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Year: 1866

The ordinance prohibiting the sale of
intoxicating liquors on Sunday, or the
keeping open of any saloons for the pur-
pose ofselling liquors on the Sabbath ha
for years been allowed to remain dead
letter on the statute book Our readers
will observe that it is to be no longer a
dead letter. The Board of Metropolitan
Police have ordered that, in pursuance of
the provisions of the ordinance, all places
where intoxicating liquors are sold shall
be kept closed from twelve o'clock on
each Saturday night to twelve o'clock on
Sunday night. A "notice to this effect,
duly authenticated, will be found in our
advertising columns.


Keepers of third-rate groggeries, rum
sodden leafers, young counterjumpers
who devote the elegant leisure " of Sun
day to getting drunk, and rowdies,
thieves, prostitutes and evil-doers of every
description, will doubtless be excessively
wrathfnl at the course taken by the Com
missioners; but every law-loving citizen,
whether total abstinence man or not,
will be reioiced to see the law enforced.
1t is fact, as sad as it is notorious that on
the Sabbath day, which the law of God and
the custom of civilization alike set aside
as sacred, and in which the respectable
and religious portion of the community
have right to claim legal protection
against disturbance by riot or drunken
ness, there is more dissipation than on any
other day of the week. Laborers, clerks,
artisans, who are busy during the week, and
who have plenty of leisure on the Sabbath,
are greatly tempted to spend that leisurein
one of the five hundred saloons of the
city. As consequence, the sacred day Is
profaned by the grossest dissipation;
drunken men, rarely seen on our streets
of a weekday, are, on Sunday evening,
to be met everywhere; fights, riots,
carousals are more frequent on Sunday
night than any other; and the Police
Court docket on Monday morning shows,
as all its attaches can testify, three times
as many "drunks" asupon any other
day. Last Sunday over forty arrests for
drunkenness were made, and, as the season
advances, and people are more and more
apt 10 ospend Sunday away from home, the
prospect was that the evil would increase.


1t should also be remarked that the bet
ter class of liquor-dealers heartily desire
the enforcement of the ordinance. Some
have always complied with it; others
have kept their saloons open on Sundays
only because others did so. Only the
lowest dOggery-keepers will complain if
the ordinance is enforced.


The recital of facts which we have
made shows the necessity of the law. We
should insult the moral seIse of our read
ers BY arguing the question further. Let
US only say that we are heartily grateful
to the Metropolitan Police Commission
ers and to the Metropolitan Police Bill
for this opportunity to enforce our own
statutes.
Year: 1866

DThree young men named Young recently
succeeded to their hearts content in reaching
the top of Mount Blanc, and the cannon was
fired In honor of the event. But shortly after.
wards they were seen TO roll down several.
hundred feet and 10 fall over q ledge OF rocks
which traverses the frtghtful slope of ice de.
scendtng from the summit.
Year: 1866

AS man named John Stubbings, Of
Cirtling, Cambridgcshire. was watching a
hive OF bees about to swarm, the queen
alighted on his head, and was Immediately
followed by a whole swarm Stubbings
had the presence Of mind to stand perfect
Iy still, and in few minutes the bees
completely covered one side of his head.
leaving him only sufficient breathing space.
AS soon as they were settled, his wife
swept them of into hive, and he escaped
unhurt.
Year: 1866

George ID. Prentice speaking the death
ola young lady says: "The close Of her
life was rs calm as the falling of quiet
stream; gentle as The sinking of the breeze
that llngers for time around bed OF
withered roses and then dies for very sweet
ness"
Year: 1866

amazement rendered them almost speechless.
But Ginevra, whenever she saw she was
recognized, paused, and courteously address
ed her former acquaintances. She told them
that her husband not only hastily buried her
alive, without the proper investigation which
might have proved that she was not dead,
but that, when she sought his door, and that
of her father, she had been rejected by both !;
and that it was not the fault of husband,
father, priests, or physicians that she was
not in reality dead for dead she must short
ly have been, but for him who alone had
truly loved her. and opened his door and
arms to receive, whether she came in the
flesh or the spirit and, therefore, it was to
him that her life belonged, and to him it had
been consecrated.


