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Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-03-23

CHEERFuLNEss. places IN his
lowest hell those who in life were mel
anchcly and repining without cause,
thus profaning and darkening Gods
blessed sunshine; and in some of the
ancient Christian systems of virtues and
vices, melancholy is unholy. Lord Ba-
con also makes one ofthe characteristics
of moral health and goodness to consist
in 'a constant quick sense of felicity and
a noble satisfaction" What moments,
hours, days OF exquisite felicity, must
Christ our Redeemer, have had, though
it has come to betoo customary to place
him before us only in the attitude OF
pain and sorrow. Why should ne De al
wavs crowned with thorns, bleeding
with wounds, weeping over the world
he was appointed to heal, to save, to
reconcile, with God? The radiant head
of Christ in Raphael's TRANSPORTATION
should rather be our ideal of him who
came ssto bind up the broken-hearted, to
preach the acceptable year ofthe Lord
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-03-23

The finest illustration of "begger on
horseback" that has turned up lately IS
furnished by Mississippi. That Sovereign
State" has appropriated sixty thous-
and dollars, to be expended In defending
Jefferson Davis, while thousands OF Its
inhabitants are in danger of starvation
for want of food. This is cool enough for
ice in July. Are those men demented, or
crazy? Is it possible that they cannot
see the provoking foolishness Of such
conduct? Still it is all in keeping with
the teachings of slave institutions. Poll
tics and self must be looked after If
thousands starve. Having looked for
whole life upon suffering blacks, it IS
easy now to ignore Suffering and stary-
ing whites.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-03-23

Slander is a towards revenge, dissim-
ulation his defence. ~
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-12-24

THEIR FRIENp.-The San Francisco
Chronicle, in q long article on house.
keeping, closes with the following para
graph, which contains more truth than
poetry:
A man whose wife does the work, has
no right to expect the luxuries he might
command at a first-clsss hotel, nor 10
require as many hot meals regularly
served, as if he were drawing upon the
resources of q restaurant. There are
many kind hearted, generous men, VINO
make drudges of their wives, through
nero thoughtlessness and ignorance ;
for women are patient creatures n
slow to complain. But the evil Is a
terrible one, and we wish some OF the
"women's rights" rcformers would
turn their attention to Il. Meantime,
we suggest that every married drudge
should manage to compel her husband
to do one days houscuork. This can be
done by being taken suddenly sick, or
by some other little feminine stratagem.
After Or. Grandturk has had one days
experience in cooking the breakfast and
washing up the things he will be-
come q wiser man and q more consider
ate husband.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-12-24


THE following are the opinions of
three prominent ladies on the subject Of
marriage:
"Marriage is to a woman o state of
slavery it takes from her her own
property, and makes her submissive in
all things to her husband. Lucy Stone.
Marriage is q state Of slavery? Aye,
but the bonds are silken and easily
worn. Marriage is the sancti6er Of love
An institution which acknowledged
the right of woman to be protected, and
the duty Of man to protect her. The
offices Of wife and mother are not those
of slaves. What higher destinies be-
meath the skies than to instruct the
infant mind in thoughts Of purity
What boiler mission than to soothc the
turbid torrent of mans passion by q
word-a look-a smile! Iii to woman
that this work is given. Woman, in
her vocation, may cheer the tired spirit,
may lend hope to the responding, may
whisper love to the lonely-while mon
may toll and traffic, and fuss and fret,
and grow savage. Who would exchange
places with him ?"-EHa Wentvorth.
az would by no means persuade you,
or any other woman, to prefer q single
life. 1t is not the primrose path
Nothing less than o spirit of meekness,
or self-renunciation and Of b%enevolence,
can make q woman who has once been
FIRST happy in O subordinate and second
best position. And this under ordinary
circumstances is the highest place Of
a single woman. Depend upon it my
dear young friends, it is safer for the
most of III to secure all the help to our
virtues that attend q favorable position;
besides married life is the destiny that
Heaven has allotted US, and therefore
best fitted to awaken all our powers, to
exercise all our virtues and call forth
our sympathies. Iwould persuade you.
that you may be the cause of happiness
to others, and of course happy ourself-
for when was the fountain dry when the
stream continued to flow? If q single
life, according to the worst view Of it,
is q moral desert, the faithful in their
passage through it are refreshed with
bread from Heaven and water from the
rock."-Miss Sedgwiek.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-12-24

