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Year: 1866

WHEN the great Richelieu died, his
head was separated from his body and
preserved After several months of re.
search the head has at length been
found in the possession of an ancient
family in Bretagne, and forthwith sent
to Paris to the Minister de PInstruction
Publique. Those who we're present at
the opening of the box describe the head
as in a wonderful state of preservation
The eyebrows, whiskers, imperial and
mustache are of a reddish color, and
quite perfect; one eyelid was closed,
the other open; the flesh, course, was
black. 1t bore something the appear
ance of mask, but not unpleasant.
Year: 1866

MUCH BAGGY.-A young New Eng
land mamma, on the important occasion
of making her little boy his first pair
of colored trousers, conceived the idea
that it would be more economical to
make them of the same dimensions be-
hind and before, SO that they might be
changed about and wear evenly-and
so fashioned them Their effect, when
donned by the little victim, was ridicu-
lous in the extreme. Papa, at first sight
of the baggy garment, "fearfully and
wonderfully made" burst into roar of
laughter, and exclaimed: "Oh, my
dear, how could you have. the heart to
do it? Why, the poor little fellow.
won't know whether he is going to school
or coming home"
Year: 1866

SINGULAR.-We saw venerable look
ing cow yesterday, says the Cincinnati
Herald. eating pine sawdust, under the
impression that it was bran. She did
not find out her mistake until night,
when it was found that she gave tur-
pentine instead of milk.
Year: 1866

HIS LAw.-Brigham Young, the
great Mormon High Priest, recently
delivered Q sermon to his followers, in
which he exhibited murderous looking
bowie knife, and declared it to be his
law for the future.
Year: 1866

A ToAsT-Some wags were late
ly dining at Delmonico's, when, after
the bottle had made its tenth round,
one of the company proposed this toast j:
"To the man whose wife was never false
to him p upon which an old bachelor
jumped up and said, "Gentlemen, as
am the only unmarried man at this ia
BILE, l suppose that toast was intended
for me-"
Year: 1866

A SERVANT GIRL, on leaving her
place, was accosted by her master as to
her leaving. "Mistress is SO quick
tempered that | cannot live with her,"
said the girl swell" said the gen
tleman, you know it is no sooner be-
gun than it is over" eyes sir; and
no sooner over than begun again. I"
Year: 1866

IT is said that Napoleon, when he was
asked by Doctor O'Meara if he really
thought he could invade England at the
lime he threatened to do so, replied in
the following anagram cable was 1
ere saw Elba" Whether this is true
or not, it certainly is most ingenious
and complete anagram, reading the
same backward or forward.
Year: 1866

BosToN May H.-About four thou.
sand acres OF woodland were burned
over the present week, principally in
the towns of Sandwich and Monument.
One dwelling house il West Sandwich
was included in the dcstfnClon, and a
large amount of corded wood. Tie loss
of 9roperty is estimated at $4,000 At
last accounts the con1asration Lad
st0ppcd spreading There were heavy
rains in tie vicinity last night
Year: 1866

law. nor shall the payment of any tax
be held or'construed to prohibit or pre-


vent any State from placing duty on
tax for State or other purposes, or any
trade, business or profession taxed by
this act.


On motion Of Mr. ThayeT, the para
graph amending section 80, Of the present
law was amending Ivy adding the follow
ing: In any port Of entry within which
is embraced more than one collection
district, the Secretary OF the Treasury
is hereby authorized to put all the
bonded warehouses IN such ports under
the charge of one collector of Internal
Revenue, to be by him designated, and
the collector so designated shall have
entire charge and control of all matters
connected with such bonded warehouses
and the property stored therein -
No other material amendment was
apopted The Committee, after dis
posing of % pages of the bill rose,
when the speaker presented a message Of
the President of the United States,
transmitting q communication from the
Secretary of War, and a letter from
Lieut.. Gen. Grant, relative to the neCes
sity for the legislation on the subject of
the army. The lieutenant Generals
letter to the Secretary Of War was read.
After which the message and letter were
referred to the Committee ou Military
Affairs and ordered printed,


Mr.. Thayer desired to instruct the
committee TO report back the Senate
bill, but the House refused to reconsider
the vote, referring the message SO as to
enable ~ to move to refer with con-
structioi.. The House at 4.30 adjourned.
Year: 1866

The hour up to which FREIGHT for this road will be
received at the Depot in Manchester Is extended to
FOUR O'CLOCK p NJ, from and after this date. As is
necessary to enable the clerks to make out the proper
way bills to have fixed hour to stop receiving notice
is hereby given that freight will be received after
the hour named.


