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SPICED VINEGAR.-Here is a New
Orleans story, told by one who saw the
parties at the table:

SPICED VINEGAR.-Herei is New
Orleans story, told by one who saw the
parties at the table:
Last summer, while residing in New
Orleans, a youth, who stood five feet
lngs, and who hailed from somewhere
up the Wabash, was invited by a friend
to dine at the same house where / was
boarding. This was the Holsters first
visit away from home, and he told his
friend, who was in the produce business,
rand had purchased his cargo of corn, as
they took their seats at the table, that
he expected he would show him all the
sights in town, as he wanted to let all
the folks at .'hum" know about it.
The servant brought a plate of soup;
and observing Il gentleman nearly op-
posite put considerable eatsup in his
dish, our Hoosier pointed TO a bottle of
peppersauce, and asked his neighbor
what it was.
"Spiced vinegar" was the reply.
wall, 'spose yer 'bIige q Teller by
handin't along.o
sGertainly,o was the answer.
The Hooser took the bottle, and COM
mepced dosing it into his soup; but as
the sauce did not flow freely, he took
Out the CORK, ut the same time ODSerV-
ing to his friend:
Kinder close folks yer stoppin' with,
to put such.a plaguy little hole in that,
to prevent feler's takin much of the
stuff, | spose it comes high don't it?''
During the time ne poured nearly
wine-glass full into his soup; and taking
his spoon, he dipped it full, together
With several peppers, and put it into
his mouth. The next moment he spur
ted the contents Of his spoon across the
table, into a French. gentleman bosom,
and baWled out:
''Water! water! Snakes and Wild
cats, give me some water! Pm all
a-fire!'
"By gar, sairv exclaimed the French
man, in rage, jumping up from the
table, ssyou have spoiled my shirt, my
vest, sair. Spoiieverything, sair! Spoil
ed my shirt, my vest, sair. Spoil eve
fything, saif! BY gar, shall see about
this s;,ir!"
In the meantime, the Hooser had
seized Il pitcher, containing water, and
taken a tremendous draught. Setting
down the pitcher. he eyed the French
man for a moment, and then yelled:
'sGontound your old shirt! oppose !
was gon' to burn my in'arls out for
yea or yer shirt?-Ner mean eusss, Come
down to the boat, and III give you one
OF mine.
It was with much difficulty the Eoos-
ier's friend could allay the Frenchman's
rage, and set matters all straight again.
But ever after 'sspictd vinegar'' was a
by-word, and sufficient to set a whole
table in Il roar.
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NOTES BY THE WAYSIDE.
New MARKET. Va,
February Is, 1867.

jfqssrs. Editors: In compliance with
my promise, made you before leaving
i3erkeiny. I have takena - few notes By
The wavsiCe,n for the purpose OF giving
iAen to your readers for what they may
If worth, trusting that = few hastily
-etsfen items may be af soalc interest
% them-at least those whoare acquaint
u IN many portions Of this Beautiful
md productive Valley Of ours, justly
styled by an Ex-Governor of the Conn
monwealth, the marrow of the back
bone of the State.'
In ride of seventy miles one has
occasion to notice much that is interest
ing in this section, every part OF which
Aas been rendered historic by the deeds
Of heroic bands, led by those whose
names will go down to posterity as brave
men of skill and genius-men WhoWere
not afraid to die for what they consci-
antiously believed to be the discharge OF
honest duty.
s'Great deeds will hallow song,"
IN spite of those who may seek to ira
duce the living, and villify the dead.
OLD WINCHESTER,
Jhe greatest sufferer OF any town in the
valley, if not in the State, is slowly re-
covering from the effects Of almost total
ruin, and will, before the lapse of many
Years, be entirely recovered from its
former desolation. | think this people
nave done nobly so far, and deserve
great credit for their enterprise and IN
dustry in rebuilding and replacing that
#hieh was so ruthlessly destroyed ny
i've Armies. noticed much fencing re,
r.iiit ii the vicinity OF the town, and
ryshing indicated Il determination OF
spirit and energy, well worthy that oi
oy-gone years OF business prosperity.
NEWTcWN AND MIDDIlErOWN
as vet remain pretty much the same as
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For the New Era"
THE GRAVE OF JACKSON.

