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The mountain Democrat., 1865-06-17


A BIT OF PniLosoPnY.-Here is a very
unique specimen of philosophy, which
must have been written BY keen %.
server es -t-i
Man is never contented. He is the Erst.
full baby Of trouble and care, and he wal
continue to worry and fret, no matter how
pretty are the playtbings thst are laid be.
fore him to please him. lie viii sohe-
times fret because he finds nothing 70 fret
about. I've known just such men myself.
II he were bound to live in this world f6f.
ever, he would fret because he could not
leave and 60 to another just for change,
and now seeing that sooner or later he
must go, and no mistake, he frets like q
Gagged porcupine, and thinks be would
like to live always The fact iE, be don't
know what he wants. r-.--.t
I've seen about enough Of this world
myself For forty years I've been search.
ing every nook and corner for some pleas.
ant spring of happiness. instead of which
/ have only found few foOd-swoilen
streams, bearing upon their surface inhh-
merable bubbles Of vanity, and al along
by their margins, nests Of young hum
bugs are continually being hatchedf I
have drunk of these waters nign INTO
bursting, and have always departed dry
as cork. go. ,...,asss
In fact I've been kicked about. liks, n
O!d bat HeAEly used up BY The AaeellAtieas
Of Old Time, and am now feeling The way
with my cane down 10 the silent valley.
But yet I'm happy" happy as clam at
high water" / slesp IKE Z top, @HIt /
don't est Is much as,T used to. Oht It's
. blessed thing to III down at night with
q light stomach and . lighter conscience!
You ought to zee me sleeping s0mstimsb.
The way ! take il js . caution TO edi.
dFeh as ,'-N .sSHiif "' - t''e'%
The mountain Democrat., 1865-06-17
AcHFEyxHxNss- -UVi-s'R D.

ACHEgyKHENTB % GoUl -
you suppose thas 1 bold yOatnts e1ala0;
~ thAt 1say j., thai genius, - Taang
/! h, ,9syiRs4 !, VIM. thA greatest cnpi1iRG ~
ancient aud modern times both eoaquer.
ed Italy at2hl You'll, extrema- -y1nth,
overthrow the Persian Empire. DON
John, Of AusIria- won Lepant0 Sf 96-the
great battle Of modern -times; AnA haA Il
net bsen for the jealOosy Of PhiIiDs the
neat year be would have BEEN RlsSSfor
Of k5uFitania. GbSton de Y0iS ~ s13iy
20 when he stood victor on The PsSia7of
RaSenna. Every one Temembsrs COads
and Rocfoy at the same age. Guttavhs
AdOlphus died at 81. Look II his CD
tain that wonderful Duka 1WeimAr--en.
" 80 Ehen lie died. Banner himss af.
tor I'll his miracles died ut4S. Cos1ez
was little more than thirty when be 6fst
gazed upon the cupolas Of Nexieo. When
Haurice, Of Saxony, died At 82,all Earope
acknowledged The loss Of the greatest cap-
tain and profoundest Statesman Of the age.
Then there is Nelson, Clive--but these
are warriors, ana perhaps you may thtsk
there are greater thiDgs than WaF. 4 do
not, worship the Lord Of H0stG.a les'
But take the most iliustrious achieHe-
tnentS Of civil prudence. Innocent III,
ths greatest Of Popes, was the asspak,Df
ChristSndom at 81. John de Mediei vas
d cardinal at fifteen and Guicciafdini tells
t9 taG1ed with his craft Ferafnand of
AfTAgUn himself. He vas Pops asIseo
x atSz, Luther robbed even him 0f bic
richest province at "a. Take .Ignatius
LeyOla and John Wesley - they worried
With young brains. Ignatins waa only
30 when he made his pilgrimags, sGsd
wrote the Spiritual Exercises.P Pascal,
(the greatest Of FFenchmen. )xTcteia great
work at sixteen and died ri 80. All that
tatal 81 which reminds ne, or Rygen4-
| greater even ssa maa than ., wEitsRo-
Was it experience that gutAea ala kttss6il
Of RAphel when he painted tbs Ahees
Of HOmce lie died II ST. Kjckslist 9ss
Secretary Of State at 81. WSIk fhen,
there we're Bolingbroke and PitG, beah
Ministers before other men leave Off ctick.
ett. GrOtius was in practice at II, and
Attorney General at %. And AsquaEiva
was General Of The Jesuits, ruled every
Cabinet in Europe, and cOlonized Amer.
ca before he was ~. What a career
The secret sway Of Eutepel BOT 4 is
needless TO multiply instances. The bis
tory Of youth.--D'lsraeli. a..
The mountain Democrat., 1865-06-17

