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Year: 1868

THE people of Buffalo are ciamorous Tor
a reduction of the whisky tax. The M
agara river is so infested with lizards, thai
they are becoming afraid TO use II as bey
erage, and the two dollar tax on the other
fluid places it beyond reach as regular
snhsiiInie.
Year: 1868




of Terror PrOlonged-ColOred Men


Cruelty BeRten-InvokInE Military


Protection.


HOMER, La, June 6, 1868.


Republicans are now driven from home,
their business broken up, and they are har-
assed generally without the least show OF
protection from the civil authorities.


II man voted for WaTmoth and the con-
stitution it is enough to damn him doubly in
the eyes of the rebels. l know of many
white men who remain ed at home and did
not vote at all because of the threats made
against them. The rebels here say through
their X. K. KS that every white Radical
shall leave or be killed, and they take out
colored mon who voted the Radical ticket
and cruelty beat them. Here in this town
old Uncle Mike, good and very inOffensiye
cOlored man, was horribly and cruelty
treated, from the effects Of which he has
not fully recovered, and he Will be some
time getting well.


How long are the Union men of this
country to endure this state of things! II
1t is the intention of the government to al
low such a condition Of affairs to continue
the Radicals want to know II, and they viii
abandon this country to the rebels. Can
| you not arouse the military authorities TO a
sense OF their duty? s
| A LOVER OF LAW.
Year: 1868

OFFICIAL YIsIT.-Major General Hancock
and his staff officers in full uniform paid an
official visit to the Chinese embassy this
morning at the Metropolitan Hotel. They
were received by Minister Barlingame and
the two mandarins, together with all the
other Chinese dignitaries. - Washington Er-
press.


The assurance that General Hancock was
in full uniform is quite unnecessary. He
would not go to get shaved without gett ng
american.


The Americda seems not to understand
that to please the rebels when General Han.
cock attended the theatre or opera in this
city he appeared without his uniformi and
that he was dressed in like manner when on
the fourth of last March the firemen of this
city cheered JET Davis and General Han
cock on the route Of their procession.
Year: 1868

A SNAKE STORY.-The following
snake story, from CassellS Magazine,
is actually enough to make ones CHG
non stand on end:


In speaking of snakes, l am remind
ed of an anecdote l once heard OF the
wife of an Indian railway official, who
was trimming with a large knife some
plants which formed a border to a
flower bed. She was cutting the tops
of, and, while so engaged, she was
scared by seeing the coils Of one of
the most deadly serpentS in the coun-
try among the leaves. With a loud
shrek she dropped the knife and the
plants. and a man employed IN the
garden ran to her assistance. On
hearing the cause of her alarm, he
sought to kill the snake with his hoe
the creature was plainly to be seen
writhing about, but, although struck
1t made no effort to escape or turn on
its assailant. At last it lay motion
less, and the gardner Ventured to pick
it up, when he found it was headless
To the horror of the lady, the head
was discovered among the leaves she
had thrown down on seeing the snake.
She had grasped it unconsciously am
ong the tops Of the plants, and with
her garden knife had severed it from
the body. The bite of that species
Of snake was usually fatal in six hours
Year: 1868

free with his Observer and Independ-
ent. But he keeps on his way with
unyielding pertinacity. -


On one occasion party of us sug-
gested that he should let US hold a
prayer meeting in his saloon. After
little reflection he replied :


Well; no, gentlemen; L can't go
that. You know that every man must
have regard to his profession and the
opinion of his neighbors. What with
my Observer and Independent, and
you fellows coming here and singing
camp-meetlng hymns, | am already
looked upon in the neighborhood as
being rather loose and unsound and,
if atop of all that, | should let you
hold a prayer meeting here, | should
lose what little character I've got left.
-Packard's Monthly.
Year: 1868

THE NATIONAL CURRENCY PRINT
ING.-The Joint Committee ON Re-
trenchment after a patient investiga-
ton, running over several months,
have decided to recommend that Con-
|gress abolish the Printing Bureau of
the Treasury Department and have the
currency printed in separate places,
the faces in one place and the backs
of them 10 another, and the signatures
put on at the Treasury to prevent
fraud and counterfeiting.
Year: 1868

