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Year: 1866

Night before last, as the moon rose over
the hill and tree tops, gliding the spires Of
our beautiful city with her silvery rays,
there might have been seen upon the root
of an Egyptian cottage, which is fiat, and
covered with pure white gravels and pitch
a couple of lovers, seated, enjoying the
beauty of the scene, and


Though few the hours, the happy happy mo


ments few;


So warm with heart so rich with love they


flew,


That their full souls forgot the will 10 roam,
And rested there, as in dream at home"


The sun during the day had been very
warm, and thus they met to spend the
fecting hours Of twilight, enjoying the
pleasant breeze that foated up from the
magnolia garden beneath, and interchang'
ing those soul-lodgings and the warm af
fections for each other. Seated near each
other, the lovers sat; with one arm he en-
circled the waist Of the beautiful creature
at his side,


"Herlittle hand lay gently, confidingy in his,
and all passed quietly and lovingly unit
lilC pCll iOiiCu tlic


"None but the loving and beloved


Should be awake at this sweet hour"


The tOlling Of the bell reminded then
tha.


Tired natures sweet rcstorer, balmy sleep,
was requisite for lovers as we'll as others
Still seated near each other the plighted
VOWS were again and again exchanged, and
caolad with kisSnc Ike


''Linken sweetness long dra wn out"


At length, after many vain attempts t.
sever these pleasant pleasures, the trans
ported Iocyers found that they were bound
to each other BY more sticking bonds than
lovers vows The hot sun had m cited the
pitch, and after sitting So long, and the
night air having cooled the resinous mat
ter, they found they were both "stucb
fast" The young gentleman first attempt
ed to disengage himself, but found, like
aunt Jemimas plaster, the more you try
to pull it off, the tighter it sticks the fas
ter" The young lady then attempted to
get up, which she did, minus the skirt ot
her dress. and all her under clothes. as far
as the "tilters." In this plight she at.
tempted to relieve her disconsolate partner
but it was Of no use-he couldn't come
After some parley. he came to the con
clusion he could manage it by slipping out
of his pants. Accordingly he asked Of
his companion if she could lend him pain
Of pants until he could go hone. She
thought her pas would do if they were not
toe long, With this information he slip.
ped off his boots. and loosing his suspen-
ders, drew himself out of his pants as ca
silly IS possible, and the disconsolate coup
lie took themselves down stairs in a very
blushing manner, and looking very much
ike our first parents when they discovered
that they were human. The lady procur'
ed, as quietly as possible, pair of he'
fathers pants, which were run into pretty
quick, and the Adonis decamped with his
pants rolled up about six inches The
joke was too good to be kept; by little and
little it leaked out until the truth had tC
come to exculpate the happy innocents.
Year: 1866

The New York correspondent of the London
Spectator tells the following pleasant tale:


81 The same woman will be at the opera on one
evening in full dress IN private box, and if she
does not own box at the next performance in
he stalls the pequet, with arms. shoulders
and head all covered. 4 lady nom knew had
rather unpleasant experience in attempt
some years ago TO disregard this tscit understand


iDg among the sex in regard to dinner dress at
hotels. She belonged TO ultra-fashionable set,
and having married South Carolina planter, soon
adopted what We call {" "planta;ion manners, and
affected no little scorn OF slmpemanne-ed reserved
New England folk. She was at Newport, our
great seaside watering place, and having Just re-
turned from Europe, took great airs upon herself


One evening at the tea table gentleman sat down
near her, and the butter plate before him happen
ing to have no butter knife by it at the moment


be, instead of calling the waiter and waiting for
one to be brought. used his own perfectly fresh
brisht knife to take bit OF butter. He was
man of culture and social standing, but Yankee,
and one whose social pretenslon she wished to
fout. She seized the opportunity, and calling
waiter, said in elaborstely subbued but decided
tone Take away that butter. That gentleman
has had his knife in it, He took notice of the
remark, waich drew all eyes upon him and upon
the lady bat by and bye she stretched out her
hand and took from the plate some Clipped dried
beef which stood between her and her victim


