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Sayings of Josh Billings.
4 Tcmpcrans Lecture.
"Ee ye Temperate in all Things

"Ee ye Temperate in all Things
Nj TELLER BEISGS How are you
How iz your wife and interesting family?
How iz your petroleum stock? Mi OBJ
jcct in addressing you at this junctur IL
tcw impress upon your minds the fatal
necessity Of tcmperans, not Jamaka
rum tcmpcrans, but alzo that kind Of a
tcmpcrans which should promt man
tew go slow in all things which are dis
posed to be slippery. Bee zee temperate
in clothes and patent leather, for verify,
| say unto yu that man kin git drunk
on broalcloth and titc Butes sune OF he
kin on Gin and murlasses.
Sckuntly. lie yc temperate in sware-
ing; on no ockasion taking your makers
name in vain, and seldom, ifeVer, unless
yu stub yurc toe, or are thrown suddenly
into the society Of musketeers, say yee
" condcmit blast the dam curb stun dew.
ilish blud suckeriug musketcrz to thun-
der and litening.'
Thirdlee. BE zee temperate in atec'
shun-don't 20 into fits over ratterrler,
because he has been bred so fine that yc
can t sec the last ten inches Of his tail.
in cloudy da, without the aid Of a
lookin glass-don't luve hoss so muteh
that yu hev tew give you're note for him,
and never be able tew take up the note
till it >lips-don't fall in luv with every
woman yu see, and kant sleep unless yu
have you're bedrume shiugled with foto.
grals, of painted CUR. .rels, with puter ize,
and pudding bags, full! of black tow, and
dcd rats on the back of their heds; and
bi awl means don't get on sich a load OF
sin, as will make yu round shou(dered
, before yu get half way to bell.
Fourfy. Bee yee temperate in Anger
that cats like rust--in Luvc that feeds
ou the hearts marrow-in Ambishun
that envies the thrones Of the gods
in Desparc that mildews the soul--in
Hate tina, begc,s and suckles revenge
in Ceusure that follcrs and faints not on
the trail ola brother.
Fifty. Bee yec temperate in poilytl1s,
tcrbacker, and petroleum (V. Nasby)
don't vote, chaw, nor bore to excess,
and if yu do strike lie, strike from the
shoulder, like a man, and don't set up
for neighbob, until the stink Of the
grease gets fairly out Of your clothes.
Sixxly and lassly. Bee yee temprate
in awl things--especially in likker-not
the temperance that would make 1t slo
to eat sour apple, if yu swallered the
iuse, but rather the kind, that breathing
holy temperance, made the spirit OF IN
uoccn. water to blush into wine to glad
the marriage at Cana.
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,,lninunicIlr'
Negro Suffrage.
lIAurronp Cry, July ~, |

IAurronp Cry. July ~, lS6'.
The Rebellion, which has ragged so
ticrcely for the past four years, and with
such unyielding determination, has at
last been crushed beneath the power OF
the Uuion armies, and the country is
fast settling into tranquility and is quietly
assuming its wonted avoca'ions OF peace
full indus,ry-for which the people ought
to be very thankful to an orerrusns
Providence. But Notwithstanding these
gratifying reflections, there still remains
a great work to be accomplished, to
settle upon n permanent foundation, this
peace tha, has been secured atthc cost OF
so much blood and treasure. For unless
the policy Of the nation will result IN
building up peace founded in ust'ce
and truth, as its foundation stone, every
life that has been sacrificed, every drop
of blood that has been shed, aud every
dollar expended, will result in no lasting
good to the country.
How, then, is this to be done? And
this is question Of 20 little importance.
1t is question Involving perhaps the
life, prosperity, aud future happiness of
this nation. Let US look at it fairly and
squarely in the face, aud with uDprcju'
diced and honest hearts.
There are two Glasses Of men in this
country to. day, who, With regard to their
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1865-08-16
Our Daughters.

