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Year: 1868

doctrines he politically seemed to obey as
divine.


We have had but one Franklin. but one
John Randolph, and We are not likely to have
more than one THADDEus STEVENS but the
latter adorned with no title save that OF a
common Representative of the people, and
chiefly after the autumnal age of sixty-fve,
when men are usually expected to shun both
physical and intellectual toll, has won his
niche of fame in the Capitol of his country
as assurcdlY as either Of the former well-de-
fined but widely different national celebrities.
The practical benevolence of Mr.. STEVENS
to those in want within his own neighborhood
was of that kind which is '' not pnffed up
and vaunteth not ITSELF nor did it spend it's
force in theoretical universally to the prac-
tical exclusion of everybody in particular
but the fires which he supplied to many
hearthstones of the poor, shielding them froul
the hard exposures of rigorous climate, will
forever warm the hearts of the recipients, and
some tears will bedew the grave of one who
de e-larcd, (January l3. 1869 in brief
speech which finely exhibited his robust man
ner, that he would be satisfied if his epitapl,
should be written thus:


Here lies one who never rose to any eminence.
and who only courted the low ambition to have it said
poor, the lowly, the downtrodden OF every race
and language and color"


The memory of Mr.. Stevens will not per-
ish, because be never permitted his humanity
to grow od, and because, in spite Of any
other deductions, he wasted no time in self
seeking displays, but devoted his highest
faculties to measures alive with liberty, 10y
atty, and love of his country.


And yet Mr.. President and Senators, there
is no fame more feeting than that acquired
even by veterans in political service. The
whole BODY of congressional debates for nny
fifty years, after u brief flight of time, will be
CON pressed into volume not larger than that
now required for single sc, sion, and the vo,-
Cme So abridged may. perhaps, Z" fit readers
find though few y Those of us who are in
this process to be dropped out, like the bad
poems in revised edition, may reckon it
some advantage that we to be little known
OF all the wan and weary candidates eager
for the fame of the political forum few can
hope to leave the world 81 much better than
they found it to secure the perpetual and
grateful remembrance of after ages 1t is
obvious, then, that to become the early prey
of oblivion is the doom of nearly all who are
led, by the " infirmity of noble minds,'' to
seek reputation through ephemeral services
in the field of politics: no registry here on
the rul S of fame secures to any name place
in the book OF Ii e; and, after all, the high
est reward that can await the true patriot
the wisest, and the best-the elevation really
To be covet,d-is the approval of that Being
to whom We are indebted for present life and
the hope of such an immortality as will not
be dependent upon the frail memory of COM
ing generations, destined to be too busy with
their own times to look curiously back upon
the p rsonal history OF those who have be-
come almost invisible in the long recediny
procession of the past
Year: 1868

The interest which used to surround the


character of the North American Indian


largely fed by romancists of the school OF


which Cooper was the founder-has gener-
ally died out in this country, and the ten
dency, under the irritation of the Indian
outrages of the last few years, and the
irregular war which is dragging its slow
length along on the Plains, is to revert to
the opposite extreme, and to picture the
red man-after the manner of our Puritan
fathers-simply as the bloody savage" :"
treacherous, and cruel, and base in all his
instinct. A writer in the Eclectic Rerieso
takes very different view of the red mans
character as it was when unaffected by the
white mans treachery and the white mans
vices. The article, which we find copied
into the Eclectic Magazine, is entitled
/" The Folk Lore of the Red Man." and
has been prepared after careful study of
the yoluminous works of Schoolcraft, and
those of Catlin, the Able Domenech, and
j. c. Kohl. The writer has evidently found
the study deeply interesting one to him.
self, and has succeeded in making it no
less so to his readers


AN INDIAN sToIC.


