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Year: 1867

but her husband saw that she leaned
n little towards him, lie had bro
ken the ice Of reserve, aud all was
easy now. His hand was among
the clouds and u feeble ray was al
ready struggling through the rift il
it had made.


"Yes Mary he answered softly
'and I've heard il moro than once,
what good wife Andrew Lee must
have" Mrs. Lee turned her face
towards her husband. There was
light in it, and light in her eye, But
there was something in the express
sion of the countenance that n little
puzzled him.


"Don't you think SOP" she asked,
quite soberly.


"What u question n" calculated
Andrew Lee, starting up, and going
round to the side Of the table where
his wifo was sitting. "What II ques.
tion, Nary he repeated, as he stood
before her


"Do you?" 1t was all she said.


"Yes, darling" was his warmly
spoken answer, and he stopped
down and kissed her. "How strange
that you should ask me such aques-
tion I'


"If you would only tell mo so
now and then, Andrew, it would do
me good" Mrs. Lee arose, and
leaning her face upon the manly
breast of her husband, stood and
wept.


What strong light broke in up
on the mind Of Andrew Lee. lie
had never given his wife even the
small reward of praise for the low
ing interest she had manifested dali
ly, until doubt of his love had en-
tered her soul, and made the light
all around her thick darkness. No
wonder that her face grew clouded,
nor what he considered moodiness
and ill-nature, took possession of
her spirit.


"You are good and true, Mary,
my own dear wife | am prond OF
you-I love you, and my first desire
is for hour happiness. o, if l could
always see your face in sunshine,
my home would be the dearest
place on earth"


'How precious to me are your
words of love and praise, Andrew
said Mrs. Lee, smiling up through
her tears into his face "With them
in my ears, my heart can never lie
in shadow"


How eaGy had been the work Tor
Andrew Lee. He had swept his
hand across the cloudy horizon, and
now the bright sun S h inc wa S
streaming down, and flooding that
homo with joy and beauty.
Year: 1867




While we certainly favor ofgan-
ization under tho Sherman bill, ut
the proper time, we see nothing that
can be done until the way shall have
been officially prepared; A conven-
ton will be called, most probably
through the Governor Of the State,
at the earliest practicable period
after the settlement of all the nee
cssary preliminaries. Meantime let
the people be patient and hopeful !
and, if they will take our advice,
they will believe that there is n
good providence at work in the at
fairs of the South and Of the coun-
try at present. While some profess
to see nothing but darkness visi4
bic, it orcurs to US that we can per-
ceive the g!immerings of the dawn
of II better day than we have seen
for many years. Conservatism is
at last uppcrmost--not, iudeetf,
without having been much "touzled"
and semcdeal injured in the scUtfc.
But che wounds will heal, and new
and better garments are, perhaps,
already on the loom.


Let us add that if the people do
elect to organize under the bill they
should act without unnecessary
grumbling, in perfect good fiitF.
and, in place of scowling upon the
negro voter, should endoayor to
help him to make wise use of this
new privilege. Gal. News.
Year: 1867

MARRIAGE OF FIRST COUSINS The Com
missioners of the Kentucky Institution for the
education and training of feebie-minded chill
dren have just made report to the Legislature
in which they call attention to practice which
is quite common in Kentucky-the marriage of
blood relations. They add their testimony to
the abundant evidence already collected by ply
sicians and philsnthropists, that a large per-
centage of deaf mutes and of the blind, limited
percentage of lunatics, and no doubt much
larger one than either Of feeble minded or idiotic
children, are the offsprings of the marriage of
first cousins. The charitable institutions Of the
State are all the time filled with children whose
parents are SO related-some as many as four
from one fauily-and in the case of idiots, of a
still larger number in family. 1t is fearful
penalty to which persons SO related render them
selves liable by forming the matrimonial rela-
ton, and which they, in nearly every instance
incur The commissioners urge that as the
State is compelled to support the issues of these
unwise unions, they should be prohibited by
law
Year: 1867

A correspondent ofthe Germantown Telegraph
gives the following sensible advice: -s.rssi


