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Year: 1866

A late meeting of what is called ''The
American Baptist Free Mission SOci-
cts, ct Chicago, served as an occasion
to bring out the feelings which the &c
clesiastical bodies of the North enter
tain toward the President, in way
which, if the members of these bodies
we're not supposed to be peculiarly rec
tilted and greatly elevated above the
plane Of common humanity, would look
exceedingly like an anxiety that he
should be assassinated OF course, our
ecclesiastical brethren, being "men of
peace, do not propose to take the retri-
butiYe revolver into their own hands /;
nor do they directly counsel arm Of
flesh to strike in their behalf They
put the thing delicately, IS a gentle
hint TO the Almighty a pregnant sug-
gesto on as to what he can do, and much
oblige his humble servants. One of
the speakers delivered himself in this
wise He said


"That the feeling of the Southerners
toward the North was more bitter now
than when Lee surrendered. This in
creased bitterness he asserted to be the
seed of Johnson's policy and conduct,
and declared his opinion to be that if
God did not in his good providence take
our President away, another civil war,
and bloodier one than the first,
would break out before three years
more had passed.


1t is putting the case pretty strongly
to assert that the salvation of the coun-
try from civil war and bloodshed more
extreme than that through which we
have passed, and that within a short
period, is contingent upon the untime-
fy taking-oi' of the President of the
United States. If this is not the pre-
sentation Of motives for the asssssina-
ton of that officer, it is difficult TO
imagine how-within safe limits
such motives could be presented. That
they who say such things are murder
ers at heart, no person Of sound judg-
ment viii dispute; and for proof that
they are murderers IN the sight of God,
we refer them to the New Testament
he who hates; he who is angry with
another without a cause; he who con-
templates the death Of another IS
means to crafty his passions, or his
or his ambitions, IS q murN
Eng.
Year: 1866

HOLIDAY STREET fEEATRE-The drama Of Henry
Dunbar as performed last night for the first time in
this city, presents the story of great crime in the
most vivid and thrilling The plot is exceed
ingy interesting, and the situations of the most tell
ing character Mr.. Wallacks personatOn of the hero
was of the most and justly merited
the encomiums so literally bestowed upon it, while the
other characters were also admirably sustained for
first performance. This drama will be repeated to-
night. and should be seen by all who can appreciate
good acting, of an intense character.


The DAN RICE CoMBINATIoN.-The great combina-
tion-Circus and Menagerieo Dan Rice is at length
in full blast. and divides public interest with the
great fair and other attractions present in our
city For the juveniles, especially, the East Bal
tmore exhibition carries all before it, the great show
man having crowded into the establishment every
thing to rivet attention and amuse the behoder 1t
is raro opportunity to see plenty of fun with much
beside illustrating natural history that is instructive
Year: 1866

WASHINGTON, April 9-Lieut General Grant had
a conference with the President this morn.ng of sew
eral hours duration.


There were many visitors at the Executive Man
sion to-day. Among them a party of farmers from
Maryland in company with Montgomery Blair They
merely came to pay their respects to the Executive
The most noticeable visitor this morning was the head
chief of the Sacs and Foxes, fine specimen of the
Indian, and in full costume. lie came on business
with the President.
Year: 1866

COMPLETE CLOTHING HousE.-We take great
pleasure in calling the attention Of readers to the
conspicuous advertisement of MessrS. Smith. Bros.
Co., No. 40 West Baltimore street. We speak what
know when we say their present stock of clothing
cannot be excelled. We commend this firm to the
favorable notice Of all who may want goods in their
line. They sell at small profits, and deal on the
square with everyhoGy
Year: 1866

Disastrous Crevasses Oh the Mississippi.


