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The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1865-1866, 1866-05-18

A benevolent lady went to visit
a family who were said to be al
most starving. She found them
half clad, cold, and not a motsel
of food in the house. ."What do
you most need? What would
you like to haye?" she asked of
the mother of the family. The
woman thought for q moment,
her face frightened, and she an.
swered: "Why, I always did
want a waterfall they're so be
comm
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1865-1866, 1866-05-18

but was Immediately thrown fat on
his back. ~ -"
@. What did the Confederate soldier
a. He said the mule wasa,d
Yankee cuss.
@. Did any others make tke at
tempt?
A. Another Of Lees veterans tried
to ride him and, succeeded.
O.. What did he say? /:
a. He said, after he had dismounted,
that fhe had.a regiment o them ere
cavalry he'd have whipped Fitzpatrick
all to smash and that in tho next war
against the Yankees lie intended to
raise q brigade Of EN-.
Cross examined by Mr.. Stevens:
Q. Is that q he mule, or she mule?
A. It's he mule.
z. You have monkeysin in your show,
have you not?
A. I have.
@. Have you ever heard any disloyal
remarks in relation to the monkeys:
A. I can't say that I have.
@. Have you ever heard anything
said III their presence?
\. A couple Of young ladies were
one day standing in front Of the cage,
and I heard one Of them soy it looked
like n Frnrtlmcn's Burcnr.
@. How was this remark received :?
a. 1t created much laughter.
Q. Were there any personal aHu-
sions made on that occasion.
A. Some Of the crowd said, pointing to
the ourang outang, "that's Sumner"
@. Did that please the bystanders?
A. Very much.
@. Did you ever hear any observa-
tions about the bears? .
4. I heard it said once about a
one-eyed bear that he looked like Ben.
Butler, and about a grizzly that it
ought to be called Ben. Wade. :
Q. We're the points OF resemblance
stated?
A. They were not. The observation
was made on tho tout ensemble, with
special reference, perhaps, to the occu-
lar deformity in tho case Of the one
eyed animal.
@. Have you side shows with your
circus?
A. I have.
Q. State if you ever heard disloyal
remarks in relation to them?
A. I believe I hoard something OF
the kind once about Daniel in the lions
den.
@. State what it was2
a. \ young lady asked me which
was Daniel and which was the lion.
q. What was your replyl
A. I told her it was easy to distin-
guish between Daniel and the lion, as
the former wore q swallow-tail coat,
and had cotton umbrella under his
urn.
@. What did she say}
A. After looking into the cage, she
said, very spitefqlly, that Daniel look>d
like a mean Yankee, and she wished
the lion would chaw him up.-Cinen-
natl Commercial
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1865-1866, 1866-05-18
THE MAsON's DUTY.

10 Strclcn tne llueFal Haha'
And pour the stream of gladness,
Ger misery's withered strand,
To cheer the hearth of sadness
To dry the orphans tear
And soothe the heart nigh broken,
To breathe in sorrows ear
Kind words, in kindness spoken:
Tais is the Mason's part
a Mason's bounded duty
This rcars the Mason's heart;
In wisdom, strength, and beauty.
To practice virtuo's laws,F
With fervency and freedom, :.
And in her pobls cause
Advance where'cr she lead en-
To curb tho hcadlong course
Ofpassion's fiery pinion,
Anu DeIlu lis SlOUuOTli lOlCC
To reasons mild dominion.
This is tue Mason's part, etc, etc.
To shield abrothcr's fame
From cutT and destruction.
And prove that THr7H's onr aim
In spirit, and action;
To trust in God through all
Tile danger and temptation,
Which to his lot may tall,
In trial and probation:
This is the Sasoi's pnrt,
y Masou's bounded duty
This rears the Masou's heart
Iu wisdom, strength, anG beauty.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1865-1866, 1866-05-18
General Lee Again Be-
fore the Reconstruct
ton Committee.

