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Year: 1865

At meeting of Southern men in
Memphis, recently, Colonel Gra'e, of
Arkansas, spoke as follows:


FELLOW CITIZENS am the man who
drew up the ordinance of Secession in
the Leg gislature of Arkansas. l have
been in the field fighting against the
Union for nearly four years, but now |
am a conquered and whipped man.
I Laugter As | was gallant in going out
to fight, l now propose to be gallant at
surrendering and submitting to the arms
of the Government that We cannot whip.
Laughter. have no contempt for Fed
eral authority now, if | ever had. do
not think there is manly bosom in the
South but that has higher respect for
Northern gallantry than when we went
into the fight. There may be some men
in the North who may think that the
South had hand in the death of our
lamented President, but | know that the
people of the South mourn over his death,
and feel that they have lost friend. The
North have maintained this conflict nobly,
aud the South have nothing to be asham-
ed of, | am proud of the South--thsre
is something in the very atmosphere that
makes men great. So, l say that the
South is not an insignificant people; aud
if SO great a people as they are cannot
whip the world, who cannot come to the
inevitable conclusion that the North is
greater? [Laughter.] And l am not to
stultify myself by saying that have
been whipped by somebody. Now it is
our duty to respect and go back to this
great national church-repent, get abso-
luton, and be baptized afresh. Laugh
ter. | know we will receive honorable
and just terms. When l had an inter-
view with the President, his heart seemed
to be overhowing with love toward the
Southern people. We first went out of
the Union and threw down the gage of
battle, and the North picked it up; we
fred the first gun and took the first fort
Fort Sumter-wbich was taken back
few days ago. [Laughter.J The North
seemed to be unwilling to fight; they did
not think we would fight, and SO we
thought of them, but, to our sorrow, we
have found out different they seemed to
spring up like mushrooms from ali parts
of the earth. Before this war [ never
saw a Federal officer hardly. I never
felt the slightest oppression of the Fed
eral Government in fact l never thought
we had one until went out to fight, and
then | found we did have Government,
Year: 1865

The day is done, and the darkness
Falls from the wings of Night,
AS a feather is waited downward


From an eagle in his flight.
see the lights of the village


CLEAN through the rain and the mist,
And feeling of sadness comes DER me,
That my soul cannot resist:
A feeling of sadness and longing,


That is not akin to pain,
And resembles sorrow only


AS the mist resembles the rain.
Come, read to me some poem,


Some simple and heartfelt lay,
That shall soothe this restless feeling,
And Danish the thoughts of day.
Not from the grand old masters,


Not from the bards sublime,
Whose distant footsteps echo


Through the corridors of Time.
For, like strains of martial music,


Their mighty thoughts suggest
Life's endless toll and endeavor;


And tonight / long for rest.
Read from some humber poet,


Whose songs gushed from his heart,
As showers from the clouds of summer,
Or tears from the eyelids start;
Who, through long days of labor,


And nights devoid of ease,
Still heard in his soul the music


Of wonderful melodies.
Such songs have power to quiet


The restless pulse of care,
And come like the benediction


That follows after prayer.
Then read from the treasured volume
The poem of thy choice,
And lend to the rhyme of the poet
The beauty of thy voice.
And the night shall be filled with music,
And the cares that infest the day,
Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs,
And as silently steal away.
Year: 1865

ward, resigning the bride elect to her
uncle, who was to give her away.


While the ceremony was being per-
formed silent prayer goes up from the
heart of the widow and tears drop thick
and fast upon her furrowed checks, for
her home will now be desolate indeed /;
and when at last the two are made one
the mother presses her daughter to her
bosom-now hers no more forever-one,
long moaning sob, which she tries to re.
press, escapes her, and she feels that the
light has gone out from the hearthstcue
when the carriage containing the newly
married couple rolled away from the door.
Year: 1865

The CRY ELEcTInS. There has been an
election progressing to day, the result OF
which is hard to determine Ii may end in
one thing, and it may not However, our
modesty will not allow Us to boast over an
unfortunate advosary, and weprefer to wait
until tho poles are closed, and votes count
ed. The Republicans have been trying to
do something. but their success is qnes.
tionable After standing about the ballot
box for about an hour, We conld't see that
they had got far ahcai We await the re-
suit
Year: 1865

