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Year: 1867

anxiety OF those who desire the perma-
nence Of American credit, because they
are apprehensive that when the great
Constitutional questions Of reconstruc-
ton are settled, and new masses are ad-
mitted to the polls, there may arise a
dangerous reaction, which will not stop
even at measures of partial repudiaiion.
This may seem a harsh and ungenerous
suspicion, but we invite Mr.. Welles to
consider upon what grounds an ntelli.
gent foreigner may entertain il. The
United States are made up Of separate
States, and from the conduct of the
component elements we may predict the
conduct of the whole. Mr.. Welles is
quite aware that since the commence.
ment of the issue of irredeemable paper,
every loyal State in the Union, with, as
far as we know, the single exception of
Massachusetts, has taken advantage of
the depreciation of the currency to pay
in paper debts contracted in coin. The
amount in which English and other Eu-
ropean creditors have been mulcted in
consequence of such conduct is enor-
nous, and yet the iniquitous gain of the
separate States will prove to be loss
The depreciation Of American bonds in
the European markets is, in no slight
degree, due TO q remembrance, on the
part of capitalists, of the treatment they
have received from separate States, and
the taxpayers of the federation as body
are taxed more highly because of the in.
justice of State legislatures Unhappily,
this does not exhaust the grounds of
suspicion. The separate report of Mr..
Haines, one of the colleagues of Mr..
Welles, on the management of the
finances, disclosed the want of apprecia
ton of the respect due to national con


tracts, which was most alarming. 1t is
we'll known that as means of floating
the federal bonds, they we're expressly
exempted from State and municipal
taxes. The exemption was most unwise
on every account, and totally at vari-
ance with the free development of the
municipal life, which is, in fact, the
germ of American institutions. But,
having been conceded, it is plain that it
must be maintained both in spirit and
in form. Mr.. Haines, one of the three
persons chosen by the Secretary of the
Treasury as most conversant with the
theory and practice of finance, recon-
mendod that it should be maintained in
form, but proposed that the nation itself
should tax the holders of its own bonds
to an amount equal to the local taxation
from which they were declared exempt
No remark is necessary to point out the
startling injustice of such proposal.
The fact that it should have been seri-
ously made by a person of authority,
coming as it does Immediately after the
action of the separate States of the North,
has done the credit of the Union more
damage than any number of magazine
articles could possibly accomplish, how
ever wildly incorrect their statements or
malicious their intentions.
Year: 1867

B3r A Washington correspondent Of
the New York Tribune says: 1.-THE
President has stated that he will soon
begin to give for publication the private
and confidential letters that have been
written to him within the last year from
prominent Republicans, complimentary
and indorsing him, and asking for
appointments to Office for their friends.
He will wait until these gentlemen get
on the stump and commence to denounce
him, when he will put forth their private
views as expressed to him"
Year: 1867

1t is familiar fact that the tempera.
ture of the earth increases with the
depth to which it may be penetrated ;
but the rate of this increase is differently
stated and imperfectly known. There
are some, indeed, who undertake to tell
al what precise depth iron goes into
fiery fusion, or the rocks are turned into
Kissing liquids; but their facts are little
else than combination of guess work
and slate work.


We fud ia the London Mining Jour
nat of August 10th some interesting
statements made before the Manchester
Geological Society on this subject of
increasing temperature with increasing
depth A new pit has recently been sunk
to the Black Mine, near Manchester,
which exceeds in depth any other in
England. The distance from the surface
of the ground to the bottom of the pit is
6894 yards The pit is four yards in
diameter.


Mr.. Higginbo botham stated to the soci-
ETY. that careful observations had been
made during the sinking the pit, and
showed that the temperature increased
with tolerable regularity from 81 de-
grees, at depth of six yards, 75l de-
grees, at the depth of 1864 yards; making
one degree of increase for every eighty
fire feet of descent.


Mr.. Greenwell said that in another
mine the temperature was as high as
Sc degrees at the depth of $50 yards.
He thought that pits of moderate depth
increase the temperature faster, gaining
a degree for about every fifty feet of
descent


The president thought the difference
in results was mainly to be attributed to
difference in the accuracy of the obser-
vations. The divergence in the reports
is so great, that no general conclusion is
pointed to. Observations of tempera-
ture require delicate instruments, and
much care.