CANDLEs.-The origin of candles is OBJ
scure. They were .frst used to light ca
thedrals and churches, and were made Of
wax. History records Ehat Alexander the
Great employed Q graduated wax candle
enclosed in a lanteTa, as tAe best mode
then known for ascertafnipg the division
of time. Candles were not in use for do
mestic purposes TIL about the close of the
thirteenth century, when they are hrst
noticed as being made Of taIlow.
The mountain Democrat., 1865-06-17
SnpEs Rxnrssss-&A currssDoa6sI

Il. SnRLe REHEBsEs-A curresp0ta .It
communicates the ibllowi6 !. ss,,g s.ls,lssa ~
ButnS,- Dip tAS E@eetsd ,pSEg 81
water, then Into cowmols what AsusAil
50 ON alternately, until thick cOaaiAgls
formed 90 % to sxCluAg 1iF, theR IND
! tightt 1ghntt iitA ielolk " vi -
EAteEs aSJ = ei4iAn44 ID ,sas1as aasoID3 -
+ rDiFtboRia. S6a ssish' ltbgnse -
loSdd boss hon TIT ateiiln n1I q - sss
alcohol, gafgls wieh Il, sd @ esszk
3 moderate quantity sese aslI IslaFe
30 wXlee viii pnk Cgk IiFps; sls9 saslisS1ss
.ass.I,b .yy'Ty-. y'Ty-.----'s zases.1
h .THHihndy oof . Ao9Asa ~ b
for terror's pins aH. 1asess = sas
The mountain Democrat., 1865-06-17

VEkY CoNsIDERATE.--0ld ParsOn B.,
who presided over little flock in one Of
the back towns in the State Of M--~-.was
without exception the most eccentric al.
wing We ever knew. His eccentriciNes
wers carried Rs far in the pulpit as ont Of
IT, An instance we relate 1: a4r n..G
Among the church members was one
who invariably made practice Of leAa iae
before the PaFson was two-thiFds throuah
his sermon, This was practiced e long
that after . while it became q matter Of
course and no one save the divine seemed
to take notice Of 1t. And hA at length
told brother P. that such thing mnaf be
needless, but P. said at that hour. his
family needed his services 1t home, and
he must do 1t hnesefthelGss. On, leaving
church be alwlys took . roundabout
course, which. by some mysteFious mtauA
always brought him In close proximity
10 the village tavern, which he would co.
ter, land thereby hahgs q tale"
PatsOr B--learned from some source
that z. g object in leaving. chuFch- was 20
obtain "dVam," and he determined to
stop his leaving and disturbing the con-
gregation in future, If such thing vas
( ossiblc.
The next Sabbath brother P. left his
scat at the usual time and started for the
door, when Parson B. exclaimed
"Brothtr P.!" #...t
P. ON being addressed, stopped short
and Razed toward the pulpit. ....-
"Brother P.," continued Parson B.
" there is no need Of your leaving church
= this time, for when l passed the tavern
made arrangements with the landlord
10 keep your toddy hot until church was
ont." ...s
The surprise and modification Of broth.
er p. can hardly be imagined.
The mountain Democrat., 1865-06-17

A CoLoRED NoTARY PUBLIc.-W. p.
Powell has been Spp6inted Notary Public
by the Governor, and yesterday took the
oath Of Office. He ia the first colorcd
man who has occupied that position 10
this citv,.-[N. Y. Sun, Nay eth.
The mountain Democrat., 1865-06-17