THE GRAVE OF JACkSON.
he cared not for glory, he asked not for fame,
Undying devotion has won him name,
He prayed with the prayerful, ard fought with
the brave,
And bright are the laures entwned round his
grave.
Mid the scenes of his triumph, his grave is
now green,
Meath the blue vault of Heaven, all calm and
serene;
And the tear of affection is lavshy shed
Ger the sleeper, now nun bered with those OF
the dead.
D! soft be the zephyrs that breathe DER the
tomb,
And sweet be the flowers that over it bloom,
FOR sacred the ashes, that lie meath the sod,
Whose spirit has wended its fight to its God.
o. sad was the hour, when Death stern and
bold,
1aid fow our loved jackson, all icy and cold,
He shrank not, for we'll was he ready to go,
And the Nation bowed down, wailing loud
strains Of woe.
The sod Of his native State rests DER his head,
His dust mngles with the dust OF her brave
dead;
She asks for no dearer gift than tor her braves
70 slumber upon sher lap deck'd with their
graves
.,..:aa ,,.,,onoa tho sn.t whore our hero now
sleeps,
over which the soft evening wind moanlngly
sweeps.
And the bright stars of Heaven. which light
up the night,
Keep watch DER the sleeper, with glimmerings
BRIGHT.
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Hope Is q pleasant companion, but an
unsafe guide.
When the counsellor grows ru the
counsel will be polished.
Why is blush Ikea little girl? Be-
cause it becomes ayWoman.
A girl is always "sum" when she
causes a fellow to "sigh for" her.
Was Eve of high Or low church: Adj
am thought Her Ere-opgelical..
Tea kettles are decidedly Yankee in
Hself4 lv-theg sing through their noses.
Why is an interesting book like a to-
ner's nose? Because it is red to the
very end.
It is we'll enough that men should be
killed by love. Men born of woman
should die of woman.
There is nothing in a name. One of
the greatest ''cusses" we ever knew was
named Blessing.
Why is cricket on the hearth like a
soldier in battle? Because he often adj
vances under a brisk fire.
When you have spoken the word, it
reigns over you; but while it is not yet
spoken, you reign over it.
A boy having heard of sailors heav-
ing up ancheres, wanted to know if it
was sea sickness that made them do it.
No proofof temperance-a man with
his hat off at midnight explaining to a
lamp post the principles of his party.
One editor in Georgia asks another if
he can bite the bottom of a frying pan
out without shutting his nose.
Gardeners mind their peas, billiard
lists their cues, but church wardens, in
stead of minding their fps" and "q's,n
very often give all their attention to
their pews and keys.
A Wanting demoiselle Of North Caro-
lima boasts Of having received from her
young cavalier, letter 80 feet-long.
Think of it, ladies-loa yards Of poetry,
adjectives, &c.
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WITNEss.-This here TELLER broke our
winder with u later, and hit Isabeller
on the elber as she was playing on the
pianner.
MAGIsTRATE.-The conduct of the
prisona', and his general characta,' rem
da' il propa' that he should no longa' be
a memba' of societa'.
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II you had gone half crazy at not hav-
ing won your sweetheart as a wife, re.
member you might have gone the 9TH
er half if you. had succeeded.
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"Before love comes in at the door, it
would be well for to him to peep thro'
the keyhole. He might see something
that would prevent him from entering.
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Our gifted, and generous young friend.
J. p. Stump, will please accept many
thanks for a bright bladed and neatly
encased "Ink Eraser" with which he
has recently presented us. All persons
who have much writing to do, especial
ly for the Press, where plainness of
chirography, and haste in its execution,
are demanded, will appreciate the con-
venience and utility OF such all instru-
ment. May Polk's life scroll contain
no record he would ever wish to erase.
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a new session has commenced at the
sylvan Seminary, ",Seielsee HUI and
we learn, with an increase of pupils.
"I4ong may it wave!"
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In accordance with public notice, pre-
viously given, a meeting of the voters
of this township was held to-day for the
purpose of taking the .'vote of the town
ship in regard to building Township
Hall, and levying a tax for that pur-
pose" Owing to several causes the OPP
position to the immediate erection of
such hall under the same roof as the,
Free School House, was very strong,
and by nearly unanimous vote it was
determined not to do SO at the present
time:
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Our near neighbor, the thew DOCTOR"
G. w. Grantham, is about establishing
his headquarters in the saddle" May
proper portion of patients prove a pre-
ventive of improper impatience.
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"The day is dark and sad and dreary,"
and such record might truthfully be
mode Of its immediate predecessors.
May the sun be Shining" soon this side
of "the cloud"
Gerardstown Feb. 18th, 1867
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Do you like ssMince PiesM 70 that
question we respond i'll a most emphat-
ic atfirmative. Our fondness for them is
evidently well-knoWn unto conside-
rate relative who remembered US at her
last baking and demonstrated her re-
membrance by a kind present of a pair
Of pies. Although catering for the arg-
est family in the neighhorhood, whose
acquisition Of mental aIiment seems to
stimulate rather than to diminish their
inte9estin the seominissary department.
she yet has "enough to spara.n We
hope that she will reeollect that tone
good turn deserves another" and often
thus pie-us-ly incline. May her life's
fare be ever as we'll seasoned and as pal
table as her late Gift to us and her house.
hold arrangements never be knocked
into pi.
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HUMOROUS ITEMS.

