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Year: 1866




WASHINGTON, Jan. 81, 1866.


Two months of the valuable time Of what
should have been, and what was universally
supposed to be, one of the most In. portan I
sessions of congress that has ever convened
since the foundation of our government, have
passed in history without forming even a no.
ticeable page. Like an erratic military
sqad that would acquire fame or notoriety
by a raid" upon the commanding generals
headquartsrs-Ieaving the all important pick
es line open to the incursions of the enemy
few, only a few, fame-lntoxicated individu-
ais have, since their arrival here, bent their
best energies to weakening, when they should
have supported, the head of the nation in this
the most difficult and trying period to the
civil and political management of the repub
hc, since 1t was started in its course anon q
the nations of the globe. Since the days
when the slave driver bullied and exhibited
his plantation manners upon the floors of
congress. we have not had such indications
of intolerance and disregard of free thought
and opinions as has been exhibited during
the past two months. Did q republican have
the audacisy to suggest that there was such
a thing going too far in restricting the
rights of states, or make a suggestion that a
state could not secede from the Union even.
or at least had not seeded, doctrine for
which the war was waged, and for which the
loyal people of the nation have been contend
ing for years-why, that man was at once
stigmatized as one seeking place under the
president. 1t is true that this has been the
conduct of but few. but they are sufficiently
noisy to appear like unto the many. The
few who are ambitious to become great lead
ers vie each with the other In an endeavor to
reach the acme of radicalism-(a and they have
nearly all succeeded in the latter ambitionl
regardless of the welfare of the Union or
the most common principles of common
sense; deeming, doubtless. that, at this time,
when hatred and prejudice are liable to hold
full sway, greatness would be measured by
their constituents IN accordance with the ex-
tent of their tsnaticism.


SENATOR SUMNER


has "color or RAGS" on the brain. Poor Col
orado cannot come in, it he can help it, with
out che makes especial provisions for her
'trace or color," aud such race as she has
TOO. The following Ia his amendment to the
bill for the admission of that territory into
the Union:


Provided, That this act shall not take effect ex-
cept upon the fundamental condition that within
the state there shall be denial of the elective
tranchize of any other rights account of coll
race but all persons shall be equal before the
law. And the legislature of the state, by SOL
emn public act, shall declare the assent of the
state to this fundamental condition and snail
transmit to the president of the United States an
Year: 1866

large meeting Of Fenans the Roberts. .Sweeny in
lerest took place at Washington Hail. corner OF Fourth
And South Seventh streets, Z. D., last evening The
meeting was called by the Emmett Circle, who had q
brass band for the occasion BY eight o'clock the large
hall was donssy crowded, and the enthusiasm of the
audience well worked up by the band playing the
wearing Of tho Green and other popular Irish airs
sided


Shortly after the meeting organized Gen Swceny
noticed upon the platform and his appearance
hailed with loud cheers and applause. When order
restored Centre Collins introduced the General,
who proceeded 20 deliver a spirited address. In
speaking OF Canada, he said IL was the general
opinion that he about TO strike that prov nee,
but none were certain Of his doing so, he did not
know himself where the blow would be struck During
General sweenys speech he frequently interrupted
with applause Colonel Murphy of the Corcoran Legion
Mr. Hines, OF Pennsylvania and several local speakers
Followed. The meeting was kept up until late hour
IL was understood mt the meeting that that 10 be
General Sweenys last appearance as an orator
Year: 1866

Il reply to the advertisement of "Lost Strayed or
Il Stolen" which appeared in the Press yesterjav
streets in Portland has to say that he fuleIed lis
contract to sprinkle the stcats until the 1st of Sem


temoer, AND HAS NOT YET GOT HIS PAY FOR DOING
THAT. He did not contract TO spriakle longer than
up to that time, and emphatically informed the sub


scribers to this splinking fund that he could not
and would not sprinkle after that time for the
of money that was subscribed and that amount dId
pot more than half pay his expenses for Watering the
streets npto that time. = A'0


