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Year: 1866

The EXPRESS TRAIN.-We understand that
the third, or express train, between our city
and Boston, is expected to be put ON the p. S
& P. road about the goth of May; that is about
the right time, as the summer rush of travel
will hardly commence before that time.
Year: 1866

s1A stock actor performing in the theatre
AT Salt Lake City, lately asked Brigham Young
for the hand of one of his daughters in marriage.
The prophet became very indignant and
ordered the aspirant for the honor Of becoming
his son-in law never 10 enter the theatre again.
The manager in.erceded tor him. and the actor
being necessary for the success Of the theatrical
season, the dread decree was at last revoked.
Year: 1866

No part of the Governmental policy of
France and England requires greater care
and vigilence than that devoted to the main
tenance and extension of foreign markets
for their manufactures. The loss of any
important branch of their trade causes great
distress and embarrassment. In the United
States there is no necessity for adopting a
tortuous and troublesome system to secure a
similar end. Our artisans need only the
opportunity of supplying the demands of
our own country to make the nation rich
and prosperous, and to have long line OF
successful business establishments built up,
with will react bene6cially upon each other,
and upon all American interests. m
Year: 1866

Letters from officers of the freedmen S
bureau in Louisiana show that the militia in
that State are organized into patrols for the
purpose of scouting the country and forcing
the freedmen to remain upon the panta-
tions Near Shreveport they are enfor-
cling some of the most odious features of the
old slave system. In one instance thes gave
ten, in another thirty. and in another three
hundred lashes Three freedmen's shoo-
houses were destroyed by a mob in the
parish of St Mary and in Thibodeaux. In
the parish of Lafourche lady employed in
teaching school Of adult freedmen was
driven from her work by brick bats used by
a mob. The civil authorities are not pro-
tecting the freedmen, and the freedmen S
bureau is their only source of protection.
Year: 1866

u SOLDIERS, bear in mind that
the Democratic party opposed to
their utmost the privileges of your
voting when in the army. They
pronounced it Unconstitutional"
and in every county where demo
cratic boards presided they took ev-
cry pretext to throw out the soldiers
vote. Now they ask you to sup
port their ticket.
Year: 1866

from being counted in making up the
basis OF rep resentation in any State
in which negroes are denied the right
OF suffrage. 1t assumed that the male
negroes over twenty-one years of age
bear the Same proportion to the whole
negro population that white males
oyertwenty one years of age bear to
the whole white population, and de-
ducts the negro population by that
proportion from the whole number
Tor which representation is 10 be given.
'IhlswiIl have the effect to deduct the
whole negro population of tho rebel
States from the aggregate number for
which representation is to be given.
and will deprive them of thirty votes
in Congress, and in the Electoral Col
lcge. 1t also deducts the twelve thou
sand in Indiana, from the aggregate
population for which she is entitled to
representation, and so in every State.
This effect leaves the question of negro
suffrage with each State, to be deter
mined by and, within itself. If South
Carolina wants representation for her
negroes, she has but to confer the
right of suffrage upon her male ne
grocs over twenty-one years of age,
and she will have 1t. And the matter
is referred entirely TO her own deter
mination, and so with every other
State.


The principle enunciatcd by the
amendment is this, that wherever
there is n race of people who are
deemed unworthy or unfit to receive
and enjoy political rights, they shall
not be made The basis for confcring
political rights and powers upon 9TH
ers. 'Ii


Against this amendment the Dem
ocratic party has placed tselfin direct
opposition Democratic members Of
Congress voted against it, and Demo.
cratic politicians are misrepresenting
1T all over tho land. They demand
that no constitutional amendment
shall be passed until tho eleven rebel
States are fully represented in Con
grtss when they know full we'll no
amendment can be passed abridging
the power Of. the South, imposing con.
ditions upon the rebels, or exacting Sc
curity for the future. They demand
that Southern rebels shall retain the
enormous advantage they now have
whereby each one of them has sixty
per cent. more of power in the Gov
ernment than has citizen of Indiana,
or any other Northern State, and they
demand it because these rebels belong
to their party, will vote their ticket
and assist them in getting into pow.
Year: 1866

