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Year: 1868

LIZ FIGARO states that some time
since seven young American ladies left
New York to visit Europe without the
escort of gentleman. They belong to
wealthy families in New York, and
have made the tOur Of Europe, being at
last accounts in Hungary. Two out of
the seven have found husbands aud
settled down for life. Figaro adds that
the statement is fact, and not o
canard.
Year: 1868

The. Houston Telegraph says: To-day
there is not as much crime in Texas as
among the same amount Of population
in any part of the North. Men of the
North are Just as safe in Texas as in one
of their churches at home.
Year: 1868

II un a cold day in winter We should
meet a person Who was complaining most
bitterly Of the cold, endcayoring to warm
him,,lt by elasping 4 body Of ice II ON
seeing hi. situation, we were To open our
door aud show him comfortable IRE. in
Nito him to come in and warm himself. en-
deuv0ring al tho same time 10 convince
him that hp could not possibly get warm
81 long as he depended On the ice; and II
he were utterly to refuse TO listen to or
accep, the invitation, We should conclude
At once that his was u desperate case, eth
er of idiocy or insanity, In the sup
posed conduct Of this person we behold
an illustration Of the conduct OF those
~ha pursnr transgrcssion in search OF hap
piness The only proper element for the
mind Of man is virtue, In that element
alone, therefore, can it be truly and nobly


happy. And man rs he is at present con-
stituted, can no more readily experience


the warmth of JOY while clasping the


boon of iniquity, than he can warm his


physical system with literal body Of ice.


Mott is by virtue alone thaehis bosom can


be warmed with Joy, that the sweet insiu-


ence of peace can breathed into his soul
Vice cannot do this. Not only does the
constitution of mans mind forbid IT


but the word Of that God who never lies


forbids it also. 1t has gone forth deelar-


ing, "Thore is no peace for the wicked.


So long. therefore, as God remains faith


full TO his work and man continues the be-
ing he now Is, so long there will be no
peace for the wicked. So long they must
/ be miserable That person who searche,


for frrr,rrirtt,.S in siff--whe retains his hold
/ of iniduity Notwithstanding the docrs OF
F the gospel are thrown open to him not
withstanding the voice of his Savior 10
+ ever saying 10 him, Come unto me, not
withstanding the enjoyment consequent
upon an acceptance of this call and an
obedience of the gospel is exhibited before
+ him that person is as inconsistent apd
unreasonable as the person clinging to
/ the ice for warmth. Both are striving to


do that which is utterly impossible-shat
/ which is opposed TO the very laws o. their
nature. Reader, he not thus inconsistent.


Seek not for happiness where the word OF


God and your own nature render 1t I'M
ipossible il should be found. Rather seeh
for il in the religion of Jesus-in til Be
lief Of his Gospel-in obedience and vir-
tue TheTc tt may ~ IN rrru1s DC To-fritE
There you can experience true happine'Hi


Won can warm your bosom with trUo ,oJ
feed upon rich banquets of spiritual de.


light, and have a foretaste OF the perfeo'


bliss of heaven. You will then be happs
in prosperity and in advesity, Yon VII


he happy in and through life and youl
death will be triumphant and glorious--
= Morning StIr.
Year: 1868

Y~The Boston and Albany Railroad
have recently adopted the tyler Safety
Switch, which is said will not allow a
train to be thrown from the track should
the switch be right or wrong, open or shut.
These things being so,we hope to see them
but upon all our railroads.
Year: 1868

The Icipo,a wisconsin, Representa-
the, hitherto strong Republican pa
per, has abandoned the Republican
party and espoused the cause of De-
mocracy. For doing so, it gives these
reasons:


For the past year we have been
failing slowly and surely failing, and
to day we give up the ghost. We
have not in these twelve months been
failing in health nor have we pecuni-
arily suffered much loss. it is politi-
cally that we have ''gone up" We
fail to see that the Republican party
is what it should be or what many of
its friends in years past supposed it
was the intention Of the leaders to
make it. The ghost which we have
given up is Radical Republicanism.-
From this day henceforth and forever
to the day when we are planted be-
meath the sod, uader which all Re-
publicans and DEN ocrats must sooner
or later lie, we shall advocate, in our
feeble way, the principles of Democ-
racy. Henceforth we are q Democrat.
We want it distinctly understood, as
we wish to receive all the cursing
from Republicans as soon as convent
emf. There are many causes that have
led to this decided change in the poll
tics Of this paper. The prime cause
is the total failure of the party to do
a single thing toward the reconstruc-
ton OF the country. The leaders
appear to US not to care a continental
what happens 10 Il State if she don't
cast a Republican vote. The Gov
ernment supports niggers in idIeness,
because they vote the Republican
ticket and starve whites because they
do not This white men cannot allow.
They will not allow it.


The leaders of tie Republican party
are political hacks-renegade from
the Democratic ranks-men whose
characters are spotted, and who care
no more for the welfare of the country
than we do for the Cannibal Island.
They are notorious thieves, and leave
no stone unturned to accumulate
green nbacks, regardless of the people
whom they mIsrepresent. we cannot
live in the house with such neighbors
hence we retire. In our retirement
we shall doubtless have something to
say hereafter that VIII not suit these
political thieves, and what We say
will be plain and to the point.


The nomination of General Grant
for President by the hen cS=vention
has sickened thousands of republicans
throughout the land. They looked
upon the nomination as an acknowI-
edgment of the fact that the party
dare not nominate its best men, for
fear of ignominous defeat which they
will meet next November as sure as
that time comes. They want to con-
tinue in power on the Generals. mill
tary reputation, not caring whether
he knows anything or not"
Year: 1868

LooK at the Radical humbug.-
That party docs not claim that the
reconstruction acts are constitutional,
1t did not dare to have the question
decided by the Supreme Court with
Chief-Justice Chase at its head. The
party leader, Thaddeus Stevens, bold
ly announced that the whole recon-
struction legislation was "outside the
Constitution" Congress admitted
the some when it tried to intimidate
the Supreme Court. These acts were
revolutionary. This ground has been
taken by the Democratic party, and
by large share of the Radical party.
And now the Radical organs are whi-
ming about this. The question will be
decided in December, and the Demo
cratic party will follow that. lire
construction is unconstitutional, it
will be wiped out, as it should be. Let
the Supreme Court decide.
Year: 1868

SINGULAR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Sat-
urday primary election was held in
the Lancaster Pa district, for the
nomination of candidate for the
4lst Congress: 1t had been previously
recommended by the Republican
committee of the county that, not
withstanding the death of Hon.
Thaddeus Stevens, his name should
stand at the head of the ticket, and
that he should be nominated as If he
was living. For the first time in the
political history of the country a man
already passed beyond the confines of
time was nominated for Congress
without Observation-Disclosures In
QIir'er.


There is an eminent propriety in
such a nomination. The dead Ste
vens is the best representative of the
dead carcass of Radicalism. A dead
man to represent dead party, is just
the thing. Ohio Statesman.
Year: 1868

The following beautiful poem was writ.
ten bysChas. Dickens:
When the lessons and tasks are all ended,


And the school for the day is dismissed,
And the little ones gather around me,


To bid me good night and be kissed;
o the little white arms that encircle
My neck in tender embrace;
o the smiles that are haloes of heaven,
Shedding sunshine of love on my face
And when they are gone l sit dreaming
OF my childhood too lovely to last;
OF love that my heart viii remember,
While it wakes to the pulse of the past,
Ere the world and its wickedness made me


A partner of sorrow and sin:
When the glory of God was about me,
And the glory of gladncss within.
U my heart grows weak as q woman's,


And the fountains of feeling will flow,
When think of the paths steep and stony,
Where the feet of the dear ones must 90
Or the mountains of sin hanging DER them,


OF the tempest of Fate blowing wild;
d there's nothing on earth half so holy
As the innocent heart of a child
They are idols of hearts and of households;


They are angels of God in disguise;
His sunlight still sleeps in their tresses,


His glory still CLEANS in their eyes
o those tyrants from home & from heaven,


They have made me more manly & mild!
And know now how Jesus could lillen
The Kingdom of God to a child
l ask not a Efe for the dear ones,
All radiant, as others have done;
hot i


