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Year: 1866

WIND RIvER.-Parties are still starting
to Wind River; but po, one seems 10 knO$
exactly where the Wind River mines are.
We have not yet seen any one who has been
there, neither have we seen any Of the & pre-
cions METAL " of which there is said to be
such an abundance in that quarter. How,
ever, there is scarcely possibility Of doubt
but there are good mines in the Wind River
Mountains but we do think it an utter piece
of folly for men te start at this late season OF
the year on such an uncertainty as the Wind
River stampede seems to be.-Aon. Post
Year: 1866

LARGE CRoPs.-It is estimated that the wheat
crop in Grand Ronde valley this year will reach
one hundred thoi.ssnd bushels, and that, the
oats and barley cops will amount to aeariJ as
much more. The wheat yield comes within a
hundred thousand bushels of the estimate for this
valley; though it il thought since harvest be-
gun that the yield here will exceed two hun-
drcd thousand bushels.
Year: 1866

ENOCH CRIMES,


having determined to resume his former business
in Alexandria, respectfully announces to the
public, that he has opened his establishment at


NO. 43, KING STREET,


below Fairfax, on the north side, where he is
prepared to furnish the public, with every de-
scription Of articles in his line, which may bo
wanted His assortment Of GO K n q,
the best descriptions He would enumeratc
among them, NOBLE Cook STOVE the best that
was ever in use, and well deserving its name
the Lilly, the PALMETTO, and others.


His TIN WARE will be found equal, if not
superior, to any ever offered for sale IN AleXan-
Clria, and housekccpers can have any descrip-
ton Of ware Of that kind, which they may need;
he invites an examination OF his goods. ana
presents such selection rs cannot fail to please


All kinds Of ROOFING and SPOUTlNG,
executed in the best manner, and on the lowest
terms.


An experience of forty years in this business,
enables him to claim that he has Il practical
knowledge of it, in all in his branches He IS
desirous Of not only accommodating, but giving
satisfaction to his customers and to al purchAS-
ers and they may be assured that what he sells
them will be of the best materials and OF the
best manufacture. He will warrant whatever
he sells 1t will be his object to secure patron
age by constant and personal attention to his
establishment.


With this announcement he will open his
Manuiactory, willing to show by his efforts that
the patronage he asks, will rebound to the ad-
vantage of those who buy, as well rs Of him who
sells and that the citizens of AleXandrla ana
its vicinity, need not go elsewhere to purchase
what can be procured in their own city, from
one Of their own people. Jy l2-2AWtf
Year: 1866

A poor fellow the other day, in the
South Of France. was making up fagots,
or bundles Of frewood, in copse near
his cottage. His name is Victor FIet.-
While pulling a twig from the fagot he
felt himself sharply bitten in the finger,
and saw an asp making his escape at the
moment. The man pursued the snake
and killed it, and then it flashed across
bis mind that the bite he had received
was poisonous and would quickly end
his days. So he took resolution and
determined to get rid of the first finger
of his right hand, which was the part af-
fected. lie placed his finger on enc of
sa6ots, or wooden shoes, and opening his
knife he arranged the blade carefully
across the first joint, fixing it with two
or three chips Of wood in its position
Then making a hammer with the ether
sa5ot, he struck it sharply wife his ltit
hand on the back Of the blade, aud clean
ly severed the joint. Binding up the
finger, The young fellow went quickly
home, and laid upon The table, before his
astonished family. the dead asp and the
joint of his inger.-PIrj5 paper
Year: 1866

ness; while the glue, getting into his
hair and drying made his hair seem to
stand on end. When the shoemaker
wife found out all these things, she took
broom stick and belabored her husband
thoroughly. An immense crowd was as.
sembled in front Of their door, (they live
in the Rue st. Antoine,) and The poor
shoemaker has become so ashamed, he
has not since the occurrence dared to
show his face in the street.-Paris Letter.
Year: 1866

