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Year: 1869

Commenting on the dist ress now
prevailing among the Lancashire cot
ton operatives, the Lofdon Times Of
the 23 inst. says: "It would be sater
to say that Lancashire suffers from loss
OF trade more than from dearness and
scarcity of cotton. The demand for
goods is less than it formerly was
If the Americans would take our man
ufactures as freely as we take their
corn and cotton the industry would
be entirely ours and the supply of ma
terial theirs"


This is truth, every word of it; be.
ing SO, considering the nature OF the
implication, it seems little surprising
that the admission was made by the
Times.


1t is Just this one sided trade which
the friends OF Americana industry do
not wish to perpetuate, even though
by so doing they would be able to re-
lieve their Lancashire brethern, which
they would naturally like to do if it
could be done without producing SINH
lar distress al home.


Tie ma jor portion of the American
people prefer trade with foreigners
which shall be reciprocal in its tavors
rather than one which bestows them
mainly upon the people of other coun-
tries.


Theoretically, to exchange cotton in
raw state for cotton in q manutac-
turcd state would be reciprocal ex-
change OF tavors. But practically, we
all know, and the Time as well as any
of us, as between the United States
and England, the advantage would all
be on the side OF the latter. The Uni
ted States needs a market for it's sur
plus cotton, and England, whether she
wishes or not, will take the larger
portion thereof But the United
States is under no necessity to take a
single pound Of manufactured cotton
from England, because it can manuiac-
ture for itselfall that it requires
Hence, an exchange such as the Times
covets would be to make England a
clean present OF all the profits inyolv-
ed in and arising from the manufacture
Of all the cotton goods required tor
the use OF the United States.


1t would not be necessary to state
this proposition in this rudimentary
way if it were not evident that in 9TH
err quarters as we'll as those OF the
Tunes, there is considerable number
of people who have not yet dipped
even into the rudiments OF political
economy, and to them simplicity is es-
sential.


II the cotton. fields OF the South
could all be translated to the neighbor-
hood of Lancashire, the Supply of
material as well rs the ''industry
would be entirely theirs; and for the
sake of hearing the homiHcs of the
Times on the folly of adapting the
home trade to the necessities OF other
countries, it is pity such transfer
could not be temporarily made.


We fully agree with the Times that
while other countries restrict CONNER
cial intercourse by means of protec-
tive tariffs, reciprocal advantages are
impossible between them and acountry
whose fiscal policy is based upon free
trade principles. And it is because
we recognize this tact that we at all
times protest against the tree-trade
doctrines promulgated here as well
as elsewhere, and take the trouble
on this occasion to notice the childish
and at the same time selfish wall to
which that great journal his given ut
terance.- Industrial American.
Year: 1869

Mine ancient pedal friend, a last farewell.
So many days we've footed it together
The lane of life-in fair and stormy wealth.
Mine eyes we'll nigh their Id dykes ever
we'll remember when thou dds st encase
My neither limbs with pressure warm and


tight;


And many a corny twingc, from morn till


nigh,
Evinocd the ardency of thy embrace.
Soon, like the love of some long married wife,
Thy grasp, If not so strong, was still as
And pleasanter; and as we grew in life,
Thou vert as gentle as plant shoe,
And whil- on thee trampled every day,
To shield me thou did'st wear thy very s3ie


away.
Though despise the SANDER monger's art,
And scorn The wretch who blackens the fair


fame


Of enc whose richest fortune is lis name,
tThe wretch whose steel goes deeper than the


hearty


Yet it has been my daily wont, own,
To black thy face until the skin has shone
With ebon glow as lu.trous as the hue
That forms the charm of Gunea's native


breed.
But twas not that hated thee, indeed;
priced thee so, that when thy sole broke


thro',


And let in water, twas my special heed,
man Of avis thy gaping wounds should


sew;


And twltching pings athwsrt my pocket


shoot,
To part with tn at last, Q worn and faith


full boot
Year: 1869

One Of the chief points of tact in the
government of school, is to keep al
ways i'll motion. as an offset to the
present working Of depravlty in
each heart, thorough system OF antiei-
pative and preventive influence.
Year: 1869

