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MACON. WEDNESDAY e 1865 !
A few years since Tom Marshall
woe delivering an address before a large
Audience in Buffalo, when some in the hall
•very few moments shouted, “ Louder!
louder ! Tom stood this for awljile, but at
hast, turning grfcvelv to the presiding offi
cer, he said: “ Mr. Chairman, at the last
day, when the angel shall proclaim with his
golden trumpet that time shall be no more, I
doubt not, sir, that there will be in that vast
crowd, an now, some druuken fool from
Buffalo, shouting, ‘Louder! louder!’” —
The house roared, Tom Went oo With his
speech, but there were no more cries of
“louder !”
A Big Majority —We understand that at
the negro camp at Dog River, at the sugges
tion of the Oeneral commanding, a proposi
lion was made to the freedmen to go back to
work for their former masters in the interior.
There were seven hundred and two present
at the meeting, and passed a resolution by a
vote of seven hundred to two to go back.
They leeve this evening. —Mobile News , An
gust It).
Frightful Accident. —A soldier, whose
name we were unable lo learn, says the
Nashville Dispatch of the 2d inst., fell from
the second balcony of the Capitol, on the
west side, while foolishly trying to span
oee of the pillars with his arms, and had
both anna and right leg broken, and his
ahull badly fractured. No hopes are en
tertained of hi# recovery.
* yy a Washington dispatch of the
31st says the receipts of internal revenue
for the month of August will probably
reach, if they do not exceed, thirty-three
millions. Up to date, the amount received
during the present month is nearly thirty
two millions. Six hundred thousand dol
lars came in to-day.
A special train arrived at Leaven
worth on the 20th, from Mexico, with $40,-
000 ia Mexiean silver coin, $12,000 in gold,
and 200 pounds of silver plate and bars.
It is owned by Senor Don Francisco Jui
tooos de Bolis. An escort of twelve men
accompanied the train. The specie ie to
ba (tipped to New York and Philadelphia.
At Colytoo, in the west of England,
a man has in his possession the unburied
corpse cf his mother, who died five years
ago. When she died he had a leaden cof
fin made, with a glass plate let in. He de
posited the coffin in a shed, and from time
tp time goes there to look upon the features
of his mother.
us repeat, for the thousandth time,
m the Richmond Whig, that, so far as
Virginia is concerned, there is not the
shadow of truth in any statement which
represents the great body of her citizens
as other than peaceable, loyal, and submis
sive to the Government.
The examination of an Eaglish
burglar who was shot in the shoulder
while attempting to escape in Hoboken,
Wednesday morning, disclosed the fact
that he had been a professional thief for
the past thirteen years, and had never
before been ariested.
tS- The Finanoe Minister of Canada
kas announced to the local Parliament that
he it ready to give up the high duty now
imposed on certain American manufactures
tjt the sake of reciprocity.
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Journo I aniTjUesscnger.
The Commitment of Ketchum,
The New York Herald, of the 29th
ult., contains the following interesting ac
count of the preliminary examination nnc
commitment of Edward Ketchum, the
great gold check forger :
From an early hour io the morning, the
Tombs Police Court was densely crowded
by the curious. Hundreds of persons
vainly sought admission, and were doomed
to expectant watchfulness for the prison
er’s arrival in the outward halls. At the
hour designated for the commencement of
the examination none of the dramatis per
sons had as yet appeared on the stage.
Seme time. elapsed, whiled away by the
spectators in discussing the probabilities
ot the defaulter’s escape from the penalty
of the law, and recounting all the incidents
of the case for the benefit of such of their
acquaintances as chanced to be leas well
informed. At length all speculations and
narratives relative to the defalcation and
prisoner were hushed by his arrival, and
the crowd ipade way for Edward and his
custodians, as they passed through l and
proceeded toward the Judge.
\ ouDg Ketchum was accompanied by
detectives Gilmore and MacDougall and
Chief John Young, of the detective force,
who escorted him to the front, where he
seated himself beside his two captors. In
person the accused is a youth, about five
leet seven irtfrhes in height, rather stout
and well built, with dark eyes and heavy
eyebrows, a high forehead and black hair.
