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Religious Miscellany.

The rich and poor together; the Lord
is the maker of them all. Who believes
the latter clause? Some people think
'''poor people" grow. In praying we say,
"Our Father" &c.
The borrower is servant to the lender.
PROP. G1iii Z.
Seest thou a man diligent in his bust
ness; he shall stand before kings, he shall
not stand before mean men.
Prayer to Ged is as important to every
individual as the salvation of his soul.
Hear this: Treasures obtained by fraud
and falsehood conduct their owner down
to peIdition and forsake him.
We need mercy at the hand of God bat
we shall not obtain it unless we show
pity to our fellow men, for with the mer-
ciiul, God will show Himself merciful.
Listen to this, reader: The getting OF
treasure by lying tongue is vanity
tossed to and fro of them that seek
death.-Proy aci 6.
Whose stoppeth his ears at the cry of
the poor, he also shall cry himself, but
shall not be heard.
IF your business men would pray ear
nestly and faithfully about their affairs,
they would find themselves more success
ful, more happy, and possessed of peace
surprising description. Try it.
The world is full of trials, and annoy
ances will be to the end. But better
world is coming, where there will be no
more trials, no more sin forever. If we
would obtain an inheritancsin that world,
we :must learn to bear meekly and pa
tiently the trials of this. That inheri-
tance is promised only to the overcomer.
Let us,then, try to.pray, and keep trying
and praying that God will help US to
overcome.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1867-01-15
WO0DSFIELD MONROE COUNTY OHIO JANUARY Is, 1867 .
Determined to Die.

In the little town of Dover, which Is
situated on the Cumberland River, in
Middle Tennessee, there lived some years
ago, an eccentric and intemperate old
bachelor, by the name of Kingston. On
one occasion, when prostrated on his bed
By excess, and suffering acutely from
those stings and hsrrors peculiar to his
situation, be sent for one of his old boon
companions to come and visit him. Shy
rack, for that was the other name came
duly to Kingston's room.
"What's the matter, Kiugston?'
"Shyrack. shut the door"
eyes, my dear fellow" "q
'.Lock it."
"Eh?"
"Lock the door,"
"Certainly, my dear fellow"
"Shyrack, I'm going to kill myself"
any dear fellow, let me entreat you
not to do it.'
81 will"
"No, mol Oblige nae and don't"
"Must do it."
"Don't; it'll be the death of you.'
Shyrack was quite cool and jocose, lit.
tie dreaming that SO terrible an event was
actually going to take place.
Kingston had, as the last eccentric act
of his life, taken chisel and mallet to
bed with him; and now, with desperate
resolve. he seized the extraordinary tools
of death, and in an instant drove the
blade of the chisel into his breast.
The hair rose upon Shyrack's head and
fright spread like sheet of snow over
his face.
"Kingstonl Kingstonl my dear fellow
you id rascal, Kingstonl do you
want to have me hung2. Hold don't die
till call somebody
Shyrack ran to the door and called like
madman to some people across the
street.
"HalIol 'herel say, you misterl all you
stupid people, make haste over here or
there will be murder!''
The people crowded into Kingston's
house.
''Don't die, Kingstonl Don't chlsel
that way. Don't die till you tell them
who did it."
81 did it myself" Kingston articula-
ted.
9TH ere, that'll do; now, ny dear fell
low, you may die, replied Shyrack, TAX
q ! ong breath and wiping the perspira.
tion from his face.
And Kingston did die in that extraor.
dinary way, as suicide thai was almost
a murder.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1867-01-15

