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Year: 1865

THAD. STEVENS advice is simply this :
We are engaged in revolution. We now
have the power, and must use it to Sc
cure what we have begun. If we hest.
tate, we shall lose the offices, and with
new men will come new laws We shall
be left out in the cold, and will, perhaps,
have to suffer for our patriotism, as un.
successful revolutionists have to do. So
let's go it while we can. We owe more
money than we ever can pageant
raise more than half the interest by our
present texation, and we can't stand any
more. So we must cenfscate all the
property in the South to pay the debt


We have the negroes to emancipate
for the Prsidents proclamation didn't
emancipate them, and the Constitutional
amendment will never be constitution.
ally adopted So we must put down the
white man and put the negro, up, that
emancipation may be selfsupporting II
is madness, to be sure, but there is meth
cd in the madness of Stevens
Year: 1865

NOBLE SENTIMENTS Condemn no
man, says John Wesley, fer not thinking
as you think. Let every one enjoy the
full and free liberty of thinking for him
self. Let every man use his own jndg-
ment, since every man must give an ac.
count of himself to God. Abbor every
approach, in any kind of degree, to the
spirit of persecution. If you cannot rea-
son or persuade a man INFO the truth new
er attempt to force him to come, leave
him to God, the Judge of all.
Year: 1865

ing assaulted Fort Fisher. i under
stand that there are those who were
among my old friends in politics, but
who, unfortunately have lately gone up
on the other side, who sneer Mt me as
the hero of Big Bethel and Fort Fish
cr; / accept the title they do me hon.
or overmuch. What was Big Bethel?
1t was skirmish, in which twenty-five
aen were killed and wounded. But Big
Bethel was not Bull Run. Big Bethel
was not Fair Oaks. Big Bethel was
not Seven Pines. Big Bethel was not
the Chickahominy, Big Bethel was a
failure, bat it was no disaster. No
West Point General commanded there.
claim credit for this-that when we
of the volunteey army Of the United
States make failures, we do not make
disasters. Stop moment and Oom-
pare the battles ] have named with Big
Bethel. Why, at these there were
more men slaughtered and homes made
desolate, than there were leaves on the
trees and the forest around Big Bethel,
not to be numbered. But am the he
TO of Fort Fisher, too, Well, Fort
Fisher was not Fredericksburg; Fort
Fisher was not Charlottesville; Fort
Fisher was not the Wilderness; Fort
Fisher was not Cold Harbor. A volun-
teer General commanded Fort Fisher
at each attack. One was without re-
suit, but no disaster. The last was a
success. All honor to General Terry
and the brave volunteer soldiers
Again, it is charged upon us that we
did not make as big hole inthe Dutch
Gap Canal as we ought to have made.
1t may be that we did not, although the
Dutch Gap Canal was success, make
SO large hole as made by the explo,
sion Of the mine at Petersburg, last
summer; but, thank God, neither did
we fill uselessly that hole up with Amer
lean dead until it ran With blood. Re-
newed applause. l am, therefore, con-
tent, nay, / claim to be the hero of the
comparatively bloodless attacks on Big
Bethel, and the wholly bloodless failure
of Fort Fisher, and though do not
claim to be the source of Fredericks


burgb, or Charlottesville, Of the Chick


ahominy, of the Wilderness, of Goa


Harbor, nor of that charnel-house o


useless dead in the mine before Peters


burgh, 1 am prepared to take the issue


and hereafter, fepow-c citizens, when yo'


bear me to that little enclosure on th'


other side of the river, which l hope


for as my last resting place, l pray yo'


to put over me for my epitaph: !" Her


lies the General who saved the lives o


his soldiers at Big Bethel and Fort Fish


er, and who never commanded the All


my of the Potomac" l ask for moth


ing else. Great applause,
Year: 1865

LADIES SHOULD READ NEWSPAPERS,
1t is great mistake, in female ed
ucation, to keep young lady's time
and attention devoted to the fashion
able literture of the day. If you would
qualify her for conversation you must
give her something to talk about-give
her education with this actual world
and its transpiring events. Urge her
to read the newspapers, and become
familiar with the present character and
Improvement of our race. History is
Of some importance !; but the past
world is dead and we have nothing to
do with it. Our thoughts and our con-
Germs should be for the present world
to know what it is, and improve the
condition of it. Let her have an intel
ligent opinion, and be able to sustain
an intelligent conversation concerning
the mental, moral, political and religi-
GUS Improvement of our times. Let
the gilded annals and poems of the Gen.
tcr-table be kept part of the time COW
cred with weekly and daily Journals.
Let the whole family--men, women
and childrsp-=read the neysPspers.-
[Godey.l fss - -
Year: 1865

as its means are ample, and the gentle
men connected with its management
are many of them men of wealth, who :.
are able and determined to naintGihesO v
the credit of the iIistit2tiop, under all
circumstances.
Year: 1865

