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Year: 1868

The strategists of The World say Gen: Grant
as a soldier is " destitute OF ideas and incapa-
BILE of foresight"


Lieut.. Gen. Sherman, in his address at the
last annual meeting OF the Army of the Ten
nessee, said:


After whole year of toll and battles,
varied in adventure that would fill volume,
that renowned fortress (Vicks burg succumhed
at last to the army and navy led by two heroes
that have no superiors in any country, and
both of whom still live to reap the reward of
their labors-Grant and Porter"
Year: 1868

Hon. Henry c. Deming told the Republicans
of Hartford day or two ago that he would
as soon trust sheep to the tender mercles OF
wolves, dove to the talOns OF hawk, or his
family to the guidance and control of ieon,
as turn the government of the country over to
the men who fought four pears to destroy it. "
Year: 1868

When lovely woman stoops to frolic,


And rues the ruSe, alas to late,
What balm shall soOthe her melOncolic?
What ant shall set her back up straight?
The only thing for her disaster


The only way her woe to end
Is to apply mustard pla ter:


If she wo mt do it, let Der bend.
Year: 1868

,"Wake up and pay for your lodging" said
deacon, as he nudged sleepy stranger With
a contribution box


We every day sacrifice principles which we
esteem, through fear Of being blamed by peo.
pie whom we despise.
Year: 1868

Which will be sufficient to duplicate Hnes to all, or
nearly ALL the paying points reached By the present
monopoly.


The present telegraph Companies OF the county
have been consolidated into one huge monopoly,
and earning over six millions Of dollars per
year, or over one hundred per cent on the actual
cost of their lines their present capital having been
watersd over one thousand per osnt


The National Telegraph Company bavs Feeog.
nitiOn from the United States Government of the
Importance of their enterprise with grant of the
most valuable franchises ever conferred upon
Telegraph Company. No competing line has ever
had the right now granted BY congress to this Com
pany to construct and operate lines over every Rail
road and Mail Route in the United States The posi-
tion of this Company differs from that Of any com
pany ever before organized. The question Of the
right Of way is forever settled.


The Stockholders of this Company can aot be sold
out or transferred to any other oOmpsny. The act
Of Congress under which this oOmpany has been
organized prohibits any transfer of the franchises
granted.
Year: 1868

And this amount is to be paid as sOlloWs One per
cent at the time of subscribing and more, until
the entire capital has been subscribed and then on
calls to be made by the Board of Directors inst al
ments not to exceed five per cent per month. When
thrtyvs cent Of the par value of the shares has
been paid, certiHcatesOf stock will be issued This
will give the Company paid up
Year: 1868

We are very glad to hear from New-Orleans
that the Lieutenant Governor does not cherish
such apprehensiOns of trouble from the Thugs,
on the reasscmbling of the Louisiana Lcgisa-
ture. as have been attributed to him in some
of our late dispatches. Riot and murder have
been such common means Of political manage
ment iu that quarter that We saw nothing
strange in reports that their recurrence was
apprchended. But, slow as the former ruling
class at the South has been at learning any
thing. we joyfully hail the dispatch from New
Orleans, printed elsewhere, as a sign Of their
having at last learned that one u. s. Grant has
been elected President of the United States
Year: 1868

that order can be maintained in France only by
fright. by force. by fraud, and by military vio-
lence7 Was there no truth in that dream of
liberty, at first so philosophically pure, at lass
the most hideOus of nightmaresf Alas very
seldom has century so perturbcd as ours
fixed so little 1t is said that when wicked
men bear sway the post of honor is private
station. So, too, let Us hope that the future Of
France will be determined not by the greedy.
sensual, and meanly minded train which follows
ut the heels of a despot, but rather by those
Who without his experience and without his
preiudices. have something of the lofty nature
OF RerrYer
Year: 1868

The Ritualistic movement in the Church of
England received blow yesterday in the de-
cision rendered by the Judicial Committee Of
the Privy Council against a clergyman arraigned
for kneelng before the cODsecrated elements
and using lighted candles. But what could
this high authority in the Mother Church find
to say if it had to deal with St. Adams
Elsewhere may be found an account of the
celebration of Mass there last night.
Year: 1868