This was we'll enough, of course but he turned
at once and calling waiter said, only as if he
were asking for more tea, Take away that dried
beef, this lady hes had her fingers in it, In this
encounter, such as it was, he was thought to have
hsd the best of it, and she did not forgive or for
get. SO few days afterwards Il should have
mentioned tnst thers was the slightest possible
acquaintance between them) they being at dinner
she, conspicuous in the full dress she had adopted


since her tour to Europe, and which was so very
full that it would have attracted attention under
circumstances, took one rom dish OF fresh figs


before her, and putting ii on plate, handed it to
him with an expression of com paisance, but say
ing in tone OF unmistakeable significance, which


could be heard all around her, "a fig for you, Sir


He accepted it graciously, and taking in his turn
Year: 1866

leaf from the garnure of the dish, offered it TO
her, with A fig leaf for you, MADAM She fed
the table. and kept her room until her intended
victim left the hotel. l. generally agreed
that be had done what gentleman would shrink
from doing but the provocation was such that he
held gultless of otfense, and appauded for his
wit; and nobody, except perhaps few of her
slaveho!ding friends, pitied her. This is the last
instance that know of of lady's appearance in
full dress at public table. But am told that
within the last three four years i, is coming
more in fsshion among the fastest sets at the
height Of the season at Saratoga and one or two
others of our gayest watering places"
Year: 1866

BoATs & Boar CLUBs.-We hear
that the project of forming one or two
boat clubs is seriously talked Of among
the young men in our city, and we
hope that it will not end in talk, mer-
ly for there is no more healthful and
agreeable amusement or exercise. -
Our noble river is worthy of q navy
Of the lighter craft. We hope that
those who love sailing or rowing will
take the matter earnestly in hand
There is no doubt but purses would
be liberaly gotten up for contestants,
and when the clubs are once started
there will be no difficulty in sustaining
them.


: In this connection we may state
that Messrs. Park & Mcdowell have
had several nice clinker-built hoats
consigned to them from the celebrated
Clayton, IN. Y, makers, and they can
order therefrom any thing in the line
desired and of guaranteed quality. =
Bay city Signal.


An earnest effort is now being made
to get up Boat Club in Bay City
and they are entitled to the credit o.
doing whatever they undertake in
that locality with vim and vigor. OF
the boats mentioned, having recently
purchased one we know they are all
right, and can recommend them as
well as the Bay City agents, Messrs.
Park & Mcdonnell.
Year: 1866

Tan Eerxgsc SrAn.--This beautiful
craft is the most complete success in
the steamboat line Of any attempt we
have ever known to build with view
10 meet the requirements and peculiar
tiles Of a'purticuiar route. She is all
right, and just right. Long enough
se attain ths~ Seqnisite case of model,
and sill not SO long but she handles
ike-a skiif in the hands of skillful
rover; stiff, and staunch as a man of
war, and yet 1.-THE and graceful to
: outside view as one of those long,
keen, eight cared shells light draft,
and still with hold enough upon the
water to give her ease in a sea.way to
which test she was recently put in a
way to try thoroughly her sea-going
qualities. In every respect she goes
beyond what was expected of her by
owners or builders, is swift, safe, and
precisely what the route and people
require, the right craft in the right
place to a demonstration, and in Charge
Of Capt. HupBrL, unquestionahly in
the right hands. a splendid specimen
of home production, owned 10y high
minded, liberal gentlemen, run to
answer the necessities of the river
business, and in every respect credita-
bly, and courteously managed, she is
deserving liberal consideration as also
generous measure of patronage from
all who go down to the Bay in ships
or do business on the great waters of
the Saginaw.
Year: 1866

p<S@ At one Of the recent sednces the
Davenport Brothers, at Hanover Square
Rooms, London, a gentleman present
managed TO seize the spirit hand at the
window. The audience encouraged him
to hold on till the cabinet could be
opened; but he was unable to do so long,
as he declared the hand wriggled so that
il got out Of his clutch, though it was as
much flesh and blood as his own hand.
Year: 1866

7hIs article has met with the most
wonderful success. large proportion
OF the citizens OF Memphis and sur
rounding country are now using it but
am ccuhnent there are many Others who would
avail Themselves OF its advantages were they
satisfied regarding its HEALTHFULNESS,
SUPERIORITY, and CHEAPNESS.


