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Year: 1867

School MATTERs.-The question having
arisen in Solano county as to the right Of
children, who may be temporarily residing
in a district, to attend the public school
therein, the following questions were Put to
State Superintendent SWEET Do the words
"residng in the school district" in the
fifty third section of the School law, apply to
children or their parents? Can child who
NAV be rightfully included in the census of
the district, be lawfully excluded from the
public schools therein ? He answered:


"I understand the case to be that of
child who is boarding in family residing in
one district, while the parents of the child
reside in another district; and the question
ut issue is, has the child legal right to at
tend the public school of the district in
which she is boarding? The words resid-
ing IN the school district evidently apply to
children and not to their parents. Children
are not unirequently sent by their parents to
reside temporarily with friends OF relations,
and 1t is evidently the intent of the law to
open to them the doors Of the public school,
wherever they may be temporarily residing.
Any ether construction would be narrow,
and opposed to the liberal policy of the
School Law. This construction of the law is
sanctioned by common custom throughout
the State l know of no instance in which
the doors of the public schools have been
closed against children residing temporarily.
away from home "
Year: 1867

g ONE OF YOU CAN'T, AND WE PITY


- you You have tried every remedy but the
ONE destined, by its intrinsic merit, to supercede
al similar Preparations it is not surprising you
should be reluctant to try something else after the
many experiments you have made of trashy COM
pounds foisted on the public a certain cure; but
Year: 1867

QUEER OBIrUARY.-The following obituary
notice recently appeared in German pa.
per:


:" My husband is no more. He did not
wish to live longer, and if he had, it would
lave made no difference, for gout entered his
stomach and was soon followed by death.
shall marry doctor who so kindly attended my
late husband l learned then to trust him.
Soft rest the ashes of the departed one, whose
wholesale liquor business shall continue at
the old stand. Mrs. Maria ". Schlemm.
Year: 1867

Soo1ALITY Without friends ,iwhat is man
solitary oak upon a sterile rock. symmetri.
cal indeed in its form, beautiful and exquisite
ly finished, outrivalng the most lauded per.
fection of art in grace, frllness and grandeur.
but over which decay has shaken her black
wing, and left its leaves bl;gLted its limbs
contract as they die its roots. rottenness and
its bloom death a scathed, lifeless monument
of its pristine beauty. When the rebuffs of
adversely are crushing us earthward, when
the clouds look dark above, and the mutter.
ing thunder of misfortune growls along the
sky, when our frame is palised by the skeleton
hand of disease, or our senses whirled in the
maelstrom chaos of insanity, when our hearts
are torn by the separation of some beloved
object, while our tears are yet flowing upon
the fresh turf of departed innocence, in that
time is it the Office of friendship to shield us
from portentous storms, to quicken the faint.
ing pulses of our sckly frame, to bring back
the wandering star of mind within the Mt.
traction of sympathetic kindness, to poor the
." oil and BALM of peace into the get tester.
ing wound, and deliver the aching heart from
the object of its bleeding affection.
Year: 1867

There are two hundred and forty collection
districts in the United States, with collector
and an assessor for each district, making four
hundred and eighty of these officers in all.
ot deputy collectors there are about twenty
i've hundred, and Of the assistant assessors
about three thousand. OF the regular
revenue agents authorized by the Internal
Revenue law, there are ten; but to these
should properly be added the special agents
OF the Treasury Department, who are exclu.
sively employed on internal revenue matters
ny regular assignment to that duty, and of
these there are, perhaps, Eve Then follow
inspectors Of distilled spirits. coal oil, snuff.
tobacco, cigars, numbering in the neighbor.
nood OF two hundred. 1t will be thus seen
that we have force Of considerably moro
than SIX thousand in this branch of the ser.
vice. II to this number were added the cleri-
cal and other forces that have been created