And nov who is responsible for the delays
in the trial of the Whisky casesT Mr. Dis'iic'-
Attorney Courtncys statement over his own
Signature may be taken as broad lntlmatlon
rot only that he is not responsible but that
somebody above him is Who OF what causes
1he frcsh dclav I
Year: 1868

The cheerful purveyors OF news at Havana
that shall be pleasing to the Spanish author-
ties, give us two lines about an expected
decisive battle with the insurgents and SIX
about the banquetings of the Captain General
1t is not, perhaps, too strong an inference TO
suppose that this excellent officer believed the
latter subject to present the more agreeable
Year: 1868

Colerldge was such slave to liquor that he
mad to be kept an unwilling prisoner bv Chris
| tOpher North on an occasion when some Ito
rary performance had to be completed bv y
certain time; and on that very day. without
even taking leave of any member of the family
he ran OF at full speed down the avenue at nj
ieray, anu was soon hidden, not in the groves
OF the valley, but iii some obscure den. where
drinking among low companions, his magni6
cent mind was soon brought to a level with the
Vllest OF the vile. When his spree was over
he would return to the society of decent man.
De Quincy was such slave to the use of
opium that his daily allowance was of more i'm
pOrtance than eating An ounce of laudanum
a day Frustrated animal life during the fore
noon. Ii was no unt1equent sight to find him
asleep on the rug before the fire in his own
room, his head on book, and his arms cross
ed on his breast. When this torpor from the
opium bad passed away he was ready for com
pany. In order to show him off, his friends
had to arrange their supper parties so that sit
ung until three or four i'll the afternoon, he
might be brought to that point at which, in
charm and power Of conversation, he was so
truly wonderful


Burns was not less a drunkard than Cole
ridge. 1t was the weakness of Charles Lamb.
And who can remember the last days of Poe
without an lrrepressible regret? He was on
his way to marry confding woman, stopped
In Baltimore, and was found by a gentleman
who knew him, in state of beastly intOxca-
ton, unconscious as leg, and died that night
in the rawlings of Delirium Tremens!


Douglas Jerrold was devotee of gin; so.
also, was Byron. Steele, the brilliant author
of the Christian Hero, was beastly drunkard,
Men wrote of him that he would dress himself,
kiss his wife and children, tell them lie about
his pressing engagements, heel it over to a
groggery called the Store, and have a revel
with his bottle companions.


Rollin says Of Alexander the Great that the
true poison which brought him to his end was
wine.


The Empress Elizabeth, of Russia, was COM
pletely brutifed by strong liquor. She was
often in such state of ba chic ecstasy during
the day that she could not be dressed in the
morning, and her attendants would loosely at
tach her robes, which few clips of the scis-
sors would disengage in the evening.


Let every man, especially those in public
life, who desire to avoid drunkard's death,
remember that he is on the crumbling verge
of such an infamy when be begins to feel that
in order to prepare himself the doctor for con-
sultation, the lawyer for a cause, the clergy
man for sermon, the politician for speech,
he must take pint of coffee, or a plug of
opium; and the self same moment of that dis
covery let him put his foot down, raise his
hand and swear, that by the help of God, he
will never taste another grain or drop as long
as life remains
Year: 1868

An article entitled "The Farewell of the Fig


Leaves" in the March number OF the North


ern MonGh-attributed to Miss Olive Logan
is by far the abest attack on the ballet that


has been elected since the Black Crook -


first displayed its demoralizing attractions


The writer, who has evidently had an extern


slve stage experience, assalS not only the bal


let but the exposures tolerated by the extreme


fashions of the day.