Hope is a pleasant companion, but an
unsafe guide.
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Ornamenting window fronting on
Valley Street in this village stands Il
stately and graceful member Of the for
al court-a sweetly scented and emeraI-
ed robed Rose Geranium. It's unusual
size and attractive appearance render it
an object Of attention and remark.
Measuring 81 inches in height and flied
from fragrant base to perftnad crest
with bright green and odoriferous BRAN
ches it challenges comparison and at
tests The care neeessaryto its present de-
veiopment. Can any of the fair readers
OF the Ere who are engaged in the cul-
tivation Of Pelargoniums boast of finer
specimen OF that beautiful tribe than
the one Of which I write: That this
popular plant is "useful as well us orna-
mental" is shown by the following rec
ipe: "Leaves Of Geranium are an excel
lent application for cuts, where the skin
has been rubbed off, and wounds of that
kind. One or two leaves must be hruis-
ed and applied to the part and the wound
will cicatrize in short time"
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The ssbig guns,' and the smaller ones
also, continue to go off weekly at the
"Gerardstown Lyceum,o the sessions Of
which are entertaining and instructive.
The firing often extends along the entire
line and the intellectual engagements
are generally sharp and decisive. An
election OF officers held at the last meet
ing resulted i'll the selection of the fol-
lowing gentlemen. President, L. p.
Campbell; Vice President, A. ]. Bowers;
Secretary, J. B. Morgan; Treasurer,
Jno. z. MckoWn; Essayist, for next
regular meeting, Prof. j. S. Greenlee.
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JOHN 5. c HOGAN a {
FoR GOVERNOR.
ETHERIDGE
nrn PL.ATFORm.

LOYALTY to the Union Of the STATES
FIDELITY 20 the Constitution in its true
extent and meaning Obedience to anC
maintenance Of all laws, State and Ma
tional, constitutionally enacted.
RESISTANCE to Tyranny, UsurpRtior
and Oppression, Of q man or many
and to all encroachments upon the rights
of freemen or Of States, or upon the just
and constitutional prerogatives Of any
Department Of the State OF National
Governments.
RESTORATION of d~isfrsnchised citizens
10 all rights and privileges Of which they
have been disseized.
PERPETUAL ASSURANCE to the colored
race Of all the rights of ~freeu1en.
No REPUTATION by State or Nation
Of any honest debt.
No ESTABLISHMENT Of Military Des-
poti.ms, no e%nthroning Of martial law,
no suspension Of the writ Of Habess
Corpus, no staying Of citizens by Mill
tary Commissions, no }sttres de c0chet,
in time Of peace.
STRICT sUBORDINATION OF the Military
to the Civil Power.
No STANDING ARMIES Of States in time
Of peace.
APPROVAL of the efforts Of the PreA-
dent 10 prevent the humiliation Of civil
liberty by the revolutionizing Of the
Government, and to restore the Union Of
the States; and Of all that he has done
TO defend the Constitution and to main
tain the rightful supremacy Of the civil
law and charity and allowance for
what he has left undoue or done ,amiss.
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MARKETS..

