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Year: 1867

not sent to take his son on a diplomatic
mission, but only trip for his health.
A resolution will probably be offered in
the House calling on the Navy Depart
ment to state what expense was de-
volved on the Treasury by the accident
to the Gettysburg in getting aground,
and the subsequent employment of the
Don to take her place also, what viii!
he the cost to the public of the trip, and
also under what law man, ot-war is
placed at the disposal of a member Of
the family Of Cabinet officer for voy-
AGE OF pleasure and recreation.
Year: 1867

THE CONDEMNED FENIANs.-lt Is be-
lieved in many quarters tEat the com
mutation Of the sentence of the COO
demned Fenians to twenty years i'm
prisonment is only prelude 10 an un-
conditional pardon in due time. After
holding McMahon, Lynch and their con-
demned fellows for a short period, some
what in the character Of hostages for
the future good behavior of the Order,
they will doubtless be set at liberty and
the fate of those who organized and
conducted the June raid, will serve as an
effectual warning against future mad en-
terprisps in the same direction.
Year: 1867

The meeting of "friends of pro-
tective policy" to consult in regard
to the propriety of supporting Gen
eral Hayes, Or the advisability Of
boiling the nomination, took place
on Thursday in CARROTS Hail.
There were sac persons present, all
told; four sat in the middle Of the
hall, to represent the Wool Growers
Association, and two sat by the win
dow as the other ''friends DC" not
in the wool interest. We believe
they decided not to upset the course
of human events, and the world will
therefore continue to revolve on it's
axis at its accustomed rate of speed.
|-Oevezand Herald.
Year: 1867

The legal tender notes Of the Gov.
ernment are promises to pay dollars,
and some people seem to entertain the
belief that this means to pay gold and
silver, though nothing is said in re-
lation TO either of those metals. A
paper dollar is paper dollar- it will
pay any debt either of a pss ~
private nature. No one is coz EEesy
TO receive it in payment for M laf
die of any kind, though it cagas4 g
refused In the payment Of 3 y -
Any ore anxious for specie pa n
may decline receiving anythSG2 &
gold, or silver, or copper. or
or iron. or any other metal nrex-
change for his goods; and any one
who thinks it proper thing to do
may decline giving anything but gold
and silver in exchange for what he
buys. The paper dollars of the
Government may easily be converted
INTO g"ld, or silver, or copper just az
they may be converted into beer or
bread, or lumber, or sheeting. To
call them inconyertable, as Mr.. Nc
Culloch does, is simply false-bucaus
they can be converted into ANYTHING.
The paper dcllar is our standard Of
value, and gold and silver vary in
price the same as other commodities
do.-The gold dollar is worth eight
cents more than the silver dollar: and
although il j. supposed to represent
one hun lred Of the one cent coins
The only dollars. therefore, which are
really what they pretend to be are the
legal tender paper dollars. These pa
per dollars have answered all the pur-
poses for which currency is needed
during the tremendous trials of the
past six years and there il no reason
why they should not continue to do
so for six years more, or for sixty, if
the need should exist for them.-N


!. Ind pendent.
Year: 1867

Deceased Chinese, it is announced,
will be the chief articles Of export
from California when the new steam
ship line between San Francisco and
China is in operation. The Celestials
cannot bear to be buried in q foreign
country.
Year: 1867

ARKANsAs.--Andrew Hunter, recently
elected to the United States Senate. is q
Methodist minister, and the Memphis
CHristian 1drocote protests against his
acceptance on that account 1t says;


Conceding that DR.. Hunter possesses
in high degree the intellectual and NOR
al qualities becoming in United States
Senator, we do most earnestly hope that
he will respectfully decline this office
This is our hope, because already he
holds, and should fill a higher and better
Office, the duties of which are imperative
on him, and most important to be per
formed, in view of the welfare of the
church and of society in his State Leg
islators and Congressman certainly ought
to be Christian men, but not Christian
ministers These ought not to come
down from the pulpit to occupy even the
highest stations Of earthly honor and re.
sponsibility
Year: 1867

ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO EVENING TELEGRAPH.l


WASHINGTON, April 8.
The Movements OF Sem RtOr Cameron, and


the Philadelphia Appointments.