Determined beforehand. we gravely pretend
To ask the opinion and thought. of friend;
Should his differ from ours on any prctcnee,


We pity his want Of both judgment and sense;
But, if he fall into aud flatter our plan,


Why, really, we think him sensible man.
Year: 1869

Do the Radicals imagine, says the
Philadelphia Age, they can say to the
teppest,tossed waves ofagitation on the
negro question, athus far shalt thou go,
and no farther?" IF 50, they are mis-
taken. Give negroes unlimited political
privileges, put the ballot into their
hands, seat them into the ury.box, aud
upon the bench, send then abroad to
represent the nation aud then halt at
that point if You can. Already the
current Of fauaticism IS beginning to
undermine the social system, and the
inky stream wash in upon the platform
heretofore appropriated exclusively to
the whites. In Washington the City
Council have passed an ordinance i'm.
posing fine upon the proprietor of any
place Of amusement, who viii refuse a
negro admittance to those parts Of his
house set apart for white people, and a
movement is on foot to revoke the license
of any hotel, the keeper ofvhieh makes
any distinction on account Of color, in
providing Cor the accommodation of his
guests This is the legitimate out
cropping Of the negro equality mania.
Those who started the ball are now
compelled to keep it in motion by all
the means in their power. They cannot
pause, or it win overrun and crush them.
The negro must not only vote, but he
must cat at the same time at the hotel,
sleep in the same room, and crowd out
white ladies' aud gentlemen at the the.
atre and the opera. This is the present
demand Of the negro agitators. What
will follow! Still greater equality;
admission to the parlors of white men,
and full and entire equality in all the
social arrangements of society. If men
object they will be deprived of their
political rights, or fiucd aud imprisoned
This may be thought fancy sketch.
Not so. The Radical party has acted
with as great disregard of right, justice
and morality in the past, and in the
future they will use any aud all means
to hold fast the reins Of authority.
There is great danger 10 this negro
equality doctrine, and white men should
join to defeat the party which promul
gates it.
Year: 1869

A Voodoo doctor in Augusta, Ga,
prescribed for darkey who had chills
and fever, with such good effect that
the fellow went mad from the influence
of the decoction aud drowned himself
Give US few more Voodoo'sl
Year: 1869

The Celebration. The Silver Pitcher,
Waiter and Goblets which are to be
given to the successful Knight on Sat-
urday next, are on exhibition at the
Jewelry Store Of VIM. Moore. We
have not learned the names Of the con.
testants, but are assured that there
will be fine display Of horsemanship
Year: 1869

Highly Ln,proper-We have heard
complaints during the last week that a
number Of boys and young men are in
the habit of bathing 10 the several dams
along the railroad, more particular in
the evening, in full view of the train
which passes about that time. This
should be discontinued, as there are
numerous bathing places where they
could be shut out from public view.
Year: 1869

STILL BURING The Gold Hill News
of the 22d inst, says: That terrible and
fatal fire which broke out on the 7th of
April last, in the mines of Gold Hill, still
shoulders in the bowels of the earth /.
was thought to be extinguished long ago,
but such is not the case One day last
week miners working between the 600
and 700 foot levels of the Kentuck mine
suddenly picked through into space
where there was plenty of fire, finding large
brands of it. The place was at once closed
up again. Being as far as possible shut
in and kept from the encouragement of
atmospheric air, the fire merely shoulders
but it is there, nevertheless, and may keep
on burning for the next seven months. 1t
can do no particular harm, however. as it
is merely burning out the old timbering
where the mine has been worked out
Year: 1869

The BEAUTIFUL.-Place Il young girl
under the care of q Bind-hearted grace
full woman, and she umconsciously to
herself grows into Il graceful lady
Place a boy in the establishment OF
a thorough-gOing business man, and the
boy becomes 4 self-reliant practical bus
mess man. Children are susceptible
creatures, and circumstances, scenes
and actions always impress them. As
you influence them. not by arbitrary
rules, nor by stern example alone but
in the thousand other ways that speak
through beautiful forms, through bright
scenes, soft utterance and pretty pic
lures, 50 they will grow. Teach your
children then to love the beautiful
Give them Il corner in the garden for
flowers; encourage them to put in shape
the hanging baskets; allow them to
have their favOrite trees, lead them to
wander in the pacttiest woodIots, show
them where they can bestvicw the SUN
set, rouse them in the morning, not
with the stern time to work, but with
the enthusiastic see the beautiful sun
rise;' give them pretty pictures and en-
courage them to decorate their rooms
each to his or her childish way. The
instinct is in them. Allow them the
privilege and they will make your home
beautiful.
Year: 1869

