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Year: 1867

BY ASHER n. WRIGHT.
To the South! To the South!
Down to brave Tennessee,
Where the white mans a serf,
And the negro is free;
Where man, if he's black,
With vote in his hand,
Can crush his white brother,
And rule DER the land.
To the South To the South!
To the land of tho sun,
Where fruits may be gathered,
And spoils may be won;
Where the sons of the soil
Feel the rod of our wrath,
Aud mourn DER the ruin
We strewed in our path!
To the Southl To the SOUTH
Where Old Cotton was King,
Ere " "niggers" and yankees
Had got in the Ring
Where the round is enriched
By the bl- cd Of the slain,
And watered with tears
For cause that was vain 20
To the South To The South
Where the flag is now furrd
That chal enged the fears
And amaze of the world;
Where the people, ensiaved
And stung by despair,
May yet rouse like the lion
And spring from their lair
To the South! To the South!
Down to brave Tennessee,
Where the white mans serf,
And the negro is free;
Where a man, If he's black,
With vote in his hand,
Can crush his white brother,
And rule Oer the land.


From Southern SOciet
Year: 1867

There is no better way Of making accessions to our party than by the dissemination Of correct in. 'ormation, and certainly the proper mode of doing that k by means of newspapers an 1, therefore every Democrat who is attached to the principles of his party, and cutcririns q sincere and earnest desire 10 see those principles triumph should feel it duty 10 contribute in some degree to the sup port of the Party Papers
Year: 1867

A QUICK TRR.-The telegraph announces that the ship Youhg Amsrica had arrived at New York in ninety nine days from San Francisco She sailed from the latter port on the l2th of August, with large cargo of Hour Large bets were made that she would not make the trip in less than one hundred days.
Year: 1867

IS his late Cincinnati speech, Ben Wade sli the proadcst period of his life was when he worked upon d canal as a common laborer. No doubt of it. Ills conscience was clear in those days.
Year: 1867

A Puzzle FoR TnE CuR1oUs.-Under
certain circumstances a captain found that
out of his crew of 80 seameu, he could save
but one. The seamen, therefore, resolved
among themselves that the captain shoald
count them off, after they had arranged them
selves in circle-telling off every tenth man
for death, until all but one should be sacri-
feed. The captain was allowed to begin his
count at whatever part of the line or circle he
might see proper, but having once begun, he
was to count to his right, and was not at lib
crty to omit or turn back But as he vas
anxious to save one particular man of the
crew, the question was Where must he be-
gin in order to accomplish his wish j?
Year: 1867

P. s.-T date my letter from Big shanty,
as 1 hear these three 'diggins' are to have
that name. Let US all be thankful we know
where we are. For two years it has been
doubtful whether we were in or out. NV
opinion now is that zee are out, and heard a
female Voice say whoopee B.A
Year: 1867

How ENGLAND GOVERNS IKELAND.-John
George Mccarthy, in his examination before
Committee of the House Of Lords, gives the
following truthful account Of the state of Ire
land;


With due respect for those who may differ
from me, but still more deliberately and most
thoughtfully, / say that the Irish occupier is
the only peasant in the civilized world who is
not protected against unjust eviction, either
by law or by custom or by the circumstances
of the case His state is absolutely excep-
ti0nal; his position is a remnant of ancient
barbarism | submit that this fact lies at the
root OF the whole question, and that until you
reach that, and cure it In some way you will
never cure the maladies Of ireland. The next
cause is the extraordinary arrangement about
improvements; the arrangement, l mean, by
which the Onus of making improvements is
thrown on the tenant, and thrown on him sub
ject to this condition-that the instant he eff
fects them they become the property of an
other person; the dominion in them passing
away the instant they are created Now,
submit, that if Mephistopheles were asked to
point out some means of preventing improve
ments in a country, he could not suggest any
thing more appropriate than this: to provide
that improvements, if made at all, must be
made by one class, whom we may call A, and
the instant they are created the dominion in
them passes away and becomes the property of
class B. This is utterly indefensible never
met anybody who was able to say that it was
anything but fraudulent anomaly 1T is not
merely an anomaly, it is q national injustice
it is not only national injustice, but an impe-
rial dishonor.
Year: 1867