THE MYSTERIES OF A HAUNTED HOUSE.
"A gentleman in St. Louis, who deter
mined to test the matter relative to the
haunted house in that city, after detailing
the noises made, gives the following as
the result of his Investigations. He says:
TT now flashed upon me that the rustling
sounds and heavy blows,apparently upon
the floor, proceeded from the horses in
an adjoining stable. laughed again
The silk skirts were simply wisps Of hay
which the quadrupeds were eating and
tossing about; aad the groans and sighs
we're simply the coughs and snorts of the
same creatures One mystery remained
unsolved-the rattling Of the door. On
examining the door,I found that the rats
had gnawed semicircular hole at the
bottom; over this hole piece of tin had
been nailed, and the rattling at the door
was caused by the attempts of large
rat to gain ingress into the room"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1867-01-15

nA- The report of the Surgeon-general
shows that faithful army surgeon is
oftentimes exposed in battle to all the
dangers which belong to the so-called
"combatant officers" In all, three hun
dred and thirty-six surgeons died during
the war, Of these twenty nine were
killed in battle, ten died from wounds,
twelve were accidently killed, four died
in rebel prisons, eight Of yellow fever,
three of cholera, and two hundred and
seventy one died of other diseases. OF
actual casualties in battle there we're six.
.ty four, of whom thirty-nine died. 's
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''Will he sell me2''

s9 The past summer, as lady, nod
estly attired, was on her way to New
York, on board of one of the Hudson
River boats,she sat quietly reading in the
ladies' cabin, when fashionably dressed
dame. mistaking her for servant, rather
rudely accosted her with:
"Do you know this cabin is for the la
dies?"
Certainly, 1 do" was the answer
'and l have been wondering why you
were here"
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Friendship.

How often We speak of friends as
though they might be found on every
hand; aud yet how little real friendship
We find in this busy world! A true
friend is one who will cling to you in ad-
versity, sympathize with you in sorrow,
and rejoice with you in prosperity. He
is being who feels, who thinks, who
acts from the purest motives. Friend
ship is one Of the noblest feeiings-one
of the grandest privileges of humanity;
it can only be found in connection with
the noblest souls. of merit and virtue
united. In fact to possess true friends.
you need the most complete and incest
power of discrimination in selecting
them, natural gift to cherish them, with
the most unselfshness.
Young ladies, young men, and all, be
generous; be kind to those around you,es-
pecially to those who are the least at
tractiye, and who are often the least no.
ticed. Try to merit the real name of
friend; it will Eli you with deeper JOY
than you have ever experienced: it will
cause you to be beloved and esteemed BY
all around you. Practice self-denial, and
you will feel its ennobling influence; il
brings the happy consciousness of Civ
| ing pleasure to others, which is Of itsel
ample remuneration for all the inconve.
nience you could have suffered by SO do
ing.
| Life indeed is sad and drear,
When friendships voice We never hear;
On rank and wealth what joys attends
They ne'er can buy a faithful friend.
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was He Bankrupt.

A bankrupt merchant returned to his
home one night, and said to his wife:
"My dear | am ruined; everything We
own is in the hands of the sheriff.
After a moments calmness his noble
wife looked him in the face and said:
aWill the sheriff sell you2'
"No."
"Will he sell me?''
mo, no"
"Then don't say we have lost every
thing. All that is most profitable to us
manhood, womanb ood, childhood. We
have but lost the result of our industry
and skill. We can soon make another
fortune, if our hearts and hands are lef,
US"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1867-01-15

sA-A French court has decided that
when railroad fails to transport passen-
gers to given point in given time, by
the breaking down of an engine or any
other accident, the company is bound to
pay the expenses of passengers who may
adopt other means to reach their destina-
ton.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1867-01-15

sgA meerschaum pipe was sold in
Chicago the other day for one hundred
dollars, and the purchaser resold it fol
one hundred and twenty-five dollars
This pipe is said to be historical, and thai
its first appearance in public was at ths
coronation of Philip H., of Spain, about
three hundred years ago.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1867-01-15

WITNESS. This here feller broke our
winder with a tater, and hit 1sabeller on
the elber as she was playing on the pi-
amer.
MAaIsTRATE.-The conduct of the pris-
ona', and his general characta', renda' it
propa' that he should no Tonga be a
memba' of sociata'.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1867-01-15

Two men in Davenport, Iowa, claim
one woman as their own lawful wife
They have gone to law about it, and the
Judge is puzzled. The woman says she
don't care which man she has SO she gets
one.
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David S. Patton's Estate.

