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Year: 1868

UNCOMMON GAME.-Last Monday
forenoon, as Mr.. Samuel Green, who
lives in the southeast part of Danville,
was at work near his house, he saw
a black bear cross the highway some
thirty or forty rods from him. He at
once notified his neighbors, and with
his son started in pursuit. The bear
passed over on to the farm of Nathan
Martin. In short time dozen men
and boys, with several dogs, were in
hot pursuit. AS the dogs came up
with bruin, he turned around and look
ed at them and "made his mouth go, ?
and after that no persuasion could
make the dogs follow the bear. A
fox hound was owned in the nclghbor.
hood, however, and he was put on the
track, and he soon made it too hot
for the bear, who took to tree. lie
came down however, before the mer
with guns came within range. This
he did three times, but the last time
a rife ball through the shoulder killee
him. The party then loaded theil
game into a hay wagon and brough
him to this place where he was exhib
tied to old and young, many of th'
younger perhaps never having seen
bear before.-C0tedonsan.
Year: 1868

A foreign letter thus compares the
two Representative Houses of Eng
land and the United States:


SO far as the dignity of the house
OF Commons compares with our house
OF Representatives, the balance is to
the credit of the latter, notwithstand-
ing the violations of good manners
and good taste which sometimes occur
there. There is no appearance of
deliberation in the house of Commons.
The members sit with their hats on,
and keep up a perpetual tumult by
expressions of favor or disapprobation
while a member is speaking. On the
evening Of our visit, Mr.. Gladstone
called up his second and third reso-
lutlons respecting the discndowment
of the church of Ireland, and was lis
tened to respectfully, while he made
temperate, but in no sense eloquent
speech in support Of them. In size
and general appearance, from aChere
aOe sat, he reminded us of Senator Nor
rill Of Maine. When anv member
arose to speak for the government, the
opposition were very boisterous, and
would have coughed down almost any
man not accustomed to such a tumult.
No American need blush for the man
nerS of Congress in the presence of
Englishmen. The habit of stump
speaking in America, and the excel
lence of much of the platform lectur-
ing, give to our public men generally
more freedom of utterance and more
earpestness of manner than the Eng
llShmen acquire, and they are as a
class more interesting speakers. The
Parliament FL ouse buildings are
among the latest efforts at elaborate
architecture, and are graceful and
highly decorated. They have not the
slightest resemblance to any public
buildings in our country. They diff
fer SO entirely from the Capitol at
Washington as not to admit of any
comparison; but we think the latter
is the more imposing structure OF the
two.
Year: 1868

One thousand tons of iron ore are
now shipped every day from Port
Henry, on the west shore of Lake
Champlain. The mines are six miles
back from the Lake, and railroad
is being built to transport the ore
from them to the docks. 3---4si-tt- re
Year: 1868

From every source we learn that there
will pc good crop of fcotton this year in
Texas; the worm has made It's appear
ance in several counties, but so far has
done very little damage.


New cotton at Houston has been sold
for eighteen cents a pound and at La.
vaca at sixteen cents, pound gold.


Texas will raise a great deal of cotton
this year and the planters ought to get a
good price for it as the crop will be short
in the sou tn.
Year: 1868

In another place will be fonnd letter
from Columbus full of interest. 1t gives
an accent OF the grand school exhlDl-
ton OF the colored school at Columbus
on the last of the month. 1t is with great
pride we give place to this account ol 'ns
school exhibition, and we are very sorry
we are unable this week to give the pfo'
gramme they sent us.
Year: 1868

The so-called Democratic consorro
party is just now doing all in its nova,
to have colored men join it,


Let us but look back a few month,
weeks and see how these democratic ooo
tlemen have acted.


They have acted entirely as if the col
ored people were not free and as if ,bar
were not human creatures, and if tba
democrats, had the Lower the coored
people would all be back in slavery again


Colored men have been murdered upon
the slightest prelences, and evervibno
done 10 make their condition better and
more safe has been fought by these So
called democrats.


= In the loyal northern and western
States the democr,tic party calls itself
the "whita mars party" and saws in
plain words that colored men shall nev-
er have amy rights in this country.


In the South the democrats are trvino
to coax and scare and starve the colored
men into their party, and we actually
hear of colorcd men making speeches in
favor of the democrats.


