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Year: 1868

p. COOPER TO II. SEYMOUR. Peter has
written another letter. Not that there was
any subject up with which he had peculiar
acquaintance. Not even that he had anything


to say, If we may Judge by the letter. But the
glue business was probably dull, time was
hanging heavily on the old gentlemau's hands,
and he had q great many scraps on his table,


cuttings from recent papers that he did mot
want to throw away and did not know what to
do with, and so he put them on paper with his
own glue, and wrote little connective notes be-
tween, and addressed the composition to the
democratic candidate. This Is our theory OF
Peters letter; for we would like to give II .
reasonable character out Of respect to the vete-
ran who served the country through the last
war with England 'by substitute" and who in
bis old age does not want to see the country
he thereby helped to save made the sport Of
foreign and domestic Saracens" But we would
advise Peter not to write any more letters, not
even ''by substitute. He does very well In
glue. -
Year: 1868

of General Grant Of the last eight years, in
the field and in the Cabinet, we think it
morally certain that Horatio Seymour, in com
ing sound in mind out Of the late Democratic
National Convention, after being nominated in
spite of himself, and on the Pendleton plat
form and by the Pendleton Escort, will be
competent, if required, to run that gauntlet Of
the office-seekers at Washington which was
the death of Harrison and Taylor. We fear,
however, that, as with poor Pierce and Blu
chanan, Seymour, if elected, will be apt to
fall into the hands of the old school Of South
ern ire-eaters-a misfortune which would be
worse to himself and the country than lunacy
or intoxicatOn.


We are, however, dealing with the degrade
ton of the party press. The extracts we lay
before our readers in exposition of this deplo-
rable degradation will account for the rise and
advance into power in this country of the in
dependent press-that class Of public journals
which have no favors to ask of party politi-
clans or party juntas and no frowns to fear;
journals which do not depend for their exis-
tence upon the rise or downfall of politicians or
parties, but which rest for their support upon
the independent thinking masses of the people,
regardless of party. We have shown the de-
moraization Of two Of the leading party organs
of this city. The Sun, the Times and Journal
Of Commerce. deserve to be mentioned as jour
nails, independent or partisan, which pursue
the discussion Of public affairs and public men
with proper regard to decency and an en-
lightened constituency The HERALD has seen
enough of political parties and party organs,
and it has too long followed the path of an in
dependent public opinion to become the slave
and the follower at this late day of any party
or any man. We shall watch, therefore, the
drift of this campaign with an eye to its prac-
teal results, regardless of party, and still with
fixed purpose to avoid the degradation Of the
party press
Year: 1868

Mischief that may be helped 10 hard to
know said Lord Brooke. But the mischief
that time would work on tho human hair
may be forever avoied by the use Of Bar
rctts Vegetable Hair Restorative" which
never fails to bring back the hair to its
original beauty Rochester Democrat.
Year: 1868

The HOME JOURNAL of last week has an
account OF a recent wedding in Philadelphia,
in which one of the bridesmaids is spoken of as
"a young lady from Washington, who attracted
marked attention on account of her beauty and
80
Year: 1868

The object OF this Association IL 10 secure Q cash
payment within forty days after the death of Q
member, Of se many dollars as there are members
IN the class 10 which he she Belongs, 70 his os
her heirs.
Year: 1868

wv HEN you are exhausted by over-work

 " of head or hand, and feel the need of something invigerating, don't drink ~whishoy nor any intoxicating thing, whether under. the name of Bitters or otherwise. Such articles give just as much strength to your weary body and mind as the whip gives to the jaded horse and no more. Alchoholic stimulants are in furious to nerve-health, and are always follow ed by depressing reaction.
Year: 1868

The day grows yet more solemn. Its So
lemnity reaches its highest point and culmi-
mates in the momentous issue of judgment.
1t is the day of Gods settlement with the
world, which has had long credit. 1t is the
winding up of this earth's bankrupt estate,
and each man individual interest 1t is
the closing of an open account that has been
running on ever since the fall. 1t is the
day when the balance is struck, and our
fate is heaven or he'll and by the manner
in which we walked in these statutes, and
kept these judgments, and did them, our
d estiny is determined.