Francesca Agolanti soon heard of his wife's
temperance. of her defiant words, and her
new marriage. Finding that the tale was
true, he made an appeal to the courts of
justice, to induce them to restore Ginevra to
him, her rightful husband.


Ginevra and Antonio were summoned to
appear before the Ecclesiastical Court, over
which the archbishop presided: The excite
ment ran high throughout Florence. and the
court was surrounded by an indignant popu.
lace, who denounced Agolanti and Bernardo,
and openly declared their sympathy for An
tonic and Ginevra. Before the tribunal
Ginevra told her tale bravely and with great
feeling and made known her determination
to resist her former husbands efforts to re-
claim her, after he had twice placed her life
in peril, had shut her up in the grave, and
had closed his doors against her; adding,
that if she should be separated from Antonio,
she would take refuge from Agolanti in
convent.


The cause was ably argued on both sides.
But the judges in those times hardly dared
to gainsay the outspoken verdict of the many
mouthed public, which was apt to decide for
them what was justice, and to enforce that
justice, when not summarily dealt out, by
riot and bloodshed.


The decision given will seem almost in,
credible in our days. The marriage between
Agolanti and Ginevra was declared void and
null, through hersupposed death and actual
burial and the court decided that she was
free to form other ties, according to her good
pleasure that the ties she had contracted
were legal, and that she was now the lawful
wife of Antonio Rondinelli
Year: 1866

How TO SILVER CoTToN Contradiction
cloth. or thread. may be silvered in the fol
lowing manner. Dissolve one drachm OF
nitrate of silver in six or eight parts of hot
distilled water, and add gradually sufficient
quantity of liquid ammonia to re dissolve the
preeipitate first formed. This solution is to
be mixed with thickening material, and may
be printed in the usual way upon the cloth,
which, in moist condition, must be placed
in we'll closed room, and exposed to the
reducing action of hydrogen. The silver
will appear in its peculiar metallic bright
ness, which may be increased by rubbing or
Furnishing the printed spots.
Year: 1866

From the London Times Money Column.


The apprehension of war occasioned fur
ther serious fall this morning June A. in
English and foreign stocks, deprecated al
ready TO an extraordinary point, not only by
the long continuance of these fears, but by
the severity Of the panic. 1t may be ques-
toned, however, if in thus giving way to
dependency the public are acting upon any
definite views. Is there a theory that the
outbreak of war will draw money from this
country? If so, it would be well if those who
entertain il would explain the way in which
this process, contrary 10 all preUiOuS experience,
is crDectoi 10 take place. Thus far the suspen-
sion of specie payment in Italy has been fol-
lowed by the NATURAL results of causing a
large outflow Of gold from that country TO
France, which will ultimately act upon the
London market, and there is no reason to
suppose that rs regards Austria, Prussia,
Saxonv and the other German States, the
consequences would be different. Hence we
have 10 anticipate that, simultaneous with
the accumulation of bullion which invariably
follows the contraction of business occasioned
by panic, we may witness a very great in
crease from the displacement of the precious
metals on the continent. Under these cir
cumstances it seems impossible to assume
that the action now observable on prices
can have been caused by any interference to
the effect that the outbreak Of hostilities will
be attended here by a scarcity of capital.
The only other supposition open is that al


though we may have an unusual influx Of
means, people will refuse 10 employ them
while war is raging among our neighbors. A
course of that kind, however, was never yet
pursued Money is never long allowed to
lie idle, and in a short time, whatever may
be the accumulation that takes place, it will
find some channel. Finance and banking
schemes are not likely to furnish that chan
mel, and if the British funds or railway
stock, or the securities of these foreign coun


tries that may be out of danger of being
drawn into the war do not attract favor, 1t
will be hard TO conjecture where the outlet
is to be attained Finally, as respects any
possibility that England may become in
volved in the approaching complications, 1t
NAV be remarked that even if the improba-
bility of such contingency be not sufficient
TO prevent the present disastrous course Of
prices, the knowledge that consols are al
ready at the lowest quotation touched du-
ring the most costly and disastrous stage of
the Crimean conflict, while all other classes
of securities are very far below the range of
that time, might be expected to exercise
some powers in imparting conf dence.
Year: 1866

