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Year: 1866

Fashion kills more women that toll
and sorrow. Obedience to fashion is
a greater transgression Of the laws of
woman'S nature, a greater injury to
her physical and mental constitution,
than the hardships of poverty and neg
lect. The slave-woman at her tasks,
will live and grow old, and see two
or three generations of her mistresses
fade and pass away. The washerw6-
man, with scarce ray of hope to
cheer her in her tolls, will live to see
her fashionable sisters all die around
her. The kitchen-maid. is hearty and
strong, when her lady has to be nursed
like sick baby. 1t is a sad truth
that fashion -pampered women are al
most worthless for all the good ends
of human life. They have but little
force of character; they have still less
power of moral will, and quite as lit
tie physical cncrrr. They have no
great purpose in iiie-they accomplish
no worthy ends, are doIl-forms in
the hands of milliners and servants, to
be dressed and fed to order They
drsss nobody, they feed nobody, they
instruct nobody; they bless nobody.
and save nobody. They write nc
books, they set no rich examples Of
virtue and womanly life. 1t they rear
children, servants and nurses do al
save to conceive and give them birth
And when reared, what are they
What do they ever amount to bu


weaker scions Of the old stock ? Who
ever heard of a fashionable woman;
child exhibiting any virtue and pow


er of mind for which it became emi


nent? Read the biographies of on


great and good men and woman. No


one of them had a fashionable mother


They nearly all sprung from stron'


minded women, who had about a


little to do with fashion as with th


clouds.
Year: 1866

1t is said that fact is stranger than
fiction. How true this is, is eXemph-
fed in the following true story Of two
brothers, twins, occurring during the
memorable siege of Port Hudson
Passing one day through the streets
Of that little town we noticed two
corpses, lying upon the gallery of the
carpenters shop, awaiting their turn
for the boxes dignifed by the title of
coffins, to cOnsign them to their last
resting place. They were bodies of
tall stature, stout, and well built, be-
tokening the hardy backwoodsmen of
the Southwest. Over the face of each
was thrown a cloth through which the
blood was oozing, showing that they
had received their death wounds thro'
the head. 1t was no uncommon sight
during the siege, to see death in every
form, from the body pierced by the
single bullet, to the one shattered to
atoms by the common ball or fearful
mortar she'll. Yet there was some
thing in the appearance of these bod
les which riveted our attention, and
induced the inquiry as to who they


were. A rough, grizzly, weather beat
en- Confederate soldier was sitting by


their side, whose arm, tied up, showed


that for the present he was unfit fol


active service. The tears were trick.


ling down his cheeks as he gazed


mournfully upon thu dead before him


while his quivering lip told better


than words that they had been more


to him than simple comrades Of ten


and field


He related the story in few words
"They were my sons" said he, "ant
were twins. One of them joined a


the same time | did. We came her.
with Gen. Beale, and have done ou
: duty to the best of our knowledge
and | believe to the satisfaction @
/. our officers.


; This morning, sir, while at the breast
works, one of my boys, in order to &c
good aim at the sharpshooters ou
: side, thoughtlessly raised himself to
e high, when rife ball pierced his brai
: and he fell dead at my feet. Ell
r brother, seeing him fall, sprang 10
! ward to pick him up, but in so doin


exposed himself above the line OF d
e fences, when he too, received a ba
e through the brain, and he fell des


upon the still quivering corpse OF h
Year: 1866

SMART Boy IN BROOKFIELD.--Ate teach
er in one Of the primary schools at
Brooktield, the other day, found among
his list of Juveniles one who was CON
stantly engaged in some mischief, and
at the same time was given to swear
inc. Having uttered an oath in vio-
lation of the teachers rules. he order
ed the aforesaid Juvenile to take his
place in one corner Of the ricketV
school house, and placing pair or old
fashioned iron tOngS in his hand or
dered him to watch hole in the fool
until he should catch mouse-sup
posing this would be great punish
ment. The little urchin gazed steadi
ly at the aperture, while the teacher
with his face turned from him, wa;
engaged with the other scholars. A


last he heard the old tongs 60 bang


He turned his eyes quickly upon th'
youth, who, with a countenance beam


ing with excitement, yelled-"teache


I've got the damned little cuss," an


true enough he had Mister Nous
fast by the head. That boy will b
, a Brigadier General some day.
Year: 1866

III Is marvellous now much ike q
regular, and even a respectable, busi-
ness the science OF rOguery has be-
come. The robbery Of the safe con-
tanning million and a half of dollars
worth of securities would seem to in
dictate that New York was not likely
to lack for burglarious elements and
sensations for the present, any
rate.