ST. LOUIS, April 23.-Tobaeeo is IN.
changed. Cotton declined to 32e. Flour
inactive-superfine, S10912; extra, S12 SO
OH 70; double extra, Sl49l6 T5. Wheat
high grades dull and dropping; low
grades firm fall, 50 60@3 IS; choice,
50 S0@3 80. Corn firm, 81 OSGf13. Oats
easier, 75@S0c. Rye dull, 81 5a0I IS.
Provisions dull, Lard quiet. Whisky
very dGl, 81 %, free.
CINCINNATI, April 23.-Fiour, firm
and unchanged trade brands, S13 50GI6.
Wheat, nOminally unchanged No. 2.
winter, 50 Is. Corn, in good demand /;
mixed, S8G90e. Oats, dull at 6AGe5c.
Rye, 81 20. Cotton, dull at &c. Whisky,
dull at &c. FORK, so 50; bulk shout.
ders, Sc sides, lGc. Bacon, quiet and
unchanged at 99l21e. Lei, lac.
LOUISVILLE, April 81 paeco, sales
Of 225 hhds at 8 5QG& - superlne
flour, Sl0@ll. Whsst Nominal. Germ,
81 05 for shelled, including sacks; ear,
S5980e IN bulk. Oats in bulk, Use.
Cotton is dull at CSC. Mess pork, SD.
Prime lard ia ~tierces, l2fc. Bacon,
shoulders, ole; clear sides, l24@l2lc.
Whisky, 50 %.
New YORK, April 28.-Cotton I'M
changed sales 1900 bales uplands, f5c.
Flour 59l0c lover sgpe IGne, SIWG
10 G5. Whisky unchanged. Wheat,
common grades nOminally lower Others
steady. Rye, 81 50. Corn active and
excited mixed western in store, 81 $50
l IS. Oats, western, 1@76e. Rice
steady, 10}@11c. Sugar, Cuba, IOG12c /;
Porto Rico, ll3c. Coffee, nominally I'M
changed. Molasses firm Cuba, 5O956c.
Pork unsettled, SD S74 for new mess.
Money easy, 496 per cent. Gail, Etef-
ling quiet, 9aai. colo, 1881.
NEW URLEANs, April 23.-CottoD
easier, sales, 2S59-low middllBg, 22I.
Receipts for four days, 4440, against 4847
for the sane time last week. Exports
for the same time, 1869 bales. Sugar
and molasses, nc sales. Flour duiI-su-
perfine, S13 25. Corn scarce and Sc
higher-wbite 81 40. Oats in small de-
mand, soc. Pork dull, So 25G& 81;
bacon ghoaldees, We ribbed sides, lie;
clear sides, l23. Lard firm and I'M
changed. Whisky unchanged. Gold.
8Sf. Sterling, 4S1@50l. New York
sight, ; premium.
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Nhs, Lorsl.r means an Tennessee.

4 squad of about fifteen radicals me-
T" in 8 hollow tree" near Fayetteville
Lincoln county, Tenn, 70 dominate
candidate for the legislatlre. Among
other proceedings, says the Lincoln
County NeiDsg
The meeting recommended Jas. Null
Inns for congress, and instructed their del
egates to vote for his nomination in the
SheIbyville convention. The clsims OF
our dphat phriend" Tom Roane and
other aspirsnts were spnrned by the
meeting with contempt. 1t was objected
10 Muliins tnaf he pnee made a speech
"a raise 6 Confederate Gwsr com
pany." Pshaw,n said hicks the
I" brains" of the radical party in Lin
coin county, {" that oughn't to weight
agin Mullins, for didn't I raise and drill
q Confederate war company in 1851,
and / reckon nobody viii dispute my
loydity, my qualification % R0id Office,
OF NV arilinq9eSs to take the iron ciddsst
cath they can make.n After these a
fysahfuk and eloquent remarks, all Oppo-
sition to the resolutions i~nstructing their
delegates to vote for the nomination of
Mullins subsidized, simmered down, and
ipcoptinently died out.
a motion was made by some one in
the meeting to admit eoLored delegates
to the convention, but was opposed by
all except Bloom, who thought the time
had evidently come when the black man
should be "tinked shust so Wooch Of
ash mein yater's sohn.'
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-04-24
LABOR.

