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Year: 1866

The following letter from General Sherman to the Rev.
Father De Smet the Indian missionary contains valuable
information to citizens and TO those into whose hands il
may fall and who contemplate journey to this Territory
at more advanced period Of the season. We have noti
fed public of the sailing of body of troops for Benton
which fact telegraphed to from st. Louis If this
information correct shall be bound to acknowl
edge that the United States Government has done all It's
power for protection against the savagss If not
must watch safety at home while the troops
keep the red maaudes at bay along the roads leading to
Montana General Sherman has places where
il would be desirable to send troops for every single
detachment he can spare


HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIV. OF Miss,
Saint Louis, April 9Th 1866.


FATHER DE SMEr-Dear Sir learned last night Of
Mrs Sherman and Major Tamen that in consequence Of
the burning the other morning Of steamboats, you
have concluded start at for the mountains may
not YOU again and therefore send you su open letter
which Won asked for sorry that cannot promise as
much wond, but you can appreciate what say Az
this moment we have only few irregular troops IN the
region whittier you &C. and the regular army is so small
that this year cannot attempt as much as we would
There are now under orders regular troops for Randall
Rice Suy, Fort Pierre) Berthold and Union along the
Missouri. We also have the Platte Valley road wen
guarded and stocked far as Laramie then there VIII


road along base of the mountains by the head OF
Powder river and Yellowstone to the mining settlements oil
Montana Along this road, there is now Fort Rene on
Powder river and two three posts viii De esaohe
this summer We also propose to make s more uieet
wagon road from the direction Of Minnesota by way othe
Biz Sheyenne north of the Black Hills, to Powder rNer


to inersect the other road from Laramie Ihs roao VIII
also be well guarded by two new posts This Is soouI
all we attempt this year. And You know we must ay
the foundation for the condition of things that VIII at
as long as the Indians wild and wandering Nextyear


suppose extend these routes to and through Moh
tana towards Pacific coast The sooner the indians
can ocaze and get ready to raise food and houses
ont wandering in search Of buffalo and game the better
for them You know well do the difficulties attend
ing this question and many accomplishments good 10 oo'h
sides Wishing you health and success in your haaroous
and difficult journey, 1 am with great respect
i Your Friend and Servant,


w. T. SHERMAN, MAJ. .-Genl
Year: 1866

Forneys Press, aluding to the oft-expressed idea
that if another come, it will be war in the
north, says: "When the north fights again it viii be
on the same old ground -- and then -n We
wonder what borrd thing things that darky omin-
Gus and awfGly mysterious blank conceals. Does
Forney mean to alright southern souls with the idea
that Brownlow's threat the marching OF three d


visions south, the first with gun and bdyonet the Sc
cond with torches and the third with chains and other
surveying instruments is really to be carried out?


And we should like to know what authorises Forney
to say that the next war if grow out Of the col


ision between the president and congress- will have
its seat in the south Suppose the south have nothing
to do with the thing. Suppose the south choose to
give her quiet and exclusive attention her busi-
ness affairs. Suppose the south be content to pick
cotton with her fingers instead Of picking off with
bullets Then what? Win the radical armies of the
north in that go to the south? What viii they
go among peaeeable people after Or for? What
pretext can they trump up for going? Can Forney
teIl9 Or any othsr n217" louisville Journal
Year: 1866

BEG to inform the public that they are now erecting
ed large and commodious COTTON SHED on the
bayou at the head of Market street. Shreveport at
desirable steamboat landing, from which Cotton can
be shipped without drayage. 1t is situated away
from the crowded portion Of the city and is thereby
less subject to fire They have also large aud suit-
ans, which they design using a Warehouse, from
which Cotton can be shipped and Freight delivered
without drayage. They have, also, large BRICK
WAREHOUSE for the accommodation of those who
prefer storing in it,


They are also erecting Warehouse at the Railroad
Depot at Marshall Texas for the purpose of receiving


They viii keep constantly on hand Y at their store in
the town of Marshall, general assortment of Mer-
chandise, which they will sell at the lowest market
prices; and will make liberal Cash Advances on
Cotton, Wool and Hides to be shipped to the house Of
J. 9. ELSTNER, Commission Merchant, No. IA Caron-
delet street, New Orleans. [o3 If
Year: 1866




SCANDAL IN WASHINGTON uIGH LIFE.-Ths Is a
wicked world / verify believe, and am confirmed in
that sage opinion by scaadalOHs affair which NAV
refer to without any violation of good taste siuce the
matter is one of record.


