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The mountain Democrat., 1865-04-15

IN the days when servants were bought
and sold to service in Massachusetts, a.
well as in South Carolina, my grandfather
had in family an unctuous darkeY called,
of couse, 'Dinah,' Now Dinah was fair
to look upon, and after sundry fiirtations
received, in her eighteenth year, a bona
fide offer was made to her from we'll to
do Sambo Of forty.
'And why don't you have him, Dinahs'
asked my grandfather of the fair one. .
Too old, massa,' was the reply.
why, Dinah, he's just in his prime
yes, massa; but bime by. when Di-
nah gets her prime, den he had no prime
at all!
The mountain Democrat., 1865-04-15

Missouri Is FREE.-The Tribune de.
clares that Missouri is free--because
clique of traitors in that State have de-
creed the emancipation of other peoples
slaves! Missouri is free! Free from law
and order, free from Constitutional right,
free from election, freedom from all li6er.
ty of thought, word or deed. Poland is.
free-with the glorious right open to her
ofSiberia or the knout. Hungary is free
with the iron hand Of Austria pressing
down the throbbings of her heart, Mary
land and Missouri are free-to stand by
with scowling brows while their liberty
and their property are alike crushed un.
der the chariot-whsels of a. cut-throat
fanaticism. Y. News.
The mountain Democrat., 1865-04-15

True KNowLEDGE.-Well.in informed per.
sons will easily be discovered to have
read the best books, though they are not
always detailing lists of authors; for o
muster-roll Of names may be learned from
catalogue as well as from the library
The honey owes its exquisite taste TO the
fragrance Of the sweetest flowers; yet the
skill of the little artifcer appears in this;
that the delicious stores are so admirably
worked up, and there is such due pro-
portion observed in them, that the per.
fection Of the whole consists in its moi
tasting, individually, of the rose, the jas.
samine, the carnation, or any of those
sweet, Of the very essence of which it is
compounded. But true Judgment will
discover the infusion which true modesty
will not display and even common sub.
jects, passing through a cultivated under.
standing borrow flavor OF its richness.
The mountain Democrat., 1865-04-15
NUMBER 4

I s flT a a -
Your EVENINGS, Bora-Ggest boys and
little boys, here. Is D question WlIich con-
Germs yOu aA: How DO yen spsAd Yo6r
eveningse II your parents or guardian
| allow you to go from home in the even
ling, where do yCugo, ana hOwtetlS9uHe
spent BY ;youf Read this IistIS 8cEUunt.
and think Of the Lesson II tshcbea - =
l.:Jeseph Clark Was a. fna iopkine -and
healthy lad as ever lei thssceunSry 70
60 into city store. His eheek WAs ri
With health, bis arm strong, and his step
quick. His master liked hia look, and
said, That boy wi y make something, "a
He had been clerk ak0nt six months,
when Mr.. Abbott observed q change IN
Joseph. His cheek grew pale. bis eye
hollow, and he always seemed sleepy
Mr.. Abbott said nothing for awhile. At
length finding Joseph alone in the count
ing room one day, asked him II he was
well. ...-.
Pretty we'll, sir answered Joseph.
You look sick Of late, said Mr.. Ab-
bott.
: 4 have tho headache sou1etimes,' The
young man said.
What gives you the headachs" asked
the merchant.
II do not know as know, SIR
DO you go to bed in good seasonT
Joseph blushed. .. ,.i--...
AS early as most of the bOarders,' be
said.
And how do you spend your evenings,
Joseph?' ,...
.Oh, sir, not as my mother would ap-
prove, answered the young man, tears
standing in his eyes.
Joseph said the old merchant, 'your
character and all your future usefulness
and prosperity depend upon the way=you
pass your evenings. Take my word for
1t, it is . young mans evenings that make
or break him. ..... s5.s !4u
The mountain Democrat., 1865-04-15

SADNESS. There is mysterious feeling
that frequently passes like a cloud over
the spirit. 1t comes upon the soul in the
busy hustle of life, in the social circle, in
the calm and silent retreat OF solitude
It's power is alike supreme over the weak,
and the iron hearted. At one time it is
caused by a single thought across the
mind. Again, sound will come booming
across the ocean of memory, gloomy and
solemn as the death -knell overshadowing
all the bright hopes and sunny feelings Of
the heart. Who can describe it. and who
has not felt its bewildering influence p
Still it is delicious sort of sorrow and
like cloud dimming the sunshine of the
river, although casting momentary shade
of gloom, it enhances the beauty Of re-
turning brightness.
The mountain Democrat., 1865-04-15
Interesting historical EaS4s.