"a majority Of farmers do not attach impor-
tance enough to the subject ofsaving and making
manure and compost To them manure and la
Dor are what capital and credit are to the mer-
chant. They think they cannot afford to pay
five and six dollars per cord for manure, and it
does seem high price; but one thing they can do,
they can take better care of what they have, and
prevent the waste of what is the most valuable
part. Many hog pens are bullion sloping ground,
the manure sinking away TO some drain and lost.
Now with proper care the manure of every hog
raised and fattened is worth twenty dollars to put
in corn hills. 1t is better not to let hogs walow
in the manure, as most of farmers do, with the
view that the hogs will work fine the course trash
generally thrown into pens. Make tight board
floor to the pen to prevent the leakage OF the
urine and manure, then throw in the absorbents,
such as weeds, straw, shavngs, sawdust, leaves
chip dirt, briers and in fact almost fine hickory
brush, clean the sly out once week, and throw
the manure into square pile exposed to all the
rain that falls, and in dry time keep the manure
moist by the addition of water, or cover with
damp earth to prevent the "blae blazes." BY
this arrangement, with ten hogs and plenty of
material, farmer will make near two hundred
dollars worth of manure ready for the land in
good condition, and have better hogs than if he
allowed them to wallow at pleasure in the mass"
Year: 1867

PROVERBS ON WOMAN.-When cats wash
their faces, bad weather is at hand; when We
men use washes to their com pleKion, it is true
sign that the beauty Of the day is goRe.


Many powder their faces that their skins may
seen white; it is as poulterer fours an old hen,
that it may pass for tender chicken.


The stepping stone to fortune is not to be
found in jewelers. shop.


How many women have been ruined by dia.
monds, as bird catchers entiee the lark from
heaven to earth with sparkling glass.


Like the eolored bottles in a chemists window
is rouge on the cheeks of maiden; it attracts
the passers by, but all know the drug they ad-
vertise


Choose not your wives as you do grapes, from
the bloom on them.


He who marries pretty face only, is like
buyer Of cheap furniture-the varnsh that
caught the eye will not endure the fire side
blaze.


The girdle Of beauty is not stay lace. This
is the only excuse for tight lacing; good house
wife should have no waste.


When maiden takes to spaniels and parrots,
it means that her beauty has gone to the dogs,
and henceforth her life is a Lirden to her.


The mouth of q wise woman is like q money
box which is seldom opened, so that much
treasure comes forth from it.


Store up this truth, o woman Be charitable
unto thy fallen sister. Initiate no. the stays,
that chase from their herd their wounded com-
panion.


The wise wife opposes wrath with kindness.
A sand bag will stop cannon ball by its yielding.


A good woman is like Cremoua fddle-age
only makes its tone the sweeter.
Year: 1867

A certain Irishman received for his labor ono
dollar bill on one of the Georgia banks, on
which be was obliged to lose ten cents discount.
The next day he was passing down St, Charles
street and saw one dollar bill lying on the side
walk, Oh the same bank, and gazing on it ex-
claimed? Bad luck to the likes of ye-there may
ye lie; dvil finger will l put on ye, for I lost
ten cints by brother Of yours yesterday"
Year: 1867

81 know that men naturally shrink from the
attempt to obtain companions who are their su-
periors; but they will find that really Intelligent
women, who possess the most desirable qualities,
are uniformly modest, and hold their charms in
modest estimation. Wha. such women most
admire in men is, gallantry; Lot the gallantry
of courts and fops, but boldness, courage, devo-
tion, decision and refined civility. A mans
bearing wins ten superior women where his
fore woman with respect for himself and fear
lessness of her, his suit is half won. The rest
may safely be left to the parties most interested.
Therefore, never be afraid of woman. Women
are the most harmless and agreeable creatures
10 the world, to man who shows that he has
got mans soul in him. If you have not got
the spirit in you to come up to test like this,
you have not got that in you which most pleases
high-souled woman, and you will be obliged
to content yourself with the simple girl who, in
a quiet way is endeavoring to attract and fasten
you.