We see by our exchanges that Allen
T. Thompson, the eloquent gentleman
who has on two or three occasions ad.
dressed our people on the subject of
temperance, and whose labors werc so
fruitful of good to the cause, has him.
self again yielded to the cravings of
the insatiate and hcll-born appetite
produced by the use Of rum. We do
not agree with those of our cotempo-
rarles who have been SO ready to de-
nounce Mr.. T. as "hypocrite"-in-
stead of censuring, we pity him; and
point to his case as only another in
stance in proof of the potent power of
the destroyer over the minds of mer
who have suffered themselves to be-
come addicted to the use of intoxica-
ting liquors. If man of such genus,
such mental power, becomes a victim
to its subtle influences TO such an ex-
tent as to thus publicly disgrace him
self and family, how readily should we
excuse weaker minded victims.


The men who have no pity and on
Iy censurc for poor Thompson do not
appreciate the power that the appetite
forspirituous liquors has over its slaves;
and the men who chuckle over such q
fall would have laughed over the fall
of the angels had they lived at the
time of its occurrence.


We hope our friend Thompson will
make another effort to save himself.
and another, and still another, until
he has succeeded in freeing himself
from the baneful influence of this des-
troyer of human hopes and happiness.
-IVyandOt Pioneer.
Year: 1866

HoT Cross BuNs.-Rub a quarter Of
pound of butter into two pounds of
-four, then add a quarter of pound of
moist sugar. Mix we'll together with
the above one pint of new milk made
warm, three well-beaten eggs. one ta-
ble.spoonful of yeast, and q teaspoon
full of carbonate of soda.
Year: 1866

My heart is chilled and my pulse is Slow
But often and often will memory go.
Like a blind child lost in waste of snow,
Back to the days when loved you so,


The beautiful long ago.
] sit here, dreaming them through and through,
The blissful moments l shared with YOU
The sweet, sweet days when our love was new,
When l trustful and YOU were true


Beautiful days. but few.
Best wretched, fettered or free,
Why should care how your life may be,
Or whether you wander by land or sea?
l only know you dead to me,


Ever and hopelessly.
Oh how often at days decline,
/ pushed from my window the curtaining vine,
TO see from your lattice the lamplight shine;
Type of message that, half divine,


Flashed from your heart to mine
Once more the starlight is silvering all
The roses sleep by the garden wall
The night bird MARBLES his madrigal-
And hear again through the sweet air fall


The evening buge-call
But Summers will vanish and years will wane,
And bring no light to your window pane
Nor gracious sunshine, nor patient rain
Can bring dead love back to life aSaln-


/ call up the past in vain.
Nv heart is heavy. my heart is old.
And that proves dross which | counted gold;
| watch no longer your curtains fold.
The window is dark and the night is cold,


And the story forever told
Year: 1866

THE following suggestive toast was recently


given at a Firemens' Banquet in San Francisco
=. The EXEMPT FIRE COMPANY Its members


BIZ long and arduous service in the Fire Depart
mont. won for themselves exemption from fire
duty for the balance of their days. May they
live to good old age, and when finally stricken


from the Active Roll Of Life, may they find


themselves exempted from fire duty in the other


world -
Year: 1866

Rs- County Warrants and G1reenbaeks taken at
their ruling value in payment for subscriptions to this
paper To soldiers the Governmet service the JOURNAL
will be furnished for Greenbacks at PAR.
Year: 1866

The death of Mormon bishop is thus announced
in a Salt Lake paper: He was thirty seven years
old, aud leaves an interesting family Of eleven
wives and forty-seVen small children to mourn his
1aaf
Year: 1866


Funny thing a baby is,


Curious little creature
Funny is its little phiz,


Comic every feature.
Helpless thing a baby is


Tiny hand uplifting
Der the troubled tide OF life


Into which lis drifting.
Mystery baby is


Memories of heaven
Still must hover in the soul


Such a short time given.
Solemn thing baby is,


Since it must inherit
All the loss and gain of life,
All the sin and merit.
Funny, helpless, mystic, sad
Let me tell you,- Freddy,
Half the good and sweet of life,
Is the getting ready.
Yours the sunshine-take it all
While you're weak and tiny
By-and-by the days that come
May not be so shiny.
Year: 1866

