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THE SEVENTH DAY IS THE SABBATH OF TIlE LORD THY GOD

WESTERL FIFTH-DAY MAROH 22 1866

last figment of a I ernment of the U mted States Know ist)l~slted. Who shall mg that this law eXIsts the legIsla ilOI,t.OrR dIsagree ~ ture of GeorgIa has recently elected

IIavlDg shown sub)!tltutlOnary two men to the Umted States Senate not be admitted 11 to who were the most plomment 8ldel's

as a basls und sbettOls of th Q rebellIon that can ensue the that State ploduced dUl'lIlg the war

exam ne the tlUe Neither of them can take the oath at-onj~-nlen.t. ID a futm e ar reqmred and yet Mr Beecher con

tends that if these Squthel'll I epre sentatlves be rejected it Will ahenate the feehngs of the Southern people

1688 The reverend gentleman oU!il:ht to be !li!hamed to talk such stuff When ttre war broke out we were repeated Iy told Just what to do and what 110t

to do to a\ Old exasperatmg tl!elings of our Southern brethren We 'must not march our troops th ough Baltimore nor over the sa­~ JWll of neutral Kentlleky we

m ll!! not allow our boys lll~lue to forage upon Southern poultTy yards o corn crlbs a guard must plac -ad around every rebel woman shOuse

A absbact of Rev! l\b Beec! er s speech n ~uPI Olt of Ji'resldent John son slate \eto nnll pol cy of tl e

"hose husband has gone mto the Confederate IIlmy and above all 1ce '1I.!L6t not touch tM 11 gger That was declared to be the last feathel whIch If laid npon the upraised back of our already exasperated and somewhat wayward brother would SUI ely break (lpwn hIS long forbearauce and we should have a fuss And so for fear of ahenatmg those nervous fel 10:vB we carried on the war to SlIIt them llllder such peace makers McClellan and Buel and Fltz John Potter and others of that stupe who never were gmlty of any act calcu lated to exasperate any body The cm\ntry has outgrown all that sort silly, palaver With the bitter recol l~lon of the mdescnbable hOlTOlS of LII by and Andersonville and ~ah8b lry still bmnmg m om memo

n elate :ldm s. tm of ep e enta t es f om the bel States to seats n Cong eqs s pr nted h~lew th Thele s not a s ngle po nt I tl e addwss

tl at IS ne v or that has not been

IPS the country ought to march 8t alght forward ~ It II unfaiterlllg step and undivmted gaze to the goal of unl\ enlnl Just ce

mo e st ongly put by the democ atIC 0 BROTHER SA VB ME pape s of tI e co mt y Ion tl e sa ne Tliese ~ CI e the words of one ~ 110 subject He stated tl at tl eels no good le:l'on 'hy the So Ithelll was most deeply conVicted of sm I States sho Id not be lepresepted m never saw another pe son III such Cong ess to da) only -only whut agony of mihd f om the same cause l\I Beechel?- onl) that there She was the child of pIOUS parents sho 11 be a J st settlement of "'the mstructed and pm) ed fo constantly conditIOn of the f oed nen of 1he ani'! now after lUIS ng many obJec co \I try That IS pi eClsely "ht s tlOns she saw that sbe was gUIlty the n atter brother Beecher and ane stubborn and m danger of pun wI e ) on ad? tl at these I gl ts Ishment She had been directed to _I 0 ld be sec ~e 1 by a consht Itlonal Chnst and had endea,ored to follow

1 d! hI d b fli tb& du ecbon yet no relief came She ameu nel t eg .. Ize y ~n h~come to feel that It was because cent leg alatIOn ,d answ el Yes bnt how do yo I p opose to obtam the way was not made clear to her as

leglslut 0\ If tHe Pr eSldent IS It should be and ~ as wa bug for the gomg to \ cto all laws passed fOI the return home of her only brother benefit of the I ecentlv manumitted wit\! the feelIng that he wo lid be a sln\ e or vhlle he dictates to Con better gUide g (lSS as to what ameddments to the 'Vhen tJ at mother anned he was const t tlOn shall be proposed ~ The mfOi ned of the fact and a moment s le\ elcnd gentlemen Ilas brought hiS thought detennmed him to go to his " tt to the ltal heforJ he has become Qwn room Without seemg her As ~econc led to h s blbther Johnson he passed the dool of the loom where wh eh IS not III acco dance nth 81 e ~ a's wa t ng to see hlIDJ and

reo.sOIII SCI'IptUl c stepped upon the Btalr she dlSCevel

Do not suppose that the Lord from heaven 18 to be eu grossed m prophetICal stndles to the 'neglect of plamer n0rtions of the word of God SCflpture IS lmPOrtant m plOportlOn to ItS slmplICity That whICh all can read and undel stand IS essential to the sah atlOn of all What IS difficult IS assuredly of less lmport Rnce I do not mean less lmportant ID Itself for It wo~ld be the. hIghest presumptIOn III us thus to affirm of Holy Scrlptm e that some parts are more or less Important when all was given by msplratlOn of God, but It IS less so to us If It were otherwISe SCripture would be a mystery to the sllllple mmded confoundmg and per plexmg him whereas It IS a light unto hiS feet and II lamp llllto hiS paths The testimony of the Lord IS sure makmg WIse the sunple To WIIlt for the Lord s second cOlninlg,.1 then-what IS It? To bee at the mel ey of each successn e IDterpreter of prophecy ~ To be the VlCtlDlS feverish eXCitement m the mmd I Onr blessed Lord has not thus de-. SCrIbed It. It IS rather to have our

lamps burnmg and our loms gITt abo It It IS to be filiI of heavenly affectIOns full of holy love full of good works It IS to be walking as pilgflDls npon earth stnvmg to make known to others the glorIOUS mystery of the cross and labormg for the ex t€nB on of Chiist s kmgdom upon e;lrth --Ret J. B Marsden 'Vhen lHr Beecher undertakes to ed b B pm'Pose and "pnngmg :Utm

Ray that self. mtelest Will lead the h III she drew 11m back c ymg out So thew people to gum antee aU 0 brother sm e me sa, c me GENEROSITY needed Ights to the people of ('olor If you don t I hall de Not Jlllt leg e but wlat t co Is s he s bl nkmg some of the most no It "as a solemn momcnt-a rna to gelS the measure of OUI gener table facts ul on th s s bJect The) ment perhaps as near the t wmg oSlty True g\lIleroslty IS a charac Will gl e the black lDan tI e chance po nt as human nature has power to terlstlC shown by those who so much that they have e\ el gl\ en hIm-the see The bIOther pushed I er away prefel tl e happmess and comfort of cl ance to to I for them fOI nothmg almost roughly saymg With a, olCe others to any mdulgence they could They" ill gil e hun the same PIOtec that ~ as tIemulol" With fIght as PIOC re for themselves that they tlOn ,hICh the wolf give. to the well as affectIOn contmually saclwce their luxUfles lamb T mned to hate an 1 C ush '\'nd so you wIll come to e ra the gratificatIOn of then tastes and tl e llOffeusl\e blacks all theIr 1I\es ther than to Jesus I can do nothing theu ,ery comforts to the pleasure wI JIe 0 :vmng thel)] all theu a,el at all for YOll of domg good and of mak ng othels Slon has been embittered and mtens Thus lett to herself-the last fond happy fied by the act of emanc patlon refuge torn away-she sank down The noblest element m generous w h eh takes away fOI ever the slave s With a feeling of despatr that ~ as actIOn after Ollr desrre to use the valne and the treatment that the aecompamed by angel at her brother wealt)! God has given us as those needmen meet With now m the d s But after a few moments she saw who me but stewa ds of what the) tl cts unplOtected by mIlitary fOlce that he had only told the tlllth He seem to 10Bsess IS self sacnfice One IS mfin tely worse than before the could do nothmg and It was stiange of the most difficult lessons for the Wa! ThiS I, so patent to e\ery m that she could have asked him It generous to learn IS to be Just first telligent man at all conversant ~ Ith w~- all because she \I as really (though but if thiS quality IS wanting gener the affuu S III those States that It IS till that moment unconsclO lsly) 1 n oSlty IS spoIled of half Its meut and UI necessary to cite the plOof Unless IV II ng to be ~vedQy Clrst By God s beauty Wow havmg satIsfied Jns CongIess does Its whole duty III pro gIace the brother had mdeed made tlCe genCIOS ty becomes commenda tectmg these wards of the natIOn the matter plam and It was not an bIe Ascertam the wants of others fi om the Cluel fe OCltJ of tI elate hou befOle she had made a full sur see how far they. can be satisfied by rebel ma-tels Abmh:imLmcoln s de lender to Chnst and was at pl'ace practlCIDg a wholesome self.demal c ee of emanCipat on was the gI eat She could trust Jesus and love him and then gIVe wlth a discretion which

