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Year: 1867

From the Cincinnati Commercial, Radical.


One Of the important considerations in
connection with the reconstruction bill re-
Gently become q law of Congress-and one
that does not seem 20 have been Vividly
realized by Congress- the cost Of estab-
fishing and maintaining military govern
ment IN the ten unreconstTneted States OF
the South. II we undertake to govern the
conquered States by military iaw and at the
point of the bayonet, we must do il tho
roughly II we assume by military power
10 protect the four million blacks in the
insurrectionary States from outrages at the
hands of the six million whites, we mnst
have an ample supply Of the needful in-
strumentalities-that is to say of soldiers
With the small army now in service, we
have not a great many more troops than are
wanted 10 look after the Indians and take
care Of the property Of the government in
the various forts and arsenals.


Since the course Of Congress toward the
Southern States unrepresented in Congress
has been defined, "the General Of the army"
(Grant) has consulted all the military COM
manders in the South as TO the number of
men required to execute the law as must be
done lift is not permitted to become dead

letter. The responses are highly interest
ing. The number of troops called for is
one hundred and ffy thousand. We must
therefore, making allowances for exaggera-
tions, raise an army of one hundred thou
sand men, that we may occupy and possess
the Southern territories in good style.


In the present condition of the currency
il is a very moderate estimate that the
American soldier costa one thousand dollars
per annum. We must, in consequence, in
crease our military estimates for the next
fiscal year. at least one hundred millions.
The fortieth Congress viii beunfaithful to
the .thirty-ninth, if it fails to call out the
troops and raise the money. Whether it
will be necessary 10 have a cOnscription
we are unprepared to decide We suppose
not, however But beyond doubt, :here
viii be taxes to pay. Military government
for the South is not only a strong medicine
for that refractory section, but a costly one.
Present appearance are that there have
been several mistakes made, among them
the disbandment of the great Union armies
after the surrender of Lee.
Year: 1867

The Chicago correspondent Of the Gin
cinnati Gazette, thus speaks of the matri-
monial infelicities of the former city:


There is evidently great matrimonial
demoralizstion in this city at this time.
Applications for divorce are of daily,
almost hourly, occurrence. Some of the
grounds for divorce are novel, if not anus
ing.


One of cur leading city clergymen, in
his pulpit this morning, in commenting
upon this alarming matrimonial demorali-
cation, related case that came under his
own observation.


During the past week, lady, hitherto
regarded as highly respectable, came to him
and wished to consult him, as her pastor,
in relation to getting divorce from her
husband. The clergyman, greatly aston
ished, asked for what cause she sought a
divorce She replied that her husband.
when she married him, was quite wealthy,
but had lately become so reduced in cir
cumstances as to be unable to supply her
with the Injuries to which she had been
accustomed, and this was the whole ground
for seeking divorce The clergyman dis
missed her with sharp admonition.


Another lady, few days since, went to
a lawyer and sought his advice as to the
quickest Ray of getting divorce from her
husband. When asked for a cause, she re-
piled that her husband was so cross she
could not tolerate him She acknowledged
that he never showed any signs of violence
toward her. and that he npplied her with
every necessity.


Another quiet we'll known lady, some
time since, sought by letter the protection
of we'll known banker because her hus-
band was unable to crafty her fashionable
tastes.


But the strangest case transpired last week.
The wife of well known lake captain
sought divorce upon the ground Of un-
congeniality An investigation developed
the fact that the lady had never been
married to the gay captain, and that he
had aTother and lawful wife living. Of
course the lady got the divorce without
difficulty, but failed to get what she most
Ill
Year: 1867

We shall constantly admonish the Southern
people to be selfreliant and shall do what We
may be able 10 indnce the establishment Of
mauufactories In our midst for cur home pro
ducts 10 this end We viii pay special attention
to the COST and STATISTICS ofmanuiacturing.
aud exert ourselves to encourage the diyeTslh
cation Of Southern industries and the develop
ueut Of vouthern resources
Year: 1867

KINDNESS CoNoUERs.-The superintendent
of Home for Orphan Children found one OF
them so wild and unmanagable that he was for
ced to resort to severe measures to keep him
within proper bounds One day he was brought
up for some misdemeanor, and as usual iogging
was the only alternative. 1t SO happened that
the superintendents little daughter was by, and
as she saw the little lad brought forward, and
heard the ofense named, her heart was touched
with pity; slipping her hand into her fathers,
she said


He looks sorry, papa; please forgive him and
he won't do so again"


He reflected moment, and then calling the
boy to him and asked him what he had to say in
vindication of his conduct.