SEE HERE Save your money and invest
it in clothing at Sam Perry Grea. Clothing
Emporium, opposite the Post Office Now
is the time to buy goods cheap gold
advances again. lie is bound to suit you
ard sell lower than any other concern in the
city An immense stock Of Gents Furnish
ing Goods on hand.
Year: 1865

The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has
just made the following important decision in re-
ference to the duty on tobacco in the late iusur
rectionary States:


Tobacco manufactured prior to Sept, l, 1862,
and sold but never removed from the place of
manufacture is liable to the rate of duty imposed
by the act now in force. Tobacco made subse-
quent to Sept. l, 1852, and prior to June 30
1864, if it has been sold, will be liable to the
rates of duty imposed by the act of July l, 1862,
and the amended act of March 5, 1868, when
ever it is moved beyond the insurrectionary
States if it has never been sold, but is still in
the possession of the manufacturer, then it will be
subject, when sold or removed, to the rates of
duty imposed by the law now in force. Manu-
factured tobacco, in the insurrectionary States
made prior to April l, 1865, and not owned by
the manufacturer when sold, either to be consum-
ed in an insurrectonary State, or to- be carried
out of said State is liable to the tax imposed by
the law now in force Tobacco in the hands of
purchaser may be sold indefinitely within the
insurrectionary States without becoming liable to
tax; but when the same is sold to be transported
beyond the limits of said insurrectionarv States,
it becomes liable to the tax imposed by the law
in force at the time the first sale of the same to-
bacco was made by the manufacturer thereof
Tobacco from Virginia or North Carolina cannot
be shipped by way of New York to New Orleans
though the same was made and sold prior to the
establishment of Collection Districts in said State,
without the payment of the tax The tax would
accrue on tobacco manufactured by firm,
should said firm, on being dissolved, divide the
stock on hand of manufactured tobacco among
the individual members of the firm. If sale Of
said tobacco should afterwards be made, to be
carried beyond the limits of the insurreetionary
States, the rate of tax would be determined by
the time when such first sale was made. In all
cases where any party shall make claims to have
his goods treasured at different rate from the
current rates under the laws now in force, it will
be incumbent upon him to show to the entire sat-
isfaction of the assessor that the precise time
when the sale was made entities him to lower
rate of duty.
Year: 1865

membered and honored as heroes and patriots,
not only at the South, but in the North, too, as
soon as passion subsidies, and sober reason and
calm reflection assume their sway over the pub
lie mind


[ cannot and would not Mr. Chairman, ask my
fellow-citizens to forget the past in this war so
far as the North is concerned There have
been deeds of atrocity committed by the United
States armies which never can be forgotten in


the Southern States. But do entreat them to
become loyal citizens and respect the national
authorities of the Republic. Abandon, at once
and forever, all notions Of secession notification
and disunion There is no reason why there
should be any sectional jealousy i'll feeling
between the North and the South. They are
greatly necessary to each other Their interests
, are dependent and not rival interests; and now
that slavery is abolished, there will be no bone
of contention between the two sections.
Year: 1865

The Greensboro Patriot says that at the late
meeting of the stockholders of the N. c. Railroad
Company, the question ofhavng National Bank
connected with the Road was agitated. Among
others who participated in the discussion were the
Hon N Boyden in favor of and Gov. Morehead
against the project. After the discussion was
over, the stockholders directed that application
be made to the Convention or the Legislature fol
an amendment to the Charter of the Company
permitting them to establish National Bank j.
connection with the business of the Road, in H.
cordance with the financial Banking schemcfof
the U. S. Government. The opposition to this
project arose mainly from the belief that the Road
would not have the funds to spare at any ealy
day to establish such Bank.


