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Year: 1867

Children hunger perpetually for new
ideas and the most pleasant way of re-
ception is by the voice and the ear, not
the eye and the printed page. The one
made natural the other is artificial. Who
would not rather listen than read? An
audience will listen closely from the be-
ginning to the end of an address which
not one in twenty of those present would
read with the same attention. This is
emphatically true of children. They


will learn with pleasure from the lips of
parents what they deem drudgery to study
in the book; and even if they have the
misfortune to be deprived of the educa-
tional advantages which they desire, they
cannot fail to grow up intelligent if they
enjoy in childhood and youth the priv
ilege of listening daily to the conyersa-
tion of intelligent people. Let parents,
then, talk much and talk we'll at home
A father who is habitually silent in his
own house may be, in many respects, a
wise man, bit he is not wise in his silence
Year: 1867

Every department of business has an imme-
diate interest in the markets Of the country and
In its financial fluctuations and condition. The
man who fatls to keep himself properly ad-
vised as 20 the rise and fall Of the marksts A.
controlled by the laws Of demand and supply.
and the relative condition Of the currency. BE-
exposed to constant loss. and must necessarily
fall behind his more intelligent and enterpri5ing
neighbors. In order TO make our paper valuable
as well as interesting. We shall continue to
make this SPECIAL FEATURE. Our Daily
Market Reports. domestic and foreign, BY tele-
graph, and our City Reports. gotten up at heavy
expense, have challenged the eommendation of
our best business men while our current Finan-
cial Reports from all the leading money centres
Of the country are fuller than have ever been
published by any other journal in Teuaesssee.
Year: 1867

And kindred topics. We shall also give an sE-
tensive variety of valuable and interesting mat
ter-the best adapted to the farming classes o.
our State. which will. in great measure, sup
ply the place Of family agricultural paper.
Year: 1867

We shall constantly admonish the Southern
people to be seIf-rsliant. and shall do what We
may be able to induce the establishment Of
manufactures in our midst for our home pro
ducts. To this end we will pay special attention
TO the COST and STATISTICS OF manufacturing.
and exert ourselves 90 encourage the diversiB
cation Of Southern industries and the develop
uent Of Southern resources.
Year: 1867

by A CONSOLIDATION OF THE lash
WILLIE UNION AND AMERICAN and the
DISPATCH. and by the generous and united
support Of the UNIoS AND DIsPATCB by the
patrons Of both the former papers. the Proprie-
tors are enabled to present Newspaper hithc.
to unsurpassed in this city or State.


IN FULLNESS AND ACCURACY OF
NEWS. our paper will compare favorably With
the best in the entire country; and in saying
this. we only repeat the expressions Of many o {
our patrons. who are most capable Of judging in
uch matters.
Year: 1867

The Republican CNashville) Banner
says:


Last year when our farmers were pre-
pairing their soil for planting, we urged
them to lay out their diligence and labor
on the production of food. We saw Oh
the part Of land owners and land workers


a dangerous prediction for cotton which
our duty ordered us to combat. "COt-
ton" we wrote, "is no longer king, If it
ever was king. 1t is not hei--appareDt
or prime minister. Bread IS king meat
is king; and until we have both bread
/ and meat all the glittering phantOms of
cotton will not suffice to yield US real
I prosperity So the issue was proven.
/ In Tennessee the cotton mania was
/ checked but from all parts of the south


we begin to hear OF it's results.


"a season is past says the New Or
| leans Pcdytrpe, " and another crop of
cotton has been added TO the records,
but as far as it's visible effects can be
seen on the wealth of the southern
/ county, 1t had as well not been made. A
million bales has been counted, worth
I at least hundred millions Of dollars
1 But it has gone-gone glimmering 10
! help other people, and enrich other
pockets There is nothing left of it. No
more meney is in the south than before
I it was gathered. Some may ask, where
/ is it? We point them TO the huge heaps
of freight sRd produce daily landed at
I the wharf, and which, the moment il
/ touches the shore, is wheeled away 10
/ the railroads and coast steamers to feed


the farming people"


/ Here is 3 significant confession Of the
truth from an organ OF the cotton re-


gion. The error on the part of the plant
! ers in the far south has been forgetful-
/ ness of one Of the first principles of
/ domestic economy. Perhaps there never
was more favored quarter of the globe
/ than Louisiana and Texas, for example.
/ They want for nothing that nature can


supply. Everything is given them in the
I way of soil aud climate, Yet they buy


corn fram Illinois, and pork from Ohio,


are every year heels over head in debt.
In fact we are fully persuaded that if the


entire south could be induced TO adopt a


self-sustsiniDg policy, by making their


own food and raiment and give the bal


ance Of their time TO the culture Of cot
] ton, no people on earth would be as rich
/ as we would soon be. But If southern


planters are determined, as they seem TO
be, TO follow the cid route there Is moth


ing more to hope for than We have


already got.


