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Year: 1866

A SIBERIAN VIsITATION.-Without invoking the
aid of travelling facilities without transcending to
the extent of one inch the limits of our daily walk,
we have in the last few days, been transported to
the latitude of Siberia, Kanskatka and the Rocky
Mountains. Cold as charity, stinging as poverty,
merciless as New England radcalism, and sharper
than the sarcasms of Wendell Phillips, have been the
basts of the last few days and nights. Hydrants,
gasometes rivers and water in vessels placed right
before the fire, have all, by rapid congelation, ac-
knowledged the supremacy of stern and pitless win
ter To freeze or not to freeze has been the question
that has occupied the attention Ofal Many, whose
business has called them out, have so deformed
themselves with extra wrappmgs as TO resemble the
squat and shapeless figure of the bnbber-eating Is
quimaux that we in the picture books. Those
who have made it their business to observe the
weather, say that this was the coolest spell that we
have had since 81. To the oyster-men, the market
people, and Others whose business requires exposure
to weather, it proved n terrible Inconvenience. 1t
interrupted travel by water, and caused much incOn-
venience to publishers of newspapers by cutting of
the greater portion of their mails.


Happy those who were supplied with fuel and
who had provisions enough on hand to make them
independent of the almost bare and deserted mar
kets Those without fuel suffered dreadfully. The
donations of wood made by the City Council to the
poor of the city, under the direction of Sr. Crutch
field, contributed greatly to the relief of suffering
Without this commendabe charity the INDECENT and
helpless classes would have suffered beyond mea
sure-in many instances beyond the power of en-
durance If we may draw a moral from this severe
Lesson of winter we will express it in three words
Remember the poor


Yesterday pleasant change took place. bright
and genial sun lighted up and warmed the frozen
earth.


1t is to be hoped that the cold snap was arailed
of to lay in a sufficient store of ice, which will be
rendered more necessary than usual, by reason Of
the expected prevalence of cholerd.
Year: 1866

The undersigned have associated themselves for the
purpose of establishing Newspaper and Job Ohico in
the town Of Lexington. The paper will be known un-
der tho above titlc and have named it, not only
10 ocaze and popuarEo ii, but in honor of one who
lived with and who died for u.s. and whose memory
will be revered long tho everlasting mountains
shall endure, which encompass his last resting place
II shall bo earnest endeavor TO make 1t in all re-
speets worthy Of the support of the people OF Rock
bridge and adjoining counties, and we Therefore appeal
with confidence for liberal share Of tho fubic pa
tronage. 1t will bo tho exponent OF the pubic semi
ment and tho advocate OF the rights and interests oil
the people, whose aid wo solicit and among whom We
have been born and raised. Whatever measure Of
public policy OF local Improvement that looks 10
an extension of the great arteries of trade, to


more extended do veopment of tho material and mine
raj resources, in which valley and mountains
abound W shall advocate with energy and zeal. No
labor expense will be spared TO entitle 1t to an
agreeable reception at every hresde and In order TO
do So each number will contain variety Of reading
matter the latest and most reliable elesraphic nows,
monetary article, and full report Of Congress
sional and Legislative proceedings We hope to mako
il he decided interest Of our business men TO seek rs
a medium OF communication to Tho publlc mind, ny AN
extensive circulation based ontiroly on Its merits ~
public journal.


With regard TO our national affairs only say
that tho issues Of struggle, have oblitered
all party lines between tho people OF the South, and
political distinctions are no longer known among us
whose conservative influences are or can be made
available in the removal Of obstacles to social and
political establishment as people, and to restoration
Of equality a State Of the Federal Union.


In tho present deplOrable condition OF our beloved
old Commonwealth and tho unsettled state Of our pub.


lie affairs, know that many difficulties must attend
the building up of any enterprise, but with ener-
~ and perseverance wo hope to give the "BANNBR
permanent position among the journals of the State


We shall conduct it with iolsration and respect for
tho sentiments Of all who may differ with Us in opinion
and we ask the same courtesy for ourselves.


TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION


For year. in advance 90
For six months, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. l 20
For threo months i" NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. %
The frst number will be issued in January.
S. II. LETCHER.
decls-n s. b. FULLER.
Year: 1866

DANvmLE RALROAD.-fhe Staunton river and
AppomattoX river bridges this road are completed.
The new depot too, in Manchester is finished, and
now there are there two depots, for the receipt
and the other for the delivery of freight fully ade
quate to meet all the requirements for the shipment
of merchandise. Placide Il Co., who did the work
ou the bridges above mentioned, are preparing the
timLers for the bridge James river in this city,
but in consequence of the difficulty of getting the
heavy tmb.rs and from other causes, but little pro-
gress can be made with that work this winter For
want Of money too the depot in this city cannot be
commenced for some tme a thing unavoidable, in
asnuch as the company after the evacuation of the
city commenced with nothing and whatever work


they have done has been paid for out of the earnings
of the road since that period. OF course some in.
convenience results merchants from the fact that
they are obliged TO haul freight to and from Man
chester in wagons, and they grumble accordingly,
not taking into consideration the embarassments
with which the company have been beset, and the
impossibiEty of building depots, bridges, &C., with
out means. We have enquired into all this thing
carefully and are entirely satisfied that all the Off
GERS of the road doing the very best they un
der the circumstances.
Year: 1866

CONCERT FOR MRS. "SroSEwALL" JAcKsox's
BTNIFIT.-It Is almost needless We presume, to re-
hfnd our readers that the concert for the relief of
Ms. General Jackson takes place this evening at
Metropolitan Hall, under the auspices of Madame
Ruhl and other accomplished musicians. We un-
derstand that the hall in which the concert is t. be
given has been put in thorough trim for the Occa.
sion and that steady fires have been kept up in it
for several days past. to make iperfectly
Portable. This is an occasion that appeals, not so
much To the charity to the of duty Of all
1t is in sense connected with political considera-
tons The hero, whose family is left destitute. was
not politician. He WAS Christian soldier, who
fought conscientiously aud died valiantly in what
he considered good cause. lie displayed all the
highest qualities of the man, the Christian and the.
soldier. Scarcely less admired by the North than
by the South by Europeans than by Americans, he is
one of those rare characters whom all men may unite
in honoring. He died in that cause in which We all
suffered and left helpless and destitute family, to
provide for which we should consider a privilege,
not tax.


With reference TO q similar occasion in Petersburg,
the Iader of that city expresses itself as follows





remembrance above all that fought and fell in the
late war that name is JacksOn's From the moment
that he dew his sword an humble regimental Off
Ger, to that fatal day when he taught his country
men to doubt whether the most splendid victory
shadowed by such hero's death rould be called
triumph his progress in the love of his people and
the admiration of the world, was one upward flight;
~ that il is undeniably true that no man ever lived
who, in two brief years, achieved SO great fame


ION the lst OF April, 1861, he was a simple pro.
fessOr in a military school. On the lst of April
1863, he was Lees right arm, the great tanker
StoDeWall Jackson And the world was echoing
with applause over deeds wrought with simple mill
tiamen which surpassed the record of the mad Prus-
sian. or the madder Swede, with the pick Of Europes
soldiery-deeds which furnish the only parallel to
the marvellous campaign in Italy.


Mute be the Virginia tongue, and pasied the
Virginia arm that can forget 10 do him reverence.
He and all that are his, and like him, are the jewels
we have saved from the general ruin nor does 1t lie
in human might or human malice TO make this dis
crowned queen of States too poor to cherish even
a dog that once belonged to SToNEwALL JACKSON


As oProPos to the subject, it gives US pleasure to
Year: 1866

HAMILTON April "a. lsd6.
Some here are calling the readiness OF the Canadians to
defend their country "loyay" 1t no such thing. II
love Of country and Of course love Of property Tie
people are not disafcccd toward the Government whose
acts have been lately good enough.


