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Year: 1868

How wonderfully similar are all children
to one another when asleep. The same
rounded, half formed features, the sans
gently closed eyelids, the same slightly
parted mouth, are common alike to high


and low, to good and bad, before passion
or education has begun to draw those
harder and more. decided lines which sleep
can not oblterate, snd which only pass
away when once the first calm look OF
death is gone and dust returns to dust


No such lines mar or alter the faeosof a
sleeping child, or give clue TO the daily
history of the soul within. Look from
young Seymour the lord, to.young Dick
son the shepherd boy. Look at the menda.
cious and ferce-tempered Johnny, destined
to break your heart and ruin you, lying
with his arm round the neck Of his gentle,
high -soued George. They are all very
nearly alike. But awake them; see how
the soul, still on its guard, betrays the
truth in eye, in mouth, even in gesture.
Well was the wise Mrs. Chisholm accus-


toned to say that the time to judge Of a


girls character was when she was first


awake. Can not we conceive Of these
four ideal children, but they would betray
something to n close observer as their con.
sciousness Of the real world returned to
them? Would not the little nobleman


have a calm look upon lis face-a look
careless, because he had never known
care? Would some signs of wehriness and
dissatisfaction show themselves on the
face of the shepherd boy, when lie FIRST
found that his pleasant dreams Of tho
Year: 1868

When female is in trouble or afflicted with dis
I ease, weakness of the back and limbs, pain in
the head, dimness of sight, loss of muscular power,
palpation of the heart, irritability,
extreme urinary difficulties, arrangement of digest
i've functions, general debility vaginitis, all dis
OF the womb, hysteria, sterility and all other
diseases peculiar to females she should go write
at once to the celebrated female DOCTOR w. X. Do
herty, at his Medical Institute, and consult him
about her troubles and disease. The Doctor is
effccting more cures than any other physician in
the State of California. Let false delicacy PIE
vent you, but apply Immediately and save yourself
from painful suffering and premature DEATH. The
Doctors Offices arranged that he can be con
suited without fear of observation.
Year: 1868

Challenges the world to produce anything in the
shape of Medicines that will remove aud eradicate
Cough or soreness in the Chest, as prompt, no
matter what form the disease might assume Hen
lcy's Royal Balsam' is the best Medicine in the
world for Bronchial Pulmonory affections. For
Group or Hopping Cough, there is nothing on
earth that can equal it. All motherers and Nurses
ought to have a,bottle close by them, it will give
child relief in two minutes. 1t is entirely veg
etable, and will prove a blessing to the human
family.
Year: 1868

Established expressly to afford ths afflicted
sound and scientific Medical Aid. in the treatment
and cure of all Private and Chronic Diseases Case:
of Secrecy and all Sexual Disorders.
Year: 1868

Money Is still abundant in New York, and
rates ofinterest for call loans have a down.
ward tendency. -Four to five per cent. are the
rates for large sums on Government securities,
and heavy balances lie idle in the hands of
many bankers, even at these low rates and in
the midst Of a very active speculation on the
stock exchange. The banks are glad to get hold
of good paper, and SIX per cent. is the highest
rates for discounts. There is nothing likely to
disturb this easy condition OF the money market
for some weeks to come; and when the chan ge
which must inevitably occur shall take place.
ii will be so gradual in its approach that il will
not produce serious Inconvenience The ex-
citement in the Gold Exchange has, in degree,
been neutralized by the strong movements on
the Stock FXchange, and sensational rumors
from Washington have lost their charm.
Year: 1868

EXTENSION OF THE CITY RA1LwAY.-It
is stated that the Board of Directors Of the
City Railway Company have decided to
extend the track to Hollywood. This
measure, long contemplated, will doubt
less add considerable to the revenue of the
company and greatly accommodate many
citizens. We would suggest another mea-
sure, which would be even more profitable,
and that is a reduction of the fare. Let
this be tried for while.
Year: 1868

PAsTIME REDlvIvUs.-It is announced
that the annual meeting of this champion
baseball club will take place at the
Monumental Hotel tonight. An election
of officers for the ensuing year will take
place. AS the good weather begins We
may expect revival Of the baseball fever
which has swept over Richmond in the
past two years.
Year: 1868

stimulate. Said she: And cannot per.
shade him to do so; he SAYS he will not die.
and he will not touch drop on any con
sideration.' In less than a week he was
on board the advance boat on the way to
Vickshurg.