OF course these remarks apply less to
! Tennessee than TO any other state where


cotton can be raised but they are suffi-
GENTLY applicable to be taken as warn
ipgs and to be read with the interest


which all of US feel In such material con-
Germs, involving as they do our pockets,
our bellies and our respectability.
Year: 1867

The assassin Berezowski, who at
tempted to kill the Gear, was taken to
Toulon on the llth instant, to serve out
his sentence. A letter writer says:


As soon as he entered the precincts of
the boyne the gray and yellow dress Of a
cellular prisoner was taken Oh, and the
red jacket and green cap worn by those
condemned for life was put on. The
unfortunate young man was then taken
to the prison.forge-h feet we're already
swollen and painful from the long march
he had just come off. A heavy chain
was fastened on his left leg by massive
ring; he didnot appear to suffer during the
operation, and quickly rose from the re-
cumbent position in which tits performed,
taking up the chain in his hand, which
otherwise drags on the ground. The
head was shaved, as is the custom, in
squares-that is, one square perfectly
bare and on the next the hair is left
about half an inch long. In spite of
this dis6guring process and the green
cap, it was remarked that young Bere-
zowski had certain look of distinction,
and even a gentle, intelligent expression
of countenance. One of hejailers who
was not aware that his fingers had been
injured, asked him what was the matter
with his hand. 1T was the pistol, he
replied 81 was cured in three weeks
by the application of cold water"


While his ten companies were having
their irons rivited on, Berezowski re-
mained quietly in one corner of the forge,
and spoke to no one. He will not be
chained to another convict, as is usually
the case, bat. will remain in one Of the
convict's rooms chained to triangle of
iron, which is fastened to the camp bed
of the prisoners, and through which a
bar is slipped, thus preventing them from
moving beyond the length of their chain.
In month, unless the wretched young
man first turns mad, be is to be sent to
Nnw 10 aladnuia
Year: 1867

union with other families. The truth is
that here again the Synod has debarred
itself from the only subject which would
advance It's purpose, Christendom was
divided originally by differences of doc
trne, and II it is TO be again united II
must be by again receiving substantial
unity Of doctrine.


This is the point TO which all endeavors
are and must be directed. We cannot
but feel some curiosity, therefore, whether
or no the bishops feel quite satisfied
with its hands tied, II is topromote the
unity of the faith without considering n
single point Of faith, and tits TO promote
reunion without touching the real causes
of disunion. lrreyercnt persons might
deem il scheme for doing good
to the world by looking solemn, just
as the outward scmblance of solem.
nifty is supposed to have good
effect on little children. Is such a
spectacle edifying2 Might not the
bishops have done more for their object
if, according TO their first resolution,
they had, each for himself" given all
their energies TO promote the better
understanding of the faith in their own
diocese The days are gone by for the
mere show Of authority TO maintain the
most respectable system in the world.
The only support ior church in these
times lies in manifestation OF the
truth" and that is task which the
Synod has been compelled to decline. =
London Times, Sept, IL.
Year: 1867

From San Francisco we have advices
which indicate that the enterprise of our
Pacific coast is as driving as ever The
Colorado river reaching far into Arizo-
ma, is to be navigaied by a new steamboat
company. This will be Of immense ad-
vantage to trade.


