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Year: 1866

Such is the remark of England's great
est General, and the following story may
instruct and profit other persons:


At very late period Of the life Of the
Duke of Wellington be wrote thus: 81 am
not in the habit of deciding upon such mat
ters hastily or in anger; and the proof Of
this is, that never had quarrel with any
man in my life Let any one consider the
long and varied civil and military career Of
the iron Duke the innumerable classes Of
persons with whom he was brought into
contact; his constant vexations in the Pen.
insular, with red tapeism at home and Span.
ish pride and suspicious abroad bis diff.
entities in pnlitieal life: the habits and
character Of the army, especially at that Pc
riod, and then let him repress, if be can,
his wonder at this great Captain being able,
when quite over sixty years of age, to make
such a broad declaration as to his past
life.


1t is very evident that he who command
ed others began by commanding himself
that the GOODNESS, self-possession and sharp.
ness of view which we're, perhaps, bis most
salient traits in a campaign, we're, in part,
at least, the fruits of constant and careful
discipline of his own feelings under ordina.
ry circumstances, "Never had quarrel in
my life !" How many civilians, how many
Christians-aye how many olergymeu, can
say the same thing. Yet it is certainly pos
sible to pass through life without quarrels,
seeing the old proverb holds good, that it
requires tWo'to consummate any such un.
pleasant business. A quarrels with B, That
is misfortune which possibly A may not
avoid. A may want to pick quarrel fol-
ulterlor Purposes, or be may be insolent OF
offensive without knowing it, or he may
take perverse delight in wounding other
peoples feelings. But in any case, it de-
pends upon B alone, whether there is to be
a mutual quarrel.


If, like Wellington, he avoided acting in
anger or haste-always the two great fomen'
ters of trouble-he will almost invariably
come to despise the affront, if intended, or
to overlook it, if not At all events he will
not "quarrel."


He may give the offender a wide berth
in the future; he may shun association with
him, but he will have no alteration and he
will nurse no grudge. If required to make
a personal statement. oral or written, he will
do it with judicial calmness and coolness,
avoiding reflection with others, and con-
ining himself simply to the facts If these
are questions he makes no reply, but leaves
the issue to Time, to Truth, and to God.


The man who settles in his mind that,
with Gods help, he will never quarrel with
any man, will almost certainly succeed
The very resolution would cut off nine
tentbs of the provocation of strife and any
effort to fulfil it would dispose of the other
tenth.
Year: 1866

other particular it was decidedly superior,
as attested on every field where the two
arms we're brought in direct collision.


The army Of the United States, whether
regarded in the light of its scientific theory
or practical arrangement, stands conspicu-
ously among the very highest models of
modern military organization. 1t stood
coufessedly high even before the opening of
the late bloody drama, and has since added
the fruits of large and profitable practical
experience to its former high theoretical in
stitutes, making it complete and finished
specimen of scientific military arrangement
and can be studied to eminent advantage by
all the modern war-bureaus that wish to
profit by the experienced results of novel
military formularities and appliances.
Year: 1866

but many persons thought that the divers
could tell more about it than ever they did,
If none of the silver was recovered, the own
ers of the bell.boat were nevertheless paid
for their enterprise by the recovery of lead
and other articles from the wreck.
Year: 1866

cent political hopes but it cannot and will
not be long until they are enabled to renew
their activity upon field in which, while
they have made several terrible blunders,
they have also taught the country some Of
its most valuable lessons.-N. ?. Times.
Year: 1866

