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Year: 1867

THE following beautiful and touching
extract is from letter of ga Woman in
Washington" to the New York H'de-
pcndeW:


al saw pile of knapsacks the other
evening at the cottage on Fourth street !;
knapsacks and haversacks left behind
for safe keeping by the boys who went
to the front and never came back. The
eloquence Of the worm-eatcn and mould
ed bags cannot be written. Here is II
piece of stony bread uncatcn, the little
paper of coffee, the smoked tin cup in
which it had boiled so often over the
hasty fire on the eve of battle. There
was the letter, sealed, directed, and
never sent, for the soldiers could not
always get even stump. Here was a
letter half written, commenced, Dear
Wife: How | want to see you" "Dear
Mother: My time is nearly out" The
rusty pen just as it was laid down in the
half filled sheet by the gallant and
loving hand which hoped so soon to
finish it. Here was scrap of patriotic
poetry, and inspired lyrics carefully
copied on sheets of paper tinted with
red, white and blue. Here We're photo
graphs of the favoritc Generals, and
photographs of the dear ones at home.
Here We're letters of heart breaking love
and loyalty to duty, and holy faith and
cheer, written at home: and here was
the Testament given him by the woman
he loved best, soiled and worn. For the
American soldier, if he rarely read it,
still he would carry his Testament as a
dear talisman to save him from harm.
Here were those mementoes of brave,
living, loving life gone out. They never
came back The mOurners at home do
not all know where they fell, or whether
they were buried. To one unfamiliar
with the soldiers life, these relics might
mean little. Tome they mean all love,
all suffering, all heroism. | look on
them, and again seem to see the long
lines of marching men file past, dust
covered and warm on their way to bat
tie. | see the roads of Virginia sim
mering in the white heat, lined with
exhausted men lying down to sleep and
to die, after the last defeat, hear the
cry ofthe wounded, the moan of the dying
see thehalf filed grave and the unburied
dead. All the awful reality of war
comes back. So, too, do knightly days
and dauntless men. Peace walks amid
the May time flowers, and already our
soldiers seem almost forgotten. Days of
war and deeds of valorscem like dreams
gone by"
Year: 1867

HERE is a picture that might have
been painted by the pen ofDickens:


"In what other painful event of life
has good man so little sympathy as
when overcome with sleep in meeting
time? Against the insidious deduction
he arrays every conceivable resistance.
He stands up awhile; he pinches HIM
self; he pricks himself with pins. He
looks up helplessly to the pulpit, as il
some succor might possibly come thence.
He crosses his legs uncomfortably
and attemps to recite catechism or the
multiplication table. He seizes a Ian
guild fan, which treacherously leaves
him calm. He tries to reason, to no
tice the phenomena. Oh, that one
could carry his pew to bed with him
What tossing wakefulness there! In his
lawful bed man cannot sleep, and in
his pew he cannot keep awake! Hap
py man who does not sleep in church
Deacon Trowbridge was not that man.
Deacon Marble was!


"Deacon Marble witnessed the con-
tlict we have sketched above, and when
good Mr.. Trowbridge gave his next
lurch, recovered himself with a snort,
and then drew out n red handkerchief
and blew his nose with a loud imitation
as if to let the boys know that he had
not been asleep, poor Deacon Marble
was brought to sorestrait. But have
reason to think that he would have
weathcred the stress if it had not been
for a sweet faced little boy in front of the
gallery. The lad had been innocently
watching the same scene, and ut its eli
max laughed cut loud with frank and
musical explosion, and then suddenly
disappeared backward into his moth
er's lap. That laugh was just too much
and Deacon Marble could no more hell
laughing than could Deacon TroW bridge
help sleeping. For he could not coluaa
it. Though he coughed, and put up hi
handkerchief and hcmmed-it was t
laugh-Dcacon and everybody in thu
house knew it, and liked you better foj
it-so inexperienced were they
Bccchcr's NorrOod.
Year: 1867