CUlse e\ el mflicted upon the col too Reader go yo I to Chnst If may double the valne of tble gift o ed people of th s eo mtry Bettet you have not already Say to him DiscretIOn m gIVIng 01 kDowlng the seIVitude - better the auctIOn and 0 ly to hIm Oh brother save when to give and how to gIve IS block-better the 0' Clseer s smartmg me Then you will find relief the rare facnlty whICh makesigener lash WIth the protectIOn of pecuma The burden of sm falls not off but 081ty doubly acceptable I h,e lust Iy mterest which the mastc! used t{) befOle tl e cross -Congrfgal 0 al I used the expressIOn a wholesotl e self feel-than to be set fit hberty ~ Ith demal and I mean by It to condemn a It one of the legal rIghts or pnv.J. THE DEVOUT LIFE the want of Justice to one s self. leges necessary to make that liberty rJ'he De:vo It LIfe was the sub whICh IS the temptatIOn of some of practical t tihty over zealous and 0\ er genero IS IDdl

.Mr Beecher says he was Implessed feet of the seventh m the Umtanan \lduaIs With the objections contamed m the Course of Sunday Lectures by Rev It IS not an ,Uncommon thmg to PreSIdent s veto message of the 0 B FrothIngham In hiS estlIDa hear personk say that they would de Freedmen s Bureau bill Well If he tIOn the devout life IS a hfe of prln light to be generous but thiS IS II Will read Senator T umbull s exhaust pleasure demed to them by theIr nar ve and able speech III reply to that Clple unselfish somethmg whICh we row ability I would reply to thiS

veto message he will soo that Mr can apprehend and respond to that I lIever yet saw a person not Johnson s objections ha, e been to Though the spmt IS always the same reduced to absolute beggary and star tally and utterly""demolished and the form IS never the same from one vatlOn who co lId not find means that he has not an meh of ground generation to another The model and OppOltUDIty to be generous if he left to stand upon If ever a flimsy srunt m 1St be a model man and the desired to be I have alre:Jdy re piece of loose sophistry and mls AmerIcan samt must be an AmerlOaI! corded the generous act of the poor statement was tOlD mto ah eds and mlln Some time s uce he had taken needle woman divl<ling he~ small blown akvwald It has been done to up \ volume of sermons wr tten by of work wlth her still poorer this \ eto message by the dlStmgUlsh an emment Cathohc pnest m New Inj~lgl~Do'r. I could add to tillS almost ed Charrman of the J UdWlUry Com York,; m whICh were the words The mnumerablc mstances of the manner mlttee of the Senate It not only samts of our day The samt m which an llllaffectedly generous knocks t~e entire underpmmng out our day sald the preacher IS not natnte will be .sure to manifest IUelf from nnder Mr Johnson but It 18 a the sarnt of history or the day be One of the most generons persous complete refutatIOn of Bllechel B ar fore. He IS not to hve rn a cellar or whom 1 am acquamted hves ,'g)Uments liS well to scourge hlDlSelf WIth a whip He upon so small an mcome that, m

Mr Beecher asserts that the South must be a gentleman wear as good these days of high pnces and eXltra'v-. should be admitted to representatIOn clothes as he can get St FranCiS agant expenditure, the truth m Congress as soon as pOSSible Con would be arrested as a vagrant at the would excite lllCredulous sll'rpr:lse'lI gress don t thmk so and amendS Mr present time and St Charles woUld yet from this small sum Beecher s proposItIon by strikiug out have the eyes of the detective police enough t{) do a

pOSSible and msertmg m liel\ on hi'm for wandermg through the things An extra shilling thereof the word practicable. It !Streets WIth hiS banner The to her washer woman m IS pOSSIble to admit the Southern 'or ille samt of our day IS St eold weather an delegatiQn to morrow and to set J6I[ the father of J.esus &e a day to the seamstress ilhll'Ojj-DaVIS at liberty rn accordance WItb: goes on to say that the Barnt employs if the times Mr Beecher'S recommendation al day sliould be a domestic a good the saYIng IS or wor\(ls