The tardiness with which maukin,
adopt improvements may be, in some de
gree, illustrated by the following facts
hastily thrown together: y
Canal locks were invented in 1851, bI
engineers Of Viterbo, in Italy. They werI
nearly hundred years getting fairly int
use in France, and about cne hundred
and fifty years in crossing the British
channel.
At this time il was made felony in sew.
eral European states to ride in wheel car
riages.
The steam engine was invented, or,
rather, the principle of it discovered, by
the Marquis of Worcester, as early as
1G60. Few understood and none encour-
nged it. He died in great modification.
The honor was afterwards cngrossed by
Savary.
In 1866 the Earl of Stanhope applied
the steam engine to propellng vessel
A steamboat was run twenty miles on the
Sankey Canal, Liverpool, in 1877, and an
other on the Forth and Clyde Canal in
1901. A steamboat trip was made on the
Delaware as early as 1891. In 1907, when
Robert Fulton was fitting up his first
steamboat at New York, respectable and
gray headed men pronounced him "fool
for his pains" Oliver Evans went before
committees Of legislatures, first in Penn.
sylvauia and then in Maryland, with q
project OF steam carriage, as early rs
1904. He asked little aid to defray the
expense. They could hardly be prevent.
ed from reporting in favor; not of steam
engines for carriages, but Of straight
jacket for himself. Now, almost all ma
tions have had the sagacity and ingenuity
to seize and utilitize the precious idea.
When Peter the Great, in 1850, or
thereabouts, commenced canal between
the Volga and the Don, the Governors and
Bayards of the country opposed it earn
esIly, thinking it impiety to turn rivers
out Of tho channels which heaven he'd as
signed them.
When some Dutchmtn proposed to
make the river Manzanares navigable to
the Tagus, and that to Lisbon, the Coun.
Gil said that if it had been the will of God
that the river should be navigable, lie
would have made it so.
When Brinlcy, the great engineer, told
a committee of Parliament, to whom
Bridgewater'S petition was referred, that
canals were better than rivers, and would
superSedc them for the purpose Of nayiga-
ton, the committee were shocked, and
asked him, "And pray, sir, what were the
rivers made forS :" ITO feed the canals, I"
was the answer.
DIR. Franklin surveyed the route Of the
Delaware and Chesapeake Canal at his
own expense, in 1857.
Baron Napier surveyed the route of the
Forth and Clyde Canal at his own ex.
pense, in 176l.
Both these works were subsequently
accomplished, but after great delay.
DR.. Zabdiel Boyaston introduced inoc.
ulation for the small l-pox in Boston, I79I,
and tried it first on his son Thomas, and
other members of the family, but such
was the force of prejudice and unoeIief
that the other physicians gave a unani-
nous opinion against it, the municipal
government prohibited its practice, and
the populace would have torn him to
pieces if he had not retired from the city.
The mountain Democrat., 1865-04-15

He who, by his conduct, makes good
friends on the one hand, and bitter haters
on the other, gives evidence that there Is
something Of the bold, independent, up
right man in his composition; while the
chicken. hearted, imbecile character Is ca.
pable Of making neither friends nor ens-
mics. '30' III
The mountain Democrat., 1865-04-15

LORD BACON says that the friendships
in this world are very few. Acquaintan-
ces are made and forgotten all the way
through life, and many 60 through life
without anything more, without eyer
knowing the high and beautiful, and al
most sacred meaning of the word friend,
The mountain Democrat., 1865-04-15

