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Year: 1869

Our aims are all too high; we try


To gain the summit at bound,
When we should reach it step by step,
And climb the ladder round by round.
He who would climb the nights sublime,
Or breathe the purer air Of life,
Must not expect to rest in ease,


But brace himself for toll or strife.
We should not in our blindness seek
To grasp alone for grand and great,
Disdaining every smaller good, .-..
For trifies make the aggregate.
And if cloud should hover Ger


Our weary pathway like pail,
Remember God permits it there, t
And his good purpose reigns o 'er all.
Life should be full of earnest work,


Our hearts undashed by fortunes frown
Let perseverance conquer fate,


And merit seize the victor's crown.
The battle is not to the strong,


The race not always to the feet;
And he who seeks to pluck the stars
Will loose the jewels at his feet.
~-~~-~~-~>~1~~~0


From the Yicksburg Times.
Year: 1869

faith among US from the infusion


OF q few hundreds or thousands


OF pagans2 If the Christian faith


is so shallow and feeble as to be


displaced by such weak means


the sooner it is eradicated the bet


ter. That Christianity which


would be shaken By contact with


a small pagan element is no true


Christianity. 1t is but empty


pretensions and paradeful display.


Have we not at large expense and


costly ontlay been sending the


missionary to heather lands to


win the pagan from his idol wor.


ship and convert him to the true


faith? May we not then bring


the heather to the missionary,


aud while the former by his labor


shall be redeeming our land from


its desolation, may not the latter


BY his teaching and the goodly


example Of parishioners win him


into the narrow path that leads to


happy Immortality


Some silly people, understand,


are opposing the introduction OF


Chinese labor, because they saw


it is intended to push tho black


man out Of the country! If the


movers Of this enterprise had any


such motive, | would have beeu


the last man on earth selected to


carry it out. They know very we'll


that I prefer black labor to any


other. / know them to be bet


ter educated to our peculiar agri.


culture, and believe them to ba


altogether better suited to it than


any other race Of people. During
| the late war they behaved for the


most part with great fidelity and


affection. During my four years
absence from home whether I was
front with the colors or in prison


they furnished support TOR and
gave protection to those. left be-
hind. And when, during my i'm.
, prisnnment, my children were left
motherless in a land of strangers,
: these black people were az true
: to them as the needle to the pole.
, Those people are now on my
) plantations, working Industrious
ly, doing well for me, and well for
: themselves. Iwould not put them
4


aside for any other labor on earth.
! But along with this is painful
truth, patent to every one who
g looks and thinks. More than one
d half of all the cleared lands Of the
i South is growing up in briars and
. brambles. Less than one half the
l. annual crop made in the South
l. before the war il now produced.
.. Nearly all the black people Of the
. country are tilling the soil. There
Q. Is no more home labor to be had,
It We havs waited four years, and
y have been using earnest efforts to
Of get immigrants from Europe, and
a laborers from the Northern States
% We have failed. A chance ii
III now offered to get this labor from
s. Asia, and when the effort is made
re not with a view of injuring any
st body, but Of benefting everybody
ID the foolish assertion is made tina
he we are trying to injure the blacl
I'd man. Such an assertion wOul(
D, excite nirth, if it did not provok
be contempt. Applause.l


lls The black man il quite ~ muc1
Dc interested in the introduction {
ng Asiatic labor as the white man.
er- The black is now free. He ID


citizen of the country. He is il
ed terested in it's progress, both as
90 matter of pride, and as matter
m
Year: 1869

A NARROW EsCAPE.--If persons
who go to the river to water horses
and wash wagons and carriages do not
exercise a little more prudence, it will
not be long before we will have to
write up some careless chaps obitu-
ary. A boy yesterday morning drove
a blind horse attached to Reads ex-
press wagon, straight down the levee
into the river, and, as a natural con-
sequence, the horse got beyond his
depth. and came very near being
drowned, only being rescued through
the exertions Of some persons in a
skifE The boy held on to the reins,
although at enc time he stood up to
his waist in the water while in the
express. so il. l4r


