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Year: 1866

Most people think the selection Of mat


ter for newspaper the easiest part OF the
business. How great an error. To look
over and over hundreds Of exchange pa
pers every day. from which to select
enough for one, especially when lis not
what shall, but what shall not be selected.
If every person who reads a paper could
have edited it, We should hear less COM
plants. Every subscriber takes the pa
per for his own benefit and if there is
nothing IN it that suits him, it must be
stopped it is good for nothing. Just as
many subscribers as an editor may have,
so many tastes he has to consult. One
wants something sound. One wants an
ecdotcs, fun and frolic; and the next one
wonders Why a man of good sense Will put
sueh stuff in his paper. Something spicy
comes out and tho editor is a blackguard


Next comes something argumentive, aud
the editor is dull fool. And SO, between
them all, you see. the poor fellow gets
roughly handled. They never think that
what does not please them. pleases the
next man, but they insist, if the paper
does not please them, it is good for moth
Year: 1866

TIE LITTLE FOLKs-Wc love the lit
tie folks They are the future. No peri
Cd of life is more full of interest than that
of childhood. We watch the expanding
mind ola fine boy as We DO the unfolding
flower Childhood is the primrose sea
son of life /; and when We see cluster Of
little innocent urchins around the hearth.
if our wishes could be realized, all theis
after days should be those Of sunshine and
happiness We like children, and sympa-
thize in all their little eYiets aud share IN
all their hilarious and boisterous merri-
ment Ia this season Of festiyity tAey
should never be forgotten. Send them
early TO bed on Christmas eve, on gooi
terms with themselves and the rest of.ths
world and then fill their suspended re
ceptacles for the bountes Of st. Nicholas
with trlnkcts, toys, and the good and
wholesome comits Of the season. Oh, the
pleasures of these Offices none but pareu.
ever did or ever can conceive it Look
at their bright and shining faces in the
morning, and read your reward in their
astonishmcnt and gratitude. Parents
neglect not your little folks at this season
of the year. You purchase large amount
of happiness at q trifiug cost. Never be
unmindful of your duty in this respect
Please your children on proper occasions.
and they will please YOU in after life
Mind, never put rods and other emblems
of reproof in the stockings Of your dear
little ones while they lie dreaming of to
keus of kindier feelings from their patron
saint. We do not envy those mistaken pa
rents who could wantouly wound the sens-
bilities of their offspring and call tears to
tbeir cycs instead Of smiles
Year: 1866

BOILED PoTAToEs FOR MlLcu Cows
A successful farmer informs Us that he
has practiced the last summer. giving to
each Of his milch COWS five quarts Of cold
boiled potatoes a day, aud that they are
worth half dollar IA buShel for this pur.
pose. His old potatoes were worth moth
inc in the m:rket, and SO he boiled up
some twenty OF thirty gallons at time
He says that he could see no benefit what
ever in feeding them the old potatoes in a
raw state. There is period from the
first of July till the first of August when
COWS need some additional food, and if
boiled potatoes will help them to hold on
their milk till it is time to feed out the
southern corn, we may hope to carry cows
through the whole summer season in CON
dition to yield a good profit, especially on
farms remote from the mark ket-Wainc
Farmer.
Year: 1866

] gave her rose and gave her a ring.
and asked her TO marry me then; hut she
sent them all back, insensiblc thing, and
said she d no notion of men. told her |
had oceans of money and goods, and she
answered she wasn't brought up in the
woods to be scared by the screech of an
owl l called her a beggar, and everything
bad, sighted her features and form; till
at length ! succeeded in getting her mad
and she ragged like the wind in a Storm
And then in moment turned and smiled
and called her my angel aud all; and she
fell in my arms like wearisome child,
and exclaimed: "You bet, wc'll marry
ihi. fall
Year: 1866

TABLEAUx on TOMORROW NIGHT AT THE
VIRGINIA HALL.-A series of tableaux will
be represented at the Virginia Hall at ~
o'clock tomorrow night, in aid of the Hol-
lywood Memorial Association, and will be
continued on the following night for the
benefit of the Monumental Church. The


last tableaux at the Virginia Hall were
completely successful, and it is expected
that those to take place on tomorrow night
will be as generously and generally patro-
niZed.
Year: 1866

ACCIDENT or THE RICHMOND, FREDERICKs-
BURG AND PoTOMAC RAILROAD.-The mail
train on this road was delayed several hours
in reaching this city on yesterday morning
in consequence Of the engine running of
the track between Aqua creek and Frede-
ricksburg. No one was injured, and the
engine was soon replaced on the track.
The cause of the accident is stated to have
been the washing away Of q culvert by the
recent heavy rains, and no blame can be at
tached to the officers of the company,
whose care and vigilance are so well known
and SO highly appreciated.


