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Year: 1869

AsensIbIe Comment by n London Journal.


The following extract from the London Times
s of unusual interest to 1--WE Americans


Apparently the Americans are never tired Of
looking into their affairs" We ourselves have
accounts of very similar character to keep,
but we put them out of sight, If not out of mind.
Perhaps not one Englishman out of fifty can
say within ten millions or so what is the amount
of our national debt, whether it is rising or fall
ing; indeed we hardly know how the Information
is to be acquired except from the statements
annually made by the Chancellor of the EX-
chequer. But the Americans won't keep their
skeleton in the cupboard. They take II out
on the first OF every month ana put the
bones together, and count the joints, and
90 through the whole articulation with extra
ordinary precision and relish. dozen times n
year, at the very least, our own kilograms report
the exact dimensions, weight, and tendency of
the American debt as just certified by authority
with its increase or decrease, as the case may
be- since the last stock-taking q week or two
before. Sometimes the figures seem to go up,
sometimes down; but they are displayed to the
whole nation in black and white and with an
official certificate ofaccuracy The meaning of
all this is that the Americans do not look upon
their debt as we look on ours. They are deter
mined not to regard it as n permanent burden.
We having learned patience under our load,
are content to provide the interest annually
required, and leave the principal to take care
of itself In point of fact, some our
most liberal statesmen have been distinctly
opposed to any reduction of the debt when op-
portunities were offered. Mr.. Golden, for in
stance, maintained that it would be far better
to reduce taxation, or simply revenue, than to
bring the amount of debt down by million or
two; and the opposite school, represented by
Mr.. Gladstone can hardly be said to have pre-
vailed to much purpose in giving effect to their
views. But Americans of all schools appear to
concur in doctrine exactly the contrary. How
ever much they may differ on other questions
of financial policy, they are all one in
assuming that the public debt cannot be left rs
it is. 1t must be gradually reduced and uti-
mately extinguished. The citizens of the Union
are not going to carry this clog about them for
ever.
Year: 1869

day or two since we gave the particulars of
:an attempt by seventeen men to capture this
notorious Missouri desperate, which was rot
only Intellectual, but sadly fatal to a number of
the assailing party. The following incident is
just given publicity


At the close of the war he went to Texas, and
returned to st. Francois county about year
ago in poor circumstances He gave out that
he wanted to settle up his mothers estate, from
which he expected some $500 or $400. Poverty
drove him to engage in hard work. He chopped
cord wood for a time at Rush Tower Bend, some
thirty miles below St. Louis One day he went
to DE Soto, and a friend who was with him
asked Colonel Bill Fletcher If he would like to
see Hilderbrand. The Colonel replied that he
would shoot him at sight. Hilderbrand then
tapped Fletcher on the shoulder, and said he
the man. Fletcher, it is said, forgot his
brave words and promised to let Hilderbrand
alone, if the latter would do the same by him.


The following incident is related:-Sinee the
row Hilderbrand was shot through the leg by
Jack Smith, and his wounds were dressed by q
woman who afterwards married a man who
squandered all her means. He then left his wife
and lived with her negro servant in Arkansas.
Hilderbrand, stung with resentment at the way
in which the woman who attended to him while
sick was treated went with few men, and,
tying the man and negress together, flung them
into the river. For this act HilderbTand was
tried and sentenced to be hung. Before the time
of execution, two hundred men, clothed in
Federal uniform, went to the jail and demanded
that the prisoner be given to them. The jailor
supposed Lne ODJecJ was TO lyncn MIN, instead OF
which they put him on horse and he made his
escape. Hilderbrand is described as of tall,
slender form, sharp features, grey eyes, and red
hair He has feminine voice, steps as lightly
as an Indian, and can clear seven-rall fence
with the agility of deer. Like SCOTS "Rob
Roy McGregor," he possesses boldness, sagacity,
and prudence, qualities highly necessary in war,
which become vices when misdirected. His
father was farmer in rather bad repute, and
his mother died of grief after the massacre of
Der fpmiy.
Year: 1869

Here is one of the recorded instances of where
an unsuccessful oflice-hunter has become insane.
1t is told by an Albany On. Y } paper


