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Year: 1867

limitation, TO proclaim freedom and am


nesty to those engaged in the rebellion,
and recently in violation of the faith OF


the government thus pledged to those


men, it has perfidiously repealed
th, portion of the act by which the


authority was conferred. The fact that
! the repeal of the law referred to does
not deprive the president Of his pardon
Z ing power so far as exclsing adds t. the
enormIty and shamelessness Of the deed,
I for it shows that they were willing to


display their faithlessness TO their
/ pledges without any equivalent therefor.
And to esp the climax Of villainy, and
! to fix forever upon the nation the irrad-
I icable storm of Reputation, congress bas


recently passed an act prohibiting the
payment of debts TO southern men for
services rendered 60 the government


prior to the rebellion. Could infamy
reach a lower depth than this? Could


dishonesty take u higher fight?


With such a record of perfidy, and
such a series of violations Of solemn
pledges, aud with the same spirit Of dis


honesty everywhere exhibited through
out their policy, still persisted in, how
can those in charge Of the government
expect to sustain its financial credit, now
so necessary to preserve the country
from bankruptcy and ruin? Such pat
ent dishonesty must inevitably impair,
If it does not totally destroy, all conf
dence in its pledges, and thus the nation
will be wrecked through the immortality
and wickedness of it's rulers.


With the most solemn and binding
obligations repudiated by the govern.
ment, and the restraints of morality
thrown off in the domestic circle; with
crfr1a stalking through the land in all of
its abhorrent and disgusting forms, and
with the laws defied and the constitution
derided by those in authority, what have
we TO hope in the future2 Will not the
blighting wrath Of an outraged God fall
with resistless and destroying power
upon such people and crush them 70
atoms? It is all they deserve and all [
they have right to expect Louisville !
CouTfer
Year: 1867

"Do tell us, oh candidate for the
custom of the community, that you
cant afford to advertise because your
business is dull? 1t is dull because
you don't advertise, and you don't
advertise because II Is dali. If you
are doing I'll advertise and you will
soon increase your business,
Year: 1867

The Republicans are now playing
q good game Of brag. But We assure
our Southern friends that it is all
gas, y y When the time for action
arriyes---we speak what we kaOe-
they will find enemies enough to fight
at homo, without going South.
Year: 1867

This is a question which addresses itself
to the thoughtful and rejecting people Of
this city. Some advocate the surrender Of
the charter, and contend that Congress
should assume supreme control Of our
local affairs, and that the city at least
should be governed by commissioners ap-
pointed by Congress. As the question
now stands we are not prepared to advc-
cate the adoption of any particular propc-
stion, though we confess we incline to the
view that Washington would be better
governed by commission than it possibly
can be under the plan Of a municipal gov
ernment.


There are reasons which induce us to
accept this view of the matter which we
will proceed to mention. In the first place,
if this system Of government were adopted
Congress would appropriate more money
for improvements Of the city than it will
ever do under the present plan. As it Is
now, there is division Of jurisdiction o.
authority, and the government Of this Dis
trict is sort Of nondescript concern, IN
like anything which can be found in an,
other part Of the land. There is now sucl
a dividing up Of agencies and powers tina
nothing effective is done. For instance
the avenues are under the supervision @
the General Government, and the street
are turned over to the municipality; ther
is, in fact, such division OF authority il
respect to many local matters Of this sor
that nothing by way Of improvement il
done which ought to be done.


Some months ago we made inquiry o
the parties who knew just how mucl
money had been appropriated by the Ma
tional Government 10 improve this cit,
proper, and we learned that the entir
amount set apart for publicuse, outside Q
what has been appropriated for the publ
buildings and public reservations, is les
than 100000. Now, if the nation wa
made responsible for all improvements il
this city, as its founders intended it shoul
be, this state Of things would not have eS
listed. We go for making this city Al
honor and credit to the nation; and +
do it Congress must govern it, and it mus
appropriate money in this behalf W,
shall have more to say upon this question
hereafter.
Year: 1867

Ar ONE of the fashionable churches in
Pittsfeld, Mass, strangers are seated ac-
cording 10 dress. II elegantly dressed,
they are shown up the broad aisle near the
pulpit; il well dressed they will secure q
sitting about half way up the broad aisle
if ordinarily dressed, they are disposed OF
in some one OF the side pews under the
gallery and as near the door us possible
Verify, "to the poor the Gospel is
preached but at distance.
Year: 1867




ExTRAcT.-When the summer day of
youth is slowly wasting away into the
nightfall OF age, and the shadows of
the past years grow deeper and deeper,
as life wears to close, it is pleasant to
look back through the vista of time, ,up-
on the sorrows and felicities of our early
years. If we have home to shelter
and hearts to rejoice with us, and
friends have been gathering together
around our friends, then the rough
places of our wayfaring will be worn
and smoothed away, in the twilight of
life, while the sunny spots we have
passed through will grow brighter and
more beautiful. Happy indeed are
they whose intercourse with the world
has not changed the tone of their holier
feelings, or broke those musical chords
OF the heart, whose vibrations are so
melodious, so tender and touching in
the evening of age.
Year: 1867