A young man and bis wife were prepar.
ing to attend Christmas party at the house
of friend, some miles distant. "Henry,
my dear husband, don't drink too much at
the party to-day; you will promise me,
won't you 2" said she putting her hand up
on his brow, and raising her eyes to his
face with pleading smile. "No, Millie,
I will not you may trust me-" and she
wrapped her infant in a soft blanket, and
they descended. The horses were soon
prancing over the turf, and a pleasant con.
versation beguiled the way. "Now don't
forget your promise" whispered the young
wife, as they passed up the steps. Poor
thing she was the wife of man who loved
to look upon the wine when red. The par
ty passed pleasantly; the time for departure
drew near; the wife descended from the
upper chamber to join her husband. a pang
shot through her beating heart as she met
him, for be was intoxicated; he had broken
his promise. Silently they rode homeward,
save when the drunken man broke into
snatches of song, or unmeaning laughter.
But the wife rode on, her babe pressed
closely to her grieved heart. "Give me the
baby, Millie; can't trust you with him."
he said, as they approached a dark and
swollen stream. After some hesitation she
resigned her first born.-her darling babe,
closely wrapped in a great blanket-to his
arms. Over the dark waters the noble
steed safely bore them; and when they
reached the bank, the mother asked for her
child. With much care and tenderness he
placed the bundle in her arms; but when
she clasped it to her heart no babe was
there; it had slipped from the blanket, and
the drunken father knew it not. A wild
shrek from the mother aroused him, and
he turned round just in time to see the
little rosy face rise one moment above the
dark waters, then sink forever, and that BY
his own iutemperance I! The anguish OF the
mother and remorse of the father are better
imagined than described. GLASGOW NeUs.
Year: 1866

COURAGE IN EVERYDAY LIFE E.-Have
the courage to discharge debt while you
have money in your pocket.
Have the courage to do without that
which you do not need, however much your
eyes may coVet it.


Have the courage to speak your mind
when it is necessary you should do so, and
to hold your tongue when it is prudent you
should do so.


Have the courage to speak to friend in
a "seedy coat," even though you are in
company with rich one, and richly attir-
ed.


Have the courage to make will, and a
just one.


Have the courage to tell man why you
will not lend him your money.


Have the courage to scout" the most
agreeable acquaintance you have when you
are convinced that he lacks principle. GA
friend should bear with friends infrmi.
ties," but not with his vices.


lave tne courage 10 SNOW your respect
for honesty, in whatever guise it appears
and your contempt for dishonest duplicity,
by whomsoever exhibited.


Have the courage to wear your old
clothes until you pay for your new ones.


Have the courage to obey your Maker,
at the risk of being ridiculed by man.


Have the courage to prefer comfort and
propriety to fashion, in all things.


Have the courage to acknowledge your
ignorance, rather than to seek credit for
knowledge under false pretences.


Have the courage to provide entertain
ment for your friends within your means
not beyond.
Year: 1866

PRUSSIA London Times gives the
following as the solution of the remarkable
military strength of Prussia. The secret is
that her system makes more soldiers in
proportion to population than any other:


Sixty years since, after the famous bat
tie of Jena, Napoleon imposed on the de-
feated Prussians the obligation to limit their
military establishments to strength of 49,
900 men. 1t was impossible to contradict
the Emperor, and not easy as might be
thought, to deceive him, but the device
was accomplished by Scharuhort, the War
Minister of the time, who not only evaded
the decree of Napoleon, but laid the foun-
dations of that military strength which has
just been displayed in a career of uuexam.
pied triumph. Scharnhorst did restrict the
actual or visible army of Prussia to the spe-
CITED numbers, but he kept his army in
state of perpetual change. Its constitution
never remained the same for twelve months
together, but resembled the waters of lake
which receives river at one end and dis.
charges it at the other. As soon as recruit
was thoroughly drilled and had become an
effective soldier he was dismissed to his
home and fresh recruit was received in
his place, to be again disciplined and again
dismissed. The result of this system was
that the standing army became but spe-
cimen corps Of a nation of soldiers. For
every soldier in the ranks there we're FIVE as
good as he in the body of the people, all
ready at the first call of the trumpet to re-
enter the line OF the army. When there
fore, seven years after her great defeat,
Prussia once more rose, force of 200, 900
men, admirably disciplined, appearedin in the
place of an army which Napoleon believed
he had cut down to fifth of that number.
The Prussians were not ungrateful to their
benefactor. To this day the statute of
Scharnhorst, in white marble, stands by the
side of the great guard-house in the great
thoroughfare of Berlin, record of military
sagacity as we'll as national fame.
Year: 1866

free. 50 cultivated, so happy, so independent as
in this small district of multllorm industry,
where the market for labor Is never closed IN
Winter nor in Summer, in war nor in peace
When will the West learn to save loss Of inter-
est in storing, and loss Of freight and charges IN
TRANSPORTING her single product of Food
Year: 1866

