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Year: 1866

y a Distinguished Officer IN the Uniled States Nae
He sleeps all quietly and cold,


Beneath the soil that gave him birth;
Then break his battle brand In twain,


And lay it with him in the earth.
No more at midnight shall he urge


His toilsome march among the pines
Nor hear upon the morning air


The war-shout of his charging lines.
Cold is the eve whose meteor-gleam


Flashed hope on all within its light;
And still the voice that, trumpet-tOned,
Rang through the serried ranks of fight.
No more for him shall cannon park,


Or tents gleam white upon the plain;
And where his camp-tires blaZed of yore,
Brown reapers laugh amid the grain
No more above this narrow bed


Shall sound the tread of marching feet,
The rifle volley, and the clash


OF sabres, when the foemen meet.
And though the winds of autumn rave,
And winter SHOWS fall thick and deep
Above his breast-they cannot move


The quiet of his dreamless sleep.
We may not raise marble shaft


Above the heart that now is dust;
But nature, like mother fond,


Will ne'er forget her sacred trust.
Young April DER his lowly mound,


Shall shake the violets from her hair;
And glorious June, with fervid kiss,


Shall bid the roses blossom there.
And round about the droning bee,


With drowsy hum shal come and go:
While west winds, ali the live long day,
Shall murmur dirges soft and low.
The warriors stormy fate is o'er,


The midnight gloom hath passed away;
And, like glory from The East,


Breaks the first light of Freedoms day.
And white-winged Peace, DER all the land,
Broods like dove upon her nest
While iron war with slaughter gorged
At length hath laid him down to rest.
And where we won our onward way
With fire and steel-through yonder wood
The black-bird whistles and the quail
Gives answer to her timid brood.
Yet oft in dreams his fierce brigade
Shall see the forms they follow far,
Still leading in the furthest van
A landmark in the clouds of War
And oft when white haired grandsires tell
OF bloody struggles past and gone,
The children at their knees will hear
How Jackson led his columns on!
Year: 1866

received the news, exclaimed cit is finished, the
sacrifice is complete"


He felt, too, the wickedness of despair, and
prayed heaven to send him some heart to lift him
above 1t and retrive his life from the desolatiou
of unavalling regret Time passed his PRAYER
was answered, and Albert was happily married
The wave of time rolled on again, and brought
him, at least contentment, and indeed happiness
but in the midst of his prosperity death came
entered his home, plucked two-bright flowers
from his heart, and then reaped the parent stem
away, and wife and children in one short week.
repos1ng together in the narrow home of the dead
Oh, now do some lives seem to bear q weight of
woe! Shadow after shadow falls over them sor-
row after sorrow, and evil ever seems Jealous of
their JOY So did it seem in the life of Albert
Fletcher. He bowed his head over his desolated
threshold In the bitterest grief, and went forth
from it forever.


The years flew on, and save pilgrimage to the
graves OF his loved ones, nothing seemed to at
tract his heart But Heaven is ever kind even
when darkness and clouds seem to surround its
prOVldenceS, and wreathe them in hopeless gloom
1t tries us to temper spirits with proper graf
ltude, and illustrate its benevolent interpostion
for our good. So did it prove in this instance for
one day. when, sad and detected, Albert felt that
Heaven had no more mercies in store for him. he


learned that his early love still lived and widowed
seemed reserved for him. The news semed Heav-
| en- sent. 1t electrified him with hope, and. seiZ-
ing his pen, he poured out grateful tribute to
God for her preservation, and once more sought
to unite their destnies


His letter reached Caroline, and found sin
cere response and, though surrounded by scores
OF fatterers, who, with the utmost eagerness pre-
terred their rival claims she was disgusted with
their evident nsincerity, and pressed to her heart
the evidence that there one who loved her Tor
herself alone.


