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The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-02-07
SSelettel 2netyg,
Our Heritage.

Oh, wherefore, foolish hearts, to earthly idols
cl;nsing,
Clnsins with ron,lcSt love TO things Of clay
Whcn, for your search, there may be had Il
Kingdom,
Whose siOricS never, never fade away.
And We, God children, heirs TO this glorious
kingdom.
Must reach it by the path that Christ has
trOa.;
There he, the Prince Of Peace, our Elder
Brother,
Waits to receive us to his blcSt abode.
The path that leads to it is dark and narrow !;
Yet in it we are sure our Lord 10 meet;
For he hath said al. will 20 before You,
And make rough places smooth unto your
feet
Each sinful thought, each selfish decd we
conquer
Cnholv tcmpcrS that we overcome.
Eac:l kind decd that we do for love Of Jesus,
Arc steps that lead us nearer TO our home.
As earnestly VIC strive our Lord to follow,
Suhduins self, putting our foes to flight,
The Palace gates unfold unto our vision.
floodin. our pathway with celestial light.
Led hy this light. our footsteps cannot lalter,
Feeling so Strong because our Masters nigh,
Eyes heavcnward turned, ChriSts banner DER
US waving,
We can the tcmptcr and his wilcs defy.
Until at las:--;he toilsomc journey over,
The hills, the everlasting hills in sight;
Our Kng,lom gained we cast as;,lc our ar
NOR,
And enter, clothed in robes ofdazz!ins light.
--nlcy for ELrmuy.
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-02-07

A Liberal CoNTRlBUTloS.-To.day
Gen. Spinner, United States Treasurer.
received contribution from o bcggar,
amounting to one cent, which he tom
dered as his contribution toward, can. .
ceiling the national dabt. Tho dons.
ton has been accepted, and transferred
to the Treasury, passing through the
same channels and forms As would .
moro muni6ccnt sum. The action Of
this mcndicant is in commendable con.
tras. to the example set by many veal.
thy individuals whose contributions for
this object, in the bulk, do not loom mp
extensiyely.-Ihih.. Pres. ss .slit:s1
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-02-07
Old virginia Indignant.

The reconstructed virginiaps are
much e1asperatod by the exclusion Of
their members from Congress. The
Richmond Times hos 40 angry article on
the subject, in which it Yuts the csse in
this way .....,. :. ..a-s.. n
"Virgiuia, for tho 6rst time since
Thomas Jefferson penucd the Declaration
ofIndcpcndcnce, occupies q colonial po.
.itiou towards the dominant govsrumeut.
Taxation without representation is now
her lot, and her people must. bear these
insult, with philosophic patience. Du.
ring the whole Of the civil war Congress
recognized Virginia as s'loyal State,'
with q small spriuklioa, it Is true, Of
'disloyalty' 10 the interior, and gave her
share Of frequently rejected proceeds Of
tho public lands to tho proper State
officers. Hsr representatives, also, sat
alongside Of Steven, ia tho lower house
and Sumner. in the Senate, aud were
their peers in every respect. The out.
ia~ry Of Virginia. BY Congress, was do.
creed just eight months after the restor.
ntion Of the authority Of the laws. and
Constitution Of the United States over
every inch Of her territory. Whco .
very email portion Of Virginia vas rcally
loyal the present State government
was recognized by Congress as constisu.
tional. Now that the whole State u
loyal, and obeys the Alexandra Consti.
tuition, the State government is. treated
ns purely provisional" =
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-02-07

The reelection Of Mr. Sherman 70
the Senate FROM Ohio. by vote ofi94to
II, is to be regarded as no very :deoided
expression Of Conservative fceling,. al.
though General Schenck, who is defeated, i,
is Of more radical politics then 4, Mr..
Sherman. There was, no doubt;;a feel.
iog among many who would otherwise
have preferred General, Schpuck that the
course Of Mr.. Sherman during bis i,psst
term ought to be approved. BY n.Asc:
ton, especially as there. 3 Was, no very
wide disparity Of opinions between the
two candidates after ALL. -,',,a2:.:a1.
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-02-07

