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Year: 1866

The intelligence of the transfer of Jefer


son and Berkeley counties from the State of
Virginia to West Virginia was received by
the citizens of Harper Ferry with great
rejoicings Cheer after cheer rent the air; /;
and feeling that their appreciation of the
result had not been sufficiently exhibited,
they determined to have an artillery salute.
They accordingly applied to the agent of the
Ordance Bureau for something to make a
noise with, who very promptly provided a
24-pound mortar, with which they made the
mountains and valleys in that vicinity re-
sound and reverberate with artillery music
Year: 1866

1t Is not in the mountains,


Nor the palace of pride,
That Love will fold his wings up,
And rejoicing abide;
But In meek and humble natures
His home is ever found,
As the lark that sings in heaven,
Builds his nest upon the ground.
Year: 1866

A correspondent of the Little Rock Dis
patch of the date of July 9Th under the sigma
ture of Simplex" speaks of this gentleman


in the following very highly complimentary
terms:


81 see in your issue of yesterday, an an
nouncement of the Hon. DAVID WALKER OF
Washington County is acandidate for the Sll-
premc Bench. Thank God for that! No an
nouncement lately has given the people of
this section so much qualification and pleas
ure. Judge W. lacks motor of the nccesSa-
ry qualifications for the position. 1t is to be
hoped therefore that he will receive such a
vote at the polls as will assure him that his
past services to the country are not forgotten
and at the same time evince determination
on the part of our people to secure the very
best talent possible for the Supreme Bench.
We all thank you, Dispatch. for your prompt
and manly endorsement of this great and
good man. In other and better days the pco-
pie learned to revere David Walker for all
those high qualities which adorn our nature ;
and they WILL now that they have the chance.
avail themselves of his splendid legal attain
ments and that sterling integrity which has
endeared him to them" 4ga ltd f. :
Year: 1866

-Ueheral 1oDln. one or the largest plant
ers of South Carolina, is making the free labor sys
TEN progress very satisfactorily his plantations
He says the chief difficulty in the way of the success
of the system the fOregone conclusion on the part
of the majority of the planters that it must fail


An ex-maior general Of Sherman's army
has made proposition to the Quartermaster's De-
partment to take entire charge of the transportation
of the army in Texas at less sum in national cur
rency than it costs in gold to meet the expenses
of the same If the plan is adopted, it (he Govern
men will be under the necessity of disposing of the
army wagons horses, mules &c, used for that pur-
pose.


Ann Oakley, poor woman, was frozen to
death in New York on Sunday night. She lived with
and took care of Margaret Geary, blind woman
Both slept in bed upon the floor, the deceased hav-
ing no covering over her. During the night Ann
arose. but did not return again. and in the morning
she was found lying dead the outer door of their
apartments, her body being frozen stiff,
Year: 1866

BosToN Jany S.-About 110 barrels OF kerosene
oil were picked up to-day between Ruse Point and
the Highland Light Cape Cod. supposed to be part
of the cargo of vessel that has gone to pieces in
that vicinity, -t'ft se
Year: 1866

The inaugural adlress of Gov. Throckmor
ton of Texas is moderate in tone, and he refers
to his vote against the Ordinance of Secession
in 1861 as proof of devotion to the Union now
But as that did not prevent him from joining
the Rebellion, it is scarcely of Importance
which way he voted. Of the freedmen, he
says: "Thc changed relations, so suddenly
brought about, of the white and black races,
will require of US much thoughtful considera.
ton. 1t is duty We owe alike to ourselves
and to humanity to enact laws that will secure
the freed people the full protection of all the
rights of persons and property guaranteed them
by our amended Constitution. The day is not
far distant. in my Judgment, when the black
people will be convinced that their truest friend,
are those with whom they have sported il
youth, and who have cared for them from theil
infancy" He might have added who sole
them when they were old enough to bring {
price, fought to keep them in slavery. and now
by testimony not to be rejected, persecute ant
defraud them.
Year: 1866

THE MAIDEN's Vow. - The Mammoth
Cave in Kentucky is not without its story of
love and romance. Some twenty years ago a
dashing Tennessee girl promised her mother
that she would never marry certain man ON
the face of the earth h''-said suitor being par.
tlcular y objectionable to the old lady So there
was quite in the family for some time But
one pleasant day the gay girl and her lover ran
away and went into the Cave, to a snot now
called the Bridal Cave" and in the presence
of a few witnesses there matrimonially united


about 325 it. below the face Of the earth y
Year: 1866

Tell me not that he's poor man,
That his dress is coarse aud bare;
Tell me not his daily pittance


Is a wOrkman's scanty fare.
Tell me not his birth is humble,
That his parenlage is Inv;
Is he honest in his actions?