On Saturday afternoon a similar ae-
UluenI UcCurreu. IA UUy urIvIug u
mule attached to cart drove into the
river at the foot of Locust street, and
both boy and mule came very near
being drowned. People should be
careful about letting boys drive into
the river, for it is rather dangerous
proceeding. 3D. aaj
Year: 1869

. The CRops.-The heated and dull
term is upon US, but we can very
complacently endure both these in
evitable things braced by the cheering
thought of the great harvest Of the
present season, and the large measure
of prosperity sure to attend every citi-
zen Of this Republic. In our market
review we publish an account of the
harvest in California. and also copy
the following extract from the st.
Louis Democrat:


One thing the crop of the past year
has nrobabIy taught the farmer, and
that is, not to carry their gram day
| longer than is required to get 1t to
market and have itsOld. The farmer
who steadily adheres to this plan OF
procedure will show more success
! full record In a ten years business
than he who IS constantly waiting
for better prices" AS to the i'm
mensity Of the crop there can be no
4 two opinions. From all quarters the
| same testimony comes continually to
the surface Immense increase in
acreage and the heaviest yield ever
/ known, take the country over. Even


down in the Eastern States there is a


promise Of a surplus, and to bread


the inhabitants of these States nearly


fve-eighths Of the crop of the country


is annually required. IF they can


bread themselves this coming year


from their own products, what vast
surplus the West will have for export
to Europe, and how certainly the
cheapest channels of transportation


VII be sought.
Year: 1869

THE INCOME TAx.-The income
tax provision of the internal revenue.
reads as follows: THE taxes on in
comes herein imposed shall be levied
on the first day of March, and be due
and payable on the thirtieth day of
April in each year, until and includ-
ing the year 1870, and no longer" OF
course, Congress has the power and
may re-enaet the law, as the revenue
from this source is quite large.
Year: 1869

SYCAMORE STREET.-The coDglom-
crate gravel has been put down on
Sycamore Street to the alley. between
Fourth and Fifth. AS we stated a
few days ago, the gravel being used at
present is very superior article. The
cutters have been finished to Eighth
Street, and the entire street is ready
for the gravel. The work of spread
ing the gravel will have to be discon-
tinued for week or two, owing to
the high stage of the river preventing
the men from working in the gravel
pit near Henderson. When com
pleted, Sycamore will be the fnest
street in the city.
Year: 1869

ANOTHER EARTH QUAKE.-A severe
shock of earthquake was felt in this
city, on Sunday morning, about a
quarter past two o'clock, after our
forms had been closed By our dis
patches we observe that the shock
was felt in several other cities.
Year: 1869

RUNAwAY.-A horse attached to a
buggy ran away yesterday morning,
and dashed out Oak Street, beyond
Tenth, and finally came to stand
still by smashing up the buggy. We
did not learn to whom the buggy be-
lOnVed, u
Year: 1869

CoMMERCIAL.-The Weekly Finan-
eiaI and Commercial Summary will be
found on the third page of te-day's
JOURNAL. We have of late been
giving very close attention to our mar
ket report, and intend shortly 10
make additional quotations on several
lines of trade not noticed at present.
Year: 1869

TOBACCO SALEs.-To-morrow the
biggest tobacco sale of the season
will take place, and over two hundred
hogsheads will be offered on the
breaks" Quite large number of
persons will be IN attendance. many
of them strangers. The free lunch
will be served at the National Hall.
at III o'clock AN, and directly after
the lunch the sale Cf tobacco will
take place in the hall, the buyers
seeing the samples only. All those
Of our citizens who have taken and
feel an interest in the effort to build
up a tobacco market in this city, ara
cordially invited to be present at the
lunch and sale to-day.
Year: 1869

COLLEGE CATALoaUEs.-We have
on hand and in stock, q fresh supply
of Tinted Book Paper, suitable for
fine catalogues or Plate Printing,
Those wishing a really fine job on the
best material, from new type, would
do we'll to give US a call.
Year: 1869

A SUGGEsTIoN.-NoE that the City
Council have settled the sidewalk
question and appoir ed a sidewalk
committee, we would respectfully
suggest to the committee that they
take look ct the brick pavements
on Main, Locust and Sycamore Streets.
The bricks have been torn up along
the sides Of the paVements in order
for the cutters to be fixed, so as the
streets could be improved. But the
gutteIing has been finished long ago,
and the bricks are scattered in un-
slightly heaps along those streets. Let
the committee examine these side
walks, and We feel certain that they
will order them to be repaired at
once. 1t is a matter that should
have been attended to long ago.
Year: 1869