LovE.-A lady being asked what love
wat like, replied in the following truth.
full, beautiful language:
"what is love like?" The love Of
the worlds votaries is like q butteriy's
wing. Richly painted with gorgeous
%colors, it entrances the eye and its love.
illness steals upon the heart, making all
but the outer covering to be forgotten
but grasp it with o firm hand and try
its beauty, and alas | the many colored
tints fade away.
"What is love like?" The love Of a
true hearted friend is like q star beam
ing in the sky, when no other light is
seen, and clouds thickly surround it.
II is like music that Gains the troubled
mind. The darker the day, the 6rmer
the friendship. The more agitated and
disturbed the heart, the more sweet and
soothing are the accents Of the loved
ones voice.
"what is love like?" Tho love Of q
Christian is like the purest diamond,
like the "unsullied dew-drop," like in
fancy smiles, like the fragrance of sweet
flowers and the rainbow's form. Il
sparkles brightest in adversely; 1t comes
forth pure from all trials; it is humble
and gentle under temptations, and 1t Is
supremely beautiful. When the spirit
bids adieu to earth and wings its way to
the fountain of all love, it then decks
itself in holiday attire, tunes anew its
golden harp, and with a form made new
and perfect, scars away to chant Q re
-Deum of intending praise and love.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-12-24

"PArrrNrs under q monument "a
motto for the medical profession.
WHY should Mrs. Weston DO jealous
Of her husqand? Because he is after a
certain big Bet.
How TO TAKE O census of the children
Of q n~eighborhood. Employ an organ
grinder Eve minutes.
IT is contrary to Hindoo etiquette for
o wife to address her husband in public.
But don't she talk to him in privatel
In Iceland the clergyman kisses the
congregation all around before preach.
ing. Now don't oil mako a rush for the
ministry.
TIE new gentlemens' caprice is a
walking stick with a sword inside, at
one end, and matches and candlestick
at the other.
TIE Ohio State Journal says: "The
people Of Ohio may be divided into two
classes : Those who have como from the
East and those who are just going
West, E4sfs
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-12-24
The pawnius Prosperity of tho south

The Dawnius Prosperity of the South
The Memphis, Tenn, ArGldnehe, gives
its readers q little advice, in a ton OF
calmness and moderation to which that
journal is little accustomed. The 4pa-
lanehe seems to appreciate the fact, that
besides political reconstruction the
South needs q thorough domestic reor-
ga~nization, which must begin by q divis-
ion of the vast unwieldly plantations into
small aud manageable farms. The
Avalanche says:
There is q voiceless eloquence in the
dust on the ruins Of our country that
calls us to think more profoundly and
act more wisely than we have ever done
heretofore during the existence Of the
Republic. In the destroyed homesteads
and deserted fields Of the South, there
can be found o wealth of competence,
health and happiness such as no other
avenue Of life furnishes. These helds
are already cleared, and are vastly more
fertile than they primarily wero, when
the pioneers Of this great agricultural
section cleared them Of the forest, n
evoked from their bosom the rich pro-
ducts for which our section is notable.
Now the land is idle and unemployed.
Stretches Of many miles Of untouched
lands are seen along our railroads
lines of rivers. The husbandmen have
wrecked their genius and exhausted
their patience in futile attempts at
working them after the most u~nscientinc
and unremunerative manner, and dis-
gusted with their failure, they have
abandoned their mines Of wealth and
contentmeut, and sought the cities, in
whose exciting whirl Of business cares
and gaming ventures, they ind them
selves quickly bankrupted in every re-
spect.
Thus it seems that our cities now con-
tain a greater number of merchants,
etc., Of every class, than they can sup
port, and it is with a view to abate TINS
evil, and recover our country to q pros
porous condition again, that we tender
the following advice. The large farms
of our country must be divided into
small and convenient tracts that can DO
easily cultivated. These must be given
to purchasers at low rates, and to ten
ants on any terms. The proprietors
can retain enough to make themselves
comfortable for life on the income and
increased value Of their improved neigh
borhood. The city will be benefited
oy the enlarged population, from whose
trads and presence we may expect 8
greatly improved condition in business
n trade. To this system for improv-
ing lands, the numerous beautiful in
land cities of the North largely owe
their growth and Importance. Every
community there is settled as thickly as
the vicinity can support, and the people
generally are not only laborious. but
usually contented, and succeed to com.
potency by a wise system Of economy
and well directed labor. That this
country can be blessed in the same
manner is indisputable, and in the arri-
cultural improvement Of our country is
our only safety and recovery. White
labor Is the resort which we must in
woke, and it is the duty Of our people to
secure and use il exclusively. To this
end emigration must be courted and
earnestly fostered.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-12-24