Some writer says, "Our daughters do
not grow up at all nowadays they grow
all sorts Of ways, as crooked as crooked
Sticks
Our girls hardly get sunshine enough
to grow at all in; and iadeed many
women amongst US never could have fully
got their growth else why are they such
tiny morscls, looking as if puff from
old Kawaydin would blow them away ?
We need to turn our girls out Of doors
that is the long and short Of it--they
will never be good for anything until We
do. Tho boys knock around and get
oxygou enough to expand their lungs,
broaden their chests, and paint their
faces with health's own hue but our lazy,
lady daughters! All there is the bur-
den that breaks down the mothers heart.
How are they, SO frail, and sensitive,
and delicate, ever 70 get along in this
world? Mother, you must bcstir your.
self quickly, they will be as unfit as
your gloomiest Imagination can paint
them. You are responsible chiefly for
making them so tender. Protect them
suitably from the weather, and send them
out of doors. The pure air will brace
up their unstrung nerves, strengthen
their weak lungs, and some good gust OF OF
wind will in time sweep away tho III
nature and peeyish spirit which sitting
forever in idleness in luxurious home
will not fail to engeuder.
The next thing you should do tor
your daughter is to give her some do
nestle employment. If you Keep a
dozen servants, your duty remains the
same. No one can be happy or qualified
to make others so, who has no useful
work to do. Besides this, she must
learn sometime, or she will be poorly
qualified for ever being at the head Of
an establishment Of her own. No one
in this country can rely upon always
having good, trained domestics-in her
house. The best require some instruc.
tions, are liable to leave you for sickness
or others causes, and any household is
10 q pitiable condition where the mis-.
trcss is not equal for such an emergency
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d;snosed to offer resistance to the nation
al authority, and still intent on thwart'
ins the efforts of the federal government
in behalf of restoration, peace, harmony
and universal good will. We repeat it
away with o suspicion so low and q
suggestion so mischievous. From per.
jury, "S from hypocrisy, from mennoess Of
any kind or degree, tho people of these
southern States have always shrunk with
instructive loathing and disgust, and so
it will be until they "shutfle off this
mortal coil" and "pass that bourne
whence no traveller returns"
We are gratiticd to hear such an as.
surancc from the Wig, and sincerely
hope that it is well founded. But the
Whig should understand that when it
asks.us to believe that the people over
there mean in good faith to stand BY the
Union, because they "have deliberately
sworn to do this thing, and this oath
they mean religiously to keep" we can.
not altogether forget the history Of the
past four years. We cannot efface from
our memory the fact that many Of the
same persons who have now " deliberate.
ly sworn" to be true to the Government,
did not shrink with instructive loathing
and disgust from perjury, but disregard
cd the most solemn Of oaths and took Ut
arms against the Government which had
educated them, and which they had sworn
to support. We do not allude to this to
recall unpleasant recollections. But NC
would simply remind the Wig that il
canno. accomplish its object Of removing
the listruSt, which so many men feel OF
the fidelity of Virgiuians, by assuming
the grand air." and referring in this
turgid style TO the "plighted honor" oi
men, who have been fighting against the
Government for four years. The proof
We want to sec is not these high.sound
! ing words about the Southerncrs shrink.
ing with instructive loathing and disgust
from perjury, but 4 quiet and orderly
demcanor, a disposition to conform cheer
fully to the laws, and to put men in Office
who sincerely wish to restore harmony
and loyalty. The election ofan unobjcc'
tionablc citizen to the Mayoralty o
Richmond would have done more to re-
move distrust than a square mile Of suct
writing as that we have quoted. The
loyal men Of the country arc not dlspos
| cd to triumph proudly over conquered
| foe, or to exact hard terms, They really
vearn to see the men, who have been in
arms, converted into peaceful and 10y
al citizens. and enjoying as fully as VIC
all the privileges of sclf.sovcrnmcnt:-,
Every act Of the Southcrncrs, whlct
shows that any Of them arc truly strlv
ing to do their duty as good and faithful
citizens, is hailed with sincere delight
Works, not words, arc what We want
Wh"ciiny AtrtIyc"ccr.
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Alabama.

