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Year: 1867

~ count only the hours that are serene"
is the motto of sun dial near Venice.
There is a softuess aud harmony in the
words and in the thought unparalleled. Oh
all concsits il is surely the most classical.
"I count only the hours that arc serene.
What bland and care dispelliDg ieelingl
How the shadows seem TO fade on the dial
plate as the sky lowers asd time presents
only blank unless as its progress is mar.
ked by what is joyous, aud all that is not
happy sinks into oblivion What line
lesson is conveyed to the mind--to take
no note Of time but by its benefits, TO
watch only for the smiles and neglect the
frcwns of fate, TO compose our lives OF
bright and gentle moments, turning al
ways to the sunny side Of things, and let
ting the rest slip from our imaginations,
unheeded or forgottenl How different
from the common art Of self.tormeniingl
Year: 1867

Not without meaning do people come
forth to see men die. We stand in the
valley, they on the hilltop, and on their
faces strikes the light Of the other world,
and from some sign or signal of theirs We
attempt to discover or extract hiut OF
what II is all alike.
Year: 1867

Man is like SNOWFALL. Leave him
lying in idlencss against the sunny
face of prosperity, aud all the good
that is in him melis like fresh butter In
dogs days; but kick him around, aud be
gathers strength at every re,olution
Year: 1867

WITH reference to DR.. Livingstone,
the last mails from England contain a
good deal of additional information; but
it gives very little more light as to his
safety than the intelligence of him al
ready printed in the Ledger. Before
learning his fate the world will have to
wait for the report of the English expe-
dition now on its way to or is probably
now in Africa, which is TO search for
him.. '1F -,sH
Year: 1867

EVEN Job would hardly have come
down to posterity as shining example
of patience if he had had to dc with
Teresa Coutts, spinster, of London.
This young lady had sweetheart, who
seems never to have done her any harm
beyond standing treat for her at various
public houses. Nevertheless, it was
given in evidence in the Marlborough
street Police Court, on the 18th, that
she had on one occasion stabbed him in
the arm with knife that, on
another, She had stabbed him in
the face with fork; that, on
a third, she had given him seven
wounds on the head with loaded can
dlestick; that, on a fourth, she had
nearly gouged his eyes out with key;
that, on fifth, she had cut his forehead
with plate that, on sixth, she had
stabbed him in the thigh with pocket
knife; and that, on the seventh, she had
knocked out three of his teeth with a
glass, and cut his throat with the frag-
merts afterward. Altogether he had
been five times to the hospital through
her violence. At last he gave her into
custody, observing that he should not
have taken so severe a course with a
lady if she had not done it so often.'
Year: 1867

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lFrom John Paul's :. hings." in the New York


First, we had Dickens. That was
good to start in with-but 1 do think our
critics have been spilling themselves a
little too loosely there anent. A pleas
ant-faced gentleman and good reader
by no means great one-having said
that, what more is there to say2 Ger
tainly, if he be the artist that some
loud-mouthed dailies say he is, 1 am an
idiot. 1t is something to see an author
whose name has become a household
word in the hearts of the people, to hear
him read his own works. and enter into
the characters which he created-nay, it
is more than something, it is a great
deal, and enthusiasm may very well be
kindled, but there is no use in burning
everything up.


1t is always we'll to keep ones linen
on, if 1 may be permitted polite peri
phrasis.


Dickens beyond doubt is good rea d.
er, but I've heard better. True, he la
bored under the disadvantage of reading
his own works, but that was his own
fault of selection, Anything that ever
I've written was at his service had he
spoken. To the parable ofthe Prodigal
Son 1 think he'd have done justice, for
his voice is rather husky, and the rising
infection with which he ends sentence
would have been apropos in connection
with him who. at the last arose and went
unto his father. skssfs asAEg
Do not misunderstood me. Had
Dickens but written David Copperfield,
the world would have owed him a debt
of love and gratitude, which could not
have well have been overpaid. But il
he chose to come out and dance for his
own emolument and the popular edifca-
ton, 1 don't know that we all should
stand on our heads and proclaim with
one accord that he is greater in that line
than Monsieur .Limbertoes, who never
has done and can do nothing else. -
have not a doubt that if Dickens
made pair of breeches, and put them
on exhibition, immense crowds would
flock to see them, and the verdict would
be that an excellent tailor was sacrificed
when he took to authorship. Still the
chances are, that they wouldn't be quite
equal to the average garments which my
estimable friend Porter-I always speak
in respectful terms of creditors-turn'
out. By all of which 1 mean to say
that though there are several men in tht
world who can read Pickwick and &C
Micawber inimitably, there is only on'
who could have written them-ard tina
man is Dickens. Surely, there is glory
enough, and why seek to hide the great
er crown under a lesser one2 ses--
Year: 1867

