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Year: 1865

FESTIVE HoRsEs-How few people know
how 10 manage a restive horse? Or, more
properly speaking, how few preserve their
temper when an animal becomes restve stub
born and baulky? They regard the lash to be
a sovereign remedy in every case, and appear
to learn no better from their experience of the
absurdity of such al idea. We have observed
many an instance where We should like to have
applied the whip to the biped instead OF the
quadrupe6 which was in the act of being
abused. In reference TO this subject, we find
the following communication in a Fate number
Of the Genessee Farmer:


81 have valuable mare, of very high spirits
Last Fall, she began 10 be restiye about start
ing so much so that it was dangerous to drive
her single. She was impatient TO start, aud, if
held iu, would rear and pitch about, sometimes
throwing herself down. Finding the matter
becoming serious, undertook to cure her and
succeeded perfectly. The nodus operandi is
this: Let the driver have the entire charge of
her, and take pains, by gentle usage and k;;adi kind
ness, 10 be on coed terms with her When
she is to be driven, LET him harness her himself,
talking to, and patting her during the process.
When all is ready, go to her head and stand,
without holding her, if possible, till everything
is in the buggy but yourself. Now, holding
the lines, step back pace or two. She will
probably start; if she does, pull her up ,c,tiom
jerk, speak kindly to her as soon as she is still.
If she backs up or rears hold her by the head,
but don't strike her. Repeat the process until
she is mild enough to stand still, and take that
time to get in. Now, if you order her to start,
she will probably make more trouble; wait,
therefore, till she is ready-you can tell by
watching her ears-then give her the word and
let her 60. By pursuing this plan few weeks,
radical cure may be effected this at least,
is my experience. One very important point is
never On any account, use any severity with a
horse of that disposition; it can never do any
good aud is almost sure to do hurt 1t should
be remembered that while it is never necessary
to give up TO horse, it is very often advisable
to humor them"
Year: 1865

THE Morning Star Jackson and Niagara
Mining Companies. in Reese River District,
have levied an assessment of twenty FIVE dollars
per foot on each claim, amounting in the ag-
gregate to 100000. The total sum called for
it will be seen amounts to the snug little sum
of S2,250,000 Who would not own feet in
those mines? They are SO rich that only two
and quarter millions of dollars are needed
Immediately to work them with
Year: 1865

The MEANEsr MAN ALIvE.-The following
letter was received by the Surgeon of the
Hampton Hospital, at Fortress Monroe


DEAR SIR In the month of October last
| came to your hospital and removed the body
of my son. purchased new coffin for him
and left the other in your dead house. wish
to know if Government allows anything for the
old coffin; if SO, wish you would forward me
the amount ours, etc,
Year: 1865

A LUsUs NArURK.-The Yreka Journal
records the birth of a calf which has eight legs,
four ears, two tails and three eyes, one of the
latter being placed directly oD the top of the
head. This portion of the animal is the stran-
gest part of ell 1t is not the head OF calf,
but perfectly natural head of beaver, and
covered with the fur of that animal
Year: 1865

FOREIGN advices report progress in the great
Atlantic Telegraph Cable enterprise. the cable
for which is now being coiled away in the
capacous hull Of the Great Eastern. The
utmost hopefulness pertains to every feature of
the undertaking, and, if old Neptune will
furnish immunity from storms for the middle
passage, that is all that is wanted.
Year: 1865

SHERMAN is as great a joker as Lincoln.
He says be blew up the arsenal at Fayetteville
because be thought the Government would not
need an arsenal in either OF the Caronas in
the future Cool
Year: 1865

The following beautiful poem would have
given Immortality to the name of its author,
EDGAR ALLEN Poe, even if sll his other great
works had persisted.
1t was many and many year ago,
In kingdom by the sea,
That maiden there lived, whom you may


know,


By the name of Annabel Lee;
And this maiden she lived with no other


thought


Than to love and be loved by me
was q child and she was child.
In this kingdom by the sea;
But we loved with love that was more than


love.