That is all want to know.
Is his word to be relied 0n7


Has his character no blame?
Then care not If he's low born
Then l care not whence his name.
Would he from an unjust action
Turn away with scornful eye!
Would he, than dcfraud another,
Sooner on the scaffold die?
Would he spend his hard-g aimed earnings
On brother in distress!
Would he succOr the afflicted,
And the weak ones wrongs redress?
Then IL he a man deserving


Ofmy love and my esteem,
And | care not what his BIRTH place
In the eyes of man may seem.
Let it be low thatched howell
Lee il be clay built COT
Let il be the parish workhouse-
In my eye it matters not.
And if others will disOwn him.


AS inferior 10 their caste,
Let them do it'll beiriend him
AS q brother to the last.
Year: 1866

FRESH MEAT.-A new process Of preserv-
ing meat has been invented in England, which,


if it is successful, will make revolution in the
meat business, and entirely obviate the necessi


ty Of transporting living animals to market
This process depends entirely upon a new priuc-
pie in curing, by which the oxygen in the meat
and the air surrounding it is driven off or neu-
tralized. The bone is extracted from the me It,
and it is placed into tin canisterS, trom which
the air is exhausted by first forcing water into
the bottom, and then allowing it to drain otf.
The vacuum caused by the loss of the water is
filled with a gas the composition of which is a
secret. The canisters being soldered air tight,
are then ready for transportation. If this, or
some similar method of preserving fresh meat,
can be put in successful operation, it will give
the vast grazing plains of the West and OF
Texas new value, and they could be made
the great meat-Supplying regions of the world.
Year: 1866

AT Galena on Saturday week, Gen. Logan
spoke to a very large audience for q hours
A paragraph in the address, referring to Gen.
Grant, is understood to be so literary by au-
thority, that we quote it in full:


many of the true and loyal men of Galena and
10. Davies County. He remembered that il
was Galena that had given to the country that
distinguished soldier and patriot, Gen. U. s.
Grant, and that this was his home, and it was
to his friends and neighbors he now spoke. =
He had fought under his banner in the field
he expected to fight under it in civil life Ht
could say he knew Gen. Grant well and init
mately, and he knew that all his hopes and
sympathies were with the great loyal masses o.
the nation who stood by the country du
ring four years of civil war, and who now pro
posed to finish the work they had begun by es
tablishing the Constitution on the true anc
lasting basis of justice and liberty to all men.
Year: 1866

That the world moves steadily onward in
spite of the efforts of reactiOnists 10 check the
progress of a great moral revolution is proved
bv the recent declaration of Henry A. Wise, a
fire-eater who before the war never could do
enough to defy slavery, that.


He is. fear, an inGdel who doesn't see that
the fire and sword of this war were sent from
heaven. God knew that zoe cOuJd be tori. dwal
from our black idoLsf slavery only By fire ana
| blood ant the drum stUord of the destroyin0
angel of uoar He sent them, and we ought tC
praise the Most High that he did not send
worse plogues like those of Egypt, against
whatever weakness or wickedness we clung tc
like Pharaoh.


And yet we are asked 10 recommit the des
TIMES Of the nation to men who confess thai
they have for years blndly worshipped falls,
idol, aud whose ruling principle of action i,
intense resentment against the party which in
sisted on its destruction Press.
Year: 1866

President JOhn.On III his stump speeches
makes parade of his charity, and procamS
himself the apostle of Cancellation. He speaks
glibly OF the duty Of forgiveness dilates unctu-
ouoy on the balm of Gilcad," and declares
that, could he behold the work of rec0nStruc-
ton consummated according to "my policy"
his grateful feelings would find their most fit
ting expression in the language Of pious old
Simeon who after he had seen the salvation
of the Lord y desired to depart in peace to
the better world. But the Presidents charity
is altogether One-sided. He has pity and Gle
mency for misguided men seeking the destruc-
ton Of their country, but none for those whose
only sin is that they oppose his policy of recon-
structiOn. To the former repentant or unre-
pentant, he gives the hand of brOtherly kind
ness; upon the heads of the latter he heaps
naledictions. We do not quarrel with his
charity. forgiveness is a Christian virtue
But at the same time we must be allowed to
question the genuineness of that charity which
lacks the quality Of catholicity. The spirit of
forgiveness is a generous spirit, without any
taint of bitterness, and all embracing in its
compassionate regards. Is this the spirit that
hycathes in the Presidents recent speeches p
Tribune
Year: 1866

