beaver abgus wi ,l be Published Every Wednesday If T BCf W^ GS ’ SIT-* 'BEA'VJS'R, PA. t > ■ M $2,00 per annum in Advance ?nd contributions, bymai (b .l!>rerromivtj attention*.. •| " i qUAY &. RUTAN, Eds. & Pro’rs. i> ( ) i.ti ca r„ BLESS, YOU, SOLDIER! , Hess von. soldier !-wl.en Ton sky i w»» heavy with 'impending-week, jjjßtrnitors raised the |>attlc-cr£, ; ■firt fear met tear in every eve. , i’ y oUr iushed to mccl-our ; \ , lb ; c i you, soldier I —when.ouh light 6 Of hope gre w dim linJ COllrft E e f vnue ' 1 ’ Ukm freedom veiled her face from sight, i \our'val|ir dashed away the night, • ; - * A nd morning clear remained. ! '. ■ ) ■ j y c , s yon, soldier I—scarred jand worn. ’wearied”with marchings, watchings, paini,. i‘ baitlo-sminml and haltlejtorn, ; has'alryonr tasks Ireeri borno, . V„« have not fojighl In rain, i ■_ * ; I ' . ‘t 5 fln ,| V,» e , ? ymi. soldier l -lhink nrit wo - . Alone'revere and bless your name. . VSfmnUiomnow.lndyettocornhj :■ Millions*V r, nr arnij lias rendered free, ■ ’ JhidUing yonr deeds and' fame. , i 5"". : - evcn ''.4 air : 1 , i, es vv »iOi' lie battle's Vqar, ■ ■ pulltere-l Vniatlf lit, lore and cnjre, M iy-rirt,iry V.ylj liter garlands rltro "• '.Vil.irn vu'i mu. soldier ' —when ih'e dove v ' nrpWctke K»gle* nest iaj.nl I share, iionif mi arts made miWu with love, ! Fii!i .juys lioi"' itli j»ya above, , (j.nfWiv-s y. e and there. | ■ 1 MisGellaiiebus, . ! Execution in Japan- A lollcr I'l-n'iiii Yokiffiamji s ■tlii'iv.'lu’iuliiii'jM' Iwo iimmij allotcci! i , Raw liovn'.avfr'iiuplivc's nij Uii; U'fo’ "pi'-.r-'ihriliOfi'ur office!.-'. T* I.:.:, ’■ ' ■ 4 • Jl liter say* . - " - The.doin-sopened, and :! man bon 1 with I'ciKk and blindfolded was .1 tlimugb' vlib crowd and rnjulc in km ~ diiwn 1 i'ii a mat, placed bid'orb a. In. --alug jn the ground to receive ill'll bead,.' the at leudaiils i.dr--w I t c'lui'ucfNli.wri off Ins ncck,|and/g;ive •{ lew uvrluiiinary' brushes wijt'h the.liai I viywiivd v.s \yf stroke the ihai'r all on I way. The tereeiHSon'c.r wajj oro'of th j. Tycoons sy/dturs,' whodiad purchase f a «eir sword blade, and had asked pet > I inishion, in do the duty tiijd ! Unis lr I Ills Weapon. A ; ' ‘•:dlhfr- scouring llio linen y.tin 1 haijftki, and eanriully.|ji - elUiii» I 1 kadi., hu\i()k'up his position-dobin' b I stely on the lq|t biduof the vijdjm.a I * raising the sword high abyve! bis he I 5 witli'bulb hands, lot it, fall \yn !ija .swc. '■ijwhich’ severed ddu' .neck ccppp'letcly.— jj'riio head wait hold iip ibr! i!iu .inspi e |j tloif Of flay. cfiief oilreer present wlvo ••'asigt.ifiod his approval—-: 1: have see i|’ |,— and it was then (hrown i.r.to Iho J+y !e._ jj'l ho other man 1 was carried.in and th ■ v ; appeared to find some little ililHculty • in gelling lii 111. to knoolj.il) a-conveni- ' , i'tit.positnun ;. but. when iii.i knees hid been portaclh-!, adjusted add his nook. ’ lukl bare the oilier, executioni’V, wins Ha'ifalso'petitioned that he might lilbtljo.iiflico, advanced, took liis plilco j.ly til;e pi soneifs side-and drawing f.U } MVord’ high 'above his bead 1 with an o£; e;tai/i flourish (inflicted tlreihlow as ' ’■ dsetiiallyf as’ his ..predecessor,. The blades .irat appear lb he j ■thlTetenl-fi-om- those ordinarily worn • I'V the > W|o*.swdrded olafispany one dl i which w i-mld have done tho wbrk rpti to h a*, completely. * The laccsjnf 'the two 1 m <ai we 'o villainous enough to iusljtv y.'-jij suspicion of- being murderers ir a ‘ Iririgher’fl'mT'fid. Their punishment . did .not -nd at tl>o place of execution • , placards havoiboen put up Overyyrbor ■ "tatthg ■ heitj cr-and, and giVing 'tin j ■•gee-'- j • , .1 -S. Xationai. Bonds in G Kit man ~ln November lugt the aijiVounl'of 1 Wed States : stocks hold Sin Hollal; &nd Germany was'estimatc'd by a Ge manbaiuprat 8200,000,000, but it i ttmch mc|ro at this time, arid the 5-20’ *fc,etilbbeing ordeicd heavily. Frank ■en has become the great emporium American stocks in Gorman} - , and 10 one single week in February ordcjrs sent thence to Kew York for five * Jilions in s*2o’g. The bonds are cajll ■9 r trnm all over tbo country, and 'vM capitalists, Who arc .for vl, n f’y heavy penalties from in-' -,n S in any hut Austrian securities ■ iai pi vy a ( e ]y i ar „ e 6i]ms|to Amster i. i, u . r 10 Frankfort to boj invested in Pr 0«?r ail . st o c hk. , One , individual in to hold over a ■ ion aa a permanent • investments a ™. la, b r ~ hl °f Munich, holds