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Year: 1866

SACRIFICING HIMsELF.-When the cholera
first appeared in this country. one of our
citizens was concerned for himself and fami-
ly. He would allow no food to be eaten by
his folks but plain salted meat, fish, bread,
&C., and. whenever any of them wished for
something little extra, they had to shy
over to an obliging neighbor, where they
never failed of getting fine slice of excel.
lent pie, cake, or pudding. Previous to this.
however, they could boast of all these deli
cacies at home.


Things went on thus for week Our
friend it was noticed by his worthy half, did
not have a very good appetite whenever he
came to his meals (for the good reason, pro-
baby, that there many good eating sa-
looms in IL e place, and she thought that good
rhubarb pie would do no HARM but rather
give her husband a relish for his dinner
She accordingly placed one at his side when
he sat down to the monday meal. A cloud
passed over the brow of the head of the fam
lily.


Wife," said he, how often must I
speak of these things? 1t seems as if you
were determined to give us the cholera, de-
spite of all my precautions. Please take
away this detestabte green st'.f'"'


The meek dame silently removed the Of
fendlng dellcacy TO the Kitchen, followed by
the greedy eyes Of half dozen disappointed
youngsters. The father soon got through
his dinner, arose from the table, and passed
out leaving the others to finish their meal Of
plain bread and butter, and fish. The son,
however, not having the fear of his father
before his eyes, and withal signing for the
flesh pots of Egypt" as soon as he thought
his father was out of sight, slyly crept into
the kitchen to get slice Of the coveted pie
But s. when he got there the cupboard was
bare )" the rhubarb was gone.


Thinking, perhaps, that Bridget had
thrown it into the swill barrel, he went tc
the door of the wood shed, when, 10 what a
sight presented itself to the boy u Hamlet
could not have been more surprised at the
sight of his fathers ghost, than was odr
hero at his veritable father. seated upon a
saw buck, with half devoured rhubarb pie
9 detestable green stuff in his hand !
He was sacrificing himself, to save his fam
ly, eating the pie, cholera and all


The son got good share of the prize, by
giving promise not to tell and the old
man slid for his Office. He has not been
heard to say anything against g green stuff
since.
Year: 1866

BEFORE Court Of Common Pleas, case
OF breach of promise was recently under
consideration. The breach between the par
ties was apparent enough, but as to the
promise. there existed slight shade cf
doubt, until the plaintiff set the matter right,
as follows: Question by the defendants
counsel" Did my client enter into posi-
tive agreement to marry you?" Answer
:. Not exactly. but he courted me good
deal, and he told my sister Jane that he in
tended to marry in our family
Year: 1866

A CANDID REBEL.-A Nashville paper re-
ports a CONVEX, alton between n Mississippi
planter and Rebel soldier, regarding the
passage, by the Legislature of Tennessee, of
bill DISTINGUISHING those who had been
active in the Rebellion. The planter was
very full of wrath because Of this legislation,
but the soldier said


u can't blame the Legislature for acting
as it did. 1t done nothing but what we in
tended to Go had we won the fight, in place
of the Yankees. If we had held Ten
nessee we would not have allowed Union
men to vote or hold office, and there is no
sense in my abusing others for doing to me
what had fully determined to do to them
had circumstances been different. ! don't
deny that it is pretty rough to be denied q
vote, but still it is the fate Of war, and ]
know that we Confederates were determined
to disfranchise all who were against u.s.
We have no business. at all to complain"
Year: 1866

REMOVING SUNKEN RocKs.-The S. F.
Bulletin gives the following account of blast
ing under water:


No drilling of the rock is required, but the
charge of powder is inclvsed in an air tight
can and placed on the surface of the rock,
the pressure of the water serving all the pur-
poses of tamping in the ordinary process of
blasting, and being far more efectual. The
powder in the can is connected, by means of
insulated wires. with an electric battery sta
toned at safe distance from the intended
explosion, and is discharged in the usual way
by electricity.