RAIN.-Crops would be materially benefited by good rain at this time late corn in this vicinity is suffering from dry weather, and we learn that cotton is shedding squares and bolls very rapidly.
Year: 1867

And it's attendant train of symptoms it acts more like charm than medicine. There is nothing in the range of Materia Medica that can for moment bear comparison with it in this disease.

 A full account of this wonderful plant may be found in the ith edition of the U. S. Dis pensatory, on pages 1887 and 1888.

 series of experiments in which Dr. BULL has been for years engaged, has just been brought to successful termination, and he is now enabled to offer to the public combina- ton of CEDRON with other approved tonies, the whole preserved in the best quality of cop per distilled Bourbon Whiskey, which he is confident has
Year: 1867

He might furnish a volume of certificates, but the public have long since learned to esti mate such things at their true value. The safest plan is for every one to test for himself the virtue of new medicine.
Year: 1867

The Livingston (Alabama) Jour. nal regrets very much to learn that the army worm has made its appearance in several of the finest cotton growing neigh. borhoods in Sumter county. As yet the number is too small to do much damage but there is great fear that owing to the lateness of the crop, very material injury is likely to ensuc.
Year: 1867

Every department Of business has an imIne-
diate interest in the markets Of the country. and
in its financial fluctuations and condition. The
man who fails to keep himself properly adj
vised as to the rise and fall of the markets. a.
controlled by the laws Of demand and supply.
and the relative condition Of the currency. is
exposed to constant loss. and must necessarily
fall behind his more intelligent and enterprising
neighbors. In order to make our paper valuable
as well as interesting. we shall continue 20
make this SPECIAL FEATURE. Our Daily
Market Reports. domestic and foreign. by teie-
graph. and our City Reports. gotten up at heavy
expense, have challenged the cOmmsndation OF
our best business men; while our current Finan-
cial Reports from all the leading money centres
of the country are fuller than have ever been
published by any other journal in Tennessee.
Year: 1867

We shall constantly admonish the Southern
people to be seIf-reliant. and shall do what we
may be able to induce the establishment OF
manufactures in our midst for our home pro-
luots To this end we will pay special attention
to the COST and STATISTICS Of manufacturing.
and exert ourselves to encourage the diversli-
cation of Southern industries and the develop
uent Of Southern resources
Year: 1867

And for the special pleasure and profit Of the
young. each week we will give general literary
and religious miscellany. Nothing shall hnd
its way into our columns unfit for the perusal Of
the mothers and daughters Of the land. Depre-
eating the dsmoralizing sensationalism Of many
contemporary journals. we shall sschsW that
character; striving to give ths'reader substantial
matter. preferring to be useful rather than


ensatiOnal.
Year: 1867

by A CONSOLIDATION OF THE NASH
WILLIE UNION AND AMERICAN and the
DISPATCH and by the generous and united
support Of the UNION AND DIsPATcH By the
patrons of both the former papers. the PrOprie-
tors are enabled to present 4 Newspaper hither-
to unsurpassed in this city or State.


IN FULLNESS AND ACCURACY OF
NEWS. our paper will compare favorsbly with
the best in the entire country; and in saying
this. we only repeat the expressions Of many OF
our patrons. who are nost capable Of judging in


ueh matters.
Year: 1867

And kindred topics. we shall also give an ex-
tensive variety Of valuable and interesting mat
ter-the beat adapted to tho farming classes D.
our State. which will. in a great measure sup
ply the place Of a family agricultural paper.
Year: 1867

The Buffalo Courier is strenuously op>
posed to the calling of National Demo>
cratic Convention. 1t very sensibly re-
marks, in alludipg to the movement, that


"At present there is positively nothing
for National Convention to do. except to
furnish capital for the radical dlsunionin-
lists. The Rump Congress is precipitating
the party it purports to represent to des-
truction, and in the name of common sense
why should the Democracy interpose to
prevent the consummation so devoutly to
be wished !