Young man make the most of your
self. Don't blame providence for not
giving you better OppOTtunities,-but go
to work and make the most of those ut
your command. Go to work, and sue
cess will evidently crown your efforts.
Take things as you find them, if they
offer but poorly at first, remember for
tune and fame cannot he won at Il blow.
Hard knocks, close application and per
Sistent labor, will win YOU honor and
fortune in the end. DO not resolve to
do tomorrow what you can do to-
day. Waste not the precious mo-
mCnts which God has given you, but
with your one talent or your ten talents,
add to that which has been given you.
From small beginnings great results are
oftencst worked out; he not discouraged
then at the mcagTencs OfyOUr store but
take q firm hold on hope and the future,
and YOU will como out vol i'm the end.
Resolution is good, but action Is better.
Take 'EdJOr UiRcif tHlHiUn for your mot
to, and push forward in the great and
ennOblinE strife of life. A manly effort,
u steady, unhagging devotion to the Oh
jeCt of your eXistaucC will ut length
bring you To the goal of success. Make
the most of yourself and though the
Rtruggle may be severe at first, YOU will
ut least accomplish some worthy object
in the end
Year: 1869

WHY Is the road Of ruusgrcssurs So
hard Because it Is 20 much travelled


WHAT style of hats Is the easiest tu
wear? That which is not felt.


WHY Is Il stove an agreeable affair i'm
summer as well as in winter" Because
at either season it l. always grateful
when cOaled.


WHAT Is the difference between a man
going up stairs and one looking up
The one steps up stairs and the other
staTes up steps.


WHY is Il clergyman like a IOcomo-
tive? Because You are To look out for
him when the bell rings.


WHEN rain falls does IL ever get up
again? OF course it dOes-in dClr time.
Year: 1869

THERE is no greater blessing for man
than to have acquired that healthy and
happy instinct which-leads him to take
delight in his work for his works sake /,
not slurTing it over, not thinking how
soon it viii be done and got rid of, not
troubling himself greatly about what
men say Of it when it is done, but put
ting his whole heart and mind into il,
feeling that he is master Of it, feeling
the thing that he has turned out, be it a
legal argument, or u book, or q picture
or anything else, is cOnscientiUusly and
honestly perfected to the hest Of his
power.
Year: 1869

The smoke Of mans own house Is
| better than the fire of another's.
The best bank is the bank Ofearth Il
never refuses to discount to honest labor.
And the best shares, on which dividends
are always liberal,


Memory prcsides over the past; action
over the present. The first lives in q rich
temple hung with trophies, and lined
with tOmbs: the other has no shame but
duty, and walks the earth like a spirit.


A room with pictures in it, and q room
without pictures, differ by nearly as
much as q room with windows and "a
room without windows. Nothing, we
think, IS more melancholy; particularly
to q person who has to pass much time
in his room, than blank walls and
nothing ON them, for pictures are loop
holes of escape to the soul leading it to
other scenes and to other spheres.


GOodfwOrIls are not the cause, but the
fruit Of Justification. The tree maEcth
the apple, but not the apple the tree.


This life is like an inn, in which the
soul spends few moments on its Jour
ney.


\ sure mode of fneYer succeeding with
your own plans is to give much attention
to those of other people.