From Alaska the cheering news comes
that the live Yankees have already run
up house lots to fabulous figure; while
in some cases they have not forgotten to
teach the natives the method of Jump
ing claims" All kinds Of valuable min
erals are found in our new possessions.
OF course they are. Where is the terri.
tory which we own where they are not
found in abundance Provisions are
plenty. Deer are sold there for eighty
cents each. Think of that, you epicures
The former Russian Inhabitants arc
delighted at being annexed to the
United States, and are already sharpen
ing up their ideas in contact with the
Yankee. We shall soon hear of an active
political campaign there, and before
long we shall have some fur clad, walrus.
eating Alaskans in our Congress. So
we march; and now we threaten to
awaken Japan and China -Nelc York
Herald.
Year: 1867

The other day the rare instance Of a
burial thirty years after death occurred
at Berlin. The dead who fingered SO
long above ground is Rachel Levin, tte
celebrated beauty, author and wit, the
wife Of the late Herr Won Varnhagen,
we'll known as a Prussian diplomatist
and writer on contemporary history.
Having mortal fear Of being buried
alive, the lady ordered in her testament
that the upper part Of the coffin should
be made with a glass window, the coffin
constantly watched for a month after
death, and deposited in special ball for
a period OF thirty years-all Of which
was duly carried out
Year: 1867

B6s~ There are three hundred and
sixty five reigning princes in japan be-
sides the Emperor One for every day
in the year, with the Emperor thrown in
to make it al! right in leap year.
Year: 1867

EPISCOPAL VIsITATIoN.-Friday evening Of
last week was an occasion of deep interest to the
parishioners Of Christ Church in this city, the
parish enjoying, for the first time in over two
years, visit from the Bishop of the Diocese. the
Rt Rev. HENRY j. WHITEHOUsE. Besides the
rector, five clergymen from neighboriny parishes
were present, and, as usual on such occasions,
the church was filed with deeply interested
congregation. Prayers, the psaltery and the
various lessons were read by the different clergy
present, after which sermon was preached by
the Bishop. At the close of the sermon, the can.
didates for confirmation were invited to come
forward, when twenty approached the chancel
and were formally presented as worthy to receive
the apostolic rite, by the Rector, the Rev. E.
CoAN. This impressive ceremony over and
another eloquent address by the Bishop. to the
candidates, the benediction was pronounced and
the congregation about TO be dismissed, when
Senior Warden Dow arose near the chancel. and
asking the congregation to tarry a moment. read
the following resolutions as having been adopted
by the Nestry of the parish, prefacing them with
appropriate remarks:


WHEREAS, BY the merciful providence of
Almighty God. our beloved Bishop during his
Journeying abroad has been preserved from peril
both by sea and by land. Therefore,


Re~iced, That we recognize herein the occa-
sion OF thanksgiving and praise to God, and that
we do acknowledge with devout gratitude that
Divine mercy by which our Bishop is restored
TO his flock


Resoired, That we have watched with intense
interest and satisfaction the movements towards
Catholic unity, il which it has been the favored
lot OF our Bishop to participate, and'that we can
but pray that his labors in that behalf may re-
dound TO the glory of God and to the prosperity
and unity of the Church of Christ


Resolced, That we hail with gratitute and
pleasure the evidences of Just appreciation ex.
hibited in the respect and honor paid our spirit
ual father. while in the mother country, and that
we regard them as a new bond of union and affec.
ton between the church of England and her
daughter in America.


Resotced, That we extend 10 our chief shepherd
the cordial greeting Of this parish, and embrace
the opportunity of his visit in our midst to assure
him OF our aftectionate regard, and Of our ready
sympathy and glad support in all his plans for
the welfare of the diocese and the extension Of
the church.


The Bishop replied briefly in terms of deeI
emotion, after which the congregation slowly
! withdrew, large numbers following the B.hoy
to the residence Of u. H. Swift, Esq, who had
kindly thrown open his parlors and gave large
numbers the coveted opportunity of personally
greeting the Bishop, and con graduating him on
his safe return after his protracted visit 10 tn.
| old world.
Year: 1867

STONE fARD.-Among the many growing in
stitutions OF the city, we take pride in referring
to the new Stone Yard of Mr.. Louis GAGEL.-
Coming here less than two years ago stranger
to our citizens, Mr.. G. has, by energy and skill,
succeeded in building upa business second to that
of no similar establishment west of Chicago
There can be had not only the coarser kinds of
rubble stone, but the finer qualities of cut stone
which adorn so many Of our new business blocks
We understand that Mr.. G.. is not only skillful
workman in this branch of his profession, but
that he has had much experience in the higher
works of art, having designed and executed some
of the finest statuary which adorns so many Of
the Cemeteries of the old world. Mr. G.. is now
engaged in making plans for our Soldiers Monu-
ment, and as this enterprise seems to be secured
beyond the shadow of doubt, we say by all
means give the honor and credit of this work to
citizen of our own county
Year: 1867

