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    VOL 11.---NO. 20.
THE HEADING DAILY EAGLE
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STOVE, I'IN_ 4 IIN I) HOLLOW-NARIe SAi-
PORIUIKOPTIIEVITY OF READINO.
D. C: SCHNADER,: ,
, . 414 PENN STREET,',
Weida call the .. attention of theimilie to Ms
Jorge , stook of Varier. Office and Cooking
tove9,
A snees. Tin, Hollows:quo and House*
keeping gobds of every description.
Roofing and Aventine promptly attended to
at the lowest Price. Give him a call.
• fob mud '
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MOLINO MALL IMSTAUBJANT,
Illfriforth Ekedls Street
ABRAHAM STOUT, PROPRIETOR.
°holm). Wipes and Eatables on
h and
also, a good stock of Ales and Lager ileor:
Lunch every day. Ali my friends are invi-
Lod.tocall.
A few boarders can be accommodated
with good board, (lan 21-Imd.
BOILER
Lables,
The undersigned offer for sale, at roe
eonable rates,
ONE OSCILLATING ENGINE Or
ONE EIGHT-HORSE TO'BULAtt 'UP-
A p 1 at the ADLBIL Office, or addrar
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ENGINE
AND
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FOR. SALE.
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TO :IgACIIINISTFI
IMPORTANT
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MANUFACTURERS.
FOUR HORSE POWER.
BOIL*GR.
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RITTER & CO.,
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v .- FOR THE GOOD 'THAT "LACKS ASSISTANCE,: FOR THE WRONG THAT NEEDS RESISTANCE."
81.0 II4E i giflik — f4ddostb,leb.r.TlVa°oll
itlg to . this olty, from the ra f fm'of James 8.
UHL - The abeVe reward will bepaid by
leaving the same at THIS OFFICE.
feb II
VIOR SALE.Williao sold at P 4 vato Sale;
the stook of J o RODGERS BARBER
oP c with appurtenances, at No. 256 Penn
14treet, Reading. '_ Sold on aocount of going
lutdother burl iness. (fob 11. 41
ENGINE AND BOILER FOR SALE-IM.
PORMANT .TO MACIIINDM ; AND
AI kNUFACTIMERS. Tho undersigned
offer for sale, at reasonable rates, ono Os
(dilating Bagine of.loar*Horse rower, and
one Right Horse Tubular Upright Boiler.
Apply at the ADLRA °Mee, or address
AVITEIL & CO.
Reading, Fa.
feb 174vd.)
K IV K DER to co.,
Atanufaotnrers of
DR. NIEVES'S
Oelebriited Tonic Herb Bitters.'
Importer of
Wxl ES
AND LIQUO.BP,
Also Sole Agents for BAILEY'S UNRIVALLED
IV(' WHISKIES.
No. 121 north Third Street,
PHILADELPHIA.
For sale at the Eagle Bookstore:
ang 26-
CLOTHES
'STEP LADDERS,
HARDWARE STO.RI
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1113 40 c
DidGowan &
• DHALERB IN . ;
.11ARDWA1:VA - '
• CUTLERY, 'GUNS, ' '
'HOUSE PIIHNIS/1114 6001:08.
MEVAtSp'' ' •
TIN PLATJS, SHEET IRON,
Building. Materkaia l . :,
84DDLERY, - deo., ao. t . dcv., ace.
No. 612 .
PENN STREET, READ . IMO, PA. '
ap 24- . . •
BOOTS AND SHOES
HE BEST AND CHEAPEST I
REINHOLD & SCRUM
No. 41 North 'Sixth Street, I,
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, . , ' RgADING, PA. '
PICIE SUBSCRIBERS LAVE JUST MAD.
1. lished a first-class Boot and Bhoe-making
establishment and store sit the above stated
place, where they are able to accommodate
oustomers with tho boat articles in their line of
business, ind at lower prices than at any other
place in the city.
