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Year: 1866

Above all subjects study thine own self For
no knowledge that terminates in curiosity or
and Of all useful knowledge that is most 50
which consists in the due care and just notions
Of ourselves. This study is debt which every
one owes himself Let us not then be so lavish,
50 unjust, as not to pay this debt: be spending
some time at least # we cannot all, or most Of
our time and care, upon that which has the
most indeteasible claim to it. Govern your pas
sions, manage your actions with prudence, and
where false steps have been made, correct them
Tor the future. Let nothing be allowed to grow
hleadstrong and disorderly but bring all under
discipline. Set all your faults before your eyes
and pass sentence upon yourself, with the same
severity as you would do upon another, for
whom no partlality hath biassed your Judgment
--BcrRarG
Year: 1866

A committee Of three ladies' was appointed to
superintend the distribution for each State-a
list of which will be published in few days.
In addition to the appropriation above, about
$4,000 will remain as a reserved fund in the
hands Of the Executive Committee to increase
allotment to such State as may require it, and
has been 50 far developed as to make it certain
that it's aggregate proceeds viii not be less than
one hundred and sixty thousand dollars The
entire expenses will not exceed three thousand
dollars.
Year: 1866




The Washington correspondent Of the Gin
cinnati Commercial writes


\ ''The country may as well understand now as
be compelled to learn it when too late, that the
impeachment Of the President means the in
auguration Of a civil war, which must be fought
out, not in the distant South, and along the
Mississippi River but in every city and village
of the North: commencing in the city Of Wash
ington"


There is truth in the above. IF we had a
Constitutional House OF Representatives to i'm
peach, and Constitutional Senate to try the
President, it would be different. That officer
could not and would not interpose anything to
prevent it, But DOW it is folly to suppose that
a Congressional Rump embracing only portion
of the States,. which by physical force excludes
the others from participation in its deliberations
would be allowed to proceed further in its career
of usurpation, by exercising the executive pow
Ell also. .ITlcls4


A full Senate to try the President would con-
sist OF seventy-two members, two from each Of
the thirty-six States in the Union To convict
would require two-thirds, or forty eight Sena-
tors There are but fifty members of the Rump,
all told, of whom not over thirty-two could be
induced to sustain an impeachment. Neither
the President nor the country would allow its
Executive to be removed from Office by less than
ltwo-thirds of the Senate Of the United States.
An attempt to do SO would be an act of revolu-
ton in the Government, full of personal peril to
al engaged in it. The President is the repre-
sentative of all the States and will not be re-
moved by any tribunal less broad and extensive
than that = Cincinnati Eng -
Year: 1866

Col. CALKINs, of the Madison Union
writes rs follows of pair of Wisconsin
chaps. MATHEWS CARPENTER, wants
notoriety, and Charley Robinson of the
Adrocate was always humbug; we are
growing tired of men to whom you canno,
tie:


There are two "War Democrats" who dc
not seem to know that the war is over, and
who are determined to keep fighting. The
editor of the Green Bay Adrocate, who


split his ticket at the Presidential election
supporting Mcclellan and boiling Pen
dleton-is one of them. Matt Carpenter
is the other man, so blind to the signs oil
the times, that he does not know Lee has
surrendered and that there is not rebel in
arms against the government. The other
fact is just as ratent. Those who were in
rebellion have had the spirit Of rebellion
thoroughly whipped out of them; they
cannot be said to love the Union with the
devotion of soldiers who fought for it; but
they have longing desires to again be with
in its embrace, and under the protecting
folds of the Union flag. Yet this brace Of
''War Democrats" are disposed to still re-
gard them as at war, and cherish towards
them the vindictive hate that inspires ene-
mics foot to foot, and point to point op-
posed"


Can it be that these men are blinded by
anything else but the very fanaticism Of
patriotism Can it be that they are sore,
and sour, and disappointed-or that they
are susceptible to radical fattery, and
other radical seductive influences?
Year: 1866

An unhappy French husband has ap-
piled for divorce in the Partisan courts
on the ground that his wife put paine on
her face to prevent his kissing her, and
that "when she went to bed she immedi-
ately fell asleep, without thinking of God
or her husband"
Year: 1866

