Decatur Eagle, Volume 9, Number 42, Decatur, Adams County, 12 January 1866 — Page 1

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d EcaxnisoisjG|!jt < ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING! A -,.2.ff0'7 OFFICE— On Monroe Street in the second Hilary of the building, formerly occupied by Jetta Niblick as a Shoe Store. Terms of Subscription; •ns anpv one year, in advance, 1'- 7? ’' n P o‘t® ■{s« *>' UJ-nT paper rvffl by (ttsero filmed- unhhnll ( arrsrayes are paid, except at the option-Ass the publishers. Terms of Advertising: en. Square tier] three inK-rfirili-. J- . Bach subsequent insertion . , , trUii advertisement will be considered less ■ than one st.are; over will be connled and charged as two; over two, as three, <tc : JISF.-1 liberal discount from the above rates ■ made on all advertisements inserted for ape I “ ’ inC f ' iatertion. - d| <u>#rt Job Printing. We are prepared to do all kinds of Plain and Fancy Job Printing at the most reasonable | .Vites” O've us a call, we feel confident that xtis fast ion can be jjiven. *** foil IX- -o2 - • --♦»rfrfci=.-^e J »W'-' I ,7/ SpofGil Notice. DJi® « “t'Av r(i.s< mek's ( U.7>f <i and ordered nul before ] the' Italian o f\pcaified, wiUbe charged t sauic up to the time <hey ordered Afit. , , ~~ PIETRY. BREAK THE GLASS. One of the ol I -st of fxuci e*» Isrfngft,.£ bi'-mv C1 S . aiboffh loyalist custom In tin-times of the oiwaliera. •* ' Thef iHodtti HI! Wn bitmp-Ts dnd drain them on bended knee,' . • Pouring their wine, as they poured their bloo 1, For the P ice across the < a. And when the glass w is emptied Of’he generous ile it bore, “They were wont to shiv >r the crystal In pieces o * floor. bepHusedhwJ'dtrtaat «a» holy * FpfeMw iie4h.il foamed to the brim, Monuee to h»M Him. And a'ter a r;oiq»b«M'ages, Upon my loyal I 1 pour the choicest wine of my life. ■ply lady love, to thee’ < . i st « ( I gi*e»y*u in the- goblet, A soul kept white in the st rife; A record you will not blush to redd— I pledge \ou a poet’s life. M c 1 <iw goblet, , ity*cmirihtf -of a name, TWa»the f'ortH* and Heav n shall not forget, 3 ph*d*eyotf a pint’s fame. I give you* in' the goblet A faith that is firm ami just, | That time n >r change can lake away — 1 pledge you a poet’s trust. I give you m the goblet, <. T rr»*i vnrl • •frftrt allii Oud ;Snv?H' < I )WFJiu Will. Sil th-e days of my life . a’font can love. Tffpf <n v you rfro fi ck 1 e an < I Val n: The i She can snare your trust ful soul ( In the odorous wealth of her hair! ’ But 1 have loved you,darling; 1 believe y< i4 Ups’,ause 1 must; I was born to aXailK ib tl in you I my Trust’. * » And if in a fatal winter The worst should come to pass, 1 JVhen the win« of mytlifo is drunke n—- ‘ Ah, thaif ; 4t Break the gl*»! Universal Suffrage. Chalk and ivory! Heelsand shins! Sambo’S glory m#v 4?<‘g> nfi - . ’ . tio wjry, wijiit|,iwui y ®J T°f ! k V > r HoW to vote right—dat is so, Yaw, yaw,yaw!—Yaw, yaw, yaw. <*De happiest day I eber saw! Wbar’s de tickets? &traigh|! I ' 1 Aites often—l votes right—--I’s no ignormu > white— Man and brudder—e<{ual born — De Maker’s image (in a hern) D,eyl4>£v of the using day-r- - Africa! Oh. kinky, in inky, st inky, oh! If dis ain't glory, tell me so, T ZZ A Banditti in Detroit —Confessions of a Burglar. The Detroit Daily Union eirys: 'Fct n idfiw time putt a have infested the outskirts of Detroit, and have cpomiitted a series of depradations wbicljjiave fliiatjd a ts idefspiMail feeling of consternation find alartfi among tlfose who are compelled to pass through woods and lonely places in coming to and going Irony llie «itj? Not only Lavi men been roWbea nfWit the’SkgiefAt, but'-Ute pastures and barns of farmers have been 01a sujjer to,an ajm ming extent, and

ZJ <1 / s rn r. h» on ~Z u ♦«£LM V dr.:. ' n9 ,w "Cur Country’s Good, shall ever be our Aim—Willing to Praise anti not afraid Blams.” :no 1,-,. /• .71 ". " = u ‘' u ‘'' aved Jmfi euoilliro edl Ila lo iiamf. . .

