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Year: 1866

But the question Is sometimes put: BY
what power, then, if these States are still
in the Union, does the President appoint
those Provisional or Military Governorsp
The question Is important. But to that
question the answer, in my Judgment, is
perfectly clear. The President does not
make the appointment of these agents
call them by what name you will, Provl-
sional Governors, Military Governors, COM
missioners, agents, heralds of peace, Gen
erals, anything you please-nor does he
employ these agencies-by virtue of his
authority as a civil magistrate. They are
not civil appointments. They are in no
sense civil officers, for there is no law under
which they are appointed at all. They are
mere military agents of the President, as
commander-in-ch of the army, who is
bound to ascertain the fact, which he must
know before he can discharge this duty of
mastering the forces out and of with
drawing the army. He sends these agents
into the several States for the purpose
of fascertaining whether the rebellion issup-
pressed; not only whether the people have
ceased armed resistance, butintend to submit
in good faith and make no more resistance
to the authority of the Government. These
agents are by him authorized to ascertain
that fact; In substance, to put certain ques-
tions to the people In these States, no mat
ter in what form they are to be answered,
whether by an election, the casting of bal
lots, or by an oath. The question is, @Are
you willing now, in good faith, to submit
TO and accept the true situation which the
war has brought upon youP Are you ready,
as free States, to put on republican form
of Government? And are you determined
hereafter to be lawful and law-abiding cit
liens Of the United States?" Ifthey answer
that they are, what then? @Assure me Of
that, says the President, "and i will with
draw the military power; Twill no longer
hold you uasoommander-in-c as chief IwillnD
Year: 1866

We have referred to this road in our
columns before, and recommended the be-
stowal Of the land grant on some reliable
company for the building of a road from
Green Bay to the Mississippi. We have
lately, through the kindnsss of Our legisla-
tive friends, been furnished with facts and
information in regard to this road, which
confirm and strengthen our previous con-
viction--that this is the best, most feasible
and easiest built road, and would ultimately
be the best paying road in the state.


The company which propose to build
this road, having lately received a charter
from the legislature for that purpose, is a
strong, enterprising and energetic com-
pany AS We mentioned before, the road,
according to the charter, is 30 run from
Green Bay to the Mississippi; Oshkosh
and Portage are the only intermediate
points named, but we have good authority
for saying that the course Of the road will
be, after leaving Portage, to follow the
Wisconsin valley to some point near Arena,
thence up the Mill Creek valley to Dodge
vile; from Dodgeville it will probably
strike west across the prairie to Linden,
| thence to some point near the Platte
Mounds, east of Piatteville and from
thence pursue the course Of the Calamine
and Dubuque road, down the valley Of the
Little Platte to the Mississippi, and along
the Mississippi to some point opposite Du-
| buque The survey will doubtless be
made during the coming summer, and if
the people do their duty, and give the
necessary encouragement, the road can be
completed in less than two years. The
road is already constructed from Green
Bay to Oshkosh and twenty miles more
of the road is graded, and the track will
shortly be laid down.


An examination of the map will demon
strate the fact that this road will run
through one of the richest and most fer
tile regions in the state. 1t will cause
the mineral resources OF this part of the
state to be thoroughly tested, which has
never yet been done. Our large deposits
Of black jack and dry-bone would find a
ready market, and consequently be great
source of wealth. 1t would connect the
great lakes with the Mississippi, and be
one of the nearest and consequently the
cheapest routes to the east. When the
proper time arrives, let our people take
the necessary steps, and hold out such
inducements that this great road will not
take another course, and leave Dodgeyille
still neglected and alone.
Year: 1866

INOR SALEM THE VILLAGE or MOUNT VERNON.
House and half an Of Ground under cultivation.
together with the Household Furniture The house consists
Of slx s within FIVE minutes walk Of the depot
Inquire OF ~ o. c.. OF Eleventh and Third
Year: 1866

