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Year: 1868

A Erenchman having made portfolio
into an umbrella, an American in order
that he might not be behind in ingenuity.
made snuff box in the shape of pistol.
and by means of slight spring, fired the
snuff up his nose. At least we have heard
so. But the reader need not believe it un-
less he is very credulous.
Year: 1868

THE WHITE HOUsE.-The delegation o. Sac
and Fox Indians now in this city were at the
Executive Mansion this morning for the pur.
pose of laying their grievances before the
President. They claim that they are not treated
fairly by their superintendent, and the object
of their visit hereis to have the Preside MT or.
der an Investigation.
Year: 1868

lie is rich whose income is more
than his expenses.


Lazincss travels so slow that pov-
crty ovcrtakes it.


Who gives Of his suporfluity does
good to others, who gives Of his me-
cessity does good to himself.


1t is immortality that makes life Il
desirable blessing. Without this it
would be but an Improbable and
burdensome trihe, preserved with
anxiety and quilted with terror.


In matters Of great concern, and
which must be done, there is no
surcr argument of a weak mind
than irresolution to be undcter-
mined where the case is so plain and
the necessity is SO urgent; to DO all
ways intending to lead q new life,
but never to find time to begin.


Horace Mann says that I" teacher
who attempts to teach without in
spring the pupil with a desire to
learn, is hammcring cold iron."


The counsols of the good cannot
benefit us, nor the seductions of the
the wicked injnrc us without our
own free consent. Our wisdom and
our folly are our own and wc must
reap their fruits here and hereafter.


That was good remark of Sene-
ca: "Great is he who enjoys his
earthenware as if it were plate and
not less great is the man to whom
all his plate is no more than carthcn-
ware"


If the Spring put forth no BIOS
SONS, in the Summer is no beauty,
and in Autumn there is no fruit. So
if youth be thrown away without
any improvement, ripper years will be
contemplate and old age miserable.
Year: 1868

WHAT N IN THE BEDROOM If two per
night. let them step upon weighing scales
as they retire. and then again in the morn,
ing, and they will find their actual weight
is at least q pound less in the morning.
Frequently there viii be loss oi two or
more pounds, and the average loss through
out the year will be more than one pound.
That is. during the night, there is a loss OF
pound Of matter which has gone off from
their bodies. partly from The lungs, and
partly through the pores OF the skin. The
escaped material is carbonic acid. and decay
eel animal matter or poisonous exhaiations.
This is diffuscd through the air in part. and
in part absorbed by the bedclothes. II 4
single ounce OF wood or cotton be burned
in room. it will so completely satornte the
air with smoke that one can hardly breathe.
though there can only be one ounce Of
foreign matter in the air II an ounce of
cotton be burned every b,lf hour during the
night. the air will be kept continually sat.
urated with smoke unless there be an open
door or window for it to escape. Now. the
sixteen ounces of smoke thus formed is far
less poisonous than the sixteen ounces of
exhalarions from the lungs and bodies of
the two persons who have lost pound in
weigh, during the eight hours OF sleeping.
for while the dry smoke is mainly taken in.
to the lungs, the damp odors from the body
are absorbed both into he lungs and into
the pores OF the whole body. Need more
be said to show the impol lance OF having
bedrooms well ventilated, and thoroughly
airing the sheets, coverl-ts and mattresses
in the morning, before packing them up in
the form OF neatly made bed?
Year: 1868

Education helps men to do whatever they
have TO DO. much better than they could do
without H. The mind. the hand, the eve.
must be educated that they may assist each
other a well trained mind sil gn'de
Alright The Judgment which must be formed
through the medium Of the eye. The eve
controls the a.sion Of the h,nd in all that
1t does in the Accomplishment Of suything
that pertains 90 art or science.
Year: 1868