and my Annabel Lee
With love that the winged seraphs of heaven
Coveted her and me.
And this was the reason that, long ago.
In this kingdom by the sea,
wind blew out of cloud, chilling
My beautiful Annabel Lee
So that her high-born kinsman came
And bore her away from me,
To shut her up in q sepulchre,


this kingdom by the sea.
The angels, not half 30 happy in heaven.
Went envying her and me-
Yes!-that was the reason Gas all men know,
In this kingdom by the sea-
That the wind came out of the cloud by night,
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.
But our love, it was stronger by far than the


love
Of those who we're older than We
OF many far wiser than we
And neither the angels In heaven above,
Nor the demons down under the sea,
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee:
For the moon never beams without bringing


me dreams


Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And 30, all the night-tide, lie down by the


side
Of my darling-my darling-my life and my


bride;


In her sepulchre there by the sea-
In her tomb by the sounding sea.
Year: 1865

thence and endurance; but even through
grace, can do no more. do not mean
to complain; we entered upon this struggle,
which was irrepressible and forced upon us,
after having counted the cost, but / should
be a hypocrite if came forward with any
smile upon my face and said that rejoiced
in it.. -~...


l do not rejoice in it; but have taken
the oath of allegiance, and mean to keep
it; and I have advised my people to take
it and be good citizens, and above all to do
the best for the poor, unfortunate negroes,
whose future is dark and miserable beyond
conception. Already they are perishing by
thousands, and the whole race will now go
out before civilization ESQ. calledl and COM
petition, as the Indians are doing. We
can survive the change, and one day four
ish again, but not they; their fate is seal
ed; and the ediet of puritanism has al
ready gone forth, "if you cannot and will
not work you must die" The furthest I
can go in behalf of these fanatics is to CRY,
"Father forgive them, for-ehey know not
what they do" -.


1 cannot write any more now. My heart
is too full. I have written to you frankly
and fully, and you can make any use Of this
letter you please. My opinions I desire to
be known; I wish nothing concealed before
reunion, therefore, am I, glad that my SER
mon oyer the body of my beloved friend
and brother, Polk, was republished in the
Christian Witness: If have erred, and
can be shown my error, I shall be ready, by
the grace of God, to humble myself and
acknowledge my sin, but until then, wish
all my words and deeds to be "before all
Israel and before the SUM-" I am afraid
of only one judge, and He is the judge Of
the conqueror as we'll as the Conquered
Success, with him is not the measure of
right and reward. --------
Year: 1865

NY opinion now is, that the companies
interested in the success of this cable are
really upon the point of success. I haze. a
fear they may be disheartened, and no
wonder; but another attempt cannot fail,
humanity speaking. We know the cable is
perfect in its insulation or capacity for
transmitting messages; we know it has the
rightspeci6c gravity, and the right strength; ;
and we know it only fails in one point
that of wounding itself; and even if that
cannot be completely overcome with our
new experience, we know how to meet it,
recover and repair it.


1 dare say the hope will be thought Wis
ionary by many. Yet, in your own inter-
ests, hope all conoerned,will at once order
a new cable to be made and completed by
May. The Great Eastern could then sal,
lay it with certainty, and in the same season
pick and complete the one for the present
abandoned.


This would be, beyond all question, the
best way now to economize the affairs of
all, the companies embarked in this enter
prise, and my regret is that number Of
capitalists were not here to imbibe the con-
fdence that experience has given all Of Us
engaged in it.


At all events, the attempt, should be
made to pick up the cable, and there is as
fair prospect of success as there can be
about anything not yet accomplished.


We are returning to England with the
hope that capitalists will see it as We do
Mr.. Field is buoyant and hopeful beyond
us all; he would at once go at the picking
up, and would like to indulge his wish.
But we cannot possibly get the necessary
appliances in the way of machinery, wire
rope, and complete the necessary repairs to
the well.used boilerss of this chip within
two months. It would probably be more
could not be less; and there is every prob
ability that the winter gales would drive
Us from our work, and without the sun we
could not find our fishing ground.