If anything in the world will make
man feel badly,except pinching his fingers
in the crack of door, it is, unquestion.
ably, a quarrel. No man ever fails to
think less of himself after it than before.
1t degrades him in the eyes of others, and
what is worse blunts his sensibilities ON
the one hand, and increases the power of
passionate irritability on the other. The
truth is, the more peaceably and quietly
we get Oh, the better for our neighbors.
In nine cases out of ten, the better course
is, if man cheats you, quit dealing with
him; If he is abusive quit his company;
and if be slanders you, take care TO live SO
that nobody will believe him. No matter
who he is, or how he misuscs you, the
wisest way is to let him alone, for there
is nothing better than this cool, calm ,and
quiet way of dealing with the wrongs we
meet with
Year: 1866

pea. The State of MatrimoDy is one of
the United States. 1t is bounded by hug
giug and kissing on the one side, and ba-
bies aud cradles on the other. It's chief
products are population, broomsticks and
staying out late o nights. 1t was dis
covered by Adam and Eve in trying to
find the northwest passage out of Para
disc. The climate is sultry till you pass
the tropics of housekeeping, when squally
weather generally sets in with such power
as to make all hands as cool as cucumbers.
For the principal road to this interesting
State, consult the first pair Of blue eyes
you run against.
Year: 1866

Twas the evening of a lovely day-the
last day of the noble ill-fated Emmett.
young lady stood at the castle gate, and desir
ed admlttance into the dungeon. She was
closely veiled, and the keeper could not i'm.
agine who she was, nor that any one of such
proud bearing should be an humble suppli
ant at the prison door. However, he grant
ed the boon, led her to the dungeon, opened
the massive iron door, then closed it again,
and the lovers were alone. He was leaning
against the prison wall, with downcast
head, and his arms folded against his breast
Gently she raised the veil from her face, and
Emmett turned to gaze upon all that earth
contained for him-the girl whose sunny
brow IN the days of boyhood, had been his
polar star-the maiden who had sometimes
made him think the world was all sunshine.
The chains sounded like death knell to her
ears and she wept like child. Emmett said
but.ittle, yet he pressed her warmly to his
bosom, and their feelings held silent meet.
ing-such meeting, perchance as it held
only in Heaven, when we part no more. In
low voice he besought her not to forget
him, when the cold grave received his imam.
innate body-he spoke of by.gone days, the
happy hours of childhood when his hopes
were bright and glor ous-and he concluded
by requesting her sometimes to visit the
places and scenes that were hallowed to his
memory from the days ofhis childhood though
the world might pronounce his name with
scorn and contempt he prayed she would still
cling to him when all others should forget


Hark! the bell sounded, and he remem-
bered the hour of execution. The turnkey
entered, and after dashing the tears from
his eyes, he separated them from their close
embrace, and led the lady from the dungeon
At the entrance she turned, and their eyes
met and they could not say farewell, the door
swung on its heavy hinges and they parted
forever ;-is there not Heaven?


AT sunrise, next morning, he suffered glo.
rlously, martyr to his country and liberty.


And one-o'er her the myrtle showers


Its leaves, by soft winds famed;


She faded midst Italian flowers


The last of their fair band.


Twas in the land of Italy 1t was a gor-
geous time of sunset in Italy What mag
nificent scene A pale, emaciated girl Law
upon the bead of DEATH Oh, it was hard to
die, far from her home, in this beautiful
land where the flowers bloom perennial, and
the balmy air comes freshly to the pining
soul. Oh, no her star has set the bright.
cess of her dream has faded her heart is
broken. When ties have formed on earth
close burning ties-what is more heartrend-
ing and agonizing to the spirit than to find
at last the beloved one is snatched and all
our love given to passing foweret. Enough
she died the betrothed of Robert Emmet-
the lovely Sarah Curran. Italy contains her
last remains-its fowerets breathe their
fragrance over her grave, and lulling notes
of the shepherds lutte sound requiem to
her memory.
Year: 1866

FRENcHIFIED.-The French Government
appears to have taken to breeding criminals.
A number of girls, from eighteen to twenty
five years of age, were sent. the other day,
to Cayenne, to be the wives of deserving con-
victs there, it being intended to populate the
colony. The girls themselves were taken
from prison. Marriage with convict seems
an odd way of rewarding merit; but if there
is any truth in physiology, it must be an
infallible method of multiplying criminals
Dramatic Chronicle
Year: 1866

make the product Of a daily duty a maxi
mum /; an LAT any departure from those
values diminishes the daily duty. Attempts
have been made to represent by formula
the law Of this diminution. That which
agrees on the whole best with the fact is as
follows Let P be the effort, the velocity,
and T the time Of working per day, which
gives the maximum daily duty. Let P Y I
be any other set of values Of those three


p


quantities. thus ; pi'" plus = 3 (which
divided in "a hours = 81. One consequence
Of this formula is, that the best time Of
tDorking per day, for man and all animals,
is one third part Of a day, OF eight hours, q
conclusion in accordance with experience" I"