A TRAITOR SILENCED-Hershell V.
Johnson vas talking very blatant treason,
in the presence of sundry gentlemen.-
One Of them finally interrupted him and
told him he could not talk SO in Wash
ington. Mr. johnson said that he had
been pardoned By the President and he
knew Of 30 power which could prevent
him from expressing his sentiments The
gentleman replied that he did know of a
power which could prevent him, namely:
the presence and strength Of loyal man
who would not tolerate the utteranee of
treason in his presence. Shortly after
Mr.. johnson privately inquired the name
Of the person who SO abruptly sileneed
him, and was told it was Maj. Gen. John
II. Geafy.
Year: 1866

S- The lady who did not think it re-
spectacle to bring pp her celldren to work,
has lately heard frou her two sons. One
OF them is a bar keeper on fat boat,
and the other is a steward il a brick
ward.
Year: 1866

The PRESIDENT ON THE EAMENDS1ENP.-The
President, in submitting report of the Sec
retary of State to Congress, concerning the
last constitutional amendment, takes the occa-
sion to express his opinion in reference thereto
He objects to the action of the two Houses of
congress in not transmitting the joint resolu-
ton to him for approval or rejection, but de-
chnes to decide upon the constitutional valid
lty OF that action. Eleven Of the States not
being represented in Congress, and the mem
bers of the various Legislatures not having
been elected with view to such amendment,
are other objections urged. He is not certain
whether the action of Congress is in harmony
with the sentiments of the people OF not.


The President is aware that the action of
Congress is in harmony with the sentiments of
nearly every man who fought to crush the re-
bellion, and who desires to keep it crushed.
The loyal people ere the parties to decide upon
the terms necessary for the security of the
country against diSloyalty
Year: 1866

Whituey-invented machine for ginning or
separating the seed from the tenacious fiber,
whereby the labor required for the production
of bale Of cotton was reduced by at least
three -fourths, was the South able to grow cheap
cotton, SO as to make any impression on the
markets OF the world. Her slave labor was
never less thaa twice as dear as the rival labor
of China, India, and Egypt; it was Whitney s
gin, and nothing else, that enabled her cotton
so rapidly to control, and almost to monOpolize
the great markets of the civilized world. Her
climate and soil are admirably adapted to cot
ton; but they are no better to-day than they
were two or three generations back, when she
had good supply of slaves, yet scarcely grew
any cotton.


IF the South shall hereafter grow less Cotton
than formerly, it will be simply because she
can use her land and labor to greater profit in
producing Sugar, Wine, Tobacco, Hemp, and
other products; for invention is not vet ex-
hausted, and a given amount of labor will pro-
duce far more Cotton in 1870 than it ever did
under Slavery.
Year: 1866

Lucreta Mott preached a sermon at the
Hicksite Friends Church, in Wilmington, on
Friday last, on the occasion of the Friends
Monthly Meeting, She was listened to with
great attention She took new and advanced
doctrine for friends. She justified Friends go
ing into the army to save the country, and ex-
pressed her pleasure at seeing a number of
Friends present in other garb than that usual
ly worn by Friends She stated in effect that
Friends must be progressive if they wished to
sustain themselves
Year: 1866

In Delaware City the Fourth will be celebra-
ted by public meeting, at which an grafton
will be delivered and the Declaration read, and
game Of Base Ball will be played between
the Atlas club, Of said place, and the Bachelor
club Of Philadelphia, on the grounds of the
former
Year: 1866




A plain farmer says: "It is now over
twenty years since Il learned that sweet
oil would cure the bite of rattlesnake,
not knowing that it would cure other
kinds of poison. Practice, observation
and experience have taught me that it will
cure poison Of any kind, both man and
beast. | think no farmer should be with
out bottle in his house. The patient
must take a spoonful of it internally, and
bathe the wound for cure. To cure a
horse it requires eight times as much as
it does for man. Here let me say Of
one of the most extreme cases of snake
bites in this neighborheod, eleven years
ago this summer, where the patient had
been given up by his physicians, I heard
of it, carried the oil, and gave him one
spoonful, which effected cure. 1t is an
antidote for arsenic and strychnine Il
will cure bloat in cattle by eating toofree.
I ly of fresh clover. It willcure the sting
of bees, spiders or other insects, and viii
cure persons who have been poisoned BY
low running vine, growing in the mead
oBs, called ivy"
Year: 1866

