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Year: 1865

necessities require, but their conf
dence in the Government is such as to
induce them to tender it what they do
not need. What magnificent offer
ing ! Who will say that we are not
great people when we are able to
conduct and finish the greatest war on
record, without having either our re-
sources or our patriotism exhausted.
Year: 1865

and therefore greatly superior to the goods
Imported from abroad and hawked- about AS
the cheapest ever sold, The simple duty on
imported goods, aud the high premium on Goid
fall foreign bills are payable ia gold amount
to more than the entire cost of many of the
articles afforded by us to the public To ia
cilitate the sale
Year: 1865




THE coNFEDERArEs OF wIRZ IN TRIBULArioN.
There is said to be growing repidation upon the part
OF Wnder Duncan and Gee the confederaes OF wrz at
Andersonville, and confined in the Old Capitol
prison. which melted by the terrible end OF the latter
three days ago. Winder realizing more fully than his
associates the full force of the danger that hangs over
them, as partners and active participants In the crimes
and populations OF Wirz, while conducting the famous
stockade is especially upon the subject and be
trays impatient desire place his record before the
authorities cleared Of the damaging implications that
were deduced from the testimony brought out in the
trial of Wrz. So thoroughly is he alive to the impend
ing danger and anxious discuss the favorable points
in his case that he frequently summons the commandant
Of the prison to his cell and endeavors 70 obtain some
idea of the popular feeling that is entertained regarding
his share and agency in the atrocities Of Andersonvile
The vindication he has prepared OF himself already
covering forty pages OF legal cap paper is being
added TO daily.
Year: 1865

OUR DISABLED SoLDTERs--The energy and
courage Of some of these noble young men
who have been seriously and permanently
manned is astonishing scarcely less so than
their manipulating patience under the ter
rible suffering Of their wounds. We met
with one of our Pennsy ylvsnia boys the 9th


er day who had lost his right arm. He saw
while on his hospital bed, that he could no,
work at his trade or on his fathers farm
again. No one can know his deep, earnest,
anxious thoughts, all those sorrowing hours
on his bed OF pain. But he recovered health
and strength and having fixed on his EN-.
plOyment for his future life, he spent his
tinie during conyalescence in Qualifying him.
self for it. Would our readers like to know
what the brave young fellow chose? II we
ever indulged in betting, which we do not,
we would wager gold pen that not one Of
them could guess in ten trials, what this
"boy in blue" without right arm, chose
for his business book keeping, learned at
one of our city colleges. That young man
will get along! Somebody viii give him a
place, and he, with the blessing of Heaven,
will do the ess.-PittsJ'iggh Commercial
Year: 1865

Another little private
Mustered in
The army Of temptation
And Ol sin !
Another soldier arming
For the strife,
To fight the toilsome battles
or q life.
Another little sentry,
Who will stand
On guard, while evils prowl
On every hand.
Lord , our little darling
Guide and save,
Mid the perils Of the march
To the gravel
Year: 1865




WASHINGTON, April l3.-The Rich
moud Wing. commenting on the address
to the people of Virginia, says 1t is un-
derstood that this invitation has been
put forth in pursuance of the plan OF
proceeding assented to by President Lin
coin. AT all events it will by hailed by
the great body of the people of Virginia
as the first steps towards the reinstate-
ment of the Old Dominion in the Union.
1t is possible that some of the members
of the Legislature may decline to come.
In every such case the people OF the
county or Senatorial district should Sc
lect some influential and intelligent clti-
zen who is willing to take part in this
business. and commission him as far as
they can TO represent them at the con-
ference.


The views and purposes Of the mem'
bers of the Legislature should be ascer-
tanned at once. Every one can foresee
difficulties in the way of formal action in
the beginning Several complex ques,
tsons are to be met at the threshold but
where there is will there is way, and
whatever the difficulties presented, the
importaut business must be undertaken:
The report concerning the health OF
Mrs. Robert L. Lee Is. we learn, entirely
without foundation.
Year: 1865

We meet this evening not IN sorrow,
but in gladncss OF heart The Cyacua-
tion of Petersburg and Richmond and
the surrender of the principal insurgent
army. give hope Of a righteous and
speedy peace. whose Joyous expressions
cannot he restrained. In the midst OF
this. however. He. from whom all bless
incs dow. must not I've forgotten. A call
for National thanksgiving is being pre-
pared. and will be duly promulgated.


