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Year: 1867

The National Intelligencer, of Satur.
day, has an interesting editorial, from
which we take the following:


Whatever may be the ultimate judg.
ment of the people of the old free States
on this subject, it is very certain that no
immediate relief from the imposition of
negro suffrage upon the Southern States
can be expected.


What, then, it is asked, can citizens Of
the South do in their present situation 4?
From what quarter can they expect early
relief2 Not from the United States
Senate, for that body will remain radical
for four years, and resist the repeal or
modification of the reconstruction acts.
The House of Representative may be
Democratic or Conservative in the next
Congress through the elections in the
States now represented. But if the Rad
icals bring into the House, as they say
they will, fifty Radical negro representa-.
tivcs, they will still maintain majority.


The only salvation for the South and
the whole country is to be found in the
possible chance that the Southern people
will reject constitutions fixing upon
them aud upon the whole Union the
despotic rule of the Radical party
through the establishment of negro su-
premacy.


1t is absurd to suppose that Congress,
in this case, will revert to positive
measures-to confscation, disfranchise-
ment, etc. The people will not tolerate
this
Year: 1867

was Observation-Disclosures about some.
thing, and stated that the watchman who
arrested the boy was medical student,
and was taking him to the dissectiug-
room-that FIVE or six negro children had
been missing for several days, and some
Of their clothing was found in the ravine
near the Medical College--that negro
woman in Sidney went out on Thursday
night to milk the COWS, and had not been
heard from since, but her bucket was
found on the steps Of the college, and
many other similar tales we're told by the
frightened man. Policeman Smithers
assured him there was not a particle of
truth in the reports, and though he
promised to see that the boy was not cut
up by the bad doetors, Sam went off
scratching his head and seemingly in
great doubt whether he could even trust
the hoy in the hands of the policeman.
Richmond Dispatch, lSth.
Year: 1867

Ray According to the Pail Mall Ga.
zette the Emperor Napoleon has become
so unpopular among his countrymen
that they refused to applaud the Kaiser
when he appeared with the former in
public.
Year: 1867

Visiting the city would greatly consult their own
interest BY purchasing a supply Of this never
failing King Of Chill. Much time can be
saved by curing the Chils Immediately, and
this medicine uproOts the disease and so
destroys the cause that IL will not return, as il
does when cured with quinine
Year: 1867

Recspstructien In senth CareIina-The Re-


markabie Meeting ss Columbia.


The recent meeting at the capital of South
Carolina, more extended account of which
we publish this morning, is one Of the most
significant events Of the present day. Disfran-
chised whites and enfranchised blacks mingled
together and took counsel on the policy Of tho
future under the new order of affairs In the
Southern States. As South Carolina was for
merly the foremost in secession and the bold
est advocate Of slavery, so now she leads tho
van in reconstruction and is the first Of the
rebel States to recognize the equal rights of tho
freedmen. The politicians of South Carolina
were always shrewd, active men and the
speeches of the whites at this remarkable meet
ing show that if the rebellion has stripped them
of everything else it has not deprived them Of
political energy and sagacity.


An assemblage of abolitionists in Boston,
presided over by Wendell Phillips, could not
have claimed more for or conceded moro to
the colored man than did the representatives
of the South Carolina ehivalry, standing in
the capital of their State. 1t must have been
singular sight to see such men a. Wade
Hampton, De Saussure, Colonel Talley, e. J.
Arthur and others telling their emancipated
slaves that "they have the right of franchises"
that they are politically the equals Of the
whites" chat "the white man and the colored
man of the South have the same interest,
the same destiny" that "the two races must
prosper or perish together;" that the whites
cherish "no hostility towards the colored man
on account Of his altered circumstances" and
exhorting the blacks, in the exercise of their
new rights and power "to try those of tho
community whom they have known-those who
have the same interests"-and not to "experi-
ment on the sympathies of strangers" until
they find themselves deceived by their white
brethren of the South.