"But don't be in hurry about the matter
Don't get into feverish longing for marriage
1t is nit credtable to you. Especially don't i'm
agne that any disappointment in love which
takes place before you are twentyo one years old
will be of any material damage to you. The
truth is, that before man is twenty five years
old he does not know what he wants himself
So don't be in hurry. The more of man
you become, and the more manliuess you be-
come capable Of exhibiting in your association
with women, the better wife you will be able to
obtaiH and one years possession Of the heart
aud hand of really noble specimen of her sex
is worth nine hundred and ninety mine years
possession OF sweet creature with two ideas 10
her head, and nothing new to say about either
of them. Better fifty years of Europe than
cycle of Cathay.' So don't be in hurry, say
again. You don't want a wife now, and you
have not the slightest idea of the kind of wife
you will want by -and-by Go into female So
ciety if you can find that which will improve
you, but not otherwise. You can spend your
time better. Seek the society of good men -
That is often more accessible to you than the
other, and it is through that mostly that you
will find your way to good female society,"
Year: 1867

A. newly married editor was told that he
would find difference between the matrimonial
and editorial experience. In one place the
Devil cries for copy, and 10 the other the "copy'
cries like the Devil.
Year: 1867

A wedding iE Arkansas between a divorced
woman of thirty nine and youth of nineteen
took place at the house of the brides former
husband, who is said to have been in the high
est spirits. Revenge is sweet.
Year: 1867

Nothing teaches patience like tho
garden. We may go around and
watch the opening bud from day to
day, but it takes its own time, and
you cannot urge it on faster than it
will. All tho best results of a garden,
like those of life, are slowly, regularly
progressive.
Year: 1867

"Mark Twain" says that to "see a
lovely girl of seventeen, with her sad
die on her head and her muzzle on
behind, and her veil just covering the
end of her nose, come tripping along
in her hoopless, red-bottomed dress,
like churn en- FIRE, is enough to set
a man wild"
Year: 1867

1t Is easy to see that ga,e is being played


with the Constitutional ArAsdment, and to


understand what the gameis. Nothing is


clearer than that when the Al andment was


proposed, there was no pledge oreconstruc-


ton conditioned onits acceptance. hch pledge


was not given, and was refused tSbc given.


The record proves this, and it is susf ncd by


the oral testimony. There has nevA since


been any such pledge. A resolution foa de-


claration on the subject was lately olferi in


the House, but was promptly put to sleepy


reference to the Reconstruction CommittA


The House refuses to speak. All that has ap1


peared on the subject in Congress, has been a


conversation between certain leaders Of the


dominant party, in which some said their IN
eierstanaing was, that the adoption Of tue


Amendment entitled State to recognition,
while others denied and repudiated any such
understanding.


Congress might havo terminated this
dubiety by resolution Of three lines, had it
chosen to do 40. But it did not suit the pur-
pose. Congress never made the Pledge
never designed to make it,-dcsigncd not to
makeft Itdbcs not suit the cxigencies Of
the coming Presidential election for the
Southern States to DO counted and Con-
gress never intended, and does not intend,
that they shall be counted. The Amendment
was contrivcd to exclude, not to admit them.
But thcro is now political advantage to be
maneuvred for. Some party capital-a par
tisan campaign cry-is to be won or lost
If the dominant party were perfectly S're
that the Southern States would reject the
Amendment, and adhere to the rejection, they
would plainly declare that the said Amend
ment was offered as the sole condition Of ad-
mission; and they would then go before their
people and whip up their passions by de-
claiming about "rebel obstinacy," and "rcbel
sullenness" and the like. But as they do not
feel sure Of this, they arc afraid to risk such
a declaration. They prefer to content
themselves with such advantage as the
more unscrupulous Journals and speakers
may be able to make Of the present status.
They suffer these to declare that the offer has
been made, and thus hope to take the profit
Of it without the commitment, to reap the
gain without the peril Of the offer. IF hard
pressed they will say, that the offer had been
made, but not being promptly accepted, is
now withdrawn. The South has no such OPP
tion,-nevcrh had, and it wasnever intended she
should have. If Congress had SO meant and
desired, it would have made haste on its late
assclnblage to preclude every doubt. If it
ever does speak, it will be after it is perfectly
certain that the Sout! will decline, and BE-
etase it is thus certain, and for the profit to
be made out Of it. Such is the honesty of
the politics Of these times Of great ''moral
ideas"
Year: 1867

