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Year: 1869

Since know that must die,


Since know that life is waning,
Let no tear afiiict nv eye,


Nor a saddened thought be staining
Sweet expectancies Of home
In the happy land to come


Dust of earth no more detaining.
Yes. nv feet are tending there,


Where the loved and long departed
Will renew their gentle care,


When they left me heavy hearted;
And the circle will be bound
In the never ending round,
Full az when on earth we started.
viii We think of me when dead
Asve thought OF me when livingT
Put no marble at my head,


Buta simple stone, receiving
Only what stood contest
In nv nature at its best


All my meaner life forgiying.
Oh. ! might have done so much


That is now without a token:
Oh, | might have learned to touch
Tender chords that now are broken
And winsome smile or word
In its fitness might have stirred


Hopes that now cannot be spoken.
Do not blame me that my life


In its passage grew 30 dreary;
Days there were, above the strife,
When the springtide made it CHEEKY;
And my weakness, not my sin,
Made 1t seem so dark within;


Let me rest, for am weary.
Hardly two brief score of years


Have been given to my story,
But they have been wrought with tears,
Like a ruin dark and hoary;
Only now remains the faith,
And the triumph over death,


Of the Saviour's love and glory.
When my sight is growing dim,


And the mortal bond Iepining,
Softly sing an olden hymn


For the life that is declining,
And my spirit will respond
To the echoes from beyond,
Where the gates of dawn arc shining.
'lay 81, 1869. u. b. ,.
Year: 1869

The demand for copies of the following poem
has been so great that We have concluded 1t will
not be amiss to reprint it, particularly as each
reading seems TO US to reveal new beauty. we
wish the sad story it tells Of glorious manhood
bighted, and brilliant talents wasted by the fatal
Welding to a terrible weakness" may be warn
ing to many a young man who is about TO wreck
his life on the same breakers. What can be more
touching than that wistfdl, longing retrospecticn
of a past gone beyond recall, as the wrter-stand
ing on the verge of the grave-utters the mourn
ful strain


"0h, | might have done so much
Year: 1869

We have no faith in the New YORK
E'ibEnSs dispatch that large number
of Republicans or Radicals from all
parts OF Georgia, including many mem-
bers of the Legislature ofthe State, are
now in Atlanta, believing that death .
certain if they undertake to go to their
homes. This can be neither more nor
less than an effort to get up sensation
and excitement for political effect. Inc
talk about Ku-Klux gangs in Georgia
is ridiculous. Two members or the
State Legislature have no doubt been re-
Gently killed, but Radical negro is IN
prison for the murder of one of them,
the money and other property OF the
murdered man having been found upon
the negro's person, and there is not the
slightest clueto the murder of the other
EXCEPT in the fact that good many OF
the negroes, driven to desperation by
hunger, the consequence of their lazl-
ness, are ready for all sorts of murders
by which they can hope to relieve their
gnawing necessities. If there is, as rep
resented, large number of Republicans
in Atlanta who cannot 90 safely to their
homes, their danger is from the negroes
aud from no Ku-Kluxes.
Year: 1869

THE last spike driven on the Pacific
railroad was of solid gold. One would
suppose, from the enormous cost of the
road, that all the spikes throughout the
whole distance were of gold, and COED
portion of the rails. We wonder how
strong guard was needed to watch
that golden spike and how long it was
suffered to remain in the cross-tie.
Year: 1869

Keep buildings in repair by mailing
on boards as fast as they become loose.
A nail in time saves nine, besides lum-
ber. If a loose board on house or barn
is neglected it is soon blown off and split
or broken and the building goes unre-
paired or new lumber has to be used.
Year: 1869

A RADICAL paper says that Democrats
never regard the truth as an obstacle to
the accomplishment of a purpose. No,
they regard ii as an aid in the accom-
plishment Of all their purposes.
Year: 1869

PEKSUNS ADVANCED N LIfEl -
And feeling the hand Of time weighing heavily
upon them, with all its attendant ills, will find
in the use of this BITTERS or the TONIC, an
elixir that will instil new life into their veins,
restore in a measure the energy and ardor Of
more youthful days. bnild up their shrunken
forms, and give health and happiness in their
remaining yaars
Year: 1869

1t is well established fact that fully one.
half of the female portion Of our population are
seldom in the enjoyment of good health, or, to
use their own expression, never feel WELL
They are languid, devoid Of all energy extreme
ly nervous and have no appetite.