An aged German forest-keeper, who
was on the verge of death, has published
secret cure for hydrophobia, which he
says he has used with success for the last
fifty years, saving many men and animals
from horrible DEATH The wound must
be bathed as quickly as possible with
warm vinegar and water. and when this
has dried, a few drops of muriatie acid
poured Upon the wound will destroy the
poison OF the saliva and relieve the pa.
tient from danger. This cure appears ir
the Leipsic Journal and we give it as We
find it.
Year: 1866

THE NATIONAL FINANCE.-Business at the north


hesitates white the financial policy of the govern
ment remains unsettled. 1t is urged in Washing
inton that action upon the funding bill be taken,
and that the revenue will be ample for all purpo-
ses, and allow large sinking fund, if the fnan-
cial scheme of the internal revenue committee be
adopted The amount desirable by the scheme
is estimated at five hundred millions. If such is
the fact it is heavier tax upon the people, but,
If admitted, the south must be supplied with cur
rency, if crops of staples to be made and NOV
ed The limit to the national currency Of three
hundred millions is nearly reached but it IS con-
sidered quite certain that congress will authorise
an extension of the limit so far as may be neces-
sary for the circulation of the south .-. A..
Year: 1866

Supreme Court for adjudication and if the claim shall be
against any citizen the Court shall award execution
other cases prOUded hOtrerer that appeal
to the Supreme Court the United States shall be
allowed to either party in such cases.
Year: 1866

There Is no material change in the man.
ner of dressing the hair for the coming
month, but an entirely new coitiure OF
flowers has been invented. Make the part
ing to the forehead, and cross parting
about four inches from the front. Wave
this part. The back hair is tied and di.
vided into several parts, which must be
crisped inside, and then formed into elon-
gated loops, which give them an appear.
ance of being interlaced. Arrange the
front hair in two parts, and lay it very hat'
The upper portion must come very Tor.
ward, and reach back to the chignon.
Year: 1866

have driven away the burglars. and gar.
roters, and thieves, who made the city 30
miserahly unsafe, and they are now anxious
to clear Richmond Of those hundreds of
vicious women who, by the natural de-
moralization attendant upon war and the
presence Of large body Of Federal
troops, have been thrust upon US.


If the Mayor will give the Chief Of Po-
lice power to arrest every woman who, un-
accompanied by q man, Is found upon the
streets after eleven o'clock at night, Major
Claiborne will doubtless pledge himself to
remove or frighten away permanently
every solitary one Of them. The remedy
/, in the hands OF the Mayor, and 1t Is his
duty 10 place it ut once In operation, 80
that il may at least have fair ana speedy
trial.


Tie measure that we propose Is one thst
IS sustained by every feeling Of mercy,
charity, and expediency. These women
will not leave us as long as they can drag
cut miserable existence here, and tiiey
will n"t abandon crime 80 long as that
crime gives them subsistence. Issue the
order that We advocate make 1t unsafe
for them to move away at night from the
places where they live; aud they will
either turn to honest labor or will leave Us
altogether. In either case We shall be the
gamers, for the great creed and prayer Of
life, the great safeguard against sorrow and
shame, is lead US not into temptation and
we shall thus remove great and terrible
temptation from that class Of persons who,
from their age, are least able TO resist and
rcpel the allurcments OF vice.
Year: 1866

DrupISG Dirt N SHocKoE CREEK.-lt
has how become the custom for persons
who are digging out foundations, or who
have in any other way any spare dirt, to
dump il all in Shockoe creek between
Broad and Franklin streets. The hrst
heavy rain that comes will wash hundreds
II toas of this loose dirt into the river, TO
he deposited on the bar, where the city ma:
chine is so busiIy dredging, or else to aid
in making a new bar on its own private
account. Either result is very much to be
treadcd, and the city authorities had better
take the matter in hand at once.
Year: 1866

LAST PoRTUSITY.-ParadiSe Lost will
be exhibited in this city for the last time
tonight. We call special attention to the
afternoon exhibition for ladies and chill
dren. The crowds which have attended
the theatre this week are the best recon-
mendation of the merits of this attractive
and interesting panorama.
Year: 1866

