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4 ' ' "... -"' - , ...V . , J ' j ' J V , r... - - .... . ' ' '' '--'- i -i 1 ' - ' ' ' . ' ' r . - a '- - - - '".-.-.'.''".-' . , f - . ' "' '" 1 .I. ' .. i.ii ' 'J ' ''" '" ; ' .: ' ' '''''' ";' -' ' "'' ,J .: -f:''( -'''H'v'-'fry'irtP.i-t 'j-'b,,; U -,viv v i V VOL. III. WILMINGTON, N. C, THURSDAY MORNING; FEBRUARY i24 1870. NO. 354. 1 : ! ' : i - 1i 7 OFFICIAIi ORGAN. TKRXS Of SpBSCKIPTI03r I2CVA.KIABLT IN ADVACK. Per Year.......... Six Months. 14 00 , l 50 Three Months....... VUC iUUUi.il. . . ............. 50 8ingle copies, Eire cents. .: . Clubs furnished at rasonable rates. RATES OF ADVERTISING : V 'Per eqaare, one tim, $1.-' ' (-'. .- v : ,V Less than half squared one time 130 cents. ; Two times 50 and! all succeeding insertions half price additional, j. . i"-..-' '. " , Hates per month, $4 for One square, and each Succeeding square lialf rates additional. ! llalf Column, and Column advertisements re celyed on proper discount. j i Local advertisements 10 cents a line. , ' ; Address, . i--"-; CtiAa; 1. UliALIl, Editor and Proprietor, " X , Wilmington, N. O. CITY. 'vVj;i.-:;"' Get a tbwri Court ucws.uDUsuallj dull. The Harbor Report in our next. Call anil sec our new Envelopes. . Our u cold snap" nas turned to rain, and County bonds "looking up." Myers has "salmon" hard to beati Try eome "Local' and foreman out. of town so small pa per tins time. Public improvements" have" ceased in our city oh account of 41 retrenchment and reform."- i We commend Mr. Mayer to all - wishing an honest article of liquor or cigars, at moderate prices. The "old stand" of H. Eilers is riot better known than Mr. Mayers character for rectitude and fair dealings. The county commissioners have placed five thousand dollars 'worth of bonds in the hands of James and Meares for sale. All can buy in sumsjto suit. Munsonj and Co. are again in the field with offers ot goods at "cost." The statements of this firm can always be reified on, and' we bespeak for them a large patroaage. Our Readers will do well to preserve the: carefully arranged schedule . of city taxes, published this day in the Post. The value of.tjpis over any other may readily be seen. See third page ! Only Two Dollars. Not to be out done by the Standard an d other high priced papers we have resolved to send to all our country subscribers the Post for... -TWO DOLLARS a year if paid in advance ! The Harmony Circle ball of our Hebrew fellow citizens came off last -night very pleasantlvj notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather; ; , v'j.'.J:. '.'-ill-- ; " . ,,V "To the Froni" street find'. Myers Stor.: : - ye epicures, and on Front 4'uiet Family Grocery For tit bits-Go to Myers. For comforts go toMyers. For all; sorts of eatables go no where else than Myers I See advertisement. ; A littlej boy applied to a gentleman of our city to-day for: a load of wood for his poor sister. " ""-'.''; . . Wliut is your sister doing ? cjifotli the gentleman. : j -: "She's jjaving chills now said the boy." The finest binding and blank books furnished to brder at the Post pnntin office Thefo lowing named persons are request ed to call, on Gen. ( Rutherford, City Hall, ou business of importance to them. ' Jacob Thompson, Candis Call, Cato Mc Iieary, Rhoda Dobson, Isaac Windate, Jack Nixon, Bery Chafers, Pay ton Moor, - Clara Jones. Sophia Wilson. Thwaters are descending and we fear another flood. Daly two days of clear weather, since , Christmas. This is awful, whatever use water can be put to, we don't like to " have it 1 come down too much. Water is good for navigation. "An old Scot said to us in our youths niver put water in your whusky, because the sperits will evaporate and you'll get the . dropsy.'?. Wc commend his advice 4o the public. Because of too muchwater ! . f Get your Bill Heads at the Post Printing Office. 1 Febrcaiit 22d. The aniversary of Wash ington's )iTth day was celebrated with con siderable spirit in our citv. The firemen paraded,, and the public bnildings display, cd the qational ensign. , The Revenue Put ter fired a national salute of twenty-one guns and the beating of drums and festive crowd ot lookers on seemed to J eel as if "the day we celebrate" was indeed worth celebrat clock. ing, i. i a . - . -- ' , .