ADVANTAGES OF CRYING.-A French
physician publishes long dissertation
on the advantages of groaning and
crying in general. and especially dur
ING surgical operations. He contends
that groaning and crying are two
grand operations by which nature al
LAYS anguish; tnat those patients who
give way 10 their natural feelings
more speedily recover from accidents
and operations than those who sup
pose it unworthy man to betray such
symptoms of cowardice as either to
groan or cry. He tells of man who
reduced his pulse from one hundred
and twenty-six to sixty in the course
of a few hours by giving full vent to
his emotions. Ifpeople are at ali un-
happy about anything let them 90 in
to their rooms and comfort themselves
with loud boohoo, and they will feel
a hundred per cent better afterward.
In accordance with the above, the cry
ing of children should not be too
greatly discouraged. IF it is system
atically repressed the result may be
St. Vitus' dance, epileptic fits, or some
other disease Of the nervous system.
What is natural is nearly always use
full and nothing can be more natural
than the crying OF children when any
thing occurs to give them either
physical or mental pain. Probably
most people have experienced the eff
feet of tears in relieving great sor-
row. 1t is even curious how the feel
ings are allayed by their free indulg-
ence in groans and sighs. Then let
parents and friends show more IN
diligence to noisy bursts of grief-on
the part of children as well as OF old
er persons-and regard the eyes and


mouth as the safety valves thro' which
Nature discharges her surplus steam.
Year: 1868

THE SEA.-The sea is the largest
of all cemeteries, and its slumberers
sleep without monuments. All other
grave yards, in all other lands, show
some distinction between the great
and the small, the rich and the poor;
but in the ocean cemetery, the king
and the clown, the prince and the
peasant, are alike distinguished
The same waves roll over all-the
same requiem by the minstrels of the
ocean is sung to their honor. Over
their remains the same storm beats
and the same sun shines, and there,
unmarked, the weak and the powerful,
the plumed and unhonored, will sleep
on until awakened by the same trump.
Year: 1868

A letter from Tennessee says that
an immense number of rabbits and
small game are following the course
of the seventeen year locusts-prob-
ably because if they do not keep them
company they will have nothing to
eat.
Year: 1868

''On the other side of Jordan,


In the sweet fields of Eden,


Where the Tree of Life is blooming,


There is rest for YOU"


Since that occasion we have repeat
edly visited the abode of the wicked
est man in New York, for the purpose
of studying him up, and trying to
hit upon some means of inducing him
to abandon his course of life, and of
saving his boy. For in truth, we not
only feel an interest in, but also rath-
er like him, wicked as he is. And so
does nearly everybody we have taken
to see him; and we have taken scores
most of them clergymen.


But all our efforts to get any
vital hold upon him have been in vain
He is always cordial; always ready
to let the girls shave spiritual sing;
will even permit little exhortatior
to them in his dancing saloon; and j:
Year: 1868

before us in the untrOdden and often
beclouded path of the future-whetheI
it be financial embarrassment, OF
domestic trouble of another and more
serious type, or misunderstanding
with foreign nations, or the extension
of our flag and our sovereignty over
insular or continental possessions,
North or South, that fate or fortune
may peacefully offer to our ambition
let us believe with all confidence
that General Grants administration
will meet every eXigency with the
courage, the ability, and the con-
science which American nationality
and Christian civilization demand.
Year: 1868

There is a good story of d French
man who was Il great prlctical-jOkeF
all his life and even played trick
after he had lost the power of enjoy
ing it. He left four large candles to
be carried at his funeral, and they
had not been burning fifteen minutes
before they went of as fireworks.
Year: 1868

past is buried, but they stalk about like
ghosts, and talk Of an early resurrection OF
the dead. Let them rend the veil of the
temple, or roll back the stone from the
cavern's mouth !. When they do this, then,
and not before, the spirits of slavery and
secession, with all their rights unimpaired,
will rise from the tomb, which the soldiers
of greater than Pontius Pilate guard with
sleepless vigilance. -
Year: 1868

The destitution among the poorer classes
in North Carolina is still very great We
hope that some relief may be afforded by
our Northern friends.


