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Year: 1866

DECLINE IN REL1GIoN-There are now
over seventy vacant pu'pits in the State Of
Connecticut, says the Constitutional Union
In the whole of the New England States
there are some three hundred in the same
condition, with about five hundred more
where the clergymen do not earn day labor
er's wages. The true reason Of this is, that
religion itself has not declined, but the Par.
sons took to spouting politics about five years
ago, and instead Of giving religious advice
and instruction to their congregations, they
disguised their followers, and the result is
the war parsdn business is completely "payed
out"
Year: 1866

LET Horses REST OcCAsIoNALLY.-We
know physician, in large practice, who is
frequently compelled to drive his horse hard.
He formerly drove the two together, and
used them up in few years. lie now
drives them singly, and as far as possible on
alternate days. They are now, though
working harder, invariably healthy and
strong. lie attributes this to the fact that
if a hard drive strains any of their muscles,
they have time to regain their tone the next
day. Were the horses driven every day,
slight sprain would produce little stiff


ness; the parts would rub against each other;
inflammation would set in, and the horse be


ame--perhaps incurably SO. Farm horses
are not so liable to injury in this respect as
those driven fast over hard roads. But a
days rest occasionally will he p them mate
rally. At all events do not work them Sun.
days. Or if any are driven far to church, or
for any pressing emergency, make it rule
and adhere to it scrupulously, to let such
horses rest Saturdays or Mondays. Man
and beast must rest one day in seven, or pay
the penalty. Better work harder and rest
longer. american Agraculturahst.
Year: 1866

~The sagacity OF medical men in cases OF
circumstanual evidence lie shown by the fol-
lowing anecdote OF Sir Ashley Cooper: He wss
called 70 see a man who, while sitting in hi4
chair IN private room, had been morally
wounded by a pistol sho; from the hand OF
an unseen person. Sir Ashley having done
compared closely the direction from which
the pistol was fired with the position OF The
wounded man, and he came 70 the conclusion
thai the pistol must have been fired by A left


handed man. The only left-hAnded man
known 10 be on the premises al the time was
an intimate friend OF the deceased. against
whom there was no suspicion, hut this obser-
walton led 10 his arrest and trial, and be was
subsequently, convicted Of this act Of murder.
Year: 1866

- The St Louis Democrat breaks into thls
wall: While other cities are supplying them
selves with pure water the people OF ~ Louis
are gulping down such quantities Of mud that
half of them are corpulent with sand bars an
their stomachs. With the greatest river in The
world flowing past our doors, we are pinched
for sufficient supply OF water. With a vast
body OF the heaIihlest water IN the universe
rolling n our feet, We are swallowing ANIMAL
culae that are almost visible 10 the naked eve.
and slipping the slime Of catfish. the sewerage
of cities, and the essence Of decayed vegetable
Year: 1866

correspondent of the Boston Advertiser tells
the following story


have seen an album which contains this inscrip
ton on one Of Its tit Q pages:-


Treason is the greatest crime.


WINFIELD SCOTT.
Washington, d G August, 1861.


The name is written in the stiff characters so we'll
Known, but the motto is traced in much bolder
al more foIcible hand. The album is the property
OF New York lady, VINO visited the city at the extra
session of Congress in 1861. She was very anxious
TO get the old Generals autograph but soon learned
that it was not an IsY thing TO do She, no Tever,
hi upon the eXpedient OF sending her little girl oil
about ten years, right TO his Office durin business
she must see General Scotland she would not be
put off with any p ea of busne S. but waited ha an
hour, till her request was finally taken to the
Ad utant OF course, she admitted to h s pre-
seEce, though had intention of allOwnT her TO
see the General. She persls ed, however, and SAID
size must see him. The officer hOallY pointed out
tie door which led to his room ana tod he she
could go in II she dared. She took him at his word,
ar 4 in an instant STOOD within the door. Speaking
OF il afterwards she said she afraid when he rt
looked up "but as DON as he saw IL was only me,
be said riVht pleasant, Well, little girl, what do YOI
w0nlP and told HIM my ma wanted hlm 10 write
hi5 name IN her book; a 1d he looked sharp at me,
and then smiled little bic, and then shook hands
with me, and asked me who my ma wa', and told
HIM, and told him my pa was in the army, and my
ma was all alone with me and then he just ssed
my cheek and wr0'e IN mas book, and SAID 'GoOd
morning to me and came out, and nobody didn'G
hurt me at ALL"
Year: 1866