The Freight on goods for Danville and Greensboro
may paid at destination at the option OF the ship
pers but the freight all goods for way stations must
be prepaid


shippers will please pay their freight bills by four
o'clock P NJ otherwise goods will not be sent for
ward. THOMAS D0DAMEAD,


mh5 Superintendent
Year: 1866

wish l was a printer,
really do indeed;
1t seems to me that printers
Have everything they need
.E Except money y
They get the largest and the best
OF everything that grows,
And get free into circuses
And other kinds of shows,
'By giving an equivalent
Tho biggest bug will speak to them
No matter how they dress
A shabby coat is nothing


II they own printing press.


PolicyD
At ladies fairs they're almost hugged
By pretty girls who know
That they will crack up everything
The ladies' have TO show.


(Lucty tellowsD
And thus they get blow out free,
At every party feed
The reason is because they write,
Aud other people read.


Chats SOD
Year: 1866

AS 1T SHOULD BE. -" Mine host" of the
York Hotel, Saco, having re-opened his spa
cious house for the reception of transient and
other guests, can ever be found on the qui
vive to render the full rites of hospitality to
all who may be fortunate enough to find
themselves at his well supplied tables. If
kind and generous treatment of guests is
necessary to ensure crowded house, then
the York Hotel will soon be filed to repletion.
In addition to all this, the gentlemanly and
efficient clerks of friend Gurney are not sur
passed by any with whom the travelling pub
lie are brought into communication.
Year: 1866

Acrostics do not often possess much
literary merit, but the following is a
marked exception. The intensity of
feeling which breathes through it will
commend it to all who sympathize with
the wounded spirit of the South:
Justic, human justice! Is it dead! o,


God, to thee


Ever ascends our earnest prayer, tose


our martyr free! @
For him we plead, for him alone, our


chieftain and our head;
For him our brave, true-hearted one,
whose every hope has fled.
Endurance, with her iron grasp, would


crush that spirit low;
Resistance is a dream to him, poor
prisonerof woe


Shut out from life and human hope
shall mercy plead in vain
On him, must all the burden fall! OF


him, the weight of pain
Needless the cry for human aid TO-
| God alone is just
Dread vengeance in the human hear


treads Mercy in the dust.
Afar, a weary watcher weeps in bitter
/ ness alone


Vain vain, alas! woman's tears t.
| soften hearts of stone.
| In Thee alone, o God we trust; fo
i him we plead to Thee


Silent, yet heartfelt, still the praye'


"God set the martyr free
G. NJ. c.
Year: 1866

~ A young lady of Cleveland, Ohio,


advertises for youg gentleman to act
as amanuensis. He must be able to
write and cipher, and when not engag-
ed, he viii be expected to read poetry
with feeling and converse with ease,
and be able to play cribbage and back
CANNON. lie must expect to be kissed
when she is pleased, and cutfed wher
she is not; but as her temper is ac'
knowledged to be good, there viii


probably be moro kissing than cutting
There is a good chance for somebody
Year: 1866

~ A wandering aurist and ooulist
whose skill in the use of language is
probably just about on par with his
capacity in his profession, advertises
that persons afflicted with deafness may
hear of him at -, every Monday
morning, where blind persons can see
him from two to five o'clock P. m.
Year: 1866

Endorsement Of the President; III


"The independence exhibited by the
writer in resisting the attempt to levy
tax upon him as as ofiee-holder under.
the Federal Government, and his just
statement of correct principles, entitle
him to respect and appreciation. I,
therefore, as an evidence of my appro-
baton of the qualities manifested in
his letter. recommend him to the Post
master General for promotion. # l'a
Year: 1866

right to be the first and best beloved but
they have also deprived her of the filial
caresses, the gentle attentions, and the
adored presence of the hearts idol, whom
she has herself given to him for life.---
Nothing is left to the mother but the at
tachment of respect. All warmer emo
tions are engrossed by the husband to
whom his young bride owes alike obe-
dience and devotedness. If she loves him
follow his fortunes TO the end of the
world; if she does not 1--we him, she will
still perform the same duty with resigna-
ton.