no cli,e has ever been found by which to identiiy' tlfe’dhiaWs. The arfest of. the « orde family, a few ‘day’s hyfdi’orf the large of shooting Mr. Butterfield, is likely to lead to wonderful results. Not only has a b^eni apprehended, : but it is lliave hid themselves in the forests’ of TCprirfgwelh, and only left their place of I concealment to rob and steal and murder I if neJesjßt|y w hfljm also been/ywrelteraled, and are now on the bro'ad road that will lead to the reds of felons. A man named Charley Knight, who was I nown to be a confederate of the I'or les fijjnjly, was (oun 1 in a hut occuJ pied a < ' , ‘ r fTh'f n Vi HHe was yY«l| Ts-J i , W IC( ’ ( there mjflesufili ®>|fe»i ip, im ! twenty dirk-rent trimsairtomf/t'i'wrn" w y robbery down to stealing hogs, cattle, .| hor>cs and sheep, and other depri d itions This confession was taken down in writj ing by the and fe'woin tn by tile frightened !>ighiqyuiaj,. who, it is sup- * posed, made the statements with the “dea I that his punishment would be materially lessened llicWb|. By the aid of Knighl> .coif ssion the foil wing criminals were arrest d; James C. Bortles, the lather, who t< ok the hand cuffs from bis gon, and aided him in escaping to Canada; Nellie Bortles, wife of the old man, only twentytwo years of age; John Bortles, the mur[dtrer; Thomas and Frederick, his two brothers; Ifysr Culvert, : sjstun es thy brothers,'wlio ! wSs arrestdd for certi'iynig . information to them after they had tied to I Canada ; Mrs. John Bortles, formerly i Hannah E Hartington, the wife of the murderer, who aided, him in The wifo of the old nriti, on being interrogated as to her reasons for marrying meh an old and repulsive husband, replied, with ttnfel)f profanity, '.'/ccitAilwis all-ls J<a(!” She is a young woman of good appear-, ance.wtnd seems to entertain no love for ’ her decrepid husband; on the contrary, i she does not attempt to conceal her aversion, and has been heard to express her wish that "the whole tribe will go to the State prison.” From what we can i learn we should , infer that her wish will < be more than reaiia d—they will all go [there, and take her with them. 1 — 'J : Gr.at Gold' tijliQi l ®'.—Wjflo’st Jp" I iposit iu she World Gold in .ijnioht Solid Masft.es—Tremendous fix. citenient in Montana. Colonel luslee, of.St. Joseph, now in Montana Territory in a'letter to his family, incloses the following extract front, the Jfdrgmia City (Montana) Po»t, ; of discovered mines, which bids lai to'kttr pass in richness anything heretofore i known in the world. ■ Colonel Jnslee 1 whites th it he has seen some specimens of thjr ijiiarlz .fixjiii these mines, which seemed' to oe nearly solid gold.’ Here is the extract from the Post: "Upon the arrival of the Helena stage I last Friday morning the people ol Vir girnaCiiy were tivrown. into a geld ex citemeut, before which all termer ex 'bitemer.ts must pale. The facts, as we get them from apparently well aulheu Heated sources, are briefly as follows. "Mr. Brown, a German of Norwegian andaone of tlte ; original discoverers of the.j celebrated Cffgld ds Carry lode, of Ne-' vada, and alterwards es Brown lode, ; in Nelson Gulch, in this Territory, was | engaged in sinking a shaft on the Uncle I Sam lode, sb,mt the bead of Dry Gulcn,; ! ijome four miles from Helena. —He had sunk near twenty feet when the indica- ; I tions not suiting him, ha cunfcludid to 1 change his course by drifting up liill frdhi I the bottom of his