- . ' ' " I.' - , The old North Carolina Heal and Per sonal Estate Company have re-opened un der the supervision of Mr. Krebs. The agency is at the old stand of Mr. French near. the "Post." ! Col. Frank's Command. Col. R. T Frank, Lieutenant Powell and Ray with their command left our city last Monday evening on , their way to Columbia S. C. where they will report to the Regimental headquarters of the glorious old Eight In fantry. All seeredtnae spirits and ffift men though loth to leave pleasant quarters bore themselves as such good soldiers and gallant fellows always do when obeying orders. : -y New styles of Bill Printing Office. ' Heads at the Post No musical family can afford to be with out Peters' Musical Monthly. It is printed from full-size music plates, and contains in each number at least twelve pieces of choice new music. Price, $3 per year. Subscrip tions received at this office, where a sample copy can be seen. - : , The Post and Peters' Musical Monthly one year for $5 00. , ' The schedule on the A, & N. C. R. R,,has again changed, and the mail train on that road 'will run as follows, commencing o'clock A. M., February 4th, 1870 : time table. Head Down . Station. Arrive. Leave. : 7am Goldsboro 7.83 am 7:43 a m La. Grange 8:19 a m 8:29 a m ELlnston v Arrive. Leave 7:S0p m 6:1? pm 6:52 pm 0:10 p mo:ii pa 10:19 a m 10:38 a m New Berne 3:51 p m 4:11 p m 13:17 p m 12:20pm Newport 2:10p m 2:13 p m 12:50 pm J Morehead City 2:40 pin ' - itad up. i E. K . STANLY, President A. & N. C. R. R". The Post printing office furnishes work at one-halt the rates charged by the Star. A Charitable Object. A . few days since mere went xo tne v;ity Hospital an old citizen, afflicted with consumption, un able to work and without means to live This ( man'8 name is Jacob C Keiser Well known to most of our people. It was the writers fortune to ,witness his heroism and devotion to our people, during the fearful yellow fever epidemic of 1862. Among the many who labored Keiser was always in the front rank. He 'was never weary, never so sickened with the horribld details of one days misery, that the next day did not find him at work. In those long dreary days of September and October, the memory ot which comes up like a horrid dream in the very "harvest of death" Keiser was always at hand to nurse, to prepare for the grave and bury the dead. He worked with untiring energy, his labor finished in one place, be sought out others, with a self sacrifice, a fearless disregard? ot personal danger he did his whole duty. The circumstances appeal to our benevo lent people to do something towards sup plying comforts and luxuries, to alleviate as mnch as possible, the condition of i this man. Any person disposed to assist in this good .work who will forward their subl scriptions to the Mayor, at the City Hall, in i la. ii .1 f win uc eu ii neu w tuauiiB uuu. assist iu giv ing a very slight acknowledgement of grat itude to a deserving man. Get Envelopes printed at the Post Print- ins Office. Mag az ines, Books, &c.Jie Modeiwelt. This valuable illustrated magazine, al most , complefely,devoted to fashions and patterns of the latest form from European Modistes. Mr. Taylor is the publisher also of several other fashion periodicals, and be sides will deliver by order dress patterns of any description. S, T.' Taylor, 391 Canal street. ' " i ' The BeeKecperi Jouriial ami National igriculturUt have been consolidated, and removed from Cleaveland, Ohio, and Pitts burg, Pennsylvania, to New York City. The two journals i? one is now a large il lustrated, double quarto, eight page paper, containing Five different departments, viz1: Bee-Keeping, Agriculture, Home and Fire side, Ladies' and Youths' Departments, making it the cheapest and best family pa per in America, for only $1 a year. Edited by Homer A. King, Ellen ; S. Tunfer, : and James M. Kucster, and published by H. A. King & Co., 37 Park Row, New York, who send one sample copy free, to every appli cant and to ail enterprising Bee-Keepers. "Hints