Among the numerous applicants for position
in the post office was German named Charles
Saulyer, resident of the First ward and for
some time past in the employ of Lyman j. Lloyd.
He is a man of family, and always regarded as a
good citizen. 1t seems that he had become SO
thoroughly impressed with the belief that his
application would be granted that disappoint-
ment rendered him insane. The first intmation
his wife had of n change in his mental condition
when he told her to wake him up early in
the morning as he had to go to the post office to
carry letters After that he would not converse
with any person, not even with his wife, and re-
manned perfectly mate. He procured his gun,
went to his bedroom and barricaded the door
to prevent any one from entering. There
he remained for several hours, when he finally
fell asleep from sheer exhaustion. Then it was
that his wife procured the assistance of few
neighbors, who succeeded in effecting en-
trance to the room without being heard by its
occupant, who was then secured. Physicians
were summoned, who pronounced Sauver TO be
laboring under an alteration of mind, and upon
their certificates the unfortunate disappointed
oflice-seeker was removed to the County Insane
Asylum.
Year: 1869

TRUE LOYALTY. There are men who
NAV have little or nething to do with political
LOYALTY, but what are they doing for the South,
and the whole country? To answer this ques-
ton. we have only to look at the last Agricul-
tural Report, and we find that the practical
men of the South, the men who In very truth
have succumbed, and tried to accommodate
themselves to the result, have raised over
3 3SO. 900 bales of cotton, and millions of bush
els of corn, hundreds of hogsheads of sugar,
millions OF pounds of tobacco and rice, and an
enormous quantity of wheat and other grains
These men have not spent their time In assur-
ing Congress how anxious they were to be


oya. They are the men, however, to whom
the country will point. They are the men to
whom the country is indebted for nearly three
hundred millions OF dollars for cotton alone,
and they are the men who are destined to re-
construct the South. The work of material
development to which the South is devoting
itself now, will soon present itself iu the prac.
tlcal form to Congress, as to whether 1t pays
to ignore the South any longer. Never was
greater mistake made, than is made by some
Of the freedmen, in supposing that any party
will continue to make the blacks man interest
the all important subject of attention. Lynch-
6ITQ Rep.
Year: 1869

SEVERE PUNIsHMENTs. The President has
Just got through with what it is hoped will be
the last case of barbarous practice in the
military service. A private in cavalry regi,
ment stationed in California was recently found
guilty of desertion. The sentence of the mill
tary commission that tried him was, that with
hot iron the letter D should be branded upon
the prisoners left hip, the brand to be one inch
and a half long, ETC. that he should be i'm.
prisoned two years on Sitka Island, with ball
and chain to his ankle, etc. 10 time OF peace,
especially this custom OF branding with hot iron
has been severely condemned by some OF the
best officers in the service, yet it is continued
as a mode of punishment in the army. The
President has remitted the branding part of
The sentence, and directed that the prisoner be
confined for one year at Fort Point, near San
Francisco.
Year: 1869

A paragraph headed Unjust and UDgener-
arrested my attention. You say:


The language of one of the resolutions on
the subject OF temperance passed by the Meth
capped the attention of the members of that
body.


"Resolued, That we regard with appreciation
the position that has been taken recently by
the Riverside Echo, the organ of the Temper
ance people of Maine, and will exert our in
fuence for the extension of its circulation.


I'VE are very confident that the members OF
the Conference did not perceive the censure
upon the pest management of the Echo i'm
piled in the language of tho resolution


The members of the Conference certainly
did fail to perceive any ''censure upon the past
management of the Echo;" and for the very
good reason that no such censure was i'm
piled. The sentiments entertained by the au
thor of the resolution for the gentleman who
formerly edited the Echo, may be sscertained
by reference to his ''Salutatory," which GER
tainly contained as high commendation of Mr..
Stackpole as is expressed in your own article


Moreover the author of the resolution, when
he introduced the former editor of the Echo
to the Conference at its public temperance
meeting, took occasion to refer to him as one
"who with lifelong devotion had served the
cause of Temperance by voice, and pen, and
purse, And he meant what he said. 1t can
not be that the editor of the Press has read the
"Salutatory'' mentioned above. If he had
done so, he would certainly not have drawn
an inference which "the language of the reso-
luton does not warrant. For one acquainted
with the facts in the case to insinuate that
"censure" was implied" would be both un-
just and ungenerous.