But the point to be remarked in
this matter, as it was remarked in the
case Of the Concord Bank robbery,
and is continually made prominent in
many another piece of roguery, is the
cool manner in which, after the first
flush Of the excitement is gone, the
hardened rOgueS turned round aud
propose to divide the proceeds with
the rightful owners, on the simple CON
dition Of immunity from punishment.
So glad are bond owners to recover
even a fair fraction of the amount
whose total loss would in many III
stances beggar them, they readily con
sent to compound with the thieves on
their own terms, and leave them free
to pursue their depredations in any di-
rection. 1t is this practice that is
lifting up burglary to the social re-
spectability of a regular profession ;
it is recognized and contracted with
by society, thieves and rogues become
suddenly rich by the aid and conni-
vance Of society, and they are allowed
TO remain i'll society unmOlested, and
to enjoy their profits as best suits
tastes whose very rankness may not,
either always be too strong to be so,
cially unacceptable.


Is it not about time for the Law to
step forth and take these matters in-
to its own hands ? 1t used to be some-
thing more than merely inadmissibIe
to compound felony. 'Fhy may it not
with as good reason be held in the
same repute as practice now? Has
the reflection never struck the public
mind, that the protection of society is
OF paramount Importance to the max.
ing good of individual losses,-and
that the merited punishment of crimi
mails is to be considered before the re
coyery Of moneys? The tendency to
put property before safety comfort be
lore the claims Of justice, and private
interest before the public morals, i,
one from which no permanent goo,
can be augured to society; unless I
revision and reversal of the new prac
tice is shortly entered Oh, it will u,
difficult to toretelI even the approx
mate confusion into which ali socia
matters will inevitably be thrown.


This matter. We conceive has reall,
gone 50 far as to make d serious requi
aition upon the public press to rails


Its protest against the further contint


ancc OF it. Unless we resolve TO $50


where We are. the burglars and thicvc


will have the upper hand everywheI,
1t is hard vi course, for the individua


last made sufferer by them to col
sent to the reform before he has iil>
+ manipulated his own case Sati5iact0r


": out there must be a break at som


time, and somewhere, and it is Us We


with one as another. The recover


OF d single parcel OF bonds and othe
4 securities, Is not to be compared, 10


Importance, with the safety and pc


manent protection OF the whole con


munity.-Erchauge.
Year: 1866

A lady who edits newspaper IN one
of the Westerns States, says that the
popularity of her journal is due to the
fact that people are always expecting
she will say something she ought not to.
Year: 1866

THE Subscriber has ia en- the Agency and


L spent some time in visiting some of the best
and most popular Sewing Machine Establish
mentS in New England, and is now prepared to
furnish Sinrlc and DOublp Thread rho
Year: 1866

Sheffield, from being the little place where
the armorers of Richard and Richmond went for
their arrowheads before the battle of BosworIh
great place where steel is made from iron and
fashioned into all its many forms, and where of
late the largest and thickest of aTmorpates for
ships OF war are produced, There are now some
two hundred thousand Inhabitants where there
were only two thousand two centuries apo and
the Tatable property of the town must be nearly
a million. Within the present century the SheR
field goods were carried from the town on pack
horses every week, while now not much less
than two thousand tons a week pass by railway
TO Birmingham. In those old days the streams
of the rivers afforded the power that turned the
wheels of the grinders and worked the hammers.
Now some of the largest steam engines are enl-
ployed and the rivers where fifty years ago the
people used TO bathe have become the drains OF
the factories.
Year: 1866

The following Act, in relation to the scaling of
Confederate Currency, from the time of its first
issue to the end of the war, passed at the recent
session of the General Assembly:


BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO


ESTABLISH A SCALE OF DEPRECIATION


OF CONFEDERATE CURRENCY.