to Bee-keepers,n a practical Pamph let of 33 pages, in neat, pink covers, (Sev enth Edition, and 19,f 00), sent post paid for 10 cents iaUa.autfor$.s tfThe JBes-Keej erf Text Boole? which hat reached its Ninth Edition, and Twenty-Second Thousand hat ing run Eight Editions of 19,000 cfiet xn leu than three yean ; tent post paid, , neatly bound in red muslin 75 cents, in paper crtcr, only 40 cents, or one copy sent free to ev ery new subscriber to ; the two i papers, in the following liberal offer:; f The undersicmed. in order to favor our readers, and increase the circulation of The Post we have made arrangements with the above firm to send the Bee-Keepers1 Jour nal akd. National ;Aorictiltdrist and "Tna,PpsT", bothooe jear'for $4, and send a copy of the work "Hints to Bee Keepers,". andThe Keeperf Text Boo free to each subscriber. We hope our friends will show this liberal offer to iheir bee-keeping neigh bors, and send to the above firm for a sam ple copy, but to '.avail yourselves of this offer, the money and 'names- ot subscribers must be sent to us. ' ITKc 'AtlahiUiMntMgJbt,lixci , contains - . . . . . - s i , : jf COBiinuauons oi -josepn aoa nis inena ' and fifteen original sketches' Poem9, Re views, etc. The brain of Boston is very readily discovered in tht Atlantic Keen as the wintry air about its harbor, and subtle of thought and delicate in fancy. All who love fine literature should read the Atlantic. Publishers Fields, Osgood & Co.,4 Boston, Massachusetts. ; .-.E.'it , . Every Saturday tor 1870 keeps up its promise of elegant illustration and choice selections Jfrom the ( English,) Iserials. The tast number contains an elegant likeness of "Matthews" the Comedian! beside several fine reprihts of English and French car toons. ; ' ," " L ' The Little Corporal for March is a rich number. We do not see how it can possibly be improved, but the publishers promise great improvements during the year. It is a most beautiful juvenile magazine. One dollar a year. Issued at Chicago, 111., by Altred L. Sewell & Co. The "Eclectic? for March has its usual fine collection of gems from foreign magazines and papers, .and, gives beside a beautiful steel engraving of William Cullen Bryant Westminster Eetiets contains a variety of articles on the gre.a$ questions vexing 4 the public mind in England beside reviews of cetemporary literature. The Radical for March contains u Woman and Science," Conquest, Ethics of Senti ment and of Science, The Scarlet Oak in Winter, The Suez Canal, Lost Sinners, Per sonality of God, and notes by the editor. Published in Boston. " $4.00 per year. ' Journal contains illustrations lf W.arrl Hni vrRi f r -nnd manv rhnrmincr sketches of real life. Book stores. To be had at all the Get your Business Cards at the Post Print ing Office. : . V "Bread Cast uvon the Waters. " If the srreat Providence has not literally cast bread up on the waters . he has Dlanted the elements of wholesome nourishment on ti e rocks, in the shape of Sea MoIb Fakinb is made. This new article has everywhere won "golden opinious of all aerta of teonle " and the housekeepers of the land generally regard it in the double light ot a staple necessary and a delicious luxury ; tor while its-jisa lessens ,the expense of living 'the xquisite dishes prepared from it cannot be ob tained even at an extravagant cost, from any other i source. .Scientific. Committees, hotel keeners. professional cooks, ladies who superin tend their own kitchens physicians, nurses, dys peptics and invalids of every class bear witness of these facts. To this mass ot indorsements we nnhesitatiuarlv add onr own : and without fear of contradiction say that the blanc mange, Traddin&rs. custards, dec. are the most delicious we have ever tasted. OUR SPEC1AJL CORRESPONDENCE. ON THE WING. Abbottsburg, Feb. 22d, 1870. "As I was musiajrbv myself alone My thoughts brought 6ev9ral things to work upon." Oh l yes, inspiration is a sublime thing. no doubt, when nestled near the sparkling firelight, watching the weird fantastic shadows of the firelight, the cracking and fizzing of the burning fire log, the dull lene sound of the angry blaze as it winds in tor tuous shapes toward the sky ; this coupled with one endeared who sits musing in the Past, and then the ominous tick ! tick ! ot the clock, as relentless Death draws apace, and will not stop his warning knocking ; these and a thousand things which e7en drear and hoary winter may coDjure up in your soul ; are grand. But what shall we say of cold feet, and Alaska nose, resemb ling a fractured carrot formed by the stern a .