The charge used in the first blast on the
Eincon Rock yesterday consisted Of l25
pounds of California powder. The can rested
on projecting point of the rock. feet from
the surface of the water, and was connected
by two wires with the battery, which was
stationed in a boat at distance of $50 feet
from the explosion. Lest the attempt might
fail of success no public notice was given of
the. intended blast. and few persons beside
Mr.. Parkinson and his assistants and a score
or more of persons whose business led them
there, witnessed the explosion. Those who
did see it, however. describe it as one of the
most magnificent spectacles ever beheld in
this harbor. At 81 P. NJ, the electric battery
was applied to the insulated wires, and in an
instant dead, mufled, jarring sound was
heard, and a column of water, pyramid in
shape, and not less than so feet broad at the
base, was lifted up out of the bay to a height
of at least IS feet, and fell back with heavy
splash whicl, sent the waves rolling back for
a distance of hundred yards, and produced
a commotion in the water like that of an
earthquake. As soon as the motion of the
waters had ceased, myriads of fishes were
seen floating upon the surface with their
white bellies turned up in token of absolute
and unconditional surrender Though they
had often elnded the tempting bait of the
Italian fisherman, they couid not stand the
sudden and overwhelming onslaught of this
new enemy, and, evidently thinking that the
end of all things had come, they FASTENED to
the surface to be in at the resurrection They
doubtless supposed themselves dead, (if fishes
are supposable cases. but therein they were
mistaken, for such as were permitted to lie
quiet an hourh two, found themselves grad.
ually recovering their senses, and were ena-
bled to paddle back into their native element.
Year: 1866

MUcH TRUTH.-Editors write some re-
markably truthful paragraphs sometimes,
but never yet has one compressed so much
truth in so small compass as the one whC
penned the following, which we find credited
merely to an exehange:' -


Editing a newspaper ie a good deal like
making fire. Everybody supposes he can
do it a little better than anybody else. We
have seen people doubt their fitness for apple
peddling, OK driving, and counting laths
but in all our experience we never met with
that individual who did not think he could
double the circulation of any paper in two
months


He might have added. says the Paiaro
Times, and never knew an editor to attempt
to please every one who could retain fair
circulation for newspaper. Editors need
expect nothing but abuse in this world from
the shrlmps' of society-but great minds
appreciate the value of their toll.
Year: 1866

The girls in Michigan are taking decisive
measures with the undecided young men,
One OF them asked young man when he
intended to marry her. The young man
SAID he was not on the marry, and she broke
teapot, filled with boiling water, over his
head. She was justified of course
Year: 1866

FINDING FAULT WITH CBILDREN IA


al tunes necessary to censure and punish.


But much more may be done by encouraging


children when they do well Be, therefore


more careful to express your appreciation of


good conduct, than your .disapprobation of


bad. Nothing can more discourage a child


than a spirit Of incessaht fault finding on the


part Of its parent. And hardly any>tbiuc


eau exert more injurious influence upon tho


disposition both of parent and child. There


are two great motives influencing human &C.


tions-hOpe and fear. Both of these are at
times necessary. But who would prefer to


have her child Influenced to good conduct by
a desire of pleasing rather than by. the fear
Of offending? If mother never expresses
her qualification when her children do we'll.
and is always censuring them when she sees
anything amiss, they are discouraged and up-
happy They feel that it is useless to try to
please. Their dispositions become haria-
ened and soured by this ceaseless fretting and
at last, finding that whether they do well or
Ill, they are equally found fault with, they
rellnquish all efforts to please, and become
needless of reprOaches But let a mother
approve of her child's conduct whenever she
can. Let her reward him for his efforts to
please by smiles and affections. In this way
she will cherish in her chiid's heart some of
the nobest and most desirable feelings of our
nature. She will cultivate in him an amia,
BILE disposition and cheerful spirit. Your
child has been through the day very pleas
ant and Obedient Just before putting him
to sleep for the night, you take his hand and
say: My son, you have been very good to
day. 1t makes me very happy to see you so
kind and Obedient. God loves children who
are dutiful to their parents, and he promises
to make them happy" This appreciation
from his mother is to him a great reward.
And when, with a more than afectionate tone,
you say, GOOD night, my dear son." be
leaves the room with his little heart full of
feeling. And when he closes his eyes for
sleep, he is happy, and resolves that be will
always try to do his duty.-The Mother at
Home
Year: 1866

by her constitution of 1851, limits the elective
franchise to 'every white male citizen" of the
United States of full age, resident one year in
the state, excluding persons in the military and
naval service, and idiots and insane PERSONS
But the courts of Ohio having held that every
person of one half white blood is "white male


citizen within the constitution, and that the
burden of proof is with the challenging party to
show the person is more than half black, which
is impracticable, we believe that in practice ne
groes in Ohio vote without restriction,
Year: 1866