The visit Of Senator Cameron to Harrisburg
on Saturday is one of peculiar significance. 1t
is believed he wished to counsel prominent Re-
puollcans there concerning the Philadelphia
appointments yet to be made; and from what is
known here, 1t Is expected that a whole new
slate Will be arranged, and that no Democrat
will be confirmed as Collector of the Port OF
Philadelphia,


Senator. Cameron will insist upon Repub
liean being nominated for Collector OF the
Port, and If any arrangement is made by which
Republicans aud Democrats will be nominated
for the vacant offices, the Republicans will
insist upon having the Collectorship, and con-
cede the Naval Officer and Surveyor to the
Democrats. If this is agreed to new men will
be named for all these positions, and neither
Goodwin nor e. Reed Meyer will be among
those considered available.


No action will be taken on Philadelphia
appointments today during the, absence of
cases should not be taken up until his return
tomorrow.


Senators Anxious to Return Home.


Senator Cattell has also gone home on a short
visit, and will not return till tomorrow.


Many of the enators are anxious to get home,
and it is likely the session may be closed in a
week or ten days, as great efforts will be made
to close up the business within that period.


Great Anxiety to Serve the Country.


The President, Secretary of the Treasury and
Postmaster-General are besieged with office
hunters, and so persistent are these people that
one of the Secretaries declared on Saturday
that he was so wearied out and disgusted with
their opportunities that he would take the ear
hest opportunity to rid himself of these cormo-
rants by recommending to the President for
official positions only the names of those who
are certain to pass the Senate. To such an
extent has this evil been carried, that the public
business is seriously retarded, as the time which
should be devoted to the consideration Of rou-
tine affairs by several of the Secretaries is to
great extent monopolized by greedy place
hunters.
Year: 1867

From the Richmond Enquirer, april 6.


We took occasion to say recently, in view or
General Lees WelLknown rule of keeping out
of the newspapers SeXcept when official duty re-
uuired otherwise, and of his desire to do So
that it was not very kind or respectful for Jour-
nalists to be parading his assumed opinions for
partisan purposes.


The report was tossed from one newspaper to
another that General Lee had said thus and so,
in connection with the reconstruction legisla.
tIon-that he had certainly said even more tn an
that-that he had undoubtedly declared himself
in the most unreserVed manner-that he was
assuredly very emphatic-and so forth, and so
forth; the story widening and the emphasis in
tensifying as 1t proceeded. But while thus
made to speak through dozen tongues, no one
did or could show his language or produce his
authority.


We have full information for saying that
General Lee has not, in the case referred to-
departed from his uniform rule of reticence on
political matters; and that no one has been
authorized, or is authorized, to deliver his
opinions either pro or con. While we know
thus much, we do not know his views on the
matter in question; but if we did know, aud if
they accorded with our own, We would not
publish them.


We think General Lee is entitled to have his
wishes respected in reference to such publica-
tions; and we think further, that the reticence
which he has imposed upon himself-under all
the circumstances of his position, and from his
dedication of himself to duties and pursuits
the least congenial with politics sis dgni6ed
becoming, and wise. We hope no journalist
will hereafter, under any stress of difficulty in
maintaining himself undertake to drag out
General Lee, and either knowingly, or, as In the
late case, unknowingly, declare his opinion.
Year: 1867

The ORPHASs' CONCERT To-NIGHT.-
The grand concert for the benefit of the
orphan asylums Of the city will take place
at the theatre tonight. 1t is pleasing to
see the liberal spirit manifested by our
citizens towards these deserving institu-
tions, and we are led to hope that the thea
tire will present tonight such scene as
upon the occasion Of the benefit for the st.
Joseph's Orphan Asylum. Every effort has
been made to make the entertainment .
choice one, and several new features have
been added to the programme last We'd
nesday night. Let the theatre be filed to-
night from top to bottom.
Year: 1867

Anxious to introduce our new brand Of "ME-
MORTAL SOAP" throughout the entire South,
and at the same time assist in the noble efforts put
forth by the Oakwood Memorial Association In
preserving the identity Of our fallen heroes, we
respectfully announce to the public the above


GRAND ENTERPRISE.
Year: 1867

The next day he peeled the bark
from the trunk Of a young cork tree,
and made coffin for the bodies Of his
wife and child; vowing to bury them
by the tomb of his patron saint, in the
wood of Sahel, as soon as his wounded
feet would permit him to undertake
the labOrious task.