Yet the fine growing season now smiling
upon us, almost drives away despair, and
eases the pangs ofhunger, for God is giving
to the poor out of his storehouse an abun-
dance After month or two more, when
the crops Of corn and fruit are being gather
ed, there will be grateful prayers to Heaven.
Verify our people have been afflicted, but
divine kindness and mercy .bave followed
close upon the heels of human misery. Let
us be hopeful and brave, and the dark days
will soon be overpast.
Year: 1868

Those who oppress the colored people, are
complaining of the continuance of the
Freedmen's Bureau, which is a barrier of
protection to the weak, white and black. They
would rejoice to see this obstacle to the graf
lhcation OF Their nsanenanr passions torn
down, but Congress has wisely continued it
Year: 1868

We see from the Sentinel that number
of the editorsof Rebel journals are present,
in secret conclave in, this City, no doubt
plotting treason and further resistance to the
policy of the government. rin -... ysisi
Year: 1868

Secretaries OF Democratic Clubs I
Will confer favor upon the editors OF this col
umn by sending to the CRESCENT Office after each
meeting of the several clubs which they represent
a synopsis of the proceedings. We are com
pelIed to ask this from them, as the rapidly in
creasing number of Democratic clubs in the city
render it impossible for q local force, however
large, to attend every meeting. We wish to make
this column complete compendium of loca
political intelligence, and, with the aid of oul
friends, will certainly do so. But such assistance
is necessary. We trust that the Democrats of th'
city will give it. ..
Year: 1868

The returns Of the election show til:


Capt. Clint. L. Randle, Of Hickman, la
! been elected Commonwealth A Attorne


for this judicial District.


Capt. Randle is a gentleman of fin


talent, Of liberal cultivation, of extend


ed reading, and well vorsed in the law
Indeed, there is not a man of his age il
the State who Aels him in the know
ledge and appreciation of his profession
or who pursues more ardently every
avenue to the fullest acquisition of its
profound and important truths. With
rare analytic power, he is fine losician:
and Is gifted with an easy flow OF Ian.
guage, a n9turalness of manner, and 4
sparkling wit, which constitute him .
natural orator.


Withal, he is one of the best natured
most agreeable, and most courteous geo2


ne nerds-Drr-t The Opportunity to prove
to the District that they have not been
mistaken in him. We have no doubt OF
his eminent success.


His contest against his talented and
popular opponent (his principal coupeti-
tor,) was laborious and unremitting, and
IN fact his success over Major Mos put
to the test all his industry, versatility of
talent, and greater acquaintance with the
district


Their contest gas one of fiendly !
rivalry, which ~ Terminated as it be-
gun, with the most cordial kindless and I
between the contestants.


This feeling was beautifully Illustrated
by Maj. Moss when, sitting IN tie Herald
othce, our dispatches and lettTs inform
ID him Of the fact that his opponent was
elected. With generous md impulse
If himself, he declared his qualification
hat Clint" was elected.


Such men belong not to themselves,
nut to their country. They live not only
or the present, but for the future and
n that future we predict for them the
irst place in the confidence Of the peo-
'le and in the honors paid to genius, in
egrity, and virtue
Year: 1868

THE Cincinnati Gazette says ''that
Democratic politics always meant a state
of warfare" If that is so, remarks an
exchange, why did it arraign the Democ
racy as peace party during the late
WARP Did it tell the truth then, or is it
telling the truth now? Which of its
statements is correct?
Year: 1868

We have been permitted to trans.
fer to our columns the following
brief extract from the manuscript
pages Of pioneer. Our curiosity
would have gladly adopted others
equally thrilling on variety of sub.
jects connected with the early sottlo-
mont Of this city aud county, but tho
curtain fell; and wo could see no
moro now:
Year: 1868

Were Malinche stood in waiting. The
bull halted, as he found himself face
to face with his daring antagonist.
This was the most solemn moment of
the fight. A profound silence sue
ceeded the noisy tumult and the
vehement shouts that had welcomed
the first fighter into the arena. The
bull, seeing that small enemy who was
laughing as it were at his fury, stops
ped as if to reflect. So great was the
silence at that moment, that one
would have thought the immense con.
course was engaged in the most
solemn religious devotion, instead of
being present at the noisiest and most
barbarous of public amusements.
The two adVersaries stood looking at
each other. Malinche shook her left
hand. The bull lowered his head and
made fierce onset, which she skill
fully avoided. The animal turned on
MS opponent again, and this time the
impetus with which he rushed for
ward, was somewhat checked by the
point of Malinche's sword which en-.
tered at the shoulder blade the ami
NAL continued to advance till the ems
tire blade, to the very hilt, disap-
peared in his body, and he fell heayi,
ly to the ground.


will not attempt to describe the
thunders of applause that immediate~
ly resounded throughout the plaza
in was deafening-so much SO, that
the music of three military bands,
which began to play at that moment,
could scarcely be distinguished amid
the general uproar.-Southern Home
Journal.
Year: 1868