Nature and law alike impose the obli-
CATION on her, and her own heart must de-
eide whether it will constitute her joy on
her trial but in either case the result to
mother reproach her with this painful
preference, for she has reared her in the
conviction of the necessity of marriage,
she has herself offered to her its exam
pie in her own person; heaven itself has
pointed it out as duty whose omission is
culpable.


Therefore, far from venturing to wish
that the lost one should restore to her all
the tenderness which time and habit may
enable her to withdraw fom her husband
the mother is bound, on the contrary, to
pray that they may every day become
dearer to each other, and by each other,
even at the expense of her own happiness.
This misfortune is the mothers last bles-
sing.
Year: 1866

The LoNGEsT.-Thursday, June 21st,
was the longest day of the year. 1t Is
now the summer soiistic, or time when
the sun stands at the greatest distance
from the equator; and though nominally
growing shorter, the days will for some
time remain at about the same point,
there being no perceptible difference for a
fortnight to come. This is the day when
travellers in northern Sweden, as well as
some of the inhabitants, visit the region
round about the North Cape to witness
the polar phenomenon ef the " Midnight
Sun "a whole day of twenty-Iour hours
in which the sun at no time sets, but cir
cles low around the horizon. In the
higher polar latitudes, Of course, this fact
is not confined 10. any one day, for up that
way to compensate for half year Of
darkness they have six months Of day
light, though there are only few Esqui-
maux and polar bears to see it.
Year: 1866




b - A sad story is connected with the
name of the writer of the beautiful song,
Ever Of Thee" which has been sung and
admired by so many in this country and
in Europe. Foley Hall was gentleman
by birth and education. Wealthy in his
own right, with large expectations, he led
needless life, not choosing his associates,
but allowing himself to be drawn into the
society of the viscious. His property
soon disappeared, and he was left without
resources sufficient. to buy his daily bread.
His musical talent had been highly culti-
waited, but, as be never needed them he
scarcely knew TO what degree they could
be made available. In his distress, how
ever, he wrote the charming song, Ever
of Thee" A London publisher gave him
one hundred dollars for it, but that
amount, with such spendthrift, would
not last long He wrote other songs, but
the money not coming IN as fast as he
wished it, in a weak moment he 70 ged
the name Of lis publisher, and although
every effort was made, even by the pub
Usher, to save him, il was all no use, poor
Foley Hall went TO Newgafe, and died
droken hearted before his trial came on.
Year: 1866

THIS BEAUTIFUL WoRLD.-Ah, this
beautiful world Indeed, l know not
what to think of it. Sometimes it il glad
ness and sunshine, and heaven itself is


not far off. And then it changes sudden
ly, and is dark and sorrowful, and the
clouds shut out the sky. In the lives of the
saddest of us there are bright days like
thi., when we feel as if we would take
the world in our arms Then come the
gloomy hours, when the fire will neither
burn in our hearts nor on or hearths,
and all without and within is dismal, cold,
and dark. Every heart has its sorrows,
and oftentimes we call man cold when
Year: 1866

cral stonemmn, SC.


Especial Despatch to the Cincinnati Gazette


MEMfHis, May J, 1865.