His appearance is rather prepossessing,
though a round and blunt nose detracts
from the aristocratic cast, of his features.
He was simply attired in a fu 1 suit of dark
blue broadcloth, and wore a black si uch
hat, with which he toyed listlessly during
the proceedings of the court. The pris
oner, as he entered, exhibited some slight
embarrassment, but greeted most familiarly
a number of his acquaintances. Among
these were some members of the firm of
which he was once an honored member.
One young gentleman, a relative of the
accused, was apparently much affected,
and shed tears Having bowed politely
to the assemblage, the accused seated him
self, appropriated a newspaper which lay
within his reach, and perused its contents*
attentively for a few minutes. His atten
tion was only drawn from the text bv the
voice of the District Attorney, who had
previously been engaged in preparing the
documents for presentation to the court.
Ex-Alderman Charles D. Hall, who had
been appointed to conduct the examination
conjointly with Justice Hogan, occupied
the bench. District Attorney Hall, open
ing the case, said that he desired to pre
sent two affidavits in addition to those al
ready offered. He would, accordingly,
read the subjoined documents, signed by
Charles P. Leverich, of the Bank
of New York, and detective Gilmore, such
depositions being necessary to secure the
further detention of the prisoner till the
preliminary examination took place :
John D. Gilmore being duy sworn, de
poses and says : That he is a detective po
lice officer, and oil the afternoon of the
25th of August inst., at house No. 223
West Twentieth street, in this city, he ar
rested Edward B. Ketchum, now present,
on suspicion of forgery in tbe third degree,
and on searching the room then occupied
by said Ketchum found the checks (marked
as appears in the affidavit of Mr. Leve
rich) ; he therefore, after reading said affi
davit, charges that said Edward B.
Ketchum, on said day, feloniously had in
his possession, with intent to utter the
same, the said checks, and with intpnt to
defraud, and prays that he may be held to
answer this charge.
Charles P. Leverieb, of Newton, Queens
county, Long Island, being duly sworn,
deposes and says that on or about the
27th day of June, A. D. 1805, at the city
of New York, in the county of New York,
Edward B. Ketchum, now present, applied
to deponent, who was then, as now,
President of the Bank of New York, in
tliis city, for permission to open u gold
account with said bank for ChaL Graham,
of No. 42 Exchange place; sa : d Ketehum
paid deponent one thousand’dollars in the
check of said Graham, whereupon depo
nent furnished said Ketchum with a check
book (called a gold ch ck book), contain
ing checks numbered by printing, in red
ink, from 58,501 to 59,000 inclusive; and
said Ketehuin either took away said check
book then, or afterwards sent for it. It is
the impression of deponent, but he cannot
swear positively, that said Ketchum then
took away said book. Deponent says that
no deposit has ever been made in the name
of Charles Graham, or Charles Graham &
Cos., iu said bank.
Deponent says that he has examined
twelve gold checks, numbered 58,002,
617 646, 645,672,682, 674, 757,758,687,
802 972 and that at the re pective dates
thereof the parties purporting to draw the
same kept with said bank respective gold
accounts. Deponent says that signatures
to each of said numbered checks are
forgeries, so far as the names of Iheo.
Ward and P. Bunker, or Bunder, are con
cerned, and that the register and teller o
said bank arc Theodore W ard and Paul
Binker.
Deponent also avers that he is personally
acquainted with the handwriting of the
firms whose signatures are subscribed as
drawers of sa\d checks, and he believes
the same to bo forgeries.
Deponent also avers that the checks
numbered as aforesaid, and now shown,
are torn from the gold check book first
named aforenaid,
Bwom to before roe vbw 28fo dayof
MACON.GA, WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER e, 1-65.
The gold checks found in possession of
the prisoner, and attached to these affi
davits, comprised twelve notes for $5,000
each. T hey bore the signatures of Gen
tel & Phipps, Robinson, Cox & Cos.,
Brockelmann, linger & Cos., Lockwood &
Cos., Clark, Dodge & Cos., Dupre & Kretz,
R. L Cully & Cos., H. D. Maynard &Du
noch, Hallgarten & Herzfed, Kamrnier,
Saur & Cos., and Nernigle & Cos. All the
checks altered by the prisoner have been
found. They are now held by Dabney,
Munger & Cos., agent for the house of
Peabody, the Bank of the .Republic, the
Importers’ and Traders’ Bank, and the
Fourth National Bank. The gold check
book is in the keeping of Mr. Groesbeck.
