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Year: 1865

A MLLIoN DOLLARS People say "The
steamer took away million dollars" just
as compIaceniIy as though million dollars
could be picked up like dirt. An anonymous
writer remarks that few people have any
more idea what millions, billions and trIl-
ions are than they'have of the brogans worn
by the cobblers who inhabii The moon. A
thatis rather startling 10 a man who has ne =
er faced such pile. To count this sum, al
the rate of one thousand five hundred dol
lars an hour, and eight hours a day, would
require a man nearly three months. If the
! said dollars were laid side by side, they
would reach one hundred and thirty six
miles their transportation would require
fourteen wagons carrying Two tons each
! If millions become thus overpowering in
their magnitude, what shall we do with still
larger sumsl The seconds in six Thousand
years seem almost incalcuabe, and yet
they amount TO less than one fifth of a irilI-
! ion. A quadrilion of leaves OF paper, each
of the two hundred;h part of an inch IN
! thickness, would form pile of which would
! be three hundred times The moons distance
! from the earth. A cannon ball flies swiftly


but were one fred at the moment that
one OF our National Presidents takes his


seat at the White House, and were it to.


continue with an undated velocity of


Twelve hundred feet per second during bis


whole term of office, il would not travel
three millions of miles. We never hear OF


the Wandering Jew but we mentally in
| quire what was the sentence of this punish
ment? Perhaps be was told 20 walk the


earth until he counted a triliou. But we


hear somebody say he would soon do that
J We fear not. Suppose man 10 count one


in every second of time day and night, with


out stopping TO rest, TO eat, or 10 sleep, il


would take him thirty thousand years 10


coun: irllion, even as the French under


stand The term. As We said before, what


limited idea men have of The immensily of


numbersl AproPos to The foregoing. which


we cut from The San Francisco Murcury,


gentleman Of this city has offered young


lady two hundred dollars for the volunteers


when she shall have succeeded in collect


ng million Of cancelled postage stamps


Her chance of gaining il may be estimated


by the above circulation.
Year: 1865

II is a generally admitted fact that Major
General Sherman is as gallant q soldiers a;
ever drew sword. He was among the first
to deDouRce the slave holders rebellion, and
crush out the internal conspiracy. His sere:
of glorious victories upon the battle field, i.
well known 10 every one, and they claim the
admiration Of the world-he was, in a measure
first in the service achieving brilliant victore:
TO the fall OF the rebel capital and the crush


ing out of the rebellion; and it would appear
that bis present great bluuder in his conference
at Chapel Hill with the rebel chiefs was ar
error of the head and not the heart To use
the language Of cotemporary I'VE think be
misapprehended the terms granted to Lee, by
giving too broad construction TO the ideas
which impelled the Government in granting
those terms. Being very good fighter but a
very poor diplomat, we apprehend that be was
induced to believe that be was substantially
following the course Of principles marked out
10 Lees case, though be had given to them a
broader application. At all events, for the
sake of his military renown, bis action in the
premises is greatly to be depored"


The Sacramento Union of the 9th, closes
long article upon this matter, by saying that
Grant, we suppose, will promptly employ the
ample forces at his disposal to prove that our
Government had no authorized representative
in this Chapel Hill conference. When he or
ders forward movement he will probably fiud
nothing more in his front than thin line Of
pickets. The men who are badly wanted for
the hangman will not be found in North Ca
rolina. That State will be cleared of rebels
without q fight. Hampton and Wheeler will
doubtless go to bushwhacking in South Caro-
lima. But Sherman's folly cannot infuse any
new life into the rebellion. nor do We suppose
Breckenridge or johnson believed it could be
turned to such account. The so called army
of the rebellion in North Carolina did not
comprise as large force of effective infantry
as single corpse of the Army of the Potomac
Augusta will be taken by an expedition mo-
wing from Savannah. Wilson's army of noun
ted iniantry can go anywhere in Alabama or
Georgia without meeting serious opposition.
The Alabama rivers are open and will be gar
risoned by Csuby. Busbwhacking will be
continued the rest of the year in the Gulf
States, while movements for reconstruction on
a trustworthy basis are in progress, but, east
of the Mississippi, the war is over, and the
most obnoxious of the rebel leaders will get
out OF that region as fast as they can fiud con-
veyance and safe lines for evacuation. 1t a
great pity, however, that after such brilliant
close of the struggle the confidence of the peo.
pie and the Government in the judgement and
discretion OF one who has contributed SO
grandly 10 the national triumph should be i'm
paired by this absurd conference at Chapel
Hill.
Year: 1865

