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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1868-01-03

WHO - SAFE God has never created q
mind yet that can safely challenge combat
with the appetite OF drink. Each has no
ambition hat is not en2ulied. no hope which
is not blasted. no tie which is not broken,
no sanctuary which is not invaded. no friend
no knsman. wife or child. that is no, for.
gotten; no fiber OF human agony which is
not wrung. Minds of common mould will
get through iite without excess. while those
gilied with God-likc powers are smittcn
with weakness. The gifted author of
Childe Harold walked in fetters, and died
at Missolcngi OF drunken debauch. He
who led the prosecution in the British Par.
Lament against Hastings, was hurried TO
the grave to escape tie clutch Of his land
lords. Poor Charley Fox And the auth
or of Gertrude of Wyoming died drizzling
imbecile. How the "Gentlc Ella" weeps
over the habit that enthralled him. All!
how these tragedies Of human Individual
his;o y-of temptation and fall,-stalk be
fore us. The history Of the bes, minds of
our land is darkened by those episodes OF
weakness and sin.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1868-01-03

A copper worker ir Buffalo is embarrsss.
ed 20 fnd hi. hair turing green.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1868-01-03

The BETTER WAY 1t is much better
for young man to devote three or four
years to learning some respectable trade,
which will support him IN after life, than to
waste his time and money in preparing to
enter the professions of law or medicine.
which are already over crowded. In the
present state of tho country a trade is a
certainty, and the youth who wishes TO raise
himself to independence without burden.
ing his friends or relatives will certainly
prefer n good trade to the improbable title
of doctor or lawyer There are too many OF
the practicing lawyers and physicians whose
average incomes are not equal TO that OF
skillful mechanic, and many whose emoln-
mcnts " Ill not pay current expenses Let
no false pride deter our Young men from
securing przc in the lottery OF life IL
they feel within them aspirations for public
lie, still let them acquire n trade for that
our future legislators. in the State and
National councils, will he taken from the
working classcs,-is as certain as the sun will
rise to- morrow. Skill and energy will com.
mand success in trade the former is only
to DC acquired by constant practice under
competent instructor. The latter will com c
by the habit OF daily labor and the determi.
nation to acquire wealth and position by a
mans own cxcrtions-in a word. 10 be a
SeI/ made mdn-ahd il is such men that
build up cities and communities. and make
nations prosperous at home and re,pec, ed
abroad.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1868-01-03

~ It is often said that a good. hearty
laugh is better than dose Of medicine ;
and certain it is tha, merriment has won
derful effect often times upon the sick. A
story !, told Of young wife apparently
dying from swelling aud inflammation Of the
throat. an inaccessible absccss stopping tho
way she could swallow nothing everything
had been tried Her friends were standing
round her bed in misery and belplessness
Try her vi 4 compliment" said her
husband. in a not uncomic despair.
She had genuine hunor as we'll as he +.
and as psychologists know, there is sort
OF mental tickling which is beyond and
above control, being unlei the reflex SIS.
TEN, and as ins,inctively as signing She
laughed with her whole body and soul, and
burst the abcess and was we'll.
TY"One Of the Kansas papers complains
that in The State Agricultural College there
IS not professor who has the least practical
acq1 intsnce With farming and ii dorh'- =
one Of them knows beans when the bag is
open"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1868-01-03

The MEN WHO ARE ATTRACTIVE The
Cleveland Leader, in 4 recent article. ans.
wers the question, What kind Of a man is
attractive to woman?" in this sensible 81, le (;
The answer can be given in few words
God has so made the sexes that women. like
children, cling to men; lesn dpon them for
protection. care and love; look up to them
ss though they were superior in mind and
body. They make them Ihc suns OF their
systems. and they and their children re-.
y5lyo around them Men are gois, IL they
out knew %, and women burning incense at
their sbrines. Women. there fore. who have
good minds and pure hearts want mon to
lean upon. Think OF their reverencing a
druukard. liar, fool or libcrline. II
4 man would have a woman 10 do him HON.
age be must be manly in every sense
true gentleman. not after the Ches,cr6el "a
school, but polite because bis heart is full
Of kindness 10 all ono who treats Der With
respect, even deIerence. because she is =
woman who never condesccnds TO say silly
things TO her who brings her mp to his level
q bis mind is above hers who is never
ovcr.anxious 70 please. but always anxious
Go do right; who has no time 10 be frivolous
With bsr always dignifed in speech and
ar' who never spends too much upon Der
never yieius TO temptation, even II she pot.
It in bis way; ~ho is ambitious 70 make bis
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1868-01-03