Mr. Hall, haviug made public the con
tents of the above published affidavits,
stated that they contained specific and pre
cise charges, on which the prisoner should
be held. He, therefore, moved that they
should be placed on file, having once been
presented for the consideration of the
• >urt. He further remarked :
I will state, as the prisoner is present,
that this charge is in respect to tne gold
checks that were found in his possession.—
I give him this information early, that he
may prepare himself. Next Monday, when
the Grand Jury meets—l have conferred
with the City J udge in regard to the sub
ject—the information and evidence in re
gard to the checks which were altered, will
be presented. That is to say, the checks
that were uttered will be the only ones
then to be sett before the Grand J ury.—
The checks to which I refer are nearly all
in the possession of Mr. Groesbeck, the as
signee of Charles Graham and Cos., and,
from assurances I have received, entertain
no doubt that the checks will be promptly
before the Grand Jury. This exnminaton
is on the charge I have mentioned, so as
not to embarrass the other
Edward B. Ketchum had listened at
tentively to the reading of the legal papers.
His cheek was blanched, and, spite of his
efforts to maintain perfect composure, his
bloodless lips ever and anon quivered in
slight tremulousness. He even attempted
to smile; but plainly the gloom of despon
dency settled more deeply than ever upon
his countenance. As the District Attorney
concluded his remarks, the Justice turned
to the accused :
“Are you prepared to proceed ?”
Ketchum was not attended by counsel,
but rose promptly, and addressing the
Court in a firm voice and with graceful
gesture, he said : “I am unable to procure
presence of counsel, and ask for an ad
journment for a few days. I hopo the
Court will grant it.” And he resumed his
seat.
The District Attorney replied : “I think
it were better to adjourn the examination
to Wednesday next. Meantime, your
Honor, I have to make a motion for a com
mitment. The first affidavit filed on Sat
urday, was made on information and be
lief. The affidavits just read are definite
and positive. The prisoner should be com
mitted to the Tombs.”
As Mr. Hall uttered these last few
words, the expression of Edward’s coun
tenance changed. In an instant, no doubt,
all the scenes of his life passed before him.
He remembered the hours whiled away in
his pleasant house, and then a darker pic
ture was considered —a thought of the
comparative comfort he had experienced
while in the custody of the detectives at
headquarters, and again he shuddered ot
the perspective which lay before him, as he
looked to his future associates, felons and
murderers, torn by justice from the haunts
of the lowest and vi est. And he hung his
head and was silent.
Tho District Attorney remarked, that
should the detectives desire to have the
custody of the prisoner temporarily there
could be no objection made thereto. So
a warrant of commitment was made out
and the officers took the ycuth from the
court room and led him out of sight of the
gazing crowd.
Eiwurd B. Ketchum, who had figured
bravely in the boudoirs of the aristocracy,
and stood forth in all the prominence o
wealth among the financiers of the street,
trod the stairways and threaded the corri
dors polluted by the steps of the wayward
and criminal. The officers conducted him
to a common cell, known as No. 55, which
henceforth he will share with another shun
ned human being, Oram, who, not a month
since, was accused oi having murdered a
fellow man. Within those four walls was
the defaulter confined, to brood over the
consequences of his lolly and think of the
past with bitter regret. Sombre and un
communicative, he closed the inner door of
the cage to conceal his shame from mortal
eye. Previous to his retirement he spoke
laconically to the atteudant physician, Dr.
Hodgman, and then was lost sight of by
the happier aDd worthier who turned upon
grated windows and prison bars to seek the
purer light ot day.