That the policy advocated by the Echo since
the change in its editorial management, is
considerably more radical, in certain respects
at least, than was urged before, is, we sup
pose, plainly apparent to all. 1t is matter
of fact, that the paper has recently taken o
position which it did not. previously occupy
Whether that position be right or wrong, we
are not now to discuss. The members of the
Conference saw fit to give it their hearty en-
dorsement; but neither the author of the resolu-
tion nor those who supported it by their votes,
are willing to have it inferred, that this en-
dorsement implies any censure on the honored
gentleman, who once had editorial control of
the Echo. confess myself so obtuse that I
see not how any such inference could plausibly
be drawn. Yours truly,


j. E. O. SAWYER.


Providence, r. L., May 26, 1869.
Year: 1869

DOMINION MArrERs.-There was absolutely
nothing last week ofgeneral interest in the af-
fairs of our Dominion neighbors. The news
papers seem to be still very decidedly opposed
to the financial schemes of the Government,
and the boldest of them do not hesitate to say
that it means forced loan by the Banks, now
that the Insurance Companies have been laid
under contribution and sustained all the pres
sure they could well do. There is now no
doubt that the whole matter will 60 over til,
another year and probably never come up
again in SO Objectionable shape.


The Queens Birthday passed off very quiet
ly and some say without the old enthusiasm
but we Judge that there was no appreciable
neglecto the occasion and that it only shared
the fate that is lately attending holidays gem
erally
Year: 1869

-Methuselah did not live so long as he
might have done had he attended to good ad-
vice; for it is written that, as he was sleeping
on the ground, when well stricken in years,
an angel came to him and told him that, if he
would rise up and build himself house to lie
in, he would live five hundred years more.
Methuselah made answer that IL was not worth
while to take house for so short term. And
SO he died before he was thousand years old
Year: 1869

OuR FIRST ANcEsross ToxB.-The tomb of
Adam How touching it was, here in a land of
strangers, far away from home and friends, and
all who care for me, thus to discover the grave
of a blood relation. True, a distant one, bu,
still relation. The unerrng instinct of nature
thrilled at its recognition. The fuuntaiu Of my
flial affection was stirred to its profoundes, s,
depths, and gave way to tumultuous emotions
leaned against pillar and burst into tears
deem II no shame to have wept over the grave
of my poor dead relative. Let him who would
sueer at my emotion, close this volume here, fol
he will find little to his taste in my journeying:
through Holy Land. Noble old man-be die
not live to see me-he did not live to see BIZ
child. And I-I-did not live to see him
Weighed down by sorrow and disappointment
he d ed before was born-six Thousand brie
summers before was born. But let us try K
bear il with fortitude. Let US trust that he il
better OF where he is. Let US take comfort il
the thought that his loss is our eternal gain
Mark T,c0in.
Year: 1869

TRAVELLER in Texas writes that Austin is q
very beautiful place, and though lacking the
ordinary means for Illuminating the streets has
bit upon very original method. He sys: E" So
soon as the sun goes down, you see a red-haired
girl come out and place herself on each corner
Of the street. We then turn loose the lightning
bugs, and the two make it as light as day
have been arrested twice by the authorities for
Year: 1869




We call upon all men, of all parties, and
of all past political differences, to con,e in
as one man, with heart linked to heart, and
make Tennessee what she Is entitled to be,
one Of the greatest States Of the Union.
Let the past be forgotten. Let us burn the
bridges and go onward and upward until
Tennessee is restored to her pristine gl6ry.


II is not necessary for me to tell you upon
this occasion that il have been the humble
instrument in your hands through which
these glorious results have been achieved
| bow down with sacred reverence before
the whole people of this State BY your
help, If you will stand up by me, aud sup
press all rankings, heart burnings and dis
sensions in the State, you will find me
always ready to lend you all assistance in
my power. [Clappn Of hands


am satisfied that the coming administrn.
tion will be such as will meet with your
sanction. / will, to the best Of my ability,
act in such q maRoer rs will conduce to
your happiness, peace and prosperity.


