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Year: 1869

tfhe following beautiful poem appeared In
late number of Psckartfs Moathiy Every lin
Carries with it pound OF instruction;l
Be true to yourself at the stsrt, young man.


BE true to yourself and God; . -.
Eresou build your house mark well the spot
Test all the ground, and hutld you not


On the sand or the shaking cod
Dig, dig the foundation deep, young man,


Plant firmly the outer wall; -..-, .s
Let the props be strong and the roof be high,
Like an open turret toward the sky.


Through which heavens dews may fall
Let this he the room of the soul, young man


When shadows shall herald care,
A chamber with never roof or thatch
To hinder the Lighter door or latch Ia
To shut In the spirits prayer.
Build slow and sure; Ills for life, young man,


life that outliyes the breath;
For who shall gainsay the Holy words
Their works do follow then" saith the Lord,
Therein there lie no DEATH"
Build deep, and high, and broad, young man,
As the needful case demands
Let your title deeds be clear and bright,
Till you enter your claim to the Lord of Light,
For the "house not made with hands"
Year: 1869

Nothing Is better understood than
that there is connection between
cheerfulness and good digestion and
the trite expression to '.laugh and
get fat" undoubtedly has its origin
In observation If not In philosophy.
What an astonishing amount and
variety Of food can be disposed OF,
and perfectly digested, at one sitting
of two or three hours, by company
of cheerful and happy, not TO say
jolly and merry, old friends, and
that without alcohol, or any other
unnatural stimulus, to help diges-
tion. I venture to say more than
three times as much as the same In
dividuais conid eat and digest In the
same time II each took his meals by
himself.


And this one fact is worth more
than oil else I can write To show the
dependence of the digestive powers
ON the state OF mind, and to prove
that he must be lean and haggard
who, keeping his mind constantly
on his business, bolts his meals In
silence and solitude, even In the
presence OF bis family. I commend
1t to the careful consideration of .un-
comfortable mortals who never prop
erly digest their food, aud whose
bones are too poorly clothed with
flesh, and too poorly protected even
to allow them quiet rest, and who
therefore envy "fat, sleek headed
men, and such as sleep o'nights. -
A. J.. BELLOWS, nj. ID.
Year: 1869

DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.-O One day la 81 wee K
a little son OF James LeCates, aged about six
yeare, and residing Just above this county. in
side OF the Delaware line was out in the field
with bis brother, who was loading manure, and
while attempting to Jump off the cart was hit
In the forehead by the pitchfork which his
brother was using. The fork entered his head
drawing 1t out. The little fell W died in a few
bours after the accIdent.-Sn, HU ma Ne s..
Year: 1869




THE Joint Committee of the two
Houses on the Gubernatorial Man
sion, yesterday reported against pur-
chasing any of the residences offered
and in favor of building Governors 8
House, on the site north of the Blind
4as o. Asylum. This is just what might
have been expected of any honest and
t44l sensible committee who had the inter
Va yests and reputation Of their State at
heart. Any person who attended the
Governors reception on Tuesday eve
ming last, could easily discover that
no ordinary residence would answer
the purpose. Then LET the Legislature
1fa make an appropriation for building a
suitable residence In accordance with
the recommendation the committee.
Ii should be built during the coming
season, in order that the Governor
may not be compelled to wander
about the city as a renter-fRdianGp
obs Journal.


We hope the members Of the Leg
islature will be careful as to the char
acter of the building they authorize.
Let them remember that they have
promised the people economy IN The
disbursement of the public funds. 1t
may be that no ordinary residence >
will answer for Governor, but the
house to be built must not be too er
krd-orCliadrU
Year: 1869

New YORK, February 19.-The
Sun's Washington special says: Gen.
Grant remarked to a Republican
member of Congress to-day that he
Would consider it an insult to the
party which had elected him. TO think
of putting any man in his Cabinet
who was not with the party during the
war, or who had not acted with it
since then. He knew the party had
rights, and he should not allow his
personal feelings to interfere with
these rights.
Year: 1869