The manner in which Ketchum was
caught and turned over to the courts ot
justice has been variously stated. The al
leged true version of the facts has just trans
pired. Ketchum has made no secret of
his person, the second day after the dis
covery of his frauds, and had passed in and
out of his newly chosen abode daily. Iwo
citizens, whose names have not transpired
as vet, but with whom he had done busi
ness in Wall street, saw and roeogmzed
him, and traced him to the house in \\ est
Twentieth street. They then called on
Mr Buell, President of the Importers and
Trader? Bank, and stated to him that they
knew Ketchum’s hiding place. Mr. Buell
went directly to Police Headquarters and
communicated his information to
Sent Kennedy. That officercaUed de
teetive Gilmore, who was on
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him to goin company with President Buell
to ascertain the truth of the statements.—
Ketchum was found, as it had been stated
he would be, and taken into custody. Upon
the first reception of the iftfoi motion Presi
dent Buell could not believe it to be true,
and Superintendent Kennedy sent the.offi
cer as much to please the bank president
as to get the prisoner, deeming the story
an incredulous one Thus much for the
manner in which the great forger was.cap
tured. President Buell accompanied*him
to Police Headquarters, and stood near
him when he was searched. A geld pen
cil case of curious pattern found in hi#
pocket was taken up by the prisoner, who
turned to Mr. Buell and said, “Mr. Buell,
I think this i9 the most compact little pen
cil I ever saw.” When the knife was taken
from him he said, “Don’t t>e afraid to let
me have that. I shall do myseU no harm
I have much more to live for than die for.”
During all this time the officers were search
ing and preparing him for the vault into*
which he was d.rectlv afterwards thrust.
Various News Items.
A Washington dispatch 9ays the trial of
J«-ff Davis will take place befoie the United
States Court.
A Washington special to the Cincinnati
Gazette says the printing presses iu the
Treasury DepartmeLt arc busily engaged in
running off compound interest bearing notes.
A heady ten millions have been struck off,
and probably, by this time* far on their
way to California. A few dayssgo another
f rder was issued to priut forty millions
moie as quickly as pos-ible. More 520
coupon notes aro also to ba issued. The re
ceip s front) the iuteraal revenue to-day
reached the enormous sum of $2,031,376
A New York dispatch of the 29. h states:
The Richmond Whig of yesterday says a
widely known r li t ious journal, the Rich
mond Christ! tn Advocate, edited by Rev.
Jas. Duncan, for Virginia Conference of
the M. E. Church, is to resume publication
in September. Some of the ablest meu
in the church will contribute to its columns.
The Whig also bJtttcs that foreign v ssels
are tow lying in the James, having freight
f r foreign pert*, such as tobacco, etc.
Three lay at City Point, thre£ at B. ruiuda
Hundreds, one loading for Liverpool, and
oue for France.
The Hei aid’s Washington special says
the leuiain-i of Gcq. Crooker were in
charge by the military authorities, and
were removed to a room io Willard's, where
hundreds called to view him during the
day. A handsome escort of cavalry and in
fantry accompanied the body to the depot
at six o’clock (Tuesday) evening.
The Tribune's special says tbe Govern
ment has notified th; Provisional Governors
of the Southern States that k ria ready to
open all Post. Offices as speedily as loyal
men cau be found to fi 1 the places.
The Times’ Washington pperid says a
court martial for the trial of Pay mas er
Webb has just closed its labors. During its
progress, some strange discoveries. were
made. Unscrupulous men 6efc up sharpers
iu that city to conspire with disbursing offi
cers of the Government to defraud soldiers
out of their hard earnings. A Jew who
was dismissed for defraudirg the Govern
ment at the beginning of the war, was put
on the witness stand, there being some sus
picion that he was connected with those dis
bursing officers Gen. Well intends to fol
low up this matter.
An officer on Gen. Grant’s staff, who re
cently bad an interview with the R hel ex-
President, s.iys that Jtff is furious in his
denunciations of Hunter aud Stephens,
whom be accuses of deliberatly betraying
tie Southern cause into the bands of the
Yankees.” “Had those twi men,” said
Jeff., “representing as they did the weak*
kneed con.-ervative sentiment in the South,
stood firm, tbe Southern cause would have
triumphed.” Jeff, appears to be perfectly
mdiffeieut to his fate, but still docs uot
think tbe punishment for his crime will be
visited upon him. He told the offioer tbit
he had less care upon his tnind now, and
felt easier than he did when he was Presi
dent of the Confederacy.