The proclamation Of the Governor Of
Alabama, is lengthy document. He
says thirty.6ve thousand Of the men of
Alabama, who went to tho big war, will
never return, and as many more were dis.
ablcd, "permoncutly injured by wounds
or disease while 10 the service" He
says {" there is no longer slave in Ala
bama," aud that it is thus "made mani.
fest to the world that the right Of seces.
sion, for the purpose Of establishing q
separate confodcracy, based on the idea
Of African slavery, has been fully and
effeetually tried, and is failure" The
Governor then proceeds rather fgurative'
ly for an official, as follows ::
"Yet, amid all the ruin, suffering and
death, which have resulted from it, every
political right which tho State possessed
under the Federal Constitution is hers
o.day with the single exception relating
to slavery. -,
"Thc life.boat of the Union is still
within our reach. The flag which our
fathers established, with their blood,
among the nations of the earth, still
floats at her masthead. On her quarter
deck, despite the bullet and dagger OF
the assassin, still stands 4 helmsman OF
bis post, surrounded by crew who, for
the most part, with outstretched hands
and in cordial tones invite US to come
on board and share equally with them
the prosperity, the danger, and the glory
which may fall to the lot Of those whose
fortunes ore united to her.
"Friends and fellow citizens, shall VIC
not do it? There is no other sail in
sight; England and France often seemed
to be bearing down to our relief: but
thcy have tackled, nay, they have pu'
square about and are now hull down on
the distant verge Of the ocean. But the
ship which our fathers built, has backed
her engines and her sails and is lying
to, ready to receive US. Her commau'
der says come. 1t is your right. He1
crew are looking over her sides, ready
to lend US hand. And if they who
fell at Lexington aud Bunker Hill, a.
the Cowpcns and Yorktown, could speaI
to US, would they not say "go on boar'
the ship which We built and launched TO
all of you; brethren, bo at peace ane
dwell together in unity ; you have faller
out; you have had dreadful faGil,,
quarrel, as children too often have, afte
the parents are dead and gone who &C
quired the estate; but be thankful
God that the great principles Of civil an
religious liberty, Of free governmon
and mans capacity to govern himself
still survive amid the ruin which 20
have wrought. You will all be ono
more integral parts Of an empire whIc'
contains within itself the elements ncces
,ary to secure all Of peace, prosperit,
and happiness which falls to the lot 0
men md nations"
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Atlanta.
,orresponlenec OF the New York Tribune.

Correspondence Of the New York Tribune. .as8..
Atl.n.. is a heap of ruins. No one
can imagine its condition. I had read
about the burning Of Atlanta, but never
once believed it was so thoroughly de-.
stroyed. The Court House and churches,
the Masonic Hall aud the buildings be.
longing to the medical faculty, and one
block used as hospital, are all that i
left standing. Everything else is = heap
of rubbish and ruins. Factories, stores.
banks, rolling mills, hotels, everything i!,
gone. No one is doing anything toward,
Rebuilding. The people sit sullen, aud
when they speak it is to curse tho Gov.
ernment. Those who have any :metns
arc waiting to see what tho Government
will do. !.
The further into Dixie get, the moro
hatred I find toward the Government
and toward the yankee. The military
power is the only safeguard. II that
were withdrawn I could not travel IN the
Southern States and ever hope to get
back again alive. Tomorrow tho State.
Road is opened through to Chattanooga;
i. has been repaired wholly ;at. the ex-'
pense Of tho General Government TO:
sum up,e Atlanta, tho Gate City. Is totally
DESTROYED. Ten years Of nssiduons in.'
du,try will not suffice to rebuild IT,
Hoods army and Shormau's army march;
ing AID countermarchipg oil arouad Il,
have destroyed tho country for miles: Fs,
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OUR RETURNING ARMIES.

BY TnEo. 7. COOK.
|" pcan. 10 sing:
Let the notes ut welcoming,
From 4 million voices ring
El,ril,. buslc, rolling drum.
Sound Your praises, for they CONT
Come. the truS,v and the tried,
They who Freedoms fight have won-
Come, in all their manly pride,
For their mighty work is done.
These are they who boldly StoWl
Where the earth ran red with blood;
They who through the crimson tlood
Wadcd for the common good.
Some there be who sleep to-day
Many anil many Il league away,
Down on Caro!ina'$ shores,
Where the great Atlantic roar<;
Or beneath Nirginian sod,
Where the grasses wave and nod.
But their Slu.nbcr. calmly deep,
Is the sleep that honor sleeps:
And Il nation bends and wccpS
Ocr 1.-The turf that wraps their clay"
And they rest in angels keep
For to thcm-ah, wcll-a-dav -
Heaven was opened through the fray!
Honor, honor. honor them.
Gems in Frre,lom'S diadrm.
All who raised the strong right arm,
In the cause of law and right,
Shielding liberty from harm,
They are blessed in Gods pure sight.
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How ARMIES DIsAppEAR.-The Jack

How ARMIES DIsApPEAR.-The jack
son (Miss.) Ne,ss, says that Humphreys
Mississippi brigade, composed Of the
l1tb, 18th, 17th' and 18th regiments,
had 5 5,495 different names On its muster
rolls during the period Of its existence,
and these are accounted for As follows
killed in battle, 842; died Of disease,
etc., no; discharged for physical disa'
bility, (used up) 1888; deserted t46: !;
total loss from all causes, 3,946, leaving
a bslance Of $40 on the muster rolls at
the surrender in Virgins, Of whom more
than two thirds we're then absent. 49,. !
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"Nobody ever lost anything BY low"
said sage looking person. Z
"Thst j. not true, " said young LADY,
Who heard the remark, "for I onos: lest
three nights sleep" Il ~
Why is the assessor of taxes the ,bost
man in the world ?-Recause be nsyeF.
undertakes anybody. 8. ,...:,,l -, ,l;t,,.
A man Of Wit once said. rightly
enough, " He who finds : good soa:in.
law, gains a son-he Who ands bad oa''
loses daughter" ": :
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AT recent ball in London high life
about three hundred Of the company
that is, of course, Of the ladies-appear'
ed without criuoline, tho dresses being
after the fashion ofthe time Of Napoleon
the First,
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Selrttrtl pNetrN.

