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Year: 1866

Of The puddle QAughteE) Tho preacher Of good will
became the partisan OF hate He had caught the strains
Of the big organ not as 1t SCARED on .mighty psans
who chanted in his church He became fearful Of losing
his congregation Better have lost his church earth
dear brother-then he might have had title clear the
Church triumphant, though thereby permanently sepa-
rated from his congregation. Mr. Beecher wished TO be
rid OF democratic association Well who had asked this
studied reviler to join thems He said he had been in
vited to join. Who gave the invationp II seems he
deliberaed on IT. for he said in view Of ALL he there
said deliberately he cannot join that party II was the
commodatons. Laughter.) He was Jonah and the
democracy the whale. Well we have the advantage in
one respect at least-size. Jonah not, on the
WHOLE very lovaoc person. and he did like him
wen Brother Beecher uaughterl Mr. Cox continued
his remarks in strain similar to the above, and after
finishing Mr.. Beecher he pitched into Ben Butler, ana
lyzed the constitutional amendment and wound up by
euogizng the democratic candidates the State ticket
He very frequently and loudly applauded and after
concluding at late hour the meeting addressed by
Mr. William L. Robinson.
Year: 1866

A correspondent of the Boston Journal
thus describes the scene which followed the
ratification of the constitutional amendment
by the New Hampshire House of Represen-
tatives:


The rules were so far suspended as to al
low the Speaker to vote. The calling of the
roll was then commenced. While the mem
bers were answering to their names the lob.
bies and gallery were crowded with specta
tors, and all listened to the response with
intense interest One county after another
from Rockingham to Coos, showed strict
party vote, as had been anticipated. One
representative from Hillsborough county.
reported 10 have been asleep, first answered
Here" 10 the great amusement of the
House. AT twenty five minutes to six Speaker
Pike reported the vote as being two hundred
and three yeas to one hundred and seven
nays, and the resolution passed This an
nouncement was no sooner made than the
most enthusiastic applause commenced on
the floor of the hall, and continued for sey.
eral moments, being answered back with
VIII by the eager spectators in the gallery.
After some moments the pleasant but digni-
fled officer somewhat reluctantly rose to
beckon for order, but as good fortune would
have it his gayel broke at the first blow, and
to make himself heard he smiling
ly sat down, while applause louder than ever
broke forth, and sent its echoes far up snd
down the busy streets surrounding the Capl-
tol grounds Quiet was at length restored,
and the House adjourned"
Year: 1866




A New York soldier in BROOKLYN
says the Matamoras Ranchero. named
Rogers, WAS to have been executed on
the 9th of April, but was missing from
prison the night before. He turned up
on the oath of May in house occupied
by lady and her children, situated
ninety feet from the prison yard,
through a tunnel which struck out
diagonally from the prison, and was
begun in an unfrequented side yard.


While every body believed that the
murderer had escaped, he was patient
ly, quietly, perseveringly, delving his
was through the soil of Brownsville. to
life and liberty: his only implement be-
ing the half of split canteen, shaped
saucerlike, and good for digging


On the 24th of May, at about nine
o'clock, the lady and her children were
alarmed by curious and inexplicabIe
noise under the back room of the
house. The floor had but a small ele-
vation above the earth, and there was
no better way of solving tie mystery
than by taking up plank or two Of
Jn6 uOOF.


To the inexpressible astonishment of
the family, they found man crawling
slowly out of the ground. After the
first astonishment was over, they took
him by the arms and helped him up.
They did not know who he was, but Of
course concluded he was a prisoner who
had tunnelled his way out They made
immediate report; and if the general
establishment was great ct the extraor-
dinary feat OF tunnellling, it was i'm
measurably greater when this human
mole was identified IS Rogers, the
murderer.