All the Confederatcs are joyous and the party is
very strong-comprsng two-thiTds Of the people, cer-
tauly They only await the action Of the new Govern
men Of New Brunswick III the matter. L. the Lower
House there viii be O strong party against the scheme,
composed Of the late ministry ald their friends but u Is
probable that some Of the latter have changed sides with
ibe change of Government some men making II rule
always to support the Government look for very close
vote in the Lower House the first step Of the ad
minlstratOD
Year: 1866

ACCIDENT IN BRoADwAY.Yesterdaym morning while
some workmen were employed in tearing down the building
No As Boawaya portion Of the second floor suddenly gave
throwing the workmen to the pavement one OF them
named Patrick sullivan severely injured and four Others
slightly Sullivan conveyed to Bellevue Hospital by the
Eighth Precinct Police.
Year: 1866

II has been decided to hold Q State Convcation d
the loyal people Of Virginia in the city Of AexauA
Thursday NAV H. less The object Of the Convention The
thorough and permanent organization Of the Union party @
the 1t Is hoped that delegations OF original Union mon
will be In attendance from every section OF the State
Year: 1866

SUDDEN DKATH.-The wife of Mr. John Cunning
ham, the Chief Engineer OF the Brooklyn Fire Department
died suddenly yesterday afternoon The appears 70
been heart disease Coroner Smith will bold an inquest
this morning
Year: 1866

There are many persons who have been deferred
from Insuring their Lives for the benefit of their
families on account Of not being in sound health
The undersigned is agent for the UNIVERSAL,
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK
which company takes risks the lives of lNvALIDs,
and is also agent for the
Year: 1866

A large proportion of the operatives in our various
kinds OF shops are not worth $1,000. A wife be-
loved, and confding children cling with fond regard
to the father, liable at any moment to be taken away
with nothing laid by for their comfort and protec-
tion. The annual sum of S25 would pay life poll
cy that would in the event of death go far towards
making them comfortable; and who can not lay
aside for snch purpose this small sum, and who
among you ought not to lay it asdel If the family
Is poor so much the greater need that this wise pro-
vision be not neglected. As the ordinary accumu-
atons are necessarily slow, requiring years to lay
aside few hundred dollars how much wiser to make
sure at once a large sum by Life Insurance. Take
warning before il is too late.
Year: 1866

The poverty and suffering of widows and orphan
with cold and cheerless prospects, worn with
sve toll and scanty subsistence and corrodng anx-
iety, are q speaking commentary upon the evils of
husbands negIecting this benefcent provision. How
many families have been thrown into a state of ab-
solute want by the culpable neglect of husband or
father TO fulfil to his family-which he is bound by
sacred obligations to protect, honor, cherish, and
provide for--the important duty Of Insuring his
Life for their benefit? Few homes are free from
encumbrance by mortgage otherwise, and in very
many cases, on the decease of the husband and IA
ther, the wife and children who had confdcd in him
to shield them from poverty, are forced from their
long cherished homes, which they in their younger
days helped to adOrn with all that the heart could
desire. Could that departed husband and father look
back upon the suffering condition of his family.
would he not admonish husbands and fathers, one
and ALL to guard against similar calamity to their
own families by Life Assurance


Men, when the subject of Life Assurance is men,
toned to them, too apt to say it is too heavy
tax aud yet, if they would reflect for a moment it
in reality is tax, but savings bank for the bcne-
6t Of their wives and children.


An insurance on the life of man for the benefit
of his wife children, is free from attachment by
creditors but is paid directly to his wife and child
rem sixty days after the death of the husband.
Year: 1866

session, the Legislature must go forward
and pass liberal homestead and bankrupt
laws. In the latter law, after permitting
the debtor to retain enough his property
to keep his family from suffering, we would
allow him to surrender his property to his
creditors, and be forever thereafter dischar-
ged from their demands. If forced into
bankruptcy the debtor could then 90 to
work with some heart to take new start.
Creditors in view of tlfs law would, We i'm.
agine, prefer to- wait with the debtor and
let him pay as he was able, to receiving
FIVE cents on the dollar, in the bankrupt
court, and have their claims forever bar
red
Year: 1866

The birthday of Washington was fittingly
chosen for fitting demonstrations in favor OF
the Union. That in this city was triumphant.
That at Washington, equally enthusiastic, was
even more significant, for the President him.
self uttered thoughts that breathe and words
that burn" That great effort of wisdom and
patriotism will secure for him the gratitude of
his own country and the appreciation of the
world. When this wonderful speech has been
attentively read and digested by the American
people, President johnson will be rs firmly
established in their confidence and affections
as the most popular of his predecessors.


