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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1867-01-18


MAxIMs FOR THE DAY.-All things
are cheap which are purchased with 9TH
er's money.
Without bride justice is weak.
Policy is the mother of principle.
A lean conscience makes fat office.
Never spare the public money.
Illegal voting is the mother Ct good
luck.
Never sell your vote on credit.
Patriotism covers a multitude of sins.
One good turn Of office deserves anoth-
Too BAD.-An honest man bewailing
in piteous tones the untimely departure of
his wife, observed, IRIS pity she's dead,
for her teeth were all new only last week ]"
Why is young lady just from
boarding school like building committee !?
Because she is ready to receive proposals.
A young lady, whose father is i'm
proving the family mansion, insists upon
having beaa-window put in for her ben
eft.
The only pain that we can make light
OLA window-pane.
What is that which ties two persons
and only touches one? A wedding ring.
- What is higher and handsomsr when
the head is off? A pillow.
- Can man keep his feet dry when
he has creak in his boots
- No wrong will ever right itself.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1867-01-18
Portfolios, Backgammon b

DICTURE BOOKS, WALLETS. DIAR L,liSsI:
Il prices, TOY WAGONS. CRADLES hvh5I,
CATS, &c.,-and 1000 other things,-onssff mi
4s U. T. ""
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1867-01-18

- What is higher and handsomsr when
the head is off? A pillow.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1867-01-18

- What is that which ties two persons
and only touches one A wedding ring.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1867-01-18

DATENT MErICIsEs Of al Sin'-' "a
Il Choice assortment Of DpJrSHES, -
'i'' TTCLES, r.
too numerous 20 iAentiOni at -oHNs0S ~
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1867-01-18

- Can man keep his feet dry when
he has credk in his boots
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1867-01-18

FLOURi FLOUR FLOUR
AFth h@st quality, constantly hand and for sale by
" tho ,rrel. o., in less quantity. By r. HYDE
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1867-01-18

The only pain that we can make light
OLA window-pane.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1867-01-18

WINTER ARRANGEMENTS.
w ing Monday, Dec 8, 1860,
Splendid Sleeping Cars to and from Boston. I'm ,
Euriiugton &c ~ 4
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1867-01-18

Why is young lady just from
boarding school like building committee !?
Because she is ready to receive proposals.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-02-09

LOST 81 NOT TAKING a PAPER.
The Charlcstown (Va.) Free Press
says:
Some time ago, a gentleman in
Charleston was appointed auditor to
distribute the funds in the hands ofthe
administrators among the creditors.
Notice of the auditor was published.
1t so happened that few creditors
residing in certain portion of the
County, who had, collectively, claims
to the amount of 500 or $500, from
the neglect of taking u County paper,
never heard Of the audit until after
the report Of the auditor had been
confirmed by the court. They then
came into town to inquire about the
likelihood of securing their claims;
called upon an attorney, who exa-
mined into the matter, and informed
them that they had forever lost their
money, and, we presume, charged
them five dollars for the information!
All this resulted in being too penu-
rious to take paper
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-02-09

The PROPOSED NATIONAL CoNvEN-
TIoN.-The Washington correspond
ent of the New York Times saws that
the caucus Of the Democratic mem
bers OF Congress, held Wednesday
evening, took no action on the pro
prIety of calling national conven-
ton, but that the members are gene
rally opposed to such a convention.
Let the Democratic members Of
Congress possess their souls in pa
tlence. There is nothing they can
do half as effective as t.. permit the
radicals to run the length of their
rope. When they have declared their
policy, it will be time for the Demo-
cracy to act.
[BnDao IN II Courier.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-02-09