As these opinions are in substance what
all engaged upon this enterprise really feel,
there is no reason why you should not read
them to any whom you may think they
would interest -


With kindest regards to you and yours,
I remain, my dear sir, very truly yours,
JAMES ANDERSON.
Year: 1865

COOPER RIVER PLANTATIONS


The rice lands on the eastern and western.
branches of the Cooper River, for many
years before the war, were held at very high
prices; and they were seldom offered in the
market unless the owner was compelled to
sell to get clear of financial embarrassment.
This was mot so much owing. their money
value as an investment, which was but small, ].
but from their having been possessed by the
forefather of the present owner for several
generations, aud from the proximity of the
rice fields to the city. The lands on this
river are considered very fertile, and when
eyer the rains have been sufficient to fresh
en- the stream, the yield of rice has always
been heavy. For some years presious to
the late troubles the crops failed for nearly
every other year; but since the war, the
crops have been regular and good. A sue.
csssful year on the river will give yield
equal to about twenty-five thousand tieroes
of rice, which at present prices would bring
one million Eve hundred thousand dollars.
These are great results produced fromlthe
river front of "a small stream of watey but
it affords an instance of the great agricul.
tural wealth of the South, when managed
BY skill and experience We regret to say,
however, that for the present at least, the
valuable products of these lands will be,
lost to the country, and that for the crop
now growing We may expect the most indif
ferent result. We are informed that the
decentralization among the negroes on this
river has been of such a nature as to prevent
them from producing much more than will
be sufficient for their sustenance, and some
planters think that the crop for market will
not equal one thousand tierces. This has
not been from any fault of the weather, but
from an indisposition to work on the part
of the laborers-the grass, in most cases,
taking possession of the crop. This is truly
a sad state of things; and. if remidisl
measures can be applied, they should be
used without delay. ...-- -.


Charleston Neos, 25d alt.
Year: 1865

ole. I dare not soae ask of her any favor,
qreat or small Iclaim only of her good
faith, the precious privilege, promised me
by her highest agents,..so 60 to my home
and be at peace.


So far from my being opposed to the
name "freedmen,n as Indicating the condi-
tion of slaves freed BY the war, the chief
consolation I hove IN tie result of the aoar
Is that slavery IS torepo abolished, and
that not only the slaues are IN fact, at least
freed from bondage, 9at that I am freed
from them. Long bebre the war ended, I
had defnitively made up my mind actively
to advocate emancipaion throughout the
South. had determined, if I could help
it, my descendants shsald never be subject
=to7the humiliation I hare been subject to by
the weakness, if not the wickedness, of sIa-
very and while I cannot recognize as law
full and humane the violent and shocking
mode in which it has been abolished, yet I
accept the fact most heartily as an sccomp.
lished one, and am determined not only to
abide by it and acquiesoe in it, bnt to strive
by all the means in my power to make it
benefcent to both races and a blessing es-
pecially to our country. Iunfeignedly re-
joice at the fact, and am reoonoiled to many
of the worst calamities of the var, because
/ am now convinced that the war was q
special providence of God, unavoidable by
the nations at either extreme, to tear loose
from us black idol from which we could
never have been separated by any other
means than those Of fire and blood, sword
and sacrifice" +e.
Year: 1865

WHITE LABOR I'm THE SOUTH.


Every Southerner Of intelligence with
whom we have communicated, numbering
many who, without prejudice, have investi


gated the subject, declares that the labor of
the freed negroes cannot, in the absence Of
compulsory measures, be made available to
supply the industrial wants of the South.
Reports from all quarters where the attempt
has been made to SECURE the services Of the
blacks, confirm the theory that the freedman,
as general rule, will not earn his daily
bread With the sweat of his brow. The
latent savagism of his nature reveals itself
in his condition as free agent; and, re.
leased from the restraints Of discipline, his
instincts seek only the qualification Of ami
NAL appetites. Without care for the future,
without principal ss restraint or incentive,
his labor for the day is only sure 30 long as
his wants for the day remain unsatisfsd.-
The philosophy of the Abolitionists may be
sublime, but it does not exist in cultivating
the wasted fields of the South. There are
millions of acres there that wait for the
spade, she plow, and the hands of industry,
and the deoimated white population is not
equal to the task of tilling those neglected,
yet valuable lands. The freedmen cannot
be depended on. When most wanted on
the plantations, they are to be found herd
ing in the crowded cities, yielding to the
allurements Of Incidence and vice.