We ask every co!ored man, woman
and child, 10 look at the colored man
who has turned Democrat What is he2


We are ashamed to say he is one Of
the men for whom Abraham Lincoln
died.


We are ashamed to say he belongs to
the colored race which owes all the scars
and wrongs it bears to this very demo,
cratic party.


We are ashamed to own that he is one Of
those for whom the Republican party has
battled so long and faithful. The black
man in tile democratic party cannot feel
at home unless he be one who like the
dog licks the hand of the master who
has cow-hided him.


This is a free country and thank God
we are all free, and although it is enough
to make us mad to see a colored man 60
ing with the democrats vel it is his PRIV
Hedge and the freedom we claim for
ourselves we must let others enjoy


Therefore we hope the colored people
will no. show their temper when a COL
ored man chooses to turn Democrat.


There will not be enough to hurt, and
it will only show that there are some
colored men mean enough to be demo
Gratis.
Year: 1868

The first gun was fired on The second
of thisImonth by Vermont tells of the
certain election of General Grant and the
victory of the Republican party. Vermont
has Just held State election and elected
the Republican Candidates by thirty
thousand majority. God bless old Yer
mont, she has always true to liberty.
Year: 1868

SKIES FRIGHTENING. AS the time
draws near for the election the skies are
Frightening in the horizon.


Vermont the State of the Green noun
tains hos spoken, and the certainty of
Gen. Grant beiug our next President
takes the shape of decree from the
the good Providence, who rules over us.
Year: 1868

We are receiving letters from all parts of the
State, all of them containing promises, and
many of them have long lists of names


Many of these letters we shall publish from
time to time. Do not neglect to write to us, as
often as you have anything to write about. We
trust to your letters for the news, more than we
trust rebel newspapers. Write us often, and we
will answer all letters, and any questions which
you ask will be answered through the paper.
Year: 1868

AT the recent execution of the murder
ers of Prince Michael, ball rebounded
from one ofthe posts to which the crem
inals were attached, killing the officer
in command of the firing party.
Year: 1868

Don't neglect to have a copy Ofthis paper t
take home with you. Let some one read it to you
and let every colored man learn to read; SO that
he can read the Bible aud the newspaper, the
two great educators which, God has appointed
to enighten the world.


Take the Free Mans Press.
Year: 1868

Texas can do the same, and may live {.
sec their children educated and occupy
ing places of usefulness.


Ugly things had been said of the schoo
teachers, especially of the female teacher
ofthe freedmens schools. They had beer
traduced, maligned and abused.


Mean, low newspapers circulated wick
ed report about them; put he knew the,
were false-the teachers were ladies
They had left homes of comfort and love
with true missionary spirit, and come
down here to instruct the ignorant. He
had seen the fruits of their labor. He had
seen thousands of colored children under
their charge, taught, not only books
but modesty virtue and propriety. And
ne must be bad man who can assalI the
character of a pious lady who comes
among the poor, to be ostracised for her
works. sake. Better for HIM that
mill stone were hung about his neck
and he were cast into the sea, than that
he should offend one of these little ones,
whose hearts are panied and distressed
at the obloquy they have to su ffer.
IL had been charged that he wanted
to make the negroe equal of the white
man. 1t was untrue. He sought to make no
one the equal of another. God made
men. am not like yoii, You are not like
me, and you are not like each other
There are no two men in the world just
equal. We are ali alike i'll some things:
for we are all the children of Gol. II
you were to write it down that all men
are equal in everything, it would mol
make 1t so. But he insisted on this, that
all men should be equal before the laao.


1t had also been charged that he and
his agents had sought to create alienation
between the blacks and their old masters.
This was also false; why should he ?
He knew that it was not best for either
that the whites and blacks should hate
each other Hatred was always wrong.
He tried to make love to all men the guild
ing principle of his life. He took for his
government that all-comprehensive com
mand, "Love the Lord thy God with all
thy heart, and with all thy mind, and
with all thy strength, and thy neighbor
as thyself" Remember that |" neighbor' y
means the person next to you, and ap-
plies to all mankind.


