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Year: 1866

The discerning reader will probably
suspect what we have other reason to
beiisrs is the fact, that this call upon
the Preeident was an integral part of
somewhat complex scheme, eontriyed
by the most artful and able among the
powerful leaders Of the radical faction,
with the object Of betraying the Presi-
dent into some expression which could
be so construed as to obscure his hith-
erto clear and unequivocal de clarations.
These poor instruments, we'll trained to
the particular undertaking, severely
tested by this interview, of which the
President had not amomeut's notice, the
sincerity and carnestness of their best
friend in his numberless acts and de-
clarations in favor of their manhood,
their freedom, and their elevation -.
The frank and kindly talk Of President
johnson becomes a prophecy and warn
ing OF most solemn import, if the great
truths so simply adyerted to by him be
longer ignored by this orphan race and
those OF their friends who 1th them
madly follow the domineoring and in
toleront agitators, who, having outliyed
all their sincere fanaticism, are now only
intoxicated with the greedy hope Of per.
mancnt power, and ready to bctray the
white race-far soonerthe blhck--to en-.
throne there own tyranny upon the
PROSTATE masses. A social war is iney
table if the demands of the radical lea.
dcrs, through this colored deputation,
should be granted by the Legislative and
executive authority Of the nation. 1t is
not question what men should do /; but
the question for those who provide rem
edies for actual evils is, what men aciK
do. That between the races there would
grow up an irrepressble aud remorseless
antagonism there is no rational doubt,
and the Question for wise and good men
is, what shall be done to prevent it p
Certainly anything but that which would
exaspcrate il.
Year: 1866

A young lady remarked that she
could not understand "what her brother
George Henry saw in the girls that he
liked them SO well, and that for herpa
she would not give the company of one
young man for that Of twenty girls"
Year: 1866

Some of the loyal women of fKansas,
have memorialized the Legislature OF
that State for the right of suffrage.


They had better try and get the color
of their skin changed first, or get
mulatto--husband, we mean.
Year: 1866

II AVE proved from the most ample experience, an
Il i entire success. observation-disclosures and
Reliable. Tney the only Medcin perfectly
adapt &c popular use-so simple that mistakes can
not be made in using them, harmless to be free
from danger and so efficient TO be always reliable
They have raised the highest communication from oil
and will always render satisfaction.
Year: 1866

The Reno Times pays its respects to the
CITY Council of Cleveland in the following
wise


The Cleveland City Council belongs to
YOUR conservative school! 1t instructed
the Board Of Health some time ago to
prepare for the cholera by cleaning the
city and ousting the swine from the city
limits. That body went to work, but was
brought up short by the repeal OF the
most effective part of the ordinance under
which they were working. One Of the
brilliant new regulations is that no family
shall keep more Than three hogs within the
citv limits. Shade Of Hercules, what .
cleaning out this is To absolutely limit
the citizens to three cholera-prodLcing
porcine darlings, in each house. But no,
thew were not quite so cruel as that. No
family shall keep more than three hogs
but if half dozen families live "pro-
uiscuousD in a hut they may have
sanitary accompaniment Of eighteen
hogs in the back yard or sharing the house
with them. The Board Of Health sends
in the following report saying:


EThe Board have performed their duty
TO the best Of their ability, and they wish
to make the record that if sickness and
epidemic disease do prevail, the response
bility rests not with them"


We should think not and We don't
think we'll go to Cleveland in the heated
term.
Year: 1866

When HeRry Clay was in this city en-
route for the famous "Feast of the Virgin
Heifer, in Dayton-we believe It was IN
ls4s-he appeared upon the balcony Of
the Broadway Hotel, in response to the
call Of the multitude, and said in those
silyery and psrsuading tenes that dis
tinguished his public speaking: NY
fsliow-citizens, for many years my mouth
has been like s public hydrant, pouring
out for the people, and | have now con-
cluded to tarn the cock ThereupoD, he
retired. If we could reach the ear OF our
President we would beg him to follow the
example of Henry Clay, and for once
a.urn the cock p Ctscia1tati eetansreSaf
Year: 1866