Mr.. Dickinson said the observations in
the Black Mine pit were most carefully
and deliberately made. Everything that
human skill and care could do was done.


If the result of the Black Mine observa-
tions is to be taken as revealing the law
of the increase of temperature with in
crease of depth, then the region of uni
versal liluefaction is much farther
below the earth's surface than some
of the igneous philosophers have been
teaching us. Water, at the temperature
of " degrees, would require depth of
two and fourth miles to raise it to the
boiling point. At the same rate of in
crease, we should be well on our way to
the antipodes before the metals would
become fluid.
Year: 1867

asA. A young lady who had been Ian
gushing for several years in St Louis
under a mysterious disease which baffled
the skill of the most eminent physicians,
it has been ascertained by dentist, was
dying from a slow poison distilled through
the system by the amalgam with which
two of her teeth had been filled.
Year: 1867

eve would like to see the day when
Senators OF the United States will no
more tolerate drunken man in their
chambers than they would viper in
their beds" Amen wo say to the above
from the Euening Journal of Chicago
For the last few years, the American
Senate has Witnessed scenes which re-
sembling those in established bar
Members have reeled and staggered,
and even attempt TO address their fell
low members when their incohcrent
speech showed they could not put two
sentences together because they were
50 thoroughly drunk. Many times has
this occurred, and with no word Of ro-
buke, until in one case the matter went
80 far as TO demand some action on the
part OF the Senate. The fact, however,
is notorious, that anything short of the
most beastly intoxication has been over
looked. Nor is this confined to the
Senate chamber; to say nothing Of the
occupant Of tho White House whose re-
cord in this respect makes every Amer
lean blush, there arc various cases in
the different departments. Now this
will go ON and even increase until we
take the ground that a candidate of In
temperate habits is disqualified for Of.
fee. When we do this. then wa shall
be saved from q repetition of those dis
graceful exhibitions by high officials
which fill us with 80 much grief and
shame. Perhaps it is necessary that wo
should be thus Inundated, that we may
be whipped and spurred to do battle
with this great foe TO society, who haa
brought, and il not defeated, will yet
bring countless sorrows, sufferings and
even death to our hearts and homes.


The saddest thing connected with
this is that men who are known TO be
confirmed drnnkards are elected TO Of
fee and those who arc ON the road and
are not thought to be disqualified by
their drunken habits for important pub
lie trusts This shows that we regard
drunkenness as comparatively trivial
affair, and the apologetic tone in which
il is spoken Of confirms our assertion


The habit as whole is everywhere
gaining on the people, and these cases
Of public exposure are eruptions upon
tho surface which reveals the extent Of
the disease. A constituency who would
not elect a traitor, does not hesitate to
choose drunkard. Now IL as pco-
pie we detest drunkenness and, alive to
its terrible evils, desire to root II out,
we should have an eye to the habits Of
our candidates We ought TO put tho
stamp Of moral condemnation upon
drunkenness, and not till then shall we
be saved from repetition Of those dis
graceful exhibitions by high officials
which fiji us with disgust ChrtaiGn
R,gister.
Year: 1867

BEAUTIFUL ExTRAcT,--The following
eloquent paper on time, is, We believe,
from the pen of Paulding:


l saw temple reared by the hands OF
man, standing with its high binnacle in
the distant plain. The streams beat
about it--the God of nature hurled his
thunderbolts against it, yet it stood
firm as adamant. Reyelry was in the
halls, the gay, the happy, the young,
the beautiful were there / returned
and 10 THE temple was no more. Its
high walls lay in scattered ruin; moss
and grass grow rankly there; and at
the midnight hour tho owls long cry
added to the solitude. Tho young and
gay who had revled there had passed
away.


saw child rejoicing IN his youth,
the idol OF his mother, returned, and
that child had become old. Trembling
with the weight Of years, he stood the
last of his generation, a stranger amidst
the desolation around him.


| saw an old oak standing in oil its
pIluO uIAl bllS HtOulbilluJ Tue DlIus
were caroling in its boughs. / return
ed, and the oak was leafless and sap
less, the winds were playing at their
pastimes through its branches.


