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Year: 1866

FAMILY JARS IN CORNER GROCERY
One evening last week, two men sat at sup
per in the dwelling attached to Il grocery in
this city, discussing the merits and good
looks Of a young lady to whom ore Of them
was paying court. No. l somewhat riled
No. by saying something about the girl
that was not so, and while in the warmth of
the controversy No. 3 happened in, calling
forth the remark from No | that the new
conner was the best looking man in the room,
and eliciting a response from No. to the
effect that the first speaker had switched off
the track of truth, and got upon the turn
table Of falsehood-or in other words, he
said be had seen a bigger liar than No. /,
but could not remember an instance of the
kind just then. That was cause for war.
and they arose and waded into each other
furiously. As the Celtic blood of No.
would not permit him to remain neutral
while there was such Il rare chance for a
broken head, he, too, took hand. and for a
minute or two the FRAY was carried on in
triangular shape, till the proprietor of the
store made his appearance and changed it to
parallelogrammatic affair, in which each
one fought the other three, and got the worst
all the time. The noise attracted to the
room several more who exhibited their inter-
est in the matter by hitting anybody within
reach, among them the matron of the house,
who dealt her favors right and left with
Amazonian force and precision, as several
skinned noses will testify. Upon the floor
they writhed and squirmed in a banch, like
big chunk of skippery cheese; limbs snarl'
ed up, so that the combatants looked like
maze of detached legs and arms. At this
stage of proceedings, some joker, with
large fun-bump extinguished the ght, and
let in savage dog that had been howllng tol
his share of the battle. The brute exhibited
some fine specimens of canine dentistry, IN
serting teeth gratis into anything his Jaw'
would shut upon. The result was that th'
room was speedily cleared, but the dog haC
time to give friendly nip to all.-Tuolumu
Courier
Year: 1866

BASE DALL.-There was match game of
base ball played yesterday afternoon between
the second nine of the Eon Base Ball Club,
and the Athletic Base Ball Club, both of this
city. At the close Of the game the score stood
as follows:
Year: 1866

As usual, the managers OF the theatres and other
places Of in the city rcaped golden harvest
from the thousands Of pleasure seekers Some Of the
theatres completely filed and at matnecs and
evening performances the pecuniary results to the
ayers particularly satisfactory. The rain, which
spoiled OF the anus ament al fresco determined
many finish the days pleasure at the play and these
least felt lite Inconvenience from the showers which
damped the ardor of those who depended on the fire.
works for .sthe finish ~
Year: 1866

Frank Donaldson OF driving sI szised geese harnessed
to washtub across the The current Of the water
was very strong and the breeze blew stidy from the
east whom strange looking vessel rising and
falling on the waves Backwels Island, surrounded
by Q score Of bateaux. The wind and current were
floating toward the wharf at Jones' Wood, and ~ n
approached the verabe washtub with its yenturesome
passenger and shaft separating on either sde three
sleek and sraining geese, clearly visible. The tide
moving the tub farther up the than desired pad
die was dexterousy applied In steering around and
also In tapping the on the head when disposed TO
easily with the current At last the tub and ts
contents touched the designated point when the latter
loudly appauded and the geese were prepared for
another venture


After this novel performance lie Petit Angelo executed


number Of daring feats Of zampilaerostaton, which
eynced remarkable degree Of self pose vgor and elas


cty OF muscle for puny aud juvenile. The other
entertainments included acr0bass gymnasts pantomim
lists and mnstrels Of note. g Levy, comic vocalist:
Hank Mason the champion jig dancer, and other per-
formers delighted the assembage during the afternoon
and evening though the rain dispersed many The 1ral
railway with little Angelo the engineer, straddng
the back OF the locomotive and two men standing on
shafts below 10 poise 1t wheeled down long slack
rope was n0vvs faafnre ~


pleasant breeze stirred about the woods and even
without any music or acrobac performances the views
along the river shores and tho ample clustering or trees
would Of themselves enable one 70 pass sultry DAY
there agreeably.
Year: 1866

mand Of regiments in the Confederate
service; when the State went out, /
suppose they felt they should 90 with
their State; do not remember that
any other of them was in the rebel
lion; Mr. Alcorn, my colleague, was
In the militia, but / do not know that
ne ever held commission in the Con
federate service.