4 gentleman in Geneva. n. Y. informs
the Country Gentleman that he has kept
bis currant bushes entirely fres Of the cur
rant worm, and bis ounces Of the borer. by
the use Of coal ashes. The ground under
the currant bushes was covered in the spring
to the depth OF five inches, and a mound
was made abou, the stems Of the quince.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-05-08
PAGE FROM BUCKLE.

"By attacking evils which the people
(of SPAIN were resolved to love, they
(the ministers of Chas. 1II increased
the affection which the evils inspired.
TO seek to change opinions by laws, is
worse than futile. 1t not only fails,
but it causes reaction, which leaves
the opinion stronger than ever. First
alter the opinion, and then you may al
ter the law. AS soon as you have con-
vinced men that superstition is mis-
chievous. you may with advantage take
active steps against .hose classes who
promote superstition and live by it,
But, however pcrnicious any interest
(nstitution or political opinion) or any
great body may be, be,oare of using force
against it, unless the progress ofknow-
ledge has previously sapped it at its
base, and loosened its hold over the ma
tional mind. THIS has al,odys been the er-
ror Of the most ardent reformers, who, in
their cagerness to effect their purpose,
let the political movement outstrip the
intellectual one, and thus lnverting the
natural order, secure misery either to
themselves or to their descendants
They touch the altar, and fire springs
forth to consume them. Then comes
another period of superstition and of
despotism; another dark epoch in the
annals of the human race. And this
happens merely because men ,oiu not Jide
their time, but will insist on precipitating
the march of affairs. Thus, for instance,
in France and Germany, II is the friends
Of freedom ,oho haze strengthened tyranny;
it is the enemies of superstition who
have made superstition more perma-
nent. In those countries, It Is stu be-
Eeved that government can regeserdte society;
and therefore, directly they ,clto hold liberal
opinions get possession of the government,
they use their poiOer too lauiShly, thinking
that by dong SO. they will best secure
the end at which they aim."
The above extract from historian,
who was certainly liberal If not a
Radical, we commend respectfully to
those whom 1t may concern.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-05-08
BALLARD HOTEL.

Like some great Norman horse, who
has got his full load, JoHS 2. BALLARD,
since his late trouble, has come down
steadily to his work, and now the Bal
lard House moves along as smoothly as
in its palmiest days. From dawn till
midnight, the master is at his work !;
his eye is everywhere, his presence is
felt in the least as well as in the great
est things, and the effect is very notice
able. He says himself and says truly
that the house was never better and
seldom so well kept. Full Of work and
light of heart, 1t is positive pleasure
to meet him and receive his greeting
His assistant and his stewards, all are
inspired Ivy him to unwontcd exertions,
and IL Any one desires to be right roy
ally treated, we commend him to JonN
p. BALLARD.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-05-08
DEVOTION TO OUR DEAD.

This annual custom by which con-
quered people testifies its devotion to
the memory of those who died in cause
which has persisted, though connected
with narrowing associations, is fruitful
Of good. 1t binds suffering communi-
ties together in ties of closer sympathy,
thus enabling them to bear their dis
tresses with serener fortitude, and it
teaches the young to emulate the honor
and manhood which are so tenderly
COMMUNICATED. The South has few
consultations to turn to in her wretched-
ness. But the chief of these is the re-
membrance of the knightly valor OF her
soldiers. No nation has a prouder or
more glorious one, and of that, thank
Heaven, she can never be bereft. 1t is
well that she should do homage to the
heroic dead and perpetuate their fame
from generation to generation.-Ba BALI
more Gdsette.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-05-08
THE ABOMTNATION.