half tv t '° n ,’ and those who hold from fif ■••-fi'“'neroiwUndred tl ' oUsaDd > aro cluls 2 CO L| Se^enco |*CthsLt| at all .the houses, privaieietuerta n- if nd centres,:American •ion ana I'r om 'hcn t subject of discus l I’nion th ° wisb for success to the everywhere expressed. - c '»l affairJ 10 ' llCa '‘ W nd fine n etood generally (Well under earl, tho irosh knowledge that »viditv - lringß i 8 Bt udied wfth «ur € A,V luenoan stocks'at the press «t dn tte 6, W a handsome intlr- I i nves tmenf l P tbose who buy for har *b 6B ia’ and tbe German bankers "f >6t cent <\s rea P°d from (three to six dollar sold 1 Itjis ’ lttc 4veh« a r mericanß : ha T e left-thia • 1 JraQ *bes r> lnd 'heir (New .Voids ..si, ’ -Boston Traveller. i"' I 'i'c- • ■' -iSToli 13, ■ ■ -T, • ■ i 4:1 Saturday 1 There is a .grot of snow: on the f night. God’s ch blade of sins! fight Musings t white co'tttttefpahe T’otind tli is Saturday I inty covering ft piuU i Would that hitman j charily would thus, do—would whiten , over the little In nnocks and ridges ol; life wjiicli Can he Vcmovejd froth one j place only to rise, again in another.— I The week justju.ssed has been a short; one. Too short” lor innrfy a one to set- ■ tie with-himselCyet ho has gone horn?.! How-timo flies.! Hus it always ijone! by thn's rap - J if all the. Saturday | nightiijGod given uaworpbe-| loro uaswitf f of crime wjould j bo day conies when ; they will sOc with their debt-' its and croc! te 01 blAss. ■; Do you oyer pc iuk, reader ? IT so, pause of not, bpgiu now.— i Draw your the. fire. Tiur.! the light so , Intr.yonr eyes. ’ Pnlljllic cut t at the corpora. ; Listen! 1' A on tic creaking -, snow, . Sor goin ' lov- j fed ones. I tireo hem ted —. j may God- little homo [with! j I five. ■ Loo M' the past week'.; ilt is not far. A hop in with si’s lojding; ■ doors. Open all] of Ihm'ij. -Turh llml ; Zoom into a halll—look down its short 1 ] wails'arnl see in jtnpmory the picture, I ?'' you hive hiHig there. -Another Jbot- j 'step! .How the hoot etloaks ajs the; ..snow is.crushed" beneath its weight.-;—i ‘Liston! a. lighter, step. Some j wife • w.ho is hastordn t home -to greet her : ;hu*band with the marketing ftp the i ; morrow. Tired man. { llo sits!'and I rests with Tilllu handr- in \\ i- whiskers ' —iiuie, eves peering inljo 1 heads on either jvvhieh . I rank ilii.ni ii -.Major General in the army -; of lift]! Hold them e!os|i:’.to you— j kiss them fondly ’ W;ht{- hut ! God knows who will ho ijjf s!irouji.eof (l tin qrjgravc ere;umtb,erSal unlay jiiighl, ■ comes around ?‘ J j, 11 , , Anjnther step-! The. other why ! Sonny huiib.and with heart hit! oflruin-- ed iiopes going In meet ai*the hqer.ta ble. Seine fowUch youth siy-i 1 trystep- Iii ng by, anxious to yoir the reyel'— Pitied husband. «Twas .not : ,1 ijus a few y ears since-. Win) is to I. Unite ? Letts, .who kin. wi not v t!io cifros and I shadows of. the heart, not do that . : which' Goiijnis told us hot to do " Let (j j us not condemn.; Ho wil reward and io Ihe wiii'.’punish. jTlio step dies a way. i C '| Around the corner. So- her hope dit-s d-away. .So his lea it ihbuglm ! hayc i-. | died out. .Why;Ay ill ho leave the home i(■ reside litis Siilnniav over-all i others ? , Home oni-e had its chiirms. ML’ho iye now so-imj’iilc-i en!t oncp lit its" . wav ,c tier very soul Tio 4lpsj now -cold except -in _pc(-u!a-r.oy, opep put’ ; their rich fullness "up to revel tin the loved-kiss. , The ipngue -whivth (• now.- speaks- hiit In e.l.de.oiu-e knew' j|J> fati vgnage hut that'.of 1«» v«. It was many Sal in day nights ago perhaps— h'ut it 1 was onee,. Why jgn 10-nightf? Is’ . theiv tut some lilllt-eoriierin thcjhcart where the old love-j—the (!d hripcj---lhe' old pleasure lingers? M us-t; yjou go to-night? Once y : ou would not have ■ left for an hour. -l]Vho' has poisoned i the'feast?- \Vhfj has bitterqd the spring ? Talk it over this Saturday nighj. Sec who lias shn tided;the Pet ; .and buried years tigonc. .Go nj)t elsewhere fdi happiness." 11 is not to be found is :,ho vyine clip. The glass of poison does not contain it.-^- ■ The allurements of..the gumihg-table give no happiness. Host this night.