HABEAs CoRPUs.-An attempt was
made to take Kate Simpson, the dem
irep, out of the Lock Up yesterday,
on a writ of habeas corpus, but the at
tempt did not prove a success. We
don't know on what grounds the at
tempt was made.
Year: 1869

TAKE IT DowN.-The Den ocratio
pole on the corner of Third and Lo-
Gust Streets, ought to be cut down.
1t is leaning considerably towards
the street, and the dilapidated look
ing tin rooster on the top of it looks
as if it was going to fall off and hit
somebody over the head. The pole
is considered dangerous, especially
by the ladies, and we hope it will be
removed at once.
Year: 1869

THE FAMOUS BURRILL CLAIM AGAINST BOSTON.


BosroN, April 16.-The Burrill claim against
the city Boston, which the subject OF numerous
editorials in the NewYork papers few years ago. when
the case was in Court sti unsettled Mr. Burr made


contract with former Mayor Of the city for obtaining
credits upon the quota Of the city and hseam Is now be-
fore tho City Government for consideration There no
doubt that he expended large sum OF money in locating
and establishing by proof that the men enlisted In tho
naval service were citizens OF Boston, To prevent the
then Impending draft this work had be done IN very
short time aud no was forced TO almost superhuman
eXertion 10 overcome the difficulties in his path lie sue


ceeded and the Mayor and Aldermen adopted his acts
It appears that he justly and equitaby entitled TO COM


pensaton for his services aud the large expenditures
which we're unavoidable In the prosecution OF his work


lie has abandoned all legal measures, and In spirit OF
fairness has referred the whole matter the City Gov
ernment by presenting petition which bears the names
OF largo number Of the GOLD mon OF Boston" This
proposition seems be fairly met by the City Council


whose members will undoubtedly give far aud can
did consideration, unnfuenced by the preudices which
formed concerning tho real facts and merits OF his claim
Year: 1869

AN IMPORTANT AMENDMENT TO THE coNsTlrU'


TIoy ApoPTED-rHE DECISION on THE FORM


OF THE GOVERNMENT POSTPONED.


MADRID April 16.-The National Cortes mas agree"
to the First Article of the Constitution after amend
ing it by substitution of the words people Oh
the nation" for people of the monarchy" in the
fourth section.


The Committee OH the Constitution has pos'poneo
its decision as to the form of the Government.
Year: 1869

established liberty and equality throughout the land
He the efforts of the people who
celebrating their emancipation would be directed toward
eleyatng and improving their condition. and education
of their race; and that the Divine blessing would rest
upon their endeayOrs.


THE DARIEN CANAL.
After the reading of the journal Mr. WILSON submitted
the following resolution:


Resolved Of the Navy be and hereby authorized
the Government Of Colombia thorough
made Ship Railway Ship Canal Ishnus
Darien San Miguel 10 the Gulf of UTaba DAren


EKUECUTfYE SESSION
On motion of Mr.. CONKLING, rep, N Y the Senate
then proceeded to the consideration Of Executive bust
ness Adjourned
Year: 1869

's''O'0''t '''A'''V


Upon the Legislature rests the responsibility OF grant
ing 10 our local authorities tho vast sums OF money for
which they apply The State OF NowYork has reserved
TO itself the authority aud power Of fixing annually by
law the amounts TO be raised in the city Of NewYork by
tax and in the exercise OF this authority tho State Oop
ernnent Is responsible 10 ne people OF his city Jor every
dollar It authorizes be raised for eTrarngf and need
less puposeE Our burdens OF taxation In THIS city arc
very great and they fan with crushing weight upon our
,,eope The Association, therefore, respectfully and
earnestly urges tho Legislature viii scrunize every
item carefully and reduce the allowed 20 tho lowest
pont The Association also trusts thar tho Committee
ON "Aars on Cites will report the tax eyes at an early
day TO the House that there may be ample time Tor
their examination and careful investigation into bills
of such vast importance. Should tho Committee delay
their reportas the session drawing so near its
close-the Association respectfully requests that tho
House will call for the report Very respectfully sub
/ rnti,ed PETER COOPER, President.
Year: 1869