1t is evident that the white citizens Of South
Carolina have resolved to accept the situation,
and by prompt and masterly movement
towards immediate reconstruction under tho
Sherman act to seize and hold control of the
negro vote before the republicans have time
to obtain commanding influence over tho
freedmen through the machinery to be ope-
rated by Secretary Stanton. If all the ex-
cluded States should adopt similar policy
and push forward the work of reconstruction
in the same spirit and with equal promptness
and vigor they might yet make themselves
masters Of the position and efectually over
throw all the plans Of the radicals. By such
movement the whole South could be brought
back into the Union before the next PresidSn-
tial election, and the disfranchised whites
would have as complete political control over
their several States as if the ballots remained
in their own hands and the shackles were stin
on the arms of their former slaves.
Year: 1867

overwhelms the valley with such destructive
foods as have lately desolated certain portions
Of our territory. But gradual melting away
Of the SHOWS Of winter loosens the girdle Of
spring, and, almost before we are aware,
glorious summer dances joyously forward.
The financial "winter of our discomfort" must
follow the order Of nature. We must patiently
endure its diminishing rigors until golden
prosperity shall return. The premature re-
sumption Of specie payments would cause
disastrous panics which would postpone
indefinitely the good time coming.
Year: 1867

tbility TO new Impressions and perhaps sf
progress. We may presume that with youth
at the prow," and with tho pressure Of outside
influence from "the barbarians of the West"
Japan will now enter upon new and eyenful
era in her history.
Year: 1867

have faneied, sometimes, the Bethel-bent
That tTeTbled to earth in the patriarch's
was a ladder Of Song in the wilderness rest.
From the pillow Of stone TO the blue Of the
And the angels descending to dwell with Us
''old Hundred. p ana "Corinth, and .'Chinan
All the hearts are not dead, not under the
That those breaths can blow open to Heaven
An. silver i Street leads BY a bright, golden
o, it IS not the hymns that in harmony
But those syeet-IhumOred psalms in the old
To the girls that sang alto-to the girls that


sang alr!


'sLet US sing in his praise y the minister said.
All the psalm books at once huttered open
summed their dotted wings in the words
While the leader ieaped into the tune just
And politely picked out the keynote, with
Ana the Vicious old VOL went ErOvnng
At the Beels Of the girls IN the rear Of the


song.


need not q Wing-bid no genIi come,
with a wonderful web from Arabian loom
When the world was in rhy ythIn and life was


its rhymes


Where the streams OF the years flowed mp


nO1seless and narrow,
That across it there fOated the song Of


sparrow;


For a sprig Of green earoway carries me
To the Old Village church and the old village
When clear Of the floor my feet slowly
And timed the sweet praise of the song as
TIL the glory 5sla1t nom the afternoon sun
Seemed the rafters of gold in GOd's temple
You may smile at the nasals of old Deacon


Brown,


Who followed by scent till he ran the tune


down;


And the dear sister Green, with more good


ness than grace,
Rose and fell on the tunes as she stood In
And where sseoronationa exultingiy fsoSvs,
Tried to reach the high notes on the tips Of


her toes


To the land ofthe Iea1 they went with their


song,


Where the choir and the chorus together
o, be lifted, ye Gates, let me hear them
Blessed song, blessed Sabbath, forever aunenl
Year: 1867

SENATOR WADE.-Wade has
spoken and said Congress would
never modify the reconstruction
laws, but would make them harder
if the south did not behave better"
Wade is angry because the people
ofOhio cast him overbord for hav-
ing too much Radicalism tied to his
coat tail. How did the South be-
have when you came down to New
Orleans and was dined and wined
by Beauregard, Taylor and the
other rebel celebriticg, so. that you
could not address Union men when
requested? You answered that you
werc Beaurcgard,s guest and could
not meet Union men. Wade is un-
doubtedly y angry at Ohio, and, like
the man who got whipped and
would't stay whipped. but went
home and flogged his baby, so Wade
wants to punish the South for what
the people OF Ohio have done, We
say it is not our fault, but your own,
Wade. You ought OF have known
better. Flakes Bulletin.
Year: 1867