I "''''q made but Congress does net {ather, willing to gu to Egypt or any to be obtamed ilelicacles

~~~::~J:~i~~tJ~~~~~;:l!~~:~: practlcable and as the Constl where else If his fillnily reqUlled It. theU' '\f&y to the poor and

~~i~~~b~-~le~l:t~th~e~JUdge of the But thIS oplDlon 18 defiCIent III the the neat and ~ of Its own memOers It pnmary element of life To Dmke ;lust when It l8

a::ogative our rue devout, we consecrate when hai'I 8:~;!;~

number crectmg fice who always ap1])esred meIrY humor who "",<1' .• 4_ and a cheerful smile tOI~ .. 'tl'!r,ol~.lH.· met Let the day gloomy or sunless, danced like II ful

dellp.andlj,c~~ere,! a Wld J;o a eYery portion of it not the

or:·devo~n m ~e'~I~,of:ihIBde·1~mmd tj~~:l~~~~::~~~::4~:;:~! '''~~~~~~::~:~~t:::~~~~; bauohe OJ :Dive\!, 4ec, but consecrat- ill sOltt;'~Iid"!Jblt\lJldli!!! ai ed fOrlhi goOd of hUlDaDlty, UDSelf. ·"' .. · ..... 11 .'ilth.,,"

And nOWjOu

as "ere. we, at that our transit to be made III then;"htf;nw had we calculated to see and pa-sage through and of mysteIY torlO attractIOns, del s, so mIlCh the difficulties

upon It as tfleiirrlpClrtilpt fact the only ol'erlaJllrj

oterland tlIP much adVice Ists on the nees had been commg the ro,,·im,o· UlfllCJUlJ.ICS way " DesCl t gl1~~ses,' Simply gleen '01

lshed up m goggle lIke urn, of the

of protectm g the of the sun, and ItS

frOID the ",lii'.h'r·;n

'j!!s;ov,ere:igIll; panacea IhV<ltp,"_ whICh, m our fl'"aLI.aOUJ

would be given us we should ) eqlUl e the famtmg aplPetiteJ lows for

wearIlleBS, the scenes !thi'ourgh passed Glasses

to enable us to gaze sea of sand, spread aJJl!'arounu! nneven surface, ii'l"eghl~~r swells of the ocean back no glare to pam mght arr was aeljci~)U$ly havIllg no thIrst to bottle was fOIgotten carrIages, which ar e !l'inail:lr class cars m England, passengers m groups, le~lCh'c(lmIPa±t­ment bemg a car.ria!~e we had not trclullle~ make any speCIal whole compartment of our little party, and the lamp, which IS ilnSi~rte~d ~oof of the cars, abd alw'avB triIiIilll~id from WIlliout, we

the daIllger

THE SABBA~>--_ RECORDER, MlAROH

was and when tration COlmp:~ny" of Egypt The glale down

l,m'M;Mh sands, we should then fury Thus

He:lve!!! ,t(!mllerS the" md The roads wele

oasy, and oh, so long tOSSlUgS

f1 equent, for few miles, at

for supplIes of the latter bemg

themselves for a among some old near, and up the

long flIghts leadmg to a budge over statwn Several

theIr scrnbbmg b:t;nshes upon the serted floor of our lately th:I'oIlgeqL but now desolate saloon I

HOME NEWS Shiloh, N J,

1>IAllCII 12th 1 The FIfteenth Anmversary

Umon Academy occurred Wednels+ day afternoon, March 7th The erCIsee 'Were held m the church,

tastefully decorated WIth

was by re-from on1 01 two brethren, the

COj~gI'eg:ati(lll appeared deeply affect­and some Jwer~ weepU'Ig on ac-

of thelll smS Eld Backus addressed plms~lf to the uncon­

pOltraymg th them the joys ll,,''''ell, WIth mUl'h feelIng and af­

On the other hand, he spoke

whICh, m the \magina,tiO<ll WIlter, have of hIS "higher them IS the heath en sel.ectin g

on lU and kept her e,

tanks Sur-

bnght eyed lIttle native boys wer.e ho, ermg about tJ;1e tIam, With bas kets of delicIOUS fnllt for sale, among Wh10h "ere oranges, supenor, so they wer e plOnoulfeed, to any we had ever tasted, m Europe, ASIa, or Am~nca The boys spoke EnglIsh suffiCIently to be able to carry on then traffic, qUlte m home fashIOn, only that we mnst do our tl ading outSIde, for they aI ene, er allowed to enter the cars, each compartment bemg for the tIme the undisputed castle of Its rulmg oc­

gt eens The programme p.o·n_'HU". I an unusual demee of solemmty

of the final pumshmlmt of the WICk eel, and gave an InVItatIOn for any who desu ed the prayers of Chns­tIans to anse One young lady arose, and on commg forward to an anxlOns seat, was followed by another Eld Backus, while lookmg pvcr the bills and valleys, lind the mhabltants

sltlOns, upon whIch he has manifested "".lIm", lOuncling the are a nmnber of quee\ 100bng I lIttle strnctm es, eIght or Iten feet dlUlllcteI, made of cIa), ~nel hke beehIves, re mmding us of the p10tures ofT€lmlte ant hill~ we have seen, only less shalp, and we should ne, er ha, e

cupant

orations and essays, a nollOOI11'* paper, mter spersed WIth

much ablhty in multIplymg "ords

B F R

MISS HYDORN'S SaHOOL

t*em fOI human habItatIOn", had we not seen human bemgs Issue out of tlie one small entrance at the SIde, and demean themselves very much anler the fashIOn of sleepy, re­luctant statIOn tenelels at home Theil mam buJmess seems to be, to keep the trac~ clear nom the englllphmg sands, whwh sometllues sweep over It Yet I these clay d1i ellIngs must be Just t1).e thing for a desel t of sand,

Our approach to Alexandba was very fine, the seenelY growmg more and more enchantmg, until we were

the space of three and a half hours, a. lal ge and Illtelligent audl ence gave an earnest and appreCIa­tIve attentIOn to the exercises Many of the productIOns mamfested a good deal of thought and labor, aud m literary ment deserve much prmse The executIOn exhIbited elocutIOnary

~ theteof, mIght have said, as SaId one

The followmg letter from Miss E () Hydorn to some of hep. former pupils m Potter county, Pennsyl­\ ama, was published m a paPEjr prInt­ed 111 that regIOn, and contallis Items wh10h may mterest our readers

I'''''ho'." fide showers, as well as the lays of thIS cloudless sun,

I '''''nlli! penetrate anythmg less com-pact thaJ the~e sohd clay walls

After tjWo or three hours' nde, we stopped for refleshments, and a-, III

all the tr1nslt, thIS IS supphed at the e}''-pen-e ?f the Viceroy of Egypt, It was WO) th while Just to 1001, m, uud see w hilt 1110 had for us But at thiS first statlbn thelC seemed to be little except SPlll1;.<;, so \1 e "er e soon m our qlUet seats agmn It" as long past mlc1mght "hen" e began to -ee occaslOndlly a real" OaSIS, a gwen spot 111 tHe desel t, clotted" Ith shIllbs Then they giew larger, WIth the ad dltIOn of a few date twes Presently there \1 ere cottages nestlmg under

dnte palms, then clusters of cottages, 01 hamlets, and tho lIlter \ emng sand stl1PSI grew narrower and less fl equent, alld then the) dIS­

lalm(~an)d altogether, we "Cl e cnter­the I allc) of the NIle And now

the Hchness of the land wns on O\ery SIde, and those palm glOI es, 'nth

tall, ~lendeI, naked tmnks, and of long le::n os flmmtmg out flOm top, fOlmed the Clowmng beauty

the whole At two 0 clock we leached CallO HeI1 we had a grand

very near the town Then ~'1'trainiJllg, and, m some mstances, mOl e

came a fallmg off The str eets seem ordinary skill m the presenta ed narrow, close, and dIrty, the only of thought Everythmg passed opJect of specml mtelest bemg that off successfnlly, and hIghly satISfac-"seventh wonder of the wodd," d

.. tory to patrons and fnen s, stndents Pompey s Pillar )Ve had seen It teachers The past year of afar off, towermg high above Umon Academy has been one of thmg elsc, and needmg no gUIde d

gratlfymg prospellty an mCl easmg book to pomt It ont We looked m mtm est WhIle kind PI 0' Idence has vam for Cleopatra's Needle It was affi10ted some of the students WIth lymg (so they told us) prostrate m the saud The cms took us close t9 swkness, our band has not been

broken by death The school has the wharf, and the steam tender been gladnally ad, ancmg m glade, ready to bear us duectly to the shIp, numbel., and IeputatlOn There t. sml at noon1 It ;w~s already 10 were 10 attendance last term eIghty-

~:::~~I~~~It, ~~e" ~a:;~~e ~v~~:m ~:d SIX students-as lalge a numbel as I there has beon many onc term smce 1\ ards mght It callie, and at 5 P 1\1,

the ongm of the InstItutron Thele JlIay 20th, "e \rere steammg out ha\ e been classes the past ) ear m l\lexnncllIn Many of om fellow-pas L

1 atm, :FIench, GeometlY, Suneymg, sengel s had gone on board another fi I I Ph} slOlogy, PhIlosophy, Chemlstl y, steamCl to nlS I t IOIr Journey HU R

~I 11' W h d I h hetone, and the vallOUS studies of "' arsel es e '} gn en t lem tel d "I f h a O1\er gra e il O',t 0 t e Jeul silllot's salute, three cheers, at tl I b h h d

leiC la, e een tree teac elS, an mg, yet we Wil c seal eely pUl ten, f h fi L fOl Olll Ioute \1 uld be tho same nn: sComte °L tTo tHlme our nst tel m

l '

I h Id M l ap elItage gratllltons y tl we s on pa s a ta O r h ' R taught a large and mtel estmg Chem-UI new ste mer t e ' lipon' I

d el l' I f -" 'Istry elas" 1~ hlOh passe 1 an excellent was conq ere ~ IllO( e 0 pel'lection, I d ' d ] 9d I k cl exammatlon, aud the class, to sho1i an It (,I me e seom I 0 trea mg

I 1 "'" • ~ then appl cCIatlOn of hIS able man-on c asslC m. Ol~ue 'lltel OIU wean-hbtl I 'h h B b I agement and mst! uctlOn, pI esented some maw 1141l'Y tea e con-

=> hun WIth a beautIful PhOtOn'I (I11h fUSIOns :md he then mystiCIsms of Alb D th I I il I" h um Dung e 10 I U)S, t e some of the dalke<t cOlUers of the h I h d "-T "{r T

eat th We" eI e done f'?r the pi esent sc 0 als a a .I.,ew Lear 8 ree, WhICh was loaded WIth a ,ariety of WIth Asm nud !Ca, With all the frlUt, that ga, e much plensUI e and ponder ODS and s IOWJ but uufathom merrrment, as 1i ell as testlmomals of cd systems of ndilln, ArabIan, an love and lespect The Punclpal Egyptian sUlloIlldings We had was the reCIpient of a ,aluable gift-­entered upon E IOpe:1lL life and ml!:

ancIently, "Behold the fields, for they ale white already to harvest, tIllly, the harvest IS great, butthe laborers aI e Ifew " But bemg not III the least Inclined to abandon the field, he

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TAYLOR FARM Norfolk, Va JiIJl 14, 1866 After tea to-mght, It was proposed

to 'iIave some mnsIC I fOllDd Jubilee, MI BemIS went to the me­lodeon, We gathel ed round, and sung some of the olel tunes After "Baca," "Boonton," and "Come Home," I naturally enough felt hl.e reBUllllUg my talk to you