NinetymlOns Of gallons of whisky were made in thu
United States in 1850 according to the census while
the last report of the Revenue Commissioners returned
but ten millions. This enormous deficiency is not 10
bo accounted for by any decrease in either demand
supply, but solely by the fact that the tax on
whisky is now two dollars a gallon. The Special
Committee which Congress appointed to investigate
the frauds in the Revenue Department has work
enough before IT.; for even if we suppose that the tax
has decreased the manufacture Of whisky thirty mil


lions of gallons since 1860 there would still be cause
TO suspect that the Treasury has been defaulted Of
SlOO OO0, 900. All that We have published Of
the frauds in this city is nothing compared to those
undiscoyered yet the Committee has learned that
there are three thousand small distories in this city
where whisky is illegally made, and that Government
Officers protect the swindle. To complete its nvesti
cation here, the Committee will reassemble in New
York in January, and will aiterward visit the prn-
cipa Western cities The work seems as endless as
that Of the Danades but even the imperfect inyesi.
CATION which is all we can reasonably expect will
save millions of dollars. OF more permanent inn
portance is the effort the Committee will mako
to reorganize the Revenue system, so as to prevent
future fraud; but the discussion Of the methods pro-
posed is premature before their work dono and their
report submitted to Congress.
Year: 1866

rope too often bctray in their intercourse with the
lesser.


The act which we are compelled thus to
denounce is indeed the act of Gen. Sheridan, but the
responsibility for it rests not upon him, but upon the
authority at Washington from which proceeded his
instructions. The country well knows what mana
is kept upon the helm Of our diplomacy
Gen. Sheridan does not, in any letter
which Mr.. Seward has permitted to see the light seek
TO relieve himself of his personal responsibility for the
arrest of Ortega He is a soldier, and obeys orders
Chvalrous to fault he prefers to bear the odlum OF


policy of which he is probably not the author but
tbe instrument He may well think he can afford to
trust his own reputation with the American people,
who honor and confde in him. But Mr.. Stewards popu
larity will not be much increased by the discovery
that he is willing to saddle on Gen. Sheridan so much
of his diplomacy as he understands to be blunder
Year: 1866

The appointee of the Mayor has not yet been able
to take possession of the Presidency of the CrOton
Board and it is proper that ho should not Yesterday
he appeared before the waterpOiceman in charge Of
passage near the Office Of the Board, and read him
record of the Board of Aldermen; but the policeman,
if at all mesmerized, was not impressed By the
municipal mandate, and refused to open the gate.
Mr. Bradley must now enter suit in the courts to
compel the States appOntee to vacate his position,
and another considerable SUN out of the ctyS purse
is to be wasted in litigation which, in any event, is
Of much harm, and of no possible use to the city.
Under appointment by the State, the Croton Aque-
duct Board has been one Of the few tolcrabe and
trustworthy departments of the City Government.
BY reason Of supposed want Of technical provision
in the law, the Mayor claims right to break up the
Board and substitute the very class Of men whom it
was the plain intention Of the law TO displace. The
Mayor may lose his s5it. but whether he does or not


the city is sure 10 lose its money.
Year: 1866

Congress has raised the salaries Of its members and
of the clerks of several departments, upon the
ground that the increased cost Of living demanded an
increase of wages With these precedent8, the Com
mttee on Printing will scarcely report IN favor of the
bill TO reduce the wages Of the compoSltorS in the
Government Printing Office and restore the ten-hour
system. They now receive but twenty-four dollars a
week. little enough we think and less in specie than
they were paid before the war They have laid before
Congress an argument showing the injustice of tho
BILL and we annot believe that such an unwise meas
ure will be adopted
Year: 1866




Journal thus describes the EDITORS burdens


at is one of the hardships of our profess
sion that its working wheels-brains and
heart-are not allowed to lag for sickness, or
to stop for calamity or sorrow. The judge
may adjourn his court, the school and the
workshop may close shutters, the mourner
may veil his features, and turn friend and
stranger from the door; but the Journalist
must forget before tom orrow the Sorrows Of
to-day, must write gaily. and freshly as a a
niewsmonger on the triae of the hour, what
ever burden has been laid upon the same
honr by Providence, or his brains as man;
1t sometimes tries and mocks as the world
that reads what is thus written would never
dream of. The public looks upon the editors
labors as the Indian did upon the man that
was cutting hay. He finally gave as his opinion
that it vas easy to see the white man nov.
Year: 1866

