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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-11-03
GROWING OLD.

To grow old gracefully one who
truly has exemplifed her theory, has
written and expressed it's a good and
beautiful thing; to grow old worthily, a
better. And the first effort to that end
is not only to recognize, but to become
personally reeonciled to the fact of
Youths departure; to see, or, If not see
ing. to have faith in the wisdom of that
which we call change, yet which. is IN
truth progression; to follow openly and
fearelessly, in ourselves and our own life,
the same law which makes spring pass
into summer, summer into autumn, au
tum into winter, preserving an especial
beauty and fitness in each of the four.
Yes. if women could only believe it,
there is d wonderful beauty even in grow
ing old. The charm of expression ari-
sing from softened temper or ripened in
tellect. often amply atones for the loss Of
form and coloring; and, consequently, to
those who never could boast either of
these latter, years give much more than
they take away. A sensitive person Of
ten requires half a lifetime to get thor
oughly used to this corporeal machine,
to attain a wholesome indifference both
to its defects and perfection to learn
at least, what nobody would acquire from
any teacher but experience, that 1t Is the
mind alone which is of any consequence;
that with good temper, sincerity, and a
moderate stock of brains-or even the
two former ouly-any sort of body, can in
time be made useful, respectable and
agreeable, as a travelling dress. for the
soul. Many one, who was absolutely
plain in youth, thus grows pleasant and
well-looking in declining years. You
will hardly ever find any body, not ugly
in mind, who is repulsively ugly IN person
after middle life.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-11-03
Rs0THrR AGAINST BRoTHER.

In Major General Keifer's address at
the Soldiers Picnic, in Troy, recently,
occurs the following account OF q remarka-
BILE and most interesting incident, we'll
told. We copy it, below, from the Mi
ami Union
Major Clifton r. Prentiss, a brave and
accomplished officer from Maryland, for
the time in command Of his regiment
the 9th Maryland Infantry Qoyal|-led
his men calamity within the works, and,
with his sword dripped with the blood of
the foe, received what was supposed to be
a mortal wound, by musket bell passing
through his left breast, and fell to the
earth. Almost at the same moment n
rebel officer was wounded, and fell near
by him. The two lay face to face, and,
for the first time in over four years, were
able to greet each other. They were
brothers. They had received no udings
of each other since the commencement OF
the war.-One was battling for human
freedom-the other for human bondage.
The two we're carefully placed side by
side at their own request, in the same
hospital. They were continued together
until the 25th of june last, when death
separated them. The rebel officer died
from the effect of his wound; the Union
officer will not long survive him, Here
was a most striking instance of brother
fighting against brother The two tell IN
the same fort-the one in taking IT, the
other in trying to defend it, Time wlll
not permit me to give other slmllaF me
stances that have come under my 1ctSoe'
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-11-03
BISHOP MlVAmE ON THE RESULTS or THE
WAR,

At a meeting held in Philadelphia on
the 14th inst, to inaugurate Freedman's
Aid Commission, Bishop MeIlvaine Oe-
cupied the chair, and made the opening
address, in which occur the following pas
sages:
"God has wonderfully blessed our land.
Clouds and darkness have been round
about it. Judgment and mercy have de-
scendcd upon us, mingled up together, but
mercy transcended. But / know not any
thing in which God has displayed his
goodness and mercy in this land more than
IN the midst Of the red sea of blood and
suffering out of which we have been
brought. Now that we have escapedf from
all the evils, / know not what in mercy
that God has given to US, next to the re-
esta blishing of the Union over the whole
land, and the reinstatement of the Gov
ernment over the States that have been
disowning i'll say, next to it, Gods
greO-t mercy is in having broken up the
bonds of tneoPpressor. Applause.
II am utterly amazed IN lnoking at the
hand of God in all this. 1 look away
back and remember the provisions of the
Constitution in regard to slavery. Not
that have intended to speak or insinuate
the slightest thought derogatory to that
instrument | consider it one of the
wonders Of the age in which it was fash
ioned But, nevertheless, remembering
what provisions had to be surmounted be-
fore even a finger could touch slavery, re-
membering how it was like great noun
tain in our path, how twas utterly intact,
and we could not get around it, for it
stood before us impossible to be moved
out Of the way.
Il have never yet seen any way by
which we could have escaped that difficult
ty, and thrown off that awful burden and
that dreadful curse, except in the way, the
wonderful way, that God opened and pro-
vided The way, the very way, which was
taken to do the opposite, to rivet the
chains, and fasteu more perfectly. the bars
of bondage. The war which was intended
for all this, was the key and the hammer
which smote off the chains, And God
allowed this attemptto throw off our laws,
to give our Government the opportunity
for which we now rejoice, as we know
what it was In this wonderful dispensa
ton of Gods providence, by leading the
attempted destruction of law to throw
aside every chain, to make every house Of
bondage empty, every captive free, we are
led now to acknowledge the goodness of
God. F"
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-11-03
HOW AHEDT0R DED-HIs GOODNESS AND c0UR-
AGF