The municipal election yesterday result
ed in a substantial Democratic victory.
Last year the Republicans elected fifteen of
the sixteen aldermen yesterday they elect
ed only nine of the sixteen; while the
Democratic gain on the popular vote is be-
tween IOur anu flVe thousand. This is well;
but the Democracy might have done better.
Had they nominated tickets in every ward,
presented bold and united fronts every
where. and fought the contest with the Wig
or of which they are so capable, they would
have carried the city. They see this now,
and will hereafter profit by tie experience.


The events and result of the election dis
close one fact unmistakably. They dis
close that the Republican party here, which
ayear ago was so strong and defiant, is now
broken up, dispirited, demoralized. 1t is
melting away. Under the same process of
disintegratiOn which has been at work for
six months past, it will have dissolved six
months hence. A disuniOn party. Chicago
repudiates it. A party devoted to ceaseless
strife between the sections after all cause of
strife has been removed, Chicago will not
tolerate it. A party whose declared policy
is negro suffrage and negro equality all
over the country, Chicago spews it out.


The indications of public opinion are the
same throughout the west as here. The
people OF the west, by an enormous major
ity, are for immediate and perfect restora-
tion of the Union, and they will sweep out
of existence the party which seeks in
definite disunion. 1t is the deliberate pur-
pose of the Republican party that the
Southern States shall not participate in the
next Presidential election, and thai there
after they shall be kept in provincial con-
dition until they shall submit to Africaniza-
ton. 1t would be lamentable indeed if
this party were not in the process OF rapid
decay Chicago Times, ApriI Is.
Year: 1866

The Chinese laborers are said to be AS
agile as monkeys. A gentleman who has
spent some time in Pekn, mentions a court
house In process of erection, which is sur
rounded by bamboo scaffOIding forty feet
high, on the top of which the laborers move
about with wonderful rapidity, going up
and down the bare poles like squirrels,
using only their hands and the soles of
their feet. They show great expertness
In throwing material from one to an
other at considerable height even
casting spade full of mortar to a man
on the roof of house without dislodging
particle OF the mortar. The paper-hang-
ers, also, are very expert in throwing sheets
OF paper, with one side covered with paste, }
ready for being put on the wall. Their pa
per for room purposes is vey good, the
satin pattern" being the most commonly
used. Paper of this kind is not kept in
rolls, as with US, but in squares of about
twelve inches by ten inches. One man
stands by the table and applies the paste,
and then adroitly throws the sheet up to
another one, who fixes it on the wall.
Year: 1866

TIE PRESIDENTS NIEws.-T telegraph
gives us the substance of free talk by Presi
dent johnson and Senator Dixon. Of COnnec-
tlcut, upon the questions just now claiming at
tention. The report is given in another col
umn. lie opposes the numerous amendments
sought to be made to the Constitution, but We
are led to infer that, while he thinks the great
fact of the extinction of slavery is amendment
enough for the present, he might look favora-
bly, upon such alteration as would base State
representation in Congress upon the number
of legally qualified voters instead of popula-
ton in effect cutting off all classes or fractions
that might be denied the right of suffrage.
With regard to direct taxes he seems to favor
the very plain proposition that they should be
levied upon all lawfully taxable property, in
stead of being regulated by representation.
Mr.. johnson also alluded to the agitation Of
negro suffrage in the District of Columbia, and
deprccates the matter as untimcly and likely
to lead to serious results that would be certain
to fall with fatal effect upon the race sought t.
be elevated
Year: 1866

A DEMOCRATIC CoNvENTToN.-The Deld-
acarean favors the calling of Democratic Ma
tional Convention, to be composed of delegates
from all the States, to deliberate on the pro;
per action to be taken by the party to main
tain the constitutional rights of the States and
the people, now being subyertcd by the radical
action of Congress. 1t thinks it may now be
seriously questioned whether this is a white
mans government" IF such convention
prove no more successful in strengthening par
tizan interests than the last one, at Chicago
it were better not to hold it.
Year: 1866

as God-send They intend to fight out their
next campaign on that line; and lest the Union
members, upon the simple question of negro
suffrage or no negro suffrage, should oppose
the measure, (which the Democrats did not
want), the resolutions were carefully worded
to prevent.