Your readers will remember that year or two ago
there wedding here in high life (so-called) A
young but prominent citizen Of northern State who
counted bis fortune by millions, the happy bride
groom, and the daughter of then cabinet minister
the bride. Rare Jewels, worth hundreds of thou
sands Of dollars avished on the fair lady and
such wedding was never in the land since commo-
dore Bartiett's daughter married the Cuban negro
0Eiedo. Well there have been many rumors about
the couple just named and the air has been thick with
scandaous rumors. 1t was known that the husband
festive cuss, and that his thousands we're spent
in Tiotous Gying-wne, cards and other ct ceteras
But only latterly did the wife to know at least
to notice the delinquency of her lord, when it was
presented to her in such shape that there could be
doubt of his infdety; or, to be palmer the ser
vices OF physician required to heal the body as
wellas a LAWYER to heal her wounded sen5ibtes. And
she has brought action for divorce, and WILL of
course, get swinging damages both OF which she is
entitled 10, albeit the lady herself is very gay The
case will create a sensation when the names are given
to the public


STOPPING to folly is common thing in this world
especially in this hotbed of corruption. sad case
has Just been made known, where a young lady be-
longing to the most aristocatc circle of the federal
city has gone asray. She had even been suspected
until few days ago, when her prolonged absence in
New 1ork, where she had gone on IA visit led to in
qary and her parents their horror ascertained she
had voluntarily become the inmate of fashionable
brothel. No cause other than the innate wckedness
which the devil sometimes implants into poor weak
human nature, is assigned for the conduct of the
woman who thus reekessly brings shame on the hon
ored name of her family


fWashineton Cor Louisville Courier
Year: 1866

Men and W omen make their own beauty
or their own u@liness. Sir Edward Bull
wer Lytton speaks in one of his novels of a
man ''who was uglier than he had any bu-
siness TO be-" and if he could but read it.
every human being carries his life in his
face. and is good looking or the reserve as
that life has been good or evil. On our
features the fine chisels of thought and
emotion are eternally at work. Beauty Is
not the monopoly of blooming young men
and OF while and pink maids. There is a
slow-growiug beauty which only comes
TO perfection in old age. Grace belongs 10
no period of life, and goodness improves
the longer il exists, | have seen sweeter
smiles on lip of seventy than upon a lip
of seventeen.


There is the beauty of youth, and there
also the beauty OF holiness-a beauty much
more seldom met; and more frequently
found in the armchair by the fire, with
grand children around IFS knee, than in the
ballroom or promenade. Husband and
wife, who have fought the world side by
side, who have made common stock of iov
and sorrow, and aged together, are not un-
frequently found curiously alike in person
al appearance and in pitch and tone of
of voice-just as twin pebbles on the
beach,, exposed to the same tidal infuen-
ces, are each others alter ego. He has gain
ed feminine something which brings his
manhood into full relief. She has gained
masculine something which acts as foil
to her womanhood.
Year: 1866

In times ofhoh prices a few hints in re-
gard 10 preserving food and of economy in
bread may not be uninteresing 10 oourreaders.


You can keep butter sweet long time,
even in hot room, where it is half melted,
by keeping it covered with brine made by
mere putting into boiling water all the salt
il will take in. Then let il cool aud pour
it over The butter. Meat may be preserved
in the same way To be sure it will be-
come rather salt, but when you wish to use
it, take it out of the brine the night before.
and lay it across two spoons or sticks, to
lift it somewhat from the bottom ofthe dish
in which you wish 10 soak it and cover ii
with fresh water. The salt will then settle
down out of the meat, and il will freshcn
nicely. You throw meat or fish into the
bottom of vessel and cover it with water
and it will freshen very little: for the salt
does not fall out, but only 10 the lower side.
Few persons seem to understand this.