INITIATION CEREMoNIEs.-A chap was
taken from lager beer saloon, where he got
tight without knowing that lager would ins
toxicate, and put through a cold>water treatl
ment by the Good Templars, recently. He
''peaches" on the Templars, and gives the
following expose of their Initiation ceremony,
which we doubt slightly, but give for what
tits worth: In the first place, the victim for
initiation is bindtolded, bound hand and foot,
and thrown into a cider-press, and pressed,
for FIVE minutes This is done for the pur-
pose of clearing his system of 'old drunks.'
He is then taken out of the cider-press, and
by means of forceSpump, gorged with cis>
tern water; ; after which a sealing plaster is
placed over his mouth, and he is rolled in
barrel four or five times across the room
the choir at the same time singing the cold-
water song. He is now taken out Of the bar
rel, and hung up by the heels till the water
runs through his ears. He is then cut down,
and q beautiful young lady hands, him glass
of cistern water. A cold water bath is then
furnished him after which he is showered
with cistern water. He is then made to read
the Water Work act ten times, drinking
a glass of cistern water between each reading;
after which the old oaken bucket is hung
around his neck, and fifteen sisters, with
squirt,guns, deluge him with cistern water.
lie is then forced to eat a peck of snow,
while the brothers stick his ears full of ici-
.cles. He is then run through clothes
wriuger after which be is handed glass
of cistern water, and bis boots are filed with
the same, aud be is laid away in q refrige-
rator. The initiation is now almost conciud'
ed. After remaining in the refrigerator for
the space of half an hour, he is again taken
out, and given glass of cistern water, run
through a clothes-wringer, and becomes q
Good Templsr.
Year: 1868

CAN ANY ONE TELL-Can any one tell
why men who can't pay small bills can always
find plenty of money to buy liquor, and treat
when happening among their acquaintances
Can any one tell how young men who dodge
their washwomen aud are always behind
with their landlords, can play billiards night
and day, and are always reody to play poker
or seven-up? Can any one tell how men
live and support their families who have no
inco ne and do not work, while the indus.
triOus and constantly employed wife is half
starved? Can any one tell how it is that
too poor to pay for a newspaper, is able to
pay dollar or two day for cigars, whisky
and tobacco.
Year: 1868

MORAL LIGHT IN THE FAMILY.-Show
us family of intelligent boys and girls, and
we will show you family where newspapers
and periodicals are plenty. Nobody who
has been without these private tutors can
know their educating power for good or evil.
Have you ever thought Of the inuumerable
topics of discussion which they suggest at
the breakfast table; the important public
measures with which, thus early, our chill
dren become acquainted great philauthropic
questions Of the day, to which unconsciously
their attention is awakened, and the general
spirit of intelligence which is evoked by
these quiet visitors? Anything that makes
home pleasant, cheerful and chatty, thins
the haunts of vice, and the thousand and one
avenues of temptation, should certainly bO
regarded, when we consider its influence on
the minds of the young, as a great moral and
social light,
Year: 1868

"LET us have peace" say Grants fugle>
men, aping their leader. Who hinders you
You have Congress by more than two thirds
in either branch. The President is not in
your way, for you can and do override all his
vetoes. The Supreme Court is not in your
way, for you can and do abridge its juris-
diction. The army is not in your way, for
you have created Grant military dictator in
the Southern desert which you have made in
ten States, and call peace. These powers
you have, and have had for three years, thus
utterly unimpeded have you been on every
hand. If you wanted peace, why didn't
Year: 1868