The debate was quite warm, Mr.. Allderdice
and Mr. Causey being the principal speakers
The former gave the Democracy some hare
hits for their sympathy rebels and slavery
The latter asserted that he delighted to tak'
by the hand the heroes who fought for South
ern independence!
Year: 1866

EXPRESS FOR NATURALIZATION is called to the
notice, in our advertising columns, by which the
Southern and Texas Express companies agree to
receive money and valuable packages, freight and
personal baggage, for all points in Mexico, if con
signed to some house in Vera Cruz


The first run will be made by the Southern Star,
which leaves for Vera Cruz on Sunday next
Year: 1866

Extract from letter just received from planter which
prepared show The Cotton Seed sent will do
fine think They upb autifully.'
few hundred bu shells of lot still hand and for
sale.


FULkERSON g. MCLAURIN,


No u Union street.
Year: 1866

We are sure that every one of the audi.
ence who witnessed the first representation
last night of "Adrienne, or the Duel in the
Mist" will unite in praising the play, the
manner in which II was enacted, the beauti.
full effects produced by the scenery, machin-
cry and properties. Some Of the actors re-
quire little more familiarity with the text
and things, but dead.letter perfection cannot
be expected in the first representation of q
new play.


Tonight the piece will be produced in a
style that will challenge the criticism of the
most astute, while it elicits the admiration of
oil who witness il.
Year: 1866

A woman in Richmond recently undertook
to cure her husband of intenipet rance by
filing hi. bottle with Kerosene. He took a
dose which m. de him cavort around the
room like an Indian at war dance. He
begged for relief forgave The deception,
promised to abstain from liduor forevermore.
and-hurried out to get little 'real old stuff
to take the cussed taste cut of his mouth"
Year: 1866

Next to the common articles of daily food, fruits &c,, there is nothing in more universal use than candies and unhapily there is noth- lng made go subject to adulteration as they are by the adoption ot the use of deleterious sub stances destructive to health. An exposure of these adu.terstions and their pernicious effects was recently made in this paper, which caused much speculation, and no doubt warned many that the only safe use to be made of candies and confections was to obtain those which are known to bs pure, The knowledge that they are thus pure is what has made Soathmayd's $ candies SO popular and what has 30 enhanced his business as to encourage him to build e splendid marble eds6ce in Temple Place, for his manufacturing and wholesale trade, while his retail business will be carried on at Horti- cultural Hall as usual. The finest and purest material, the use of none but the most inno- cent and innoxious coloring materials, and the neatest and most tasteful styles oi manufactu- ring. constitute Southmayd's candies among rhe best, the sa test and the most popular in the market -Boston JournaL
Year: 1866

BUFFALO, December 1.-The Stephens wing Of
the Fenians was organized here last evening
and money and arms we're donated for the cause
in Ireland -


Roberts and some of the Fenlans present
thought the most feasible work was the inva-
sion of Canada, and opposed the sending of
arms and money to Ireland where they had no
confidence in success at present


Il ras stated that officers Of experience were
Eequired TO be sent to Ireland.
!, One, man donated horse and buggy worth
three hundred dollars.