I A San FranclscO correspondent furn-
ishes this account OF remarkable case Of
GOODNESS and courage.-The gentleman
alluded to was James Nisbet, Of the San
Francisco Bulletin, who was lost on the
steamship Brother donation, and his
body was found floating IN the ocean
seven miles from land. When 1t was ta-
ken ashore and examined, there was
found in the deceased's s vest pocket a
will which was written after the ship
struck the fatal rock.
Contemplating calmly the terrible
scenes about him, and calculating his
chances for life, he had the cool courage
to make such disposition of his property
as would be most beneficial to those who
would be left behind him. That old man
writing a will amid the bowling of the
tempest that was lashing the ocean into
foaming pillows, and surrounded by
drowning men, women, and children
wailing out their agony to the raging sea,
presents heroic picture. Here is a copy
of the will, and let the reader observe
with what care it is written
AT SEA, ON BOARD THE BROTHER
JONATHAN, July 10th, 1860. J
SIN view of death, hereby appoint NY
brother, Thomas Nisbet, at present en-
gagged on the Pacific Railroad, near Clip
per Gap, California, my sole executor,
with instructions to wind up my whole
estate, real and personal, and convert the
same into cash with all cpnvenient speed
but so as not to sacrifice the same, and TO
pay over and divide the same equally be-
tween himself and my sole sister, Mar
garet Nisbet, now residing in England;
and under burden of the payment of a
legacy of $4,000 in gold to Almira Hop
kins, wife Of Caspar I. Hopkins, insur-
ance agent San Francisco, California.
| And desire that my brother, said Thomas
Nisbet, shall not be asked to give security
for his intromissions with my estate.
JAMES NIsBET."
The document was written with pen
Gil, the writer cooily reccollecting that
pencil marks are less affected by water
than ink marks. 1t was clearly written,
lin Mr.. Nisbet's bold and steady penman- :
ship. When he had concluded the will
he found that he had yet little time left
before the ship would probably go down,
and he added the following brief note to
family in this city, where he had boar
ded for many years
MY DEAR Ma A thousand affec-
tionate adieus You spoke of my sailing
on Friday-hangman' day-and the un-
lucky Jonathan Well, here am with
death before me. My love to you all-tC
Casper, to Belle, Nellie, and little Myrl
kiss her for me. Never forget,
GRANDPA"
The children familiary addressed the
old man as grandpa, although he was in
no way related to them.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-11-03
EVERYTHING WORN OUT.

A correspondent who has been travel
ing through the South since the close of
the war gives the following picture of at
fairs
The dwelling houses of the South pre-
sent strange appearance In their furni-
ture and household equipments. Every
thing has been mended and, generally,
given way to thin boards, and there are
in use in railway coaches and in the cit
les Furniture is marred and broken,
and none has been replaced in the last
four years. Dishes are cemented in va
rious styles, and half the pitchers have
tin handles. A complete set of crockery
is never seen, and in very few families is
there enough to set a table in manner
approaching gentility. A set OF forks
with whole tines is a curiosity. Clocks
and watches have nearly all stopped.
Carpets have gone for army blankets.
Pianos, where they were owned. are ter
| ribly out Of tune. Clothing, including
hats. bonnets. and ladies and children S
shoes, are nearly all home made. Hair
brushes and tooth brushes are all worn
ont. combs are broken, and are not yet
lrepaird: pins, needles, thread, and thou
sand such articles, which seem indispen-
sable to house keeping, are very scarce
Even in weaving on the looms, corn cobs
have been substituted for spindlers. Few
have pocket knives In fact, every thing
has been an article Of sale at the South
is wanting now. At the table OF those
who were once esteemed luxurious pro
yiders, YOU will find neither tea, coffee
sugar, nor spices of any kind. Ever
candles in some cases, have been re-
placed by a cup of grease, in which q
piece of cloth is plunged for a wick, The
problem which the south has to solve has
been not how to be comfortable during
the war, but how to live at all,
The state of things which this indi
Gates will not disappear rapidly. Meth
er this season nor the next can bring The
era of comfortable living. All are re
duced to the same level; all are poor to-
gether.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-11-03
DELAWARE, OHIO, NOVEMBER 8, 1866.