In few weeks Albert wound up his business,
and set out to meet the object of his love


1t was still evening when be announced himself
at the door OF her residence, and ushered into
her presence With the single tress of hair, the
souvenir of their early love in his hand, he ap-
preached her, and, as she beheld it. so vivid was
the remembrance of their par ing scene, she burst
INTO tears Embracing her, while he struggled
With his own overwhelming emo,i Ms he said
Heaven has accepted your sacrifice and now re-
wards our love. Let lis be thankful and aclnowl-
edge the boon"


They were married, and their lives were bright
with every Joy and happiness and that raven
tress, the memento of trust and trial. ia the con-
secrated heirloom of a1ovely family.
Year: 1866

Nor was he the unworthy peer of those lustrous per
sonages. He breathed his native atmosphere amid the
intellectual lights whose eXtnguishmCn would
have left disastrous eclipse the Legislative halls Of
the nation. 1t was his msfortuneto lave been thrust
forward by his cOuntryen during the progress Of great
revolution but let it be added to his honor that when
madness ruled the hour and dreary night Of reyou-
sraning part in the most important Of that reyo
uton-and illustrated his character by renewed evidences
Of conservatism and ability.


Jefferson Davis has descended the vale of years
in health bankrupt in fortune and the martyr of
with which he believed bound up the liberties of his
country. Is there nothing in all this TO excite the sympa
thy of his feow-menof his corntrymen? We will not
ntrude with profane gaze upon the meeting between
devoted wife and such husband. There scenes
sacred and touching for the cold descriptions Of the pen
to convey silence such occasions is the eloquent
tribute which pay to the of his fellow
Year: 1866

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We read in Washington despatch that the Government
has granted Mrs Davis permission to visit her husband
at Fortress Monroe. Although a partisan press has
s95sd sn & h tins rp Piece s % e9snGy W to


that there could be found the length and
breadth of the land with the slightest feeling of hnn


sympathy in his heart who does regard the indulgence
exhibited, IN this instance proper, humane and mag
tory and the ever-fowng tide human events has swept
past him forever If the Macedonian conqueror known
to this day Persia the mighty murderer understood
how to extend generous protection to the wife of the
fallen Darius if the boOd-sained Caesar could weep
war-ke Aurelian illustrated his virtues by the
pardon Of Zenoba, his most formidable enemy; surely
Andrew Johnson the Christian President Of Christian
people, should not be magned for the practice Of similar
Indulgence. We should not be driven to Pagaus for our


We blush to admit that SO many Of our countrymen are
dead to the instincts of humanity. If Confederate
of the historian will not fail to immortaze be it with


honor or nfamy, the men who accord him justice and
those who would Wrea their malice his helpless head.
Arguing from the most standpoint whatever may
have been his errors they were errors OF which millions
were equally guilty. When the cry for retaliation
wrung in his and the power to enforce lodged
in his keeping, his uniform and determined reply


never; the innocent must not be punished for the
crimes of Others He charged with obstinacv self
Will and disregard OF the opinions OF his advisers but
it was obstinacy which should be remembered to his
advantage to-day 1t saved the life of those who had
out to the gueras, and other Confederate soldiers
cuted by Federal commanders We well remember with
clamors raised for his removal and amid all his
steady adherence to the most humane Of civilized
He was an open, honorable and formidable foe
the fortunes of have placed him i'll the power of the
Government and struck down the eagle from his quarry
Vuperation revenge sectional and petty
ence have followed like yultures the bound Promethcus
his lonely CELL and will doubtless pursue him the
end-ti bursts his mighty soul from the tabernacle of the


flesh And who is this man. that he should have thus at
racted the gaze of the world and stirred the Of
great nation to a tumult of stormy agitation? An Amer
lean citizen who added usre to the name and rOd
the paths OF greatness giant among the Ians Of the
field, the Senate and the Council Nature endowed him
with elegant person, demeanor Of grace and dignity
and among his natural gifts heightened and embeshed
by profound cultivation numbered eloquence
which flows ordinary conversation, and Of
passing fascination He sat in national forum, with
Webster side, Clay the other, and Benton and
Year: 1866

tne hearty cooperation aud Jealous sup
port 1t deserves, there can be no question IS to
the fact ofils bringing wealth and prosperity
10 mercantile point of view--to the very doors
Of trade and business along the whole extent Of
It's line.