He only came out of the ground at
the dead hour Of the night to receive
the water and food saved for him by
his felloW-prisoners out of their rations,
they expecting to escape with him, and
materially assisting him in the ven
ture.
Year: 1866

Bosrox MLE-A Boston paper reports
that the assessors of Ward seven, in
that city, recently had the curiosity to
examine q large milk establishment
and finding four large casks, weighing
probably two thousand four hundred
pounds, they investigated the contents
Of ene of them-s staVe being broken
and thus afiording access 1t was filed
with refined whiting, and on taking a
sample for experiment, they found that
mixing it with water gave very good
imitation Of milk.
Year: 1866

Love LETTERS. The indianapolis
Herald reports that number of youn Q
men of that city have given the prin-
cipal Of the Baptist Seminary a deal of
trouble by persistently making love,
orally and by letter, to the young
ladies under his charge The other
day the principal learned that some of
his pupils had packages of letters from
young gentlemen in the city-tender
epistles. Exasperated beyond endu-
rance he caused the young ladies to
stand up before the entire school, and
read the letters in full, with the names
of the writer's. There was futtering
in the school.
Year: 1866

Galveston papers report the Trinity
bottom nearly all oVerhowed, only a
few places of high ground above water.
The sheet of water on both sides of
Trinity river varies from three to six
and even eight miles wide. The plan.
tations overflowed are entirely ruined
for the present year, as the crops are
destroyed and there is now no time to
replant The cotton crop of the Trinity
valley is therefore total loss, with the
exception of small portion of few
plantations beyond the reach of the
water.
Year: 1866



 THE MEETING BETWEEN PRESIDENT DAVIS AND HIS WIFE.-The late meet ing between Ex-President Davis and his wife is described as very tender and affecting one, as was natural under the cir cumstances of their protracted separation. Despite the strong convictions and resolute will of Mir. Davis, his social feelings are as soft as woman's and his family affec- tions exceedingly ardent. It is military tyrant, who plays Cerberus over him should set stranger eyes to witness their emotions, by ordering an officer to remain in the room. Perhaps there was great dangerthat Mrs. Davis would have spirited her husband away through some chink or cranny in the massive walls or grated windows of the casemate It may have been necessary to watch him very closely while there was such peril of rescue. It may have been very brutal If it was General Miles habit to press as closely on a line of battle in his front as he does upon a fragile captive in massive prison guarded by soldiers in his cell and at his door, and garisoned by an army-then he is brayer man than we have ever heard he was. He is certainly very stern and very vigilant where it is absurd and bar barous to be so. @
Year: 1866

In nresponse to an invitation to be present at the inaugural obsequies, at Richmond, on the 10th, in coinmemoration of the Con federate dead:

 LEXINGTON, VA, May D Ms. Em. CoQlling:

 I am much obliged to the ladies of the Memorial Association for Confederate Dead, for their. invitation to attend the inaugural celebration of their society on the 10th inst It would De most grateful to my feelings tc unite in the celebration of society formed foi so pious an object, but it will be impossible for me to do so.

 The graves of the Confederate dead will al ways be green in my memory, and their deeds be hallowed in my recollection. With great respect, Your obedient servant.

 [
Year: 1866

Eey~The Rev. J ". Rodgers of St. Lazarus church. Memphis, ina Whit Sun day Pastoral, exhorts his brethren to re- peat every night and morning, the follow ing prayer. Would that it could be re- peated by every christian in the land, for which the great sufferer periled so much

 20 God, whose mercies are everlasting, and whose power is infinite, look down with pity and compassion upon thy servant whom thou hast laid in place of darkness and the deep Give him always a sorrow ful sense of his sins, and of thy fatherly love and correction. Give to his judges tenderness and compassion, and to him a meek and forgiving spirit toward all those who have confined him raise up friends to pity and relieve him; give him the con tinual comfort of thy Holy Spirit and SC sanctify his afiiictions that they may work for him an eternal wreath of glory through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ our Lord"
Year: 1866