Say The telegraph reports that the
rebel General Lee is about to lionize in
the city of New York. No doubt be will
be heartily welcomed to that municipali-
ty, and If he is not too modest to accept,
we think it highly probable that the Sc
ccsh City Council of New York will give
him public dinner and the freedom Of
the city. There is no place in the South
where he would be more highly honored
than in the city Of New York, and the
popularity Of Little Mac will pale and
wane in the presence of this live rebe
General.
Year: 1865

fA-There seems to be very preva
lent disposition TO hug and pet the traitors
who have just been foiled ID their bloody
attempt to disrupt the Union and destroy
our Government, ana who have been wa
ging bloody war with relentless rancoI
for the last four years to effect this pur.
pose. It seems to be expected that Loyal
people shall at once become oblivious ol
the memory of the myriads who have
fallen bloody sacrifice to the ambition
and treason Of The conspirators who have
been guilty of the highest crime known
to modern history and the law of our land.
If the leaders of this rebellion are to es-
cape the just penalties prescribed by the
laws of the land for their crimes. and the
loyal psople of the country are to abase
themselves to level with traitors, then
Jet US be consistent and erase the crime OF
treason from our Constitution and our
statutes aud aposheosise Benedict Arnold
and JEFF. Davis. II peace is to be made
with the traitor leaders of the rebellion,
and they are to 60 unwhipped of Justice,
then will treason be held honorable and
traitors resume their tyranny over Union
men OF the South st once, and ultimately
regain complete domination over the en-
tire country.


The loyal people have sustained the
Government of tho country at an i'm
mense sacrifice of blood and treasure in
crushing the rebellion. Let the Govern
ment see to it now that these sacrifices
shall not have been made in vain. The
chief leaders of the rebellion should be
disposed Of by death and banishment,
not only as just punishment and a terri
BILE warning, but that their counsels and
authority may no longer control the pub
lie sentiment of the South, and continue
to breed dissffection and instigate resist
auce to the authority of the Government
and the integrity of the Union.
Year: 1865

A PRAYER AND ITS ANSWER The
Bangor Wing states that Captain Wy
man, of this city, of the 9th Maine re-
giment, recently returned from captivity
in q rebel prison bringing with him q
bright young colored boy, who had be-
come much attached to him Soonsafter
arriving, Captain W. was taken sick
with typhoid fever, and reduced very
low. At the crisis Of the disease be fell
into profound slumher, and the attend
ing physician declared that there must
be 3 speedy change, one way or the
other--although the chances were that
be would die. The boy was in the room
at the time, and heard tho decision
Soon after he left the room. In short
time one of the family had occasion to
go to the stable, and while there heard
the voice of some one apparently in
earnest supplication Listening to the
words, be found it was the boy, praying
for his masters life. "Oh Massa God, =
he said, ''please come aud save Massa
Wyman-and il yon can't leave de war,
send somebody quick" The disease did
indeed take q favorable turn, and the
patient rapidly recovered.-Kennebeek
Journal
Year: 1865

ChoristT-W William Tileston.


The usual anniversary exercises were
postponed antil the Sabbath School will
be able to assemble in the Lecture
room of the new Church, which will be
about the middle of June. The children
are looking forward to that event with
great interest We presume the officers
viii make suitable preparation for the
joyous event, and that the Sabbath
School will enter their new Church with
prospect of unusual success.
Year: 1865

1I1l77117 TIT . UT o


Mr.. Dyer, Teller of the Bank of Craw.
ford County, at the time of his getting into
the cars and making his way from this
vicinity, was arrested by detective Kelsey
on suspicion of being the perpetrator Oi
the theft perpetrated at the Bank of Craw-
ford County on last Thursday evening.
Upon being searched the sum of about
$4,000 was found sewed up in the seat oI
his psntsloons. He is now confined in the
Crawford county jail to await trial.
Year: 1865