"Who is this destroyer ?" said / TO
my guardian angel


1T is Time, said he. "When the
morning stars sung together for Joy
over the new made world he commenc-
ed his course; and when he has de-
stroyed all that is beautiful on the
earth; plucked the sun from his sphere;
yelled tre moon in blood; yea, when be
shall have rolled the heavens and earth
away as a scroll, then shall an angel
from the throne OF God come forth, and
with one foot upon the sea and one up
on the land, lift up his hand toward
heaven and swear, by Heavens Etern-
al, Time is, Time was, but Time no Ion
ger shall be"
Year: 1867

It is always safe 10 think you viii be
going when the lady yon have called
upon gapes and wonders whether her
mother expects her 10 eat breakfast as
early as usual Cover your head with
hat and the lady with gratitude by an
exhibition Of uncommon speed TO the
other side Of the street door.
Year: 1867

swnAnIxG.-swearing is the fit expression Of hu-
man mge, and the most exact Interpreter Of is real
meaning He who utters tho fearful words or dam
naion against has feflow-man, is giving vent to a
feeling which, had he the power would really con-
sign him to hell. Anger s thus not only murder but
murder Of the worst kind; it would not only kill the
body, bat would cast soul and body into hell
Swearcr, see what your oath means Angry man,
see what your anger meansl
Year: 1867

PrrHY AND TRUE.--EIder Swan used TO say that
Il the doctrine Of universal salvation be true then
The Bible ought to read aWide is the gate aud
broad Is the way that leads TO heaven. and every-
body goes there's strait is the gate and narrow "a
the way th at leads to hell and you can't find it i
you trY.t
Year: 1867

BEAUTIFUL NATURAL PHEaoMEEoE.-Th N.
o. Times, Of the 18th ult., says Last night
the moon arose, shining dimly through a vapory
curtain Of mist. A little sitter o'clock, q some
what unusual appearance in the heavens took
place, which was observed with admiration by
mauy. All have observed the pale white ring
that often surrounds the queen Of night in foggy
and misty weather. Yesterday evening there
were four distinct rings, of different hueS. around
her. Next to the orb there was broad belt Of
white radiance, which merged into a circle Of
bright tiny hue, the latter shadowing into a
band of green and all we're enWrapped by a
fringe Of dnsky ire Tho sight was a most i'm
pressive one, and gave rise to considerable COM
ment.
Year: 1867

A RARE WIFE.-The following incident is
related in the iblack country, ''in connection
with the recent snow stoIm. AtMount Plea
SAINT, little village between Shihnsll and
Wellington, there lived an aged couple named
Shepherd, the husband being seventy-one
years fage, and the wife one year younger.
Shepherd is engaged as furnace tender at
the Old Park company's works, and on 5a-
turday night week he went on duty as usual,
his time being up at six on the following
morning. twill be remembered that during
the night Of Saturday week snow fell heavily.
accompanied by violent gusts of wind, the
snow forming deep drifts in exposed places.
The old woman, on wakening early on Sum
day morning, perceived this state of things,
and became anxious for the safety of her
husband, who would have to cross. two or
three fields on his way home. She got up,
lit the fire, and prepared everything for her
husbands breakfast, and when all this was
done, found that there was yet an hour be-
fore he would be home She thereupon lit
lantern, and, taking with her a shovel, set
to work, and cleared path through the
snow to the foundry, where her husband was
at work, distance of quarter of mile,
completing her task in time to enable the
old man ito walk home comfortably" as
she said. Canada paper Of the 1st tna.
Year: 1867

A few days ago as farmer near Paris,
c. W., was thrashing out his grain, a
most disagreeable smell was noticed to
arise from one portion of the NOW, and
upon investigation the decomposed re-
mains of two negroes were found, and
it was then remembered that two col
ored men who had been employed du-
ring the harvest had disappeared mys-
terionsly, and when last seen were under
the influence Of liquor. The inference
Is. that being overcome with drink, the
two men had laid down upon the NOW
to sleep, and they were then acciden-
tally smothered by other sheayes being
thrown upon them--Moatreal Herald.
Year: 1867

land, but they viii also speedi-
" erase from the statute books
of the State all those acts to which
the decision of the Supreme Court will
plainly apply. The Supreme Court has
declared these things to be unconstitu-
tional, and no man who obeys his oath
to support the organic law can any
longer persist in enacting or enforcing
laws which are known to be contrary to
the letter and spirit Of the supreme law
of the land.
Year: 1867

cy in the Greenbrier delegation to the
West Virginia Legislature.