Nothing, sir, only am sorry for what have
done"


Turning kind and pitifnl look on the boy.
he said


This little girl says if we forgive you this
time you will not do it again"


Tears started into the boys eyes as he said
gently


"kndshe is right, sir Il never will do it again"


And from that hour, as the officer afterwards
said, he was like new boy. Kindness breaks
when harshness cannot bend. Mercy and for
giveness are not unfrequently the best reformers.
Year: 1867

AS Administrator of William Ross, deceased,
will sell at his late residence Tuesday the Sd day
Of December next, and from day to day till finished,
all the personal property of said deceased consisting
Year: 1867

/ prejudice, which cannot be worked in


to good for any cne, it is proper and
right that ! should seek some stand,
point from which good may be done.


If | appreciate the principles of the
Democratic party, its prominent fea-
lures oppose the enfranchisement of
the colored man, deny the right to
legislate upon the subject of suffrage
except by the States Individuality
These two features have tendency to
exclude Southern men from that party,
for the colored man is already enfran.
chised here, and we cannot seek ALI
ance with party that would restrict
bis rights. The exclusive right of the
States to legslate upon suffrage will
mako the enfranchisement of the
blacks, whether for better or for worse,
fixture amongst us 1t appears,
therefore, that those who cry l0udest
against this new order Of things as a
public calamity, are those whose prin.
cipIes would fix it upon us without q
remedy. Hence it becomes us to in


sl5t that suffrage should be extended
IN all the States, and fully tested. The
people Of the North should adopt what
they have forced upon us; and if it be
proved to be a mistake, they should
remove it by the remedy under repub
iIcan principles of uniform laws upon
suffrage.


If every man in the country will
meet the crisis with proper appreci-
alton Of our condition, and come fairly |
up TO his responsibilities on tomorrow |
the sun will smile upon happy peo
pie; our fields will again begin to yield |
their increase; our railroads and rivers !
viii teem with abundant commerce;
our towns and cities will resound with |
the tumult Of trade, and we shall be
mvlgorated by the blessings of AImigh
ty God.


| am, sir, very respectfully your most
obedient servant,


JAMES LoNGsTREET.
Year: 1867

The following tit bit of sentiment
we clip from the Lockport Daily Union.
1t brings oIden memories back:


We have been to the country church
that was old when we were young 1t
is neither costly nor grand, but rude
and homely, with moss growing about
the caves, where a pair of swallows
built their nest in the summer that is
dead. There are no lofty marble pill.
lars near the porch, or tesselated
doors, nor has it skilltuI architecture
but there it stands, plain old building
a haIlowed relic Of other days. 1t has
no gallery, where hired musicians let
fall the liquid tone of sound,


No deep toned organ blown. nor censer swung


Nor dim Hight cleaning thro' the picture pane.


But still we like the old church. 1t
brings back to US the daisied slopes OF
childhood. the joyous anticipations OF
the future, and the golden CLEANS of
gladness that hover around the steps
OF youth. We hear echoing through
mcmory's corridor the holy words of
the pale-browed man, whose guileless
teaching sank deep into our heart. We
have listened since then to the sermons
Of the great, who rhetorically rounded
brilliant metaphors, poetic imagery,
and flights OF fancy; but their high-to-
ned beauty has failed to touch our
heart, as did the simple eIoquence of
the minister in the old church