PARTISAN SPIRIT REBUKED. A
leading Washington journal admon-
ishes Congress that, however desira-
Die 1t may be to effect certain objects,
no party can afford to indulge in law
making which will not stand the test
Of experience. The efforts to cripple,
undul ly, the authority OF the Supreme
Court, and to impair the rightful
functions of the Executive, must re-
,oil Oh the heads of those who make
them. Few things are easier than
total from triumphant majority into
minority, and every abuse of Con
gressional legislation is O. challenge
TO the people to transfer power from
the hands Of those who WELD it in
an unworthy spirit.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-02-09

a Columbus (Miss;ssippO CORES
pondent says: eve have had the
finest weather for farming that was
ever known in this country The
river has been very low, but is now
rising, and will soon be in good boat
ing condition, which is much needed.
There is good deal of cotton yet to
go to market. The negro school
house here was burned, last Satur-
day night, through the neglect Of
the freedmen, or by accident it is
thought. The citizens have sub
scribed literally to build another,
which shows the feeling here towards
the negroes"
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-02-09

An exchange states that in Chicago
and Cincinnati, the dull season is the
very carnival of advertising. The
people are sharp enough to perceive
that advertising makes business brisk
and the man who does it most largely
and judiciously, knows the least
about ''dull times"
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-02-09

The New York Erening Post says:
1.-The tariff bill has gone to the
House. 1t is, as we have shown by
exact figures. one Of the most oppres-
slve and unequal revenue bills ever
devised. 1t lays exceedingly heavy
burdens upon the articles consumed
by the poor and the working-men,
and their wives and children, and ia
vors the rich in every way. We once
more warn members of the House of
Representatives not to vote for this
bill, unless they are sure that it will
be defeated. If it becomes q law,
and goes into operation, it will, as it
ought to, kill, politically. every man
who votes for it.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-02-09

THE PROSPECTS IN ARKANSAS. The
Camden (Ark.) Eugle says the town
is over-run with negroes. Th, fact
has drawn the attention Of the Red
and Arkansas River planters, and,
under a brisk competition, the rate
Of wages has materially advanced. In
fact, it is now so high that many fear
that the uplands cannot be profitably
cultivated. The planters of the river
bottoms may make a small margin of
profit. But the prospect is so dis
couraging that the number of acres
planted will be smaller this year than
ever before.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-02-09

The Commissioner rf Agriculture
makes final estimate of the corn
crops in 1866. The total is $50, ,0O0,-
900 bushels. In eleven States, not
hitherto reported, 1S5, 5,0h0,000 bu
shells, against PA, 900, 900 bushels in
1850; in twenty-five Northern States,
679, 100000 bushels instead Of 704,
100000 in 1865, showing n decrease
of 25, 600, 900 bushel while the de-
crease in quality is equivalent to
IS, 900, 900 bushels, making loss in
feeding value equivalent to 0O.0O0.-
900 bushels
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-02-09
The Guelphs

How Mrs. Victoria Guelph (as her
Britannia Majesty used to be very
irreverently styled in the columns
of the United HisAm,m) came by Aer
surname, may not be known to all
readers. From an old history of
Germany, loaned us by friend, we
extract the following legend in re-
gard to the origin of this dvnastic
title:
The family OF the Guclphs can be
traced so far back as the reign of
Charlcmange About the year 500,
there was 4 Count of Altorf, in Sua-
bia, whose descendants, according
to an old legend, obtained the name
of Guelph in the following manner:
Iscnbrand, his son and successor,
saw once an old woman who had
three children at birth, anl, think
ing this unnatural, he called her an
adulteresS The old woman in anger
at this insult, prayed Heaven that
Irmcn trant. wife of the Count, might
have as many children ut IA birth rs
there are months in the year Her
PRAYER was answered, and lrmcntraut
was delivered of twelve boys; but
fearing the severity of her husbands S
character, She commanded her ser
want to drown eleven of them. Whilst
the latter was proceeding to obey
her mistress orders, the Count met
her and asked her what was in the
basket she WAS carrying The girl,
frightened. answered that they were
gnrlphs (puppies) But the Count
not being satisfied with tho reply,
took off the cloth from the basket,
and judging that the children :-0Ie
his own, from their liveliness and
strength, be preserved their lives,
educated them secretly. and when
they We're grown up took them all
again to their mother. One OF the
twelve, CIunlph the First, was the
successor OF Ise'brand
UNION LEAGUES IN THE SoI~rH. -
These secret bodies, if We are TO be
lieve an editorial statement in the
New York Eoeai"y Post, are much
more generally and thoroughly or
ganized than is generally imagined.
That paper says:
There are now secret leagues of
Union men III every Southern State,
thoroughly organized; South Caro-
lima has more than hundred such
leagues of white and black Unionists;
i'll Alabama the league numbers over
$4,000 white Unionists alone, with
out counting the blacks, who, though
In separate lodges, arc in close COM
munion with the whites All over the
Southern States, in every city, town
and neighborhood, this league is or
ganized and has its lodges. This
powerful organization has prepared
the Union people to act together; it
needs only now that Congress shall
give them the opportunity to act,
and that they shall have the counte-
nance and help of the Republican
party of the Northern States.
The help must be given not. only
by Congress, but. when that has
prescribed the manner Of reconstruct
ton, the Republican party should
call and Il )ld mass conventions in all
the Southern States, and thus call
out the Unionists there, white and
black, complete their organization
by public show of their strength,
and give them the moral support Of
its presence and power We trust
this duty will not be neglected.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-02-09