He is eady and willing to sprinkle Commercial or
any other street when fair amount SHALL RE-
RAISED, SO that he nget What he s Justly entitled
to.
During the past season the contractor has banl.d
and sprinkled some three thousand collars worth NJ
water for which he has received $9l77 only and II
has cost ful 20 per cent of that amount to collect it


octo rE ae TEr fA IS d3t
Year: 1866

PERKINS MoLAssEs CANDY is an excellent
and toothsome article as we have reason to
know from a cursory examination of package
sent to the Press Office. Nevertheless, we
would perfer that people should 60 to his es-
adjustment, Morton block, and try it them
selves
Year: 1866

MEETINe.-We are requested to call the at
tention of members and friends Of the new
Legislative School or Mock House Of Repre-
sentatives, organized in this city, to the meets
ing this evening in Sons of Temperance Hale
at which business of interest and Importance
is expected to come up.
Year: 1866

FIRE-Fire took at noon yesterday, in the
interior of small ready-made clothing store
on Congress near Oak street. but the people
in the neighborhood burst in and extinguished
it without general alarm.
Year: 1866

dered, half dressed, into the great DESC
late drawing-room, the scene of all the
strange incidents in my dream. The
ghostly splendor of the moonlight filed
it no longer; it was as cold, dark, and
silent as some vast tomb. AS | stood in
the doorway, longing, and yet afraid to
enter, gust of night-wind sweeping
up the valley ratified the windows of the
old mansion; and what seemed like %
low, responsive sigh came to me out of
the gloom, sigh so unutterably sad
that, with shudder, stepped backward
and shut the door.


/ was very glad when fen o'clock
came, and brought Mr.. Lomond, pune
tual to the minute. at is only what
expected" he said, when / had given
him an outline Of my singular dream;
and | may now tell you, sir, that pre-
cisely the same dream which impressed
you so strongly last night is dreamed by
every one, no matter who they may be,
the first time they sleep at Gledhills,
and never aftcrward; and this curse
for l may truly call it by that name
has hung over the house from the night
on which the tragedy, which you wit
messed last night only in imagination,
was worked out in all its dismal reality
within these walls. You will now un-
derstand why 1 requested you to sleep
one night at Gledhills before finally de-
ciding that you would take the house;
and it remains for you to consider wheth-
er your wife, whose health you say is
delicate, could undergo such an ordeal
as she would assuredly have to pass
through the first night of her sojourn
under this roof"


l decided that she could not endure
the trial, and gave up Gledhills.
Year: 1866

THE miniature which her Majesty in
tends for presentation to Mr.. Peabody
has been entrusted for its execution to
Messrs. DickersOn, and the drawing
from which the enamel is to be taken
is now on view at their rooms, New
Bond Street, London. AS a portrait
this elegant work may be considered
small, but the necessities of the art of
enamelling may compel its being limi-
ted to size something between the min
iature and the ordinary chalk drawings
of heads. The Queen is portrayed in
her robes, and it is understood that more
than usual care was to be taken that the
| likeness might be truthful. The face
bears traces of long-continued grief;
the lines are strongly marked round the
mouth and under the eyes, but there is
with this characteristic soft and
thoughtful expression, which the artist
has been particularly happy in giving.
The look and the roundnesS of maturity,
with the firmly-set lips, are somewhat
in contrast with the portrait of the
Queen with which we are familiar. AS
work of art this miniature is of the
highest class, and well suited for trans
fer to enamel, in which difficult and ef-
fective style Mr.. Tilt is about to eXecnte
it. Enamel has been selected on account
of its imperishable qualities, in accord
cnce with the wishes of Mr.. Peabody,
whose intention it is to place the por-
trait in an institution founded by him
in his native town, Boston, United
J Statcs.-LOHdOR Observer.
Year: 1866