How TO DO GooD.--lt has been wisely
said, He who waits to do = great deal Of
good at once will never do anything. Life
IS made up Of small things. It is but once
in an age that occasion is offered for do.
ing great deed. True greatness consists
in being great in little things. How are
railroads built? BY one shovel full at
time. Thus drops make the OCEAN
Hence, we should be willing to do little
good at q time, and never wait to do =
great deal at once. If we would do much
good in the world, We must be wiling to
do good in little things, little acts one af-
ter another. 4n. .rliEf %
The mountain Democrat., 1865-06-17

. Miss Hellsn Holland sSys there are 90
many bad marriages, that p young lady
might do well to keep out Of the ring.
The mountain Democrat., 1865-06-17
PIONEER LIVERY
STABLE.
& s /"
WARREN & PAGE

70 EspECTFULLY ipforn the public that they are
N prepared, at the above stand, on Main street,
6Iposita the 0rleans Hotel, TO secOmpodate all who
.sy layOr them With their patronage, with the best
k6iounA iR The City. on the most reaaopahleteFmS.
de. horses boarded BY the day or week, on the
SaSsf reasonable terms. 3rt
= Hhankf1 for past patronage, we ask eontihu-
.'Snee 81 the same, and we shall try TO merit i.
u IA Ma -. WARREN 3 PAGE
The mountain Democrat., 1865-06-17

WHEN you 60 to fairs, it is best, as q
general rule, to let Charity stay at home
and take care of the family.
The mountain Democrat., 1865-06-17

. . p; v asistSte, =. ~ - =. A. '-svAsr.
fBaMa.AAaAniAnLV EDvAHeE-Oas Yesr eS; Six Months
T TAPes M0oths 81 So one honth payable the Car
Eial, seSpAls; asgs OeRsss, I1H csnta
AnvER1AoSQoae saaars q lines, arst inSertiOn ss
: seaA q So uSnsss CaFds Of 10 lines
kkFeS GtAs tIe Hbsra disesunt viii be made on Ire
asSe SeAA sse ysiy AAd quarterly Advertisements Which
los H8fHTIG,-our once Is rspste with all the modern
theffe4nhtefer me EAf, euEAr execution Of
AeAh1lsi cifeulaFa. Bail Tiekets Programmes
heates Of Stock Depsst, RuhsAdA, Oheehs Receipts
CaEds Labels, ete. In plain or fancy eolored inks.
JUSTICES BLANKS-AhassttsU Undertakings aud Writs Of
BtAnf Deeratf6nb OF Homestead convenient form
tnNsp Snha printed. complete form Of MINRRs DEED.
AlSo, beautifully executed MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE.
Id. FISHKR, Ne Ill street. opposite Nasures
0pers Hsa,e' The AathoriIed Agent for the MOUNTAIN
N raesr Or Advertising eA With him win be promptly at
J. J. EKoELroN Co. corner Of Montsoussry and Cal.
orna streets authorized Agents for the Noun
tain Democrat. In San Francisco.
W. BROWN is the authorized gent DEMOCRAT at
GeorEstoUn Orders for the ndvertisiDs for job
sOgk, lsft Win hin, utl Be pFonapaly attended 70.
CNA9 p JACKSON IL the authorized Agent Of the NOUN
fH DkMOCRAT at 81 Dorado. Orders len With him Will
n! u BTDLkMAN h authorized agent a saeramento.-
Aneses eOr aversnS etc., lsn With hin viii receiVe i'm
neliSae ataeAtiOn.
a. 4 J. DTAs Z agent for the DrnOcRAr vlrGnIs cIy,
so0L: WH. E1OXs eur aathoriIsd agent Grizzly Plat
Az Asss eVsA hin for the DenOera' Will be pr0npy At
.----..-0AoO, SA-G0AOnaa street.
The mountain Democrat., 1865-06-17

TEE ocean ispa Quaker; it rsjOicss il 9
broad brim. IA: 81 9::JI = -.
The mountain Democrat., 1865-06-17
~ ;y3 q. IA. H. REID'S
4I4vE1Y AND FEED STABLE,
-lE-l n ha .na. u a. 0ia ponnh Tant -. ..

