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Year: 1866

A plain spoken Western preacher de-
livered the following from his desk: 81
would announce to the congregation that,
probably by mistake, there was left at
this meeting g-house, this morning, small
cotton umbrella, much damaged by time
and tear, and of an exceedingly pale
blue color, in the place whereof was taken
very large black silk umbrella, and of
great beauty, Blunders of this sort,
brethren and sisters, are getting little
too common"
Year: 1866

when tho humid waters hover
Over all the starry spheres,
And the melancholy darkness
Gently weeps in rainy tears,
What joy to press the pillow
OF q cottage chamber bed,
And listen to the pattsr


OF the rain overhead.
Every tinglc on the shingles .
Has IN echo in the hearts
And thousand dreamy faneies
Into busy being start.
And thousand recollections


Weave their bright hues into woof
As listen to the patter


ofthc rain upon the roof.
Then my little soraph sister,


With her wings and waving hair,
And her bright-eyed cherub brother
A serene, angelic pair!-
Glide around my wakeful pillow
With their praise or mild repro0f,
As listen to the murmur


OF the rain upon the roof.
And another comes to thrill me
With her eyes, delicious blue,
And forget !, gazing on her,


That her heart was e'er untrue;
/ remember but to love her,


With rapture, kin TO pain,
And my hearts quick pulses vibrate,
To the patter Of the rain.
There is naught in arts bravuras
That can work with such a spell
On the spirits pure deep fountains
Whence the holy passions swell,
As that melody Of nature,


That subdued, subduing strain,
Which is played upon the shingles
By the patter of the rain.
Year: 1866

Rev. Ward Beecher crawled through a
"a foot pipe Of his new church organ the
other day, on challenge of one of his
flock. He came out putting and covered
with dust and sweat, and exclaimed as he
touched the floor 81 want no man to
tell ME anything about this organ. ]
know all aboutit have been through
it."
Year: 1866

TRUE RELIGIoN.-Dr. Payson was )
man OF genuine piety, but much opposed
to the noisy zeal that seeketh sto be
known Of men," A young divine, who
was much given to enthusiastic can't, one
day said to him, 'sDo you suppose you
have any real religion Z" No1e to speak
Off was the excellent reply"
Year: 1866

York riots Of 1868 as evidence that the great
majority OF the people OF the North were not
loyal to the Union, as to take the Memphis
riots a. proof that the majority Of the people
Of the South are not sincere in their desire to
be restored to their former relations in the
Union. But what is the purpose Of this report'
II may have been prepared to effect some
object pending the restoration Of Tennessee to
her old position - . member Of the Union.
But il the object was to get up radical sensa-
ton brochure for service in the fall elections,
tho committee have painfully succeeded.
There is. however, . minority report and we
wait to see II printed.
Year: 1866

AN ELEGANT TWO STORY AND ATTIC FRAME
Dwelling with Four Lots of Ground highly improved on
Philip between Chestnut and Coliseum streets Succession
OF the late W. II. Pete, deceased-No IS Second Dis
trict Court Of New Orleans
Year: 1866

ONE of the Philadelphia churches has erected
in the wall OF its vestbue a marble tablet, where
on is inscribed the name and date and place of
death of each of its members who fell victim TO
rebel bullets or to rebel barbaty during the war.
Year: 1866

IT is reported that orders have been received
from Washington to arrest certain New Hamp-
shire woman who in the role of war widow has
been drawing Government pension Of late, but
who is alleged TO be married person.
Year: 1866

The Lost Cause has caused the loss of many legs and arms, and although the names of its maimod and halt are not to be found on the pension list, they will find themselves able 70 buy artificial arms and legs at No 392 Main street, Memphis, Tenn. where they will furnish them at much less figures than many would suppose.
Year: 1866

The Weather for the past week has been cloudy much of the time, giving promise of rain to our anxious farmers but none has yet fallen in this immediate vicinity. This is increasing tue complaints of short crops be- yond what they were in the Spring, when there vas thought to be too much oft,
Year: 1866

EB- Here is as pithy sermon as ever was
preached "Our ingress in life is naked and
bare; our progress in life is trouble and care; ;
our egress out of it we know not where; but
doing well here, we shall do well there; could
not tell more by preaching year"
Year: 1866




D@F- To Northern mem intending to
emigrate and take upsresidences in the
Southern States. the Memphis Post, a
pretty stiff Republican paper, tenders
the following sound advice:


