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Year: 1865




On Wednesday morning, the in
habitants of Liberty, in jefferson
township, were Mortified by the an
nOuncement that a young woman who
resided about mile from that village,
had committed suicide by hanging
herself.


Elizabeth Wagner, a young lady
about twenty-nine years of age, re
sided with her mother, and had been
for many years afflicted with fits, pc
riodically; and she mad suffered So
much that her mind was somewhat
impaired. For some time she had been
depressed in spirit, and had threat
ened 10 make way with herself Her
mother had kept watch of her move
ments, and was careful that she should
not be alone long at q time.


On Wednesday morning Miss WaG
ner disappeared ut a very early hour
and after waiting a reasonable time
for her appearance, search was made
for her. After some time she was
found in a tobacco shed, on 4 farm ad
joining her mothers, about half a
mile from the family residence, hang
ing Oy the neck, and quite dead She
had evidently been hanging there
some time before her body was dis
covered.
Year: 1865

Paris. Upon the whole there has been
women in the same position far wit
tier and wiser than Kate Howard,
who have done more harm in their
generation. She was charitable and
benevolent, even to sacrificing her
habits of indOleuco in favor of many u
poor exile, who little dreamt that his
pardon had been obtained by his weep.
ing mother, or imploring sister, who
had knclt at the feet of Kate Howard
1t seems that she turned Catholic on
her death bed, perhaps for the same
reason as that which influenced the
conversion of Madame de la Sues, tC
avoid meeting with her husband in
the next world, after having Stunned
him in this.
Year: 1865

In and around Chicago, the potato
crop this year is complete and total
failure. Nearly all the potatoes rotted
in the ground before digging time, and
those that were dug up in apparently
good condition, are now rotting by
wholesale. The crop will be the small
est ever raised Whereabouts.
Year: 1865

On the II of March, 1861, the Constitution
of "the Confederate States of America was
adopted at Montgomery. 1t began by set
ting forth the doctrine of State sovereignty
as the foundation of the Confederacy. "We,
the people of the Confederate States, each
State acting in it's sovereign and independ-
ent character" ETC., etc. Here was de-
liberate remuneration of the principle of
national union of which our Government is
the first example in history. 1t was recur-
renee to that modified union, that ghost OF
nationality, that hopeless shift of divided
sovereignty. against which our old confeder-
alton and the universal experience of man.
kind protested. But supreme State sover-
eighty the rebel chiefs would have, and they
gravcly began to build their fire upon the
back of the whale. THAT is no island
cried history 1--WE have tried it and it is
only fish's back" "Pooh ~ retorted the
gallant gentleman, !do you pretend to teach
us who have had Calhoun for our master ~
And they made the fire hotter and hotter
Suddenly the whale dived, and they are left
wallowing


They have learned by their own expert
ence what they refuse to learn from that OF
the world-that fire burns that when each
State acts in its sovereign and independent
character, there Is no nation, and the league
is Just as strong as the weakest State, and
no stronger.


This is the unpleasant, but unhesitating
confession made by the Richmond Enquirer,
the chief rebel paper, just four years after
the solemn proclamation of the absurdlty at
Montgomery. "Has not State sovereignty
been the weakness of the cause? If, during
the life and death struggle, with the com
press of common danger to bind and hold
together these States, this principle of State
sovereignty was continually obtruding itself,
delaying and preventing the legislation ne
cessarY to the common defense, impairing
that authority intrusted with the general well
fare, and impeding the execution of laws
necessary and proper to the success of the
cause, it is to be supposed that, when peace
returns, this principle of State sovereignty
will permit the Contederacy to exist one
year? The conduct of certain States, in
their opposition to the laws passed for the
! organization of the army and the preserva-
| tion of discipline, has caused many men
to reconsider their long cherished doctrine
of State sovereignty, and to come to the con-
cuson that, while in theory it is beautiful
and true, in fact and practice it is utterly de-
| iectlNe." =. ~


This was exactly what Washington and
Hamilton said eighty years ago and the
American people, believing them, utterly
and forever renounced the insane whim of
State sovereignty, and established national
sovereignty. If our fathers had not been a
great deal wiser than their recreant children
at the South, this government could never
have mastered a rebellion which would have
conquered any other government in the
world. We have proved the inestimable
value and the triumphant strength of union.
| The rebels have illustrated the weakness
and folly of federation. State sovereignty
is nearly as dead as slavery.


