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Year: 1866

How TENNESSEE UyloSIsrs FEEL.-Maynard and
Stokes, of the Tennessee delegation, approve
the action of Congress. Stokes said in recent
speech :-s'I If l was in Congress l woud vote
against the repeal of the test oath till froze to
my Seat The Union men of Tennessee are par
tcularlv stiff in this matter, because they are
determined that none but original Union men
shall vote in the State. They have the power in
their own hands. and mean to hold it. although
they exclude from suffrage the rebels pardoned
by the President. If a division between the
President and Congress should come on the pend
ing resolution, the Unionists now in power in
Tennessee would be pretty to be against the
President
Year: 1866

The Scientific american informs the ladies that
if they would have beef juicy after 1t IS
cold, and not as dry as chip, they should put
it into boiling water when they put it on to COOK,
and thev should not take it out of the pot when
done until it has become cold.
Year: 1866

| tight over the forehead, but very large over
the back of the head, and with deep cur
| taiE of fringe coming down over the shout
ders, has very pretty effect. The most
curious head-dresses are those of North
and South Holland, in which a rich gold
band is worn across the forehead, ana in
some cases small ornaments, like winkers,
at each side These jewels which are cost
/ ly, descend from mother to daughter, are
much priced The hat or bonnet, hardly
know which to call it, is also very peculiar
in its shape. AS each province has its own
head-dress, the fair presents features Of
vast variety. The Dutch women seem to
cherish their former customers and tradlt-
ions, and are not given to change. They
are well made and well looking race. The
Dutch are a sober industrious people and
very well conducted lllegitimacy is COM
paratively rare and there are it may be
said, no poor Amsterdam consumes great
deal of turf for fuel 1t comes in barges
up the canals


The blacksmiths of this country would
not attempt to shoe horse unless he was
tied. In the forges here the horse is placed
in narrow STALL and fastened with rope
behind. There are projecting irons through





which a round piece OF iron is run, and each
hind leg in succession is tied to this be-
fore the smith attempts to take off or put
in the shoe An English blacksmith would
take the hind leg of horse, put it in his
lap, and put on the shoe while the Belgian,
or Dutch smith is rigging his apparatus.
The horses are used with winkers but in
Switzerland they altogether dispense with
them, driving as well as in carts. The
horses heads look more fair under the
Swiss treatment. The rope harness used
here contrasts with the laboriously plepar-
ed leather harness in England


Amsterdam is supplied with fish, it comes
to market all alive. The boat contains
tank, and the fish are taken out by kind
OF landing net. These boats, which come
in considerable numbers to the landing
sage at the fish market, have usually
boy on board whose employment it is to
keep the water in motion This is done by
means of plank, which rests like bal
ance one foot is placed on the projecting
end, and as it worked up and down it makes
petite waves in the boat.
Year: 1866

~, not alone III the tented field


Are armies pitched and battles fought
The use of sword and well-worn shield
Is not TO every hero taught
In M of life are soldiers found;


In warfare deep, and no discharge,
The din of battle, pibroch's sound,
As leading on, they vigorous charge
The fight for daily bread may be
As noble in the sight of God
As anv march of victory


By Christian or by Pagan trod.
Noble or abject great or small,
Is not the one oerruling test:
The motive is the rue of all


Honor to God the grand behest.
Tie battlefield is everywhere,
The foes at all times in our way
Temptation, pleasure, want, or care
The conflict wage from day to day
And he who in the gallant fight
Maintains his purpose firm and strong,
Who keeps his armor pure and bright,
Shall win the laurel-wreath ere long.
courage, faint heart, whose narrow life
Fcttered and dwarfed by things of sense,
Whose soul would spurn the daily strife,
And pines for wings to bear it hence:
Full well l know thy weary way,
The earth-stained garments, spirit spent,
The piteous prayer that day by day
Goes mp to the Omnipotent.
too have suffered and have fought,
too have dregged the cup of life
hnow how dear the victory bought,
How fierce and deadly is the strife:
Y,: pray and trust His grace is nigh
And when this fevered life is past,
The One who scrupled not to die,
VIII claim and own us at the last
Each struggle that hath cost thee dear,
Though all unseen to mortal eye,
Each sacrifice that claimed tear
tod notes down all; they're marked on high
Then cheerful let us battle on,