shaft. Ila had ad vanced in this direction ■ about ten feet, ! when he reached a gold deposit which, in richness' and extent, has perhaps no i parallel in the history ol goldmining. <’oTd,in almost solid masses, glittered before his bewildered vision. For two • weeks longer, upknQWn to ; dtliJri he t>uh' I neled into the goifienjwaJl Seerdted about' ■him, he had aiynimufated several gunny [ sacks, litterally ’fiiii'l' With the precious metal, when longer secrecy became impracticable from the very unexpected wialth and Mr. Brown proceedei to record and secure his property, wht}n the oublic were informed of the great discovery. It is said t at he now keeps a strong guard,- night and day, ojoft his seemn.gly inc JupMt^e','jre»tib, while ho j himself, unassisted delves into the golden walls around hrUt, and continues multiplying his sacks preciops ore. Oae per-on who was admitted into Mr, Brown’s drift stakes that it presented a scene of wealth mone r.kin to a picture of the imagination than actuality. Gold! gold! gaildI.!»»;» the view on ijvery aide—above’bektwJanJ all aroumfi-Uiind elected back its rich hues in the glare of the candle, as if this subterranean vault had twen hewn -out of a solid lydge of the yellow metal. ' r , • “This gold is found in a well djfi.red ledge fully five feet in width. The golfl • '.ys vi»lr r? ♦eV. a

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3 I vein is tlirite ‘feet wide—three RiiirthS'of e J the'enljrt su'dktancß tlrereiti beinr puf'e* e gnfif, the rem finder tnlllh'ty bismuth. <3ll a each side Qi'thts vein thb’?fc‘is a casein* of t.one foet pi ipitrtz, whiiYli will assiy Irom , [38400 id _ l?S.obl> -to the tbn. Tiie very ofwall ro z k is rieh. SpbcHMMw cm be (’seen at' tfiii Uity-Boc*k .f j “Whether this fa, t > use famijkar minr ( ing term’s, a‘bloiv.oat/rcr u'pockftt, ’ we, , ; are not prepared to adiiiitor S«t\y, But, :!, be it diib*ry • mtiiiow nr# lyxng ground I loose.’ We c in', scarcely r.eyliyv that 0. this ii n distinct, coir.inuous ledge, jjs, e 1 in th it e«r; •s»..vsst an uimpunpoJ gold, - ; would affect t’ve gojd. ValtU|f|ijt|'Lliri:nslio«b the commyrqjirl l?%jour info)rnafiiyi, Lie | mm ! of(«<iial.ijpy ? a:>3,y.i;es.‘ m thal p. | J|-tin-t ledge has Deen traced fully seventy. ■ .-e I'll t. True M.inhood. Mr. J.opes Nisbet, one of thd editors , of the San Frmc'scb piilletine,' was . among. the } suli'uri)rs by tlfe wreck of th , , Broth, r Jonathan on ffi’e' Fdeinc c'ddsil', . in August., The body,, of, the old mail' s was found fl ianiig in the'-ocean, seven miles from I jnd When it was taken ) asliore and L'x»ri-ilnlJ there was found in 1 the dose i.-e'd vest a will, which' was j written after the Ship Struck thefatiil . rock. Contemplating ciainly the scimes _ abopt him, nod Jais-xdaance i for tile, he bad the co 1 courage, tQ make I such . a disposition oflrs property/as. r woiild .be most beneficial to those who > would be left behind him. The old man' r writing a will, amid the howling of th. , temppsi that was laslnn* ilia oceai mtd foaming billows, and surrounded .by .. <1 rowaiding men,' women atil children • w lift'.g out tl/iragony . to. the pitpess ( j winds and *t!ie raging sea, presenti'a. 1 heofic piclu.e, 11 ry it a copy of the will, and Lt the finder observe u ill., [ what cars it is written: I At BSa, on BoatftD Ihe Ba >. Jonathan> July 10, 1865 / In'vi'-w nf d rt’h, I hereby appoint 'ray brotlier, Thorn fe Ni<bet, at preierit I eng'igi d'on the 1’ icific R -ilrtxvf, QO.ir ! Clipper Gap, 'Cali'’.