So we heard great strappingy young man exclalm
tn. other day. I did want to tell him piece OF
nv mind SO bad. But I'll just write to him. You
want capital do you? And suppose you had what
you call capital? Havn't you got hands and feet,
and body and muscle, and bone and brains; and
don't you call them capital? What more capital
did God give anybody? Oh but they are not mon.
ey, say you. But they are more than money, and
nobody can take them from you. Don't you know
how to use them? If you don t, it is time you was
learning. Take hold Of the first plow, or hoe or
iackplane, or broad-ax that you fnd and 60 to
work. Your capital will soon yield you large in
terest. Aye, but there the rub, you don't wan t
to work, you want money or credit that you may
play the gentleman and speculate and end by play
ing the vagabond; or you want plantation and
negroes, that you may hire an overseer to attend
to them, while you run about over the country and
dissipate and get in debt; or want to marry some
rich girl who may be foolish enough to take you for
your fine clothes and good looks, that she may sup
port you.


Shame on you, young man! Go to work with
the capital you have, and you will soon make In
terest enough upon it, and with it, to give you as
much money as you want, and make you feel IKE
man. IF you can't make money upon what capl-
tai you have you could not make 1t II you had
million of dollars in money. If you don't know
how to use bone and muscle, and brain, you would
not know how to use gold. fyou let your capital
YOU have lie idle and waste and rust out, 1t would
be the same thing if you had gold you would only
know how to waste.


Then, don't stand about like great helpless
child, waiting for somebody to come in and feed
you, but 90 to work. Take the trst work you can
Year: 1867

The destruction caused by the fire Of Londoa,A
D. 1866, during which some 1920 houses etc.,
were burned down in very many cases obGterating
all the boundary marks requisite to determine the
extent of land and even the very sites occupied by
buildings, previous to this terrible visitation.-
When the rubbish was removed and the land clear
ed, the disputes and entangled claims of those
whose houses had been destroyed both as to the po-
sition and extent Of their property, promised not
only interminable occupation to the courts of law,
but made the far more serious evil of delaying the
rebuilding Of the city, until these disputes were
settled, inevitable. Impelled by the necessity of
coming to more speedy settlement Of their res
pectiye claims than could be hoped for from legal
process, it was determined that the claims and
interests Of all persons concerned should be refer
ed:to the judgment and decision Of two of the
most experienced land surveyors of that day-men
who had been thoroughly acquainted with London
previously to the fire and in order to escape from
the numerous and vast evils which mere de-
lay must occasion, that the decision of these two
arbitrators should be final and binding. The sur
veyor appointed to determine the rights of the
various claimants were Mr.. Nook and Mr. Crook
who, by the justice of their decisions gave gener-
al satisfaction to the interested parties, and by
their speedy determination of the different claims


permitted the rebuilding of the city to proceed
Without the least delay. Hence arose the saying
above quoted usually applied to the extrication o.
persons or things from difficulty The above anf
ecdote was told the other evening by an old citizen
upward of eighty, by no means of an imaginative
temperative. and QueSes.
Year: 1867

care not for the Coming man."
Nor fear the coming woman!
The one who does the best he can,
He is the great-the true man.


They are but few
No clover crust no "upper ten"-
No "uppertendom" know they,
No rank at all but rank Of men
Just meath the angels show they.


The lofty few.
Condemned unheard, misunderstood
They glide along the valley,
Few know. the good they door would
Around whom angels rally.


The unknown few.
How still they move! the noisy world
Goes round as if without them,
From fortunes wheel they're often whirleC
With scarce thread about them.


The suffering few.
Some drag diseases length ming chain,
Some chafe with vain endeavor, r
And some live down lifelong pain,
Triumphant late-foreyer.


Victorious few.
care not for the mighty man,
worship not the many,
Contented with the lowly span
That gains me love of any.


The loving few.
The bee thro' many garden royes,
And huns the lay of courtship DER,
But when he finds the flower he loves,
He settles there and huns no more.


The busy few.