METHODIST CHURCH SoUrH-It is an
nounced in the Eastern papers that the Meth
odist Church South has become completely
disorgauized in all the slave States which have
been brought under Federal rule. In Missouri
the church is a complete wreck, and there is a
general disposition to join in the Methodist
Episcopal Church. In Kentucky, the same
state of things exist, and there is every iudica
ton that the Southern Methodist Church bas
received wound from which it will not recover.
DIR. Parsons prominent minister, with sew
eral lsymen) has come out and reioiued the old
church. He has been joined by several other
ministers of high standing
Year: 1865

A LITTER from the Treasurer of the Sanitary
Commission has been received in San Fran.
cisco, in which he says he thinks the Commis
sion would have died out but for the aid they
have received from the Pacific coast since the
fall of 1862
Year: 1865

VINO CAN EXPLAIN IT ?-The Napa Regis
ter says the report of the assassination of
President Lincoln was current in Napa City
more than thirty hours before the deed was
committed in Washington. The report was
brought by passenger on the boat, on Thurs
day, the 18th instant. This, considered in
connection with the sudden departure of Wilkes
Booths brother from San Francisco previous
to the time of the assassination, is sufficient to
convince candid mind that there were seces.
sionists or assassinationists on this coast who
were quietly looking for the commission of the
damning deed which was to plunge the nation
IN grief and mourning for the loss of its chosen
President. Are act sdch men assassins?
Year: 1865

We should like to have az explanation as
to Long Hairs" and Short Hairs" Who
are they and what is their object? We don't
believe there are ten or dozen men in this
State great enough TO create faction 10 the
party. II it is the work of few political
aspirants forming themselves into "cliques" for
Office and profit, it would appear to be wisdom
for those IN the secret to expose such rotten
combinations. There are plenty of good men
in this State, who are not aspiring and entering
into combinations, to Gil all our Offices with
honor and ability, and the people will ask that
all cliques be blotted out, and men more worthy
placed in high positions, both State and Ma
,ionaL We know DO long hairs or short hairs
hers-our party Is one and undivided, and in
favor of wiping out oil cliques that would dis
turb its harmony 10 acting together.


GENERAL Mcdowell has declined to consent
to the resurrection of any Of the papers recently
Suppressed" and now in the hands Of the
Provost Guard, on the ground that the public
interest would not admit of the issue of any
more publications of that character. The
editor of the Monitor published card in the
Call, few days ago, denying that his paper
ever advocated or sympathized with secession
or uttered reasonable language. The Marys
vile Express also declares that it was never
known to talk treason. We may next expect
to hear of JEFF. Davis endeavoring to show that
be was never connected with the rebel "Con
federacy," but, on the contrary, has ever been
q truly loyal man, always opposing dissolu
tioD Of the Union. Secession and treason are
no longer respectable, but Northern advocates
of and sympathlzers with the hellish doctrine:
will experience considerable difficulty in making
people believe their present professions, in view
OF their past course
Year: 1865

uhswcrving loyalty and uustinted gene
rosity.


Nor have these kindly Offices been per
formed by those who had nothing else to
do, but everywhere the busiest in these acts
OF charity and patriotism have been those
who are the most Industrious in the dis
charge of their other duties so that in
making so ungrudgingly the sacrifices they
were compelled to endure they have de-
served additional praise.