If you will buy rye flour and make bread
yourself, putting in very little molasses
and good sweet yeast. it will be better for
you Than wheaton bread. and cost less
You can hire il baked. 1t is good, too, and
keeps fresh much longer than wheaton
bread. 1t is all nonsense TO think that on
ly wheaien bread is agreeable to The taste.
Many prefer well made rye at the same
pricen ~
Year: 1866

A good old lady gave the best receipt to
her niece, whom she found one day exam
ming her wardrobe. 1t had been copied
from an old fashioned book, and was this;
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon
earth, where moth and rust doth cor
rupt, and where thieves break through and
steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures
in heaven, where neither moth nor rust
doth corrupt, and where thieves do not
break through nor steal" The application
of this ancient receipt is very simple:-
Look over the wardrobe, and bring out all
that can be spared-blanket and shawls,
coats and cloaks-and send them to the
poor IN time; let the widows or the desti-
tute have them before the moths have be-
gun their inroads. "He that hath two coats
let him impart to him that hath none -
This will do more to keep out moths than
all the cedar closets, or snuff and camphor,
in the world; and will be likely, if done in
Christian, generous spirit, to secure the
blessing Of Him that maketh rich, and
doubly sweeten what is left.
Year: 1866

The following is given as private state
ment of the French Emperor, in regard TO
the Mexican expedition, made Immediately
after the first announcement concerning
the withdrawal of his troops:


IL have given it up entirely. l was
drawn into 1t through false documents and
false representations. was led to suppose
there was population on which the Gov
eminent could be established, but there is
no such population. / want my troops
at home. and shall bring them, giving the
whole thing up, without even asking for a
financial settlement with Mexico"
Year: 1866

Two women killed wolf the other day in
Bates County, Missouri. The wolfhad been
catching chickens, and on being disturbed
ran to a fence, which it endeavored topass
through, but was caught by Che hind legs
by one of the women and held fast whilst
the other woman went to the other side Of
the fence and beat the wolf to death with a
club.
Year: 1866

A rule prevalent in England for ascer-
tanning the weight of each dressed quarter
will be one-seventh OF the live weight OF
the entire sheep; that's, if the sheep weigh
l40 pounds, the dressed carcase will weigh
so pounds. This rule is said to be tolerably
accurate for sheep in fair order not very
fat.
Year: 1866

This invention combines with the ordinary cotton


Skirt tine advantages of Silver Skirt; the


bottom hoopsare the those used in the Silver
Skirt, the covering of which cannot wear off, while


the upper ones covered with cotton. No lady,
having once worn one Of our Skirts. will he willing


TO any other, as the lower hoops of all other


kinds are soon injured and soiied.
The best materials used in their construction


and, from their durability and neatness they DIES
tined to become
Year: 1866

DANGERS OF CITY CAR TRAvEL.-A narrow
escape from accident was had on the Blocker
st. line on Saturday As came to halt ct the
foot Of Elmst hill according TO the running regulation.
OF the Company the following came down the hl ns


rapid rate and before the brakes could be suffcenty
applied TO stop the the horses dashed against the car
in the forward car seeing the danger had escaped by the
front crowded TO that end and henoe no person
was injured But how IL that one car was permitted
TO start steep decvy until the other wss ouf
Of tho way at the foot
Year: 1866

SOUTHERN UFACrUREs.-The
Knoxville Commercial says we were
yesterday shown two pieces of jeans
at the new factory, adjoining the
Franklin House, that surpasses in
fineness any we ever before saw.
This cloth was woven on one Of
those new looms that are operating
there. There is most encouraging
fact in thisparagraph. A Knoxville
factory makes the finest jeans at the
first trial. Formerly, when goods
were wrought by hand work alone.
it took many years to qualify peo-
pie for excellence in any fabric. Now
that manufactures are made by ma
chinery, the fabric is made as per-
fectly at first as afterwards, and the
article produced at Knoxville, from q
machine imported from Philadelphia,
is precisely the same as if the ma
chine had been set up in Cham.
bersburg.
Year: 1866




7NIIIS day the plaintiffs appeared by W.