The Worlds Port Royal correspondent
mentions the beginning of a new cam
paign, which will be brief but grand, and
says the reputed and ultimate object of
their attenti on will probably create for
them more prestige and glory than would


the capture of one hundred ordinary
Year: 1865

q In his remarks concerning the frauds in
the Navy Department, Mr.. Hale read


from a report of the Select Committee of
last year, stating thst there was as much
fraud on the Government by purchases


made by the Chiefs of Bureaus, as in any


other way. He said the principal witness
on these Navy Department frauds was
arrested by order of the Navy Depart
ment and placed in close confinement, with
orders not to be released under half mil
lion bail. He was released on smaller bail
by the interference of the President He
fully believedthe cause of that man S ar
rest was the fact of his giving testTrs ony
on that Investigation. He said the Of RceI
ordering the arrest was demonstrated with
Year: 1865

A West Indian pspsr gives the follow
ing as q certain cure for diptheris; Take q
common tobacco pipe, place live coal in
the bowl, drop a little tar upon the coal,
draw the smoke into the mouth and dis
charge it through the nOstris.
Year: 1865

WHAT EDUCATION VILE Do. o.-T,;sa
question how far by education person
can make up for the loss of one or moro
limbs or any ofthe senses. When boy.
We used to be surprised to SEQ one arm.
ed man split wood, which he seemed to
do more dexterously aud forchly than
men with two arms. So we notice now
young man named Crockett who lost
leg above the knee, on the Boston and
Maine railroad, when child, who can
perform feats, with one foot, that few If
any lads Of his age in this ncishborhood
can perform With two feet He will swim
like duck; he can run Us fast as the fast
est; bounding on like deer; and his
skating is marvellous. A dozen lads
may start with him on the ice, but he is
sure to come out ahead Nor is it in a
straight course alone that he shows speed,
with crutch in one hand and a skate
upon the foot, he will defy them TO catch
him, and lodges as nimbly as a cat
We doubt if there is boy that can Jump
higher. He will leap fence as hish as
his head; and surprises his associates by
standing back to fence that will come
to his shoulders, turning somerset and
coming down right end up upon the other
side. 1t is very doubtful, had the two
legs remained to him, il he would ever
have developed SO much spring and ac-
tivity. Ho has made up in training
what he lost by accident. This we have
seen done by person without arms, who
! colld nae his feet M n. ,st rors,,s \, ~ b.;-


hssa a1a n' same he'' often ten {" occurs % with
persons losing the sight Of one eye or the
hearing of one ear; the other becomes
more powerful. At times too, when
smelling goes one will seek recompense
in taste; and when the sight entirely fails,
the hearing becomes moro delicate and
tho feeling more sensitive. Nature ev.
crywhere seeks to fill vacuum or supply
deficiency .-Nepburypou Herald.
Year: 1865

You will live forever. There are no
dead. The blow which struck asunder
body and spirit, did not end the spirits
life. And SO the countless ,nyriads of
the past, whose dust has long since min.
gIed with the soil, still live. The men,
woman and children in Noah days, and
Abraham's and David's-the molly tribes
that herdcd beneath the crescent of the
Arabian prophet, the swarms of G 9th and
Hun, Tartar and Vandal, that swept tho
plains Of the eastern world-the red man
that once roamed the forest of the west.
ern world and left its mounds and its tree
grown ruins the dim history of their
earthly cxistence-all these are yet alive.
They cannot die Immortality is their
birthright and inheritance. With the
first breath OF life they inhale immor-
tality.


You, too, are henceforth eternal. The
life you have begun is an endless life
You have only crossed the threshold. -
The countless ages before you stretch out
in immesurable distance When YOU
have trod the path of these years, or mil.
lions of years which You can reckon up,
thero will still be before you as many
more, frosh and new like the first, and
SO on for ever and ever.


As the traveller can discern his path.
way winding among the bills still far off
in the horizon, it seems to end; but when
he reaches tho place, there is the path
stretching away to the hill top--so will
the ages of your endless life lie before
you ever the same, age following age,
cycle following cycle, till all your power
of computation and measurement have
been batfled and silenced. The never end.
ing stretches cat just as far ahead as
when you took the first step. ~


How long will you live? You will live
forever. And your life there will depend
on your life here. Every day as you com
pleteit, ~ilre.appear in the year to come.
Every hour, every moment, as it hurres
on its way, leaves page to be read be-
fore the throne. Every word every act,
every thought aud feeling of your heart
records itself imperishably in the mem
ory Of One who never forgets. You are
writing your life for eternity.
Year: 1865

The science Of legislation is like that
of medicine we can more easily point
out what will kill than what will cure.