4 Virginia, Clergyman writes to the Post
Office Department asking for a mail contract.
He states that he does not know that hescan
take the oath, OF allegiance, for he has prayed
in the pulpit during the war for the success
of the Southern cause; but, as the prayers
were never answered, he is Of opinion that no
aid and comfort were given, and therefore he
remains loyal citizen.
Year: 1866

scenes on his part, that so simple an act of
loving kindness thus affected her?


How many games Of billiards would be
required to give such satisfaction as Al
bert Landman carried with him on that
morning to bis shop7


A very simple story, isit not! But how
many may gain lasting profit by giving
heed to the lesson?
Year: 1866

The shadows creep along the deep


And up the silent river.
While softly through the central blue


Faint rays of starlight culver.
SO fade life's light, so falls its night,


Andmantles all in sadness
Till stars of love shine out above


And fill tho soul with gladness.
The homeward main We slowly gal"


With every oar strokes cadence.
And leave shore all peopled Ger


With fairy men and maidens.
IT'S thus we glide on Times dark tide,
To labor's solemn measure.
Deaths shore to find, and leave behind
The Flowery isles of pleasure.
Year: 1866

The STATE CArIToL.-The people of California
have read with regret the statements of COM
mittee appointed to examine and report on the
condition of tn. Capitol building in course of
erection at Sacramento. The appointment of the
committee was instigated by charges of iucom-
potency against Cummings, the Superintendent,
on the part of the laborers. The committee say
the foundation is rotten and insecure. This is
sufficient cause for regret among taxpayers and
those interested in the State welfare, when it
is remembered that work has been progressing
on the building for five years, at an expense OF
many hundred thousand dollars. Whether the
people will hold the Capitol Commissioners less
guiItless than the Superintendent is question:
Under the report of the committee there will be
some donbt as to the propriety of continuing
work Il bad foundation. And it is not SO clear
tina, bad foundation can be replaced by new
and substantial one.
Year: 1866

The yellow skies at eventide,


The mornings crimson glow
The bare brown rocks that peep above
The swiftly less'ning snow
The swelling buds upon the trees,


The mellow heat at noon,
Are sweet and subtitle prophecies


That Spring is coming soon.
The sparkling brooks freed from the ice
That bound their gentle flow
The stars are soft as the eyes of love-
The Southern winds that blow
The breaths of balm from spicy climes,
Like the sweet air of June
Spead unto us the welcome truth,


That Spring is coming soon.
The early robin on the elm,


The blue bird in the hedge
The ripping of the forest spring
Adown the messy ledge
The purple haze that sails by night
Between US and the moon
All, all suggest the pleasant thought
That Spring is coming soon.
Year: 1866

WHERE HIS HEART wAs--As surgeon in
the army was going his rounds examining
the patients, he came to sergeant who
had been hit by bullet in the left breast,
right over the region of the heart The
doctor, surprised at the narrow escape OF
the man, exclaimed, Why, my man, where
in the name of goodness could your heart
have been 2" 81 guess it must have been
in my mouth just then, DOCTOR" replied the
poor fellow, with faint and sickly smile.
Year: 1866

PURITY OF FEELING--A life of duty is the
only cheerful life.for all joy springs from
the affections and it is the great law of
nature that without good deeds, all good
affection dies, and the heart becomes utter
ly desolate. The external world then loses
all its beauty poetry fades away from
the earth for what is poetry but the re,
Election of all pure and sweet, all high and
holy thoughts?
Year: 1866

HopE for the shirtless. Boston is going
to manufacture paper shirts at twenty five cents
each. No excuse for shirtless persons, then.