: The UNIVERSAL sentiment Of the peo-
pie is that the first great duty Of Con-
gress at its ensuing session is to reduce
the taxation: Retrenchment and econ
omy are useless unless they result in
public good. To the republican party
belongs tho duty and honor Of rolling
of the public shoulders the burthcn Of
taxation.
Year: 1869

Tue investigation Of the Treasury
Department into the fractional currency
business Of the American and National
Bank Note Companies Of New York is
concluded, and no frauds are discovered.
Year: 1869

For this month will not be delayed to
close up the accounts of the year, may
be expected to appear on Thursday, the
first of next month, as usual. It will
probably show reduction of about six
millions, but the yearly statement,
which will be got out toward the end OF
next month, af. er returns to Wednesday
night have been received from all sources
will improve on that by at least two
millions. The Secretary regards the
financial situation as quite satisfactory.
He has about twenty-eight millions of
currency and ninety millions gold on
hand.
Year: 1869

THOUGH we seem grieved at the
shortness of life in general, We are wish
ing every period of it at an end. The
minor longs to be of age, then to be a
man of business, then TO make fortune,
then to arrive at honors, then to retire.
Year: 1869

Be patient with the little ones. Let neither their
slow understanding nor occasional pertness offend
you, provoke the sharp reproof. Remember the
world is new to them, and they have slight task
grasp with their unenghtened intellects the mass
Of facts and truths that crowd upon their attention.
You are grown to maturity and strength through
years ofexperience, and it ill becomes you to fret
the little child that fails to keep pace with your
thought. Teach him patiently, God teaches you,


line upon line, precept upon precept; here little,
and there a little Cheer him in this conflict of
mind in after years his ripe, rich thought shall rise
up and call you blessed.


Bide patiently the endless questio nings Of your
children Do not roughly crush the spirit of free in
quiry, with impatient word or frown, nor attempt
the contrary, long aud instructive reply toev-
cry slight and casual question. Seek rather to deep
their curiosity. Convert, possible, the careless
question into a profound and earnest inquiry, and
aim rather to direct and aid than to answer the in
qury Let your reply send the little questioner forth
not so much proud of what he has learned, as anx.
ious to know more. Happy you, if, in giving you,
child the molecule Of truth he asks for. you whe
his curiosity with glimpse Of the mountain Of truth
lying beyond wilt thou send forth philosopher
and not silly pedAnt into the world.
Year: 1869

How do love thee Let me count the ways;
love thee to the depth, and breadth, and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
love thee to the level of every days


Most quiet need by sun and candle light;
love thee freely, men strive for right;
love thee purely, as they turn from praise,
love thee with the passion put to use


In my old griefs, and with my childhoods faith.
love thee with love 1 seemed TO lose


With my lost saints. love thee with the breath
Smiles, tears of all my life, and, if God choose,
shall but love thee bet ter after death.


-EHzabeh Barrett Broucning.
Year: 1869




Vice-President CoLFAx and wife,
whilst On visit East, stopped at Provi-
dence, r. l., and, in response to the
welcoming address Of the Mayor, Mr..
CoLyAx made the following truthful
and sensible remarks On the political
situation


Although / shall not transgress tho
bounds and speak in regard to any mere
partisan issue of the day, rejoice with
you that you have an Administration in
w ashington. and allude now to your
President-Eapplausel (which is faith
full to this great country. pass by
those petty chickering's about the distri>
button of patronage. with the single re-
mark that il he had been inspired he
eould not have satisfied the one tenth of
those who desired to serve the public in
| its offices Of honor or Of profit. Loud
applause.1 That is but a slight ripple
upon the wave; for when you look at
the Administration that is given to you,
you find already shining out npon it, in
letters of glitt ering light, that word
which you have longed to see in high
places at Washington-that word that
! goes to your heart-and that is, homes
ty, which is the corner stone upon which
the policy OF the Administration is Sc.
curely grounded. [Applanse, You
know that whether the President has
made this man Postma ster, or that man
Collector, or whether he has distributed
this vast patronage just exactly as you,
or 1, or any body else would have desir-
ed to have it distributed, you know that
in that heart which beats in his bosom
there is no thought except for the coun-
try. [Applause.