We have seen no statistics giving information
of the present financial condition of the Company,
but learn verbally that the Road has paid its cur
rent expenses up to the first Of May, 1885, and
that it has large claim against the c. S. Gov
ernment for services in the transportation of
troops and all manner of army stores, DC. We
would infer from this that it is in a safe coddi-
ton, financially. Not only the individual stock
holders, but the whole State, have deep pecu-
niarv interest in the success of this Road.
Year: 1865

The trial of Mary Harris for killing Mr.
Burroughs, clerk in the Treasury Department
at Washington, was concluded IN that city on
the 10Th The courtroom was densely crowded
with males and females. The jury, after an alb
sence of about ten minutes, returned verdict
of not guilty on the plea Of insanity. On this
announcement, the pen threw up their hats and
burst into loud applause, women waved their
handksrchiets and wept with joy, and numbers
rushed towards Miss Harris to congratulate her.
She tainted, of course, and was removed from
the court room in an insensible condition. She
shot Burroughs because he married another after
promising to marry her.
Year: 1865

Bnt this is the dark side of this great
American art Every sort of employment
has its DARK side. There are few who get
rich without ,mpoverishing few


Have a goo0 article, an article that will
do good, aai then stick it at them. Hit
them in the face with it, slash them over
the eyes with it. This Is the art Of ad-
vertising. Say you have hat--a good
hat, hat that is worth having on any
body's head. Well, putt on everybody's 5
head You can do it by advertising it.
Other hatters may make living, you viii
make fortune-by advertising In all
New York there is only one hatter-Knox
In all Philadelphia ouly one-we forget
his name, showing that he doesn't adyer-
tise enough In Philadelphia there are
imposing piles Of blownstone owned by
DR. Jayne. They are bui out Of adver-
tising. In New York there is a huge pile
on Broadway, worth its weight in gold,
and an acre Of ground Of fabulous cost}i~
ness, the property Of Dr. Brandreth All
Of it goes to the credit Of Advertising
Brandreth's pills are household words.
because Brandreth was an adept in ad~
vertising-only tlis and nothing more
There is proof on every hand, then, that
there IS money in advertising But i,can
only be got out by 'peg.ing away The
first and chief nay almost the only, quail
iGcatioa for successful advertiser IS per-
tiuacity To be the only halter in town
YOU have only to keep saying YOU are
somewhere, where people viii see you say
it To have the OILY hair tonic, or pill
or birters that the people need, you have
only to poke their eyes with the assertion
that you have There IS only here and
there one in any branch Of money maliar
that looms up and fills the public eye, and
monopoiizcs the rdblic tongue, and draws
necessarily upon the public purse These
are they who understand the art Of ad-
vertising, and appreciate the indisputable
fact that tho only way to make money
ont Of advertising IS TO stick to it. The
first, nay, perhaps the one hundred and
first, advertisement is thrown away, If
with that you cease advertising Just as
The first or one hundred aud first stone
thrown into the lake for the purpose Of
filing it up is thrown away If it IS the
last that IS thrown in. Only a few see
the matter in this light; hence so much
advertising that comes to naucht The
occasional advertisement money thrown
away To make advertising pay it must
be stuck 70 with all that pertinacity which
is indispensable to success in the prose
cution Of every other art There are
some men in this country who spend fifty
thousand and others who spend one humid
red and f.ty thousand dollars per anrum
in ADVERTISING And every ono Of them
are getting rich out of advertising.
Year: 1865

On the Sd of March, 1865, Congress
authorized the secretary of the treasury
t. agpointa commission Of three persons
to inquire and report upon the subject of
raising by taxation such revenue as might
be necessary in order to supply the wants
Of the government, having regard to and
including the sources from which revenue
should be drawn, and the best and most
Efficient mode Of raising the same. and -
report the form Of a bi l. The commis-
sion was also given the power to inquire
into the manner and efficiency Of the past
and present methods Of collecting the in
ternal revenue, and to take testimony in
such manner and under such regulations
as should be prescribed by the secretary
Of the treasury


In conformity with this act the secre-
tary Of the treasury was pleased to ap-
point the following named persons upon
Year: 1865

A colored man, the editor of the Black
Republican; an able paper published at
New Orleans, says: saa a


