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Year: 1867

The Chicago Common Council have before them a
nronosition to create debt of $SoOe0OO bearing an
annual interest of s2lOOOo to be raised by direct tax


alton upon the property of the public: Tins money
is intended TO be used to deepen the Illinois and
Michigan Canal six feet below Its present oepth'
Year: 1867




From ''The Land We Love- for Fehrusry.l
There is dust on the doorway, there is mould on


the wall,


There's chill at the hearth stone, hush through


the hail.


And the stately old mansion stands darhened and


cold


By the zeal, loving hearts that j, sheltered Of old
No light at the lattice, no smile at the door,
No cheer at its table. no dance on its hOOr,
But "glory departed" and silence, alone!
"Dust unto dust" upon pillar and stone
No laughter Of childhood no shout on the lawn,
No footstep TO echo the feet that are gone,-
Feet of the beautiful, forms OF the brave,
Falling in other lands, gone to the gravel
No anthem ofpraises, no hymn rising clear,
No song at the bridal, no wall at the bieri
All the chords efits symphonies scattered and riven
It's altar in ashes Its incense in Heaven
IT'S life's deepest sadness thus lonely 10 stand
Mid the wreck ofa HONE, the pride OF the land
Its chambers untitled as its children depart,
The melody stilled in its desolate heart.
Yet softly the sunshine still rests on the grass,
And lightly and swiftly the cloud-shadOws pass;
And still the broad meadow exults in the sheen,
With its fUam-crest of snow, and its billows ofgreen
And the verdure shall creep to the mouldering walls
And the sunlight shall sleep in the desoate halls,
And the foot of the Pilgrim shall find 10 the last
Some fragrance of Home at the shrine Of the Past
Year: 1867

TIE LArGH OF A WoIAy.-A woman has
no natural gift more bewitching than sweet
laugh. It is like the sound Of flutes on the
water. It leaps from her in clear sparkling
rll. and the heart that hears il feels as if bathed
in a COOL exhilarating spring. Have you ever
pursued an unseen fugitive through trees, led
on by fairy laugh-now here, now there, now
lost, now found? We have: and we are pur-
suing that voice to this day. Sometimes twill
come to Us ip.the midst of care and sorrow, or
irksome business, and we turn away and listen
and hear it ringing through the room like a sil-
yer bell, with power TO scare away the evil
spirits Of the mind How much we owetothat
sweet laugh 1t turns the prose to poetry; it
fings flowers of sunshine over the darkness Of
the wood in which we are travelling; it touches
with light even our sleep, which isno more the
image of death, but is consumed with dreams
that are The shadows Of immortality. Il PREM
Year: 1867

On last Thursday blind man named Pat
rick Golden was forced to leave car Just en-
tering on the bridge for the reason that he could
not or would not pay his fare. In getting out
he stumbled, and losing his balance was pre-
cipitated over the bridge, falling distance Of
some forty feet He was injured very severely
and it is very doubtful whether he will recov-
er The man, who has been known here as 4
bccger for some time, has been accustomed to
ride on the cars free, for the reason that the
conductors heSitated to force him Off The
conductor Of car No 10 probably acted accor-
ding to instructions of the officers Of the road,
though the action has unfortunately been at
tended by very sad result Georgetown
(n,Irier
Year: 1867

GENUINE PURITY OF MAS.-lf there is any
foundation of virtue in the heart Of man, the
more he has been thrown with the less respect
able part Of the other sex, the more he has been
exposed TO their allurements, the more highly
does he prize entire innocence when he meets
with It. and the more strict is his lineof derhar-
cation between the modest and those in whose
conduct there may be any touch Of levity. 1t
might almost be taken as a touchstone Of the
original disposition, whether or no, through all
the errors into which man, when tempted, is
liable to fall he yet preserves quick percer-
ton of genuine purity, and also retains taste
and veneration for it.
Year: 1867

Somebody ought to tumble the editor OF the
Wilcox County News into the Alabama and
put couple of bars of pigmetal on him until
he learns to keep cool. He is indignant at the
declaration of Halls journal of Health that
husband and wife shouldsleepinseparatc rooms,
declaring that DR.. Hall can sleep how, when
and where he pleases, but for himself, he in
tends to sleep where he can defend his wife .
gainst the rats and all other nocturnal FOES as
lcn. ss is las Get one TO defend
Year: 1867