A WOMAN has no natural gift more
bcwitching than n sweet laugh. 1t is
like the sound of flutes on the water.
1t leaps from her in clear, sparkling
rill and the heart that hears it feels as
if bathcd in the cool, ,eXhilirating spring.
Have you ever pursued an unseen fugi-
tive through trees, led on by a fairy
laugh-now here, now there, now lost,
now found? We have; and we are pur-
suing that wandering voice to this day.
Sometimes it comes to Us in the midst
of care, or sorrow, or irksome business,
and then we turn away and listen, and
hear it ringing in the room like silver
bell, with power to scare away the evil
spirit of mind. How much we owe to
that sweet laugh! 1t turns prose to
poetry; it filings flowers of sunshine
over the darkness of the wood in which
we are travelling; it touches with light
even our sleep, which is no more than
the image of death, but is consumed
with dreams that are the shadows of
immortality.
Year: 1866

THE springs of everlasting life are
within. There are clear streams gush-
ing up from the depths of the soul, and
flowing out to cnliven the spheres of
outward existence. But like the waters
of SLOAN, they ego swiftly" You
must listen to catch the silvery tones of
the little rill MS it gIides from its noun
tain home; you may not witness its ST.
lent march through the green vale, but
its course will be seen in the fresh Ver-
dure and the opening flowers; its pres
ence will be known by the forms of life
and beauty that gather round it. 1t is
ever thus with the pure. You may not
hear the "still, small voice." or heed
the silent aspiration, but there is moral
influence and holy power which you
will feel. The wilderness is made to
smile, flowers of new life and beauty
suring up and flourish, while an invisi-
BILE presence breathes immortal frag-
rance through the atmosphere.
Year: 1866




The amended Internal Revenue Act of
March 3, 1865, section 6, provides that every
national banking association, state bank, or
State banking association, shall pay a tax of ten
per centum on the amount of notes of any State
bank or State banking ASSOCIATION paid out by
them after the first day of July, 1866; and the
all such notes, or to receive them only at dis
count sufficient TO pay the COST of sending them
home for redemption.


PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES To- DAY
Year: 1866

About two or three weeks ago, in a
house near the fair grounds, in Montgom
cry, Alabama, woman was found dead on
the floor. She had fallen from the bed
and must have died during the night
Around her lay four little daughters, the
oldest one about twelve years of age. Day.
break revealed to them the mothers dead
body lying on the floor. But this was not
all these little girls lying around her
were dying, yes, dying for the want of
bread and attention. In this fix they were
found and brought by some one, in a little
cart to Bishop Copp's Home for Orphans.
They were brought there on Friday. When
these little girls came to the Home they
were the picture of misery and want, and
not scarcely rag on to hide their naked
ness; emaciated and sallow, they looked
like living skeletons, and they were crying
for bread. The baby, about three years of
age, died on Saturday. The poor little
thing was too near gone for any human aid
to do her any good She begged for bread
until she died.


hHo'hSi ohc, uai1eu IIlZZlc, ABOUT seven
or eight yeaas of age, died on Wednesday,
She was Il pretty little girl, but reduced to
mere skeleton. She begge those around
her to give her some meat and bread to the
last. The other two are still at the Home.
1t was thought at first that they would die
too, but the Oldest one, bright little girl.
is Improving Her account of the suffer.
ings they underwent is enough to melt the
hardest heart to tcars-how they cried for
bread and could not get it-that they ha,,
been drawing rations, but when they all
got down sick, they sent their ticket by Il
negro woman, but that the ticket was torn
up and the answer was "no more rations"
and how their poor sick mother the eve
ming before she died, with tears streaming
down her checks, pressed then, to her bo-
som-and much more which this little girl
told me in straightforward manner, ard
which had truth stamped upon what she
said.


The other little girl, named Mary, about
nine years of age, is still very low, and it
IS very doubtful if she will ever get well,
though she has improved some since she
has been at the Home. She at first beg
ged every one that came near her to give
her some meat and bread. as she had been
literally starving.