z. What are the facts in regard to
Gov. Humphreys and the present State
Government generally Is it com
posed of men who were opposed to
secession, or of men who favored it?
A. In regard to Gov. Humpbrevs
there was no man in the State of Mis-
sissippi more opposed to secession
than he was; and viii tell you more:
he did not believe that the Confed-
crates could establish a government if
they were free and Independent; he
told me that himself some months be
fore the rebellion closed; ] know his
antecedents well there ives no man
more opposed to secession than Gov.
Humphreys; he was ultimately got in
to the rebellion by accident, you might
say; be went out with a company as
its captain, and was promoted to be a
General; being a very popular man in
the army, he was elected Governor by
the military vote, contrary to my
wish; he is a good man, an excellent
man, and believe he ardently desires
to see harmony restored between the
North and the South The State Gov
ernment, with one exception I regret
to say, is in the hands of conserva-
tive men the judicial department has
| fallen into bad hands; the Judges of
the high Court of Errors were all Sc
cessionists; there was but a weak op-
position to them, or they would not
have been elected; they would have
been beaten; we really had no mate
rial of respectability to run against
them, and they run in almost without
opposition; the Attorney General is
in the same category; as to the minor
officers, do not know so much about
them, but the election of these judges
to'the highest tribunal in the State
was very sore thing to many Of us;
but / will say this of them, they have
given manifestations of an ardent de-
sire to return to the Union and to act
in good faith; they admit their error
frankly and freely; one or two Of them
have been pardoned by the President,
and think they are as loyal as any
one.
Year: 1866

Vote for VIM p Maulsby and rcpu-
diate the man who DECLARES TIE
WAR FOR THE UNION A FAILURE
declares that the Union is not yet resto.
red. and cannot be restored except BY tue
adoption Of negro or universal suffrage.
Year: 1866

r. We understand that Gen. Bragg has
withdrawn his name as candidate for the
Presidency of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad
If this is so, it leaves but one prominent
candidate in opposition to Hon. Milton
Brown Some of our contemporaries in the
East have been teeming with charges
against the present management Of The road;
and there seems to be an earnest effort to or
ganize an effective opposition 10 it. How
far this has progressed we are not informed
We are aware that, while it is the province
Of newspaper to ean attention to abuses Of
corporations that may fall under its notice,
yet, while We oecu2y a position Of "a locker
on in Vienna we can only note the progress
Of events and post our readers. We cannot
refrain though from expressing the hope
that if any change has been determined
upuu in the minds of the stockholders,
General Johnston may be their choice Tor
President. He has the ability TO manage
Railroad, and his merit is equal to his abil-
ity He has not sought the position the
position has sought him. We are requested
to state that a dispatch has been received
from him, stating his willingness to accept
the position if elected to it. The present
President has been connected with the road
several years and Is known generally to the
people oft this State We cannot join in the
newspaper opposition to him for the reason
that we are not so well posted in the causes
that animate it, as the papers that echo it.


~ The Natchez Courier announces the
death of Capt. r. 4 Inge. He was born
near Plaquemine, La. served through the
war as captain in the 10th Mississippi,
was severely wounded at Murfreesboro and
again at Atlanta, and died from the effects
of the last wound.
Year: 1866

NARROW ESCAPE OF EX-SENATOR GWIN.-
We were told yesterday of an occurrence at
+ ort jackson. which we believe has never
yet appeared IN print, although it took place
some time ago. DIR. Gwin, W no was arrested
here by order of Gen. Sheridan and sent ro
the Fort, writes much. and for convenience
had his table and writing materials pIaced
IN one of the classmates. Up and down the
gallery outside his retreat. constantly
marched a black guard. whose duty it was
to see that the prisoner of State made no
attempt to escape through the embrasure or
otherwise.