INTERESTING VERDIcT.-A late Omaha
paper says:


The suit brought in the U. S. District Court,
Justice Miller presiding, against the Overland
Stage Company, for the loss, some two years
since, of $1,000 in gold DUST which was being
smuggled through as extra baggage from Salt
Lake City, was brought to a close today The
damages were laid at $11 900 currency, prin-
cipal and interest. The jury returned a ver-
dict giving the plaintiffs 5000 in currency.
Neither party is satisfied with the verdict, and
the case viii undoubtedly be carried to high
er court. The Judge charged the jury that the
responsibility of the company was not removed
though the compensation received was less
than the usual rates for the carrying of gold
dust.
Year: 1867

~ A short time since soldier died at Fort
Randall OF consumption, and a post mortem
examination of the body having been made bv
the post physician, the latter hung mp the
lungs for future examination, in a back room
OF his Office. A squaw stealthiIy broke into
room, and stealing the viscera, she repaired to
her lodge and had great feast over the dis
gushing meal, to which she in vited her neigh
bOrs.
Year: 1867

project are not only serious, but they are
Jealous and resolute in pressing it to exc
cution; not on its own account; not merely
or mainly to punish the President for al
legged misconduct, but because il is absolutely
essential TO the accomplishment Of their political
purposes. The removal of Andrew johnson
from Office is sought as a means, not as an
Year: 1867

DoN'T ColPLAN.-Don't complain Of
your birth. your training, your employment
your hardshIps never fancy that sou could
be something if y0u only had a different
lot or sphere assigned TO you. God Under
stands his own plans. and knows what you
want better than you do. The very things
YOU most deprecata As fatal limitations and
want i7qFaare. probably what you most
eouragement, are probably 35sges and DIS
mites, and it Is nothing to dislike his med
ici1es, or any certain proofs that they are
poisons. No a truce to al such impotence.
Choke that de7iish envy which gnaws at
your heart. because you are not IN the same
lot with others bring down your soul, OF
rather bring it up TO receive God Is VII and
do his word, IN your lot, IN your sphere,
under your cloud Of obscurity, against your
temptation, and then you shall find that
your condition Is never opposed to your
good. but really consistent with IL
Year: 1867

Coon ADvICE-Some one says Girls
letus tell you a stubborn truth y young
woman never looks so well TO sensible
young man, as when dressed in a plain neat
modest attire, without q single ornament
about her person. She looks then as though
she possessed worth in herself and needed
no artificial rigging to enhance her value. If
a young woman would spend as much time
In cultivating her mind, training her tenn
ber, and cherishing kindness, meekness.
mercy, and other good qualities. as most OF
them DO IN extra dress and ornaments TO
increase their personal charms. she would
at a glance. be known among a thousand
her cha1actsr would be read IN her eoun-
tenauce.
Year: 1867

4 BRIEF SERMoS. Rochester clergy
man made the following remarks in the pull
pit on Sunday morning: u am informed
that lady who attended a funeral in this
church last Sunday lost in this house, as
she thinks, valuable breastpin | hope
that the loser was not member Of this con-
rreeation: and that If any Of you should be
the owner Of such costly jewelry, i would
not be worn when you come to the house Of
God on the Sabbath, but that al would
ad0rn themselves for such occasions IN meek
and 0uiet spirit. Ifany one has found the
lost Jewel, they are requested to leave the
anne with the sexton.
Year: 1867

The snow had begun IN the cleaning


Aud busily al the night
Had been heaping field and highway


With silence deep and white
Every pine, and fir, and hemloek.