His idea is that the strength Of meH and
animals is measuredb by the number of pounds
which they can raise in second Of time.
These are denominated s'foot-pounds !" and
the number Of pounds that can be raised in
q day of eight hours, Is the utmost capacity
Of days labor. The following ingenious
table illustrates his Proposition
Year: 1866

William Cullen Byrant gave the follow
ing advice to young man who offered him
an article for the EUening Post.


My young friend, l observe that you
have used several French expressions in
your article. think il you will study the
English language, you will find it capable
of expressing all the ideas that you NAV
have. | have always found it so, and in all
that have written do not recall an in
stance where l was tempted to use a for
eign word, but that on searching, found
better one in my own language.


Be simple, unaffected; be honest in your
speaking and writing. Never use a long
word when a short one will do. Call
spade spade. not well known oblOng in
strument of manual industry; let home
be a home, not a residence; place place,
and not locality, and so on. When q
short word will do, you lose by using a
long one. You lose in clearness, you lose
in honest expression of your meaning:
and, in the estimation of all men who are
competent to judge, you lose in reputation
for ability.


The only true way to shine even in this
false world, is to be modest and unassum-
ing. FalsehOod may be very thick crust,
but in the course of time truth will break
through. Elegance of language may not
be in the power of all of us, but simplicity
and straightforwardness are.


Write much as you would speak; speak
as you would think. If with your inferior,
speak no coarser than usual; if with a
superior, speak no finer. BE what you say
and within the rules of prudence. No
one ever was gamer by singularity or in,
pronunciation. The truly wise man will
so speak that no one will observe how he
does speak. A man may show a great
knowledge of chemistry by carrying about
bladders of strange gasses to breathe, but
he will enjoy better health who lives in
common air.


Sidney Smith once remarked: After you
have written an article, take pen and
strike out half the words, and you will be
surprised to see how much stronger it is.
Year: 1866

Baron Liebig. in the last number of the
London POpulur Science ReUie,C, gives the
following accountof his method of making
coffee, by which, he says, the full flavor OF
the berry is preserved:


THE usual quan tiles both of coffee and
water are to be retained; tin measure
containing half an ounce of gwen berries,
when filled with roasted ones, is generally
sufficient for two small cups of moderate
strength, or one so called, large breakfast
cup-one pound of green berries, equal to
sixteen ounces, yielding after roasting
twenty-four tin measures of half ounce for
forty-eight small cups of coffee.


with three-fourths of the coffee to be
employed, after being ground, the water is
made to boil for ten or fifteen minutes.
The one-quarter of the coffee which has
been kept back is then flung in, and the
vessel Immediately withdrawn from the fire,
covered over. and allowed to stand for five or
six minutes. In order that the powder on the
surface may fall to the bottom it is stirred
around, the deposit takes place, and the COT
fee poured off is ready for use. In order 10
separate the dregs more completely the
coffee may be passed through clean cloth,
but generally this is not necessary, and
often prejudicial to the pure flavor of the
beverage. #a


"The first boiling gives the strength, the
second addition the flavor. The water does
not dissolve of the aromatic substances
more than the fourth part contained in the
roasted coffee.


"The beverage when ready ought to be
of brown-black color; ;untransparenfita al
ways is, somewhat like chocolate thinned
with water; and this want of clearness in
coffee so prepared does not come from the
fine grounds, but from peculiar fat re-
sembing butter, about twelve per cent. OF
which the berries contain, and which, If
over-roasted, partly destroyed.