10 the State Of Delaware tho completion Of the
Peninsular route to the bay will be most ad.
VautageOus. II opens large area Of country to
the immigrant, which hitherto has laid almost
barren for want Of enterprlsing labor. Nearly
all the soil Ia susceptible of easy cultivation,
and BY the expenditure Of q small amount Of
money and the application Of a little perseyer-
lag toll, beautiful, thrifty aud valuable farms
may Ia very short time be seen spreading out
IN luxuriant fertility and abundant crops from
one end Of tbs State to the other. All that IL
needed is persistent ffurt patient toll, and the
application of lnvigorating fertilizers and soon
the slunted corn and light draft eattls will have
to give place to productivenesa the fullness
whereof even the thrifty and wealthy farmers Of
the highly cultivated portions of New Castle
County never contemplated. But to accomplish
this, there must be work done. There must be
Cooperation and mutual help on the part of
our business men. Wilmington must do her
share. The mercantile interests Of our city are
yet to be expanded, and larger retdrus must
flow into the lap of Wilmington trade; and to
secure this, libersity and spirit of further en-.
terprise must be shown by our merchants and
Manufacturers They must not stop at the COM
pletion Of our Delaware road. Other roads are
to be built, and other avenues of commerce
opened The projected Reading Rail Road s
one Of these, and most important one to Will
mington. Starting in a rloh and fertile region
Of Pennsylvania, it must have it's terminus 10
this city, aud as near to the Delaware river as It
Is possible to locslsi it. We cannot approximate
su estimate of the value II will be to our city to
have this road speedily built. Our manufactur-
ing and agricultural interests-to say nothing Of
the increase OF population which must ac,ruO to
our oity-will oil be vastly stimulated and pro-
NOTED by it, and for the first time in her history
Wilmington will take rank among the enter
prising, progressive cities of tho Union. and
march forward to the inevitable destiny attend
ant upon such q aposition-cOMMERoIALo GROWTH,
PRosPRRITY AND WEALTH.
Year: 1866

CINCINNATI, May ga call for the Ohio Union
Convention, to be held at Columbus June 20,
for the nomination of a candidate for Secretary
Of State and Judge of the Supreme Court, was
made yesterday by the UniOA State Committee,
Year: 1866

The General Land Office has decided that
where party fmakes a homestead entry, and
before the expiration of five years, settlement
and cultivation the homestead settler dies, the
widow or other representative of the deceased
may complete the title, by paying for the land
and taking the evidence of purchase in favor
of the heirs of the deceased settler.
Year: 1866

REDUCTIo AD ABsURDUM.-"He who
would thrive must rise at five." So
says the proverb, though there is more
rhyme than reason in it; for, if


He who would thrive must rise at five,
it must follow, naturally,


He who'd thrive more must rise at four;
and it will insure consequence that


He who'd still more thriving be,


Must leave his bed at turn OF three:


And who this latter would out do,


VIII rouse him at the stroke of two.
And, by way of climax to it all, it
should be held good that


He who'd never be outdone,


Must ever rise as soon as one.
But the best illustration would be


He who'd flourish best OF all,


Should never go to bed at ALL
Year: 1866

Recently, Gen. Longstreet made a


visit to one of bis old staff officers in
Aberdeen, Miss, and upon the night of
his arrival, the house in which be slept
was set on fire. When an alarm was
gwen, it was fund that the chain of the
well had been broken and all the buckets
carried of, so that it was With difficulty
that the house was saved from total de.
struction.
Year: 1866

A QUAKER WoMAN's SERMoN--My
dear friends, there are three things that
very much wonder at The first is that
children should be so foolish as to throw
up stones, clubs and brickbats into fruit
trees to knock down fruit If they would
let it alone it would fall itself. The sec.
ond is, that men should he so foolish as to
90 to war and kill each other If let alone
they would die themselves The third and
last thing | wonder at is, that young men
should bo so unwise "a to go after young
women If they would stop at home the
young women would come after them.
Year: 1866

l congratulate myself that have been pei.
mitted to participate in these holy objects,
and pray that God may bless them to
the fullest extent of your wishes. thank
you, gentlemen, for the courtesy you
have extended to me, and for the Kindness
with which you have received me.
Year: 1866

RICHMOND WHEAT MARKET.-Wc men,
toned q day or two since that q crop Of
wheat from Lower Brandon had been sold
in Richmond by Messrs. French s Crcn-
shaw at a higher price than could be OBJ
tanned either in Baltimore or New York.
On Thursday a sale was made (by the
same parties) Of a crop from the lower
James, samples of which had been sent TO
Baltimore, at a price that justified its
shipment to this market. Farmers can get
as much, if not more, for their wheat in
the Richmond market than they can in
any other.
Year: 1866

