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Year: 1867

The HOUSE OF PLATE is thus men,
toned by a Madrid letter to the S. L. Bulle.
tin:


After the Giralda, the House of Plate
is probably the greatest lion of Seville. 1t
appears that some centuries ago, a certain
nobleman, the Duke de Alcola, was Spanish
Ambassador at Rome and that, during his
term, he paid a visit to the Holy Places in
the East. While there he tool, a fancy to
build in Seville an exact fac simile Of the
house of Pontius Plate This resolution he
speedily carried out, and the building | refer
to is the result. 1t is large and fine, having
cost in Its construction and decoration an
almost fabulous sum of money.


The first question put to each stranger in
the city is, Have you been to the House of
PIlate?' p 1t is in the style Of the Moorish
houses in Seville, having the marble columns
and haf-circle arches of that order, and is
embellished with the arabesque ornaments
upon wall and ceiling SO common in Cordova.
The house is kept in precisely the same
state that the house Of Plate was in when
the Savior was tried and condemned. The
court Is adorned with busts in marble of not
less than twenty Roman Emperors, COM
mencing with Caesar Octavius, and includ-
ing several of the Lower Empire. This may
appear ike an Gnacnr0nlSn, but that Is not
my fault. On the right is the room where
Judas received his thirty pieces of silver,
and the very table is shown upon which they
were counted out. Next, the courtroom
where the trial was mad and above, in a
little wire cage, stands painted representa-
ton of the cock supposed to have sounded
the signal for the denial of his Master by
Peter. just without the door stands G las.
per cross, which marks the end of path of
the exact length of that followed by the
Redeemer when bearing his cross from the
tribune to Mount Calvary. The path ira
verses a considerable part of the city, ending
at another cross called the Cruz del Campo.
The several stations-fourteen in ali
where took place the various events of the
sorrowful march, as recorded in Catholic
tradition, are all marked by appropriate
monuments.
Year: 1867

A JOURNALISTIC CATAsTRoPhE.-The Glas-
gov Mail says:


I" An incideut occurred in connection with
the printing of our paper on Monday, which,
we imagine, is unparalleled in the annals of
the press. a cat had ensconced herself in
the large cylinder of the four feeder Hoe
printing machine employed to throw off the
first side of our impression. Before start.
ing machine of this sort there is considera-
be noise and hustle in putting on the forms
of type, etc., and during the first few rev.
olutions are driven very slowly. The cat,
however, remained quite quiet during these
preliminaries, and escaped notice until the
machine was running at full speed, and had
thrown off some 800 copies of the paper
She then apparently thought she had enough
of it, and attempted to spring out of the
cylinder, but, being giddy after her 200 full.
speed revolutions fell underneath it and was
crushed to jelly by the revolving forms,
her head making large dent against one of
the columns, and her flesh, blood and bones
Icing SO evenly distributed over the type
that it was only after great deal of washing
that printing could be resumed. So COM
pletely triturated was the unfortunate
animal, that, as one of the hands expressed
it, nothing was left of her but the skin"
Year: 1867

A CENTER SHor.-A good, big, generous
lie, with "nub" to it is not only worth
listening to, but is worth preserving as
among specimens OF the fine arts. The
Winsted Conn., Herald tells the following
jolly whopper:


A chap who was hunting in Canaan, a
short time ago, saw fox on the opposite
side of Blackberry river, and drew a bead on
him. just as he pulled the trigger. pound
trout jumped out of the river, and the ball
put hole through him, and then through
the fox, and then struck bee tree, and out
squirted stream of strained honey as big
as your finger. Wading up the river and
picking up his trout and fox, our Nimrod
hastened to the tree; and, while suddenly
Withdrawing his rammer to plug up the tree
and stop the criminal waste of honey, he
knocked over rabbit and brace of pat
ridges.
Year: 1867

