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Year: 1865

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land If wo were proud Of her before
the rebellion, what may we not feel for
her now in her great triumph When the
sun of prosperity shone upon her, and her
children walked on their ways in love
honor & happiness, we cast our eyes abroad
and saw foreign nations bent in homage
before us. No matter if the onvious
tongue gave veat to bitter sneers some
times, and criticised our ways sarcasti.
cally. II was but from the lips, while the
heart beat strong with profound ressect for
a land on which God bad smiled so be-
nignantly.


After the lapse of half century Of
peace and prosperity unmarked by factions
with their terrible results the black clouds
rollediup over the bright sky, and burst
in storms upon u.s. Rebellious hosts ar
rayed themselves against us and to make
it worse, we must rise from our quiet fire.
sides, arm ourselves with weapons OF dc.
struction, and go forth to meet and con.
quer those who had been as part of our
own household, That was the bitter cup
we were forced 10 drink A man could
remorscly strike down stranger who
sought his life but when brother assails
him, he remembers the tender mother at
whose bosom each was nartured, and it
becomes hard task to strike even in self
defence.


And yet, as time wore on, and no rea-
son could influence the aggreSsors, we
came to feel that we must cease to spare if
we could hope for victory. To spare to-
day was to slay Thousand in year among
our best beloved. SO we nervcd ourselves
to our great purpose, and swept the trai.
torous ranks from the soil. No longer is


heard the roll OF the drum the shrill music
of the 6le--the measured tread Of march
ing columns. 1t is quiet and peace again
We leave our homes at monn with hearts
!, dreading not evil tidugs with our return


at evening. From the thronged street;
f we miss only individual faces. The great
human tide rolls on as full and strongly
: rs before. What greater proof than this


can we have Of our power and mightinessl
We have fought such battles as histories
of no other country can record, and while
we stand forth to-day crowned with victory
2 tho missing only known by those who re
main to mourn them. To the eyes of


stranger in our land, it is as if they ha
never exist ed.


Who shall say hat we have not me
h and passed the crisis nobly? Who shal
d drod to say that life was not held chea
q in comparison with our country's honor
e Richer to-day for the noble blood her sol
n has reccived-purer for the tears of sor
t rowing ones which have fallen upon it.
r stronger for the principles of Right whic
i, has prevailed, sinking Wrong in the ira
ID tors grave-we look upon America wit
y eyes that sparkle with joy, and hearts th'
|, bow in reverence before God, thankiu
d him for the boon of peace the matchle
te glory and beauty Of land that Is ours


AMERICA!
Year: 1865

lSS- A little girl, after returning from
church where she saw. collection taken
up for the first time, related what took
place, and among other things she said,
with all her childish innocence, "that a
man passed around plate with some mon
ey on it, but didn't take any"
Year: 1865

place and then it can be found. The woman
who takes care of the house has enough to dc
without Ohoring after her liege lord or wait
ing On lot of men all day.


A woman's work is never finished. You
expect her to keep the house neat and tidy
If it is not so you run to saloon. You ex-
pect her hair to be always smooth-her dress
always in order-her stockings always neat
your clothes always in order-the dust
kept from its thousand gathering places
something good to eat three times day be-
sides lunches, and her to be as neat and at
tractive as she was the night you popped the
question. How can she be all this, if she
has to spend half her time in picking up
what you throw DOWN. Ifyour wife, moth
er, or sister be neat, you should be. If not,
teach her to practice neatness by good ex-
amples. We write this little chapter in hopes
that it will make some men who read it lit
tie more thoughtful and neat, and that it may
help those who never take too much help.
Year: 1865

Surely slave advocates should produce bet
ter authority for their enormity than the old
Jewish law, made for barbsrous age. But
the laws written on tables of stone are stil
binding, as they relate TO mans moral con-
dition mainly.


The only remaining argument is, that as
instructions were given to master and slave
in the New Testament, that therefore the IN
stiiutiOn is legalized. But authority for re-
lation, and instructions under relation ara
two things. Instructions were given to hus-
band and wife, but those instructions do uos
authorize the relation The Saviour when
asked. "Is it lawful for man to put away
his wife?" Mat 19, 5, cited to the written
authority as found in Gen. 2, %. She shall Be
called woman, because she was taken out of
man. Therefore shall a man leave his father
and mother, and cleave unto his wife and they
shall be one flesh, here then is the authority.
The apostles wished them to understand their
obligations, under the relation they had plae-
ed themselves. I may instruct criminal us
such, but does that authorize his crime p
surely such proof for slavery is important.