<rhid J my sole i x . ecutoi, with instfuchond Id'iTlnd Up tWy wl.t'e epldf I ’. f C i! :l d p rsonal, and cbrt- l v rl the siiine Itfto cash with all con ' venienj speed,"but',so as not to sdWiflce ! thcisaihs’, and tp pdy oper and divide thei sanje equally between "himself and my* l suh slat, r, M irgvl’t Nisbet, pov rd i ling 1 1:1 Engh.ii 1, and uudl-r bUidetJ of tilt. I payin' nt of a h gidy of 85,000 in gold ' to Almira Hopkins,' wife of Casper T. Hopkins, Insurance Agi’r;t,'Sm Fran j-’isfo, Cu'ifornia. I desire that my Mi other sniff Thomas Nisbet slnill not 1 eked 0 give'secmi y for hisjint o niasion 1 with dny estate. JamssNibst jT’lio document was written with r - ‘ nencil, the writer cdoiiv recollecting that : pencil muks are Las ’affecfed'by waiter than ink marks. It was cleltrfy' written , in Mr. Nisbet’s bold and steady pen- 1 inanship. When he had concluded the 1 will, he found that he had yet a little . more time before the ship would prob ■I ’ ably go down, and he added that f>l , lowing brief note to a famt yin this , city, where he had bSa'fded for many , years: 11 iff/y. Dear J/a — A thousand affectiemate [ ; ..adieus'. You spoke of my' sailing on h Fiiffay — hangmtin's day—and the un ; Yucky Jonathan. Well, here lam with I I leitii before m'. My love to all—to | Casp.-r to Bkile, Mellin, anil little Myra, uisk her for hie. Never forget Granupa. The children familiarly a (dressed the bld man as gr mdpa, akbottgU he was in noway reltited to tliein.— - ——- ■! From tne Montreal Transcript. Devices olSmugglers—Customs Ofliccr* titrake a Flowing Well of Wliisfcy. One of the most ingenious and ex 1 tensive enterprises yet in operation for evading the elevated tariff* in lavor with our neighbors of the Republic, was disI coveted and broken up a lew days since. I U appears that the attention of the.ly 11X7 eyed authorities of Uncle Sam was tint diverted to the oppeijdtiOns of a hqnoi firm in the vicinity of Lockport, who were apparently driving a llutirisbijig business; and these sharp officials conceived the order of a tremendoua rat, of the oonlrabattd stripe, burrowing in the immediate vicinity of this establishment. I The operations of the firm were narrowly watched for a time, and it was finally discovered tliat their stock was procured froui the house ol a farmer, who ics-ffed in a retired locality about one mile and a .[half inland from the Niagra river, opi posAe thp head q( Grand Island. I The transportation uffectod . [ by night, but even on this discovery ttio . I counecfions of the Lockport establish- , men’, were inexplicable, as the economy ' ; I of the aforesaid agriculturalist presunta.il i .; none of the requisites for a distillely, and beyond his premises t e line Canad-ward became lust. This circumstance was the | more remarkable horn tl|o fact that the

4 , N~1 •XT-MDjnk f ‘article of whivky supplied . was .wmjj-; “I fakable'tinct'.ire with. the-tlavor of Canivaditin barfev, li'Wthe shrewd ffetiectiyqa f ahniWt despair# 1 ei entrapping tin l im- I 1 < o.liters; aa conalunl .wa'cliing tail.-d tp' 1 ' r 1 <b»Wet> tflt Lolff. atnugglers sudpectea of' a 1 h ivibg a haud in the. affair,' 'unu stif! th’'[stuck in tho larmb'r’s'' estaWisLmentWat | • 1 inexhaustible. “During '*Lt?t vfCek it was 1 :. jlp ten mined to rn*ik/ a descbhtbpbh tfie i : | rprra; branch «l thb' Ldckpart hbuso; rgv [„ pthe seems to. have resulted in. t, us’-Oaishino devulopemeht a, and disclosed j ,Lwh'it promi-st'dikir a lime to prove a new ; 1 j feature in the whisky producingjbus.