 Now that everything pertaining to busi- ness seems to be at stand still, it is fitting for us to examine closely into our condition, and inquire what is to become of us? what promises does the future hold out for us? Surely it is folly to think of the olden time, and sigh for its. return. Our situa- tion is changed, and circumstances differ ent; and with this change comes new re responsibilities, the necessity for different rule of government We, of Arkansas, nave much to do within the next few months, our position is to be taken, our relations are yet to be established with the. general government, our destiny is to take shape from our own actions; in short, the foundation is to be lain, for that greatness, the elements of which we possess in so re- markable degree Of all that number of States oyer which war reigned with such unabated fury for four years, Arkansas , most easily can erase the marks of destruc, tion, not that she suffered less, but that she possessed more vitality with which to withstand the shock. Her resources were undeveloped, hence could not be destroyed. Her riches hidden within Ter own bowels, she possesses them yet; and, just in pro- portion to the energy of her citizens, will she by them be benefited. Her slaves are gone, but they carriednot with them the rich and fertile soil, that is ever ready to yield abundant fruit to honest industry. The cotton fields look as well and promise as much to. the skillful hand of the white laborer, who must now cultivate them, as they did in bygone years. Truly, it may be said, old things have passed away and all things have become new The slave holder that once cultivated his thousand acres, must now confne himself to hun odreds; but under the new order, by the as sistance of agricultural science, hundreds may yield tho profits of thousands. White labor must be encouraged, and with it must como that contracted system of farm ing, that has made the Eastern Farmer so successful. Following white emigration, comes the necessity of education, and with it that system of internal improvement, that ever marks an intelligent people, alive to their own interest. As improvement marches onward, necessities increase. 1m- prove the soil make it to bring forth its fruit, and markets must be established for its consumption. Build up your towns for markets, and there must be railroads by the assistance of which the rich yieldings of the soil may be made to benefit alike. him that giveth and him that receiveth Let us, therefore, with all the energy that in us is, bend ourselves to the good work of improvement, build up our town, than which none in the State has superior ad- vantages; encourage the railroads which we so much need; invite emigration of all orders and kind; and, when tho old gar ments are shaken off, when with the re- newal of business activity, we come. forth in the vitality and life of our new situa- ton, ours shall be glorious destiny and inviting future.
Year: 1866

-G Gen. Stoneman has sent the result of the investigation into the Memphis riots to the War Department. A detailed statement of the origin, progress and conclusion of the troubles accompanies his report. It appears to bear very strongly upon the soldiers who commenced it while the negroes are blamed for participating in it. He thinks that if the latter had been kept out of the riot, it would have been suppressed almost at its inception.
Year: 1866

Little Rock. Arh.:

 SIR, Referring to the lands sold by the State during the war, you will be governed as follows, viz: Where party may apply for tract of land which you may find had been sold under state authority, and without the sanction of the U S. Government, you will require him to file his written appli- cation, arith tender of purchase money, and therupon notify the persons who may represent the unrecognized sale under State authority, that if within reasonable period, say thirty days notice, he claims the preference right to purchace such tract under such sale by reason of his actual entry and settlement on the premises, pur- suant to said sale, he must show the fact by satisfactory testimony, the regular applicant making the tender as aforesaid to have notice of such hearing, and should it appear that the party representing. the said sale is bona fQe actual settler, he be allowed to pay up and enter the land, otherwise you will recognize the said applicant making the legal tender, and carry the proceedings into an actual entry, to be reported as ip ordinary cases.

 Very respectfully,

 Your obedient servant,

 J. M. EDMUNDs,

 Commissioner.
Year: 1866

Iious host, aadly joyful, stood on the
banks of the Jordan, their enemies
drowned in the sea or slain in the wilder
ness, they paused and made solemn pre-
paration to pass over and poses the
land of promise By the command of
God, given through Moses and enforced
by his great successor, the ark OF the
covenant containing the tables of the
law and the sacred memorials of their
pilgrimage, was borne by chosen men two
thousand cubits in advance of the people.
On the further shore stood Ebal and Ger
izim, the mounts of cursing and blessing,
from which, in the hearing of all the peo-
pie, were pronounced the curses Of God
against injustice and disobedienoe. On


the shore, between the mountains and in
midst of the people, a monument was
erected, and on it was written the words
Of the law, "to be a memorial unto the
children of Israel for ever and ever"
Let US learn wisdom from this illustration
and example. Wehave passed the Red sea
Of slaughter our garments are yet wet
with its crimson spray. We have crossed
the fearful wilderness of war, and have
left our four hundred thousand heroes to
sleep beside the dead enemies of the Re


public. We have heard the voices OF
God amid the thunders of battle COM
manding US to wash our hands Of iniqui-
ty, to proclaim liberty throughout all
the land unto all the inhabitants thereof"