A single paragraph will give a good idea of
! the treatment of this subject:


| "A somewhat weary distance may seem to


have been travelled over in this rather resume


than statement Of the obligations at once bind


ing woman to mOdesty and her guardians to
assist her i'll the maintenance of that quality !;


but 1t Is to be feared that before ali is said the
connection with the special subject of improp-
| or personal exposures may be only too evident.
For there is small occasion Of treadng on the
painful if not dangerous ground Of Specifca-
ton, to prove either that there oaly exists one
forfeiture Of modeSty more assured than that
incurred III throwing the sacredneSs of the
person open to the public gaze--or that there
does not exist even one road more inevitable
toward that impurity following immodesty.-
There Is u lust Of the eye mentioned by that
saline commonly neglected authority before
quoted quite as guilty as that which follows,
ana more destructive, because hundreds may
NC CoHt'HilndCCu at once ana the ever rpcur-
ring test of brotherhood, or better still of hus-
handhood, comes up again inevitably to illus
trate the atroclty of pandering Ito it. In the
marriage contract what husband will fail to
claim that the woman whom he takes to his
arms and heart contracts to keep the uI0ries
o! her w0manhood sacred to his holy eve ?
And what father or brother will fail to visit
with the Seyerest reprobation the first advance
toward undue revelation of form of either
daughter or sister, simply because he, in com
mon with the husband, recognizes such expo
sureS, IT continuing, as Incompatible with nu.
nty OF soul and thrcateningly dangerous TO
purity of body?


" 1t might puzzle even an imaginative writer
to concentrate in few words more sneerinr
but gnevod bitterness than that expressed
many. years ago, during temporary reign of
the disease now persistent, by certain hus
band who was accoSted with a question while |
looking on at a dance in which his very deceL |
ute wife was figuring. What very handsome |
and magnifcently formed lady is that yonder
IN the green and pearls? asked one of the
other guests, an acquaintance of the husband.
but stranger to his family. That? Oh. that
IS my wife; or, at least, | thought that it was
up to today. But, by the Prophet | am
inclined to think, by the way she dresses to-
night, that she is the wife of every gentleman
in the room. p"
Year: 1868

CAUTION TO MILKMAIDs.-A man in Ken
lucky killed a sick COW few days since, in
whose stomach were found large brass pin, a
hair pin, and quantity of hooks and eyes A
jury OF the neighbors, formally summoned for
the OCCASION, returned an oral verdict that the
unfortunate deceased (cow) had probably swal-
Of its adult life.
Year: 1868

WEALTH DOES NOT BRING TAsrE.-We hear
men exclalm with some surprise at the want of
taste apparent in the surroundings of some who
are wealthy. Good taste does not follow rich.
es. although the rich may buy the exercise of
ating, beautiful surroundings We find i r;cb r.J
men boorish as often as poor men. We ofton
md better appreciation among those whose
worldly possessions do not distract their atten.
non, ana whose minds are at liberty to fasten
upon the beautiful around them The more
the faculties which govern our appreciation of
the beautiful are exercised, the greater will be
our resources tor enjoyment. Flauntng, gaudy
9 col9rs are beautiful only as they are blended
anu anu hodlIled ne by, others less gaudy. The eye
and yet the soul remain as barren Of the bean,
tltul as is Sahara of verdare. Prairie Farmer.
Year: 1868

Al! Irish clergyman once broke off the thread
OF his discourse, and thus addressed the con-
gregatlon: My dear brethren, let me tell YOU
that | am just half through my sermon: but as
l perceive your impatience, will say that the
remaining half is not more than a quarter as
long as that you have heard"
Year: 1868

SENATOR WILSON says: 81 have seen Gene
raj Grant IN the camp, in his office, at his own
house and 1T dinner parties where liquors were
freely used by others. but | have never seen
him drink even glass of wine, nor have ever
seea him when | had the slightest reason to
think be Was in any degree under the influence
Year: 1868