While busily employed one day, a gust of
wind carried OFT a sheet of his manuscript
and without a moments reflection br
Gwin dashed by the sentinel in pursuit of
the literary treasure. This thoughtless ae-
tlon nearly cost him his life, for the negro
soldier leveled his musket Immediately and
pulled the trigger but fortunately the cap
failed to explode Life at times il viii thus
be seen, hangs upon very slender thread !:
for II the guard had been good soldier. and
kept his gun clean, the Doctors earthly
troubles would have suddenly terminated
and the world remained in ignorance of the
great State secrets which 1t is said he will
reveal when the proper time arrixes-N O.
Times, 2nd
Year: 1866

RDana, OF the Chicago Republican, the
ex-pimp of the war department, Indignantly
denies that he was offended because he
couldn't get any spoils. He only stirred up
the filthy office garbage and it raised such a
stencil that his profound respect for the
dispenser OF 1t Mortified him, and caused a
repentance
Year: 1866

Your attention is called to PERRY'S PATENT
IU4ERE BELLOWS NOZZLE, which gives the
blast on the bottom instead of the side the FIRE
and makes quicker and hotter fire than is possible
otherwise 1t gives one, two three blasts on the
same fire and spreads the heat q wide surface
or concentrates it on point at pleasure. Thus
the whole wing or bar of plow can be heated even
~ and perfectly, without danger of burning and
what with ordinary Tuyeres requires five or six
heats, can be done at one 1t greatly in time
IRON and fuel The fire is completely under the
control of the Blacksmith and no fuel is wasted
1t never gets hot, and will last indefinitely
Year: 1866

Immunity against the Fevers
and Chills of Spring and Fall,
the Dysenteries and Diarrheas
of Summer, and the various
Bilious complaints attendant
upon the entire year, is what
the South needs and must have
before that favored region will
attain the full need of its great
ness. Emigration thither has
been and is retarded for the
lack of it; and for the same
reason, cotton raising has been
restricted and interfered with.
Year: 1866

As this is really a Specific for Won
best and most palatable form To give :.
Is not surprising that il is fast taking
all other preparations for wOTms-lt bon
any child viii take it.
Year: 1866

Our neighbOr Of the Standard
reads the Clarion a lecture upon
its appearance in an enlarged
form. He puts on the garb Of the
critic and gives us the benefit Of
his observations. Our neighbor
is very much like the man who
was so much in the habit Of at
tending to other peoples affairs,
that he neglected his own. Peo-
pie do, sometimes, by stTaining
their eyesightat distant objects,
impair its usefulness for viewing
-rJ-~..5 oip7o ct Holiu. . Jug
ing from the appearance of the
Standard, we are inclined to be-
lieve that itneeds all the time and
attention of the ''critic" upon the
merits of the Clarion, to set its
own defects clearly before the pub
lie; and we give him the benefit
of our brief warnings, which, II
followed, might improve his own
paper. Charity does begin at
home and, in the case Of our neigh
Dor, it seems to have found an
abiding place also. We give him
the benefit of this notice through
the columns of our widely circu-
lated journal, and thus return evil
for gOod-for we are certain that
the Standard, by its own aid only,
will attract the public attention
not "overly much"


The War nf nn End


Peace-of1icial peace, smiles once more
upon us. War is no more The armies are
disbanded. The remnant that is left now,
is but the skeleton of body that fattened
off the Southern people by violence, raPine
and slaughter We viii no more hear the
war shout, nor win the earth shake with
the resounding tread of numerous legions.
The battles of deadly weapons are over
But tile scene is only changed. From the
battle field of carnage, the fight Is trans
ferred to Legislative halls. There the
spirit of faction and the spirit of liberty
will contend in dire struggle for suprema-
cy The forces of the one are trained by
the strictest discipline, and its leaders strug-
gle for power The Iegious of the other are
few, their leaders bold and skillful The
rights of the American people are at stake.
The future of this nation hangs upon the
conflict. The period just now is Us critical
as at any time since the surrender of Lees
and Johnston's armies To Use Mr.. Stewards
imagery, the vessel has but reached the
breakers. The harbor is sighted, and the
only difficulty is, to which entraI@e pre-
ference shall be giveu- And just here 10
the danger; for all are not equally safe
convenient, or of the same depth. Many
a vessel is wrecked in sight of the home
ward bound port and the "swash" engulphs
many victim Of pilots bad judgment or
careless management, In this case, Andrew
Johnson, the pilot, is steering by the signal
from the Constitutional lighthouse There
is a mutiny on board and the spirit of fac
tiOn fights but to win a victory. though the
vessel be lost in the conflict
Year: 1866