• The following list of prices proves all wesay :
en's calf boots,
1
eti l b kip boots, •••
en's working shoes, • . 644
WWI
1 7 1"44841P 1 ® 6O
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eo:s Fre nohl oal f Congress galters,box to ea.§ 90
en 4 calf amerces gaiters, ;4 •., • ; 525
ifen's calf Bilmorals .. 1
- 2 00
ille 0 kip Valmorals: 180
Bogs' calf Balmorels, ' • 160
Boys' kip Balmorals, • . •
oaths' kip Balmorals, • 100
omen's lasting high Polhill, 2 76
• omen's Plburessitaltert, ,• , ,' 75 to 350.
omen's lastMg Balmoral.,
omen's Morocco Balmorals,
omen'tiferocoo shoes, 1 90
2 00
1 66
omen's kisksliPM . • ' :. 66
seissung Polio,
outs gaiters from
15 eta. to
ouths'.attd boys' shoes from 30 eta.
omen's
Also, a, large stook of notions on hand and
fo r e..
• above prices 'Aro lowor an's., lag
o et similar place or business in the oily.
REPAIRING.
Parthuiar attention is paid to sit kinds o'
icapa•
• REINHOLD & SCEINgRI
1. 1 0.- 41 NORTH sucilt
, . P 201,1 ins (TUT B 011814) ,
RLADIN(I, PA.
spilt it.,
READING. PA.
READING, PA., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 20, 1869.
WRINGERS,
ALL WARRANTED,
AT
AP-KNIGHTS
TEIRD AND PENN ms.
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FOR THE PEOPLE.
MAD! : did you say'? he! dead in his
pilule I'
Son of, my mother my brother my
friend !
Whilo Xho horologo points to tho, noon of
hie time§
lies his sun set in darkness? is all at
k an Ond;1
a sudden accident," )
Dead ! it is not, it - cannot, it must not bo
true
44 me read the dlro words for myself, if
Oart
liclontless, hard, cold they rise on my
Thei blind me ! how did you say that
they rani
("Ho was mortally 4minred,,,)
Dead! around me I hear the singing of
birds
And the breath of Juno roses comes in
at thapane ; •
Nothing—nothing is ohangod by those tor
, riblo words;
They cannot be true lot mo see them
again -f
("And died yestordnyA ,
Deadt a letter but yesterday told of hIS
love!
Another to-morrow the tale will repeat
Ontstripilecl by this, thunderbolt flung
from abovo•
Scathing my heart, as it falls at my foeti
("Funeral to-morrow:l ,
Oh ! terrible Telegraph I subtle andl
still I
Darting thy lightnings with pitiless
haste !
Zio kind warning thunder—no stornA•bod
ing thrill—
But one fierce deadly flash; and the heart
Both waste I
i ( 1, Infbrm his friends.")
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SARAII B, lisxsusw, In March Galaxy.
From tho Young Folks.
TUE BIRTH-MY GIFT.
"Mabel Harrison, you, surely . do not
moan tO•speali to that littln wretcli
"'0 A,ddie, just skip Ono minute,
crying ; see, how lig shivers •
with tha
cold." • •
Adelaide Nved proudly on.. "I`Can- .
not see, liabel,,,whero . you inherit you
low tastes. It is. positiveirgettin,g, to be
disagrcnablo to walk out , with.you on th r e
qtreet. Suppap" florae your aCquain%
ttintes sh - Ould.soilrour—
Bitt Malier.hud: already turned to the
little bare:headed; batafooted follow,
who had beim l the innocent cause of Atie
!aide's r , sl.ake. In a moment sharejnin
ed hec bit :ter. " His name is ilertie,ami
you way laugh if you will, but he 'really
does look like the pictu'rkof cousin Hee
bort that' hpngs in the library, and he is
just about Herbert's age when that was
taken. He told 'me his father's name
was PaPa t and that ho .had, boon sick.
They' must be very poor, for, would you
believe . it? the_ child had been hu*ing
for coal in the . gutters, and had .that old
can nearly full.. Do promise, after our
visit to the dressmaker, to go' with me
and . See them."
"Of -all romantic simpletons -over
knew, you deserve the -palm,",replred
Adelaide. " Why, even if it Should prove
to be cousin Herbert's child, as in your
exuberant fancy you seem to have al.
ready concluded, I would not go. across
the street to make their • acquaintance.
