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Year: 1866

As the Democratic organs throughout
the country are laboring to create the i'm.
preston that some vast work of mischief
was wrought by Congress at its late ses.
sion, we wish to put on record in brief
what it really did.


This Republican Congress reduced the
domestic taxes to the extent of seventy
five millions of dollars per annum.


1t provided for the gradual reduction
of the great volume of paper currency,
at a certain fixed rate, so that fnanciers
and business men might know how to
calculate the future, and be. relieved OF
all danger of a commercial crash, on &C
count of the contraction of the currency.


1t provided for the protection of the
revenue from foreign imports by more
stringent enactments to guard against
systematic under valuation, through
which the Treasury has been defrauded
of countless millions of dollars.


1t secured equality before the law to
all citizens of the United States, of every
race and color, under the protection of
the national government, and made every
native born adult a national citizen.


1t furnished ample protection for the
freedmen against their late masters, and
their associates in the enjoyment of all
their rights.


1t secured homestead to all settlers
on the public lands in the Gulf States
under the national laws, and so provided
for the poor whites and blacks of the
South future of their own, better than
any they could have otherwise hoped for.


1t reduced the number of Supreme
Court Judges by gradual process.


1t secured the election of United
States Senators against the future action
of factious minorities.


1t admitted the reconstructed State of
Tennessee under circumstances which
point out the way in which other recon
structed States may return to their old
places in Congress.


1t restricted the standing army to not
more than fifty thousand men, against
the urgent appeals of all who wanted q
force of one hundred and seventy-seVen
thousand.


Doubtless it has done some things
which might judiciously have been let
alone, for all Congresses do that; but
what is stated above it deserves and viii
receive the thanks of all right-minded
men.-PhiLadeEphia Gazette
Year: 1866

In giving an account of the meeting of
the Alumni of Williams College, Will
Jamestown, Mass, the Adams Mass. J
Transcript says:


General Garfield was conspicuous per-
sonage, and great desire was manifested
to hear him speak. He is well known
and admired. His speech was short, but
happy and effective. He is fine looking
man, of superb physic, strong and healthy
and with that mingling of strength and
mildness in his face always so attractive.
He has light hair and full auburn beard;
large head, blue eyes full of power and
kindness, broad shoulders and deep chest,
and impresses all as genial, brave and
able man. He went out from the College
in 1856, and now returns with the double
laurels of the soldier and the legislator.
We trust that he will be reelected to
Congress. He is one of the marked men
of this Congress, and we believe has been
faithful and wise.
Year: 1866

There Is no death The stars 20 down
10 rise upon some fairer shore,
And bright in Heavens jeWeled crown


They shine forevermore,
There Is no DEATH The dust we tread


Shall change beneath the summer shower
To golden rain or mellow fruit.


Or rainbow tinted flowers.
The granite rocks disorganize


To feed the hungry moss they bear;
The forest leaves drink daily life


From out the Viewless air.
There is no deathl The leaves may fall.
The flowers may fade and pass away
They only wait, through wintery hours,
The coming Of the May. s
There is no death An angel form


Walks o'er the earth with silent tread;
He bears our best loved things away,
And then we call them dead"
He leaves our hearts all desolate-


He plucks our .fairest. sweetest flowers;
Transplanted into bliss, they now


Adorn immortal bowers.
Year: 1866

That was a beautiful idea in the mind
of a little girl who on beholding rose
bush on the topmost stem the oldest rose
was fading, whilst below and around It
three beautiful crimson buds were just
unfolding their arm at once and earnest mes,
Iy exclaimed to her brother: See, WI,
lie, these little buds have just awakened
in time to kiss their mother before sne
diaa
Year: 1866

The New York Herald publishes in
teresting details Of the immense rob
berry of bonds from the banking house
Of Rufus L. Lord, in that city The Sc
curities amounting 10 $1,000 600, be-
longed TO Mr. Lord and a friend. the
former owning more than a million
The safe from which the bonds were
taken, is the ordinary old wall or bank
safe, secured by a very simply construct
ed lock a,Within this was another safe,
ia which valuable papers, such as
stocks, bonds and railroad securities
we're kept The lock of the inner safe
gas been out Of order for some time, so
(aat it could not be bolted. Captain
Young made an examination of the
safe, and was not long in arriving at
the conclusion that it was rather poor
place to keep valuable papers, as any
unprofessional burglar or bank thief
could open it without any extraordinary
skill or effort Mr. Lord is eighty years
of age and it is said that of late he
has been apparently somewhat careless
as TO the safety Of his personal pro-
perty.