Nor must those whose harder part gives
Ms the cause of rejoicing he overlooked.


Their honors must not be parcelled out
with Others. |, myself, was near the
front, and had the high pleasure of trans
hitting much of the good news 10 you.
But no part of the honor for plan OF exc
cution is mine To Lieutenant General
Grant, his skilful officers and brave men,
all belongs The gallant navy stood
ready. but was not in reach to take active
part


By these recent successes and the re
Inauguration OF the national authority,
reconstruction, which has had a large
share OF thought from the first, is press
ed much more closely upon our attention.
Unlike the case of war between indepen-
dent nations, there is no authorized organ
for us to treat with No one man has
authority to give up the rebellion for any
other man We simply must begin with
and mould from disOrganized and dis
cordant elements Nor is ii a small sddI-
tiOnal embarrassment that We, the loyal
people, differ among ourselves as to the
mode manner and measure of recOnstTnc-
ton.


As a general rule, / abstain from read
ing the reports of attacks upon myself
wishing not to be provoked By that tC
which can not properly offer an answer
In spite of this caution, however, it came
| to nv knowledge that / am much cen
Year: 1865

New YORK, April l3.--The Times City
Point special says General Lee has ex'
pressed a desire to depart for Europe
with the rest Of his family at an early
day He is much affected by his defeat.
Davis has deserted. him and is retreating
on his own account
Year: 1865

HoLT COUNTY SENTINEL This is the
name of a handsome six column paper
just started at Oregon. Mo-, by Charles
w. Bowman. 1t is Union but we think
it goes into an error in claiming that the
Union question is not a party issue: 1t
should not have been so, but the Copper.
head Democratic party forced the issue.
The fact, that whenever. during the war,
officers, were to be chosen who were to
have the interests of Government in
charge. members Of the Democratic par
ty. acting with it OF the time, were never
chosen by the loyal people, shows pretty
clearly how much Of party question
Unionism was. Price of the Sentinel, So
a year. We wish it success.
Year: 1865

~ We are Informed that q villsir
named Lacy was hanged by a mob. al
Council Bluffs. few days ago. for high
way robbery. A description of him ap'
swers to that of the wretch who commit
ted the assault upon Mrs. Fox. in this
Township, short time since. There i:
q road that all such fellows are bound to
travel, sooner or later. so narrow that
they have to be conducted by halter.
Year: 1865

THE HUNTER EAGLE-'We shall not
want for fine game this season" said a
peasant TO bis SOD. "There is fine
eagles nest on the south cliffs. We will
build us little hut beneath it, and have
our scaling,ladders and grapplng-irons
ready by the time the young are hatched.
They shall pay good rent for our rocks"
So they Sc, TO work and built hut, with
a low entrance, where they might watch
the bird, and not fall victims to her fury
should she discover an intruder near her
nest. Then, when she came to feed her
young, they watched until she bad flown
away, and then began Immediately to
ascend the rocks, taking away the choice
game she was sure to provide, and leav-
ing refuse from the markets 10 their place.
The eaglets usually made some
ravaees on the food before they could
reach it but that was little regarded
The table was sump,uously provided for
while the birds were in the nest, and
after they were large enough to fly, they
we're kept still longer in the nest by the
peasants, who fastened them down to it.
Every eyrie was looked upon as clear
gain TO the fortunate owner of the local


ity. But these bold hunters are by no
means pleasant neighbors, especially in
some of the northern islands. Many &C.
counts come to US from the Orkneys, and
adjacent island, of little children being
seized and carried off in their fearful


talons. One distracted mother pursued
the bird who had borne off her babe to
its high nest on cliff, which no one but
a frantic mother could have climbed
But. alas she came to late. She could
only gather the precious form of her
dead child to her bosom, and bear it away
with her Another mother pursued an
eagle for four miles, and climbed to her
nest, from which, by good providence,
she rescued her boy unhurt. The weight
of the child no doubt compelled the bird
to fly slowly, and WEAKNESS made it wait
a little before tearing it to pieces. A
good providence watched over it, and
gave it back iu safety to its mothers arms