HENRY WARD BEECHER ON FAST HORSES.
Mr.. Beecher descants thus: If a horse
has had swiftness put into him, it is fair to
give him chance to develop his gifts. Of
course there is reason in all things. Even in
trotting, it is easier and pleasanter for some
horses to go twelve miles an hour than for
others to go three. They were made so.-
Does it hurt swallow to go swifter than
the OK? Why not? Because he was made so
1t is easy to do the thing we were made to
do easily. And good horse was made to
go fast. He does it when wild, of his own
accord He does not lose the relish of speed
even when domesticated. Take a fine fed
horse, which in harness looks as if he were
pattern of moderation, very deacon of so
briefly, and turn him loose in PASTURE
Whew, what change! He takes one or
two steps slowly, just to be sure you have
let 90 of him, and then with squeal he
lets fly his heels in the air, till the sun
flashes from his polished shoes then off he
goes, fercer, clear across the lot, till the
fence brings him up. And then, his eye
flashing, his name lifted and swelling, his
tail up like kings sceptre, he snorts
defiance to you from afar and with a series
of Tearings, running sideways and plunging


whiskings and whirls, he starts again, with
immense enjoyment, into another round Of
running. Do you not see it is more than
fun? 1t is ecstacy. 1t is horse rapture!
Year: 1867

A1S &ASAAcAJ LII H4OA tAg
enter upon the performance of his official duties
for the current year. He would call particular
attention to the following section of the Revenue
Law:


- If any person shall willfully make, or give,
under oath or affirmation, false list of his, her,
or their taxable property, false list Of taxable
property under his, her, or their CONTROL such per-
son shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and upon
conviction thereof, shall be punished therefor, as
is by law provided for the punishment of perjury
and any property willfuily concealed, removed,
transferred or misrepresened, by the owner or any
agent thereof to evade taxation shall upon diseov
erv be assessed at ten times the amount of tax for
that year, which would otherwise have been assess
ed upon it and fifty per cent. of the amount OF
such additional tax, when collected, shall be paid
to the person or persons who shall furnish the
information which reveals the property SO conceal
ed. transferred removed misrepresented, and the
remaining fifty per cent, after dedueting the usual
ner ceptage for collection shall be paid into the
Treasury. for the benefit of the Common School
Fund of the State.


If Tax PAYERS were to have list of their pro-
perty prepared, ready TO be sworn to, as the law
directs by the time of my reaching them, they
would thereby save themselves some annoyance
perhaps, as well as facilitate my work


A. P. LADD,
Assessor of Shasta County.
Shasta, Feb %, 1867. ia
Year: 1867

How RATS STEAL EGGs.-Two gentlemen
of this city, who had occasion to be up at a
late hour, few nights since, witnessed the
ingenious manner in which rats carry off
eggs without breaking them. Eggs had been
frequently missed and the rats had been
credited with the larceny, but no sign that an
egg had been broken was ever left about the
premises, and the parties had often wondered
by what means the rats conveyed their booty
to their holes 1t was done thus One of
the rats clasped an egg tightly between his
fore legs and chin, and then turned himself
on his back, when another rat seized him by
the tail and dragged rat, egg and all away to
his hole. The proceeding was repeated till
eggs enough for hearty meal were stolen
Portland Oreqonian.
Year: 1867

A MILEsIAN Sergeant was drilling an
awkward squad of recruits one day, and was
vainly trying to impress on them the impor-
tance of stepping off with the left foot at
the command "march." The very next
time be gave that command, several of the
inattentive recruits stepped off with the
wrong foot. This put him in towering
passion, and he shouted oh, ye blag-
CARDS didn't tell ye that the right fut
wasn't the right fut; the lift fut's the right
flt -
Year: 1867

WHAT change from the olden time say
forty years since. Then almost every farmer
laid in his ten or dozen barrels of cider for
his own use, every Fall. One large family
on Farm in Essex county, laid in forty OF
fifty barrels every Fall, mostly for home
consumption. The owner of this farm re-
marked to his neighbor, one day, that he
had a long and slow job the coming winter,
and that was to bring up nearly all his Win
ter's stock of cider in q quart pitcher, be-
tween that fall and the coming Spring !
Boston Commercial
Year: 1867

All our boys have heard them again and
again but how many have laid them to
heart? We assure G. G. s., and every
other youth, that each may become rich if he
wlll--that to be or not to be'' rests entire
ly with himself; and that his first lesson is
to distrust and shun by-paths and short cuts,
and Keep straight along the broad, obvious,
beaten highway. York Tribune.
Year: 1867