A JOLLY old doctor said that people
who were prompt in their payment al.
ways recovered from their sickness, as
they were good customers, and physi-
clans could not afford to lose them. A
good hint and sensible doctor.
A WRITER on natural history gives the
following definition Of ram "a ram Is
an animal whose bntt is on the wrong
end"
The mountain Democrat., 1865-04-15

FRANXNEss. BE frank with the world.
Frankness is the child of honesty and
courage. Say just what you mean to do
or ro9er;' eC>Gsi2a, and take it for granted
you mean to do what is right. If friend
ask you favor, you should grant it, If il
is reasonable; if it is not tell him plainly
why you cannot. You will wrong him
and wrong yourself by cquivocation ol
any kind. Never do a wrong thing to
make friend or to keep one; the man who
requires you to do so is dearlypurchased,
and at sacrifice. Deal kindly and firmly
with all men, and you will find it the pol
icy which wears the best. Above all, do
not appear to others what you are not. =
If you have any fault to find with any
one, tell him, not others, Of what you
complain. There is no more dangerous
experiment tthan that of undertaking to
be one thing to a mans face, and another
behind lis back. We should live, act and
speak out of doors, as the phrase is, and
say and do what we are willing should be
known and read by all men. 1t is moi
only best as matter of principle, but as
a matter of policy.
The mountain Democrat., 1865-04-15

WE know 3 very worthy Wifa ,Hha Vas
recently frightened out IF her senses By
an ominous sentence in letter from her
husband. " 5"'ta seW 1c29i9t
He said there was no telegraph oGasG
in this village, bat, IL I d6tnDt Writ ~
you to morrow from Pittsbu5g shAli
dispatch you
The mountain Democrat., 1865-04-15
D. O. BUOKER'S
Vegetable Hair Tonic.

HoF Restoring, Preserving, Cleansing and Beaut
!ag the Hair. the best composition for the Human
ele for Lady's Toilet, the recipe for which was
procured at great expense, is manufactured and sold
D. SRderslgned, ct his Shair-dressing and bathing
saloon.
yGsi D. q. BOOKER.
The mountain Democrat., 1865-04-15

To DIMINISH envy, let US consider not
what others possess, but what they enjoy:
mere riches may be the gift of lucky ac-
cident or blind chance, but happiness must
be the result of prudence, preference and
rational design. >~
The mountain Democrat., 1865-04-15

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The mountain Democrat., 1865-04-15

EVERYBODY about Wilmington, Della.
ware, remembers poor Tom Joslyn, as
clever fellow as ever lived but like Il
great many other clever fellows, he was
too much addicted to the 80, be joyful. "
In fact, he had done SO much at the bust
ness l<sat red nose, somewhat swollen,
was the consequence. At length, all at
once, Tom seemed to see the error Of his
ways, and attempted, as his friends all
hoped, bona fide reformation.
While he was still firm, and his rcsolu.
ton as yet had remained unbroken, he
happened one day to 60 into public
house, in Wilmington, and an old ac.
quaintance insisted on bis taking a smile
with him.
"No, thank you," Tom replied, with
that suavity Of manner which was so nat,
ural to him. 81 do not drink any moro
have reformed"
"Not drink !" calculated his friend, at
the same time gazing on his rubicund
nose in astonishment.
NO" replied Tom, ~ have quit it en-.
tirely.
"Then why don't you take in your
sign? ?" asked the friend, pointing at Toms
rcd nose.
This was too much. Tom Immediately
smiled with his friend, and continued to
smile ever afterwards, feeling, no doubt,
that when man has his sign hung out,
it is sheer nonsense to attempt to gainsay
it.
The mountain Democrat., 1865-04-15
THE MOUNTAIN DEMOCRAT

. PuBLIsHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, BY
q w xs As IA N U n r. y
D.v. sHLSIcEs, W.. A. JASUAHY.
The mountain Democrat., 1865-04-15