Hmper's Weekly.
Year: 1865

What was he doing, the great god Pan,
Down in the reeds by the riyer2
Spreading ruin and scattering ban,
splashing and padding with hoofs of a goat,
And breaking the golden lilies anoat,
With the drsgun-fy on the river.
He tore out a reed, the great god Pan,
From the deep cool bed OF the river.
The lunpid water turbidly ran,
And the broken lilies dying lay,
And the dragon fly had fed away,
Ere he brought it out Of the river.
High ON the shore sat the great god Pan,
While turbidly flowed the river,
And hacked and bewed as great god can,
With his hard bleak steel at the patient reed
TIL there was not sign Of a leaf, indeed,
To prove it fresh from the river.
He cut it short, did the greatgo Pan,
CHow well it stood in the TiyerO
Then hewed the pith, like the heart Of man
Steadily from the outside ring,
Then notched the poor dry empty thing
In holes as he sat By the river.
isThis is the way, laughed the great god Pan,
(Laaghed while he sat by the riverD
1.-The only way since the gods began
To make sweet music, they could succeed" /"
Then, dropping his mouth to a hole in the


reed,


he blew in power by the river.
Sweet, sweet, sweet, o Pan,


Piercing sweet, by the river
Binding sweet, o great god Pan,
The sun on the hill forgot to die,
And the lilies revived and the dragon-fy
Came back to dream on the river.
Yet half beast is the great god Pan,
To laugh as he sits by the river,
Making poet out ofa man,
The true gods sigh for the cost and pain,
For the reed that grows never more again
As a reed with the reeds in the river.


Hrs. BroUning.
Year: 1865

In place of the extra copy for a club of Ten,
we will send the Old Guard for 1865, if preferred
or 50 worth OF any Of our publications. We Will
do the same in the case of Clubs OF Twenty that
90 10 one a0nrcSS.
Year: 1865

The Country Gentleman says: Much has
been said about sailing hay by different writ
ers, and many think that hay is as well and
even better without salt. We have not put
a lock of hay in our barn for some twen-
ty years without applying six quarts of
salt to each ton of hay, which is about the
amount required by stock in the consump-
ton of a ton of hay. The result has always
been, that our hay was as bright and fra
grant as tea, and never had lock of musty
hay During haying last year, our hay was
cut, cured and got in the barn without
drop of rain on it, and we thought in such
good condition we would omit the SALT and
SO we did, and what was the result? Well,
we have not used lock of hay but what is
more or less musty For twenty years we
salted our hay and had the best of hay; and
one year we omitted the salt and had the
poorest hay. Hence the above remarks are
not predicted in one years experience.
Year: 1865

II 7
There is a form of girlish mould,
Under the spread of the branches old,


At the well known beachen tree,
With the sunset lighting her tresses of gold,
And the breezes waving them fold upon fold,


Waiting for me.
There is the sweet voice, with cadence deep,
ofone that sigheth our babe asleep.


And often turns to see
How the stars through the lattice begin to peep
And watches the lazy dial creep,


Waiting for
Long since those locks are laid in the clay,
Long since that voice has passed away,


On earth no more to be
But still III the spirit world afar
She is still the dearest of those that are


Waiting for me.
Year: 1865

New York Correspondence Chicago Commercial. ]


Theodore Tilton, of the Independent, is
looming up as a man of mark Natural
ly, and by careful culture, young man of
remarkable mental endowments and gifted
with rare ability of expressing himself
both by pen and voice, he has taken an
influential position among our editors and
orators which none of his years has ever
before occupied Many of US can remem-
Der his eHtree upon nOtoriety by means of
the letter he wrote about a visit to Wash
ington Irving, and which appeared in the
Independent contemporaneously with
the announcement of Irviag's death.
This letter (about which, per Sc, there was
nothing particularly brilliantly was at
once copied into all the papers all over
the country, and the result was, Theodore
Tilton's installation among the Eitsratt
of the land. Since then, ne has well
maintained his position, and if he would
only learn to love reputation at least as
well as he loves notoriety he would really
become a power. As an evidence of his
popularity in the rural districts, it may be
remarked that he has been compelled to
decline $4,000 worth of invitations to lee
ture this season. If he could have added
this neat little sum to his salary of 81, 600
as editor of the Independent, what a nice
income tax he might have paid
Year: 1865