LONDON, Feb. 19.-The Tsn,es, in
an article on the Alabama treaty.
says: The want of definite basis of
arbitration will reconcile England to
rejection by the United States. This
point should be kept clearly in view
of the event of offers for further nego-
tions. England now awaits proposals
from America. We have done our
best. We have gone to the verge of
humiliation to secure a settlement of
the question at issue. We shall now
wait for a proposition from the new
Administration under General Grant.
It is admitted that the claims are a
fair subject for friendly arbitration.
Year: 1869

The wonderful two-headed girl is still on
exhibition in New England. She sings
duets by herself. She has great advantage
over the rest of her sex, for she never has to
stop talking to eat, and when she is not eat
ing she keeps both tongues going at once.
She has lover, and this lover is in guam
Diary, because at one and the same moment
she accepted him with one mouth and re-
jected him with the other. He does not
know which to believe. He wishes to sue
for breach of promise, but this is a hopeless
experiment, because only half of the girl
has been guilty of the breach. This girl has
two heads, four arms, and four legs, but
only one body, and she (or they is (or are)
seventeen years old. Now is she her own
sister? Is she twins? Or, having but one
body, land consequently but one hearty is
she strictly but one person? If the above
named young man marries her will he be
guilty of bigamy? This double girl has
only one name, and passes for one girl-but
when she talks back and forth at herself
with her two mouths, Is she soliloquizing
Does she expect to have one vote, or two
Has she the same opinions as herself on all
subjects, or does she differ sometimes
Would she feel insulted if she were to spit
in her own face2 Just at this point we feel
compelled to drop this investigation, for it
is rather too tangled for us.-Bufalo
Ezpress
Year: 1869

It is understood that agriculturists in Cal
ifornia are now turning their attention to
the raising of opium. The poppy plant it
is found grows there without cultivation,
and the gathering of the juice of the heads,
of which opium consists, is as simple an op-
Grafton as the making of maple sugar. Raw
opium is worth about $50 pound, it will
beseen that the pecuniary inducements to
embark in the business are very great. But
comes up the moral question involved in it.
The principal use of the drug is that of pro-
ducing intoxication, and the chief market
for it is China, where it is as greats scourge
as whisky is here. Would the money made
out of the insane appetite of the miserable
Chinese opium eaters and smokers be such
as decent man would like to pocket9
Year: 1869

One of Brigham Young's wives has re-
Gently arrived from Salt Lake, accompanied
by her daughter, and purposes spending
few days in this city. The person In ques-,
tion is rather a notable woman among
the Mormons, and is frequently mentioned
in books concerning that people. She was
the wife of well known Boston merchant
by the name of Cobb, but becoming infa-
tuated with Mormonism a few years ago ran
away from her husband, taking her daughter
with her. The girl was dressed as a
bow in order to facilitate her escape.
Brigham Young took Mrs. Cobb as one OF his
wives, claiming that he had power to divorce
her from her husband. Her daughter, Char
lotte Cobb, grew up quite pretty, and for a
long time was a favorite belle among the
Mormons. She refused until lately all prof
fers of marriage, but within a few weeks
has become the fourth wife of prosperous
Mormon merchant by the name OF Godbe.
She says she had a revelation that she should
marry him. This is the first instance, we be-
lieve, in which Mormon woman has claim
ed to have had revelation. The happy
husband is expected shortly to join his new
bride, but he will not probably bring his
other wives with him. The other three
quarters of the household establishment will
be left behind, as it would create too much
of sensation to see a man walking down
Montgomery street in company with four
wives. That style of barnyard fowl perform
ance has at present to be confined. to Salt
Lake City and other Mormon towns.-SaD
Francisco Chronicle. f1o- -uia
Year: 1869