"We understand" says tho Boston
Commercial "That General Lee will ;be
summoned again before the reconstruc-
ton Committee, and the following
questions will be proposed to him:
Is not pitching quoits tavorite
amusement in Virginia, and will the
people of Virginia be ready to give it
up and take up the game Of base ball
instead9
Will the people of Virginia be inelin-
ed to give up the eating Of bacon and
greens and to: substitute therefor the
Yankee dishes Of pork and beans and
Goldfish and potatoes?
Is there any prejudice in Virginia
against buckwheat cakes and popped
corn as Yankee dishes? And is that
prejudice increasing or decreasing?
In yonrj judgement have secession doc
t1ines been promoted in Virginia by
the drinking Of mint julips? And is
that any prejudice there against sherry
cobblers as a Northern drink?
Do the people Of Virginia read the
writings Of r. W. Emerson ? and if so,
do they understand them?
Would a youth in Virginia be diSin-
clincd to marry a Yankee girl who was
young, good looking and q rich mans
daughter.
DO you have Thanksgiving Day in
Virginia, and is the shooting Of turkeys
practiccd on that day. Would q Vir-
ginia marksman be unwilling to fire at
q turkey on that day, because it is
Northern custom
DO the people Of Virginia ever play
poker, and if so, would q Virginia Sc
cessionist be willing to pay the money
Won Of him OF that game by q Northern
man?
Do the people of Virginia regard
Wendell Phillips ns the greatest Of
American orators, and if not, are they
likely to como to that opinion here
after?
How many people in Virginia look
upon General Butler Us n great militia
ry genius, answer the same question as
to General Banks.
Is there O piece of tho Pilgrim rock
anywhere in Virginia, and if there is
not, would it not be a judicious step to
send piece of it to Richmond?
Have you yourself ever seen chair
that came over in the Mayhower. and
if not, would you like to SEQ ono?
The question thut follows YOU may
answer or not, as you choose Is Wirt's
Life Of Patrick Henry regarded in Fir-
ginia as q historical work, OF q work
Of fiction?
DO you believe the story Of Captain
Smith and Pocahontas, or do you think
it Was made up by Captain Smith many
years alter its supposed date9
Do the colorcd race in Virginia gen.
orally 80 in when it rains, and if not,
why not?
Should the colored race addict them
selves to the study Of metaphysics,
would they be likely to become disciples
of Sir Wn,. Hamilton or John Stuart
Mids?
Was Hannibal, in your judgment,
negro ? Answer the same question us
to Othello.
Do colorcd people in Virginia usually
sleep with their heads under the bed
clothes? and how far will emancipation
modify this habit?
> What do the people Of Virginia think
of the Hoosac Tunnel? =? and of the new
drill !? Do they think it. will work as'
well as tho Freedmen's Bureau Bill?
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1865-1866, 1866-05-18
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The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1865-1866, 1866-05-18

The Masonic fraternity Of St. Louis,
Missouri, have resolved to commence
the work Of erecting grand temple, in
that city, at a:cost of not less than one
hundred thousand;doLars
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1865-1866, 1866-05-18

At O late election for constable in
Indiana, the radicals demanded that q
negro should be allowed to vote; where
upon the conservatives and Democrats
elected the negro over the radical can
didate. A good joke. =:
The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1866-08-01
TERMS nN GuE6nNIrrINN.

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advance. On3 dollar fJl.j& months, payable
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The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1866-08-01
N @. 9.

Mt stake are too vast and vital to be ems
dangered by division in our own ranks
upon immaterlal questions, or by brings
ing forward matters which, although
may be important in themselves, can
gain nothing by being pressed at time
like this
The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1866-08-01

/ have not attempted to anticipate the
action of Congress or the President, or
to discuss things that are settled, or any
issues that do not seem necessarily in.
volvcd in the approaching e'ectionsi and
in conclusion | eShort the Union men OF
Indiana not to suffer themselves to be
entced from the consideration of 4. the
great questions by side ISSUES, which
Democratic politicians are bnsily engag-
ed in thrusling forward The interests
The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1866-08-01