Perhaps some similar circumstance was
the foundation of the device of a child
and eagle, which is found on a coin in
the Isle of Man. There was curious
bounty set on eagles in the Orkneys.-
Every man who kills one of them is en-.
titled to hen out of every poultry yard
in the parish where the plunderer lived.
Year: 1865

There is no death The stars so down
To rise upon some farer shore
And brightin Heavens jeweled crown
They shine for evermore.
There is no DEATH The dust we tread
Shall change beneath the summer s5owe
To golden grain or mellow fruit,


Or rainbow-tinted flowers.
The granite rocks dlsorganize


To feed the hungry moss they bearj
The forest leaves drink daily life


From out the yiewless air.
There is no death The leaves may fall
The flowers may fade and pass away
They only wait through wintry' hours,
The coming of the May.
There is no death An angel form
Walks DER the earth with silent tread,
He bears our best loved things away,
And then we call them "dead."
He leaves our hearts all desolate-
He plucks our fairest sweetest flowers;
Transplanted into bliss, they now


Adorn immortal bowers.
The bird-like voice whose joyous tones
Made glad this scene Of sin and strife,
Sings now in everlasting song


Amid the tree of life.
And where he sees smile too bright,
Or heart too pure for taint and vice,
He bears it to that world of light,


To dwell in Paradise.
Born into that undying life,


They leave us but to come again;
With JOY we welcome them-the same,
Except in sin and pain.
And even near us, though unseen,
The dear immortal spirits tread;
For all the boundless Universe


Is life-there is no dead.
Year: 1865

A correspondent writing from Mo.
bile says:


While on my way to supper last
evening, | walked up the street with
an old gentleman who is engaged in
the type setting business, or in lore
manizing others who are, and he
told me that he had just returned
from visit to one of the cemeteries
of the city. 81 went out there .
great many years-sgo," said he, "to
help bury printer, and i remember
that his grave was but the tenth one
there. Now, instead of ten, find
there at least ten thousand; and
when looked abroad this evening
over that little wilderness of green
hilloeks, and thought of the many
tears, and breaking hearts that have
been since ! stood there at the burial
of that poor printer long years ago,
it made me feel badly; and was
tempted to say / wouldn't swear
any more"


replied that the thought vds
rather solemn one, and that if it
should cause him to break himself of
the ugly habit of swearing, his visit
to the cemetery would turn out to
have been the best Sunday evenings
work he had ever done.


"Ah," said he, "you never acted as
foreman in a newspaper office, or
you would know that a sight of all
the graveyards in creation could not
break me of that habit Why, sir, )"
he continued, ''if there had been q
printing Office in heaven, and Lucifer
had been the foreman of it, I'll be
id if he hadn't fallen q thousand
years before he didr'
Year: 1865