To convince such Of these facts have OBJ
tanned "A large number OF certificates from well
and fayCrably known physicians and others a
few OF which ! give below. One trial will con-
vince The most incredulous that 10 is to their
advantage TO use this Flour, as an ECONOMY
aud SATISFACTION ia every respect
Year: 1866

The proposition Of inquiring into the
expediency of placing the telegraph in
connection with the post office system
inent telegraph officials are here opposing
it. The proposition does not strike the
Committee as practical measure Sill
they will give it a full and careful con-
sideration, and will get the views of the
Postmaster-General upon the subject,
before any definite action is taken in the
matter.
Year: 1866

Senator Fessenden's speech in the SEN
ate to-day was not considered as elabO-
rate a reply to Summers two days effort
as it ought to have been. Much Of the
force of what he said was not byrepeated
assertions that he was not giving hisOwD
views, but was speaking for the Recon-
structiOn Committee, and he more than
ever acknowledged that a proposition
like Summers would be better than his
Year: 1866

which seem designed expressly to show the la
dies limbs, San Francisco paper says -
g There is something absolutely shocking in the
deliberate immodesty which has prompted this
shameful fashion, and if the women who adopt
it are mistaken by those who see them abroad
for members of that wretched sisterhood who
snbsist on depravity, they can blame none but
themselves, nor appeal for sympathy to any but
their peers in folly Truly, when the women OF
America begin to envy and copy the gaudy CO.'S
tunes of the iorettes, there was cause for alarm
but we never dreamed till now that their vanity
would lead them SO far as to parody for the a
musement of licentious men, not only the dress,
bu: the lewdness of action of their fallen and
abandoned sisters"
Year: 1866

1.-THE following beautiful poem has appeared in
this paper before, but in accordance with the
expressed wish of many readers we re-publish
it. A more exquisite and tenderly-worded pro-
duction does not appear in American literature j


ROCK ME TO SLEEP.
Year: 1866

GENERAL GRANT was invited after service IN
Grace Church, to remain and hear the organ
play. NO." replied the General, :" don
know one tune from another, and would rather
hear bass drnm than an organ any day
Year: 1866

An lrishman who keeps hotel in Montreal in
forms the public by advertisement, that be has
still on sale small quantity Of whisky which
was drank by the Prince of Wales when he was
in that city
Year: 1866

The plan of reconstruction reported
by the central junto at Washington CON
templates the exclusion from Office of all
officers of the late Confederate Govern
ment above q certain rank, and the de-
nial of the right of suffrage to all who
participated in the rebellion. This is q
very fair sample of Radical statesman.
ship. The men who are 10 he excluded
from public Office embrace the talent,
genius, energy, public spirit, and chivalry
of that section. They were the leaders
Of the people in the rebellion as they
were of the people before the rebellion
occurred. To exclude them from Office
is to refuse the Offices to the men capable
of filling them with credit to themselves
and usefulness to the Government, and
confer them upon men who had neither
the genius or force Of character to enable
them to reach the grades in the army
above which those who did rise are to be
excluded Of course, only second and
third rate men, and out and out incom-
petents, will, under this policy, hold
Office, and the Government itself, and
the vital interests of the nation, will ne
cessarily suffer thereby No good pur-
pose can be subserved by such an ar
rangement, nor is any such pretense set
up, but the malignant hatred and re-
vengeful feelings Of the fanatical Jaco-
bins will be gratified, and that, and not
the public good and the national welfare,
is the ruling purpose. !
Again, all men who participated in the
rebellion, either directly or indirectlyiare
denied the right Of suffrage Who, we
ask, is to do the voting, or is any voting
to be done 1t is well known that almost
the entire body Of men Of the South were
connected with the rebellion in some way
or other. There are some, perhaps, who
.er truly say that they did not do 1t vol
UNFAIRLY, but where such are found, they
will invariably be Of the lowest and least
intelligent class of the population-men
who did not have courage enoughin their
soulless bodies TO strike q manly blow
for what all considered, or pretended to
consider, just and holy cause, and were
willing that others should do their light
ing We never saw in the South, during
the long years Of the rebellion, single
man who was willing to admit that be did
not believe IL was right and wish aud pray
for its complete success. Those, there
fore, who can now say that they were in
favor Of the rebellion and never gave II
voluntary aid, countenance or support,
in order 10 get vote, were towards and
hypocrites during the war, and are knayes
now, unworthy Of exercising any politi-
cal rights in republican government
Louisville Courier.
Year: 1866