Not that I have ..anything against them
personally ; but you surely' remember
Unole's words to us, ' You are 'never to,
hol4 intercourse with that man who was
your cousin, under pain of my severest
displeasure.' I can see him yet, and the ,
angetthat burned in face at the time
makes me shudder now,+:,when I think of
it.' Besides, you know uncle had reason
to be offended: Herbert violated his ex
e •
press commands when,he married" that
girl, 'and as-lie chose the consequences,
he has no. one to blame but himself."
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"No, Mabel," she 'continued;
have no idea of givin g up fly , copforta:
able home, and liebig thrust out in the
world to seek my own living, as would
assuredly, be the case, if I disobeyed
uncle Hugh ; so whatever benevolent
scheme you halo on hand, plea \ Se do not
implicate mo in any way. My one idea
just now is, to get out of this disreputa
ble part of the city asp soon as • wo can.
What could have induccd'the dressmaker
to move in this direction, I cannot ima
gine."
"High rents, ' , suppose," said Mabel.
"I admit," she continued, returning to
the subject so near her heart, " that
there was a groat deal said on both sides
that was wrong; but uncle's heart is not
stool now, whatever it was five years ago.
I do not belieire a day passes that he does
not yearn over his absent son, and I am
quite sure that Herbert's desire for a re•
tonoiliation its net less fervent."
Are you gifted with second sight s or
hoW have you discovered what every one l
else is ignorant of ? " asked Adelaide' in
a sarcastic tone.
"I will tell yon what I did see yester
day," said her sister warmly. 41 Uncle
stau3ing before that picture, his hands
raised imploringly, and hie eyes wet with
tears. I was sitting on the window-Seat,
partly hidden by the curtain, and he did
not know I was present. bin, Addle, it
is pride; foolish,"sinful pride, , that keeps
father and son apart; and I intend never
to rest until I see theM reconciled, even
though by so doing lam forced, as you
say, to go dut into the world and seek
roy own living. I have long made this
hope the subject of my daily prayer, and
I believe that God, in his own good time.
will permit me to see ha fulfilment."
%Den they left the dressmaker's, Mabel
Bair, "1 ant 'going to ace that child and
its parents ; and, sister, I have decided
THE I'ELEURAH.
not to buy new trimming for my dress,
but to use some lace I bavo at home; so
if you choose to purchase yours to-day,
do not wait for me."
"You will .find that, even by wearing
old trimmings, yenr funds will hardly
suffice to cover the heads and feet of all
tho beggars ip this city; but, damn a
son gout, ma - che re. "
, Mabel smiled, and turned in an oppo•
site direction. The result of her visit,
on returning home, was made known
only to Mrs,' Forsyth, who had been
hoesokeoper in the family for thirty i
years. A half hour a ft erward, wiie6 69,1
two ieft,tlio house, Mrs: Forsyth ea yingl
a largo basket, John, the waiter, sagely
remarked, "must be something ; in 'the
wind, for as long as I've- Hied in this
house; it's the first time _l've known
Madam to carry a basket when I was on
hand."
That evening the unclo and nieces oc
,cupiedstheir apunl places, in / the library.
Mabel, seated on a low chair ' in front ,of
the grate, gazed oarne3tly at the fire,
while her hands, clasping and unclasping
each other, betrayed unusual nervous
ness.
..; She suddenly turnod and gazed at her
uncle, whom she found intently regarding
her.
y.fAro you not well, Mabel?" ho asked.
Adelaide gave a questioning glance
toward her sister, then arose and lett the
room.
Mabel arose, arid leaning on her uncle's
shoulder, said, "To•morrow is your birth•
flay, uncle."
II "What a memory " he said sportively,
at the same timo putting his arm around
her. "Well, ,have you my present
ready ?"
. "Yes ;.only"- 7 -sho replied hesitatingly ' ,
her - voice trembling—"l want you to pro
miso•not to bo angry when you receive
0 •
it," -
"Angry, loyel Am I in: tiro, habit of
showing:anger to you`? 'I 416 not Under-,
•
stand yOU:" Itut feelinkhor tears drop- .
ping upon -his hand, ho thought, the
hild has brokoner lostsomithing I have .
rind, and intends to•try, and replooni it.'
"‘Would.yon tool better assured if, yeu•
ad my written promiSo ?" ho 'asked,
kindlif.
"Yes,"' said Mabel; smiling through
her tears.. Taking 'a slip of paper, he
wrote:
, .