When the detectives requested Mr.
Lord to furnish the numbers and de-
scription of the stolen property. he
could not give them, aud it was only
by the personal eXertions Of Captain
Young that the list embodied in his
report was obtained. lie did this by
visiting the Office of the Treasury.
and there examining the coupons on
which Mr.. Lord procured the interest
on the last payment day. 1t is further
stated that Mr. Lord has been repeat
edly known to leave bis safe unlocked
when going home; that on s. recent oc-
casion ne did so, whcn il wsE carefully
locked ~ the janitor Of the building
who returned him the key on the fol-
lowing morning that on another occs-
sion the jauitor found the safe KEY in
the wash hand basin. On the morning
OF the discovery Of the robbery, how
ever, this was not the case, SIS the outer
door Of the safe was locked, and the
key was in Mr.. Lord pocket. The
fiIst theory Of the detectives was that
some person who was acquainted with
Ar Lord habits Of going IN and out Of
the oihoe during business hours got an
impression OF the safe key, from which
duplicate Was made but subseauent
events have dispelled this idea.


There IS one fact connected with the
robbery from which it may be inferred
thst the act was committed with haste
On e shell Il the safe. over the one
from which the tia boxes we're taken.
were upward Of one million Of dollar
worth oi various American railroad se-
curities. Mr.. Lord cannot positively
state when he last saw the bonds. There
is, therefore, a possibility that i might
haTe been c day os tTo before the rob
berry, and as the bonds were negotiable.
probably ere this the thief has reaped
the beneht OF this stupendous piece Of
rascahty.
Year: 1866

serve the public interests by assidu-
ously and obtrusively attending to their
duties, and not by entering the politi-
cal arena to instruct or to dictate the
course that shall be determined upon
by the electors.
Year: 1866

1t is but day or two since we heard a
well dressed young man majestically an
nouuce to a well filled railway car that
''all newspapers were humbngs9 and had
mo principles, no intellect" IN them. It
did not surprise us, few minutes later,
to see copies of the Police Gazette and
Budget of Fun sticking from his pocket.
They were the best measure of his intel
lectual calibre. But while such as he
condemn all newspapers, all thinking
persons will heartily endorse the follow
ing. which we clip from an exchange:


Nothing is more common than TO hear
people talk of what they pay newspapers
for advertising, etc, as so much given in
charity. Newspapers, by enhancing the
value of property in their neighborhood,
and giving the localities in which they
are published reputation abroad, bene-
fit all such, particularly if they are mer-
merchants or real estate owners, thrice
the amount yearly of the meagre sum
they pay for their support. Besides, ev-
cry public spirited citizen has a laudable
pride in having a paper of which he is
not ashamed, even though he should
pick i t up in New York or Washington.


"a good looking. thriving sheet, helps
to sell property, gives character to the
locality, and in all respects is desirable
public convenience. If, from any cause,
the matter in the local or editorial col
umns be not quite up to standard, do not
cast it aside and pronounce it of no ac-
count until you are satisfied that there
has not been more labor bestowed on it
than has been paid for. If you want a
good readable sheet, it must be support
ed; and it must not be supported in a
spirit of charity, but because you feel a
necessity of supporting it. The local
press is the power that moves the peo-
ple.'"
Year: 1866