by the operation of the exercise law, the sg.
gregate would sum up Mt least ten thousand.
This may be regarded by many as an enor.
nous force and without parallel but there i,
an other branch of the public service which
embraces more appointments within its range
than internal revenue. or any two or threc
branches of the civil list, combined-and that
is the Post. Office Department.. The total
number of post. Offices in the United States on
the thirtieth day Of June, 1866, was twenty.
nine thousand three hundred and eighty nine.
But ofthese only twenty y-three thousand eight
hundred and twenty eight were in regular
operation at that date, and energetic exer.
tions were being made to open such of tho
remainder as were located south of Mason
and Dixon's line. We think it safe to saw
that the whole number Of these officers in
full and. uninterrupted operation at this date
closely approximates thirty thousand Ofthis
number, the law gives seven hundred and
nine appointments to the President. and the
remainder TO the Postmaster. Generel. 1t may
be needless to state that of the internal rev.
emo appointments, the four hundred and
eighty appointments of principals are given
to the President and the remainder are made
by the Secretary Of the Treasury, upon the
nomination of the assessors and collectors to
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. and
his recommendation to the Secretary for ap.
pointment-the principal being that, as the
assessors and collectors solely are responsible
for the proper execution Of the law within
thier respective district they should be a.
lowed to select their own suhordinates. We
have thus six thousand two hundred internal
revenue officers and nearly thirty thousand
postofice incumbents.
Year: 1867

A Tale Of Awfal Oatrngc-Brutaiity


UuparaleIled-A Negro Ravishcs n


Lovely Young White Girl and After


wards Tears Her Tongue from the


Root.


One of the ,lost shocking, most horri-
BILE events ever known to history, occur
red last week in Maryland, by which one
of the most prominent and wealthy cit
izens of Cumberland county, has been
reduced to condition thousand times
worse than death. Mr.. Charles Dean, a
resident of Brady's Mills, on the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad, gentlemen OF
education, and possessOr of the large
mill and other property in the village,
had an only daughter, named Bessie, a
young lady not quite seventeen, possess
ed of refinement and every virtue and
accomplishment which nature could
give or money procure. She had form
of exqui,i lie symmetry and grace, and a
rare voice which cultivation had trained
to produce the most perfect harmony
she was indeed most charming singer,
and the belle of the country.


For some months past there has been
prowling around Brady's Mills, a most
ogerish looking mulatto, supposed to
have formerly been the slave of q
brother of Mr.. Dean living in GeOr-
gia.


This monster has lived in filthy hut
at the foot of Brady's Mountain, with an
old woman who seemed to be mistress,
mother, and housekeeper, altogether.
No one knew his name, but by the wags
of the tow2 he was designated as Dan
Scrunch.


On Monday, the second of September,
Miss Bessie being at home, having left
school at Baltimore, where she was at
tending, on account of the serious illness
of her mother, went, unaccOmpanied, to
spend the afternoon with a neighbor,
some distance away, and returning in the
early evening around the mountain, a
sudden thunder shower came on, and
meeting Dan, was induced by him to
seek shelter in the hut.


Alas poor child, TO sooner had the
door been shut, than the fiendish demon
seized upon her, and despite her piercing
screams and struggles, and in the pres
ence of the old witch woman, he COM
mitted upon the chaste virgin the foul
est outrage of which the human mind
can conceive or man is capable. He
then dragged her insensible form out of
the hut. The cool air revived her and
again her lips uttered shrill cry, when
this savage beast, in human shape,
standing upon her PROSTATE form, with
the insane idea of putting it out of her
power to tell of the crime, crushed open
her mouth with the heel ofhis boot, and
with his hyena claws he tore the poor
girls tongue from her throat. A small
boy, driving the cows in the vicinity,
hearing the screams. gave the alarm,
but before help could arrive, the fiend
had fed. The excruciating torture of
the delicate sufferer and the frantic an
guish of her parents, ne imagination can
conceive.