To give and lend freely to all who are
10 need, is general Weeept from which
We are Only excused by our inability to
perform Ii. Men are more or less obliged
to it as they are more or less able, as the
want is more or less pressing. as they are
more or less burlhened with with common
poor, or with necessitous relatives 10 all
these matters both prudence and charity
must be consulted. That God, who makes
use of the begger's hand to ask our charity,
is the same from whom We ourselves beg
daily bread, aud dare we refuse HIM! Let
us show at least mildness and compassion,
when we can do no moref and If We can
not or will not relieve poor man, let us
never give him au i'll word nor au i'll look


II we do not relieve him We have nc
right to isssh him.


To give aud to lend are two duties o.
charity which Christ joins together, and
which be sets on equal footing. A ricl
man is one of Gods stewards; God hal
given him money for the poor, and he can
not deny it without an act Of injastiee -
But no man from what is called principle
Of charity or generosity should give tha
in aims which belongs 10 his ersditOrs--
Generosity is Godlike; but justice hss eV,r
both in law aud gospel, the first claim


DIR. Clark's Commentaries on the Bible.
Year: 1866

The following letter will be read with inter
est, as giving most graphic view of what the
prisoners wife and family had to endure from
his quitting them on board the Clyde, in
Hampton Roads, down to the day Of its date;
certain parts rejecting upon individuals by
name [ have taken the liberty to strike out, but
the remainder of the letter is as written:
Year: 1866

A Justice of the Peace 10 Nevada
agreed to try case in which beef was
in dispute aud to take the tripo for his
fees While holding court he hung the
fees on nail outside % the cabiu, and
during his charge to the jury one of the
lawyers stole them
Year: 1866

SO perfect manner that you can scarce
" see where are the Jennings there is
neither sign of mortar nor mark Of the
chisel, the surface being as polished as
marble. Was this Incompatible edifce
the work of single genius who con-
ceived the ideas aud watched over the
execution Of it? One is tempted to
think 80 ; for no part of it is deficient,
faulty, or inconsistent TO what epoch
docs it owe its origini As before re-
marked, neither tradition nor written
inscriptions furnish any certain infor-
nation on this point or rather, | should
say, these latter are ns sealed book
for want of an interpreter and they
may perchance, throw light on the sub.
ject when some European savant shall
succeed in dcciphoriug them"
Year: 1866

PoT AND KErTLE.-The sweeping Re-
publican victory in Chicago should for
ever stop the mouths of the Radicals
from twitting Democrats with the
squalor and vice which are said to
prevail in certain wards of New York
where the Democratic majority is irwin
chile. By the admission Of Republican
papers of Chicago, that city is
constantly sinking deeper and deep
er in iniquity, and is aleady,
in proportion TO its size, the
equal of any other city in the Union in
deeds of lawlessness, debauchery and
crime. With the increase of vice there,
the strength of Radicalism has also
gone forward. Heretofore, the Demo
Gratis have been ably 10 carry some Of
the wards; but at the late election,
they all went for the Radicals Hence
forth, when New York is spoken Of, just
remember Chicago, the fast city of the
Union ,-Plaia Dealer.
Year: 1866

The Richmond Enquirer thus states
the question between the North and
South;


"The grand difficulty between the
North and South is briefly this: The
North asserts the right of the conqueror
to impose forcibly what it will upon the
South. The South admits the power,
but denies the right. The North asserts
its right to compel the South to indorse
its own dishonor. The South rejects
this Interpretation. The argument of
force is omnipotent; the argument of
qualification feeble. The sooner the
North comprehends these facts the bet
ter for all. Failing to comprehend them
she is, politically, in the condition of
Joe, in the novel of Bleak House, sail
in . muddle.'
Year: 1866

THE RIVER was about on a stand last
night, with about thirteen feet of water
in the channel.