When the radicals have perfected their
revolutionary schemed and are ready to
present their programme to the people of
the country, there will be ample time for
the lovers Of constitutional liberty to ar>
range the details of the Presidential cam-
pagn There IS nothing to be gained and
much to be lost by hasty action. Our
platform is the restoration Of the Union,
as every body knows. and yard or two
Of we'll worded resolutions will have no
beneficial influence. The agitators for
Convection, nine times out Of
ten, are played out politicians, who wish to
air their ancient rhetoric and gaivanize
themselves into fictitious life
Hold on, gentlemen, the radicals are doing
more for us just now, than we can possibly
do for ourselves"
Year: 1867

There is consistency in radicalism after
all. Since it is resolved to exclude the
southern States from the American Union.
1t can not do less than exclude the history
OF the southern States from American his
tory. We mean. of course, American his
tory as Phillips and Sumner understand
the term-a sort Of history which includes
all the smallest events in New England
and excludes all of the greatest events any
where else. 1t is very true that some Of
the men of other sections have managed
to keep precarious footing in Yankee
schoOl-books, and that few Of the battles
of the revolution and the last war with
England have been thought worthy OF a
place by the side Of the fearful struggles Of
Lexington, Bunker Hill and Bennington.
But the time seems to have come for abol
ishing these superfuous addenda to the
history of the country If the southern
States are to be kept out Of the Union, it is
of course, eminently proper that the histo-
ry Of the southern States should be sup
pressed. Hence We recognize something
peculiarly opposite in the scene which took
place in Congress yesterday on the motion
to adjourn over for the Sth of January.


There was something exquisiteiy suS
gestiye in the announcement Of General
Jackson's decease. and in the stroke Of
humor Of the member who declared that
the Battle Of New. Orleans was 'played
out" Great men arc said to be immortal,
but to claim Immortality for the great men
of America outside of New England is, of
course an intolerable impertinence. The
radicals killed off Jackson yesterday, and
they intend, we presume. to terminate the
historical existence of Washington, Madi-
son, Jefferson, Calhoun and Polk.
Year: 1867

The fift!i is owl drunk. lie is wise la
his own conceit. No man must differ with
him for his word is law He is true in
politics, and all matter must be taken as
Authority HIS arm is the strongest. his
voice the sweetest, his horse the feetest,
his turnips the largest, his town the finest
of all in the land


The sixth and last animal in the me-
nagerie is the fox drunk man. He is
crafty, ready to trade hosses, and cheat if
he can. Keen to strike a bargain, leering
around with low cunning, peeking through
cracks, listening under the caves. watch-
ing for some suspicious thing, sly as fox,
sneakiug as a wolf. lie is the meanest
drunkard Of them all
Year: 1867

The action of Congress on the tariff
bill Is partial and one sided, all for the
benefit of the manufactures. The immen c
pressure brought to bear upon Congress
by the manufacturing interests, assisted
by 4 powerful lobby and plenty of money
is producing its effect. Mr. Sprague, the
rich cotton manufacturer of Rhode Island
is the active representative of these inter>
ests IN the Senate, and after the extraor-
binary efforts he made on Wednesday in
lis own and their behalf, Mr.. Fessenden
was constrained to say that though he
had great respect for the manufacturers
Of the country, lie would tell the Senate
nov that from the testimony before the
committee, from all that he and that COM
mittee knew, it would not do to leave the
formation of the tariff to the manufacture
crs." This significant language shows
what the manufacturers are at We fear
that Notwithstanding Mr. Fessenden's
warning they will form tariff that will
be burdensome to the people for the bene-
fiji of small class of the community. The
immense fortunes which the manufacture
ers have been and are making are taken
from the agricultural aud other industrial
classes--from every one who wears or uses
a piece of cotton: cloth Qr other taxed ma
terial. A tariff for rcvst6e, with the in>
cidental protection it affords is all we need
and the only one We should have. The
manufacturers have very adroitly taken
advantage of the time when the people are
absorbed with weighty political matters
and not so likely to watch their selfish
schemes to concoct tariff to suit them =
selves. 1t is to be hoped that Mr. Fessen-
den and other enlightened statesmen like
himself in Congress will sst to the last
the schemes OF the manufacturers " T.
Herald
Year: 1867

The following homily we give rs we
found it, leaving cur sober fellow citizens
to warrant for the truth therein contained.