they did not own slaves; the larger the
number of slaves their masters owned,
the prouder they were, and this has pro
duced hostility between the mass of the
whites and the negroes. The outrages
are mostly from non-slaveholding whites
against the negro, and from the negro
upon the non-slaveholding whites.
The negro will vote with the late mas
ter whom he does not hate, rather than
with the non n-slaveholding white, whom
he does hate. Universal suffrage would
create another war, not against us, but
war of races.
Another thing. This Government is
the freest and best on the earth, and l
feel sure is destined to last; but to secure
this we must elevate and purity the bal
lot. for many years contended at the
South that slavery was a political weak
ness, but others said it was political
strength; they thought we gained three
ffths representation by it; [ contended
that we lost two -ffths.
Ii we had no slaves, we should have
had twelve representatives more, accor-
ding to the then ratio of representation.
Congress apportlOns representation by
States, not districts, and the State appoF-
tions by districts.
Many years ago, moved in the Legisla-
ture that the apportionment of Repre-
sentives to Congress. in Tennessee, should
be by qualified voters.
The apportionment is now fixed until
1872; before that time we might changel
the basis of representation from popula-
ton to qualified voters, North as we'll as
South, and in the course of time, the
States, without regard to color, might ex-
tend the elective franchise to all who pos
sessed certain mental, moral, or such
other qualifications, as might be deter
mined by an enlightened public Judgment
-BosRoN,- Oct 1S. 1865. 4
by President johnson with the following
GEoRGE L. SrEARNs.
| have read the within communication
and find it substantially correct.
have made some verbal alterations.
[Signed,1 A. j.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-11-03
SCIENCE OF KISSING.

People will kiss, yet not one in hun
dred knows how to extract bliss from love-
ly lips, no more than they know how to
make diamonds from charcoal. And yet
it is easy, at least for usl This little item
is not alone for young beginners, but for
the many who go to it like hunting coons
or shelling corn. First know whom you
are to kiss. Don't make a mistake, al
though a mistake may be good. Don't
jump up like trout for fly, and smack
a woman on the neck, on the ear, on the |
corner of her forehead, on the end of her
nose, or knock off her waterfall, or jerk
her bonnet ribbon, in haste to get through.
The gentleman should be little the tall
est. He should have clean face, kind
eye, a mouth full of expression instead of
tobacco. Don't kiss everybody, including
nasty little dogs, male or female. Dent
sit down to it; stand up. Need not be
anxious about getting In a crowd. Two
persons are plenty to corner and catch a
kiss more persons spoil the sport. Stand
firm it won't hurt any after you are used
to it. Take the left hand Of the lady in
your right; let your hat go to-any place
out of the way; throw the left hand gent
Iy over the shoulder of the lady, and let
the hand fall down upon the right side
toward the belt. Don't be in hurry
draw her gently, lovingly to your heart
her head will fall lightly upon your shoul-
der-and handsome shoulder-strap it
makes Don't be in hurry, send little
life down your left arm and let it know
its business Her left hand is in your
right, let there be an expression to that,
not like the grip of a vice, but gentle
clasp, full of electricity, thought and re-
spect Don't be in a hurry Her head
lies carelessly on your shoulder You
are nearly heart to heart Look down
into her half closed eyes Gently, yet
manfully, press her to your bosom Stand
firm, and providence will give you strength
for the ordeal. Be brave, but don't be In
a hurry. Her lips are almost OPEN Lean
lightly forward with your head, not the
body. Take good aim; the lips meet
the eyes close-the heart opens-the soul
rides the storms, troubles and sorrows of
life, (don't be in hurry )-heaven opens
before you-the world shoots from under
your feet as a meteor flashes across the
evening sky, (don't be afraid )-tbe nerves
dance before the just erected altar of love
as zephyrs dance with the dew trimmed
howers-the heart forgets its bitterness,
and the art of kissing Is learned. No
noise, no fuss, no futtering and squirming
! like hook impaled worms. kissing don t
| hurt; it don't require a brass band to
make it legal Don't jab down or a
beautiful mouth as if spearing for frogs
Don't grab and yank the lady as if she
was Struggling colt! Don't musg her
hair. scratch down her collar, bite her
cheek. sduizzle her rich ribbons, and leave
! her mussed, rumpled and muxed! Don t
! flavor your kisses with onions, tobacco,
gin cock tails, lager beer, brandy, etc; for
a maudlin kiss is worse than the itch to
delicate, loving, sensible woman.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-11-03