An extract Of letter from Senator Suns
ner is published in which he declares that
the election of negro to one of the Houses
of Congress is required to complete the tri-
umph To complete what triumph, we would
ask of the radicals Il it necessary that .
negro be elected to Congress to prove that
the Constitution now throws its protecting
egis over every State in the Unioni To
prove that the Union is restored, that secess-
ion is no longer claimed as q right, that the
rebellion is put down, that slavery is abolish
ed, that the rebel debts are repudiated, that
the nation is pledged to the payment of the
national debt, and that peace is begging
recognition No. All that is known and
the evidence is daily before the eyes of that
incarnation of iendish malignancy who de.
mands one more triumph, who would be sat.
is6ed with no triumph which leaves one of
the native white race of the South living,
but as beggars and wanderers in the land.
1t is necessary that a negro be elected to
Congress to prove the utter degradation to
which the radicals have forced the South, to
prove that the white is enslaved and the
black elevated, to place in Congress the black
face and woody head as a monument upon
which the American and the stranger can
gaze and be reminded of the past, that there
once sat statesman of so great eminence,
worth and virtues, as to be almost dennis
god to his people, and admired and respects
ed by the world, and because that people
did not equally admire Charles Sumner, they
are crushed, and that he has power to put
a representative of the lowest race of human.
ity in the seat as a triumph of evil passions,
and staring mockery of woe. Will the
radical triumph then be complete? Will
the election of negro Representative, Sena-
tor or President satisfy them? No. The
spirit which asks it, asks not that it elevates
the negro, or that some great and good man
of that race, ofacquirements wide and varied,
with oratorical powers equaling Clay or
Webster, or with stability of character and
judgement like Washington, or the frmness
and foresight of Jackson, not that some such
man exists whom they would like to elevate
to position commensurate with his worth,
but that it may show how deeply they have
degraded the white, how thoroughly and
completely the party has triumphed over its
opponents, and for this one of the basest of
the degraded race would be preferred to any
other. This spirit, even then, finding that
the white Af the SoatL IA not ontirnly
destroyed, nor crushed to earth, will contin-
ue its insults and expressions, and demand
other triumphs, until none of the hated race
will dare raise its head. This is the radical
programme. Do the reasoning people of
that party wish to follow the cowardly and
malignant Sumner in his pursuit of revengey
We do not believe they do. Sumner and
his fellows are reckoning without their host,
and will find their pet schemes frustrated
Sacramento Reporter.
Year: 1868

GREELEY ON GRANT.-A short time be-
fore the Chicago Convention, Greeley in an
article, published in the New York Tribune,
got of the following, in answer to those who
were favoring Grants nomination


"They insist that Grant shall be made the
Immediate and unopposed candidate of the
republican party. We venture 10 ask the
reason. Here we stand with hat in hand
ready to shout, and only too happy to find
something to shout over. What is the rea-
son Of the hurrah busnessH "Well," SAYS
one, "Grant is soldier" "Good," we reply ;
Three cheers for Grant, the Soldier, the
great soldier of the war" And so we 90 on
cheering for Sheridan and Sickles, and Pope
and Meade, Sherman and Thomas, and for
the whole Army Register, so great is our
enthusiasm. But we cannot make the whole
Army Register Presidents, and on that list
one man is as good as another Thus the
"soldier" reason falls. If our candidate is
to have only so many stars and buttons, let
US drop twenty names in hat and draw.
Perhaps we must take him, but we do not
feel like cheering over it; certainly not SO
long as great statesmen remain in our ranks
"Give US Grant, because we can elect him."
Again that cowardly argument. Friends, is
there nothing in this great party but Office
hunger Is the chief end of man the post,
office and revenue service"
Year: 1868

A PRETTY CoECEIT.-It was a pretty
couceit of a romantic father whose name was
Rose, and who named his daughter Wild,
so that she grew up under the appellation
of wild Bose But the romance Of the
thing was sadly spoiled when she married a
man bv the name of Bull
Year: 1868

ONE GRANT MAN.-We met on the street
the other day, man whom We had noticed
as being an inveterate smoker of late. We
said why do you smoke so much John p
He replied 'me alice same as Giant alice
time smoke We put him down as CON-
mitted to Grant and Colfax.-Grass Valley
Union
Year: 1868

SHALL THE NEGRO RULE 2-One of the
in Chicago, takes square grounds iu favor Of
negro rule. There can be no lodging the
negro issue now. If Grant shall be elected,
the first object of the radical party will be
to secure the permanent ascendancy of the
black element in the South. 1t will cost us
more to do this than it did to set the negroes
free. And when it is done, what right have
we to expect better results than we see in
Hayti and every other place under negro
dominion? The Northern radicals will feel
obliged to conform their actions to the views
of their Southern allies, and so we shall get
practically negro government for the whole
country. The success of the democratic
party leaves the negro upon precisely the
same basis as every white man, except they
shall not participate in any government
without the consent of the State in which
he resides. If Maine, Michigan or Texas
please to enfranchise their negroes and


make them eligible to Office, no outsider will
object But the federal government will do
nothing about the question of suffrage, as it


has no right to do under the Constitution.