Of Christian men. To say that church
shall stand unrebukcd for conspicuous
neglect of social duty because on all
similar occasions, when the like oppor.
tupity was offered. it had been equally
neclcctful; to affirm that because church
had never en- gagged in matters of political
or national reform, it should be allowed
the privilege Of never doing so; to give as
o reason for silence at great critical mo-
ment, when the very stones were crying
out, thut its rules and regulations forbade
its speech, is certainly the most e1traor.
diuary kind Of reasoning that vas ever
used in j bad cause.
For the Episcopal Church to have
taken such position wus especially un'
fortunate for itsclEand for the comnu.
nifty. Had the representatives of some
small. obscure, Impoverished, illiterate
sect, destitute ofpnwcr and prestige, and
absorbed in its dogma,ical pecu'iarity,
met 10 village ves,ry-room, and. IN the
intensity Of their zeal. forgotten the
world outside. the character Of their
proceedings would have been the same,
but the consequences oft would have
been Insignificant. But here was great
church, commanding enormous wealth,
enjoying immense social prestige, hold
ing in its communion vast numbers of
the intelligent, the educated, the cult
waited, and the infiucnial; completely
organized, with faith fixed beyond de-
bate or question: church relieved from
! the necessity Of maintainIng constant
battle for the preservation of its forms
and the integrity Of it's dogma. and
therefore able to throw the accumulated
;; force Of it's influence into the warfare OF
humanity with an effect we'll nigh suiti
ricnt TO decide the conflict and for such
mn establishment to rcmain neutral ut a
time when neutrality meant opposition
for such an establishment to Withdraw
from the field its Vast supplies OF mate
rial, intellectual, and mora aid at a mo-
mrnt when the simple Withholding oi
aid was giving aid to the enemy, was one
of the saddest--wc must say. one Of the
mos, culpablc-procedurcs we could be
called on TO recount.
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-02-07

Several ofthc newspapers in Kentucky
are taking q very sensible view Of the
labor question. They argue that if the
people will only exercise little patience
there need be no difficulty about procur.
ing labor from the freedmen. The latter
have been suddenly cmancipated. They
have gained their Freedom, and arc now
in o condition wholly new to them
Naturally they are elnted, and feel little
like going Immediately to work for their
old masters. Forbcarancc should be the
word at present. In short time the
novelty Of their position will die away,
and the colorcd people will then realize
the fact that they must support them.
selves. IF the farmers pay them fair
wages there will be no trouble, and the
spring will find them willing and anx.
ious to enter the employ Of their former
owncas: The advice is opportunc, aud
may safely be followed BY the late slave
holders Of other States in the South.
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-02-07

incurring ridiculo, but they often perse'
we're till their ambition closes ip achieve.
uIent. To reudcr themselves Gt leaders
for their fellows is the constant aim oil
these men, who may be called the flow.
er Of the American working classes !
and though many Of them fail to accom-
plish their purpose, the bravest and
strongest Of them triumph over adverse
circumstances, and win distinction
among the orators, diplomatists and
statesmen of their country.-London
AthcnGunl.
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-02-07
Change in the Definition OF Words.

Many words in process oftimc change
their meaning entirely. Ia former
times the words " knave" and "villain "
sisnifed a servant" now'thcy mean q
person guilty Of dishonest PRACTICES
We Gnd that many words have under.
gone similar change. We have in'this
country q political party, composed Of
all the "odds and ends" that can DO col.
Iccted together. Northern copperheads
and Southern rebels constituting tho
principal element. This party styles
itself " consercatiec." Let us sec how
the acts Of this party correspond with
the name it has chosen. The former
Specification oftho word conservative was
prescrvative," "prescrving," &c. The
meaning is now " oucriurning," "destroy'
tnq," nprooting," "rcrolmtioni=iMg,' II
"tcWing.do.ca,"" ,casting," and "dcras
mting." That such is tho true defni.
ton Of the word there can be no doubt,
when we take into consideration the act.
of those composing that party. During
the entire war the northern members oil
it were staying at home using all their
influence to prevent men from cnlisting
in the Federal army, declaring that the
Union no longer existed, and advising
the acknowledgment Of the indepcn'
dcncc Of the South. The Southern
members were organized into q grca
army for the avowcd purpose of destroy
ing the Government, and did all in thci
power to destroy it. IF it is dssisne'
for the word conservative" to retain it
former meaning. the members Of thi
party should be denominatcd "destruc
tionists, - Ck0rksJurg Ticqrdph.
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-02-07

