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Year: 1865

- There has been much written and said
concerning the meanness of Northern Cop
perhead. He has been the subject of rhyme
and verse of satire and caricature of con-
demnation and contempt-and still the
deepest probes have not reached the seat of
indispensable meanness and gangrene which
like a purifying sore concealed in the heart
permeates the whole physical and moral
nature of the creature Shiny, creeping
reptile tainting the very air in which he
moves plant tool of traitors, he crawls on
his belly and eats dirt at the bidding Of his
owners who hold him in contempt and de-
spise him for his treachery and slasish dis
position. We have no patience with this
class of beings; armed retels are angels in
comparison to them; the most ignorant
clayeater of the darkest corner of Dixie is a
man compared to him; the blackest slave
in the darkest rice swamp of the South
excels him in every manly attribute. And
vet there are men, or those who claim to be
men, of this class who set themselves up as
teachers of the people; editors of journals
published in the loyal States, advocating the
claims of the jeff Davis treason; leading
rebel organs published in California and
edited by these lickspittles of rebellion. To
treat them with respect would be to &C.
knowledge that they were entitled to respect
The highest crime known to the law Is trea-
son. because it is Low aimed at the State
or Nation. the results of which involve, not
the life Of single individual, but the lives,
property. peace and welfare OF the whole
people collectively. The tool OF the villain
who plots treason is worse than the princi'
pal, for his villany is more abject, aud his
meanness of nature the depravity OF which
is a thousand degrees below the principal
Therefore, he who aids and assists, turthers
and abets the treason, which has for Its ann
the destruction of the nation the overthrow
of the Government which gives him protec


ton in life and property; the tramphng IN
the dust of the flag under which be was born
and reared; the overthrow of republican
principles which have ever guaranteed the
most perfect liberty, and never oppressed the
most lowly with the weight OF finger born
and reared under the free institutions OF the
North, and who thus voluntarily becomes
the tool of black despotism and goddess
slave power for the overthrow of everything
be has been taught to hold sacred-such
being is too mean to be pitied, too low for
contempt, too degraded to be even spurned,
though they may be conductors of public
journals, or occupy positions of eminence in
party composed of the enemies of the ma
ton. This is our opinion of Northern Cop


perhead. formed after due deiberation.-Re
Bluff Independent, July 2Sth, 1864.
Year: 1865

Board OF EouALIzArIos.-This Board was
in session four days this week, concluding
their labors on Thursday evening. Quite a
number of our citizens will receive notice
from the Clerk that they are richer than they
sunnosed when they gave in the list and
value of their property.
Year: 1865

4 resolution has been introduced
into the Legislature calling the Com
mon Council Of indianapolis to account
for their recent ordinance preventing
agents from other parts Of the State re-
crniting within the corporate limits Of
that city, unless said recruits were cred
tied TO the quota Of Marion County. 1t
was stated by members of the House
that respectable gentlemen from differ
ent parts Of the State had been arrested
by the Indianapolis police for enIisdng
men in that city, who lived in their own
particular localities some OF the mem
bers we're very indignant at this attempt
ed monopoly on the part Of their State
capital They denounced il as an out
rage upon the people Of the State.
Their indignation so disordersd their
judgments as to make them guilty Of q
perSersion of terms. by insisting that
said city existed only BY reason Of the
support II has drawn from the people Of
the State; whereas, every resident Of
that enterprising political emporium
know, and are keen TO swear, that quite
the contrary is the case, and the State
exists only by reason Of the light,
knowledge, and morality disseminated
from the capital.
Year: 1865

The following Is the text Of that part of tie
Queens speech at the prorogation of Parliament
which relates to the affairs Of Canada and tie
United States:


Her Majesty rejoices that the civil war in North
America has ended and she trusts that the evils
caused by that long conflict may be repaired, and
that prosperity may be restored In the States which
have suffered from the contest


Her Majesty regrets that the conferences and
commune cstions between her Majesty's North
American provinces on the subject OF the union of
those provinces in confederation have not vet led
to a satisfactory result. Such union would
afford additional strength to those provinces, and
give facilities for many internal improvements
Her Majesty has received gratifying assurances of
the devoted loyalty of her North American sub
jects.