THE ENGLISH ROYAL FAMILY.-For titled
lady who with reason thought so much of her
husband, both living and dead, as Queen Vic.
toria, the disappointment so far in her bows
must be deep and mortifying beyond estimate.
''Wales" has written himself down iudeliblv:
the younger Duke of Edinburgh, people were
not so sure of. But the recent visit of the
latter to the ripening dominion of Australia
has established public opinion in relation to
him on a solid foundation. The loose de.
bauchery and riotous extravaganza to which he
so freely lent himself, as if he had come all
that way to exhibit royalty in cap and bells,
exceeded even the large allowance of charity
which people of such hardy experience were
willing to grant him. Australia very evident
ly relucts at the thought of continuing an ap-
panage for England, if any Dukes of Edinburgh
are to be set over that vigorous and valuable
colony. 1t already declines emphatically to be
toy for prince, or a hunting ground for an
idle and disSolute court. This wild visit of
young Alfred has crystalized that feeling into
permanent opinion He has disgraced himself
and his breeding, but happily saved a whole
people from mistake which it might have ia
ken generations to rectify.-Boston Post
Year: 1868

A WORD FOR NEWSPAPERS. Nothing is
more common than to hear people talk of what
they pay newspapers for advertising. etc. as
SO much given in charity. Newspapers. bv
enhancing the va lue of property in their neigh
6orhoodS, and giving the localities in which
they are published a reputation abroad. benefit
all such, particularly if they are merchants or
real estate owners, thrice the amount yearly of
the meagre sum which they pay for their SUP
port. BESIDES, every public spirited citizen
has laudable pride in having paper which
ne is not ashamed of. even though he shonld
plck, it up in New York or Washington. A
good-loo!king, thriving sheet helps to sell pro.
perty; gives character to the locality; in ali re
spects is a desirable public convenience. IT,
from any cause, the matter in the local or edi
torlaI columns should not be quite up to your
standard, do not cast it aside and pronounce II
OF no account, until you are satisfied that there
has not been any more labor bestowed upon It
than is paid for, If you want good. readable
sheet it must be supported And it must not
be supported in spirit of charity either, but
because you feel a necessity to support it.
Year: 1868

How THE FRENCH RAISE TOMATOES.
exchange says that the hest gardeners in
France are in the habit of cutting off the stem
of the tomato plants down TO the first cluster
OF flowers that appear thcreupon. This i'm


pels the sap into the two buds next below the
cluster, which soon push strongly, and produce
another cluster of flowers each. When these
are visible, the branch to which they belong is
also topped down to their level; and this is
the plants become stout dwarf bushes, not over
eighteen inches high. In order to prevent
them from falling over, sticks or strings are
stretched horizontally along the rows, SO as to
keep the plants erect In addition to this. ali
the latterals that have no flowers, and after
the fifth topping all latteras whatsoever, arc
nlIpped off In this way the ripe sap is direct.
ed into the fruit which acquires beauty, Size
and excellence unattainable by other means
Year: 1868

ANaged clergyman, speaking Of the solemnity
attached to the ministerial office, said that dur
ing the whole term OF forty or fifty years that
he had off lated therein, his gravity had never
been but once disturbed in the pulpit On that
occasion he noticed man directly in front Of
him leaning over the railing OF the gallery with
something in his hand, which he afterwards dis
covered to be big chew of tobacco Just taken
from his mouth. Directly below sat man
mouth wide open. The man in the gallery was
intentIy engaged in raising and lowering his
hand, taking an exact obServton, till, at last.
having got it right, he let fall the Quid, and it
went plump into the mouth Of the sleeper
below!
Year: 1868

CURIOUS CALCULATIONs.-Wha a noisy
creature would man be were his voice in pro-
portion to his weight, as loud as that Of locustl
a locust can be heard at distances of one six
teenth of mile. The golden wren is said to
weigh halt an ounce, that niddling sized man
would weigh down not short of four thousands
OF them; and it must be strange ifa golden wren
would not outweigh four Of our locusts. Sup
posing therefore, that a common man weighs
as much as sixteen thousand Of our lOcusts, and
that the note of locust can be heard one six
teenth OF mile, man of common dimensions,
pretty sound in wind and limb, ought to be able
to make himself heard at the distance of one
thousand and six hundred miles; and when he
sneezed his house ought to fall about his ears!
Suppose flea to weigh one grain, which is
more than its actual weight, and to jump one
and half yards, common man Of one hun
DIR and fifty pounds, jumping powers in pro-
portion, could jump twelve thousand eight hun
dred miles, or about the distance from New
York to Cochin China.
Year: 1868