TIE FARMER.
lln. blacksmith, a,c YOU busy?
Ny horse has cast shoe,
Long road have | to travel,
You must fit us out anew.
TIE BLACKSMITH.
Look round my forge. good farmer,
And tell me what YOU sec;
Am busy? am idle?
Ask the anvil 1T my Knee.
THE FARMER.
see around your Workshop
Stark implements OF war--
Can it l,c that You are forging
Some newborn quarrel tor:
THE BLACKSMITH.
Not S". my iovial farmer,
The weapons that | forge
No manly limbs shall sever,
Draw no @"re'dropS, cut II" GorS.c :
Sword I'm turning into plow-$har.
Into rrapiny-ho"k the gun,
Here are hayonc,$ by the bu>hcl-
Shall shoe Your horse with one ?
Or, ira broken tcttcr
From tho South his loot will tit.
l.cal in Your horse, good farmer,
And I'll iron him with it
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Terms OF subscription:

Terms OF subscriptions:
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Single copy. siS months. l,.'.
W. will send copy FREE to any "nr who will Sci us
list Of TWELVE or more subscribers, at $40 each, nc
c"pancd by the MONEY. CSioN men in the country ahd
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thur TrIHS cAsu, ~ ADVANCE: hut "" Will wall
few mouths such cannot conveniently pay down.
Advertising.
VIZ shall circulate the JornSAL throughout III" entire
knrawha Valley. wherever paper can r". AMI thH"
make il the hest medium for Advertising in this section:
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generally.
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The Negro Problem.
e-Cinciupati Gazette.

From the Cincinnati Gazette.
"The United States shall guarantee
to every State in this Union .::ePuoit'
can form of government, and shall pro,
tect each ofthem against invasion, and
on application Of the Legislature, or OF
the Executive (when the Legislature,
cannot be conveued), sg.inst domestic
violence" "~CConstitution United States
sec. 4, art. 4. -
Tho entire colorcd population Of tho
United States in 1860 was 4,437 ,7O2. :.
According to the census Of that year
the population Of
Whites. Blacks
south Carolina Was 29l,G2S 4l2lS9
Florida .n,o.o .o1 'o5
Mississippi oo3''1SS ,S;ooi
Texas
! That these four States be designs,
ted by Congress as homes for our colored req
5 That our Government shall fostc.
and protect them as Colonies or,"1
deemed advisable, admit them ~ sover'
cign States, and guarantee to them tnetI H4Is
co constitutional right TO . republican form u .
of government.
5. That the proper authorities lease,
or sell, to those Of them who may Voina.
t.rily remain in or remove TO- these
States. all confiscated lands in tho sane.
4. That the estates therein belonging
| to loy.l whites, who may be opposed to
participating With the blacks 10 self.gov'
ernmeot, shall be purchased BY the Gov.
ernment, or sold to the blacks, :u1deE
such regulations and restrictions As Con,
grcss may consider just. t. o..
Ifit be objected to the above ::
/. That the labor Of colered men il
necessary TO- the welfare Of the remain:
inc Southern States, I answer, let the
nlanter. Of those States hold out such
inducements by way Of kind treatmeas
aud ample remuneration As shall eacoor'
ace them to remain or induce foreign
emierants or Northern laborcrs to take
their places. ... .-a d.
fit be objected
2. That these emigrants and Northern
laborcrs cannot endure Southern heas'
vc fnd an answer in the fact that Ger.
mons, Irishmen and Yankees are found
in every part Of the South in sufficient
numbers to prove the capability OF en-
durance. o. e ~ 10
LOUISVILLE, NY. sF, ''"
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J. II. HALLS
GROCERY g. NOTION STORE!