Artemus Ward and the Mormons—Arte
niU9 Ward is about to transfer his humor
and his panorama to England; but before he
goes we are to have six farewell entertain
ments at Irving Hall, commencing this eve
ning. Artemus told many stories before a
bout the Mormons, and exhibited a pretty
fair panoramic view of the route to Salt
Lake City, and many scenes and incidents
therein, He comrs now with a fresh batch,
of stories of h:s experience in Mormondom
and an entirely new panorama.—A r . Y.
Herald.
President Johnson has a double job
of reconstruction on his hands—the recon
struction of States at the South, and the re
construction of politics in the North. A
better man for both parts of the work was
never born; he is thoroughly American; in
the deepest love with the principles upon
which our Governmemt is built; and devo
ted to tbo prosperity and permanenoe of the
Governmnet.
Henry S. Foote.— The Baton Rouge Ad
vocate says:
The negro suffrage party have capturod
Henry S. Foote, of Mississippi, Tennessee,
California, and other places, too numerous
to mention, and that seals its fate. Foote s
support of any cause is oqual to iu dsatb
SMtWSS#. -
Dasparation
The following is a passage from the very
laughable tale of “Despa ration,” one of the
rich articles which ah.* embraced iu tbe lit
erary remains of the late Willi# Gaylord
Clark. It is only necessary to premise that
the author is a Philadelphia student, who,
after a stolen fortnight amid thegai ties of a
Washington season, finds himself (through
the remissness of a chum) at Baltim.ra, on
his way home, without a penny in his
pocket. He stops at a fashionable hotel,
nevertheless, where, “after tarrying a day or
two, he finally, at the heel of a grand din
ner, ‘ onne solus in the private apartment,
flanked with ’abundant Champagne aud
Burgundy, resolves |o disclose all to the
landlord. Summoning a servent, he said:
“Ask the landlord*to step'up to my room*
‘and bring his bill.”
He cla'.ters down stairs laughing, and
shortly after his master appeared. He en
tered with a generous smile, that made me
hope for “the best his house afforded,” and
that, jast then, was credit.
“How much do I owe you?” said 1.
He handed me the bill with all the grace
of a private expectancy.
“Let me see—seventeen dollars. How
very reasonable. But, my dear sir, tbe
most disagreeable part of the matter is now
to be disclosed. I grieve to inform you
that at present I utn out of money; and I
know, by your philanthropic looks, that you
will be satisfied when I tell you that if I
had it, I would give it to you with unquali
fied pleasure. But you see my not having
the change by me, is the reason I cannot do
it, and lam sure you will let the matter
stand and say no more about it. 1 am a
stranger to you, that’s a fact, but in the
place where I came fr >m, all my acquaint
ances know me as easy as can be.”
The landlord turned all colors.
“Where do yi u live, and how
“Iu Washington—l should say, Phila
derphia.”
His eyes dished with angry disappoint
ment.
“I see bow it is, mister; uiy opiniou is
that you are a blackleg. You don’t know
wh re your home is, you begin with Wash
ington, and then drop ir for Philadelphia.
You must pay your bill. *
“But I can't.”
“Then I’ll take your elotlios; if f don’t,
blow me tight.”
“Scoundrel, ’’ said A, ruling bolt upright,
“do if you dire, and leave the rest to me.”
There were no inoro word?. He arose
deliberately, seized tuy bat, sod my only
inexpressibles and walked down stairs.
Physicians say that two excitement!
can’t exist at the same time in oue system.
External circumstances drove away, al
most immediately, the confusion of my
brain.
I rose and looked out of the window. Tbe
tmow was descending ’ as I drummed on tbe
pane. Wbat, was Ito do? An unhappy
sans culottes in a strange eity ; no money,
and vlightly intimated. A thought struck
me.
I bad a large, full oloak, which, with all
my other appointments, save those he took,
the laudlord had spared. I dressed imme
diately, drew on my boots over my fair
drawtrs, uot unlike small clothes; put on
my cravat, vest aud coat, laid a trveling cap
from my trunk jauntily over my forehead,
aud flinging my fine long mantle gracefully
about me, made my way through the hall
into the street.