On yesterday evening the cars ran
through from Fredericksburg to this city in
two hours and half. This is as good ira
yelling as we could desire.
Year: 1866

WOUNDED At HoLLYwooD CEMETERY
The young men who so generously labored
at Hollywood on Monday and Wednesday
last In repairing the graves of their fallen
fellow soldiers have suffered more than
fatigue and pain caused by unwonted ex-
ertion! Several of them, in their earnest
ness, cut their hands and arms severely,
and twenty or twenty five ut least have
been 50 injured by the poison oak which
grew near the graves that they carry their
hands in sings, and are unable to attend to
their business. The pain and penalty,
however, will be cheerfully borne; and
surely, if it is glorious to be wounded OF
manned in war, it is more noble and glo-
rious still to be wounded or injured in en-
deavoring to protect and preserve, when
war is over, the narrow mounds beneath
which sleep in peace those who in life were
so herOically brave and true. Our young
men will not regret their sufferings, but
will think with pride that even when the
rattle Of the musket, the boom of the can
non, and the cold CLEAN of the sabre had
ceased, they had still been wounded in the
most exalted of all the duties dcyolyine
upon the south--that Of laboring upon the
grave of the fallen Confederate soldier.
Year: 1866

THE DISPATCH ON THE RAILROADS Ds.-Messrs.
Cole & Turner deliver the Dispatch every morning
they are also our authorized agents TO receive sub
scriptions to the Semi Weekly and Weekly DLs-
Datch, our friends along the railroad routes can
avail themselves of the messengers Of these enter
prsing news dealers in forwarding their orders.
Year: 1866

The CONCERT to be given by the Man
chester Baptist Church on Tuesday next,
in which about forty-five performers will
be engaged, promises to be one of the
most attractive entertainments Of the sea-
son. At the close of the concert the festi-
val rooms will be thrown open, and mag


nifcent display of all the good things of
the land will invite the attention of visitors.
Year: 1866

{ WALK UP AND SETTLE.-Those who have
not paid their real estate tax viii see by
the advertisement of Sheriff Wright, in
another column, that if they do not walk


up and settle by the 18th instant their
property will be returned to the Auditor OF
the State for non-payment of taxes, and
will be sold as delinquent. Much trouble
and annoyance may be saved by attending
TO this matter atonce.
Year: 1866

hobs to welcome and extend to you
and your, associates the hospitality of
this city. Our citizens are not unlike
other people; they wish to see, take
by the hand, and converse with the
President of our great and glorious
Republic; have patience with them
and receive them courteously, and
their reception and hospitality to
yourself and friends will not4be sur
passed by any city since you left the
capital of the nation. You will find
them liberal and kind hearted.


Mr.. President, on behalf of myself
I extend to you my handand say | am
much gratifed to meet you this day,you
being the only Chief Magistrate | have
ever had the pleasure of taking by the
hand in st. Louis, during my resi-
dence of forty years in this city.
While with us, speak tooour people; j;
state facts. They have been in the
habit of hearing and thinking for
themselves, and can penetrate every
thought, action and word spoken, even
though it be from the President of
the United States.


After the Mayors pertinent speech,
the President responded, leaving with
the people the Constitution, the Flag
of thirty-six stars, &C. His speech,
as well as Secretary Stewards, are the
same old story, and are so lengthy, we
have not space for them, f.r o.
Year: 1866




Children hunger perpoinally foi
new IDEAS, and The most pleasant
way of reception Is by the voice
and the ear, not the eye and the
printed page. The one mode is
natural and the ether is artificial.
Who would not rather listen than
read 7 An audience will listen
closely from the beginning to the
end OF an address which not one il,
twenty Of those present wculd read
with the same attention.