Wore ermine too dear for an earl,
And the poorest twig on the elm tree


Was friuged inch deep With pearl
From sheds now roofedwish Carrara,
Came Chandeliers matIied crow,
The stiff rails we're softezed to swans dowr
And still tiuttered down the Snow.
stood and watched by the window
The noiseless work Of the sky,
Aud the sudden Hurries Of snow-birds,
Like brown leaves whirIing by.
thought Of a mount IN sweet Auburn.
Where little hsad-stoae stood
How the fakes were folding it gently
As did robins the babes IN the wood
Up spoke our littIe Mabel,


Saying Father who makes it snow p
And I told her Of the good Au-father
Who cares for us all below.
Again looked at the snow fall


And I thought Of the leader sky
That arehed DER our first great sorrow
When the mount was heaped so high.
remembered the gradual patience
That fell from that cloud like snow
Flake by fake healing and hiding


The scar Of that deep-stabbed woe.
And again to the child I whispered.
The snow that husheth al,
Darling, the Mercifal Father


Alone can make It fall.
Then with eyes that saw not, kissed her.
And she, kissing back. could not know
That my kiss was given TO her sister
Folded close Uuder deepening snow.
Year: 1867

Better shan gold IS a peaceful home
Where all the freside charities come
The shrine Of love- the heaven Of IIte-
followed By mother or sister or wife
However, humble the home may be.


or tried with sorrow by Heaven S decree,
The blessings that never were bougbtor sol
And center there are better than gold.
Year: 1867

the mind and improves the morals, by
arousing them from that natural Incidence
so fatal to mental and moral progress.
Even if they did not prefer slavery, tran
quiIlity and sensual enjoyment, TO liberty,
vet their organization of mind is such, that
if they had their liberty, they have not the
industry, the moral virtue, the courage and
vigilance to maintain it, but would relapse
into barbarism, or intoslavery, as they have
done in Hayti. The reason ofthis is founded
in unalterable physiological laws. Under
the compulsive power Of the white man,
they are mace to labor or exercise, which
makes the lungs perform the duty of
vitalizing the blood more perfectly than is
done when they are left free to indulge in
idleness. 1t is the red, vital blood, sent to
the brain, that liberstes their mind when
under the white mans control; and il is
the want of a sufficiency of red, vital blood,
that chains their mind to ignorance and
barbarism, when in freedom.
Year: 1867

Every department Of business has imme-
diate interest in the markets Of the country. and
in its financial fluctuations and condition. The
man who fails to keep himself properly al
vised as to the rise and fall Of the markets. a.
controlled by the laws OF demand and supply.
and the relative condition OF the currency. Is
exposed TO constant loss. and must necessarily
fall behind his more intelligent and snterprising
neighbOrs. In order to make our paper valuable
as well as interesting. we shall continue to
make this a SPECIAL FEATURE. Our Daily
Market Reports. domestic and foreign. By tells
graph. and our City Reports. gotten up AZ heavy
expense. have challenged the eOmmendsti0n Of
our best business men; while our current Finsn-
cial Reports from all the leading money centre


Of the country are fuller than have ever


published by any other journal in Tennessee
Year: 1867

And for the special pleasure and profit Of tho
young. each week we will give a general literary
and religious miscellany. Nothing shall fnt
its way into our columns unfit for the perusal
the mothers and daughters Of the land Dspre-
eating the demoralizing sensationaiiBm Of many
contemporary journals. We shall eschew that
character striving to give thS'rsadsr substantial
matter. prsfsrrins 10 be useful rather than


ensatiOnai
Year: 1867

And kindred topics. We shall also give an sR-
tsnsive variety Of valuable and interesting mat
ter-ths best adapted to the farming classes o.
our State. which will. in a great measure. sup
ply the place Of a family agricultural paper
Year: 1867

NECESSITY OF AID FOR THE PooR.-We
invite attention 10 the notice published In
the Di$patch this morning by DR.. Parker.
There is great deal Of suffering amongst
the poor, aud it is absolutely necessary
that additional efforts should be made Tor
their relief.