New ORLEANS. April S.-Crevasses arc occurring
all along the river coast, and devastating flood is
feared The banks have broken in on the left bank
of the river below the city, and it is feared that the
Mexican Gulf Railroad and the country adjacent
will be OyerGOWed
Year: 1866

A superior Toilet Soap, prepared from refined
Vegetable Oils in combination with Glycerine,
and especially designed for the use of Ladies and
for the Nursery. Its perfume is exquisite. and its
washing properties unrivallel. For sale by all drug
eists fe9-d&wly
Year: 1866

IN HURRY.-A curious marriage is reported to
have occurred some days since near Bay City. Mich-
gan, which reads like this


, 1t seems that farmer lost his wife by death. and
that the said wife died early in the morning. The
farmer did not appreciate being left alone in the
world and his wie's eyes had hardly closed in the
again Hiching up his team, he takes in his servant
grl and goes to Bay. City to buy garments for the
dead. While there, he married the gira and returned
TO ms home the same night with his second wife, so
tnat by actual count. he was not widower twelve
hours; The new wife appeared at the funeral the
next day in deep black and was one of the principal
mourners over the body of thefrst wife.
Year: 1866

NEW YORK, Sept. g.


A Tribune LeAvenworth special says: A
report received direct from Fort Laramie
states that the Indians on the road, in the
vicinity of that post, have commenced
depredations again. Within two or three
days of the time he left some fifty or sixty
men have been killed and large amount
of property destroyed. He also rports that
the only two tribes on the road who are sus.
pected to be friendly are the Shawnees and
band Of the Cheyeness. In the engage
ment the troops at Fort Laramie had with
the savages, the former were obliged to beat
hastv retreat back to the garrison, leaving
some forty men on the Smoky Hill road.
They have stopped the stages and given them
seven days to take all their stock off the
road. Gen. Hancock hes furnished Major
Gen. CLOUD with an escort to visit the Paw
nees and Omahas for indemnify.
Year: 1866

We referred yesterday to Mr.. McKee's


bill to secure United States officers from
prosecution for military acts done in pur-
suance of orders, which passed the House
of Representatives on Tuesday by liz to
81. We have since received an abstract
of its details. 1t provides that any search,
seizure, arrest or imprisonment made or
committed, or any acts permitted to be
done during the rebellion by any officer or
person acting under verbal or written
orders of any military officer of the United
States, holding command in the place
where such acts we're done, or permitted
to be done, either by the person to whom
the order was addressed, or y any other
person aiding him therein, shall be held
to come within the purview of the act to
which this is amendatory, for all the pur-
poses of defense, transfer, appeal, error or
limitation, provided therein. The bill
further declares that where the order was
given in writing, it shall be sufficient to
produce in evidence the original order,
with proof of It's authenticity, or certified
copy of the same, and provides safeguards
to insure to the defendant the transfer of
his case from the State Court to the Cir
cult Court of the United States, enacting
that if Notwithstanding the proceedings
necessary to effect such transfer having
been taken, the State Court should pro.
eeed further in the case, all such further
proceedings shall be null and void. The
bill was passed more especially to rleet
the thirty-fve hundred cases in Kentucky,
where that number of indictments against
Federal officers have been found. The
only Republican who voted against the
bill was Hart, of New York.
Year: 1866

An editor announces the death Of lady
acquaintance, and thus toucaing!y adds: "In
her decea5o the sick lost an invaluable friend


Long win she seem to stand at their bed
side, as she was wont with the balm of
consolation in one hand and cup Of rhu-
barb in the other"
Year: 1866

Fenianism appears to be reyiving in Wash
ington, and considerable sums Of money
have been raised and forwarded to New
York. and meetings are being held in pub
lie and in private and are attended by many
Of the leaders of the brotherhood who pre-
tend to know the nature and extent Of the
presentmoyements. These indications would
seem to portend early and vigorous action
in some direction.
Year: 1866

Printers hak-In advertising there should
be % stick-to-it-ivenessf as they say down
East" There Is N more profitable way Of ex-
pending money by themerchant and byIisi-
ness man than to advertise widely. iudicious-
ly, and with steady persistenoy. .Ina recent
admirable letter on Money Getting" P T.
Barnum says shrcwdly:


Men should be careful IN their business
that they have good article for sale Then
advertise it. for the greater the number Of
people who know Of the existence Of the
genuine article the better It is Tor the owner
The ways Of advertising may be different in
diferenG eases, but always the public should
be made aware Of the article which the adj
vertisor has for sale Advertising must be
persisted in. The nail must be hammered
wei in and then clincbed. 4 French wri-
ter has well said that the first time au ad-
yertisement Is inserted a man doesn' see IT,
the second time he does not read lt; the third
time he reads 1t, but does not think Of it
the fourth time he thinks about it the fifth
time he speaks to his wife about It, and the
sixth or seventh he IS ready to purchase.
This viii be found to be nearly correct and
a man must remember thatif he doesn' ad-
vertise his goods the Sheriff viii advertise
them for him in this case it Is better to act
personally than hy proxy
Year: 1866

Gold Pens,
In solid Gold Holders!
In solid Silver Holders!
Suitable for Ladiesi
Suitable for Gentlemenl
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 icaste-


A:Good Gold Peni
Year: 1866

Both Houses were in session yesterday and trans
acted large amount of routiue business. The bill
in the Senate exemptng the State bounty bonds from
taxation, made the special order of the day for
Wednesday Ito morrow. In the House, the bill to
amend the Constitution to increase the pay of
judges was laid over informally. bill was passed
to amend the Maryland Fuel Company of this city,
with n cepita1 of san mn
Year: 1866

When nature whispers in my ear


That youth no more.is mine;
And Wisdom's voice bids me prepare
To enter Life's define.
would not dwell where riches grand
Their iuxuries display
Where wealth and fashion, hand in hand,
Preside each passing day!
But give me some secluded spot


Which my own may call.
With flowers blooming round my cot,
And ivy on the wall.
To snuff the breeze of grey-lit dawn,
As wakes the sleeping day;
Or stroll at eve the fading lawn,


Askance tie setting ray.
A ripping rill where may go.
The care-worn brow to lave
Where crystal pebbles ever glow


Beneath the tiny wave.
Where honored friends may freely come,
To share with me the joy
That reigneth in my rural home


A Peace without alloy.
While rosy children sport the green.


Whose happiness to see
Shall spread a hallowed veil between


My sorrows past and me.
Orwhere the cottage beams appear


To hail the "stilly night"
To know that loved ones linger near
Oh this is true delight!
Thus far from din of civil strife


The hustle of the town
There let me spend the eve of Life,


As goes that Lies sun down.
Year: 1866

To MEDDLERS-T is a certain
class of people in this world-we cannot
denominate them men or women, for
they are too despicably mean and con-
tcmptible to deserve the term-who are
merely things endowed with life by their
Creator, and have just sufficient amount
of brains to escape being looked upon as
idiots Their minds are so narrow and
contracted that they cannot see the good
traits in any ones character, but are
continually finding out the bad !; and if
perchance there are any in whose daily
walk they can find nothing tangible to
assail, their brain, ever active for mis-
chief making, is not long in conjuring
up some imaginative defect, their ever
wagging tongue sets it afoat as truth,
it goes rapidly from tongue to tongue.
gathing force as it rolls, until from a
molehill it has expanded into a noun
tain, and the unconscious victim gradu-
ally finds former friends become es-
tranged, and the public generally re-
garding him with suspicion. These
meddlers, too, usually possess exceed
ingly smooth, oily tongues, with face
as flexible as wax, ready to be nodded
at will into any shape to suit the char
acter of the person to whom he is con-
versing With his friendly manners,
serpent like smile, and pretended inter
est in your welfare, he often succeeds in
deceiving the unwary, and gradually
draws from him every little item re-
garding his business or social troubles,
onl y to reveal them to the next Que he
meets, with the injunction of secrecy
But this person being of the same stripe
tells his friends, and so it goes, until
the whole community becomes familiar
with his troubles. He is always suave
in his manners to you. and it is difficult
to believe him the hypocrite he is
Such class of things there are in this
community-always minding every ones
business but their own-who are never
SO happy as when defamiug one char
acter. and are always priding themselves
on being the first to penetrate the dis
guises of pretended goodness. and re-
vealing the scoundrel.-.Sonora Her.
ald
Year: 1866