oLAEALOg LNs - n PAAA


EDITOR CHRoNIcLE 1T seems necessa-
ry to make an earnest demonstration by
promptly sending forward to Congress
more petitions for the equalization of SOL
diers' bounties. Let every one interested
move at once in the matter without loss
of time. Draw up petitions and place
them in good hands to get signers, or at
the most prominent stores of post Offices.
Do not fear to ask men to sign them, for
any man with any soul at all will prompt
ly and cheerfully give his name for so
just purpose. ALI know the sacrifice,
generously made, of the early volunteers
that they fought long and hard, and
suffered much that the pay received
was comparatively trihing; that a large
portion of the little received was used up
IN the procuring of extra necessary COM
forts in the field. Congress cannot make
their case anywhere equal with later vol
unteers, who received large bounties, but
what can be done should be done, for
those deserving are generally needy, and
expect, and have right to expect, what
is Justly due. Congress is well disposed
to equalze the bounties, but Mr.. McCul-
loch, the Secretary of the Treasury, is
using all his strength and influence
against it, because it would increase the
debt trife. Do not let him cheat US of
our rights. The people will pay all such
taxes cheerfully Let the soldiers and
their friends in every directions speak in
prompt and unmistakable notes for
Equalizstionl Very Respectfully.


E. o. BALL.
Year: 1866

A Paris blacksmith has invented a new
system of shoeing horses. Instead of the
shoe being plaeed-frequently much too
hot-on the hoof, and burning its own
<esting place, the outside of the hOof is
cut away round the foot to the depth of
about half an inch this leaves a ledge
into which the shoe fits, and is then flush
with the frog, which just touches the
ground, and the whole foot rests on the
ground, instead of being raised as Of old
by the shoe. The visable advantages of
this are that the foot is little pared, and
instead of great heavy shoe, the animal
is shod in what IS little less than facing
plates. The advantages claimed by the
inventor are, that the horse never slips,
that the shoe allows the foot to expand
naturally and that it lasts as long and is
as cheap as the old plan. 81
Year: 1866

Wis would settle for ever the right of Sc
cession, or the wrong Of it, rather. / can't
see how.


Can a jury Of twelve men, picked up at
random out of the streets of Richmond, de-
eide forever a question about which the
greatest intellects of America have contend
ed since the formation Of the Government.
The right of secession is a question which
no court can ever decide 50 as TO have any
binding effect. 1t will never be determined
except as in the last few years, by the force
Of arms. Suppose the Supreme Court had
decided, before 1861, that a State had right
10 secede, would that decision, whether by
Jay, Marshall, Ta1ey, or any body else,
have prevented the loyal people of the
North from rushing to arms to preserve the
Union after Sumter was fired bpon? Canute,
sitting upon his chair at the sea side and
bidding the waves TO recede, was not more
impotent than a Chief Justice telling the
people not TO invade the South in 1861
would have been. And suppose the Supreme
Court should decide that a State had no
right 10 secede, and that majority of the
people, losing all respect for the Govern
ment, determined differently and agreed to
carry their determination into effect, how
long does any one think a court decision
would hold them in the Union? So that the
whole question resolves itself into this-that
so long az a majority Of the people are loyal,
secession is impossible; when a majority be-
come disloyal, coercion is impossible. A
Republic can only exist so long as is peo-
Pile are politically virtuous.
Year: 1866

Of commanding appearance, an eloquent
preacher, and accomplished in society. His
early experience in the country parishes of
Virginia will have fitted him for similar
work in the country parishes of Louisiana,
while his profound learning and varied ac-
complishments will make him at home in
the responsible work that lies before him in
the great city of New Orleans.