Let the bitterness of the recent canvass
be forgotten. Let every harsh remark that
has fl len upon the ear Of Tenness can be
buried in the past. Sc far as am con-
cerned it shall be. Tc these who have pre-
ferred to differ with me, let them be of
whatever color and politics, | extend my
hand in token of friendship. Whatever shall
have been our differences, we should all
seek after peace and the prosperity of the
State. shall always stand by the people
[Applause.]


thank you in the name of East Tcnnes-
see, thank you for myself, and | thank
you, my frien Is, for this kind demonstra
tion to-day. [Vociferous applause.
struck up lively mir, and the great thrOng
of people went their way.
Year: 1869

A CLEVER Book PUBLISHING RUsE.-
The book publishers in Paris sometimes
resort TO very peculiar tricks in order to
push their publications. One Of these
gentlemen had made contract with Merry
to publish all Of the works Of that poet
and novelist at certain sum per volume.
Now Merv's books would not sell any
more and the pablisher was at loss to
know what 10 do IN order 10 find purcha-
sers for them. In his perpIexity be ap-
piled to a qaiek-witted Bohemian for a
piece Of good advice. The Bohemian
said be would think about it. and came
back after while with the following plans
He said he had written to an old gentle
man the the following letter:


Dear Sri hereby notify you not to
molest that lady any longer. 1t is well
known that you have kept up illicit rela-
tions with her for some time past. and her
friends are now determined to put stop
to IT, You know the lady mean; she
plays a leading part under the name Of
- ~Nerosine in Mery's new novel TibeT-
inc. caution you once more to heed my
words. IN"


= But what is the object of that Ietter?7
asked the publisher


e You see said the Bohemian. ave
copy it three thousand times. address IT TO
all the old bachelors whose names we are
able to ascertain. and may be sure that
most of them will purchase Mery's novel"


The three thousand letters were written
and miled. and in two days nearly every
one Of the old geBtlemen to whom the let
tiers were addressed had purchased copy
of the novel. The bookseller made 25,
900 francs and the Bohemian received a
1000 franc note.
Year: 1869

A BoY was sent BY his mother to saw some
stove wood out of some railroad ties. Going
outdoors shortly after, she found the youth
sitting on the saw-horse with head down.
The mother asked her hopeful son why he
didn't keep at bis work The boy replied !:
my dear mother, find it hard-very, hard
TO sever old ties !"
Year: 1869

= With the fall of the Confederacy the cu'tiva-
ton of Sorghum in the South experienced an
equally sudden collapse and though it was one
of our main stays while We were cut of from
the worlh. no one has since been found to do ii
honor But if we are to believe the half of
what we hear it is destined to rise from the
tomb at no distant day; and its product, in the
form of sugar. TO become one OF the leading
staples In the South temperate lati'udes. That
it abounds in saccharine matter IS evident
enough from the fact that an acre of ground
will Weld large quantity of excellent syrup.
but the difficulty has hitherto been to chrystallize
it. That difficulty has now been overcome land
sugar Of the higher grades is manufactured by
a process represented to b. so simple that every
farmer of ordinary intelligence can carry ii
through successfully. Should this prove. to be
the case, and we see no reason TO doubt IT., We
may hope to see another article of prime COM


mercia value introduced into the agriculture OF


The Southern States. Petersburg Luder.
Year: 1869

Trust no. friend wherein thou hast not prov
ed him At the banqueting table how many
more are found than at the door of the prison.
i A an had three friends two of them he
loved dearly-the third to him Was indifferent,
although lie was the most true hearted of the
three. Cd certain occasion he was summon
ed before judge, aud was although innocent,
cruelty accused. who among you, p" said he,
will 90 with me<and be a witness in my be-
hat? Tor have been cruelty accused and the
king Is angry.


The first of his friends Immediately excused
himself, saying he could not go with him ON ac-
count of their business.