Three weeks had passed, and Alee's
feet were much recovered so, placing
the bier upon his shoulders, and taking
with him a fas, he took his way to the
sanctuary, which was good six miles
from his solitary abode; and there be
buried the remains of her whom he had
loved so dearly; and then he took an
oath, over the fresh-dug grave, to
abandon the life of robbcr, and to
visit daily, Until death, the tomb of his
lamented Rahmana. Being no longer
provided with mono by his friends,
who all supposed him dead, and bound
by oath not to commit violence, poor
Alec subsisted on acorns, or such roots
of the forest as he could procure or
else, crouching by the roadside with
muffled face, begged bread, for the love
of God, from the passers-by.


Rumors now got abroad that fig
ure like that of the famous robber had
often been seen sitting near the sane
tuary of the Sahel wood; and orders
came down from the court to the Kaid
of Laraiche to inquire into the truth
Of these reports; and should Alec, the
Year: 1867

Can you think of anything that
God didn't make?' / asked the little
! fellows in my Sunday School.
'Yes'm' said Robbie, promptly; Foys-
ters.'


'And what makes you think he didn't
make oysters, Robbie p


oh, because--because-- should
think most anybody could make an
oyster


Maybe some of the little folks think
Just as Robbie did-that an oyster is
nothing but soft, helpless, pulpy
thing, without head or feet, or any
particular shape, shut up in rough,
ugly shell, the most helpless, ungainly
thing in the world. But you are very
much mistaken God showed just as
much love and wisdom in making the
oyster as he did in making the beauti-
full bird that sings in the tree-tops.
His home was down under the salt
water, and his food was brought by
the constant motion of the waves, not
into his mouth, but into his stomach.
He had no need of eyes to watch, or
of lungs to breathe; the great salt bath
did it all for him. He was TO live only
near shore and in shallow water, so
he had no need of feet of fins to help
him on his travels. But his delicate
tissues needed the most careful protec-
ton and so he was provided with q
shell-ugly, rough, and hard without;
smooth, glistening, and pearly within
"a wonderful house, that no tempest
can sweep from the rock whereit grows;
but this limp, little inhabitant can open
the doors wide when he pleases, and
shut them so fast that no mans fingers
can open them. You must put in a
wedge and break the lock first, and
then they fly open. Every creature
which God has made is exactly fitted
for the place where he meant it to live;
and the more we examine his works,
the more we shall be filled with won.
der at his wisdom and skiIl.-Little Cor.
P0raI
Year: 1867

ing to the spot, he found to his con.
sternation and dismay, not full grown
buck, with branching antlers, nor yet
a doe, but woman writhing in agony,
firmly caught between the ponderous
jaws of the trap. 1t appears that she
had been looking for some cattle that
had strayed away, and night coming
on she had probably got lost, and wan
dering by the Judges trap, got herself
into difficulty. The most fortunate
circumstance that could possibly have
happened was, that she was not injured
in the least.
Year: 1867

Profane swearing is abominable.


Vulgar language is disgusting.


Inquisitiveness is offensive.


Tattling is mean.


Lying is contemplate.


Slandering is develish.


Drunkenness is disgraceful.


Laziness is shameful.


Vain babbling is nonsensical.


Cheating is damnable.


Avoid all the above vices and aim at
usefulness and honesty. This is the
road by which to become respectable,
and to establish good character -
W ak in it, and never leave it. Never
be ashamed of honest labor. Pride Is
a hateful curse-a hateful vice. Never
act the hypocrite, but always speak
out boldly, and let the world know
what you are. Keep good company.
Speak the truth at all times. Never
be discouraged but persevere, and
will become mole hills.
Year: 1867

The Saginaw Enterprise has the fol-
lowing: a singular method of woman
trapping recently came to our notice.
Judge Jewett, of Rockville, had set
and baited largo steel trap near his
house for the purpose of catching a
deer. During one night recent y while
sitting in his room, pondering perhaps
on the probabilities of catching game,
he was aroused by loud shrek in the
direction OF his trap. Hastily repair
Year: 1867

BY these Lists the reader can see the differ
ence between the cost of supporting family
then and now. The difference in the price of
labor is not 50 great as in the expenses of liv-
ing. Does not this make the present hard
times for the iaboring people?
Year: 1867