Again. a few months otter. l was on
board the Headquarters boat at Milk ems
Bend, whore quite lively gathering of
officers and ladies had assembled. Cards
and music were the order of the evening
General Grant sat in the ladi g cabin
leaning upon "A table covered with innu
merable maps and routes to Wick sburg.
wholly absorbed in contemplation of the
great matter fore him. He paid no at
tention whatever to what was going on
around, .,either did any one dare to inter
rupt him; for hours he sat thus, until the
loved and lamented Mcpherson stepped up
TO him with glass of liquor in his hand.
and said: General, this wont do you are
injurins yourself: join with us in few
toasts and throw this burden off your
mind Looking up and smiling, he rel plied
Mac. yod knowyour whisky wont help me
to think, give me dozen of the best ci-
gars YOU can find. and if the ladies viii!
excuse me for smoking, think by the time
l have finished them shall have this job
pretty nearly planned Thus Re sat; and
when the company retired, we left him
there. smoking and thinking, 1ot having
touched one drop of liquor.


When the army lay around Vicksburg
during that long seige, the time that tried
mems souls. | watched every movement it
was possible for me to do. feeling almost
certain that he would eventually succumb
to the custom, alas ! too universal among
the officers. l was in company with gen
tlenian from Chicago. who. while calling
upon the General, remarked, Il have some
very line brandy Oh the boat, and if you
will send an orderly with me to the river.
l will send you a case or two i am great
ly obliged replied the General, but do
not use the article. have big job on
hand, aud though know l shall win.
must do it with cool head. Send all the
liquor you intend for me to the hospital in
therear; ] don't think little will hurt the
poor fellows down there


At a celebration on the 22d of February
before the Surrender of Vicksburg, while
all round We're drinking toas,s in spark
ling champ ign. saw General Grant push
aside glass of wine. and, taking up u
glass OF Mississippi water, with the remark.
This suits the matter in hand Drink to
the etoast,--'God gave US Lincoln and
liberty; Let US fight for both"
Year: 1868

" A letter from California contains the
following queer story A large estate of
Senator Broderick, WI ho was killed in duel,
was disposed of under "a will which was
proved TO he forgery concocted after his
death. III New York. and so pronounced
by ore four District Judges, before whom
the case was tried. The difficulty in the
matter was that the forgery was not proved
until the viii had leen duly admitted to
probate hy the County Court and the Dis
irct Court decided that the admission of the
will to probate was a finality. y.and after that
no action could be taken to set it aside as
fraudulent. AS said, under this de ci ion
the whole estate, now worth millions o.
dollars was held. and the present holder,
have clear title through will known to
he forgery much doubt if such another
case can be found ON the records of the
courts OF any couatry outside OF Ca Horn
ia"
Year: 1868

B5-No matter whom we were for on yesterday, we are now for Seymour and

 Blair They revive in us memories of days when freedom was freedom, when law was law, when the Union was bless ing and joy, and the flag something other than l. drop-curtain hung up before the eyes of a credulous section in order to con ceal acts of usurpation, oppression, and wrong. All over this broad and fair Re public to day garlands of peace are twin ing, hopes-are brightening, hearts are growing bold again. We have now an organization. We have platform. We have leaders. No more cringing to the cowardly prosecutor. No more efforts to conciliate a brutal herd of plundering It is now square fight and fair fight before the people and the ballot-box for final settlement of the past, and final adjustment of the future. We look back with sorrow we look for ward with hope.-[Louisville Journal.
Year: 1868


Brother, are you FAINT and wearyl
Keep up heart
Do the clouds above you thicken ?
Is your mind with sorrow stricken


Keep UP heart
What if hope grow dim and dreary'


Keep up heart!
God will not forget til" humble
Those who in the darkness stumble


Keep up heart!
Life is mingled joy and trouble


Keep up heart!
And we all must have our measure
Of griet7s bitter draught-of pleasure


Keep up heart
What if friendship prove bubble?