The Charlottesville Chronicle sums
up i'll a few sentences, the denominations
that will be left in the constitution, even
should the Test Oath be stricken out by
Congress. These are, first, univerSdlne-
gro suffrage.
The Constitution has no property or
educational qualification at all, nor is
the voter required to have prepaid his
taxes. The paupers in the County Poor
houses, can vote (or hold office.) On
the other hand large number ofwhites
are acknowledgements neither to
vote nor hold office; this compromises
tho most intelligent and substantial
citizens we have.
The second thing they will leave In
this instrument will be the article ger
rymandering the State with reference
to the Legislature. They will leave the
negroes in possession Of a majority of
twenty-one on joint ballot in that body.
The third thing they will not take
out OF this paper will be the Article on
County and Town Organization, where
by two-thirds of the counties and towns
in the State east of the Ridge will be
controlled by the negroes. All of the
county and town officers-the general
officers for the county, the township Of
ficers in the county, the officers in the
school and the road districts-all, with
the exception of the judge and the SUI
perintendent OF schoois) are to be elect
| ed by the people. In many counties
east of the Ridge ALI of these officials
will be black; In others they will divide
with the whites.
The fourth thing they will not take
out is the Free School Article, under
which a negro Legislature may provide
for Mixed Schools, to be supported by
taxes on the whites.
The fifth thing that will remain will
be Mixed Militia.
The sixth thing that will remain will
be Mixed Juries.
The seventh thing that will remain IL
about sl0,0 900 of taxes to be paid by the
negroes, and some $4,000, 900 or more by
the whites.
The eight thing they will not touch
will be the false and deceitful homestead
provision, with which they hope to gull
a few corruptible whites and then ruin
them. For this article is directly
against the Constitution of the United
States, and contains provision also
repeating the Stay Law, and prohibit
ing the Legislature from passing any
other Stay Law.
We don't care whether they take out
the Test Oath or not, it is negro supre-
macy without the Test Oath.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-05-08
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

The Presbytery of Abingdon meets
in Marion on the 18th day of May.
The wheat in Wythe county and there
abouts is looking finely.
Ryland's Depot. Grcenvilles county
has been re-cstablished as poSt-oiiiee.
Aclub OF one hundred and fifty col
ored Conservatives was organized in
Savannah Ga. OH the 18th ult.
Mr.. Alexander Munday, one of the
oldest and best citizens of Amherst
county died on Tuesday last, aged ~
years.
Aspecial dispatchin Forney's Chron-
ical, says fifteen thousand colored pco-
pie voted the Conservative ticket ut
,lhe recent election in Georgia. .rft
The old North State says that Num-
Der of respectable colored men voted at.
the late State election in North Caro-
lima for the Go iseryativc ticket and
against the Constitution.
Or. Monday h.sts tiiercormtY court of
Fluvanna ratified the vote of the pco-
pie of that county on the subscription
of $780, 90 TO the stock OF the Chesapeake
aud Ohio railroad. rltr iUea4 silalIeIf
In the A lbhmarle court, on Friday,
it was decided that the killing ofLieu-
tenant Updike by Mr.. j. Woods Garth
was justiiiable homicide, and the pris-
oner was discharged.
In a ditliculty'between two white men,
Y. +. Nutter and Harrison Gray, at
New Castle, Va, on the 9th ult. :,
Gray was fatally wounded in the alb
domen, and died the next day.
The pastor of church in Pittsburg
said, few days ago, that the editor OF
daily newspaper, viewed rs laborer
in vast field, and in contact with men
deserves the prayers of all good peo-
pie, in the tasks which he puts his brains
and his pen. ~ it#
Ever since ladies left of wearing bon
nets and substituted for them a bit of
pasteboard, covered with some thin
stuff. on tine top OF the head, and fas-
tened under the chin with ribbon or
strip of lace, that painful disease, neu-
ralgia, has prevailed among them to an
extent never known before. This fact
however, has no influence eli the fash
ion.
At a mass meeting of the 'loil lea
guers' held in Petersburg on Thursday
night, at which about fifteen hundred
or two thousand personsmostly negroes
were present, Burke and Keenan,,
two Of the party that "wcnt back on
Platte az the Suffolk Radical Conven-
ton, by supporting Chambers nomi-
nation, were denounced as traitors. and
had to leave the hall to escape being
hanged by the Infatuated negroes.
On Friday evening, Mr.. Caleb Mears
committed suicide in box-car Mt the
depot of the Norfolk and Peter burg
railroad at Norfolk, by taking strych-
nine. The deceased was native of
Elizabeth city, North Carolina, but had
been doing business in Norfolk for q
number of years. He was in easy cir
cumstances, about 4S years of age, high
ly respected and had been married on
ly two months. No cause is assigned
for the act
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-05-08
'.rHE GLOBE"