To temper the glare of the sun;
l would pray God to gaurd them from evil,


But my prayer wo'd bound back TO myself;
All! seraph may pray for sinner,


But sinner must pay for himself
The twig is so easily bended,


have baniShed the rule and the rod;
have taught them the goodness of knowl-


edge,


They have taught me goodness of God ;
My heart is a dungeon of darkness,
Where 1 shut them from breaking a rule;
My frown is sufficient correction;
My love is the law of the school,
I shall leave the old house in the autumn,
To traverse its threshold no more;
All! how l shall sigh for the dear ones,
That meet me each morn at the door
shall miss the ''goOd-nights' & the kisses,


And the gush of their innocent glee,
The group on the green, and the flowers


That are brought every morning to me.
l shall miss them at morn and at eve


Their song in the school and the street;
shall miss the low hum of their voices,


And the tramp of their delicate feet,
When the lessons and tasks are all ended,


And Death says, ''The schools Gsmlssd ~
May the little ones gather around me,


To bid me goodnight and be kissed.
Year: 1868

THE Alabama Radicals seem to
have been caught in a trap. They
first passed an act removing all disa.
bilities from the disfranchised whites,
simply for political effect, and then
passed the bill taking from the people
the right to vote at the next Presi.
dental election. The Governor sign
ed the former, and vetoed the latter
bill, and now there cannot be doubt
but what Seymour and Blair will
carry the State by majority which
will be numbered by tens of thou
sands. So the Radicals are in for it.
The plot was very finely gotten up,
but it fell through.
Year: 1868

A new invention has been introduc-
ed into the mechanical world, which
promises to work an entire revolution
in the application OF steam to the
various purposes of life. People had
supposed that about the last improve
ment that could be made in steam
engines had been made, but this new
invention proves that people in sup
posing this were mistaken. A ma
chine has been introduced which does
away with cylinder principle alto
gether, as well as with the piston,
crank, steam chest, oil cans, &c. The
engine which makes all these changes
is the Centrifugal Steam engine, and
is the invention of Benjamin Frank
lin, OF Westmoreland county. AL
ready it has taken high rank among
the recent inventions of the day, and
it is morally certain TO overcome all
obstacles & win its way to q foremost
position. The most competent prac-
tical engineers havSexamined it, and
pronounce its success certain. They
confidently predict that 1t will super
sede all other kinds.


The facts which recommend 1t are
many AS we have said, it does away
entirely with the cylinder principle,
depending on centrifugal force. Thus
the mechanism is greatly simplifed,
and the engine is much more easily
understood and much more economi-
cally worked than the old kind. In
the new engine friction is almost en-
tirely overcome. 1t will produce fif-
teen hundred revolutions to the min
ute, with ols-fourth of the steam re-
quired to produce the same number
OF revolutions in the old style, and
with the same amount of horse power.
The Centrifugal Steam engine con-
denses almost all of its steam, which,
1t Is needless to y,is, in itself, a great
saving. Another prime recommends
alton Of the new engine is the fact
that its great simplicity of construc-
tion makes it much more economical
than any other. 1t can be constructed
for not more than one fourth of the
expense required for the old styIe,and
when made, it is almost impossible
for 1t to get out of order. So simple
is it that a child can run it,
Year: 1868

AN armed Radical mob, known as
the "Grant Guard" parades through
the Streets of Cincinnati at night, land
when signs Of disapprobation are
made by those upon the side walks,
these heroes are quick to do murder.
A man by the name of CASH was
murdered by them last Saturday
night.
Year: 1868

As Of first Importance select hot, sunny
day, in July, if convenient. The advsn ntages
ola hot sun are that you will cast bold shad-
ow and your every motion will be mirrored
upon the water. The trout will thus be made
aware that you have arrived and are re tady for
business. The vicinity of brook is particular
ly cool and agreeable on a hot day, and you
are sure to get great many bites, as it is
partial rendezvous of black flies and mosqui-
toes at such times.