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
was, on the 18th day of October, 1866, aP-
pointed Administrater Of the estate Of David
Patton, deceased. w. r. FORD.
nes27w3. -
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sGA scribblsr says life is too short to
drink poor whisky or make love to ugly
women.
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4oftrg
[From the Cincinnati Enquirer.]
THE FALLEN ONE.

THE FALLEN ONE.
The following we esteem one of the
most beautiful poems that has been pub.
lished in our language. We have been
told that the unfortunate subject actually
died in one of our hospitals. 1t is q
composition breathing the essence of pa.
thos and Of poetry. but like many Other
gems of literature, it is one of those fu.
Igitive pieces that float around without
the name of the author.
"0hl the snow, the beautiful snow,
Filling the sky and earth below;
Over the housetops, over the street,
Over the heads of the people You meet,
Dancing,
Flirting,
Skimming along:
Beautiful snowiit can do no wrong,
Flying to kiss a fair lady's cheek,
ClingiDg to lips in a frolicsome freak;
Beautiful snow, from Heaven above,
Pure as an angel, gentle as lover'
Oil the snow, the beautiful snow,1
How the flakes gather and laugh as they go
Whirling about in the maddening fun,
It plays in its glee with every one--
Chasing,
Laughing,
Hurrying by
It lights on the face and it sparkles the eye.
And the dogs, with bark and bound,
Snap at the crystals that eddy around
The town is alive and its heart in glow,
To welcome the coming of beautiful snowl
How wild the crowd goes swaying along,
Hailing each other with humor and songl
How the gay slsdges, like meteors, pass by,
Bright forthe m oment, then lost to the eye,
Ringing,
Swinging,
Dashing they go,
Over the crust Of the beautiful snow;
Snow SO pure when it falls from the sky,
To be trampled in mud by the crowd rush
ing by,
To be trampled and tracked by the thousands
li of feet, S.
Till it blends with the. filth in the horrible
street. s 81
Once was pure as snow-butT fell;
Fell like the snow fakes, from heaven to hell,
Fell, to be trampled as filth in khe street;
Fell, to be scofed, to be spit on and beat;]
Pleading,
aes Cursing,
Dresding to die.
Selling my soul to whoever would buy,
Dealing in shame for morsel of bread,
Hating the living, and fearing the dead;
Merciful Godl have fallen so lowl
And yet was once like the beautiful snow.
Once was fair as the beautiful snow,
With an eye like the crystal, a heart like iti
glow;
Once was loved for my innocent grace
Flattersd and sought for the charms of m,
facel
Father,
Mother,
Sisters all,
God and myself, I've lost by my fall;
The veriest>wretch that goes shivering by,
Will make wide swoop lest wander to-
nigh;
For all that is on, or above me, know,
There's nothing as pure as the beautifu
/ snow,
How strange it should be that this bsautifu
snow
Should fall on sinner with nowhere to 60;
How strange it should be, when the nigh
comes again
II the snow and the Toe struck my desperat
| brain.
Painting, @
Freezing,
Dying alone,
Too wicked for prayer, too weak for moan
To be heard in the streets of the crazy tow
Gone mad in the joy of the snow comm
down,
To be, and so die, in my terrible woe,
With a bed and shroud of the beautif
snowl
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Dying alone,
Too wicked for prayer, too weak for moan
To be heard in the streets of the crazy town,
Gone mad in the joy of the snow coming
down,
To be, and so die, in my terrible woe,
With a bed and shroud of the beautiful
snowl
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o. 7. CAREY, City Building, Biddeford, Maine
dec27iy.
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Life indeed is sad and drear,
When friendships voice We never hear;
On rank and wealth what joys attends
They ne'er can buy faithful friend.
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Once was pure as snow-but fell;
Fell like the snow fakes, from heaven to hell,
Fell, to be trampled as filth in khe street;
Fell, to be scofed, to be spit on and beat;I
Pleading,
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-04-22