We trust that this nation may never sgair
call for the rendering of like services
There are many new fields for usefulness
opening where woman's work will be il
great demand, and there are old ones still
needing their fostering care, and we are wei
persuaded from the noble record of the pas
that she will not be slow nor indolent, il
fulfilling all our high anticipations for tn
future, God bless her
Year: 1865

That was material Hell, a tangi-
bic Hell. The Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher has lately given his idea of
Hell. He says:


II hold that it is reasonable to in
fer that the punishment Of the future
state is not material in any way what
ever; that it is a moral and spiritual
punishment, following the transgres-
sion Of law; that it consists in the
action Of the mind, by its own laws,
on itself; that it is the being with
drawn from the Divine presence, and
those fertilizing and joy inspiring in
fiuences which come from personal
communion with God. And this
view takes away all the responsiveness
which we cannot but feel when the
doctrine of barbaric, material pun
ishment is taught. AS no man sup
poses the streets of heaven are paved
with gold because the Apocalypse
represents them as being 80 paved, SO
we are not to suppose that the gross
representations Of hell which we find
Year: 1865

in the New Testament are to be taken
literally. As no one supposes that
the symbols employed to give us
some conception of the degrees Of
joy in heaven are meant to convey to
us conception of its kind, SO we are
to suppose that that symbolism which
is given of hell is employed to repre-
sent the degree, rather than the kind,
Of unhappiness there.
Year: 1865

NoTIcE--We have lately been re
vising our subscription list and have
struck out the names Of those per
sons who have not paid their sub
scriptions. If those who have not
paid do not hereafter receive their
paper, they may know "what's the
matter"
Year: 1865

xHvR woI-I.D CALL THE ATTENTION OF DRUG
wv GISTS TO the above establishment and Invite
them when in the city, TO look through our stock


Our goods were bought when gold was al VI %, ahu
before additional 80 per cent increase In IarH
which we are confident will enable us to sell goods IN
our line very low and yet realize profit we Will uu-
picate any Cincinnati billfuctuatiens In prices con-
sidered .


Orders are solicited Ie7'64-dly
Year: 1865

That the course Of true love, before
marriage, never runs smooth, is truth
we'll known but 1t seems to be less
generally understood that the course of
true love after marriage, is equally liza
bic to perturbations. One reason of
this, perhaps, is that literature has treat
ed the sorrows Of lovers seriously, while
the troubles of married life have been
the theme of satirists and humorists.
A strange proceeding, this, on the part
of literature, since the perplexities Of
lovers are generally brief and trivial, and
married differences are frequently terri
bic and blasting.


Our habit Of publicly answering cor
respondents, has caused thousands of
troubled hearts to open to us the sad
details Of domestic misery, impaired to
no one else. Wives and husbands tell
us how ardently they loved, what hap
piness they expected, and how cruelty
they had been disenchanted and disap-
pointed The future, that was bright
with promise while ago, is now SO
black and threatning, that they see be-
fore them no prospect but to spend a
life Of repining and despair They love
one anothe,' still, and as warmly as ever
they did, yet they are miserable. It is
to such as these that we venture, on the
present occasion, to address a few OBJ
servations.


Generally this spirit of mutual con-
cession is not acquired immediately.
The art Of living together justly and
joyously,is one which is intrinsically diff
ficulty, and upon which the appointed
teachers Of men throw little light. If a
tenth part of the genius and toll which
have been wasted upon questions of
metaphysics, had been expended upon
educating the laws relating to the hu-
man temper, we should by this time,
probably, have reached important and
definite principles, the knowledge Of
which would greatly smooth the path
that leads to married happiness. As it
is, we have all to solve the great prob
lem unassisted and to learn the secret
after more or less bitter experience, ,ac-
cording as our natures are more or less
reasonable.