Concerning the resignation of Senator Guth-
lie. The Louisville Courier says:


Notwithstanding the natural reluctance Of Democrats
The fact is senty evident that it is the general wish
OF the party In the state and out Of It, that he unable
by reason Of heah Of attending to his duties United
States Senator he will give the State opportunity Of
Delhe represented by some else. There Is need OF
wrong being done the Democratic party and tho
u! u! Sy Kentucky having only partial representation ~
gIess are Just now keenly alive, vote would prob
ably baye secured this the admission of seiator
or two additional votes IA the Senate the Infamous aud
ievolol9naIy Judiciary bll would he defeated Yoser-
Ohy TehOtOs cOuched in courteous but strong phrase
OoH were introduced IN the State Legislature request


g mF 1u,fe RE- IN view OF the importance Of fn repre-
admit OF s attention 10 the duties OF the position I'm
der The rule, the resolutions lay till to- morrow.


SPIRIT OF THE LOYAL PEOPLE.


No State, in or out of the Union, presents
difficulties and dangers for loyal men than this
dark and bloody ground" Yet the fires OF freedom are
not altogether quenched There is to be Repubi
State Convention and have before rs reports OF
meetings in various counties for choosing delegates
From these reports take the following resolutions:


Resolred. That in favor Of speedy restoration
Of the States lately warning against the Government 20
their proper positions in the Government; but such
restoration should be made upon loyal basis and not
upon such terms will make said States the nurseries
OF treason and engines for the oppression OF Union


Rcsotrcd That the thanks Of every loyal heart due
70 te Senators and Representatives OF The HXXlth and
NLth Congress for their manly and patriotic andfOr


the wisdom, craftsmanship and phlanthrophy they have
displayed IN their measures looking 10
speedy restoration OF the States lately in rebellion TO their
proper relations 10 the Federal Government lasting
and honorable basis; but more than ALL feel indebted
10 them for Their fearless and successful resistance
executive assumption aud usurpatiOn. and their efforts 10
rescue Union men in the South from tho effects Of Rebel
prescription.


RSoifsd That We recognize this ~ the loyal mems gov
eminent. and believe that but true tried and
sstcnt Union men who stood by 10 in the hour Of peril
and continue 10 stand by IT, shonld control its dcstncs
and IL behOyes loyal % choose for President and
Vice President men whose sympaes have been entirely
with the snccess OF. aud political principles in harmony
with the great Union party of the nation hnd totally
free from that Of party whose policy will directly
indirectly tD Cip1Qts tho late Rebellion
Year: 1868

The news which we publish this morning
from Peru will be read with deep regret by
all true lovers of republican institutions. Inc
insurrection against the lawful authority of the
constitutional President has triumphed. Presi-
dent Prado has resigned the Presidency, and left
the country and Gen. Canseco, the leader Oh
the insurrecton, is acting President.


We cannot view this event in any other light
than as q triumph of the old spirit OF lawless-
ness over constitutional right, OF reactlonary
influences over the spirit OF progress. frado,
it is true, at one time was himself reDei
against the constitutional authorities OF his
country; but since then he has been lawfully
elected President by the people, and the insur-
rection against him was blow directly aimed
at the fundamental principles OF republican
government. The insurrection was all the
more to be depOred as the administration
of President Prado seems to have been
highly beneficial to the country. In home
affairs, the increase of railroads. the greater
attention paid to immigration, the development
of the mineral resources and many other
measures of the Executive raised hopes for the
beginning of new era in the history of Peru.
The activity of Prado in the war of the Allied
Republics against Spain, and his efforts
for bringing about closer alliance be-
tween the South American republics, have
secured for him the reputation OF one
of the ablest statesmen of South Amer.
ica. The instruction which has now
triumphed had the sympathy and support of
some of the worst men of the republic, and its
leaders inspire nothing like the confidence which
was felt in Prado at the beginning of his ad-
ministration. The rule of such a party does
not augur well for either the progress or the
peace of the republic.