Her Majesty rejolces at the continued tranquility
and increasing prosperity Of her Indian dominions
and she trusts that the large supply which those
territories will afford Of the raw material Of manu-.
featuring industry, together with the termination
Of the civil war In the United States Of North
America, will prevent the recurrence Of the dis
tress which long prevailed among the manufactu.
ring population OF some Of the Northern counties
Year: 1865

What an appalling record! Six hun
dred and sixty thousand men dead and
disabled, This is probably far below the
truth. And all because of the unhallowed
ambition of half a dozen reckless politi-
clans.
Year: 1865

The vote polled in this county was
lighter than expected The result how
ovOr proves lcyoud doubt that the people
of Marshall County are not in favor of the
wild political schemes Of the radical tink-
ers We give the estimated average
maiorities So far as heard from
Year: 1865

groes implies their social aud political equali-
~ with the white race, principle against
which the South has always contended. Gov
ernor Brown, of Georgia, has also deprecated
the arming OF slaves as a fatal confession of
weakness by the South, and surrender of
principle that contains the germs of dssolu-
tion. These men represent large minority,
I ii not majority of the Southern people, and
it Is apparent that the passage OF the negro
bill has greatly weakened the internal strength
of the rebellion. s7.aqa1


On the other hand it is extremely problem
atical whether any military advantages can be
derived from it. Whatever might have been
the result at an earlier day OF a plan, giving
the negroes their freedom as compensation
for military service, Mr.. Hunter Governor
Brown, and several Of the Southern papers
concur with most at the North In the opinion
tnat forcible conscription of the slaves under
the present law, will cause wholesale colored
stampede to the Union lines. They say, with
strong show of probability, that the negroes
have no love for glory and would infinitely
prefer to remain neutral, but if forced to
fight, will certainly take up arms on the Union
4
Year: 1865

General Sherman had q reception at In.
diAnApolis on Tuesday evening and made
one of his pitby, nervous speeches on that
occasion. In speaking Of Mexico he said
thst that country was at worth anything
At all. Hswould not give quarter sec
ton Of Indiana for the whole State Of Chi
hsuhAu. He also said that he was not q
candidate for any civil Ofice whAtever.
Year: 1865

There is not one eminent man or paper
in England who, three months ago, was for
disunion, who Is ROt now against negro
suffrage; and there is not one who was for
the Union that is not now deeply anxious
that we should adopt at once negro suffrage
IS necessary TO preserve the fruits of our
victory
Year: 1865

ling to abide the consequences You have


the power in your hsnds-do with it as


you will If you allow us to come hack


into the Union with the rights of citizen.


ship, we will be good and law abiding cit.


tizens. We accept willingly the emsnoi.


patton proclamation, and wish TO nav our
share of the national debt. There are


many who profess to have been Union


men from the beginning; others who
fought against at the start have finally


been drawn into the current. This class


when once engaged, worked hardest for
success and lost heaviest. The original
fire-eaters, who svore loudest and would
die sooner than be subiugatedi
kept out of the army, and were the
first to welcome the troops with open arms
On the labor question the people as a
whole, whether honestly or otherwise,
talk discouraging and express the opinion
that they will be unable to cultivate their
land, particularly in cotton, to advantage |
with free labor. They judge, as they pro-
fess, from their knowledge of the HABITS
and disposition of negroes, and contend
that they are lazy, idle and shiftless, and
perfectly contented as long as he has
something to eat, and are not disposed to
labor unless cOmpelled'to, and that to raise
crop of cotton to advantage requires con-
stsnt and hard labor for many months
and thst the planters had no means of en-
forcing their demands and whenever his
negroes had little money ahead, or felt
like taking trip round hecountry, they
you'd leave him, when perhaps at the
time few days delay might ruin his
whole crop, and that under the military
rule now existing in the South the ne.
groes were allowed to leave their masters
when they choose to do 50,
Year: 1865