= AtA41r STRN.rT. P1AoERvILLEs
.9T,au Y tiIRHH Undersigned would respectfully
H. inform the publIcthat they csn 1t all
~U Ntimes obtziP at his establishment the
ssAAc&S very best Of driving teams and saddle
bs1 AMOFSss' boarded BY the dSy, week or month
Ll.5a taft Alfred
The mountain Democrat., 1865-06-17

BREEcnEs Of trust-:trOwscrs on credit
The mountain Democrat., 1865-06-17
I; THE Iilli, MOUNTAIN DEMOCRAT.

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The mountain Democrat., 1865-06-17

The Ancient Grape Vine OF Santa
Barbara-The Planter OF 1t Dies at
the Age OF IOB.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-10-03

THRILLING ScENE-On Sunday
while the fire i'll the woods at Cedar
swamp t'.l p was, ct its height, an extra
tram of sixteen cars, bringing the
Fourteenth Maine Regiment, on their
way home to Augusta, came over the
Eastern Railroad. On either side of
II the track the flames rose forty feet
Mgh' the noise drowning the sound
OF the train. It was fearful sight to
oehold. The OH on the wheels took
hre, and along the train were seen
revolving wheels of fire, while the
seven hundred officers and men of the
Fourteenth We're nearly smothered in
the dense smoke. Fortunately liz,
long train drawn by the FCape Ann
went through the terrible ordeal
without accident, and rs the cars
emerged beyond the burning district.
the smoke rushed from the car win,
dows into the ai-. giving an appear
ance Of Il train on fire
{ ". II. Ch2onic3e, Sept Is.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-10-03

CANADA AND GREAT BRrrA1N.-Tbe
truth is, that We have our choice Of
two courses of policy with regard tc
CanaoaIa warllke and a pacific, a
retrograde and a progressive policy.
We may set ourselves to raise up q
rival power to the United States, and.
IN order to defend that power from
their attack, may plunge it into such
inextricable financial difficulties as to
deprive it of all attraction for the
intending emigrant, and even to drive
out of It much of the population
which has already chosen it as home
We may ylook OF our colony as mill
tary position to be defended, even as
a Roman coloni0 planted as menace
or a curb to rival people, which
must be drilled and fortified and kept
open during the inclemencies of a
Slberial winter, at whatever cost to
the mother country, and with a pros
pect OF success, however slender. Or
we MAJ relinquish the hateful and use
less occupation of struggling against
Nature and look at our colony more
with reference to the future than the
present more with regard to its geo
graphical position and commercial
Interests than to the hopeless task of
its military defence Those who re-
gard Canada from this point of view
would rather expend the money of
England in improving her communi-
cation with those rich lands of which
she is the natural outlet, than in fore
ing q worthless passage for hopeless
successors across barren and inhos-
pitable deserts. The present moment
is, as we have often shown, the very
last iii which we should seek to carry
embmrassmenSin into Canadian finance.
It is her great opportunity, which, if
well used, will do more to make her
independent of ali fear of invasion
from America than ten times the
fleets and armies OF which we can
dispose. The Notifications of Quebec
and Montreal have, at any rate, this
advantage-that they may for while
protect our troops, and possibly facili-
tate their embarkation The Inter
colonial Railway can do nothing but
mock them with the prospect of a
communication with the sea, which
is sure to fail them just ut the moment
when it becomes most imperiously ne
cessary for their preservation.
London Times.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-10-03