IF any. hare made preparations to
transfer their capital to the South, we
say that they can do so without any se-
rious risk-that they will find. some of
the people through the, codnkry glad to
have them come among them, and eager
to make easy bargains. But do not
come wearing grey coats, and pretend
ing to be renegade Northerners. 1t 10
much better to speak right out; and, if
you have been a very black Republican,
say 80, and you will be more respected,
by all whose respect is worth anything,
than if you tried to play the sneak"
Year: 1866

IRON WoRKrNG.-Yesterday, o firm in
this city who do the largest iron business
in this vicinity paid the expenses back
home of man whom they had sent on to
the North to come here. When he arrived
here they found that they did not have
work for him, in consequence of the dull
ness of trade. This is sufficient commen-
tary on the slowness of business in the
South
Year: 1866

The POLICE OvERCoATs.-The oyercoats
worn by the police at present are white,
and can be seen ut long distance at night;
and in this way q burglar may easily see
and avoid the officers Of the law. We
think it would be well to clothe the men
in overcoats of the same color Of the uni
form, and then the chances Of their being
seen at distance viii be greatly diminish-
ed. The City Council should, at its next
meeting, attend to this matter.
Year: 1866

large proportion of the operatives in our various
Kinds OF shops are not worth $1,000 A wife be.
loved, and confding children cling with fond regard
to the father, liable at any moment to be taken away
with nothing laid by for their comfort and protec.
ton. The annual sum of S25 would pay life poli.
cy that would in the event of death 90 far towards
making them comfortable; and who can not Law
aside for such purpose this small sum, and who
among you ought not to lay it aside? If the family
poor SO much the greater need that this wise pro-
vision be not neglected. AS the ordinary accuInu.
latlons are necessarily slow, requiring years to Law
aside few hundred dollars, how much wiser to make
sure at once large sum by Life Insurance. Take
warning before it is too late
Year: 1866

. There are many persons who have been deferred
from lnsurlng their Lives for the benefit of their
families on account of not being in sound health


l Ihe undersigned is agent for the UNIVERSAL
LII T. INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK
winch company takes risks the lives Of INvALIps
and is also agent for the
Year: 1866




New YORK, May 29.-Dispatches to the
evening papers say the caucus of Republi-
can Senator on the question of reeonstruc-
ton was concluded this morning. 1t is
said they unanimously agreed to strike out
the third section, and substitute therefore
a provision limiting disqualification to hold
Office. Another amendment provides that
whenever State complies with this enact
ment, its representatives shall at once be
admitted into Congress. Another dispatch
says the amendment changes the exclusion
of all voters at the South until 1870 to the
exclusion of the Office holders in the rebel
lion, especially those who deserted the
United States service, but this can be set
aside by two-thirds vote OF Congress at
any time.


Guaranteed.


The national debt created for tho pay
ment of bounties and pensions is to be con-
stitutionally guaranteed.
Year: 1866

We are not in favor Of universal boasting "a
system often employed by others) Of the celebrity
Of this or that medicine, and we keep our praise
until we have positive knowledge of the value OF
virtue Of article. 1t gives us pleasure however
to recommend to our readers DR.. c. W. Robaek's
Stomach Bitters, Blood Purifier and Blood Pills.
The Bitters, we know from experience, give tone
to the stomach, aid digestion and reinvigorate the
system, restoring shattered and broken down con-
stitutions. There can be no better remedy for pu
rifying the blood than the Purifier and Blood
Pills may2s
Year: 1866

SecOnd-But il is asserted in sup
port Of The authority claimed by the
Congress now in possession Of power,
that it flows directly from the laws of
war; that it is among the rights which
victorious war always confers upon tho
conquerors, and which the conqucror
may exercise or waive in his own dis
erection. TO this we reply that the
laws in question relate sololy, so far as


the rights they confer are concerned,
Year: 1866

We give in another column the history of our city
government for the year-as usual record ofextreme
indifference to the interests Of the public, and extreme
solictude for the profits of officials. We find the
debt of the City and County Of New York. at the close
of 1866, to be $3l ,55l ,O59, and summary OF e1-
pensiye legislation which will increase the tax levy,
even above that Of 1865, when $ls,2O3,S52 were
squeezed out Of the pockets of the people We might
care less for this heavy taxation were the
proceeds honestly administered, but it is doubly
oppressive when we know how many millions are
stolen by the Ring
Year: 1866