TIE local of the Tioga county (Pa.)
Aoitator recently atsaw some scandal
between m M. D. and q butchers wife,
and tells of it in the following style:
One quiet night in leafy June, when
bees and birds were all in tune, two low
ers walked beneath the moon. The
night was fair-so was the maid-thcy
walked and talked beneath the shade,
with none to harm or make afraid. Her
namo was Sue and his was Jim, and he
was fat and she was slim; he took to
her and she to- him. Says Jim to Sue,
by all the snakes that squirm among
the brush and brakes, like you bettr'n
| buckwheat cakes Says Sue to Jim
since you begunit, and been, and come,
and gone and done it, / like you next
to a new bunnit Says Jim to Sue, my
heart you've bursted, but l have al
ways gals m%istrusted Says Sue to
Jim, l will be true, if you love me as
love you, ono knife can cut u low,
into /" Says Jim to Sue, through thick
and thin, for your true lover count mt
in. III court no other gal again ! jim
leaned to Sue, Sue leaned to him, hi:
nose touched her jockey brim, four lip.
went-ahem | aheml And then, ant
then, and rHEsl Oh, gals, beware o
green young men, in June, and unde'
tho moon, when frogs and crickets arr
in tune, lest your names get into thu
papers soon l.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-12-24

IS~y$
OVERLAND DISPATCHES
Thn purchnsc of Cubn.

WASHINGTON, December 20.-From in
formation obtained from the State De-
partmont it appears that Minister Hale
has been for some time in negotiation
with the Spanish Government for the
purchase of Cuba, with fair prospects OF
success.
Victims of the Lntc Railroad Disaster.
BUFFALO, December 2O.-Funeral ser
vices of the unrecognized victims OF the
recent railroad disaster will be held on
Sunday. Anumber Of Traditional bodies
have been recognized.
European Steamships Liboied.
New YORK, December 22.-Libels
have been filed in the District Court
against the steamers Saxonia, Hibernia,
Siberia, Washington City, Baltimore
City, Nebraska and Britannia, Of the
European lines, for alleged violation Of
the Passenger Act in tho improper con-
struction of berths.
Land Slide and Loss Of Life.
New YORK, December GA bank
caved in SALISBURY, Vermont, on Thurs
| day, falling forty feet and burying q
| number of men. Three dead bodies had
| been recovered.
From Acknowledgement Of Seward, Etc.
MONTGOMERY, December ga dis
patch says some Freedmen's Bureau OIL
GERS, who had been trying to swindle
the negroes of Alabama, had been tarred
and vanished by the negroes.
An entire negro family had recently
been murdered in Baldwin county.
The Times Panama letter learns from
private advices from Carthagcna that
Seward had demanded in positive terms
that the persons engaged in the massa-
ere of the Confederate officers in the
streets of Carthagena, be punished.
Several military officers concerned had
voluntarily surrendered to the civil au.
thorities ard are now nominally prison.
ers. There is no doubt that the civil
and military authorities connived Mt the
massacre.
Quito correspondence says the ap'
preaching election for the Presidency is
now tho main topic. Doctor Epingas
seemed to be tho favorite candidate.
OTuCE VI VCuCEu oEus
MEMPHIS, December 22.-General Ord
has dispatched an officer of tho Freed.
mems Bureau to Washington to repre-
sent to the Government the starving
condition of the freedmen. In o large
number of counties there is IN absolute
necessity for some provision Of the Gov
eminent TO feed the armed freedmen te
prevent a war of races in such sections
where they are without food. Genera
Ord has also instructed c~ommandant'
of posts to request leading colored mer
to give general notice to all freedmen
who are able that they will be required
to earn their own living during thu
coming year, and that they must 60 Il
work on the best terms that q be pro
cured. Freedmen refusing to work fo'
a livelihood, when employment can b
procured, will be punished as Migrants
Sheriffs and police officers are requested
to cooperate in the enforcement of tn
order.
TOLEDO, December 22.-The Michigan
Southern Railroad elevator, with $1,000
bushels of wheat, raj burned last night
Loss, $4,000
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-12-24