We need in the western portion of our
State 100000 emigrants. We need work
shops, factories, and every form of industry
Our climate is fine, the air pure and bracing
and the scenery varied and magnificent. In
climate. soil, production, and pasturage,
North Carolina has no equal; and is singu
larly fortunate over all her sister States of
the South in her entire exemption from
all lakes, ponds, and marshes, so prolific in
epidemic diseases Beautiful streams run
through our valleys, and drain the country
perfectly. The land here has been regularly
cultivated half q century without manure,
and yet is as productive as when first bro
ben. Our cultivation has been not only
slovenly but exceedingly superficial; still,
the yield is abundant Every farmer with
good seasons makes plenty. We are anxious
to see experiments made at farming on
strictly scientific principles upon the best
lands, and from the little we know of the
matter we confidently predict result not
dreamed of by any Of the people
of the South. The grape grows luxu-
riantly everywhere, and needs but culture to
make the vineyards bud and blossom
like the rose with their luscious fruit.
Peaches and apples grow finely on the up
lands, and the small fruits on all lands.
Stock-raising may be made very profitable,
as the mountains abound in grasses, which
afford an excellent pasturage during winter.
Of the mineral productions in Western North
Carolina, there is no end. Water privileges
are so plenty that there can not probably be
found single place within the limits of
some of our western counties that would be
five miles from stream of sufficient fall and
water to turn a merchant mill.


We hope soon to see the tide of emigra-
ton flowing in this direction. What other
State can boast of a better climate; richer
more productive soil Why don't the poor
flock here, when lands and stock go beg
ging. and labor is king2 Land is for sale
on any time and terms; improved farms can
be bought from three to ten dollars per acre,
on liberal conditions, and rented at from
two to three dollars per acre, or for one-third
and one-quarter of the crop. This is no idle
talk. We wish to see our country prosper
and emigration alone can make it so.-Ashe-
ollie Pioneer.
Year: 1869

A bright youth who was guilty of some
offence was told by his father to go into the
next room and prepare himself for severe
fogging. The parent carried his horsewhip
into the room to infict chastisement, and
found that the youngster had an immense
hump on his back. "What on airth have
you got on you back 2" asked the wonder
ing sire. =" A leather apron,"n replied John,
three double. You told me to prepare my
self for . severe Aogging, and ] guess I've
done the best n0uldln
Year: 1869

The little Princess Felicia, said to be the
smallest girl of her age on the continent, is
still the great sensation in Paris. She is
only fifty centimetres high. On her arrival
in Paris she was taken Immediately to the
Empress. who put her into her work-basket
and carried her to the Emperor's room. The
girl was placed on Napoleon's writing table,
on (which she promenaded and danced for q
while, and closed the performance, to the
great amusement of the Emperor, by turn
ing a somersault. She is only seven years
old, and the physicians who have examined
her predict that she will yet grow about
eight or ten centimetres, when she will be
about two feet high.
Year: 1869

When we consider how carelessly the
foundations for the family superstructure
are laid. the wonder is. not that ruin en-
sues. but that it is not more general than
lit is now found to be-. Two persons from
two already established families separate
themselves to establish third, whose
taste, habits and dispositions are little
known to each other. and may prove to-
tally dissimilar and at variance.


In every we'll regulated household there
must be supreme head or umpire-one
to whom all may appeal. and whose deci-
sions must be final; from whom there is
no appeal; wise, loving judicious center.
who is to be looked up to as counselor,
friend. judge. Where authority is divid-
ed conflicts will arise. dissensions will ex-
ist, and these will mar the harmony of
the family, disarrange its domestic eeono-
my. and eventually endanger the happi-
ness and well-being of the inmates.


Who shall be the head of the household?
St. Paul decided the question nearly two
thousand years ago. BY asserting that
IMAM is head of the woman" and she
ought to be subject to her husband. etc,
I know the masculine arrogance of the
Jew denied the equality Of woman, and
accepted her in the aspect Of sex mostly as
Paganism did entirely. The Jews exclud-
ed woman then. as now, from the main
body of the tabernacle in worship. and
yet in the earlier and better ages she had
been recognized in thenation both as judge
and prophecies. a
My opinion is this that the man is the
rightful. proper head Of the family; that
the wife. children. and servants must and
ought to yield not only respect but obedi-
ence to him as the head and ruler of the
household; In bis place there he should


be king and priest. he should rule and


worship in the alter-place of home.


