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Year: 1866

time, actually in the military service as vol
unteers, and honorably discharging their dr-
ties to the Government. To hold that the
act of Congress imposes upon such the ne
cessity of proving their innocence, without
any conviction of guilt, would be an unrea-
sonable construction Of the act, and would
be attributing to the national legislature an
intention not warranted by the language and
connection Of the enactment.


1t follows that the judgment of the court
below, upon the case stated, was right. The
plaintiff not having been convicted of deser-
ton and failure to return to the service, or
to report to provost marshal, and not hav-
ing been sentenced to the penalties and for
FIXTURES of the law was entitled to vote


The judgment is affirmed.


WOODWARD, &. j.


/ concur in the conclusion stated in the
above opinion. and in most of the reasonings
by which that conclusion is reached.


But do not concur in treating the act of
Congress as valid enactment, for believe
it to be an er post tdcto law, in respect to all
soldiers, except such as commit the crime of
desertion after the date of the law. This is
not case of desertion subsequent to the en-
actfnent, but prior to it, and the penalties of
the offence are such as were fixed, by law,
when the offence was committed, and IT Is
not competent for the Legislature to increase
them, except for future cases.
Year: 1866

In Chatham churchyard is a stone inscri-
bed "A man had buried two wives; after
stating the name and age of the first are tha
words, THE Lord gave and the Lord hath
taken away, blessed be the name of the
Lord. In few years his second wife died
and after her name and age ara these words,
Il called upon the name of the Lord and he
heard me, and delivered me out of all my
troubles.
Year: 1866

A Man in England imagined that he had
the rinderpest. His physician, unable to
convince him to the contrary, gave him
sealed prescription With which he hurried to
the druggist. His bad symptoms immedi-
ately left him when the clerk opened it and
read, This man has the cattle plague take
him into the back yard and shoot him ao-
cording 10 law"
Year: 1866

We learn from the railroad men who came
from Medina this morning that there wos
great excitement In that village arising from
a report that Presbyterian clergyman,
named Lindsey, residing mile south of the
village, yesterday whipped his son three
years old, so severely that he died two hours
subsequently, because he would not say his
prayers. Report adds that the childs fin.
gers we're broken by the blows administered.
The report seems SO monstrous and unnat-
ural that we telegraphed to Medina to learn
ifit was true, and received an answer th9t it
was. The telegraph states that the minister
was two hours whipping the child with
heavy rod and it died from its injuries with
in the time stated above. Lindsey had not
been arrested at the time the dispatch was
sent, but we learn that an officer from Abb
on has gone to Medina to take him into GUS
tody. For the sake of common humanity we
hope the story is exaggerated, and it may be
possible that it is


Since writing the above we have received
by special telegraph the statement of Mr.
Lindsey, the father of the child, made to q
jury summoned by Coroner Chamberlain
"On the eighteenth of june the child dis
Obeyed his step mother, and commenced
correcting him, using a shingle for the pur-
pose, and continued to chastise him for more
than two hours, when the child beganto show
signs of debility, and j ceased to punish him
and laid him on couch and called my wife,
When she saw the child she said he was dy-
ing, and before twelve clock he wasdead."
The coroner jury returned a verdict yes
terday that death resulted from chastise-
ment by the father" 1t will be seen that
the whipping was given on the eighteenth
instant, instead of yesterday, and that COM
mon report did not in this instance oyerstate
the facts in the case. A child three years
old whipped to death by its father because
it could not or would not say its prayers? Is
it possible, and of all other persons, that
clergyman should be guilty of such piece
of inhumanity? The condemnation of the
public is not enough. The law should take
firm hold of him and deal out justice to him
with an unsparing hand. A cold blooded
murder-it can be called nothing less
should not go unpunished. No wonder the
people of Medina are indignant and excited.
Rochester Union.
Year: 1866