''In the other methods of making coffee,
more than the half of the valuable parts OF
the berries remains in the grounds, and Is
lost"


Liebig proceeds to discourse Of coffee
drinking and coffee in general in this en-
tertaining style:


ITO Judge as favorably Of my coffee as
do myself, its taste is not to be compared
with that of the ordinary beverage, but, ra-
ther the good effects might be taken Into
consideration which my coffee has on the
organism. Many persQns too, who connect
the idea of strength or concentration with
dark or ckcolor, fancy my coffee to be
Year: 1866

thin and weak, but these were at once in
clined more favorably directly gave II a.
dark color by means of burntsuga or byi
adding some other substitute. ~,


"The real flavor of coffee Is so little
known to most persons, that many who
drank my coffee Tor the iirst time doubted
of its goodness, because it tasted of the
berries. A coffee, however, which has not
the flavor of the berry Is no coffee, but an
artificial beverage, for which many other
thugs may be substituted at PLEASURE
Hence 1t comes that II to the decoction
made from roasted chicory, carrots or beet
root, the slightest quantity of coffee be adj
ded, few persons detect the difference
This accounts for the great diffusion of each
such substitute. A dark mixture, with an
empyreumatical taste, most people fancy to
be coffee. For tea there are no substitutes,
because everybody knows what real tea Is
like.


Heating qualities have generally teen
attributed to coffee, and for this reason 1t is
avoided by many people: however, these
heating qualities belong to the volatile
products called forth by the destruction OF
the soluble parts of the berries in the pro-
cess of roasting. Coffee prepared in my.
manner is not heating, and | have found
that it may be taken after dinner without
disturbing the digestion: circumstance
which, with me at least, always takes place
after the enjoyment of strongly-roasted)
coffee. ,-a.s.t D.. ia,


For special cases, such as journeys and
marches, where 1t is impossible to be burd-
ened with the necessary machines for roast
ing and grinding, coffee may be carried in
a powdered form, and its aromatic proper,
ties preserved by the following process !,
One pound of the roasted berries are re-
duced to powder and Immediately wetted j
with a syrup of sugar, obtained by pour
Ing on three ounces of sugar two ounces of
water, and letting them stand few min
utes. When the powder is thoroughly
wetted with the syrup, two ounces Of
powdered sugar are to be added, mixed
well with it, and the whole is then to be
spread out in the air TO dry. The sugar
locks up the volatile parts of the coffee, so
that when it is dry they cannot escape. If
coffee is now to be made, cold water
is to be poured over certain
quantity of the powder and made
To boil. Ground coffee prepared in this
way, and which lay exposed to the air for
one month, yielded, on being boiled, as
good beverage as one made of freshly
roasted berries"
Year: 1866

There are several curious customs still
used in Scotland in regard to marriages,
especially in remote districts. The friends
of the bridegroom assemble at his residence
and proceed to that of the bride, where the
clergyman meets them and the ceremony is
performed. They then proceed in process
sion, followed by fiddler, to the future
residence of the young couple. All the
young men present start off at full speed
on foot or horseback, as the case may be,and
the one who reaches the future home of the
happy couple is said to have won the broose,
and is entitled to salute the bride on her
arrival; and, we believe, was originally en-
titled to some refreshments out of the kali


pot prepared for the bulk OF the marriage
party, a farle of oak cake Chat is, quar-
ter of circle into which this is generally
cut), is broken over the brides head. Then
the person in charge of the house presents
her with pair of tongs as the symbol Of
her future right to rule over the household.
The latter custom is not, however, neces-
sarily performed OH the day of marriage, if
the maiden home of the bride is at dis
tance from her future residence, but on her
first arrival thereat. In some large towns.
such as Edinburgh, the custom of throwing
money to the crowd is still continued, with
this difference, that it is not done by the
bridegroom himself but after the happy
couple have driven off. AS soon as they
have departed, generally followed by q
volley of old slippers, aud satin daneing-
shoes thrown after them for luck, the crowd,
raise the cry of "Pour out" (Anglice,
Pour out,'') which is responded to by a.
shower of coppers from the windows-a
proceeding which leads to an amusing
scramble in which we have seen mcmbersg
of the police force most actively assist, and
carry off no small share of the ''loot." An
other curious custom is that of washing
the bridegroom's feeton the evening before
the marriage day; but this has now become
almost obsolete.
Year: 1866

am credibly informed that the Ev-
ansville q Charlottesville Railroad
Company, which eDj monopoly,
because there is no competing road, is
not content with that, but that it has,
or connives at1an adjunct monopoly, in
which some of the officers of the Rail.
road Company are interested. 1 mean
the bnsiness of hauling goods to and
from the depot.