There, too, is the graveyard, where
sleep in dust the ashes Of those who
were so dear to US in lite, and whose
memories come to us with the rise Of
the sun, and the pale light of the stars.
There rest the companions OF our
schoolboy days, and our youthful
sports. Aud there, too, she lies, who
rOamed hand in hand with US, gather,
ing the wild flowers beside the brook
who saw with appreciative eye the vio-
lets blooming on the robe Of May, and
wept with US happy tears at the glory
and gorgeousness Of summer sunsets
For eleven years she has listened to
the harp notes of angels Still we love
to linger beside her grave near the old
church, and fancy that the mild breath
of the evening air is caused by the soft
rustic of an angels wing. Do not
blame us for loving the old church, for
memories are ours, pure and holy as
the dreams of dying saint, when we
sit in the shadows Of its walls Gold
e, Rule
Year: 1867

Gentle reader, have you ever stood
on the heelpath side of the canal on
one Of those mild January evenings
so peculiar to the early Autumn. and
watched the sun rise from his oOr
geouS couch athwart the Western sky.
and listened to catch the musical war
bic Of distant coal beavers, mingled
with the cries of ragged canal driver
encouraging pair of attenuated cali,
co mules! Of you don't remember
whether you have or not, Just take
time to consider, and inform us through
the Post Office, enclosing 4 stamp.) it
was at such time, and on such a spot
that two youths might have been seen
walking arm in arm in that vicinity
and about that time Need we tell
you that one was fair, and the dauph
ter OF poor though wealthy parents,
and that the other wasn't being her
I0ver2


After considerable time spent in re.
tlection, it appears rather necessary
that we should say, because you
wouldn't know it if we didn't, that the
young man had seen but nineteen
Springs, yet did he urge his suit with
the passionate ardor of one who had
attained the ripe age of four score
years and ten; and although his weight
didn't exceed one hundred and twenty.
FIVE pounds, he couldn't have plead
more cloquently had lie weighed a ton.


The maiden she was fair. Tooth
brush handles couldn't compare with
her teeth IN whiteness, and the ravens
wing had no more business by the side
Of her glossy curls than stove brush /
Can we wonder that the young man
swore he would cheerfully catch the !.
measles for her sake, and express a !
willingness TO have the scarlet fever a
second time to prove his devotion


Alas the perversity of woman Al /.
though loving him devOtedly, she re
piled to these declarations by sitting
down on stone and writing him a
letter of Introduction to the marines,
to whom she recommended him to re.
port that narrative Driven to frenzy
(in an open hack) by such trifing, Ca
lcb-t0r Caleb was his name-turncd
~ lN1A III lilC llCC ll1dL llt IOES all tue
buttons off his vest, and frothed at the
mouth TO such an extent that he split
IA bran new coat down the back Then
casting look Of unutterable anguish.
through a pocket telescope, he cried;


Farewell, false one, foreverr threw
Il double somersault back ward, and
disappeared behind board fence.


Phoebe Ann she phainted.


CHAP. SECOND.


We left Phoebe Ann in a swoon. or
rather Caleb did. As soon as con-
Esciousness came Phoebe Ann came too,
and then she remembered with a panp
that she had driven Caleb away. She
called aloud, Caleb! Caleb p but no
Caleb answered However we'll other
CaIebs might answer for others, no one
but her Caleb would answer for her,
and he couldn't because he wasn't in
hearing. Where had he gomez


A thought struck her. CA coward
thought to strike woman.) She re-
called his love for the briny deep.
which induced him when a mere lad
to run away from home to drive on
the White water canal. Then his
father, humoring his passion for riding
mountain waves and climbing giddy
Year: 1867

Our Albany correspondent stated in our last
that the bill authorizing the Central Railroad
to increase its passenger fare, which has passed
the Senate aud been favorably reported in the
House, is pretty certain to pass that branch also.


The claim of the Central to the relief it
solicts rests wholly, in our view the arbitrary
alteration in the standard of value which has
been effected since the restriction was imposed.
The two cents per mile which it now receives
is not the two cents contemplated by law, and
will not pay for so much fuel, iron, timber,
equipage, nor anything else The farmer, who
insists on riding in first class cars for two cents
per mile, asks s. per cord for the wood he sold
the road for SO per cord when the restriction
was imposed; and the mechanic, who then
worked on the road for 81 per day, now re-
quires So, and must have it. And, while the
true relief Of the road is TO be sought through
a Resumption of Specie Payments, yet, since
that cannot be achieved 10y the road itself, nor
yet by the Legislature, we cannot doubt that
the petition of the road for permission to iu-
crease its fare is just and reasonable. If it
should fail, we believe it will be because it is
supposed to be mixed up with other and excep-
tionable projects which cannot, must not pre-
vail. We are we'll assured that the Central di-
rectors stand absolutely free from all alliances,
and will make common cause with no other
measurp.
Year: 1867