TIE keeps on band soo assortment OF Groceries and
II Notions Of all kinds. ,,
Fruit, Nuts. Connections, rerumery. Fancy Articles,
Stationery, Dyc-sturs Cigars, Smoking and Chewing
TnLac.o &c. Sugar Coffee Tea, Nolasscs. All Kinds Of
Country Produce.
krp, Constantly Oil haI...
Daily national Republican., 1865-07-06
re ROL H U M.
TIVE STANDING STONE OIL COMPANY
L OF WEST VIRGINIA..
CAPITAL, o., 900, 900,
In $1,000 shares, at $50 each.
Subscription price, sl6 per share, subject 70 NO
other call or assessment
A working capital Of slOo, 900 reserved. Only
%, 600 shares to be sold at the sub-I
seription price,

Tho property Of this company consists Of the
we'll known Martin or Standing Stone tract, and
contains from 2, 800 to 5, 600 acres Of land, In
fee simple, free from leases, undivided interests
or royalty. Standing Stone creek IA branch oi
the Little Kanawha river) and Its tributaries pass
through this property, and II has upon 1t larger
amount OF boring territory than is owned by any
other company In West Virginia. II Is situated
In Writ county, near the celebrated Rathbone,
or Burning Spring tract, and In extent OF terri
tory Is nye times greater, and Is considered by
all experienced oil men familiar with the oil dis
trict OF Wcst Virginia quite equal to II not supe-
Oil Company's property extends from the Little
Kanawha river, near Burning Spring Run,
across the waters Of Standing Stone creek, in :
cluding q portion OF Robinson q Fork and Two
Break, extending from Burning Spring through
by Standing Stone aud Petroleum to Horse Neck
Wells, near the Ohio river, and embraces the
line of UPHRAvAL,
The property Of this company has not been de-
yeloped, for the reason that 1t belonged to miner
heirs, who could not convey until they attained
their majority, which the youngest did few
days ago.
and oil had. II Is said that upon this Standin
Stone tract oil was nrst discovered In 1890
On the Deyers farm, adjoining, q well is being
bored and oil obtained. The we'll Of Mcfarland
Jones, on the Morgan land, is near this prop
erty,
These lands are held In trust by J. N. Cam.
den, Esq. President First National Bank Of Par
kersburg, West Virginia, aud the Hon John s.
Carlile, SenAtor In Congress from Virginia, and
will be by them conveyed to the Standing Stone
Oil Company whenever the stock to be disposed
Of by subscription Ito wit: DO 900 shares) shall be
subscribed and paid for. Three thousand six
hundred shares Of the stock have already been
subscribed and paid for.
Subscriptions received at the banking houses
Of RIGGS 4 CO., and RlTTIKHoUsE, Fow-
LER 4 co. dsl4-u
Daily national Republican., 1865-07-06
DY VIM. L. WALL 4 CO.,
I'D AuCTIONEERA

UNITED STATES MARsHAL's SALE OF FLAT
BOAT mo NAME) AND CARGO, SEIZED AS
In virtue Of q warrant Of sale, issued from the
Clerks Once Of the Supreme Court Of the District
OF Columbia, holding a District Court, and to me
directed, will sell, for cash. at the auction store
street and Ponnsylvania avenue, on TUESDAY,
the llth day Of July instant, 1885, commencing
at 10 clock, a. m, the following goods and chat
tells taken from the hat-boat (no name) No. 9lO,
viz:
is dozen Cotton Handkorchiefs, % dozen Skirt
Supporters.
% Dozen Dressing Combs, o. dozen India Rub
Der Buttons.
1 doz Dressing Combs, 5 dor. Lasting Buttons.
~ gross Black Lasting Coat and Dress Buttons.
o 6doz. Ladies' Hoop Skirts, s pair Scissors.
bdolen Ladies' Hoop Skirts, Is Shears.
Q dozen Ladies' Hoop Skirts, packs Pins
3doIen Ladies' Hoop Skirts, dozen Skirt Sup
porters.
pounds Needles, 0 packages assorted Black
Braid.
coo pounds Needles, 8 packages Gold Lace.
Black Wells, . dozen spectaclos.
| gross Steel Watch Keys, l64 gross Buttons.
10 gross Steel Watch Keys, IS dOIen SPeetaeles.
81 gross India Rubber Combs, 10 gross Rubber
Buttons.
IS packs Pins, 81 dozen Scissors.
1917 dozen Combs, pair Shears.
| q Sun Shades.
| q Sun Shades.
| Also, at 5 o'clock, p. m, same day, will sell
the fat boat (no name,) now lying at the foot OF
Sixth street wharf, on the Potomac river.
DAVID s. G0ODING,
| United States Marshal ID. c.
| jy8-td WIN. l.. WALL CO, Auct's.