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Year: 1866

The greatest alarm prevails throughout the district
ewing 70 dreadful ravages made by cholera at Die
krch and the surrounding villages Between the even
ing Of the LIST and the morning Of the ID the deaths
amounted . hundred out Of population OF only two
thousand souls All the means hitherto employed to
arrest the progress OF the epidemic have been In vain
To purify the air large fires have been made In the
Streets and the houses inundated with chloride OF lime
The disease made ts first appearance a Cemenc near
ArSon, to which village, according 70 report, Wa
brought by workman from Paris IT soon spread TO
bourg and Diekirch, apparently following the water
ooursca


Lursrsbouyg has the follow ing The chocrA has been
rarng at biekIrch for days past with unusual
she working class "a choosing its prey among the
vcsithtsr inhabitants
Year: 1866

TIE New York Tribune of a recent
date, asks the following question "If
negr0 suffrage is not the question now be-
fore the people. we would like to know
what is" Will some of our Radicals an
Year: 1866

The COLLAPSE OF CRISoLIxE.-The
Round Table, in speaking of the
collapse in crinoline and the present
indications OF an approach to the style
Empire, says:


Fancy any one dancing a gallop in
long draperies, even If looped up to
the knee on one side; or skating in
the warmest possible modification of
the Huntress' costumel BY following
the Greeks pretty closely the beauties
of the Imperial Court succeeded in dis
playing their charms to the greatest
advantage; while those too prudent
or too plain to endure such scanty
covering only succeeded IN looking
like those members Of Noah's family
which the patient German toy-maker,
year after year, puts into his peren
tally interesting ark.
Year: 1866

We are requested by DIR. Cabaniss,


Superintendent, to state that this is.


stitution is now crowded to its utmost
capacity, and that for the present he
is unable 10 receive any more patients.
There are now one hSndred and fifty
bnder treatment larger number
than was ever before in the Asylum.
Parties who may have unfortunate
relatives to commit to the care Of this
excellent institution, would do well to
communicate with the Superintendent
before coming here. He will answer
them promptly, and give all necessary
information. Our exchanges through
out the State will please make a note
of this.
Year: 1866




The exhibitions of spite manifested
by Congress against the President are
very contemplate indeed. Sumner
makes proposition to take all the
negotiations in relation to Mexico out
of the hands of the Executive and
transfer them to Congress for its ac-
ton. Another radical wishes to take
from the President the appointing
power and vest it in the Supreme
Court or somewhere else. When it is
remembered the constitution confers
certains powers on the President which
no Congress can divest him of, Yam.
kee puerility and acrimony becomes
apparent.
Year: 1866

How TO HIRE FREEDMEN.-The Pic
ayune, noticing the calls for meetings
of planters in Mississippi and else
where to consult as to the best sort OF
contracts to make with freedmen
makes this suggestion:


We ask them to take the usual free
State plan with men of all colors
"Pll hire you by the month or week
at so much, feed you alone so long as
you stay with me, and discharge you
whenever you fail to do good work
pay you cash down at the end of your
month"
Year: 1866

CHAP. CXLIII.-AN ACT in Amendment


of an Act to promote the Progress Of the


Useful Arts, and the Acts in Amendment


Of and in Addition thereto.


BE II enacted BY the Senate and House Of Rep
reseHtdtires of the United States of America IN
Congress assembled, That upon appealing for
the first time the decision Of the primary ex-
aminel to the examinersn-chief in the
patent office, the appellant shall pay fec Of
ten dollars into the patent Office, TO the credit
of the patent fund; and no appeal from the
primary examiner to the xaminers-in-chief
shall hereafter be allowed until the appel
ant shall pay said fee.