-1 ■ 1 11 ess. ■ . . 4 ' ' ‘ | ~[ Tl.eioccopant of the farui-house was jiaeuyvlly pumping whisky" out of t|ie 1 .' ground; Anil the flow of the precious ba was n.t a-rate that qiri .esurpassed profu s of the great vSm> eh oil penv pany. The 'inquisuive .oUiuii.L; ungurhlly. fonird that a 1 -ad pipa leading I but ot ol tho funner'* cell ir was carried t ( n a hor z n'.M d ruction, icsti ass ot pen-. t‘> ing the generog-'bowels of the earth jTip, jesrch of the cjaufiqy.ous II The tubing: was folboved up lo.imuthet 1 establishment, simamff ou idt*;banks of Niagara, river, which pruvpff. to be. the ■ .yeal reC'. v.ing ryoeryoir of the deposit, > anff here the pffiauls found a subteri rainions appaitment ij.teff up wij.h a tankj and foroepump. Following the supply.l ' pipe ffotii t|,ise<ffubii,s|i| in *^t > ,il wasfouiid | to lead directly out into the Niagraliver. 1 i’.lirira-li inquisitiveness ol the rq- [ ’ suited in broking op an-d in oP ' about 20'J yaids of Ic'aff pipe, and it is .' believed that tips pr.ecipitoqs, actmn Las'' been tbe.ru.. t»uu of losing, forever the lead ' 1 .qf this invaiffablu deposib 'suppos d. to r exist aomcwii.rc in the depths of Niagara 11 . .ivtr. [' — —.— 11 .1. mi'. Jtijke* 11 The follow*eg. te''. ! o'ne pt the ■ xp. nse 11 of General uJet is told by the [ I 'Natchez Dc.iiiyrall, p ■ Wliik 1 etre din fi'v.ii (te t’,'rpn.suls'in .J f 1862, the G nea.*' and hTs s’.'iif .'.oppi-.i ’■ ' o o . »ylaJL' ou th-. ■ ■ 7‘ ' atfd •" J . 2 r T. a'u n, ri ids' I Jib I’uejp's, a L,-uvi ;li le. 1 Ji" 1 ', acot d; ' 7he lady with; ‘'.l.ff up c.'.in 1 get,din- ' noa?” Yea,.s . ' qyu ihe ( roply, “but nt 1 I ' >m prepaid.g Ju . 1 for G 1 M.wgruIdr eml s a.,7 an J. H»vo nol'rouin at my ‘ 1 ■ddblu fur dvr.: y-yj, W.li have to wait for a 1 table,’’ 1 "Vaiy well, H : !.i», thank you,” 1 paid Pl.dps, taking his seat in a position *' .'to commuqd a view of the dining aOoln. jy Watching the moyenrents ot the jW-'l'*’ 1 vahts, waiteff until, tli'ts feast was, 1 ' on jba ptble, up,! vvh’ilu. tbu ‘hostess pro- Cl -i-ede. I to th-- p'irl“i- to anno c.'ce dinner Cl Ito the Geueral ami staff, Phelps entered 0 the dining ruo.u, »«<!, seating himseH' T ~t tliy twhl-> awaited further develop- 1 u 'ments. Upon the entrance of the party 67 a officers, there was found to be seats for i? all but one, and ono politely retuatijd to. the parlor to wait. Tne, G. -avea! took a I seats?#; tp . Phy Ips, and, a'fer. jilt; .first j w qouree w»s liaished turned to Phelp's, b - ,r Inquired: “Si*'have you any idea With , wbum you.af.e di-jing.’" “No., sir,” eno'y ' " replied f’ai'lp-, "I use Ito be. particular I’ bu £tnep I LiirneJ soldiering I don’t care p ;fd,~d wli.i I cat' .with, so that the vic- (J! tuals are clean. A Cockney Astan'sh <l. The lt.:v. Dr. Brecki nridge' nude his visit to Esropp several years ago, mi) met. the lolloping, incident which is re corded iii his .memoranda of his triv.els. 1 . A gentleman.' like at.d well informed j Englishman who was in the stags criafth 7 with nie. iin j’wTib fo'dr.d out that I was an /.meric m, after dilating op the great 1 I' oes», the beau’i.es, the m ijedy, in short, of this noblekt of Brit.sli rivers — the h Thames—concluded thus— , " “Sir, it Hi ly seem almost incredible to 1 you, bin it is nevertheless true that tbk, i c prodigious stream is, from its mouth to itv. d souroe, not much, if stall short of ono,;’ hundred and tiftv miles long.” . 