The Florence" was awarded the First
and Highest Premium at the Stat Fair of
California. the on'y Fair on the Pacific Coast
at which any two double thread Sewing Ma
chimes were exhibited in competition in 1865.
Year: 1866

THE HORSE STEALING CAsE.-The negro
John Bcechum charged with stealing q
horse from the premises of the late Mrs.
Picot was taken before Justice Wade, of
Henrico county, yesterday, and remanded
to jail to be examined before the County
Court. The case is very plain one. The
stable was broken open with pitchfork,
the horse was stolen, and subsequently
found in Richmond in possession of the
prisoner, who was endeavoring to make o
raise by Offering him for sale. Beechum
was utterly unable to show that he came
by the horse honestly, and the Justice had
but little difficulty in disposing of the mat
ter so far as he was concerned. The pri-
soner has already spent some time in the
penitentiary, having been sent there by
Judge McEntee during the days of the
Provost Court. He says he learned the
trade of an axe-grinder there and as he
now stands chance q serving the State
for good many years, he will get plenty
of axes to grind.
Year: 1866

THE CRY RAILwAY.-Work was COM
menced on this improvement yesterday
near the intersection of Twenty eighth and
Main streets. Only small force was en-
ployed, but during the day the paving.
stones were removed on q space about
thirty feet in length and nine feet wide. 1t
is proposed, we understand, to lay double
track on the entire length Of the railway,
which will greatly facilitate the business OF
the company. 1t is hoped that force will
be employed sufficiently large to put the
work through at once. Timbers have been
laid on each side of the street, in readiness
for use, and there can be no excuse for
delay.
Year: 1866

The FIRST CARGo.-The schooner Geor-
gia started down the river last evening to
load with coal at the new terminus Of the
Clover Hill railroad, near Howlett's. The
track of this road over the new route has
recently been completed, and this will be
the first cargo Of coal delivered at that
DOint
Year: 1866

MATCH GAnRs-Ths first and second mines OF the
Ashby Base Ball Club will play match game on
their grounds this afternoon.


The Olympic and Lone Star Clubs will play .
match game this afternoon, commencing at
o'clock on the grounds OF the latter. These clubs
are well matched, and the public are invited to
witness an interesting game.
Year: 1866

THE HARVEST MoON.-We suppose it is
hardly necessary to remind our readers,
especially those who have studied astrono-
my, that this is the season Of the harvest
moon, $50 called" according to Watts,
because it is "the lunation in the season
of harvest, or about the time of the au-
tumnal equinox, when the moon is full, or
rises Immediately after sunset for several
consecutive days-a phenomenon owing to
the small angle made by the ccliptic and
the moons orbit with the horizon at this
season of the year." We give this detini-
ton for the benefit of those who can un-
dcrstand it. Bombastes Furioso, or some
body else, said, under the inspiring indu-
encc Of the harvest moon,-


" Now shall the farmers gather In their crops, .


And busy tradesmon mind their crowded shops.
But the case was somewhat different in
those days. Then the farmers had crops
which delighted their hearts and filled
their purses, and the "shops" were crowd
ed from early morn to dcwy eve with good
cash customers. Now money is scarce
and trade dull and as We look upon the
harvest moon, the harbinger formerly of a
season of prosperity, We sigh for the good
old days that "used to was" but now
alas are not.
Year: 1866

SHAMEFUL NEGLECT.-The Star thinks few
of the members of the, First Parish Church
are aware of the lamentable condition of the
tomb-tablet which covers the grave Of Rev.
Thomas Smith, in the Eastern Cemetery. The
tablet is broken in many pieces, and the whole
structure has the appearance of neglect
There is no monument in that yard which is
more deserving of regard and careful preserva-
ton than this. Fss7' Fs1s ~
Year: 1866