Approved, June %, 1866
Year: 1866

A violent type of Brazil fever seems
to have broken out in Wilcox county,
in the southern part Of t particularly.
The Wilcox Times says cit is seri-
ously contemplated by many good
citizens Of that community to expa-
t1ate themselves from a country
which no longer offers them the bles-
sings of peace. The desideratum
among this class Of people is that of
a knowledge Of the country to which
they desire to 60, and Of the manner
Of going. The fact is too glaring to
admit Of denial, that one-third, perhaps
half, Of the people OF this section be-
long to this class. Several Of our
friends are among the number Of those
who purpose to 60 in January next
Year: 1866

SENSIBLE committee on banks
and banking have agreed to recon-
mend and report bill providing for
the reduction of the extent of the pres
ent national currency, and for the ap-
plication of the surplus thirty five mil
lions to the use of national banks in
the Southern States.
Year: 1866

A special to the Crescent from
Washington says:


The radicals protesting to represent
Southern States, or Southern people,
or something Southern, who have
formed themselves into an association
to provide for the good of those they
represent, and especially of themselves
held a meeting here tonight, and
made their best effort. Durant pre-
sided on the present occasion, and
under his auspices an address to Con
gress was adopted, praying that the
Southern States should be reduced to
a territorial condition, and that new
States should afterwards be formed
out of the conquered region, with con
stitutions framed for them in republi
can form by Congress.
Year: 1866

results of their united and successful eft.
forts. Why might not the men OF all
sections in mutual harmony and good
will, mingle together as of old, and COM
bine to labor for the peace and progress
of the entire nation. The responsible


ties of the nation rested upon all alike {;
defend the government against foreign
invasion, the maintenance Of domestic
peace and tranquility, and the promo
tion of the universal interests Ell the
Union were duties incumbent upen all
our people of both sections Where was
the Justice or the propriety OF imposing
the obligations of citizenship upon all
men, and restricting the privilege OF
representation to but one section.
Concede the right OF representation
to the South and we became one people,
one Union, and one Government. MI.
Chandler then proceeded to present tho
merits of Mr.. Johnson's policy of restor'
alton and showed its Importance in order
to secure the willing co operation of the
South and the perfect reconstruction OF
the Government, and closed by declaring
that as against the Radical schemes of
subjngation and negro suffrage its adOp-
tion was q necessity to the national
peace, the national vitality and the ma.
tional perpetuity. During the course OF
his truly able and elegant address, MIR.
Chandler was frequently interrupted by
enthusiastic cheering and at the close the
loudest applause proclaimed how highly
he had interested and how well he had
pleased his audience After the con-
clusion of the speech the meeting. ad-
iourned with cheers for the speakers,
for the Union, the Constitution and
Andrew Johnson.
Year: 1866

prominent and leading idea, negro suf-
frage. The Northern States cannot rally
enough voters to elect single Congress
man on this issue, and such policy can
only affect the Southern States, in some
of which negroes are in the majority.
Why shall not all the States In the
Union be turned out unless they give the
negro the right of suffragel Even Con-
necticut has refused to enfranchise her
colored population, aud why shall we at
temrec 80 force the South to agree to such
a measure So anxious are the South to
settle our troubles and re-unite the ma
ton that in the Convention at Philadel


phia they bound themselves to pay their
norton Of the debt contracted in effect
ING the suppression Of the rebellion, and
this should be taken as evidence Of that
sincerity which the Radicals are so fond
of questioning Do not eur disuDionists
associate in business and trade with these
yery men whose Acknowledgement and
debasement they ask! Why then may
they not be trusted with their own
Hesitation and ballot-boXes The
Southern men have given the most
solemn evidence of their intention to
become faithful and loyal citizens. Nay
We tot con6de IN theml Mr.. Chandler
then alluded to the suffering and desola-
tiau of the South under the mercuess
rav4ges of the war which had laid waste
thur county, and filed their land with
tie mourning Of widowhood and orphan
age. and feelIDgly referred to the spirit
of mercy aud couciliation which was
evoked BY their bereayed and destitute
condition. He then showed the object
of the war to hare been the preservation
of the government, an object
which men Of all political views
had LAID aside their party as
socistiops e. secure, and asked why il
was that We might not now enjoy the
Year: 1866