a fa~thfullaborer m the Watson field He commenced a serms of evemng me~tmgs, the first of whIch was a prayer meetmg This he could not at/epd, bemg called another way Thele wele onlytlnee professors pre sent--one, a sister ~vho was not a I eSlllent of the place-aud a number of the nnconver ted The Lord vell fied his promIse, "~Vhe! e two or thlee aiC gatheIed ~ogethel m my name, thele will I be In the mIdst ' The next evenmg thEfe waS' preach-109, and the LOId lwas there, and that to bless. CllllstJans" ele made happy m the Lmd Smners were becommg mOle lIwakened to then lost and undone SItuatIOn, WIthout an mtel est m Chust 0ihe) s \\ ere com mg forward to the anxIOUS seat As meetmg. "ere held flom C\enmg to

I e\ emng, that lIttle spal!, of conVIct mg grace, wh10h fiLst showeel Itself,

1 lllcreascd through th{ mstlullientah-ty of fmthfullaboI, ~ r eIght Sllcces

PrObably I shalL not find a better time to deSCribe my school, as It has now been III operatIOn long enough for us to know pretty nearly what It IS Our school house IS a new wood en bUlldmg, some llInety by thirty feet It seems to be douhle planked, :lnd IS battened mSlde and out For CeIlIng overhead, thel e IS tent cloth nailed to the JOiStS About SIX feet are partitIOned off for an entrance j thore are two lDSlde doors, WIth plat­form, desk, and blackboard lietw1en, hke:1 northem school house~he farther end IS dn Ided mto two rooms, some twenty seven by fourteen feet mSlde The house flonts the north, and my 100m IS m the south-west corner, and Will probably be comfoltable m June than It IS sunny day now The rooms are mshed WIth benches like OUI ) eCIta­tIOn seats My room has tlmteeu of those benches, ellch Just SIX feet long, :mcl oue "eat IllnllIng aCIOSS tbe back end of the room On these seats from fifty-seven to sIxty-three pel sons bave found sIttmg 100Ul nearly every day smce New Year I have twenty boys, of ages varymg flom seven to se\ enteen, as nearly as I can tell Few RnT'then ages correctly The first momh I had them all iff one class They read m Sanders' Second Read er, recite III Cornell's Primary Geo­graphy, anel a small Mental Arith­metIc called Table Book They stand up to reCIte, there IS noro~)m for a I eCItatlOn bench They toms We werJ m the land of news DWight s Modern Philology 'l'hme

lS qUIte a 1m ge numbel of stuelents papers, and founli ourselves ushert'd h h b t d I 1 w 0 a\C cen s ea I y pmsumg

at once mto the ~bsorbmg theme, theu ~udles, and mtend to contmue

\'iCeks Dllllllg hat tllne, ther e has not been a meetmg but some new pemtent ~e('ket has requesteel , pIa) er. TnIly Ood s people did not In­por w. ,am, fOI the LOl el 1\ as thm e WIth Ius Holy Spmt, and SCOles wele convelted to God Who could doubt the po" er of the Lord ~o forgive sms? ChriSt's 1i Itnesses became so nUUler OllS, that th€le were fIcquently sixty who Witnessed fOl Jilin m one eVEn-

1

WIth the tallest boys m and the order IS so well un,ierstood, that If a new boy comes m, put hIm m nearly the rIght

un ey comp e e a course 0 s n y late nSlt to Eng and had Just taken S h b th d d h I I

uc, y ell a ,ance se 0 ars up

mg 'iVho could but reJoice and he j

happy III meet111,ss lIke those? I their own accord At stands George Hawkins, a boy of about nme, fnll blooded black

fOJ ref! eshments, and I tIllS tIme we could affOld to tHank the VlcelOY for his gencr ous entftamment 'iVe had been looking for the pYI amlds, but If we saw them, ~t was only theIr outlInes m the dIstance, whIch dIffer­ed nothmg, by moo~hght, flOm the mouutmns of pymmldal shape we had s~en before; so~ou WIll be Spat­ed any further mllic IOn of theones OJ facts on the subJe t at thiS time

the elay, POht1Os1and Gauklili HIS til th I t f t d

place, and hIS passage had been d de I ddt th an ve ope mm s, gl\e S len'"

made on thIS S~ f-same steamer, t~ and chal acter to a school It 18 ;ell popular favonte oftralelers, between nown that the great demand of thiS

ha, e had the OppOl tulnty of atteUd­mg some of those me,tmgs I have

stout-hearted SIllnm S so melted "as neither absent nor late last rF'1'eI3bJrt~:lilih. month, gets every word of every les son, and IS pretty nearly a model boy Near the nnddle of the class stands CornelIus Cole, sevanteen years of age, son of free pal eut. He IS about half whIte, grave and dlgmfied as a Judge, faithful and dilIgent m stud~, Agam 11 e took lU seats m the

cars, 'tmd II el e soonl m motron, and now e\ orythmg wasl fIlII of mtel est for us We were gltdIllg along th.e banks of the mighty pver Nile Soon we crossed It on thei famous. brIdge, proJected ?y Stephenson, and con­Sidered one of the I wonders of the present age Its noble m che., Its maSSIve masonry, Its beautiful propor­tHins, are, as they deserve to be, the Ith,,~o of genelal ailmllatJOn And

ItS pel'fect reflectIOn III the calm, "atetJ of the NIle, was a SIght

make usl thankful for thiS moon-VIew Then came other

11)l':~d9pes of! thiS delta, Iletween whlCh beyond lay the nch valley maele

hy Itr mundatlpns Plesently we camel to a telegraph

StatiQn, and stopped to announce our ereabouts m advarlce to the good

.• ionnlp of Alexandllal, bnt the tele­agent was asleep, and must

be lIwakened, so, "hile aw::utmg pleasure, and takmg a fancy to

his example, we got a most two-hom s sleep, and

" silver mantle" of IpU!Olllllgl14 ~:Kc:ilil!mgiulg Itself for the

U ,. InstitutIOn IS bettel accommodatIOns AleX"ndrI" andtl SOllthampton It

was sometlung 0 boast of Who The amount of money ($GODO) de would not come III for a share of the Imoluntary hon11s thus heapeel on om mnocent heads?

Then ther e wte I eal, tangible no ,cities, m the ay of I efinements We 800n found that om I stewards, our table walters, and Our c~bm boys, were but so many mtegral parts of one gland body, wh10h m Its umty 1\ as known as the "RIpon's Brass Band" Thel e was, beSIdes, no need of a bell man "hIS occnpatlOn was gone" In Sh~1 clanon tones WCl e we 'warned. 0 lIse, called to our meals, "ooed to om rest, and mVlted to church BeSIdes thiS, "e had tWIce each day a full concel t by the Band, and yet all Its members, ex cept the leader, were servants of the shIp Let me enumerate thew dutIeS At 6 m the mOInmg, tea and crackers Wet e 'Served to the passengers m thelI state-rooms At 8, the children and then nurses, of whom there were a pretty large number on board, had theu bi eakfast At 9, breakfast for the passeng~rs From 11 to 12, the band played on deck At 12 came the lunch At 2, the children's din­ner At 4, dmner for the passengers At 6, tea At 7, the children's sup-

sned for a new academ10 bmldmg >IS subscnbed, and" e hope by tho tIme another annnersary of Umon Acad emy lOlls around, there can be re ported a demdoo Impro"ement m the accommodatIOns, and a pi msewor thy [\chancement III all tbat makeSllfhst­class school

2 The fnends of Eld W B Gil lette and Wife, to expre-s theu esteem and love Ifo~ them, and to make the New Year more attJ.actne, presented them, soon after the Elder s return from his nnssIOnalY HSlt to West Vngmm, WIth an elegant family BI­ble Blessmgs never go smgle hand ed, as It proveLl m thIS case As the good parson was entertammg compa-

I down by the po" er oftlIe Lm d among 11S, the filst mectmg they attended, that they callie to tile anxIOus seat fOl prayers I ~ ~

Minnesota N", AtT.LlL' 1 cb 8th 18m

To r elle, 0 the amilet) of fnonds \\ho h:l\ e exptessetl feals that we were buned a nUlUbe~ feet deep be neath the snow," I would say, 11 e have thus fal managed to keep at the top trhe" eathel, a pOl tlOn of the tIme, fas been ql1lte sm er e, With two or three ,fullons stor ms of wmd and snow The only senous casualty m om ImmedIate 1 lCIlllty, that I hal e heard of, IS that one man has lost two of hIS toes He was sOnAe ten miles HOm home, on the opet praI­ne, one of the colllest mghts of the season In i'ottemptmg to ClOSS a slough, partmlly filled WIth wateI, hiS hOI se oloke through the Ice, and III hiS cff91t to IelIe\e hiS horoe, he wet hiS feet, and lU thIS condItIOn rode home, hiS own house beIng the near­est Before reachmglt, his feet wele baclly fwzen, so lUnch so that ampu­tatIOn became necessary Two men penshed about twenty miles flom hele, on Fllelay, Jan 12th Only one of them has as yet ~ been found, he was beSIde a haysllack, and per­Ished, appar entlylm ar llittempt to se.lt on fire Such Ifcc1dents will occur nntil men leam and heed the danger of attemptmg to cross the

l open plame m a cold snow storm

ana esteemed bYI ~h BeJ,tns as the most trusty boy he has had to deal WIth At the foot stands little Frank Stone, a yellow boy, who nevel, eIther m class or ont, looks m his book, ex cept be IS told to, that [ can see, yet mnnaO'es to read about a~ well as the best of them How he does It IS a mystery to mil The class is' up WIth as varymg qualIty would find m any school half the gIrls are m the Second Read­eI, and of eqnal advancemept WIth the boys, though most of them ale oidel The remamder are the FIrst Reader My best cla~s IS the lIttle ones from SIX to ,·t-nTa"",,1I

years old I have offered re­wards for leammg the defillltIOns, and It would do you good to see them study Most of them are on hand every tIme The lowest blass IS com­posed of women from twlmty-five to fOI ty yeal s old, who come three or fonr days III a week, anxwus to learn to read, yet gettmg ore as slowly as YOll would naturally expect

Some of the children bring their. books III bags hllDg by a strap over theIr llhonlders, and the more careful ones keep the bag hung to theIr necks all day, With all the books m It t'her are not usmg The rest then books and caps OIl the bench thell SIde, or under the seat on floor, and they fare somewhat books natUlally would under cncnmstances Last week we went down onlJ (lftemoon aljld ~ve a row of nails on the boys' sIll~ iftlie house I did not thlllk of them lIt the morn­mg, but the boys ruscoyered them the.,mstant we went ml and he who sat next the wall was the best fellow