Nor A CHRISTIAN, BUT A BAGGAGE MAS
TER-An accident happened to train on
the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad
awhile ago out in Ohio. The baggage-mas-
ter sat in his car reading at the time, but
perceiving by the motion of the car that an
accident had taken place, he attempted to
iump out. but was caughtb between two boxes
and badly jammed. He was taken outin an
insensible condition, and being laid upon the
ground an attempt was made to revive him,
which proved successful. As he opened his
eyes to a eonsciousnessof things, a clergyman
stepped out from the circle who surrounded
him, to offer prayer for his complete restora-
ton. He kneeled down by the side of the
of mercy, he asked the youth, Are you a
Christian p ''No, sir, as emphatically as
his weak condition would allow, 'I'm a
baggage-master on the Atlantic and Great
Western Railroad, So
Year: 1866

A REVISION OF THE TARIFF.-The fol-
lowing letter of instructions respecting
the tariff has been adressed to the COM
missioner Of revenue by the Secretary of
the Treasury, in regard to the proposed
revision Of the tariff at,the next session
of Congress


WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.-To Hon. David
A. Wells, United States Commissioner of
Revenue,-Sir In view of the fact that
revision of the tariff is certain to en-
gage the attention of Congress at it's
next session, consider it especially de-
sirable that the treasury department
should be prepared to furnish as much
information pertinent to the subject as
can be obtained and collected within the
limited time available for the necessary
Investigations. You are therefore here
by instructed to give the subject of the
revision OF the tariff especial attention,
and to report bill which, if approved
by Congress, will be substitute for all
the acts imposing customs duties, and
which will render the administration of
this branch of the revenue system more
simple, economical ond effective. In the
discharge of this duty, you will consider
the necessity of providing for large,
certain and permanent revenue, keeping
in view the fact that the existing tariff
has proved most effective in this direc-
ton.


You will therefore endeavor, first, to
accrue for the government q revenue
commensurate with its necessities, and,
secondly, to propose sdch notifications
of the tariff laws now in force, as will
better adjust and eqnalize the duties
upon foreign imports with the internal
taxes upon home productions. If this
last result can be obtained without de-
triment to the revenue, by reducing tax
alton upon raw materials and the ma
Chinery of home productions other than
by increasing the rates of imports, it
would, in my opinion, by decreasing the
cost Of production and increasing the
producing power, greatly promote the
interests Of the whole country. In the
prosecution of this work, you are au-
thorized to call upon officers of the rev.
enue for such information as you may
require and they may be able to furnish.


II. McCULLocH,


Secretary of the Treasury.


In carrying out these instructions, Mr..
Wells will have his office at the New
York custom house during October.
Year: 1866

II is compromise which the President
ought to have adopted in cooperation
with Congress, and which he ought now
TO adopt at all events, because his con-
flict with Congress, If persisted in, will
be most emphatically decided against
him. 1t cannot be otherwise. The in
evitable result is as clear to the searcher
for the true situation of things as the
light of the sun through the breaking
clouds. Not one of the States which
voted for Lincoln and Johnson will fail
to adopt this constitutional amendment,
since New Jersey, the only Northern
State whose vote was against them, has
led off for the North in the ratification.


The policy and the duty of President
Johnson, therefore, are as clear as a
mathematical demonstration, and equally
clear is the policy OF the still excluded
Southern States. We have earnestly ad-
vocated the Presidents policy; but after
the verdict of the jury the argument is
at an end. The example of Tennessee in
the ratification of the amendment is now
the only alternative for the other South
ern States. Tennessee, in ratifying the
amendment, opened the door to the ad-
mission of her members into both houses
of Congress. She, by that simple act,
is reconstructed and restored.


- This amendment is going through.
There is no other settlement for the
South. The Governors Of the Southern
States ought, therefore, to call their leg
islatures together at once and ratify this
amendment so that with the meeting of
Congress in December they may be all
restored to both houses. In this way
they can at once secure the balance of
power in Congress and put an end TO
any further attempt Of the radicals to
apply new restrictions Of State restora-
tion. The Southern States, too, will
thus be put in position to take their
ground and shape their course to some
purpose in view of the Presidential cleo
tion. What has been done in the case
Of Tennessee amounts to the adoption of
a rule of admission. The way is plain,
the door is open, and in this simple act
of ratification the South will be restored
to it's balance of power. 1t is the ulti-
matum of the victorious North, and the
South will lose much and gain nothing
by delay in its adoption.
Year: 1866