Shall the negroes rule us ?-Quincy Herald.
Year: 1868

A LITTLE difficulty arose in the Methodist
conference at Chicago concerning the dispOsi-
ton of the colored delegates. One Of the
brethren, amid much applause, invited them


to partake of his hospitality. Tho morning
he stated to the conference that it wasn't
exactly convenient for him to keep them
longer, and they we're sent to a cheap cOlOred
boardingDhouse for the remainder of the time.
Year: 1868

NAPoLEoN's VIEW OF TREATING A WIFE.
The first Napoleon wrote to his brother
Louis: "Your wife is an excellent and vir-
tuous woman, yet you make her unhappy.
Allow her to dance as much as she likes J
tbs the fashion of the age. Ny wife is for
ty years old from my camp l tell her to go
to balls. Yet your wish is that your wife
only just twenty, and in the flush of youth,
should shut herself up and spend her days
like nurse in dressing her baby. You are
too much master at home, and not enough
in your government Make the mother OF
your children happy. There is but one way
show her great deal of esteem and con-
fdence. Unluckiy your wife is virtuous.
Were she coquette, she would lead you BY
the nose. You should have a wife such as
some know of. She would put you down
and keep you at her feet. 1t is not my fault
if she has not done so already"
Year: 1868

Independence, are worthy of the organiza-
tion, on whose banners they are TO be writ
ten in the coming contest. Its past record
cannot be blOtted out or forgotten. If there
had been no Republican party, slavery would
to-day cast its baleful shadow over the Re-
public. If there had been NO Republican
party, a free press and free speech would be
as unknown from the Potomac to the Rio
Grande as ten years ago II the Republican
party could have been stricken from exist
ence when the banner of Rebellion was un-
furled, and when the response OF ''No Coer-
cion was heard at the North, we would
have had no nation to-day. But for the Re-
publican party daring to risk the Odium Of
tax, and draft laws, our flag could not have
been kept flying in the field until the long
looked for victory came. Without a Republi-
can party the CiYi! Rights bill--the guarantee
Of equality under the law to the humble and
the defenseless, as well as to the strong
would not be to-day upon our National Stat
ute book. With such Inspiration from the
past, and the,following example of the foun-
ders Of the Republic, who called the vlGto-
Fious General of the Revolution to preside
over the land his triumphs lad saved from
its enemies, cannot doubt that our labors
will be crowned with success and it " i'll be
a success that shall bring restored hope,
confidence, prosperity and progress South as
well as North, West as well as East, and
above all, the blessings under Providence of
National concord and peace. a l aA
Very truly yours, sa q. ..,s.r
/ ....,., ..,. SCHUYLER CoLFAX.
Year: 1868

A lad about ten years old, in
indianapolis, holding horse while
he was eating grass on tho outside of
his fathers inelosure, thoughtlossly
tied the halter strop around bis body,
The horse became frightened, and
ran wildly about, dragging the boy
with him, occasionally hitting him
with his feet, but finally throwing
his head against a post with such
violence as to dash his brains out.
Tho strap pulled off over bis feet,
drawing his clothes with it, and no
was lying upon the ground most
shookingly mutilated.
Year: 1868

AN APPEAL TO EVERY HEART.-The
widow of Mumford, who was hung during
the war in New Orleans by the brutal
hearted Butler, is now in Wytheville, in
this State, in utter poverty. She has three
children to support, and only her needle
with which to do the work. The following
extract from letter from q most intelli-
gent and worthy lady of the town of Wythe-
vile tells the story, which should excite
the deep sympathy Of every heart and
secure contributions from hundreds Of
nurses
Year: 1868




February II, 1868.


"Dear Sir,-The ladies Of our town
have determined to try and raise an
amount by contribution sufficient to buy
Mrs. Mumford small home, to be secured
to her and her children. She is living
here in great destitution-living in the
basement room of small house on one of
the back streets, and trying to make
bread for herself and three helpless chill
dren by her needle. Having been raised
in ease and affluence, of course it is with
difficulty that she can get along. If we
can secure her home, then, perhaps, she
will be able to make living, not having
rent to pay. Our citizens do what they
can towards her relief, but having many
other objects of charity in our midst, and
all of US being poor, we can do but little.
eve call on our friends at distance
to help US. Can you do anything for the
cause in Richmond I am sure there are
many who would gladly contribute towards
so worthy an object were Mrs. Mumford's
circumstances known"