= F..
cient machinery belonging to the city. For the
rest, the paid fire department. which in some
quarters has been unjustly held to blame Is
fully yindcated. Its firemen and engines were
prompt, and in number sufficient. The man
agement of the fire was good inevegy particular.
1t only remains for owners in future TO DC eaieIu
not to prevent discovery in case OF lire oy
sealing ND their establishments hcrmetically.
The owners Of the building lately burned had
been several times cautioned to have hole
emf in its iron door fronting on Broadway, so
that policemen could. see its interior They re-
fused to do so, and accepted a risk the lesson
of which, as taught in the Broadway fire, is an
Illuminated one, which prOprietors cannot lall
to read. The same calamity is likely to occur
again under similar circumstances, and 1t VIII
not he right to hold the Fire Department to
blame. The force Oh duty at the late fire was,
we arc told, greater than that OF Boston ana
Baltimore combined.
Year: 1867

The Trustees of the Peabody Educational
fund yesterday determined upon general
plan, and We print elsewhere report of their
meeting. 1t Was resolved that the promotion
of Primary or Common School Education should
be the leading object, and that in aid of it
normal schools should be established i'll the
Southern and Southwestern States. The Rev.
DIR. Sears was chosen the General Agent, and
intrusted with the whole charge Of executing
the plan, under the direction Of the Trustees.
Mr.. Peabody sent asletter to the Board, in
which he says that in making this noble gift
he designed to give absolute power to the
Trustees in regard to its distribution. an
Executive Committee Of five gentlemen was
appointed and the distribution of the fund
will be speedily begun. Messrs Appleton &
Co.'s gift to the Board of 100000 sohool-boolss
is an ILLUSTRATION Of the universal sympathy
with Mr.. Peabody's liberality.
Year: 1867

A number of our leading merchants and bankers
are moving in the matter Of establishing central
Merchants Exchange and News Room. in which the
latest market quotations by telegraph and telc-
graphic news affecting the markets will always be
accessible to subscribers. An enterprise OF this ma
ture is made necessary by the failure of any existing
News Room to furnish its patrons with trustworthy
intelligence, or in any other respect to correspond
with the requirements of the mercantile community.
A bnldng for the nse of the new Exchange had al
ready been rented, but since it was engaged the
managers have enlarged their plan of operations,
and are now looking for more extensive quarters.
We trust that they viii make their establishment
credit to the city.
Year: 1867

1t is expected that the Legislature will be
called upon to act to-day upon the dangerous
condition or the New-York apd Harlem Rail-
road in FouIth-aye., between Seventy ninth
and Ninety-seventh-st There can be no ques-
ton as to the urgent need of action In this
case the only pretense which the railroad cor
poration can make in the premises is that, hav-
ing paid price for possession Of the roadway,
the Legislature has no power to compel its
managers to do anything more than they
have DONE To this, the general railroad law,
which requires every railroad corporation using
streets or highways wherein to construct
its track to restore such streets or
highways TO as safe and passable q
condition as they were in before the
construction of the track, is a sufficient rejon-
der, to which the yearly slaughter of men and
women, in consequence of the condition of this
cut. gives special point.