There is disease to which the doctors give many
names but which few of them understand. 1t is
simply weakness-a breaking down of the vital
forces. Whatever its causes, (and they are innu-
merabe, y its symptoms are the main the same.
Among the most prominent are extreme lassitude,
loss of appetite, loss of flesh, and great mental de-


preston. Indigestion and Stomach Cough are
also frequently concomitants of this distressing
state Of body and of mind. The common remark in
relation to persons in such condition is that they
are consumptive. Now, what these unfortunates
really want is rigor ritcl strength and certainly
as dawn succeeds darkness they can recuperate
their systems and regain perfect health by resort


ing to HOSTETTERS s CELEBRATED STOMACH
BITTERS. 1t is as clear that a life -reviving
Tonic is required in such cases, that the dying
fame of an empty lamp requires to be revived with
a supply of oil. Perfectly pure and innocuous,
containing nothing but the most genial vegetable
extracts, and combining the three grand elements
of a stomachic, an Alternative and genial invigor-
ant. HOSTETTER'S BITTERs are suitable to
all constitutions, and applicable to the dis
eases and disabilities of the feebler sex as to those
ofmen. jy law
Year: 1865

IOns of the New York Herald correspond
ents who has lately been through Northern
Alabanta states that the region is almost on
continuous field of cotton. The planters hay
given tlseir attention to the business again thi
year aGdest as much as in anti-rebellion times,
and the growing crops look very fine The
negroes are working for their former masters
for WAGES, and the new labor system appears
to progress very WELL
Year: 1865

There is something beautiful in the hush
of midnight. The myriad quiet sleepers,
laying down, each their life-burden, insen-
sible alike to joy or sorrow; helpless alike
the strong man as the infant-and all over
the sleepless Eye which, since the world be.
gan, has never lost sight Of one pillowed
head. Though like these come to US in our
wakeful night hours with an almost painful
intensity. Then eternity only seems real,
and every day life a fable. But morning
comes and the stir and hum of life chase
them away, as the warm sun dries up The
dew drops, which, like these thoughts, per
form their reviving mission, ere they de
part.
Year: 1865

Children who do not like castor oil can
have it prepared in the recent :sh Paris fash. !
placed in a pipkin over the fire, and an egg
broken into it and stirred up. When cook
ed, a little salt, or sugar, or currant jelly
should be added. The patient cannot pos
sibly detect the medicine, and will most
likely cry for some more of the same mix
Year: 1865

A fellow stole a saw, and on his trial told
the Judge he only took it in joke.


How far did you carry it?' asked the
judge.


Two miles" was the answer


''Ah, that S carrying the joke too far,
remarked the judge; and the prisoner got
three months unreauitted labor
Year: 1865

Does this razor go easy? asked bar
Der of a victim who was writhing under
clumsy instrument.


well, replied the poor fellow, ''that
depends on what you call the operation =
If you are skinning me, it goes tolerably
easy; but if you are shaving, it goes rather
hard ~
Year: 1865

Judge Lang, of Seneca, the Democratic
nominee for Lieutenant-G Governor, aud
Charles Boesel, of AnglaiZe, the candi
date for member of the Board of Public
Works, are both Germans by birth
They were but mere lads when they left
the fatherland to carry ont their fortunes
in the New world They made each eth
ers acquaintance on board the sailing
vessel they had embarked upon for this
country, and during the voyage they be-
came warmly attached to each other Ar
irving at Baltimore, these honest Dutch
boys shouldered their packs and afoot,
crossed the Alleghanies with their faces
toward the West AT Pittsbnrg they
parted, and for "A numhar of years lost
sight Of each other, and did mott meet
again until they met each other as mem
bers of the General Assembly OF Ohio,
Judge Lang as Senator. Boesel as a men,
Der of the House. On the same day,
those honest German boys, one now a
lawyer of established reputation, and fine
ability, the other, a successful merchant,
are honored with nominations on the
Democratic State Ticket for prominent
and responsible officers in the great COM
monwealth which they have seen grow
and prosper with amazing rapidity,
since friendless and poor their weary feet
first pressed its hospitable soil Two
honester or better men do not live in the
State, and the German Democracy of
Ohio, ever faithful and never untrue. will
be especially gratified with the compli-
ment paid them in the prominence given
to those who 50 well represent the
thrifty element which has transformed
the great Northwest section of our State
from vast forest into scene of busy
toll and honest cOntentment.-Cler Clereldnd
PidadeGIT
Year: 1865