The Eagle will leave for Parkersburg
this forenoon at IL o'clock.


The Potomac is the Cincinnati packet
for tomorrow evening.
Year: 1866

After the case was closed on both
sides, the Court proceeded calmly TO
discuss the evidence, in order that their
Judgment might be impartial. Not a
single member of twenty-six Presbyters
who voted had any doubt Of the de-
fendant's guilt on all the general
charges-there being some slight differ
ence Of opinion on some Of the specifca-
tions.
Year: 1866

Always choose the left hand. One of the
lines, and which is indeed reckoned the
principal, is called the line Of life this line
encloses the thumb, separating it from the
hollow of the hand. Next to it the natural
line takes its beginning from the rising of
the middle finger. The table line, common
ly called the line of fortune begins under the
little finger, and ends near the fore fnger.-
The girdle of Venus, another line, begins
near the joint of the fore finger, and ends in
the middle finger. The line of death is a
counter line to the line of life, and is by some.
called the sister line. There are also line in
the feshy parts, as in the ball of the thumb.
If the lines which are in middle of the hand.
and are called the table lines, are broad and
fair. without being broken, the party will
lead happy and comfortable life. If the
line from the wrist goes straight up to the
little finger, it is a better sign than if broken,
for then it denotes the party will live to a
good old age but on the contrary, should
the line want continuation, he is in danger
of sudden death.


If the line of life, which is that which runs
from the wrist by the ball of the thumb, and
ends under the fore finger, is clear, and ends
without breaks, it denotes possession, pros.
perity, and happy old age. Round lines,
like semi circles on the inside of the tips of
the fingers, promise houses, lands, and inher-
itance.


As many lines or crosses as a woman has
in her wrist, SO many children she may ex.
pect to have. If the middle or table lines in
the hand are very narrow and contracted, it
is sign of poverty, and crosses in this
world. If a crooked line goes through the
table line, it is a sign of sudden death but
if it runs straight through, it is good sign.
If the line of fortune strikes from behind the
ball of the thumb, or mount of the fore finger,
across the palm and line of life, aad lcssccss
itself in or near the soft or hesby part of the
hand. on the little finger side, it is sure
sign of fortune, through some unexpected
friend,
Year: 1866

HAPPY EVERY DAY.-Sydney Smith cut the
following from newspaper and preserved it
for himself:


When you rise in the morning, form res.
olution to make the day happy one to a
fellow creature. 1t is easily done left off
garment to the man who needs it, kind
word to the sorrowful, an encouraging
expression to the striving-trifes in them
selves light as air-will do it, at least for the
twenty four hours. And if you are young,
depend upon it, it will tell when you are old;
and if you are old, rest assured it will send
you gently and happily down the stream of
time to eternity. By the most simple arith-
metical sum, look at the result. you send
one person, only one, happily through the
day; that is three hundred and sixty-fve in
the course of the year. And supposing you
live forty years only after you commence that
course of medicine, you have made 14,600
beings happy at all events, for time.
Year: 1866

A LADY was out walking in Syracuse, N.
Y, the other day, accompanied by her SER
want, who was drawing an infant in one of
the little carriages made for the purpose,
when, unnoticed by mother or servant, the
child fell out upon the sidewalk. The cou-
pie passed along, and had gone some distance
from the baby, when they were accosted by
gentleman who had witnessed the entire
transaction {" Madam, you have dropped
something" at the same time pointing to
the infant on the walk in the distance The
sequel can. be imagined.
Year: 1866

A BOY near Clyde got mad at coffee pot
spout, against which he stubbed his toe when
in swimming He dove and brought up his
ugly enemy, and found therein eighty dollars
in silver and pulpy mass of greenbacks.
Year: 1866

In Cleveland, the other day, gentleman
was driving horse and buggy, when be
suddenly banked (the horse, not the man
and would not bulge an inch. The driver
coolly jumped out of the buggy, attached
strap to one of the horses legs, drew it up,
tumbed the animal over on his side, quietly
sat on him a few minutes, then let him up,
hitched him to the buggy, and drove off amid
the cheers of the crowd.