WI N1liiu HcullOuS the story OF man
to-tarpe 1.-THE four bears He was one of
the most gallant of the Mandan chiefs, and
when smallpox broke out, and swept like a
destroying angel until only thirty Of his
tribe were left, these were massacred by a
band of Sioux. Mah-to-tar-pe was a friend
of Mr.. Catlin's, and the artist tells how
this fine fellow sat in his wigwam, and
watched every one of his family die
around him. his wives and his children.
After he had recovered from the disease
himself, he walked round his village,
and wept over the final destruction of bis
braves and his warriors, all laid
low. When he came back to his lodge, he
covered his whole family in a pile with a
number of robss and skins, and wrapping
another around himself. went out and sat
upon hill at a little distance resolved.
despite all the solicitations of the traderst
to starve himself to death. He RENAME.
there for six days. when he had JUS
strength enough to crawl back to the Wills
age. He entered the horrid gloom of hi
own wigwam, and, laying his body down
Year: 1868

A late issue of the La Crosse Demo
crdt says:


''Some of the radicals fear Grant will
be assassinated. So he wW y he IS
elected President"


There are thousands of men who vote
with the democratic party who would be
utterly astounded if you shcnh tell them
that they were affiliating with murderers.
But we contend they are, and we have
indisputable proof of that fact The
DemocYat-quotedf from above-is edited
by man who boasts that he was privy
to the assassination of President Lincoln;
he certainly advised that it be done prior
to the event, and since then he has ap
plauded the assassin in almost every issue
of his filthy sheet. But says one he does
not advance the ideas of the party to
which he belongs. He does though, and
no democratic paper reproves him for his
villainous utterances, neither is there a
democrat who dares disprove, over his
own signature, of his doctrines, ifthere Is,
our columns are open for his use. And
further his circulation among the democ-
racy is larger than that of any other pa
per. Let democrats stop reading the vile
thing, let them condemn these schemes
for the murder of the peoples choice, and
then we shall believe they are sincere.
Gen. Grant will PROBABLY be the almost
unanimous choice of the people for Pres
ident next fall, and yet we are deliberate
ly told he will be assassinated if he is!
This is a pleasant state Of affairs surely!
We might be disposed to ridicule it, but
how long is it since the assassination of
Lincoln was predicted by the same man
who now predicts Grants death? No,
we warn the friends Of peace and quiet
that the copperhead, armed with deadly
venom turks in the grass, he has sprung
his rattle and awaits the moment to strike
and it behooves all to be on their guard
It may be we'll to mash It's head after it
has stung. but would it not be better to cap
ture and extract its fangs tetore the mis-
chief is caused We believe our govern
ment should take in hand Brick Pomeroy
and try him as a consuirator in the muir
der Of Mr. Lincoln, and use his paper as
evidence to convict him. His paper IS
always filed with immoral, indecent and
di~graccful al lticles, and though it may
give satisfaction to the great majority Of
tie Democrat party, it is working great
evil in the world at large. But we can
wait; evil doers have hard path to walk
in, and though Pomeroy tiourishes now
be will sooner or later fall in his crime.
IF not. then vice is better than virtue, sin
more lovely tlian purity and goodness of
heart
Year: 1868

No greater victory has ever been
won by a political party than the Re-
publicans have gained in South Carolina
The new Constitution which puts the
ballot into the hands of every able bodied
man has been carried by 43, 900 majority.
That State was kept down lower beneath
the heel of the slave oligarchy than any
other, and now that the fetters are cast
off it rebounds for freedom with astonish
ing force. We are glad it has taken the
course it has for it looks like return to
justice and equal rights. And we are
glad the black man is to have representa-
ton, for surely the poor and the humble
need representation as well as the rich
and the proud. The day Of oppression
is fast passing away. Men are daily ap-
preaching equality, and he who would
stand well in the world need only make
an effort to improve himself and his
desires are ACCOMPLISHED.
Year: 1868

The Chicago Tribune says It is a
significant and healthful sign that the
votes upon the constitutions In North
Carolina. South Carolina, Georgia, Lou
isiana and Arkansas have not been elec-
tions in which the whites and blacks were
arrayed against one another. In Georgia
Arkansas and North Carolina, the white
population is very much in excess OF the
black, and the registered vote shows an
equal white preponderance. But the
constitution has been adopted in each OF
those States by most decided majority
and necessarily this has been done in large
part by the white vote Nor was the
vote upon the constitution divided by
party lines; for we find that in each OF
the States ratification receives more votes
than the Republican candidates. These
facts demonstrate that there is very
large portion Of the whites who are pre-
pared to vote the Republican ticket, and
a still larger portion who are in favor Of
peace, and Of an immediate restoration
to the Union. These States may be re
garded as substantially reconstructed, and
may now, if ever, be safely trusted with
self-government- At all events. there is
no room for any new tests. The adoption
Of the constitution is fnality as far a>
Congress is concerned. Ifunder the new
constitution the majority chose to elect a
Democratic Governor and Legislature, il
is no concern Of ours in a legal point OF
view. !"
Year: 1868