AN Arkansas candidate for Congress
sets forth his qualifications for Office in
tho following manner: "Gentlcmcn, ii
/ am elected to this office, I will repre-.
sent my constituents as the sea repre-
sents the earth, or as tho night con,
trasts with the day. will unrivit hu.
nan society, clean all the parts and
screw it together again. l will cor
rect all abuse, purge out all corruption,
and 20 through the enemies of our party
like q rat through a new cheese" he
WINS elected.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-12-24

DEPENDING A HUsBASD.-Riding In
one of the street cars yesterday, says
the Call Of December IA, we observed q
young Irish girl seated in one corner o.
the vehicle, with a very extensive bruise
under the left eye, which she was en-
deavoring to hide from sight. An &C.
quaintance got into the car, and catch
ing q glimpse Of the b%ruise, opened con.
v~ersation regarding it, by saying:
"Ah, Mary, it's the beautiful bruiss
that ye have in yer eye. How did you
get itf"
"James gave il to me-"
ooh, murdher? It's meself thai
would not live wild a man who would lay
his hands on me, ave in the way Of
kindness. An only two weeks married
and a black eye already Oh, hone r.
"Ah, but ye should know that it was
done because he loved me SO dearly.
GA mighty queer way Of showing his
love, / should say. Come, now, tel
me all about it
"well, do ye mind, James and / was
sleeping so sweetly as the babes in the
woods, when l woke up and found that
il was time I was preparing the break
fast for him. So I SEE to him, 'Lie still,
James, and l will 500 get the break.
fast sNo, Mary SEE he, it's meseli
that will get up and light the FIRE. IT'S
the husbands duty to do that same.
gThat shows, James, that ye don't know
anything in the world, SEE l. 'lt's the
duty Of a wife to do everything for the
comfort of her husband that she can,
and I'd like to know if don't intend to
perform my duty towards yer Mary,
seq he, its the good of yer health to
let me light the FIRE. 'No, James, seq
I. But I say yis,' and l jumped out OF
the bed, when he SEE, Mary, will ye
come to bed and permit me to light the
frer NO. sez 1. Thin I'll attend to
ye,' and he jumped out of the bed and
struck me with all his might, and gave
me q beautiful beating. But the poor
fellow, he done it in kindness, and ]
cannot blaine him in the least. He's a
good hearted lad as ever breathed."
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-12-24

A New CURE.-Dr. Guthrie, of Edin-
burg has suggested a new punishment
for drunkenness. In a public speech he
recently alluded to tho custom in the
army of branding a desorter on the
shoulder with the letter 3D." and nd
vocated the branding Of %drunkards on
the forehead with the same letter. He
added that If he had the power hewould
"hand every man found upon the streets
of Edinburg drunk and incapable over
TO the barber-not to have his beard but
his poll shaved" The good doctor
evidently believes in the heroic treat.
ment.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-12-24

STEEL rails are growing in popularity
on our American railways. Several
roads now have them on their lines, and
it is now stated that the Boston and
Providence railway is laying them or
several parts Of its limo, and has adopted
the principle of laying steel rails as fas'
as the iron ones wear out and have te
be replaced. In one place, at Roxbury
whore steel rails have been in use up
wards of n year, one hundred and twenty
trains or locomotives pass over then
daily, and yet there is no p%erceptibl'
wearing dway. Iron rails had to be re
laid seventeen times o year ut the same
place.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-12-24

A WRITER in the Richmond Examine,
proposes 10 dispense with black labor.
"Now is the time" says he, "to strike
a hard blow for foreign immigration
Let the people drop the present labor,
and Immediately 60 in for the introduc.
.tion Of foreign" As to this, "foreign'
labor will have something to say. Con.
sidering tho Southern animus towards
labor, and the spirit manifested in these
particular instances Of every kind,
foreigners are not likely to visit, in large
numbers, Old Virginia's Shore"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-12-24

WILD CAr.-In San Francisco last
Friday, Henry F. Hutchings recovered
Judgment for $500 against John W.
Gashwiler, for selling a mine for him.
aGash," il we mistake not, is an old
washoeite.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-12-24
ooxrI1xrsrAaY.-Oharley Van Gorde

oo,xrLIx.srAay.-oharle Van Gorder
presented the News Office, this morning,
with q fne, large fat turkey, with his
compliments and the bully inscription
on q card attached, which read as fol-
lows ia Merry Christmasr' Many
thanks, Charley; and may the blessing
of health and prosperity greet you on
the recurrence Of Christmas in 1868.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-12-24
r