The second is loyalty.


| This involves perfect confidence and
Year: 1869

10 WORK TO swear away ny uo"utisuV pei
jury the life Of fellow-man. was thing
that in my innocence of the world never
thought possible. After I was convicted
and sent away to the Dry Tortugas con-
fession was got up by Secretary Stanton,
purporting to have been made by me to
Captain Dutton, on board the steamer, and
was afterwards appended to the official re-
port Of my trial This was one Of the
most infamous lodges practiced against
me. and was evidently intended as JUS
ti6cation for the illegality of my convic-
ton. never made such confession.
and never could have made it., even if [
tried"


"How did they treat you down there
to the Dry Tortugas?"


"Well I feel indisposed to say much on
that head If I made disclosures of mat
ters with which I am acquainted certain
officers in command there might find
themselves curiously compromised"


"You did good service during the fever
plague. Doctor p


"Well, / can say this. that as long as
I acted as post physician not single life
was lost. My whole time was devoted to
fighting the spread Of the disease and in
vestigating its specific nature. l found
that the disease does not generate the
poison which gives rise to the plague. -
The difference between contagion and in
fection which I have discovered, is, that
one generates the poison from which the
fever springs and the other does not
Contagfon. such as smallpox, measles.
&c.. generates the poison which spreads
the complaint Of yellow fever, typhoid fe-
yer, and other such infectious diseases. -
It requires contact with the poison, and
not with the disease to infect person,
and if thousand cases of fever were re-
moved from the place Of the disease, no
danger whatever need be apprehended.-
The fever in the Dry Tortugas was of the
same type as the typhoid, and the treat
ment on the expectant plan-that is.
watching the case and treating the symp-
toms as they manifested themselves"


Were you untrammeled in your man
agement of the sick p


mo. sir; there's where l felt the awk-
wardness Of my position. I was trammcl-
ed, and consequently could not act with
the independence physician under such
circumstances should have"


The Doctor talked at considerable length
on many other topics connected with Bis
Imprisonment. In replying to the remark
that his feelings must have been greatly
Exercised at coming within sight of his
old home and meeting his wife once more.
be said, with visible tremor, that words
were entirely inadequate to express the
overwhelming emotions that filed his
mind. 1t appears that few days before
be left the Dry Tortugas a company oi
the third artillery. who were on board a
transport about being shipped to some
other point, on seeing the Doctor walking
on the parapet. set up three cheers for the
man who periled his life for them in the
heroic fight with the dread visitation o
fever. We talked along till midnight
then retired to comfortable feather bed
and. rising with the sun in the morning
started on our homeward journey t.
Washington.
Year: 1869

The newsmen at Washington have but little
to report except the movements, expectations
and prospects of this man and that man, this
clique, that clique and the other, In the general
squabble for the spoils. General Grant, how
ever, holds them to the Tenure Of Office law,
with a few favored exceptions here and there,
and so this law returns to plague the inventor.
The hungry sposmen will doubtless be too
much for the Senate; but while waiting for the
grass to grow the horse starves. The New
York budget Of fat places and pickings is the
subject OF lively contest, involving half
dozen rings, cliques and coteries, and great Is
the prevailing excitement and uncertainty
among them all for they are all sore afraid
that General Grant has filed slate OF his
own, which will upersede every other slate
made up. Greeley is reported among the
ofice-seekcrs as Houndering about like a stur-
geon among the small fry, and Raymond is
represented among the faithful as a fish out Of
water. Dana, they say, sees that his splendid
castles In the clouds are vanishing, and the
free trade poets Of the Post cannot sing the
music Of Boutwell,, and 80 they remain for the
present in the background. But still the gen.
eral scramble goes on, and in the midst Of II
the President Is reduced to the position Of su-
periutendent of o national almshouse, sur
rounded by a still increasing swarm Of hungry
and thirsty followers, clamorous for their re-
wards
Year: 1869

THE BATTLE OF THE KEGs.-The sharp en-
counter 10 the House yesterday between Gene
raj Schenck and General Butler might rightly
be termed the Battle Of the Kegs" II was
all about the whiskey tax. What magnifi-
cent spectacle the debate presented Butler
standing up for the Treasury Of the United
States, and schenck, as Butler alleged, for the
whiskey ring. The former stated in the face
Of the country" that "a million and half Of
dollars year" was interested in having a
certain provision in the whiskey bill fail. The
face of the country" ought'to blush at such a
statement. But its face has become calloused
against charges Of this kind, and il can only
be brought to relax its rigidness by further
developments Of the same sort. Let the
.'Battle Of the Kegs wage. The country can
lose nothing by its continuance.
Year: 1869