— If yoju love each other, sii; besiile, each (itlieir—eye to eye at Limcß hanjii tip ;onor in hand at titnes. R(‘ati to him .or her you love. Head this little jehnp i ter. (It is kindly hioant, even'do for ; those! who diflTon from us. Look back; land spe how m'i;h; happioryou might | havolbcett than you have been—how j mtlclij. happier you migl t have boon ' ihanjyou are. -Do not-blame. Djo not itihill the rivulet, into an ifciclo. ' I Good wife, dot Tilet hiiji go. Make.' j home] happy for your own sake! \ Give, j him love for love -*■’kiss for kiss-i-cnn»- ;fiden.co for chnfidetjpo lie to him as lyou were when you'won him. j Call j bank the glance,the word.tjie old'[cares —the electric touch, and (sit do wiTto gether to bless God thatybu havi each othei] to love and llivc fojr, • Let new resolves be born to-night! They may die 7 before.another 1 one around; but let them be born, fro'd sent us hero {to bo We ijve to make 1 ourselves .miserable. G.oQ gives us Saturday hight^orreflection. Ho gives us the Sabbath, for rest. • He gives us six days for labor. -And you, hiothor reader£-corny;ado in life’s|battle, must you. go from fhp home you have ? It mayobt be quits pleasant, but! - can you oot help tc> make it,-so ? J Say,e youg earnings. 4 Save your hejtrt. — Save your manhood Keep faith; with yourself. Giv.ejthis nightito- rest.—to morrow for worship, and give tp God a Lrcalrt-felt blessing for [the rnbf-cies you llavo. Some Saturday night will bo yojur last [ i i : [ ■ | ■.a, Mi ■ ol k'.. :i i !- :i.l >r ilTon Elect i|b Raftsman unces ip hijs elect otiarr and.rcci iffect froraj ilarsbal of editors, h* , and, in c 6 pceptance c upon circi i.Tho Eichi damage oli federate Stii lE. Gillian rof the la’ Jhited Stat the Cdnlfe Mary a son the I HIM ■ED. —J. S Ro\y, editor' \Ss.Journal, Clearfield, i last jssue, that lid has lemb'ei of the U.. S. dived a feortificato to Capt. Campbell,f Pi o : his district.: Unlike e does not seek pireferx • nsequenco, states that if the posjtion w It do* imstancesi TS nond papfers announce Wm. D. Portqr, of'the xb Navyi to ' & Mire . This gentleman ;s o Admiral Porter, or es Navy.; •’ 1‘ | j . ' Mil Beaver, Wednesday ,3MEa;iL*eii S 9, 1865. 5 r; . r-. •. *. • •. y ; ['; • i # ■ 4 ■ •' i , . ■ \ ‘ n i ■, i ■.ii■ ■- • slavery to Morality. Everett. —The namosakpof tho.de. io.Adj.-feen. Thomas issued prntor' saye.'k bif n'rticlo in rjjgardintr tho marriage of the March i! , s .. '• iri trie 'Department of Ten- i‘ Mr.' Everett was oagpr,to Educate id jtUjcr State of Arkansas, by u| o pcoplef and; all thn Moplo. Ho argymen .'jrerc authorized to dp] not ibblioyp it possible-tP educate f fute slaves iu wedlpek, to ofitht-m too well.' vAnd if you iliom with,a neat certificate of hid askkl |bim., the day ; ho died, what -•! 110 KVi all( J i l ° keep a record iit bad been the central' idea? of his life, no iiurnbeir of applicants. At Vicks-, hp.l would jjave stjid it wasthe e;duba-' mg, between April 10 and Nov. 1, tiolndf the! people; His life was full ,864, there! were thus recorded four- I G f it. - Hisf speeches wore fall oi* it.— ccirbiiiidrjcdpnd fifty-six marriages I Nothing sblprovoiied liini.'ps aiiysriob i. large, ajnd| especially the earliest i*,, wiiicrbf wauled. hi WhetLj iaftoi'ihcjso ! werp merely the legal i,c was Pycsident of : tire’college—l | ■uiicu'uii of pijeviijus cohabitation us think: in I?4S—tlicre wsls a'black boy-j shun wife—often for miir.jf ycark. iri- .he'liiglL'sclipal at Caiftpridgb', ■ fit iV*v are laid tin g far college, j Sonic',(fdhUenien in “ One bit m:Hj at Memphis was mar- Alabama, Iwho.MiadißQik'tbftre, or; on pied'. wKji if eve in’. tllqir -way '.wrote ifiyEforelUo- re-i |so soonjlr was-the ceremony eompjo- mojistratejagainst.the, boy's entering, ted tbanjihp turned ••and tenderly ony He; replied,that the endow graced kissed his now legal wife, eii [to educate all Icohicrsy that, if the witii evident. thanksgiving that sire blaick hoy could pass .bis Cxami nation, was.nW, if. the eye of the jaw and of | lo hoped, he ckuld.vtm-ivoulci ho ad tiviiLizutijc.il as' shy’ had long beenj*. milted; and Ihat.