The future proceedings in obtaining the
consent of the church to his consecration
are, by the canons thereof, as. follows:


A testimonial Of his election and fitness
for the office Of Bishop, signed by the clergy
and lay delegates will first be transmitted to
the standing committees of the various do
ceses and when a majority of them shall
have given their consent, their declaration to
that effect will be communicated to the
Bishops, and if majority of them shall find
him worthy, it will be the duty of the pre-
siding Bishop, Hopkins, of Vermont, with
two other Bishops, to proceed, SO soon as
possible, to his conservation.
Year: 1866

From the Boston Post. Aug. l4-l


The announcement that Mons. AUGUsTE
BuIsLAY, one Of the famous troupe Of per-
formers now giving exhibitions at the Bos-
ton Theatre. would make an ascension with
his -Montgolfer, or fire-balloon, from the
Riverside Park Yesterday afternoon, drew a
large crowd Of people to that famous resort
and the number would have been much
larger IL our citizens had had any just con-
ception Of the feat be had announced 10 per-
FORM As il was, the attendance inside the
Park was probably near two thousand
people while outside the inclosnre, the num-
Der was as great, if not greater. Those out
side, doubtless, had az good an opportunity
10 witness the evolutiOns Of the daring
Frenchman, after he had ascended into the
air, but they missed seeing the imitation Of
the balloons novel and interesting pro-
cess


Three o'clock was the hour announced for
the assent; but at thai hour the rush Of the
people 10 the gates was considerable, and It
was decided 70 wait a short time longer.
Meantime, too large poles had been raised
inside the track, short distance from the
Judges stand, and a strong rope stretched
from one pole tOthe other; TO hold the balloon
in place while it was being filled Pulley
ropes were also attached to each pole, and at
four o'clock, by means Of these ropes, the
balloon was raised SO that it barely touched
the ground. The process Of initiation was
then commenced. This wss done by placing
several bundles Of burning straw beneath the
balloon, upon which is thrown two small
tin cans containing chemical preparation
known only to the performers themselves.
Almost Immediately upon lighting the fire
the balloon begins 10 expand, and does so
very rapidly until it Is flled-the process of
filling consuming from fifteen to twenty
minutes.


At twenty-five minutes past four, every
thing being in readiness, Mons. BUIsLAY
seated himself across the trapeze and started
on his voyage. As he left the earth the bal
loon swayed against one Of the poles, and
hole Of considerable size was torn in il near
the mouth. There was no car, and not even
a rope attached to the arial ship-nothing
but the trapeze which depended from the
balloon ten or fifteen feet, As the intrepid
voyager sped into the air, there was scarcely
a sound escaped from the thousands of per-
sons who were watching him; it seemed as
though the multitude had been struck dumb
with awe at the almost reckless daring Of the
young man.


Mons. BUIsI.AY remained seated upon the
trapeze hardly an instant, and he had not
assembled fifty feet before he commenced his
evolutions upon the slender stick which was
all there was between him and eternity.
First hanging with both hands, then with
one, then again turning completely around
and suspending himself with his feet, head
downwards, folding his arms then swinging
them, the ship all the time bearing him
higher and higher into the heavens. 1t was
a sight that required a strong nerve even to
look at. Presently, he took off his shoes
and let them fall to the earth. The balloon
was thought to have attained the altitude OF
nearly half mile, and while at its highest
point he continued his performances on the
franpZp.
Year: 1866

In oue-fourth Of the time that it takes with the
old mode Of treatment In this treatment no
medicine Is taken internally. You receive the
baths seated on your chair, with no Inconvenience
whatever.
Year: 1866

Young married ladies whose misfortune 1t has
been not to bring forth in due season, remember
God has said you should multiply and replenish.
bv letter or in person. No lady over thirty i've
wears of age need make application. All comma
nicatOns By letter or person strictly conhdentiai.
Year: 1866




BUTLER, in a resent harangue to meet
ing Of Massachusetts Radicals, alluded as
follows to the notorious DosTIE, one of the
victims Of the New Orleans riots:


Inow remember man who came to me
among the very first at New Orleans, and
took me by the hand, and with tears in his
ewes said, "I thank Con that you have come;
Il bless GoD that your flag waves over me
again-the symbol of justice and protection
Of NV country" and yet l have seen that
man murdered in cold blood by the Chief
of Police. whom had condemned to death
for the murder Of Union man, and only
RETAINED from hanging him because the act
took place before my arrival, and doubted
NV authority to execute him. That muir
dered man was DosTIE, the best and purest
Union man that ever trOd the soil of Louisi-
ana. for he periled his life, when he had no
hone. in defense of the flag. | speak with
feeling. for he was one Of my best and staunch-
est advisers, and aided me by all means IL
his power. AS long as 1 had n command
the AaV sheltered him and every other man
within my territory. And that that man
should be murdered with the flag flying over
bim-not to him an emblem of power and
protection-and we be told that these mer
are our brothers! [Applause.
Year: 1866