The second accompanied him to the door of
the Judgment hail, then turned away aud went
back fearing the anger of the judge
The tnlid, upon whom he had reckoned the
least. went in, spoke for him, and so oyfuIly
bore testimony to his innocence, that the judge
released hun and sent him away
Three friends has man in this world, and
how do they bear themselves toward him 10 the
hour of death, when God summons him before
his Judgment seat? Wealth, his most cherish
ed friend, first iorsakes him and goes with him.
HIS retaticts and friends accompany him to the
portals OF the grave, and turn back again to
their dwellings, The third, that which In life
was most frequently forgotten, is his good
aoorks. They alone accompany him to the
throne Of the Judge; they go BEFORE speak in
his BEHALF and find mercy.
Year: 1869

THE SOCIETY OF WoMEN.-One of the great
benefits young man may derive from womans
society is that he is bound to be respectful to
them The habit is of great good to your NOR
al man, depend upon it. Our education makes
of us the most eminently selfish men in the
world. We fight for ourselves; we push for
ourselves we cut the best slices out of the joint
at club dinners for ourselves; we yawn for our
selves, and light our pipes and say we won t
go out we prefer ou:sel es and our ease ; and
the greatest good that comes to man from wo-
man S society is that he has to think of some
body besides himself somebody to whom he is
bound to be constantly attentive and respectful
Certainly don t want my dear Bob to associ-
ate with those Of ;he other sex whom he
doesn't and can respect; that is worse than
biards-worse than tavern brandy and wa
ter-worse than smoking selfishness at home.-
But | vow would rather see you turning over
the leaves of Miss. Fddlecombe's music-book
all night than at billiards, or smoking, or bran
dy and water, or all three 7hackeray


I hev alwus sed give u woman the choice ov
three men for husband and the chances IL.
she will manage to looze all three Of them.


Everybody Iuys tew drive fofe-in- hand better
than they do single hoss.


IF va hey got three beaux, thank the Lord
for hiz kindness, and freeze fast to one Nv them
to onSt.


The more you look for perfeckshun, the more
blemishes you will cum acrost, and the more
suckers yu git into yure net, the more yu will
banker for, and the more danger thare iz ov
the nets bursting and letting awl the fish leak
out.


kant tell yu wich one ov the three fellows
WI had better snare; but mi advice IL to take
the one wich yu find yureself the most anxious
tew peaze and to keep on doing so after yu
! are one flesh, and if you amt happy pair,
yure husband il simply mean kuss.-Josh
RiI{in0s
Year: 1869

Mr.. BRADY's LAST WRITING.-The follow
ing remarkable passage is the last ever written
by James t. Brady the eminent New York
lawyer, who died few weeks since:


Our bothers in the pilgrimage will fall at
our side, but, however thicky the arrows of
death may shower, we can, while our power con-
tinues, do naught but move on until we reach
the awful instant when we are to exchange the
feeble pulses of transitory existence for the
ceaseless throbbings of eternal lfe There, even
there, at the mysterious frontier, if we have
been faithful and fearless in the march, we
may lie down obedient to destiny. with the ex-
allied hope that, after all the objects of this
world shall have become lost forever to our
mortal sight, there may be unfolded to our new
and spiritual vision another realm of unimagina-
BILE glory. where We, and all whom we loved on
earth, may realize the promise which the Great
Ruler of the Universe has made unto the just"
Year: 1869

Step out into he purest air you can find stand
perfectly erect, with the head up and the shout
ders hack. and then fixing the lips as though
you were going 10 whistle, draw the ar, not
through the nostrils, but through the lips into
the lungs Whenthe chest Is about halffull, grad
ually raise the arms, keeping them extended,
with the palms of the hands down, as you suck
in the air. so as to bring them over the head
iu.t as the lungs are quite full. Then drop the
thumb inward, and after gently forcing the
arms backwa and the chest open, reverse the
process by which you draw your breath, till the
lungs are empty. This process should be re-
peated three or four times Immediately after
bathing, and also several times through the
day. 1t is impossible to describe to any one
who has never tried it, the glorious sense of
vigor which follows this exercise. 1t is the best
ex neci nrant in the world
Year: 1869

General Imboden beautiful house, at the
corner of l0h aud Capitol streets is rapidly
advancing to its completion. 1t looks almost
too handsome to live in. If it could be put in
large glass case to keep out the dust and
protect it from the weather it would serve as
one of the most striking ornaments of the city.
Rich. Wing.
Year: 1869

eminent. Andrew johnson induced the
Southern people to refuse to ratify the
l4.h article of the constitutional amend
meBt aud the result was that they
spurned it and did not ratify it. He
caused the disfrsncbisemento the people
here. In his speech at Knoxville he ut
tered one Of the most monstrous SEN
tenees that ever fell from the lips OF a
mortal man al would to. Sod thst the
Government had not thS credit for 8
dollar TO carry on war F"