A man cannot be christian and hate
the Yankee a man cannot be christian
and hate the Southern man man can.
not be christian and hate the negro. A
christian cannot hate his neighbor and
love God =. 81. .ot-


Oh, what Texas needs is an outpour-
ing of the Holy spirit to teach you all love
for one another. ..sr g. a.. s-.r r~. .n


He had heard young man in Austin
say that he protested against the idea that
the Northern people were better friends
TO the negro than the Southern people
are. Well, when a man showed his
friendship he would give him his hand.


He had been in this church this morn
ing and heard a coIored brother preach
about love. He then went to another
church and heard white brother preach
the same thing. Oh, if you will only
practice what you preach, it will all be
well.


Go to work and educate all the people
witout distinction show your love to all
men, and see if | do not give you my
hand. know no North, no South, no
East no West. only know the children
that God has made.
Year: 1868

PATIENCE is great power in earthly
things. There is no art besides skill
and steadiness in work, which man is
so slow to learn, or which he needs
more to learn than the art of patient
waiting. We scold at Fate when we
encounter disappointment, but true
philosophy counsels silence and con-
tinued effort. For Fate has her own
wqy and time for rewarding the work.
er. And as we cannot compel Fate,
how much better is it to submit quietly
and Without repining to her will: No
grief is SO wearing and of SO little use
as grief over the inevitable. Merit too
often fails to get its due in this world
from the mere impatience of the mer-
itorious. We can establish our claim
to the rewards given by Fate. But no
man ever succeeded in setting the time
at which those rewards should be given.
Hence, no man can do a wiser thing
than 10 wait, If he also work while
WRIting.-EEchdn0e
Year: 1868

The accessions from Canada were
larger than any former year, but as they
came across the border they would not
be shown in this table. The following
shows the number from three European
countries for LMo YearR:
Year: 1868

BUTLER on GRANT.-Some time
in 1867, gentleman well acquainted
with Beast Butler, met him at the Cap
itol at Washington, and, in the course
of their conversation, General Grant
became the subject of their criticism.
Butler then exhibited to the gentle
man several autograph letters writ
ten by Grant to Butler before and
after the Fort Fisher Failure. These
letters were nothing less than posi-
tive orders to Butler in regard to the
advance and retreat of that expedi-
ton. The one written after the re-
treat was very complimentary to
Butler, and informed him that he
assigned another corps to the Army
Of the james as public apprecia-
ton of the faithful manner in which
Butler had obeyed his orders, and
also as an evidence of his apprecia-
ton of his ability as commander.


The gentleman, after reading the
letters, said: General, why have
you never published these letters in
order to vindicate yourself?"


Said Butler: al will tell you why,
I was willing to let any blame that
might attach to the Fort Fisher affair
fall where it would; history will
sometime tell the truth. In 1865
Grant will be the nominee of one ol
the other political parties, and, BY
God, no matter which one nominate
him, | am against him, and then
will publish these letters.p
Year: 1868

We cut from our exchanges the
following remedies for hydrophibia,
which may be worth bearing in mind
at the present time;


One remedy is us follows. Horse
mdish grated and mixed with a little
vinegar and sweet oil to form a paste.
Eat Of this al that can bc swal-
lowed and kept on the stomach.
Repeat the eating and renew the
poultice as often as necessary, 10 keep
up the stimulating effect Of the horse
radish, until the spasms are relieved
and the patient cured.


Another is: Take immcdiately
warm vinegar or tepid water, wash
the wound herewith, and then dry
IL; then pour upon the wound few
drops Of hydrocholorie acid, because
mineral acids destroy the poison Of
the saliva, by which means the latter
il neutralized.