To this class of persons the BITTERS, or the
TONIC, is especially recommended.
Year: 1869

The OLD CORSER.-Were We so disposed
what chapter We could write about the old
corner store of Reddick & Gillen It's name for
years has been the synonym for all that is
Melody could boast larger or better assorted
stock, none more steady stream Of customers,
none that they sold better gssds or at lower
prices To-day tbs old corner stands higher in
public estimation than ever. and was never more
solid prosperous.
Year: 1869

THE ARTEsIAN WE'LL at the starch factory,
now being sunk by contract 10y Messrs. Lewis s.
Paul, has attained depth Of 800 feet, the water
already coming to the surface in quite copius
stream 1t is not intended to go more than so
feet deeper. The work has been accomplished
by Messrs. Lewis & Paul in less than four weeks
without break or accident Of any sort The
various strata of rock, &c, penetrated have been
almost precisely the same as found in digging
the well in the Court House yard The water
obtained is very sweet and pure, and thus far
without the least smell of sulphur
Year: 1869

WONDER.-For two weeks, through all
this bad weather, from morning till night the
Grocery stere Of Riale Bros. has been crowded
with customers waiting for goods. Such sight
these dull times Is cheering to our eyes. When
they tell US Of the amount Of money they take
each day, We are surprised. as we cannot tell
whore 20 much comes from. The truth is, the
Riale boys have made up their mind to do big
grocery business, and from what we SEQ they are
head and neck ahead of ANYBODY
Year: 1869

boeeURe0s HfH tia


The lsst two lectures in the course Of ten 10, !.
lures for which provision was made BY the lecture
committee Of the Young Mons Christian Assoc.-
atisn, were delivered on Tuesday and Thursday
evenings Of the prssest week. The lecture on
Tuesday evening was delivered at the Baptist
Church BY the Hon. Henry Vincent, the English
Rsformer. Mr.. Vincent has been notei for
number Of years in Bngland as leader among
the advocates Of parliamentary reform, universal
suffrage, &c, and daring the chartist excite
ments was arrested and suffered two years. i'm.
prisonment for his zeal During the rebellion
in this country. he was the fast friend of the
north, and doubtless did much to frighten the
English government from showing moro active
sympathy for the rebels than its real feeling
would have prompted. The lecture was all ex-
ceedingly able aad interesting ons-to our mind
altogether the best of the course.


The closing lecture was delivered on Thursday
evening by the renowned Fred Douglas, who
took Tor his subject the Revolt of the Neither
lands" We did not hear the lecture, but the
Black Douglas was honored by a very large
auoience' VINO appear to have come away very
well satisfied with their intellectual treat


We are not among those who are disposed to
cavil at the action of the lecture committee Of
the Y. M. G. A in making provision for this
course Of lectures. They did their best to pro-
vide rational amusement for our people, and in
doing so applied to some kind Of association in
Chicago that seems to have control of the lecture
business in west, and took the best that was
offered them. Two or three Of the lecturers they
were obliged to take were possibly such as many
citizens Of Ottawa did not care to hear They
had the privilege Of staying away. Taking the
whole ten together, We are at loss to see how
the variety could have been much improved
The course, We understand. has been no sourse
OF pecuniary profit to the association, but on the
contrary, the committee may have to foot up
small sum to make the account balance
Year: 1869

AGAIN ON TINE Always among the most
prompt in everything pertaining to his business,
Mr.. W. Fl. Hull is again up to time and ahead
of the city in the receipt Of new goods for the
opening spring trade. His stock is large and
very brlliant-new patterns without number
and really splendid--bought at January prices,
the lowest Of the year, and will be sold accord
ingly Next door south of Sherwood & CO..
Exchange Bank.
Year: 1869

AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. There was an error
in the proceedings Of the County Agricultural
Society as published in our last in giving the
rank OF the vice presidents elected Mr. Spencer
was elected first vice president instead Of Mr..
Temple. and vice versa. The awkward manner
in which the ballot was taken made mistakes as
to the result almost unavoidable.
Year: 1869

There is no medicine extant equal to these
remedies in such cases. A tone and Vigor LII
impaired to the whole system; the appetite III
strengthened, food Is enjoyed, the stomach
com plexion becomes sound and healthy,
the yellow tinge Is eradlcated from the eN eS u
bloom Is given to the cheeks and the weak
and nervous invalid becomes strong and
healthy
Year: 1869