NEGRO Man WAYLAID.-Night before
last, when Thomas Lucas, colorcd man,
who has a carpenter shop near the corner
Of Main and Eighteenth streets, was going TO
his home, on Oregon Hill, he discovered,
when at the corner ot Main and First
streets, that ne was followed by six ne
grocs. He mended his pace with the view
of getting away from them. They followed
him closely, and when near the Second
African Church two OF them turned oil
towards the pcnitentiary. Lucas heard
one Of them cock pistol. He stopped,
and the other four passed down First
street. After waiting awhile he turned
back up First street, and the whole party
came up and followed him. When they
overlook him they cursed him, and said to
each other that he was the man they were
after. Lucas appealed to policeman for
protection, and he went nearly home with
him. The cause of this animosity is that
Lucas will have nothing TO do with their
meetings and drills. If they are deter
mined to murder every respectable negro


in the city, it is time that some organiza-
ton was made for the protection OF this
class of people.
Year: 1866

Isrnov.xG.-Mr. Faulkner, who was in
;urcd ON Thursday by q fall in the new
building on the corner Of Ninth and Main
streets. is improving. The luxation of the
hip has been reduced, and he will he able
10 walk in few days.
Year: 1866

HESRlco COUNTY CorET.-This court
was occupied yesterday in the considera-
ton of the suit of Moncure Is. Woodward
for the recovery Of beef lost by him du-
ring the war. The jury was unable to
agree, and the court awarded judgment
for the plaintiff in the sum Of S24.32, and
ordered that each party should pay his
own costs.
Year: 1866




image Of his Maker, wantoniy killed fine
horse at the stable Of the Richmond Drny
Company, on Cary street, yesterday after
noon, in o manner illustrating to what
depth human brutality and degradation
can sink. The heartless fellow amused
himself for some time whipping horse
tied in his stall, solely to enjoy the pain the
poor animal felt, and at last the horse,
plunging about, fell, and in the fall broke
his neck, dying, Of course, instantly. We
suppose the pecuniary loss touched the
little soul of this biped brute, but we think
the common good of humanity had been
better subserved if the quadrupcd had
been spared to future usefulness and this
thing had been removed from the scene he
disgraces by his inhumanity.


\ daily witness assures us this is com.
mon pastime with this fellow, and we hope
this stroke upon his pocket may teach him
lesson that will undoubtedly be bless
ing to the horses.
Year: 1866

The following anecdote is told of a
distinguished lawyer of Massachusst is,
who, but a few years ago, went "the
way of all flesh no He had been engaged
in certain case ia Roxbury. wherein
he believed the jury had done injustice
to his client. Desclaiming against the
verdict, he said ,# a.. .@11


THE whole of them might have been
bribed for peck Of beansr'


What Is that2" said the Judge You
dishonor yourself and the court, as we'll
as the jury, by such impeachments."


II mean no disrepeot for the court
your honor, and as for myself"


"You will see the propriety, ! hope, of
retractiDg the words"


With all due Difference to your honor
| Icannot see the propriety of unsayiug
what Is true"


do you intend to aggravate the of.
Tense by repeating itl Let me tell you,
sir, this is not to be suffered, and unless
you retract forthwith we shall deem it
necessary to strike you from the rolls Of
the court"


"Well, since the court insists upon it,
l suppose can do no less than re-
tract"


And in very ample terms, too"


Certainly, your honor and on the
second thought do it with pleasure, I
am convinced that wronged the jury
in saying they could DO bribed for
peck of beans; and publicly retrsct the
assertion. 1 hope the jury and court
are satisfied"


They expressed themselves in the
affirmative when the lawyer rejoined;


But may it please the court and jury,
had said half a bushel instead Of
peck, would have been hung before
would have retracted.'
Year: 1866