The Dry GOODS TRADE IN New
loRk. "A New York correspondent of
the Philadelphia Ledger says:
l took a walk down among the grea.
dry goods establishments this morning
in Church, Chambers, Murray, War.
rem and Barclay streets, and found
them all repeating in chorus the old
story of dull times, nothing doing,
and unfavorable reports from the
interior. But few firms have thought
1t worth while to uncover their goods
as yet, and not more than four or
five can be got to acknowledge that
they are making money enough to
pay the salaries Of clerks and poy-
ters. ali agree, however, that no
matter what may be the turn In DO
litical affairs, a change for the better
must soon occur, as the country is
bare of goods, and rs all the SIGNS
indicate that, under the to.be
amended tariff, prices are more
likely to be higher than lower.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-02-09
REPORTED Plot TO AssAss1SArE

REPORTED PLOT TO AssASSISATE
NAPOLEON. The Paris correspond
ent of the London Sunday GuzeHe,
writing on the 18th January, says:
''It was said in town this evening
that the police have just discovered
plot for the assassination of the
Emperor, and that several arrests had
been affected. l nave had no time
to attempt verification of this re-
port, and, therefore, mention it with
due reserve. There certainly aye
parties in the State who are disaf1ect-
ed; the country fears an additional
conscription; the people in Paris are
crying ont against the enormous rise
IN bread; the legitimists are reported
to have received circular from
Frodsdorf, signed Henri, in which
the present degraded position Of
France is bewailed; and the Red
Republicans, Of course, still desire to
see the end Of all government. But
this is only .disatfection The Empe-
ror has received several newly made
projects, and, whilst receiving the
oaths of allegiance, told them to
noise 1T abroad IN their different de
partments that the fears entertained
by the people as regards the reorgan-
ization of the army were groundless,
and that he was ever ready to be
guided by public opinion. The En-
peror and Empress drove through
the turbulent quarter of st. Antoine,
where the people were clamoring for
al> / l.
Majesties were we'll received, though
Majesties in open calcche- -and-four
will not stop hungry stomachs.'
Gmignnn' informs us that on the
18th of January the Paris papers, not
having discovered any fresh topic of
interest to comment upon, came to
the conclusion to spare their readers
for one day, and appeared without
leading articles. This silence seems
to have been regarded as ominous.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-02-09

The internal revenue collections in
New York city. since 1862, foot up
a total of 500, 129, 643. SO. Last year,
the amount received was $35, 900. 600.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-02-09

About two dozen first class houses,
on Fifth Avenue, New York, are for
sale, at prices ranging from $50, 900
to 800, 900.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-02-09

The program 'Ac for private Is
and concerts i'll New York hig fe
are now printed Oh small fans, .x-
quisitely perfUmed.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-02-09

The Fenian leaders in New York
advertise for sale 1000 arms, princi-
paily muskets and Enfield rifles, ali
ready for instant use.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-02-09
COLUMBIA.
Saturday Morning, Feb. 8, 1867.
Appointments to Office.