1t is not our purpose to upbraid the Abo-
Gtionists for the evil they have wrought,
for in the presence of the necessities of the
hour, there is no leisure for orimination. H.
The rich soil of the South must not be idle
while philanthropy makes its experiments.
Words and argumentt will not bring forth
fair crops, nor will the logic of the Tribune
insure our supplies of cstten, sugar cane
and corn There must be delying and
5planting and honest husbandry before there
can be rich harvesting, and the wants of the
Republic forbid that its most fertile section
shall remain unproductiVe for lack of hands
to till it. - ~ -,


The Southern landholders have come to
the conclusion already, that they must have
white labor to work their plantations profit
ably. We can point conscientiously to the
South as field where the white laborers of
the North can find employment that will re-
munerate them for the trouble Of seeking
it. They can command better wages than
in the North, and the opportunities for ad-
vancement in the social scale will be far
greater. Every intelligent and industrious
,emigrant to the Southern States will find it
within his power in good time, to purchase
a farm out of the proceeds of his labor,
from the sections of large plantations. that
will be throwninto the market by the change
in the industrial system. We commend
this subject to the attention of the working
classes as one in which we are deeply inter
ested.-M p. .Neaos. :
Year: 1865

To US it seems that no two races ever
lived so happily and tremendously together
as the white and black races on this con-
tineRt. Even under the horrible Injustice
of slavery the whites have been PROSPER
Gus in at least pccuniary point Of view
and the blacks have increased. and their
happiness has not been marred bv a hos
tility OF races Indeed, we believe the
evils of slavery came to the masters from
a lack of the antagonism complained Of
The fact is, no such hostility exists. The
must popular waiter about a house or
hotel is a colored waiter; and no man
unless he is very low in the scale OF
humanity, can say honestly that he hates
negro because he Is negro


If questioned, the most prejudiced ad-
mits that he likes a negro-in his place
Where that place is, makes the question
we are called upon to solve And in res~
nonsc let us fall back upon our duty as
christians. We can with safety do Justice,
and leave the consequences to God The
ldaptability Of human nature to the in
evitable is wonderful. Let us do what 5
right, and belieee that goo d viii come o.
it Catholic TeIeqr1ph
Year: 1865

an extinct order. And the English lived


IN constant dread Of the renewal of the


war for the succession to the throne


throughout the entire existence Of the


Tudor dynasty I385-I603) This pro-
tecting statute was construed so closely
that it was not allowed to save the riri-
cides, after the Restoration. though they
had adhered to the exhisting Government,
and their cases seem fairly TO have been
within the equity of the act; but as a rule
that statute did much to mitigate the evils
Of the laws against treason, and that it
was found necessary to enact it shows not
only the profound effect which long and
bloody contest had produced on the Eng


ish mind, but the extreme severity with
which the crime Of treason was punished
Executions for treason were numerous
under the Tudor dynasty, but they were
tar less numerous than they would have
been had not the law adopted IN the reign
of the founder of the dynasty confined
treason to the adhesion to parties that
should seek to overthrow a King in pos.
session. Had Cromwell made himself
King, and then caused Charles l. to be
put to death, after trial, no member of the
High Court of Justice could have been
punished legally in Eng and on the rastoT
alton of the House of Stuart
Year: 1865

/ The Richmond Republican says:
! at is 8 curious thing that the only


journal which displays distress and wrath
/ fuluess over the sufferings of the South
should be published in New York We
once heard of party in lawsuit who
said that he had no idea Of how deeply
wronged and injured man he was till he


had heard the speech OF his counsel We
Of the South might never have discovered
the grinding expressions which we every
day endure but for the revelations of the


New York Democratic Netcs That paper


Is not our chosen counsel; it gra' uitously


volunteers in the case, which Is VERY
handsome in it." as Mr. Weller observed
Of the firm of Dobson Il Fogg, in their
dish. crested efforts for Mrs Bardell We
should like the privilege, however, of Sc
Letting our own advocates, and would pre-


fer one that has the ear Of the jury We
are i@clined to suspect that the only effect
Of the Ne1rs' advocacy Of our cause upon
the Northern jury s to make them suspic-
ious Of client. We protest against that
unwarrauted interference, The attorney
is not Of our choosing. He is pleading
our case on his own hook We wash our
hands Of all responsibility for his damag-
ing utterances.