Enlargement OF the new AOEA EAA"es


On Monday morning last the New York
Times made its appearance in an enlarged
form. 1t has added a column to each page
and increased the length of the pages, SO
that the total enlargement is equivalent to
about twelve columns. 1t is now the
largest paper in the United States, and the
largest in the world with the exception OF
the London Times, which is of the same
size with its New York namesake. We re-
ioiee at this evidence that the Times is
prospering. 1t is in many respects the
ablest and best paper in the country, and,
despite the pretensions of the New York
Herald, the representative American
newspaper.
Year: 1865

situation Wanted-By a young man as
clerk in any business where his services may be
raouired. Writes q fair hand is a good account
ant, and willing to make himself generally useiul'
Can be seen at the Leader office. noV2S;266
Year: 1865

GENEROUS. gentleman requests the
Lewisburg, Pa, Chronicle to announce
that he viii furnish for Thanks
giving dinner, q turkey to every soldier
widow in Union county, and to every
widow who had lost in the war son
upon whom she was dependent for sup-
port This is commeDdsble, not as
charity to the living, but more as a
thank offering to the noble dead whose
struggles and tolls were blessed in the
preservation Of our beloved land.
Year: 1865

RDr The Raleigh Progress says the
secessionists of North Carolina have
been emboldened by their triumph in
the late election to assert publicly that
the Government dare not hang JEFF
Davis for fear of the consequences.


Some ofthe conservative papers up
North think much the same way we
should Judge.
Year: 1865

NEw YoRK, August % "A special to the
Times from sshiugtop dated the 2eth. says
We learn authoritatiyely that the Government
financial condition is such that the Secretary oi
the Treasury will be enabled to meet all de
mands with the means be has at bis command


No statements Of the pubhc debt sill be made
nor will there be statement hereafter ottener
than once in two mouths so that the next state
ment of the public debt will appear on the lst OF
October.


The Investigations just closed show that sharp
ers have swlndled the soldiers terribly in dis
counting their claims One OF them alone must
have made $40 600
Year: 1865

with head erect, gestures animated, and in the
whole face and form the expression of the hun
ter close upon his game. The line once inter
posed, he rode in the twilight among The dis
ordered groups above mentioned aud the sight
of him aroused tumult Fierce cries rtsounded
on all sides, and with hands clenched violently
and raised aloft, the men called on him to lead
them against the enemy cts General Lee y
"Uncle Robert ~ "Wherc's the man who won't
follow Uncle Robert !" / heard on all sides
the swarthy faces inh OF dirt and courage, lit up
every instant by tho glare of the Federal signals
near. Altogether the scene was i0dcscribabfc.


The end came at last. The great soldier had
fought as long as he could, and done all in his
power to extricate his army fropi position in
which it had been placed by no fault Of his
Now he did not hesitate in his course. At first
he had recoiled from the idea Of surrender when
it was suggested to him by, | think, General
Pendleton This officer had informed him that
his corps commanders were unanimously OF opin
ion that surrender was inevitable; bat ho had
exclaimed, greatly shocked, Surrender l have
too many good fighting men for thatw Now
the current had set toostrongly against him, and
he was forced to yield, aud the army, with less.
than eight thousand nuskets, a very short supply
Of ammunition. and almost nothing to cat, was
surrendered.
Year: 1865

To those Democrats who are impatient be


cause President johnson does not at once break


with the party which elected him, dismiss all the
advisers OF Mr.. Lincoln from his councils. and


reverse at one stroke the extra-legal acts of his
predecessor, commend the following observa-


tions of the New York News:


"1he necessities of his position constrain the


President to temporize. The Senate, the House,
the Cabinet, all the public Offices, being in the
j hands Of the factionists, he could not possibly
huEe pressed back, OH his. elevation to Office, the
! RIGHTEOUSNESS Of the hour within the restraints
of law. The compromise which became thus,
to considerable extent unavoidable neces-
sity Of the circumstances by which he has been
surrounded, constitutes, however one of immi


nent danger to Mr.. Johnson's political fortunes"
| That there is truth in this last remark, as
we'll as In the whole paragraph, we very
| conscious. But we base our faith in the final
constitutional course Of the President upon our
knowledge of the whole sntecedents Of bis life,
which have so moulded his character as to make
him, even in opposition to his own will, the
natural foe to the anti-democratc ideas of the
radical faction. In addition to this security, the
whole record Of Andrew johnson bears the evil
dence Of an unswerving unity Of idea and pur-
pose, without the shadow Of turning or the
suspicion Of treachery. The principles of con-
StIlutlunal uCttcIdcy are nOG OH!y lnQSSDlub1Y
! interviewer with his very nature, but that nature
is remarkably simple and consistent, and his
whole course, both before, during, and since the
war; answers to a single key, and that key is
devotion to the Democratic idea Of the Union,
under free constitutional government.