There Is some feeling between the two wings
nut ~ Is kept down, and all seem animated 10
work IN any way that their object can be at
tRinCd.
Year: 1866

SAyI,,d FOR On AGE.-No one d. nirs
that it is wise to make a provision for old
age. but W. are not all agreed as to the
kind of provision it is best to lay in. Ger
tainlv We shall want little money. for
destitute old man is inlced a sorry si,ht.
Yes, save money, by all means, But an
old man needs just that particular kind OF
strength which young men arc most apt to
waste. Many foolish young fellow will
throw away on holiday certain amount
of nervous energy which he will never feel
the want of till he is seventy: and then,
how much he will want it. 1t Is cur Gus,
but true, that bottle of champagne at
twenty will intensity the rheumatism of
thrcescore. 1t is fact that everlasting
the eyes at fourteen may nocesSitate the
ad of spectacics at forty, instead of eighty.
We advise our Young readers to be saving
of health for their old age, for tn maxim
holds good with regard to health as to
money Waste not, want not. 1t IS
the greatest mistake to suppose that any
violation Of the laws If health can escape
its peualty Nature forsives no sin. no
error She lets off the offender fer fifty
wears sometimes. but she catches him at
last. and nticts tn. puuishment just when,
jus, where, just how he feels it most
Save up for old y e. but save knowledge.
save the recollection of good deeds aud in
noccut pleasures. save pure thoughts, save
friends, save love. Save rich stores of
that Kind Of wealth which time cannot dl-
muish nor death take away.
Year: 1866

FAMILY CorKrEsIEs. In the family the
pleasing ought to extend from the highest
to the lowest. You are bound to please
YOUR children; and your children are bound
to please each o'hcr; and you are bound
to please your servants; if you expect them
to please you Some men are pleasant III
the household and nowhere else. ! haze
known such men They were good faith
ers and kind husbands. 1t you had seen
them in their homes you would have
thought they were angels; but if you had
seen them in the street or IN the counting
house, or any where else outside OF their
own house, you would have thought them
almost savage But the opposite Is apt to
be the case When are among our
neighbors, or amongst strangers, We en-
deavor to act with pr6prlcty but when
we get home, We say to ourselves, Il
have played part long enough, and now
am gong to be natural. 50 We SIT
down and are ugly aud snaPpiSh. and
blunt and disagrccable. We lay aside
those little courtesics that make the rough
est floor smooth, th t make the hardest
things like velvet, and make life pleasant
Weexpcnd all our p litencss inr places where
will briug silver and gold.
Year: 1866

A pretty girl says: If our Maker
thought it was wrong for Adam to live
single when there was not womap up
op earth, how criminally guilty are the
old bachelors, with the world full Of
pretty girlsl'
Year: 1866

We were told at Enterprise the other day,


that negro doctor had located there


bought real estate, and would engage in the


practice of medicine. He is represented as


man of intelligence and some cultivation,
decOrous in his conduct, and respectful to
white people. He made an address on Sat


urday night to his colored friends, which
some of them lacked the good sense to APP
preciate. He told them that it was useless
to expect equality with the white race, He
had Travelled much over the North and Eu-
rope, and nowhere was the negro on an
evnality. In the city of New York, he was
not permitted to ride in the same street car
with white people. He told them further
more, that it was mistake to believe the
northern people We're any better friends to
the negro race than Southern. The South
ern man, he said, would prove to be their
best friend. This black educated man is a
native of Kentucky, and in his boyhood
was in the family of one of the -Breckin
ridges, who assisted and encouraged him to
acquire an educatioDr- Messenger
Year: 1866

| It seems there are two johnson National
Clubs in Washington City and there is evil
dently decided sensation if not downright
rivalry in their efforts to run the machine and
obtain the exclusive favor of the President
One of these Clubs, which we noticed yes
terday contains a weak dlution of the main
element with the substratum of copperhead
and rebel ingredients, and is dispensed by
Montgomery Blair, of Maryland, and Charles
Mason. of Iowa. The new Club is fair ar
ticle of unadulterated copperhead and rebel
solution without taint of Unionism and Tom
Florence and Louis Schade control the Labo-
ratory.