We append a synopsis of the suffrage laws of
the tweuty-one free States, from which itappears
that negro suffrage obtains 10 but eight States,
and in only four Of these is the the negro placed
upon an equality with the white man:
Year: 1866

IL the amendment to the constitution
proposed by the radicals as means of
protracting still further the disunion OF
the States, it is provided that the States
may disfranchise as many white eitizsps
as the please, without any diminution
of their representation in Congress and
in the Electoral College But, if any Of
the negroes are prohibited from voting,
the representation Of the State Is imme
diately reduced. This is the platfoi N
of the radicals. The negro first, the
white man nowhere.
Year: 1866

A NAN in Arkansas the other day fred
into a body of United States troops be.
cause he did not knew that .he war was
over. The Radicals up North appear 10
be equally ignorant on that point.
Year: 1866




CNuSsAn, May T. 1859
A Convention called to consider the prophe,y OF or
ennizng separate State government for East Tennessee
met al Knoxville yesterday Judge Samuel Rogers pro
sided. He said no hoped that the members would act
deliberately and with caution. This was but an ad
journed meeting OF the Convention held at Greenyis
during the dark hours Of the rebellion We propose To
continue the movement II is no secession movement
II we sccedc will be from the rebel TO join the Union
people. Tho State be made Of the richest
in the Union


At the conclusion OF the remarks Of Judge Rogers Col
Temple, from the Committee Resolutions and Bust
ness, reported address which unanimously
adopted stating that the scheme had long been cber
ishcd by East Tennessee There difference In mo soil
OF East West Tennessee The habits and Of
the people also different These differences are in
cradcabc West OF the mountains the people rebeis
and east Of them they all Union To protect our.
selves must dlsfranchise them. We will not be
dragged into false positions TO the Union by other
Southern States We believe that separate state govern
Is the best and that under we live In peace
and develop resources. Tho address concludes with
statistics to the population number OF square miles
mineral resources etc, Of East Tennessee.


Resolutions opposing the address OF the committee
and nd,sing posponement OF the question until Con
grcss decidos whether Tennessee State or not we're
offered by Mr. James, a delegate from Hamilton


The resolutions OF Mr james we're almost unanimous
ly voted down.


After an olooucnt address by Colonel Nelson support
ing the movement the President OF the Convention
instructed appoint committee OF three 70 bring tho
question before the Legislature.


committee also appointed 10 prepare ali address
to the people Of East Tennessee
Year: 1866

tho purpose OF their rcsellins them On the face OF
eSh ticket are the words 'Not transferable, and ths
pa.ntns were notified that they eoud not dispose of
them IN the manner they wished He also quoted GER
tain ordinances OF the city OF New York which expressly
prohibit persons from Offering articles for sale opposite
any lot or building In New York CITY without first oh
tanning the consent OF the owner OF the property


Judge Smith dismissed tho complaint on the ground
that the tickets sold merely TO admit the bearer
and that person actually refused admission on
presenting them
Year: 1866

In short every desirable variety of fashionable
made ware. We invite all those deSirous OF pur-
chasing to call aad examine these goods as it will
be the last opportunity Of getting our custom
made Werk.
Year: 1866

Three fishers went sailing into the West
Into the West as the sun went Gown;
Each thought on the woman who loved him the best,
And the children stood watching him out of the


town,
For men must work, and children must weep,
And there's little to earn, and many to keep,
Though the harbor-bar be moaning.
Three wives sat up in the lighthouse tower,
Andthey trimmed their lamps as the sun went down
they looked at the squall and they looked at the


shower;


And the night-rack came rolling up ragged and


brown!
But men must work, and women must weep,
Though storms be sudden and waters deep,
And the harbor.bar be moaning.
Three corpses lay out on the shining sands,
In the morning CLEAN as the tide went down;
And the women are weeping and wringing their hands
For those who will never come back To the town
For nen must work, and women must weep,
And the sooner it's over, the sooner to sleep,
And goodbye to the bar and its moaning.
Year: 1866