settled all the trouble. Argument could not be
had; goOd temper was not to be wasted on
'savages'" Parties eager to be heard for their
rights showed themselves in sight Of Fort Phil
kearny and held up their blankets as signals.
Ihey were shelled and driven away. Soldiers
went out shooting at them con their own
hook, " whenever they came near. They how
cred around, however; they assembled in
larger numbers-three hundred, it is said
three thousand, others sav-and Indians
present In the party, of tribes that have
always been friendly and boast thew never
slew white man-such Indians declare most
firmly that the intention was not hostile. But
there was panic party was out cutting
wood-the Indians might destroy it, Another
party was sent to see to its safety. This
latter party saw Indians and opened fire. The
Indians retreated, the soldiers pursued. were
drawn into an ambuscade and slaughtered To
man. Such is the plain story on the iudp-
ment of experts of the Fort Phil Kearnv mas
sacre-all, there is too much reason TO fear. n
most terrible blunder.
Shall we expiate this blunder by a war with
all the Indians we can force to fight us ? Shall
we save the pride of the author of this blunder
at the expense of the equipment of an army ?
We hope not. There was a time when war
was the only possible result of accidental col
lslon. IL two or three men of Megara muir
dered an Athenlan in drunken bout the
Athenians murdered any Magarean they could
lay hands on; and so from murder to murder
men drifted into war. 1t is the advantage of
higher civilization that we act less blindlv,
we single out particular delinquents and do
not retort indiscriminately on race the crimes
even of certain of its members. Let us not
give way to passions and preiudices, but pause
and inquire calmly whether there is not a
better way for the settlement of our Indian
difficulties than the costly one of extirpation:
whether, indeed, a properly established system
of stocked reservations may not make the
savage his own antidote, and make him even
contribute towards our progress across the
plains,
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though many times they rise again WIN ON oilnln- N,
isbed splendor But those winch illuinlnaIv t tio
Pole remain forever shining, forever 'n'io''''s
in splendor"
II is plain to every candid mind that the
way to the only desirable annexation Is
through increased intercourse. Instead OF
following this course, Mr.. Seward seconded
Morrill, and his coadiuters in ''the infatuated
policy of rejecting and spurning vigorous,
perennial, and eYer-growing Canada'' ne
sent Potter. then Consul-General at Montreal,
direct from Washington to Detroit to urge the
commercial convention to refrain from culti-
waiting friendly relations with CANADA, ana
place the annexation of the province before
its people in light which they necessarily
regard as insulting-putting a price upon the
LOYALTY and sense of patriotism which are
natural to every honorable man. We see its
results in a more intense feeling of loyalty and
aversion to annexation than ever before existed
in the provinces. Equitable and really recip-
rocal commercial relations would necessarily
nave the way to "more intimate political
union, - as indeed, was frankly avowed by
Earl Russell when he occupied one of the
highest official positions in the British Empire.
The prophecy of Mr. Seward as to the per-
manence of an independent nation formed
from the provinces will follow the same fate
as other vaticnations from the same oracle,
although hitherto his official influence has
tended to confirm his unofficial soothsayings
| and promote alienation.
The best step towards the annexation of
| Canada is such a thorough and careful revi-
| sion of our fiscal and financial affairs as will
| be best for our own interests and thus make
| a partnership desirable. When that is accom-
| plished, the Northern palace of confederation,
now strengthened by alternating cold, will thaw
| like ice before the sun of summer.
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have carried it in 1865 has now subjected
their party to defeat and modification.
These weak brethren doubtless regarded
the concession of the right of suffrage
to blacks as an act of justice at the
expense of popularity-a sacrifice of interest
and public favor to compassion and sentiment.
Such sacrifice might be expected from
"fanatics," 4" "men of one idea, % "dreamers. -
abstractionists; but not of practical polite
men like themselves. But the ''whirlieig of
time" has speedily demonstrated the superb
ority of justice to policy, of principle to in
terest. The practical politicians have led their
party into a bog whence the fanatics" and
theorists" would have preserved it, There
was not one vote cast for the Republican ticket
last week that would not have been so cast had
impartial suffrage triumphed at the special
election in 1865; while that triumph would
have averted disaster and secured victory in
1867.
Men and brethren shall we not all profit by
the lesson read us by Connecticut in her re-
cent election
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The Disposition of the Peabody Fund.