frequently follow war. He that Is
most meritorious and virtuous and
intelligent must stand highest with
out regard to color. 1t Is the very
basis upon which heaven rests itself
Each individual took his degree in
the rebellion and now exalted, reign
IN proportion TO his merit and virtue.
Then / say to you, having faithfully
discharged your duty, retiring with
the determination that you viii do
your duty In the future as you have
| in the past, abstain from all those
chickering's rnd jsalousies and re-
tFengeful feelings, which to often
spring up between different races.
There is a great problem to be
worked out; the institution of slavery
is overthrown, but another part re-
mains to be solved, and that is, can
four millions of people, raised as
they have been, with all the preju-
dices oil the whites, can they take
their places in the community and be
made to work harmoniously and con-
gruously in our system? This is a
problem to be considered. Are the
digestive powers of the American
government sufficient to receive this
element in a new shape, and digest
it and make it work healthfuliY up
on the system that has incorporated
it? This is the question to be de-
termined. Let us make the expert
ment, and make it in good faith. II
that cannot be done, there is another
problem that is before us. If we
have to become separate and dis
tinct people, although trust that
the system can be made to work
harmoniously, and that the great
problem will be solved without 60
ing any further, if it should be so
that the two races cannot agree and
live in peace and prosperity, and
the laws Of Providence require that
they should be separated, in that
event, looking to the far distant fu-
ture, and trusting that it may never
come, if it should come, Providence,
that works mysteriously but uner-
ringly, certainly will point out the
way, and the means, and the manner
in which these people are to be sepa-
rated, and by which they are to be
taken to their land of inheritance and
promise, for sucn a one is before
them. Hence we are making the
experiment. hence let me impress
upon you the Importance of con
trolling your passions and develop
ing your intellect Be patient, per-
severeing and forbearing, and you
will help to solve the problem. Make
for yourselves reputation in this
cause as you have won for your
selves a reputation in the cause in
which you have been engaged In
speaking to the members OF this
regiment, want them to understand
that so far as l am concerned / do
not assume or pretend that / am
stronger than the laws of the nation,
or that / am wiser than Providence.
God holds the destinies of nations
in the palm of his hand, and he will
solve this question and rescue these
people from the difficulties that have
so long surrounded them.


Then let US lie patient, Industrious
and persevering; let us develop our
intellectual aud moral worth.


l trust what / have said may be
understood and appreciated. GOto
your homes and lead a cheerful,
prosperous and happy life in peace
with all men. To the officers who
have led and so nobly commanded
you in the field, l also return my
thanks for the compliment you have
conferred upon me.
Year: 1865

MEN


WASHINGTON, Oct, 10.-The 1st
District of Columbia colored regi-
ment, marched from their quarters
in Campbell Hospital, to the Execu-
tive Mansion, where they were re-
ceiyed by the President, who adj
dresses them as follows:


My friends-my object in present
ing myself before you on this occa-
sion, is simply to thank you as mem
bers of one of the colored regiments
which has been in the service of the
country to sustain and carry its ban
ner and laws triumphantly in every
part of this broad land. l repeat,
that l appear before you on the
present occasion, merely to tender
you my thanks for the compliment
you have paid me on your return
home to again associate with your
friends and yoIr relations and those
you hold most sacred and dear. l
repeat, 1 have but little to say, it
being universal in this government,
and most of other governments, to
have colored troops engaged in their
service. You have gone forth, as
events have shown, and served with
patience and endurance in the cause
of your country. This is your couu-
try as well as any body else's coun-
try.


Tits country is founded upon the
principles of equality, aud at the
same time the standard by which
persons are to be estimated is accor-
ding to their merit and their worth,
and you have observed, no doubt,
that for him who does his duty faith
fully and honestly there is always a
just public judgement that will ap-
preciate and measure out to him mis-
proper re fard l know that there
is muchwell calculated to excite in
this government and some in the late
rebellion commenced to excite the
whites against the blacks and the
blacks against the whites. There
are things you should all under
stand at some time. Prepare your
self for what is before you. Upon
the return of peace and the surren-
der of the enemies of the country it
should be the duty OF every patriot
and every one who reels himself a
Christian to remember tIat with the
termination of the war nIs resent
ment should cease; that angry feel
ings should subside, and that every
man should become calm and
thoughtful, and be prepared for what
is before him. This is another part
Year: 1865

Men are miserable when they try to be
happy, as happiness comes at its own time
and not when we call for it.


We are miserable when friend turns
against US.


When an enemy triumphs over US.
When we are sick.


When the means of subsistence vanish
and many mouths ask for bread in vain.
When the hope of Immortality becomes
one of annihilation.


When the Creator takes back the loan ot
child


When there is no more prospect in life
When there is none in Heaven.
When we wish for death in vain.
When we strive for life in vain.
When the man who protects you turns
against you.


When Providence aids that man.
When life has been great strife for
bread, and must end without it.


When the family you have brought up
proves worthless.


When you meet with fortune and then
lose it.


When you read tale that ends bad.
When you have q counterfeit bill, and
don't know of whom you got it,


When you break your watch.