L Walkertheir attorney and the defendant
having failed to appear and plead, or other
wise answer to the plaintiffs action, which is
predicatcd upon writing obligatory. bearing
date the twenty-tifth day Of September in the
year of our Lord eighteen hundred and fifty
six, and executed by defendant to plaintiffs,
for the payment of two hundred and twenty
seven dollars and fifty cents, with interest
thereon at the rate of ten per ccntum. per an
mum from the time the same should become
due. until payment thereof. 1t is ordered by
the Court that the defendant be notified by
the publication Of this order, in some ncwspa-
per printed in this State for two weeks sue
ccSSively, SO that the last insertion be made at
least four weeks before the first day ofthe next
term of this court, which is to begin and be
holden on the sixth Monday after the fourth
Monday Of March next. that an attachment
has been issued against his estate to satisfy
the plaintiffs demand founded on said writing
obligatory and that unless he shall appear bv
himself or attorney on or before the third dav
OF the next term Of this court and plead or
otherwise answer the plaintiffs action. judm-
mcnt will be entered against him, and his cs-
tate sold to satisfy the same.


a true copy from the record,


Attest, ED. A. SCOTT, Clerk.
mar 3,G6 2wl3.J0
Year: 1866

Prepared from prescription of Sir J. Clarke, MI


Physician Extraordinary to the Queen.


This invaluable medicine is unfailing in the
cure of all those painful and dangerous diseases to
which the female constitution is subject. 1t mod
eartes all excess and removes all distractions from
whatever cause, and speedy cure may be relied
Year: 1866

The following is an extract from let
ter received in Washington lately frem an
officer on duty in North Carolina, whose
official position makes him acquainted
with the inside workings of the political
machinery in that State:


"Matters have been constantly growing
worse since the Inauguration of Governor
Worth, who took occasion as soon as in
augurated, to show his hostility to the
policy of the President by declaring that
when the Provisional Governor vacated
his office all the officers appointed
by Governor Holden should serve
no longer, saying that the State had
enough of Provisional Government. At
the same time he refused to appoint muni-
| eipal officers to act until the meeting of
the Legislature. The consequence was
that for two months the State was without
| civil law. This in itself was no great dis
advantage to the State at the time, as the
law abiding loyal citizens greatly prefer
red the rule of the military commander
Gen. Ruger to that of the little dwarf
jew, as President johnson calls him, who
beat Gov Holden, but the consequence of
this practical absence of even the sem
blance of law is now beginning to be seen
in those counties and towns where the mill
tary force is not stationed. The con-
dition of the State may be summoned up
in one word, anarchy" Law abiding
citizens deplore these things, but any at
tempt on the part of General Ruger to en-
force order and obedience tothe law is met
on the part of the Governors party by a
howl about military interference.


"Lieut. Kenyon, of the 2sth Michigan,
who was recently sent into Pitt county to
arrest party of outlaws, who had been
infesting the country for months, was shot
and killed. General Ruger Immediately
dispatched larger force to arrest the
parties and teach the inhabitants that the
law must be respected, but the citizens are
making every effort to screen the perpe-
traitors of the crime in fact, they dare not
do otherwise, unless in towns where there
is a military force to preserve order.
Those old con servators of Southern society
the pistol and knife for whites, and the
pistol, knife and whip for negroes-are tho
only lawgivers.
Year: 1866

LATEST NEWS
BY THE WESTERN UNION LINE.
LAST NIGHTS DISPATCHES.
NEW YORK NEWS
S E w A r D.
SPEECH AT COOPER INSTITUTE.
FROM WASHINGTON.
The President Presides at a Meeting
Of the National Monument SOe'y.
GENERAL NEWS.
A Match Game OF Billiards in


Boston.


New Jersey Legislature Does Not


Condemn the President.
Year: 1866

JusT about the hour of going to press this
morning, the speech made by the President
in response to serenade last night, com
menced coming over the wires. As the
operator at Buffalo sent word that it was
lengthy and would not all be furnished
before daylight, We postpone the publica-
tion of any part of it until this afternoon.
Year: 1866

Two negro children are now on exhibi-
bition at Raleigh, North Carolina, that ex-
cite much curiosity. They are fourteen
years of age, and were born of slave par
ents in Anson county. The Standard
speaks of them as follows: r


The connection between these girls is
closer than in the Siamese twins, there be-
ing more ofthe physical and mental or
gans common to each. The connection
begins below the neck and terminates ct
the extremity of the spine. To touch one
at any point of her body below the con-
nection sends q sensation to the brain of
each; while a touch of either above the
connection is felt by that one only. They
can talk to different persons at the same
time on entirely different subjects and
one can engage in a game Of whist Whils
the other reads or sings. The lady who
was them in charge was their former mis-
tress, and is now commencing q tour with
them under a contract with their parents,
who are both living.
Year: 1866