Though storms shall rise and foes assail:
How sweet the rest, the V ctory won,
Wli.erings through heaven the great 'sAll hail


-Americaa Messenger.
Year: 1866

FAD TO Go.--From the Rock Island Argus
VIC learn that some Of the members Of Trim
ity Church Of Rock Island in attendance al
the entertainment given lew days since at
Metropolitan Hall were so well pleased that
they have compelled those giving the enter
tanment here 70 give them the same pro,
gramme next Tuesday evening, at Babcock' s
Hall. just ss We expected. A company
that gives good thing must keep quiet or
travel
Year: 1866

JusricK.- Pen, ink and paper cannot do
justice to our feelings as we breast the cut
ting winds wearing an ovcrcoat made by
Sam Perry. Be it known that friend Perry
has been in the business until he understands
it thoroughly and keeps stock that will suit
all, from the finest dress suits to the heavi-
est and most durable working suits. Fur
nishing goods Of all kinds. Leave your or
ders and they will be sure to receive prompt
attention. He has the reputation Of keeping
the best cutter in the business. He will ii,
whether you think SO or not. Give him 4
call.
Year: 1866

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS in his work
on America, gives this forcible sketch "A
newspaper can drop the same thought into
q thousand minds a. the same moment. A
newspaper is an adviser who does not re-
quire to be sought, but who comes to you
OF his own accord and talks to you briefly
every day, Of common veal, without dis
tracing your private affairs. Newspapers,
therefore, become more necessary ms men
become more equal, and individuals more
to be feared. To suppose that they only
serve 10 protect freedom would be to di
minish their importance; they maintain
civilzstion.'
Year: 1866

The following tribute to tho loyal sons
of West Virginia has been nobly von,
and is richly meritcd. To have been q
soldier from loyal West Virginia, will be
an honor Of which to be proud:


"May We not be justly proud Of being
sons of West Virginia? Have wc not
won that title fairly and noblyP Didw
not earn that name by loyalty to one Of
tho best Governments God ever gave to
mortal mau2 When frst the tocsin OF
war resounded over our beloved land,
when armed traitors were rising on every
hand and threatening to tear down tho
temple Of our liberties; when tho very
foundation of our Government trembled
as though it would fall, did not West
Virginia nobly stand by her side? When
the sound of tho cannon, as they thun-
dcrcd their deadly missivcs against the
walls Of Fort Sumter, rcverberated over
the loyal States, and our martyred and
patriotic President, issued his first call
for volunteers to avcnSc tho Insult
offered to the flag Of our country, did
not West Virginia promptly respond to
that call? Did not her brave sons
buckle on tho armor and 60 forth to do
battle for our common country? Did
not every loyal West Virginian's heart
beat with Indignation when that arch
traitor Letcher and his coadjutors at
tempted by foul means to force tho State
of Virginia into open rebellion against
tho Government; it is needless to re-
count tho during services Of the West
Virginia volunteers. They have Won
laurels on almost every hard contested


fold of battle they have crowned them
selves with glory wherever the fortunes
of war have sent them they could hard
IL fail to do so under such heroic men as
Curtis, Thoburn, Duvall, Lockwood, and
many others too numerous to menton'
but none the less deserving. May the
star of West Virginia rise until she
stands second to none, in the bright and
glorious constellation Of States Of which
our Union is composed"
Year: 1866