A WOMAN living in New Britain, Conn,
one day lately became exceedingly enraged
at her husband. and, rushing out doors, sat
down in snow bank to punish him. After
sitting there till she was nearly frozen, and
discovering that her unnatural husband did
not seem to suffer in the least, she got up and
went into the house.
Year: 1867

One Of the most touching and saddest
Of pictures in our history, is thus sketch
ed by Mr. Merrick, one of the counsel OF
John H. Surratt, in the recent trial, in his
address to the jury:


Who Of you is there in the city OF
Washington. who will ever forget that


fatal day when the tolling Of the bells re-
minded you of the sad fact that the hour
had come when those people were to be
hung, Your Honor, (rcferring to JUS
tice Wylis, who was at the time sitting by
the side of Judge Fisher on the bench, J
and in your praise be it said raised your
judicial hand to prevent that murder, but
Il Was too weak The storm beat against


our arm, and 1t fell powcrlcss in the
tempest. You remember that day. gen
tlemen. Twenty-four hours for prepara-
ton. The echoes of the announcement
of impending death scarcely dying away
before the tramp of the approaching
guard was heard leading to the gallows


Priest, friend, philanthropist, and clergy
men went to the Executive Mansion to
get access to the President, to implorc
for that poor woman three days respite
to prepare her soul to meet her God, but
got no access The heart broken child
the poor daughter went there crazed, and
stretched upon the steps that leads to the
Executive Chamber; she raised her hands
in agony and praying to every one that
came, ooh. God !! let me have access, that
l may ask for but one day for my poor
mother; just one dayr' Did she get
there? No. And yet says the counsel,
there was no one to prevent access being
had. Why didn't you prove it2 On,
God! Ifsuch thing could have been
proved, how would / have rcjoiced in the
act; for when rejecting upon that sad,
unfortunate, wretched hour in the history
OF my country-an hour when feel she
was so much degraded, could weep un.
til the paper be worn away with the con-
tinual dropping Of my tears. Who stood
between her and the seat of mercy2 Has
conscience lashed the Chief the Bureau
of Military Justice? Does memory
haunt the Secretary Of WARP Or 10 it
true that one who stood between her and
Executive clemency now sleeps in the
dark waters Of the Hudson, whilst the
other died by his violent hands in Kan.
Year: 1867

their voices, again alarmed the horse, and
caused him to make fresh start, but the
Doctor, with almost superhuman strength,
held on to the reins, and kept the animal
in the middle Of the street. Rising Broad
between Twentieth and Twenty.frst
streets, the ascent was too abrupt for the
already somewhat exhausted condition of
the horse, and he was brought to stand.
Those who witnessed the runaway" de-
scribe it as one of the most exciting they
ever saw, and at one time the safety of
the occupants was regarded as in most i'm
minent peril
Year: 1867

DIABoLICAL OUTRAGE.-A most
heinous offence was perpetrated in the
northern part of the city last Sabbath eve
ming at an early hour upon the person OF o
Young female. The circumstances as mar
rated by the girl are as follows: Soon
after dark couple of men drove to the
residence of Miss Georgeanna Fletcher,
on Baker street, and called her to the
door. Upon making her appearance she
was told to come to them, as they had
something very particular to communicate:
Not suspecting any wrong, she complied
with the request, when she was seized and
dragged into the vehicle. The parties then
drove rapidly to the lonely field near the
alms-house, and despite her entreatles she
was thrown to the ground and her person
foully outraged. Both of the perpetrators
threatened her with instant death II she
made any outcry. The unfortunate CIR
thinks she can identify one of the men
and yesterday procured warrant for MS
arrest. The case will come before the
Mayor to-day.
Year: 1867

CINCINNATI, Nov. IL.