Grave diggers at the Petersburg crater
recently unearthed, in an excellent state of
preservation, the body of white woman,
dressed in the Federal uniform. She had
been shot through the head.
Year: 1866

AS single straw among ten thous-
and showing that the "situation is not
accepted" at the South, and that there
exists determination to force upon
the people of the North the acceptance
of the doctrine that there is no treason
or offence in war upon the Govern
ment, we take the following from a
published in the Nash
vile Union and Americana devoted
Johnson paper:-- i


1 am no traitor, no rebel, nor ever
was. My State was never in rebellion,
so far from it, there has never been a
rebel in Tennessee. The charge has
been, and is, SANDER; and though
thousands, innocent as myself, have
been made in effect, to confess the
crime, by accepting the amnesty offer
ed, this is only a greater aggravation,
wrenching, as it does, confession of
crime where none existed.


/ charge that Tennessee and all my
rights were unconstitutionally and un-
lawfully invaded-and that by the
very power created for our protection
Year: 1866

FFIEND WILL: This is great
country. We have fight every day
with the id niggers. You can bet
we slaughter them by the wholesale.
l think in the course of few years
we will have white settlement. Tell
your father-in-law am making good
use of the revolver he gave me.


Yours truly, Il. Il. B,
Year: 1866

WASHINGTON Jan'y 2-In the Supreme Court Of
the United States. to-day, Justice Clifford delivered
the opinion of the Court in the case of an appeal
from the District Court of Wisconsin. in which the
Milwaukee and Chicago Railroad Company was the
lefendent. 1t appears that certain mortgaged prem
ises several times offered for sale, but not sold
and that the appellant claimed possession on the
ground that he was the highest bidder. But the Su-
preme Court holds that biddngs at auction mere
Offers and that there is no binding obligation until
the consent of both parties is given. In other words
there must be mutual understanding to definite
agreement. As the auctionecr may refuse to strike
off the property to the highest bidder so bid may
be withdrawn before the hammer falls. The Court
said that Justice has been done and all parties are
satisfied excepting the appellant and that the decree
of the District Court is affirmed. with costs.
Year: 1866

HOLIDAY STREET THEATRE.-The Naiad Queen
will be presented tonight. 1t will be withdrawn af-
ter this weok, so that those who have not seen it
should avail themselves of the present opportunity


FRONT STREET THEATRE.-Homan Opera troupe in
Blue Beard and an operetta.


MARYLAND INsTITrTE.-Alyne the Wizard
Year: 1866

Gold Pens.
In solid Gold Holders!
In solid Silver Holdersl
Suitable for Ladies!
Suitable for Gentlemenl
Twill please the ladies and the men.
Each line they write they'll bless the pen;
The giver bless, and praise the taste
That gave for use and not for ,caSte-


A Good Gold Pen!
Year: 1866

The General Land Office has just submitted for the
approval of the Secretary of the Interior tifcat


auth rzing the State of Iowa to select 81 in
that State as indemnity for like quantity claimed
as swamp in MuScatine county, but which had been
disposed of by the general agent fast or hard - J.
Year: 1866

pE~Love is as necessary to a woman's
heart as a fashionable bonnet to her head,
Indeed we think, rather more so; for moth.
ing less than large measure Of love VIII
content her; whereas the recent fashion has
shown that she can be satisfied with very
little bonnet.
Year: 1866

lhese insects, which have DESTROYED
the crops in many portions of our Terri
tory, are now ravaging the farms of the
adjoining States. 1t is well known that
they made their. exit over a month ago,
and darkened the sun in passing from
the valleys which they had invaded.
Ihe point to which this army moved is
unknown; but we will throw out the
suggestion that its corps are sweeping
the helds that are located many miles
from the Gallatin The Kearney Herald
of the 7th says:


"The grasshoppers have passed on in
southeriy direction, leaving nothing
above ground but cottonwood and sand.
burrs, to tell the destructive tale


The Colorado press contains accounts
OF their devastating march in that sec
tion, although they are not So numerous
as they were two years since. The early
grains have been harvested, but they
VIII obtain half the corn crop. In Ne
braska, Kansas and the northern parts
OF Utah, the laborer is vanquished, and
they easily steal the results of many
years of industry. 1t is becoming a
serious problem for the ranchman to
consider how his future toll will be
attectad by this pest. If the loss was
merely temporary and confined to the
present season, there would be no occa-
sion for the detection which prevails.
But the question, whether or not, the
succeeding seasons will be cursed like
the present, causes much anxiety. We
have consulted the limited number of
works on natural history at our com
mand, but have been unable to gain any
knowledge OF Importance to the agricul-
tural world. There is an opinion, or
faith, that is upheld by many Montana
farmers, that their districts will not be
disturbed during the next summer
because they have been favored with
unwelcome visits in the past two years
While trusting that this may be the
fact, we fear that there is no substantial
basis for it.