"I hereby solemnly . " promise, upon•the
receipt of my birthday gift from my
niece, Mabel, not to be angry, but to
continue to love and cherish horns here.
tofore.
"Witness my-hand, ,
"Him ITArintsott.''
Mabel kissed him affectionately, and
thenicil the loom witli•tbe paper clasped
tightly in her hand.
Mr. Harrison eat alone in tho library
'after breakfast, his thoughts running
sadly upon the past. Ito did not hoar
the opening door, or the light step upon
the carpet, till ho was aroused by a
child's voice at his elbow, asking, "Are.
you my grandpa?"
Tho living counterpart of the picture
abed before him. Ho saw the same
large black eyes, the saint short curls
peeping from tinder the velvet cap set so
jauntily upon his head ; in fact the whole
dress, oven to tho lace collar and riding
whip he hold in his hand, was the same.
"Child, who aro you?" burst from
the lips of the startled man. •
"The lady who gave me this pretty
dress, said I was to hand this to my
grandpa."
•Mr. Harrison took. the note. O,n the
outside was written, " Your birthday
gift, from Mabel." Inside was the writ
ten promise he had given the night be.
fore.•
. .
He laid the note 4pon the t,ablo, and
took the child upon his lap , P'444.
youtname, my boy r . !
',Bartle Hirrison, and these
,two kiss
es papa and mamma sent, and _said,
please to forgive them." -
The head of the stern man was stirred
to its depths.
" 0 Bertie I" my littlo Bettie 1" ho
sobbed; "have I regained you at last;
You have conquered, Mabel I" for ho
saw her standing near, her face beaming
with joy. ",Now take me to myson."
Need we tell the rest? How the car
riage was ordered, and speedily driven
by John in the' direction Mabel pointed
out; how it returned, bringing the hith
erto alienated ones. home to tl►e father's
house, to rejoice henceforth in his love;
and bow the sick man, amid the comforts
of home, and with a mind of peace, grow
rapidly strong. and well? The wife,
whose only sin had been poverty, proved
herself a treasure, and became a mine of
filial affection. And as for little Berge,
he became the pet of• the house, and es
pecially of the grandfather, who.over af
ter styled him his Birth-day Gift.
A x£.ollo min last week ran away with
a white girl named Mattio C. Wood, aged
thirteen" yeses, and living in Campbell
county, Virginia. A party, headed by
the brother of the girl, started in pursuit
and captured the couple about forty miles
from the place of abduction. The negro
was arrested and taken back to Campbell
for trial, andihe girl restored to her pa•
rents. She declares that she was forced
to accompany her abductor under the
most dieadful threats of instant death,
if she should refusp or give any alarm
which should lead tOliis discovery. The
'rascal is about fifty years of age, and has
a wife and six children living on Mr.
Wood's farm.
WALKING HORNE&
The best gait a horso over had for
every day use is a good walk. It is a
gait that not one in ton possesses. Colts
are, trained to trot in all the Eastern
States. 'Young America wants more
tspeed. j Kentucky has more goodlwalk;,
lag horses than any other State, 'for
there horseback travel has been the fash: ,
ion for both men and women, over ,n
country where muddy roads, at times,
renders any other gait . impossible, and so'
horses have been bred for the saddle and
trained to a walking gait. .„
This is also the' ease iu all the Western,
States, mid perhaps might. have been so
in Now England when our grandmothers
rode to meeting on a pillion behind oar
grandfathers. - But ono-horso wagons
have put horseback riding out of Catli*
and now a good walking horse is more
rare than a horse that can trot a milotitt
-2:4Q.
At the Silriugfieltl, (Mass.), Horse Show
in 1860, the writer WilB ono' of the com
mittee to award prizes to the best tyalk•
pig horses. Out of seventeen entered, the
committee fOund but one which might be
considered p first class walker., This was
a Morrill mare which walked Jive miles
nn hour with cash. Two othes t'vere fair
walkers 'and the rest know no gait that
could , be called walking. At the Now
York SA:So fair the samo state of facts
wore again , developed. A. letter front
Wisconsin says: "I think horse training
to walk fast would be a greater benefit to
our farmers in goderal than fast trotters,
as almost all their work has to be done
with a walk."