"The colored man and the white man
cannot live together in this country, they
must and will have to separate, unless
the Congress Of the nation will give them
a place for themselves, for as it was
with Abraham and Lot, SO it is with usj
and the sooner we seek home for our
rising generation, the better it will be for
us. Our final destiny, so far as | can
dimly see, is that in three hundred years
it will be rare thing to see a coiored
man in this country. Like the Indian,
our race is destined to become extinct in
this country, unless we move ourselves"
Year: 1865

"A n IL wv


OF che worst disorders that act mankind arise from the
corruption that accumuates in the Blood OF all the dis
eoveres that have been made to purge out can
equal In effect HELKBOLD'S C0MP0UN EXTRACT
OF SARSAPARLtLA. It cleanses and renovates tho
Blood fnstis the vigof Of health into the system. and
purges out the huors which make disease It stimulates
che healthy functions Of body and expe the disorders
that grow and ranke In the Blood Such remedy that
could be relied on long been sought for, and now for
che dfst time the public have which they can de-
send Our space here does not admit Of certificates to
chow Its Effects but the trial OF single bottle will show to
che sick that II has virtues surprising anything they have
ever taken.


Two tabiespoonsfu Of Extract fsarsaparla added
70 pint Of WATER equal to the Lisbon Diet Drink, and
one bottle equal gallon Of the Syrup of sarsapara,
Or the decoction as usually made.


The above Extracts are.prepared on purely scientific
brincpiesin VIcao-and embody the full strength OF
she Ingredients entering into their composition. ready
and conclusive test will be comparison Of their proper
aies with those set forth in the U. s. Dspensatory.
Year: 1865

THE New York Tribune says that Henry
Ward Beecher has received from the Secretary
of War permissionto preach the Gospel in
Charleston in the ripeness of time. He ex-
pressed particular desire to preach an elec-
tion sermon in the Cradle of the Rebellion,
on the occasion of Ben. Buffers assumption
of the GoVernorship of South Carolina.
Year: 1865

TIE SAN FRANCIsco CELEBRArIoN.-The
S f. CaN, Of Sunday, says Of the celebration
in that city on the Alb inst


We might have had a grand celebration
yesterday; but we didn't. We might have
had an imposing military spectacle; but we
hadn't. We might have had a respectable
civic celebration; bu: failed. Why! Not
for the want Of patriotism; not for the want
Of men; not for the want of money. We
had all these in abundance 1t only needed a
little common sense, a little more patriotic
sentiment, little appreciation Of what was
needed, and what the people desired and an
ticipated, on the part of the Committee OF
Citizens, to have secured an observance OF
tho day, and recognition of the great VIC
tories and triumphs it was intended we
should rejoice over, such as we might have
been proud of.
Year: 1865

CHEATING THE OmER WAY.-Consiler-
able complaint is made Of Government being
cheated by people giving in false statement
Of their incomes. A case has come to light
which shows that there has been some cheat.
ing tho other way. Tho Cleveland Plain
dealer mentions the case Of well dressed
young man, Of good manners, who gave in
his income to the assessor at several thou'
sand dollars, paid tho tax, and had the plea.
sure of seeing his namo in tho list among
the nabobs OF the country. On the strength
Of this, he courted a wealthy mans daught
or, aud married her Then it was found ont
that he bad no money, and sold his mothers
watch to pay the income tax. The Govern
ment made a good thing out of it, SO did
the young man.
Year: 1865

WooD VS.. IRoN The substitution Of iron
for wood in the construction of ships is Coz
ing forward with such rapid strides in Great
Britain, that in some Of the old shipyards a
timber ship is scarcely ever to be seen. 1t
is fact worthy of observation, that on the
Clyde only two wooden ships have been built
within the past year out of an aggregate ol
$40 vessels launched there, or still in process
of construction.
Year: 1865

The abolition fanatics are growing about
California for refusing to contribute men TO
the war and declining to take greenbacks as
money The Cincinnati Commercial says:
"If Californians will neither furnish troops
nor take greenbacks for money, they had
better go out OF the Union at once" This
sounds very much like the language used
towards the Southern States few years ago
BY these same abolition fanatics
Year: 1865