This Is the name Of the paper with
which Hon. RoBEnT RIDGwAY Is soou to
be connected. 1t is publishedin New
York, No 81 Pine Street, by EDWARD
4, DUNBAR, at tho exceedingly low
price Of s1.75 . year. The numbers
which have reached MS, are well print
ed, and filed with spirited editorials
and spicy revelations Of the corrup-
lions in Washington. Five copies will
BE- sent for one year to club tor $3.50,
and twenty copies for $50. Our people
will 90 glad to hear once more the ring
OF RrpoEwAY's bugle and the thud of his
heavy battle-axe. 1t is needless to say
that tho Globe is an out and out white
mans paper.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-05-08
REMOVAL OF CITY 0FFICERs--NEw AP.
POINTMENTS.

General Schofleld has appointed the
following persons municipal officers of
Richmond:
DR.. Charles S. Mills was appointed
sergeant of the city, vice Thomas U.
Dudley removed.
William X. Tall, High Constable, vice
A. X. Crump, removed.
William Q. Mansfield, Collector Of
City Taxes, vice Julius A. Hobson, time
expired.
Benjamin Bragg, superintendent of
the Gas Works, vice Charles Campbell,
term expired.
Nicholas Sweetman, Inspector of
Gas, vice John Ii. Knowles, term OK
PRED.
A. A. Abbott, Assistant Superin-
tendcnt of Water Works, vice Augustus
Arsell, term expired.
John Oliver, negro, Messenger of City
Council, vice James IL. Eppes, term
expired.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-05-08
TEE FUTURE OF VIRGINIA.

The Baltimore Sun says that the
hother of Cemmoawealths, Old Vir-
xinia, great yet In her adversely, is to
fecupcrate, rise up and prosper in the
future, there Ia no doubt. Her natural
advantages arc immense; in climate, To-
estiou and resources she is not excelied.
Her products are wired and her lands
attractive. Emigration is going into
her borders, not only from the North,
fkom Pennsylvania especially, as we
have noted heretofore, but also FROM the
South.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-05-08
NEWSPAPER LAWS.

Postmasters are required to give notice by
letter when n subscriber does not take his
paper from the office and give the reason
Tor its not being taken. Neglecting to do 40
makes the postmaster responsibleto the pub
Usher for the payment.
Any person who takes paper regularly
from tile postofiice, whether he has subscribe
sd or not, is responsible for the payment of
the subscription.
ia person ordering HIS paper discontinued
must pay all arrearages, or the publisher may
continue TO send II until payment is made.
and collect the whole amount, whether II Is
taken from the ONCE or not.
The courts have decided that refusing to
take q paper and periodical from the post
Office, or removing and leaving them uncall-
ell for, is primd fdcie evidence OF Intentional
fraud.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-05-08
ADvERTIsENEHr,
ZINE CHANCE TO MAKE MONEY.