---:---t .. . -. it- hand of winter; a mouth chattering as it a current of electricity had been running through the upper and nether lip,' and your pedal extremities made to dance an involun tary jig on a bare floor, -and why a bare floor more than one carpeted ? Simply be cause the bare sound is a bare fact, of which no covered statement, suffices. , Well ! this is my situation. I sit to write, immediately on coming from the cars, feel- inn1 more like a Pol anite, than any other walking refrigerator denominated in the category of nations. THE ItAGIC TOWN. JTis said, - the early bird catches the worm," but I being early up, caught a cold. I merely mention this by way ; of prefacing my remarks, of what has been caught here, and what one can catch. It any importance can be attached to appearances and those, first impressions, your correspondent is cer tainly carried away, (please take this figur atively 1) by his yiewof the land of Joseph ; (there was another " land of Joseph," i men- tioned in scripture ; I dont mean 1 that.) Here in a space of a few hundred yards, are the little" whitewashed cottages, of whom Bobbie Bnrnslpyed - to sing about ; They are ruderustic,and small, tis'true and one would never drpam'of letting them 1 out for hotels, or hash houses? but they speak the newly founded town, even as the flying of the swallow northward betokens the coming flowers. There rare many, of these, and lining either side of a broad street till the tall majestic pines, say : ?TJms far thalt thou go." s ; '4 ' t ; ; . e I n-Arf tH'l 'u- ',-.. In looking over these little opponents. . of barbarism, and led by . a guide,' yon must prepare to be astonished at the assertion of your man. Friday, when with -a look of ain't it wonderful lw he assures yon' that two: years ago this thriving little burg.". where the piston rod of the engine drowns. the tramp of the wood-cutter, and where the whizzing saw, as it remorselessly slays the monarch of the forest, gives out that civilization and progress reign; was once a " howling wilderness." I ' i ITS DESTINY. . j. But such it is, and the sluggard, and un enterprizing may well learn a lesson from this investment of the Senator from North Carolina whose name it bears. But 4 fifty miles from your city, j where "commerce wealth and trade increase, in the heart of the mpst healthy section in the "Old North," in an excellent climate on the line of the Wilmington,1 Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad, with scarce a station of any prom inence! on the route, it is destined to be to your city, what Annapolis 13 to Baltimore. But to accomplish this, capital is un questionably required, and this must as per consequence, be upheld by labor." Both are inseperable. With discret frugality, and continuance of the thrift - observable, noth ing cab stay the mighty engine of progress ; IMPROVEMENTS ' i Buildings are being constantly put fori ward, some now in their skeleton frame, while others clothed in the ratters, and hori zontal' boards denote their approaching completion. Since last September over fifty buildings of difterent styles of architecture and finish have been erected in this town. Besides this a saw mill has been erected with entirely new machinery by the General which evidences the unequalled prosperity of the place and its inevitable position as one oflthe most thriving towns in the state. " ' ' ' : BYE I bye! In my next (from here) I shall give you a more minute description of the 'burg. I leave here for Elizabeth town this morning on the.wing. Yours, Sphebe I Cuss. LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. 