A melancholy case Of depravity came
to light to-day. A beautiful girl Of l8, a
teacher in the Second district school, on
Sycamore street, with sister two years
younger, left home on Saturday night, os-
tensibly to attend tableau exhibition
They did not return, and their mother,
crazy with apprehension, obtained assist
ance Of the police, who found the girls to-
gether in bagino. They were taken to
the office of the chief Of police, where
they met their mother, a widow. She i'm
plored them to come home. The elder
daughter coldly and decidedly refused
She had chosen her own course, she said,
and was determined to follow it. The
younger expressed an equal resolution to
share her sisters fate. The entreaties OF
the frantic mother and the advice of the
officers were equally Intellectual to change
this determination, and the girls were ut
length locked up for the night. They COM
plain of some unkind treatment from their
mother, but give no other reason tor the
terrible choice of Il life of infamy. The
family were in necessitious circumstances,
The elder girls salary as teacher was saw.
Year: 1867

panions in their early days, they strove to
comfort and solace the declining years Of
each other, and for nearly half a century
they braved the vicissitudes of life togeth-
er. ...ssE saa.l8


She could not long survive him, and af-
ter good long life, she calmly laid her
head upon her pillow, gave last parting
blessing to human kind, and while her lips
were articulating the last words, her gen.
tic spirit passed away to meet, as she often
said her Robin in eternal bliss.


Farewell good and noble woman have
complied with thy dying request l have
performed painful duty have paid
this little tribute to thy memory, and /
should be wanting in every sense of duty
did I not drop tear Of sorrow for ono
who had been for many long years my
kind friend and generous benefactor. s.x.
Year: 1867

The order Of Gen Pope fOrbidding the
publication of legal advertisements in
the Conservative press Of Georgia is
well known, 1t now appears that the
people are not disposed to submit to it,
A few days ago, the following scene
occurred in the Superior Court of Troup
county, as given by the LaGrangs
Reporter


The sheriff of this county. in obedience
10 that order, had sent his official adver-
tisements to the Near Era, Radical paper
published in Atlanta. The defendants in
the different cases filed afiidayits of ille-
gality TO the proceeding, and as a result,
Judge Collier had a multitude of such
cases before him. One of the cases having
been called, and its character ascertained,
there seemed to be a disposition with some
TO postpone the trial Of the question for
the present.


Judge Bigham said every lawyer at the
bar was clear in his opinion that such
advertisements were illegal, and all sales
under them would be void, and he believed
almost every member of the bar had filed,
OF advised their clients 10 file, such afida-
Wits Of illegality; and 10 this broad stats-
ment there seemed to be an assent from all
the attorneys, and no intimation of dissent
from the Judge.


Mr.. Hill said, 81 do not represent the case
before the court, and have not fled any of
the afiidavits alluded to. But | concur in
the opinion that all these advertisements
are illegal, and the sales under them are
void, except, only, when the defendants
consent to the proceeding. ! believe every
respectable Judge and attorney in the State
will hold them illegal, and this order No.
49 can do nothing bat work mischief,
engeuder bitterness and breed litigation
| for wears TO come. In view of these uni
versal convictions deem il my duty TO
state that, while in Washington recently, /
called the attention Of the President TO
this order, and To the very effect which we
now see before Us.


"The President seemed TO be astonished
| that the order was being so acted on, and
said he had received a memorial from
Georgia on the subject Of this order and
called on General Pope for an explanation
about it, and that Gen. Pope had made a
report, saying, the order was not intended
to have such construction, and Was not
intended to interfere with the advertise
ments of civil and county officers whose
advertisements we're regulated by law. |
expressed much surprise at this, and said
the report ought to be made public, for it
certainly was receiving this construction
in Georgia, and thought Gen. Pope knew
il, and had certainly not corrected it, as
lar as / had heard. The President sought
to find the report of Gen. Pope, saying he
wanted me TO see il, but could not find IL
at that time, bat reported that such was
the report Of Gen. Pope as to the condi-
ton Of the order deem il proper 70
make this statement because it is of Pc
Year: 1867

We shall constantly admonisb the Southern
people to be self-reHant, and shall do what we
NAV be able TO induce the establishment Of
manufactures in our midst for our home pro-
aucts. To this end'w viii pay special attention
to the COST and STATISTICS of manuiacturing
and exert ourselves 10 encourage the diversih-
cation Of Southern industries and the develop
uent Of Southern resources
Year: 1867

BY A CONSOLIDATION OF THE lash
VILE UNION AND AMERICAN and the
DISPATCH. and by the generous and united
support Of the UEIoN AND DIsPATcH by the
patrons Of both the former papers. the PropTie-
tors are enabled to present Newspaper hiths
10 unsurpassed in this city or State