Last night emphatlcally n nighi of terror As
carly nine o'clock the torch OF the nccndary ap
Piled almost every quarter of the city inhabited by the
freedmen and midnight the heavens lurid with
the flames from many thirty negro churches
there had been little disturbance since noon and
the city suddenly thrown into fever heat OF excite
ment all sorts OF horrible rumors being in circulation
some to the effect that the negroes had obtained arms
and sackng the city, and others that formidable
riots had recommended In various parts OF tho city,
companied by the butchery OF innocent men, women
and Children When the truth became known, however
the excitement somewhat subsidized in quarters remote
from the conaagratons, though all kept close vigil,
fearing that the flames would spread over the city.
Before morning hundreds of poor negroes were rem
dered homeless and entirely destitute while several
say Of the lowest caste in wise represent
ing the feeling Of the community at large Hundreds Of
armed citizens paroled the streets but despite Their
account under the most ordinary circumstances the
work Of destruction carried out as above and this
mornings sun revealed the smoking ruins Of at least
fifty structures Of which very valuable, hav
ing been used or occupied by negroes.


As evidence Of the fact that these horrors not the
work and do the sanction Of the respectable
portion Of the citizens, will state that General Stonc
has authorized the reorganization Of the One Hun
dred and Ninety fourth Tennessee infantry, which went
from this city the rebel service nearly 6vc years
ago will furnish them with arms 70 assist In main
any description either on the part Of whites or blacks


The only whites disposed TO violence, except In self
defence are OF class anything more debased and de-
uded than the negroes themselves Had not been for
heavy rain which set In about two O'Clock this morning
the conagration might have been Of still serious
character The city has been quiet all day, but further
disturbance expected to night, and the streets are
doubly patrocd with armed police, citizens and white
sodicr Tho negroes leaving the city by the river
and going into the country In droves am inclined 70
the belief that there will be no further trouble.


II s true Of this rios Of all othcrs that most Of the
persons killed and wounded were euiltcss Of any par
cpation whatever The events of the past three days
are greatly deplored BY the mass Of citizens as II Is
earcd they will have the effect OF placing them In a
false position before the authorities at Washington and
their Northern brethren with whom they Vie in loyalty
and devotion the Union.
Year: 1866

Gently and on which placed several fence rails by
whom II is unknown, for what purpose These were
by Mr. Ely about nine days since; but the body
not then seen. About hundred yards from where
the body was discovered, on the bushes, found
mans cotton shirt with linen bosom and cotton collar
and wristbands The shirt was considerably worn and
torn down the entire 'front.'


Tracks though two persons had run from the body
to the street discovered, though rain had fallen
since they were made.


Nothing further was found after thorough search to
give any clue who she how she came there
The selectmen toek charge Of the body and gave 1t
decent burial The ring in their possession which,
is hoped will be the OF throwing light on this
mysterious affair." and IT, is generally thought foul
play has been at work. the villains may be detected and
brought TO justice.


The spot where the body found on the edge OF
a WOOD and about quarter OF mile from the road,
and the same distance from any house.
Year: 1866




An officer of the French army, during
the reign Of Napoleon, having incurred
the suspicion or resentment of the En-
peror, thought it expedient to abandon
his country, and take refuge in one Of
the Austrian provinces, and there he
become advised of and initiated into q
society, the object of whose formation
was to hurl to the ground the Colossus
whose arm smote and governed the
whole continent of Europe with scep-
ter Of iron. One day a letter was
brought to him containing the usual
signs and passwords of the society, and
requiring him to repair on the following
night to secluded spot in forest,
where he would meet some of his as
sociates. He went, but found nobody.
The orders were repeated four times ;
the officer sought the appointed place
with no better success than the FIRST.
On the fifth night of his appointment
at the rendezvous, after waiting some
time, he was on the point of returning,
when loud cries suddenly arrested his
attention.


Drawing his sword, he FASTENED to
the spot whence they seemed to proceed,
and was fred on by three men, who, on
seeing that he was unwounded, instantly
took to flight; but at his feet lay a
bleeding corpse, in which, by the feeble
light of the moon, he in vain sought for
tokens of returning animation. He
was yet bending over the dead man,
when a detachment of chasseurs, sum-
moned apparently by the noise Of the
pistols that had been discharged at him.
self, came up suddenly and arrested
him as the assassin. He was loaded
with chains, tried the next day, and
condemned to die for his supposed crime.
His execution was ordered to take place
at midnight. Surrounded by the min
listers Of justice, he was led, at slow
pace, by the light of torches, and the
funeral tolling of bells, to vast square,
in the center of which was a scaffold,
environed by horsemen. Beyond these
were numerous groops Of spectators,
who muttered impatiently, and at in
tervals sent forth cry of abhorrence.a