ApropOs of a remark that Rus
SLAMS are absolutely incapable Of un.
dOrstanding or appreeiating a joke,
this story is related


can Englishman was relating to a
Russian friend that he had once seen
on a country road a post with this
inscription "This road leads to the
town; all persons who cannot read this
may apply to the blacksmith" To
the great anguish Of the narrator, his
friend remained perfectly composed,
and thanked him for his story with q
studied politeness which showed that
he had not understood it ID the least.
But the next morning the Russian
burst into his friends room in cOnyuh
sions Of laughter, exclaiming, ''My
friend, l do understand it now Fool
that | was not to think Of It'll As if
the blacksmith might not be away
from home''
Year: 1868

A LOCAL FLooD.-An English
author and compiler asserts that he
made one of the most important dis
coveries of the present age, namely
that of demonstrating the identity of
the great pyramid of Egypt with the
ancient biblical Tower Of Babel, and
proving by conclusive evidence that
the Mosaic deluge was a local food,
produced by the bursting Of an
ancient African lake, the remains Of
which he pointS out, and also indica-
tes 10 detail the cause Of the great
catastrophe, -4
Year: 1868

A Nevada widow erected a tomb-
stone and planted rosebuds on the
supposed grave Of her husband, only
to have the ungrateful man turn up
alive from the other side Of the
mountains, just in time to spoil par.
ticularly advantageous marriage, for
which she had engaged herself.
Year: 1868

INVALUABLE REoEIPT,-To quiet
a crying baby, prop it up with pill
lows, if it cannot sit alone, and smear
its fingers with thick molasses; then
put half a dozen feathers into its
hands, and it will sit and pick the
feathers from one hand to the other
till it falls asleep. AS soon as it
wakes again--more molasses and
feathers.
Year: 1868

Nor IL pleasant consist physician for the relief Of
these various delicate affections and only upon the most
urgent necessity will far sacrifice her great
eat charm as to do this The viii then thank us for
placing their hands simple specifies which will be found
ecaclous in relieving curing almost every Of those
troublesome complaints peculiar to the sex
Year: 1868

MAD Ox.-yesterday afternoon, while number OF
cattle being driven through Church street. near
warren one Of them became frsctious, and starting
against passing pedestrians goring several persons,
but none OF them seriously. The rabid animal was
persistently clubbed by the police and citizens.
Year: 1868

DoN'r .ADyERTIsE sdvertise;
it is very bad plan. It will call atten-
tion to your place Of business. and it is
much hetter for people who wish to trade
with you to hunt you up. It gives your
customers exercise, and makes them
healthy. Besides, if you advertise
somebody will buy up all your goods,
and then you will have to get more, and
and it will be Q great bother to You
Prototype, London, Ontario '-Aa1
Year: 1868

CURE FOR NkuRALGIA.-The editor Of
the Alta Californian says that the fol-
lowing recipe is cure for neuralgis,
and that it has been effective in several
cases which came under his knowledge:
Half q drachm of sal amonia in an ounce
OF camphor water, to he taken a tea-s
spoonful ut a dose, and the dose repea-
ted several times, at an interval of five
minutes, If the pain he not relieved at
once. Half a dozen different persons
hove since tried the recipe, and in every
case an Immediate cure has been effected.
In one the sufferer. lady, has been
affected for more than a week, and her
physician had been unable to alleviate
her snferings. when o solution of sal
ammonia and camphof water relieved
her in few minutes. s48a niRK fa ~
Year: 1868

This once renowned politician Of In
diana, having been expelled from the
United States Senate because of his aid
ing and abetting the rebellion, left the
State and removed to Kentucky. with
the hope of regaining his lost honors,
and once more securing a fat office.
BY dint of perseverance and professions
Of dsloyaity he at last succeeded in
securing seat in the rebel legislature
of Kentucky, and hoped to step from
that high position into the United States
Senate But in this he was sadly mis-.
taken. His competitor, Mr. McCreary,
distanced him. on the first ballot, and
thus the last hope OF the expelled Sena-
tor has failed, and he is left to drag out
a miserable old age in private life. there
to reflect on the great and almost un-
pardonable political sins of his early
life. Not more bitter were the refec-
tions Of Benedict Arnold, for the dam
ming deeds which stamped infamy on
his name, there to rest forever.