DR.. Parker tells us of some heart
rending instances Of extreme suffering by
women and children. His suggestions as
to the best means Of succoring the indi-
gent and helpless deserve the considera-
tion of our citizens and Of the Common
Council. In times like these there Is no
telling who may not be reduced to want,
and we are more than ever admunished 10
contribute to tue relief of the dlstresscd
and destitute. The Common Council,
limited as are its means, should do some
thing more in the way OF providing ior
those in want and distress.
Year: 1867

In THE DARK.-Thc residents on Fourth
and Arch streets. CANDLES Hill, were 'eit
in the dark last night by the breaking OF
one OF the street gas pipes near the corner
of Fourth and Byrd streets, caused by the
sinking of the earth In the railroad tunnel.
Year: 1867

The Atlanta Radical papers set down
the white vote in favor Of convention at
36, 500. The other figures given by the
same authorities prove that this cannot
be true We call upon Gen. Pope to
give us the vote from all the counties in
the State. Why has it been withheld
from the public. We wish to see the
vote from Cherokee, and we want the
voters of Cherokee to see it, and com.
pare it with that which they know to
have been cast.


We call upon the Atlanta NeW Era
and the Opinion to respond to this rea-
sonabIe request. Will they do it and let
the people see the figures at headquar-
ters2 ?


We would also be glad to know how
the ballots that were silent on the subject
of convention were counted, or whether
thOy were counted or not.


The public is entitled to this informa-
ton, and we hope the reconstruction
organs at Atlanta will apply to Mr.. Hull
bert and get it.-Macon Telegraph.
Year: 1867

The storm on the Rio Grande has
made the editor of the Ranchero afraid
that the whole gulf coast Of Texas will
some day be swept away by the gulf
The RancherO refers to the fact that in
1914 Brazos Santiago was entirely swept
away, and no less than seventy odd lives
were lost. AT that time there was no
settlement at the mouth of the river,
where Clarksville and Bsgdad so re,
Gently stood, and it was well that there
was none, for the sea swept over the
coast for many miles north and south of
Brazos Santiago. The gulf was blown
over belt of country along the coast
from eight to twenty miles in width.
Since then BrsEos Santiago has been
annually inundated by gulf storms, but
not to a greatly damaging extent, until
the late storm. The hurricane Of the
7th ult utterly laid waste Brazos San
tiago, Clarksville and Bagdad Two or
three favored houses only at each of
those places escaped destruction. The
gulf rose to the hight of about eight feet
perpendicular, and sweptinland over the
low coast from Eve to twenty miles. The
Ranchero wants to know what Galveston
will do when such an overflow takes place
there. Galveston is not quite SO near
the water level as Brazos de Santiago,
and is said by those who study the laws
of storms to be out Of the range of West
Indian hurricanes.
Year: 1867

49, The production of petroleum in
the Pennsylvania oil region at present
is stated at 1000 barrels daily. An in
crease in the price of petroleum lately is
said to have caused temporary in
crease in the production, by leading
operators to begin pumping again from
abandoned wells.
Year: 1867

ItS~ The Pail Mall Gazette says from
first to last there has been nothing but
railing and wrangling over the Paris
Exhibition, and the affair winds up with
law suit between the committee and
cook about the price ofthe fnal banquet.
Year: 1867

The shipping news of New York city,
as published in the New York Herald Of
Saturday last, showed that two hundred
and ninety nine vessels arrived there on
Friday last larger number than had
ever before been previously reported for
a single day The Herald now employs
steam yachts in the collection of its ship
ping intelligence, aud is most commend
ahlv enternriainO
Year: 1867

Why Is an egg like colt? because l,
is not ft for use until IL Is broke.


Why is rheumatism like gluttonl BE
canse IL attacks the points.


Why is lady dancing like horse in n
can,er. Because she is gal-hopping.


Why is exhileration like the conse.
quence OF breaking rum botllc2 Be
cause il is dow Of spirits,
- Why 10 room full of married fulks
lhe room that is empty? Because there
Is not single person IN it.


What insect would denote that the
spaniards were defeated? The spanish
fly


Why il letter II like a cure Of deaf
ness? Because il makes the ear hear.


What part Of u dog should be named
to describe n certain eoudilion OF winter
weather? It's nose.


Why is blush like little girl7 Be-
cause il becomes a woman.


Why is cowardly soldier like butter?
Because he is sure to run at the first
FIRE


What sort Of a throat is the best for a
singer to reach the high notes with? A
soar throat.