-if/wythCy seemed to isye Pf i'jod, bis own recognized suppose, all the wiutp student* with 'rife - , drew, the college would-then be con ‘ Ope (>li man, of almost threescore dukodon ilßcndpwmcnUforthcbiack t.nd ten, was thus joined in lawful W alone And no excep i iarjitigd tp his, venerable wife. At t onal reply.' . If, WaptekfojOf look llio conclusion of the obi oniony, when j nf i - a t ’- the chapjai i extended his hand with T I ' ! the nuptial boiiedid-lion and dismissed ’them, as] was the jenstom, in a short prayer,, jtlnfy ’ both dropped on their iirices,toil,other?tbbir eyes streaming with leaps At thankfulness, and at the thwe. still kneeling, iiic.pld man reach td'oin.bOlh arms and hugged her to bis begrl, skying -aloud.l3ly dear old ; Woman, | bless. God that ! can now , lor the fijrsi time,kiss my own lawful i i’ vi I ** j '' , ‘ • ! | t’ive lijunhf-cd and fifly-two person's ' nfade an|swier that'.they had been mar ( j :-ied Dcfijiro! and had been sold or driv , lon awnyj frpyi tho dear companion of j Uicir life. jOne chaplain married 10*2 1 • couples | inT, one : day. The marriage fees were ktturally - small. A silver dime, a jiapr dime, a.papor half dime \ were (presented; and in one case a i fjwcct potato, liy a b’ride who was more ! tliougbiiul jilittirhejv spouse. The oid ; est person karriod was 88 years old. The greatest disparity of ages was4rt "years. T,hl ; eo wliito men married col bred Wonka —and* the country still |MiIVIVC£, j'j ' Wealth of Large Giti^T 1 : The nun[ber of persons in the city ;of New j York who pay taxoj under .the .revenuj law, on personal incomes, j is I9,80(|. • There lare eleven persons j taxed oi\ iricomes exceeding §200,000; lone persorj pays a tax on an income I «j)f Sl!8d3|,O0O; another on 8800,000, and] j kyo others on over 8500,000 each.—! There arjc sixty two persons whoso in-| i ponies ape iroported between 8100,000 | and and two hundred and' j thirty-Uyo ,bet\yoen 850,000 and 6100,s !000. The jaggreguto amount of tho incomes Itabced is 687,100,OOCt;and tho amount of jtax at; 5 per conti, is 84,- 355,000. -The average income of the 19,800 persons taxed is 64,400. It is believed, ifj honest! returns were made, iliat the amount of-incomes taxed-in city would bp Over one hundred millions ;of dollars The internal rey jenue collected in Now York city last 1 year, from othersources than incomes, amounted to more than thirteen mil lions pfjdollars. . In the 4th Ccngros sioual District the collections the past year were 69,895,000 The official es limates of the collection of revenue iri ho city ii£ IJ£5, am 8304)00,00o. The stamp dujfies ( and sor|o special taxes, it. in estimated, will .make tho k>tal receipts in New Yorkj from all| sOupces lof revenue- under the present regulationf, 36,000 000. ' j ! j The income tax of .Philailelphia a-j mountsito a little more than one mil lion, o{ do lars. The income tax ot ■ the 2d and 4th Congressional districts of Masskcbusetts, i was 81,672,268 12,! pearly ali i of which was paid in the kity of Boston. j i Pro; A ycai u order rcc'dinci lessee, an i’tiich ck mile th<f urnisli tl lie ccrei f Oil i.j Missouri.— Tho . St: Louis .RcpuM/cpnrannounces the discovery. of oevoral piljsprings in Lafayette Coap l.y, Missouri. A company has been organized,! and the lands purchased, with the design ofi immediatefyslovel oping their resources. ! v \ >; . j 1 4 1 -m't 1 two) sons, Nicol and James, are colonels ip lndia—jfi ind TS'years/):' respeettvely. L ‘ ■M- ! I. : " r'*> figy* Ilojn. Pel'ei. Sprague, Jpdge of Ihcj U. S.| iiistri i:t; Court at' Boston, has resigned on account of failing r dWlth, District-Attorney Dana relates 1 this story' of him 1 j ‘‘ i •remember i. barpiUer of consid-1 ctablo legal and : io'.iiici|b credit qiies- j tiding with Judge Sprague, whether a nan could bo [tried 'for treason in .Massachusetts, .where there Was no war. Kg objected Comiiitu* tiorr limited treason to the levying Of war, and to overt acts, and guaranteed to each man a trial in the Sfale in which (•lip treason wash committed. Judge Sp[agao replied ; “Bring 'rqa aj man who, hero to by an ( act hpwpver alight; and Bowser renpoto from thel field of war, inten tiopiyj - given aidio the robelsin arms, as to them informa tion or adv ice, .add 1 will not only Show you that I can try him, but that I can have himjhangedl””' I-. . v •• Judge Sprag'ud b v as had but tyro pro-, detjessors in ollice—John Lowell,l7S9, and Johnj Davis, ISOI. Another John Lowell succeeds him, a grCat grandson of the former, wbo receivea, his api pointroonlt .trom Washington bimsolf[ and was ihe author of that.first article in (the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights which abolished slavery inj that state. J - ’ ' 4' itAMUN.