tlOns

per From 8 to 9, the band played m the saloon, and Irnm~diately aftel C1\me supper for the passengers .. You will think we had httle trme for any­thmg but meals, yet thete were per­hliPs few, if an), of the passengers, that went the IOnnds Each could choose for hImself, and eat as often or as seldom as he pleased At 11

came the general clearmg away for the mght, the scrubbmg of the saloon, and last the extmguIShing of the lIghts, Wh10h are never allowed after that hour, except by II wrItten pernnt from the shIp's surgeon, m case of SIckness

ny last Fifth day evemng, (Malch 8th,) some one lUng the bell, and soon one of the pansllIOners was m tlodnced to the company He stated that he had come after the Elder and wife, and the request bomg urgent, they excused themselves to the com pany, and plOmiseel to 1 etUln soon and fimsh the '18It But the com­pany, undelstanding the Iuse, Imme­dmtely followed, and found them en Joymg the society of the young and old, who had quretlJ gathered togeth er at the Academy, to give the pas tor and his lady a sUIplISe After two hours of pleasant SOCIal mter­COUlSO, and a fine collatIOn, the Eldel was presented WIth $80 m money, ana al1;1Oles of eneer and comfort, amountmg III the aggregate to $110 The Elder, m a happy manneI, ex­pressed his hearty thanks for these tl)kens of then kmd regard and III t~rest III himself and family After prayer, the frIends departed to theu homes, feelIng that the golden hnks WhICh bllld pastor and people togeth e~ were bnghtened, and shone WIth

But, for om consolatIOn, the" old­est mhabltant" tells us, that the like has never been known Bmce the country was settled, fm cold weather I have spent ten wmtelS lU the West, twa of them III Minnesota, one of the two was the wal:,mest, and the other the coldest; so, takmg It upon the average, ~lmnesota wmters, I thmk, will compare favorably WIth those III other parts of the West Our wmter scenes are occasIOnally enliveneel by a fire Three dwellmgs have been burned smce I have been here, whIch IS alarmmgly suggestIve of a defiCIency m the "Ill e depart­ment"

Books, bags and caps were hung up Ihollises-iilr qUlckly

'While on boald callie the Queen's bllth day - an occasIOn. on which Englif5h hearts always feel bOllDd to go out m some extra token of love and loyalty So a " Theatre ROYlll" was got up on the qualter deck, and all was done by these same umversal gemuses, and a most satlsfacwry af, farr it must have been, Judgmg from the applause bestowed on the ac-

renewed luster

Watson, NY MARCH 4th 1866

Some time last summer, Eld Back­us was lllvrted to preach on FIrst­days III the Watson sohool house,

The schools meet lU the large room for players, tj:Ien we smg for fifteen or twenty mlllutes Mr BemIS leads With a VIOlin, which helps a good deal They learn a new tune \ ery qUIck TheIl, at a SIgnal, the schol­ars go to theIr respectIve rooms, and each teacher calls hiS or her own roll The door IS locked durmg prayers, and the children t answer "present" or "tardy," as tliey were ill before aftel the door was locked We antI-CIpated trouble In getting correct answers, but I find very httle together, they seem to me int;enJse~rl human E C 1I

With the e:toeption of every fourth Of late, a lIttle lllterest has been FIrst-day, which was occupied by a excIted througli thlS commumty, by Methodist Watson school-house IS the appearance of a book entitled, REV MrnTIN 1\fOORE, the veteran situated Borne five miles from tne.I"The Two Sabbaths," III which the editor of the Boston Recorder, dIed church of whICh he IS pastor Some novel doctrllle of a "higher and low- last week, at hIS reSidence In (!Jam­expressed a willingness thathe should e1 Sabbath" IS taught--the one per- brtdge, Massk MI Moore, atter tWo preach, but dId not thmk the attend- petual, and of umversal obligation, pastorates, nt N at10k :\IIld Cohasset, ance would be large And truly the except to the Jews) from the tIme of covermg a penod of ne~rly thirty

and a hal£ are dweUers mewy,~eWlled8ijod€~ and pure strangel s "

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attendance was very small, owmg theIr exodus from Egypt to the crn- years, purchased the Bostoil Recorder, partly to the COllDtry bemg thinly Ill- cimon j the othel' restricted to the and continued Its publication WIth habited, and partly to the Inhabitants Jews for the above-namea penod much energy for about twenty years, not being accustomed to attend meet- The higher Sabbath IS the one upon when his IllC!ea!jmg age rendered it

lllgs But as meetings were which God rested at the end of crea- expedient that the paper shmud pl!.iis/'",.'THE -I-"'~"E'~.UII'"--:~!'~~:

from week to week, the Word of tion, "which was the lIWenth day of lOto younger hands,~i~~~:~0~3~!!,/:~~I~~;~~s~i~l;~~~~~~~f~ b h ji da h remarkably actIve God belllg fatthfuliy preached, It creatloll, ut t erst yoj tIme , ence busmess habIts, h~ probably 'T>,'liiih

preached m more different pUlpIts 10, 'lii"~E~1iQl~Jm lrollUlidlIWii~:',~ •• ~~ MasliachU8llttl! than any other minilter "Qj'Pulblicda[llOtiNu~"'.~ili~g!r;:+ 10 *he State For the lIIIit fciw: years hel

THE SABBATH RECORDER, MARCH

50 reglDlents of inj'aJ).I~ menta of cavalry and rC!~iIILents ~fantry to conSist The bill was passed to ;)

In the House but most of the tlDle after hour berng spent upon ... 'v .... tlOn rn eference to the eX.mO'i­tlOn WhiCh was passed ~ppr<)priatil)g $100 000 fo the obi.3eU'

In the Senate ~V.VU'V C')Dl!lB­report of the JO nt cOlnin,itille construction were printell Some t me was fiClency b II

The House spent n consldenng the

SmUIlARY OF NEWS The marnage law of Pennsylvama

e nnde go ng change A Simple agreement between a couple III the presence of Witnesses has been held to be a legal rna :rlage heretofore but that sort of thrng will be done away With and the serVIces of a elergy mau 0 magistrate will now be re qUi ed For marrylllg a pall' either of whom s rntox cated, $;)00 fine and SIX months IDlpnsonment will be Imposed

A farmer near Schenectady N Y was drivrng his span of horses to rna ket the other day when he met a stranger vho wanted to buy the hOlses and finally offered $600 for them The farme accepted the of fe:Gj took the money and two days afterward made the unpleasant dis covery that t was- all counterfe t

It IS understood that upward of £300 000 have been privately sub scnbed for~ AtlantiC Teleg aph Company and an appeal Wlll be made to the puhlic for £250 000 to com plete the manufacture of new cables Wlth a view to another attempt subme g ng them durrng the present year

A lady fj om the West reached Spencerport N Y recently on a ViS t to her parents She had her rnfant w th her and on meet ng her mother she Joyfully diS obed her infant of the shawl t II. wh ch twas wrapped and found t dead It had been s rffocated

Three lunatics confined n an A'sy m at MaJse lles F ance recently

murde ed two of theIT keepers and we e about to do the same thing to the rema n ng office ~ of the rnst t 1

t on when a 1 ttle st ategy s ddenly placed them vi ere they co Id do no t nthe nJ lry

An agent from some g eat c p tal sts and conti acto 13 l~hO propose to

establ sh a tuunel unn the sea fj om Dover to Cala s has II ed n p" s to apply to the Empbro for 'perm s s on to make bo :rngJ on the F eneh so 1 u 0 de to asce ta n the pact ca b I ty of the scheme I

As an eVidence of Ithe mmense m m g at on nto Missoun t s stated that a s ngle land hgent n Ad an co nty 1 as sold s nee the close of the war 2;) 3D3 ac es of land some th ty dwell ngs and qmte a n mber of toW% lots amount ng r val e to $3 4if.316

The tweuty e ght arsenals and armo es the no th couta n 4 0 17" lbs of powle i01026 Ibs of shell 233818 Ibs of g ape shot 21 3" lbs of bombs I 1 000 000 good Sprrngfield muskets and (l00 000

I.(lllptun:d and fo e gn m skets

M ss Spafford of Rockfo d who was betrothed to the lamented Zouave commander Col Ellswo tl one of the fi 8t , ct ms of the ebel 1 on was ma ed last week at that place to a M Brett a gentleman of vealth and pos t on n Boston

The Cha leston Cou cIon cles the a nvul the e of one hund ed and sixty five Ge man em grants men women and childi en. They w II fo m a settlement on the plantat 0 s n ChrlSt Church par sh and :lise cot ton and vegetables

At Bedfor lInd on the <:>th D BenJUm n Newland k lled Prof. J Madison Evans who had seduced the daughte of the forme The Doctor fust shot the p ofesso and then "-CUt-'hi~p eces w th a d ssect mgknlie

The New Hampshue elect on on T es lay Ma eh nth resulted n the e elect on of Governo Smyth Tile epubl cans elected the entu e co neil

mne of the twelve senators and v 11 propertYc of ha e a major ty of one hun Ired

finest III the Ho se hav ng al The e were seve al heavy ma 1

Sin.kiII.g wells cont acts closed at 'Viash ngton on a pay Wedoesday M last we¢k mostly for

company Ioutes III the £'1 Wese. The p ces ,,--~;Oonl~ so gratifYrng were generally belowhhose of four

yea s smce ~he net reauct on of out­lay be ng ab ut 1<:> pe !cent

In the cell rs of Bardn Rothchild s manSlOn Rue LafitW, Pa s II e twenty four thousand b?ttles of eve y speCies of th1 :\'Jnes ex st ng at the commenceme t of th s <lent I'Y The value of thi~ COllect! amounts to 240 000 francs

G G Lynoh who s Postmaster at Wash ng~on N t III 1861 bur ed betwefn $100 and $200 wo th of com belong ng to th~ gove nment to keep tout of the why of the eb els and s now ready tr pay t ove

Gen She ldan has l'I!)ce ved from a fj end of h s m J\!encQ a full set of