This is emphatically true of the
children. They viii learn with
pleasure from the lips Of parent,
what they deem m-drudgery to stud,
in the books; and even Ii they bave
the misfortune to be deprived OF
the educational advantages which
they desire, they cannot tail to grow
up iBtellig ntifthey enjoy in child
hood aud youth the privilege OF
listening daily to the conversation
ofintelligert people. Let parcn,s
,ken, talk much and talk well at
home. A father who is habituall,
silent in his own house may be, in
some respects q wise man; but he
Year: 1866

The Pail Mall Gazette says The
loose women of Paris are kept under a
very strict surveillance by the police,
who, every now aud then, by way of as
serting their authority, arrest all the
women they find alone IN the streets at "a
certain hour. In this comprehensive
seizure the wrong persons are sometimes
inc ,uded. More than once it happened
that lady whose husband left her side
for few minutes was snatched away to
prison Not long since an actress,
waiting near the stage door for another
lady of the company, was carried off by
the police in spite of all her protesta-
tons and explanations, and detained
several DAYS"
Year: 1866

Some years ago, young man holding
subordinate position in the East india
service, twice attempted to deprive him
self Of life by swapping loaded pistol al
his head. Each time the pistol missed
fire. A friend entering his room shortly
afterwards, he requested him to fire II
out Of the window; it then went of with
out any difficulty. Satisfied thus that
the weapon had been duly primed and
loaded, the young man sprang up, ex
claiming, II must be preserved for some
thing great, aud from that moment gave
up the idea Of suicide, which for some
time previous had been uppermost in his
thoughts. That young man afterwards
became Lord Olive.


Two brothers we're on one occasion
walking together, when violent storm,
accompanied with thunder and lightning
overlook them. One was struck dead on
the spot; the other was spared, else
would the name Of the great reformer,
Martin Luther, have been unknown to
mankind 4,fI#t tl'fi.-


Bacon, the sculptor, when a tender
boy Of five years old, fell into the pit ol
a soap boiler, and must have perished
had not a workman, just entering the
ward, observed the top of his head and
delivered him.


When Oliver Cromwell was an infant,
a monkey snatched him from his cradle,
leaped with him through a garret win
dow, and ran along the leads Of the house.
The utmost alarm was excited among
the inmates, and various were the devices
used to rescue the child from the guar
dianship Of his newly found protector.
All were unavailing; his would-be res
cuers had lost courage, and were IN
despair Of ever seeing the baby alive
again, when the monkey quietly retraced
its steps and deposited its burden safely
on the bed. On subsequent occasion
the waters had well nigh quenched his
Unsuitable ambition. He fell into deep
pond, from drowning in which a clergy
man named johnson was the sole instru-
meut Of his rescue.


At the siege of Leicester, a young sol
dier about seventeen years Of age was
drawn out for sentry duty. One Of his
comrades was very anxious to take his
Year: 1866

place. No objection was made, and this
man went. He was shot dead while on
guard. The young man first drawn after
ward became the author of Pilgrim s


Doddridge, when born, was so weakly
an infant he was believed to be dead. A
nurse standing by, fancied she saw some
signs of vitality. Thus the feeble spark
of life was saved from being extinguished,
and an eminent author and consistent
Christian preserved to the world. -,


John Wesley, when a child, was only
just preserved from fire. Almost the
moment after he was rescued, the roof
of the house where he had been fell in.
OF Philip Henry similar in stance is
recorded. tart l-.af tl.f..


John Knox, the renowned Scotch re-
former, was always<Hont to sit at the
head of the table = his back to the
window. On one particular evening,
without, however, being able to account
for it, he would not sit there himself, nor
permit any one else to occupy bis place.
That very night bullet was shot in at
the window, purposely to kill him; it
glazed the chair in which he sat, and
made hole in the foot of the candle
stick on the table. ,,,..


Many years have now elapsed since
three subalterns might have been seen
st juggling in the water off St Helena;
one of them, peculiarly helpless, was
fast succumbing. He was saved to live
as Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington.