A WORD WITH YOUNG MEN.-lf you were just
starting on a journey to visit new and strange
lands, you would thank any one that had been
there before you for any little scraps of Informal
ton concerning the country you were to visit
the character of the inhabitants, the route you
should take, and the dangers and difficulties you
would be likely to encounter. You are just EN-
barking upon a long journey. We heve Travelled
the road before you, and we propose to give you
a word or two of advice. And in doing so we
shall drop metaphor aud come down to good
plain English. If you are fortunate enough to
have been born poor, or in moderate circum5ian-
ccs, and are the possessor OF good common sense,
you will appreciate what we have to say; it not,
you will 90 your own way. We speak of being
born poor as - Fortunate II is so in this, that
you have before you larger field to conquer,
and far brighter laurels will crown the victory.
The hard experiences of poverty are necessary to
unfold within you the noblest attributes OF char
acter. He who has struggled with and
triumphed over these rugged conditions OF life
knows not the blessings of such a schooling
The great trouble with most young men is, they
are too sensitive to the opinions of those whose
circumstances allow of more elegant leisure am
less restraint-in other words, of those whose
wealthy but foolish parents allow their boys to
indulge in all the little vanities to which young
men are susceptible. Hence, they acquire
travagant tastes which they have not the means
to crafty. You should not choose such associ-
ates While they are laying the foundation for
idle and dissolute lives, you should be storing
your mind with useful knowledge, and building
up character which, ere long, will make you u
man amongst men. Cultivate that sterling
virtue, self-rcliance, and continually aim nt
something higher and better in life. Keep awny
from silly, fashionable butterflies of girls. Like
the witch light that plays around the deadly
swamp, they will lure yon to ruin. If yon would
have female society, land the right kind of such
society is ever desirable) select those gems of
young womanbood, girls who are not ashamed
to be employed at something useful, and who
think of something else than dress and show
Spend your evenings at home and keep away
from the saloons. Save your money; cultivate
habits of industry. Establish reputation for
honesty and fair dealing. BE punctual ana
faithful in business matters, and ever strive to
preserve unsuled the priceless jewel of good
name. Follow these directions and you will be
surprised to find how readily the obstacles to
success in life will melt away before your earnest
endeavors.
Year: 1866

Bur ONE ASswER.-Not a word can be utter-
red in advocacy of justice, nor a sentiment ex-
pressed in defense of the rights of man, but the
Democracy begin to scream about negro equality.
" Negro equality" says the Democratic journal
of this city, " is one of the principal issues of
the day The invariable reply to every argu-
ment that is made in behalf of impartial justice
is: q You want negro equality" Tristan
Shandy tells us that his Uncle Toby, matter
what subject was in discussion, would always
interpose or reply with the remark: Z" ! wish
you could have seen how large an army we had
in Flanders Uncle Toby fayorite remark was
not more irrelevant than this constant twaddle
of the Copperheads about the social equality of
the races Oregonidn.
Year: 1866

WOMEN l. MoSTASA.-A citizen recently re-
ceiyed letter from friend at Virginia CITY.
Montana Territory, says the Wisconsin Capital,
in which he gives much advice and information,
among which is the following


| would never bring family here, as every
other man who has come with his wife has lost
her. Women can earn money here faster than
men, and they very soon become dissatisfied with
their husbands and take up with other men, and
that is the last of them. You may have a woman
with mind enough to stick by you, but, if SO, she
will do better than the women who have come
here BY hundreds, even old married nennle
Year: 1866

GEN. GRANT AND THE PREsIDEyCY.-The Ga
lena Cllinois) Daily Gazette of March l4th, no.
tices the nomination of Gen. Grant for the Pre-
sidency by Republican meeting in Rochester,
n. Y. 1t says that Gen. Grant is soldier and
not politician, that he has taken no part with
either Congress or the President as against the
other, and that his opinions must be gathered
from lis official acts. The Gazette then adds,
with an emphasis which attracts some attention
from the fact that Galena is the home of Gen.
Grant:


We know all his hopes and sympathies are
with the great and patriotic Union party OF this
country. In feeling and sentiment he is thor
oughly identified with the millions of loyal peo-
ple who in the long years of war and carnage,
and blood. gave their hearts, their blood, and
their treasure to their country He has neither
sympathy nor liberation for any party, nor any
set of men, who were against the country in its
terrible time of trial and peril through which it
has safely passed.


ests of his country, guided by the loftiest pa
trotism looking to a regencrated nation, now
resting upon the basis OF universal liberty, all
loval and good men can turn TO him as their re-
lance and hope. If the good of the nation de-
mand it there be doubt that he will, at
the proper time, respond to the unanimous voice
of his loval countrymen, and permit them to
rally under his banner, which will prove no less
victorious in peace than il was in the sorm-cloud
of war.
Year: 1866

Local REDUCTION rain storm, the
President Of Democratic convention, seeing
small number present, made the following
speech THANK God for rain The more
rain the more corn, the more corn the more
whisky, and the more whisky the more dele
gates =
Year: 1866

WE had intended, says the Placerville Mirror,
to publish one of the Presidents late speeches /;
but our devil put veto on it by proving that
there were not enough of the character in the
office to set it up. Here's specimen of the
style, however:


T stood in the Senate of the United States de-
nvinp the doctrine of secession. i think have
rivcn evidence that have been sincere and in
earnest. and now want to know why it is that
the whole pack of slanderers are swapping at IN "
heels? Why is it they array themselves against
me? Is it because stand by the side of the
people-and when say the people include
the soldiers and sailors


Astonishing that he considers the soldiers
and sailors ''people
Year: 1866

MORE DANGEROUS THAN NITRo-GLYCERiNE.-To
the greatest deep there is still greater depth,
says an old proverb, and it also appears that
than the greatest explosive there is still more
violent explosive We had supposed that in de-
posing guupowder and guncotton in favor of
nitro-glycerine or glonoine. human ingenuity had
done its worst, but it seems that we are mistaken
Mining enterprise has called for the application
of new explosives more formidable than any
heretofore employed, and thus it was that the
use of the article which now absorhs the atten-
ton of the community came into play. More
recently, we learn, new substance is in vogue,
for use in mining enterprise, which we are here
after to know by the name of sodium amalgam.
We had encountered the name g sodium " so
often before that it seemed as familiar as that of
the now obsolete article camphene. Sodium is
described by the Call as the most powerful and
deadly explosive substance known. In detonat-
ing powder one ounce of it is equal to about
twenty-five pounds of gunpowder or two and
half pounds of nitro-glycerine. spoonful of
water coming in contact with two hundred ounces
of sodium would produce an explosion eqnal to
that which follows the ignition of five thousand
pounds of powder. five hundred pounds of
nitro-glycerine. From these facts it might be
supposed that sodium is not the safest of all
chemical compounds to handle or transport
Sacramento Bee.
Year: 1866

THE Savannah Republican says :-'' Disguise it
as you may-spurn it rs an unpleasant idea and
hard to be realized-thcre is nothing truer than
that the people of the south probation,
and that it is in their power to make the result
for or against them. The basis of every plan
yet proposed, looking to the rehabilitation of
the States whose functions such were suspen-
ded by their voluntary action-to use the words
of the acknowledged champion of the South and
high exponent of the conservative doctrine-is
the assumption that there is Willingness to ex-
tend loyal support to Government. And it
requires no extraordinary keenness of percep-
ton to discover that this support does not con-
sist in cvincing an implacable spirit of defiance,
or showing themselves still imbued with the Of
fensive ideas from which the rebellion sprung"
Year: 1866

WOMEN IN PARAGUAY.-The author OF book
entitled Sketches in Paraguay" gives us an
idea of one of the customs of the Paraguayan
ladies as follows Everybody smokes in Para
quay, aud nearly every female above thirteen
years of age chews. | am wrong. They do not
chew, but put tobacco in their mouths, keep
it there constantly except when eating, and in
stead of chewing, roll it about with their tongue
and suck it. Only imagine yourself about to
kiss the rich red lips of magnificent little Hebe,
arrayed in satin and flashing with diamonds !;
she puts you back with one delicate hand while
with the fair, taper fingers ofthe other she draws
forth from her mouth n brownish-black roll of
tobacco, quite two inches long. and looking like
a monstrous grub, and depositng the delicate
morsel on the rim of your sombrero, puts up
her face and is ready for salute have some
times seen an over-decate foreigner turn with a
shudder of oathing under such circumstances,
and get the cpithet el sdrdco (the savage) ap-
piled to him by the offended beauty for his
squcamishness. However, one soon gets used
to this in Paraguay, where you are per force OF
custom, obliged to kiss every lady you are in
troduced to and at least one-half you meet are
really tempting enough to render you reckless
of consequences, and you would sip the dew OF
the proGered lips in the face of a tobacco bat
terry, even of the essence of g Old Virginia.
Year: 1866

