash. Cor. Iti1odelph1a
Inquirer. .........
Year: 1866

INTERESTING LEGAL QUEsT1oN.-Judge
Meredith has just decided a case of much in
erest to many fduciaries in Virginia, and for
their benefit we publish the following correct
abstract of the facts and the decision on them.
The case was this:


An administrator qualified in December,
1864 The personal property, consisting Of
household aud kitchen furniture, was sold in
order to pay funeral expenses, Doctors bills,
&c. The sale took place in December, 1864,
and the property brought most extraVagant
price in Confederate money, to wit: SIG, 6,693.-
&c. The administrator paid Oft all the debts
none being since preseuted), and there was
left in his hands the sum of Sl22S4.29 on the
lst of April, 1865 He filed a bill in Judge
NIeredith's Court asking low this balance
should be liquidated With the facts above
stated before him, and the additional fact that
in ordinary times, say in 1859 or 1860, the
proceeds of the sale Of the furniture would
have been barely more than sufficient to pay
the debts which the administrator paid, the
Judge decided that, as the administrator had
The right to retain it in his hands for longer
period, and as it could not have been invested
or distributed or further used in the payment of
debts, and as the Confederacy fell within four
months after his qualification, and before it
was practicable to obtain an order for the in
Vestment Of said balance, the administrator
should not be required to discharge the said
balance in any other than Confederate currency,
and that the estate should be charged with
the same as oss.-Richmond Dispatch.
Year: 1866

AFFAIRS AT RIcHMoND.-W were deeply
panied during recent visit to the Metropolis
Of our State, to hear universal complaint Of
stagnation in business We never saw Rich
moud so dull nor her business men so despond
ing They seem to have little hope of an
early revival Of trade and commerce there,
and many believe that long years will elapse
before Richmond will be what it once Was.-
The great confasration, the present lack of
capital and the general failure of crops in the
State, account, in great part, for the existing
depression. Complaint is made also, that our
people have gone elsewhere, out Of the State,
10 trade. We can only hope that, if kind
Providence shall favor us with bountiful har-
vests next year, Richmond will reap the fruits
Of her enterprise and public spirit A great
mauy handsome buildings have been erected
on the principal business streets during the
last year, and the burnt districts will, if i'm
provement progresses at the same rate year
Or two longer, be entirely covered with houses:
We should speak good word for Richmond
whenever we can, and do all that in US lies, to
recover her from her late terrible Disaster
Lmch6mg F1ginlan.
Year: 1866

TnE COMING SLAUGHTER.-Private ad,
vices from Washington state that with the
adjournment of Congress the work of decap'
tation will commence Not man is to be
left in Office who refuses to support the Cow
Crument, or in any naaner opposes the res
toration Of the Union, President johnson
has as little sympathy for traitors 10 office as
he had for treason in arms, and now that the
latter has been put down by the strong arm
of power he feels it duty to scourge the
traitors from the places they disgrace. In
this Territory, with occasional exceptions, the
Government officials are in open and avOwed
sympathy with the disuniOn faction that rules
Congress. This fact is well understood at
Washington, and in accordance with the proI
gramme laid down the heads OF very many
Of our Territorial magnates will soon be
rolling in the dust. The President believes
that no man who cats the bread and butter
Of the Government should be permitted TO
revile it, and acting on this principle he pror
poses to remove all those who fail to yield
the Government an earnest and cordial SUPP
port. This is test to which no patriotic
citizen can object, Ond we trust to see it RESI-
olutcly applied. In civil as well as in mill
tary affairs discipline and subordination is
necessary and cannot be too rigidly enforced.
In the military arm of the Government the
penalty affixed to mutiny is DEATH In civil
affairs disaffection and insubordination is
punished BY removal from office. Without
some such check as this it is doubtful wheth,
tr civil government could be maintained
Interested parties, as a matter of course, will
object to the application Of the principle,
but it is sufficient answer to say, that no
government on carth-be it king, kaiser or
republic - continues its enemies in office.
President Lincoln,o his accession to power,
found the Government Offices filed by his
personal and political enemies who were con-
otautly thwarting his measures. Without
hesitation, he met the difficulty and elected
the maleonteuts from office. The whole
country looked on and applauded the act.
President johnson has similar duty to per-
form, and he may rely upon it the people
will sustain him in removing disuuiOnists
and obstructionists from Office Let the pos
litical gullotiue be set in motion, and as the
heads of the enemies oil the Government be,
gin to drop patriots will rejoice and traitors
drSpond.
Year: 1866

ED. srArEsMAS STARTING at half-past S. o.
clock A NJ, about a week ago, FROM Walla WallA,
| found myself comfortably settled at the Warm
Springs House the same evening. A good nights
rest, with the pure air of a higher altitude and
under the shadow of majestic trees, was truly
iuvigorating, and the morning atmosphere was
refreshing to both body and spirits.


Breakfast over and digested by cool walk,
the warm bath was the next luxury, and, Mr..
Editor, am unable to describe the sensation
which bath in this water produces. Conceive
if you can the highest state of felicity that the
human body can enjoy and then add to it the
desire 20 remain in that state for an indefinite
time and that may suffice until you try it your
self.