From the circular of Rev. DR.. Sears,
general agent of the Peabody Educa-
tional Fund, it will be seen that the
money consigned to the distinguished
trustees is to be almost wholly expended in
the rehabilitation of schools already existing
in the South. To the many would-be founders
of new schools-in many cases charlatans,
with whom the "cause of popular education"
is greatly overstocked-this preference ac-
corded to the institutions that but need
assistance again to control the patronage as
they possess the attachment of the South,
will come up with force destructive of
various little schemes in the line of ''public
learning" and general enlightenment, So
called. But all the true friends of the section
which Mr.. Peabody's bounty is designed to
serve will applaud such disposition of
the fund. Large as the sum is, the COM
parative extent of the reconstructing States,
and the educational needs of the maturing
generation that is to shape their future,
render the money only adequately beneficial
in assisting, not creating, schools throughout
the whole domain. Now, too, that by general
laws the States have thrown or are about to
throw open the schools for the admission of
all, irrespective of color this application of
Mr.. Peabody's gift will not go a hairs width
towards the encouragement OF tnose caste es-
adjustments, "Freedmen's schools, :" wherein
black crowd out white, and which Boston de-
lights to honor.
The respect and cooperation of the Southern
people can best be won by extending to the
schools, and to the instructors that are of and
among themselves, the aid which the mer-
chant philanthropist has contributed. To
upbuild what already exists, even though in
lapsed condition, is better than to force, in
the name of charity, the innovation of "bran-
new schools, and the oficious presence of
selfseeking Yankee professors" that stand
as ready now to take advantage of the desti-
tuition of the South as they were in other days
to denounce her, when she was abundantly
able to do without them, and felt never so
happy as in their absence. Mr.. Peabodys
fund cannot do everything. We are gratifed
to learn that the much it can do is to be thus
wisely directed.
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Knirhts. 60 the ResousI

Pbon the Tribune.
The Richmond Dispatch is pleased, yet
alarmed, to hear that Senator Wilson is com
ing to Virginia That Northern radical
should be allowed to talk political heterodoxy
ON the sacred soil itself, is at once a sad com
mentary on the departed glories of the chivalry,
and an omen of approaching social chaos.
Yet. even in this dismal scene, the prophetic
editorial eye discerns a glimmer of gladness.
Why not meet Wilson with his own weapons,
and make him share the stump with the
orthodox leaders in whom the South has long
put her trust What a chance for reviving
the old-time barbacues, and pole-raisings,
and the political iousts, resonant with lofty
flights of Southern eloquence and whitening
denunciations of Yankee baseness, which used
to delight the Virginia people. The Dispatch
calls aloud for the political champions of
the Old Dominion to buckle on their harness,
and come out and have q tilt with the
radical knight, lest the negroes think this
Wilson indomitable. Wise, and Smith, and
Flournoy, and GOggin, and Montague, and the
great Letcher himself, it cries; have we not
all these with us and could not either of
them, with one hand tied behind him, de-
molish any Yankee Senator in quarter of an
hour "They cannot cOndescend to enter the
arena with such men as Hunnicutt, who, born
in the South, have sought to subject us to
humiliation and degradation. But they can,
without any compromise of principle or sacri-
flee of self-respect, meet upon the stump the
chosen leaders of the Republican party Of the
North" So let us have public discussions,
says the Dispatch; let us stand up and fight
these issues squarely before the niggers. 'It
may be an unpleasant task, but it is one that
has to be performed. aSEyfa
By all means, we say, let us have the de
bates. There is nothing the Republican party
desires so earnestly as that the great ques-
tions of the day may be exposed fully and
clearly to the Southern people, and discussed
in all their bearings. We have been trying to
get the truth before them for the last quarter
of a century; and there is no way more effec
tual for coming at the truth than a good, free,
open debate. We believe that an oratorical
tourney between Senator Wilson and the
understanding Wise would do more good
to the Republican party in Virginia than the
Richmond Dispatch could undo in the whole
remainder of its existence.