Contributions for the relief of Mrs. Num-
ford will be promptly forwarded if left
with Mr.. B. C. Wherry, Jr., No. 1914 Main
street.-the office of the Insurance and
Savings Company of Virginia.
Year: 1868

THE NEGROES AND THE SUSSuINE.-1t is
noticeable fact that since the advent of
spring, under the influence of the bright
sunshine of the past few days, the negroes,
no longer feeling the necessity of fire
and warm room to keep themselves COM
Portable, have abandoned the court houses
and the hall of the Convention, and may
be seen every day on the capitol steps and
at the street-corners basking in the warm
rays of the April sun. Many of them seem
to derive sustenance as well as warmth
from this source, for they are never seen
at work. Labor is wanted in the country
around us-lands are lying idle for the
need of some one to work them !; but these
poor creatures, partially fed by the Bu-
reau, prefer to remain here and live life
of idleness and ease to gaining livelihood
by honest means.
Year: 1868

JUDGE UNDERwooD's grand jury are still
hammering away upon indictments. AS
the District Attorney and his assistants
have been busily engaged for the last four
days and nights in writing out the indict-
ments, we infer that large number have
been found. We understand that the jury
have under consideration the propriety of
indicting all of the United States inspec-
tors and officers who were on duty at the
distilleries that were. stopped for alleged
violations Of the internal revenue laws.
All of the distillcries in the third and
fourth districts have been closed for this
reason, therefore q large number of officers
will most probably be indicted.
Year: 1868

We are somewhat surprised to lea-n from
the Chicago Presbyterian that Horace Gree
ley is zone OF the prominent deists of the
country" The penetration OF these Chicago
religious papers is something extraordinary.
1t is not long since several of them united in
a declaration that no person connected with
the stage could possibly be correct in point OF
morals, thereby calling out from Madame Pa
repaRosa a very plain intimation that they
knew nothing of what they were talking
about We await, with languid curiosity,
their next dreadful discovery.
Year: 1868




The Retrenchment Committee, of which
that king of investigators, Mr.. Van wyck, is
chairman, has at length reported on the ad-
ministration of the Revenue Bureau. The
document fastens the responsibility of the cor
ruption and inefficiency of the revenue service
upon our Democratic President as will be seen
by the following summary of its contents:


The committee approve the reduction of the
whiskey tax made last spring. and also the
provision whereby the capacity of a distillery
is made one of the elements of taxation
Ihere Is less fraud, the committee say, than
there was.a year ago. The President is se-
verely censured for his course with respect to
internal revenue officials and the committee
think there is no hope for an improvement in
the service while the present administration
exists. They charge the President with ap-
pointing worthless and incompetent men, Gov
ering villains with the cloak OF executive ia
vor, keeping men in Office long after their re-
moyal was recommended by the revenue bu-
reau using the revenue service as a promoter of
political policy and interfering again and again
with the course ofjustice when thieves and prof
ligates were in way to receive punishment.
They give good deal of attention to matters
in New York city, recite Binckley's curious
history in that connection, show up his asso-
ciates, say that his mission cost the govern
ment S2S,OO0, that be is, in contempt of the
committee, keeping out of the way so that he
may not be forced to give evidence. They say
that the President and the whisky ring have
created such reign OF terror among honest
officials in New York that many of them could
hardly be prevailed upon to appear before the
committee, and that the publication of their
names is withheld in order to save them from
Mr.. Johnson's wrath.


The most important thing in the report is
the testimony of Commissioner Rollins as to
powers he has and the course of the President
and Secretary McCulloch with reference to
his bureau. This will do great deal to open
the eyes of the people to the true condition Of
things in that bureau. Mr.. Rollins gives the
orders issued to him by Mr.. McCulioch, and
says that since the Philadelphia convention Of
August, 1866, he has been allowed almost nc
voice whatever in the appointment or removal
of persons in the revenue service; that he gen
orally learns of changes in his subordinates
only through the newspapers; that his pro
tests and recommendations are alike unheed
ed; that he is allowed to nominate supervisors
but with reference to other snbordinates ha
| no more power than clerk in the department.
He supports his evidence with spme startlins
Es co, 5fIo wing how tfIe rresldent and MIR
McCulloch have managed things.