P II 0 P L r. s L IN Il .
. STEAMER "ClIIEF-
dSaSS-o TAIN, r. r.. ABRAMS,
eh:,7---a, t,SsllsAs,,a,, Commander, Capt r.
s.syHly IA rsS7y.slss G. MAsoS, Clerk; leaves
Greensboro, for Pittsburgh every Monday,
Wednesday and Friday, mt o II. m. Leaves
Pittsburgh for Greensboro every Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday. May lG,'GG.-Cm.
STEAMER "ET.ECTOR," ROBERT Pun
LIPS, Commander r. G, TAYLOR, Clerk
leaves Greensboro for Pittsburgh every Tues
day, Thursday and Saturday. Leaves Pitts.
burgh for Greensboro every Monday, Wcdncs-
day and Friday.
The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1866-08-01

SLATER ODENBAUGH,
N EALER IN DRUGS, MEDICINES IL
IL ouors and every thing pertaining TO iirst
class Drug Store. Prescriptions carefully COM
sounded. "Creigh's Old Stand" Waynes-
Apa. May &c. 'G6.-ly.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-08-30
Integrity Of Office Holders.

The Copperheads seem unable to COM
prehend the integrity of a majority Of
ths Union Office holders, who refuse to
surrender their principles in order to re-
tain their Offices. On every side they
are being removed because they will not
consent to betray their friends and work
with those whom they believe to be their
country's enemies. This, to genuine
Copperhead, is wholly incrompreh ensi
BILE, and we do not wonder, for their
principles being utterly worthless are
not of as much value to them as an Of
fee.
The Republican party has reason to be
proud of the men who thus spurn the
bribe offered them by the man who has
so infamously betrayed the party which
was deceived into voting for him, thus
rendering it possible for an assassin to
elevate him to the presidency. All over
the land echo the proud responses Of men
whose commissions bear the honored
name of our murdered Lincoln, and who
scorn to purchase place at the disgrace
full price required by the recreant Presi-
dent. Only here and there is a man who
will meanly sell his convictions ofright
and ali his manliness for office. Thank
God, they are so few--St DO. Valley
Rooster. i
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-08-30
Gsttina Married.

Every young girl nowadays expects
/ to get rich husband, and therefore itch
men ought to be abundant In Tue eouu-
try, we admit. that girls. are. sometimes
brought up with an fdea or work. and
+, with suspicion that each may chance
to wed sober, steady, good looking.
industrious Young uan who vii, be com
/ PEELED 10 earn by severe labor the subsis-
tence of himself and family There are
not so many brought up with such ideas
| now, even in the country, as there used
to be; but there are some, and they con-
| sequently learn how to become helpmates
TO such worthy partners. Batin town it
As different. From the highest to the
lowest class in life, the prevailing idea
! with all is, that marriage is to lift them
at once above all necessity for exertion,
and even the servant girl dresses and
reasons as if she entertained a romantic
confidence in her Cinderella like destiny
of marrying q prince, or. at least, of
being fallen in love with and married by
l.ome wealthy gentleman, if not by some
1 llobleman in disguise.
This is why SO many young men fear
90 marry. The young women they meet
with are imbued with notions of marriage
70 utterly incompatible with the ordinary
,elations of life in their station; they are
10 wholly inexperienced in the economy
pf the household; they have been taught,
Or have taught themselves, such noble
,iisdain'' for all kinds of family industry;
they have acquired such expectations Of
lady like ease and elegance in the matri
laonial connection, that to we'd any OF
4 hem is to secure a lifelong lease of
domestic unhappiness, and purchase
.vretchedness, poverty, and despair.
All this is wrong, and should be am
nded Such fallacies do not become a
pensible age nor sensible people Our
p;randfathers and mothers had more
Asisdom than this. The present age is
l,uch too fast one in this respect Let
$ sober down a little Let every young
roman be taught ideas Of life and ex.
1 tectations of marriage suitable to her
ondition, and she will not be SO ire
uently disappointed Should she be
! .ortunatc and wed above that condition,
he may readily learn the new duties
ecoming to it, andi will not have beer
ljured by having possessed herself Of
.lose fi,tirg station below. Let her
snticipate always a marriage with one il,
he humber walks in fife; and then,
| should she happen 30 do better, her good
,rtnne =. ~, ....s.',e moro a sligh,cul.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-08-30
q The Malice and the Reason.