1 I looked steadfastly in bis face to svcii. ' he was jesting; but the gravity of deep 7 conviction was noon it. Indeed, John | J Bull never j.'»ts. After composing myself 1 1 a moment I slowly responded—- “ Perhaps you never beard of the Ouio ,' River?” “ -1 "I think I have.” -•’Pcrliaps of i>lie Missouri? ’ "1 think so, though not sure.” "Certainly of the Mississippi?” 1 "Oh, yes, yes.” 1 f “Well, 'sir, a man will descend the' 1 Ohio, on a steamboat of thd largest class 1 a thousftnd miles. ” 1 "Os what sir?—-haw many, sir?” '•A' thousand naileS; and there he will j meet anot filer steamboat of the same class, i ’ which hits comv in an opposite direction [ twelve hundred niile- down the Missouri; 1 and then alter going flftMft hundred more [down the'Mdsi.sAippi, ho may.see'that j llob't di waters dfseftilMge bylfifiy cu.ui- ‘ 1 nels into tfieGeti.'o '■ . ■ j 1 ‘ 1‘ kstfitMilotapbny miii>l urbe a cheM."

; si}, I ’V./'ni calmly and emilhaficfllv through the statement. As I prleressi'd, myconrpanioq Sdemed sumrwhat dOpnsiedl to take my story as-an affrout but at the ' dfose'he l. t dtiwisJiiswwige a con. teihptu >ha pout, and rcgulaily cut my .ar.cv. Moral t'ensorsliip i:l a 'i'heiiter—ft an Against fiinv Nqcketl Jfresses...'/■ln a notice ot the ojieningod lite Strpnd ; i,tester, the London [ In the coui'sh off the evening, an in--1 citl','€l occurred to; wiriep je have ..qjlrc [Jyisacy in aliuffing. bu,t which" 71s being, | so''far m> we know, whoily wiUiput preced -nt ill oa Thiglisl), a,ii 1 also pSjintimating cviuurship off. mapue/s iq_:} qpar’Qr wus re.arrcoi'dhig tp Cuavuutionul jjp I I ■■d :. i.i' .'t is least to be LX - pyyU'ii, sh >ul I not, perhaps, be sufftrea pass without iiotici,', In the stalls,' ■yliKh wer o. cn; i-d for ,tl;e ifldst part qy la.'.i.-s nod gynflemen, :.i mifvtly- cn good socirff po.-'.tiou, and' ali dressed in evening uaotuepe, there, was seated in Comp ny with 11 friend, fl. tall ahd re-matk-.ble pretty mqipaq, . j'be extrioriiinary iowjess ,of. whose drese was ag u-i-ral subject of obfcrvatibn a-id qbviouSlj’ gave great scaadud to. the' audience, a;nl ong the femalp portion of t'Jiom a painful sensation was clearly .preneptibde. At last public jiidigoation' found iSpression [in a brief • inphatic form. Nq soon'et' s had i thp cun in fa l .!'; non the first play than I <h.r;re was !.< ard'from i.lie' gtflle.-y a voice ■ uttering in s! iw and well innisnred ac- [ Cents, an injunction which could be intended for but one person in the vast as-, 'kembly. T’ali; with emciidh, yet still ro I mining her, gentle, placi 1 look—lor there was no taint of immodesty in her dem- : esnor—she quietly drew her np.ua cloak . over her slr. itldnrs, and then tied It tight,: round her n ck. Li a few minute! ‘ Afterward slie rose from her seat, and I leaving behind her her friend; a modestly 'lrtssed woman, walked out of the house, timid the hisses from the padUry -t' rn siL. iic> an t el«qu«m m tho stall I •W boxes. at t Amendment o! I iiiere-.t I.aw ul Spociul Session. S.ction 5, amended to read as follows: It a greater rate of interest thaix is hereinbefore allowed shall be contracted lor, the ‘ corffrac€ shall not therefore uu void; but if, in *ny action on such con- 1 tract proof be made that interest at a rate [ exceeding six dollars a year on one hue deed dollars has been directly or indi reetty contracted for, the plaintiff