Governor ENGLISH, the Democratic
Governor of Connecticut, in his Inaug.
ural Address used the following Just
language: e"-t


Will the precedent thus set by,Con-
gress be forgotten2 Will the Constitu-
ton, which is impotent 10 restrain the
fury of majority to-day, become the
sacred shield IL once was for the min.
ority tomorrow VIII the sword that
is so easily drawn to establish Con-
titution now, be allowed to rest in its
sheath If needed to overthrow Con-
titution here after2 1t has been the
honest boast and Just glory Of the
soldier that he has saved TO our people
their old flag, with out a star displaced
or stripe broken-but useless has
been the sacrifice if tho people no lon
ger retain their faith in constitutional
government. If the character Of our
liberties has been lost, nothing has
been won More than ever, at the
present time, shonld any infraction Of
the Constitution be regarded as al pub.
lie calamity. BY the vast increase Of
our indebtedness overy question which
concerns the Government credit comes
homo to every person in the land. By
that credit all values are measured
1t lies at the foundation of all our
wealth, our industry-of society itself
No calamities Of the past can exceed
those which will befall us if the public
credit should give way. But how is 10
to be preserved if the supreme law of
the land itself repudiated2 In what
market of the world is that Govern
ment trusted which is swayed by rev.
olutionRry factions, intent only upon
the qualification of ambition or the
indulgence of partisan resentment2--
Had the efforts Congress been proper.
ly directed, tho industry and trade Of
the whole country would long since
have felt the grateful influence and the
public credit been strengthened. T'i 3,
Year: 1867

A CURIOUS Love LErrER.-We com
mend the following to the notice of any
village swain. who may be suffering from
an inclination of the heart, or in need of
"model' for the expression of his burn
ing thoughts.-A little variation in
the manipulation of the term t.i.o-n
shun, will make an addition to the
style Of diction:


Madam Most worthy of estimation
After long consideration and much med
itation of the great reputation you pos,
sess in the nation, 1 have strong incli-
nation to become your relation. On your
appreciation of this declaration | shall
make preparation to remove my situation
toa mnre convenient station to profess
my admiration, and if such obation is
worthy of observation, it will be an ag-
graudization beyond all calculation of


Yours, Sans DISSEMINATION.
Year: 1867

the whole period was filled up, when the certlh-
cate would be completed by formal dis
charge of the juror for one, two, or three
years, as the case might be. 1t would not DO
advisable to allow juror to exempt mmSeii
for a longer period than three years.


OF course, it would not be possible to meet
precisely all the preferences of each Juryman.
Am excessive number might choose to serve III
a particular month, or on particular days OF the
week. AS soon as q full supply was secured
for one day, the remaining jurymen must, OF
course, select some other day. But allowing Tor
all possible drawbacks, we think the plan we
have suggested would work beneiiclally. lt
would increase the labOrs of some officers OF
the courts; but that is q matter easily provided
for. The public convenience, and the improve
ment of the administration OF justice are tne
chief things to be considered.


The convenience of jurymen being thus con-
suited and their pay increased, the lines I'M
nosed for attendance should be strictly
enforced; and the officer empowered to collect
them should be held to a full accountability Tor
such collection All the business connected
with juries should be put in charge OF single
office. and the term fees now collected by the
sheriff Cby what authority, no.One lnows) should
90 to the officer in charge, to be paid to the
County.


We do not pretend to have covered all the
details of this subject, as they would require
more time and space than we can bestow upon
them but we believe that a general plan Is
here marked out, by which great and highly
desirable reform may be accomplished.
Year: 1867