In the absence of definite information
the best advice we can give is taken from
this extract in the Salt Lake 7sleqraph: ::
" In case it should, however, our advice
to our farmers would be, act just contrary
TO what the Colorado farmers have re-
solved to do-instead of sowing nothing,
SOW more than the usual quantity of
grain, SO that should there be heavy
grasshopper visitation next year on the
young crops, there may be enough for
grasshoppers and people too, that after
the hungry insects shall have filled
themselves to repletion they may go on
their way rejoicing, to visit and bless
other sections, leaving the people of
Utah still with plenty of bread in their
cupboards."
Year: 1866

THE MINES OF UTAH.-The mining
interests of Utah are now reaching q
stage of development that ensures their
worth and reliability. At Stockton one
small furnace is now at work turning out
bona fide silver bricks. while on one OF
two others, on a more extended scale,
are approaching completion. DR.. Con
gar, who came in from the Cottonwood
mines yesterday, informs us that his fur
naces at that place are turning out metal
in large quantities, and within six days
he will be at work running out pure sill
yer bricks. Parties are also engaged in
erecting furnaces at the Bingham Can
yon Mines, with every prospect of sue
cess. while from Pahranagat, which is
now supposed to be part of Nevada,
although the mines are being worked
mostly by partieSfrom this city, we re-
ceiye the most encouraging reports. We
have seen one five pound silver brick
which was turned out by one OF the fur
naces lately constructed in that section.
SAT- Lake Yedette.
Year: 1866

There is no filter Illustration of the difference between the great parties North in all things pertaining to harm ony, peace and good will to men, than is found in the prayers of the reverend gentlemen ill the two conventions late ly convened in Philadelphia.

 In the National Union Convention which met August lfth, Rev. |. N. McDonough delivered the opening prayer. It was prayer of confession and of supplication, bearing upon it's face deep piety and humble reliance :; altogether such q prayer as . christian and man of God only could pray. Not so the prayer of Rev. Dr. Newman of the Radical Convention. Ill his prayer tho reverend Doctor assumes a dictatorial position, and tells the Lord what ho ought to do, using language that would hardly be admissible in q street haranguc. So full arc these Rev. Radicals of enmity against the South. and against the President, and against all true men, that they have notin their heart room fora good thought; they think the Lord altogether such an one as they are, and address him accord inglv.
Year: 1866

The Mobile Times says Yesterday a portion of the city in the neighborhcod of the jail. was thrown into confusion by the announcement that six Contederates had been uuearthed by the chain gang, while removing tho oextensive breastwork north west of the jail

 The attention of Captain Seymour was suddenly attracted by loud exclamation from one of the negroes, and he hastened to the spot, where he was ;lstonishea to sec the ground falling in. After a moments hesitation men were put to work, digging as If for dear life around the spot, and the captain was soon satisfied that he had stumbled upon cave of some description s Further digging developed an opening, and, to the great astonishment of the party. head was thrust therelrom and rapidly withdrawn.

 Thinking something must be wrong further assistance was summoned. and. after additional shoyeling to enlarge the entrance six individuals YVES dragged into daylight, much against their will.

 Everybody was astonished 1t the circum- stance, especially as the prisoners had every appearance of Confederates, On investiga- tion it was discovered the cave, through the side of which the chain-gang had bro ken, had an outlet at the foot of the old moat, among some thick and impenetra- ble bushes, and that these Confederates. having determined never to surrender. had taken refuge in this cave, and remain ed there concealed ever since the capture of Mobile. How they managed to subsist, is difficult to tell but it may be that parties living in the neighborhood may be able to give some information on that head.