She is said to be in dying condition
-mortification having set in, and her
invalid mother cannot long survive the
shock. Dan Scrunch is still at large.
The old woman was taken into custody
the next morning and stated that the
brute returned during the night. The
woods are being secured in every direc-
ton and lie cannot long eScape.-Patriot
and Union.
Year: 1867

The movement made throughout the
country to nominate General Grant for
the Presidency, has developed itself i'll
Washington in the presence of strong
pressure made upon him for letter
clearly declining his views on the pend
ing important national questions. Such
of his friends as are urging and wait
ing the publication of a letter are conf
dent that one will be forthcoming be-
fore the November elections.
Year: 1867

THE Independent says: If the people
who are constantly denouncing our pres
ent currency, on the supposition that an
abundant supply of money leads to
speculations, would but take dispas-
sionate view of the present condition OF
financial affairs on both sides of the
Atlantic, they might learn that the fe-
yer of speculation has very little depen'
deLce upon a redundant currency. In
London, where the bank rate of inter
est rules as low as two per centum, COM
plants are made of the stagnant condi-
tion of business and the absence of a
speculative feeling in the business
community. In New York, all through
the summer months, while money in
abundance could be had at ) TO per
cent, business in Broad street was very
flat, and prices had q constant tendency
TO droop; but, since money became
stringent, by reason of the large ship
ments of currency to the West for crop
moving purposes, and the rate of inter,
est has been advanced from to ; per
cent, n very lively and exciting specula.
tive movement on the Stock Exchange
has taken place, and with the increase
of money prices have advanced in the
whole speculative list of stocks.
Year: 1867

North Side of Union Park, NY.
n HIS HOUSE Is KEPT ON THE EU
i ropean plan; il is within three minutes
ride (by horse cars) Of the New Haven
Railroad Depot, convenient to all the principal
places of amusement, and for Summer travellers
win be found the coolest Hotel in the city.
Every room is provided with running water.
Year: 1867

A WIse OLD FABLE.-A yellow
hammer and q Nightingale were


suspended in their cages at the
outside of a window. The night
ingale began to warble, and a
child was smitten with admiration


of his melody. which of the
BIRDS said he, 'sings so sweetly 2
Il will show you them,' answered
the father, 1and you may guess
The boy fixed his eyes on the
yellowhammer. This must be
the one.' How beautifully paint
ed are his feathersl The other,
you may see, is good for nothing.


THE vulgar said the father, fudge
precisely after the same manner ;
they form their opinion of men BY
the outside, and are generally
wrong, as you are now hso @
Year: 1867

slv The present condition Of the
Southern States, socially, politi,
cally and financially, is the strong
est possible commentary on the
claim Of Radical party to states
manship. Riots, by both blacks
and whites, starvation of both
races on every side, military rule
substituted for civil law, negroes
voters and educated white men
disfranchised, negroesnon juries
from which white men are exclu1
ded, military autocrats issuing
their edicts on every subject, igno1
ring law and exceeding even the
extraordinary authority conferred
upon them, and prying into. the
most trivial and Insignificant af-
fairs; a country desolated which
would pour millions into, the ma
tiOnal treasury if let alone, at the
same time that the resources of
the nation are tried to the very
limit of ability and endurance to
supply the necessities of the treas
ury, and the people are ground
down by taxation almost to bank
ruptcy, and one hundred and fifty
to two hundred millions of dollars
of money squandered to sustain
this imbecile and iniquitous policy.
Is the revenge worth the money it
costs. That it is revenge which
guides the policy no one can deny.
The people of the South are sub
jugated and nonresident. They
are powerless and they are loyal.
They have pledged their faith to
the Government, and they are
faithful and will continue faithful
to their pledges. There is no ne
cecssity for the expenditure of one
hundred and fifty millions of dol.
lars to keep them in order. The
best evidence of this is the fact
that they permit the Jacobin dem
agogues to speak in their midst,
lecture the negro population, and
solicit their votes. IF they were
controlled by the spirit which the
establishment of these military
governments presupposes they
would crush the life out, Of these
despieable vipers as fast as they
appeared. The whole system is
one Of revenge for which the North
is compelled to pay an exorbitant
price, and from which the South
suffers. The revenue which would
be derived from the South under
a more liberal system is lost, and
the money required to carry out
the plan of vengeance is worse
than thrown away Louisville
Courier. i.4 A'
Year: 1867