A lady, writing upon the subject, says :
when men break their hearts, it is the same as
when lobster breaks one of his claws-another
sprouting Immediately and growing in its place"
Year: 1866

Too LATE Alas how many hearts
have ceased to beat with the wild pulsa-
tion Of hope when those cruel, crushing
words have fallen on the ear, leaving only
the utter Darkness of despair ! How often
have the struggles of long weary years re-
allied fortune too late! How often we
have all found what we coveted most
friends, power love-but TOO LATE How
madly happy it would have made us once,
before our trust had been deceived, and our
spirit broken 1t sckens us now, for we
had given up the thought of it long ago, ,and
turn from it even as the dying beggar
ed him.
Year: 1866

Mrs. Partington is in New York. She
came in from Boston soon as she learned by tel
graph that gold was falling rapidly in Wall street
but after several unsuccessful attempts to get into
the shower is going back disappointed woman.


young widow of very polite address,
whose husband had lately died, was visited soon
after by the minister of the parish, who inquired
as usual about her husbands health, when she re-
Piled with peculiar smile:
''He's dead I thank you."
Year: 1866

HOLIDAY STREET THEATRE.-A crowded audience
assembled last evening to witness the attractive dra
ma, Lost in London which was most effectively
presented. To add increased interest the OCCASION
the performance was introduced by grand national
overture, by the orchestra and concluded by the
singing of the Star Spangled Banner. and national
tableaux. Lost in London will be withdrawn after
this week.


MARYLAND INsTITUTE.-The popularity of the
Miltoaian Tableaux is attested by the immense au-
dierces which crowded this large hall at the matinee
yesterday afternoon and again at the evening exh-
bition. The usual exhibition will be given this
evening.
Year: 1866

COMPLETE CLOTHING HoUsE.-We take great
nj easure in calling the attention of readers to the
con spicuous advertisement of Messrs Smith, Bros.
Il Co. No. 40 West Baltimore street. We speak what
we know when their present stock of clothing
cannot be excelled. We commend this firm to the
favorable notice of all who may want goods in their
line. They sell at small profits. and deal the
square with everybody.
Year: 1866




To give aud lend freely to AL
who are in need, is general pre-
ccpt from which we arc on excused
by our inability to perform it,
Men are more or less obliged TO il
as they are more or less able, as
the want is more or less pressing.
ne they are more or less burthened
with common poor, or with necesi-
tous relatives. In all these matters
both prudence and charity must
be consulted. That God, who
makes use of the begga.'s hand to
ask our charity, is the same from
whom we ourselves beg our daily
bread, and dare we refuse I'm J
Let us show at least mildness and
compassion, when we can do no
more and if we cannot or will not
relieve poor man, let us never
give him an i'll word or an i'll look.
If we do rot reitere him we havo
no right to insult him.


To gre and to lend are two du.
ties Of charity which Christ joins
together, and which he sets on
equal footing. A rich man is one
of Gods stewards, God has given
him money for the poor, and be
can no deny it without an act of
injustice. But no man iron, what
is called principle or charity or
generosity, should give that in
aims which belongs to his credit
0rS. Generosity is godlike ; but
justice has ever, both law and
gospel, tho first claim Dr..
Cidrk's Commentaries on tho
| Bile.
Year: 1866

FATAL ACCIDENTAL man named j. I.
REYNOLDS met with fatal accident at Old
Diggings, between the Mammoth mill and
Sacramento river, on Saturday last It ap-
pears that his partners were called from
home on that day, leaving Reynolds in charge
of the premises. On their return in the
evening he was nowhere to be found
Search was made, and on Tuesday the body
Of the unfortunate man was found, some
distance from the house. lying across log
which crossed the trail. From the position
and appearance of the body it is supposed
that after the departure from home OF the
partners Reynolds went cunning, ana In
crossing the log his gun was accidentally
discharged, the contents taking effect IN the
right side of his head, killing him instantly.
Coroner Lynch, from whom we obtained the
above information, held an inquest on the
remains, and verdict was rendered IN ac-
cordance with the facts here given De-
ceased was a native of Greenwich, England,
aged 81 years
Year: 1866