THE Controller of State has addressed Cir
calling their attention to the following require
ments of an Act passed during the late session
of the Legislature:


SECTION l. All property exempt from taxation
under the laws of this State and not belonging
to the United States or this State, nor to any
County, Town, or City, shall be entered upon
the assessment rolls in the several Counties
with the name of the owner, the description, and
exempt.


SECTION 5. Each Assessor before delivering
over the assessment roll to the Board of Equal
ization. shall attach thereto his affidavit stat
ing that he has complied with the provisions
of this Act so far they relate to the duties of
Assessor and the entry of exempt property on
the assessment roll.
Year: 1866

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT-On Wed.
nesday, the House of Representatives of
Connecticut, concurred with the Senate in
the ratification of the constitutional amend
ment by straight party vote A hundred
guns were fired on the green in honor of the
occasion. Connecticut is the first State to
ratify the amendment.
Year: 1866

A Washington dispatch says there
will be warm struggle between the
executive and the legislative branches
Of the government TO get control of
the entire revenue department, with a
view to the possession of the spoils Of
Office. The Republicans will there
fore attempt to detach this depart.
ment from the Presidents control
With this view, Judge Kelly, of Phil.
adelphia, is preparing bill as a sub
stitute for the present internal revenue
bureau, department of the revenue
under commissioner to be appointed
by Chief Justice Chase, who Is TO be
authorized to make all subordinate ap-
pointmcnts.
Year: 1866

HISTORY OF THE CONFEDERATE Ma
vY.-One Of the editors Of the No
bile Tribune is endeavoring to collect
material for a work under the above
title, and has already made some pro
gress in that direction. He requests
all late officers Of that branch Of the
Confederate service, and others con
nectef with it, as well as officers Of
the L. 5. Navy, to the Mobile Tribune
Office whatever information they pos
sess on the subject
Year: 1866

NEW YohK RAILROAD TROUBLES ---
New York is kept constantly in hot
water about her passenger railways --
Many corporations wish TO lay con.
Meeting and extending lines through
the business streets Of that city, and
if possible, on Broadway, and the peo.
pie are determined to prevent them. -
The passenger railroad companies or
ganize their gangs Of laborcrs by night,
and pouncing down upon a street, lay
their tracks by lamplight in short
space of time, and have them com
pleted before legal process from the
courts can interfere. On last We'd
nesday night, one Of these parties was
successfully prevented by the police
from laying n railroad on Pearl street,
and several Of the persons engaged in
the work were arrested and the others
driven away The New York passen
ger railroad companies are so persis-
tent in their efforts to get line on
some portion Of Broadway, or across
it, that they may yet be able to battle
the people and succeed.
Year: 1866

A colored man created sensation
in Richmond the other day by driving
through the streets in an open one
horse carriage, made entirely of broom
straw, with the exception of the run
ming gear, the wheels being sawed out
of the solid timber, eighteen inches in
diameter.
Year: 1866

A committee has been appointed by
the Alabama House of Representatives
to inquire whether railroad charters
have been complied with, and to OBJ
tain such information in regard to
their condition as will enable the Leg
islature to facilitate their operation.
Year: 1866

The New Era, Published at Fort
Smith, Ark, contains a call signed by
a number Of Union men, for a eOnven-
ton to memorialize Congress to or
ganize that State Government upon an
exclusively loyal basis.
Year: 1866

The rumors about the outbreak in
ireland seem to be premature. Late
cable kilograms announce that an out
break is momentarily expected, and
the authorities of Cork have asked
for troops to protect the peace of that
city.