There is not point touched in the speech
That does not find response In Union loving
hearts. Its Tebuke of traitors and demagoeues
is alike stern and deserved. The denunciation
OF Slldell and Toombs for attempting to destroy
ner and Phillips tor resisting the work of re-
construction, Is As great as il is severe. The
injustice and cruelty of Congress toward Ten
nessee and her representatives is made so clear
that "all who run may read"


lhe inconsistency and absurdity of declar-
ing, as we did, that States Were not out of the
Union, and could not be taken out, and after
expending thousands of millions of dollars and
deep rivers of blood TO establish that fact to
turn round and say that States are out Of the
as the sun that i Sfs In is made as clear
lesson OF duty toward offending brethren who
acknowledge their Offense and promise amend
Eent. is eloquently and reverently impressed.
Inc interview with President Lincoln, show
ing what were the views of the late President
on the subject OF constitutional amendments, is
full of instruction.


The assurance found in every sentiment and
sentence of this enlightened speech, that the
President adheres infiexibly to all the princi-
pies ayowed avowed during the rebellion; that
he reiterates his solemn conviction that sstrea-
son is crime, and that official traitors should
be punished, and that the enemies of the Urion
are his enemies and Its friends his friends, is
full encouragement and will mite and in
yigorate people upon whose judgment and
patriotism he so frankly and confidingly re-
poses. His faith will save him and the coun-
try. Indeed, from the 22d day of February,
le67, the UNION, with all the stripes and stars
by which it is symbolized, is a FIXED PACT
". y Times.
Year: 1866

THE PORK DIsEAsE-Soms of the PhiIadel
phla pork butchers have sent letter to the
Evening Telegraph to controvert the general
impression that all pork is diseased, saying the
idea prostTatCs To a great extent a large branch
OF industry. They say" Pork at present is
the very cheapest, ana probably the most SUBJ
stantlal food offered TO the public-of its harm
less qnalltIes let its consumers in general at
test Cincinnati, with less than one third the
population OF Philadelphia has a local CON
sumption OF nearly twice the quantity OF pork
Inc German population. who are the greatest
consumers of this article, Tare perhaps the
healthiest people to be found in the western
country. Wehaye seen reports Of people sick
enlng after partaking OF coffee, and many other
things. Might not the vessel in which the
COOKING was done have much to do with the
report Of sickness after eating pork 2"
Year: 1866

GIRARD's SECRET.-Stephen Girard, than
whom no shrewder business man ever lived,
used to say in his old gel have ALWAYS
considered advertising literally and long to be
the great medium of success in business, and
the prelude to wealth. And have made il an
inyariable rule, too, TO advertise in the dullest
times as well as the busiest, long experience
having taught me that money thus spent is
well laid out; as by keeping my business con.
unually before the public il has secured me
many sales that would otherwise have lost -
Year: 1866

BIG FIsH.-Some day last week a monster
seal weighing four hundred and fifty pounds
swan up Tanners Creek, at high water and
in his frolics remained too long on the Shoals
when the tide ebbed it left him on the fats near
the house of Mrs. Duke. A gentleman of the
neighborhood took his gun and shot him-Nor
folk Ddy Book.
Year: 1866

Superior TOILET Soar, prepared from refined
VEGETABLE OILS in combination with GLYcERINE
and especially designed for the use of LADIES' and
fer the NURSERY Its perfume is exquisite, and
its washing properties unriyalled.