We note with much satisfaction the dccis- ion of the Supreme Court of Nevada, dcclar-

 ing the specific contract act of that State to be unconstitutional and void. The decision

 is naturally causing much excitement in Cal

 fJrna and, will, we trust, lead to the repeal of the similar odious law existing in that State We have never considered the course of the Pacific States, upon the currency oues- ton, as either patriotic or sensible. Their disposition to ignore the government currcn- cy and to set at defiance the financial system of the nation, has been fruitful ofeyil results. Our bushes. relations with California long since taught us this, and next to the Apache we consider the specific contract act of that State the great drawback to the progress and prosperity of our Territory. We firmly believe that but for our identity with Cali fornia and the consequent necessity of adopt ing her business regulations, we should have had thousands where we have had hundreds of dollars in circulation in our Territory. The sale of our mines at the East, the operations of the military authorities, the transactions of our merchants and mechanics, the growth of our towns, have all been restricted through tAe unwi-e and selfish course of California In the autumn of 1861, Colonel Poston, our Delegate, wrote from " Washington: "If Ari- zona will adopt the greenback currency it will bc q very great adyantage.n The dspo- .ition of our people was right, but their de- pcndencc upon California, and the stubborn, stupid position of that State, alone, prevent cd their taking the government currency at par. We have often wished that we were sufficiently independent in our business rela- tons to act without regard to California, but as we have not been, and are not likely 10 be at present, We sincerely hope that as in Nevada the specific contract act may in that State be declared illegal, or if not then that the good sense and patriotism of the people may lead to its speedy removal from the stat ute books.

 The San Francisco specuiators and shyiocS- the bankers and brokers, have had their own way until they have not only seriously iniur- cd the financial reputation and material pros perity of California, but of the whole Pacific coast, and it is high time that the people came to the rescue, and begun new order of things The Legislature of California is now in session and it's members can in no way do greater honor to themselves and better jus- tice to their State, to all the Pacific States and Territories, and to the nation, than by the repeal of the specific contract act.
Year: 1866

CoLoSEL PosroS's SrArENENTs.-On the outside of to-days MINER we print, as mat ter of history, Colonel Postonis card to the people of Arizona, which is an enlargement of the one copied from the New York TfiJuae in our last; also his representations to Con gress. We will not say more than that both of these documents abound in gross mis-state- ments too obvious for comment and which the Colonel must sooner or later keenly re- gret. Knowing and esteeming him as we do, we cannot reconcile his course, and to our people at large it is inexplicable. Governor Goodwin was admitted to his seat on the l7tl of January, and or the same day Mir. Ashly gave notice that Colonel Po-tOn would con. test. We still hope that this matter will be amicably arranged, and above all that it will not be permitted to work to the injury of tho interests of Arizona at Washington No mar has right to imperil those interests, and nc true friend of the Territory will think O doing it under any circumstances.
Year: 1866

had seen it. aud he left & corIS of engineers Co make surveys, and thoroughly acquaint him with the geography, geology and topog raphv of the Territory. We are not dis posed to apologize in any WAY for General Mcdowell. or for General Mason, but while they seem ready and eager to do all in their power to help us in our contest with the Apache, and in the opening and occupation of the Territory, they should have the conil- dence and gratitude of all When, if ever, it is apparent that they are neglecting their business, and thereby damaging the interests of the country and of the people, we shall not hesitate to condemn them. For the present we sec no reason to doubt that they are acting in good faith and to the full ex- tent of the resources at their command. The work which they have in hand we all know to be difficult, and no reasonable man familiar with the country, the labor and cost of nov ing to and through it, and the habits of the Apache. will expect 1t to be completed in a day. It ought to be a source of general grati- iication that more troops are in the Ter ritory, more posts established, and larger number of intelligent officers in command than at any previous time and further, that capital is sending machinery to work our

 mines, and otherwise indicating its confidence

 in the security of the country and the cer-

 tainty of it's successful settlement and de-

 yelounrnt
Year: 1866

r aTThe tailors in Columbus recently
struck for an advance in wages. The
employers having refused to accede to
their demands, they have formed an As
sociasion and determined to carry on
business for themselves. This is more
sensible than to 60 about the streets,
getting up demonstrations, making pub
lie appeals for sympathy, and consum-
ing their savings in idleness. All they
have to do is to open shop and say to
the public, 1--WE viii do your work as
well and at lower rates than you can
obtain it from middle men," and they
viii have as much business as they will
care to carry on. A 'AA
Year: 1866