And you know besides that you can
see written upon the portals Of the
White House that other word which you
have longed for in years past to see,
and that is, economy in the public SER
vice. Applause. You know that ev
cry expenditure is being cut down
which can be consistently in the public
service; that in every possible way the
the burdens upon the public are being
reduced. as far as can be consistently
with our public credit in the payment
of our public debt, as the party that
governs this country intends it shall be
paid, to the uttermost dollar. Ap>
plause I And you know, besides, that
hereafter, it shall not be as in recent
years of the past. that the honest tax
payer shall be compelled to bear his
own burdens and the burdens OF dishon-
est parties. -e~k


Nor is this all. Standing as we do
among the nations OF the world, emcrg-
ing from our recent crisis, in which we
had to fight not only the rebellion with
its power, but to endure the frown Of
almost the entire civilized world beside
tor the mOnarchical nations looked at
this republic as standing protest
against their form of government, and
would rejoice to see it crumble to ruin
You know, to day, that your President
in speaking for you aud in your behalf
to the other nations Of the world, speaks
with 10 uncertain voice, but with an
| emphasis that demands and receives re-
spect. fApplaus r.e- ~.
Year: 1869

Sir said an old Scotch woman to
her minister, 4 dinna ken part Of your
sermon yesterday aia


Indeed! what was it p ers F.sa-s4-.8


You said the Apostle used the figure
of circunsl0cution, and dinna ken what
it means s


SIS that all7 It's very plain. The fig
ure Of circumlocution is merely peril
phrastic mode Of distinction


oh, ali! is that all ? said the good
woman; what fool were not to un.
derstand that
Year: 1869

Determined beforehand, we gravely pretend
To ask the opinion and thoughts of q friend /;
Should his differ from ours on any pretense,
We pity his want of both judgment and sense
But if he falls into and fatters our plan,


Why, really we think him a sensible man.
Year: 1869

The Overland for June crosses the continent on
the completed Pacific Rail,oad. As there are few
readers who have not been told before that it is the
'the greatest work of the age they wll perhaps,
overlook the omission here of much of the popular
rhetoric in regard to the 'ndissoluble ties wedding
of tho E. st and West etc. But some who remem-
Der to have read that the two Locomotives moved up
until their pilots rubbed together. symbolic of the
friendly salute Of their respective owners, did not
perhaps hear
Year: 1869

The only way by which capital can
increase Is by saving. II you spend ss
much as you get, you viii never oe rien-
er th an YOU are. 1t is not what q man
gets but what he saves that constitutes
his wealth. Go learn the first two rules
of Arithmetic: Addition and Suostrac-
ton. Add to your present capital any
amount you please, subtract the sum
YOU add, and tell us If the last, amount
will not be the same as the first. Every
man should in every year Of his life
make some addition to his capital. You
say you get but little? Never mind,
spend less than little, and then next
wear you will get more for you will have
have the profit upon the sum you save.
Year: 1869

INHUMAN.-English papers give an
account of the discovery of a man
who had been kept in chains for sixty
years. His custodian had kept him
clean and well fed, and when released
he showed no signs of joy. The fol-
lowing narrative seems almost incred-
ible: On entering the living room
they found poor idiotic man, seven
ty four years old. seated on and chain
ed to chair by his wrists. His legs
were also secured by manacles and
the chair was in turn chained to the
wall. This position he occupied all
day, even when partaking of his meals.
Visiting his bed room, the gentleman
found that at night he was subject to
similar cruelty. There were leg irons
at the foot of the bed, and it seemed
that at night iron also encircled his
legs and wrists. The wretched man,
however, is said to have been kindly
treated in other respects, and his well
nourished and perfectly clean form
showed that he had been we'll attend
ed to. In answer to inquiries Black
stated that the man had been insane
since he was fourteen years of age;
that he had been in his custody for
the past thirty years, and for thirty
years previously he had been in
charge of another custodian and by
him chained in the same way.