WE'LL SAID.--Tho New York Commercial
Advertiser. an Administration organ, well
remarks, that the disposition on the part Of
The people ''to accept implicitly whatever
measures an unwise legislation may impose
upon the country is one Of the wors, symp


toms Of the times Il is a temper of mind
that i'll becomes the people Of a republic
Il is a virtua, surrender Of one of the most
important functions Of self government; its
spirit is oligarcljca' rather than democratic;
and its tendency is to invite Legislative
encroachment upon the liberties of tho peo-
p.e.' And tho Commercial might have
added with truth, that the loyal press OF the
county have assiduously labored to make
the people believe that "unwise legislation
would bring the South back to the Union.
Year: 1865

Eaolaad and France, who ara in perfect ac'
cord on this subject. have only been waiting
unit both the North and the South shall
have become sufficiently exhausted; the
North. in order that we may be the easier
conquered: the South, in order that, feeling
their extreme weakness and the desperation
of their cause they would be more willing
TO make terms highly advantageous to their
European allies. :.


All the signs indicate that that period 's
fast approaching, and that we will soon have
on our hands war with France aud England,
as well as with the South. X.
Year: 1865

SKATING The loss of six lives in Maine
in single day, by the breaking Of ice while
skating, ought to be warning to all who
may indulge in this heslthful aud popular
recreation during the coming season. Too
much pains cannot be taken in trying ice for
the first time.


Not only " for the first time :" as the ice
thickens it cracks, ard ice that is strong
enough when solid will be weak at the inter-
secting points OF the cracks
Year: 1865

How TO Cool WATER.-As this season OF
the year, cool draught Of water is luxury
which we may enjoy with little care. By
the following method. simple aud inexpen
sive, water may be kept almost as cold as
ice: Let jar pitcher, or vessel used for
water, be surrounded with one or more folds
OF coarse cotton, TO be constantly wet the
evaporation of the water will carry off the
heat from the inside, and reduce it to low
temperature. In India and other tropical
countries, whers ice cannot be procured, this
expedient is common. Let every mechanic
and laborer have, at the place of his work,
two pitchers thus provided, and with lids or
covers, one to contain fresh water for the
evaporation, and he can always have q sap
ply of cold water in warm weather. Any
person may test this by dipping q finger in
water, and holding it in the air on . warm
day. After doing this three or four times,
he will find his finger uncomfortably cool.
This plan will save the bill for ice, besides
being more healthful. The free use OF ice
water often produces arrangement of the TO-
ternal organs, which, we conceive, is due to
property of the water, Independent of its
coldness.
Year: 1865

CORRECT SpEAKINe.-We would advise al
young people to acquire, in early life, the
habit Of correct speaking and writing, and to
abandon as early as possible any use of slang
words and phrases. The longer you live the
more difficult the requirement Of correct Ian
guage will be and if the golden age of youth,
the proper season for the acquisition of Lam
guage, be passed in its abuse, the unfortu-
nate victim, if neglected, is very properly
doomed to talk slang for life. Money is not
necessary to procure this education. Every
man has it in his power. He has merely to
use the language which he reads, instead o.
the slang which he hears; to form his taste
from the best speakers and poets in the coun
try to treasure up choice phrases in his
memory, and babituate himself to their use,
avoiding at the same time the pedantic pre-
cision and bombast which show the weak


ness Of vain ambition, rather than the polish
Of an educated mind.
Year: 1865

was black the air was full of desolation to
her. She could not get clear of the throng of
people. They pressed forward, and she was
forced to 60 with them. She heard water
rushing at last; they were nearing q river
They passed along its edge, pressing nearer
to the brink, She knew she would be thrust
toto the dark tide the crowd was fierce in
it's haste, and unmindful of her. There was
no one to save her. A rush and rally, aHd
her foothoid was gone-she was falling
waters icy touch took her breath. Then,
with frantic despair, she shrieked aloud.


She was awake, breathless and painting
1t had been all dream. There she sat in
the great rocker, with the fire glowing
brightly, and the canary culline among the
flowers in the window.


That evening, when the curtains were
drawn, and the lamp was lighted, and the
Goals in the CRATE cleaned redly, Mr., Massie
was shown into the little parlor. But he
found Halle playing chess with Fred Dane
PLAIN gold ring on her third finger.
Year: 1865

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