The most foolish predicament man can
get into is to get drunk. In drunkenness
every man shows his strongest and most
ardent passion There are six kinds of
drunkards, and if you win 20 into a city
drinking place where there are dozen
men under the influence of liquor, you will
be sure to find these six different charac~
ters, representing different animals.


The first is ape-drunk He leaps, and
sings, and yells and dances, making all
sorts of grimaces, and cutting all sorts of
monkey shines to excite the laughter of
his fellows Terribly silly is the drum,
ken clown


The second is tiger drunk. He breaks
the bottles, breaks the chairs, breaks the
heads Of his fellow carousers, and is full
of blood and thunder. Ills eyes are fred
with vengeance, and his soul raves with
murderous fury. OF this sort are those
who abuse their families


The third Is hog drunk. He rolls in
the dirt on the floor, slobbers and grunts.
and going into the street makes his bed in
the first ditch or filthy corner he may hap
pen to fall into. He is heavey, lumpish
and sleepy, aud cries in a gruuting way for
little more to drink.


The fourth is puppy drunk. He will
weep for kindness, and whine his love, hug
you in his arms, and kiss you with his
slobbery lips and proclaim how much he
loves you. You are the best man he ever
saw, and he will lay down his money OF his
life for you
Year: 1867

- Wind of the western sea.

 She was winding up the timepiece slowly and carefully, and humming the song to herself, and as she did so-what woman would not have done the same?-she glan- ced at the reflection of her own pretty face in the glass over the chimney piece. She saw her blue-eyed face with it's setting of yellow hair, and the same moment she saw something else by no means so pleasant to look upon-something that for one brief instant caused every pulse of her being to stand still in silent horror.

 There was some one in the room beside herself. What she saw in the glass was the reflection of hand grasping the crimson damask curtains that draped the French l window opposite the fireplace. Only a
Year: 1867

ccedings of their late meeting, make this at
tempt to accommodate them a pretext for fur
ther resistance When they were asked to
leave the City, they protested that they would
not be driven out; now that they are cOaXed
to stay where they will not breed a pestilence,
they protest that they will not be sent where
some one will make money by their location!
We fervently trust that they may remain of
this mind, and 60 off the island altogether.
For, though the Twelfth Ward AbattOir is
cleanly and healthful, and likely to remain so,
it will be found in practice that butchering will
not be confined to this, but spread all over the
two upper Wards. The Board of Health have
done wrong in allowing it so far down as
Fortieth-st. They should have sent it up to
Sixty first st. at once, if not ready to exclude
it from the island. We beg the butchers to
be sulky and resolve not to stay on any terms.
There is fine AbattOir at COmmunipaw, on
the Jersey shore; let them establish another
at Spuytenduyvil, and another yet at Fort Lee.
But let our citizens generally resolve that nei-
ther bullying in New-Yo nor money spent
corruptly at Albany, shall suffice to keep the
butchering business in our compactly built
Wards, where it has already slain more chill
dren each year of the last thirty than Herod
put to death in all Judea.
Year: 1867

The Board of Audit is making a hopeful


start. Without waiting to know whether it is
a lawful organization, it draws upon the people
for nearly forty thousand dollars to pay salar-
les not earned, and clerk-hire not hired. Mayor
Hoffman very properly vetoes the bill which
the Supervisors found it so easy to pass. The
Mayor, in giving his reasons, uncovers nice
little arrangement whereby this Board of
Audit makes the most of its chance at the
Treasury. 1t seems that the Board discovers
itself to be two boards that it is one board
for the city, and quite another board for the
county and 80 its estimates for salaries and


expenses are based upon the theory that rs
two boards the members and clerk may take
double pay-that the law which gives them
ten dollars each for each day of actual ser
vice" may DO made to give them twenty dol
Year: 1867

THE DUTY OF THE COUNTRY-THE PRESI


DENTS POWER MUST BE BROKEN.