Fashion kills more women than
toll and sorrow. Obedience to
fashion is a greater trangression
to the laws of women's nature, a
greater injury to her physical and
mental constitution, than the
hardships of poverty and neglect,
The slsvewoman at her task will
live and grow old, and see two or
three generations of her mistresses
fade and pass away The washer
woman, with scarce a ray ofhope
to cheer her in her tolls, will
live to see her fashionable sisters
all die around her. The kitchen
maid is hearty and strong, when
her lady has to be nursed like a
sick baby. - @aaSL eh


It is a sad truth that fashion
pampered women are almost
worthless for all the good ends Of
life. They have but little force of
character; they have a still less
power of moral will, and quite as
little physical energy. They live
for no great purpose in life; they
accomplish no worthy ones. They
are only doll forms in the hands
of milliners and servants to be
dressed and fed to order. They
dress nobody; they feed nobody !;
they instruct nobody; they bless
nobody. They write no books
they set no example of virtue and
womanly life. If they rear chill
dren, they are left to the care of
servants and nurses. And when
reared what are they? What do
they ever amount to but weak
scions of the old stock 7 Who ey-
er heard of a fashionable woman's
child exhibiting any virtue or
power of mind for which it became
eminents Read the biographies
Of our great and good men. Not
one Of them had a fashionable
mother. They nearly all sprang
from strong-minded women, who
had as little to do with fashion as
with the changing Clouds Ex.
Year: 1867

A correspondent of the Iowa Home


stead saved his orchard from injury by
the cauker-worms by giving his trees Q
daily coating of sorghum molasses, GOV
ering the trunk for six inches or more
This he continued for over two months
The remedy would doubtless be effectu-
al, but requires more labor than many
persons would be disposed to bestow.


A correspondent of the Rural Ne,t
Yorker recommends setting double the
number Of grape vines in each row that
are wanted permanently. Let the al
ternate vines bear fruit from the third
to the sixth year, and then dig them up.
The other vines can be kept from fruit
ing, or let bear light crops SO as to get
firmly established. .T.F
Year: 1867

A sermon was preached in New York
on Sunday last, by the Rev. Mr.. Blan-
chard, on the subject of amusmeuts,
during which be stated that 4 man
needed recreation in order to develop
his spiritual nature, and that it was
better for the church to take charge Of
these recreations than for the devil to
have them in his hands. Many ayoung
man would have been saved from per-
dition if there had bern proper places
of amusement where he could have in
dulged in a game of billiards, chess, &c,
and not been afraid. or ashamed TO take
his mother or sisters with him. The
speaker encouraged the formation OF
Fart clubs" and q cultivation Of the love
of music. He also advocated dancing
"at the proper time and in the proper
place"
Year: 1867

The classes in the various subjects have now
been formed, and though students can enter at
any time yet IL win be much to their advantage
TO eommeDce the course as soon as possible.


For further particulars see circular and
wheelipg College Monthly, or apply personally
to Mr. Blackely, at his Office, corner of Monroe
and Main streets, up stairs
Year: 1867

The constitutionality and expediency
of the income tax cannot fail to receive
searching popular investigation at on
carly day.


The total collections under this head
for IS63-4-5-6 were as follows:
Year: 1867

The Alta Californian says: "We have
observed in a number of interior papers
intimations that Gen. Rosecrans would
be offered and possibly accept the nomina-
tion for Governor of California, by the
Democrats. We have it from good au-
thority that this report has no foundation
in truth. Gen. Rosecrans will not, Oh
any account, accept that or any other
nomination from the Democracy. If he
could be induced to run for Office at all, it
would be on the Union tickets but his
business and inclinations are both averse
to political life, and he is not at all likely
to become the candidate of any party
At the same time his sympathies are
wholly with the Union cause"
Year: 1867

A correspondent of the Rochelle, ILL.,,
Register locates the following near that
place Though the story is considerably
older than the correspondent, it is yet
worth reading.