The negroes made day Of it yesterday
but with less enjoyment than on the new
ycars-days of old when choosing their homes
for the year. 1t remains to be seen whether
it was worth their while to rejoice that now
they have no homes to 60 to. Whether the
sentiments inculcated by the speeches they
listened to, will make them wiser or happier
we stop not to enquire. This is the carnival
of fanaticism and folly, when madmen are
the teachers and nothing sensible is looked
Cor
Year: 1867

The most important event Of modern
times, if we are to judge by the space ac-
corded to it in the New York papers, is the
sailing match across the Atlantic between
certain idle young men with plenty OF
money to buy vessels with. The baseball
sensation is utterly eclipsed BY the accounts
of this expensive folly.
Year: 1867

A Washington correspondent says that
hostility to Judge Chase on the part OF h's
Radical rivals, for the Presidency, is the
cause of the severity Of the attacks which
have been made in certain quarters on the
Supreme Court.
Year: 1867

with an expense of several hundred
dollars per year. A Secretary ha
also been employed at salary Of 81,
900 per year, and for the first sever
years OF the existence Of the Institu
tion, an annual appropriation Of 81,
900 was placed at bis disposal to b'
expended for seeds and contingencies
and which it is fair to suppose wa
used up from year to year. At thu
session of 1864, to the honor of the
Legislature. this $1,000 contingency
was Topped off Here we see, for the
first seven years, up to the close o
1865. an annual outlay Of about So
900 for the support Of the Board anc
the 5. cretary's Office !; and as the re-
suit Of all this expenditure Of money
and brains. we have rs yet to show
one black Lamb, valued at, and actu
ally sold, (as we are informed by q
member of the Boardl for five dollars.
After nine years trial. with such an
expenditure of public money. and %
little accomplished. is it strange that
the public should begin to wonder?


Now. without designing to +" st ike
a blow" We modestly inquire of you.
Mr. President, has there been any
adequate return for this lavish and
protracted expenditure Of money and
the time of-gentlemen swell inform
ed" in agricultural matter? Why
was the poor black lamb smuggled
away for five dollars, when a member
Of the Board thought it might better
have been kept, to see what would
come Of it


But, seriously. How important that
the Board having such important in
terests in their hands should be well
informed " Themselves, in agricultural
and kindred matters. They should
know cabbage plant from . tomato
plant, fine merino sheep from a
mongrel blooded black lamb; nor
should they allow those fine blooded
ewes. that have been selected with so
much care, and which have cost the
State SO much money, to roam out and
pick up their lambs from scrub bucks
OF the commonest kind.


There are scientific principles con-
nected with stock breeding that should
be well understood. and at such a
place as a State Agricultural College
and Experimental Farm. most rigidlv
adhered to. The male with which the
mare, the COW. the eve, etc., first CO.
habits, gives, to greater or less ex-
tent, character to all her future off
spring. For instance, no well-inform-
ed stock grower would regard a colt
of pure blood Of the mother and the
immediate sire, if she had . previous
foal by a common scrub horse. So OF
the eve and other animals, and We
have the most irrefutable evidence
that the same principle in breeding
extends even the human race. The
mother of that black lamb should
be forever excluded from the pure
bloods OF the COLLEGE FARN.


Now. until men are placed in charge
of our public interests Who are swell
informed" on the subjects committed
to their hands, public money will con-
tinue to be worse than thrown away.
But we are glad to hear that the Col
lege building is to be completed by
January next We can afford to val,
till then.


It is but justice to Hon. II. NJ
THOMPSON. to say. that the occurrence
upon the farm, TO which We have al
luded. took place prior to his assum.
ing the duties ct Secretary OF the
Board and Superintendent Of the
Farm.
Year: 1867

pear that the defendant had been duly SUM-
moned, when probably the only notice has
been published in an obscure corner of ar
obscure newspaper which the defendant has
never seen. The court turns the case ever tc
o referee, who. in some obscure Office, listens
to er parts testimony, reports cause OF di-
vorce to the court, and the latter then grants
the separation. Tho very purposes of the
marriage law are defeated by these devices Of
fraud and secrecy. Tho welfare Of society
demands that al. the proceedingsfor divorce
should be prominently published in leading
journals, and be thoroughly investigated in
open courts. All history establishes the in
timate relation. between national morals and
soundness of the marriage tie. There has
been no more invariable precursor of ruin Of
liberty than the prevalence Of licentiousness,
and there can be no greater incentive to
licentiousness than to permit these marriage
relations to be readily Observation-Disclosures
Sun.
Year: 1867