 This story is improbable on it's face, but does not appear so after an investigation Captain Seymour had all six conveyed to the guardhouse, where they were last night visited by many citizens.

 It is stated by party who was one of the defenders ot the city that, at the time of the surrender, he had heard that club had been formed, called the 'Alligators,n who had sworn to burrow before they would surrender.
Year: 1866

MIR. EDITOR: Iuasmuch as very many
persons are interested, and much has been
said Oh the ways and means of discharging
the Indebtedness Of the people of our coun'
try, l will also give my opinion. Hitherto,
little or nothing has been effected towards
this epd by public meetings or Legislative
action, except that few mouths of time is
afforded, wherein debtors may do much with
their creditors, towards an adjustment of
their debts.


1t seems to me that the ways and means
of settling our debts, is properly within the
province Of the contracting parties. and not
by legislative or other action; and when all
other means fail to afford relief to debtors,
then appeal may be made to legislative ac-
ton, to place the debtor beyond the power
of an Unsuitable creditor.


Various platforms have been suggested
on which to settle rule for the canceling
of debts 1t seems to me tiat no rule can
be set up for this matter, without having
many exceptions, by which any thing like a
near approach can be made to moral justice


L say nothing Of legal justice) alike to
debtor and creditor, for the following rea-
Sons:


l. The attendant circumstances uuder
which credit has been given and prom
Uses to pay have been made are various,
and are irreduoible to an unit.


g The basis on which very much Of the
credit in our country was rredicated, and
GU the legal possession Of which the prom.
ises TO pay we're made, has been irretreVa-
bly, swept away. l. By the action of an ir-
resiStable and irresponsible military power.
2. BY conventional power of our own
State. So that the Governments which
vested in our people the legal right Of prop
erty in slaves, have destroyed that right
against our wills. Whether now the pecu
mary losses so produced by the operations
of the late war shall fall on the creditor
alone, or debtor alone, or on both alike,
may become mooted question. A credi-
tor will demand full payment from his cred
tor, and plead the civil law in his proteo.
ton as the rule of right action in the case.
4 debtor may resist his demands and plead
his non obligation for the payment of the
whole, and claim his exemption from some
part of his debt upon the ground that he
has been robbed BY government Of all, or
part of his available means, which had been
the basis of all his promises to pay, and
that robbery Was done in common cause,
for which he had no redress and that he
is, therefore, made unable to pay the whole
debt.


This inability of the debtor, it will be
oontended by the creditor, is not his release
from his legal obligation to make good his
promise to pay, aud having no other um-
pire to decide between the contracting par
ties, we will not be able to set up rule for
all the cases of Indebtedness among US, ex-
cept the civil law.


Mr. Editor, it seems to me that certain
Year: 1866

grain growing and stock raising. 1t pro-
duces foe corn, wheat and oats, and no
part of the United States, perhaps, produ.
ces finer apples than some counties in north
Arkansas Owing to the sbortuess of the
winter, stock require much less feed than
in the colder regions of the extreme north.
Before the war, droves of cattle were driven
from this section to Illinois, and thence to
the New York market.


Horses and mules though, were generally
driven to south Arkansas and Louisiana,
and sold to tie cotton planters Sheep do
we'll, and there is an abundance of water
power sufficient to drive any quantity of
machinery. In this part of the State are
numerous lead mines, and fine beds of coal
and iron are said to exist 10 many places.
Considering its bealtbfulness, its capacity
for producing grain, and its mineral treas
ures, it is easy to see that energy and et-
terprise, with a deuser population and
few railroads, are all that is needed to make
this valuable section of the State


So far, have only spoken of the ssri-
cultural resources of the State But many
intelligent men believe that the mineral
wealth which lies hid 10 its bosom is equal,
perhaps to any State east Of the Mississippi,
and that great fortunes are awaiting those
who understand the mining business, and
bring the requisite capital and to the
task. There are said to he valuable mines
of lead, iron and coal in various parts of the
State, besides manganese, pluubago or
black lead, and other minerals Some OF
these mines have been worked, and, after
few years, abandoned for want of energy,
want of means or some other cause.