Neither changed heart, nor the Office Of
a moral teacher can confer power to Iegislats
in civil matters, for this is left with the peo-
pie. Christ came as teacher in morals: be
told them that his Kingdom was not of this
world. Or when asked to interfere, man
said he who made me Judge or divider over
you? He taught submission to constituted
authority, and he and his followers ever act
ed on these principles. They found slavery
legalized. Having no legislative authority,
what more could they do than so to instruct
as to make the relation as agreeable to both
parties as the nature of the relation would
admit


But the spirit of the New Testament is in
direct opposition to American slavery, for
that proclaims liberty in the most universal
sense. Complete harmony in the discordant
elements Of nature change the heart-make
the tree good. Change the handspring Of
mans actions, and then he viii act right
This is the true philosophy, and this general
principle is laid down. "Do unto all men as
ye would they should do unto you, says the
Saviour


But American Shareholders violate the
direct teachings of ths New testament, for
that prOnounces a curse against any violation
OF the marriage relation. And yet slave
holders claim to obey its precepts-solemu-
ize the marriage relation and then by sale Of
the parties put asunder the bond. And
how CAP they escape the curse for so doing


Again, we violate the principles set forth


in the declaration-for that instrument sets
forth this: ave hold that this truth is self
evident, that all men are born free, and are
endowed by their Creator, with certain in
.alienable rights. That among these are life,
liberty, and the pursuit Of happiness" And
yet we have boudsmen, under hard task
masters, followed with cowhide, loaded whip
and revolver to whip, shoot, or sell the slave,
to an Arab or whoever may buy, in some in
stances, the masters offspring.


'Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the
streets Of Askelon that this is the land ofGb-
erty."
Year: 1865

AN English author, writing of life IN
the East Indies, describes number Of
officers who were addicted to telling huge
stories. Heremarks:


One Of the most amiable and excellent
Of these social sportsmen was an officer
whom I will call Captain Tattle. Inev,
er happened to meet him; but his storie;
are household words anywhere between
the Indust and the HOOgley. Of these
I subjoin few which may be considered
as fair specimens.


Tattle was loud and incessant talker
and, over any table where be might be
placed, never failed to let the party know
that whether in battling with men OF
beasts, or in whatever pursuit he might
be engaged, he was superior to any man
you might mention, or who would be
likely to mention himself Of his Prov
ess in the field here is a sample:


"The fact is, sir, that when | am in ac-
ton, nothing can restrain me; and no.
body knew this better than Napier. Be-
fore an engagement began he always sent
for me, and said, Now, Tattle, you know
my wishes; moderation above all things
my boy IL will do my best, Sin
Charles, was my usual answer; but you
know I cannot always answer for conse-
quencesP = At Meanee [ remember in
/ particular he had his eye upon me; and
when he saw me up to my elbows in slair
all of my own sword, sir he sent an
aid-de-camp to me. very sorry, sir,
says the aid but you are to give your
sword to me, by the generals orders. ]
am not putting you under arrest he ad
ded, laughing but you are really doing
too much Well, there was no help fol
lit; so I gave him up my sword. Bu
directly his back was turned, I fell tc
work with my scabbard, and finished of
seventeen more oftherascals-seventeen
I counted them as they lay on the ground
And this is no lie, sir. "


The latter somewhat necessary asser
ton was the usual reinforcement to hi'
most astonishing revelations.


If Tattle went after tiger, it was al
ways a tiger such as no man had evol
been after before.


"There was a beast in the Nepaul Ia
raj, sir, that I was three seasons in pot
ting. He was the terror Of Dude; and
ROhilcuDd was afraid to 60 to bed wher
he made an excursion into that province
He was twenty-three feet six inches ant
half from the point of the nose to thu
tip of the tail. His teeth were as big al
tomb stones, and his roar was like al
eruption of Vesuvius. The first two sea
sons 1 had put some lead into him, bu
never into a vulnerable place. The thirc
season 1 met him again-and he knew
Year: 1865

Do ever men folks think how much work
they make a woman by going into the house
with muddy boots2 It would take but a
moment for them to use the scraper, and
leave outside the house the dirt which they
track over the floor, theoil-cloth and the car
pet, or which they leave On the hearth
or fender-all of which must be mopped,
cleaned scraped, wiped and scrubbed off
If your wife, mother, or sister fails to clean
up the muss you great big boy or man have
made, what a howl you raise because the
things "about the house look so like sin. y
And when yon go home at noon or night do
you ever notice how you act? Ofcourse not,
or you would not do such careless tricks.