We did not know before the other
day that there was colored Mayor in
our midst not Mayor, dear local
reader, to preside over our city councils
and to execute municipal laws, but a
freedman officer 10 overlook the behavior
of his brethren. JEFF Kirk having con-
Quoted himself like steady, industrious
white man since the surrender, and be-
ing a recognized leader among his color
for his good sense and moral department,
our worthy Mayor has given him a sort
of commission to exercise surveillance
over the conduct and manners of the
negro settlement in the eastern part of
the city. called in honor of him, Kirk
Vile" When first appointed, JEFF assem-
bled his little settlement, and gave them
his ideas of freedom in a very sensible
way told them to be free did not imply
exemption from honest labor and that
in allcases Of vagrancy and lawlessness
they would be promptly arrested and
punished. He advised them all to obtain
honorable means of employment and to
let their names be a guide to others in
their situation Since his appointment,
but one arrest has been made in Kirk
vile" and that was a case of accidental
shooting.


JEFF Kirk is a good carpenter and a
worthy freedman in every respect, and
while he demeans himself as heretofore,
il is hoped he will be encouraged by all
who take interest in this element of our
population. We don't charge him any
thing for this puff, for, city negro
worth copper, has been such a rarity,
we are willing TO take some trouble to
find him out and speak good word for
him Columbus IndeI.
Year: 1866

The New York correspondent of the
Boston Journal relates the following:


The term " fuss and feathers" applied
TO the old chief, grew out of nothing per.
sonal, for he was man whose personal
tastes were very simple. But he was
very exact in his discipline, and he re-
quired every officer while on duty to be
dressed according to his rank in the
minutest thing. Gen. Hamilton, who
was on his staff, related to me the other
day very characteristic anecdote. The
Generals S headquarters in Mexico com
prised two rooms, one opening into the
other. In the rear room General Scott
slept One night, after the General had
retired, one Of the staff wanted some
water. 1t was in the front room The
evening was warm and the hour late,
being near midnight The officer started
to 90 in his shirt-sleeves. He was
cautioned against the experiment as a
dangerous one, for if the General caught
him in his quarters with his coat off, he
would punish him. The officer said that
be would risk it; that the General was
asleep, and he would make no noise. He
opened the door softly, and went on tip
toe to the water-pitcher He had no
time to drink, before he heard the tinkle
Of the bell, and the sentinel outside the
door entered. "Take this man to the
guard-house, was the brief order, and
the coatless officer spent the night on a
hard plank under guard
Year: 1866

A feat of juvenile courage and perse-
verance has just been performed by a
French boy of thirteen, which is worth
mention. Three months ago, dissatisfied
with his treatment by an uncle in Paris,
he started from the latter capital with GO
francs in his pockets to 90 to his mother,
who is married to second husband a
French workman in the employ of the
Shah of Teheren


With the aid of map and guide-bOok
the little adventurer tramps right across
Europe, receiving such hospitality by
the way that on reaching Constantinople,
he had still nearly half his francs re-
naming


After short rest at Pera, he crossed
the Bosphorus, en- route for Persia, but a
little beyond Scutari was stopped by some
Turkish policemen, and brought back
till an interpreter could be found. His
story being thus learned, he was passed
over the Pera and placed in the charge
of the French Consul, in whose custody
he now is, unable to understand why he
should be interfered with and angrily
impatient to pursue his journey.
- Love for his mother and keen yesrn-
ing for her protection, rather than any
mere wild impulse of boyish adventure,
seems to have been his chief motive
throughout. -LeUdn Herald.