at is certain that all will be lost un-
less the States are restored to their
constitutional relations to the General
Government; and every days delay in
creases the difficulties Of restoration,
aud the dangers Of cur situation. VIII
a more favorable or auspicious time
ever come / think not. The people
who were in rebellion have ceased their
resistance to the Government; acknow-
lodged its authority; avoWed their wish
TO remain under its protection; and
are living in obedience to its lawP.
What more can they do2 The rest J
with US. We fought them four years in
the field to make them stay in the
Union, and now that they have yielded
to the demsnd, and ayow a willingness
and wish to do all that We required, we
ought not to fight them in Congress to
make them 60 out


zone of the greatest perils which
threatens US now is the tendency to
GENERALIZATION the absorption of the
rights Of the States, and the concentra-
ton Of all power in the General Gov
ernment When that is accomplished i,
if ever, the days of the Republic are
numbered


constitutional Government will be
supplanted by centralized despotism,
to be succeeded in time, by revolution,
disintegration and anarchy. Within
their constitutional spheres the States
are as sovereign and supreme as the
General Government in its sphere, and
safety is to be iouud only by confining
each strictly to its appropriate orbit
The danger is in the encroachment of
the General Government upon the pow
ers of the States, and the tendencies
are all in that direction The States
are powerless to invade the domain of
the Federal Government, and it is vital
to the preservation Of our admirable
form of Government that the States
shall be fully protected in the posses
sion and exercise of all their constitu-
tional rights, functions and powers.
If the Federal Government usurps
them, the Constitution, which the faith
ers of the Republic framed with so
much skill and wisdom, fails of the
purpose of its creation, and will no
longer protect the rights it was intend
ed to secure.
Year: 1866

THE New York Post opposes the


election of Horace Greeley to the Sem
ate. 1t objects to him on account Of
'his being tariff man, and because he
has not that clearness of insight and
steadiness Of purpose which are re-
quired in a Senator, and because he is
easily cheated, as was done by the
Rebels in Canada during the war. y
Year: 1866

Article L. This District shall be known and
designated as Township No. Quartz Mining Dis
trict, and the boundaries shall be those Of the
township.


Art. 2. The jurisdiction of the following laws
shall extend to and define the rights and privi-
leges Of those who may locate claims upon veins
or lodes OF quartz or other rock containing gold,
silver cinnabar. or copper, within this district.


Art 3. Amy citizen or qualified person shalt be
entitled to locate or own by the location of 9TH
ers. but two hundred feet along the line or upon
the same vein or lode. Every claim OF two hun
dred feet or less shall include all dips spurs angles
and variations OF the main lode, together with the
crossing parallel veins Or lcdes, withia twenty
feet OF the samo upon both sides; provided. that
the dip of any parallel vein Or lode so included,
follows the dip Of the main veil or lode Any
person locating vein or lode within this district,
may claim at right angles fSam Me main lode,
and wholly upon the one or partly upon both side,
two hundred feet OF surface ground iorconvenient-
ly working the mine; but such claim of surface
ground shall not include others thar The vein or
lode provided f in this article nor prevent b.
er parties from working such vein " lode.


Art. 4. The discovercr of vein o. lode shall
be entitled TO locate two hundred feet IN addition
to the rights and privileges accorded 10 others by
these laws.


Art. 5. Any person claiming more than two
hundred feet in the same lode, except as provided
for in Article 4, and except by actual, bona tide
purchase, shall be-consdered as abandoning all
feet in excess of the first two hundred feet loca
ted in his name, and such excess may be claimed
and recorded by any other party not owner by To-
cation on the same vein or lode.


Art. q. Upon the location of claim or claims,
q notice shall be posted upon the lodes which
shall clearly have written the name or names Of
the locators, the general direction OF the vein or
lode, the surface ground. if located upon one or
10th sides oil the main vein or lode.