You enter the door with Slant closes
half and some woman must shut it after you.
Your overcoat is thrown on a chair in one
corner Of the room, your hat sails away in an
other corner to light upon a stand or under it
gloves are thrown on a table-neck-w
per hung on the first handy chair, and down
you sit in the center of the room where ev-
cry one must navigate around you. After
you have been two hours in the house, the
place resembles the grounds Of q cat fight
Hat, boots, coat, newspapers, overcoat,
gloves, jack-5nife, hair brush, and all other
articles you may have in your hands are scat
tered as though hurricane had swept through
the room.


Books, papers, magazines, almanacs and
memorandum books are routed from their
place, and when you have to leave, what a
time there isl No one knows where your
things are. "Where is my hat?" "Where
is my overcoat2" Who had my glovesT-
Every one in the house is put upon the wit
ness stand, and it is more trouble to get start
ed down town than to launch a steamer or
start anew stage coach. Then, after you
are gone, the women must spend quarter
of a day, more or less, in picking up things
which you have scattered. The trouble is,
you don't think. It would take you but a
moment to hang up your coat and hat-to
put your gloves in your pocket-to draw
your neck-wrapper through the sleeve ofyour
overcoat, and to cultivate your bump Of order
1t takes but a moment to put an article in it:
Year: 1865

How TO Show FRIENDSHIP FOR THE t'UE1oN."
Subscribe and pay for it. Send it all your
advertising, and fit is not too much trouble,
send it all items Of local interest, for the ben
eft Of the general reader. Do you expect
the editor to call attention to your business
for nothing? Never demur when bona
fde bill is presented. None but the initiated
know Of the troubles and trials of a newspa-
per publisher.
Year: 1865

IT is stated as new discovery, that Won
derful effects may be obtained by watering
fruit trees and vegetables with a solution of
sulphate of iron. Under this system beans
will grow to nearly double the size, and VIII
acquire much more savory taste. The pear
seems to be particularly well adapted to this
treatment. Old nails thrown into water and
left to rust there, will impart to it all the nee
essary qualifications for forcing vegetation as
described
Year: 1865

Il wonder where those clouds are going,
sighed Flora, pensively, as she pointed with
her thin, delicate finger to the heavy funeral
masses that Aoated lazily in the sky 81
think they are going to thunder said her
little brother.
Year: 1865

SHIPs-oF-WAR TO BE LAID UP.-A Wash
ington correspondent writes that it is un-
der consideration by the Secretary of the
NAVY to retire about one-half of the vessels
now in commission, and use the surplus
seamen and landsmen employed on board
for land service. This will add about twenty
five thousand to the effective land forces.
The capture Of all rebel ports win enable
this important reduction to be made in the
naval force and large saving in expense OF
that branch of service.
Year: 1865

wen BLOWN up.


Especial TO the Esansvills Jsurnsl.l


FORTRESS MONROE. Jan. %. - The
steamer Blackstone arrived here this
morning from OF Fort Fisher, bringing
2l0 officers and privates wounded in the
late assault


The latest news from Fort Fisher is
that shortly after the surrender the
rebels blew up Fort Caswell and other
minor works defending the entrance to
Cape Fear River


On the day Of sailing the smaller gun
boats had entered tho river and were
searching for torpedoes preparatory to
an advance towards Wilmington.


Shortly after the capture OF the fort
the diagram Of the whole system OF
torpedoes was discovered, aud our naval
officers were making search for the key
by which the internal designs Of the
enemy viii be completely frustrated
Year: 1865

s~The Providence Journal. speak
ing Of the cruel treatment of child By
its mother, says: The child should GER
tAinIy have the careful attention OF some
one, or it will be prematurely added to
the kingdom OF heaven, and thus per-
haps permanently separated from its
kindred
Year: 1865

1t has been reported, not reliably, we think,
that General Lee is to bo indeed and tried
fo, treason. We cannot believe the report,
BECAUSE such an action against General Lee,
by the United States authority you'd be in
utter violation Of the articles Of surrender
waich he, as commander Of the rebel army OF
North Virgins, accepted from General Grant
The faith of the nation was pledged by those
articles, aud they amply protect Aim and all
who observe them from any such disturbance
By our authorities, either civil or military,
The following article Of the surrender is
very clear. >.