How PRESIDENT JOHNSON TREATS
FEEEDMEH.-The President is BY birth a
Sou,hcrner, but he is not afraid Of the
bugbear; negro equality" On New
Year Day, at tho White House, Wash.
iugton, at the Presidents reception,
many colorcd persons attended as visi.
tors, following with other citizens after
the foreign ambassadors and the officer,
of our Government, and were welcomed
cordially. Each was kindly taken by
the hand by the President Of the United
States, and made to feel that he was not
despiscd md spurncd as IN inferior
being. This is the first time in the his.
tory Of the Republic that such on event
has happened in the Presidents man.
sion. aud the nation honors Mr.. John.
son for the manly stand he has taken
towards tho heretofore oppressed race
We can readily believe that in his hands
tue interests Of tho freedmen are secure
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-02-07

4 wealthy LoDdoner established q
free school in that city some time ago,
and directed that the day after Christ
mas in every year there should be o
drawing among the young unmarried
women educated there, for marriage
portion Of one hundred pounds. The
cnndidutcs must DO members Of the
Episcopal Church, twenty-five years Of
age, and produce certificates Of good
character from employers with whom
they have lived since leaving school.
The drawers Of prizes soon after become
wives. 4 large number participated in
the drawing last Christmas, the fortu'
nate pupil being an exceedingly pretty,
rosy.chcckcd damscl, whom nobody
would suppose would have, any difficulty
in securing a d bustand-dovry or no
dowry. ......--.
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-02-07

PosrM.srREssEs.-Nearlyth three hun.
dred .Postuis,resses have bccn appointed
in tho South, because 90 man could be
found Who would take tho oath that he
bad not horne arms against the United
States, G Government, .,.- .i..'r nit,a,i
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-02-07

Mrs, DOUGLAS, the widow Of Hes.
Stephen A. Douglas, was married op ths
23d ult., to Brevet Brig: Gen. Wil.
liams, U. 8. regular army.t.,<s, ,s,5ae,. - =.
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-02-07

Why is President J ohnslio,nli slio,nli.li liz. CiiisS i.
b0ra.o? Because ,hs' the gfo.,':'''sa :! !oe
I'll the ,Aada. -, ,,ic:a,,,,s = ,,.,. ~
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-03
FROM CHICAGO.
Radical Littleness Toward the
President.

CHICAGO, August 3l.-The Board OF
Trade yesterday granted leave, under a
kind of protest, for the President recep-
ton to be held in their room
The Radical sheets urged that the mat
ter be reconsidered and revoked. Itw
talked of at the Board of Trade to-day,
but no action was taken.
The frantic Radicals say they would
deny the use of the rooms but for the
presence of Grant and Farragut.
The feeling among the Radicals is
very bitter, and a riot may be expected
on the 9TH and 9th, unless matters mend
The sale of tickets of Crosby's Opera
House Art Association scheme since it
was guaranteed by s. M. Nickerson,
Banker, and his guarantee of Mr. Cros-
by, Endorsed by all the prominent
Bank and Express Presidents, railroad
men, ETC., has been very. much larger
than upon any previous week since the
sale of tickets commenced. The public
have unlimited confidence in the scheme,
and the probabilities are that all the
tickets will be sold before the day fixed
for closing the subscription books.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-03