The latter Club announced its policy the
other night through Senator Salisbury who
made d speech for the ediHcation of the pub
lie. The Club is tired of waiting, they are
sick at heart with hope deferred, and unless
President johnson begins to help them for
devotion to hie cause, they have resolved to
throw off " on him. Salisbury said =


"He was tired of supporting man who
would not help himself. He was warm per
4
was tired of supporting o man who let the
Connecticut State election go against him,
when he could have prevented it; who gives
his Offices to men who are his personal ene-
mics; who keeps Cabinet about him not one
Of whom is a friend to him, and who has
scarcely a member in Congress TO support
his measures. Let him stand by the Consti-
tuition, and then will think of going to work
again. He believed that q resolution is
pending, and President johnson would have
better use for Southern men yet than hanging


them. He believed that when IeF. Davis
left the Senate he was better Union man
than Abraham Lincoln. This he would say
IN Congress before he got through. This
work of Congress amounts to usarpation, aud
what it passes are not laws. He concluded
by saying that nearly all the Democrats il
Congress were sick at heart because the Pres
ident would not attempt to help himself. He
still clung to the viest Of the vile-Edwin N.
Stanton, and to Secretary Seward, who had
brought all this trouble and war upon the
country. The Democratic members of Con-
gress were indeed sick at heart


After him came Trimble, weak brother
of the copperhead persuasion, who thought it
was rather risky to cut loose from the Demo.
cratic Party and go the Johnson shute blind,
and for his part went on the principle that
g one bird in the hand was worth two in the
bush.


" He said he was not ready to abandon the
Democratic party until he could find strong
er organization. and expressed his belief that
it would be the party in 1867, and for that
reason he would stick to it awhile longer.
He thanked God that Kentucky did not eu1
dorse the recent action of Congress- II REL
pudiates the doctrine of equal suffrage. If
Kentucky WAS not soon treated an equal
with the other States in the Union. it would
be hard to keep her under the control Of this
dominant party-this party of revolution
ists.'
Year: 1866

The Pail Mall Gdzette publishes story
to the effect that at q banquet recently given
in Rome all the Italians present drank the
health of Victor Emmanuel. This incident
produced tremendous sensation at the Va
tioan. Antonelli at FIRST thought Of taking
violent measures against the culprits but,
after considering that there we're not one or
two, but upwards Of hundred of them, and
that they all belonged to the wealthiest and
most powerful families-such as that of the
orsini, who were the terror Of the Popes in
the middle ages-he determined to let the
matter pass unnoticed and hush j. up as much
as possible
Year: 1866

The Bankrupt Bill. we are sorry to see.
was defeated in the House yesterday by ma.
jority of three votes. As a motion to recon-
slider was voted down, we presume that the
fault of the measure is sealed for the present
session Of Congress.
Year: 1866

THE SUFFRAGE QUESTIoN.-The Oregon
Legislature very properly disposed of the
negro suffrage quoot;a.. y a., olortior of a
series of resolutions, offered by Mr.. Lawson,
Of Iamhill county. The resolutions are sens
sibe, and such as every man not blinded by
partisan bigotry can endorse. We copy:


That we agree with President johnson in
lis position that suffrage is "A question that
constitutionally belongs to the States and
not to Congress, and that suffrage is poltti-
cal not a natural sht.


That the freedmen of the United States,
by the suflerings and wrongs they have en-
durcd, and their services in the cause of the
Nation and the Union, have merited the
right TO rise to the highest condition Of which
they are capable, and that it will be the duty
of Congress, so far as they have power, to
guide and assist them in that elevation.


That while Congress has no power to grant
political rights to the freedmen in any State,
yet, if the States where they reside do not
by adequate laws protect them in their uatu-
raj rights, then it shall be the duty of Com
gress to devise such measures as in its wis.
dom it shall deem most just and proper for
their protection in such rights. And in the
event that the freedmen be not satisfied with
an inferior condition, and they shall petition
therefor, We believe that Congress ought to
take steps for their removal from those States
as soon as the finances Of the country will
admit, and provide for them a country, sepd-
rate anaapart from oppression where, under
a protectorate of the United States they can,
by the philanthropic assistance of the Chris
tian world, realize and arrive at that high
estate desired for them by their greatest and
best friend, Abraham Lincoln = that of a
Christian Republican Nation.