1t is at this TINE of the most extreme impor-
tance that the democracy should maintain their
faith in the President, and continue to give him
unwaverinG support. Whatever the firrlness
OF a chief magistrate of the republic uulcss sus-
tanned by strong party he must eventually yield
to the pressure Of an active faction. And there


is no Democrat, however impatient he may be of
the continuance of military rule, or anxious for
the return to a full and free government Of law,
but will admit that in the matter Of most imme-
date and supreme consequence, the restoration
Of the South, the President is Practically in
complete accord with Democratic ideas In the
very nature Of things the continuance Of military
rule must soon cease, and the habcas corpus,
with all civil immunities, be restored to the
people We can them under such circumstances
we'll afford to wait, and while all unite in the
persistent expression Of our opinion that popular
rights ought never to have been encroached
upon, and ought to be immediately restored
every sentiment Of wisdom, patriotism and party
policy combine to induce us to consinae to
strengthen the hands of the President in his
cndeavors to perform faithfully bis first and
highest duty by cordial approval, and chari-
table consideration Of the difficulties which pre-
vent the immediate satisfaction Of all our wishes
-BOstGn Courier
Year: 1865

Not Surprising.-A telegram from
Richmond states that it is understood that
Vice President Stephens will return to
Georgia to canvass the State for vigor-
GUS prosecution Of the war. He says the
only hope now left for the whole South is
in strong arms and stout hearts.
Year: 1865

Lond n Cor. n. \. Times.


The advent of Mr. Caleb Cushing is
looked forward to with some interest and
there is an anxious feeling expressed that
all matters in controversy between the
two governments should be amicably ad-
iusted. Ii is now declared that the only
man in the Cabinet who desired the sue
cess of the Confederacy was the late Prime
Minister Lord Palmerston. If he could
have had his way he would have Joined
with the Emperor of the French in an
act Of recognition, but, powerful as he
was, he could not do this, with the Queen,
Russell, and the whole extreme liberal
and abolition party against him. The
Cabinet, as now constituted, is as friendly
to the United States as one of so conserva-
tive character can be. If it is changed
by the addition of Horseman and Lowe,
it will be moro hostile; If in the other di-
rection, by that of Bright and Foster, it
would be half Americanized.
Year: 1865

A soldier belonging to the garrison in
Toronto undertook the other dav TO Ieat
his wife with his belt, but accidentally
struck the baby in her arms with he
buckle, and killed it. He and his wife
burned the child, and kept quiet, but their
dreadful secret was discovered, and the
nan va arrested,
Year: 1865

Patent Horse to carry his master


Needs no spur to make him GO faster;


Runs along cheerily soon you stride him,
Ready TO go wherever you guide HIM.


TNHESE horses run rapidly over any good
i road, sidewalk park grounds, with grace
ui cantering motion. propelled mdinty by the
Ueigh Of the rider, alternating motion from the
saddle to the padais, the act OF rising to the
motion Of the horse, and with about the same
am ut of exercise to the rider in riding live
horse, ano with about the same amount of exer-
else to the rider in riding live horse. They
may be started, stopped short, controlled in
DING down hill, by the rider. They will run up
a moderate ascent, if the road Is hard and firm
They are directed by the bride. As the motions
are identical, it is . good mode Of training for
equestrianism. They unequalled a means
for agreeable and healthful door exercise, all
the year round, for adults we'll for girls and
boys of two year, old and upward. Girls ride by
using the sde-saddle horn-those under ten years
old usually ride astride. The fer boys is strong
enough to carry man of 800 pounds weight. On
the sidewalk or level ground. light carriage with
a child IN If can be attached and drawn ANY per-
son having but one leg ride perfectly WE'LL


For prices enquire at the Office OF this pa or,
send stamp for circular and price list.