The most common action of life, in
every hour, is invested with solemn gran
deur when we think how they extend their
issues into eter nifty. Our hands are now
sowing the seed for that great harvest. We
shall meet again all we are doing and have
done. The graves shall give up their dead
and from the tombs of oblivion the past
shall give up all that it holds in keeping 10
be witnesses for or against Oh think of
that, and in yondor hall of the Inquisitions,
see what its effect on us should be Within
those blood stained walls, for those afro
cous cruelties Rome has yet to answer, one
is under examination. He has been assur
ed that nothing he reveals shall he written
for the purr ose of being used against him.
While making frank and ingenious confess
ion, he suddenly stops. He is dumb-a
mute. They ply him with questions, fatter
hlm-he answers not word. Danger
makes the senses quick his ear has caught
sound he listens it ties his tongue. An
arras hangs beside him, and behind it he
hears a pen running along the pages, The
truth flashes on him. Behind that screen a
scribe sits, committing to the fatal page ev-
cry word that he says, and he shall meet ii
again on the day Of trial


All how solemn to think there is such
pen going in Heaven, and entering on the
books of judgment all that we say or W ish
and all we think or do. Would to God We
heard it WHAT a check and what stim
ulus Are you about to sin, how strong
curb If slow to duty, how strong spur
What motive to pray for the blood tha
blots out a guilty past, and for such grace
as in time to come shall enable us to wall
in God 5 statutes to keep his judgments and
do them.s Knowing, therefore, the terror
| of the Lord, we persuade men.
Year: 1868

John NJ Donough, the millionaire OF New
Orleans, had engra we'd upon his tomb Sc
ries of maxims he had prescribed as the
rule for his guidance through life, and to
which his success in business is mainly at
tributed. They contain so much wisdom
that we copy them:


RULES FOR GUIDANCE OF My LIFE IN
1904. Remember always that labor is one
of the conditions of our existence. Time
Is gold throw not one minute away, but
place each one to account Do unto others
as you would be done by. Never put of
till to- morrow what you can do to day. New
er bid another do what you car do your
self Never covet what is not your own.
Never think any matter 20 trif1ing as not to
deserve notice. Never give out that which
did not first come in. Never spend but to
produce. Let the greatest order regulate
the transactions of your lite. Study IN
YOUR course of life to do the greatest amount
of good. Deprive yourself of nothing ne


cessary to your comfort. but live in an hon


orable simplicity. Labor, then, to the last


moment of your existence. Pursue strictly
the above rules and the Divine blessing and


riches of every kind will flow upon you to
your hearts content; but first OF all, re-


member that the chief and great duty OF
your hfe should be TO tend, by all means in
/ your power, to the honor and glory Of our
/ Divine Creator.


| The conclusion to which have arrived is,


that without Temperance there is no health ;
/ without virtue no order; without religion


no happiness and that the aim Of our be-


ing is to live wisely, ,soberly, and religiously.
JOHN NJ DoNoUGH.
Year: 1868

The following was speech by a success
full competitor for the prize of foot race =
Gentleman, | have won this cup by the
use of my legs trust may never lose
the use of my legs by the use of this cup. "
Year: 1868




This board met last evening in response
to a call for a special meeting by Mayor
Heath. The following communication from
him was read and received:


GENTLEMEN-You have been called to-
gether this evening in special session for the
purpose Of taking some definite and trust
1inal steps in regard to the sale of the
market stalls. Although he measures you
may adopt for the purpose will look to the
future, and not go into effect until January
next, yet its immediate influence upon the
city currency can not but be apparent to
you ALL and Will be most sensibly felt in the
restoration of confidence to the community.


As soon as it is known what your deter
mination is, should it be favorable to the
sale of the stalls in any shape, coupled with
the fact that two millions of dollars are now
due and payable for taxes for the year 1867,
in addition to the large amount row in proc
css of collection for taxes in AREA, and
else that there ere some two hundred end
fifty thousand dollars worth more of real
estate that can be thrown upon the market,
the effect can not but be most salutary.
The case is SO plain that 1t does not require
argument, but TO accomplish the object in
view immediate action is Indispensable
The city expects, nay demands it at your
hands. Longer delay can not fail to be at
tended with consequences exceedingly in
iurious,if not fatal to our credit.7



motive that can be addressed to sensible,
practical men, acquainted with the difficult
ties pressing upon US, and aware of the
dangers with which we are threatened, n0t
to adjourn till you have taken action on the
subject, and such as will be final.


The following was therefore unanimously
| adopted;


WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 87T, new series,
| approved March 10, 1868, providing for the
| sale and occupation of tables, stands, ETC.,
| in the several markets of the city of New
| Orleans for the term of ten years, and as
| one month and four days has elapsed since
the promuIgaiion of said ordinance, and ne
| sales having been confirmed by the city Of
Nav Orleans, therefore be it


Resolged, That ordinance No. 677, new
series, providing for the sale and occupation
Of the tables, stands, ETC., in the several
markets of the city of New Orleans for the
term of ten years, be and the same is hereby
repealed and declared null and void.


Hoard OF Assistant Alderzen.