To those who are inclined 10 grumble because
slight mistake may happen To occur in any illgebily
written article they be disposed to send to some
newspaper we would commend the following from the
"Reminiscences" of T. J. Buckingham Many who
coudescend to illuminate the dark world with the hre
Of their genius through toe columns Of newspaper,
little think of the lot Of the printer, who, almost
sufocated by the smoke of lamp, sits up till mid
night TO bal orthography ani worse punctua
ton. have seen the arguments Of LAWYERS, in high
repute as scholars sent the printer, in their
hand writing, with many words-es specially technical
and foreign terms abbreviated words mis- spelled,
and few points, and those few, il there any
entirely out of place. have seen the sermons of
diynes press without points capitals to de-
sgnate the divisions of sentences-sermous which, if
published ith the imperfectious of the manuscript.
would disgrace the prters devil if he the author
Suppose thev had been printed the printer would
have been treated with scorn and coniempt-as an
illiterate blockhead-a fellow better fitted IL lie
yoodsawycr than printer. Nobody would have be


ered such gross and palpable faults were owing 20
the ignorance carelessness of An author. And no
one but practical printer knows how many hours
tie compositor, and after him the proof reader is
compelled spend reducing to redable condition
manuscripts that The writer himself would be puzzled
to read"


This in whole or in part, will apply to at least two
of the writer's for the press Genius is too apt
be troubled with the labor of finishing its work,
tandng it is the finishing hand that gives the
stroke But too frequently, however, it not
laziness is ignorance that compels writer's TO leave
their perfor half done. Many who have some
thing of reputation authors neither punctuate,
SPELL nor write grammatically-to say nothing of
their sprawling penmanship. And as might be ex-
pected. these generally the ones to find the most
fault and put the most disgusting airs-we say
disgusting because they so 70 all sensible men,
bu, those rho assure them think them dignihed 1t
is no small annoyance TO have anything to do with
such characters-and have sometimes wished it
was penal offence to correct an authors manuscript
Bu.we suppose we shall always be bothered with the
stupidity of the wise.-Erchuage.
Year: 1866

FROZEN KINDNESS world is full
Of kindness that was never spoken, and
that is not much better than no kindness
at all. The fuel of the stove makes the
room warm, but there are great piles Of
trees laying among the rocks on the hill
where nobody can get at them, those do
not make anybody warm. You might
freeze to death for want of wood in plain
sight of these trees, if you had no means
of getting the wood home and making
fire with il. just so in family; love is
what makes the parents and children,
the brothers and sisters happy, but if
they take care never 10 say a word about
it, II they keep it a profound secret, as
if it were a crime, they will not be much
happier than If there was not any love
among them; the home will seem cold
even in summer, and if you live there
you will envy the dog, when any one
calls him poor feIiow.-Dr. Holland.
Year: 1866

An old criminal was once asked what
was the first step that led him TO ruin,
when he replied, The first step was
cheating printer out of years sub
.crintion When I did that, the devil
got such 4 bold on me that I could not
shake hinI Of
Year: 1866

from the curse of Slavery; the great peril in
which Democratic rule brought the republic
and which led Europe 70 shout over our
downfall as irretrievable has been escaped
from, under Radical rule, and the most glo-
rious page in history written. United, saved,
with no slave within her limits, successful
oyer Democratic treason, the wonder Of
Europe, the hope of Republicanism, the ad-
miration of the world. Such has our country
become under Republican control. Such
peril as we have named was the Government
in when the Republican party came into
power. We have our cotemporary's word for
it that that peril twas essentially the work
Of the Democracy" In such saved, eman-
cipated and gloriously illustrious condition
is now the American Government, we have
equally our cotemporary's word for it that
this I" is the work Of radicalism. -
Year: 1866

UNDER the Constitution and Laws Of the
United States the rebels of the South Justly
forfeited all civil rights and incurred the pen
atty Of death. But these traitors now boldly
demand the control of the Government they
sought to destroy, and even insist that their
friends in the North shall put down all who
oppose the demand by force Of arms, and car
ry on the civil war for that purpose at their
own proper cost and charges, and deliver the
Government over to the traitors free of ex-
pense or trouble to them. 1t is a pretty big
job to impose on their friends, but tremend-
Gus effort viii be made to accomplish it.