Gland must now do that which she ought to
have done from the first after freeing the negroes
viz: take the administration Of affairs into her
own hands-thereby providing, even at this
late hour for remedying the evils that have re-
suited from the sad blundcr of leaving the col
ony so much to itself. To those unac-
gualntcd with the facts Of the case, 1t may
seem unaccountablc that England should have
pursued such course when peculiar clrcum-
stances demanded an uncommon measure OF
vigilance on the part Of the parent Government
in order to prevent the marring OF good ana
great work by those who iancicd it their inter-
est to obstruct it in every possible way. But
the truth il, the English were deceived and mis-
led by the gross Misrepresentation OF an un'
scrupulous colonial press as to the character and
condition of the freed negro. He was accused
of incorrigiblc laziness; and the changes were
SO vehemently and persistently rung on this
unfounded charge, that the people that had gen.
erollsly made such large pecuniary sacrifice Tor
his delivcrance from Slavery came at length TO
transfer their sympathies from the Blacks, rep.
resented as rcveling in the luxury Of idleness
and living by the plunder of the Whites, to the
planter, who was pictured to their Imagination
as heroically but almost hopelessIy struggling
amid stormy sea of difficulties into which
Emancipation had plunged him.


But recent events have opened their eyes 10
the truth. They find the Colony burdened
with heavy debt, incurred in abortive schemes
for flooding the country with CoOlc emigranta,
to the injury of the Black laborers, and render


ing necessary the imposition of heavy taxes
upon all the necessaries Of life. They find the
mass OF the people without education, for which
the Legislature has Systematically neglected to
make proper provision. They find an election
law in existence that practically confines the
franchise to one particular class-and that a
mere handful of the population. They ind
policy at work that virtually denies to the negroes
their right freely to discuss the acts Of therruler;
and the operation of the laws under which they
live. And they find spirit of intolerance and
tyranny extant, that prompts to deeds OF bloody
vengeance on the part Of the ruling power to
deter the people from exercising the undoubted
privileges OF free men. Such state of things
they evidently will not allow to continue; and,
should the dominant class in Jamaica demur TO
the proposition Of the Imperial Government,
made, it would seem, in anticipation of the
meeting of Parliament, they will demand,
through their representatives in that body the
unconditional surrender Of the power that has
been so shamefully abused. The rule Of the
planters in Jamaica must, therefore, be regarded
as virtually at an end, and the Colony as at
length separated by an impossible gull from
the old regime Of Slavery.
Year: 1866

attempt to make such q distinction, or to de.
prive negro of the rights thus guaranteed, OF
to return him to slavery, shall be punished with
fine and imprisonment.


The second bill is very much to a similar
purpose. 1t repeats the doctrine that color
cannot be made distinction in the eye of the
law and declares that the Circuit and District
Courts shall have, exclusive of the Courts
of the several States. charge of all oiTenses
agans. the provisions Of the act The District
Attorneys, Marshals. Deputy.Marshals and
Commissioners of the Government are in
structed to institute proceedings before the
National Courts against all who oppress the
negro. The Commissioners authorized in the
other act are clothed with powers similar to
those of the National and Territorial Courts,
and may arrest, try, imprison or dismiss all who
are accused. The Marshals are to obey their
wrlts, the army and naval forces to enforce
obedience, and all who attempt to resist
their process are to be fined and imprisoned.
These two acts grant large measure of pro.
lection. The machinery seems to be compli-
Gated and expensive, but We scarcely know how
this can be avoided. We must do the negro
justice. and since we will not throw open the
door and bid him come to the family fire, we
must keep good and expensive watch outside
to see that he does not freeze. AS matter of
justice it is necessary; as matter of economy,
expensive. We have way Of doing all this at
half the cost; but since our way is not just now
acceptable, we shall bide our time and examine
that Of Senator Trumbull's.
Year: 1866

To MAKE cool summer beverage take
one pint of whisky, stir in spoonful
of whisky, then add one pint of whisky


and heat we'll with a spoon. Take one
gsIlon of water and let a servant carry


n away beyond your reach, then. put
two spoonfulls of water in a tgmble[;
Immediately throw it out and MI With
whisky. Flavor with whisky 70 suit
your taste. When it is TO be Kept long
In warm climates, add sufficient spirit
70 prevent souring. @ ~ a@
Year: 1866