A call similar to the above was made on
this board, but at O'clock no quorum had
been effected, and the members who were
present left the hall.
Year: 1868

The following is a complete return (un,
Officially of the election in the city and par.
ish of Orleans. The official figures may
vary slightly from ours, but we hardly
expect enough SO to materially change the
result. Some of the candidates run each
etherRery closely, and few correction;
here and there would be sufficient to give
the defeated majority;
Year: 1868

The fact that our imports have ex-
ceeded very considerably the amount of
our exports during the past few years
has been considered IS an unfavorable
condition OF the foreign trade, as the
balance due to foreign countries must
necessarily be made up by an export Of
specie or Of bonds and securities. 1t Is,
therefore, expected with much satisfsc-
tion that Cur large crops OF this year
both of cereals and cotton will enable
the country to export much more hesv-
lily than last season, and will place us in
much better condition as to foreign
balE "a }.


The actual exports and imports Of
merchandise and exports of specie at
New York have been as follows from
January 1st to this date In the present
and three previous years:
Year: 1868

It is interesting to notice the specie
exports in connection with the excess Of
the amount of imports over exports, as
the value of specie shipped approximstes
that excess, and when the discrepancy Is
considerable, as in 1855 and 1867 we know
that the export of government and other
securities to foreign countries were large.


The amount of exports from New York
from January l to this date is about l20
millions against 133 millions In 1857,
which were distributed to the foreign
markats ns fnlloWs:
Year: 1868

IT is believed that the ravisher and
murderer Of the little girl, Mary Mohr-
man, at Philadelphia, about whose iden-
tity there has hitherto been 30 much
mystery, has at last been discovered. A
man was recently arrested in that CITY.
whom one Of the witnesses positively
Identifies as the person whom he saw
with the unfortunate child on the even
Ing of her disappearance.
Year: 1868

l Offer To Any One,


ONE BARREL AT TON RATES
So persons may be their own judge of its
qiality and value. My Pamphlets will not be
filed up with everybody's letters, but will
SIMPLY state the manner the Phosphate is pre-
pared. Original letters from uninterested
parties, that speak in the highest terms of it
nay be seen by calling at the office of the
w OrkS
Year: 1868

BISHOP HEBER must have had the original rulers of this Territory in his minds eye when he penned the following lines

 For if you take fine tooth comb

 And comb down all creation

 You cannot find so mean a gang

 In this great Yankee nation.
Year: 1868

tsey find them, ingloriously yield to the accidental diversity that has over taken them, instead of meeting, and from time to time hquidating and can ceiling the debts and obligations that they have incurred, they are trying to evade them and incur others as often as they can. find men silly enough to credit them. Or, in other words, it now remains for us to adopt the cash system and become independent and prosperous, or to foster again the credit system and become more dependent, bankrupt and worthless than we now are. Surely we have cause to antici- pate brighter and more cheering times not fm' ahead. The spring has been, and still is fine and favorable for every kind of seeds planted; crops are moro promising than they have been for a number of years. Then let us resolve to act well our part by pursuing the even tenor of our way diligently, earn estly, and hopefully; let the past be to us as a lamp by which our feet may be guided in the future; let us learn to unlearn the things we have learned amiss. It has been often said, 'where there is will there is a way:' then let us will to do and act it out. Frank lin says, If you would become rich, spend one penny less than thy clear gain" Again he says, "Plow deep while sluggards sleep, and you will have corn to sell and to keep Every noble impulse should urge us on to the discharge of our duties and the fulfill- ment of our obligations. It is an ad mittcd fact ill ethics, as well as philos- ophy, that industry contributes to hu- man happiness. The Creator Himself declares in His book, "In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread all the days of thy life" Query. Can lazy man be christian? or, can . man hay- ing the means and ability to pay his just debts, and neglects or fails to pay his debts, be a christian? Again, eve " great and good man has at some pe- riod of his life been the child of adver- sity, and with his own hand held and managed the laboring oar.

 BETA.
Year: 1868

DR. JoHv BHLl-Dear Sir: l have recent ly given your eWorm Destroyer" several trials, and find it wonderfully etdcaoious. It has not failed in single instance to have the wished for effect 1 am doing pretty large country practice, and have daily use for some article of the kind. am free to confess that 1 know of no remedy recommended by the ablest authors that is so certain and speedy in it's effects. On tlie contrary they are un- certeaiu in the extreme. My object in writ ing ySu is to find upon what terms can get the medicine directly from you. If can get it upon easy terms, shall use great deal of it. am aware that the use of such articles is contrary to the teachings and practice of great majority of the rtgalar line of N. $, but l see n just cause or good sense in dis carding a remedy which we know to be eif- eient, simply because We may be ignorant of it's combination. For my part, shall make it a rule to use all and any means 0 alleviate suffering humanity which l may be able to eommand-not hesitating because some one more ingenious than myself may have learned it's effects first, and secured the sole right 10 secure that nowledge. However am hy no means an advocate or supporter of the thousands of worthless nostrums that flood the country, that purport to cure all manner of disease to which human flesh is heir. Please reply soon and inform me of your best terms. l anl, sir, most respectfully,

 JULIUS P. CLEMENT, NJ. D.
Year: 1868

The CITIZEN is presented to the people of Arkansas as large in form as any Dem ocratic weekly in the State. Although independent in all things, and neutral in nothing, it is emphatically

 "A. -:II-y Nzws?A7zE. And now ranks as one of the first in the State. The greatest care will be taken to make its selections choice and instructive. A new feature will soon be added by pub fishing story each week, or if too long, running it through two or three numbers.