We were in hopes of being able to publish this
week the programme of the Grand Masonic Gel.
ebration, to take place at Ottawa on the oath
inst, but find some details still unsettled, 80
that it must be deferred until cur next. We
can say, generally, however, that all Masons
from abroad, of whom great hosts are expected.
will be met by suitable committees at the depot
and escorted to Washington Hall, where free
dinner will be provided for them. under direc.
tion and management of the ladies of the First
Congregational Church. After all have been
thus refreshed, they will repair to the grove near
the south end of the Illinois river bridge, wher.
the oration and other appropriate exercises will
take place. The whole company will then or
ganize in grand procession, and march through
the principal streets the procession finally halt.
ing and breaking at or near Washington Hall


In the evening the Great Western Band, of
Chicago, will give a Grand Concert at Washing.
ton Hall, and as our people, many of whom have
beard this band, know and appreciate their high
merits as musicians, the concert we can safely
promise, will be literally patronized and splen.
did affair.


There is also ball projected, and other
amusements and entertainments are talked of
but as to these we are unable as vet to speak
definitely.
Year: 1867

"OUR GAL.'-She were handsome crinoline
on the day when first we met, and she scudded
like a schooner with a cloud of canvass set. As
she swept along the pavement with grandeur
fit to kill, saw her but moment, but methinks
l see her still. The wind was on bender, and
as saucy as witch, and it played the very dick
ems with dust, dimity and sich. The CATERS
were delicious which her feet were made to fill,
from HALBERT Il MEGAFFIN's-methinks see
her still .....
Year: 1867

INSTRUMENTATION Wednesday evening well
to do looking farmer, with wagon and team,
drove up to the, Lafayette House" on La Sale
street north OF the Canal bridge, and hitching
his team to a post, went off. The team remained
there all night, and on Thursday morning, no
one appearing to take charge of it, Mr. Marks
Moriarty put the horses in his barn and fed them.
The horses are there STILL nothing up 10 this writ
ing having been seen or heard of the owner, and
no one appearing to inquire after man or team
In the wagon were found paper of saeratus, a
paper of pepper and an empty starch box or one
of that kind. The team consisted of sorrel
mare with sucking colt running at her side,
and sorrel horse.
Year: 1867

SOME OF OUR CONTEMPORARIES seem to think
that the trump of their cause depended, like the
fate of Jericho, upon the amount of noise made
in these days of refinement and luxury, an article
of real intrinsic merit is appreciated hence
the unbonnded and unparalleled success of
PLANTATION BITTERS.


This remedy has ever and always been found
reliable. AS gentle stiInulant and tonic an.
petizer it cannot be excelled. 1t is no doubt a
sovereign remedy for stomachie disorlers--for
Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint, and in stimulating
a healty appetite.
Year: 1867

TEMPERANCE MEETING AT THE COURT
HoUsE.-Delegates from the several divisions of
the Sons of Temperance in La Sale county will
meet at the Court House in Ottawa on Saturday,
the 25th inst at o'clock p. NJ. All friends OF
the cause arc invited to attend as measures will
be discussed and it is hoped, adopted to more
effectually promote the cause of temperance in
our city and county.
Year: 1867

Although many are rejoicing in the splendid
bargains they have been getting in dry goods,
crockery, glass ware, lat FIsKE & RAYMoND's,
it must be borne in mind that the good time
will not last always in that quarter. The time
in which they must close out their stock is lin.
tied and will soon be up, when first class goods
like theirs, at little than half price, will be
found scarce enough in Ottawa "N
Year: 1867

AT THoRNE q ARMsTRONG's besides every.
thing you can need in the way of clothing and
furnishing goods, you will find a very superior
lot of Eastern made Trunks The intention is
to close them out rapidly possible, by offer.
ing them at great bargains. Call and examine
them
Year: 1867

The Circuit Court of this county met on Mon.
day. The week has been spent in hearing and
disposing of motions, and chancery causes. The
grand jury has been in session with large
amount of business before them. The petit jury
are not to attend until next week The whole
of next week has been set for the hearing of
criminal causes
Year: 1867

JUST RECEIVED at Stiefel's Clothing Bazaar
another case of those eight dollar suits. Also
handsome lot of Linen Dusters Just the thing for
warm weather. La Sale st., near the Illinois
River Bridge
Year: 1867