OrESrTe A NINE. The money awarded TO
property owners for land to be taken for the
Church street extension and for houses 10 be
torn down for the same is to be paid presently,
but the owners, as the courts decide, will be
entitled to collect rents on the same property
til IL Il formally accepted by the city. This
Is the best yet--a man is paid for his prop erty,
but has the benefit and income of ID still Now,
let these owners start a big job 10 put of
indsGntsly the acceptance by the city, and
they will have the municipal bull by the horns.
We expect 70 hear directly Of great many
propositions for opening streets, aud not "
see the streets for great while.
Year: 1869

THE Doc IN THE MANGER.-That dog was
never looked upon as having character that
any one would desire to initiate. He was never
envied his fame, and we thought never would
be. We thought this till we understood the
position Of the city government in regard to
markets. Our authorities persistently keep up
the infliction of several disgraceful nuisances,
which they call markets, refuse to give decent
markets, and then interpose their authority to
prevent any one else giving them, striving to
show that it is q crime to accommodate the
people in this necessity.
Year: 1869

STAGE RoUrEs.-The Legislature is asked to
annul the license to run stages on any route
on which they have not run for five years.
We do not object to the abolition Of stage lines
where there are no stages, and we believe that
the friends Of those lines where there are
stages are growing daily less. Cars have
done much, and cabs, if Fisk succeeds, win do
more, to kill the omnibus. The Fifth avenue
line is good one, but there are few Of that
character.
Year: 1869

SMALL CoN. There Is proposition TO 20
further in the coinage Of nickel pieces for
Eve cents. Why not give us ten cent piece
OF the same, and thus put out Of sight one
more denomination Of the stamps2
Year: 1869

GUBERNAroRrAL vEToEs AND REPUBLICAN
SPECIAL LEGISLATION. Governor Hoffman
yesterday vetoed another scheme Of the ma
jority in the Legislature. It was one for
special legislation in regard to the Board Of
Metropolitan Police. The Governors reasons
for the veto are given in full in his message.
These efforts at special legislation on the part
of the republicans are awakening some mis-
givings among the republican organs them
selves The Albany Eoening Journal Of last
evening sagely remarks that ''the day may
come when we shall have democratic Legis-
lature as well as a democratic Governor; and
then, perhaps, we will find TO our cost that in
carrying out scheme Of special Legislation
precedent has been furnished for dangerous
and annoying interference with municipal
rights in republican districts"
Year: 1869

FRANCE-REDucTIoS IN rHE ARMY AND
NAVY important reductions, as we learn by
cable telegraph, are taking place In the
French army and navy. An the soldiers and
sailors who were recruited in 1862 have been
discharged. This, as we have said, is an i'm
portant and significant step. In view of
the tremendous excitement which was got up
by the French press about the Belgian rail-


ways, and which has not yet completely sub
sided, 1t seems to say that the Emperor Is not
going to be dragged into war against his own
better sense either by belicose editors or by
indignant Politicians. Some win see in IL
another proof that the empire is peace. We
are not convinced that Europe is not soon TO
have war; but war win not be forced upon
Napoleon. lie must be allowed 10 choose
his own time. War Is not TO be now.
Year: 1869

The copperhead press at the present mo-
ment reminds us Of pack Of snarlng ours
driven from bone. They set up an impotent
howl over everything done by the party which
Is master Of the situation. They tell their
ragged, hungry followers that they must open
the battle against the administration, no matter
under what plea. If no reason can be found
FOR It, never mind--open the battle. Without
principles that will give them a foothold they
rave away, and, instead Of sensible fight.
they remind us Of a lot Of ''Celestials," with
their gongs, lanterns and antics, giving us
burlesque representation Of war.


When Grant first came into Office they
charged him with desiring 10 dictate entirely