Tho Conservative Union men of
this state, without organization sHd
dependent for tho means of unity
upon the press, are trying to como
to an agreement us TO tho best mode
of procedure in the coming Con-
vention election. Most of the lead
ing Journals Of the State have al.
ready spoken against the Convention
and the majority Of voices is in ia-
vor of not voting NJ all, either for
delegates or on the Convention
question. But several journals have
not MS yet expressed themselves def
initcly, They should no longer
keep silent. Tho Conservatives OF
tho State are overwhGl IN in e Y
against Il Convention, but they are
dependent upon the press for tho
establishment of concert and una
nimity. Therefore every Conserv-
ative journal in the State should
contribute its help in bringing about
the desired concert and unanimity.
1t is II duty that we owe to the State
to our respective sections, and to
our children, to speak out plainly
in this hour Of need to the disor-
ganised people Of our beloved State.
Houston TstegraPh,


1t is sometimes said to us "Moro
Conservatives than you are aware
of will vote for Convention" We
have not heard of one who will do
so. If there are any, let them "go
in and got squeezed" We are also
told that certain lelding journals
and noted men favo. II Convention.
Let the leading journals come out
for q Convention, then, and let the
noted men declare themselves over
their own signatures. We shoulG
like to know who they are.-Ibid.


We hear it said occasionally that
some of the Conservatives will vote
in favor of Convention. No Con
scrvative will do so. Not one. Ev-
cry man who votes for n Convention
which is to make negro suffrage a
part Of the organic law of the State,
becomes Radical by that act,
whether he so intends or not.-I6id.


"Will you walk into my parlor?
said spider to fly" Will you
vote for Convention? say The Radi-
Gals to the Conservatives, ,-IbW.
Year: 1867

her, none deny her worth; but because


that higher and more elevated educa-
ton. her elder sister wells her charms
from the vulgar gaze, let us not on that
account pass her rudely by, or, because
we ourselves have not been admitted to
gaze upon her uncovered face, slight
her beauty or sneer at her worth. She
is a naughty dame, who smiles on but a
few and yet has within her no conserv-
ative spirit, no aristocratic pride; she


will cross the meanest threshold, and
dwell in the humblest cot; but like the
danes of romance, she must be won by
heroic toll and ardour; then to the


brave and earnest heart she unveils all
her charms and on it she bestows
all her treasures. If we ourselves have
not the means or power to win our way
to her arms, let us at least stimulate the
young to enter her service and if we
cannot enjoy her charms, let us at least
reverence her worth. L. r.. Is.
Year: 1867

From this table ii will be seen that
by the SHERMAN bill, six of the States
are Africanized beyond redemption,
and that of the other four, one, Nir-
pinia, can scarcely be said to be secure
from the same fate. Without taking
any note Of the Northern Radicals who
have focked to the South, and the $50
called" loyal whites, both of whom in
their political action will affiliate with
the blacks, the negro voting power in
South Carolina will be double
that of the white, while in
Mississippi it will be consider,
ably over half as much more. 1t
will also considerably exceed the white
vote in Georgia, Florida, Alabama and
Louisiana. In Arkansas and Texas
only will the white voters be in any
great excess over the black, in the for
mer State being double and in the lat
ter over half as much more. In North
Carolina, the whites will only have q
majority over the blacks.
In Virginia, however, they will have
but a majority of little over
"a 900 in q white and black voting


population of about 1000, As
from its geographical position the lat
ter State has received large immigra-


ton Of Northern men, we may fairly
conclude that q great majority of these
will cast their votes with the blacks, in
which case, should the entire negro
vote be brought out, the Old Dominion
will atand bat q small chance Of -oes-
Gaping tho lot of her more unfortunate


sisters. A cheerful prospect, truly.


| H a.
Year: 1867

in the building partially occupied by the Wheel
ing Commercial College.