GOV. BRAMLETrE, with that generosity


which characterizcs the brave soldier and
true gentleman, has ordered headboards 10
be placed at the head Of each soldiers grave
in our cemetery, both Union and Confeder-
ate. This one act will do more 10 remove
the bitterness resulting from the civil war
than thousand years Of such treatment as
is advocated by the Radicals. We honor
the Governor for this exhibition of kindly
regard for the feelings Of the living, az well


as the respect shown for the dead, although
those dead may have been enemies to the
cause which he espoused.-FhaattoTf YeoRGa.
Year: 1866

Young married ladies whose misfortune it has
been not to bring forth in due season, remember
God has said you should multiply and replenish.
If this is your desire, you can consult me either
by letter in person. No lady over thirty-6ve
years of age need make application. All cOmmu-
nications bY letter or person strictly confidential
Year: 1866

Gen. Early, writing to a lady friend
nj Winchester, Va, from his place Of
exile, pays the following eloquent and
emotional tribute to the Confederate
dead, and to the devotion of the women
Of the south to the memory Of the
fallen;


1t is sad, sad indeed to be an exile
from country, and still saddcr to mourn
the loss OF Il most Just and noble cause
for which man ever fought; but there
5 some comfort in knowing that the
,truggIr which developed so much
heroism on the part Of our soldiers and
30 many virtues in our women has not
tccn all in vain; and wherever may
wander ] will bear with me the proud
consolation derived from the knowledge
that my countrywomen, who were so
Faithful and devoted during all the trials
and vicissitudcs Of our dreadful! contest
FOR Independence, now that it has gone
against u.s. remain true to the memo
ries Of the dead.


Power and money may procure cost
" monuments and testimonials to com.
mcmorate the names of ihosc who
fought for the successful party, but all
The power and wealth Of the world can
not command so rich tribute as that
paid to the memory Of the heroic dead
" fh" Confederate armies by the tears
of the women Of the south.
Year: 1866

General Swayne has issued new or
ders concerning the supply Of food for
destitute persons in Alabama. Here
after these supplies will consist only
Of corn ahd bacon They will be pro-
cured by the State Commissioner from
the subsistence Department Of the ar
my, and will be under the control OF
the Assistant Commissioner of the Bu.
reau, but State agents will be respon-
sible for their custody and faithful is
sue. The State Commissioner will as
sign TO each county its proper quota.
and through the oversecrs of thf poor
provide agents to receive it. These
agents will receive no compensation
unless it is provided by their respective
counties. The agents to distribute what
they receive with an eye single to. the
relief Of suffering, carefully avoiding
any distinction OH account Of COLOR
Able bodied persons are not to be re-
gsrded as proper objects Of relief, il
being believed that all such can obtain
work. The agents are to be sworn
both as to the amounts received and
distributed, and that they have, to the
best Of their knowledge and belief
givep'suppliss only to the intirm and
destitute.
Year: 1866

In our paper this week will be found
an important communication upon the
subject Of our currency, and of the old
issues Of the Bank Of Tennessee. The
Nashville Banner, from which paper
we copy the communication, says OF it
as follows: "It is from the pen of one
of the ablest jurist and most eminent
legal authorities in our State. Our cor
respondents construction, we feel sat
is(icd, is the correct one as to the spirit
of the law with regard to the old issues
of the State Bank. 1t has been deci7
ded by the highest judicial tribunals
known to the country, that the notes
and issues OF the Bank of Tennessee is
sued prior to the 9Th day of May,
1851, should be received at the Trcasu-
rv of this State, and we coincide with
the views Of Citizen" that the clerks
Of county courts in this State ought to
receive them in payment Of taxes and
all other dues to the State of Ten
nessce.'
Year: 1866

Here is one of the finest poems that
ever appeared in print. We leave it to
the readers of the Home Journal to
surmisc or decide as to whether the
poem is political or not, but all will
say it is the outpouring of heart sur
charged with thoughts of revenge on
account ofawful insults an | outrageous
wrongs: J
Year: 1866

The story tnat Governor Orr, OF
South Carolina, favored the adoption
OF the bogus constitutional amendment
Is pronounced false. The Southern
people arc no more in favor Of that
Amendment, than they are in favor Of
the prevalence Of small p0x.
Year: 1866

The interesting ceremonies attend
ing the laying Of the cornerstone Of
the new Masonic Temple in Baltimore,
are to take place on the Goth Of Novem-
her. The following circular to the
fraternity throughout the United States
has been issued:
Year: 1866

A FEARFUL LEAP "A man named
Chriswell yesterday insuted a lady in the
city, and the officers having got wind ofthe
affair, proceeded to search for him with a


with view to his apprehension. They
finally discovered him crossing the wire sus-
pension bridge, aud Immediately gave chase.