—The!,Washington Chroni cle} in noticing tbto -departure Of Hon. Hojnr.ibal Hamliii from Washington, bears the following testimony -to the good will which oxistr toward; him at soatiof govor uncut,:' | i‘r All parties in the Senate have paid tribute tie his official im partiality and ccurtesy. We«aro not therefore, surprised that that decided and frank opponent of the Administra tion, anil of Ur. Hamlin's politics, Senator Powell, offered the resolution on last, testifying to the uni form sense of justice of the' VicC-Prea idojnt, nor that it [passed While Mr, Hamlin tah Vice-President he jwas not only t|bo staunch political supported, but the devoted .personal friend, of President lidncoln, and dar ing four years of changes, calamities, and excitements of i every kind, not a single difference of the most immateri al Character hot ween jthom.” j >l.. . sword tour nament is in Contemplation at jlh<e bead quarters of the ArmJ’ of the Potomac, forj the purpdse ot deciding who if the best swordsman in the, armies of the United States. A prize of one thous" qqd dollars is beipg raised." The first premium champion swordsman willio a worth 8250; the second will be a purse of "8300, and the third a purse of ®206.y I The affair promises to be very interesting. M i Hian_ PatCEB;t*-A. .gentleman, 'who arrived'in thal6tb,direct “Pp.-Lynchbnfg, Vft., reports that at 4, t lime was sellings at *l>loo per aoflfeo atj 865 per ; ; and other /JOiampdities at prp- 'place forj-a poor man a largo family. , MEI lie _- I . t .■*< 5 V-J *•; .i' ■ -m <v* */- H:’■V■ • | -ij —‘ V*' . 1 .i' : - A Cause Decided. ; jlfc 'livery nearly a handred years sihcaDr. Johnsori,in one of bi'sj letters to ■Boswollj ait Edinburgh r incidenlai- Jy if marks, ap tte close, “I ilofag to hear hpWlbe negro’s cause willbo de cided '.What is the opinion ofLord Auchipleck, or Lord: Hailes, or Lord; Monboddo 7” Tirercause of that par* -ficulirf.ipegro, as well as of the negro jagoneral, Was shortly after! decided as the; great i heSiccgraphet longed to hear it had bofen. ft'had already been derided in England that tW shackles bf the slave fellfhom hislmibs when ha'landed pntEngliab soil, and! the same decision wasthep; arrived jaf in Scotland. It ’ took fifty' years - more for Bnglaud to arrive atHhe logical conclusion that .if slaves could not ex ist od British soil, neither could they exist 1 on any, soil subject to British rple. x When the Scottish judges docl ded that slaves cduld not.exist In Scot* laud, the united colonies of Amenca had just thrown of the British yoke Und justified themselves by declaring that dll men were, created [free and equal, (, while they kept half a million of their fellow- countrymen in hopeless, bondage. But the ghastly; iijcdnsis-! toncy bf this declarationits prab-1 j|ical application, will no longer bo a ■ reproach to America? : The whole sys- j tem of Slavery, with the evils, it has j endangered, is disappearing with [a, startling rapidity that tan only-ho li-! kehed to ’ the crumbling to pieces of | oho o ' those mighty icebergs'which j rtrift tin of the polar seas on to our' coast, seemingly impervious to heat! amj tl e action of tho waves,['until in a ' ,moment they ■ burst asunder and are j rseen ro more for ever. Four years' | ago, Slavory. Rcornpd to be as firmly! I plahtcd on Uiis.eohtinent astheJiocky ;1 ■Mountains, andisoon hot a vestige of ; it remains; TUo.Prcsidodt could abol-! ish Si lvery by proclamation, as.a mil- [ ilary necessity, but he "could not abol-1 ish the.prejudice of caste. They had i to abplish tberaselv.es.. Illinois and; Indiana have. generously obliterated' the infamous black laws which dls-' grnc.od their statute* books; ManTand and Missouri have vplunlurilj 1 ' purged? thcm!wives of 'tlie 1 foul institution; which! had brought them to;(lio veigo of U-ebellioii and ruin, and social chan-’ gea are quietly taking place whibh are j scarcely less important than those j which cause public rejoicings. Pho: admission of. a black lawyer to prac- | tioo in-the Supreme Court of the Uni- 1 ted 'Starts" nt Washington, without a| word of remonstrance fro hi any mem ber -or the ;bench or the, bar, is reajly one of thq most significant events, of the pastfdur years. Others of a'sim ilar; Character will continue to aston ish th|o r public mind, . ( j*. : A; few' years ago, traveled Ameri cans used to toll On their return home how they declined sitting at ’the sapiej table with Alexander "Dumas in Paris. •We belilevc that in' or two insta'D* ces, sdme of phi iconntrymen had ajC” tuallyl been constrained to leave a good dinner and a pleasant company because tbere happened to be among the guests, a man of geoius whoso mother, was a quadroon. It was a fine