slmll , rt-cover only his principal with six per cent, interest, and he shall also recover , costs; but that in all cases in which money | or anv other thing of value snail have been yoluntaiily paid uh interest for the loan, use. or for wsauoe of stnonby, the iharl n.it be recovered bick, eituer direc'.l; , >r By' ahy* set-off Or courjler esffim or; paym-nt. Section 6, mendel to read <v follows: If in any aotioii on any contract in I which iHi'gal hi’erdit sh fit have tx«en di y rectlt'V>r. mdS ; f:ly couiraoiHd t.u, tlw de-1 >adant sh d! have, previous to tku conanvn'dj'mertt of the suit tendc-ed to the ilaintiff, his piineipal with legal interest; .lie defendant-Hindi recover costs; and the plaintiff shall recover only the umouiU .vii'dered. Approved December 17, 1365. OtrtWAD Bakkr, Acting as Gjvernve. File t D cemlier 19, 1865. | 11. TKUhLsr, Secretary of State. 1 No emergency declared. Tbe act will . ppi? vike effect uut:i the acts of extra sos j si m lire distribulel to ail counties, and;; proclamation made.—Z/itf Herald. Merer'‘Knoisk Uud No, never. Always rally yonr forces for another aui niure dcspera'.c a.-sawlt upna a Iversiiv. It ciiiuinny asmils youi and the world—as it it apt to do in such , oaS es—-takes part with your traduccl's, don’t turn moody m.d misanthropic, or worse «ull, seek to drown your unhappiness in dissipation. Bide your lime. Disprove the slander if you can; it not, live it down. It poverty come u;>ou you like a thief in the 11. g it — what t,henl Let it rouse you, as the p esouce of area l thief would do, to energetic action. No matter how deeply you may have got into hot water—always provided that you dirt not help the Fa'.her ol Lies to hea it—your case, if you are made ot the right kind of stuff» is not desperate; lor it is jiv accord with the di.viue order aud pweep of things that . life should have no difficulue-i which.an hopest, determined man, with fcluvea’s helpi cannot surmount. ' A Diverse Case in the finiied Slate*, A woman btought a suit iato court for divorce, and had the discernment to secure a particular friend iof her own, who I stood well with the court, ax her tutor' nty: Ono m .rdvMg the judge called u[ tbh 6ahd,'addressing himself to th« i Attorney for the complainant., said: "Mr ‘•H- , T ■don’t think to bt

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v tcompdl. d (6 live together' when they , . don't want' to. i'h 1 I will dhcrtse « divwee J.j ip tiffs case” Mr. H Itowed blenffly* e ■ i'liiueupiin ifie judge, turning 10 another *; lUlunn-y. whom he tw./k to be the couny,|si;l f>r 'tlie drf;' ; ndant<. remarked: ."Mr*-,) .*, M-t-.T suppose > on Lav- no ohjt ctiou. ,to the decre<’”< MKjin*^-'nod tieda»r sent , B"it MF. M wcis not the attorf u<y for the defendant, out another Mr* ■ M—■—», i!<rt then in etrart. Ih a tew inemrßtsthu latter camoMn, and on findurg ,p. . ■ that hie-elientdizd been divorced witfioyt : 1 bearing, and in the absence of his atfor- , Iney, cviurjoucul to remonstrate with tho ;, pou.rt; A4u? lizdnneff a moment, and then ' > | iuterrupluff Aim. "Mr. M ilivtn* i.i.s'to" ‘-'l’urt Lu pr'qtuiohced the I decree of and the [iartifS are no long.r nun aad'Wife. But if you want 1 1. > argin: t|;e case right bad.’ the court can * marry tlu-ui over again,'nnj give you a -iifiick at it.” ’ ' A Conscientious Demagogue. The Philadelphia Ledger (Uep ) speaki ing ol Thaddeus Stevens’ attempt to die- * I tale Congress and domineer over the I President, says,. In 1.333, at tho capital of Pensylvanin, I I k'e whipped his party followers into the '' ' . wi'cked measure of. attempting tp set; aside the election by' the people: and forst tbe ; CpuiiDonweallh a rninort'y candidate for Gov. mor and a minority Leg-- ’**! isla ure. There were three honest members ol the same party with Mr. Stevens who refused to carry out these treason!