A young lady heard that if she would
go tandpray for three consecutive nights
the Lord would tell her whom whe would
marry. Now it happened that her father
had young man In his employ who had
considerable wit and good humor about
him. One evening he was out in an ap-
pie tree after fruit, when he heard some
one praying something like this: "Oh
Lork, whom will [ marry 2" The idea
popped into the mind of Doyle Chat be
ing the young mans name) that he would
have little sport at her expense. So he
spoke in changed voice and said
"Doyle." ''No, Lord, not Doyle" cried
the astonished young lay. Eyes. Doyle
or no one" again sounded from the tree
top in sober, hollow voice She arose
and entered the house, resolved to try
again on the next evening OF course
Doyle did not wish to spoil the fun, and
so on the next evening found him seated
in the tree top. He did not have to wait
long before the young husband seeker,
came and commenced praying in the same
way that she did on the preceding even
ing, and received the same answer. The
next evening also found her under the
tree pleading to know her future hus-
bands name, and again she heard the
same answer, "Doyle or no one." She
arose feeling satisfied that she must mar
ry Doyle. The next morning she met
him and asked him why he did not put
on better clothes. lie said that he was
not able. "Well," said she, "father is
rich, aud he will let you have money!
He took. that for pretty good hint, and
bought suit of new clothes. In short
time he offered his heart and hand, and
was accepted. After their marriage he
told her how her prayers were answered.
If any of the fair readers of this story
should think of praying for husband
do not get under tree,-or if you do, be
sure to examine it closely and see if there
be any one to answer.
Year: 1867

act, and uponsreasonable public notice of
the time and place thereof, to revise for
period of five days the registration lists,
and upon being satisfied that any person
not entitled thereto has been registered,
to strike the name of such person from
the list, and such person shall not be al
lowed to vote. And such board shall al
so, during the same period, add to each
registry the names Of all persons who at
that time possess the qualifications re-
quired by said act, who have not been al
ready registered, and no person shall at
any time be entitled to be registered or
to vote by reason of any executive pardon
or amnesty, for.any act of this thing
which, without such pardon or amnesty,
would disqualify him from registration or
voting.


Section 8. That all members of said
boards of registration, and all persons
hereafter elected or appointed to office
in said military districts under any So
called State or municipal authority, or by
detail or appointment of the district COM,
mander, shall be required to take and
subscribe to the oath of Office prescribed
by law for the officers OF the United
States.


Section g. That no district commander
or member of the board of registration,
or any officer or appointee acting under
them, shall be bound in his action by
any opinion of any civil officer of the
United States.


Section 10. That section four of said
last named act shall be construed to au-
thorize the commanding general named
therein whenever he shall deem it need
full to remove any member of board of
registration, and to appoint another in his
stead, and to fill any vacancy in such
board.


Section H. That all the provisions Of
this act, and to the acts to which this is
supplementary, shall be construed libe-
rally to the end that all the intents there
of may be fully and perfectly carried out.
Year: 1867

Her cheeks are of fairer red,


Though tinged with deeper brown,
Than you will find in any maid,


Who lives in any town.
Her hair hangs loose above her brow
In many winding curl,
Like leaves on summer bough;


Oh charming country girl!
One charm she has all passing fair
Unknown in city streets;
Her beauty is less known to her,


Than unto those she meets.
She does not live on fiattery's breath,
She bears but little praise;
Her goodness is not g done to DEATH"
In twenty thousand ways.
Your city maidens, who but live


In fashions idle whirl,
For fifty such, Sense would not give
That honest farmers girl.
Year: 1867

The wood consumed in one year and
by the New York Central Railroad a
mounts to over one hundred and sixty
thousand cords, which, at forty cords per
acre, would require at last four Thousand
acre of heavily timbered land to furnish
this supply.
Year: 1867

The sherry wine merchants of Cadiz
told our Consul that "the stuff sent to the
United States was not sherry at all, but
slops used to wash out the tubs and for.
other dirty work about the stills"
Year: 1867

New York, March 26.-The quaran-
tine commissioners are making eXten-
siye preparation in view of the antiei-
mated visit Of the epidemic cholera from
Europe coming this summer. The west
hank buildings cannot possibly be ready
for use for midsummer. The hulk OF
the steamship Illinois is now stationed
jn the lower bay, and receives all sick
persons brought into port on shipboard.
The hospital ship Falcon will soon be
put down in the bay, and application
made to the secretary of war for the use
Of the steamship Empire City.