thing, fo tell, on returning hhrae, and a man ambi tions of political distihQtion; might have sot up for a statesman and got into Congress on the basis ,of such a stdek jin trade. But vy® shall' never more hear of any such boasts, j With in a ncjontb or two [past, rumors have come Ironi - across'the 'Atlantic that Alexander Dumas, having exhausted all tho. material j for romances in tho Old "World, designed coming! to the New to find, subjects for : bis iodustri ous pen. ,The. nows was received with delight in certain quarters where'once it woura have been heard withiscorn 'and contempt. One of the great lead ers of I our “best society” at once took the affair, into.consideration,; and an* non need his,intention of giving a dins ncr party to the colored rpniapee wri ter immediately after his arriyal On ouy shiores 'But?M. Dumas has not yet arrived, and he may not come at all. If he should, be will know 1 how to appreciate tie attentions of our li-' ion bun ten; he willsuffer no one to patronize him on account of hk? color,! for.be is proud.of bis African descent. Once when he was sitting for his: por trait- p) an eminent French artist, he caufioned the painter not to mitigate in any degree bis complexion! or the kinks in bis hair. Much still romains- Ip be done before tho wrongs inflicted upon a suffering race can be atoned for; blit onje thing is certain, [the cause of tbe|nogrp has been decided;— liide. \ pmdeiit. ,T' j " -'jj ' ' i i ' 1 j i , | 'j : General prtfbMAN Assassinated.— It is rsported that ; the rebel General Hindman, while pn route to Mexich,. Was shot by persons unknown, but supposed to bo Confederatcß; between ; Oak Hall and th o Eio Grande. He [ had a hilmbor of ivagons andainbulan-[ cos freighted. with .tobacco*, apd it ik supposed, in addition, a considerable quantify of plate indcoin When kill ed ho was in the advance of tblo train. .1 »{; MEE In j©-A woman, !on(f hundreds years old, residing on tile banks of Salt Eiv er, in Bullitt county,Ky., gatheredaU her descendants at tbe old homestead on the llth, to celebrate heredntenna ry anniversary. She proposed a toast as IpUdwa: ' 1 ■ \'; r i. \ lived through Waahing- war for independence, Jackson’s war, the Mexican war, and now Pres-* idcnts Lincoln and: Davis’,, why may I not see the end of this, the most ter rible and bloody of them all?”j ■■ b'v’ iV ’■ ■■■-■if"’'-.; j. .i.i m M' i U . ■ : I '■ , .Established ±BlB . ju. . ■' Religious. . —Tho General Conference of thcM. E. Church at its quadrennial session May last, at Philadelphia, authorized the organization of - a Mission Confer ence# India. The Board of Bishops, in arranging their work,assigued Bish op. Thomson one of the newly elected bishops, to the delicate and responsi ble duty pf organizing it. The Bishop [left for tnp scene of his labors several months ago', during-which he will,also visit other missicn. jioints. Shortly after the Bishop reached India, he con vened tho ’members of the Mission at Lucknow, the most oriental of all In-.* dia cities, oh the Bth of December.— The Con&rqnci s was duly organized, and coraprisos-ieventeen ministers.— The various interests ot the. Mission were -chewed* as is customary in reg ularly constituted* cpmferences in the United States. Among the most no* ticeablo.features was the reception of several native preachers on trial. The Bishop, before reading / the appoints [ mentis, made a touching address to the Hieroic band The, noble. mariner ilf which ho ur ; ged the members not to fear tteath in 'the discharge ot duty, but H if they were good men, to. rather die the first good chance they should get,” was a winged word Ip brothers in battler’ The Conference Continued in 'session-seven days.. The,next sc-s : aion is to bo ‘ held at Moradabad in February, 1866. ■ : —A. correspondent |of the N. Y. Ob server, writing from Arlington Heights of scenes among the colored people at I the Frccdtnen's villagb,lately the prop erty of the rebel General JR. E. Lice, 'j,gives. some touching words ' which ;l were used jby many of them in their prayers. One while praying earnest-. ! ly fbr the impenitent in Ibe .vi'lage. ■ besought the lord that ho-would " get around and about their hearts,, and sffr : ’em-kp; that they:!might turn away, from sin.” Waxing moyo'earnest lor the salvation of his brethrenj ho pray ed God “to rob hell of her largo oxpec- „ j v fatibn.s.” Another praying for the •• , '' ' •i . ;r . V U . . chaplain of the Tract Society, ; Tlic title is strango ahd fhe .oca cd that the Lord would " backstay him a novol one to most pf _ l»l« ■ with 'mh.” A patriarch who had been Tea4o« of the: Agriculturist.', It- is : a preacher near Richmond for forty- f ? 