EXTENSIVE BANK RoBBER1Es. The
tact has Just been made public that
extensive bank robberies have lately
been committed in the States of Ohio.
pennsylvania and Indiana, amounting
IN the aggregate to nearly three hun
dred thousand dollars. From inform
atlon received at Chicago from Cleve-
land, Ohio, a man named Love was
arrested Sunday afternoon last, by
the police of the former city, and
thlrty-on thousand dollars in bonds
winch had been stolen were found in
his possession.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-10-03

An IMPORTANT DECISION. to
the financial straits to- which a major
ity of the Southern people have found
themselves reduced, now that the wor
is ended, to their want of informot;on
in regard to the requirements of tho
Internal Revenue law, and for otbar
reasons, the Secretary of the Treasury
has ordered that al articles. in The
lately rebellious States which can he
shown to have been manufactured
before the establishment of the col.
lection district in which they oro
found, shall be held free from the
present assessment or collection of
tax, unless transported beyond the
State lmlts.-SMisbmy WotcAm0u
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-10-03

TREATMENT OF PRISONERS. The
Cincinnati Gaze!te, an Abolition pa
per, gives the following description of
Federal prison at Chattanooga:
''Of the treatment of rebel prison
ers at our hands, [ have nothing to
say; it is, no doubt, fully as COOL as
it should be III retaliation. True. the
prison is dirty, filthy and foul; true,
it is hut meanly warmed, always damp
and unhealthy. The place is almost
dark, and seems internal. Their
clothing IS a mere mockery, with
socks, when they have any, that look
hike a rough coat of dirt or an I'M
washed boot"
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-10-03

RELIEF OF SOUTHERN CoT.oS HON.
ERs.--The Secretary of the Treasury
and the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue have now under considera-
ton a circular. which will be issued
IN day or two, to be directed to the
Government Tax Collectors. with q
view OF relieving the holders of cot
ton in the Southern States. It is
found that these cotton holders are
generally unable to raise the money
to pay'the immense tax, etc, required
by the Act of July 2, 1864, to be paid
before shipment to the Government
agent, IN the nearest locality or
district in which the cotton NAV be
found, and it is also found impractical
bic and sometimes impossible for
these cotton owners to come North
and obtain the requisite funds by
hypothecating their staple. The law,
as heretofore construed, seemed to
present an insurmountable obstacle to
the shipment of cotton to the North
ern ports before the Government
assessments should be paid; but the
Secretary of the Treasury, with the
aid OF the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, has, it is believed, disco
vered plan by which owners NAV
ship their cotton TO Northern markets
and pay the Government charges in
those ports. If this. plan be carried
out, it will release and send to the
Northern markets an immense amount
OF property which is now tied up in
the South by reason of the former
strict and technical construction of
the law.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-10-03

One hundred thousand dollars.
formerly portion of the Confederate
States treasure, and since the demoh-
tlon of that institution secreted in
the South, was recently unearthed
and turned into the United. States
Treasury This sum, which consisted
of 5000 n gold, $1,000 in silver,
and $1,000 in silver bullion, was re-
Gently sent North in charge of guard
of twelve picked men of the 1oth
United States Infantry.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-10-03
The Labor Question and Emierat,on

Inc Labor Question and EmiSration
The following extract Of letter sent
by member of. a. commercial house
IN England to friend in Charles
ton we afford SPACE for publication,
although we by no means agree witt,
the author in his views concerning
the Coolies. We think that class Of
people would be far less efficacious
than the negro. The only class of
persons that will be of service to the
South are white men from the other
side of the Atlantic:
eve fully expect, from the know
ledge we have of the idleness of the
negro in all countries where they have
been used as laborers and ti1lers of
the soil, that they will not work with
out some degree of compulsion, and
# the legislatures OF the Cotton
States do not pass some law that will
compel the negro to hire himself bv
the year, and also make him. under
severe penalties, perform his. con-
tract, the South will be a second
jamaica. Your people will be com
PEELED to import white labcrcrs, and
on the sea-board of South Carolina
and Georgia we know of no Labor,
better adapsc.l to the soil and pro-
ductlon than the Coolic. They
answer very well in tre West indies
and on the cotton pla, tations of Peru.
ihe passage money is .e14 is. Cd. per
head, and this, with shipping charges.
brings their cost laid down about 600
per head, OF 500. Very few die on the
voyage. The emigration IS entirely
voluntary, and each man has the terms
OF his contract explained to him in
the presence of Il Mandarin and the
Consul. They contract for five years
at eight dollars per month, find them
selves and pay back the passage
money by monthly instalments, and
on these terms they can be had in
great numbers. The Chinese Coolie
Is very industrious and keeps faith
fully to his contract. This is a matter
worthy the attention of your State
authorities. Many of the West India
islands would be totally unproductive
without them. Some action should
be taken by those in authority to
work your rice fields with this cheap
and desirable labor, and you cannot
urge this matter on them too soon.
we have seen the negro in every
clme, and we know they will not
work steadily, particularly such la
Dor1ous crops as rice and cotton.
Excuse our thrusting our views and
opinions on you. Your own expert
ence will test their soundness.'
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-10-03