The life of John Newton is but the his
tory of marvellous deliverances. AS "A
youth, he had agreed to accompany some
friends on board of man-ofwar. He
arrived too late; the boat in which his
friends had gone was capsized, and all its
occupants drowned On another occa-
sion, when tide-surveyor in the port OF
Liverpool, some business had detained
him, so that he came much later than
usual, to the great surprise of those who
we're in the habit Of observing his unde-
WAITING punctuality. He went out in the
boat as before to inspect ship which
blew up before he reached her. Had he
left the shore few moments sooner, he
must have perished with the rest on board.
Year: 1866

A meeting was held in our sister city.


not great while since, to inaugurate
some system for the relief of the really


destitute. This is the meaning of that
meeting, as we understood it. We hop
ed this move would he efficient in pre-


venting persons who had plenty at home,


from imposing upon the charity Of the
Government For the attainment Of this
end, we had supposed that persons going
to draw" should have with them GER
tiiicate of their being actually worthy of
assistance. These certificates we presu-
med to be issued by the County Judge,
the Mayor, or the Magistrate Of the town
ship in which the applicant resided. I'm
til system could he adopted, we pre-
sumcd the certificate Of any known and
respectable citizen would be welcomed by
the Bureau. 1t would surely, to some
extent, prevent imposition. But, to our
amazemcnt, we learn that any attempt Of
this kind to assist Government officials,
who occupy the head Of the Bureau, is
taken as impertincncc, Olliciousness, and
good citizens, well-mcaning men are in
suited for contributing their mite to-
wards the enlightenment of those whose
duty it is to issue to the needy. We had
intended to urge upon the citizens of this
county to adopt some plan by which they
could aid the Bureau in ascertaining who
were impostors. The attitude in which
the matter now stands, forbids any such
course, We shall certainly not urge oul
civil officers to do anything in the mat
ter, lest they be called meddlesome per-
sons, and be rudcly invited to attend to
their own affairs. That the government
is imposed upon, in this matter, is q fact
notoriously known There is no attempt
to disguise the matter Persons are fed
by the CommiSSary at Fort Smith, who
are abundantly able to live comfortably
without it, Government officers, howev


cr, ought to know best, and if the Unit
cd States intends to feed any persons
who will go for the rations, whether they
are needy or not, we cannot complain.
Year: 1866

Et- 1t is said that few of the bodies
of persons killed by the explosion Of the
Miami, are yet unburied. A passenger
on steamer, Il short time since, stated
that he saw the remains Of a woman and
child near the wreck. The woman was
partly in the water, and the child a few
feet distant on the bank.


There are persons living within sight
OF the place Of the disaster The low
est instincts Of humanity would induce
them to remove and inter the remains
But even such instincts, it seems, they do
not possess
Year: 1866




ES" A few years ago, Il bank bill was
regarded by very many worthy citizens
of our State as the evidence of financial
dishonesty. Now the times have chang
ed Every one now is just as anxious
to "wear the green in his pocket as he
was formerly to wear the yellow. The
fact is, money has ceased to be a politi
cal element


Our neighboring city Of Fort Smith
has the honor Of being the first to lead
the way in the banking line Major Elias
Rector is the President. The capital is
$4,000. We suppose individuals alone
could be found, not a thousand miles
from the vaults, who would checrfully
borrow the whole amount
Year: 1866

Court OF Quarter SessIOns--Judge Peirce-
The necessity OF the new Court Room is now most
pressingly felt by all persons whose business calls
Them to this Court dav alter day. Prison ca.es
now literally swarming in upon the Court so fast,
that 1T requIes all the energies that the worthy
officers OF this Court have long exhibited TO keep
the business in trim and to dispose of the cases


The number of prisoners who daily crowd the
dock, instead OF decreasing, rather increases. Last
and this week, far there have been fourteen and
fifteen. Five minutes alter the doors were opened
this manning the room was SO crowded with per.
sons that not only the benches were filed, but
also there were SO many persons standing in the
aisles that 1t was almost impossible for man to
squeez his way from The west entrance door TO the
wliness'- tand This Estate of affairs causes incon
vcDlence and even trouble, to those who come to
transact business.


Alexander Robinson was charged with the larceny
OF PACK OF bank receipts, valued at "a the pro-
petty OF the Philadelpha and Reading Railroad
Company The defencant was porter in the en-
p,oy of the Company at their Office and the alega-
ton was that, taking advantage of the confidence
acted, committed the larceny, and sold the paper to
a rag and psper dealer Several officers OF the Com
pany testified to the loss of the receipts.