Mr.. Blakelys long. experience in English
ing Young gentlemen for the Cambridge and
Oxford local examinations In England and his
numerous recommendations from Professors Of
his University and former principles may be
considered as to some extent n guarantee that
under his care the youth of this neighborhood
can obtain first class English Classical and
Mathematical education.
Year: 1867

We can sing away our cares easier
than we can reason them away. Sing
in the morning. The birds are tho
earliest to sing, the birds arc more
without care than anything else l
know Of Sing in the evening. Sing
ing is the last thing that robbins do.
When they have done their daily
work when they have flown their
last fight and picked up their last
morsel of food, and cleansed their bill
on a napkin Of bough, then on a
topmost twig, they sing one song Of
praise. / know they sleep sweeter
for IT, They dream music for some
times in the night they break forth
in singing, and stop suddenly after
the first note, startled by their own
voice o that we might sing evening
and morning. and let song touch song
all the way through. ff lnHa.il


AS | was returning from the coun-
try the other evening, between six
and seven O'Clock, bearing a basket Of
flowers, ] met a man that was appa-
rcntly tho tender OF mason He
looked brick and mortar all over I.
He had worked the entire day, and
he had the appearance Of man that
would not be afraid Of work. He was
walking with 1.-the step, and singing
TO himself as he passed down the
street, though be had been working
the whole day, and nearly the week.
Were 1t not that my good thoughts
always come too late, should have
given him n large allotment of my
flowers. If he had not beon out of
sight when the idea occurred to me,
| should have hailed him and said,
"Have you worked all day Z" "Of
course | have" he would have said.
"And are You singing p "Of course
| am "Then take these flowers
home and give them to your wife,
and tell her what q blessing she has
in you"


o that we could put songs under
our burdens. Oh that we could ex-
tract the sense of sorrow by song
Then these things would not poison
so much. Sing in tho house. Teach
your children to sing When troubles
come 70 at them with songs When
griefs arise, sing them down Lin
the voice of song against cares. Praise
God by singing; that will lift yon
above trials of every sort. Attempt
it. They sing in heaveni and among
Gods people upon earth, song is the
appropriate language Of Christian
feelinp
Year: 1867

Old Deacon Converse, of Hartford,
was provided with an enormous long
handle TO his countenance. One day
when he passed around the contribu-
ton box, everybody seemed to be
possessed of an uncomfortable desire
TO laugh when they saw him. 1t
seems that in the morning, having
bruised his nose, he put on a piece of
sticking plaster 1t dropped of, and
he picked up what he supposed was
the plaster, and stuck il on again,
But alas he had made a mistake, for
instead of the plaster, it was a piece
of paper such as manufacturers OF
spool cotton paste on one end of every
spool, aud which read, warranted to
hold out 200 yards"
Year: 1867

A lawyer who was sometimes for
getful, having been engaged to plead
tho case Of an offender, began by say
ing; IL know the prisoner at the bar,
and he bears the character Of being a
most consummate ndimpudent scoun-
drel." Here somebody whispered to
him that the prisoner was his client,
when he Immediately continued; "But
what great and good man ever lived
who was not illuminated by his con
temporaries z"
Year: 1867

Those two observing men, one of
~phom said that he had al way - '.e ieed
when he nveu tI..o-sh tho month oil
May he lived through the year, and
the other of whom said at a wedding
that he had remarked that more
women than men had been married
that year, were neither OF them Irish
men.
Year: 1867

A very religious old lady being
asked her opinion of the organ of Q
church, the first time she had ever
seen or heard one, replied: cit is a
pretty box of whistles but, oh it's
an awful way to spend the Sabbath
Year: 1867

From the New Albany Ledger. OF tuesday,


We yesterday announced the marriage
of one DR.. Wight to Miss Chamber.
lain. At the last fall term Of the Floyd
Circuit Court, this man Wight made
application for divorce from his wife,
the principal witness against the wife
being the woman Chamberlain. Judge
Bicknell heard the evidence and refused
to grant the divorce, administering to
the man Wight severe and merited
reprimand for his proceedings in the
case. rTT ElT 1874 81


Wight, however, determined to marry
his swift witness Chamberlain, again
sought divorce in Huntington county,
where he obtained it, the court hearing
but one side of the testimony-that
given by the woman Chamberlain
Having his divorce in his pocket, Wight
and the Chamberlain were married yes
terday. .97 h fl.i I'd


Wights wife is hopeless invalid.
Wight married his wife when she was
young, beautiful, and in good health.
She is yet possessed of good looks, not
withstanding the Affections which have
hovered over her. She is a lady of rare
accomplishments She was of good
family and reputed wealthy at the time
of her marriage. But after serving
Wight for thirteen years, she was put
away by divorce, because she was an in
valid. .ENtEl1 ,E@EEff fL