CAPTAIN Wnz.-''Drnid," the well
known correspondent of the New
York World and Ne,rs, publishes a
lengthy letter, exculpating Captain
Mlrz from responsibility in regard to
the hardships of the prisoners at An
Jacksonville. He closes thus:
No-the responsibility fcr the s!1f-
ferlngs OF our prisoners at Anderson
vile rests upon those who are respon-
slble for keeping our prisoners there,
instead of permitting them to be
exchanged. The Confederate authori-
ties were anxious to have them ex-
changed. But the Secretary of War
refused r, to- have them exchanged, on
the pretext that the equality Of negro
soldiers with white soldiers must first
be acknowledged by the Confederate
Government, but really in order to
prevent Gen. Lees army from being
reinforced by the rebel soldiers whom
he held at Chicago and Point Look
out.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-10-03

They are neither true friends of tba
PRESIDENT nor of the colored people
who attempt toSexc'te distrust of his
intentions. He will do for the freed.
men what he believes it his dutv to
do' not what Thad. Stevens or Gen
Butlerftells him he must and shall do
lSprinafeld RepuJAcun.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-10-03
FRACTIONAL CuRREscr.-The new

fractional CURRENCY new
ten cent fractional currency is circu-
lating. The pieces are little larger
: than the old tens, and shorter than
the twenty-five cent slips. Upon the
face is medallion head Of Washing
ton, with q factory chimney and a
ships rigging on either side, and
figure 10, in gilt, in four places; the
back is of u red color, and the figures
1c in large gilt. They are printed on
banh-note paper, and promise to be
more durable than the present cur
rency.
A new issue of fifty cent fractional
currency will shortly be made to
replace the present issue, which has
been greatly counterfeite,!.
The WILMINGTON JoURSAL.-The
publication of this paper, which was
suspended in February last, has been
resumed under the management of
Its former proprietors, Messrs. Fulton
q Price. 1t has been enlarged. and
appears in new type. We will be
pleased to place it on our exchange
list.
ALL LETTERS Must BE STAMPED.
The Post Office Department. has is
sued circular, giving notice that the
penalties fixed by law for CARRYING
letters outside the mails when not
enclosed IN Government stamped en-
velopes, will be rigidly enforced in
every instance where violaters are
known to exclude only letters relating
to cargo and freight of water crafts,
or other vehicles employed upon mail
routes, may be lawfully carried not
enclosed as above. By the terms of
this order, unpaid letters for delivery
and those prepaid by postage stamps
be carried outside the mail by
any of these conveyances, without
captain, owners, drivers or
other employees to penalty of $50
for each offence.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-10-03

General Howard estimates that at
least 40, 900 freedmen have learned to
read and write since the war broke
ont.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-10-03

Cotton Blanks" and pcrmits-indisr.,
saoie . 10 al persons purchasing or shipping
cotton-can be obtained at this Office.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-10-03

Isaac Williams, a Virginian, has
been sentenced to three years i'm
prisonment and fine of 81, 600 for
dlsregaTding his oath of allegiance.