Recently T. Buchanan Read, man
not entirely unknown to fame as an artist
and poet, has written poem of four
stanzas, dedicating the same to his friend,
Governor Morton. 1t is lively and
piercing little lyric, laudatory of the
Governor, and somewhat stinging on his
defamers. But, we suppose, the author
never dreamed that this little offering OF
his muse would encounter the maledic-
tons Of the entire disloyal press. 1t
has, however, provoked desperate hiss
along the whole line Of the snake cav
erns The Cairo Times gives full
column to the dissection of this formid
able bit of poetry, wherein all the caium
nies against the Governor are admirably
condensed. Nor does the unfortunate
bard escape Beside being denounced
as .'poetaster" and a teady, his private
character is assailed with the coarsest
and meanest personalities.
Governor Morton is honored with the
active and implacable malice OF the
Cepperheads, North and South And
the grounds of this hatred are obvious
1t was his vigilance and frmness that
lifted their dark plots to light, and frus-
trated their damnable schemes for sue
coring rebels by kindling civil war IN
the rear of our armies. It was bis exc
cutive talent and iron energy that helped
to place Indiana on so proud record IN
conquering Treason. For these reasons
our magistrate is complimented with the
rancor of all disloyalists Vai. Reg.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-08-30

TOUCHING INCIDENT-We are inform
ed that gentlemen recently travelling
from the West in a sleeping ear witness
ed the following scene: Inthe same car
with him was gentleman trying to still
a crying child by carrying it to and fro
in the coach, and which, by its screams,
finally irritated man in one of the berths
to such degree that he could endure it
no longer, and cried out profusely,
s'W hat in-is the matter with that
young one?'' And soon again, ''Where
is the mother of that child that she is
not here to pacify it:'' At this the poor
gentleman in charge of the child step
ped up to the berth and said: '.Sir, the
mother OF this child is in her coffin, in
the baggage car!' Our informant says
the gruff grumbler Immediately arose,
compelled the afflicted father to retire to
his birth, and from that time until morn
ing took the little orphan under his own
care Norscaik Register.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-08-30

The Pittsburgh Gazette does not say
that the alliance between the Democracy
and the friends Of the President will en-
danger the prospects of Gen GeaEy, Un-
ion candidate for Governor of Pennsyl-
vaniA 1t says plot exposed is almost
invariably plot bafned. As the can
vas now stands it has no doubt of Geary 3
election, but is apprehensiye that IN
aome three or four districts the comblna-
may imperil the election of the Union
candidate for Congress
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-08-30
SELECTED MISCELLANY.
Mistakes OF Physicians.

Oliver Wendell Holmes (physician.
philosopher and soet) gives the follow.
ing account of some mistakes which
have been made in medicine:
Sooner or later everybody is tripped
up in forming diagnosis. 1 saw Vel
pan, the great French surgeon. tie one
of the carotid arteries for a supposed
aneuris-which was only little harm
less tumor-and he killed his patient.
DIR. Dease, of Dublin, WAS more fortu-
nate in case he boldly declared an ali
scess, while others thought it an
aneurism. He thrust a lancet into it,
and proved himself in the right. Soon
after he made a similar diagnosis. He
thrust in his lancet, and out gushed the
patients blood. aud his life with it. TIE
next morning Mr.. Dease found him dead
and floating ia his blood. He had divid-
ed the femoral artery. l have doomed
people, and seen others doom them, over
and over ae ain, on the strength of physi-
cal signs, and they have liv ed in the most
contumacious and scientifically unjusti-
fable manner, and some are still living.
l see two men in the street very often,
who were both as good as dead in the
opinion of all who saw them in their ex-
tremity. People Will insist upon living,
sometimes, though manifestly moribund.
In DIR. Elders life of Kane, you will
find story Of this sort told by DR.. Kane
himself
'.The captain of the ship was dying of
scurvey, but the crew mutinied, and he
gave up dying for the present to take
care of them. An old lady near her end,
got little vexed about a proposed
change in her will; ordered coach; was
driven twenty miles to the house of
relative; and lived four years longer
Cotton Mather tells some good stories
which he picked up in his experience, or
out of his books, showing the untenable
equilibrium of prognosis. Simon Stone
was shot in nine places, and as he lay
for dead the Indians made two hacks
with a hatched to cut his head off. He
got well, however, and was lusty fellow
in Cotton Mather's time Jabez Mus
grove was shotwith bullet that went
in his ear aud came out of the eve on
the other side A couple of bullets
went through his body also Jabez got
well, however, and lived many years.
Per contra, Colonel Rossiter, crack
ing plumbstone with his teeth, broke a
molar and lost his nIe. uc-Irasv-z~.. -
physicians dying, like Spigenus, from a
scratch; and a man who had a crowbar
shot through his head, alive and we'll.
These extreme cases are warnings But
you can never be too cautious in your
prognosis, in view of the great uneer-
tainty of the course of any disease, not
long watched and the many unexpected
turns it may take"
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-08-30
Neutrality Lave Cen. 6snks--cssy--
4 WashinQton.