+ The report of the condition of the New-York hos.
pital for 1906 which We elsewhere print shows that


as usual the receipts Of that valuable institution are
much less than the expenses. The Governors Of the
Hospital will probably again petition the Legislature
for grant asserting that in of its refusal they
win be obliged either TO raise the price Of board for
patients, or to sell the hospital grounds, and
build new hospital uptown. We regret
that this charity which for seventy years
has aided the poor Of the city should itself suffer from
poverty. Yet we think that as the grounds
Of the hospital are valued at s2,5OO,OOO. their
sale would be of far moro benefit to tho city than any
annual allowance from the Legislature. hospital
is needed in the lower part Of the city It is true but


sale Of portion Of the land would still leave the
South House for that purpose and give the Govern
Year: 1866

Councilman Pullman and Alderman Varnum
have, on behalf of the city, brought sut in
the Supreme Court against Charles G. Cor
nell, late Street Commissioner. The charges
are given in detail in another column. Mr.. Cor
nell has escaped the danger of one inyostga-
ton by suddenly resigning his Office. He will
not find it SO easy to escape Judicial process.
For the credit Of the city, we are glad
that the law which sends petty criminals every day to


Jail is about TO take cognzance Of the acts Of public
officer who if he be guilty of half of what is charged
against him, ought long since to have been removed.
Year: 1866

TKLEGRAPH TO THK TRIBUNE.


BosroN Dec 27.--Ex-Gov. Boutwell, delivered a
lecture in this city this evening upon the subject OF The
restoration Union aud its relation TO business In the
outset he that the restoration OF the Union was most I'M
poran business community and should be carefully con


ered by them He then clearly defined what was meant by
immediate restoration which many urged impatent It meant


the return to power who had been Rebels and who were
Rebels who unquestounby seek the destruction OF the
Government After showing by figures that Slavery had
ended prevent the growth Of the population Of the South
and development OF its be discussed the various
plans offered for reconstruction lie condemns the Presidents
plan and also that which suggested only the adoption OF The
Constitutional Amendment simply restoration Of power
to the Rebels and return of the ancient order Of
things The plan proposed by many admitting the states
when thoy should adopt the Amendment and also system Of
impartial restricted suffrage basis q education Ion or % %psSPsTy M
ala would give 70 the heDes mo


vss keop the cooTed population education and thus
push from the ballot box The only plan that wond be
lust held the adoption OF the Amendment IN addition
to q law OF UBiyersl Suffrage.
Year: 1866

to have worked in faithful spirit Of economy and en-
terprise, and the Fire Insurance Companies oil the
city, in presenting each member of the force with
policy Of insurance Of $1,000 against acoidents, did
no more than these hardworking and not over-Paid
men have earned With this exhibition of the con-
dition of the Department the public has reason to be
satisfied. and in the coming year experience and ad-
ditionc legislation should make it even efficient
Year: 1866

Gov. Fletcher shows every disposition to withdraw
his militia from the bushwhacking counties OF Mis-
souri, as soon as he can be assured that the political
allies of the Rebel outlaws will not suffer the law to
be overthrown and its ministers assaed. There has
been great oucry from the chastised counties but
we believe that on the whole the militia have done
n good work
Year: 1866

NASHVILLE, Dec N.-For sometime past many agents
Of houses in Western and Eastern cities have been sell
ing goods by sample for representation Tonight the
Common Council passed an act providing that all so sell
ing shall first pay $500 for annual license and shall
give bonds in the OF 5000 with two securities living
in Davidson County, conditioned on making accurate
monthly exhibit TO the Recorder of Sales and payment
thereon Of Q tax Of one per cent.
Year: 1866

The Connecticut River Railroad is about to build
branch track TO the lower end of Holyoke The track
viii be three-quare OF mile long The double track
of the Western Railroad s completed TO wcsGcG.
and will he next Washington, which win give
double track from Albany TO Worcester
Year: 1866

NEW SCHOOL Ho,s ss.-Tie German
Lutheran congregation on the south side
propose 10 erect the coming season large
school house adjoining their church The
building will he "a by Al. two st"rie-
high and Is much needed for that growing
denomination.
Year: 1866

successful as the little boys attempt to at-
tract the moon, who, having heard his
father read about the Attraction of Grav-
itation, got it in his head to attract the
Moon 50 as to make her tend nearer to
the Earth, as be was desirous of getting
. nearer view Of that luminary, and so
one evening while the moon was rising he
was found by his father, holding up hot
buckwheat cake in the air, when his faith
er inquired what he was doing, the boy
replied with philosophical coolness, ~ am
trying, with this cake, to attract TIE Moon
and l have pulled her out considerably
from behind that mountain" His father
laughed at him and told HIM that the
Moon was yet all right, and in its natural
course.