The Toronto Globe, an earnest and con-
sistent supporter of the North during the
rebellion, thus espouses the side of Con-
gress in its issue with the President:


1t is not to be wondered at, considering
the policy he has adopted, that he should
desire support from the South; but his
course will evidently make the Republi-
cans more determined to keep cut semi
disloyal men until the work of reconstruc-
ton be effected upon basis demanded by
the safety and the rights of the freedmen.
Year: 1866

A MAN calling himself Dr. r C. Anderson
n aged about fifty years old, upper front teeth
out black eyes hair rather gray and inclined be
corpuIeut saws he is a Nirginiau and claims TO
have lived in Cuba at time; the said Anderson
having been arrested in Selma Ala. for having two
wives in that State also for swindling widow lady
ont of her entire cotton crop all that she had left
for her support after the surrender He made his
escape and is now travelling up and down the rail
roads in the eastern part of this State. deem il
my duty to notify the public of this scoundreL


April 27th H MACON
Year: 1866

The Gas Works have been put in thorough repair
and light will be furnished by the first of next week
A large supply of Piping. Meters Burners Chan
daleers &C, are on hand, and all who desire fix
put TO their residences business houses
have It done at once by leaving their orders at the
City Gas Works,


Coal and Coke for sale at moderate prices


THOS E. HELM
April i5dtf President
Year: 1866

lous city of Worcester escaped, ''and the
destroyer of uncleanly cities made pass
over with the people OF Worcester, for on
every Intel and door-post was written, clean
Illness, cleanliness. Not house was enter
ed, and the town was saved in the midst OF
the most frightiul desolation."


Wilmington has always been noted for the
healthiness of its location, and if proper sani-
tary measures are employed, there will be but
few fatal cases of cholera in the city. But
the Board of Health must act promptly. But
n short time remains in which to do the
work Let the city be thoroughly clcanscd
at once. Remove everything that is injuri-
Gus to the public health. If the proper vigi-
lance is used, and the Streets lanes, alleys,
&c, are kept perfectly clean, our citizens
will have little TO fear from this dreadful
malady. We trust that the Board will be
called together Immediately, and the subject
meet with the consideration its Importance
demands
Year: 1866

Low TO DO Up SHIRT BosoMs.-We
have often heard, says the Norfolk Virgin
ian, ladies express desire to know by
what process the iue gloss observable on
new liuen shirt bosoms, &c, is produced,
and in order to crafty them we submit the
following receipt for making gum Arabic
starch: Take two OF. fine white gum Ara.
bic powder; put it iuto pitcher, and pour
ou it pint or more of boiling water-ac-
cordiug to the degree of strength you de-
s'ro-and then having covered it, lat it set
all night in the morning pour carefully
from the dregs into clean bottle, cork it.,
and keep it for use. A tablespoonful of
gum water stirred into pint Of starch
made in the usual manner, will give to
either white or printed lawns look of
newness when nothing else can restore them
after washing. Much diluted, it is also
good for thin muslin and bobiuet. -
Year: 1866

Some distinguished correspondent of
an Eastern paper, writes from Saratoga,
in this wise:


. The moral atmosphere of
this place is mephitic. From eight
o clock till eleven there streams into the
dining-room a constant procession of
over-dressed women, of flippant and
loud. tongued men Indeed, there is no
time when the men are not loud of
tongue, and the women over dressed.
They breakfast in robes fitted, by right
of value, to the ball room, and by right
of tastefulness TO the rag bag Their
heads look like the models ofthe London
hair dressers' convention. They sweep
down to the spring in robes whose deli
cate borders bring back fringe of mud
and dust. They lounge in the pArlors,
or on the plazzas in costly and untidy
array. They disappear little while,
and come down to dinner in raiment
which dazzles, and. for the brief hours of
dancing in the evening. no tongue shall
describe their ruiIies and founces and
furbelows. Dress is not capital ofense
certainly, and good dressing is cardinal
virtue. But if Mrs Madison said that
she could never forgive any young wo-
man for not knowing that she looked as
pretty as she could, nor for seeming to