11 worthy Ihotr consideration.. hUr. i eight yeats, closed his prayer “ And W- (Lvrdner, of Mustogp .Co when, dear Lord, wid trpaJb-' Mich., thuv writes: “One would iuini> : Ur/ vouself wid us hero, take, usallK r P nl thojinvariable uite 1 of | home to glory to praise you evermore.” rdoicn for-wa-ter, that it could bo found ~ i Another prayed “ May wo oppose sin! in no^ other direction. .In manv oral-, On ebon’'form, oven though wo called d' aBl t may ai readily'.be found by dig ion tb affect as a bull in a gangway.” . f n 9 WW down,and the labor of draw. y : ■ T mg water ever afterwards, saved, ,-:(s ■r —The. Christian Times and-Episcopal AVC u as rauc h of the'- labor of digging 1 -Register, in an editorial entitled/* The t i, e W olk. We have sOen .many wells/ , Religious-Journal/ lakes strong. |„ y,o states, of Now VorTg-tW'^opsinV. I ground-against secular departments MJiSigan,etc , which could ba‘i|e-been ' Un rOligious.papers, such as " War De- started • horizontally imo tljiq lifll-sido, ' partment,” "State Department,’’“The an d reached water . withilv hut little r| Farm,” etc... It thinks a religious greater distance) horizontally/ than | jgoirnal should not undertake tp.com- was dug down into the earth .porpeir- , | peteyvith.-the secular press It can- dicularly to find it. A horizontal well II riot successfully’ do so Without sacrifio- has the following advantages; It can ; j ing its native character. ,It says,‘‘the be dug at any time orsoasonjlhp earth ' truth Is, the enterprise of tlhe secular caa all too taken out in a banbw .hogs. I press leaves us -nothing to! do in .thla- eVer f ar •horizontally the ‘'•level , lsdfiV> } respect, and. eveiy ambitions ecclesi-' eil a g roa t saving of labor an|l time „ . iastic who undertakes to make his b keeping, a rientlo ascent from lbc v 'journal record, of the warwill * n|n i tho s ater will drauf itself. ■■ | meet.with a deserved failure. Wo re, running out as from a natural spring; joico daily that tho war is f going onto tbey a ®. more oa ; si i y stoned, less daiV successfully; yot to those ofour fritfnds ' bB an d caa be deepened at any / who sometimes inquire why we domot , Tho q QoSlion which' first suglr-: maintain a ‘\\ ijy Department in the gests itself itf; where can such a wofjl TimfS,. we reply that it- is out of our £ e du ? \y 0 an9 wor, anywhere,. at - line, and refer theiu to/the Army and th 6 fo " t 0 f a ' hi i> o{ fot-ty or more feet Earn/: Journal which can tell them- all in height,dr on the side ol a hill. In they wish to , j. . , sinking shafts ir. mining, or digging ■ —lt is.aBsertod”by a rdliable religious railroad tupnels, water is very readily paperjhat,five of the principal monied add almost uniformly found, digging,, officers of New York city, having in- horizontally, and often in groat-abund comes of 830,000,are Roman Cathplicsi ance—tho horizontal shaft cutting on Also that a Commissioner of the Alms more; of the veins of watsr percolating House,'a Protestant gentleman ofilhe through the earth, than a perpohduy , highpstistandihg, was, a few days ago, ularone would ” Itjis a mattcr oT without the-shadow of a political or common exporiouce yrhero extensive personal rei%on, remqved from office, draining operations are carried out, . and a Soman Catholic appbfnted in that living springs arneut sb that wa his place. " “ ',K ' : ter [flows iperpendicularly- front the L, ■ . .. •.., ■ i drain';. Wbem nc. such permanent!" i .Thoannual oftheWesU BoUr ces of water are ern Book Committee of H- E. Book from the drains may be Concern, located at Cmcmnati;; has gub 1y ftH the needs of a fainily and just been hiM. Tho report of the a- 8to H c y rd 0XQ01?t fdr a .few months gents, appointed by the General th -.