Bishop Elliott, of Georgia, has written
letter to the editor of York county
paper in Pennsylvania, upon the reunion
of the Episcopal Church North and
South, in which it says


so much for the Church now fol
myself. You wonder, in your letter, that
the Bishop of Georgia did not lead the
way in such action as the Bishop OF Tex
as has taken could not have conscien
tiously have done so, for the reasons Civ
en- above, even had | desired it and con
fess was not anxious to be first TO sub
nit myself to the yoke which had been
prepared for me 1t is very easy for you
sitting in the midst of plenty, with ey
erything flourishing about you, with the
world fawning upon you because of sue.
cess, with future seemingly as bright
as prosperity can make it, to wonder al
onr backwardneoss in acknowledging tho
blessings of peace and reunion; but the
case is very different with us whose
homes are desolate, whose friends anC
| relatives, and children are utterly i'm
| noyerished, whose social order is totally
subverted, whose future is dark aud al
most hopeless. can humble myself un
der the mighty hand of God, and | cal
nv people to patience and endurance
but even throug gh grace, | can do no more
I do not mean TO complain; we entered
upon this struggle, which was irreprres
sible, and forced upon us, after having
counted the cost but should be hyp
ocrite if came forward with any smile
upon nv face, and said that I rejoiced in
it | do not rejoice in it, but have
taken the oath of allegiance, and meal
to keen it. and have advised my people
TO take it and be good citizens ant
above all, to do the best for the poor I'M
fortunate negroes, whose future is darl
and miserable beyond conception. Al
ready are they perishing by thousands
and the whole race will now 60 out be
fore civilization $50 called) and compe
tition, as the Indians are doing, We cal
survive the change, and one day flour
ish again +; but their fate is sealed, ant
the edict oflPuritanism has already gone
forth, sIf YOU can not and will not work
Won must die" The furthest can go il
behalf of these fanatics is to cry, Faith
er. forgive them, for they know no
what they do ~
Year: 1865

HEALTH OF JEFF. DAvIs.-On Friday
last an officer of authority called on JEFF
Davis, who announced himself as in very
good health, the only drawback being a
carbuncle an his leg and slight touch
of erysipelas In speaking of Wirz, Da-
Wis said that he never seen or heard OF
him before his arrest adding, that from
what he knew of Winder, having been a
classmate of his at West Point, he did
not believe that he would be guilty OF
such awful acts of inhumanity are laid
to his charge. N Y Times
Year: 1865

PROPOSITION To CoLoNIZE THE FREED.
MEN IN SOUTH AMERICA-Thr manag
ing director of an influential company IN
France, formed under the auspices of the
French Government, engaged III develop
ing the resources ofFrench Guiana, South
America, has applied to the Bureau OF
Freedmen to know if it is possible to oh.
tain, in large numbers, the freedmen of
the South to go to Cayenne with their
families, where they would be well fed
and treated Sand where the prejudice OF
caste is not so strong against them as in
this country No action has yet been ia
ken on the proposition
Year: 1865

New YORK, August 3l.-A special to
the New York Evening Post from Wash
ington says: The court martial III session
at the Old Capitol has disposed of nine
teen cases of swindling the Government
in one week.


The Consul General of Switzerland de
Sires it to be understood that he Will not
receive any contributions for Wirz.


The force in the postoffice has been
greatly reduced, the reduction OF the
army rendering it necessary.


No less than seventy five applicants
for pardon visited the President this
morning
Year: 1865

WE have two or three times a. many
Ten erals under pay as we need. If none
Of them resign and none are dismissed
" the President, it is to be hoped that
whisky or pestilence may come to the
ceuntry's relief Louisville Journal
Year: 1865

l. richly assorted Being exclusively N ;E.
Clothing Business, We oan furnish TIE above q.
better advantage 20 dealers and OF better trrHia
than can be had elsewhere


We have tho most complete stock and lar =
assortment Of goods Of any house In our lin" b.,
the city.


We arc selling goods lower than any oil
house in the city, as we bought our goods whru
gold was at thelowest.