five crave the love of others, we must
love them.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-11-03
prRsonA1 APPEARANoE.

Attention to ones outward appearance
is one of the first elements of politeness.
Want of cleanliness, slovenly or dilapi-
dated attire, are an affront to the persons
we approach. Anything like dirtiness-
the very word offends-is utterly unpar-
donable and inadmissible. Man, natur-
ally the nudest of animals, has necessari-
ly the greatest need of personal neatness.
Most Of the nations Of antiquity bathed
daily, and oftener. Additions were, and
still are, in many countries, religious
practice. Perfumes are quite gone out OF
fashion, being left to be used almost ex-
clusively by persons of questionable
health, or worse, Of questionable charac-
ter,
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-11-03
WRITTEN FOR THE DELAWARE GAZETTE.
o, RAISE THAT FLAG ONCE MORE!
BY L. GRENNAN.

Written on reading the Presidents orde
to Mai. Gen. ANDERSON to raise the fla;
which was lowered at Fort Sumter on tn
14th of April, 1861, that it might again
float over the smouldering ruins of tn
captured Fort.
o, raise that flag once more!
Yes, give it to the breeze
Plant it around Columbia's shore,
Where gallant hearts in days of yore,
Our beauteous flag in triumph bore;
The guardian of the Seas.
o, raise that flag once more!
Der Sumter's ruined pyre!
Let the brave hearts that bore,
Unsullied to our shore,
That banner we adore,
There raise that flag once more;
Ere treason doth expire.
o, raise that flag once mOrel
Where freemen dare to stand!
For in the hearts deep core,
In memory's halIowed lore,
To guard it we have swore;
That banner proudly grand.
o, raise that flag once more!
Over mountain, hill and plain;
For we love it all the more,
Since thro' fields of crimson gore,
Our banner we have bore;
And it's honor dare maintain.
o, raise that flag once more!
l- Yes, give it to the breeze!
Plant it around Columbia's shore,
Where gallant hearts in days of yore,
Our beauteous flag in triumph bore;
The guardian of the Seas.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-11-03
MORE SHOCKING REVELATIONS FROM AIN DER
S0NVILLE.

In the Andersonville prison cemetry
are buried, according to the report of
Lieutenant Colonel A. G. Hamlin Med
ical Inspector, United States Army, a
greater number of men than all the Brit
ISL soldiers put together, who perished
on the bloody fields of the Crimea, Wat.
erloo, Salamanca to Albucra, Nittoria and
New Orleans The tables of statistics
give the amount of food produced by the
surrounding country, showing 1t to have
been amply sufficient for supplying all the
necessities existing at the prison. The
density of the population is compared
with camps Ancient and Modern, aud the
ratio of mortality as compared with the
prisons and hospitals of Europe showing
it to have been enormously excessive.
Many of the Photographic views which
accompany this report were taken by the
rebels themselves, when they were gloat-
ing over the mortality and sufferings OF
the prisoners,
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-11-03
NTilIinery 81 Fancy Articles,

superior in style 70 anything Of the kind ever before
brought to this place.
Mrs NJ hopes BY close attention to the business to
merit the patronage of Mrs. Wages old patrons and
the ladies OF Delaware generally.
Delaware, Ohio, April !, 1s6b-ly.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-11-03

The Mississippi Senate have defeated
by large majority an attempt to restrict
the freedmen to the privileges doled out
to free negroes by the old black code of
the State,
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-11-03
M TN z r Y
Misses Il. NJ. & E. J. CUNNINGHAM
Mrs. G. r. Messmaore