But the principal witness for the commonwealth
was one Joseph Weirman who was also in the en-
ploy of the Company, and who processes to have
titled that, after he had been with the Company
about two months. Robinson, one day, proposed to
him continual partnership larceny of papers, by
which could be made So 90 or So every now and then


Fe beng new hand and Robinson having been
there nine years he thought surely there would be
no danger, it wOuldprove a lucrative business and
he went into it. on the occasion in question he
went to a room in the third story of the building
and put about fifty pounds Of these receipts in bag
he throw It out Of Il window into Vikings alley,
where kop,nson saw II saie IN the hands OF man
who took it to the paper dealer. The money was
paid over to them botn, as partners.


he defense showed that the defendant had been
in the employ of the company nine years, and that
all throughout that time he had been faithful and
honest in his duty; had had many valuable arti-
cles-letters papers, etc.-p!aced In his trust and
he had never, in any way, abused that confidence;
and also that all the waste paper OF the different
rooms were given 10 him and the other parties who
would sell them and thus maze a little extra
money. Then, thev alleged. that on this occasion,
the defendant acting in perfect good faith wards
his employers, mistook this paper for waste, and
took IT. Good character previous to this charge
was also shown. On trial.


Supreme Court at NisI PrIus Judge
Thompson Robert f. kirkpatrick VS.. William p.
Bright ct al. An action of ejectment. Verdict for
defendant by agreement.


Morris, Tasker & Co, VS.. William W. Leibert. An
action to recover the vaIun of iron furnished BY
trial.
Year: 1866

The WEATHER.-To-day's weather is a
plain reminder that cold winter with its chilly
air, its biting frosts, and clustering snow-storms
is close at hand, and is a forerunner to warn
the good citizens OF Philadelphia to make ample
preparations tor its speedy coming. We again
advise 10 see that the winter stock is stored by.
lack anything which will add to their warmth
in the cold days of December and January
Prepare also for the appearance of Santa Claus
augurated by his coming. Bear in mind the
many wants Of the poor, who are unable TO have
all the comforts you enjoy, and let your hearts
be enlarged and your purses be freely used In
aiding and comforting them. Bear all these
important things In mind.
Year: 1866

Can be learned by the terrible results of this
fire. The destruction OF life again directs our
attention to the reckless disregard for the safety
of tenants manifested by landlords in general.
The laws at present enacted are inadequate to
the protection OF the occupants OF tenement
houses, and it is to be hoped that the Fire Com
missiOneTs will give their attention TO this mat
ter and have such enactments made by the next
Legislature as will regulate not only the keep
ing of all such combustible articles as kerosene
oil, but also see TO the provision OF proper
means of egress by the window for all tenants
OF rooms in large and crowded dwelling places.
II Neto York Herald today.
Year: 1866

within one year from the passage of this Act


Sec: ?. Whenever any Of such notes shall
be nald Ivy any other tn an the maker the
Auditor shall aS~lgn the same without re-
course on the State, and deliver it with the
mortgage s"cnr'ty, if any to the person so
paying the same.


Approved March Goth 1866
Year: 1866

On Thursday evening, November 9Th,
at about seven o'clock, J. w. Myers, a
resident Of Manchester, deliberately shot
and killed bis own child, and attempted
to finish bis bloody work by numbering
his wife. IL appears that on the evening
in question lie obtained a pint OF brandy
at drug store and proceeded home. do
appeared to be 10 his usual health and
spirits, and par'ook ola hearty supper.


After supper he remarked to his wife
that he would address a note to his moth.
er, and, having written and folded the
same, he put it in his pocket. He then
kissed his wife in an affectionate manner.
stepped into the kitchen, took down a
shot guu which had been previously
loaded with buckshot, and deliberately
fired upon his wife through the open door.
The charge passed over her head and
through the front door casing. He then
passed out around the house to the east
window, and pointing the muzze of hi ia
gun through one o. the panes, discharged
the other barrel at his mother in law, who
WAS standing in the front room, with his
babe, child eight months Of age, in her
arms. He probably intended to kill her,
but missed his aim, the shot hitting the
little innocent in the back, and passing
through came out in the region of the
abdomen, killing it almost instantly, and
badly shst,eripg the hand Of his mother,
in law. lie intended 10 kill III en- ALL
and supposing that the deed was finished,
he turned and fed to the barn, which
stood near by and completed the bloody
chapter by cutting, with his own hand,
his throat from ear TO ear.
Year: 1866

"Don't write there said one to lad who was
writing with diamond pin pane of glass in
the window of a hotel ''Why ?" said he, "Be-
cause you can't rub it out" There are other
things which men should not do, because they
cannot rub them out. Happy is the man that has
none of these recorded against him."