What is the difference between your
granary aud your granny One is your
corn bin, while the other is your born
kin.
Year: 1867

A great deal of work, we are told, has
been performed in Chicago this year, in
the way Of raising the streets to grade.
At the present rate Of progress 1t will not
be many years before the entire city will
have been elevated some ten feet on su
average above its original level
Year: 1867

A LECTURE ON FLYNG.-At late meeting of
the Royal Institution in London, DR.. Petit
grew delivered lecture on the principle of
support and progression in the air. as exem-
plifed in the wings of birds and insects. He
pointed out the Importance of the screw move
ment, both as an instrument of support and
progress. A certain amount of weight in the
flying object was shown to be necessary to its
hold onthe air. DR.. Pettigrew has evidently
great faith in the ultimate success of the
attempt to devise an apparatus which shall
not only maintain itself in the air, but move
in a required direction; and the grounds of
his confidence are such as may well Justify
the belief that the feat is not impossible.
Year: 1867

LEAvENwoRTH, Kansas, April "a. A very
severe shock # an earthquake was felt here this
afternoon, at ten minutes before o'clock, and
lasted about seventy seconds. A low rumbling
noise was distinctly heard, followed by an up.
heaving of the earth causing buildings to rock
aud shiver like a ship in a storm. In less than
thirty seconds after the first shock was felt
nearly every man, woman, and child in the city
was in the street. pale and terror-stricken. The
weather was bright and warm. Persons stand
ing on the levee at the time state that the river,
which IS now very high, swelled up several
inches, and then receded to its usual mark. No
damage was done nor any one injured, except
through fright. This is the first shock which
has ever been felt in this section of country
since its settlement.
Year: 1867

On the goth instant Major General Schoield,
commanding the First Military District, issued
the tollowing:-


ORDER NO. 6.


Temporary appointments to fill vacancies
which may occur in county or city offices. Will
in general be made upon the concurrent re-
commendation of the County or City Council,
and of the President of the Board Of Registra-
ton for the county OF city. The several county
courts and city councils are requested
to confer with the Presidents OF the
Boards of Registration concerning such
appointments, and to agree upon suitable
person to fill any vacancy that may occur. The
President of the Board of Registration will for
ward 10 the Assistant Adjutant-General the re-
commentator of the court or council, with
his own endorsement thereon. When county
court is not in session, a recommendation
signed by five justices, including the presiding
Justice, will be received in lieu of the recon-
mendation of the court. County and corpora
tion officers appointed by the Commanding
General will be required to give the bonds re,
uured by law, and will be subject to indictment
for malfeasance or neglect of official duty the
same as if they had been elected by the people.
Year: 1867

FAMINE IN THE WEST OF IRELAND-In the
last number of the Universe we find an editor
ial statement to the effect that grievous fam
and that some of the people there are falling
dead with hunger. We have seen other notices
OF the existence of great distress for want OF
The necessarles OF life in some OF the western
districts OF that country. These iacts are wor-
thy OF The attention OF the benevolent, and es.
peciaily OF the countrymen OF the afflicted
people. Ireland has never called for relief
from this side OF the Atlantic In vain. for there
re too many Of her children's children here
to admit OF that
Year: 1867

recently held largely attended meeting for
the purpose OF considering the subject of the
education OF the colored citizens. The whole
tone OF their resolutions was Of the best char.


acter, and there was no opposition to their
Year: 1867

train can be seen distinctly on the plain
ten miles distant with the naked eye, it
needs no argument to hold that the In
dians, with good glasses, know every mil
itary movement as soon as it is commenced.
During all of last wee they were signal
ing from the Southern Bluffs southwark
towards the Republican They signal
easily for twenty miles with lighted ar
row, which they shoot into the air, and
they can give any communication from
bluff to bluff in that Way. During the
day they signal by various methods.
Sometimes they do SO by pocket looking
glass They get tie focus of the sun,
make the reflection visible for five miles,
AID thus direct the movements of parties
to such points as they may wish.