MARION.
Year: 1867

NICE CALCULATION. A citizen of Atlanta,
who is high up in the mathematics and the geome.
try of the Heavens, and whose investigating mind
occasionally leads time to turn his attention In that
direction, hasfurnished us with the following 'nice
calcllaiou'':


IF the earth were cannon ball shot at the sun
travels with, and the moment of explosion tele-
gaphed to the sun. they would get the telegram
there in about FIVE minutes, and see the earth com
ing in eight minutes, and would have nearly two
months to prepare for the blow, which they would
receive about fifteen years before they heard the
original explosion. -
Year: 1867

fnd no matter what it is, so that you be sure you
do it like Bill Gray did his drumming Yes,
whatever you undertake, do it well always do your
best IF you manage the capital you have already,
you will soon have plenty more to manage; butif
you cam or won't manage the capital God has CIV
en- you, you will never have any other to manage.
Do you HEAR, young man2
Year: 1867




BeA- It is a saying as old as true that
when rogues fall out honest men get
their due. At the recent Radical Con
ventien in Nashville, Judge M. M. Brien
was beaten for the judgeship nomination
by chap named Cary. M. M. waxed
wrotb, and in speech few nights
afterward thus polished eff the upper
dog in the 6ght:"


He told how Cary got the title of
Judge, by being selected as judge of coon,
'possum, wild cat and panther skins up
in Wisconsin. Said if Cary had any
license to practice law, or had a law
library or law book he had never heard
of it That be had never appeared in
his court as an attorney, but did appear
once as defendant in case brought
against him as an insurance agent, by a
Jew who was burned out and ruined /;
and if Cary ever looked in law book it
was for the purpose of trying to find out
some way to avoid paying the risk, etc.
He then explained how Judge Harrison
came to indorse Cary; as for Harry
East he could not well account for it.
He was both astonished and mortified to
see bis name there, as he was certain
that Mr. East knew to certainty that
Cary was no lawyer.


Diligent search might find few Carys
down this way.
Year: 1867

A DANGEROUS COUNTERFEIT. "A new
counterfeit of the denomination of $50.
United States currency, has been detected.
The engraving is SO nicely executed as 70
challenge detection, save with an expert
The principal feature by which it may be
detected is the imperfect manner in which
the buttons on the coat of the vignette have
been executed. On the genuine bill they are
distinct, while on tie counterfeit they can
scarcely be seen. There is also difference
in the fiilagre work inside the cipher of the
figures $50; while on the back Of tho bill
may be seen very material difference in the
circles inclosing the small figures 500 it
is very dangerous counterfeit, and weuid
very readily pass urdctected through the
hands of miro out of ten persons
Year: 1867

The following beautiful sentiment
is from Mister Karl's Sketch Book
entitled The Night Of Heaven" II
is full Of touching tenderness:


1t is dark when the honest and
honorable man secs the results Of
long years swept crpelly away by the
knavish, heartless adversary. II is
dark whom he feels the cloude Of ser.
row gather round and knows that tho
hopes and happiness Of others are fa-
ding with his own. But in that hour
tho memory of past integrity will be
a true consolation, and assure him
even here on earth Of CLEANS of light
in heaven. 1t is dark When the dear
voice of that sweet child once so fond.
ly loved, is no more heard around in
murmurs. Dark when the light pat
tcring feet no more resound without
the threshold, or ascend, step by step
up stairs. Dark when some we'll
known air recalls the strain once oft
attuned by childish voices now hush
ed in death Darkness but only the
gloom which now heralds the day
spring of immortality, and the inf
mite light of Heaven.
Year: 1867

Put not of till next month what
can be done this. A day gained now
may prove to be of great value next
month. Get everything ready for
spring work, and whatever we do, let
us do it with all our might aud with
willing hands. Let plans for the
seasons work be completed, and a
correct account kept of all operations
on the farm from month to month,
so that at the close of the year, we
may be able to derive some benefit
BY Che experience Of the coming "ssed
I'm lime and harvest"
Year: 1867

Should not be allowed to stand and
shivor in the cold, but be kept warm
and comfortable; if they are not, they
will require double the amount Of
food to keep the bodily heat, and can
not possibly thrive. Attention must
also be paid to cleanliness--of stables
and cow houses. Let them be clean
ed out thoroughly every morning and
evening, and the manure removed far
enough away to prevent any of the
rising gasses from circulating in the
air they breathe. How often we see
the manure piled against the barn
close by tho stock II is bad prac-
tice, aud is detrimental to health, and
requires only little extra labor to
remove it to an appropriate place.
This month if not already done, all
the manure available should be car
ried to the fields ready for spreading
on the land. Place it in compact
heaps just where wanted, and as soon
as tho weather permits, spread even
ly over the ground.
Year: 1867

Are decidedly musical this month,
and generally "shell out" liberally.-
After eating freely Of their products,
the next best use you can put them
to is to hatch out few early brOcds
of chickens. The cocks will be prime
to broil in harvest time, and the pull
let's will lay during next winter, if
we'll fed and warmly housed.
Year: 1867