IN FULLNEss AND ACCURACY
NEWS. our paper will compare favorAbly itb


best In the entire country; and In sayiEs


We only repeat the expressions of many


patrons. who are most capable Of judging in


matters.
Year: 1867

PULPIT ZEAL.-NO man was
ever scOlded out of sins. The
heart, corrupt as it is, and be-
cause it is so, grows angry fit
be not treated with some mag
nanimity and good manners
and scoIds back again. A sur
ly mastiff will bear perhaps to
be stroked, through he will
growl even under the operation,
but if you touch him roughly
he will bite. There is no grace
that the spirit of self can coun-
terfeit with more success than
a religious zeal. A man thinks
he is fighting for Christ, and
he is fighting for his own no.
tions. He thinks he is skillful-
Iy searching the hearts Of
others, when he is only gratify-
ing the malignity of his own,
and charitably supposes his
hearers destitute of all grace
that he may shine the more in
his own eyes by comparison.


When he has performed his
noble task, he wonders that
they are not converted: he has
given it to them soundly, and
if they do not tremble and con-
fess that God is in him of a
truth, he gives them up rep
robates, incorrigible and lost
forever. But a man that loves
me, if he sees me in an error
will pity me, and endeayor
calmly to convince me of it, and
persuade me to forsake it. If
he has great and good news to
tell me, he will not do it angri-
| ", and in much heat and dis


composure of spirit. tits not,


therefore, easy to conceive on


what grounds a minister can
| Justify a conduct which proves
that he does not understand
his errand. The absurdity Of it


would certainly strike him, il


he were not himself deluded.-


CoCper.
Year: 1867

THE ADVANTAGE OF A Coon
CHARACTER.-A good charac-
ter is to ayoung man what a
firm foundation is to the artist.
who proposes to erect a build
ing on it; he can build it with
safety and all who behold it
will have confidence in it's So
lidity, helping hand will nev-
er be wanted-but let a single
part of this be defective, and
you go on at hazad, amid
doubling and distrust, and ten
to one it will tumble down at
last and mingle all that was
built on it in ruin. Without a
character, poverty is a curse,
with it, scarcely an evil. Hap
pineSs cannot exist where char
acter is not; where it is not a
frequent visitor. All that is
bright in The hope of youth, all
that is calm and blissful in the
sober scenes of life, all that is
soothing in the vale of years,
centres in and is derived from
good character. Therefore
acquire this as the first and
most valuable good.
Year: 1867

The CHRISTMAS social party, we learn
vasa success A large company of ladies'
and gentlemen assembled at Hartman's in
the evening, Notwithstanding the inclemency
Of the weather, and enjoyed themselves in
the dance during the greater part Of the
night Accounts agree that all who attended
the party went away well satisfied with the
entertainment
Year: 1867

She is dressed; she is ready; the orange


wreath now
Blooms fair on her beautiful maidenly brow;
Its white blossoms blend with her dark raven


hair
With the rose on her cheek-for blush


fingers there.
He comes with the eager step love only lends;
Or his hearts dearest idol enamored he


bends;
But the weeds of her mother o'erclouding


his bliss,
A pang for her woe damps his passionate


kiss.
"Widowed mother" he said, fear thou not


for thy child,
She shall smile when bride as a maiden she


smiled;
No sorrow shall reach her when safe on my


breast,
Sweet bird of my bosom, come home to thy


nest
-"Sad mother, no daughter l take from thy


side;
l bring thee son, though I win me a bride :;
Thou hadst but one child, 10! bless thee


with twain
Two hearts for the one which thou couldst


not retain.
"Sad Autumn is crowned with her purple


and gold,
And withered and sere drops the leaf on the


mold;
Though fed is the Summer, its fragrance is


here,
And Autumn is Summer when she Is anear.
-"Ah! sweet the Spring breezes which daily


and play,
And sweet are the white hawthorn blossoms


of May,
But sweeter the treasure 1 clasp to my


heart
Pure May bloom, fair blossom;ng lily thou


art!
'Creep closer. creep closer. my darling, my


sweet
No titles, no lordships, l lay at thy feet;
No diamonds deck thee with glistening


sheen;
But love is a crown, and l crown thee my


queen -