Here is specimen of the mild way in
which the reconstructed Columbus Georgia
Sun puts the matter in an article on the Con-
gressional amendment:


.'There is a prospect that this may be done.
If accomplished and the people of the North,
to whom the settlement of this question is
left, do not hurl from power those who are
striving to destroy Government which has
survived a civil war, then the srord must cut
the Gordian knot, and 6ght the country back
to the shelter of the Constitution. The South
cannot be party to this contest either at the
ballot box or in the field. She sciil not con-
sider the terms proposed.
Year: 1866

REBELS and Copperheads insist that South
Carolina with her unmitigated and unrepen-
tant white traitors shall be at once admitted
to representation in Congress. And that less
than half as many voters in that rebel State
as We have Of loyal voters in Iowa shall send
the same number of members to Congress a.
we do, and have an equal voice in that body
and in the control Of the National Legisla-
ton, and the National Administration that
loyal Iowa is entitled to.


That is kind Of equality that we fail to
appreciate, though we know that there are
many persons here and elsewhere who regard
one traitor as equal to two patriots anywhere
and all the time
Year: 1866

Have been used with the greatest success Their
mission is not only to prevent disease. hut to
cure They search out the various maladies by
which the patient is suffering aud re-invigorates
the falling system. To the aged and iniirm a few


Hoses OF these valuable pills will prove to be
Year: 1866

SPECIAL NOTICE. We would call the atten-
tion of of our readers to the Grover & Baker Ma
chimes. Their reputation is too we'll established
for US to attempt word in their favor, but
would advise any person wanting reliable Fam
lily Sewing Machine, to investigate these before
buying. "a word to the wise is sufficient"
Year: 1866

For in every case they add new life and vitality,
and restore the waning energies to their pris,
tine state. To the young and mddeaged. thew
Will prove most invaluable, as Il ready. specific
and sterling medicine. Here is dream realized.
that Ponce de-Leon sought for three hundred
years ago, and never found. He looked for a
fountain that would restore the old to vigor aud
make youth
Year: 1866

\ DIRECT RoAD TO DESTER.-The Acting Governor in his message to the Legislature spoke of the importance of direct road from Prescott to Denver Such a road may be found and that it viii save at feast one third of the distance between the two points we have no doubt We learn that Governor Gilpin, who has made the mat ter one of particular inquiry, has explored the country southwesterly from Denver to the Arizona line, and expresses the opinion that the road is so far, entirely prac- ticablc. Will not some of our adventuresome pioneers exapine the country northeasteriy from Prescott to the Colorado line, and let us know its characterl The advantages of a direct road to Denver are too numerous and obvious 10 require comment. The present road ria the Rio Graude Is circuitons and tedious. If distance of from two to three hundred miles can he saved it should be made known without delay.
Year: 1866

TnE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAiLRoAD.--Tbe following is a description of the proposed route as given in the bill introduced in the United States Senate by Mir. Brown of Mis- soun. lt is somewhat different from any before proposed, but would be very satisfac- tory to our people:

 Beginning at or near the town of Spring field, in the State of Missouri, thence tO the western boundary line of said State, and then by the most eligible railroad route as shall be determined jy said company, to a point on the Canadian river between the 9jth and 9sth meridians thence by the way of the valley of the Canadian river and the head waters of the Rio PecOs (near Anton Chicot) to the town of Albuquerque, on the river del Norte, and thence by way of the AgIA Frio, pr some suitable pass to the headwaters of the Colorado Chiquito, and thence along the 3jth parallel of latitude, as near as may be found most suitable for a railway route. over the region embraced In the survey made un- der the direction of the War Department, by Lieutenant Whipple and Edward F. Bealc to the Colorado river, at such point may be selected by said company for crossing; thence by way of the San Gorgonia Pass to San Diego and by the Teion passes and the Tuare and San Joaquin and their lateral valleys to the bay of San Francisco The said cumpany shall have the right to construct a branch from the point at which their road strikes the Canadian river eastwardly along the most suitable route as selected to a point in the western boundary line 0f Arkansas at or near the town of Van Burcn, and shall also have the right Co connect their road at the point of crossing the Colorado river by steamers with GuayInas.
Year: 1866

LloUIDArfog or THE NATIONAL DEnT.-- According to the official figures, the national indebtedness was reduced nearly thirteen millions dollars in September, or at the rate of one hundred and fifty-si millions year Such an energetic process of liquidation would result In the discharge of all the na- tionai Pecuniary obligations in about twenty years.