UsEFuL PATENT.-An editor in Illinois re-
Gently saw patent clothcs-washer. II was
in heshape of wheelharrow. The revolution
of the wheel put in motion n crank that moved
a plunger that pounded the clothes. The body
Of the box was mounted where The load is on n
wheelbarrow. On the top Of the box is a
wringer a lady can put her clothes in the
machine, pick it up and 90 ont calling, the
longer her list Of friends the further she will
have 10 wheel her burden, and the better her
clothes will be washed Calling viii then be
of some use, and an eternal gad-about will be-
come 4 frst-rate washcr-Mnman.
Year: 1867

FoRG1vEyEss.--My heart was heavy, for its
trust had been abused, its kindness answered
with foul wrong. So turning gloomily from
my fellow men, one Sunday strolled among
the green mounds of the village burial place.
There I pondcred, where all human love and
hate find one sad level. thought how, sooner
or later, wronged and wrong doer, each with
meek face and cold hands folded over still
heart, should pass the green threshold of our
common grave-whither our footsteps tend
whence more depart. Awed for myself, and
plying my race, our common sorrow, like a
mighty wave, swept all my pride away and
trembling, forgave.
Year: 1867

PAssfoS.-The torrent and the bias. can
mar the loveiiest Genes in nature. War, with
MS ruthless hand, may rival the elements in
their work Of destruction; but it is passion A.
lone that can lay waste the human heart. The
whirlwind and the food have duration in their
existence and have bounds for their fury; the
earth recovers from the devastation Of the con-
fct, with fertility that seems enriched by the
blood Of its victims but there are feelings that
no human agency can limit, and mental wounds
which are beyond the art Of man to heal.
Year: 1867

Governor SwANE's DEcIIyATIoN OF THE
expected declination of the
position of United States Senator to which Go
vernon Swami had been elected by the .Lcgisa-
turc of Maryland was yesterday formally COM
municated by him to the two Houses. He as
signs his reasons therefor in succinct manner.
lie admits that he bad at first intended to ac-
cept the high trust which thc Legislature and
people of the State had Co ierred upon him,
and had so expressed himself to Lieut.. Cover
nor Cox as late as the 2Gth E-t., but since then
most earnest appeals have been made to him
from the representative men OF the State to con-
tinue in the gubernatorial char, and he cannot
disregard a paramount obligation to the people
of the State to serve them in such manner as
they may indicate at 4 period Of so much inter
est in our public affairs. both State and Nation
NJ. These sentiments are creditable to the Go
vernon. and are those properly belonging to the
public servant in all emergencies, apprehended
or present. The Legislature, appreciating this
action of Mr. Swami, promptly proposed reso-
lutions expressive of their profound scnsiblity
thcreat. They declare that in view of the mo-
mentous interests involved, and the cause Of
constitutional governmentin in all the States, they
recognize in the determination of the Governor
to remain firmly at his post in the Executive
chair, at this juncture in the affairs of the State


an evidence of the same devotion to its welfare
which has in the past earned for him its high
est honors, and will in the future more strong
" commend him to the confidence Of the peo-
pie A Joint committee Of the two houses was
appointed to present the Governor with a copy
of the resolutions Bdldimore Sun.
Year: 1867

GEORGIA WnEAT-They are shipping large
quantities of wheat out in Georgia Certain
sanguine people take this as evidence of their
having surplus there But the inference is
unwarrantable. They are in sore need OF
money in that State Their lands and wheat
crops are under lien for it. They want money
to secure their cotton crops The wheat, was
harvested sooner by fortnight there than
elsewhere And they have very few good
Touring mills All these thugs make it more
profitable for the Georgians to hurry their
wheat into market, than to hold II back, grind
and consume it. The practice there Is to sell
wheat and buy flour The shipment Of wheat
early has enabled them to get seventy-hye Cts:
to dollar more for it, than if they had waited
till the whole crop Of the Union came rushing
into the markets 1t is with with Georgian
wheat as with truck farming about Norfolk
The early bird gets the worm. Tho flow Of
wheat out Of Georgia, is the evidence OF moth
log but urgent need Of money, and detcrh,l-
ned purpose by early shipments to reaI2e the
greatest possible returns. BY Christmas,
Georgia will be heavy buyer OF flour, which
she will get in sacks from Louisville, Nashville
and from the river above Memphis. She Will


pay four to FIVE dollars handred tor Hour,
alter selling wheat for the equivalent OF SIX
and a hall per hundred Of flour --NoJoIh
Journal
Year: 1867