BASE BALL-The Shabbona Base Ball Club of
this city have accepted challenge to a friendly
contest with the Enterprise" Base Ball Club of
Peoria, and will proceed to that city on Friday
of next week The contest will be between the
First Mines of the respective clubs. The occasion
is one looked forward to with great interest by
the lovers of the noble game in this quarter.
Year: 1867

II Is reported that the Hon. John II. Reagan,
late Confederate POstmaster-General having
received his pardon, has written that he shall
epdeayor TO act rs n reconstructed KeDel
should but "he fears that negro supremacy
" in the South is inevitable"


We have heard so much good of Mr.. Reagan
since the collapse of the COnfederacy that we
find this story hard to believe. 1t sounds moro
like Mason or Perry than like man of sound
common sense Do let us think of it.


There are Twelve Millions of people in the
South. whereof at least Eight Millions are
Whites. There is ample room there for FIFTY
Millions more, and crowds are fiocking in
all of them Whites. Europe is sending us
a full thousand per day, and the South
proIfers them cheap land, genial cline, and
employment for every sort OF industrial
capacity. Now that a good harvest has
delivered the South from famine, and her
reconstruction is in rapid progress there
is no region on earth that should attract so
many immigrants. Twenty years hence she
will have Twenty-Five to Thirty Millions of
people, whereof the Blacks will probably num-
Der Five or Six Millions. Unless all the laws
which have hitherto governed the increase of
population are subvertcd, the Whites of the
South must increase faster than Blacks by at
least four TO one Not that the Blacks will fail to
increase also; but they are nowise recruited
by immigration, and cannot be. Africa sends
forth no voluntary emigrants; the slave-trade
is on its last legs; and no negroes are coming
to this country from any quarter. How, then,
is it possible that the Four Millions of Blacks
IN this country should ovcrbear the Eight Mill
lions of Whites in the South, with the Millions
on the point of locking thither9


The shrek lately stilled that the Blacks
would refuse to work and insist on dying if
set free, was stupid enough; but this new
panic is even more absurd than that was. Do
let us hope that we are near the end of these
senselcss scrceches.
Year: 1867

RACES


All fears that the colorcd voters at the South
would be influenced at the polls against their
true interests have been dispelled by the re-
suits of the minor elections in Washington City
and Georgetown, and of the late greater can
vass in Tennessee. Since the Southern poll
ticians and Rebel leaders, encouraged by the
early developments OF Mr.. JohnsOn's policy,
made their first demonstrations in opposition to
granting the emancipated the rights of citizen
ship, few loyal men have doubted how the ne
grOes would vote but many persons acquainted
with the feeling of antagonism which had
been engendercd by generations of false and
pernicious teachings between the 'poor whites
and the negroes have feared, with great good
reason, that no atliliation could take place in
politics between the two races. The triumph
in Tennessee has dispelled this fear with re-
gard to that State.


But will there be such thorough atfiliation of
the two races in other Statesl Let us not be
too sanguine as to the rest of the South; Ten
nessee lndy prove an exceptional case. For
many years past there has been in that State q
clear and well defined antagonism between the
poor and rich classes the mountaineers of East
tennessee, ptHtldIiJ i'tiih'iS VI litiC
wealth, have been violently opposed in politics
to the richer .planters of Middle and West
Tennessee, and during the war the former had
Union strength of 10000. To Andrew John
son more than any other single man the State
of Tennessee is indebted for the foundation
and formation of that antagonism which has
50 Unexpectedly proved so wholesome and for
tunate; he implanted the principle, nurtured it
for years, and lived off it during the natural
term of his career as q local State politician.
But as in all his political measures Mr.. John
son in this scheme displayed more Of the
nature of the demagOgue than the Democrat
he had not the courage to pursue the principle
10 its natural and true conclusion, and advo-
cate fine political aifliation Of the "poor
whites" and negroes against their mutual enc
mics, the slave olgarchs. Before the war the
prejudice and hatred which existed in social
and political sense between the "poor whites
and negroes was only less bitter than in other
parts of the South then il would have been
enough to condemn, in the eyes of the most
liberal of the "poor whites" any political
measure TO simply know that the negroes sup
ported it. That tho war has happily educated
these two races into higher sense of their