Whether the track should be entirely arched
over, as is demanded by many of the property
owners of the vicinity, or each side of the cut
securely walled up, may admit of discussion.
If the latter precaution had been taken by the
Company when its track was laid, as q decent
regard for either law or public safety would have
dictated, ii is probable that the extra expense
Of arching over the entire cut would not now
be demanded. AT the same time, a dressed
wall upon each side, rising TO hight of not
less than four feet above the roadway, with
substantial bridges OF every cross street, might
Year: 1867

=


Surely the Senate will not Confirm the nOmi-
nari92 Of Gen. SteeGdkpap as Collector of In
ternal Revenue at New-0rleans To him more
than to any other man we owe the attempt to
break down the Freedmep's Bureau; he was
chosen by Mr.. johnson to supply him with
all the facts that could be raked up or
invented to shake public confidence
in the Bureau, and he did his work well.
This report, as Gen. Howard proved to the
satisfaction of Congress and the country, was
a Misrepresentation from beginning to end,
and apparently written at the dictatiOn of the
President These are well-knOwn facts, and
though Gen. Steedman's nomination is said to
have received the approval of tho Finance
Committee (as a weak concession to the
appeal Of Mr.. Sherman, who happens
to be a personal friend Of Steedman),
we are confident the Senate will reject it.
They cannot confirm Gen. Steedman without
becoming responsible for all the misrepresenta-
ton and mischief he did in his tour Of inquisi-
ton.
Year: 1867

The minority report to the Legislature on
the proposed amendments. to the Excise law
is what every friend of law and order would
have it. 1t shapes the earnest protest of tenn
perance and intelligence against any relaxation
of a law which has never been too stringent,
and which here in the city has done wonders
for the public virtue and the public pocket.
Year: 1867

Our news, from Crete this morning is of more
than ordinary Importance. According to the
most trustworthy accounts, the insurgents have
been successful in two important battles, and
the whole island was again in arms. The peo-
ple were more determined than ever TO be
satisfied with nothing short of annexation to
q
Year: 1867

The moral of what is called the Chittenden
fire is contained in the report Of the Fire Com
missioners. They conclude that, the building
being tightly inclosed. an early discovery of
the fire was prevented, and leave us to infer
that to this fact more than to any other its
destruction was due 4 delay Of three minutes
occurred in teIegraphing, BY reason of tbeipefG-
Year: 1867

In the village of W. lived a man.
who had once been Judge Of the coun-
ty, and was known all over it by the
name Of Judge L. He kept a store
and saw mill, and was always sure to
have the best Of a bargain on his side.
by which means he had gained an
ample fortune, and some did not hesi-
tate to call him the biggest rascal in
the world. He was very conceited,
withal, and used to brag of his bust
ness capacity, when any one was near
to listen. One rainy day, as quite a
number were seated around the store,
he began as usual, to tell of his great
bargains, and at last wound up with
the eXpression-'Nobody has ever
cheated me, nor they can't neither p


Judge" said an old man Of the
company, I've cheated you MORN you
ever did me"


GLOW so p said the Judge.


"It you promise you won't 90 to law
about it nor do nothing, I'll tell you
or else 1 won't; you're too much of a
law character for me-"


"Let's bear p cried half a dozen
voices at once.


"I'lI PROMISE" said the Judge, "and
treat in the bargain if you have"


"Well, do you remember that wagon
you robbed me out off,"


II never robbed you out of any
wagon; I only got the best Of the
bargain" said the Judge.


"Well, 1 made up my mind TO huFe
it back" and -


"You never didw interrupted the
cute Judge.


"Yes, did, and interest too"


"How SOP" thundered the now en-
ragged Judge.


"Well, you see, Judge, I sold you
one day very nice pine log, and bar
gained with you for a lot more. Well,
that log 1 stole off Jour pile, down by
your mill the night before; the next
day sold it to you. The next night
I drew it back home, and sold it to
you the next day, and so I kept on
until you bought your own log of me
twenty-seven times I"


"That's a lie" exclaimed the infu-
rated Judge, running to his books
and examining his log accounts; you
never sold mo twenty-seven logs Of
the same measurement"


81 know it, f" said the vender in logs.
"By drawing it back and forth, the
end wore of, and as it wore, 1 kept
cutting the end of, until it was only
ten feet long-just fourteen feet short
er than it was the first time 1 brought
it, and when it got so short, I drew it
home again and worked it up into
shingles and the next week you bought
the shingles, and then 1 concluded I
had got my wagon back-and slowed
away in my pocket book"


The exclamation of the Judge was
drowned in the shouts Of the bystan-
ders, and the log drawer found the
door without the promised treat.
And to see a mad man, you have only
to ask the Judge if he ever was shaved.