These are the plain facts as they are
They need no embellishment.
Year: 1866

RELIEF.-The Rome Courier recon-
mends that the law be enacted similar to
one In Kentucky, whereby all real estate
levied on under execution shall, previous
to sale, be aprraised-perhaps the price
at which it was given in on the tax books
In 1860 would answer-and unless two
thirds OF this price, or more, shall be bid
for the property at the sale-the creditors
having the privilege of taking it ut that
price, if he chooses-the sale shall be bar
red, and the property be freed from that
execution and all others, in favor of the
same creditor. for the space of, say, three
years: In Alabama, they have a Law
allowing debtor the right of redemption
to two years on all real estate sold uuder
execution.
Year: 1866

a mining company in Northern Loui
siana, on Friday struck a solid block of
pure lead weighing thirty three tons
Other large blocks were found at dis
tancc of eleven feet below the surface of
the ground.
Year: 1866

rs hereby given that application will be made


at the next sitting OF the Legislature for
n renewal of the act of incorporation of the
Nazareth Presbyterian Church, Spartanburg
District.


Sept 6 80 3m
Year: 1866

TOT some time past there have been in cir
culatlon various reports and rumors to the eff
iec' that carsoes OF freedmen were being run
over rom many Of the ports of the Southern
states 10 cuba and other West India islands,
where they were sold as slaves. OF late these
stories have gained in frequency and definite
ness, and from the amount of evidence adj
duced in support of them it would seem that
there can be little doubt of their truth. In
deed, General Howard, in his address the 9TH
er night in this city, did not hesitate to speak
OF them in such manner as to show his own
belief in their correctness. The negroes are
hired on pretence of being employed at lum-
bering, or other work, in Georgia or Florida,
or some place remote enough to furnish a pre-
text for getting them on board vessel. They
are then rapidly carried over to Cuba, where
purchasers are plenty, and brisk trade Is
driven. Of course the business pays well, as
the stock costs little or nothing.


we presume that measures will be taken
speeduy to put stop to this new process of
"coionizlng" the surplus colored population of
the late revolted States; but the fact that such
a neiarlous violation of every species of law
and justice could be carried ON for months in
the South is sufficient commentary on the
declarations OF those who insist that the ne
gro can find all the instice and protection he
needs in the courts of that section, and that
the Freedmen's Bureau Is only a useless ex-
pense. We believe the loyal people and their
legislators will consider gravely before they
withdraw from the unfortunate freedman,
ground between the upper and neither mill
stones Of halfdeyeloped freedom and halt
relinquished slavery, the only shield which
can afford him any protection against his op-
pressors. -
Year: 1866

LAST BUT NOT LRAsT.-The Portland Price
Current, which Office was among those des-
troyed in the great conflagration on the 4th Of
July, made its temperance on Saturday, in
handsome form, and filled with val liable mer-
camille intelligence. The delay in its appearing
arose from the impossibility of obtaining the
sorts necessary for such paper. We trust
our friend Rich will meet with all the success
he deserves for his enterprise, and that the
Price Current may live and flourish under his
administration
Year: 1866

q The following is the regular Union Republi-
can ticket: See that your vote is like it, and
look out for split tickets. The Copperheads
and Bread and Butter party have got up tick
cts with the name of Chamberlain at the


head, with some of their candidates sandwich
ed in between Republicans. Look out for
them and vote this ticket: ll Tu u
Year: 1866

4 Look out for ballots bearing Chamberlain's
name at the head and Sweat's for Representa-
tive in Congress. We are assured that such
votes have been printed, and every effort will
be made to smuggle them into the ballot-boxes
Year: 1866

We have made special arrangements to re-
ceive the returns from the whole Of this Dis
trict at the earliest possible moment, and ex-
pect to have them in such season as to lay them
before our readers tomorrow morning
Year: 1866

That the contest is between the President
and Congress, and vote for Sweat for Repre-
sentative is a vote plump against the amend
ment designed to equalize the political inAu-
ence of Northern and Southern voters.
Year: 1866

WHERE YOU WILL LEARN THE REsuLT.-The
large and commodious office we formerly occu-
pied in the Fox Block was alive and thronced
on the evenings after elections to hear the re-
suit. as the returns came in from all over the
State. AS our present Office is small and out
OF the way, the returns tonight will be an
nounced at the old City Hall, to which place
all are invited. Next year we hope to have our
Office centrally located, where we can again re-
ceive our friends and impart to them the news.
Year: 1866

THE CATTLE OIsEAsE-The official returns
in England up to the goth ultime show large
increase in cases, amounting 10 the last week Of
December to 7, ,603.