The demand for the name Of our i'll
formant which is SO pompously made
will, as the Doctor is aware, be COM
piled with or not, as may hereafter 'e
determined. Of one thing he may be
sure; we will not enable him to place
any correspondent of ours in the
clutches of Court like NAT. HARRI-
soN's, where justice would be impossi'
BILE, and where the verdict would be
proportional to the defendants wealth
rather than to the damages sustained
by reputation whose entire loss would
be a boon and blessing to its owner.


Tho author of the communication
which we have considered, asked its
publication 7" in justice to himself" In
order that we might indeed do him JUS
tice, we have annexed a few feeling COM
ments, but we suppose, that like the
Irish culprit, he begins to realize that
justice sis exactly what he don't want"
Year: 1867

In political view, that nation or coun.
try that neg lects the education of the ri.
sing generation, on account of its expense
will find in the end that they have lost
more than they have gained.


knowledge Is power. In the hour OF
public danger, the State can place far
more reliance on enlightened freemen,
and will find them far more efficient than
force drawn from an ignorant and bru.
talized population.


As general thing. We find those com.
munties who are liberal in sustaining
the institutions Of religion, learning and
morality, IN far more prosp erous state,
as it regards morality, wealth. power,
public and private happiness, than those
communities, who. from an i'll Judged
economy, or something worse, neglect
the education of the young and rising
generation.


Morally considered, we see the truth
Of the proverb exhibited all around U.s.
How many there are whose whole being
appears TO be devoted to the accumuls.
ton Of wealth, how wise they are in their
reach. For this they will rise early and
lass-for this they will starve and belit.
tie their souls. To gain the pennies, they
crush the rising feelings Of humanity and
generosity. To gain little morey, they
turn deaf ear 70 the cry OF distress, and
lose the enoblipg pleasure of relieving
human suffering, they lose the opportu.
nifty Of alliance with angelic beings, yea,
with Deity itself Though they may be
wise in collecting a few paltry shining
grains OF dust together, yet their ever.
lasting foolishness will be made apparent
by their forfeiture Of crown Of eternal
life.
Year: 1867

They are not parted, though their feet


Have wandered far in different ways;
And though they never more may meet
On Winter ewes or Summer days,
1t matters not though realms divide,


Though boundless seas between them roll
For still defying wind and tide,
ID. Heart yearns to heart and soul to soul.
They are not parted-only those


Are parted whom no love unites;
Their absence breaks not our repose


Who have no share in our delights.
They may be by our side, and still


As far from US as pole from pole
Who lack the sympathetic thrill


OF heart to heart and soul to soul.
Year: 1867

AN able writer gives utterance to the
valuable secret, "This looking forward
to enjoyment don't pay. For what I
know of it, I would as soon chase but
terfiies for living, or bottle moonshine
for cloudy night. The only way to
be happy is to take the drops of happi-
ness as God gives them to us every day
of our lives. The boy must learn to be
happy while he is learning his trade ;
the merchant while he is making his
fortune. IF he fails to learn his art, he
will be sure to miss his enjoyment when
he gains what he has sighed for.'
Year: 1867

THE name of "spinster'' had its orr
gin in the fact that in olden times no
maiden was deemed fit for marriage un-
til she had spun her own wardrobe.
Modern wisdom has changed this good
old standard of eligibility.
Year: 1867

THERE is dew in one flower and not
in another, because one opens its cup
and takes it in, while the other closes
itself and the refreshing drop falls to
the earth. God rains wisdom and mer-
cy as widely as the dews, and if we lack
them it is because we will not open our
hearts to receive them. They fall upon
all alike. sA
Year: 1867

Gen. JEFF Thompson has written an
other explanatory and defensive letter
IN regard to his surrender to Congress
and advice to the Southern people to
reconstruct upon the pending plan.
As Gen. Thompsons second letter was
written before the light from Maine
ard California broke upon him, it is on.
ly charitable to suppose that he did
not clearly see what he was doing.
Year: 1867

Besides, the operations are all open to in
spection and criticism.