ATLANTIC TELEGRAPHs.-By the ubiqui-
tOus agency Of the electric current of the world
wide converse, is hereafter to be accomplished
among men. There is not merely now one At
lantic telegraphic cable, but two, deep down in
the ocean buried connecting the two great con-
tinents Of civilization, Europe and America,
while others stretch away from Europe to
Asiatic shores The recovery of the old At
lantic cable recently, picked up in mid-ocean
after it had been lying for year at the depth
of two miles, is not less wonderful result than
the successful laying and operation of the one
new line. And the fact that the old cable was
found in such a complete state of preservation
that it is at once available for telegraphing,
cannot fail to have its effect in encouraging new
enterprises of similar character and magnitude.
Under these circumstances Atlantic telegraphs
may be expected to multiply, while others in
due season tread the ocean depths in all parts
OF the world. The telegraph will possess both
land and water and thought and knowledge
be stimuli ltaneously exchanged among all ciyiliz-
ed people.
Year: 1866

Let your youth sing the praises of bushes,
And thrill with rapturOus bliss
That rises unbidden and fushcs


The brain at the thought of kiss
1t is all very well to be laden


With passionate JOY when you see
The innocent blush of a maiden,


But the glance of a widow for me-
Not fig would give for the rapture


That swells in the breast of a boy,
When Cupid has helped him to capture
A boarding-school casket Of JOY.
don't care for bloom and for dresses,


But paradise comes when see
A widow in weeds and soft trcsses,


Oh that is a charm for me.
Then let youth sing the praises of beauty,
And kneel before maidenhood' 5 shrine,
To ringlets and bushes pay duty,


And dream that such things are divine.
But give me the flash that entrances,


The heart that was bound and is free,
The eye with a soul in its glances-


Oh a gentle young widow for me.
Year: 1866

There is a girl in Jersey whose lips are 50
sweet that they stick together every morning
by the honey they disti, and she cannot omen
her mouth until she has parted her lins With
a silver knife. She will be a treasure to her
husband, not only on account of her sweetness.
but because she can occasionally keep her mouth
shut.
Year: 1866

The last number of the Westminster Rerie,o
pays the following high compliment to the ora
tiOn Of President Lincoln at the conservation
of the burial ground at Gettysburg: ut has
but one equal; in that pronounced upon those
who fell during the first year of the Peopone-
sian war, and in one respect it is superior to
that great speech. 1t is not only more touch
ing and pathetic but we know with absolute
certainty that it was really delivered. Nature
here fairly takes precedence of art, even though
it be the art of Thucydides.
Year: 1866

MEMORY Memories of some kind we all
have-it is the one thing which makes the
man himself fit be true that every particle
of our bodies is changed once in seven years,
memory is the surest guardian of personal iden-
tity. Cocero, after long thinking about it, con-
cluded that it was the strongest proof that the
soul was immatcrial and immortal Destroy
it, and the chief value of life would be taken
away. What would an existence be worth that
had not, could never have any yesterday-to
ing land of youth no words whose echo thrills
steady going old age with indcfnable bliss? p
To forget is indeed to be annihilated
Year: 1866

OFFICE CHIEF OF POLICE, Nov. l7tn, 1866.


have positive information that during the continuance OF


coming fair the city will be ys ted by an unusual cengreg"
thieves and burglars most OF these will be unknown
to Detective Poll deem duty to warn the public
to be usually careful of their yaoables whehe7 at
their dwellings upon their Every eHerton will
bc used by the authorities detect such and bring
them to justice but all who visit the aud other public
places should than crdnly caution for their own
protection
Year: 1866

The Fair Grounds fjrmerly known as the Creole
Race Course They situated in the Third District be-
tween Espanade the side and the GentiiIy
Road on the other


The principal entrance for passengers will be at tbs
Espanate street gate.
tily Road.
Year: 1866

REMEDY FOR CHoLERA.-The following
prescription is much in vogue in the in
tected cities at the North, and We publish
it for the benefit Of our readers, though
we hope no one will have occasion for its
use: One ounce each of tincture Of CAM
phor, tincture Of opium, tincture Of capsi-
cum, three drachms of chloroform, and a
sutficiency of spirits Of wine to make the
whole equal to five fluid ounces. The
dose for an adult is teaspoonful after
each diarrhGal discharge; from six to ten
years of age, thirty drops; and from two
to six years, ten to thirty drops.
Year: 1866