Attracted by the shiniug lamps in the
portico of anew hotel, a few squares from
my first lodgings, I entered, recorded some
name on the book*, and bespoke a bed. —
Everything was fresh and neat, every ser
vaut atteuiive, all augured well. I kept
myself closely cloaked, puffed a cigar, and
retired to bed to mature my plot.
“Waiter, just brush tuy clothes well, my
fine fellow," said I, in the morning, as he
entered my room : “mind the pantaloons;
don’t spill anything from the pockets, there
is money in both ”
‘*l don’t ace any pantal tons.”
“The devil -you don’t. Where are
they ?'
“Can’t tell, I’m sure ; I don’t know, s’elp
me God.”
‘ Go down, sir, and tell your master to
come here immediately.”
The publicau was with me in a moment.
I had arisen and worked my face before the
mirror into a heodisb look of passion.
‘ Landlord!” exclaimed I, with a fierce
gesture, “I have been robbed. My panta
loons and a purse containing three fifty dol
lar notes are gone. This is a pretty hotel.
Is this the way jou fulfill the injunctions of
scripture ? lam a stranger, and have been
taken! in with a veugeance. 1 will expose
you at once if I am not recompensed.”
“Dray keep your temper,” replied the
publican. “I have just opened this bouse,
and it is getting a good run; would you
ruin ita reputation by an accident? I will
find out the villain who rebbed you, and I
will send for a tailor to measure you for
your missing garments. Your money shall
be refunded. Do yon see i hat your anger
is useless ?”
“My dear sir," I replied, *‘l thank you
for your kindness. I did not mean to re
proach you. If those, trevsers can be done
to day, I shall he satisfied; time is more
precious than money. Jfeu roar keep the
others, if you find them, and m exchange
for the one hundred and fifty dollars wbieb
you give me, the contents are yours.'’
The next evening, with new inexpressi
bles, and one bundled and forty dollars in
my pocket, I called cn my guardian in Phil
adelphia for sixty dollars. He gave it with,
a lecture on collegiate dissipation, that I*
•hall not soon forget. I enolosed the money
back to my honorable laadkod by tl# iif*
post, settled my other bill at old Crusty’s,
the first publican, aud got my trank by
mail.'
Cold Foot-.. Hot Head.
Action is life; inaction is death. Lifts,
in the human body, i9 warm. Death is
cold. V igorous bodily action causes tbo
blood to circulate throughout every part
of the body. The want of action cause#
t, so to speak, to stand still. The blood
goes most freely to those parts of the body
or brain most exercised. If we swing the
sledge-hammer like the blacksmith, or
climb the ropes like the sailor, wo get large
and strong arms and hands. If we row a
bjat or swing the scythe, it is the same.—
But if we use the brain chiefly, to the ex
’elusion of the muscles, we may have more
active minds, but weaker bodies. The
better condition in which the entire being
—body and brain—is sy in metrically devel
oped, requires the haunonious exercise of
all the parts, in which case there will be#
happy equilibrium with no excesses,Do de
ficiency—no hot headache, no cold feet.—
Headache is usually caused by a pressure
of bl <ui on the brain; cold feet by a lim
ited circulation of blood in those extrema
ities.
There is an old adngewhich says, “Keep
the feet warm and the head cool,” which
was no doubt intended to counteract a
tendency the other way. Certain it is that
those who sufier with hot heads usually
have cold feet.
One caus; of cold feet is wearing tight
garters, which interrupt the tree circula
tion of the blood. Another is the wear
ing of tight stockings and tight shoes.—
Still another cause is, using the lower limbs
so little that there is nor enough blood in
circulation in those parts to keep them
worm.
How- to Keep the Feet Warm. —l. W ear
loose stockings, fastened to the drawers
with buttons nr loops— not with strings or
garters. Wear easy, well-fitting leather
shoes—>spch as are made on the Plumer
last, with solei not too thick nor too thin
such as will turn water and keep the feet
dry.
2. Should this not suffice, take a brisk
walk, a dance, or a trot, all in your own
room, backward and forward, hard as you
can. for five or ten minutes, and you will
soon pump the warm blood into them.