The sooner the people Of the South
who own lands prepare to dispense with
negro labour, the better. HENRY VIZ
SON and other peripatetic zealots are
preparing to stump the South, from
the Potomac TO the Rio Grande; the ne
groes are every where TO be registered
and harrangued; thozsA1ds Of csndi-
dates for seats in the Reconstruction
Conventions are to ply them with argu-
ments, appeals to their nonsense, and
money and whiskey, for their votes
three other votings are 70 take place; the
New York Tribune declares It necessary
to raise half a million dollars, to carry
on a vigorous campaign in the South,
and give the Republican party here
speakers, newspapers, labour, money,
organization. The negroes are to be-
cone, as labourers, perfectly worthless.
We do not propose now to suggest in
what Coolie labor can be OBJ
tanned but only to say that our land
owners ought 10 combine together in
some way, AID devise means to bring at
least half a million Coolies into the
Southern Provinces. Make It profitable
for Northern capitalists and ship-owners
to engage in the business, and they will
do *. perhaps a portion Of each mans
land, where lee itz- more Than he needs,
might be used to advantage IL obtaining
the iaboIE.
1t is certain thSt these industrious and
patient labourers can be hsd. 10000 of
them are employed on the Central Pacific
railroad Negroes, in some vieinities.
are already demanding $40 a month.
The Coolie viii work for less than half
that, and it costs much less 70 feed him.
Diminish the demand for negro Ia.
bour, and it becomes the slave Of capital
Import half a million Of Coolies. and
every fertile acre Of our aIluyisl lands Is
worth twice or three times what il is To-
day. Then the negro must work, Il he
can get UorL, or stsrve, instead Of hang
ing round towns, attending political
meetings, and becoming a general nui-
The Northern states would be
blessed with the presence Of enough Of
Them, stimulated to move thither by low
In the South, to make them sick
IF the negro, and convert every Irish
abourer 10 Democracy. Ehe Coolies
imported will Of course, under the Con-
titutional amendment, be counted in
determining the representation In Con-
,ress OF the re-constructed States. Every
me of them should he caused, immedi.
.tely upon his advent, to make his de-
laration Of Intention to become a citi- I
and it win be a new thing in the s
if their employers csnnot contro- )
heir votes. If we are DISTINGUISHED, sew. !
raj hundred thousand young men annul
lIv coming Of age are not so; and these !
nd the Coolies viii Don reyolutionize :
he South and restore to it political I
over. The negro vote viii for a short {
ime sustain Radicalism; but it will Z
con be divided. The division is already :
OmEsacing' a
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ten, and the employers, it Is said, are
equally resolved not 10 submit to the
practice under the law. Hence we NAV
expect a conflict between capital and
labor, in which labor appears to be sus-
tanned by law. This is considered By oh
serving minds here, as the beginning Of
the peculiar trouble to which northern
society is hereafter to be exposed. An
avengiug Nemesis win doubtless make
the north experience in lis own person,
the wrong il has inflicted on the unfor-
tunate south. The will Of the gods
move slowly but surely.
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THE PAsr: THE GREAT TEACHER.
REVENUE.


In regard to that most difficult and
delicate Of all subjects in a popular gov
eminent, the raising Of revenue, Con-
gress was left free to adopt either or both
OF two modes: that Of levying duties on
imports, and that of direct tax. In the
latter case, by way of compensation for
the excess Of political power give to the
slsveholding States, by counting three
ffths Of the slaves as 50 much OF thepop-
u~istion, in determining the number of
their representative in Congress, it was
provided that the tax should be levied in
proportion to the representation Of each
State in the lower House of Congress
and it was left to Congress, not only to
prescribe the articles to be taxed, but
also to regulate and provide for the col
lection Of the taxes.
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To TgE PATRONS OF THE APPEAL

To TIE VI
In consequence OF Judicial proceedings, had In
respect 10 the interests OF different parties in
the APPEAL the paper, the printing estao-
ushment and the good will Of the paper have
been sold, and the undersigned have become
the purchasers
Every possible exertion viii be made to render
the AFrEAL more acceptable to its feaders
aud more desirable as a medium OF adver-
Using Much more space viii be devoted tc
reading matter, and a special column be ap-
propriated weekly to Masonic information.
The undersigned hope, by close attention to the
affairs or the paper and Office, to give IT
ain equal to those OF any other journal Of
che city TO the support and confidence OF the
community.
JOHN s. &. HOGAN q co.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-04-24

We congratulate JAMES B. BINGHAM,
whoever he may be-, on his good for.
tune. He has been thought worthy by
that aviary of obscene birds, the Senate,
TO be rejected, when nominated as a re-
spectacle gentleman and honest man foI
the Office Of Marshal Of the District Of
West Tennessee. How long does AN
DREW JOHNSON mean to submit to the
mean malignity of s disreputable Jaco-
bin Club that pretends to be a Senste a
the United States?
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rs a guarantee foT his good hiih and re-
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We cannot, as rule, undertake to return sru-
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