When we spurned His counsels we were
defeated, and the CULTS of ruin yawned
before US. When we obeyed His voice,
He gave US victory. And now, at last,
we have reached the confines of the will
derness. Before US is the land of promise,
the land of hope, the land of peace, filed
with possibilities of greatness and glory
too vast for the grasp of the imagination.
Are we worthy to enter it? On what
condition may it be ours to enjoy and
transmit to our children's children p
Let US pause and make deliberate and
solemn preparation Let US, as Repre-
sentatives of the people, whose servants
we are, bear IN advance the sacred ark of
republican liberty, with its tables of the
law inscribed with the ''irreVersible guar
antees" of liberty. Let US here build
monument on which shall be written not
only the causes Of the law against treason,
disloyalty, and oppression, but also an
everlasting covenant of peace and bless
ing with loyalty, liberty, and obedience;
and all the people will say, Amen.
Year: 1866

Dear husband am here alone.
In sorrow and in pain;
The sunshine from my heart has flown,
feel the driving rain


o GodI


The chill and driving rain.
Three Iaggard months have wheeled their roun
Since thy face uDOn me smiled;
And everything of earth has frowned
Or thy poor stricken child


Dear friend
Thy weary, suffering child.
Scarce breathing when you slept;
And as my hopes were swept away,
on thy bosom wept-


o God


How had prayed and wept!
I know you cannot come to me
Drear, drear must be life's night
And. husband. L can almost see,
Even now, the gathering blight


My soul


Faints. stricken by the blight
OF but to feel thy fond arms twine
Around me once again
1t almost seems those lips of thine
Might kiss away the pain,


Might sOOthe
This dull, cold, heavy pain.
But. gentle husband. through life's storms,
can no longer lean on thee;
Our helpless. trusting little form
Chngs trustingly to me;


Poor boyl
To have no guide but mel
With weary feet and broken wings,
With bleeding heart and sore,
l can but look back. sorrowing,
Can seek the ark no more


Thy breast
No, never, never more.
Dear husband, for thy wanderer pray
That loftier faith be given,
Her earthly hopes all swept away,
That she may lean on Heaven


Her soul
Grow strong on Christ and Heaven!
FARN1SGToS. O.. Jan. Il, 1856.
Year: 1866

The beautiful extract below is from the
pen of Hon. Geo. S. Hillard: alr


confess that increasing years bring
with them an increasing respect
for men who have not succeeded in life,
as those words are commonly used
Heaven is said to be place of those who
have not succeeded on earth and it is
sure that celestial grace does not thrive
and bloom in the hot blaze of worldly
prosperity. Ill success sometimes arises
from superabundance of qualities in
themselves good-from conscience too
sensitive, a taste too fastidious, self-for-
getfulness too romantic, a modesty too
retiring. l will not 60 as far as to say,
with living poet, that "the world knows
nothing of its men," but there are forms
of greatness, or at least excellence,
which "die and make no signs p
there are martyrs that miss the palm but
not the stake heroes without the lau-
rels, and conquerors without the tri-
umph.
Year: 1866

An English farmer recently remarked
that che fed his land before it was hun
gry, rested it before it was weary, and
Weeded it before it was foul" Seldom,
if ever, was so much agricultural wisdom
condensed in single sentence.
Year: 1866

The following is true copy of letter
from a candidate for the " "legislater" of
West Virginia, to his ''fellowsitisons" was
picked up by some of our soldier boys
during the war. 1t is certainly a rare
specimen. We learn that notwitstand-
ing the touching nature of his appeal,
the author was not elected:


May the 81 day 1863
Gentlemen fellowsitisons it is once more
that am calling on your all for your
kind help in time of mead gentlemen
kindly thank you all for your kind
help in days wich is past & gone notwith
Standing am yours with respect am
candidate to represen VOW in the halls of
your legislator in west Verginia & f l
shood get the vots of my Mobile friends
/ shall endeaver to stedy thar
and stedy while thar my Mobile friends
expect to make AVERY heayey move to
stop the collection of taxes IN our own
Mobile county of f-- Whe have
48 co in owl new state of west va & IS
co is all that is paying it looks quare tony
eye shall if your friend shood be the
man this is the time my friends 1 have
been raised pore & comup foot my tai
lance is small my schooling is slim but
eunningness perhaps viii bring me side
by side again with Mobile friends VOW
have tried in those small offices here to
fore & if you plese you may try me on
was constable for years and never was
a notified but once I have bin trying to
serve 20 for nearly years there never
ha been an appeal from my judgment
have done the best Good might give
VOW all a long lesson but you all know
me so good morning to you all hold the
poney reign tite & let him Wrip