The undersigned, Auctionecrs In the
County Of Handover, by virtue Of the
present extraordinary state of so-called
religious affairs, offer for sale on the goth
of June next, If fair, II aot on the next
fair day, large, miscellaneous and
more or less valueless assortment OF
empty and untenanted brick and frame
houses, scattered over the length and
breadth Of the once pious State of Vir-
Rinia. Said houses are mostly In pad
condition and are sold for no fault ex-
eept uselessness. They possess, how
ever, . sort of historical value, inasmuch
as they were, In better days, supposed
to be the residence of the Almighty
God, and are still miscalled "Church-
ss." The vested interests OF the form
er resident being now universally ig-
nored, these buildings have ceased to
be OF any practical service except to
screen from the public gaze set OF ILL
used, neglected and halE-starved wretch
90 sometimes called rectors, clergymen
or ministers, but better known as
"preachers." The destruction and re-
mevai OF these houses, will, 1t Is hoped,
expose to q thoughtless people mass
of accomplishing poverty and misery
such 40 has seldom been seen In this or
any other world. This spectacle, in all
Of it's revolving details, cannot fail to
excite the risibles Of the heartless, and
will, no doubt, constitute new and
permanent source of public amusement,
excelling in many respects the delight
afforded the Roman public by the i'm
notation of the early Christian mar
tyrs. Said buildings or churches will
be sold singly or in lots to suit pur-
chasers, on the sole but express condi-
ton that every vestige of them be re-
moved, In order.to expose fully and
pitilessly the aforesaid starving preach
ers. 1t is the wish, however, and con-
fident expectation Of the undersigned
that the materials of said churches be
used for the erection of distillcries and
tcn-pin alleys, and for no other pur-
pose whatever. For further Particulars
address NJ. AMMON s. son.
Helltown, Handover County, Va.
N. B.-The spittoons, filled with fresh
sawdust, will be sold separately.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-05-08
THE JEFFERSON DAVIS TRIAL-RENEW-
ED BAIL BOND.

RICHMOND, Va May 2. The bail bond
of Mr. Davis was renewed to-day, the
accused to appear on such day during
next term as the court may fix. The
Judge said Chief Justice Chase told
him lie would be in Richmond 20 pre-
side at the Davis trial within two day IS
after the close of impeachment. The
new boEd given has Horace Greeley,
Cornelius Vanderbilt and Gerrit Smith
OMIT for $25, 900 each, and the rcmain-
ing $4,000 is given by citizens of Rich
mond. This was done by instructions
from the parties named. Ex-senator
Bright, Of Indiana, was in the court,
and General Lee, Ex-Governor Letcll-
er and Mr.. Seldom were in the city as
witnesses. 1t is thought the trial will
take place the last of May.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-05-08
HUMAN DEPRAvITY.

Preachers may preach about mans
depravity, but the fact is, that the kind
ness which we received last week at
the hands of so many persons Ia Rich
mond and Petersburg, on most of whom
we had no earthly claim, makes us
rather ske2tical. 1t is impossible to
reconcile the discrepancy between the
preachers and the people except upon
tie hypothesis that ''the devil is good
10 his own." This must be so, for the
Editors were particularly kind to us.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-05-08
PoUDRETTE FOR CORR.

If you wish to double your crop of
corn, use a handful of Poudrette to two
or three hills. Capt. John Baker, an
experienced farmer of this county, in
forms us that he did so last year on
thin piece OF land which never before
yielded more than four or five barrels
to the acre, and that the experiment re-
suited III crop of full, nine barrels per
acre, We know several other farmers
who have been equally successful
Those who desire to test the value of
Poudrette as fertilizer for corn can
obtain il from Messrs. IIooe & Weddcr-
bum, Alexandria. Warrent0n lpder.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-05-08
ir The New York World gives

Fe The New York World gives a
warning to Southern land owners to
beware of trick practiced by some
swindlers, representing themselves as
agents Of firm in New York. Gown
ers of large quantity of liquors in bond
which are worth at least three dollars
per gallon; that the duties, expenses
&C., upon them amount to about 1925;
that on the delivery of the deed of the
lands purchased they will give to the
grantor an order from the firm in Ntw
York for the delivery of the number Of
gallons agreed upon or receipt Of the
sl.25 for duties &c. The whole thing
is. n fraud.