Second.-A broad trimmed hat and an attenu-
ated coat-tail make very suitable attire for
such an occasion, as they are easily kept in
motion, which. motions are accompanied by
corresponding firtations ofthe trout.


Third.-Take for company two dogs-the
Newfoundland species are decidedly the best
for while one of them will most naturally fol-
low you, the other will take to the water above
rolling, splashing at furious rate. Thus
you will have the fish driven into your imme-
diate presence, and may be saved something In
perambulation.


Fourth.-Always go up stream, and for this
reason that most of our mountain brooks are
laid out with innumerable cascades and pools
at their base. By going up stream you will
approach them more openly and can see the
trout more readily and at the same time give
them an opportunity of seeing you II they do
not bite at once and with a keen relish take
the end OF your pole and stir the water vigor-
onsly. 1t will make them more active and
lively.


Fifth-When the brook is closely hemmed in
with bushes always have snort rod with a
long line. This gives an opportunity for you
to flirt your hook and throw it into the imme-
diate vicinity of the fish The moment you
feel bite at the hook give a forcible jerk up
wards. This secures the fish upon the back OF
the hook and if perchance you find the hook,
with fish pendent in neighboring bush, give
another spasmodic pull at the line and you
will very likely free the hook and fish at the
same time. You have them only to pick up
and bag the game unless it should happen to
fall in the edge of the water-when you will
have more amusement at fishing.


Sixth and last-always use a fly, or a bum
BILE bee is very good-for bait. The trout is
very partial to the fly and it is easily put upon
the hook. 1t is exceedingly disagreeable to
carry box of worms and much more so as to
handle them often.


These observati ms 1 have made from my
own experience and trusting they may prove
servicable have transcribed them tor the good
OF amateurs in general.


WALTON JUNIOR.
Year: 1868

10 the Editor of the Press:


Those who understand the great impor-
tauce of having all the railroads running
to city terminate in a common passenger
depot, centrally located, will see the imp0r-
tance Ot making provision for it before it is too
late. The subject is well worthy of the
attention otour business men; and the facts
bearing upon it are easily stated.


Our three principal depcts are now in I'M
pleasant parts OF the city, lar away from
the hotels, and from the residences of most
of our citizens. 1t is most disagreeabe to ar
rive at either of them, especially in the eve
ming


These depots with their connections are
conveniently located tor the .treighting busi-
ness; and they are neither larger nor better
than the railroad companies need for that
purpose. So that having another depot, in
common, will not involve the necessity OF
abandoning any property now in use. Ii
will be simply giving up Commercial street
to that part OF the business which belongs
there, and fer which the present accommo-
dations ale none too extensive, especially in
view OF our future growth.


And fortunately there is place, very con-
venient OF access, near the principal hotels,
centrally located in other respects, and am
ply large enough for a passenger:depot, that
would accommodate all our railroads, includ-
ing those not yet constructed. The place re-
ferred 10 is the space OF ground on Back
Cove, between Chestnut and Elm streets. The
track from this point to the present Western
depot could easily be restored, so that the
Boston passenger tram could. come directly
around to this side OF the city. The passen-
ger trains on the Kennebec road could come
in as in former years. The Grand Trunk
and Maine Central could easily make a con-
nectiOn so as co come in the same way. The
Portland and Rochester depot is already near,
and the Ogdensburg depot will almost naces-
sariiy be in the vicinity. Here a passenger
depot may be erected which will be an orna-
ment to the city, more convenient for the
railroad companies than their present depots,
and aforGing facilities for the whole travel
ing community far more pleasant, agreeable.
and comfortable than any that can be provid-
ed in any other way.