1 - Mb. Editor : While meditating on the past, the follow ing incidents suggested themselves ; which I have concluded to give your readers," hop-, ing they may prove of some interest if not' benefit. At the. advanced age of fourteen I returned home from school, still a bachelor, but also a great philosopher. I at once set about jmakwg practical demonstrations of my philosophical , attainments; for the Htnusement of my brother and sisters. My first demonstration was in that part of the Fcience of optics, which relates to colors, and is called chromatics. My Bisters were engaged, one evening, in making knots out of bits of colored ribbon. One finished her knot, and holding it up exclaimed: "Oh I isn't it beautiful ? How nicely the colors contrast." There was my opportunity to display my knowledge of chromatics. I at once informed her, that neither of those bits of ribbon had any color : that the dif ferent bits reflected different colored rays, and consequently appeared to be of that particular color. I then went on to inform them, that color was not an essential, but merely an accidental property of matter. I told them that I could prove I that white was al combination of all the primitive colors, and black , was a deprivation of all color, i They were anxious to see my. theories demonstrated by experiment. I told them I had no philosophical apparatus tor making experiments; but could prove my assertions in regard to black, by. the chemical action of heat. Not ' understand ing my meaning, one handed me . her knot, to which I immediately applied a torch, and soon showed it to her in a mass of black ftshes. V Ah I you wretch, you i have . de-v stroy ed my knot." ",I have not,'? I replied; " It still exist and has air the essential prop erties of matter." " Yes, you wretch, it has got all the properties essential ' for the ash' barrel, was the rejoinder. It is impossible to say; how many more such pleasant epi thets, may have been showered J upon 'me and mf philosophy had it not been for the timely entrance of my mother. She had in her hand a nocturnal cylindric (vulgarly,, called candle) with which to illuminate the supper table;, the excresence pf which, she was vainly endeavoring to remove with hor. thumb and forefinger. I arose to assist her, and taking hold ot her thumb and - finger; seized on to the burning wick, She looked' quite grave at me and demanded an ; expla-: nation.! T proceeded ttb give f it by mf philosophical reasoning. The beat was'nt' all in the wick but existed before in a latent stktA in her finser. etc." I should have - w - : , - . - - r v - went on explaining, but was cut short ' by the loser oif the knot Who exclaimed : Its a trick, mother; its, a trick I He , has just uuruv wjt ivwui w1 just- j sucu j excuses. My mother addressed me thus i: Well, sir, yon seem to be posted in modern philoso- phy,Jnow I propose to add, to that a-lesson tram tue ancient, ; paiiosopoy oi Boiomon." I protested."? ! ! The ancients waa dull, etc," but it was no use. The rod was. applied in a way.thatfmust have:satisfled the- eireat preceptor ; himseJX j? Meantime D my injured relative, of the feminine , gender', looked on with the utmost safasfactidh;Nolv thisdniy; seems a useless; nas3 of 'Ijalderdash, but it goes to show that a very good thing may be made a very, bad use of. The philosophy . waa a very useful acquirement, but Hhovay in which it was iisedl iaf ; the thing for con -sideration Iliad. acquired a .little ') phi losophy, but used it to a very bad purpose." Look around yoti; in the political arena," and see it von; find a;i perceptable rtimitei "Ah ! yes," ou say : ." Here I see men who have learned, to write their, names; without more than three or four grammatical errors ; aspiring to clerical positien." Look again :, " Yes J I see othiBrswli9f have i learned to add subtract multiply,' and divide two and tyfo, but who, for the : life' of them, .could' not compute the tax" on five hundred acres of knd'at;onea thjie acre ; aspiring to the Sheriffalty of j Ne w Hanover andothercounties." j And again t " Ah! I see others who have learned the ff .' i j r iff"'- !,. -x - ? -r- i . difference between a warrant and a sum mons, and a commitment from a release; uut for the. life ot them could not tell the difference between circumstantial and direct evidence, aspiring for., Judgeships, etc." And still what else do you see I " Alas 1 alas I I see the same or just suchl ignorant; asses, aspiring to every office in the gift of the American, people. "s ? tfi ,: ? i-Ml : . ; And no w j Mr. Editor and fellow-citizen s, dD you not see that these ignorant, aspiring asses are dragging our party down i to dis grace and ruin.