Tho angels sang in the silent night,
While tho shepherds watched, and the heavens
werc bright,
And the years like n river have flowed along,
Yet we arc singing the anscl'ssong,
Peace upon earth, and to men good will,
And glory 10 God we ore singing still.
They heraldcd in tho joyful morn,
When the Prince Of Peace as q chlldw was born,
And wc look back through the ages dim,
And come like tho shepherds to worship Him.
Savior, Redeemcr, and Priest and King,
Our hearts aro the gifts that 10 Thee we bring.
Fir tree and pine and the myrtle bough
Are woven in garlands to meet Thee now,
And the frosty sunshine of Christmas day
Is faircr to us than tho light Of Mayl
Oh Jesus ! Lord OF the worlds above,
Thine DO the glory, and ours the love.
So shall we welcome Thee, year by year.
So shalt Thou grow to our hearts moro dear,
So shall no faint Of tho worlds alloy
Shadow the light Of our Christmas Joy.
While Peace upon earth and to men good will,
And glory to God, we are singing still.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-12-24

A HARTFORD man, in the delirium tire.
mons, jumped from third-story win
dow the other day. When picked up
he remarked that his back fclt sore, I'D.
ding, eff / wasn't dead, l should think
ia oyer-worked myself"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-12-24

A Bosros naturalist says that the
strain produced by grasshoppers are OBJ.
tanned by playing on their wings like q
fiddle, with their hind legs used as the
bow. Different kinds of locusts play
differently, in time and tune.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-12-24
IA pnner To-NIorroM.
ga mERRy cHR1sTMAs.n

It is a generally conceded fact that
uChristmas comes but once q year,"
and as that particular period will, in
the regular course of events, come
around tomorrow, in pursuance Of the
old established and time honored GUS
tom, we wish our readers and everybody
else ga Merry Christmas" Cheerily
and from our heart we say this. 1t was
a glorious old custom of u worthy
ancestors, centuries ago, in England,
Germany and elsewhere, to unto on
that day in a universal observance of
the holiday of all holidays, cheering to
the hearts Of oil, from the bigh-born
lord down to the poorest peasant, and
it was q kindly thought to transport
that holiday to America, where we their
children may in that respect follow their
happy example.
In merry England, Christmas has al
ways been observed as both q festive
and religious holiday, commencing on
Christmas eve, and frequently continu.
ing the rcyels until Candlemas-Feb.
ruary ID. The noblemen held high
festival at their castles, and all theii
retainers and dependents joined in the
merry-making, and partook of the good
cheer so bountifully provided from vel
stocked larders and cellars. All wa:
hearty, home-bred mirth and gayety:
"On Christmas Eve the bell was runs;
On Christmas Eve the mass was sung;
That only night, in all the year,
Saw the stoled priest the chahee rear.
Then opened wide the baron's hall,
To yassal. tenant, serf, and all;
Power laid his rod Of rule aside,
And ceremony dotted his pride.
The heir, with roses In his shoes,
That night might village partner choose.
All hailed with uncontrolled delight
And general voice, the happy night
That to the cottage, as the crown,
Brought tidings OF salvaiion down.
England was merry England whom
Old Christmas brought his sports again
Twas Christmas broached the miShtiest ae
Twas Christmas told the merriest tale;
A Christmas gambol of would cheer
A poor mans heart through half the year.
The birth of our Savior is celebrated
tomorrow throughout Christendom
In this, all can and will unite on on
common basis, Protestant, Catholic
Humanitarian, all on An equalfooting on
with the other, for did he not die for u
all? and who among US shall say TO nj
neighbor: al I'm holier than thou
"He was my Savior and not yours
Let us rejoice together over the birth o
Jesus Of Nazareth, who died on Calvary
that we through him might receive ever
lasting life. Let US rejoice over tn
manifold blessings bestowed upon us b.
God u Father. Let US rejoice IN full
ness of joy that we are blessed wit
happy hearts, and in common with GU
fellow man can partake of the goo
cheer and pleasures of the occasion
Let us be glad that Christmas has come
"Let US eat drink and be merry" an
wish each other and all the world -
Merry Christmas"