The Senate bill taxing personal property was ordered to
third reading In the same body The vote to-day In the
Senate fixing l2 o'clock tohorowas the time to take
vote the Central Fare bill indicates that that
will fail
Year: 1867

A young French musician of much
promise, named Benoit Denis, met
with terrible death near Vera Cruz
last December. He had been per-
forming at the country house of a
wealthy American merchant residing
near Vera Cruz, quilted the heated
concert room to refresh himself in
the pleasure grounds and enjoy the
cool evening air. Feeling thirsty,
he took up an alcaraza which he hap
pened to see near a fountain, filled
it with fresh water, and put it to his
lips. Frightful screams instantly at
tracted the company to the spot
Denis was lying on the earth, his hair
on end, his features livid, the body
and tail of monster scolopender
protruding from his gaping mouth.
The reptile, whose bite is more ven
omous than that of a scorpion, had
taken shelter from the heat in the
cool porcelain beaker. AS Beneit
approached the vase to his lips the
scolopender had sprung at his open
throat. In vain was the reptiles
body cut away. Once its fangs close
on their prey it is impossible to tear
them open. A surgeon who CHANGED
to be among the guests proceeded to
cut them out of the flesh, piece by
piece; but by the time the operation
was over, the poison had produced
its fatal results, and after three hours
of agonizing convulsiens the unfor-
tunate young artist expired.
Year: 1867

E Hon. s. L. HAYDEN, Of the
Ohio Senate, in a speech, few days
since, on the suffrage resolution very
pertinently said:


Some Senators on the other side
have taken occasion to declare the
pride with which they remembered
the fact that they belonged to the
Democratic party = a very small
thing to be proud of in my opinion
in this day of light, and life, and ae-
tivity, and intelligence, and progress
sion. / am equally proud that / do
not belong to an organization which
will forever be stamped in history as
the alder and abetter of treason. /
am equally proud that belong to
the great Union party through the
instrumentality OF which the country
and liberty was saved from the ter
rible fate of falling into the hands of
traitors and the Democratic party /
rejoice that l am counted an humble
member of the party that freed my
country from the sin of slavery. /
rejoice that l am associated with
men who have solved that great
political problem with which the
womb Of ages had been pregnant,
viz; the capability of men for self
government 1t is a source Of graft
fcation to be among the number of
those who have set up another mile
stone that marks the progress Of
civilization.
Year: 1867

The following German legend is
from Thrope's Yule-tide stories;


There was mother who loved her
first child with her whole heart. and
thought she could not live without
it but the Almighty sent great
sickness among the children, which
seized this little one, who lay very
sick, even to death. Three davs and
three nights the mother watched and
wept and prayed by the side of her
darling child, but it died.


The mother, now alone in the wide
world, gave way to the most violent
and unmistakable grief; she ate moth
ing, or drank nothing, and went
wept three long days and three long
nights. This the mother did with.
out oeasing, calling on her child.


The third night, as she sat over
come with suffering in the place
where her child had died, her eyes
bathed in tears, and faint from grief.
the door softly opened, and the
mother started, for before her, stood
her departed child. 1t had become
a heavenly angel, and smiled sweet
ly as innocence, and was beautiful
like the blest. 1t had in its hand a
small cup, that was almost running
over, so full it was. And the little
child spoke:


"Oh, dear mother, weep no more
for me; the angle Of mourning has
collected in this little cup the tears
you have shed for me. If for me
you should shed but one tear more it
would overflow; l shall have no more
rest in the grave, and no Joy in
heaven. Therefore, oh, dearest
mother, weep no more for your child
for it is well and happy, and angles
are its companions"


1t then vanished. The mother
shed ne more tears, that she might
not disturb her child's joy In heaven.
Year: 1867