So with the Democratic Party and An
drew johnson; thsy may boast tina: they
have "pulIed him out" already "cousid-
erably" from behind that Mouutain-the
Republican party-yet, when they come
to examine closely, they will find their
mistake.


An editor Of Democratic paper was
overheard the other evening to say to q
friend, "when 1 look over my files of the
last four years, l am ashamed to say q
word in vindication of Johnson's admin
is.ra.ion, aud yet it is the only thing we
can do to make US name again." These
are the reasons why they sustain him in
outward appearances; it is not that the


President is tending any nearer their
views, o. that they have changed their
principles tor the better.


EAST END.
Year: 1866

ABOUT SLEIGH RIDING AND WIDOWS.
"A friend of ours Who has made sleigh
riding the study of his life, assured us
that widows (young Of course whore the
best consolation in a sleigh ride. They
are reputed dangerous, but the peril, per-
haps, enhances the pleasure. If wild
ow is not attainable, the single blessed
are eligible as substitutes. Very young
ladies' are not desirable they are apt to
get frightened if the horse should run
away, and don't enjoy the spills" It
requires a GOOD deal of dexterity to con-
due: the "spills" properly. Care should
be taken in the selection OF a spot where
the snow is pretty deep. The lady should
have time to compose herself gracefully
for the plunge The gentleman should
throw somersault over the lady, SO as
not to fall on her when she is shot out
The lady should be pitched out gracefully
at the side of the sleigh. In case she is
buried deep in the snow bank, do not at
temp to pull her out by her balmorals, or
wait until she is thawed OFT out, Drive
to the nearest hotel, take drink, borrow
a shovel, and go back and dig her out
like a man.
Year: 1866

There is q mysterious feeling that fire.
quently passes like cloud over the spir-
it. 1t comes upon the soul in the busy
hustle of life, in the social circle, in the
calm and silent retreat of solitude. Its
poweris alike supreme over the weak
and iron-hearted. At one time it is
caused by single thought across the
mind. Again a sound will be booming
across the ocean of memory, gloomy and
solemn as the death-knell, overshadow-
ing all the bright hopes and sunny feel
ings of the heart. Who can describe it,
and yet who has not felt its bewitching
influence? Still it is a delicious sort of
sorrow, and like cloud dimming the
sunshine of the river, although casting
momentary shade of gloom, it enhan-
ces the beauty of returning brightness
Year: 1866

Pastures notin real good heart, may
be greatly benefited at this season, by
shutting the stock out of them for q few
days, and giving them light dressing
of ashes, bonedust and plaster, or Of
good superphosphate of guapo,
Year: 1866

The most favorable circumstances for the
production of a miasmatic epidemic-speedy,
maligant and wide spreading-are the
exposure of the muddy bottom of pond or
sluggish stream to the beaming heat of a
Summers sun. In less than a week whole
neighborhoods have been stricken with dis
ease, yet, under such circumstances, and &C.
cording to the we'll established laws of mias-
ma, FIVE families may dwell within half
mile of a drained mill pond, and yet only
one will suffer from it, while the other four
will remain exempt from unusual disease
First-If o rapid stream of considerable
width runs between the drained pond and
the house. Second-If there is interposed a
thick hedge or growth of living, luxuriant
trees or bushes. A treble row of sunaowers
is known to have answered the purpose in
repeated cases. Third-Ie the prevailing
winds from June to October are from the
house toward the pond. Fourth-If the
house be on a steep hill.


The reasons for the exemptions are here
shortly recapitulated. First-Miasma does
not cross a wide rapid stream. Second
Miasma is absorbed by thick, living luxuri.
ant foliage. Third-Miasma cannot travel
against the wind. Fourth-Miasma cannot
ascend high, steep hill. There is no mys-
terry in these variations, nor any complexity,
when the laws of masma are thoroughly un.
derstood.