-u:Must the labors, he ex penses, the sacrifices, made by many :ot the most honorable and intelligent men in the United States, tor. the- last sixty ye ars, be thus thrown: away and crushed. to earth, now that the great ends of the': party are just re klizedf for the saTtof g ant aspirations ottUa ossinine portion of the third and lowest component part of the Re publican party ? tyoUA.ifJt 'tir f-.f ! ; I hope not; . Republicans, if you wish to save the party from ruin," and . yourselves from both ruin and disgrace ; put your besl , most honorable: and ' intelligent men into every, office in your. ;gift. For those very same asses' after -theyi?iiave distroyed ? your property, ruined r and;disgraced you, would take a malignant pleasure in giving you die same consolation that I 'give my sisters alter VJistroying1 their knots, -viz: ' You still ex ist and retain all the essential properties of matter. i Republican. ' The Hillsboro Recorder waxes wittier. The New Berne stern-e. : tt Times', still '.shows its The Charlotte Democrat calls for party"A arid begs Bernard to assist; a " new Charlotte had a severe -snow storm Sun day. It blew from the South! The poor house of New Berne was burned last Sunday "mighty poor housed Grand Masquerade in New Berne; on; :'fy'. the Barbecue at JarrelPs Wake countv. W. is going to' "scatter" a' few.5 ' ' : ; ThB Standard editor recently "absconded" to Washington has returned ' and notifies " J; T." of that fact.: ; I . : The WiUjoTo' Recorder and Yates Dem ocrat kxp "'pitching into'r 'radical" demo: crats as well as radical republicans. 5 t The Goldsboro Messenger palms off an old Boston rhyme J as " Original" poetry ; ad dressed to onedfthe 11841018.4 i The New Berne Timet, asks: ". Where is S wepson jj-vi We, . answer :-r-Balitimore i. Washington-r-any where ! r " State Prlhtingn seems ? to ' trouble - th e Raleigh JpriMefs.f We could vdo a part cheaper tnafr-any or tne country (Kaieignj papers, IV srrii Mi if. 'odT The Jtyublieafr, ;is, & jaew paper pub lished i Greensboro dandj we have -re ceirea a copy or tncrHflrstanuiaDer.' i it .is edited by Hon. G. Wm. Welker, a good Republican and a talented lively sheet, and we wish it man. It is a success. : JThe folldWin is front the, Robcsonian, Col Sinclalr'sf coiniyapet fl l I '(r : IAtthirqnist'af CohicHlrwe ' print on onr outride this Week his remarks in the House of .Representatives in., vindication of Dis private uaraier it wii oe seei mat he' giveta detaUed icconht'of bis " goings ohn fromf tb& 1 commencenkent bt - th6 - war. The factsmrd well known to the people! of this:communitv-nhis history being familiar to, us all...,; -- j , What,w JiaTe heretofore published in I ' .... ,M , -. , regard to Col. Sinclair was written fn thii interest of public morals, audi without any view of doing him injustice, or diminishing his influence (!) as a political pponnet. m vuuiuuu wiiu nine-ienins oi tne , wnitft people ot the county we are ? thoroughly NUAiucu ui vuo man. :V2 -.mU n U a The Greensboro Republican declarcs':.'Ailf m bas not worked smoothly. No not one 'at all thoughtful looked for it just af (cr a ter-, rible revolution, The war was Tiot ' ies: f toratlon or the overthrow of a jgbvernmentf it'wia a political and sopialjreyo was not possible, to resume old place.Vtore- ! store ancient views and custom on the, new foundation. Thrown up by the. violent up- ucavai oppusiuons were to do t. lopKetl L tor, mistakes to be made, correction to i' fbfiowr1 it. ; -i. .i ..Ia? : i ' uu, umjr uiuo, paueuce anu untiring v laoor can settle anew the foundation of the com- mcrawealtb.