Kentucky beef and other choice articles of


capture. Whether Heath was actually


drunk it is difficult to determine, but it is


a notorious fact that a Federal ambulance
train, just then setting out from Cinein-
natl, under a flag of truce and stipulated
arrangement with the rebel General Kirby
Smith, on its way to Richmond, Kentucky,
to bring away the Federals wounded in
the unfortunate engagement which had
recently occurred there was stopped by
General Heath and threatened with re-
fusal to pass, until keg of brandy, car
ried for medicinal purposes, was produced,
which proved itself the magic sesame ca
pable of opening the way through the
rebel lines.
Year: 1866

From the Matt onal Inteigencer.l


Our readers will find this morning in our
columns report of speeches made last night
at a serenade TO sundry members of Con-
gress, on the occasion of the passage of the
bill to destroy civil rights of white men in
the States and to exalt the negro to superior
immunities and privileges. 1t seems that
Mr.. Orth, under the excitement of enchant-
ing music and applause from "throats in
spired by iron lungs" disclosed prematurely
what would he thought are secrets of the
Star Chamber conclave. BY his rash de-
clarations it would seem that a programme
exists, the carrying out of which is to destroy,
root and branch, the epowers of the President,
no respect TO which is meditated by a usurp-
ing and revolutionary Congress.


He declared, among other things, that it
was the determination of Congress to con-
tinue in session till the violent purposes of
the Radical party leaders are fully consum-
mated. We have told the man in the
White House said the speaker, that we
will not go with him in reasonable acts.
As an old Hoosier said TO me the other day,
we have him on the ground and are rolling
over him" "This congress will
HoS auIouFh soou' BoS-uays may come, not
weather may come, and the cholera may
come, but We will not go till our work is
completely done, and done in such way
as TO leave no room for mischief when we are
gone These are very plain and remark
able declarations. The President of the
United States is declared to be engaged in
schemes Of Treason, and Congress is going to
perpetuate its session to prevent his purposes.
This manifeStly means no more nor less than
that the Radicals are determined to hold
Congress here through the summer TO pre-
vent the restoration OF the Union and the
pacihcation Of the country.
Year: 1866

From the Hartford Times.l


The writer remembers well the cholera
Of 1882, and the unnecessary alarm into
which the people of this city were thrown
when the cholera was announced in New
York. Many were frightened nearly out of
their wits, and made themselves sick, or
imagined themselves so, by sudden change
of diet. it was said that vegetables must
not be eaten-that fresh meats were danger
ous-that this or that must be discarded
from the family table-and hundred more
ridiculous "musts" and mustn'ts" per-
vaded the community. Sensible people
paid little attention TO the gossip, and kept
regularly to their usual food and habits.
Green cucumbers were especially de-
nOunced as of the most dangerous tendency,
but they had not been regularly on the
table where the writer then lived, and the
head of the family forbid the exclusion of
| that or any other article of food which had
been common to the table, with the remark
| that, with temperance, cleanliness and
| firm reliance on Providence" he was will
| ling his family should take the chances with
any disease; and through the entire season,
when cholera was taking off its victims in
New York by the hundred per day, there
was not permitted any change in the dietary
habits of the family, and there was no sick
ness in it, perhaps because there was no
fear. There were not many cases in New
Haven, even when at its worst in New
York. The first person who died of chol
era in New York in that year was Mr..
Sutton, of this city, who had gone down
there on business. Singularly enough, his
wife's father and mother, who were living
on Grand street in this city, died soon after,
and for some days travel was not permitted
by the house. During all this alarm and
death many business men kept up their
visits to New York, and we believe that
Mr.. Sutton was the only resident of this city
who died under such circumstances.