The shadows of the mind are like
those Of the body. In the morning of
life they are all behind Us, and as we
progress toward an early maturity they
hasten with us until we trample them
under our feet, as the suns shadow at
noon and in the decline of years they
stretch out deepening through the vista
on the verge of time.
Year: 1869

The Massachusetts school system L. 90
peculiar institution. y mother was fin
cd ten dollars and costs in Worcester.
the other day. for taking her children
away from q school where she thought
they Had been improperly trained
Year: 1869

THE MEMORY OF THE DEAD
The relations between man and
man cease not with life. The
dead leave behind them their men,
ory, their example, and all the
effects of their actions. Their in
fiuence still abide with us. Their
names and characters dwell in our
hearts. We live and commune
with them in their writings. We
enjoy the benefit of their labors.
Our institutions have been found.
ed by them. We are surrounded
by the works of the dead. Our
knowledge and our arts are the
fruit of their toll. Our minds
have been formed by their in
structions. We are most init
mately connected with them by a
thousand dependencies. Those
whom we have loved in life are
still objects of our deepest and
holiest affections. Their power
over us remains. They are with
us in our solitary walks; and their
voices speak to our hearts in the
silence of midnight. Their i'm
age is impressed upon our dear
est recollections, and cur most
sacred hopes. They form an es-
| sential part of our treasure laid
in heaven. For, above all, we are
separated from them but for q
little time. We are soon to be


united with them. If we follow
in the path of those whom WI


have loved, we too shall join th'
Iinnumerable company of thu
spirits of just men made perfect


Our affections and our hopes arr


not buried in the dust to which


we commit the poor remains Q


mortality The blessed retail


their remembrance and their Low


for us in heaven; and we vii
cherish our remembrance and on
love for them while on earth.
Year: 1869

BILE suggestions, in view of the
large amount of cotton raised
and the scarcity of labor to
gather it, as to a species of
labor heretofore overlooked,
which is not only adapted to
supply the demand, but also
could be made available for
the benefit and improvement
of the country. In the South
are a very large number of
stout boys and healthy, active
young men who seem to be
entirely ignorant that they
were created for any useful
purpose. They can be found
in cities, towns and villages,
congregated about the street
corners, billiard and gambling
saloons. They possess thor
ough knowledge of everything
but what is useful. They can
even be found in the country
idling away the precious hours
of their vigorous youth in fish
ing and hunting, while ever
before their eyes are ungather-
ed crops and ever sounding in
their ears, the demand for more
labor. No species of reason
ing, no appeals to their man
hood or sound sense will over
come their horror for physical
labor or induce them to exert
themselves to earn an honest
livelihood. They are afraid of
work. The hot sun will brown
their fair compilations, toll will
harden, make sore their hands.
What if it does2 The consci-
BUSINESS that they are not the
froth and scum of society; that
they are of some use, united
with increased physical vigol
will make them feel like differ
ent beings.


They would not then be
idling about streets or as many
of them prefer doing, gaining
a precarious subsistence by
pretending to clerk in some
small retail store. We have
yet to discover that honest toi
; in any shape or form in de
grading. Upon it in fac
hinges the prosperity ant
wealth of all classes of on
population. Hence we say b.
no longer drones and idler
; but go to work with energ,
and determination to be usefu
and accomplish some good
Thus will our farms be file,


with earnest workers and W
/ shall not hear such genera


complaints of the lack of labor


ers. "Here is something bette


than Chinese, without the cos


of importation. p e. r. Neac'


When eight COWS have bee
n in a pasture and no longer oil


rain nourishment, two horse
y will do very well there for SON
days; and when nothing is le
!, for the horses, four sheep wi


live upon it. This not on


proceeds from their differiu
:, in the choice of plants. b.


from the formation of the
n n mouths.
Year: 1869

that will ever be had. Committees OF
conference chosen by each party, select
ed with reference to their good judg-
ment, discrimination, and friendliness
to the interests of all concerned, might
satisfactorily and happily settle the mat
ter in a day. and set everything going
pleasant again on the Union lode. There
is certainly enough involved in the is>


sue to render every one solicitous that
such a consummation be effected.
Year: 1869

One hundred and nineteen cars crossed
over the railroad bridge the night OF its
complstion. Nearly two hundred were
brought TO this side yesterday. and all
those remaining on the other side, about
two hundred aud 6fty In number were
brought over last night. Pretty cuick
work that-OnGha Herald, Dec. q.
Year: 1869

The Post once committee has decided upon max
ing the following amendment TO the bill OF the House
abolishing the use OF stamps in the frankng system


and requiring the written autograph OF those entitled
to the RANKING privilege, except heads OF depart
mcnts and heads OF bureaus now entitled by law to
the ranking privilege who shah be allowed TO frank
All oflcial matter pertaining to their departments or
bureaus by the use Of stamp which shall desig
Year: 1869