- . - 'fl -. w"..r The present is the time' fe'ion?. AT sound and safe policy must tbc' adhered m We must retain pur citizens. . Tfip ' must open our State to all good . menThat :-'may.V; wan a uome .m our miasi. i ne puracn oi taxation' must be "taken 1 off our people. . Wise counsel should prevail Bad ahdun- ' scrupulous men ate seeking to control both ' the parties of our State. . Should iUejsc-y ceed, ruin or blood must follow. These, men have no honor or property to lose, they , care not for the people- or for . freedom.- ' They: would rule, and it behooves the peO-i pie. to be certain they do not rule. ' This ds a present, a pressing work. No time is to ' be lost Bitter, bold, mercenary men, ;? are strengthening every nerve.' Resist - them or rulu follows." " i : - '' ' POSTL1NGS. Pave the streets. , : :i ; "Shoo fly" Cox talks Spanish. ; Mr. Seward has arrived in Washington - Senator Sherman's bill for Cuban recogni tion has found favor in Committee.1 Flannegan and, Hamilton elected Senators from Texas. 1 have ' been- Placards in the Chicago streets last week announced a lecture from John Bee G off.1 - . ' i . , ...... ; H' Philadelphia estimates that she "naa aoo men who are professional gamblers. 1 Fat dogs are worth ten dollars per dog in Texas since the Chinese came therel 1s 4 Mr. Forster has given to Parliament the main features of his bill fo Education. 1 Women can vote on educational Vfues- tions m Missouri. ; , . , , f j: The steamship, City ot Boston is repor lost at sea.- ' - " - ::--:-'.' ed i Carpenter cf Illinois left money to pro vide "free water" for all. '; i . f . t I A "Fenian" congress ass-ctqbles in Balti more, ' '' - I " '' ": "Ed Brooks" tries to "white wash' Whit more " " : H U:; The Washington News calls iTitz ;. Jotinu Porter "a maurai uit . ' .f ' V f' ;'';;) The "Virginia" legislature refused ' tt) celebrate the birth day of Washington f t February 22d was the 138th anniversary oi.ueorge Washington's birth. : e i The beef condensing factory near Hous nil ton, Texas, boils down a. bullock into twelve pounds. i . ;: ; dy,1 i iA new Dennv naoer in London is simnlv an index, published at noon, of the contents oi tne morning journals., i , ,J , S The quantity ot gold produced in Nova" Scotia during a period of eight y ears, amounts to 160,000 ounces. ; v f The Mayoralty trouble in Mobile contin ; ues; military aid has been requested, but the Governor refuses to grant it. , , i The Bank of San Domingo, controlled by . new xors ccpitai, is saia,to oe uuying up me aepreciaiea uonus oi tne ltcpuoiic. .4. -r The ice oh the Kennebec river, in Maine. is twelve inches thick and cutting will be gin this week, y' - 'rp I'iy r.y-f.i&o c, The little Prince ot the Astuias and' thct Prince Imperial of France are great friends','! and spend most of their time together. i rit .-.. - . . m , i 1 - ; Mr. Longfellow ,Golden Lcirend" hai" had an overture composed for it by a .Lon don musician which is said to be very. fine. Pennsylvania is no longer ' the ' strong- f T hold of the Quakers. -Within- the last forty years, thirty-seven meeting houses have been abandoned. ' y . j : i A Western customer of Mrs. , Winslow asks ' "What is the difference between editorial and matrimonial experience ? In the former the devil cries tdr C(ipy ;i in h latter the 'conv' r.nea lilcA'tlin' AoxrW K . ,J ! An ignorantcol6red "legislator" iuila bama opposed appointing a clerk to exam ine andcorect at badly written "resolutions" because sich reflections kast flections oa the Helligencc and edikation ob dis oner bio bbdy.-'""'" J"-' i;'Kiif' i . s. - .... - . . ' ....... .-. v,. i . S.v1, t We are actually gefting fo have a history. The centennial anniversaries of the' big things in eur past are coming around. The first is on the 5th of March .when ' Boston : celebrates the one hundredth . anniversary of the Boston massacre. : . V ' "' ! : The Hoe iightning press is likely to; l6 superceded. - The Bullock press for ordi nary editions is preferred,", and? for' ' heavy editions. Mr. Walter, of the London Times bat quite recently invented r a press, upon which the Times is printed which : is said to be remarkable for its simplicity, requires five persons to feed' it, prints 11.00Q Q! UUIU pit uvwu. -V I A i r L