ReA- In view Of the fact that the East
ern Cotton Mills are realizing q profit
of from fifty to sixty per cent, some
capitaIiets in Chicago have concluded to
invest q small amount in the same busi-
ness. They have secured a charter to
erect cotton mill and will proceed to
raise q. once working cash capital Of
100000, and begin in the most pra-
dent and economical manner. The
building, which will be of the cheapest
and most convenient construction, will
be at Bridgeport; tie motive power will
be steam, for which coal can be deliver
ed there at 81 ton; and the goods
manufactured viii be bagging, and sta
pIe sheetings and shirtiDgs.
Year: 1866

| B@- In the month just passed there was no full moon-an event which it is stated never occurred before since the creation of the world, and will not happen again until long after the world comes to an end. '..sg -5svs,5
Year: 1866

Harper's Weekly says Jefferson Davis
is charged by the Government ofthe United
States with completely III the assassination
of President Lincoln, and the Government
can not decently parole him until it has
withdrawn that charge. Should it he
withdrawn, he would remain prisoner
under indictment for treason, which is also
a capital crime. So long, however, as he
is imprisoned upon whatever charge, hui
manity requires that he be well treated,
and that there shall be no delay in his
trial. There has, however, been a foolish
attempt to excite sympathy for him and
odium against the Government by depict
ing him as a martyr, Bastile sufferer, n
dignified and pathetic victim of naughty
and cruel Despotism. Yet there is no 9TH
er prisoner in this or in any other country
charged with capital crime, who is so
comfortably lodged and honorably treated
as Jefferson Davis. He has a daily bill
of fare such as no other prisoner in the
world enjoys, and which would amply
satisfy any honest man. He has the range
of the ramparts upon which to breathe the
ocean air, and he has books, newspapers,
wife, and friends around him. He has, or
had, physician also, who apparently sat
at his feet to catch the drops of wisdom
that fell from his mouth a physician who
mas prepared DOOk ABOUT Ine prisoner
whom he calls "eX-President" and "dis-
tinguished captive"


Let us not forget that this man, for whose
comfort sentries must tread softly, for
whose delicate stomach the bill of fare
must be daily changed, for whose gratifi-
cation the recreations we have named are
provided, is the same man who could see
from his house in Richmond the island
upon which Union prisoners were slowly
starved and frozen, and who knew that
thousands of his fellow-men imprisoned at
Andersonville were pitilessly tortured into
idiocy and death. Not the least pang OF
their horrible bodily suffering would we
have retorted upon jefferson Davis not
one touch of retaliation should the Ameri-
can people allow to be visited upon him
But when they are asked to believe that he
is tortured by the authority of their Gov,
ernment, it is wise for them to perceive the
difference between the treatment he re.
ceives from the Government which he
sought to destroy and that which he coun.
tenanced in the case of those who strove tC
defend it,. Nor will those people forge
that the same papers which furiously de
nounce the pretended cruelty of the Gov
ernment toward him were silent over thu
awful tragedies of Andersonville and Bell,
Isle, or fatty denied them.
Year: 1866

A BEAUTIFUL ILLUsTRATIoN.-It
one should give me dish of sand,
and tell me there were particles OF
Iron in it, L might look for them with
my clumsy fingers, and be unable to
detect them /; but let me take a mag
net and sweep through it, and how
would it draw to itself the most in
visible particles, by the mere power OF
attraction. The unthankful heart like
my finger in the sand, discovers nc
mercies; but let the thankful heart
sweep through the day, and as the
magnet finds the Iron, so it will find
in every hour, some heavenly bless
ings; only the Iron in Gods sand il
gold.-[O. w. Homes.
Year: 1866

A COUPLE SoLD.--A few days ago,
in the State of Pennsylvania widower
with seven children was married to a
widow with five childdren-neither
party knowing that the other was
blessed with responsibilities till after
the wedding. A more badly "sold'
couple it would be difficult to find.
Year: 1866

A few days since the teacher in the
primary department of the graded
school in Vergennes, Vermont, inter
rogated the pupils as to the reason of
the saltness of the ocean. One little
lad was confident he could tell, and
the question was put: "Well, what is
it that causes the saltness of the water
of the ocean ?'' "The Goldfish ~ re-
piled the little original.
Year: 1866