The true difficulty, l appreheud, was that
as lcug as slavery existed, everybody's am
bition was "to make more cotton to buy
more negroes to make more cotton" and
the mineral treasures and every other source
of wealth in the State was neg lected.-
Within ten or fifteen miles of Little Rock,
the capitol of the State, there are valuable
lead mines, and also bed of coal Within
less distance there is bed of the finest
haolin, or porcelain clay On the Ouachita
are fue quarries of slate, and everybody has
heard of the Arkansas whetstones, which are
already worked to some extent, and the pro
ducts exported to the eastern cities Why is
it these various mines have not been more
generally worked2 see no reason but the
want of enterprise, and the fact mentioned,
that cotton was the absorbing pursuit, aud
swallowed up every other ambition. Since
the abolition of slavery it is to be hoped
that new era will dawn upon the State
for Development; and the increase of mate
rial prosperity seems to be the necessary law
of free institutions All that is needed, it
would seem, to make our mineral resources
a source of wealth and profit, is the right
sort of men, to take hold and "carry things
through" But, to do this, capital is sad
ly needed, for the war has left most of the
people in an impoverished condition, and is
to the north and east We must look for the
capital to carry on new enterprises" B.
Year: 1866

Tho London Tunes, OF Monday, April I6 says:-fhere
but no one now looks for any rapid rebor.nd Con,
hdence has been entirely destroyed, and any
attempt 70 check the blind panic by argument
would have the effect OF making mate,s worse since the
excitement Of fear would but ind el in the belief that
the effort was merely made TO mitigate worse disasters
than were seen to be approaching The only chance
any sudden turn In the markets would be from the actual
common coment of war the Continent, which would
change at once the current attention. and most probably
have an influence the course of money directly op
posite 70 that apparently contemplated.
Year: 1866

The preparations on board the Great Eastern Tor re-
cevng the new Atlantic cable have been completed and
the slowing away OF the cable in the tanks commenced
Saturday. AT the end OF June the beginning Of
July the Great Eastern will laying the cable
Year: 1866

telegram from Pesth of April IA says:-Both houses
Of the Diet sat today for the first time in the Guild
ing. The President of the lower House. opening the
sitting expressed the wish that the welfare OF the coun.
try might be established nrm basis and said
that the only means by which II could be secured
the rc-estabshment Of legal and constitutional state
OF things In Hungary He stated also that the country
earnestly desired that the Emperor should soon be
crowned King of Hungary.


The members OF theeft and centre Of the upper house
Of the Diet have, in private conference resolved to
vote the adoption OF the second address of the lower
house without sny mod ification.


On April 10th the upper house was 10 hold a pubic
sitting for discussion OF the address.
Year: 1866

New YORK, May '25.-At an early hour
this morning q fire broke out in the
freight depot belonging to the Hudson
river, on 18th Avenue and 32d Street.
The fire spread rapidly and in less than
an hour one large buildinL was com.
pletely destroyed, together with two
freight sheds, with Is or 20 loaded cars
and about one thousand bales of hay
and two horses. The loss could not be
correctly estimated, but will probably
amount to GO or $4,000.


Wall street was excited yesterday
with q report of an embezzlement in the
Irving Bank. The first story was, that
the amount involved, was over S300,000
but subsequent investigations reduce ii
to about $4,000. A young man, son OF
clergyman, whose name is withheld, a
book keeper in the bank, is tie guilty
party He was arrested and admitted
his guilt, and has returned part of the
money. The standing of the bank will
not he affected
Year: 1866

Men who are worth having, want
women for wives. A bundle OF gcw-
gaws, bound with string of fats and
quayers, sprinkled with cologne, and
set in carmine saucer-this is no
belp for man who expects to raise a
family of boys on veritable bread and
meat.


The piano and the lace frame are
good in their places; and 50 are rib.
bons, friIl and tinsel, but you cannot
make dinner of the former, nor q
bed blanket of the latter. And awful
as the idea may seem to you, both
dinner and bed blanket are necessary
TO domestic happiness. Life has it's
realities as well as fancies; but you
make it matter of decoration, re-
membering the tassels and curtains,
but forgetting the bedstcad. Suppose
a young man of good sense, and of
course good prospects, to be looking
for wife-what chance have you to
be chosen? You may decoy him OF
trap him. or catch him; but bow much
better to make it an object for him to
catch you. Render yourself worthy
of catching, and you will need no
shrewd mother or managing broth
ers to help you find a market.