IEIaSONS I'D DVANCED IN LIFE,
And feeling the hand of time weighing
heavily upon them, with all It's attendant
ills, will find in the use OF this BITsTERS, or
the TONIC. an elixir that will inSIiIl new
lie into their veins, restore in a measure tho
energy and ardOr OF more youthful days.
build up their shrunken forms, and give
health and happiness TO their remaining
YeRrs.l
Year: 1869

After the penitential season Of Lent, during
which they were supposed to be atoning for
their sins Of extravaganza and other pecca-
dill0es in sackcloth and ashes, the fair devo-
tees Of our fashionable churches came out yes
terday on Fifth evenue in all the s'bravery Of
silk attire" and in the gayest toilets that the
cunning mind of modiste could conceive. AS
may be seen by the account given in another
column by our fashion reporter the scene on
the avenue yesterday was one in the highest
degree brilliant and striking. The review Of
the coming reign of costumes and novel toilets
which we gave in an article on the spring
opening Of fashions was vividly illustrated
yesterday by the throng of fashion votaries
who were on the avenue. Il would almost
require an encyclopedias to enumerate the
variety of styles which prevail this spring.
With some exceptions, however, we must say
that taste has more influence this year in the
adornment Of the female form than ever it had
before. We are willing to forgive and forget
many Of the shortcomings OF Dame Fashion
on account OF the proofs she now gives Of
improvement in styles. But the bills of the
modiste are larger than ever, and to dress
belle nowadays, especially Tor church, is
esroas affair for the domestic treasury.
Year: 1869

Some OF the Bohemians who love murder,
and especially the murder OF rhetoric, are
saising sympathy for Real, who has been SEN
tenced to be hung next Friday. The chances
arc that they win succeed, because no muir
dcrer during the last fifteen years has been
executed in this county upon the day first set
for the hanging. There is always stay
applied for from among the thirty-two judges
of the State Supreme Court, out OF whom one
mawkish sympthizer is generally found.


Since the sentence the Bohemians have ex-
tracted the story of the killing from Reals and
upon his own showing he is q murderer. He
admits difficulty Of long standing with his
victim, and that at the very time Of the killing
he was under indictment for stabbing his
enemy, while the latter was also under
arrest in a cross civil suit.


1t has always been an innexible rule of law
chat If two enemies meet and one kill the other
the presumption of murder against the man.
slayer is conclusive, unless there is fight.
Such would have been the result had the po-
liceman killed Real. All the eye witnesses to
the killing of his confessed enemy by Real
deny any fight between them, and, besides, no
mark was found on the murdercr's person when
immedately arrested. And the very first
words spoken by the latter after the killing
were expressive Of satisfaction at the catas-
trophe. If, upon such facts, any judge grants
a stay, we hope he will comply with the law
and write his reasons for granting il that the
community may understand them.


We are glad to be assured thai the Governor
has pcremptoriy refused to interfere. As he
has already been an experienced criminal Judge
his refusal possesses more than mere execu-
tive weight. The Bohemians have also made
. great fuss about an argument had at the Q
Albany Court Of Appeals last Tuesday In
another murder case. They have raised the
question whether man was properly found
guilty Of second degree murder when he was
tried on an indictment for first degree. As II
the lesser was not included In the greater
We wonder that the Court heard argu-
gument particularly when only year
ago, In the case Of Fitzgerald, reported
in the thirty-seventh volume Of New Yorl
Reports, Judge Woodruff, Of this city, said;-
s'It has always been held to be the law thai
upon an indictment charging the offence o
murder and nothing else the prisoner might bt
convicted Of manslaughtcr. The same allega-
tions In the indictment would maintain con
victlon tor murder, or would justify verdic
Of manslaughter merely. The result depends
upon the proof, the direction Of the Judge ant
opinion Of the jury. As these elements re
quire a conviction of the greater or mino
offence such will be the result. As the sam
elements require conviction Of murder in th
first degree, or Of murder In tho second degree
such will be tho result.


Tho case Of Enoch has stood as the law o.
thls subject for moro than thirty years. 7
.oycrra,le II would be q rash overthrow Of
Year: 1869

chairman Of the Ways and Means Committee
sre engaged In the whiskey business? Or
are all rich mon in the West whiskey makers?