JEFFERSON DAVIS AND HIS TRIAL.-A Rich.
mond correspondent of the Tribune writes:


"Some are Of the belief there will be nc.
trial, and that Davis will either be included
in the forthcoming amnesty, or be will be par
doned specially by the President Others as
sert that it never was intended that Davis
should be tried when he was released on ball.
and that he will remain out Of reach where
he is, in Canada, or go to Europe. But these
are mere cowectures, based On nothing more
than the peculiar opinions and prejudices Of
the parties. From an authentic source.l have
reason to state that Davis will be tried at the
| November term of the United States Circuit
Court here, aad that he will be forthcoming
at that time.


"The counsel for the defence will declare
themselves ready for trial. The Court will
signify its ASSET in the same manner. The
Government will ask for time under the pre-
tence of being unprepared-a shift to get out
of the trial. The Court will then say it will
be in session for considerable period, which
will afford the Government ample time to
prepare, and if its representatives fail to pros
ecute the prisoner before the term of the
Court expire, it will in that case probably
declare the prisoner discharged, in the absence
Of the prosecution. Such will most probably
be the programme Of the long expected De.
Wis trial, and such the upshot of it in case OF
the failure of Government to substantiate its
charges. The country will. then be rid OF a
serious incumbrance."


Judge Underwood doubtless inspires this,
aud it is the bsst disposition, for all hands We
.uess, that can be made Of Davis-New York
| Cypress.
Year: 1867

GENERAL GRANT WILL NOT Be President.
"A Washington correspondent ofthe New
York Eren;ng Post says:


"An officer Of General Grants staff relates
a conversation Which he had with the Gtn
eral a few days ago, wherein the General re-
marked, concerning the talk Of making lin
President, that "he would not be President
Of. the United States if the opportunity were
ollered that he vas no politician that he
aated politics; that so fur as reputation and
honor were concerned, he thought he ought
10 be satisfied with what of these he already
erjnyed that holding the office Of President
would mar bis present comfort and drag him
into the storms and cxciiements Of politics /;
that as the General Of tue army he had all
the work he could do, and time enough to
enjoy the comforts Of his family and home,
and that he, as soldier, had gained friends
enough in the country without now seeking
place where he should gam no more, but
probably lose those whcm he had gained"
Year: 1867

And while we would remember the
soldier who has borne the BATTLE" we
must not forget {" his widow and his or
phan children" Among our most SOL
emu obligations is the maintenance Of the
INDECENT widows, and the support and
education Of the orphan children, Of those
noble men who fell in defense of the Uni
on To affirm that we owe debt of graf
itude to those who have been rendered
homeless and fatherless by their parents
patriotic devotion to the country, is a
truth to which all mankind will yield a
ready assent; aud though we cannot call
the dead to life, it is privilege, as well
as duty, to take the orphan by the hand,
and be to him protector and father.


Legislative appropriations have honor
cd the living soldiers and entombed the
dead. The people, at the ballot-box, have
sought out the meritorious veterans, and
the noble spectacle is now presented of
the youthful survivors of those who fell
for their country, cherished and educated
at the public expense. Even if were
differently constituted, my official duties
would constrain me vigilantly to guard
this sacred trust. But having served in
the same cause, and been honorcd by the
highest marks of public favor, | pledge
myself to bear in mind the injunctions
aud wishes of the people, and, if possible,
to increase the efficiency and multiply the
benefits of the schools and institutions al
ready so creditably established for the
benefit of the orphans of our martyred
heroes
Year: 1867

The iniatuation of treason, the down
fall of slavery, the yindication of freedom,
and the complete triumph of the govern
ment of the people, are all so many proofs
of the Divinity that has shaped our
ends" and so many promises of a future
crowned with success if we are only true
to our mission Six years ago the spec