LoNG words, like IsHg n
quently hN1e something wrong gabd0t -
understanding.
The mountain Democrat., 1865-04-15

once, on COlOma street.
Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-03-14

come, bat which, having continued
through His appointed time, He now
wills 70 remove, and that he gives %
both North and South this terrible war,
as the woe due TO them by whom The Of
feuse came, shall We discern therein,
any departure from those Divine attri-
butes which the believers in living God
always ascribed to Him7 Fondly do We
hope, fervently do We pray, that this
mighty scozrge Of war may speedily
pass away. Yet, If God wills that L
continue till all the wealth piled by the
boudman's two hundred and 6fty years
Of unrequited toll shall be suak, and until
every drop Of blood drawn with the lash
shall be paid BY another drawn With the
sword, as was said three thousand years
ago, 50 still it must be said, "The jgdg.
meuts of the Lord are true and right.
eous altogether.
With malice toward none, with charity
for all, with frmness in the right, as
God gives Us to sae the right, let as strive
on to finish the work VIC are in; 70 bind
up the nation wounds; to care for him
who shall have borne the battle, and for
his widow and bis orphan-to do all
which may achieve and cherish q Just
and lasting peace among ourselves, and
with All nations
Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-03-14
The EeM RerIsed school Law.

As the friends Of common schools
throughout the State have been awaiting
with anxiety the action Of the Legisla-
ture on this law, il seems proper that
this action should, in few Of its leading
features, early be made known. Hence
we give few Of the leading features Of
the new or revised law:
/. A sixteen cent tax is to be anflr
ally levied aud collected on all taxables,
instead of ten cents, as provided 10 the
old law. This will yield an sntSl IL
crease Of revenue Of about S309, 600
2. A tax OF one cent on the one hun
dred dollars, for the purposs Of replen-
ishiRg the township libraries.
g. Fixing the par Of School Exam
iners at s. per day, and making the
number Of days that they shall spend in
visiting the schools subject TO the deeis-
ION Of the County Commissioners
Provisions we're made whereby county
support shall be given 10 Teachers In
stitutee: <33 when al Institute with an
average attendance Of twenty-five teach
ers has been held one week, and $50
when the average attendance has been
forty. But one of said payments shall
be made in the same year
s. The State Board Of Education, go
as to consist Of the Governor, supevin-
tendeni Of Public Instruction, President
Of the State University, the Principal Of
the State Normal School, when such
shall be established, the Superintsndeuia
Of the Common Schools Of the three
largest cities Ia the State
6. State Teachers CeTtifiea fes The
State Board is authorised to examine
teachers, and issue 10 such az may be
found to profess eminent scholarship and
professional ability, certificates Of quail
fication, which certificates shall be valid
throughout the State and during the life.
time Of the holder, Huless revoked By
said Board Of Education.
Z. The Bible shall not bo excluded
from the COMMON schools
5. The basis Of enumeration for chil.
dren for school parposes Is changed from
hse years OF age 70 six.
y The Normal School Bill passed
the House with handsome majority,
bat was not reached ia the SeEate, aud
lies over among unfinished business.
Without enumerating further, 1t 10
proper TO say this law Is 3 great advance
over the old, hence The friends Of edaea.
ton have just cause Of encouragement
The law will be published aud circu-
lated 10 pamphlet form at the earliest
practical period.
GEoRaE W Hoss,
superintendent elect.
Indianapolis, March s,
Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-03-14
A@9shsF skirEatsh ySfth Rebel Cav
asry--The Panie in hsbsidon In.
greAslng.

A.s9shsr skirIaish vita Rebel Cav
asry--The Panic in nsbsidona Ia
sreAsing.
SEw YoRK, March l3.--Another skir.
mish between Shsrman's cavalry and
thai under Wade Hampton, on the 3a
inst, At n point not named, is reported
in the Richmond papers The rebel
Col Aiken vas killed and Hampton
Adjutant General was wounded. These
are all the particulars Of The affair fur
nisbed
The Richmond Eza1afasr is informed
By rebel officer from South Carolina
that sherman has completely devastated
the portion Of that State through which
he passed. This officer sara he has not
spared house
Gen Emroy has succeeded Gen. Han
cock IN command Of the Middle Military
Department, comprising the lower part
Of the Shenandoah Valley and other ter
ritory in that region, during the eontinu-
auee Of Sheridan's more active duties in
the field.
The greater part Of the rebel troops
in The Shenandoah Valley are being son
centrated in the vicinity Of Lynchburg,
which point some reports say they we're
busily engaged in strengthening Of .
very recent date, probably with the de-
sign Of affording Lee another good place
TO fall back 70, when Richmond aud Pc
tersburg shall become untsnable.
Large supplies FOR the needy residents,
furnished by the Shenandoah Relief As
sociatioa, have arrived in the Shenan-
doah VALLEY.
Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-03-14
The inaugural Address.