If rich old gentleman has thought
of marrying, let him consider well before
hand what it is that he stands in need
of-a wife, an heiress, or nurse,
Year: 1865

union twice the width below 1t; to have
a ground Of red aud broad blue, saltier,
thereon, bordered with white, and en-
blazoued with mullets or Eve pointed
stars, corresponding in number to that
of the Confederate States; the field to be
white, except the outer half from the
union, which shall be red bar extend
ing the width Of the flag.
Year: 1865

It does ones heart good to see .
merry round faced farmer. So inde-
pendent, and yet so free from vanity
and pride. So rich. and yet 30 indus
trious-so patient and perseveriDg i'm
his calling, and yet SO kind, 30 social
and obliging. There are a thousand


noble traits that light upon his charac-
ter. He is generally hospitable-eat


and drink with him, and he won't set
q mark on you and sweat it out of you
with double compound interest, as some
we have known will--you are welcome.
He will do you favor without expect
ing a return by way of compensation
it is not 30 with every body. He is
generally more honest and sincere
less disposed to deal in a low and un-
derhand cunning, than many we could
name. He gives to society its best
supports the edifice Of government
he is the lord of nature. Look at
him in homespun and grey-black-gen-
tlemen laugh if you will-but believe
us he can laugh back if he please.
Year: 1865

Cotton raising the coming season
ought to he good business to men of
enterprise and judgment. Planters in
Alabama claim regular yield on their
best canebrake lands of a bale an
acre lin spite of the usual drought and
other farming casualties) Of FIVE hun.
dred pounds. To be on the safe side
let us call it four hundred pounds, at
thirty cents, the probable price next
year, will be one hundred and twenty
dollars an acre. One negro hand can
cultivate ten acres of cotton and five
of corn, and can be hired at about SIS
q month.
Year: 1865

A good story is told of Methodist brother
at whose house an itinerant preacher was pas
sing the night, who when bedtime came and
family prayers were suggested, in searching
for Bible, he finally produced a couple of
torn leaves Of the good Book, with the naire
remark, 81 didn't know was 80 near out of
Biblesn
Year: 1865

FARM TooLs.--A coating Of three
parts lard and one part rosin applied
to farm tools Of iron or steel, will ef-
fectually prevent rust.


Common nails heated red hot, and
dropped into cold water, will clinch
and answer the purpose Of wrought
nails. @


A good wagon jack may be made of
two pieces of boards, two or more feet
long. Place one board in front of the
wheel, one end on the ground and the
other just under one Of the spokes,
close up to the felly then take hold
of spoke on the opposite side of the
wheel aud lift, at the same time place
the second board under the axletree.
In this way a loaded wagon may be
lifted with ease.


Rusty nails may be drawn from
wood without difficulty, by first giving
them blow hard enough to start them
in a little.


A gun will not need cleaning for
years, if the muzzle is kept tightly
corked, and piece of rubber kept up
on the tube under the hammar, while
standing idle.


WHIrEwAsH roR OursIpE. lbs.
of white lime, one b. of tallow, and
one pint of rock salt thoroughly mix
ed, makes the cheapest and most dura-
bic whitewash for out door wash in
use. The salt and tallow should be
put in while the lime is Stacking. If
color is desired, add paints to suit taste.


Nails may be driven into hard wood,
by first touching the small ends to
grease. A piece Of lard or tallow may
be carried upon the toe Of the boot for
this purpose when building.


To remove a nut from a rusty bolt,
place the head Of an axe upon the side
of the nut, while with a hammer strike
few smart blows upon the other.
The application Of little turpentine
is good, but not always at hand.
Year: 1865

The copperhead Chicago Times has
An article in which it attempts to
prove that the burning Of the Free
Will Baptist Church, in that city, on
Thanksgiving Day, few hours after
its dedication, was Providential ret
ribution. The crime committed was
the advocacy by the preacher on the
occasion, of universal suffrage.
Year: 1865

Nor so FAR From THE Truth To be wo-
man of fashion is one of the easiest things in
the world. A late writer thus describes il /:
Z" Buy everything you don't want, and pay
for nothing you get; smile on all mankind
but your husband be happy everywhere but
at home neglect your children and nurse lap
dogs; go to church every time you get new
dress
Year: 1865