When you have the headache.


But most ofall, when you have the heart
ache, and death the only remedy.
The happiest men are only happy at times
the most miserable at times
Year: 1865

EDITORS are becoming sensible now a
days. Time was when a glass of whisky
would call forth halfcolumn puff from
some of them. Here's the way reformed
Pennsylvania "print" talks: " Somebody
has brought bottle of sour water into our
office with request to notice as lemon beer
If Esau was green enough to sell his birth.
right for mess of pottage, it does not prove
that we will tell four shilling lie for FIVE
cents"
Year: 1865

Ont of temper at last with the insolent dame,
And feeling that Madame was greatly to blame


To scold me instead of caressing
Imimicked her speeeh-like churl as am
And angrily said, "youre a-dam--dam-dam-
damage instead of blessing
Year: 1865

But when we were married, found to my ruth,
The stammering lady had spoken the truth,


For often, in oblivious dudgeon,
She d say,-if ventured to give her a jog
In the way of reproof, You're dog-you re a dog


A dog dog-matic curmudgeon
Year: 1865

THE EYE, BEING THE MOST DELICATE
Organ, and Of the most vital importance 70
tbe happiness and prosperity Of man, should
never b6 tempered With, either by the individual,
or those who for mere profit take upon Themselves
the selling OF artificial sights, and who know
nothing Of ths anatomy OF the Kye.


These Celebrated Hpectaeles
Year: 1865

The oldest idea we have heard of in long
while Ia that of an association recently
founded in a German city, for the object Of
buying out all aspiring young fnO art talent
which shows no hnO art in 1t after a sufficient
trial. The youth or man is called aside and
informed that GOOC year for Eve years await
his acceptance. OF course he is delighted at
the reward his talent has met with, but he is
soon dcsiiiHROnec by the information that the
money will bO given but upon one considOra.
tion namely; that he signs for pains and PEN
altios of high sum II he sgain ever paint
another picture during his lifetime.
Year: 1865

tomorrow they would be In the Union and we haa ns
rght 70 declare them out OF the Union now While H.
speak ng singular condition Of thngs existed.
The President sends very respectable citizen Rich
mond to know upon what terms his insurrection shall
upon the part Of the disioyaL What d he dos
He was said 70 have returned. While there he
had interview with the rebel anthoritiea
He goes back again In government vessel
Before he went back he had an interview with
the President What was tho RESULT We don't know,
but speculate Suppose, In that interview
no had informed the President Of the United States that
the rebels willing to lay down their and
back into the Union at once that they are willing to
admit that slavery s either actually abolished by the
Presidents or practically the extent
that arms have gone, and that they are will ng to
leave the decision Of the effect Of the proclamation
such portion Of the slaves have not como into the
possession Of the military authorities TO the coutrsi
The President has agreed TO that himself Suppose they
willing further to assent TO any constitutional amend
ment 70 slavery that may be adopted The President
has no right TO carry on the war hour after such
terms arc compiled with Every man killed in battle
after their willingness to return ON these conditions
would be murder wilfuly.


After further remarks by Mr. johnson the Senate
adjourned
Year: 1865

FALL AND WWTEa Go0Ds.-We invite the
attention of our readers TO the advertisement Of
Messrs J. Phillips & Co. They are now open
ing large and well selected stock of goods,
suitable for cur market. They respectfully ask
an inspection of their goods, feeling assured
that their quality and prices viii suit all who
wish TO purchase. Give tlen-a call.
Year: 1865

r~ The State Legislature of Tennessee, met
in Nashville on the 2nd. There was no quor-
um in the House, but the Senate organized and
the message of the Governor was sent into that
body and read.
Year: 1865

\ negro in this place was robbed
iac other night by party calling
themselves guards" who went into
his house under pretense of looking
for some stolen property. They took
from him all they could conveniently
lay hands on and scare out by pistol
persuation. In this contemplate
way they cot money and jewelry,
telling the negro lie could call the
next day at the Commissary, and get
'he things back if it was found that
he had not stolen them. Cannot
something be done to preven, such
nightly thefts