*> heit *. £ su^mer _Amencnw Ag, terenco at jrmufftjrflfwf. , ‘ s tbu rospuraes to be 8138,452.19, and 1 the liabilities at 8113,643.12, leaving a not hapitai of 8319,809.07, and a profit, during the year of 822,488.27. —lt is proposed to hold a convene tion of the hon-Episcopal Methodist Churches in this country, in Cleveland Ohio. on the third Wednesday in June next, i The-chief obstacle in the way is strong opposition to secret socie ties” among a bonion oft the Wesley ans and Free Methodists. INZE —According to -4he WafchmaA and Reflector, the ißaptistsfOf IJfew York State; number intu 826 churches,;witli 742 ordained min- and OiKlicentiatcfl. Daring the past Jroar 2,50 l converts have been baptized, The donorninatibn >in the State;is organized, ihtb iorty asso ciations and one. State ponvortUop. —jit a recent meeting of the Hoyal Geographical Socigty, in London, Mr. T-ayToryEngJish ’‘Consul at Bi&beker oh the river Tigress,-Jin,'ll, ggper said it was im provement which hastaken place un der the efforts of the. American mis sionaries in Eastern Turkey and Per sia. : '• —lntelligence from Savannah, Ga., reports very fbw really loyal persons, and that much of the professed loyalty is meed protericev ,It is- stated that, none oft ho whiie ; foi* the president m i '■ - ’ ’* - / ■ ■■ •». ■ s.v^r NOTICE TO ADVEfftISERS,. uu«rtc^ : at‘tiie rate of fV 'git - eqttartW &eh- i; eubeAgii—ti'u<j ineegttya 60 cents. A liberal discount- nadotq,-jearly ani on tong advertisements’ .•_ A apace to lineaitf ytbis’t'rips: - aa a; s’qtipre. - ‘ -4,i' ( Special notices £8 \jtr cent, addition to re iw alartfates. I : -j. ~V Business'carda, ”5 .Marriages and Rflligiou?, Volitfca andother Ifottces of a jpnblio nature, free.* . i • • ■» - •i • ■- -t c-! • I turaL |. Contffbrl; of Auimais. ! An animal may bo well fpd ar.(rap parently well attended and yol'lie ud- ' comfortable, owing lo the floor stand or rest bn, a bad rack or man; : ger, orsonoio other inionvcnienco In • the.stable;; lb ore maybe a exerci«e or change ot food, pare aitH,; carding; pure yrater; or something else y necessary for comfort; hi may breathe '1 bn bis!food and. render it offensive ,pj- ; something incommode, dr .‘fender llm animal anfcbmforvab!e. : ,0f course; 'his'’ digestion is impaired, his clines, he will or fatten .ami is,unfit for labor, and the.tamale isnof in good condition lof yielding .goad, wholesome tpilk. If wo intend - onf farnr.stock shill *.1)8 profitably 'ik'ojA. we mubt attend to tbdit comfort as wofl as their sustenance.-. They mast’, be well lodged aswcilaa well fed,oi-;thej will consume much hay and provender ,to little purpose. If they are well lit,- , tered they, will, o'nl'yj be the-more comfortable, but the materi al, with which tbey are accomodated I will , make good; manure.; Therefore., make your animals comfortable. •. It, is i comparatively anjeasy matter for,,thpsb : who have nothing but gdod ■' English hay and grain to'feed put to theii;, stock, to have them look' wei! and'- do well, but vvltbsorno farmers wb(?havc, a grcat deal of coarse foci- . is a very difierent thing. -.lt requires considorab'o stuc[y to carry-a ■ stock of cattle through the winter on 'coarse loddpr, and have them looking well in ilio spring.- A person must bo constantly, fixing them. Hi'know of no better way than to keep changingifrom oho kind to another; and-in judicious : feeding, .'so - us; to keep the-appetite . goodf one,can keep on y\ on good order.—*v. E- Fiirnur. , , Side Hill; or Horizontal, Well 3 : Seed Potatoes.— l was‘brought up in a . section- whore wo were taught ; that the seed ends of potatoes were.# the best for seed; the'e'arliest andlar* gest. J tpok medium sized potatoes, • cut off the-seed ends, and planted to- . getherdn one place, and the body of— |the potato in another—ground being equal—and the resalt was, that the [seed potatoes were the- first out oft tie ground and more in numbe'r of while dhe body potatoes were later in looming up, but largpr tops. The re suit in digging was more potatoes from the seed ends, but hot s 6 largo, nor so many bushels from the same;-number !of hills; Again, take whole potatoes, and plant the same of equal size and cut into two pieces—meaning, fail' siz. led —and the result will be in favor of the cat potatoes] This season, being ! abort of seed, I planted a bushel or so -I | of . very small “Urpros”—too small ’to i 1 leat—and they are equal in size ~ <J ' whole potatoes of'larger dimensions, land turn out as yreU Therefore, if small potatoes Will produce as will as tbo larger ouos, and wUI. npt;cost one-fourth os much it is a result wor th. knowing. — F.. Folsom, in-Genesee Faf mer. \ ' n . ■ .• . ■gLAll houses or sheds for .glievj* should be properly ventilated and <di Attentions the firstof- (fvcM* is.of,great importance. 1 . « % ; 12 L : ■! - ■ ! >
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