The ku klux Klan are playing gen
eral smash in various parts of the south.
They take a man from his bed, lead him
out into the yard and quietly cut his
throat or put pistol ball through his
brain. This shows the class of men the
Union army had to contend with, and it
shows too that the cowardly sneaks need
another thrashing before they can learn
to behave themselves.


1t does not seem possible, however, that
any political party could uphold such
numbering villains as these Klaners have
shown themselves to be. Yet Brick
Pomeroy advertises to furnish good
Democrats with all needed information
in starting societies in Wisconsin. Well
if he can't teach cut-throats how to per-
form their work, no man in the state can.
Year: 1868

''PoLrTICAL PRI1STs. The Milwau-
kee Wisconsin, says the Georgia Baptist
Convention, recently in session at Augusta
invited the reporters 9t the rebel Journals
Of that city to attend its deliberations.
while the representative OF the loyal
paper Of that place was not permitted to
be present Meanwhile, two prominent
members of the body were busy in can
yassing for subscribers to the Infamous
La Crosse Democrat. As democratic
journals have had vast deal to say in
denunciation of all ministers and religious
bodies who have had anything to say
upon political matters, we shall expect
them to preserve their consistency by
very pointedly advising the Georgia
brethren to keep TO their own business.
IF they do not do this we shall suspect
them of being influenced by the kind OF
politics that ministers preach.
Year: 1868

that the object of this proceeding is the
safety of the state and their pride as
Americans cannot but be inspired BY
al by the Senate of an Unworthy Presi-
dent with tranquil concurrence of the
people will be more to monarchy than
the march of republican army ac-
cross the face of Europe. The dullest
serf who hears the wonderous story will
then comprehend, as by flash of light
that Democratic institutions are truly
adapted to the purposes of human govern
ment, and that in the United States the
people reign
Year: 1868

SHARP CRITICIsM-It was a caustic
criticism Thaddeus Stevens made upon
some of the speakers who preceded him
IN their arguments on impeachment, when
he introduced his speech with the follow
ing words:


"May it please the Court I trust tc
be able to be brief in my remarks, unless
| should find myself less master of the
subject which / propose to discuss than !
hope, experience having taught that
nothing is so prolix as ignorance.
Year: 1868

Every member of the Arkansas leg
islation now in session is able to write his
own name. Such an incident has not
hitherto occurred within the memory of
the oldest inhabitant of that State. What
degenerate days are these! What ter
ri5le thing is Congressional reconstruc-
toni
Year: 1868

Eighteen sixty-eight is an important
year


1t is leap year,


Of which fact wish to remind the Ia
dies.


There is a division of opinions { as to
the right Of woman to vote, but
there can be no question as to her right
to husband-if she can get one.


But I would advise young ladies not
to be rash.
Although it is leap year, you had bet
ter look before you leap


Because if you get husband and he
don't suit you, you can't change him for
better one-at least without going to Chic
ago. wouldn' advise any young woman
to marry man who would expect their pa
to support them.
Young ladies need not enquire toe
particularly whether the man of theil
choice belongs to a lodge whioh meets
four nights Of a week.


She will find that out after hey are
married.


Husbands, like other domestic animals,
when caught young can sometimes be
trained to do a good many useful thin ss.


They have even been known to get up
in the morning and light the fire when
the girl had gone away.


There are some professions not advis
able to marry into.