lam told that some of our shippers
have found it necessary, in order to get
proper and reasonable Accommodations
from the railroad, to give their hauling
to this dray monopoly / am informed
of one instance, in which gentleman
employed several drays aud sent them
to the depot to haul his goods into the
city, and when they got there, the dray-
men were told they should not haul the
goods, and the gentleman had TO pay
them for going out and returning empty,
and give the job to the adjunct monop-
oily. Every independent drayman, not
connected with this monopoly, is injured
by it. They cannot get employment
from their friends, which they otherwise
would get. rs


] am also credi5ly informed that the
draymen not connected with the mo.
nopoly would do the hauling for but lit
tie over one-half what the monopoly
charges, and that when independent
shippers employ Independent draymen,
these draymen are not permitted to take
their regular turns at the places of load.
ing and unloading, but must wait until
they can find places which the draymen
of the monopoly do not want to occupy;
and it is suggested that perhaps shippers
who will employ independent draymen,
may sometimes find it impossible to hire
ears or get their goods forwarded
promptly, when tbosewho patronizs the
dray monopoly encounter no difficulty
of this kind. Perhaps gentleman,
whose name begins with the fourteenth
letter of the alphabet, could correct any
erroneous impression that others may
have on this subject. | am not &C
auainted with him or | would consult
him.


It is also understood that there il
Year: 1866

takes no steps to protect the government It
should be bis duty, as the bank officer of the
government, to keep close watch of these ma
tional banks, and inform the Secretary of the
Treasury whenever the funds deposited by the
latter are in danger from loss by mismanags-
ment of the bank officers. Why did he not give
the warning in regard to the Merchants Ma
tional Banks According to all reports the fact
that it was under cloud was known and talked
about for months past There is evidently great
negligence somewhere. and 1t looks very much
as though Comptroller Clarke is the person re
sponsible for falling to notify Secretary Nc
Culloch of the shaky condition Of the bank
Year: 1866

PAYMAsrER PAUIDING AND THE WASHINGTON
BANK FAnuRE.-The developments in regard
TO the failure OF the Merchants National Bank
at Washington reveal a state of facts of some
what extraordinary character. 1t seems that
the bank had been in bad way for some time
and that this fact was known to the govern
ment officials. No effort was made to withdraw
the funds on deposit there; but, on the con-
trary, Paymaster Paulding was induced to in
crease the amount under the plea that such
course would save the entire government de-
posits In that institution. The neglect Of the
officials Mt Washington to take the necessary
steps TO protect the funds of the government
when they knew that the bank was insolvant
is certainly somewhat singular We see that
Major Paulding has wisely called tor court
Of inquiry in regard to his actions in the
premises. We trust that bis request will be
granted and that a searching investigation will
be made into the whole affair. II this investi-
CATION Is made t'.orouglfii cannot fail TO prove
advantageous 10 the public.


But what has Comptroller Clarke been doing
all of this timer lie has been placed In the
charge of bureaus created by Congress to look
after these national banks. Here is ono organ
d under his nose, and within few blocks
Of his oticc, in which the government has three
quarters OF million on deposit. and vet he
Year: 1866

political storm is in preparation all around ber.
She has gone through it all. She Is that
much ahead of the other nations OF Europe.
She was the first to see that nation could not
have any satisfactory development that denied
the political existence Of the whole mass OF its
people and put all power in the hands of the
privileged classes. She made the grand expert
ment, and the result Of her example has made
1t necessary for the others to follow her. Hence
the unquietness Of Germany, Of England. Of
Italy and Spain. They must 60 through the
same ordeal, and it is q strange piece of retri-
butive justice that France should at last tran
quilly look on and see them all writing in the
same agony that in her own case they all
helped to make more terrible.
Year: 1866

admire President Johnson too much for his
opposition to this institution. lie might have
had immense power aud patronage, but re-
fused it rather than sanction anything so mon
strous. The people will soon learn to appre-
ciate the wisdom and patriotism of the President
in this matter. The whole thing is a gigantic
fraud upon the country, full of evil, and ought
to be broken up as soon as possible