There was lad who, at fourteen, was
apprenticed to soap-boiler. One of his
resolutions was to read an hour a day, or
at least at that rate, and he had an old
silver watch, left him by his uncle, which
he timed his reading by. He stayed
seven years with his master, and said
when he was twenty-one he knew as much
as the young squire did. Not, let US see
how much time he had to read in, seven
years, at the rate of an hour each day
1t would be 2,555 hours, which, at the
rate of eight readings hours per day.
would be equal to three hundred and ten
days equal to forty FIVE weeks; equal to
twelve months nearly years reading.
That time spent in treasuring up useful
knowledge would pile up very large
store. l am sure it is worth trying for
Try what you can do. Begin now. In az
ter years You viii look back upon the
task as thss.most pleasant and profitable
you ever tfformed.
Year: 1867

IF you have baulky horses, it is your
fault, and not the horses, for if they do
not pull there is some cause for it, and if
you will remove the cause the effect will
cease. When your horse baulks he is
excited, and does not know what you
want him to do. When he gets a little
excited stop him FIVE or ten minutes; let
him become calm, go to the baulky
horse, pat him and speak gently to him +,
and as soon as he is over his excitement
he will, in nine case out of ten, pull at
the word. Whipping and slashing and
swearing only make the matter worse. =
After you have gentled him awhile, and
his excitement has cooled down, take
him by the bits; turn him each way as
far as you can pull out the tongue; gem
tie him a little; and then step before the
baulky horse and let the other start first !;
then you can take them anywhere you
wish. A baulky horse is always high
spirited and starts quick; half the pull is
out before the other starts too BY close
application to this rule you can make any
baulky horse pull.


IF horse has been badly spoiled, you
should hitch him to an empty wagon, and
let him pull it around awhile on level
ground; then put on a little load, and in
crease it gradually, caressing as before,
and in a short time you can have good
working horse.
Year: 1867

A gentleman who had just returned
from somewhere in the g OIL regions, ,"
tells the following of his adventures with
the b. b in that vicinity:


He had hardly got to sleep, when he
was awakened by " bite" Upon light
ing match, he found bed bug about
half an inch in diameter. He threw the
bug with match into basin of water
that stood at the head of the bed. This
process was repeated several times. At
last he was awakened from sound sleep
by what he thought was a person singing.
He threw up his window, but could not
find the source of the sweet sounds; at
last he happened to look in the basin,
where he found that the bugs had con-
structed raft out of the matches which
he had thrown in, and were towing it
around the basin, and singing
a life on the ocean wave,


A home on the rolling deep"
Year: 1867

Original Recipe for the cure of Catarrh.


Take one part finely pulverized salt
petre, and mix with two parts white su-
gar reduced to -four. This is an effectual
remedy in all stoppages of the head, ca
tarrh, &C. 1t must be snuffed up the
nose dozen times or more a day accord
ing to the severity of the affection. Per-
sons frequently die from catarrh in the
head, the disease becoming so bad that
the mucus, instead of discharging through
the nose as it should do, falls down the
throat and lodges on the lungs, producing
many sore throat, the origin of which
is not suspected, and terminating fatally
in many instances, in that most dreaded
of all diseases, consumption. The dis
ease becomes to terrible in some cases,
that persons have been unable even to
sleep in a bed-they were compelled to
sleep and die in their chairs. The mucus
from the head should never be allowed
to pass down the throat 1t should al
ways pass out at the nostrils.
Year: 1867




The following anecdote of the war we
do not remember to have seen before:


Sherman on his march towards At
lanta, constantly astonished the rebels
with the facility with which he restored
the railroad bridges they destroyed at his
approach. They would annihilate a
bridge just before he arrived, and the
next morning there it was again, just as
it was before they touched it. At last a
light dawned upon them. The original
plans for the bridges had all been furnish
ed from Cleveland, Ohio, and before
Sherman started he took those plans, had
each bridge duplicated in all its timbers
aud iron work, took the pieces in Shook
state on his trains, and so when he found
a bridge gone he had nothing to do but
to get its mate out of the freight cars,
bolt it together and put it up This
thing worried the rebels good deal when
they found it out. One day they pro-
posed to destroy the Dalton tunnel to him
der Sherman's march, but an exasperated
rebel said, What in the nations the use
That d--d Sherman has probably
brought another one along with him from
Cleveland y"
Year: 1867

The "LocaP' of the Alton Democrat
must be confirmed old bachelor, with
out particle Of music in his soul. Hear
him:


''If the Chain Gang ordinance does
not reach and cover the tom cat case, we
trust another may be drafted at the next
meeting of the Council. We have en-
deavored to reach them with boots, brick
bats, empty bottles and pistol shots, but
thus far have signally failed. We do not
dislike catgut in its proper place, but we
do decidedly object to Hear ne, Norma
performed for three hundred Consecutive
nights by a chorus of cats under cat-al-
pa-tree. How we long far catastrophe. F."
Year: 1867

Yesterday morning a crowded court
room testified the public interest in the
Phillips murder case. The floor of the
house was filled, and the galleries seemed
scarcely able to sustain their burden of
men and women.