The1caul and cleaner portions of the
tat are tried out separately in the large
steam tanks for what is called No. lard,
while theother is kept by itself and graded
according to quality, the poorest being
sold tor cheap grease The "pluck, /"
that is, heart, liver and lights, are thrown
into the tanks for the little grease they
contain, the residue going to the manure
heap. Here is waste of what should
go toward feeding the poor, in some shape.
a hogs liver really being little inferior to
that of bullock. Indeed, many farmers
throw away the latter and retain the for.
mer. The small intestines are saved for
sausage castings, while the blood goes to
waste, falling into the water below, and
is carried off by the tide This will in
time be saved for its chemical and ferti-.
lizlng properties. In fact, arrangements
are now making to secure it.


At present the work is all done by hand
labor, but machinery, is being erected, so.
that the heaviest portions, viz, hosting
the hogs for sticking and tipping them
out OF the scaldlng tank, can be done by
steam power. This will save the labor Of
three or four men.


Such is the end of hog, and so many
of them find their latter end in this and
other establishments Of less note (nearly
10, 500 at this place the past week., that
there would be danger of the race becom-
ing extinct but from their prolifcness,
quick growth and early maturity. About
100000 live hogs were broug hit to and.
mostly slaughtered in the vicinity of New
York city during the past year, and With,
such an establishments as just described, +,
added to those previously in operation, we
may expect still larger number the pre-
sent year-TriJune
Year: 1867

II is remarkable fact that every living
member Of the old Wing State Committee
in Connecticut is now in the ranks Of the
Democratic party, upholding the Constitu-
tion and the Union.
Year: 1867

Of the exigencies of our situation, we
shall never recover the repose after which
the wearied spirit of the South so eagerly
pants.


At whatever risk Of personal obloquy,
and at whatever sacrifice Of personal in
terest-and you know it involves both
obloquy and sacrifice to talk as dol
am resolved to employ all of energy and
intellect l may command in-fhe incessaDt
endeavor to promote peace and good will
among the people of tho lately belligerent
States. What the country needs, what in
most especial manner the South needs,
is repose; freedom from the throes of po'
litical agitation aud leisure to recruit its
exhausted energies. The experience Of
the past six years should have impressed
on the mind Of the American nation this
mast salutary lesson, lesson sooner or
later learnt by every nation in the de-
velopment of its own history-that civil
war is the sum aud cousummation of all
human woe. Protesting solemnly the in
tegrity Of motive by which | was then ac-
tuated, yet never recall the names of the
noble mep who fell in our conflict; nev-
er look abroad upon our wasted fields and
desolated homes; | never contemplate the
all-embracing ruin in which we are in
volved, the sad eclipse of our liberties,
aud the sinister aspect of the future,
without inwsrdly resolving to dedicate all
[ possess of ability for the public service
to the task Of avertiug another such Ca
tastrophe, and to that end Of cultivatihg
a spirit OF forbearance and good feeling
among all classes and all sections Of the
country.


These my dear sir, are the opinions very
briefly and dogmatically delivered, which
entertain touching the actual condition
of The Southern States, and the policy
proper Tor them to pursue in the present
juncture. They are the result Of anxious
aud conscientious reflection, Of much OBJ.
servation on the popular temper of the
North, aud OF extreme and unabated SO
Lettuce for the welfare Of the community
to which am attached by the strongest
ties of filial devotion. With the utmost
sincerity of conviction, | believe that By
a system Of conduct in conformity to these
suggestions, the Southern people may
achieve prosperity and happiness equal
to any they have enjoyed, while. on the
contrary, | am as firmly persuaded thai
by vain and impatient resistance to an
order ofthings they cannot change, and to
destiny they cannot escape, they will
infinitely aggravate tho miseres of their
present condition, end besides bring down
upon themselves calamities appalling to
contemplate.


am not acquainted with the classic
cation of parties, but il these opinions
make me Radical. then am a 'Radi
cal, for they are deliberately the opinions
OF Very truly yours,


RoaER a. pRYoR.
Year: 1867

A little fellow not more than five years
Of age, hearing some gentlemen at his
fathers table discussing the familiar line,
AN honest mans tho noblest work OF
God, said he knew it wasn't true; his
mother was better than any man that was
ever made
Year: 1867

A young lady being requested by an
old bachelor to take seat upon his knee
in crowded car, made the following re.
ply: No, think YOU rm afraid such au
old seat would break down with mo-