''Still waters run deep;" but as General But
ler has already ruf0cd their placidity we trust
he will stir them to the very depths of their
corruption by very long pole of investigation,
which nature and experience as a criminal
lawyer enables him to WELD with success.
Year: 1869

The Supreme Court of the United
States has granted writ of error in the
case of Marshall county rs. the B. 4 y.
R.R.. involving the right of that coun-
ty to tax the property of the company
will he remembered that the recent
decision of our Court Of Appeals
was adverse TO the Company
The case now goes mp to the highest
tribunal in the land, and its decision
will put the contest finally at rest.
Year: 1869

The object Of this Association is to secure a
cash payment within forty days after the death
OF a member Of ss many dollars as there are
members in the class 10 which be or she belongs
% bis o- her hairs
Year: 1869

lfrom the Louisville Courier Journal.1


Lis only Of late years that journalism


has risen to the dignity Of profession


which requires as much social standing


education and moral worth, combined with
energy, to succeed in, as medicine, law OF
commerce. The majority Of the men now
IN it did not take it up because they pre-


terred it. Some who have failed as law.
yers. ministers and physicians. have been
driven TO journalism and achieved success.


The fascination ofthe life, with all its wear
and tear, cannot be denied. There is an
exhileration to the mind in the constant
changes Of the Kaleidoscope made OF the
news Of the world. which keeps the mind
constantly occupied with something novel.


10 have the events Of the day passing,
as twere, in panorama before the mind )
eye is Of itself absorbing.


We hear great deal about the ex
hausting effects Of the life Of journalist
on the mind and body" but il may be
doubted whether the life OF physician or
sailor is not equally as hard yet men
retain their health and cheerfulness Ia
both OF these professions. The truth is
that the reason so many brilliant men Of
letters have been borne to untimely graves
is not that they were worn out BY their
work but by their habits. The hours many
Of them keep tempting them to dissipate
Once on that road, their descent and ul-
innate ruin il certain. But it cannot be
gainsayed that II journalists viii lead reg.
ular lives and cultivate habits OF soberness
and cleanliness. they will live and last ps
long as other men. Whisky is the epi.
taph OF half the literary men who have
'unk into early graves within the psss
'wenty years.
Year: 1869

CHICAGO AND MILWAUKEE MARKETS.
We begin to-day the publication of the
prices of the leading articles of produce,
in which this community is interested, in
Chicago and Milwausee. In future we in
tend to make this, in connection with our
home market report, a prominent feature
of the TRIBUNE, The figures will be taken
each week from the latest reports of the
papers of the cities, and may be relied
upon as being as as nearly correct as can
be obtained from any source.
Year: 1869

To BUSINESS MEN The TRIBUNE
has now a subscription list one-thrd larger
than when we assumed its management,
and of course advertisements in its columns
are more valuable, yet the rates are not
changed Besides we are constantly adding
new names to our list. aud are determined
that whena year shall have elapsed from the
time we began, the list shall be doubled
Parties having any thing to advertise will
do well to consider these facts
Year: 1869

THE teachers of the NJ. +. Sabbath
School Of this city resolved last Sunday,
TO have u Christmas Tree for the Church
and school, IN their old church building on
Christmas Eve Admission free, and every
body invited Those who fail TO attend
will miss pleasure.
Year: 1869

ONE or THEM-It is singular why
so many people. honest in all other things,
are dishonest in regard to newspaper ac.
counts II is common thing for persons
indebted for six months ormore subscription
20 suddenly refuse to take paper from the
post Office, or remove from former residences
and say not a word about the little balance
due. The most audacious case of news.
paper larceny that has come under our no.
tce for some time is disclosed in the fol.
lowing letter.
Year: 1869

OF thirty-two samples of whisky
and brandy dnaIyzed by competent
chemist in New York, the other day,
all but four were found to contain
more or less fusel oil. This substance
Is described to be an acrid, volatile
oil. in its chemical constitution anal
ogous to that of alcohol, and when
swallowed in large doses destroys the
mucous membrane of the stomach.
When we reflect how much of this
Misunderstanding compound Is swal-
lowed daily, the wonder is, not that
more are not killed by the drug, but
that so many escape its deleterious
effects. Nominating your poison''
has hitherto been considered a joke
science has shown it to be stern
reality,-ErchangS.
Year: 1869