IMPORTANT DECIsIoN.-Judge Camp
bell has decided the last franchise act of
our Legislature to be unconstitutional, and
that all persons registered under the previ-
Gus franchise law are competent voters.
He has also we understand, pronounced
the test oath illegal, and dispensed with it
in the induction of those elected to the
Offices of this court. Thus, it seems that
the Judiciary everywhere are yindicating
the majesty of the law, and interposing its
broad egis between an oppressed and inn
poverished people and the wantOn persecu-
tion ofa reckless and malignant hate This
protection has been accorded by men who
have been constant opponents of secession
and rebellion, and must have been rendered
simply as an act of homage TO constitutional
law. among such men, Judge Campbell
will ever be gratefully remembered by our
people for his uniform social and official
fairness and courtesy towards them. We
believe him TO be both gentleman and an
able and impartial jurist.- ClartspjRs
ChrBHiule
Year: 1867

The Conservative papers generally
favor this prescription. The Nash
vile Banner opposes it. es


The State militia are still retained
in the service. and it is understood
they will be continued on for some
time to come.
Year: 1867

hAoRTAIrrY OF THE SOUL. On next
Sunday evening, Rev DIR. Lands purposes
delivering Discourse on the Immortality
of the Soul, viewed In tile light of nature
without reference to Revelation; before the
FIRST T esbyterian congregation, in the
large audience room OF the Wilmington In
stltute. As this will be an occasion of more
than usual interest, we have no doubt the
Hall will be well filled, especially In view of
the fact that divine of such eminent and
acknowledged ability as Dr. Lands is to be
the speaker.
Year: 1867

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Year: 1867

Vice President. We will give all such
acts of protection to the loyal people of
the South their due consideration.


Speaking was continued at the meet
ing until nearly dark, when it ad-
ioarned.
Year: 1867

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COMPLAINTS,
Year: 1867

s4r The Philadelphia Ledger says /;
The mania people have for discovering
mines Of gold, silver, and other valuable
metal, is illustrated by an event that re-
Gently happened in New England a
gentleman asceuded one Of the noun
tains in that region, taking with him
barometer to ascertain its hight Acei-
denially dropping the barometer, it was
broken, and the mercury flowed down
among the rocks. A day or two after,
person living in the neighborhoOd dis
covered the deposit, scooped some up in
a vial, and started for New Haven in
great excitement over his discovery OF
quicksilver mine. II is very strange how
people are always so anxious TO grow
rich in any other way than By their reg
ulsr occupation.
Year: 1867

neA-The following is said to be the
latest style of visiting card in fashiona-
Bile circles: A plain card denotes a
passing call, the lower right hand corner
a visit, lower left hand corner coincidence,
right hand upper corner business, left
hand upper corner adieu."
Year: 1867

Onions arc said to be an admirable food for fowls, or rather an adjunct food. If given regularly, it is said that they will prevent the attack of the more ordinary diseases of poultry. Meat is said by some to bo an essential food for poultry, espe- cially in winter when they cannot get the worms they pick up in summer. Others, again, maintain that the habit of giving meat to poultry is productive of grave evils the cause of many of the worst forms of disease which affect them By these au- thorities it is called unnatural food, inas- much as the digestive organs of the birds are not fitted to assimiate it. There must, we think, be some mistake in all this; for we know of a surety that fowls do eat when they can get it, and entirely of their own accord, an enormous quantity of animal food; here it is not cooked the game found in natures garden is raw. If meat is an unnatural food for poultry, they cer- tainly have most unnatural appetite for it. Throw in one lump of meat among a lot of fowls; if not literally bone of con- tention, it is something vastly like 1t, so eager are all to get a grab at it. We be- lieve the habit of giving much food in a short space of time to poultry is very bad one. If you notice their habit you will perceive that the process of picking up their food under ordinary, or what we may call the natural condition, is very slow one. Grain by grain docs the meal get taken, and with the aggregate no small amount of sand, small pebbles, and the like, all of which, passing ino the crop, assists digestion greatly. But in the "hen's wife's" mode of feeding poultry, a great heap is thrown down and the birds allowed to ''peg away" at such rate that their crop is filed far too rapidly, and the process of assimilation is slow, painful and incomplete No wonder that so many ca ses of choked craw are met with under this treatment --- Mark Iaht Exp.
Year: 1867

A TOAD USpREssINa.-And re- lates that he once saw toad undressing himself He commenced by pressing his elbows hard against his sides and rubbing downwards. After few smart rubs his hide began to burst open along his back He kept or rubbing until he worked all his skin into folds on his hips and sides, then grasping one hind leg with both his hands, he hauled off one leg of his pants the same as anybody would, then stripped of the other hind leg in the same way He thea took his cast of skin forward be- tween his fore legs into his mouth and swal- lowed it; then, by raising and lowering his lead, swallowing as. his head came down, he stripped of his skin underneath until it came to his fore legs, then grasp ing one of those with the opposite hand, by single motion of the head, and while swallowing, he drew it from the neck and swallowed the whole.