We trust the friends of the country will not
be lulled into false hopes in reference to the
President. A careful study of his character
and of the principles governing his Administra-
ton makes us feel that as a ruler he is not to
be trusted, and that he must be watched with
suspicion and anxiety. We do not say a word
in derOgatOn of the dignity of the Presidential
office. That Office is so exalted, and its powers
so vast and far-reaching, that we owe it to our
children that it should not be wantonly degraded
The President has degraded it, He has made
his Administration shameful page in our his
tory. The country must not permit the page
| to close without proper recOmpense. Our
rulers may dishonor their Office. We must not
dishOnOr ourselves.


Andrew johnson stands forth among public
men as the Gigantic Demagogue of America
This is saying good deal when we consider
the manner of men the nation has at times
produced. Aaron Burr, Calhoun, Van Buren,
Pierce, Douglas, and Buchanan, are enough for
one century. They had redeeming qualities
Mr.. johnson has shown none. His devotion to
the Homestead law, as Senator, was noticeable.
Men did not fail to see, however, that while
this devotion was forced upon him by his class
he sustained in John c. Breckenridge party
that aimed to reduce his class below the Level
of the negro slave. While he professed to give
labor home, he votedsto have it sold on the
auction block. When the War came, he gave
the Union cause mild and incoherent support.
In this, also, he followed his class, and we pre-
sumo he was not slow to follow it by reason
of the indignities he received from the
men who created the Southern Confede-
racy. He was made Military Governor
of Tennessee, and was roaring Radical.
He ruled his State with more sternness than
any of our military commanders He raved
about the Union and the negro, proclaiming
himself the Moses of the colOred race, its friend
leader and champion. The people made him
Vice-President. Peace came; and in the first
sunny, healing hours of peace this demagogue
roared for war. The sword had done its work
he shrieked for the scaffold. He wanted new
Jeffries in the South, and Bloody Assize in
every State. The spirit of Vengeance had no
more insatiate disciple. If his advice had been
taken, our victories would have been as inhu.
man as those of EscObedO and Diaz. Gods in
scrutabe Providence made him President, and
the demagogue who urged Mr.. Lincoln to play
the part which has been so eminently illus
tratcd by Juarez, himself sought to repeat the
treasons of Charles the Second and the obstinate
cructies of James. Power transformed him
from the Dcmagogue OF Radicalism to the
Demagogue OF Slavery His purblind, barrow
vision saw only in the South so many elec
toral votes that might be "conciliated.n
Year: 1867

Let lis tell the President q homely story
Years ago in Westchester County there lived a
noted bull. He was q conservative animal. lie
believed in the traditions of the fathers, and
had risen from an humble station to be bull
of strength and temper, fit for the proudest
arena of Spain His life was fixed. He detest-
ed Radicalism. He swung around his circle
from day to day, like a wise and resolute bull,
calmly contemplating the wagon and the OK
cart, the numbering stage and the old family
carriage. By-and-by railroad was laid, and
one morning locomotive rushed screeching
along. The bull was alarmed. He had never
heard of such n thing. 1t was unconstitutional.
1t was contrary to the teachings OF the
fathers. The Washington of bulls had
never mentioned it, and the Jefferson
of bulls he felt certain would have condemned
it had he lived. There never was a bull so agi-
tated, so vexed, so maddcned so alarmed. He
did not care about himself He would willingly
pour himself out rs libation for the good OF
his race, but this Radical innovation he could
not endure. So he beloved, and kicked, and
pranced, but all was as unavailing as so many
yetoes. One day he escaped from his pen. He
heard the whistle. Now was his opportunity.
Now would he put his foot down, and stop the
calamity. The train came laundering along,
and placing himself in the middle of the track,
he rushed upon it.


We believe locomotives still run in West
chester County.
Year: 1867

The Herald, in publishing an account yester-
day of the sinking of the harbor-police boat
Metropolitan remarked that the affair had been
hushed up by the authorities, and reached the
notice of the editor only through the vigilance
of his reporters. If he had read THE TRIBUNE
the day before he might have spared his re-
porters the fatigue of good deal of unnc-
cessary vigilance for we gave full account
of the disaster on Monday.
Year: 1867

lars each for every day in the year IL that
is not pretty sharp practice, we cannot i'm
agine what would be. 1t is at least another
and a very cogent reason why this all-power-
full Board should not be saddled for an in
definite series of years upon our suffering city