The victim mounted the scaffold, and
his sentence was on the point of fulfill
ment, when an officer let fall word of
hope. An edict had just been promul-
gated by the Government, offering a.
pardon and life to any condemned Grim
inal who should disclose the members
and secret tokens of particular as
ISOLATION, the existence of which the
Frenchman, to whom these words were
addressed. had lately become member.
He Vas questioned, but he denied all
knowledge; they urged him to confess
with promises of additional reward-his
only reply was demand for immediate
death-and his initiation was COM
pleted.


All that passed was terrible trial Of
fidelity. Those who surrounded him
were members Of the society, and every
incident that has been described, from
the summons to the last moment of ex-
pected death, was only o step in the
progress Of the fearful experiment by
which it was sought to determine the
trustworthiness of the neophyte.
Year: 1866

VNHIS LARGE AND COMMODIOUS HOTEL


j is situated in Humbug Valley. Plumas county,
in beautiful and healthy location. The rooms
are large and airy and well furnished. The table
is at all times furnished with the best the market
affords; the stabling is of the best. 1t is "home
for the traveller For the invalid a fine soda
spring. celebrated for its healing qualities, is ad-
joining the Hotel. liberal share of patronage is
solicited. A. J. WOOD Proprietor
Year: 1866

could write receive many letters they liked all
however being previously pcrused by the director who
asserts that no complaint Of bad treatment
made 70 him by any Of the prisoners. Soon hope
there will political prisoners in Ireland and by what
means soever be accomplished trust that Ireland will
shortly be a happy and prosperous nation
Year: 1866

All communications addressed to this Office must be plainly. written on one side of the paper, and the authors name must invariably accompany each article. We will accept or reject all manuscript as our judgment dictates,
Year: 1866

The leader Of the Radicals in The Senate,
Charles Sumner, says the New York News,
is the type man of New England: He is a
true representative Of that unreasoning, IN
compromising spirit of fanticism which
makes everything subsidiary to it Every
thing is colored to his mind. All things at
the South appeared strange and monstrous
through the mists Of his perverted conception.
In the institution of slavery, he saw nothing
but a huge demoniacal mischief breathing
fire and destruction to whatever was normal
IN this world. This passion was ever in full
vigOr, and nisled and blinded him in sracing
the cause of our national difficulties, and
prOgnOsticating results. Added to all this,
since the assault made upon him by young
Brooks, in the Senate chamber, he has been
stung to something like absolute insanity,
whenever his mind was turned to any ques-
ton IN which Southen men or Southern in
terests we're concerned. The savage inten-
sity Of Cato's hatred of Carthage was even
surpassed by Summers mad rage against
slavery. The whole Southern people had,
in his distempered imagination, become his
foe, and the fercest, deadiest passions of
his malignant soul were kindled against the
South from that very hour. To talk abOps
the craftsmanship Of man swayed by such
a temper, and such viudictive passions, Is
sheer nonsense. We care not what amount





education may have been, he lacks the most
essential qualifications necessary to form
and fashion the statesman. The large views,
the general principles, the comprehensive
ness and power Of mind that must unite to
make the statesman, are al wanting The
true statesman must purify his mind from
the Influences of passion or prejudice, until
he can see truth clearly, discern its charac-
ter and tendency, and judge between the
sophistieal and the sound, with an almost
unerring promptness and instinct. If Char
les Sumner is a statesman, then were tho
Dartons, Rebespierres and Marats of the
French Revolution statesmen. But aside
from all this, Sumner is q cloister man, q
scholar of the closet, man of common
place books and Uade nlecuas, cultivated in
the classics, but profoundly ignorant of the
great lessons of history as far as their appli-
cation to the great events surrounding him
are concerned. Every speech which he de-
livers is carefully elaborated in the study,
and therefore finds him with no promptness
and readiness in the running fire, T" the ooca-
sion sudden Of debate M 5 81.