At the wedding yesterday, this di.
voreed wife stood beside the woman
that was to usurp her place-stood there
like living corpse-like smitten,
withered Hover as bridesmaid the
bridesmaid of the witness against her in
the suit for divorce the only witness.
If she stood there voluntarily, we have
in her an example of woman's devotion
such as we never before heard of. II
she stood there through compulsion, the
curse and blight of the Almighty will
follow the husband and his new made
wife formerly his divorced wife's nurse),
to avenge the wrongs of the wretched
woman. Flsf


p Wight and his wife and his divorced
wife left the city in company together
Yesterday If the husband and the
wife have any feelings Of humanity left,
this injured woman's pale face will
haunt them like spectre wherever they
may travel. 0H Ha.
Year: 1867

child and if Mrs. Siddons could so over.
power the eminent tragedian Young that
he could not refrain from sobbing aloud,
though hswas himself on the stage act
ing the villain Of the pieee--and all this
while merely uttering the words Of a
fictitious character overwhelming
effects In the way awakening sinners and
pressing home the message Of the Cos


pei, might not be introduced by men
who are giving utterance, in their own
character, TO the most sublime and soul.
stirring truths. aHe'E Il
Year: 1867

III o M az OF MIC sPECIFICs.
HAVE proved, from the most ample experience, an
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reliable. They are the only Medicines perfectly
adapt ed popular use-so simple that mistakes can
not be made In using them so harmless as to be free
from danger and efficient to be always reliable
They have raised the highest commendaton from all
and will always render satisfaction.
Year: 1867

TEETH AND PAINLESS DENTISTRY,
l. corner Camp and Canal streets, New Or
leans. A full Sett of Teeth made in Thirty
Hours. Teeth inserted on Vulcanite Base,
vastly superior to gold in every respect, being
much stronger and more durable, and can be
furnished at Half the Price.


The most nervous persons can have their
Teeth inserted without the least pain. Teeth
Extracted without pain. sep27-3Ino-d
Year: 1867

Every department Of business has an imme


date interest in the markets Of the country. and
in its financial fluctuations and condition. The
man who fasls to keep himself properly ad-
yised as to the rise and fall Of the markets. as
controlled by the laws of demand and supply.
and tho relative condition Of the currency. IS
exposed 10 constant loss. and must necessarily
fall behind his more intelligent and enterDTising
neighbors In order to make our paper valuable
as well as interesting, we shall continue 70
mako this a SPECIAL FEATURE. Our Daily
Market Reports. domestic and foreign. by tele-
graph, and our City Reports, gotten up az heavy
expense. have challenged the commentator Of
our best business men; while our current Finan-
cial Reports from all the leading money centres
of the country are fuller than have ever besn
published by any other journal in Tennessee
Year: 1867

We shall constantly admonish ths southern
people to be self-reliant, and shagf DO whatwe
may be able to induce the establishment Of
manufactures in our midst for our heme pro-
ducts. To this end we will pay special attention
to the COST and STATISTICS Of manufacturing
and exert ourselves to encourage The diYersih-
cation Of Southern industries and the develop
usnt Of Southern resources.
Year: 1867

By A CONSOLIDATION OF THE ASH
VILE UNION AND AMERICAN and the
DISPATCH. and by the generous and united
support of the UNION AND DIsPATCH BY the
patrons Of both the former papers. the Proprie-
tors are enabled to prssent Newspaper hithe.
to unsurpassed in this city or State. o.


IN FULLNESS AND ACCURACY
NEWS. our paper will compare favorably hh
tue best in the entire country; and in saying
this we only repeat the expressions Of many
our patrons. who are most capable Of judging in
uch matters.
Year: 1867

Of the Soldiers and Sailors who gave their
lives for the preservation of the Union be
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1t only remains, therefore, for US to point out
the best mode in which it can be done. A
careful examination has satisfied us, and will
satisfy the public, that the projectors OF the
Riverside Institute, New Jersey, on the Del
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