1t will be particularly useful for the young
farmer, in pecuniary point of view, to
understand, further. that in one year a
house on the bank of mill pond or sluggish
stream may be visited with sickness; the
very next year that same house may be
exempt because it is a very cold Summer;
the third year it will escape because it is
very hot Summer the fourth year it will be
a very beautiful habitation because it has
been very wet Summer. Why these vari.
ations?


First-Miasma cannot form. or if it does,
cannot rise through foot or two of depth of
water, and the wet Summer kept the pond
covered. Second-The hot Summer dried
the bed of the pond to dust, and there can be
no miasma without dampness. Third--The
cold Summer did not give the degree of heat
necessary to the generation OF miasma; that
is, eighty degrees of Fahrenheit. These
principles fully explain the apparent mys-
terry of the epidemics in New Orleans.


An illustration of the laws of miasma,
during cholera Summer in Boston, under
the following circumstances The city au-
thorities inaugurated most perfect system
of cleanliness Efforts were made to procure
tie services of the most reliable men to visit
every house from cellar to garnet, and com.
pei the removal of everything which could
have even remote tendency to invite the
scourge The results were admirable; there
was not single case of cholera, except in
very restricted district; in fact, only one
family was attacked. A more special exam
ination was instituted, when there was
found, in a remote corner Of the cellar,
large pile of the accumulations of bad house
keeping for years, and this was in state of
putridity. On its removal and the plenti.
full use of the most powerful disinfectants,
the disease at once disappeared, and it did
not return.
Year: 1866

ANNOUNCING Hrs Own HEAD OFF.-The
editor of the San Jose Mercury, who holds the
Federal Office of Quicksilver Inspector, throws
up the sponge in the following style:


We learn from reliable authority that the
fat has gone forth, and that as soon as our
successor can be named and qualified. we
shall be relieved from further care of Uncle
Samuel's interest in the quicksilver business
of this District Bro. Mccullough is slightly
of the opinion that we are not "sound" on
the g Presidential goose" You are right,
Mac, we think Andy is the biggest sell"
that was ever perpetrated upon this nation
and if the country survives his "my policy"
management. it will be because there is q
power behind him greater than himself-the
American people-which with Gods help is
all sufficient to save and redeem this nation.
All right; we are not at all disappointed l.
Five hundred new subscribers wanted for the
Year: 1866

The Washington Constitutional
Union, in long and carefully written
editorial article on the relations Of the
Democratic party to the President uses
the following significant language:


President johnson is the natural and
inevitable leader OF the Democracy in
the great battle now going on for consti-
tutional liberty There is, on the part
of the Democracy, the most cordial feel
ing toward such Republicans as shall
break loose from the trammels of faction
and take their stand with MS for the Con-
stitution. We know no difference be-
tween such men as Cowan, Dixon, Nor
ton, Doolittle, and others OF like charac-
ter, and our own accepted leaders. They
deserve to be sustained and honored in
their positions, and they will be.


We repudiate every idea that the Pres,
ident looks to the formation Of a third
party to supersede the Democratic or
oaniz alton, or that he supposes such a
scheme capable Of accomplishment, even
if it were desirable. Still less can We
believe that he cherishes any purpose OF
so distributing the honors and patronage
of his administration that the laborers of
the only conservative organization in the
land shall be permanently excluded from
all participation therein. Rome was not
built in a day. The Democracy are not
starving for Office, nor need they be in a
hurry. They and all sensible men know
that the President has hardly yet begun
to consider, still less to act on these
questions; but we have assurances that
he will not overlook the great party on
which ne now leans for support.
Year: 1866

A gentleman in the environs of Paris
has, in a collection Of curiosities which
he greatly values, relic of high interest
to Americans The article is small
box, brought to France by Lafayette, a
present from lady of Philadelphia,
The four sides Of the box are made OF
black walnut, from the tree which once
stood in the yard in front OF lnde,,
pendence Hall. The cover is composed
of four pieces. One is made from an
oak, cut down when the first house was
built on the site of Philadelphia; another,
a bit of the wood of bridge built across
the Savannah in 1888; the third, part
Of the celebrated elm tree under which
Penn signed his treaty with the Indians :
and the fourth goes back still farther 1t
is stated to be a piece of mahogany
from the habitation built and occupied
by Christopher Columbus in 1894.