~~~~~~~~~~~F~~~:f~~~t:~;~.~~~!~ for a saddt horse fash after the MeXi an style and

valued at between t 0 and three thousand dQlla s

The amount of bond held by the Un ted State~,1n easurer m t ust for Nat onal Ba~Ms as secunty for CITCU latlon IS $314,926 100 and the amount of seour ty f01 Government depos ts $35023500 l

An ext aOldmaJy case of filial de praVity comes to light n New Bruns Wlck N J where a youth robbed h s father of $2 708 and proceeded on hlS travels to spend the same w th

born ID the subject to any

~~i~~~~~iln~(di)~an~s~n~o~i+E~~i~e~;~ reprobate compan ons

B W Green of Ha tford Conn charged With the murder bf h s wife has been discharged on the ground of rnsaruty and It s sa d that his family will send him to the Butler

Dry goods mestlc have sale pnces haviDc! 20 par

tlDle I The goods whICh a few months the war has

.sUJl'~y has exce~d mel!IDs,obl"vnl<lnt The South

•

Asylum A young lady m Jersey 0 ty at

tended a funeral the other day and was rnduced agamst her will to VI W

the body when imag nlllg that she saw the eyes move she fa nted away and has 5 nee lieen lOsane

Gen Joe JQhnston s employmg above five hundred of hiS old ebel soldiers on the Orange and Alexandi1.a Railroad which he IS refitt ng This IS the right krnd of Reconsti uct on

The Southern Exp ess Company has paid over to the FITst Nat onal Bank of Memphis $300 000 for funds lost whlre 1U theIT custody by the bloWlllg np of a steamboat

A ronng colored female school teacher In VleI)na Maryland was nearly killed a t'6W darB SJlllle by a white man who kI)oc\qld her <l0Wl)

and beat h4lr Without prOVOj)8tlOI) There are now III the vatJIts of t~

TreasIITY about $14.0 000 000 In lIOUlS and com which lS the largest sum ~ey have ever before contained,

QUite a large quant ty of n8l'yht been stolen on the Vermont Cen Rail oad w thin the past year

Dmmg one s ngle month the Com puny has had to pay $800. on losses of butte alone

The pnme mover n the plot to as sass nate Gov Brownlow has been arrested at G anada MISS and IS now on the way to Nashville where he will be tned by military comIDiS son

A house III Freetown Mass own ed by Emory BIITden was bumed down a few days s nce havrng been set on fire by children playmg Wlt\) matches

A firm of tohaccon sts of ChIcago have been mulcted III the s m of $17 500 for making fraudulent nternal revenue returns of th8IT respective lllcomes

John Gheet of New York reled Wlth hiS Wife shot her cheek and then shot himself n the head She will recover but he s mortally wounded

E ght hundred pounds of haIT cut fI om the heads of the young gll'ls who have taken the veillll one of the convents neal Pans were sold re­cently for SIX thousand dollars

There have been several expJos ons of gas or what s known as '1Jre damp rn the ChIcago Lake Tunnel One of these lllJured two of the work men very severely

Wm Pendleton of Preston Conn d ed on Thursday last at a very ad vanced age B s we died on y a few days prev ous They had been mar ed SiXty th ee yea l!

T)1e ha of D ck Taylor formerly tumkey now rnmate of Libby I son R chmond has t rned wh te du ng h s ele en months ton

A Califo n a pape says that the cultm e of ra sms prom ses to become an IDlportant feature n the ndust III fi ture of Californ a

T ~o sons and a da ghte by the nallle of So th 0 tl ha e bccn a usted at Stoughton J\lass for" h p

p ng the f: tl er J a ed Spa ks the h stor an and

ex P es dent of Bar ard College d ed at h s res denee m Cambr dge Mass J\Ia ch 14th ofpneumorua

A large amount of gold has been found III the valls of a buildmg fo me ly occup ed as a Confederate hos p tal n J\Iacon Ga

A Washington d spatch sta that Q :mtrell the guer lla has been fo nd :md Wlll be brought to 'V ash ngton for t illl

A wealtl y Mont eal merchant Nlth about $6 000 worth of cloths was a :rested at Rouse s Pomt N Y recently for sm ggling

It IS smd that S R Mallo y the last of the ebel State pnsone s has been Ieleased from Ji'ort Lafayette 011 his parole

A compact has been made WIth the Arkansas Ind ans whe eby travel ac oss the pIa ns w 11 be rendered safe

Twenty five guls ve e ecently turned out of the U S T easu y De partiDent for quarreling

The Wh pple File Manufactu lllg Company of Boston failed last week havmg sunk ts cap tal of $ 00000

Fifty dolla s have been offered for the pen WIth which the Pres dent s gned the veto message

A Jj II has passed the Leg slat e of Wlseons n chang ng the name of Buchanan co nty to Lyon

The e a e twenty five bala. heilds and fo ty five moustaches m the na tlOnal House of Repreten'tatlves

One of the latest lllventions s pa per stocklDgs made I of paper and muslin comb ned

About all the I quor sellers rn Taunton Mass great and small have been arrested I

Boston has about 2~ 649 dwell ng houses and abo t 38 000 famil es to occupy them

A loafer rn Nevada slept m a healse every n ght fo s x weeks

Hydrophobl3 s ve y prevalent ID

po tons of Minnesota FAST D y n Connectlct t s Fl

day Ma ch 30th

;;,-:=.,~ 1866.