WHEREAS, By an ordinance of the Convention,
entitled An ordinance declaring what laws and
ordinances are in force and for other purposes"
ratified on the 18th day of October, A. d., 1868,
it is made the duty of the General Assembly to
provide scale of depreciation OF the Confederate
Currency from the time of its first issue to the
end of the war; and it is further therein declared
that " all eXecutory contracts, solvable in money
whether under seal or not, made after the depre-
citation of said currency before the 1st of May,
1865 and untitled (eXcept official bonds and penal
bonds payable to the State) shall be deemed to
have been made with the understanding that they
were solvable in money of the said currency"
subject, nevertheless, to evidence of different in
tent of the parties to the contract; therefore,


Be IL enacted 6y the General assembly Of the State
Of North Carolina, and is hereby enacted 6y the
authority Of the same, That the following scale OF
depreciation be and the same is hereby adopted
and established the measure of value OF one
gold dollar in Confederate currency, for each
month, and the fractional parts of the month OF
December, 1864, from the 1st day OF November,
1861, to the 1st day of May, 1865, to-wit:


Scale of depreciation Of Confederate currency, the


gold dollar being the unit and measure Of Uatne,


from NOUehtbeT LIST, 1861, to Man LIST, 1865:
Year: 1866

SoUTHERERs IN BosToN-It is stated by
a gentleman at the South End, who deals
largely in real estate, that during the past
two months more than twenty first-class
dwelling-houses have been purchased by
Southerners. Many of these persons pretend
to have amassed fortune during the late
war and have now come North to invest
their funds and to engage in permanent bus
iness-BOst0n Post
Year: 1866

y LAND FOR SALE.


/ offer for sale two tracts of land known as the
Zack Hill place, three and half miles from Boon
HILL and on the Road to Lowell Factory, contain
ing in both 224 acres. The improvements are
log dwelling house, smoke house, and stables,
and good well of water. The land is desirable
for cultivation, as it is Immediately upon Little
River, where can be found any amount of the
richest loan; and also very valuable for its pine
forest only a small quantity of which has been
boxed, and will yield crop of Turpentine the
present year.


A good bargain may be had as the proprietor is
disposed to sell it cheap for cash.


JAMES NJ. TOWLES, Agent.


march 31-1E*4tpd.
Year: 1866

To those who get up clubs of five or more sub
scribers one copy, gratis, will be furnished.


Subscribers who were cut off from us during the
war and whose time of subscription had not ex-
pired, will be furnished the paper free on the
restoration of communication, until the time be
filled If they desire the paper longer after that
time, they must renew.


cross X mark on the paper indicates the ex-
piration of the subscription.
Year: 1866

FrIES oN RAILWAY TRAINS.-It seems al
most incredible that cars in motion should be
destroyed by fire in spite Of all efforts to extiir-
guISh the tllmcS but frequent occurrences of
the kind attest the fact The latest instance
occurred on the Erie Road on Sunday night,
when the car belonging to the United States
Express Company was entirely consumed, in
vovng Il loss of five hundred thousand dollars.
We can only suggest to express and railroad
compan es that they Isc iron car for their more
valuable packages of merchandise hut with
regard to the newly-estahlished mail ears, we
arc not going beyond our duty to demand that
the government substitute iron for wood At the
earliest moment. Ii the express company are
unable to save dollar ont Of half Il million in
SUN c,tsc. what chance would there be for
the mails, in which everybody in general and
no JUdy III particular ar. interested.
Year: 1866

SKATING WrrH THE GIRLs--A person who
has lived and suffered, thinks that skating
with the girls is far ahead of polkas and cotil
lions Bad place for lovers is the ice.