of incensed neighbors surrounded the house,
burned it to the ground, strung up two of tho
gang to a tree until they were nearly dead.
and then warned them to leave the country in
thirty days. The thirty days passed, however,
and the thieves remained The trial Of Fillins
came on at Utica on the Cd Of June, and ended
the next day in the quashing of the indict-
ment, on account of the irregular manner Of
its finding, which we have already detailed.
This result seems to give unlimited satisfac
ton to the people Of the neighbOrhood.
but it is only too painfully apparent
that the discharge of Filkins is only one check
in the lawless career of his prosecutors and
that their power so far as any one can see il
nearly as strong as ever. We have heard of
no measure being taken TO bring them 10
justice and the disgraceful thralldom in which
Oneida County has suffered so long may yet con-
tinue for another generation. The facts were
all presented to the Legislature last year
in the report of the Prison Association, but no
action seems to have been elected. Perhaps
this Filkins trial will rouse the people of the
infested district to some vigorous effort for
emancipaton And when the Constitutional
Convention comes to look into our machinery
for the administration of justice, we commend
the banditti of Central NewYopk to their care
ful consideration.
Year: 1867

such license desirable or advantageous even to
those who so voted The City makes gain OF
the vices of strangers; hence it is by no means
clear that its vote to maintain o saturnalla here
should be decisive according to the true DEM
oclatic Dripciple
Year: 1867

The history of tho impeachment Of Judge
Frazier, given briefly 10y our Nashville cor


respondent, is not the least important chapter
Of the long struggle between loyalty and
treason in Tenncssoc. Upon the question of
the right of Judge Frazier to interfere with
the authority of the Legislature over its mem
bers, depended the reconstruction OF the State.
Year: 1867

Slavery and the Freedom of the Press could
not co-exist: Slavery knew the fact and acted
accordingly. Accident made Alton the scene
of their first mortal conflict: had it not oc-
Cured there and then, it must have come Oft
later and probably elsewhere. The difference
- of M account.
Year: 1867

The PHOENIX of Hartford can reinsure at
the highest rates every risk now upon its books,
discharge all obligations-presen or prospec-
tive-of whatsoever nature, pay back to stock
holders every dollar of its capital stock and
retire from business with q clear net CASH
SURPLUS OF
Year: 1867

is the only Physician as Special
ist, now in Chicago that can be en-
tirely relied upon. Go to him,


and not suffer that horrible disease
to remain in your system, disfgur-
ing your face and body, besides
Year: 1867

1t may be laid doan as q general
rule that anusements which seperate
the sexes are dangerous. would
not press the truth too narrowly and
literally but Undoubtedly it is gen
eral truth tha. where women seek
their amusements in one way by tEem-
selves, and men seek theirs in aHoth-
er way by themselves, there is in both
ways q tendency to degeneration and
temptation. God meant that man and
woman should live together, work to-
gether. and, in all the functions OF
i,fe-c;yil, social. religious, artistic,
and Acknowledgements with each
other: and their mutual relations are
harinonizins and balancing, and no.
where else more than in the seeking
and prosecution Of amusements. |
believe that boys and girls should 60
to school together. As they sit to-
gether in the household, SO I think
they should sit together in our tenn
pies oflearning- Colleges should not
be for all men or for oil women, but
the same buildings and tie same pro-
fessors should be provided for both ID
coynmon. And ~ it Is in everything
else, SO should t be in amusements.
There is much greater liability to
temptation and immortality where
amusement is sought in the isolation
or separation of the sexes,


Therefore, all exhibitions Of pic.
lures ard statues, all provisions for
public recreation. all institutions for
public amusements, should be such as
to enable the people T. SO in groups
and families.


I do not think amusements can be
good generally, in a community in
which a man is ashamed to take his
whole family to them. lfthere is any
thing Won would not like your wife
and children to participate in with
you, the presumption is that it is
wrong: and it there is anything yon
would ,ike them to participate in with
you. the presumption is that it is right,
And this might be made a rule of
Judgment far more widely than it now
is.-H W Beecher.
Year: 1867

We are very far from agreeing Win


those who censure Judge SHARKEH' Mr.


NVAr.I1ER and the others who have made


the attempt in behalf Of Mississippi and


Georgia to procure condemnation OF


The Reconstruction Acts and Military


Despotisns from the Supreme Court


ON the contrary, we think it was the
dntv of the Provinces to make these at
tennis. If they were even certain, anu
the more bound if it was certain that
the Court would declare itself poweriess
70 vindicate constitutional liberty against
its assassins.