Another receipt is: Mix one pound
Of common salt in q quart Of water
then bathe with and squeeze the
wound with the same one hour, then
bind little more salt on the wound
for twelve hours. The author Of
this receipt "was bitten six times by
mad dogs, and always cured himself
with the above mixture, and offers
to suffer himself to be bitten by any
mad dog in order to convince
mankind that what he offered was q
real truth, 70 which numbers could
testify
Year: 1868

Trip lightly over trouble,


Trip lightly over wrongs
We only make grief double


BY dwelling on Il long,
Why clasp woes hand so tlghtly1
Why sigh DER blossoms dead1
Why cling TO forms unslghtlyl
Why not seek JOY insteadl
Trip lightly over sorrow;


Though this day may be dark,
The sun may shine tomorrow,
And gaily sing the lark
Fair hope has not departed,


Though roses may have fed.
Then never be down hearted,


But look for Joy instead.
Year: 1868

Within few years these establish
menrs have entirely changed their mode
Of doing business. They now put on an
air Of rcspectability. They are found
where they are least expected. They
gain more custom than in the naked de-
tormity that formerly characterized them.
All up and down broadway can be seen
apparently respectable stores filled with
Customers. There Is nothing to distin-
guish them from first class dry goods or
fancy stores The doors are swung wide
open and lined with attractive merchan-
disc The passer-hy is arrested by the
snowy goods and the vigorous voice of
an auctioneer selling shawls, gloves and
dre>s-goods at slaughtering prices. To
an idler there is something very taking
in an auction sale. The party from the
country goes in, makes a bid, and is as
sure to be swindled as be is to buy. The
Year: 1868

The Rural American says: "W hen
properly cut and dried, no hay IS more
palatable and valuable than this. Ii IS
of the utmost importance to cut it at the
right time, and that is just after it comes
in full blossom. five wait till the How
ers have turned brown, they will break
off in harvesting, and the stalks will be
quite tough and woody. Cut when just
in flower, we save the blossoms and the
most volatile and sweetest parts Of the
Year: 1868

plant, ami the hay retains It's bright col
or all winter.


Every good housekeeper knows that
herbs retain their most valuable proper
ties only when dried in the shade Ap-
ply this to the curing of clover. a >oou
~ it i cut and only slightly wiltcd put
into small cocks, say from three to four
feet wide at the base, and proportionatr-
ly high. The heating process will soon
begin, but will not 20 far enough to hurt
the hay. 1t will pass of in the form .ot'
vapor, leaving the cock sweet and cured
in the course of Il day or two, according
to the weather. If the weather be dry.
open the cocks in the forenoon, andf al
ter lying an hour or two, let the hay br
rot in. No part of the hay-Iott will be
81 popular aS this, all winter.


If rain sets in after the cocks are made
up, let it ram, and let the cocks stand
until fair weather comes Then, as soon
a- the other cocks are well dried Oft open
them for few hours, and forthwith cart
them in.
Year: 1868

CURE FOR SCRATCHES ON Houses
An exchange paper says; Feed horses
one or two table spoonstul of sulpher per
day Gn order to cleanse the blooD for
three or four days wash the feet i'll
clean, soft warm water: then put on
dry sulphur and wind u linen cloth
around the sore, and twice or three times
u day drop in dry sulphur between the
cloth and the sore BE careful to keep
the feet dry, as it is no Use to doctor the
feet unless the blood is put i'll order. This
&ldom fails in the worst of cases.
Year: 1868

THE LAST MILK FROM TIE l'ppER.
DR.. Anderson, in DickcrSon's Practi-
cal Agriculture, says he has found by
practical analysis, in one instance, that
the last cup Of mill, drawn from the cow
ud,ler contained sixteen times rs much
cream as the first one. The separation
Of cream from milk takes place in part
in the udder of the COW, particularly if
the cow is suffered to stand at rest for
some time previous to milking. If there
are people who doubt that there is diff
ference in the richness OF milk first drawn
from cows and that last drawn, their
doubts will bo speedily removed by milk
ing half dozen cows and setting the
first half drawn from each COW separate
from the last half.
Year: 1868

There has been rather a serious conflict OF
nationalities at Wards Island, the refuge of
unemployed immigrants and invalided strangers
landed from the emigrant ships. It is not un-
usual to find the Celtic and Teutonic races at
variance. It is only when they come to share
the labor which is the common lot of each
that they harmonize and learn the habits and
usages Of each other. In the comparative idle
ness OF public institution like Wards Island
they have no such opportunity, and the hos
tility towards each other s, therefore. not so
difficult to account for. Put these men to work
upon railroad and they would probably
never come into conflict. The riot at Wards
Island appears to have sprung from very
small source, but we can readily understand
how in q community Of idle men numbering
fourteen hundred or thereabouts, and divided
about equally between the representatives OF
two nationalities-as the facts show-and each
ignorant of the language Of the other, the
smallest trifle might have provoked riot