J BA LEY

RENo OIL AND LAND COMPANY

OAPITAL $ 0 000 000 SHARES $100 EACH

STOCK GUARANTEE])

For every Sba e of Stock BBued be Par Va ue (One Hund ed Do a 1!) W

bo depos e n be

TREASURY OF THE UNITED STATES OR NVi:ST.ED N

GOVERNMBNT SECURITIES

And may be w hd awn by be Stockho der at any t me

P eodent V ce P eBldent Sec e ary Treasu e

1865 66

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I THE ID.lW OF Jl[DAIl

SEVENTY FIV!! TUOUI!AND COPIES SOLD

-.lND_

THE nm:AND INCREASING

Pnce fl 38

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nLOOM: OF YOUTH GENUINE

P epared on y by

GEORGE W LA.IRD

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but becomes brIght~r With every glad

development of qUalities.

sheep and from what observations I have been able to make I am of the opmIOn that the disease (if disease It may be called) I esults from the con st uctIOn of the c b by which the hay anll chaff are constantly falling lIpon the sheep as they eat Thls becomes mIXed With the wool and comes m contact wIth the skm caus mg Itchmg and lIT tatIOn To allay thIS the sheep WIll b te Itself and en deavor to emove the straw lind chaff from the wool By domg so It gets hold of the wool and soon learns to w!!arv. Q.lw,.ir,j,op,.ilv to execute

Unde Its pea.tness take the

neglect and find t me and

e:\:pand m the

lJe:aut,ili.llct mOle women Q'l'owi~,,,, old and ugly

I ~~JU;~!{)~~~~~ Flow g lightener of the rIChest do the nmeteerlth

'to,mo>D who uses llU'".--LWll~e Journal

says that the ~eferellce to

l::;~::l:~::t:~ cable have en c be made of the

dItter!ent sea Generally of any g eat

-'mligllljclrh'ood of con between

ouly 120 ~'ln:"tl'C, bet veen

The

eat It I have seen them coax each othe to eat 0 t the straw and chaff from the l' wool and by thIS means they learn to eat vool Take a flock of sheep that I ave not formed the hab t and keep them clean f om the

I s1cr,,;w and chaff. and I "1\ illguaIantee that so long as they lIle kept so they never will eat wool

The result then of my expenence m sheep wIsmg 18 that by g:\vmg them plenty of sunshme and an WIth a varIety of goo~ wholesome f{)od a good valm d y place to eat m w th a good supplv ofi pure cleal wiilter m w nte and a good pasture m summer WIth plOpel: protect on from the hot sun a man can ha dly fml of success m sheep ralS ng -G W G m ~ E Fa ne Jan 10th

_lDERN SIAl ESE T VINS -Twone gro children are now on exhibitIOn at Rale gh N C that eXCIte much CUrIOS ty They me fourteen years of age and were born of slave palents III Anson county The Sa da d speaks of them as follows

The whole SIte of the populous and wealthy CIty of Leeds m ~u",-,. land 18 owned by the heIrS of a eel' ta n Joseph Wilson many of whom named Ingraham ale now hvmg m thlB count y .All of the buildings n that mty of 200 000 mhabltants are bu It pon land wh ch has been leas ed smce1680

A promment c tlzen of Troy N Y haVIng busmess at the pohce of. fice amused h mself while there by llippmg on a pan of brIght looking handcuffs They shut together With a snap and he was obliged to walk the stleets two hours before he co de} find the office to unlock them

The guards on the trams of tl e S vedish rail ways are 1 equll ed to have a knowledge t>f the elements of surg ery that m caSe of aCCidents they may be able to lender med cal assist­ance An ambulance fitted p With e ery regu site forms part of each tram

A count yman n Sa, annal Ga observed that a gang of darkeys were work ng on the streets each wea mg a ball and cham. He asked one of tbem why -tliat ball was chl\illed to his leg To keep poople from steal mg It said the dar key heap of thieves about he e Massa ~ It conple celebrated theIr siver wedding ill Vermont the other day of whom It was ilald that the-y never exchanged a harsh word dunpg then weddod life of twenty five years The most mcredulous Will bel eve It when t s stated that they are deaf mutes

What s difficulty ~ Only a word meat ng the degree of st ength re

qu s te fOI accompllsl ng dIll'e ent ob Jects a bugbeat to ch ld en and cowmds b t a stnnul s to men

Raw mutton !lI beef. g ven n con Junct on Vlth diluted alcohol n small doses IS no V used n the treatment of consumptIOn m France

Both the father and the mothe of the WIfe of Gov Fenton of New York d ed on Satu day Ma ch 3d aged 80 years

•

The connect on betwee these g Is s close than m the S amese tv ns there be ng more of the phys c al and mental organs common to each The connect on beg ns below the neck aud term nates at the ex: tre n ty of tl e sp ne To touch one at any po nt of her body helow the connectIOn sends a sensation to the b am of each vhIle a touch of ether above thE; connectIOn IS felt by that one only They can talk to different pers()Us at the same tIme on entlIely differ,ent 5 bJects and one can en gage n a game of whist while the other leads or S ngs The lady who has them III charge was the fo mel mIStress an] IS now commenc ng a to v th them under a contIact w th thClr pa ents "loa e both I v lUg

A httle boy lecently died at West Bethel Me f om playfully piling s stones on h s stomach >:h Ie ly ng ~===-C---:-:-:==:-T-C-"7~::7:=-:-:­down

The numbe of lette s re e ed fit the New Yo k Post Office the pa t year fo del very n that c y IS est mated at fo ty milhons

AN ECLll E OF T E S N - The ecl pse of tl e s n on the 25th of Ap II last wI ch was ouly pa tral m the lat tude of New YOlk was total n Oh I whe e twas obse ved by

Pad e CappellettI who has commu ~IllCUl;e(/ pa t of his obser at ons to a brother astronomel III Rome The complete obscurat on lasted 12 m n '>0 sec D II ng th s t me he sa 1{ an Immense nl.ountam of fi e cone shap

Mrs Rebecca NICke son tu t Mass ~ i) yea s of age sta rs ecently an I as k lled

They are fools ho pe s st q te m serable beca se tl e he q 1 te happy

of Con ell do n

stantly

I was bo 'U upon a farm and 1 ved unt I ~ne vea afte I was rna I thep mo ed to the CIty and

v~, .. _".v_ mother pu su ts for nearly t.\v,ont.v years but tli oIgh all these years Cil ne'fl. w th me the love for the farm Some five years ago I re tu ned to the farm to engage m ts helllthful ana pleasaut occupat on

Among other stock I p ocured a small numbe of sheep to commence a flock WIth I and m takmg c:u e of them I have~become qu te a lover of

I do cst cated them so that I can catch and handle them By th s means I can the mo e read ly be stow any ~art C lar attent on that may be nec!jSsary espec ally ~n the

Dellll~-··1 81 l' ng of tHe yem while they are d opp ng thblI lambs I neve allow them t~ be tightened by halloomg at them or otherWise They WIll

com ead ly follow me at any time the lly s~eplbarn fi onts to the south

Emp ess of half oftthe front opens so that Spa n and tile sun sh nes directly mto the open

part a con~ derable port on of the day Sheen. I ke the sunshme The othe half I ~ave enclosed tight aud warm w th a large door opemng to the open part thiS I have open OI shut as II may th nk proper ac co d ng as the weather may be usually clos ng It mghts I hllve an othe small doo uto the open part tl)I 0 gil h ch the sheep can pass at will I feed m the enclosed part When tl e ~eathe 18 mild they 1 e m the open portion Sheep ove a as well as sunsh ne

I feed With all kmds of hay upland and meadow I do not confine them to one kmd for any length of tIme but glv~ Jhtaa feed of one kind and then of anot er Sheep are very fond of clover a d I think very much of

for the matty It especlallyj the second c op to be ex]presSiOIj!IOf th:ID~:f'q]lness and satl8 ased dur ng the t me the sheep are

I'e()ei'tect from corTesI,' I dropping the l' lambs It keeps theIr l'elil.ti1,p thIS valued bowels open and m a healthy oondi