A. A BRADLEY, a mulatto, who was
a short time since expelled from the bar
at Boston, but was lightly dealt with by
the court for the offense Of which he
was convicted, on his pleading that he
was about to 20 South to become the
principal of a negro school, where he
desired to inculcate loyalty to the Gov
ernment and to be of service to his race,
has been sentenced at Savannah to one
years Imprisonment for using seditious
language.
Year: 1866

A heartless old fellow, writing for a
magazine, says, Il have seen women so
delicate that they we're afraid to ride for
fear of the horses running away; afraid
to sail for fear the boat would upset; and
afraid to walk for fear the dew might fall
upon them but never saw one thatwas
afraid to get married.
Year: 1866

One pint of sour buttermilk, two
tablespoonful Of soda, and little salt.
Mix like soda buscuit Do not roll or
mix more than can be helped; dip with
a spoon into the pot the size you wish,
and boil thirty minutes. This same
crust, with fruit rolled in it, tied in
bag, aud boiled about one hour and
half. mnkcs an excellent pudding.
Year: 1866

Keep out Of debt Pay as you 60.
Pay nothing except the money is in
your pocket. Have no account current
at the groccr's or butchers. Go with.
out new clothes until you can pay for
them. Give your note Of hand to no
body Eschew credit. Deal for cash
only
Year: 1866

A meeting in behalf of the Freedmen's
commission, deriving its chief impor-
tance from the fact that Chief Justice
Chase and Major General Howard were
present as speakers, was recently held in
Philadelphia. The Chief Justice avowed
his sympathy with all its operations, and
alluded to the fact that he had instituted
similar operations as long ago as the
capture of Port Royal. Gen. Howard
gave some valuable statistics, and left the
idea plainly impressed, that some such
instrumentality as the commission was
needed to educate the South, both white
and black, and that in that education lay
the only, hope for its elevation. Both
these distinguished gentlemen favored
strongly the Identification of our gov
ernment with the nationally bsnevolen,
of the day, and insisted that in this way
alone could the generous instincts of the
American heart be fully educated.
Year: 1866

r At the caucus of the Republican men,
bers of Congress it was recommended that no
appointee of the President should be con-
firmed by the Senate where the former in
cumbent had been removed for political rea-
sons. In connexion with this Judge Kelly
stated that among these appointees were many
men whom he himself had sentenced to the
Penitentiary for crimes against the law--pick-
pockets-thieves, and people of like stamp.
Wen Bridgeton had sample of the men ap-
pointed In the case of Mr.. Samuel R. Fithian,
and we do not think the Congress can be too
hasty in ousting all the scoundres that the
Executive in the eager ness of political zeal
has forced upon us.
Year: 1866

The Supreme Court of Indiana has decided
that the article in the State Constitution which
prohibits negroes from entering the State is
null and void, and that consequently they can
not be prohibited from settling there if they
so choose. This decision redeems Indiana
from what was foul disgrace, and places her
once more upon an equality with the other
free States of the Union.
Year: 1866

% The reception given to Congress by the
respective Republican organizations of Wash
ington, represented by Chief Justice Cartier,
was well calculated to inspire the members
of that body with full determination to ad-
here to the principles upon which they were
elected, and the reply of speaker Colfax was
such as to give assurance that this would be its
cOurSe.
Year: 1866

~ The House of Representatives have
been prompt in their indication of what they
intend to do; in passing bill by considerably
over a two thirds vote, which repeals the
power to pardon rebels formerly granted by
special act to the President. This will change
the status of affairs considerably, if the senate
should concur il is more than probable they
win and one of the largest sources ofpresiden-
tial power will be taken away.


A bill has also been introduced in accord
ance with the principles laid down in the
caucus, regulating removals from office.


A resolution was passed requiring the Sec
retary of State to communicate all the in
formation in his possession in reference to
John Sur rat the assassin, and also resolution
calling upon the president for the facts in the
of the rebel general Pickett who hung a
number of captured union soldiers.