Keep mp heart
God viii! be your friend in sorrow
True to-day and true tomorrow


Keep up heart!
Never is the sunshine brighter


Keep up heart
That when shining through the riven
Clouds that mar the blue of heaven


Keep up heart!
Troubles burdens will grow lighter


Krrp up heart!
There will come a bright Tomorrow
When you shall be purgcd of SORROW


Keep mp heart!
Year: 1868

National debt is to be paid, whether in


gold or in currency. Let me tell them,
and let me say to the bankers and busi-
ness men Of New York, that unzess they
tIo,on doaon this first attempt Of Congress
to eject President aoitzout a cause, Mey
had better ask Themselves tile question
a0hat security they hare got IN tie great
future that 1t aoiH be paid at all? Cries
Of "good,," and cheers]. Once destroy
the landmarks of your government; once
cast off the great anchors which have
held you firm and fast; once let it be
understood that one branch of the gov
ernment can be overridden and over
powered by another. if they happen to
come in political collision; once let it be
understood that the Constitution of the
country is not the supreme law of the
land, but that the will of the party ma
jority in Congress is-let me ask the
capitalists of New York where is the
security for your personal interests or
your personal liberty? [Applausei. I pro-
test therefore, against these partisan acts.
AS party man, as an earnest member of
the Democratic party-[applause I-oc-
cupying some prominence, perhaps, in
its council, and looking at that impeach-
ment in Washington as a party uues-
tion, wonld not protest; I would say,
let it go on because know, as well as
/ know anything in the fntpre, the effect
that it will produce upon the politics of
the country, assuming that we are to
have free elections. But, rising above
the partisan, as an American citizen, as
a member and citizen of the great city of
New York, as the head of that city
which has to-day 100000 men who
would vote tomorrow as one man
against the act in Congress, / protest
against it; and I warn these people in
Congress and throughout the country, to
pursue this act no further. There aoiU
be no resistance by force. But the
greatest force in any civilized
age is the force of public opinion ex-
pressed as the people know how to ex-
press it. Applause. 1 only know that
the President of the United States
stands now in Washington as it were
alone. Cabinet members are forced upon
him against hiswill. Majorities in Con-
gress are denouncing him, and threaten
ing impeachment. He stands there,
Aowerer, the representative of the Presi-
Dental office, bound to defend its antegri-
ty and has prerogatiues, And the arm
of the public is with him, and will sus-
tain him. Loud applause. My friends,
as | told you, l came here not intend
ing to say word 1 have said but lit
tie more, perhaps, than l should. 1 thank
you, not for the attention you have Civ
en- to me, but for the manifestation you
have made of your determination to sus-
tain the Executive Of the country in his
defense of the prerogatives and the pow
er OF his office. Great applause.
Year: 1868

We do again n,ost solen,nly protest against
and profoundly deprecate and deplore any
and all attempts to array in, hostile anita
.gonism to each other any of the depart.
ments of the Government upon the mere
question of the constitutionaiity or con-
.struction of Law of Congress, the proper
jurisdiction and final adjudication Of which
belongs exclusively to the judicial tribu-
nails; and we hereby warn the people of
the United States that thespublic liberty
and the existence of free institutions are
involved, and that they are in imminent
danger of utter overthrow in this suicidal
struggle. So @


We do further most solensnly protest
against that wild and radical spirit of in
novation upon the early and well-settled
practice Of the Government practice
established by the men who framed the
Constitution, and who best understood its
spirit and meaning which puts the Chief
Magistrate Of the Republic, the represen-
tative of the dignity and power Of the peo-
pie, at the mercy of one of his own subor-
dinates, assuming to be Secretary Of War
in violation Of his own pronounced con-
viction of the law, who has the unblush-
ing effrontery to place himselfin the un-
warrantable positionof communicating di-
rectly with Congress, in utter contempt of
the authority of his superior, and with the
deliberate purpose of resisting his au-
thority. s<.z, & go ....-.....s.