Art. Z. A copy OF the notice provided for in
Article shall be recorded in the Book of Records
in this district, within ten days after being posted
on the vein or lode. The record shall also state
the boundaries of the claim. its locality in the
District and that the claim is first, second, cct.,
norlh"rly or southerly eastcrly or westerly, from


the hrst location on the same vein or lode; hut
no record shall be made Of acclaim containing
more than three thousand feet of the lode.
Year: 1866

@ The Pal Mal Gazette states that a
little while since it was announced Y a
clergyman that glass of sherry, vi a
biscuit, at IL AN ia pint Of bitter ale a,
an early dinner. and another glass Of sherry
in cup Of arrowroot at supper. would be
fund etiicacious in The preven, ion Of cholera
among he laboripg classes
Year: 1866

On motion Of Mr. Massey, the reports read
were adopted and referred to the new Board OF
Directors.


One hundred copies Of the proceedings OF
the meeting were ordered to be printed IN PAM
pile; form after which the meeting adjourned
till the next annual meeting.
Year: 1866

and in fact everything usually kept in q first
class grocery store, and would be pleased to see
his friends and the public generally, assuring
then, that he will exert himself to the utmost to
givn onnp~al sausfsctiOn oc 20-tf
Year: 1866

TEETH AND PAINLESS DENTISTRY.
l. corner Camp and Canal streets, New Or
leans. full Sett of Teeth made in Thirty
Hours. Teeth inserted on Nulcanite Base.
vastly superior to gold in every respect, being
much stronger and more durable. and can be
furnished at Half the Price.


The most nervous persons can have their
Teeth inserted without the least pain. Teeth
Extracted without pain. sep27-3mo-d
Year: 1866

HAVE proved, from the most ample experience, an
L / entire success. SiInple-pruma at-EGcient and
nelt2be. TIey are the only Medicines perfectly
adapt popular use-so simple that mistakes can
not be made in using them harmless as TO be free
from danger ami SO efficient to be always reliable
They have 4ised IL high commend tiJn from all
and will always render satisfaction.
Year: 1866

Mr.. E. T Waion-Dear Sir: This is TO certify that
have used Whanns Phosphate on my wheat last fall
and il produced beyond my expectations; I used the
best hOgpen manure along side Of it, and the Weld
was double where put The phosphate | consider il


valuable manure and shall want some more of il for
my wheat this iall WIN. X. LYMAN
Year: 1866

Only POLITICAL DEMAGoGUE.--The Marin
Journal was very decidedly in favor of the Press
dents policy for several months. The following
paragraph from that paper would indicate that
there has been a change =" The wrogress OF
the President in his electioneering tour through
the Western States seems not to be marked with
that enthusiastic ecd that his Copperhead friends


in the North and his rebel supporters in the
South anticipated. Contrary to the trite saving
that distance lends enchantment to the view,


as with his retinue of distingue he rccedes with
pomp from his seat of power in the White House,
to mingle with and exhibit himself 20 the gaping
masses of the bone and sinew' of the West,
hazy halo envelopes his head and men of sense
see only political demagogue instead of states
man, substituting the enemies of his country to
prolong the power he SO accidentally obtained.
Year: 1866

GENERAL GRANTS SPEEcH.-The Virginia En-
terprise gives the following as the substance of
General Grants late speech received by tele-
graph -" Gentlemen said General Grant,
when called out at the theater in Cincinnati.
" for the past week have seen the President of
the United States treated with the most wither-
ing disrespect by the people. This has been par
ticularly shown in the marked attention paid to
Admiral Farragut and myself while in the pres
ence of the President politician and
have nothing to do with the political views of
President johnson, hut by virtue of his office he
is my Commander Chief. and ii is my duty to
request that my friends will treat him with
little more respect hereafter. He does not de-
serve it, perhaps, but am compelled to make
the request
Year: 1866

HAvE You HEARD FROM MAINE ?-Thc news is
glorious. Every county in the State gave Un-
ion majority and the majority in the State shows
an increase of nearly 5000 over last year
That's S a victory worth ehronicling, and only the
first of sad series for Andy johnson Co.
Hurrah for the old Pine State.
Year: 1866