PTIAKEs PLEASURE IN ANNOUNCING TO THE La
Il dies OF Delaware and vicinity that she has pur-
chased the stock Ol Millinery Goods owned by Mrs.
r. Wages and intends to continue the business IN the
room over the Book Store Of g. Dickinson n Son, In
Union Block.
Mrs, N. rs expecting new stock of
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ZONES & HIPPLE.
MRS. vANsICKLE.
IUsIC TEACHER

N ESIDENCE west side of Main Street, third house
Id, south OF Springfield Railroad, South Delaware, o
References may be at the Music Store.
October s, 1S65-3m-
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-06-21

long as rssistancs promised to be Of any avail,
and has since resided quietly at his home in
Jackson, holding on to his faith in the old
Union.
During General Sherman's occupation Of
jackson, Judge Shsrkey set on foot move
ment to restore the relations of she state to
the federal government, which was not, how
ever, carried to any considerable extent, be-
cause General Sherman could not guarantee
such an occupation of the state by Union
troops as would secure the people protection
against the secession forces. The selection
of Judge Sharkey for the present Office is
another good thing done by President john
son.
The presidents proclamation making this
appointment aud providing for the reorgani
zation of the state. is transcript of the
North Carolina proclamation, and assures
to the people the right of determining who
shall be be voters under their future consti
tuition.
Certainly President johnson is MT paying
much attention to the radical clamor for the
imposition by federal military power Of negro
suffrage upon the south.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-06-21
WHY not, Sirs

The distinguished senator from Massachu-
setts, the Hon. Henry Wilson, has been in
dulging his temper some, uttered In speech
he made the other night, at a meeting of the
emancipation league, held In 1.-The hub" city
at the fremont temple. He seems to have
been very much out Of humor, us he IN ade
threats, which to our limited judgement and
perceptions of the "proprieties of things"
might have been better avoided. Referring
to the suffrage act" passed by the legsla-
ture of Tennessee, he remarked "he would
tell the PEOPLE OF TENNESSEE, Governor
Bropnlop. and President JOHNSON, that the
representatives of Tennessee cannot be re-
cetred ~ congress Nth that ta,o upon her stat
ute books" Why not-Mr. Senator Wilson
we ask-why not, sir? Will you refuse
admission to the representatives Of Psnusyl-
vanis or any other state, which have laws
''upon their statute books" fixing suffrage to
it's, OF their residents? We apprehend not
Then, sir, why not admit the representatives
from Tennessee?
Besides, why 80 emphatically tell Presi
dent Johnson-this high minded. pure pat
riot, who has suffered for his principles he
who dared to face armed forces that would
but for his determination, have carried his
state. the state of tennessee, into rebellion ::
he, who risked his 'life," his fortune" and
This great man. who, in Gods providence
wields the power of the administration of the
general government is to be threatened, we
will not say "bulied, "by declaration of Do
litical war, that with certain laws passed by
the people, the loyal people of the states, up
on the statute books, her representatives can
not be received in congress. Why not, sir
Simply because negro suffrage is not accord.
ed free blacks.
Senator Wilson does not understand, we
apprehend. fully the temper of the sovereign
PEOPLE, either of Tennessee, or of the other
states of the Union, or he has lost sight of
their rights and privileges in de termining the
suffrage question, as to them may seem best
Will it not be quite soon enough, Mr.. Sena.
tor Wilsan. to threaten destruction of person.
al and state rights, wqen all the other states,
ercept Tennessee will have removed from
their statute books, laos which in the state of
Tennessee. seem to give 80 much ofense to
the senator from Massachusetts? As our
late venerable contemporary, Father Richie.
used to say-nous rerrons.- Washington IN
uion.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-06-21
Martial Law.

Edward Bate, late President Lincoln's at
torney general, deals martial law another
sturdy blow, follows:
In my second letter treated the martial
law, very briefly, for so great a subject, yet /
hope, with sufficient clearness and precision
stand that theresis no such law in existence
as martial law that the use of the term is
only fraudulent trick to cheat ignorant, law.
loving people into the belief that they are
still ruled by some sort of Law, while, in fact.
the law is suppressed, and there is no rule
over them but the absolute will of military
commanders, great and small.
In my third and fourth letters, treated of
the convention and its revolutionary origin,