3. On retiring at night, take the feet in
hand one at a time, and give them a thor
ough rubbing, wringing and squeezing.—
Continue this till they cry enough, when
you may go to bed with warm feet. Re
peat the exercise after washing all over in
cold water, before dressing in the morning,
adding a vigorous spatting of the feet with
the naked hand.
4. Never retire with cold feet. Manage
somehow to get them warm. If too ill to
to through the exercises as above, fill u
quart buttle wilh warm or hot water, and
put it at the feet in the bed. Hotter do
this than lie awake and suffer, for there
will bo no sleeping till the feet get warm.
5. Keep away from the tin?, the furnace,
and the stove as much as possible, and ob
tain the necessary warmth by proper
clothing aud the necessary exercise. This
will draw the blood from the brain, send it
to the lower limbs, keep your feet warm,
and, in most cases, prevent the headache.
6. Bathing. We consider it not only
essential to health, but a real luxury, to
take a daily bath. Not a shower, a douche,
a plunge, nor a souse, but simply a quick
and gentle hand bath ; aud a pint ol suit
cold wa*ei,in a dish or a basin, is enough';
the face, neck, arms, shoulders, and chest
first, Then wipe dry with a soft towel.
Then wash the body and lower limbs—
simply wotting the skin is enough. Take
another towel and wipe dry; then serve
the feet in the same way. After this,
with the hand, rub the entire surface
briskly till the skin comes to a glow. The
entire process should not exceed five
minutes. Then dress, and you are ready
for a short walk or for breakfast. The
gymnastic which this practice
gives is equivalent to so much hard though
pleasant work ; and when accustomed to
it, no one would willingly forego the
luxury. Timid and tender persons will
shrink from the thought of touching cold
water, but they will sit all day .over a hot
stove, shivering and suffering for the want
of this very thing. A little resolution to ! ,
start would give them courage to go
through. It would also prepare them for
other duties, and fortify them against
“talking cold” when they go out, and ol
resisting diseases when attending in the
sick room.
Headache is sometimes caused by over
eating, producing a foul stomach, impair
ing digestion, and clogging up the system.
The remedy for this is abstinence and a
Turkish bath; or, let 44 Dr. Diet, Dr.
Quiet, and Dr. Merryman” prescribe a
period of rest for both body and brain.
In conclusion keep the bowels open and
free by proper diet, the skin clean, hnd the
pores open by proper bathing, the feet
warm by being properly clad, by exercise,
and the free circulation of blood, and the
head cool, free from aches and pains, by
keeping other parts in action and in
health.
.4 Hint to the SoutJuni Black*. —Among
our Southern newspaper items we find the
statement that “an office to procure white
labor from Europe has been opened in Mo
bile.” Here is a Lint of warning to the
Southern blacks. The downfall of slavery
has opened in our Southern States avast and
inviting field for European immigration,and
»he S juthern blacks roust go to work cheer
foPj, steadily and systematically, or they
w& be rooted out, except iu the swamps, by
white labor.—>V. JT. Herald,
Vol. LXHT—No. 131
Railroad Naiaanot and a Reform
The introduction of parlor or saloon cars
upon mtnv of our roods, marks n row tr»
in republican traveling. The Fall River
line find the English carriage* popular, and
the sleeping car, which ia entirely Ameri
can, is adopted up North. Our ta.g nar
row, cooped up sitting cars, with revel'" ug
chairs, have been proved nuisance?*; they
have been tried ia Switaerland amt rose*
with little favor, do more than in South
eastern France, where they were tUtter
ingly announced. Steamboat travel ids' is
the only decent method now in vogue
among us, save in the exceptionable cswee
quoted, of tbe railway carnage superaed
ingthe baggage wagon. •
That our usual railroad accommodations
are far behind the age w# live in; that the
jostling, noise, dust, smoke, charcoal. Ac.,
by day, and the narrow shelves, filthy
blankets, soiled pillows and smother.i. »
apaitraents which 44 accommodate' tbe
traveler by night, (to say oct»og,of th .ee
“accidents'' by which hundreds are annuai
ly hurried into eternity ) are thing* from
which we ahall some day find relief, we
have never permitted ourselves to doubt
Certainly the ingenuity of man can find no
surer compensation than the substantial re
sults which must follow the introduction of
inventions to mitigate these evils.