To Boil PoTAroEs.-Let them be put in.
to cold water in covered vessel and boiled
rapidly until nearly done; then sprinkle a
small quantity of salt over the potatoes, pnt
on the cover SO as to leave a small open
space for the steam to escape, and leave the
vessel over the fire for few minutes, and
he potatoes vii be done.
Year: 1866

While couple we're being married in
Preston Church, Eng and) recently, the
mother of the young lady, who was under
age, rushed into the church and forbade the
wedding. The minister at once stopped the
service, and though the bridegroom had just
pronounced the words" With this ring
thee we'd" declared that no legal marriage
had taken place. Since then however, the
matter has been discussed at meeting Of
the clergy, and the unanimous decision
they arrived at was that the couple had bee q
properly and lawfully married according 10
the rites Of the church. The point is very
tick'ish one, and will probably have to be
settled in the law courts.
Year: 1866

Established expressly to afford the afflicted sounu
and scientific Medical aid. in the treatment
and cure OF all Private and Chronic


Diseases, cases Of secrecy: and


all sexual diseases,
Year: 1866

MONDAY, July o-eP NJ


Thers was further revival OF speculative activity on
the stock Exchange today attended with great excite
neut in Erie the transactions In which were enormous
both al the regular and open boards and in the hall OF
shs new building Broad street. II Is generally under
stood that strong party Of capitalists buying up the
stock with view to wrest 1t from the control Of certain
notorious director OF the company who has been unduy
depreciating hs value for speculative purposes dur.
ing the last few months. Al the same time
the "short" interest In the stock 10 SO
large that tho present development can hardly
fall 70 prove profitable speculation those concerned
II has been selling much below It's real value for some
weeks past up to last Thursday. that there proba
biiity OF the reaction carrying beyond Its real value
and would not be surprising II It i've or ten per
cent higher The friends Of the road welcome any
movement which in opposition 10 that which has lat
tcry impaired It's credit and disgraced ts management
The general market sympathizes actively with the re.
covery Of Eric. and there 10 strong speculative de-
and for all the leading railway shares which likely 70
continue throughout tie and result in steady and
largo advance Of prces The extent OF the rise OF the
past week will be by the suboined statement OF the
closing prices At the st regular board to-day and at the
Year: 1866

JUDGE UNDERwooD's CHARGE.-The
charge of Judge Underwood to the grand jury
at Richmond was rather pointed, although the
press OF that city have not mended the matter
by their comments. We take the following
extract from it:


81 am happy to meet you again and to
know that you still live, notwithstanding
the assaults that have been made upon you.-
Little need be said in addition to the instruc-
tions given at Norfolk. Your last session has
made you historical, and ] trust the efforts
which have been made TO intimidate you and
to impede the course of justice will not make
you less faithful and earnest in the discharge
of your public duties. We ought not to be
surprised that the reasonable and lccntious
press of this State and city should whine and
rage and become furious when treason and
licentiousness are exposed and arraigned for
trial and punishment. Nor should we be sur
prised at the enormity and desperation exhib-
tied when we remember that this city has
long been the centre and seat of the greatest
traffic in human beings that has ever disgraced
the world. A traffic which has annually en-
plOyed many hundreds of moral monsters and
many millions of capital, subsidizing the press,
pulpit, and politics of the State, rendering
Richmond more infamous among men for its
participation in this great crime than all the
cities of Senegambia, Upper and Lower
Guinea, Congo, Loango, Angola and Bengue-
la combined. The wonder rather is, that SO
many traces of kindness, humanity and Chris
tian civilization should have survived such de-
basing and brutalizng influences. And let us
thank God and take courage that, more for
tunate than the devoted cities of antiquity we
can count more than ten men who have stood
faithful among the faithess. The complaints
of threatened violence and intimidation
which have been forwarded to me by several Of
your number for your late heroic and patriot
ic actions have been submitted to the. highest
legal and military authorities of the Govern
ment and can assure YOU of the earnest
sympathy and firm support Of all the officers
OF the law, not excepting the President, whom
the reasonable now flatter and fawn upon
but whom they will soon curse as heartily az
| they did two years ago."
Year: 1866

Prince Alfred of England is to be made n
peer of the realm under the titles of Duke of
Edinburgh and Earl of Kent


The Importance Of stamping receipts was re-
Gently determined in New York in suit against
a party who neglected to attach the required
two-cent stamp to seven receipts. The fine for
such neglect is!S2OO for each and every offence,
and the party sued was fined $14OO. The ex-
ample is worthy of remembrance.