There is still a mysterious 81
lence in regard to the five iron
clads or monitors which recently
came down the river from Mound
City. They are all lying just be-
low the city, on the opposite side
of the river, and lumor has it that
they are quietly preparing for SER
vice of some kind. The naval
officers are reticent and if is prob
able that they know as little as
the public as to what the appear
ance of these ironcla ads at this
point means. Cubans here look
upon their presence as aforeshad-
owing of the intention of the
Government to accord bellrgerent
rights to the revolutionists. N,
O. Picaya'ae.
Year: 1869

figure snd cOuntenance and the finely
modulated voice, which were like moth
ing else in the world. 1t was strange
thing to look upon that fragile form,
and features which might be those of
dying man and to hear such utterances
as his-now the strangest comments on
insignificant incidents; now pregnant
remarks on great subjects; and then
malignant gossip, virdlent and base, but
delivered with an air and voice of
philosophical calmness and intellectual
commentary such as caused the disgust
of the listener to be largely qualified
with amusement and surprise. One
good thing was, that nObody's name and
fame could be really injured by anything
De Quincy could say. There was such
a grotesque air about the mode of his
'eTil-speaking, and it was 50 gratuitous
and excessive, that the hearer could not
help regarding it as q singular sort of
intellectual exercise, or an effort in the
speaker to observe, for once, something
outside of himself, rather than as any
token of actual feeling towards the


ostensible object
Year: 1869

when his three daughters were
grown up, and his wife was dead, he
lived in pleasant cottage at Lasswade,
near Edinburgh-well known by name
10 those who had never seen its beauties,
as the scene Of Seott's early married life
and first great achievements in literature.
There. while the family fortunes were
expressly made contingent on his abstin-
enee from his drug, De Quincey did
abstain or observe moderation. His
Cow Of conversation was then the delight
Of all aequaintances and admiring
strangers, who came to hear the eharmeri
and 70 receive the impression, which
could never be lost, of the singular
Year: 1869

The historian of the middle ages and
Of the English constitution died IN leo9.
Personally he is little known to those
who most admire his books.


" The reader Of his weighty mot
heavy) works, impressed With the
judicial character Of the style both OF
thought and expression, imagined hlu
solemn, pale student, and might almost
expeet 70 see him in a judges wig
whereas the stranger would find him the
most rapid talker in company, quick IN
his movements, genial in his feelings
earnest in narrative, rather full OF DIS
sent from what everybody said, inno-
Gently surprised when he found himself
agreeing with anybody, and pretty sure
10 blurt out something awkward before
the day was done-hpt never giving Of
fence because his talk was always the
fresh growth Of the topic, and it may be
added, his manners were those OF a
thoroughbred gentleman. He was an
admirable subject for Eis friend Sydney
Smiths description. In capita. sketch


of dinner party to which Sydney
Smith went late, Hauam was one Of the
figures And there was Hallam, teith
his mouth tRH Of cabbage and contradic-
ton, a sentence n which We see at once
the rapid speech and ACTION and the


constitutional habit Of mind. Better


still. was the wits account Of Hallam in
the influence, not only unable 10 rest
but throwing up the window at every


transit of the watehman, TO question
whether it was past one o'clock and


again. whether it was starlight morn
! ing
Year: 1869

decided by our own Supreme Court. But we
should nevertheless withdraw our intercourse
with England, because Of her course in taking
advantage of a technicality of the law to in
jure Us. lie opposes the reciprocity treaty
with Canada, as we were unfairly treated in
the last one, but he thinks such a treaty
would be a great advantage to Canada and
England. He expressed the greatest conf
dence in Boutwell's policy and Considers hIm
the best Secretary of the Treasury since
Hamilton
Year: 1869

SCoTCH APPLE PIE--Prepare the apples as
fsr an ordinary apple pie and put them in but
tered dish with no under crust. Make crust as
for biscuit. and cover the dish with it, say half
an inch thick. and bake. Whrn done turn up.
side down 80 that the apples WI come on top.
Season with butter, sugar and utmeg-a little
sweet cream adds to the flavor. Good eaten with
maple or other good syrups.