AccDENT.-Two boys driving market wag-
on yesterday morning, were run away with on
State Street. and thrown, out and one was
slightly and the other seriously injured. The
horse ran away with the fore wheels, but was
brought up without any dangerous result
The lad who YVES seriously injured was taken
into Capt Keazer's house, and attended to, and
subsequently taken home on bed -i
Year: 1866

ANOTHER RUNAWAY Yesterday afternoon
a horse attached to wagon, whilo going down
Clark Street, became frightened and dashed
down over the banking The occupants of the
wagon, man and two children, one of the lat
ter being only two years old, were thrown ont
and all were injured, the youngest child seri-
ously., The horse was so much injured that he
will probably die. We could not learn the
names of the occupants of the wagon. d IS,
Year: 1866

LIBERAL OFFER.-Charles E. Jose has offered
to give the city sufficient land from his lot on
the corner of High and Spring Streets, to di-
minish the angle in the roads at that point
Since the establishment of the horse railroad
this corner has been somewhat dangerous for
aar h.
Year: 1866

INsANITY.-An insane man jumped from
window at the Sailors Home Yesterday fore
noon, and ran up to Market Square before he
could be caught The usual crowd of men and
boys were drawn to the scene. tl
Year: 1866

LuDIcRocs SCENE IN CHuRcH.-An
aged clergyman speaking Of the solenoity
attached 10 the ministerial office, said that
during the whole term Of forty or fifty years
that be had eficiated therein, his gravity
had never been but once disturbed in the
pulpit On that occasion, he noticed a man
directly ii front Of him leaning over the
railing Of The gallery with something in
his hand, which be afterwards discovered
to be huge "chaw" Of tobacco Just taken
from hi. mouth. Directly below sat man
fast asleep. with his head back and his
moatli wide open. Tie man in the gal.
lery was inten,ly engaged ia raising and
lowering bis hand, taking an exact obser-
walton, til, at last having rot II right, he
let .al the quid, and il vent plump into
the mouth Of the sleeper beloa The
whole scene was so indiseibaby ludicrons
that for The fret and last time ia tie pull
pit. an involuntary smile forced itself up
on The countsnance Of The Er.
Year: 1866

That auguster thing Is the tribunal
tses Of men. II is before that tribunal
that. 7 am now permitted humbly to
plead, and, there Is something in my


heart a small but an e1ultant voice
which tells me I shall not plead in
yain.u sTz
Year: 1866

Without endorsing the particular project
of our correspondent, which we are satisfied
is impracticabie, as well as Objectionable,
we heartily second the motion for the for
nation of county and State Agricultural
Societies.
Year: 1866

THE subscriber has established new brick
i yard on the bluffs, beyond the old grave yard ,
near Mr.. Boyer's place, where he will manuiac-
ture the most superior building brick and sell
them as low or lower than the lowest. People
who contemplate building had better give HIM a
call before contracting.


He has the best clay to be found anywhere in
this vicinity, and will make brick equal if not
better than any other yard and his workmen are
of the first class. JOHN b. LONG.


Rock Island April 10, d2m-
Year: 1866

The Ohio Statesman makes sugges-
tion to Governor Cox, of that State,
which our radical brethren may not
deem inappropriate for the considera-
ton of the Governor upon this side of
the river. The suggestion is that the
Governor, in his message to the legisla-
ture at its next session recommend such
legislation as will invite the negroes
who are so terribly Oppressed in the
South to emigrate to Ohio or to other
States where their peculiar and espec-
ial friends hold political power. Ohio
would, doubtless, be good place for the
negroes to 60 and the radicals of that
State would give practical turn to
their professed philanthrophy if they
would invite thither and provide for
the American citizens of African de-
SCENT" over whose wrongs in the South
they have shed so many crocodile
tears.


In view, too, Of the necessity there
is for enfranchising the blacks in order
to overcome the Irish Catholic vote and
retain the radical party in power in
West Virginia, it may be well for Gov
ernor FOREMAN to recommend to the
legislature in this State, the formation
OF a State agency for the importation of
negroes. General HARRIS should be
nrst at the head Of the agency. and the
distinguished "Southern loyalists1