E Earth worms are greatly rel
ished by confined fowls. Take a
spade once day and turn over the
ground for your hens. They will
soon run after ysu when they see
you with the spade, and will amply
reward you for the extra trouble to
accommodate them, by an increased
supply Of eggs.
Year: 1867

hunger. 1t is to be hoped the citizens of
Montgomery will not disregard a cry of
distress so full of agony-literally, the wall
of the widow and the orphan These
women are the widows of Confederate SOL
diers who perished in battle or died from
disease of the camp.
Year: 1867

And for the special pleasure and profit Of the
young, each week we viii give general literary
and religious miscellany. Nothing shall End
its way into our columns unfit for the psrusal Of
the mothers and daughters Of the land. Depre-
eating the demoralizing sensatioDalism Of many
contemporary journals. We shall eschsw that
character striving to give thsreader substantial
matter. Dreferring to be useful rather thar


snsationaL
Year: 1867

We shall constantly admonish the Southern
people to be self-reIiant. and shall do what We
may be able to induce the establishments Of
manufactures in our midst for our home pro-
ducts. To this end We will pay special attention
to the COST and STATISTICS Of manufacturing.
and exert ourselves to encourage the divsrsif-
cation Of Southern industries and the develop
nent Of Southern resources.
Year: 1867

And kindred topics. we shall also give an s1-
tensive variety Of valuable and interesting mat
ter-ths best adapted TO the farming classes o.
our State, which will. in a great measure. sup
ply the place of family agricultural paper.
Year: 1867

We entirely agree with an exchange
which says: The Legislatere Of this State
recently passed an act providing for an
amendment to the State Constitution,
which shall be submitted 10 The people in
November next It provides that each
member Of the Legislature shall receive
$3.50 per annum for his services, anl ten
cents for every mile he shall travel in go
ing to and returning from the place of
meeting Of the Legislature on the usual
Travelled route. but In case OF an extra
session 10 additional pay shall be received
for services.


:. We. unanimously. 60 in For this amend
ment, both because it is no more than
lust that our legislators receive a fair
compensation for their necessary eXpen-
diture of time in the public service, and
because that, when such justice is secur-
ed to them, honest ones among them
will not be tempted to excuse small steals
to exec enough to pay their board and
necessary expenses at the Capital.
Year: 1867

President Jefferson Davis has been re-
leased from the foul grasp of the United
States military power, Amid the wild
huzzas of his people he Was borne from
durance vile to elegant apartments where
he was honored with the adulation of the
great and jeted as becomes mighty chief
tain. How eminently proper that he who
hasiabored so assiduously to plungea great
nation into ruin, and accomplish ed 30
much, ever causing the death by arva-
t on OF thoesands, how proper it is that he
should be treated kindly end that the
American people with one accord should
fall down and worship this wonderful
hero.


But seriously this new move in regard
to Davis Is but confirmation Of the old
adage that it is only step from the sub
lime to the ridiculous. To the soldier
who tolled and suffered beneath the
burning sun or slept in the miasmatic
swamps of the South, with death staring
him in the face at every turn, this giving
unlimited freedom to the man who was
the cause Of all his trouble must be cheer
ing: it must give him confidence in the
Government he fought to save And
when we think that this old rebel who
has cost Us several thousand millions, is
let 60 scot free, it is almost enough to
make a man say he will never again give
one cent, which it is possible to avoid
giving, to miantain such egregious folly.
And then to think of old Greeley going
bail for such vile reprobate! On this
subject the Chicago Tribune closes an ar
ticle in the following happy style: ''Har-
inonious union Of antipodes felicitous
blending of philosophical commiseration
with unparalleled crime philanthrophy
and treason; order and disorder; peace
and humanity, rebellion and civil war;
slavery and freedom union and disunion
democratic equality and despotic oligar-
chy Jefferson Davis and Horace Gree
ley"


Alas for Horace! How are the mighty
fallen
Year: 1867

The crowd that now thronged around
scarcely had time to make rush before
the whole party We're whirling toward the
city Away went the. carriages away at
full speed went the crowd of mounted ar
tillerymen, half lost in the dust raised
by the vehicles, and away after them,


rushing, hooting, hallooing, went the
Year: 1867




The following is the text Of the am
nesty proclamation granted to the Gre
tans by the Sultan:


His Imperial Majesty the Sultan, con-
firming his promise and his ulterior pro-
clamatioDs, once more grants full aud
entire amnesty to the inhabitants OF
Crete, without any exception whatever.
The life and property Of every person is
assured, and no one shall be prosecuted
for any acts in which he may have par
ticipated now OF before. Every security
and protection will be afforded by the
Imperial Government to all those who,
after having given up their arms to the
Imperial authorities, return to their
homes and settle to work in a quiet and
honest way. The Imperial Government
solely prompted by the sincere desire Of
preventing the effusion Of blood, grants
to the armed foreigners now in the island,
and also 70 the natives who, enticed by
them, are actually in state Of revolt, q
definite delay of one month and half
ending on the 20th Of October next
During that respite the Imperial author
tiles will give all the necessary facilities
for the departure from the island of the
foreigners who, according to their own
choice, may embark on board Of foreign
ships, or those which will be placed st
their disposal by the Imperial Govern
ment. No obstacle whatever shall be
put in the way of natives wishing to
leave the island, and they will receive
the authorization TO emigrate with their
families on the condition Of dispOsing OF
everything they may possess in the
island, and cOnsenting not to return
without an especial authorization of the
Imperial government. During the above
mentioned delay of one month and a
half the Imperial troops shall continue
to preserve public peace in the countries
they hold. 10 order that the foreigners
and their native companions may avail
themselves Of the permission and favCr
granted to them they will not be mo-
Tested in the localities in which they
actually are, unless they should attack
the Imperial troops, or injure the loyal
population. In that case, the Imperial
troops shall pursue them till they shall
have been overcome. Should they per-
sist in remaining in the island after the
expiration of the delay, they will be
dealt with as insurgents. The blockade
is fully maintained. The cruising ships
will continue to prevent the landing on
the Cretan coast of men and ammuni-
ton.


The Sultan is wiser than the President.
The Infidel is more noble than the Chris
tian. Are the lessons Of the Koran bet
ter or more religiously observed, than
those of the Bible?
Year: 1867

II the fruit trees are to be planted out,
the farmer should remember that some
thing more is necessary TO success than
merely digging post hole in the ground
and crowding the roots Of tree into it.
The ground upon which the rows oftrees
are to be planted out, should be plowed
deep enough to allow the surplus water
70 drain Off readily. II the ground is un-
derdrained, so much the better; but il
not, deep plowing will partially supply
the defect. The soil should be aided by
a free application Of well rotted manure,
enabling the rootlets to find ready sus-
tenance as they reach out in search Of it.
Many young trees die out the first sea-
son after planting in consequence Of the
slovenly manner Of putting them in the
ground.
Year: 1867

The Southern Famine Relief CommIs-
sion, of New York, have received many
letters from South Carolina, sll OF which
agree in representing the scarcity OF pro-
visions in that Stale as being Of the most
serious character. liexterds over nearly
The whole Stale, ard unless relief be
quickly given, nothing, II IS stated, can
prevent absolute starvation among the
poor classes, while large number Of the
planters and farmers will be left without
seed for the next crop. The New York
Post says:


Governor Orr writes that the desiilU-
ton IS so great and severe that five hun
deed thousand bushels Of corn are eslma-
ted TO be needed to feed The people, over
and above all that can be obtained within
the State. Colonel William Nelles, a
gentleman Of high standing 10 Sumter dis
triCl. has been in this city with bond
signed by about sevsny-fVe planters, in
which they pledge their next cotton crop
as security for about forty thousand dol
lars worth Of corn and bacon. He could
find no one 10 take his bond, and has le't
the city, after obtaining two thousand
bushels Of corn from the comDissloa for
the relief of The very poor of sis district,
saving that unless he could find some
persons in some other city 10 make the
necessary advances, he did not see how it
would be possible for the planters OF
Sumter district TO put in their seed The
present season.


A similar statement comes from the
most prominent men in Lancaster district
Of the same Slate, who offer 10 mortgage
their real estate as security for the corn
and bacon needed to supply the wants Of
The people until another harvest can be
gathered in.


Representations Of the same character
come from RicblaRG, GreenviIIe, Darling
ton and Greenwood districts, and il is be-
Iieved that at least one hundred thousand
people, ne-quarter Of the population OF
the whole Sale Of South Carolina, are
now in absolute need Of provisions, and,
# relief is not given, the number must in
crease every week until July.