The Inaugural as heretofore publish
ed, was so badly mangled by telegraph,
as to be almost usintelligihle Below
we give an authentic copy:
FELLow- CoUsrRYMES AT this second
appearing TO take the oath Of the Pres
ideutiAl Office, there Is less occasion for
en- extended address than there was at
first Then, statement somewhat in
detail, of course to be pursued, seemed
fitting aud proper. Now, at the expira-
ton Of four years, during which public
declarations have been constantly called
forth on every point and phase Of the
great contest which still absorbes the at
! tention aud engrosses the energies of the
nation, little that IS new eoald be pre-
sented. The progress of our arms, up
on which all else chiefly depends, is as
/ well known 10 the public as to myself,
and 1t Is, trust, reasonably satisfactory
and encouraging 10 all With high
hope for the future, no prediction in re.
gard to il is veniured
On the occasion corresponding TO this,
four years ago, all thoughts were anx.
iously directed to an impending civil
war All dreaded it all sought to avert
it. While the inaugural address was
being delivered from this place, devoted
altogether 20 saving the Union without
war, insnrgent agents were in the city
seeking to destroy it without war-seek-
ing TO dissolve the Union and divide
effects By negotiation. Both parties
deprecated war; but one Of them would
make war rather than let the nation sur
yive, aud the other would accept war
rather than let it perish And the war
came.
0ne-eighth Of the whole population
we're colored slaves, not distributed gen
orally over the Union, but localized in
the Southern part of il These slaves
constituted a peculiar and powerful in
, terest All knew that this interest was,
somehow, the canse Of the war To
strengthen, perpetuate, aud extend this
interest Was the object for which the in
surgents would rend the Union, by war
while the Government claimed no right
/ TO do more than to restrict the territorial
!. enlargement Of II. Neither great party
expected for the war the magnitude nor
G the duration which il has already at
+ tsined Neither anticipated that the
: cause of the conflict might cease with
!. or even before, the conflict itself should
cease. Each looked for an easier trs
z umph, and result less fundamental and
i astounding. Both read the same Bible
a and pray 10 the same God, and each in
= vokes His aid against the other. 1t msy
seem strange that any men should daT'
e to ask q Just God $ assistance IN wiring
D ing their bread from the sweat Of other
d mems faces; But let rs not judge that ~
, be not Judged. The prayers Of botl
: could not be answered-those OF nelthe-
IT have been answered fully. The Almighty
e has his own purposes. Woe unto tn
i world because OF ofeRsesi for It mus
needs be that offenses come; bat woe {
;, that man by whom the ofense eometh.
If We shall suppose that Avs1-7eal
lg slavery is one of those offenses which
I'll in the providence of God, mutt need
Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-03-14

raining hard every day, With the ex-
eeption Of four days, since we start
ed Nv wagons, from the state of
the roads, nave deferred me.
Ip to the present time we have cap.
tured Il pieces of artillery--u Al
Wsynesboro and At Charlottesville
The party that I sent back from
Waynesboro started with 8 pieces, but
were obliged TO destroy of the s for
waRt Of animals
The remaining s pieces were thorough
II destroyed.
/ have also captured II canal boats
laden with supplies, ammunition, ra-
tons, medical stores, &e.
| cannot speak in too high terms of
Generals Merritt Custar and Devins,
and the officers and men Of their com
msndS They have waded through mud
and water during the continuous rains,
bat al are in fine spirits aud health.
Commodore Hollins, Of .he rebel navy,
vas shot near Charlottesville, while A.
tempting to make his escape from our
advance ia that direction.
lSigned PHIL h. SHERIDAx,
Maj. Gen. Cong.