Accidental teamster was severely iniur-
ed yesterday by being crowded between the
fore wheels and body of his cart He had
stepped inside the wheels for something, when
the oxen suddenly started, and gee'd oil, press
ing him against the body of the cart in the
manner described
Year: 1866

PROMENADE CoNoERT.-This affair, which
came off last evening, was very pleasant par
ty though the attendance was not so large as
1t was expected to be. But the hall not being
crowded there was more space for the dancers.
Everything went off finely. i .H9ru 59isisad
Year: 1866


There are lonely hearts to cherish
While the days are going by
There are weary sonls who perish
While the days are going by
II smile we can renew,
As our journey we pursue,
oh the good We all may do,
While the days are going by
There's no time for idle scorning
Viii the days are going by
Let our face be Ike the morning
While the days are going by;
Oh the world is full of sghs,
Full Of sad and weeping eyes
Help your fallen brother rise
While the days are going by.
All the loving links that bind US
While the days are going by,
One by one we leave behind us
While the days are going by;
But the seeds Of good we SOW,
Both in shade and shine will grow,
And viii keep our hearts aglow
While the days are going by.
Year: 1866

Many another with family Of little ohes
about her often hears the question, What
can do ? Mayn't do this or thatl Where
can go? These questions seem to come
most frequently at the busiest time, and
amid the mosS pressing cares. With many
little ones,> and perhaps with limited meabs,
the mother is anxious and troubled -anx>
ious to train her children Alright, and troubled
lest she may neglect her household cares.
They come to her with their wants, over.
worked and tired as she is, and fearful lest
her work shall not be accomplished, She
turns them off impatiently, to be idle and
unhappy, forgetting, too, that her impatience
will be marked, and the example only too
quickly followed. Why is it, she asks her
self, they are the most troublesome when |
am most hurried! Because, answer, they
are not provided with sufficient occupation,
Give the little creatures enough to do aud
enough to do with blocks of wood, rag ba
bies, little wooden or China animals, and
something to draw them about inf it be
but the cover to a paste-board box, with
string to draw it BY, Such playthings will
often amuse them better than more costly
and beautiful toys. have seen three little
boys happy all day long with such things
Give them paper to cut, and praise them for
the pretty things they cut. Let the older
ones make lamp lighters, and as sure as they
feel they are helping some one. they will be
happy. They can easily learn to pick up all
the litter they make. [ have heard mothers
say their children should never cut paper
around room. Better little, ay, a good
deal Of dirt aud confusion, if you can better
teach your children to be useful, and keep
them happy and contented.


They should have playmates, plenty of
them, but select those that you know to be
well>trained who behave as you wish your
children to behave. Give them taste for
the society of the refined and gentle, They
will be better able to select for themselves
as they Ininglc with the world Remember
there is much involved in training up child
1t is not only to make him obedient, though
that is the first duty, but he is to be taught
habits of Deatness and order-his tastes are
to be cultivated, repreSsing the evil and en-.
couraging the good Habits formed during
the first seven or eight years, will in all pro
liability be formed Tor a lifetime. '',f
trouble comes TO the little ones soon enOughj
find no unnecessary fault. Praise them fol
all that you can consistently see that is good
Teach them to work out Of love to their part
ents or to each other. Let them feel that
they are a help and comfort. If they quar>
rel, teach them the golden rule, and it is as.
tonishing how early they may learn to be
guided by its precepts. But, above all, par~
ents, friends and guardians, set them such
an example as you wish them to follow--sov,
ern your own temper; resist your own provo,
cations to fretfulness, impatienee or resent.
ment, and you viii soon see them follow in
your footsteps, if with earnest prayer lead
them to Him who has said "Sutfer little
children to come unto me and forbid them
not, for Of such is the Kingdom of Heaven
Country Gentleman. p
Year: 1866

INCREDULITY PERsoNIFID.-There was
living on Martha's Vinyard an old man who
had never been off the island, and the extent
of his knowledge is bounded by the confines
Of his home. lie has been told of war be-
tween the North and South, but as be has
never heard the din of battle nor seen any
soldiers, he considered it hoax. He is ut
terly unable to read, and is ignorant to the
last degree. An excellent story is told of
his first and only day at school He was
quite a lad, when lady came to the district
where his father resided, to teach school.
He was sent, and as the teacher was clas>
styling the school, he was called up in turn
and interrOgated as to his former studies OF
course he had to say that he had never been
at school and knew none of his letters The
schoolmistress gave him a seat on one side
until she had finished the preliminary exam-
inatiOn of the rest ofthe scholars She then
called him to her and drew on the blackboard
the letter A, told him what it was, and
wished him to remember how it looked He
booked at it moment and then inquired, Che
stutte7ed):


H-h-ow do you know it's A."