" The people of the South, are with few
exceptions, loyal and honest in their al
Iegiance to the United States Go ern-
mcnt They are done forever with seces-
sion and with slavery They want to
perform all the duties of good citizens in
good faith and in the right spirit II they
are yet sore under past suferings, they
want their sores to be healed. not kept
open They want to cherish faith in the
United States Government; they want to
believe that all things will come right
they want to look upon the bright side Of
affairs


In the midst of these auspicious dis
rositions the Daily Neps comes with its
daily accusations Of the government, its
eternal croakings. its sedulous and unin-
tcrmitted sowing of tares among the
wheat 1t seems to have nothing to do
but pail off the emo lient applications from
wounds that might Otherwise, by this
time, be healed, and sprinkle them liber-
ally with vinegar and red pepper.


We invoke the people Of the South to
decline the services of such practitioners
Let them choose more hopeful and health
ful reading than the New y ok NetcS. II
viii not improve their returning loyalty,
nor iurigarate them in the faithful dis
charge oC duties they haye conscientiously
assumed, to natronze a sheet which rer-
netuaIIy fans the tccaying embcrs of an
I'D strife which seeks 10 make US doubt
ma distrust ana hate Government which


5 strainin1 every nerve to rightthe ship Q
state. restore universal peace and tran
1uiIitv There IS no foundations for the
sombre pictures Of our condition and
prospects drawn by the Aecs, and no
earthly good to US that can come from the
feeding of that dismal raven, crying al
ways concerning our liberties and hap
piness-' Ncrermore
Year: 1865

An officer on General Grants staff
who recently had an interview with the
rebel ex President, says that JEFF is furi-
Gus in his denunciations Of IFunter and
stephens, whom he accuses of deliberate
" betraying the Southern cause into the
hands of the Yankees. Had these two
men said JEFF, representing as they did
the weak kneed conservative sentiment il
the South, stood firm the Southern cause
would have triumphed.' JEFF appears tc
be perfectly Indifferent to his fate, but
still does not think the full punishment
for his crime will be visited upon him -
He told the officer that he had less care
upon his mind now, and felt easier than
he did when he was President of the Con
/ federacv.
Year: 1865

ISsEcrs.-A peculiarly poetical pen


furnishes the following funny fancy: In
sects must generally lead a javial life
Think what it must be to lodge in a lily
Imagine a palace of ivory or pearl, with
pillars of silver and capitals Of gold, all
ezhaling such a perfume as never arose
from a human censer! Fancy, again
Year: 1865

The Atlantic Telegraph Company
complain that there Is a conspiracy to put
down their cable Why don't they put
it down themselves, then? What they
are after now is 70 recover it; let Us hope
they will recover it with something that
is accident proof.
Year: 1865

On motion, Hon. Wyman Spooner was
declared the unanimous nominee OF the
Convention for Lieutenant Governor.


On motion. the convention proceeded to
ballot for candidate for Secretary OF
State with the result following
Year: 1865

Upon the declaration of which, WIN E.
Smith of Dodge, was made he unanimous
candidate Of the Convention for State
Treasurer.


Mr.. Smith came before the Convention
and accepted the nomination


An informal ballot for candidate for
ATTORNEY General. resulted as follows:
Year: 1865

A correspondent of the Canton Register
gives the following as a specimen of the pat


riotic manner in which certain democratic


paper in Fulton county used to encourage the


soldiers in the work Of putting down the re-
bellion:


On Tuesday last the great consumption act
passed the United States Senate


How signally these black heart ed traitors will
| fail they shall soon see This infamous act
| of tyranny will be resisted and repelled by a


million and a half of as good men as ever
trod the soil of freedom. Can
the imbecile ,urang- -outang at Washington CO.
cree fifteen hundred thousand free Northern
| men to trample their consciences in the dust
| by fighting people who are day thousand
times nearer the right than the blood hounds
of despotism who are pursuing them.
The first attempt to carry out its provisions
viii be the signal for the united upri sing of a
| determined aud desperate milt. .tude of free
| men who will court annihiiation rather than
submit for one moment to the tyrannies of
the Lincoln Despotisn


There are million and half of men in


the North to-day waiting impatiently to hear
the magic battle cry: "DOWN With THE
USURPERl TO ARMS! TO ARMSl TO
ARMSt''
| We remember to have seen in the same


sheet ali enquiry something like, show long
will we have to wait before the strong arm


and steady aim of the backwoodsman will rid
the nation of tyrant!" These are fine fell
lows to give reception dinners and hearty
welcomes to returned soldiers Wirz might
| assist with equal propriety.