I once know a man in Massachusetts,
heforo the - Railroads wore huilt,kopt
from two to foiir teams at work on the
road, and novtir allowed them to trot at
all,and made the distance in iptibt'er time
than his neighbora,who made thoir horses
trot at every, convenient place. ile,said
that when a horse begat! to walk after a
trot, he walked ninth 'Slowor than hie
usual gait if ho kept on p walk,and there,
by lost morolhan ho gained. Will far-
Iner,s think of this and pay more attention
to ,walking horscs?—rarnicr's • Lbw
Journal.,
• . NEOROF I N IN THE GALLERY.—The Wash.
ington \ cerrespondent tho Cincinnati
Oommkcidrgives the following account
Ofthe raason why negroes congregate in
the galleries of th'e legislative halls:
I was greatly amused at what ono of the
doorkeepers of the gallery said to me not
long since. I remarked to him that the
colored people' were not so fond of at.
tending the debates of Congress as they
*die formerly.
‘"'The iveather i bi too flue," ho respond.
ed sententiously. , ' • 1,
what has the weather to do with
it ?" • I asked, ,
"Everything. When it is cold and un-.
comfortable, and no warm side of a'wall
to be had, they flock hero, for they have
comfortable seats and a. warm place
without paying for it. You come hero
some hitter;cold, inclement day, and see
how crowded the galleries will be with our
colored friends. They will sit and sleep
and snore hero all day, like black snakes
in the sun of spring."
Poor creatures 1 lam glad the galler
ies can be made so Useful—lodgings for
unprovidod no roes.
CHARLES LAMll,tolls his KO experience,
AS a warning to young men, in the follow•
lug language: "The waters have gone
over the. But out of the black depths,
could Ibe heard, I would cry out to all
those who have set a foot in the perilous,
flood.. Could tho•youths to whom the'
flavor of the first: wino is as delicious as,
the opening scenes of life or the entering
upon, some neWly' discovered 'paradise,
look into My dosolationond be' made to
nn'dOrstri - nd haw; drear it is,, when he shall
feel himself going down a . precipiee, with
open oyes'aad passivcyvillto his destrue-,
tioni andhavo no human power to stop
it, and.yet fooVit the way ornanating
from hitt - itself, to see all godliness emptied
out of him, and yet not able ,to forgot a
time when it was'otherwiso; to War the
piteous spectacle of his own!ruin; could
ho see my fovore,d , eye, fosiered with .last
night's driakine and feverishly looking
for to-night's repeating of the folly; could
he but fool the bddy of death out of which
I cry hourly with.,fpebier outcry to be do.
livered,it were enough to ~,nako him desk
the sparkling beve(ago to the earth, in all
the pride of its mantling temptation."
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THE loyal militia are marshalling at
Nashville, under Brownlow s 'command,
to put down tho'new'rebellion said to be
contemplated by' the white people of
Tennessee. On Thursday two 'of the new
militia appeared at the State Prison door
and demanded admittance. They were
recognized by the
.Warden as two con.
victs, named Huey and Hedrick, who had
been pardoned out a few weeks before by
Brownlow. Admittance being denied to
them, they drew their pistols; but the
Warden and his party also Preparing for
a fight, they took' to their Mots. It is
supposed that their design was to -corn
municato with the convicts inside with a
view to their, escape. ThPiware the kind
of men Lironinlow is about to let, loose
upon Tennessee to lay it waste M blood
and ashes, after approved "loll" Arkan
sai pattern. ' •
—Boston has " lady pickpockets"
who "dress magnificently," aid by
" fainting 'away in gentlemen's arms" ,
cause the '• downfall of their pocket
books," f
10 CENTS PER WEEK.
Tu CANADA THISTI.C—Mr. Divid
Nerriert, of Abington, Pa., writes us:
" Ong a v farm which I purchased in
Asia l
gton I found two considerable
pittch6 of Canada thistle, which I have
destroyed in two seasons by tho epplica
tion of A small quantity of coal oil
found it better to cut each plant close to
the ground with a sharp - hoe or knife,
and apply the coal oil immediately to the
fresh wound. A small quantity seems
to penetrate tho .body of the plant; even
to its Most distant roots. Farmers can
'la be tin careful to note the first en
croachment of this pest, for. it is only
thon that it can bo readily destroy
ed, but it will be found by experiment
that the means above Indicated, if perse
veringly used, will prove thoroughly of
ficacions."--Hearth and Home.