The Boston Aduertiser was the only one of
our exchanges which furnished Saturday the
important report OF the Committee of Fifteen,
submitted to the o. S. Senate the day before.


The West Jersey Press says that it will be
of no use for the Grand Jury to ind;ct Jim SEQ
vel because, no doubt, if he is indicted it will
be on his own evidence, and such testimony as
that wouldn't convict anybody in Camden
Court.
Year: 1866

The NERVE OF THE POCKET is some
times as sensitive as the nerve of the tooth.
The universal demand for the fragrant Sozo-
don't, in preference to all other dentriices, is
swamping all tooth powders and tooth washes
of the experimental class of Dentists. Hence
they denOunce IT,
Year: 1866

JCDtTE HOWELL


The telegraph tells us that Judge Howell
was arrested. and that he was seriously
wounded He was President pro tenn of
the Convention, and was prominent MEM
Der off in 1864. He came within two
votes of an election as President at that
time. He was Chairman of the Committee
on Emancipation, and in that capacity had
the proud distinction of preparing and re-
porting the ordinance abolishing slavery
forever in the State. He is a native of
Louisiana, and a gentleman of much ability
and unquestioned integrity. He was for
merly STAKEHOLDER, but after the breaking
out Of the war entered heartily into the pol
Year: 1866

DRUNKARD's BRANs.-Hyrti, by far
the greatest anatomist of the age, used
to say that he could distinguish, in the
darkest room, by one stroke of the
Scalpel, the brain of the inebriate from
that of the person who had lived So
berly Now and then he would con-
graduate his class upon the possession
Of drunkard's brain, admirably fit
ted from its hardness and more COM
plete preservation for the purposes of
demonstration. When the anatomist
wishes to preserve human brain for
any length of time, he effects his object
by keeping that organ in a vessel of
alcohol. From a softpulpy substance,
it then becomes comparatively hard
Bnt the inebriate anticipating the an
atomist; begins the indurating process
before death-beginsi it while the brain
remains the consecrated temple of the
soul, while its delicate and gossamer
tissues still throb with the pulses of
heaven born life. Strange infatua-
ton, thus to desecrate the god ike !!
Terrible enchantment that dries up
all the fountain of generous feeling,
Ipetrifies all the tender humanities and
sweet charities of life, leaving only a
brain of lead and a heart of stone


Boston Medical and Surgical Journal.
Year: 1866

She looked within the quiet room,


And saw three orphans sleeping there;
Theirs was the joy of childhood's bloom,
And hers the grief of cold despair.
Three broken forks well driven in,


Three stockings pinioned to shelf;
rude note, fastened by pin,


Begged Santa Claus fill them with pelf
The purse and board were empty quite
The twilight settled like pail;
The dying fire made fitful light


And spectral shadows on the wall.
; She crept beside the window pane,


And gazed into the solemn sky,
While steadily, in golden train,


Star after star went cleaning by.
And then arose before her sight


Another picture, far away;
Where, sleeping in the placid night,


The father of her children lay.
She saw him grid his armor on;


She kissed his brow and blessed him then
She bade him, when the fight begun,


Approve himself the best of men.
By Chattahoochie'S rolling stream


Amid the thunder of the fray,
The musket-roar and bayonet geam,-
One night his mangled body lay.
The pale star kissed her paler face,


And gemmed each tear-drop in her eye,
Then softly shone above the place


Where he she loved and lost did die.
Three rosy orphans sleep and dream;
Three stockings no one comes to fill;
For down by Chattahoochies stream
Brave Santa Claus lies cold and still.