 The political complexion of the Citizen is white-opposed to negro suffrage and a score of other Radical tenets, and while opposing them shall advocate the principle that white men should rule white men.

 In times of great political danger every  man should take paper, and it is more than probable that the present year will witness more political excitement and ex- traordnary political events than any pre- vious one of our nationality. Let the people assist the CITIZEN by joining in and making up clubs, and they will there by render it q powerful auxiliary in their warfare against hateful negro suffrage and the many other evils the Radical party design thrusting upon the State.

 Read the following club rates, which are lower than those of any other weekly west of the Mississippi river:
Year: 1868

THE Power OF THE HEAnr.-tet
any one, while sitting down, place
the left leg over the knee Of the
right one, permit it to hang freely,
abandoning all muscular control over
it. Speedily i: may observe to sway
forward and backward through
limited space at regular intervals.
Counting the number Of these mo-
tions for any given time they viii bc
found to agree with tho beating of
the pulse. Every one knows, that
at fires, when the water from the en-
gine is forced through bent hose, if
the bend is a sharp one, considerable
force is necessary to overcome the
tendency. Just so it is III the case
Of the human body. The arteries
are but system of hose through
which the blood is forced by the
heart. When the leg is bent, all
the arteries within it are bent, too,
and every time the heart contracts,
the blood rushing through the arter-
les tends to straighten them and it
is this effort which produces the mo.
tion ofthe leg alludcd to. Without
such peculiar demonstrations, It is
difficult to conceivetEe power exerted
by that exquisite mechanism, the
normal pulsations ofwhich ars never
perceived by him whose very life
they ARE. tsm
Year: 1868

The follow ing, from the pen of George
D. Prentice, is, We think, unsurpassed,
and know of nothing more beautiful:


There is but breath of air and beat
of the heart betwixt this world and the
next. And in the brief interval Of pain
and awful suspense, while we feel that
death is present with MS, that we are pow
erless, and He al powerful, and the faint
pulsation here is but the preclude of end
less life hereafter, We feel in the midst of
the stunning calamity about TO befall US,
the earth has no cnmpensating good to
mitigate the severity of our loss. But
there is no grief without some beneficient
pro ision to soften its intenseness. When
the good and lovely die, the memory of
their good deeds, like the moon beams on
the stormy sea, lights. up our darkencd
heart, and lends to the surrounding gloom
a beauty so sad, so sweet, that he would
not, if he could, dispel the darkness that
envifons him.
Year: 1868

There are many farmers who do not
stick TO one thing long enough to make il
pay, and consequently they lose in every
thing. AT one time they conclude TO de-
vote themselves TO stock-raising. Before
they get fairly Under good headway in
this, they change their minds and go back
to raising grain. Some again make q spe-
cialiiy, for q time, of certain CROP
wheat, corn, or potatoes, for instance.
While they are following this speciality,
The crops may be small and the prices
low, and they turn to another just in time
to miss large crops and good prices in
what they have left.


The best farmers we have observed are
those who first find out what their soil is
best adapted TO produce. They then turn
their energies in that direction and go
straight forward in that line. A poor crop
does not discourage them. Low prices do
not discourage them. They keep on, and
are sure to be finally successful


To illustrate our idea: We once knew
farmer who always made it a point to
fatten from twenty five to thirty hogs
every year. Let the price of pork be high
or low, he every year had his lot of hogs
of about the usual number. lie took great
pride in having the best in the ncighbor-
hood. Some years, perhaps, he might
have done better by selling his corn in
stead of feeding it. Some years, perhaps,
he might have done better by turning his
whole attention 10 some other specially in
farming. But we always noticed this
that, taking one year with another for a
long time, say ten years. he made the hogs
pay. lie was successful farmer.


Another, farmer, near by, every yeaI
planted potatoes. Sometimes his crop
would fail, and sometimes when he had a
good crop the price would be low. But
he kept straight forward. Every spring
he planted potatoes. The result in bis
case was the same as that in the other.
Taking one year with another for con
siderable number Of years, he made the
potato crop pay. He, too, was success
ful farmer. Ha ns hseaei


The farmer who would make his bust
ness pay, must have policy, and must
adhere to it. Farmers Magazine.