At quarter past 10 o'clock the prisoner
arm of Deputy Sheriff Eggleston. His step
was firm, and his eye met without waver-
ing the curious stare of the assembled
spectators. Traces of sleepless night of
anxiety were visible upon his countenance,
but the blankneSS so frequently commented
upon by those in attendance upon the
court was still observable. After seating
himself by the side of his counsel he en-
tered into conversation with few friends
who gathered around.


The jury came in at halfpast 10 and
assumed their customary seats. In few
moments they were followed by the Judge,
who Immediately took his seat, and the
court was opened. All the jurors answered
to their names.


The clerk Gentlemen, have you agreed
upon verdict


Mr.. Crenshaw foreman: We have not.


The Court: Gentlemen; you will retire
again to your room. The sheriff will take
charge Of she jury.


Mr.. Crenshaw: deem it proper to say
to your Honor that we do not believe 1t
possible to reconcile the difference of
opinion. 1t is hardly probable that we can
agree upon a verdict any sooner in our
room than if we were to sit here in our
seats.


The Court In case of so much gra-
vity and Importance, in which three
weeks have been passed in hearing the
evidence, and four days in hearing the ar
gument, it is certainly proper that sutfl-
cient time be allowed for deliberation.
The sheriff will escort you to your room.
l would further say to you, that should
any Of the jurors desire to communicate
with their families, either verbally or by
writing, such communication mast be
made in the presence Of one of the She
riffs. .. ..


The jurors were then conducted to the
Senate chamber, in charge Of Deputy
Sherifts Magruder and Smith.


The court took a recess until o'clock
P. NJ. .


After the recess the jury were again
brought in, forcing their way through the
dense crowd In reply to the question of
the Clerk, the foreman replied that they
were still unable to agree upon verdict.


The Judge ordered that they be again
placed in charge of the sheriff. lie
charged that officer to be more strict than
ever in keeping the jurors together, and
preventing intercourse with outsiders.
They were then escorted to their room at
the Exchange Hotel, with instructions to
be in attendance at the opening OF the
court this morning, unless they should
sooner agree upon their verdict.


1t is understood that the jury stood ten
for conviction and two for acqulttal.
Year: 1867

WYMAS's GIFT MATINEE proceeds
of the matinee this afternoon at Virginia
Hall with the exception of the cost OF the
a;f,s % will be donated by Professor Wyman
70 aid the Methodist Sunday School So
ciety of this city in supplying the wants OF
hundreds of destitute children with cloth
ing suitable for the approaching winter win Or
season. s We suggest to the day schools to
dismiss at 2 o'clock today, to give the
hoys and girls chance to attend: Let
the house be crowded, and hosts of well
clad children will long remember the
charity thus bestowed.
Year: 1867

Considerable activity prevails on the great
farms of the tidewater country. Some of
them have changed hands this fall, and
others have been divided to suit the new
system Of labor. The crops Of wheat that
have been sowed, and other preparations
for the coming year, display an energy
that speaks we'll for their present owners.
Much complaint is made against some OF
the proprietors of wharves in the country
for the charge Of fifty cents alleged to be
levied upon every one who uses them in
taking the boat.
Year: 1867

THE CATHOLIC FAIR.-The Catholic
fair continues source of attraction for
all those fond of enjoying themselves and,
at the same time, OF beiLg waited upon by
pretty and fascinating ladies. Don't neg
lect to avail yourselves of the opportunity
of spending pleasant evening and contri-
buting to the cause Of charity.
Year: 1867

CIRCUIT Court OF RICHMoND-JUDGE
JOHN A. MEREDITH PREsIDING.-This court
has been in session since the 4th instant,
and great many cases have been disposed
of. The Judge seems determined to clear
his docket as soon as possible. The court
was engaged on yesterday in calling over
the Office Judgment docket.