Finding that there was no chance Of reach
ing the other side of the river, when the
policemen we're in the act of nabbing him.
he darted to the side of the bridge and
jumped overheard into the river. The leap
was worthy Of Sam Patch himself, but it
did MT enable him to elude his pursuers,
for Immediately on his swimming to shore,


he was taken into custody by the officers,


who were generously waiting to help him
out of the water. and taken to the lookup,
where he will have time to dry his clothes,
and cogitate on the consequences OF insult.
ing lady on the streets. He will be tried
to morrow. -lWheelins Intollissncer, 4th.
Year: 1866

At the solicitation of numerous friends in
different parts Of the state, who have assured
me of the most encouraging prospects of suc-
cess announce myself as q candidate for the
office of STATE AUDITOR OF PUBLIC -AC-
COUNsT.


The most OF you knew me before the war,
at least by regulations: and have only to
say of myself since that time, that during the
late struggle was connected with the Army
of the Confederate Cause--serving with fidel-
ity from the beginning to the bitter end,''
aud since the war have been practicing law in
the city Of Camden But honestly and sin
cerely abiding the issues of the war, | now
claim to be true and loyal subject of the
government under which live-and ever ex-
pcct to remain such.


am in favor Ofa general amnesty, not only
with respect to political offences; but also
and more particularly in regard to our own
domestic party strites and feuds. Having no
personally political or partizan purposes to
serve or subserve. am willing to forget the
past. and looking only to the future, will CO.
operate with all good men in honest faithful
endeavors to promote the growth. happiness
and prosperity of our dear old State.


1t being entirely beyond my power to per-
sonally canvass the larger portion ofthe State
! shall rely mainly upon the assistance of Il
numerous circle Of friends and acquaintances
throughout the State to present my claims to
the consideration of the people. trusting that
they. and especially those who were my COM
radcs and fell0w-sufferers in the late war will
give me generous. liberal and hearty sup
port. Very Respectfully.


those. PEEK


CAMDEN, Ark, May 81. 1866.
Year: 1866

PRESIDENCY or THE CENTRAL RAn.ROAD-The
Directors OF the New York Central Railroad
will hold meeting at Albany during the pre-.
sent week for the purpose Of electing Presi.
dent to Gil the vacancy in that road caused by
the death Of Dean Richmond. Several names
have been canvasssd for that position. Those
most prominently mentioned are Commodore
Vanderbilt and Mr. Learned OF this city,
The appointment at this time, 1t 10 understood,
will only hold until the regular meeting in
December: but il is reasonable 10 suppose that
the person selected now will have the inside
track for the election Al that time. This posi-
ton has become one Of no minor importance.
both in its political and financial bearings.
The selection OF successor OF Dean Richmond
will therefore he watched with peculiar in
terest In view OF its supposed bearings on the
approaching election in this State. The meet
ing aud action Of the directors al this time,


nave greater significance than At any time


since 'hs consolidation Of the several or
gsn'sauon' which formed the Central com.
pany. A's~ days will determine what i'm.
portant results may follow their action. both
a. TO the management Of the company and the
political bearings Of We organization.
Year: 1866

without further talk. They will carry this
city, to be sure, but by decreased majority.
and all that will enable them to accomplish
that will be through the instrumentality Of and
greed for public plunder.
Year: 1866

kee uttered one stentorian shout of
'Sairy Ami clasping her in his arms
in spite of her struggling, and kissed
her heartily right before ali the passen-
gers.


'Whar did you come from? p he in
quired.