Appointments to Office.
The Nashville Union says-too
truly for the country's good-that the
bulk of Offices are filled by incapable
men, and that this, more than any
thing else, is the cause Of the un-
numbered woes we are suffering.
Under the pernicious system of
partisan appointment, there can e
iittie doubt OF the truth OF the Cnion's
allegation, that merit and capacity
are almost excluded from the Offices
of profit and trust 1t is the grand
evil of our system, and pervadcs
every department of the public ser
vice, from the highest to the lowest
office The best men in the country
are out OF Office, and some OF the
worst in.
This is state OF things that impe-
rativcly calls for reform, and We are
glad to perceive that measure is
now before Congress which proposes
an entire alteration in the mode of
selecting officers for the civil service
of the General Government. 1t is u
bill from the special committee on
retYenchmcn. and reform, reported
.ty Mr.. Jencks, Of Rhode Island rhe
bill provides for the appointment of
a civil service examining board by
the President, who shall examine and
pass upon the qualifications Of every
appointec or applicant for an APP
pointmcnt under the Government,
and to throw the selection open TO
competitive examination as to fitness.
The certificate OF this board as to
mental. moral and physical qualitica-
Gion is to be made prerequisite to
appointment. Indeed, the board is
empowered with general supervision
over the civil officers appointable by
the President and heads of depart
nents. The plan suggested by the
committee is said to be based on tie
English system, and one that prevails
IN other Governments.
This would be an admirable plan,
but we think that one great error in
It's organization is, that the members
of the board are themselves appoint
able by the President, and as the
power of appointment involves that
OF removal, very few Of those whom
n President might nominate, no mat
ter how incompetent, would be re-
1ected. The plan is worth trying,
however, and if in honest hands, un-
influenced by partisan prejudices or
preferences, might work we'll Any
plan would be better than that mere
party fidelity (ls is the case at pre-
sent) should be the only qualification
required of an asprant to office.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-02-09

Col. c. &. lew. A report has been
in circulation for some time that Col
&. G. Tew, of the Hillshoro IN. c.
Military Academy, who it was sup
posed was killed vt Sharpsburg, has
turned up ut the Dry Tortugas a
prisoner for life, nnder an assumed
name. The GoldSboro Ne,rs says
1--WE have taken some pains to as
certain the facts relative to the incar-
ceration OF Colonel lew in the Dry
'Iortugas, and we are satisfied that he
is there, bat not known by that cog
nomen. lie is employed III the axe
department. We shall not relate other
circumstances connected with his in
carceration, satisfied as we are, that
steps will be taken to restore him to
his far,il.jy-''
The Wilmington Dispatch, referring
70 the matter, says:
eve have heretofore refrained
from giving publicity to this report
because convinced Of its utter falsity,
but, IS other papers have spread it
lar and wide, We reproduce it merely
to remark upon its improbabilitv.
l,1r Rose, Of Wilson County, was on
duty on the skirmish line ut Sharp,-
burg, and Col. Tcw, having gone ont
80 reconnoitre the enemy, had taken
q position behind tree within a few
feet of him. They We're convcrsing
together when o Minnie ball struck
Col. Few in the forehead and he fell
pack lifelcss, without uttering
sound. The enemy advancing in line
OF battle, the skirmishers fell back
and the body was never recovered.
subsequently, a prisoner from the
second regiment saw Col Tew's
sword in the hands of a Federal who
had taken it from his body"
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-02-09

NORFOLK OYsTEIs.-Wc are indebted to
our old fruiterer Mishaw, of Stall No. 60,
Now Market, for supply of these bivalves.
He will receive them regularly hereafter.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-12-11
Where is General Grant q?

Now that the testimony taken
by the Judiciary Committee has
been published, the Radical world
are able to see the slight basis
upon which they formed their con-
clusions that General Grant is
a thorough and uncompromising
Radical. They will not be salts
fed, they will not be pleased; it
will be q disappointment to them
to find that Graut, when he takes
his cigar from his mouth and for
gets horses, can think like a soldier
and talk like man.
General Grant said "there were
no governments there Gin the
South) when the war was over,
and I wanted to see some govern
mcnt established, and 1 wanted to
see it done quickly. This is the
explanation Of the whole enigma.
AS Il plain straightforward man,
General Grant saw that govern
ment for the South was necessary,
and he looked rather to the end
than the means. This is the prin-
ciplo that guides him in regard to
the nomination for the Presidency.
Grant can see clearly enough that
a nomination can be received upon
his personal merits and personal
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-12-11