The natural temperature OF the water is near
er what you would have it than could be pro-
duced by any artificial process. Methinks one
could sleep in its limpid bed and dream of foat>
ing towards Paradise. The water is impregna-
ted with sulphur or other minerals so as to give
it a most agreeable consistency. 1t has also a
peculiarly cleansing effect, and after few ablu-
tons the skin becomes almost polished.


There are two springs near together, each
gushing from a scam in the rocks which form
the right bank of the Umatilla river. The lar
gest spring comes out about seventy-6ve feet
above the level of the river, Fl ON which the wa
ter is conducted to bath room below and falls
about ten feet into large bathing tub, afford
ing an opportunity for the bather to enjoy a
splendid showering.


An eminent German chemist has analyzed the
water and pronounced it equal to the celebrated
springs at Baden Baden, Germany, and it is
therefore of great value to invalids who arc in
weak DC ,icatc state of health. A weeks trial
by an invalid member Of my own family has
proved good testimony In its favor.


The Warm Springs House is Kept by Mr.. Clute,
with the assistance of Mr.. Kelly, and with the
pleasant and accommodating treatment of these
gentlemen and their estimable ladies no one can
fail to enjoy the time spent at this place.


Another enjoyment at this delightful retreat is
in trout fishing Take a stroll any morning or
evening along the river bank with hook and line
and you may return in hour or so with Il
string of fish weighing from two to ten pounds
each have INDUCED in this recreation with
decided satisfaction and made delicious break
fast of fish of my own procuring to enjoy with
other good things.


advsse the carc-worn business man, who
delves in the dust from carly dawn to the late
shadows of evening, to take his family weary
with domestic drudgery, and leave their cares
behind them and seek this calm and healthful
retreat ard become wiser and better in due time.
Year: 1866




done there win be no certain relief TO the


people, and the only effect Of the reduc-


ton Of the interal tax will be to take q


given amount of money out Of the treas


uTy, and put il into the pockets of the


classes engaged in producing the ex-


empted articles. Pig iron, for instance,


is taxed So 60 per ton. The import duty


is So per ton. We import considerable


pig iron from Europe. Unless the tariff is


reduced pdri pdsSu with the internal tax,


the price Of pig iron TO the consumer, and


of theartieles which are made from il, viii


in all probability, remain unaffected by


the reduction Of the tax, and the people


viii gain nothing by it, but, on the con-


traFy, lose the amount which formerly


went into the treasury from that source
of revenue. The price viii stand at the


figure at which il can be imported, with
the duty added. The object of a reduc-
ton of taxes Is to take or burdens from
the people, not to increase them. The
Governmental derives about 81 500, coo from
the tax on pig iron. If this sum is dis


carded and the price OF the article not
reduced, the people have clearly lost
81 800 00o and gained nothing. We use
this one article as an Illustration. There
are doubtless many articles in the list of
exemptions which we do nOtimpOrt from
abroad. Upon these the reduction of the
tax will operate as an immediate relief 10
the country.


We trust that the present session Of
Congress will not expire without some
to the redgction OF taxes
to be safe by the revenue COM
We are paying federal taxes |
at the rate Of S5O0,000, 900 per annum, |
while the needs Of the Government are |
only S2S4, 10000. Fifty millions per an |
mum is all that ought to he applied at !
present to paying off the national debt. /
The remaining SlGG, ,000 is sheer ex-
-ortion and legislative rapacity, and we |
assure our representatives in Congress
that, unless they let up on their con-
sdtuents in this matter of over taxation,
their constituents VIII find members Of
Congress who will
Year: 1866

This gentleman is coming in for more
than lis share Of criticism. Not content
with attacking him on his record as q
pubIie man, some Of the reckless persons
who affect the formation Of public opln-
ion have penetrated the privacy Of his
domestic life and revealed him 70 the
country as the constant closet companion
Of the vilest copperheads in the land.
" His boardinghOase Is the resort from
morning till night OF such men as e. L.


Valiandigham sni Dan Noorhees,n cries
the Anticipated Washington cOrrespon-
dent of the New York Tribune. The fact
Year: 1866

THE RoAD STATEMENT of Red Lion Hun
dred was handed to US for publication last
evening, just as We were going to press, and
hence too late for insertion in this issue. It
shall appear in our next.
Year: 1866

his fingers in to the tune of two mil.
lions Of dollars. Afterthe Secretary of
State received an answer from Consul
Pierce, TO his inquiries, ten times as
many goods were shipped from Ameri-
can ports to this place as before; and
in one month seventeen millions of
dollars in assorted merchandise were
shipped from New York alone"


We suggest to Senator Sprsgue the
propriety of explaining this little mat
ter in the Senate.
Year: 1866

but it is easier kindled. 1t is found in
the werk for at least 500 feet in length,
and forms the cap over the sdit in two
foreheads, and where cut through it in
making the open cut it was three feet
feet thick.