~
Mr. --.si sir pleas parsonate me
TO morrow read my letter for me rote
this last night in hurry max any chane
VOW think wright with respect tax my
friends to -- or mr. --it Is
all paid for there speak for me with re-
spect.
Year: 1866

The greatest amount insured in any one risk in
general do not exceed $1,000 on brick buildings,
and 5000 on frame buildings


The greatest amount allowed By the rules to be
insured in any one city. town or village-no limit


The greatest amount allowed to be insured in
any one block-left to tho discretion of the Secre
tary.
The amount of its capital or earnings deposited
IN any other State security for i losses therein
none.
The Charter, or Act of Incorporation of said
Company-fled.
Year: 1866

trust and hope that my future action
may be such that you and the Conven-
tiop you represent may not regret the
assurance of confidence you have ex-
pressed. ["We are sure of it."]


Before separating, my friends, one
and all, please accept my eincerethanks
for the kind manifestations of regard
and respect you have exhibited on this
occasion. repeat that | shall always
continue to be guided by Conscientious
conviction Of duty-(and that always
gains one courage)--undcr the Consti-
tuition, which / have made my guide


At the conclusion Of the President s
remarks three enthusiastic cheers were
given for Andrew johnson and three
more for General Grant.


The President then took a position
near tie door opening into the hall,
with General Grant by his side, where,
as the gentlemen of the committee and
members Of the Convention passed out,
he grasped each by the hand, and had
a smile or cheering word for all; after
which they passed on to take General
Grant by the hand.
Year: 1866

A subscriber writes to a Western
editor al don't want your paper any
longer" to which the editor replies 81
would not make it any longer if you did;
It's present length suits me very we'll"
Year: 1866

EDITOR STAR:-We should like, for the credit
of our city, to see some move made by the
Commissioner of the Public Buildings towards
replacing with more substantial seats the
present old, broken settoes lying about our
beautiful parks. Now that the music season Is
attracting thousands Of our own people and
visitors to them. there should be some more
suitable place for lady TO sit than upon the
broken frame of rusty iron casting Please
see TO this, Mr.. Commissioner, and oblige the
Year: 1866

SERIOUS AoCIDKNT.--This morning Mr. Jas.
Lyons was about getting into a buggy at the
stables, between ID and f streets, on sth street,
for the purpose Of taking a ride, but had not
taken the reIns in hand when the horse started
and ran away. At the corner of sth street and
Market Space Mr.. Lyons was thrown out OF
the buggy, and his head striking the pavement
was seriously cut and bruised. He was taken
into "a store near by, and was speedily removed
to his residence on 9th, near T. street
Year: 1866

with any contagious, malignant or infec-
tious disease. 10 employ all such persons
as shall be necessary to carry into effect
the regulations adopted and published ac-
cording to the powers vested in the Board
by this Act, and to fix their compensation,
employ Physicians in case of poverty, and
to take such general precautions as It may
deem necessary for the public health.


Sec. Q. Any person who shall willfully
violate any of the regulations so made and
published by the Board of Health, shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con-
viction thereof, shall be subject to fine
or Imprisonment, such fine not to exceed
one hundred dollars, and such imprison-
ment not to exceed thirty days.


Sec. 10. All expenses incurred by the
several Boards of Health in the execution
of this act shall be charge upon their re-
spectiye towns or cities, for the purpose of
defraying which tax may be levied by
such Board of Health upon the property
in such town or city, upon the valuation
of property, at the last assessment of such
property sufficient to defray the expenses
so incurred.


Sec. IL. Ten days. notice of such levy
shall be given in the manner prescribed
by law for the collection of taxes, when it
shall be the duty of the Marshal of such
town or city to collect the same, and pay
it into the hands of the Treasurer of the
Board of Health.


Approved April I'd, 1866.