Let every housekeeper look to the clean
illness of his premises. See that no decay
ing substances are left about the cellar, the
house or yards; eat and drink temperately,
and keep about his regular business, and he
will have done all in his pow er against the
approach of cholera.
Year: 1866

On account of bad health this day sold out my
entire interest in the firm Of FRENCH & CO., to
the above House, and cordially recommend to my
old friends my successors in business who may
be confidently relied ON as gentlemen of the
highest business qualifications; and to those who
may favor them with their business they can
feel assured that will be performed with probity.
honor, and energy.


For the many favors and large patronage have
received during the long number Of years have
been engaged in business. / warmly thank my
friends, earnestly soliciting the continuance Of the
same for my successors and friends. Reid Chad
bourn & Co.


Very Respectfully.
Year: 1866

There is good news for, those inter-,
ested in petroleum. A series Of of
fetal experiments have been, for some
time in progress at Woolwici,. Eng


land, and the results have been Of the,
most gratifying character. The OBJ
ject of these experiments was to test.
the capacity of petroleum. as substi-
tute for coal in the production. of steam.
One grand conclusion arrived at is
that by the use Of the oil an engine of
one hundred horse power becomes ex@
alted into one of 40 or so, the gain
being from 40 to so per cent. It has
also been satisfactorily determined that
the oil may be carried to sea in tanks,
and be incapable of ignition, even
though a red hot canlron-baH went.
through the mass The furnace re-
quired for the use Of oil would be very
small, so that large amount of stor-
age room would be saved The report
states that sEthe first great naval power
that adopts petroleum will have an inn.
mediate advantage over all other me-
tions, and the latter viii be compelled
to accept the Invention, however de-
termined at first to deny its value. -
Rural NeU Yorker. aa
Year: 1866

Yesterday afternoon a nan was seen
running down stairs from one of our
upstair saloons, just before him was
hammer another man was flying into
the street. The hammer missed. the
man and struck a boy, who gave a yell
and darted against a dutch. woman who
was carrying a basket Of eggs in one
hand and a jug Of molasses' in the
other, Knocked her down and landed
her upon the eggs, while the jug flew
from her hand and striking the pave.
nent spread it's contents over the walk.
A man, running along with his hands
in his. pockets, stepped into the mo-
lasses and his feet flying from under,
him he fell on the woman, who gave a
yell which frightened a team of1hors--
es that were standing near, and they.
broke'loose and ran up street, ,demolish-
ing the wagon and scattering it's con-
tents to the pavement. The question
is, who threw the hammer, and is he
responsible for the subsequent chapter
Of enthusiastically Register.
Year: 1866

A satirical rogue insists that love is
as necessary to woman's heart as a
fashionable bonnet to her head In
deed, we think, rather more so; fo1
nothing less than large measure OF
love will content her, whereas. the
present fashion shows that she can be
satisfied with a very little bonnet. Il
is undoubtedly o scardalous observa-
ton, but a modern philosopher has re
malked-and we give the aphorism fol
what it is worth-that s'love is so es-
sential to the very life Of a woman
that in celibacy she is unhappy with
out lover, and after marriage, if she
is so unfortunate as not to love hel
husband, she is pretty certain to love
some one else ~ a es. d..
Year: 1866

AgThe coolest thing we have seen
for a long while, is the following pas
sage from the Mobile Daily News :: 81.


''The immense moral superiority of
the South over the North, has been
noted by all travellers. Their truly
pious and sincere love of man, their
tender care of orphans, contrast most
happily with the inhuman and heart
less treatment of the Northern nabobs
toward the laboring classes"


If impudence. and unblushing auda-
city can exceed that, we have vet to
see it done. The pious1 love of man
that breeds human beings like dogs and
buys and sells them like cattle-that
lives off the unpaid and forced labor
of the poor-that sells its own children
does indeed present a contrast to the
treatment of the laboring man at the
North. In Southern society, it has
been common thing for ladies of the
highest circles to own their half-sisters
as slaves, and to marry men they knew
to have sold their own children on the
auction block. This is not half.
Year: 1866

h makes four different stitches the Lock, Knot.
machine. Each stitch being alike on both sides of
the fabric.