You may possibly have heard reports
of this discovery ere this, but this you
may rely upon so far as developed 1
have reason to believe that it underlies
a large section Of country, and will be-
come an article of trade in some shape
or other.
Year: 1866

Is firm and consistent in its support OF
the Federal Administration, and par
ticularly Of the wise and statesmaniike
policy of the President for the restora-
ton of Southern States, 10 their Con
stitutional relations with the Union.


Il ought to be supported by all Loyal
citizens, and by all who wish to keep
posted in the current news of the day


1t will give daily the latest political
commercial and miscellaneous intelh-
gence from all quarters.
Year: 1866

TaE PRINTEE's CHALLENGE A week
or two ago we published the challence
made by George A. Barber, of Detroit, in
which he proposed a trial of speed at case,
for from $4,000 to $4,000, with any print
er who could plank up like sum. No
doubt Barber will withdraw his challenge
without delay, as a cotemporary in Posey
county, Indiana has checkmate for the
Detroit King, in the following:


ave have a compositor in this office, the
friction Of whose movements over the type
in bis stick fuses them solid Ike stereotype
plate. The only way to prevent this is to
have his case submerged in water and the
rapidity of his motions keeps the water
boiling and bubbling so that eggs have fre-
quently been boiled in the space box. Pipes
lead from the bottom Of his case to a boiler
in the press-room and the steam generated
by our fast compositor's motions runs the
power-press. In one day he set so much
type that it took all hands, from editor to
devil, two weeks to read the proof, and
it wasn't his good day for for setting type,
either.


George can pack his stick and travel to
POsey county, if he has in him the stuff, of
which martyrs are made. Two hemis
pheres Will breathlessly await the result,
which will we trurt, in consideration of the
terrible suspense, be announced at the ear
liest moment. We are ready.
Year: 1866

E- The Tennessee House of Represen-
tatives has killed a bill to establish free
schools. We are sorry for the 10000 white
adults in that State who cannot read or
write. A little learning is dangerous
thing to Legislators, and these seem to have
just enough education to want to keep the
people in ignorance.
Year: 1866

TIE SECRET OF Mr. STANToN's p f%:ion
in remaining Cabinet officer is eApf5,ined
by statement that he is determined not
to be driven from his position, and that he
has resolved to stand by the Interests Of the
people without any regard to the policy of
the President. This is the exp an;t N
given by George Wilkes, Of The New York
Spirit of tie Times.
Year: 1866

rG> An ex-rebel major general in the
South west declines to converse on political
matters, because he considers himself a pa
rolled prisoner, and as such has not the right
to dictate what the policy of Congress or
the President should be- How much bet
ter it would be for the country if all who
served IN the armv of treason thought and
acted as this officer does.
Year: 1866

A man who had won fat turkey at a
rattle, and whose pious wife was very in
quisitive about the method Of obtaining the
poultry, satisfied her at last by the remark
that the "'Shakers" gave it to kim.
Year: 1866

Eg The most astonishing FISH story
yet told is the statement by Prof. Agassiz
that in Brazil they have a species Of fish
which can climb trees and bark. Fact
they ascend by series Of scales.
Year: 1866

that the Senate will pass, by two-thir 5
vote, bills for the admission of Colorado and
Nebraska into the Union. The rapid ex-
tension of one of the eastern branches OF
the Pacific railway through Nebraska is
fastening its development, and Colorado
will soon be reached by the branch that is
being constructed through Kansas.
Year: 1866

COOP ADvIoE.-Never, says an ex-
change, use a lady's nape in an improper
place, at an improper time, or in mixed
company. Never make assertions about
her that you think are untrue, Or allusions
that you feel she herself would blush to
hear. Many a worthy woman's character
has been forever ruined and her heart
broken by lie, manufactured by villain,
and repeated where it should not have
been, and in the presence Of those whose
little judgment could not deter them from
circulating the foul and fendish report
Respect the name Of woman, for your
mother and sisters arc women, and as you
would have their fair names untanished
and their lives unembittered by slanderous
biting tongues, heed the i'll your own words
may bring upon the mother, the sister, OF
the wife of some fellow creature.
Year: 1866

What is the difference between Noah's
ark and an archbishop! One was very
high ark, but the other was hierarch.


Which is the most wonderful animal in
a farmyard? A PIC, because he is killed
first aud cured afterwards


Why must on analytical chemist be a
female! Because if he's not an analyzer
{ Ann Eiza) be must be q charlatan Char
lotte Ann).


Which is the noisiest shop in the neigh
borhood? The confectioner's, because
there is always (n)ice (s)cream there.


When may fisherman who has caught
only few fish be better off than one who
has landed greater number? When he
has taken good-eel more than the other.


Why does chicken three weeks three
days and three hours old walk across the
road? To get to the other side.


What is the difference between a piece
of honeycomb and black eye? One is
produced by the laboring bee, and the other
by a belaboripg.


What is the difference between accepted
and rejected lovers? The accepted kisses
the miss, and the rejected misses The kiss