The Eady employs you to adjust the skate
hold her in the right position, and stand ready
with open arms aSshe falls


Just stop and think minute. Think Of a
lover foolng an hour about the pretty eyes
pecpimg out from under the warm hood


Think how nice Of a moonlight night, piping
cold. to race that pretty one far out from the
crowd, with an arm about her waist to keeT
her from falling, and the gentle motion on
skates fairly Intoxicating you with heavenly
rapture.


Go away with your parlor courting, when the
house clock must be mftlcd, and where the
Old folks will keep both ears open to catch the
advance guard of Cupid--thc stolen kiss


Give US ice, the bracing air, and the cmbrac-
ing arm to guard US from danger. As pipe,
the cold outside, so burns the love within.


Away with the noisy crowd, with none but
the moon to look down and smile approval
who would not do their oourting on the ice?
Year: 1866

his heart leap to his throat.


Then, in clear bold voice, the
widow read this line from the Old
Testament. 1t was short, get terri
BILE:


"Ihat man shall de r


Look the brother springs forward
to plunge a knife into the murderer's
heart; but the tory pinioned as he is,
clings to the widows knees. He begs
that one more trial may be made by
the little girl, that child of five years
old, with golden hair and laughing
eyes.


The widow consents. There is an
awful pause. With a smile in her
eye, without knowing what she does,
the little girl opens the Bible as it lay
on her mothers knee; she turns her
laughing face away and places her
finger upon line.


That awful silence grows deeper.
The deep drawn breath of the brother
and broken gasp Of the murderer,
alone disturbeS the stiffness. The
widow and the dark haired boy were
breathless. The little girl uncon-
scious as she was, caught feeling of
awe from the countenances around
her and stood breathless, her face
turned aside, and her tiny finger rest
ing on that line of life or death.


At length gathering courage, the
widow bent her eyes to the page and
read. 1t was a line from the New
Testament;


"LOUe y0ur enemies ~


Oh, book of terrible majesty and
chiLdlike Low ve-of suhGmity thai
cruShes the soul into aWe-of beauty
that melts the heart with rapture, you
have never shone more strangely than
there in that lonely cot of the Wissa-
hicon when you saved the murderer'S
life.


Now look you how wonderful are
the ways of Heaven That very
night as the widow sat by the lonely
hearth, her orphans by her side-sat
there with a crushed heart and hot
eyelids, thinking of her husband who
now lay mouldering on the blood
drenched soil of Paoli-there was a
tap at the door. She opened it, and
that husband, living though covered
with wounds, was in her arms.


He had fallen at Paoli. but not in
death. He was alive and his wife
lay painting on his bosom.


That night there was prayer in
the wood embowered cot of Wassa-
hicon.
Year: 1866

The Portland Press says that dur
ing the revolutionary war. when Mo
watt burned Portland, an infant but a
few weeks old was removed from a
house on Forrest street, below India
street. in that town, and taken out of
town for safety. The house was
burned down. During the recent
conhagration that same infant was
removed from a house erected on the
spot where stood the one burned by
Mowatt, from which ninety years AGO
she had been removed, and she was
once more taken to a place of safety.
She was the venerable Mrs Hannah
Thorlo, the daughter Of Capt. Thorlo.
She is now ninety-one years Of age, OF
infirm health, but possessing remark
ably bright mind. Fortunately the
house Of her childhood was untouched
by the fire.
Year: 1866

Cool DRINKS IN HoT WEATHER.
A writer who recently applied 10
physician lor an opinion on the sub
ject, as to what to drink during the
warm season. says:


Ginger" said the doctor. q con-
slider the very best article, most easily
procured and least expensive for all
persons to employ. By its propx
use they may have cold water IN
abundance, and at the same time avoid
most, if not all, the i'll effects pr0duc-
ed by the cooling denominations great
many people pour down their throats
this hot weather, Tell your readers,
continued thephysician, "to buy few
ounces Of powdered ginger, and every
time they are thirsty let them mix half
teaspoonful in the cold water they
desire to drink. If a spoonful Of
sugar or molasses is added it will do
no harm. Extract of Ginger may
also be employed by those who prefer
the article in fluid form. A bottle
Of the extract should be placed near
the ice pitcher or cooler, and when
people drink let them pour tea
spoonful of the extract in their tum-
bier, before filling it with water,
For my use" said the doctor, Il pre-
fer the powdered article, because it
acts more benefcially. In the West
Indies this root is considered one of
the best preventiveS for the summer
complaints of the trophies, when it is
properly used, and is not abused.
| A woman in Richmond recently
undertook to cure her husband of in
, temperance by filling his whiskey
bottle with kerosene. He took a
/ dose which made him cavort round
the room like an Indian at war
dance. He begged for relief, forgaye
the deception, promised to abstain
from liquor forevermore, and-hur