--able practices', viz ; .M-ssis, Butler and SturtL vans, of Luz rne county and Montelms, of Union-, countv. The latter testified before the committee of investigation that he Cold' Mr. Stevens that liis ‘‘conscience would 1 t not permit him to sanction these corrupt proceedings.” "Uoncience, indeed,” said Mr. dtevens, ■ "throw conscience. the devil, and stand by your party ” If the ConL'ression’il awt-hurhies hl Wash*, in -ton fellow .sn-h slender, then we may ncll excHini) ’‘God save the Common*;.. • ;vcaitiff” , r>- ' ,11b Tub Cattlb Disease.—The bill proI hibiting the importation of cattle having ' passed b.-th Houses of Congress has been i t<?£n<>d bv tfeQ-P«K3d»id cnl, Lj> uiakct H tho 1 duty of the iSC' rotary of the Treasury to [order such regulations as. will give tho "law full mid immediate efioet, and to Send . copi-sof tbviu to the proper officers tntins country, and to all officers or agents of the United Slates in foreign countries. It also provides that wjien the President 'shall give thklw days notice by proclamation that 110 luriher d.angt'r is to beapprehended from the kbread of foretgir i:i l CCt:-.-" ( s or contagious disease among the act sliull be «f no force, amt ! ejltliw may bu impoi tg-I in the' same way ’ .-»s b fme its p.usage. The State Depart-' raent has advices, from dur Consul at Liv[erpool, who ,wi;ttes that the cattle ptagu» is m iking sad havoc in that district and I’that u.as on the increase. From Seven liliudro.} per week, the d. nth’s in England and Scotland have g.-ne upto twenty-five hundred. ■ 11 The-Printer’s Ten (Siuninndpieiii*. i 1. Tlmu shall love the Printer (esp>--_ Iciallv the ladies) fol he luvell: y-ju j muchly. j 2. Thou shilt, subscribe for his papdr, (for he seeketh much to obtain the news jof which you remain igridr:i6t. i 3. Tffmi shall pay him f-it'his'pepf'r, ■ ,he laboi'eth lo give ydu the news in due s > son. 4. If a business man tltoa shaft advertise, that thus the profits may enable them no't 'only to pay lor Uiy p iper, but mont-v in thy purse. i 5. Thou shaltnot visit him regaiuless f his office rules—in deranging the papers.- Ladies are not expeptvd to obsei ve this rule. 6. Thou shalt not touch anything that would give linn trouble —that he may not hold' thee guilty, 7. Thou shall not read the mantxscri[ t in the hands of the compositor—lor he will nut hold thee blameless. 8. Thou shall not read lite news before , it is printed, for he will give it to you ia due time. 9. Thun shall ask him. few things in ; the office, from it thou shall tell nothing. 10. Thou shall not at any time send ; abusive and threatening letters io ibu I editor, nor cowhide him, more than five - times a year, tli jT bring the printer old rotton wood, nor bring produce that ffv ths the d—l to-eat. j ui II scuay contraband from down '■ South was lately inspecting a horse--0 power, in operation, when lie broke ■’ out thus:.. •,Mis'-T, I has sfien heaps P ob things, in my life, but T neWier ie saw before, anything whar a lines r - qould do iiis own work and ride ' t ‘|'.ooi” ■ - r * • ?; O«I linfJlOC’x