SUE MURPHY.-Here is a name
will be noted if not historical. She
asks Congress to compensate her for
the destruction Of her property, by
the "Union Army'' that went down
South 'to save the life of the Natlon,'
&c. The Delanos Of the House decl-
ded sometime ago. that il would
make The debt too BIG 60 pay for proper
ty destroyed. That is aquestion that
wont stay put off and will be raised
anew until it is clearly settled that
debtrepudfateaj; and when that resolve
is definitely make, there are some
millions Of men In this blessed Union
who will be inclined to do the like for
another debt Ur60na U51ioh.
Year: 1869

1 AM rich enough; says Pope to
Swift, and can afford to give away 3


hundred pounds q year, I would not
crawl upon the earth without doing
good. win enjoy the pleasure Of
what I give by giving 1t alive, and
seeing another enjoying it. When I


die I should be ashamed to leave
enough for a monument. if a wanting
friend is above ground. That speech
Of Pope is sufficient to immoralize
him independently of his philosoph-
ieal verses.
Year: 1869

Affords complete compendium and dis
cussion OF all the news Of every day.


In every post-of6ce district there should
be found an active, public spirited DEM
ocrat, who will confer with his Democrat
ic Eriends and make a determined effort
70 form as large a club as possible for the
Semi~Weekly or the weekly world.
Year: 1869

DISEASES OF THE EYE AND Earl is
not generally known by our citizens that
diseases of the eye and ear are treated free
of cost to the poor at the Eye and Ear Dis
pensary, College Inhrmary, corner Of
Twelfth and Marshall streets. This treat
ment is under the immediate supervision of
the Faculty of the Medical College Of Vir-
ginia, and has been Of immense advantage
to the poor of our city. INDECENT persons
who may be afflicted with these diseases
will find medical gentlemen in attendance
from II to y o'clock on Wednesday and
Saturday of each week.
Year: 1869

STATE INTEREST Second Auditor
will commence on the 10th Of August the
payment of one per cent. interest on the
registered bonds of the State. The pay
ment of the interest on the coupon bonds
will not begin until the new coupons are
prepared, and they will not be ready until
after the 18th of August.
Year: 1869

THE store on Cary near Eighteenth street was not
left open, stated. on Tuesday night. The pro-
prietor was out, and on proceeding home he found
I large crowd at his back door, and found the door
was pushed In. but no loss nor damage done.
Year: 1869

favorable verdict in favor of indulgence
He absolutely interdicted its use, and thus
put an end to all hope of evading the hnal
conflict. 1t was necessary that L should
break the last withe of my former captivity.
Then followed tedious and painful strug-
gle of week or more. After this, began
to have some ease in my new found liberty,
but never from the beginning had any other
than mental satisfaction, and the approval
of conscience in the struggle. And now
that it is over, while occasionally look back
with a longing eye to the land of my bond
age, 1 feel only satisfaction, that have been
enabled to set myself free, that God helping
me have come off conqueror in this pro-
tracted and fierce conflict, and write these
confessions for the comfort and encourage
ment of those who may be urged by inward
considerations, or outward circumstances to
begin like conflict for their emancipation
from this, or some other evil habit
Year: 1869

1 was talking one day to very cheerful
old man, who was fond of speaking Of the
masters whom he had served. 1t was a
pleasant thing to hear him tell of how many
kind, good masters he had worked for.


"Had you never once hard masterP" l
said.


"Well, may be had, but forgot that
sort: there's no pleasure in thinking of them"


/ thought as l left him how much better
it is to try and remember about the good,
rather than the evil that has troubled our
past lives; and thinking of masters put me
in mind of the best of all masters. "One
is your Master, even Christ" Our earthly
masters provide us work, give us leave to
toll, pay us wages for our industry, and We
thank them, and serve them diligently. But
our heavenly Master not only gives us freely
the health and strength that enables us to
toll, He provides that we shall rest from our
labor. He gives us one day in seven, as
time of rest and reftshment. He calls to
Him and SAYS, &" I 2An give you rest" Do
we think of that kid Master as we should ?
Are we grateful that He has SO tenderly
thought of us as to provide for our repose
and rest? We know that ," He giveth His
beloved sleep, that great restorer of mans
physical energies; but not merely does He
give us rest in sleep, He provides for us
day of waking rest. On this holy Sabbath
we can "rest in the Lord, enjoy the sweet
calm of day when all labor shall cease;
when the tired world, weary with its six
days of anxious care and toll, can peacefully
compose itself to rest. O, dear brother
workmen, let no vain desire for earthly
pleasure or profit make you unmindful of
the claims of the best of Masters! for "His
yoke is easy and His burden is light"