HERKiAss, August 81, lilo. "A gen
lilemsn herd said TO the President tina
the compliments and respect of the PEG
pie wore tednerod to the President with
out regard 10 party.
Mr. Seward hero, as atthe places pre-
viously passed, successfully introduced
the President, Gen. Grant, Admiral Far
ragut aud the Secretary of the Navy,
IAN ask you TO do" he said, us ia
stand behind them
The President in the course Of his ad.
dress said ;ss4r4kyr4s.xfr.
The county having passed through q
war, something else remains to be done.
| The Executive Department has per
| formed its duty. He had eudeavored to
perform his. We must take bold stand
for the Constitution. 1t had carried us
through the rebellion, and if the people
will do their duty all will be safe.
UTICA, August 3l.-The party stopped
at this place about thirty minutes, where
they were escorted to a stand especially
erected for the purpose, ~.
Hon c, II. Doolittle made long
speech welcoming the visitors in the
name of the people, without distinction
of party, TO Utica. He paid a glowing
compliment to the patriotism OF the
President, saying that his past history
showed that he would be true to the
Union, and protect and defend 1t.
The President replied in a neat and
appropriate speech, that was appreciated
and Endorsed by the applause Of the null
titude assembled
, ROME, N. Y, August 81 There was a
dense mass awaiting the Presidents
party, and when they approached, the
Mayor of Rome delivered a speech on
behalf of the authorities and citizens,
greeting the President, and rejoicing
that the robes of Office of Andrew Jack
son have fallen where they fit so well.
The President briefly responded, say
ing among other things; If accounts of
human affairs could be communicated TO
the dead old Jackson, to whom the speak
er had referred, would turn over in his
grave and burst from his coffin, and,
leaving the habiliments of the dead,
would raise his long arm and extend his
fore finger and say as of old BY the
Eternal, the Federal Union must and
shall be preserved lCheers Sd
SYRACUSE, August 3l.-Three thou,
sand people are estimated to have turned
out TO welcome the party. The mayor
delivered lengthy address here; also
expressing confidence in the President.
He replied by referring them to his pub
lie actions.
AuBuRs. 800 P M.-The entry into
the city was triumphant A runaway
ho1uv dashed ayainst the carriage IN |
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-03
RApICAL FALsEHoons.

1t has already been stated that when
the New Orleans Tribune voluntarily
suspended publication, the Radical
agents Of Northern papers ielegraphed,
with their customary mendaciiy, that it
had been stopped in consequence of
rebel threats of violence, etc Conse-
quently we find such paragraphs as the
one subjoined, taken from the Boston
Journal, going the rounds at the North /:
The NEW ORLEANS TRiBuSR. This
paper which has been suspended 6g The
order Of the rioters in New Orleans, was
started some two or three years since.
Its comments on the riot have not been
very complimentary to the rebel authori-
ties, and they were largely quoted at
the North; hence the arbitrary suspeR-.
sion Of the paper
Regarding which the New Orleans
Times asks the following pertinent ques-
ton By whom was the paper sup
pressed2 "The rioters" must refer to
the members of the Conveniently
what particular individual or individuals
laid our people under such deep obhga-
tlons? The Journal certainly could not
have supposed that Military Governor
KAUTz was concerned ia the arbitrary
act, yet he had been in command Of the
city for three weeks at the time the ri
bune temporarily ceased to put forth its
daily batch Of Islander and misrepresenta-
ton And pray did "ihe rioters re-
scind their arbitrary order" or are the
proprietOrs of the universal suffrage or
gan nov publishing their paper in def
ance Of these mysterious and powerful
personages
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-03
Union Men Of Both Parties Can Stand on
the Philadelphia Platform.

The editor of the Ohio Statesman, a
Democratic journal, telegraphed to his
paper as follows concerning the ratif-
cation of the platform by the National
Union Convention
No patriot can find aught to condemn
in these resolutions or address. Patri.
otism never spoke truer or with deeper
sincerity. Examine each word, sentence,
and paragraph there, and then recollect
that in the presence Of congregated thou
sands these words, sentences, and para.
graphs with spontaneous and energetic
enthusiasm, such as was never before
witnessed in any deliberative convention
ever assembled upon this continent.
Recollect, too, that the delegates repre-
senting the Southern States attested as
boundless appreciation as the delegates
from any other section.
Upon this the Cincinnati Commercial
comments thus:
| Shall we, therefore, henceforth and
forever consider that the following prop
ositions, adopted by the Philadelphia
Convention, are planks of the Demo
cratic platform
"Seyenth-Slavery is abolished and
forever prohibited-and there is neither
desire nor purpose on the part of the
Southern States that it should ever be
re-estabiished upon the soil or within the
jurisdiction of the United States; and
the enfranchised slaves in all the States
of the Union should receive, in common
with all their inhabitants, equal protec-
ton in every right of person and prop
cry.
Eighth-While we regard as utterly
invalid, and never to be assumed or
made of binding force, any obligation
incurred or undertaken in making war
against the United States, we hold the
debt Of the nation TO be sacred and in
violable, and we proclaim our purpose in
discharging this, as in performing all
other national obligations, to maintain
unimpaired the honor and the faith Of
the Republic.
We shall take great pleasure in recog-
nizing this as Democratic doctrine. 1t
is not, however, according to the teach
ings of the apostles Of Democracy in
Ohio, if We have understood what they
have been saying for some. years. If
this is Democracy, it is growing rapidly
in the right direction.
The Union Democracy will recognize
this as democratic doctrine" The
Radicals may not, but they form no part
of the Union Democracy. All Union
Democrats accept the principles enun-
ciated at Philadelphia They are Union
principles, and Union men of every
name can and will indorse them. Louis
ciHe Journal
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-03
pIcAL.
Something New Under the Sun.
A New Era in Medicine.