Each officer and man will be allowed to
r.tarn to their homes,- not to be disturbed by
United States authority so long as they observe
their parole and the laws in force where they
reside. :,


We trust that the authorities of the United
States will scrupulously uphold every article
oi the agreement between Grant aud Lee.
A violation of thom wouia be utterly Disgrace
ful.-Lonisviile journal.
Year: 1865

ns- y cheerful wife is rainbow in the
sky, when her husbands mind is tossed Oil
the storms Of anxiety and care.


pg- The right man in the right place
husband at home in tbe evening.
Year: 1865

The Cambridge correspondent OF
the Springfield Republican conclude
an account of Glass Day at Harvard
with the fol lowing


TOUCHING Ifsc DENT


From these scenes of mirth loving
pleasure to the short and simple an
mails Of the poor" is but step, and a
sad step, too for on the morning OF
class day the sophomore class buried
one of their own number, who literal
ly died from want of the necessities
Of life, and that, too, right here at
Harvard college. Only a year ago,
fresh from a farm IL miles from
Buffalo, N. T., a raw, green lad OF
% applied for admission to the soph-
omore class. His awkward manner
and uncouth bearing won for him the
name of +" Greeny." Only last week
he was missed from recitation, and
away up into a l0-by.20 attic room
of rickety old clearinghouse, some
body said he was dying of typhoid
fever. Rev. DIR. Peabody, the good
Samaritan of Harvard, heard OF his
distress, and repairing TO bis room,
found the poor boy really in the arms
Of death. For year had his only
food been bread and water, and some
times little milk, and often one meal
day suiIiced. His room was small
and poorly ventilated, and by the fee
bic light of an old oil lamp, had the
poor fellow worked Is out OF "a
hours almost each day.


These facts quickly coming out, ev-
erytbing that could be done was done.
The struggle was all over; his last
hours were made as comfortable as
sympathysing and conscience stricken
neighborhood could make them. His
broken-hearted mother came 10 carry
her sons body home, and she must
have been overjoyed to learn what

would only little before given him
so much happiness to have known,
that be was the frst scholar in his
class, and to receive the first scholar
ship, which yields coEy little income
Of $500 per year. Bot it was too
late his pride would never allow
him 10 complain his ambition con-
tinually spurred him on. The Fates
are amiable sisters, the triple furies
always agree; but pride, ambition
and poverty are most quarrelsome
companions. We recoIlect him pass
ing every day; he never looked up;
we all can recall his hurried walk,
his sad countenance, bis pale lamp al
ways feebly twinkling at midnight,
his running round the corner with a
loaf Of bread under his arm, bis 90.
ing out in the severest Of storms with
out umbrella or oyercoai.-But ii is
all over now.
Year: 1865

President Johuson has, says the Mem
obis Appeal. thrown the responsibility OF
admitting Legislators from the South
unon the Houses of Congress. Both the
+ nper and Lower Houses are to be the
Judges of the competency OF their own
members. The radical majority is heavy
The South must remain in state OF Vas>
salace for at least two years longer, unless
State action, and the action Of the people,
will enable the President to overcome
this majority. We have our choice either
to accept the terms offered, or MAINTAIN
our nresent danqerous status for years TO
come.


Bearing in mind that the great queS-
tions, for which four years OF war ha's
been waged. have been decided against Us
| in the final court of battle, Is IL worm
while for the mere shadow to resist Wna
is inevitable? We are all disposed u
give the negro his rights of our free VIII


and it seems to US to be the merest drlV


cling nonsense to withhold the guaran
too when the refusal to bind ourselVe


to what we intend voluntarily to perform


entails on both ourselves and the negr


untold evils. We have lost our cause


and we must pay the forfeit. Iti dc
cree against which it is useless to hgh


with no better weapon than impoter


stubbornesss.