for the dissemination of knowl-
edge, and tir the good of both
white and black. the taxes. on
newspapers must be reduced,
Newspaper men contribute more
in charity. and for benevolent pur-
poses, than any other class of men
ofequaI means. They work for
the, good Of the State, and the
whole country ); and, now that q
change can be made, they ask that
intelligence shall. no longer. be
taxed to excess, and that some of
that :liberality, may be extended to
them which they always extend
to, and advocate for, others. 80.
II 90 = - GChurleston Ne,rS.-
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-12-11
DEcIDEDLY.-We are much per-

DEcIDEDLY.-We are much per-
suaded that the following is just
so:
GA man is lucky who has gas,
A man is lucky who has brass
With gas and brass, and hackers too.
Asmart chap ought to wiggle through"
After reading the above, some
thing was said about what was to
become &C those who didn't have
hackers, when our devil, hearing,
as he supposed, an inquiry for a
substitute for the "weed," modest
ly suggested that they could
s'cAaau. .r0uzum-as he and many
other rebels did in war times"
There is a point in that remark of
our Gimp" even if it was not in
tended.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-12-11
- . From the Georgetown TimesJ
Ariel and the Rev. DR.. Girar-

We have read with some curl
osity and interest the pamphlet
styled "Ariel," which now seems
to be creating quite a sensation
even in literary circles. With its.
proixity, repetitions, and, ,sloyenlY
style, it is, in many respects,are-;
markable production. : While- we
arenot prepared AT aglanee a to,
answer the. arguments advanced.
BY him, to-show that the negro:
has no soul, we do confess that
the author Of this publication has.
raised in our mind grave doubts
on the subject. Our instin cts and
teachings-our soeiatiomanG con.
.neetion with them, from our ear.
liest infancy to mature manhood,
make us hesitate, and, in fact.
refuse to accept the. conclusions.
arrived at by Ariel, without being:
able-to give as satisfactory an an
swer'to his reasonings as wecoald.
desire, and we are deferred from;
the undertaking by. the most sig.
nal failure of the Rev.Dr. Girar-.
>deau, in his. effort to controyertthe:
points made by that, writers hen
we ead-which we did ;earefa aflFt
the Rev. Doctors sermon or
speech, we were in earn est hope
that he would supply US with ma
terials and arguments to, strength.
EN- and support our faith and our
belief, that. the negro is, and ever.
was, a amember Of the human fanH-:
]ly: But:in this we have been sad.
" disappointed. In, his discourse.
we find defamation without argu-
mont, assertion without proof, and
an apparent efort.to be. sensation.
al with his dusky brethren. With.
a. gen tlemen Of has supposed learn
ing lin Biblical. authority, and
chronological requirements, and see
= ing and reading the showing he
has made, we cannot but regret
that-he said anything at All. For.
in our opinion, :his1utter failure to.
answer the arguments of:Arie1, he,
has thereby strengthened.the
tions taken by>thatE writeF--posi5
tions, the most vital and command
ing; which we are satisfied can,
and Wilt.be satisfactorily, answer
ed, when the heel of:the,tyrant is
taken from cur necks, and liberty
-of.thoifght willsbe allowed tez- be,
expressed in liberty .of>speeeh.
With every disposition to enterin
the discussion Of this question, ad:
.vanciDg age admonishes US to be
cautious, and caution bought BY
dear. experience, admonishes ms
that even in an effort to overthrow
the conclusions of Ariel, express.
sions might'be used by us, which
might possibly result in louf habi=
tation in modern basthe. It
may be that, some Of these days,
we will write something more on
this subject, but whether it be
treason. or not, we do insist that
negro has a soul-and whether
that doctrine be eontroverted, dis
puted or denied in Boston, Cincin-
natl, Philadelphia or elsewhere,
we still maintain it, despite Of DR..
.Girardeau's failure to establish the
fact. ~. ,..-