The teacher replied that when she was q
girl she had been to- school to an old gentle
man, who told her So The boy eyed the 4
for moment, and then asked FL how did
be know"


This was almost sumner, but the teacher
suddenly recollected that he had told her
when a boy he had been to school to a lady
who taught him that it was A.


The boy eyed the letter a little longer
when he burst out with "II-h>ow did he
know but she l>Lied"


The teacher could not get oVer this obsta.
Gle, and the poor boy was sent home as in,
eorrigibe
Year: 1866

Nothing is moro damaging to the great
cause Of religion than the numerous rc.
ports VIC have Of tho conduct of several
Of tho Radical gentlemen in charge Of
the Frccdmen's Bureau South. If true
religion had not y divine foundation, the
conduct Of too many Of its professional
mon would overthrow it among tho pco.
pic.
Year: 1866

Every young man is eagerly asking the:
best way of getting on in life The Bible
gives a very short answer to the question -
tsHVaIk IN tSeway of good men and keep the
paths of the righteous" A great many books
Of advice and direction have been written, but
here is the gist of them all.
Year: 1866

The excellent washerwomen Of Holland
and Belgium, who ''get up" their linen 50
beautifully white, use refined borax as a
washing powder, instead of soda, in the
proportion of one large handful of powder
to about ten gallons ofboiling water. They
save in soap nearly one half All the large
washing establishments adopt the same
mode. For laces, cambric and &C., an ex-
ira quantity of powder is used for crino-
lines, required to be made, a strong solution
is necessary. Borax being neutral salt,
does not in the slightest degree iniure the
texture the of the linen. Its effects is to
soften the hardest water, and therefore it
should be kept on every toilet table. Tothe
taste it is rather sweet it is used for clean
ing the hair it is an excellent dentritrice,
and in hot counties it is used, in combina-
ton with tartaric and biearbonate of soda,
as a cooling beverage. Good tea cannot be
made with hard water. All water may be
made soft by adding a teaspoonful of borax
powder to an ordinary sized kettle ofwater.
in which it should boil The saving in the
quantity of tea used will be at least one
fifth.
Year: 1866

as the price of his complete neutrality in the
contemplated war, and of his not even form
ing an army Of observation in the direction
OF Germany Such persons, of course,


abuse Count Bismarck for having broken


his word. His end once gained, they saw.
Austria once PROSTATE, and the military
power of Prussia established as at least on
a par with the first in Europe, he broke his
pledge and would give nothing. Take
Belgium, il you please, annex the canton Of
Geneva, II you think proper, but Of German
land not foot can be yielded up Count
Bismarck has adopted the saying Of Rica-
soil when he was taxed with the intention of
cedIng Sardinia or part Of the Riviera to
France; he sees great deal of land to take,


but not an acre to give up 1t is very
doubtful, however, whether he be not I'M
justly accused when he is charged with hay-
ing broken his promise in the case above ci-
ted. My belief is that the Emperor outWit-
ted himself rather than that he was outwit-
ted by Bismarck. The Prussian Minister
went to Biarrltz most anxious to secure that
neutrality Of France which should enable
him to carry out his ambitious designs, and
to make the war, for which he at last took
a preteXt since proved as unsubstantial and
baseless as that advanced By the wolf for his
attack upon the lamb. At that time the
Emperor might almost have made his own
terms, sure Of their acceptance Bismarck
was plant, conciliatory-in fact, suppliant.