An EXHIBITION FOR TIE BENEFIT or THE
PooR.-We call special attention to the
notice of the exhibition to be held at the
Leigh-street Baptist Church on Monday
and Tuesday nights. The proceeds of the
exhibition are to be used for charitable
purposes. One-half will be used in pay
ing the tuition of poor children now at
school on Church and Union Hills. The
same exhibition has been given in Staun-
ton and Lexington, and with decided sue
cess. The gentleman who has charge OF
the exhibition is gifted Virginian. We
bespeak for him a crowded house. All
will be delighted, and the poor children
enabled to continue at school BY the pro-
ceeds.
Year: 1866

premises on Tuesday last, in an entirely
senseless condition. On examination,


it was found four of her teeth had been


knocked out, and she had received a
very severe cut, of several inches in
length, on the top of the forehead. She
is unable to tell how the accident oc-
Cured, and it is only matter of con-
lecture whether it was from fall OF the
kick of horse that was at the time run
ming loose in the garden.
Year: 1866

DEATH FROM EXPosURE.-We stated yester.
dav that Coroner Little had received note
requesting him TO come and view the body OF a
dead negro at the foot of Seventeenth street,
and that his search for the corpus was fruit
less 1t now appears that an old negro man,


named Harry Bundin, from Powhatan county,
took passage in n canal boat for Richmond.
and was taken sick. He was suffered 10 lie III
water in the open boat and exposed as he was
TO the severe weather of the past week, there
need be no wonder that death was the result.
The Coroner learned these facts yesterday
morning, and not deeming il necessary TO hold
an inquest, ordered the interment Of the body.
Year: 1866

RELIEF FOR THE PooR.-Our citizens should
bear in mind the fact that the meeting TO take
measures for the relief of the poor will be held
a the City Hall this afternoon. Wehope there
will be a large attendance, and that some prac-
tical measures will be adopted to carry out the
purposes of the meeting. The gentlemen who
have originated this movement are earnest and
sincere philanthropisSs, and if they are backed
up by the wealthy portion of the community,
much good will inevitably result. 1t is useless
to repeat the fact that the poor Of Richmond
are suffering greatly. Go 10 the meeting and
do all in your power for their relief.
Year: 1866

REMOVAL OF THE PRovosT CorRr.--The Office
OF Colonel McEntee has been removed from
the old stone house, on Main street, where
even handed justice has been dispensed TO
thousands TO the Libby prison, famous in the
annals of the war. The courtroom has been
conveniently fitted up, and we are happy to
say, with good accommodations for report
Year: 1866

WARSIxG-The New FORK Day Book of the 24th
ult, in speaking on the subject of what person p
worth, sounds the following alarm:


Gold and silver are the standards, and of course
the only standards of value regards the property
of the country aud if individuals can keep themselves
well informed in regard to the actual amount q
spece thev can always understand the real value qt
their own and neighbor's property, when compared
with currency standards. For example, the currency
is now about twelve hupdred millions and therefore,
if we own house in this city valued at twentyour
thousand dollars, it is really worth four thousand
dollars. The nation is bankrupt, but don't know i
vet, and in the meantime, if democratic rienqs
will bear in mind the simple but fundamental truth
that specie is the only real standard of value they viii
always be prepared for the deluge, and leave the
abolition unatics and their allies to be swallowed uf
in that waste of waters" that overwhelmed theil
prototypes of the antediluvan world
Year: 1866

TIE TR1ontxA-A Baltimore Physician Boldly Dix
scuts.-J. A. Reed, NJ D. of Baltimore, has published
a communication in which he states that the eoting of
pork has nothing whatever to do with the disease
known as trichina. lie says:


boldly assert that the trchina never did and never
will destroy human life; that they have, in ali pro9e
biitv, existed in the human flesh Tor
the last half century; and think fair dedqctioa,
taking it or the sake Of argumen as granted that we
may receive them through the instrumentalty OF the
hog that they arc not more dangerous to life on that
account. But the idea that receive them thus Is
simply ridiculous We are not cannibos; we DO not
eat raw meat of any description and the application
of cooking heat is certain death to all living animals
besides the sailing and smoking OF pork into bacon is
sure destruction to them. They 90 not inhablt the
muscle of the hog than that of any other animal
or of man himself l defy any one to prove by the
record of the last thrtyfve years that solitary death
has been caused beyond doubt by the presence OF the


richina assert that the charges made against these
innocent worms are without the shadow Of fonnda
ton in fact and would advise the community, II they
desire to eat pork do So provided they do not ea
i it raw or tainted.
Year: 1866