STEPHEN w. SMITH.


49S Broadway New York.
Year: 1865

Commend US 10 the girl ol whom il Is
sneeringly said, "she works for ivIng!
In her we are always sure TO find the ele-
ments OF q true woman-a real lady.
True, we are not prepared to see mine
ing step, naughty lip, fashionable
dress, or hear string Of nonsense about
the balls and young men, the new novels
and the next party-no-no; but we are
prepared TO hear some words OF good
sense-language becoming women, and
TO see nea, dress, mild brow, and to wit
ness movements that would not disgrace
an angel.


You who are looking for wives and
companions, turn from the fashionable,
lazy, and haughty girls. and select one
from any Of those who work for living,
and never-our word for twill you ev-
er repent your choice. You want sub
stanlal friend and not doll; helpmate
and not help.eat; counsellor and not
a simplelon. You may not be able TO
carry piano into your house, but you
can purchase spinning wheel or pair
of kniling needles. If you cannot buy a
ticket 10 the ball, you can visit some af'
Hicted neighbor. Be careful then when
you look for R companion. whom you
choose. We know Of many foolish
man, who instead OF choosing the in
dustrious and prudent woman for wife,
took one from the fashionable walks, and
is now lamen,ing his folly in dust and
ashes. He ran into the fire with his eyes
wide open, and who but himself is TO
blame!


The time was when ladies who went
visiting, took their work with them.
This is the reason why we have such ex-
cellent mothers. How singular would a
gay woman look in a fashionable circle
darnine her fathers stockings, or carding
wool 10 spnl Would not her compan-


ions laugh al her! And yet such a wo-
man would be prize for somebody.
Blessed is the man who chooses his wife
from the despised girls "who work for a
living"
Year: 1865

A dispatch from Washington City, dated on
Tuesday, Jan. %, says:


This afternoon, about three o'clock, a fire
broke out in the Smithsonian Institute building
in the loft above the picture gallery between the
ceiling and roof, caused, it is believed, by de-
fectlve fue, The ceiling soon fell in, and in a
few moments the gallery was one sheet Of flames.
The fire, as il mounted the central tower and
burst in full volume from the main roof, was
magniticently grand, and a curious spectacle
was presented by the steadiness of revolutions
of the anometer or wind register surmounting
the tower while the fierce fame was raveuously
mounting to its destruction. The windows Of
the picture gallery soon burst out, disclosing
only the shell of the room. There were some
two hundred of SANKEY'S pictures here. He
had negotiated for their sale to the Michigan
University. Only five or six of them were saved
The loss is very serious, Incl uding the lecture
room philosophical instrument apartment, and
most of the valuable instruments, offices in the
towers and originals Of private records and ar
chives of the institute were destroyed The top
of the principal tower and several of the bat
Elements fell.


The confagration was nearly altogether con-
fined TO the main building, and above the first
story, the latter containing the museum which
was damaged more by water than fire The
wings and corridors were not much injured
The large library in the west wing was not
damaged The furniture of Prof Henry End
other property was injured by their hasty re-
moval. The full extent of the loss is not yet
ascera:ned A strong military guard was in
attendance. Grcat difficulty was experienced
at first in gotting water. At no time could all
the steam fire engines have full play upon the
flames and it was late in the evening before
they were got under full control
Year: 1865

Having firmly secured our host and the fellow
sIim with cords, and left Mr.. Leslie in charge
IA his daughter | returned TO the room where
/ had left Seyton.


He was just recovering from the effects Of the
blew had given him, which, as had suppos-
ed had rendered him nsensible FOR time, and
| was just in season 10 bind him before he had
recovered sufficiently TO trouble us still further


Now all that remained for me to do to rem
der our situation quite secure was, to take from
ossr hostess the power to- harm US in any way,
and at once started below for that purpose.


| alerward learned that Mr.. Leslie had made
his daughter promise, after my departure, TO
remain quietly In her own apartment until she
could safely venture forth, and stationed him
self near the door, with the only pistol he ever
carried in his hand. BY some mistake our host
and Jim did not attack him as as the pis-
tol was fred at my counterfeit by Seyton, as
was at first intended, but waited a moment
When they did present themselves he had fired
Tat the one in advance, who happened to be the
host, and immediately grappled with the other.
We remained at the old inn the remainder of
the night. and gave information to the author
iities in the morning.