Negro suffrage will not be forced upo


US. Negro equality is an impossibillt


What is demanded is only to guaranty
the negro what in our generosity we
: not intend to Withhold; and Mr.. job
son will have working majority In Co


orAss and all will be we'll. "To this iaV
c we must come at last"
Year: 1865

Hea- Clothing is necessary at all times
but more especially in the winter season.
We would therefore recommend to our
friends who visit New Orleans to call
on the wholesale and retail clothing
emporium of f. L. Pierson u Co., on the
corner of Magazine and Gravier streets
a few doors from the St. James Hotel.
Everything that gentleman needs for
complete outfit will be furnished of the
best quality and at low price, while
other and cheaper goods for business or
plantation wear can be found in any
quantity. w. H. Dunn, formerly OF the
firm of w. H Dunn & Co., Mobile, Is
connected with this House and would
be pleased to see his old friends and
customers visiting the city.
Year: 1865

FAIR PLAY TOWARDS THE SoUTH.-The
New York Post, Radical of the strictest
sect, does not agree with Mr.. Colfax in
his electioneering speech, and says his
demands are unreasonable. 1t says:


The rebellion in the Southern States
was crushed the rebel arDlies were scat.
tered and disarmed; the people have re-
turned to their homes under oath to
make no further resistance to the ''su-
preme laws of the land" but to be hence
forth peaceable citizens. They claim
that it is their intention to keep this oath,
and they add they do it cheertuliy: Their
| leading men exort them to attend to their
private affairs, aud to submit honestly to
the penalties OF defeat. Now, to ask
more of them at present, to ask them
that they shall be glad and proud of their
defeat, is to forget the nature OF mems
minds and hearts it is to demand i'm
possibilities. By and by, we trust, the
whole South will be convinced that the
failure of the rebellion was for the bes
interests of the Southern people. to


the present we may be reasonably con
tented with their submission to the laws
and need not stop to inquire about thel


sentiments.
Year: 1865

n@T. Prudhomme, commission and
western produce merchants card will be
found in this mornings paper. He is
the exclusive agent for the NonT ariel
mills, and other choice brands of extra
flour, and has perhaps the best stock ever
found in the New Orleans market.


Prompt and reliable, his business has
increased to such an extent as to require
the united efforts of some twenty odd
Touring mills at their utmost capacity to
supply his trade, and yet no better OF
purer -four can be found, and 1t Is sold al
as low rates as any house in the city. We
recommend him to our friends,
Year: 1865

A HARD HIT.-A gentleman recently
returned from the South, called on the
President, and told him that at Rich
mond there were in a single school two
or three hundred white children as poor
and ignorant as any blacks to be found in
the whole Of the South, and urged that
they needed the aid of the philanthropic
everywhere President johnson replied
that he was very glad one Northern man
had discovered there were any white
people at the South.
Year: 1865




THE DUKE OF ALvA.-The following ex
traordinary domestic tradition Is eX-
tracted from a new book which IS much
talked of in Europe:


The brother in-law of Napoleon Ill Is
a SHIRT little man, who has something icy
about his whole manner. Small and
weak, his face displays an alabaster hue,
which gives him ghost-llke aspect. In
Spain the story is current that the duke
was buried before he was born. While
his mother was enciente with him, she was
taken so desperately i'll that all the att
tempts TO restore her renamed truitless.
The duchess died far from Madrid at
chateausw hich had always been her favor
ite residence. She was buried IN the
family vault and, as it is the custom OF
the Spanish nobility, several valuables,
among others her rings were put IN the
coffin. The treasures which had been
left TO oblivion with the duchess aroused
the cupidity of some ruffians they broke
into the vault on the night following the
funeral. robbed the dead woman, and
would not leave the coffin till they had
p'ucked a flashing diamond from the
| finger of the corpse The diamond was
| on the little finger and would not come
off. This gave the body-snatchers the
truly cannibal idea of cutting the finger.
The pain aroused the apparently dead
woman; she came to her senses, sat uE
in the coffin, and, by her unexpected
weakening, put the robbers to Hlgnt
When they departed they forgot to close
the vault. The duchess found sufhclen'
strength to quit her coffin and return te
The chateau, where she was at first taker
tor ghost, and priest was called in te
exercise it but as he was unable to ban
ish the spectre, the people in the chatear
gradually began to believe in her cor
poreal existence The duchess recoverec
and gave birth to a boy. who has neve
lost the deadly pallor which he brorgh
into the world with him Napoleon tn
Third and his Court, by retired dlpl'
matist