To demonstrate, by this solemn deela-
ration of the Judicial Department, that
IL cannot interfere to prevent the fOrcioie
divestiture of a State, by Congress, OF all
its prerogatives and rights as q STAG and
a member Of the Union, the disfranchis-
ing of its citizens, the abolition Of its gov
and the creation Of an uAmltl-
gated military despotism empowered 70
annul laws, suspend the operation OF the
Of the Courts and prevent the
execution of their process, empowered
TO substitute Military Commissions Tor
tbe Courts administering that Justice
with which the people have been famil-
lar. is certainly the only practical mode
of startling the people Of the Northern
States, and causing them to realize into
what strange seas the ship of State has
drifted. For their own States, if so dealt
with, viii be equally without remedy.


That is one thing to be effected by
nrocuring from the Court declaration
of its impotence to protect any of the
rights of a Stata, or enforce the constl-
tutional compact between the States.


And such a decision also demonstrates
that. as there is no remedy for a State
so deprived of her rights and preroga-
tives, by any judicial proceeding; and
as it is impossible that there should be
no remedy for such intolerable wrongs,
the right Of Secession, for SO complete a
violation of the compact, can no longer
be denied.


NAPOLEON said that In fifty years,
Europe would be either republican or
Cossack. Let the Supreme Court broadly
decide that a State ravished Of all her
rights has no judicial remedy, and in ten
years, II the Southern people steddfastsg
refuse TO sign and seal the cession and
surrender Of GH their Constitutional
rights, and to cast array and rep,SdiGte
all their time honorcd priHcipleS,-in ten
years this Republic win have become
an Empire, or the State-rights doctrines
will be revived and prevail everywhere,
even exaggerated perhaps, according to
what commonly occurs in case of great
reaction in the popular mind.


If there is no Judicial remedy for the
States, and no right Of Secession, the
Empire ought to be desired by all who
hate anarchy, and think stability and
permanence in laws and measures neees-
sary to good government.


We thank Messrs. .SHARKEY and WAL
FlER for having brought the matter to an
issue, and demonstrated the utter impo-
tence of the Judicial Department to ar
rest the progress of despotism and protect
the dearest rights of the States.
Year: 1867

A clergyman in New York, in a late
religious discourse, made the following
severe charge against the feminine part
Of creation thereabouts. He said


ain relation to freedom from sin, he
held that the desire, an uncomfortable
desire to commit sin, was often the con-
sequence Of the education and habits Of
the parents OF the child who had it. It
was well known that at the establish
ment of A. i. Stewart there were many
bills made out, and went to husbands
and fathers, for goods which had not
been bought at all, but stolen from that
store, by their wives and daughters not
stolen because they could not get money
TO buy what they wanted, but because OF
Year: 1867

The immense CONSUMPTION of beef
cattle in the great seaboard cities has
built up a great business, extending
across the Mississippi Valley into
Texas. There are at least four distinct
branches Of this business; the raising
Year: 1867

Awild young fellow married love ly girl, and having long been addicted tohabits of dissipation, even the sin ccre attachment which he entertained towards his wife, could not discntanglt him from his snarcs.

 occasional irregular hours would have given any but one of so pure and sweet a disposition, every reason to ex- pect she did not hold that place in his affections which was her right; but this; reelection scarcely ever intruded her spfrits.!

 It happened once that he was called out of town and in his haste left behind letter, in which, to please an unprin- ciplcd friend, he had spoken of his wife in terms of carelessness, if not derision, and dilated freely upon his general course of life. 'Y e

 Imagine the anxiety and suspense of the startled profigate, when he found himself borne by rapid steamboat up- on a journey which must of. necessity De of several days duration, yet recol- lected that the fatal letter was exposed unsealed upon his wifc's table. He re- mcmbered too, with pang, that in an- swcr to her inquiry, he had wantonly boasted that it contained a profound secret which he wouldn't have revealed forstlic world. 4

 He paced the deck in agony of grief and shame. He pictured her opening the letter, turning pale with indigna- ton, perhaps fainting with anguish, flying to her father and dcnouncing him forever.