WHAT PENNIES WERE MADE FoR.-Iast Sun.
day little Ike, three years and half old, went
to church for the first time. His mother gave
him penny to put In the contribution box,
which he did, and sat quiet for few moments.
and then wanted to know how soon the man
was coming with the candy.
Year: 1865

A Washington despatch states that
there are indications that Congress
will revoke the charter Of Washing
ton, and make the District of Columbia
a territory with q delegate in Congress.
Year: 1865

DUTIES TO BRuTEs.-An exchange paper
speaking of preparation which should be made
for sheltering animals through the coming
winter says Make kennel for your dog,
or shoot him. we don't care which. Do not
Year: 1865

Young men in Lawrence, Kansas, have to
marry to get shelter from the weather; the
landadies there take none but married people
The unfortunate youths say it is a conspiracy
between the young ladies and the boarding
house keepers.
Year: 1865

Since 1855 and 1856, when St.
Charles may be said to have fairly got
out of its chrysalis state, the village
has had a steady and healthy growth.
It's improvements have for the most
part been ofa permanent character and
what was done in it was well done.
In 1851 the county erected
Year: 1865

During the past year there has been
a very large addition to the popula-
ton of the town, SO much so, that the
erection of new buildings has not been
able to keep pace with it, and as a
consequence, habitable rooms and
houses are crowded to excess. During
the warm weather not few families
lived in tents, but the cold has driven
them out and the new buildings that
have been erected have been made, one
way and another, to shelter the popu-
lation. About fifty dwelling houses
have been erected during the past sea-
son, while the new stores and other
public buildings have kept pace with
them. Some Of these dwelling hous-
Year: 1865

es are not yet completed, although they
contrive to shelter people, and the
sound of the hammer and saw are still
heard on every side Mechanics are
in large demand, and carpenters can
with difficulty be obtained at three
dollars per day. s#nts
Year: 1865

NHw YORK, Dec. 30, 1894.
What is the object OF the young who are patrol
ling tho streets OF this city alleging that they are en-
poyed for the purpose Of correcting and pcfectng the
enrolment for the CITY, whcn instead OF correcting,
they render II more Objectionable than before,


Let me give you an illustration Few days ago two
Year: 1865

The military situation is full Of the most
absorbing interest. Cpon the events OF the
next few days hangs the fate Of the rebellion.
Sherman and Grant. like the opposing jaws
of a terrible vice, ass nearing one another
and between them the pressure upon Inc
startled and dishea1tcned rebels is something
They have not before experienced, and AZ !ne
present and impending juncturc something
must speedily come. Either Richmond VIII
be ours by surrender or BY evacuation, for the
rebels hayc not force enough to hold it and
IN take the field at The same time. The latter
they must do, Or the Coufederacy will die
like mt pcnned IN his hole. It
will not be we'll for any loyal observer
of war events to close his eyes to the
possibilities, remote indeed, but still posi-
bi'itics that d thoroughly desperate enemy
may, in his maddencd spring, borrow from
rage and despair strength that shall tempo
1arlly defeat some Of Cur now glorious hopes
It could not be more than temporary in any
event, but 1t is not we'll to be oves-sansuine
We must, We think, look FIR hard hghtin:
before the wo,k CT our armies is over, and I


will be wise to stand ncrvcd with firmnes
for whateyer may happen. The end is near.
Year: 1865

In another part Of this paper we give place
to the eloquent aDd effective appeal Of the
Committee Of the Northwestern Branch of
tic United S:atcs Christian Commission, in
behalf of their noble enterprise. They a:e
unable to meet the demands pressing upon
them from the camp and hospital for meaos
to minister 10 the physical and religious
needs Of the sick and dying In hospitals in
our winter camps, and for the provision
against the impending calls. from tle up
preaching battle-ficlds which are 10 cnd this
war. Let none who arc at work for the great
Sanitary Fair relax their excrtions, but lei
all who have on interest In The spiritual vel
fare OF cur troops remember the duty they
owe as Christian citizens to the Christian
Commission. It is an organization many {
living soldier -of the Republic will bles!
through after ycars. and the gratitude for
whose Offices has trembled in last word
upon many pale lips Of heroes gone nj
higher fiom tue rcckipg fields Of carnage O.
the army hospitals. Remember the Chris
4ian Commission.