Tim Ttunaseii.=---Tho increase in the
'lumber of telegraphic messages sent
within the last few year's lover littell on
the continent 'of Europe, owing to great
er facilities and a lower thriff, has, it is
stated, been oven more rapid than
in England. In Great Britain, the num
ber of messages has increased, annu•
ally, at the rate of from fifteen to twen
ty per cent. In 'France, the difference
is greater, for comparing the year 1863
with 1868, there has been en increase of
million and a half ( of.metisageS (nearly
double) in live years; in Prussia, they
have increased thirty-four per cent., and
in Austria the traffic over the telegraph
lines has boon fourfold in six years.
1?}:VE1.0111ENT, 11Y ELEOTRICITY.-A
reign - physicianas recently started the
theory, that children may be improved in
mind as well as in i)ddy by the use of
electricity. Ito gives the instance of a
child, which Ives 1,1 phenomenon of defer.
mity and stupidity, which, under the in-
Nonce of .electr r icity, grew three centi
meters in a single -- month, and has since
boon always first, instead of last, in hie
class. Vegetation is much richer and
more rapid in its growth when electrified
than otherwise. The theorist proposes,
byway of experiment, that :the six low•
eat pupils of each class in a lyceum or
college be subjected to this electrical
treatment.
Wn give below a receipt !pr doing up
sbirt•boeoms : • • a
"Take two ounces of -fine ivltito gum
arabic powder—put into a pitcher, and
pour on a pint or more of water—and
then having covered it let stand all night.
In the morning pour it carefully from the
dregs into a clean bottle, cork it and keep
it for use. A tablespoonful of gum wa•
ter stirred in a pint of starch made in the
usual manner, will give to lawns, either
white or printed, a look of newness, when
nothing else can restore them atter they
had been washed."
THE GILEGIAN BEM
•
Lot's havo tho old bend and not havo the
now;
Lotlo havo tho bond that;ourgronthnOthort
s know ; ,
Ovor the wash-tub and over the ohurn j
That its the bond that our daughters should
' loath.
No max over yet achieved a great sue•
cess who did not balky° he was equal to
it. If you want to do a thing, mako the
starting point faith, the basis courage,
and tho remainder work.
Mr. Tabor had taken passage on
the P. & E. railroad, without previously
p'oviding himself with a ticket, and re
fusing to pay the usual excess charged in
such cases, the conductor - ejected him
and ho brought suit for damages. The
case was tried at the late term of court
at Erie, resulting in an' award of $846
damages for the complainant.
—A few • nights since a thief dole a
'horse at Westeyville, in Erie county, and
losing his way in the dark, and thwhorso
knowing his way home, found himself at
daylight at the point from whence he
started, where the owner of the horse
wan in waiting with a warrant.
—A soap dealer reeentl.y distributed
Bonp among the members of the Massa
chusetts Legislature, and the Boston pa
pere were astonished next day at " the
clean fresh appearance of many Senators
and Representatives."
—A flock Of American eagles wore
skimming along the, Hudson mei* at the
Highlands last Friday.
—There are forty-three Episcopal
Churches in California, seven of which
are in' San Francisco.
—A. negro murdered the Rev'..3, 11.
Merrill, on the Fort Smith road, near
Little Rock, Arkansas, on theAlst ult.
be
numbers of Cubans are said
t be removing to Louisiana and buying'
sugar plantations.
—A ChiCago paper announced the par•
don of Dr. 1141 by telling hi readers
"Mudd is clear."
—ln Knoxville, women ;wli'o appear
arm in arm in the streets with negroee,
are arrested. .
I —An oak tree, recently cut in New
Hampshire, produced four tons of ship
timber.
—lt is said that the tea most in favor
among unmarried ladies, is beau he.
—Connecticut has a tearrater who has
not worn a hat for forty years.
—President Johnson intends this sum•l
mer to make a tour in Europe.
—Six of the chief London theatres
are managed by ladies.
—A wealthy Eostcin lady has adopted
lt Florida negro boy.
—The Rajah of JoypOe bag 2066
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