Treason is a great crime and will
bring its own punishment sooner or la
ter. The traitor may escape the latter,
but he cannot escape his own reflections
he cannot Danish the shadows of his
own evil deeds. They will haunt him
to the end of life, and darken every step
of his pathway.
Year: 1868

of many thousand kinds, how infallible is
the accomplishment of the promise, worked
into their organization, that their seed
shall not perish. Left exposed and help
less, their young are guided to their hid
den homes and led to their proper food and
covered over from harm until their day is
accomplished, and then are brought back,
not in winter, to find the earth wrapped
with snow, but in the spring. when the
sun awaits and tender vegetation is ready
to receive the deposit of the young life
within them.


Shall we not trust God? Shall human
parents fear to leave their young to His
care? viii not He, who cares for locusts
care for the children of His people? Shall
we fear to 60 down into the earth when
our time shall Gomez Cannot He who
brings out the locusts after seventeen
years burial, bring us forth when our time
shall be accomplished ? Why DOVE dread
that we shall emerge into gloom and sad
ness? Are we not better than many To-
Gusts ?-Episcopal Methodist.
Year: 1868

A writer. in the New Orleans Delta
says II do not wish to spoil pretty illu-
sion, but the real truth is that Dixie is an
indigenous Nothern negro refrain, as COM
mon to the writer as the lamp posts in New
York City, seventy or scventy-five years
ago. 1t was one of the everyday illusions
of boys at that time in all their outdoor
sports. And no one ever heard of Dixie's
land being more than Manhattan island
until recently, when it was erroueously
supposed to refer to the South, from its
connection with pathetic allcgory. When
slavery existed in New York, one Dixy
had large tract on Manhattan island, and
a large number of slaves. The increase
of slaves and the increase of abolition senti-
ment, caused an emigration of the slaves
to move to more secure slaves sections
and the negroes who were thus sent off ma
turally looked back to their old homes,
where they had lived in clover, with feel
ings of regret, as they could not imag-
inc any place like Dixic's. Hence it be-
came synonymous with an ideal locality,
combining case, comfort and material hap
piness of every description. In those days
negro singing and minstrelsy were in their
infancy, and any subject that could be
brought into ballad was eagerly picked
up. THIS was the case with Dixie. 1t
originated in New York, and assumed the
proportions of song there. In its travels
it has been enlarged, and has gathered
moss. 1t has picked up a note here and a
note there. A chorus has been added to
it, and from an indistinct chant of two or
three notes it has become an elaborate
melody. But the fact that it is not a
Southern song cannot be rubbed out. The
fallacy is so popular to the contrary, that
l have thus been at pains to state the real
origin of it.
Year: 1868




The story of Cinderella is familiar to
every one, and yet there are few that trca-
sure it up as in any respect true. But it
has foundation and reality that really
need no fairy god-inother, with her pump-
kin and rats, to make an entertaining talc.
1t is as follows: -f'-'


In about the year 1740, French actor
by the name of Thevenard lived in Paris.
lie was rich and talented, but he had NO
wife, and We may believe he had, never
loved any one, but gave all his affection
to those ideal characters that he could
represent SO finely on the stage. One day
as he was walking leisurely along the
streets of Paris he came upon cobbler's
stall, and his eye was attracted by dainty
little shoe which lay there waiting for re-
pairs. His imagination began immedi:
ately to form the little foot that must fit
such little shoe. He examaned it we'll,
but only to admire it more and more.


On going to his own house he seemed
haunted by the little shoe. He fancied il
tripping over his floors he could hear the
music of its tread-in fact, there was
nothing among all his rich, elegant treas
ures that seemed to him half SO beautiful


He went to the stall of the cobbler
again, but could learn nothing.in regard
to the owner Of the shoe. This only i'm
creased his eagerness, and made him more
| determined to know to whom it belonged.
Day by day he was disappointed, but he
was not discouraged.


At last the little foot needed the little
shoe, and Thevenard met the owner. a poor
girl whose parents belonged to the hum,
blest slass. But the ardent actor though not
of caste or family. His heart had aiready
pronounced the little one bis wife. He
married the girl, with noequestion of what
people would say. and felt enough in joy
hearing the tread Of the light, nimble feet
through his silent rooms, to pay him for
the sacrifice Of peoples approval, This Is
the trps story of Cinderella, and from
which the child romance sprang. ns,er
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