Under these circumstances 1t would seem to
be q necessity that there should be some kind
Of police force maintained on Wards Island
sufficient TO prevent the recurrence Of such
violent demonstrations. It is State institu-
ton, maintained by the Commissioners OF
Emigration chiefly out Of the Emigrant Com
mutation Fund, and the Commissioners should
see to II that subordination Is preserved. In
this case II does not appear that there were
any means at hand to suppress the riot except
the moral suasion Of the acting Superintendent
Mr., Hincks, and DR.. Dwyer, who, no doubt
did the best they could to suppress the tumult
until the arrival Of the police, who came to
their aid on the ice, by scows and boats and
every other means of transportation whereby
the isolated and unprotected island could be
reached.


If we are to have an asylum half prison and
half hospital, place Of refuge for the unem-
ployed, the siok and helpless, In the immediate
vicinity OF the city, like Wards Island, there
should at least be force maintained there to
keep the peace and prevent the repetition of
such scenes as occurred on Thursday. II is
evident that superintendent, three or four
doctors. half Q dozen watchmen and few
nurses cannot keep . thousand Idle men in
subsection II they get to quarrelling. The
Commissioners of Emigration should look to
this matter.
Year: 1868

must not and cannot be disturbed He will
be wanted to push through the work Of these
Southern radical reconstructionists to the grand
finale of a radical delegation from each of the
States concerned to each branch of Congress.
After all, though it does not appear in the in
dictment against Andrew Johnson, his removal
as an obstruction to the radical programme Of
Southern restoration Is the main idea underly
ing his impeachment. In this view, with the
promotion OF Wade to the chair Of Johnson,
the President pro tenn of the United States
however desirous to be the master of his Cabi-
net, will have to submit to Stanton as the real
master of the administration In the manage
ment of Southern reconstruction.


Parson Brownlow will be the right man for
the Interior Department under President
Wade. He Is fighting parson, and having no
more rebels to fight he ought to be allowed to
try his hand among the fighting Western In
dians and with that other fighting parson
Brigham Young, Of Utah Territory. John I'm
derwood, of Virginia, or John Minor Bolts will
answer as Attorney General. But truce, for
the day, to these Cabinet speculations. Events
will soon determine what is in store for US.
One thing, at all events, may be regarded as
sure az the rising Of the sun with the promotion
Of "Old Ben Wade' to the Executive man
sion," and that is, slaughter of the Johnsonian
Pbilistines In Office "from the centre all round
to the sea-"
Year: 1868

The CIVIL WAR IN JAPAN.-A cable despatch,
dated London, March 8, informs US that
dispatches had been received in that city
from China and Japan to the effect that c!yii
war was raging in the latter country with
great violence. The Shagoon party and the
Mikado party are said to be at open war. So
great, according to the despatch, was the in
security which reigned at the port of Osaka
that most of the foreign ministers had left.
This news does not surprise us but consider
ing1the contradictory reports which have been
reaching us, it is well to receive 1t with eau
tion Civil war in itself Is always curse
but Is is sometimes q necessary evil.
Year: 1868

Religion may be restraining influence; 1t
should also be inspiring. State laws may limit
our individual freedom, may deprive US OF in-
toxicating drink, but because we cannot obtain
it are we therefore temperate? Docs not true
temperance grow out of conviction that intem-
perance is debasing and wrong? Then must
our appeal be to the moral sense. If cannot
persuade my friend to believe and act so as to
develope all that is highest in his nature, shall
therefore turn to the police, as if religion had
failed? Shall call fraud and swindling ir-
regularity because the guilty party are Phari-
sees of my own sect Shall blame the young
er men who are enthusiastic and believing, and
not condemn the capitalists who know they
were on the road to ruin and disgrace, and, in
stead of nipping the evil in the bud, for 50
much per cent hel ped it with the golden sun
shine of their influence? What we need IS
that everyday honesty be preached with pow
er Let religion slough its cowardice and con-
denim its own church members when they drag
its garments in the mire. Let the pulpit pro-
claim, Thou art the mani What influence
have generalities and platitudes even in the
General Court?