6ut as the great object is to get hus-
band, and as the supply is limited, it may
not do to be particular
Year: 1868

In speaking Of the new Tammany Hall,
where the Democracy expect to hold their
National Convention, the New York T96-
une says that leach brick in it represents
a stolen dollar and false oath"
Year: 1868

Buoy SrSK.-The can buoy to mark out
the line of obstruction at the graveyard
has been sunk. This is very dangerous
place, and as several boats have already
run aground at this point, we would urge
upon the proper authorities the Importance
Of having it placed at once.
Year: 1868

EARLY Monday night milk
man, supposed to have been tipsy, drove
his wagon into the deep gully at the end of
Fifth street. The wagon was broken to
pieces and the horse badly hurt, but the
injuries of the driver we're comparatively
trifinu
Year: 1868

The season for closing out my stock has far ad-
vanced, and have from this day marked down
every article less than can be found anywhere In
this city-very important to persons having but
little money to purchase Dry Goods to supply
their immediate wants.
Year: 1868

RT TO CURE OR NOT TO CURE-THAT
Is The question and the only question which affects
in the slightest degree the interests OF such persons
as are afflicted with Dyspepsia Disordered Bowels
LOSS Of Appetite, Nervous Headache, Constipa
tion. and such other diseases as have their origin
in improper digestion. We admit that sufferer
had better bear their Ills than resort to remedies
that they know not but when they have the assn
rance Of their friends and neighhors that BA-
kER'S BITTFRS unfaling remedy for
these complaints; that they purify the blood
strengthen the nervous system. quicken the liver
enliven the mind. and eXpel all improper secre-
tions II is little strange that all who suffer do moi
seek relief by the use Of them. These B1TTERt
have now borne the test Of time, and from their
curative properties have become An established
family medicine In this section of the country
Their properties are purely vegetable. may be
taken by all classes without fear Of injury, and
will prove unfailing tonic in all cases Of loss
appetite.


Sold at wholesale and retail by Z. ". POWER
and druggists generally. Z. RAKER


Proprietor,
1ys Rox 3sa. Richmond. Va.
Year: 1868

on another, one lot all woodland


and another all cleared land, what


would any or all OF these lots


bring if sold on such terms, and


what would any one Of them be
worth to the purchaser9 @


When it is remembered that our
people are deeply in debt, that a
large number of sales underexecu-
ton must necessarily take place,
and that according to the esti-
mate of a former distinguished
Judge of the Supreme Court, all
the property of the State passes
through the probate courts once
in twenty years, some idea may be
formed OF the extent of the ruin
that will be wrought by this most
iniquitous provision. Surely never
was a more mad and reckless
scheme for the ruin of whole
people devised by any set of po-
litical adventures. The whole
legislation, and almost every act
of this State Government, are
characterized by the same spirit.
Lottery schemes, printing schemes
and railroad schemes, and every
conceivable device for wasting
money. and increasing taxation,
form the staple Of their legislative
enactments, the burdens of all
which fall with crushing weight
upon the property of the country.
In this state of things it is i'm
peratively necessary that the pro-
perty holders and taxpayers of
the State, without distinction of
party, should combine for their
own protection, and to save them
selves from speedy and irretrieva-
BILE ruin. The people of the city
of New Orleans have already
taken the initiative in this direc-
ton, by forming an association of
property owners for the purpose


of resisting, by all legal means,
the payment of illegal and uncon-
st;tutional taxes, and for the gen
eral protection of their rights
against similar legislation in the
future. We most earnestly recon-
mend the immediate formation of
similar associations in every Par
ish of the State, and that as soon
as formed they proceed to estab-
lish a Central Committee at the
seat Of government. With such
organizations, having a central
head and engaged in correspond
ence with each other, we should


not only be able to test the consti-
tutionality of all taxes already
imposed, but d sound public opin-
ion would soon be formed, which
could not fail to have great iniiu-
ence in bringing the government
to a wise, honest and economical
policy. -.: III


,,5.s5.ss. s,s.s5 /, 2 f JAS. O. FUQUA, 7-. -.


| Chairman. 81
Year: 1868

The fact that nothing is known of the result
of the meeting in favor of Mr.. Disraeli indi