On YEs!-A Liverpool dispatch says that
the officers of the British customs service
on behalf of the o. S. Government. Now
that our Government is relieved from the
embarrassment and strain of civil war, and
is in position not to need the sympathy of
any foreign power, John Bull is growing de-
eidedly profuse in his acts of friendship. If
rebellion rent the land, and a powerful foe
was striving to overthrow the Government,
British officers would have harbored instead
of arresting these blockade runners. You
cannot fool anybody on this side ofthe water.
Mr. Bull. We know you
Year: 1866

QUARTZ ON FLAT CREEK.-While engaged
in placer mining on Flat Creek some eight
years ago, George Mexican discovered a
quartz lode which prospected we'll in free
gold, but as placer mining was all the go at
that time, but little attention was paid to
quartz; so after working out his surface
claim Mexican left for another camp but the
interest manifested of late by our citizens in
relation to quartz in this vicinity caused him
to remember his old discovery, and about six
months ago he returned and located a claim
on the lode. He has been prospecting it, in
a small way, ever since, and with the most
encouraging results. By reducing the rock
in common hand mortar he has realized
from two to six dollars per day. He is now
engaged in erecting an arastra, and when 1t
is completed he is confident of cleaning up
run that will astonish the natives.
Year: 1866

SIDEwALKs.-Strangers visiting this place
would naturally form a very unfavorable
opinion in regard to the enterprise of its
citizens, if they took their impressions from
the dilapidated condition of the sidewalks
and crossings on Main street. 1t is impos-
sible to cross the street without wading
ankle deep in dust; and broken and dis
placed planks in the sidewalk makes it haz-
ardous yenturing out after dark
Year: 1866

DOC CREEK.-W. H. Gooch informs US
that the miners in this camp are doing well,
and that money seems to be more plentiful
this season than usual Several companies
are at work in the bed of the creek, and are
realizing good paw.
Year: 1866

BLowINo UP PARLr4aENr.-The European
English Parliament Public sentiment is
at work there, however, and will do the work
ON Throne and Parliament and aristocracy
more thoroughly and efectually than gun
powder, nitro glycerine, or any material
compound.
Year: 1866

RAPID TEAvELLING.-The Lancaster (Pa }
Express says: "a gentleman last "Wednesday
despatched message from this city to San
francisco. California, over the lines OF the
Western Union Telegraph Company, at about
answer at about three clock on the afternoon
OF The same day. Allowing an hour and half
to elapse between the time OF the receipt of the
message in San Francisco at which the mes
sage was started, the nature OF the business
requiring at least that long to attend to it
four and half hours will be lett as the time
In which II was transmitted both ways. The
distance between this city and San Francisco
on the route Of the telegraph line. is from three
thousand two hundred to three thousand five
hundred miles. The difference of time be-
tween this city and San Francisco Is about
three hours, consequently despatch sent
from here at o'clock in tne morning will
reach that city al about the same morning
or, in other words, about two hours before it
was started;'
Year: 1866

HoRRIRLE.-Mr. and Mrs. VIM. Layery re-
siding at 3fl Lydius street, Albany, retired on
Thursday night, leaving an infant boy IN his
cradle near their bed. During the night
night the mother was awakened by a feeble
cry from the little one in the crib. and on
taking him up felt that his night clothes were
soaking Wet. She struck light, when 70 her
horror she discovered that the clothes were
covered with blood, and on further e1amina-
ton found that one Of the arms OF the child
had been Rnawed 20 the bone by a rat, ard that
q hole was eaten fhrnuph one Of lis hands
Year: 1866

Point Clear Hotel.
TIE undersigned will open The Hotel on or about


The 10th day of May next,
This establishment is being repanted aud put in
pete repair condition Ga. and works being
erected the grounds beautifully laid out and the house
nsed entirely new with best Of materials and the latest
improvements. ...z ..".-
Arrangements will be made for direct communication with
New Orleans Mobile both by steamboat and telegraph.


BILLIARD TABLES
Of the approved pattern have been ordered new Ten Pin
Alleys being built and every suitable to the eli
mate nd place afforded to man woman and child For


BATHING AND FISHING
And heahfnes this celebrated watering place has upe
rior the continent the undersigned intends to make it
the most pleasant and comfortable one in the world


CHAS. f. SMEDES, Manager