Major-General Banks, Is chairman
of the Committe on Foreign Affairs, and
as such presented their Report upon the
Repeal OF the Neutrality Laws. He
says Of the present law and Henry Clay:
It's ablest opponent was Henry Clay,
then Speaker Of the House. He charac-
terized it as an act for the benefit of
Spain against the Republics of America,
1t was enacted upon the pressing claims
of Spain and Portugal, backed by there
representatives. Of Great Britain.
The following refers to Washington
The declarations of Washington up
Oh this subject are too familiar to re-
quire repetition. They were accepted
by all his successors, and perhaps in no
instance more forcibly and justly ex
pressed than by Mr.. Adams, in 1926, in
setting forth the objects Of the Panama
Mission:-"The great rule of conduct
given us by the Father of his Country in
his Farewell Address, in regard to for
eign nations he said, sin extending our
commercial relations, is to have with
them as little connection as possible"
7"The counsels of Washington" said Mr..
Adams, sin that instance, as in all the
the circumstances in which our country
and the world around us were situated
at the time when they were given; that
the reasons assigned by him for his ad-
hot had sat Of y,ril
mary interests which to us had none or a
very remote relation; that hence she must
be engaged in frequent controversies,
the causes of which were essentially
foreign to our commerce, that our detach-
ed ard distant situation invited and ena-
bled us to pursue a different course; that
by our union and rapid growth, with an
efficient government, the period was not
far distant when we mignt defy material
injury from external annoyance-when
we might take such an attitude as would
cause our own neutrality to be respected,
and, with reference TO belligerent ma
tiors, might choose peace or war, as our
interests, guided by justice, should coun-
sci.
9 The following is among the concluding
paragraphs:
s. The institutions and traditions of the
American people compel sympathy for
the humblest Of the human family when
struggling for liberty. Their literature
is rank with the spirit ef nrrras sea races
struggling for liberty, and nations fight
ing for independence. she results of their
own struggle 1t is impossible for them
not to wish well to the cause of patriots
everywhere. They gave their good wish
es to Switzerland, France, Spanish Amer
ica, Poland, 6 reece, Hungary, and every
country that sought relief from tyran
my. They cannot withhold from Ireland
an expression of their hopes for the res
toratien Of its independence. They be
lieve with Pitt, that Ireland is entitled
to the same privileges as England, and
Irishmen to the same rights as English
men. They believe, with Willberforce,
that England owes reparation to Ireland
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-08-30

After Gen Sheridan's arrival in New
Orleans; a day or two after the riot, he
was reported IS telegraphing the Presi-
dent that the whole fault lay with the
Union people. 1t now turns out that
the dispatch was changed to suit the re-
bel operators Gen Sheridan has re-
signed it is said because he cannot see
Union men shot down by mob when the
Government has plenty of force to pre-
vent il. 5a5 EsssoE @z1taf= oHF
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-08-30

A WAsHINerox special to the n. 7.
Tribune, says private letter to Gen.
Howard, Inspector General. dated vicks-
burg, Aug 3. states that things are get
ting worse in that county every day
The numbering of freedmen is frequent.
At least thirty have been killed in that
county during the past six weeks.