The undersigned, therefore, in their
character of representatives of the peo-,
pie, being deprived by the despotic power
of an inexorable majority of the high pri-
vilege of debate, that great instrument in
the discovery of truth, and the most che
rished heritage of a free people, do here
by solemnly and earnestly protest against
these infractions of the rights of the peo-.
pie, and, respectfully ask that this their
protest may be spread upon the Journal of
Year: 1868

PAY OF TIE PoLIcE.-Great complaint is
made that our police have not been paid of
for two months. This is too bad. These
men do their duty efficiently night and day,
and their claims upon the city should be
the last to be unheeded. Many Of them


have large families, and being unable to
procure credit with their present prospects,
are almost without means of subsistence.
We trust that the matter will receive the
immediate attention of the proper authori-
tipa
Year: 1868

FOURTH OF July FEAST AT GLEN
ALLEN.-We take pleasure in commencing
to the notice of all who wish to get away
from the heat and dust of the city, and
spend o day Of quiet enjoyment in the
country, the advertisement Of the ladies Of
Glen Allen Baptist church, which appears
in our columns this morning, in which they
PROPOSE to provide feast for the entertain
ment of those who may favor them with
their company on the Fourth Of July, the
proceeds of which are to be devoted to the
completion of their house of worship:


In the halcyon days Of yore, when the
Fourth of July was celebrated as a national
holiday, and made glorious by all the
"pomp and circumstance Of military
pageantry, the city was the. centre of at
traction, and drew the populace Of oil the
surrounding country to witness the martial
display of its fine volunteer organiza-
tions. But now that our citizens are
no longer permitted to indulge their pa
triotic ardor in such innocent diversions, and
the time-honored "parade" on the Capitol
Square has been suspended by the evolutions
Of negro mounted guards and negro socie-
ties, and the shady delights Of the Square
monopolized by the ordoriferous "wards OF
the nation" who would not gladly avoid
such spectacle and take refuge from the
painful reflections awakened by it in the
peaceful quiet Of the country And what
more potent nepenthe could be suggested
for such bitter memories than q sumptuous
dinner served under the grateful shade of
ever-arching bowers, and cooling ices and
creams dispensed by fingers tipped with
the roseate hues of NORM" Besides deli
cious viands to regale the palate, an intel
lectual repast not less inviting has been pro-
vided for those whose aesthetic tastes may
incline them to prefer q feast of reason
and flow of soul " to less ethereal pleasures.
Year: 1868

BrcIS ruR DAY WITH GoD.-Thero are many
toiins ones whose time is not ut their own com
mand. But thero is not one who cannot hold
converse with God. His ear can hear amid
tho clang and roar Of machinery or the hum
OF hundreds OF voices. The heart can 60 up
to him, no matter what tho surroundings
Wherever Abraham pitched his tent, there no
raised up an altar to the Lord. So, wherever
tho Christian heart is, there IS also an accnptn
bio altar from which tho incense OF prayer aud
praise may ascend.


fot thorc are but few who ma Z not, if they
will, fEd time and place for private commun-
ion with God before entering on tho mornings
duties.


Luther, in his busiest seasons, felt that pray.
ing-timc was never lost. When remarkably
pressed with labprs, he would say, I" l have SO
much to do that cannot get on without three
hours day praying"


Sir Mathew Hale also bears testimony: at
omit praying and reading Gods word in the
morning, nothing goes well oil day" How
many Of us may aud here the cause of many
OF our failures, and consequent discomfort and
loss Of happiness.
Year: 1868

believe from tho evidence .he plaintiff at the time OF
the injury complained OF was in the employ Of the dc
fendsnt engaged firing the engine, and IL he received
the injury consequence OF the negligence OF the eng


neer on that engine lie cannot recover II the engineer
was also az the time the employ OF the defendant


unless YOU believe from the evidence that the engineer
was an incompetent servant and that the company knew
or Ought 10 have known it." To tho refusal TO rule,
and TO certain portions OF the charge 10 the jury excep


taken and thereon the cause was taken 10 the
Circuit Court ON appeal That Court divided on the fol-
lowing question, on which the cause comes here:


Whether upon the facts stated and proved at the
trial the action can be maintained and whether consc
quently the jury should be instructed that under the
facts proved plaintiff cannot recover This question


discussed at great length on both sides and the decision
thereon will be important fone TO railroads ana otht
common carriers the public and to railroad employees
Year: 1868

The present is crisis in the Democratic
party which has no precedent in its history,
as it is crisis in the progress of the coun'ly
which is also without precedent. Never be-
fore has the Democratic party encountered
events so seriously affecting its future vitality
as now. Not that it beholds itself diminish
ed in the magnitude Of its members-(or it
is numerically stronger than it has ever been
before-but that, having been beaten or a
great national issue, as to which it believed
itself to be wholly right and the opposition
wholly wrong, and still so believes, 1t must
nevertheless abandon that issue--tor the de-
cision Of it is tnal-and either sit down in
/ decayiug and helpless inactivity, or strike
boldly out upon new line, selected with pc
culiar reference, not to things as VIC wolid
have them, but to things as they actually sr",
and in pursuing which line it shall cease to e
hold back or" conservative" party, and b.
come, what it was in its palmy days, pro-
gressive and an aggressive party. These arc
the alternatives,


1t will not sit down in helpless and decay.
ing inactivity.