ried out to get little "real old stuff
to take the cussed taste out of his
mouth
Year: 1866

large proportion Of the operatives in our various
kinds OF shops are not worth $1,000 y wife be-
loved, and conhdng children cling with fond regard
to the father, liable any moment to be taken away
with nothing laid by for their comfort and protec
tion. The annual sum Of $2I would pay life poll.
sy that would in the event of death 60 far towards
making them comfortable; and who not lay
aside for such purpose this small sum, and whc
among you ought not to lay it aside II the family
is poor SO much the greater need that this wise pro
vision be not neglected. As the ordinary accumu
lations are necessarily Slow requiring years to lay
aside few hundred dollars, how much wiser to ma 1t
sure at once large sum by Life Insurance. TAX
warning before it is too late.
Year: 1866

The poverty and suffering of widows and orphan
with cold and Chccrless prospects, worn with excess
sive toll and scanty subsistence and cOrrodnS anx-
iey, are speaking commentary upon the evils OF
husbands ncgecting this benefcent provision. How
many families have been thrown into state Of ab-
solute want by the culpabe neglect Of a husband or
father to fulfil to his family he is bound BY
sacred obligations to protect, honor, cherish, and
provide for-the important duty Of lnSurng his
Life for their benefit? Few homes free from
encumbrance by mortgage or otherwise, and in very
many cases. on the dccease of the husband and IA
ther, the wife and children who had conided in him
to shield them from poverty, forced rom their
long cherished homes, which they in their Younger
DAYS helped to adorn with all that the heart could
desire Could that departed husband ard father look
back upon the suffering condition Of his family,
would he not adnonish husbands and fathers, one
and all to guard against similar calamity TO their
own families by Life Assurance


Men, when tho subject Of Life Assurance is men,
toned to them, too apt to say it is too heavy
tax; aud yet il they would reflect for moment il
in reality is tax, but savings bank for the bcne
fl Of their wives and children.


An insurance the life of man for the benefit
Of his wife or children, is free from attachment by
creditors but paid directly to his wife and child
rem sixty days after the death Of the husband
Year: 1866

Thus We Go.-Parties who have arrived in tn c
last three or four days from Salt Lake City say
that there is no excitement there in regard to
Montana on the contrary, there is much talk in
Salt Lake of Excelsior man who met Dick
Ross, of the International Hotel, in this City,
saws that he is very much discouraged with the
news he hears from Montana, and he told him
that if he was back in Virginia with the cost
of his outfit he would let Montana slide. Dick
was met somewhere between Austin and Salt
Lake Let all take this advice: Look before
you leap" There is danger of jumping out
of the frying-pan into the fire." Remember
that in this country we see but the few lucky
ones who have made fortunes; the many are
still digging, still hoping, and many dig on,
hope on for years, without so much as making
passage money to "the States. - Virginia (Ne-
yada) Enterprise
Year: 1866

to overthrow our republican form of government
and destroy freedom.


RESOLVED, That we send greeting to the loyal
and true members of Congress, especially to the
Illinois delegation, Senators and Representatives,
for their consistent and manly support of the
principles of freedom and their maintenance OF
human rights, and that we pledge to them the
cordial support and enthusiastic approval of the
loyal editors of Illinois.


Resolred That it is unbecoming brave and
magnanimous people, after illustrating the
brightest pages in the history Of national pro-
gress, on the very moment of their highest
achievement, to take step backward and to
clearly undo the best work of a century, con-
densed into the short space of four bloody years.