1t has the reversible feed motion, which enables
the operator, by simply turning thumb-screw, to
have the work either to the right left to stay
part of the same asten the ends of the seams
without turning the fabric.


Changing the length of the stitch, and from one
kind of stitch to another can readily be done while
the Machine is in motion.


Every stitch is perfect in ITSELF making the seam
secure and uniform.


1t is almost noiseless and can be used where quiet
is necessary.


Its motions all positive there are springs to
get out of ORDER and its simplicity enables the most
inexperienced to operate it.


1t will not oil the dress of tho operator as all the
machinery is on the top of the table,


1t is the most rapid sewer in the world making
five stitches to each revolution.


It's stitch is the wonder of all, because of its COM
bined elasticity. strength and beauty.
1t does the heaviest or finest work with equal ia
ciity, without change of tension or machinery
Every machine has one of Jenck's Patent Hem
mers attached. the right to use which we control)
enabling the operator to turn any width of hem de-
sired.


There i, no other Machine which will do SO large
range of work as the Florence"


1t does not require finer thread on the under side
than it does on the upper.


The needle is more easily adjusted than in any
other Machine.


1t will sew across the heaviest seams or from
to more thicknesses of CLOTH without change of ten
sion or breaking of thread.


1t is fully protected and licensed by Elias Howe,
Jr and his associates, and our own letters patent.
To avoid the strain the eyes, bent posture close
application, and fatgung care, heretofore necessary
on a large proportion of work done on sewing ma
chimes, now furnish each Machine with "Barnum's
SefSewer." which guides the work ITSELF and is of
incalculabe value. especially to inexperienced ope-
rators.


While possessing the above, and many other ad-
vantages the Florence is sold at corresponding prices
with other frst-class machines.


The FLORENCE COMPANY


LocK-STITcH


MACHINES.


The only Machine having the Reversible feed
movement, was awarded the highest premium, gold
medal. at the late exhibition of the American In
stitute


Copy OF REPORT OF COMMITTEE on SEWING MA


CHIMES:


The Florence Sewing Machine Company sos
Broadway, for the best Family Sewing Machine.
Reasons:


l. Its simplicity and great range of work.
2 Its making four different stitches viz: the Lock-
Knot. Doube-Lock and Double-Knot
g. The reversible feed motion. operated by simply
turning a thumb-screw. enabling the operator to
run the work from right to left, left to right and
perfectly self-fastenng to the end of the seam
L. The perfect finish and substantial manner in
which the Machine is made.


S. The rapidity of its working and the quality of
the work done.


8. Its self-adjusting tension.


BUY THE FLORENCE SEWING MACHINE, and if you
are not perfectly satisfied after three months trial
you can return it. and get your money. Office, No.
LOO bsitimore street. de2-eotf
Year: 1866

Geld Pens,
In solid Gold Holders!
In solid Silver Holders!
Suitable for LadiesI
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 loaste-


A Good Gold Peni
Year: 1866

The Propeto in presenting to the public the above in
comparable BitEers them that for gra
ude to the generous of recipe and response
the opportunities hosts of Southern friends who have
experienced their efficacy they would have hesated before
placing article Of such sterling merit market flooded
with deleerious compounds hbeing the of Stomach
Bters. Senior, however, having, the solicitation of
those friends, expended the of the GREY
JACKET BITTERS the experience acquired in half life
time devoted to the preparation of Tonic Digestive stuan
and discovered their immense superiority over all other
Stomach Bitters unhesitangy added to the
list of articles already prepared establishments
wenown and largely parouzed by the community large
BARNETT Il LION take this season0ble opportunity Of
thanking numerous friends for the immense increase in
their business during the year. aud inform them that although
the manufacture of the GREY JACKET BIrTERs must
necessarily additional their energies yet
large additions in the improvements made and making
manufacturing department Of the establishment their orders
will be filed promptly and they hope satisfactorily
usual. -..


BARNETT 4 LION,
Year: 1866

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