What next? Can the Democratic party sue
ceed until the negro question shall be got
out of the way? 1t cannot. Why not? Is
not negro suffrage inevitable, and is not the
quickest way to at once concede the suffrage,
making issue only on the degree to which it
shall be conceded2 We know that many
Democrats have not reached this advanced
view of the case, and that such are still great
ly inclined to revolt at the proposition Of ne
gro suffrage in any degree; but let us tell them
kknk, - - oil f0 kh..
BILE when the inevitable comes. Negro suf-
frage, we say, is inevitable, and whether it
shall be qualified or universal depends upon
the promptness or otherwise with which the
Democratic party shall move with reference
to it. The South will speedily yield negro
sufftage upon the motion of the Democratic
party because, if for no other reason, she
will soon see, if she does not already see, tho,
if she does not yield it, she will ultimately
be compelled to accept universal negro sut-
frage.


Qualified negro suffrage yielded by tho
Southland by this W. mean impartial suf-
frage dependent upon the intelligence Of the
man, irrespective of color, as is now the rule
10 Massachusetts-the negro question will
have been disposed of, and the occupation of
tne Nortnern hepuoncan party Will oe Sooe
forever. Not one inch of ground will it have
to stand upon; and the country can once
more turn to those Neutrality-suspicious. of pub
lie policy, the right disposition Of which is so
essential to the public prosperity. It will
be upon these questions that.the Democratic
party will triumph, and it will be BY this tri-
umph that constitutional government and our
Federal system will be preserved.-Chicago
Times.
Year: 1868

The citizeps of Fairfield, who offer to give
a portion of their land, free of charge, to
white settlers for the encouragement in i'm.
migration, are prudent and far seeing men.
There 10 far more cleared land in the State
than can be cultivated under our present sys.
ten Of labor, and there is no profit in allow
ing one half the area of plantation to lay
idle, or in exharsting and killing one tract by
improvident management and then repeating
the process on another.


While slavery existed the bare land was of
secondary importance, 1t drew its value from
the negro laborer, and this is patient enough,
now that tue richest plantations i'll the State
are selling for mere song. AT this time,
the planter and farmer have nothing but their
fertile acres upon which 10 depend. There
is no advantage to them in the increase Of
their laborers. and at the end of the year the
difference between their expenses aud the
money realized by the sale of their crop is
the absolute measure of their failure or sue
cess. But there is one means by which the
farmer can improve his position, and that ia
by supporting every project which win, i'm
mediately or ultimately, increase the value Of
his lands.


The surest way of making real estate in
South Carolina more valuable, is by stimula-
ting white immigration. Every immigrant
will be consumer as we'll as producer he
will be customer for tho storekceper and
manufacturer, as well,as the means of bringing
money into the State in return for the ex-
ported fruits Of his labor he will be an ele-
ment of solid progress, as we'll as one more
vote in favor Of white man" rule. The i'm
migrant will not nevertheless, come to our
State unless great inducements are laid be-
fore him. Fertility, salubrity, a warm vel
come, are not enough but offer him farm,
make him at ONCE 2 landowner, convince
him that you are. acting in good faith, and he
will come and bring with. him his friends and
connections. Land, luxuriant land, is abun-
dant, and we do firmly believe that the State
and the individual would be the gamer, if
every farmer in South Carolina were 10 be-
atow upon white settlers one.third of his cul-
tivated and uucleared estate. The land which
was retained would be better and more care.
fully cultivated, and the increase in popula-
ton and the growing stability of the coun-
try would make the remaining two thirds
worth more than the whole would now bring
In the most favorable market.


For these reasons, we say well-done to
the people Of Fairfield and express our hope
that their sagacious conduct will find imita
tors in every section of the State.-Charlestou
News.