For sale by all druggists fe 9-eoly
Year: 1866

BARBARoUs IDoLATRY--Major Gen.
Curtis, in letter from Scully, describes
the sckening process ofa Sioux sun-dancc,
an annual observance of that tribe, which
took lace on the fist day of June this
year


''First they cut their arms in several
places by striking an awl in the skin,
raising it and cutting out about half an
inch. This is done on both arms, and
somctims on the breast and back. Then
wooden setons (sticks about the thickness
of a common lead pcncil) are inserted
through n hole in the skin and flesh.
Then cords or ropes are attached to these
sticks by one end, and to the pole at the
other end, the victim pulling on the
ropes till the seton sticks tear out the flesh
and skin. l saw one with two setons
thus attached to his breast, pulling ill it
seemed to draw the skin out three inches,
and literally requiring nearly his whole
might to tear out the seton. One painted
black had four ropes attached at once,
The pulling out is done in the dance, the
pulling carried on in the time Of the music
by jerk, jerk, jerk, and the eye, head and
front all facing the sun in the form Of
supplication. One had four setons at
tached TO four dry buffalo head bones.
These were all strung and suspended to
his flesh by ropes that raised each head
some three feet from the ground. lie
danced hard TO tear them out, but they
would not break the skin. One came
off the stick accidentally, but it was
again fastened. Finally these heavy
weights leach at least twenty five pounds
weight not tearing out by their own
weight and motion, the devotee gave n
comrade horse TO take hold of the rope
and tear out the setons. While these
men were being thus tortured, their fe-
male relations came in and had pieces cut
out of their arms To show their appreci-
alton of valor and devotion to their kins-
man. Still as soon as the victim could
be prepared, the music was renewed, and
the dismal dance went on the victims
bodies now mingled with blood, paint and
setons."
Year: 1866

of any body else to any of it. Jonathan
would put thing in its place, and be
ashamed to interfere with the convenience
of his neighbor John Bull looks out
for number one, and thinks only of him
self This selfshness extends TO neg
lecting those little attentions to women,
on which an American prides himself,
and which makes it so easy for women
In America TO travel alone.


On the French and Swiss railroads has
been introduced an improvement that
may be commended to our directors. In
every train there is car with one com
partment marked on the outside ''for
women unattended" Into this carriage
ladies who have no male escort enter,
and are properly cared for by the con-
ductor. They can travel in this way in
seclusion and with entire safety but
after all it is quite probable that the
women in America would be quite as
willing to take their chances with the
men; and perhaps, the experiment, if
tried would I've failure. One thing the
railway people might learn us, and that
is to check the baggage. In place of it,
here they give you slip Of paper with a
number on it, and paste corresponding
slip on your trunk, which is some protec-
tion, but not SO safe nor so convenient
as our plan. In many respects the
European railroad system is far, very
far, superior to ours. Its safety is incom-
parably greater than ours. An accident
is very rare. / have not heard of one
since coming abroad. The connections
are invalibly made. The tracks are more
solid and secure. The road is made for
ages. There are grades of fare accord
ing to the accommodation. The first class
is better than any Of ours. The second
is nto equal to ours, and the third is in
ferior to the second. We ought &c
have first class, or as we cali it at a
concert, rcSerred seats, car on every
train with compartments which family,
or party Of friends could by paying 6
higher fare enjoy without intrusion.


The expense of travelling in Europe
is nearly twice as great as it was a dozer
years ago. Prices have gone up here


just as they have in America. When W,
are told in guide books and advertise
ments, that board is very cheap, we fine
that it is very dear, and at all the hotel
the price Of accommodation for day ant
night are in gold as high as in New York
for gree"bdckS. Thus in a first clas
house, if you have the best of everything
you cannot have it for less than five dol
lars a day in gold, and you can have tn
same things and moe at the best hotels il
N,w York, for the same in paper. An,
to get the five dollars in gold you must
Mt present rates, pay about eight dollar
in paper.


But whether it costs more or less W
are now in Switzerland, and for few
weeks you shall hear from me among tn
mountains. While with you the mercur
has been up to hundred in the shade
we still wear the same clothes as in win
ter, and are sometimes not warm enoug
with all we can put on. lREN.EUs.