The large mortality in this malady is giving
the stock raisers of the United Kingdoms pro-
digious amount of uneasiness, as is very natural,
considering the losses it involves.


The recent importation of hides stripped from
diseased animals is a warning to US, which we
are glad to know the Secretary Of the Treasury
has not been slow 20 act upon In this oonnec-
ton we take occasion to renew our suggestion
that full publication Of the nature and treat
ment of the disease be made by authority" SO
that the farming interest of the country may be
prepared for the appearance of the disease,
should it, as seems likely, reach this country.
Year: 1866

Being made Of the best material end in the most
approved manner, it is recommended to the public
rs superior any other in the market. All who
have used it speak of it in the highest terms of
praise, and those engaged in its manufacture will
continue their best endeavOrs to advance the high
reputation which it has acquired.


We guarantee the Phosphate to be well manufac-
tured, and recommend it in preference to any other
artificial manure in the market. We consider it
nearly equal to the best Peruvian Guano, although
furnished at half the price,


Messrs II Allen Co, the well known manufac-
turers of agricultural implements, say of it:


eve take pleasure in stating that we have sold f
Goes Super Phosphate of Lime for four years. 1t
has given universal satisfaction to customers.
We most chccrtully endorse it an article worthy
of the confidence of the public and the purchaser
may rely upon securing article honestly and care
fully manufactured.


1--WE would state that, after careful examination,
we believe this Phosphate has been improved each
year since its introduction in this market, and that
il will continue to maintain its present high stand
ing. VERY respectfully,


ar. III. ALLEN 4 CO.,


''No. l9I Water street, New York"
Year: 1866

TnE PCBLrc LAws.-Wi,h this issue OF
the Pilot we send out an extra sheet con-
tanning a large number OF the general laws
passed BY the last legislature. With our
next issue we shall send similar extra,
which will complete the whole list of the
General Laws Of Wisconsin for 1866.
We do this without extra expense to our
readers. and without curtailing the news
columns Of The Pilot in the least. Town
and school officers should preserve these
extra sheets, as the laws in book form
will not oe printed a. Madison for months
to come
Year: 1866

How often do we hear men and wo-
men complain II cannot get anything to
stay on my stomach am compelled to
eat Graham bread and the plainest food,
and then must suffer from it." Reader,
this is Dyspepsia-we bid you eat as
heartily as you please, and any thing you
choose, even the richest food, and if you
will follow it with single spoonful Of
Goes Dyspepsia Cure, you need not fear
any distressing effects from it. 1t is the
greatest remedy in the world for dys-
pepsia, indigestion and all diseases pro-
ceeding from the stomach or bowels
Year: 1866

PETROLEUM. FOR STEAMBoATs.-Perroleu
is to be used as a steamboat fuel. A company
has been organized In Memphis, Tepnesses
which rs building q boat Of not less than fftv
horse power, that will save one third Of the
50 ace devoted 10 fuel, while its ligntness will
greatly lessen the draft of the vessel.
Year: 1866

THE WORK OF FREMovAL.-Workmen are en-.
gagged at police headquarters in removing the
fixtures of the various offices TO the new head.
quarters. the late reside ce of Mayor Wallacb,
on louisiana avenue. near \ street. The hit.
ting up OF the new headquarters will req
week or two for completion, and the official
business Will continue to be transacted in the
present quarters on 10th street, until the new
quarters are perfectly fitted mp
Year: 1866

rY A genius out West, conceiving that a
little powder throws upon some green wood
would facilitate its burning, directed a small
streafn from a keg upon the smoking pilsi
not possessing hand sufficiently quick to
cut this off at a desirable moment, was
blown into million pieces. The coroner
reasoned out this verdict: alt can't be called
suieide; becausehe didn't mean to kill him
sell; and it wasn't visitation God, because
he wasn't strack by lightning; he didn't die
for want of breath, for he hadn't anything
left to breathe with It's plain he didn't
know what be was about; so shall bring IN /,
Died for scant of common sense r