CmI gIve tion I usually rmse some beets and trumps which I feed to them About a month or so before droppmg theIr lambs I feed boiled potatoes and shorts mashed togethel ThIS I think a vtllye¥cellent feed for sheep It keeps them III a healthy oondition and affords plenty .. of milk fOI the yonnglambs

I have mOIl~ than doubled my flock 'each yea and hav.e nevCI lost a lamb 61' had a s ck sheep by thiS mode of feed ng and cale When I w sh to mClease my flock I select my best

I. ----. - to keep and sell m;r poor ones if I ha e any for what they will fetch I can~ot ~fford to keep a poor lamb

In summer I keep them n a pas connElctedI With the barn by a

57° nOl thwest fi om the zen th oppos te th s was a smalleI

appea ance S m lar to the first After 38 seconds had elapsed a se 'les of colo ed flames appeared to be on fire and flash ng like trams of po vder I ghted SI cesslvely and w th great rap d ty D rmg the total eel pse the moon was surrounded by a rmg of s 1 e -y hght wh ch was followed by a c own of rays

A T 0 CENT DR ~'r -The Trea ,sury Depa iment, n settlmg a balance of two cents due to Erastus Foote sent a d aft to hIm worded and num bered as follows Draft ~ 950 on TreasUIY wdrrant Treas lry of the Un ted States No 1 !l,,4 Wash ng ton Jan 8 1866 At s ght pay: to Erastus Foote collector and disburs­mg agent or orde two cents F E Sp nner Treasu eI of Un ted States Recolded Jan 8 1866 S B Colby Reg stel of the T easIDY ASSIstant Treas\ ler U S Bostorl Mass On thIS Important document there were se, en SIgnatures and all fOI two cents The gentleman "l\ho owned the draft was offered a dollar for t but said he vo dd not sell It fOI five dollars

ODDS AND ENDS A magu ficent theatre IS bemg

elected III Par s for the dramat c and operat 0 perfonnances at the Inter nat onal EXpOSItIOn of 1867 WhICh IS to cost e ght millIons of dollars The building IS deSIgned to be the most gorgeously decorated of any m the world The v olet colored marble of the J uta the rose oolored gramte of Scotland, the green gran te of France the Jasper of Mont Blanc the onyx: of Algena and the finest marble of Sweden and S cily are all under the chisel of the art18aD

The traVlll 1S so great between London and ParlB that a PlOpoSltIOn has been laid before the Bntl8h Par liament fo the establishment of a railway ferry aCloss the channel The steamers are to be la ge euough to take on a whole railway t am It IS expected that the passage will be 86" compll8hed n about one hour and th s hour IS to be devoted to dmmg by the passengers and to the exami natIOn of luggage by the custom of. ficers on ether Side so as to avo it detent on

A wan m Detro t has lately; come IlltO possess on ofp operty whlOhhas been n SUIt fOI more than th ee hundred years In 1060 one of h s ancestors m Germany loaned money to a certaIll Count who d ed Without paymg It The estate of the Count was put u!).der sequestrat on and has till now been m the control llf the Prussmn government A settlement havmg been reached at last the hell'S of the loaner have recelved more than a million dollars the prmClp;l1 and mte est of theIr ancestol schum.

I have a Qoor l1J. the back Side of the bam opemng mto the lane This I leave open m summer so that Near Toronto Canada two men the sheep have access to the barn at 'thile bOl'lng for water at the bottom

stitcllllol!" I all tlllles and IDstead oflymg under df an old well that had mled up the fences l and alongSIde of IMks wele suddenly overwhelmed by an durmg the hot part of the day they mfinx of gas and suffocated to death oome to the baxn and he where there A candle beIDg brought to the open 18 a cool draft of aIr constantly pass IDg to rescue the men if pOSSIble the mg through, and they are protected gas took fir.e tlnoWIng up :flames nom the scorchmg rays of the sun eight and ten feet high After 80me Another advantage gamed 18 I save hours the fire was extll1gulslied by the droppmga of the sheep mstead of throwmg on large quantities of salt havmg I~ depOSited among rocks and A of soapsuqs famJers under trees where no benefit can be ~U'~"'.u lemember IS worth as much derIved from It I have also a tro Igh a wheel barrow of good manure of summer and WInter acces Every bucket of so3l?suds should be

to them ~vheDever they may thrown where It will not be lost The Wi1!lt to qr¥*-this I think: vel y es garden IS a "good and convement

t" . place m which to dispose of.lt but dll~ QB/ln -"-"""'~1 the roots of, w:a,pevlDes figsj young

r,~~i~~~l~I,"~~f:~~~ 1~~~::~~E~a::I~~~~li~;~~~;~~;~~\ltrt: I /I~::l)';~:~~: ;J:! trees, or an~l,lg of the so~ 'I!ill do ~ IJ liS well 1

The best pena ce we envy ng a othe s mel t vor to surpass It

Wheu was bee£ teak the b gl est .:when tl e co 1{ Jumpeu over t1 e moon

Want less tha w II always 1 a wtnt

LAWS OF RHODE ISLAND PlISSOO at e a a ~ess on of t Gene al

Assembly

AN ACT In amendment of Title XX-"U Chapte 2 1 of the ReVIS cd Stat tes Of Appeals fj 0 n Just ceg of the Peace n Crmunal Cases

It • enact d b the Gene I A s mbly as folio'" SectIOn 1 Sect on 1 of T tIe

XXXI Chapter221 slerebyamend eil by strIking 0 t the WO! Is p 0

Vlded such appeal be prayed at the t ne of passmg such sentence and lDsert ng n lieu the eof the vords

p ov ded s eh appeal be prayed Wlthm fi, e lays afte pass ng s c1 sentence

Se t on 2 S ch appeal can be prayed at the JaIl from any Just ce of the Supreme Oourt or from any Just ce of Peace autho !Zed to take bail at the Jail n ce "tam cr m na cases and such recogn zance .hall be taken by sucl Just ce or magistrate as IS reqUIred when appeal 18 p aye 1 at the tUlle of pass n&, su()h sentence

SectIOn 3 Th s act sliall take ef. fect Immediately A'N ACT m add tlOn to an Act en

titled an Act n A nendment of TItle XXXI Chapter 2~1 of the ReVIsed Statutes Of. Appeals from J ustlCes of the Peace n c mlnal cases

It 18 enacted by the Gene al Assembl~ as follows

Sect on 1 Any pc son vho wou d have been entitled to appeal undeI the provlSlons of sa d ac had sa d act passed thIS General Assembly on Fnday F ebrua -y 16th 1866 shall be entitled to the same rIght on the day of the passage hereof AN ACl n amendment of Chaptel

221 of the ReVised Statute. Of Appeals from JustIces of the Peace III C m nal Cases s enacted by the General Ass mbly

follows

Sect on 1 When the defendant many cr m nal case or plOceed ng who now stands comm tted 0 who sliall he eafter be comlll1tted to Jllil unde the prov sIOn~f SectIOn 3 of the Chapter of whICh th SIS namena., went, shall have perfOImed suffiCient labol III such JaIl so that the sum earned by 11m the eby IS or shall be eq al to the amount of the fine aud all the costs m the case m whICh he IS committed or shall have been so comnntted Illcluding all costs accru mg at saId Jail the defendant there upon may request the Jailor to apply the amount so em'Ued by him to the settlement of sa d fiue and costs and smd amount shall upon the making of such request be so apI lied and the SaId defendant shall then be dis charged

Section 2 This act shall take ef. fect from Its passage AN ACT to autho 1.ze the To vn of

Sonth Kmgstown to construct a budge ae oss Narrow Rver m sRld Town

It B enacted by follows

Section 1 The Town of South Kmgstown are hereby authoI'lzed and empowered to construct a bndge across Narrow ItJver m saId Townm tlle line of a prop<lsed new highway to be Imd out by saId town through that exact part thereof known Boston Neck and Little Neck

.A true copy attest J OHl{ R BARTLE'IT

SlOretary of Stat.

IW

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MI~ S A ALLEN S

APPEA. is 8"LD ~por~ ABE can; lED

HA R Tor ~ALL Nli ~I) LUXU U.\l;T

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Cll LDR 101 "LL APP I!:O AT", THE DE

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p \CIFIC

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RAPID IN n"LIEF OOTRING IN El"FECT SHE L'f Irs OP~RATION

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