Gates fair promises and professions of conf
dence on the part of the Tory members of
Parliament. The new Prime Minister begins
his Government by seeking the control of his
party, but whether he shall be able to satisfy
both his party and the liberal sentiment Of
England is a question that cannot be answered
in anticipation The conference was closely
followed up by his appearance in Parliament,
where he enunciated the policy of his Govern
ment with as much distinctness as a man who
understands so well when to talk and when to
be reticent could be expected to do in so criti-
cal an emergency. All that he said was, that
be should follow in the footsteps Of Lord Derby,
and pursue policy that would be just abroad
and liberal at home. His treatment of Ireland
should be gentle; but if Mr.. Disraeli considers
the policy of Lord Derby's administration to-
ward that country as partaking of the quality
of mercy, it is difficult TO understand how he
may cOnstrue the same policy in other respects
Lord Derby's policy, with Mr.. Dsraeli at
the head of the Government instead of Lord
Derby himself will be closely serutinized
by the opposition, and the Premier can expect
no favors at their hands. And indeed the words
of the Prime Minister were followed by some
very sharp remarks in both houses on the very
day he announced that he could not decline
Her Majesty's gracious offer. The whisperings
of opposition indicate that he will not find the
Premiership q bed of roses, and from his efforts
to organize his friends and infuse confidence
into the wavering he evidently does not expect
Year: 1868

We presume no one will question the thorough
Democracy of the Hon. Robert j. Walker,
nor will any ono deny his ability as lawyer
and q statesman. Listen to what he says con-
ccrning the duty OF obedience to law On the
part of Executive officers:


"Icalled," says Mr Walker, "upon Gen. Thomas early
OIL Saturday morning, at the War ONCE, and coamun
oaed to him in friendly way my opinion that any such
order would be nuy. and would subject him oserious
consequence especially IL any such collision should
occur told him that he had no right, nor had e Pres
dent 10 dsobey aw Of Congress upon the assumption that
ras unconstitutional aud that his rere NOT the Pres
dent might set aside all The lars Of Con0ress since he ou
dafon the Government upon the ground that they were
unconstitutional That the President possessed no such
power because 1t not executive but erelSsirey
judicial poer and that all the lars OF Oo0rsss must be
obeyed e1eeuted the President unless
was restrained by tho highest judicial authority That to
declare lac unconstitutional not only the exercise
OF judicial power but the highest judicial poiOer and only
20 be resorted by the courts where, In their judgment
the act was clearly unconstitutional, and that In all
doubtful the court had uniformly refused to inter
fere with the execution OF tho law"
Year: 1868

The last steamer from Yokohama to San
Francisco brought news of a revolt in Japan
on account of the opening Of the new ports.
The person of the young Mikadc had been
seized by three of the most powerful Daimios,
and StOtsbashi, the late Tycoon, was collecting
forces to oppose the revolutionary party. Later
news by the Cable reports the struggle Of a
serious nature, and battles had been fought
between the opposing forces with loss of life
on both sides. 1t is to be regretted that Japan
should be embroiled in civil feuds at the very
moment she is shaking off the narrowness of
the past, and seeking to take the important
place among the nations of the world that she
might occupy. We naturally come to regard
the Japanese as the future commercial allies of
the United States, and anything that retards
their progress is of much interest to the people
of this country. The success of an illiberal
faction would be unwelcome to us and unfor-
tunate for Japan.
Year: 1868

Conspicuous among the chosen orators Tor
tho Democracy in New-Hampshire stands
Henry Clay Dean, the Iowa traitor whose
rawlings during the war delighted every ene-
nv of the Union. Here is an extract from a
recent speech said to have been got Oft by the
same Dean during his recent labors for the
New Hampshire Democracy:


"If could have my way would place JEFF. Davis In
Congress where he rghtfulIy belongs; then would go
70 Concord take all those miserable batteags from the
State House. and make bonfire Of them in the state
House yard then would go all through the Nortn, anu
destroy all the monuments and graves'ones ere0'qu ~
tIe memorv Of soldiers in short, would put out OF
sight everything which reminds that we ever had
war with our Southern brethren. do not know as
would hang one legged and one-armed soldiers put
would pray to God to get them out of our way as soon as
possible"