Feeling some curiosity in regard to
this novel order among US, We made en-


quiry about it in quarters likely to know
something of its origin, The charter
for its organization was issued by a
spurious order Of Masons in Massachu-
setts, having no connection with the
Grand Lodge of that State, OF Of any
other 1t is denied that they know
anything of the mysteries of masOnaryi
and considering the care with which
they are guarded, it is impossible they
should. They may have collected some
thing from books, which contain no se-
-.~<s, fram tho rrnrlrs 20 s.t; -~~----:-
writers, purporting to expose the rites
Of the order; but of course they can have
no connection with any accepted order
of Masons. Furthermore, 1t is stated
that no instance is known of a. colored
man being member of the ORDER and
even if there was, it is contrary to all
the rules of masonry to establish eodge
of any kind Within tho limits of State,
without charter from the Grand Lodge
thereof When the Federal army Oh.
tained possession of the Sea Islands on
the coast Of South Carolina, the Masons
belonging to it did not venture to open q
lodge before getting authority from the
Masonic authorities at Charleston
Year: 1866

The Disunionists are continually
bowling about the President because he
don't make treason odious." Let them
be gratifed There's Sumner, Stevens,
and a few Others who might be made to
stretch hemp to q very good purpose,
and treason then would certainly be
made odious," if the shutting OF OF
those odious fellows could do II
Year: 1866

RADIcALLY WRoS6.-Those who are ac-
quainted with the gentlemanly Mayor Of our
neighboring city On the Yuba, win be astoan-
ded to learn that be has "been weighed and
found wantingl" He was beaten for Mayor
on Monday, by . decisive msjority. We ex
pect be was thrown from the track BY the COW
catchers Of the numerous railroads which the
people have determined shall centre there
Upon such a proposition the mists and fogs o.
old fogyism are swept away by the enterprise
and progress of the people as huge bladders
are driven before the equinoctial blast. "Lool
out for the engine when the bell rings" is I
warning quite as significant now days as th,
war cry of political factions
Year: 1866

Assemblyman Smith, of Butte, on the 10th
instant, introduced bill to aid in the con-
struction of the Califoruia, Idaho and Monia-
na wagon road, which was ordered printed.
On the same day. Mr.. Meredith presented
petition from citizens of Lassen county for
authority to make q county subscription OF
ten thousand dollars to the same purpose
This is an enterprise of great Importance to
the northern counties of the State, and We
trus. the Legislature will cot allow their con-
s,i,utional limit to expire without granting the
authority asked 10 aid OF The undertaking.


1t is not to be supposed that wagon road,
entering Idaho and Montana from the north
ern counties of California, can compete with
the facilities that will be afforded by the Cen
trail Pacific Railroad, when it shall be exten-
ded into and through the State of Nevada.
When such shall be the case, a higher and
more accessible route for wagon road will be
found from some point on the line of the rail-
road east of the mountans-if, indeed, rail-
road shall not be demanded by development
of the wealth and resources of the vast extent
of territory that will lie to the north Of it. A
demand for the wagon road now contemplated
will still exist, however, even should q branch
railroad be extended from the main line of the
| Central Pacific road to the navigabie waters
of the Missouri, and send its shrill whistle rev.
erberatiDg through the canons of the Red
River to the Russian possessions. Wagon
road communication with the Black Rock
country, Humboldt, Owyhee and Montana,
would still be necessary as afording a valuable
and accessible market for the productions of
northern California. They should not be
limited to the market afforded by our own
State. and to competition with the valleys
surrounding the bay, with the cost of trans
portion against them.


The same energy that has supplied Nevada
with the Decessaries of life will supply the
vast mineral region to the north and east of
US, of a much less cost for the construction of
wagon communication, than was expended by
the people of the State upon the favored route
to Nevada. That producing country has
better advantages, and will be found the most
prosperous that has choice of markets; and
this can easily be afforded to this portion Of
the State by opening direct communication
with the country to the east and north of US.
We are not familiar with the details of the
bill, but trust that the Legislature will not
permit their session 10 draw to close without
first granting the authority asked in aid of the
undertaking, and then, when the Sacramento
valley shall be traversed by the iron horse, its
residents will have access to markets that
must greatly increase the value of every des-
cription OF property, and contribute 10 the
wealth and advancement of the State.
Year: 1866

INCOME TAx.-Tbe Commissioner of Inter.
nal revenue has decided that all returns must
declare whether the rates and values are in
coin or in legal tender or in currency. II iu
coin, the assessor must reduce the same to
currency according to his estimate of value at
the time and place the return is receivable.
Neglect to so declare is to be treated as neg.
lect to make any return. The Act 10 this
effect was approved March 10th, and tele.
graphed to San Francisco. So that hereafter
the income must be returned in currency, as
well as the tax that is paid thereon.