 .ss As soon as possible he returned, but with a sinking heart hc entered his dwelling, bracing himself up to meet the fury of an enragcd and wrctchcd woman. He opened the door softly She was bending over the table busily writing. A placid smile sealed her mouth of perfect beauty. and spread over her glowing features the mild ex- prcssion of joy and peace; and even as she wrote the fragment of sweet bal lad fell from her lips in low music that only flows from heart entirely at rest. The husband stole noisclcssly around, and read as her pen traced her gentle thoughts:

 "Your letter is lying by me, the very letter containing the profound secret Now, could punish you for your care lcssncss, but, my dearest Charles, how could look you in the face when you return, after having basely violated your trust in my honor, and meanly sought to gratify silly curiosity, at the expense of honesty, delicacy and eonfidence2 No, the letter Is unopened. and lest you should feel uneasy, en- close it to you with the love of your affectionate wife,"

 "What an angclw uttered the hus- band.

 : She started up with cry of pleasure, and as Charles met the light of her clear, unshrinking eyes, he was hum- bled that he should have suspected her and deeply struck with repentance at his own conduct. He henceforth sev- cred all ties that drew him abroad.-- And if the pure being, whose influence had lured him to the path of right, had perused all his subsequent letters, she would have found nothing concerning herself, save bursts of the sincerest ad- miration and love.
Year: 1867

WISE COUNSEL. Macon Telc- graph wisely comes to the conclusion that our only true and safe policy is q rigid course of HOME INDUSTRY and ECONOMY. That meetings should be called 10 communicate that spiritamong them, until the whole South, with one common voice, unite in the resolve to turn their cotton lands into grain fields and raise no more of the former staple than will serve for home purposes. He refers to the fact that during four years war we not only lived within our own resources, but sustained a large and effective army. That the spirit and industry that made the la- dies discard silks, satins, etc., and don their HoMEsPUN DRESSES and the gentle men their JEANS, with like sacrifices and self denials, is all that is now nec- essary to show that we have not turned traitors to that magnanimity of soul we once boastcd with so much pride.
Year: 1867

The Washington Star of q recent date, in an article under the head of What does it mean ? contains the following, which has caused quite search for pennies of the coinage of 1858: ''7 '3

 No little curiosity has been excited by the fact that parties in this city are making industrious search for nickel pennies of 1858, paying eagerly from f5 to 20 per cent premium for them. We presume that there is scarcely grocery, market stall or fruit stand in the city, that has not been visited by these collectors of the coin in question. Another curious question has been elicited by the demand for these pennies, and that is that tho search for item, in a quiet way, must have been in progress for years, as it turns out that they have been almost wholly withdrawn from circulation. ....s=ss.ss ....

 If any one having quantity of pennies of different dates and issues on hand, doubts this fact, let him hunt among the lot for the penny of '5S, and he will find them nearly as scared as hens teeth. As the coin is of too recent date to be in de- mand as relics for collections, the accepted theory is that, by some accident at the time of their coinage, these pennies con- tain large per centage of gold, which fact has been discovered by the parties engaged in the search. The penny in question will be remembered as bearing on the face the representation of nonde- script broken backed bird, supposed to represent the American eagle.
Year: 1867

A writer in London paper says: Our
Irish Chief Secretary being the owner of
fine ostrich which some days ago was safely
delivered Of an egg, received the following
telegram from his steward: Ny Lord,
as your losy'ship is out cf the country, l
have prccur d the biggest goose could find
to sit on the ostrich's eggs"
Year: 1867

The rapid progress of the Union Pacific Railroad


now building west from Omaha. Nebraska. ana FORM
ing, with its western connections an nnbroken nhe
across tho continent attracts attention TO the value
Of tho First Mortgage bonds WHICH tho Company now