r EFT THE SUFFERING AND DISEASED
i read the following
Lot all who have beep. given up by Doctors,
and spoken Of as incurable. read the following:
Let all who can believe facts, and can have
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the. twentieth day of June, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.
as such. and being duly sworn. deposed as fol-
lows That he is the sole general agent for the
United State and dependencies thereof, for pre-
parations or medicines known as MAGGIEL'S
PILLS and SALVE. and that the following
certificates are verbatum copies to the best of
his knowledge and belief,
IL. S. JAMES SMEITKE, Notary Public.
Wall Street. New York.
I DR.. MAGoIEL take my pen TO write you of
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the army, with Chronic D1rrhea. and have
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The following is an interesting case of man
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melted iron into flask that was damp and wet
caused an explosion. The melted iron was
thrown around and on him in perfect shower,
and he was burnt dreadfully. The following
certificate was given to me by him about eight
weeks after the accident:
NEW YoRE. Jan. II, 1866.
My name is Jacob Hardy; i am an iron foun-
der; 1 was badly burnt by hot iron in November
last; my burns healed but had running sore
on my leg that would not heal; tried Maggiel's
Salve, and il cured me in few weeks. This is
all true, and any body can now see me at jack
sons Iron Works. Second Avenue.
j HARDY
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-03
WHAT THE PATIENTS SAY OF
DR.. Maggiel'S Pills and SaIve!
[Extracts from Vari0us Letters.I

Extracts from Various Letters.
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a hearty one"
your Pills are marvellous"
II send for another box. and keep them in
the house."
DIR. Maggiel has cured my headache that
was chronic.
fer cholera morbus. The dear little thing got
well in day"
My nausea of a morning is now cured"
"Your box of Maggiels Salve cured me of
noises in the head / rubbed some Of your
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"send me two boxes; want one for a poor
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:" enclose a dollar; your price is twenty-five
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Let me have three boxes Of your Salye by
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81 am pleased to say to you, DR.. MaggieI,
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"You will find enclosed one dollar. Your
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worth TO me one dollar"
"DEAR DocToR My tongue had q fur on it
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Pills took it away" nu
II took half pill and crushed 1t to powder,
and gave it in Jelly to my little babe for cholera
morbus: The dear little pet was well in three
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II suppose il is hardly worth while to tell
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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-03
Gold piseoyery in Missouri.

ST. JOsEPH, No, August 3l.-A gen
tleman in Mercer county writes friend
here TO the effect that gold in consider
able quantities has been discovered in
that county, near Princeton Some par
ties have been quietly taking out for
some days and found that their labors
have realized about FIVE dollars per day.
The writer is firmly Of the opinion that
there is gold in that region.
A Kansas paper announces that the
directors Of the Kansas branch of the
Pacific Railroad have decided to put 240
miles more under immediate CONTRACT
Trains will run to Fort Riley in about
three weeks They began running to
Manhattan few days ago.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-03
Fire at Cairo.

CAIRO, August 3l.-Fire broke out at
4 an, in an unoccupied house, formerly
used as saloon, on Commercial avenue,
between Eighteenth and Nineteenth
streets, destroying II and three other
buildings. Supposed to be the work Of
an incendiary. Ld9ses as follows: John
Eaean's saloon, where the fire originated.
$500, insurance $500; Pat Fitzgerald $,
saloon and ball alley, not occupied,
$240O, insurance $1,000; Louis Dress
man, dwelling, $1,000, insurance $780,
Mrs. Callahan, dwelling, $1,000, no insu-
rance. Mrs. Callahan .osi her husband
by drowning near HumDJlt Tenn SIX
weeks ago, and the dwelling burnt was
all she owned.