ATTENTION. TEaNsTERs!-IIarry Bachelor Overseer of
weaverve road district notify Junction CITY and
North Fork that bridges West
Weaver mountain grade is in dangerous condition. will


be to replace it with which he intends
to do rusay and "Wednesday of week will be
impossible for pass the point O'clock Tues
day morning until Wednesday evening and teamsers tray
cling make their arrangements accordingly
Year: 1866

TEE PREsIDENTs ELEcroSEEsSG ToUK-Is ended and may
be set down miserable failure His reception all along
the route Travelled cold and condemnaory excepting
Louisville, where reasonable suppose he would be
warmly welcomed Kentucky being the only State thus
which has endorsed his reconstruction policy Gratifying
must be to him to ponder the
ceived ali through the loyal Northern which two
years ago rallied to his support the Union candidate
Vice President He cannot declare them unprovoked
continued acts Of treachery for which he indicted
the loyal masses cannot and will be passed
Openly denounced traitor at Cleveland indianapolis
his arrival is the result Of riot in which follow
ers fires the first shot No wonder the City Councils Of Gin
cinna and Baltimore refused to receive him although
hardly TO be expected the latter
the announcement that Secretary
ted and sick at heart obliged company
Harrisburg


We repeat that his reception in the North plainly
what the think Of his policy President Of the
United States hssed and hooed at and denounced trail
tor by the people who elected him. is significant the
old and mbece Buchanan treated with respect
Johnsons career is fast burying him in oblivion
cidency Will be known and remembered only
ed and nefiros schemes to retain the power which


ProvideDce he prate much about never designed him
TO enjoy The Northern and Western States will administer
additional and louder rebukes the coming weeks and
months roll by.
Year: 1866

The Board of Supervisors and county Judge
met at the Clerk Office the 5th instant to
canvass the vote for Supervisors in the lst and
Sd Districts. The official result is given below,
and goes to show that but little attention was
paid to the election, not one-fourth of the actual
vote of either District being polled:
Year: 1866

|he certificate of the Judge of Probates
Pf their respective counties, that they
counties that they are regu-
|arly returned as required by this act
end are Of good moral character and
provided further, that they shall be
Qualified to enter said institution as re-
luired by tho rules thereof.


Sec. s. Be it further enacted, That
itlshaal be the duty of the members of
th boards Of county police, to return a
i of destitute disabled confederate or
se soldiers. residing within heir re-


slsssiss shsesssSwhouIcs sdestituts 81 Tue
heans of support, on or before the first
day Of March next, and the assistance
required by each Of said persons,
which said reports shall be fled in the
Probate Clerks Office, copy Of which
shall be Immediately filed by said clerk
in the Office Of the auditor Of public
accounts, and shall constitute the basis
Of pro rata distribution of the fund
provided for in the first section OF this
act for the present fiscal year Provi-
ded that said fund shall be used by the
boards oI county police for the support
OF INDECENT families of their respective
counties, if in their opinion the necessi-
ties shall require it for the present year;
and provided further, that this act shall
not apply to paupers who are now pro-
vided for by law.


Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That
The boards of county police of their re-
spective counties shall have power to
levy special tax in their respective
counties, not to exceed fifty per cent
upon the state tax for each fiscal year
to beapplied under the direction of said
boards for the support of INDECENT fam
lilies returned as required by the pro-
visions of this act.


Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, That
if the taxes collected and paid into the
treasury shall exceed three hundred
thousand dollars, then the twenty per
cent shall not apply to said excess, so
that not more than sixty thousand dol
lars in any event shall be paid out for
the PURPOSES of this act.


Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That
this act take effect and be in force from
ard after its passage.-Approved Nov.
Year: 1866




Our Turn Musr Generation after
generation" says a fine writer, "have felt
as we feel, and their lives were as active as
our own. They passed like vapor, while
nature wore the same aspect Of beauty as
when her Creator commanded her to be.
The world will have the same attractions
for our offspring yet unborn, that she once
had for us as children. Yet little while
and all will have happened. The trobbing
heart will be stihed, and we shall be at rest.
Our funeral shall find its way, and prayers
will be said, and we shall be left alone in
silence and darkness for the worms. And
it may be for short time we shall be spoken
of, but things of life will creep in, and our
names will soon be forgotten. Days will
continue to move on, and laughter and song
will BE- heard in the room in which we died |;
and the eyes that mourned us will be dried,
and the eyes that mourned for us will be dri-
ed, and glisten again with joy, and even our
children will cease to think Of US, and will
notremember to lisp our names.