Havana letter, of March 9Th, says that the plan
ters of Cuba have been thrown into great conserna
ton BY the issue of decree from tie Spanish gov
ernment directing that the emamcipdd0s or native
Africans be Immediately brought to the government
depot at Havana. The decree is said to have been
issued in October last but its publication was delayed
by the captain general The negroes were to be
brought to Havana within fifteen days from the date
of the decree and it was feared that the sudden with
drawal Of so many hands from the plantations would
materially iniure the agricultural interests.
Year: 1866

Oar negro suffrage neighbor thought.
few days ago, that we were Losing
our manners His crabbedncSs yester-
day proved that We are decidedly better
off than he, in having manners to lose.


His vulgar snarling looks very badly IN
one who short while ago tried to re-
prove lis for "bccoming little better
than common blackguard." If his in
drccncies are hahtual, as seems to be
the ease, they only prove that if we
shoWd become little better than Il


blackguard," yet that little" would al


ways represent the difference between


ourselves and the negro suffrage editor.


lie was also pleased to complain of
us for throwing dirty water" 1t is
our opinion that it was clean until it
reached him, although it was probably
driled bythr contact. His article of yes
terdly shows thar his complaint was i'll
timed, since filth is evidently his appro-
pirate element. He throws dirt now, rs
gracefully as he ate it when Postmaster.


We will not say that our neigAbor is
making an cgrcgious ass of himself over
the message business, for nature antic-
ipltcd him i'll that. bat we will remind
him that if he had studied the construc-
tion of language as thoroughly as
hr has mastered the elements of
hillingSgatc, he would have omitted
that display of irritation and folly
which Yesterday contributed to the
general amusement of the community.
Year: 1866

never saw n man who did not believe
in the immortality of love when follow
ing the body of loved one to the grave,
| have seen men under other circum-
stances that did not believe in it, but
never saw man that, when he stood
looking upon the form of one he really
loved stretched out for burial, did not
revolt from saying: "It has all come to
that; the hours of sweet companiOnship;
the wonderous interlacings of tropical
souls; the joys, the hopes, the trusts,
the unutterable yearnings-there they
all lie." No man can stand and look
into coffin upon the body of fellow
creature, and remember the flaming in
telligence, the blossoming love, the
whole range of divine faculties, which
so lately animated that cold clay, and
say, "These have all collapsed and gone"
No person can witness the last sad GER
emonials which are performed over the
remains of human being-the sealing
of an unopenable lid; the following OF
the rumbliug procession to the place of
burial: the letting down of dust into
dust; the falling of the earth upon the
hollow coffin, with those sounds that
are worse Inau luuuueI, anu TIC pIdClhB =
of the green sod over the grave-no per
ton, unless he be a beast, can witness
shese things, and then turn away and
bay, az have buried my wife; have
suried my child; l have buried my sis
ter, my brother, my love-


God forbid that we should bury any
thing. There is no earth that can touch
my companion. There is no earth that
can touch my child. Iwould l fight my
little breath and strength away before
would permit any clod to touch them.
The jewel is not in the ground. The
jewel has dropped out of the casket,
and l have buried the casket, not the
jewel. And you may reason, Won may
carry the case before the supreme court
of my understanding. All that is in me
revolts at the decision and spurns it,
and says: ''You must try heart cases be-
fore the heart" We will not believe but
there is life somewhere else; we will
not believe that life is buried here; and
the soul goes out and cries like a child
lost in the woods, TO find itself in this
strange world, saying, "Where am II
and who shall guide me, that long and
yearn and reach upwardF
Year: 1866

The article we copy from the New
York WorH relative to past misgovern-
ment in ireland, will be found interest
ING and instructive. 1t is valuable as
affording some insight into the causes
of the uprising now threatened in that
country: it is also useful in suggesting
the probable course of other cOmmuni-
ties, similarly situated and oppressed
Like causes produce like effects, and ten
Irelands are not more likely than one
TO become docile, submissive and loyal
under systematic degradation and OPP
nrpSsion.