VIC have n large stock Of
Year: 1865

The Commissioner Of the Internal Revenue
this morning ordered the following ruling
Where income Of any kind for 1854 was re-
csived in Confederate currency, tho market
value of such currency estimated in Govern
ment currency, at the time and place of re-
eeipt, should be returned as income-
Year: 1865

It is understood that the batteries OF light
artillery remaining in service in camps near
Washington are to bo dismounted and organ
lied as heavy (fOoD artillery. 1t is probable
that they will be ordered to Florida and
TexaE
Year: 1865

The Commercial College Monthh says:


A rapid penman can write thirty words in
a minute. To do this, he must draw his
quill through the space of one rod-sixteen
and one half feet. In forty minutes his
pen travels a furlong; and five and one-third
hours, one mile.


We make, on an average, sixteen curves
or turns of the pen in writing each word.-
Writing thirty words in a minute, we must
make four hundred and eighty-eight to
each second; in an hour, twenty eight thou
sand eight hundred in day of only five
hours, one hundred and forty-four thousand;
in year of three hundred days, forty-three
million two hundred thousand.


The man who made one million strokes
with pen in month was not at all re-
markable. Many men make four millions.


Here we have in the aggregate mark
three hundred miles long, to be traced on
paper by each writer in year.


In making each letter of the ordinary
alphabet, We must make from three to
seven strokes Of the pen-on an average
three and half to four. r ...
Year: 1865

A strange dream occurred to an acquain-
tancc of the writer. The gentleman was at
the time at Pixies Peak; he followed the
profession of mining and undertaking. He
dreamed that as he went to his mine he met
the devil. He was alarmed and anxiously
inquired whether he was the object of this
visit. The devil replied, No but that
he had for such one, living some distance
below. Having transacted his business and
returned, the dreamer again met Saten, who
informed him that he had obtained the OBJ
iect of his errand, and then disappeared,
leaving the dreamer to awake in very un-
pleasant state of mind Early in the morn
ing, our acquaintance received an order to
provide coffin for the person mentioned in
the dream. Upon examination, it appeared


that the latter died between twelve and one
O'Clock about the time Of the dream. The
The strangest part Of the story, is that the
person who died was taken suddenly i'll, SO
that the matter could not have previously
been on the mind of the dreamer. The
gentleman who narrates the dream is so
worthy of credit that we place full reliance
upon his statement. Eaacational Monthly.
Year: 1865

BURIAL AND RESCUE. .-1he Cleveland
Plain Deale'' of Saturday gives the follow
ing account OF an interesting incident that
occurred recently in coal mine at, or near
Hubbard, Trumbull county:


1t appears that the Hubbard mine is en-
tered from the river bank, the entrance is
guarded by dam. This dam gave way
while all the miners were at dinner except
the four unfortunate Onss who were only
rescued yesterday morning. The four men
comprehending their situation fed to the
highest portion of the mice, at about u
half mile from the entrance. Their fell
low workmen outside, supposing they would
seek this point, commenced boring immedi-
ately over it, as near as they could judge,
and after penetrating sixty eight feet fortu-
nately struck the pit in close proximity to
two OF the half famished men. BY means
of tube they were enabled to communi-
cate with them and give them food. OF the
other two no information could b. obtained.
The scene about the pit until, and at their
rescue was very affecting. All were married
and their wives and children never left the
pit till their deliveranee. Yesterday morn
ing the water in the river had so fallen as to
admit small boat half mile, found two
Of the men speeches. with exhaustion, and
a few rods further they found the other two,
and brought all safe to the open air. The
scene can better be imagined than described.
About two thousand people were present, at
the time. The men were with difficulty
resuscltated, but are now doing we'll.
Year: 1865

ADVICE FOR Boys Y on are made to
be kind, says Horace Mann. generous
and magnanimous. Ii there is a boy in
school who has club foot don't let him
know that you ever saw it. If there is
poor boy with ragged cloths, don't talk a,
bout rags when he is hearing. If there a
lame boy assign him some part of the game
which don't require running If there is a
hungry one give him part of your dinner
| IF there is dull one, be not envious Of him;
for if one boy is proud Of his talents, and an
other envious of them, there are two great
wrongs, and no more talents then before. -
IF larger or stronger boy has injured you
and is sorry foF it, forgive him, and request
the teacher not to punish him, All the
school will show by their countenance how
much better it is than to have great fist. u