The CHESTERFIELD OUrRAGE.-We learn
that the negro Caesar Willards, charged
with committing an outrage upon the per.
son Of little girl in Chesterfield, made
his escape from the officers as no was
being taken to that county from Rich
mond,
Year: 1866

DISPATCH FOR THE SPRISas.-Persons going
to the Springs or other summer resorts can
have the DAILY DISPATCH sent them at sixty
cents per month. Orders left at our counting
room will receive attention.
Year: 1866

THE ECLECTIC ASSOCIATION, finding its quarters,
on the corner Of the Fhsye aud Seveneenths inadequate
to the demands Of its increasing Numbers th association
by Dr. Gray ON the portheast corner of Ffthaye and
remarkably fine property with frontage
of the great highway OF fashion ndoverook
ing the SOUTH Ground will be broken on


tie portion OF the property at for the erection OF
large building aiordRg with theIpresent house ample room
for the club.


The Eclectic implies not devoted TO the inter
political party TO persons OF any special pro-
calling but composed OF the best representatives,
all shades political opinion and OF nearly all the proes


ons election membership being in
yaraty good moral and social standing II will have
library standard works flies OF daily and weekly papers
and periodicals. with the usual appliances Of physical rec
reaton IN q well-ordered Clnb. - -


While the present prevail athe public
the Eclectic breakfast and dining saloons are not
10 be regarded unmportant feature. In the new
premises will be elegant paors rooms for reading con-


ersaon and exercise baths table dhote and all the desir
able accessories of restaurant combined with the quiet com


fort and excsveness Of private residence all provided at
actual for bers 1t is intended are informed to
receive one hundred additional members the premises
being deemed entirely adequate TO the increased number
Year: 1866

Stanton alone favoring it.


~ ~ WASHINGTON. Tuesday, MAY J. 1896


II is understood that in the Cabinet meeting to-day inc
President invited expression fopnon Ion the heads
Of Departments respecting the propositions reported on
Monday last by the Congressional COMMITTEE on Recon-
structi0n.


An interesting and animated discussion IS said to have
ensued in which if the be true, Secretary Seward
declared himself in very decided and emphatic terms
AGAINST the plan Of the Committee and in favor OF the
immediate admission of loyal representatives from the
lately Rebellious States. Secretary McCuloch was as
positive as the Secretary of State in his opposition to the
plan recommended By tho Committee and expressed him.
self as strongly in favor Of immediate consummaton OF
the Presidents restoration policy by the admission into
Congress Of loyal from the Southern States secre-
tary Stanton equally decided in his opposition 10 the
Committees propositions he was for adhenng 10 the
policy which had been agreed upon and consistently pnr
sued By the Administrations and he gTatihed that tne
President had brought the subj 10 the consideration OF
the Cabinet.


Secretary Welles was uneguyocaly against the Com
mtees scheme and was earnest in his support OF the
Presidents policy comprehendng the instant admission
into Congress Of loyal representatives Of the States lately
in rebellion. Secretary Harlan rather retcent, ana
expressed no opinion Posmaster-General Dennson was
in favor Of carrying out the restoration poicy o une
President but expressed some doubts as TO the precise
time at which loyal representatives, from the Southern
States should be admitted to seats in Congress- Attorney
General Speed not present at the meeting, being on
visit to Lis home in Kentucky. The President was
earnest in bis opposition to the report Of the CON-
mt,ee, ard declared himself against al conditions
precedent the admission Of loyal representatives from
the Southern States the shape OF amendments TO She
Constitution by the passage ofaws He insisted that
under the Constitution State could be deprived Of its
equal suffrage the Senate and that Senator's aud Repre-
scnaves ought to be at admitted into the respective
Houses, prescribed by law and the Constitution He
was for ricd adherence to the Constitution as it 49, and
remarked that having sustained ourselves under it during


terrible rebellion he thought that the Government could
be restored wlthoata resort to amendments lie remarked
in general terms that fthe organic law is TO be changed
at all it should be at time when all the States and all the
people can participate in the alteration.
Year: 1866

TRow's City DIRECTORY. This annual is now in
process Of compilation supervision Of r. H. WI
SON aud depends greatly upon the facilities
afforded the becomes the daty of citizens
when called upon, to furnish the necessary information
promptly and clearly The Directory is work in which We
all are less interested. aud should aid in rendering
il rs perfect and Trustworthy as possible.