He actually bored and prosecuted the En-
peror by his persistence, but he could not
get his august interoeutor to come to any
sort of verbal agreement. No compact was
made, | have good reason for thinking, and
no equivalent for French neutrality definitely
stipulated The Emperor listened, twirled
his moustache, bat was impenetrable and
taciturn. Still, although he avoided COM
mitting himself, the impression upon his
mind seems to have been that Count Bis
marck was bound to certain concessions. in
France, when the time came, acted in the
way that Prussia desired. Bismarck, on the
other hand, obtaining no pledge, held him
self IN no way bound by any offers he might
have made. There was no bargain, m fact,


the Emperor had Hercr SAID Done And
when the victory had been gained by Prus-
sia and the claim for tithes was put in, 1t
was rejected without breach of promise. 1t
was sharp practice, if you please, on the
part Of Bismarck, but the Emperor ought
better to have known with whom he was
dealing But, as the Prussian Minister
feels that his work is not yet done, knows
that he has many enemies In Germany, and
many difficulties still to surmount, and, final


ly. notwithstanding the needle gun, thinks it
much more eXpedient to be on good than


on bad terms with France, it is still thought
by many here that he will make concessions
Of some kind. I am inGedulous of their
including a cession Of German territory,
even though it were but the frontier of 1914


1t would be too great blow to his prestige
as conquereT, too unpopular step in
Prussia, and. indeed throughout Germany
Year: 1866

De2We find in an exchange the following
clever poems, written by gentleman of El
mira n, Y. 1t is called ''In coal Mine
and is mine Of puns. In fact the d0ublt
e,steadres are so thick that the hasty reader
will miss more than half Of them
A car fall of careless ones,-


The day was ours to spare
As students we did seek mine


To see coal laborers there.
We found the place-'twas miles away
To west and then by south;
And though was ours Joyous mood,


We looked down in the mouth
Of that dark cavern an though the sight
By courage were not fitted
To plunge away beyond the light


We felt we should be pitied.
But on we went and thoughts of i'll


Flew OFF while we were fyin'
And each one from a car-edge cried


Behold all this is mine
Not only pleasure did we hope


To find for us in store,
WesoHght as well higher path,


To get little lore.
We found a pencil vaiar-I state


What no one will deny-for
Although there was no lack Of slate,


Twas not place to sigh for.
The star lamps cleaned before our eyes
What constellation finer
Though borne by many bearish chap
Who was no worse miner?

And so we studied O er the mine


While bright ideas budded,
And when we turned away we knew
The mine was much ore-studded.
And when we saw daylight again


Delight did US unfold
Although we found each one had got
A very little coaled.
For we were glad that no mishap


To sorrow had been doomin' US,
And that no wayward mass of coal


Had sealed our fate by toombin' us.
Year: 1866

The following article should be read and
pondered we'll by every man, who takes a
newspaper without paying for it My OBJ
seTvation enables me to state as a fact, that
publishers of newspapers are more poorly
rewarded than any other class ofmen in the
| United States who invest an equal amount
of labor capital and thought They are
expected to do more service for less pay, to
stand more spopging and dead heading, ="
to puff and defend more people without
fee or hope Of reward, than any other class


They credit wider and longer: get oftener
cheated, suffer more pecuniary loss, are
oftener the victim Of misplaced confidence
than any other calling in the community
People pay printer bill with more reluc-
tance than any other. 1t goes harder with
them to expend dollar on valuable news
paper than ten on a needless gewgaw yet
everybody ayails himself of the editors pen
and the printer s ink.


How many professional and political rep
utations and fortunes have been made and
sustained by the friendly though unrequited
pen Of the editor How many embryo


towns and cities have been brought into
notice and pulled into prosperity by the
press How many railroads, now in sue
cessful operation, would have foundered but
for the lever that moves the world?' In
short, what branch of industry and activity
has not been prompted stimulated and de-
Tended by the press


And who has rendered it more than a mis-
erable pittance for its service ? The baZaars
Of fashion and the haunts Of dissipation and
appetite are thronged with an eager crowd
bearing gold in their palms, and the COM
modities there vended are sold at enormous
profits, though intrinsically worthless, and
paid for with more scrupulous punctuality ;
while the counting room of the newspaper
is the seat Of Jewing, cheapening trade
orders and pennies 1t is made point of
honor to liquidate grog bill, but not of dis
honor to repudiate printer BILL