The luxurious staW-ruoms of our ‘float
ing palaces ” have been to some degree
imitated by occasional “state cars ” but
the rigid economy of room necear.rv to
general travel by fail has h.therto Uffied
all attempts for extending such luxuries to
the public. A car ha a recently been con
structed, however, which goes very far to
remedy all these evils at once—a parlor
car bv day and a sleeping car by o ght,
superb in plan and rich in
adornment* of native wood, inlaid and
nerved—luxurious in damask and velvet
and fine linen, glittering with mirror* and
with burnished gold and silver—furnished
with couch**, easy chain, mm bln tnp
toilets, cloeeta, wardrobes, etc., and all tbe
comforts of parlors, sta‘e-rooms, and even
smoking apartment* —the whole w«Il ru
tilated and yet secure from dust; sustain, and
on a combination of steel and ru-focr
springs, and rolling smoothly un i
- sixteen wheel*, without noise, with
out jolting, and without dust—ke.q» o* -I
in the summer by the rapid cinulilton ot
pure air, and warm iu the winter by means
of a furnace, with registers in each .
merit. Such, in brief, are the notice .ble
and leading improvements of this patent
car.”
On entering it the observer can *, irct y
credit that he is in a “sleeping car." T..* r«
is no appearance of berths, pillow* <
ding of any kind, nor of places w here
such thiogs could be put away. It t - :■»
one large open saloon jux;.i
carpeftfd*and 1 liung arnu’H vrltn t
and paintings. Plate-gins* mirr-.t* *«: -rn
the wall, the ceiling is frescoed in the h jh
est style of art, and pe*d*nt fr m
merited ceutres are several massive cl
liers, reflecting u subdued light fr< m a
score or so of ground glass shades B.:
as the evening closes around you, the h
tendante pull up sliding partitions fn r. t «
backs of the sofas, forming tbeapermmt
into staterooms or “sections,’ and let dowi
from the arched ceiling the paintings v< • i
have been admiring, Hud which you fir i
have concealed the mattresses, pillows,
coverlets, etc , for the night The m.rr-*r*
are quietly swung around upon hinge-,
and discover to you closets where the
sheets, pillow-slips, towels, etc., are dep -
ited on appropriate shelves , and wh.-n the
“section” is arranged lor tbe m.:hr. y u
find yourself in a neat little apartment, eu
tirely secluded, where the business o( d>
robing, sleeping and dressing can t** per
formed almost a* comfort *Mv as at *
•Augutta Transcript .
Good for Eril. —A little boy in |<ub . •
school had often been laughed at -n a**,
oount of his mean clothes by another K y
older aud richer than himself. This
grieved the lit le boy very much, and ho
was afraid to venture on the play-groui i
at all from fear of the bad bov v iio so
roughly treated him, and ao he woi, and go
away alone, and spend his play time :»
reading or learning h a lessons.
On one day he had been so emp oyed,
when ho heard the larger boy say in t*. *
of distress:
“I have learned the wrong history L*s
son, and now I shall be sure to lo- -• my
place, for I have left my book at hon e,
and there will uot 1* time to go after it,
and learn mv lessen, too, be.oru the c'usa
is called. What sbuil Ido ?**
Most of his classmates only laughed for
they were envious of him for keep.ag at
the head so long, and they rejoiced st the
prospect of displacing him.
Not so Edward, the little boy he ad w>
misused. Edward felt and a. ted j as
he would have desired another to do to
wards him under similar dr.umstno •*
and so, going up to the larger b* -y, he
said :
“Here, Ilenry, is my book; you are
welcome to use it as long as you v L*h, s i
I will help you about your lesson it I
can."
Was not this a noble boy - And did be
not beautifully exemplify the precept 1 .and
down in God’s own word: “If thine eae;n>
hunger, feed him; if be thirst, give h:ro
drink; for in so doing thou abaft
coals of fire ou bis bead." —Youlka B.n- j
Gautte.
Ammunition Rettrirtions RrmnJ. —A
-pedal VYasbiogtodiftpaieh t» Mi • in •
ti Commercial say*: A proclamiri.« will
issued to-morrow, allowing shot, p»v i *, a . 1
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