From the ladies' cabin answered
the bride. You told me half past four
but l thought I'd make sure and come
at four


"A little too punctual p said the Yam
kee, but its all right now. Halo,
captain you can go ahead, now, 1 don't
care about stopping. Come nigh losing
the passage money and the baggage
came nigh getting drownded, Sairy, all
on account of you-but its all right
now. Go ahead, steamboat Rosin up,
there, fremen! Darn the expenses ?


When the sun set the loving couple
were seen seated upon the upper deck,
the big brown Yankees arm encircling
the slender waist of the young woman in
the blue bonnet and pink dress. We
believe they reached their destination
safe and sound
Year: 1866

The lovely violet smiles more sanity sweet


After the rain;
More golden shines after the Summers heat,
The waving grain.
And purer still from out the furnace gloom,
Cometh the gold;
And brighter to the wanderer CLEANS his
Through storm and cold.
How fair to watch the white ship seek the


strand,


That left u.s. once. in tears;
How thrilling is the clasping of hand


After long years!
How dearly priced the love that stays to


light


Our lonely way;
While others-false ones-faded as the night


Before the day.
And sweeter yet are kisses, when from lips


Not pressed for years;
And closer for the clasping of an arm


After long grief and tears.
So looking backward Ger the dreary road


Our feet have prest.
An hundred times more lovely seems at last


Eternal rest.
Year: 1866

Things do not change in the East
As Abraham pitched his tent in Bethel,
so dose the Arab sheikh now set up his
camp; as David built his palace on
Mount Zion, so would a Turkish pasha
now arrange his house in every street
may be seen the hairy children of Esau,
squatting on the ground. devouring
mess of Ientiis like that for which the
rough hunter sold his birthright; along
ever road plod the sons of Rechab.
whose fathers, one thousand years ago
bound themselves and theirs to drink no
wine, plant no tree, enter into no door.
and their children have kept the oath at
every khan young men sit around the
pan of parched corn, dipping their
rnorsei into the dish; Jobs plough is
still used, and the seed is still trodden
into the ground by asses and kline; olives
are shaken from the bough as directed
by Isaiah, and grating of trees un-
changed since the days of Saul. The
Syrian house is still, as formerly, only
stone tent, as a temple was but q marble
tent What is seen now in Bethany
may be taken as the exact likeness of
the house of Lazarus, where Mary
listened and Martha toiled, or as the
house of Simon, the leper, where the prec-
ious box of ointment was broken, and
whence Judas set out to betray his Mas
ter.-Dickens 4AH TIE Year Round.
Year: 1866

The decision Of Supreme Court OF
Missouri, upon the validity OF the test
oath which Is required by the Constitu-
ton of that State from all Clergyman, is
of some interest apart from the particu-
lar subject IN dispute, In consequence of
the peculiar views taken by the Court
upon sEbject upon which there is con
slant discussion throughout the country.
The Missouri Constitution demands OF
Ministers OF the Gospel, of all sects,
before they can be allowed 10 perform
Divine service, an oath which bears re
lation 10 the question of Secession. and
requires from the atlantis direct declara-
ton that they had no part in the Rebellion,
or sympathy with it. There has been
violent opposition to the oath by clergy.
men of different sects. the Roman Cstho-
lies taking the lead. Upon the trial Of
one OF the clergymen of the latter sect,
who had exercised his functions without
having taken the oath, it was set up, on
the part of the defendant, that the article
of the Constitution which requires the
test oath Is in CONFIRMATION to that por


ton of the Constitution of the United
States which prohibits the States from
passing bills OF attainder or ex post facto
laws, but the Suprme Court of Missouri
say that those provisions cannot be made
available In the present case There is
no attainder proposed by the stipulation
that an oath shall be taken by an in
dividual.-Should he refuse 10 do so he
forfeIts neither life nor property, and
loses nothiug,-Nor is the Constitutions! a!
provision an eiaIYut facto law. 1t is
true that it proposes to require a solemn
statement that certain facts have not
transpired in the personal history of the
clergyman. If he will not take the oath
he forfeits nothing it is true that he
cannot exercise his religious functions !;
he Is under disability; but he is not
punished for what he has done; the oath
Is demanded as a secretary for the future


Under these constructions the Supreme
Court decide that the oath is not rsnaen-
stitutional, as it interferes with nc9 civil
or religious right more than is necessary
to be done for the good of society.