Year: 1865

Der OF branches os business that 90 10 make the
sun total Of our Improvements. l cannot close
this part OF ny saheet without calling your atten
tioa to the sreat Improvements thst hare been
made in the conveying Of passengers and freight
iroa city to city within the time that many within
the sound Of ny voice have arrived at the years Of
manhood. II orr Eastern towns, bot few years
ago was heard the sound OF the stage horn as i;
echoed among the hills and valleys. announcing
that the United States mail was about to enter
town. Now II Is impossible to find town or city
Of any note. in that part Of the country bat that
the sound Of the shri whistle announces to al! coz
eeraec, " clear the traek for am coming Snd at
the next moment IN rushes the engine drawing
train OF passenger and freight cars that convey
mere OF passengers and freight in one day than
could be conveyed by the cid method Of the slow
cumherous stage coach in long time. The rail.
reading interests never assumed point worth call
ing attention 10 until the year 1870. II is true
prior 10 that time We had a few railroads tcr the
conveying Of heavy freight but none that will com,
pare with the poorest Of the present day. Now
the great East and West are bound together bv iron
bands, which form complets network, binding
our country together in the strongest manner.
Since the year 1910, railroads enough have been
built in our country, not only TO encrcle the globe
we inhabt, but also 10 stretch from end TO end Of
this country The leng-talked of Pacific Railroad
is no longer scheme OF idle speculation. About
fifty miles npon each end Of it has already been
completed, and still thousands of workmeu are
pushing on the noble work that is TO annihilate the
long and tedious distance of across the Plains
Soon the grizzly Of the Rocky Mountains and the
buffalo of the plain viii be startled by the shril
whistle of the laundering train as it comes rushing
on, bearing its living freight Of human beings to
the golden shores of the Pacific while we. who
for time, have been separated from home and
friends, can step on board and be with the loved
ones left behind in about the same time it now
takes to pass from city to city. Bachelors, take
courage! The glorious millennium is about to dawn
which shall restore you to the Mary Ann and Peg
gy left behind


The clicking telegraph which has stolen the sub
tie fluids of Heaven to carry the messages of men
to the different parts of the world may be found in
every part Of our country where civilized man
holds sway. We have reaped an immense benefit
from this great invention during the present civil
war, by being informed in a very short time. of
the state Of the fuctuating markets in the East,
or regulating the prices of articles here TO CORES
pond. During the present civil war would to
God did not have to refer to such an event in the
history Of the country. But in all human institu-
tions more less of error and superstition are to
be found; and so long as these two evils are per
mitted to remain with mortals, so long will devas-
tating with all its long train of evils be found
upon the earth. But as when the terrific whirl-
wind bursts suddenly upon us. sweeping all before
it to destruction when it is over and past it leaves
the air as pure and serene that of Eden So with
civil war; it carries sorrow and anguish TO many
heart, but it sweeps away evils that nothing else
seems TO effect. We have had to mourn the loss of
thousands of our brave men that have fallen by
the bullet and by disease; we have had to regret
the rayages of war by which large tracts of our
country, for time, were laid waste but we rejoice
that our nation has liberated itself from its chief
sin and that now it is indeed


The land of the free and home of the brave


We rejoice that, though at the cost of so many
lives and Of so much Of treasure we have been
able 10 place this nation at the hoad of the list as
military nation; for it gives us an influence
among other nations that We may well he proud
of. But in the midst of our rejoicing both for
what we, as a nation. have gained bv the war and
that the Angel of Peace is now. again to spread
her wings over our beloved country, a clond of
sadness hangs over the land because of the last
great loss we have experienced in death of the la
mented President, Abraham Lincoln who fell by
the hand of an assassin. He had just entered up-
on second term Of Office to which he had been
called by the almost unanimous voice Of the peo-
pie, who had watched his career in the midst of the
most trying circumstances, when men with large
professions of loyalty were seeking places of trust
that they might the more aid the enemies of the
country. His simplicity OF life and conduct en-
deared him TO the people. His christian example
was like the rays of the sun, giving forth light
and encouragement in the hours of deepest gloom
When the leader of the children of Israel had over
come all his foes and had almost reached the prom
lsed land and his counsels were no longer needed
he was called from his labor here to that eternal
rest above. SO, too, with the leader of our Israel
Just as the storm clouds were passing from the
horizon and the glad shouts of Peace were heard
coming from every part Of the land as if too good
and too pure longec 10 remain with mortals he
was called to seat by the side OF the Father Of his
country, around the Throne Of God.