Public attention is called to this matter,
even though we are on the eve OF an exciting
political struggle, lest it should be neglected
until other arrangements make it impossible
to accomplish it.
Year: 1868




The law Of Tennessee requires Admins
traitors to publish insolvent notices in a
newspaper. A written notice carries out
neither the spirit or letter of law, but it does
no injustice to all interested parties AMI days
the Administrator liable for damages to all
who are losers by his non-conformity Win
the law We quote from the code of Ten
nesSee, section :, $50:


The Clerk (of the 'ounty Court = < x
shall make an order upon the executor .or
administrator, TO give notice by advertise
ment in some newspaper published within
the State, and also at the court house door of
the county, for all persons having claims
against said estate to appear and file the
same, authenticated in the manner pre-
scribed by law, on or. against a day to be
fixed in such notice, which shall not be less
than three nor more than six months after
the date Of notice; and any claim not filed
on or before the day fixed, or before an ap-
preparation of the funds of the State is
made shall be 4orever barred both II law
and equity.
Year: 1868

r. c. Russ, editor Of the -SheIbyville Res
cue, puts forward Gle following prophecy:


We venture to predict that in ten years
from this time the majority of the negroes
Of this State viii be colonized in some ter
ritory. The Radicals who have thus far
used them, politically, to keep in power,
will swap them off for foreign emigrants.
The disfranchised whites, whom they have
so lang been prosecuting by voting with the
Radical party to keep them down, viii say
amen to the movement, and hence they will
be driven out from amongst US The war
that the negroes are waging against the mass
of the white people viii eYentua " settle
their destiny and drive them from the coun-
try The leaders of the Radical party are
already pledged to this doctrine They are
heart and soul for migration. They have
already organized society here, and In
their Contention at Nashville, where they
met to appoint delegates to the Chicago Con
vention to nominate their candidate, Grant,
for the Presidency, pledged themselves for It.


The negro has batone course to pursue to
gave himself from being forced to leave the
country, and that is to drop the Radical
party. Cease to act with party that de-
prives large majority Of the white citizens
Of the State of the elective franchise, and
they may save themselves. If they do not,
they will fad that we have propheeied truly
Year: 1868

Inly drop on a woman's cheek


Told the depth of sorrow there,
My drop in fathers eye


Showed his parental care;
|nly drop as dear friends part.
And they brush it quickly aside;
MY drop, but they think of it oft,
As down life's streams they glide.
|nly drop from the cloudy sky
Our thirst will oft allay;
hly q drop as we journey home


VIII stop us oft on our way;
bly, a drop in the sea of life


will turn our hearts above;
nd we all are drops in Eternity,


Filling the Ocean of Love.
Year: 1868

The Senate Committee on Finance, in their recent report, remark it should be not merely to declare and obey the existing law, but to adopt comprc- hensive policy that will preserve the public peace and restore confidence to the people and stability to our business interests, and yet will appeal to the sense of justice of the people, if it is unhappily drawn into the arena of party. Financial matters ought not to be in any sense partisan, but they may become so. Unless Congress can adopt correct policy the contest on these most delicate and difficult questions may be transferred to the hustings, where the heat of party strife may lead to dangerous results.

 The Committee, after an examination of the provisions of the bill, state the condition of the public debt, and then taking up the question AS to whether the 5-2O bonds are redeemable in any other money than in coin of the United States upon the voluntary consent of the holder, but it is believed that the great body of them will readily make the exchange, and that the Government will be able to sell the new bonds at q rate that will redeem at the purchase an equal amount of the 5-20s. n 8Bt E

 This manifest interest of the bond holder and tax payer to have his rights clearly defined so that Congress, after full consideration, should so settle them that he willnot be affected by any un- certainty as to the matter of these pay ments.. If this change is refused by the bond -holder, it will be time enough to consider whether by condition ot his bond he may not be paved in law ful money.

 The plan proposed establishes max imum of currency at the amount an- nexed by law, and may be diminished by payment of tax, and its conversion into gold bonds. This process would, it is believed, restore our currency to standard of gold, without the severe i, disturbance and uncertainty caused by the present system when the restored credit of the Government advances the market value of our bonds to gold standard price, the payments may be resumed and maintained,

 This plan is in accordance with the uniform practice of our Government prior to July, lS63; of Great Britain during the long period of suspension of specie payments, from l7s7 to ls23' The holder of paper money paid out was allowed at any time to convert II into bond of annuity. The note forced upon the people during the sus' pension of specie payments was never allowed to be of less value than other N securities held by public creditors. The Committee is of opinion that the time Is not distant when it will become