One error, we find, is cherished by
nearly all unhappy married people
namely, each thinks that the fault is all
on the other side The husband takes
it for granted that all would be we'll
with them, if only his wite were little
different from what she is, and the wife
feels sure that perfect happiness would
be the instantaneous result if only
that husband of hers were not quite SC
unreasonable In almost all cases this
opinion is erroneous. There cannot be
quarrel unless both are in fault
There can be no permanent estrange-
ments without grievous faults on both
sides. If one is exacting the other is
too yielding. If in one there is lack
Of considerateness, there is in the other
want of frmness.


And first, we may remark, for their
comfort, that their case is not singular,
but common and universal. Ithappens
seldom that two human beings are SO
ezquisitely adapted to one another, BY
Year: 1865

nature and education, that they can ac-
quire the art Of living without being
compelled to make painful sacrifices of
habit, taste and feeling. After the glow
and delusion of the honeymoon are
passed each has to learn that the other
has faults which were not perceived be-
fore: each has to discover that the 9th
er is a fallible and limited human being
not an angel mot an hero, not saint.
Each has acquired in their previons
course through life, bundle Of those
sustinate things called habits, some of
which are sure to seem unreasonable
and unwise, and none Of which can be
laid aside without an effort. Each has
formed strong attachments, and perhaps
strong opinions. The habits conflict,
the opinions clash, and unless each of
the mated two cherish the true spirit of
friendly compromise, unhappiness is
certain to follow quick upon the tumul-
tuous joy Of the espousal.


As general rule the husband holds
in his hands the happiness Of the house
hold-his own, his wife's, their chill
drens. There is not one woman in a
thousand who will not at length become
Just, conciliatory, and kind if her hus-
band is firm just, and tender. When
man has attained self-control, he has
acquired supremacy over all who are
still the slaves Of caprice and ill-temper.
A woman has many causes of irrltabillty
that are unknown to men, She cannot
be forgiven too much there is no de-
gree of charity and tenderness to which
her character, her sufferings, and her
importance do not entitle her.


The frst'step toward the harmonizing
Of a discordant pair is for one Of them
to ascertain the true state of the case,
and to cease everything like recrimina


ton. The man ought to do this, and
if he does it, happiness is almost sure
to revisit the distracted house. The
woman is less potent, but there are
many miserable houses which could be
restored to peace, if the wife could ac
.quire certain degree Of forbearance and
eqnanimity. One Of them, however,
must undertake the task and it will
invariably be that one which has the
largest soul, and generally, the one
that has the most to forgive.
Year: 1865

CHARLES DICKENS relates the following
of DOUGLAS JERRoLD,


Of his generosity I had proof within
these two or three years, which it saddens
me to think of now. There had been an
enhancement between us-n0t on any per-
sonal subject, and not involving any angry
words-and good many months had
passed without my ever seeing him in the
street, when it fell out that we dined, each
With bis own separate party, in the Stran-
gers Room of the Club. Our chairs were
almost back to back, and took mine after
he was seated; and at dinner q am sorry
to remember) I did not look that way.
Before We had sat long, he openly wheeled
his chair round, stretched out both bis
hands in an engaging manner, and said
aloud, with bright and loving face that ]
can see as I write to you:


"Let us be friends again. A life is not
long enough FIR thisl"


Jerrold was not Christian, but bis con-
duct in this case was worthy of the Chris
tian character. On dying bed, how in
sioniAcant will appear many things about
vbich we contend in bitterness and wrath
Life is so short, its inevitable sorrows so
many, its responsibilities so vast and SOL
emn, that there is indeed no time we
ought to spare in bruising and mangling
one another. Let not the sun 90 down
on your wrath. Never close your eyes to
sleep with heart angry towards your
brother and fellow-suferer. See him if
you can. If you cannot see him, write
him, If he Ia truo man and q Ohriatian
he will listen. If he B not, you will have
done right, and your soul will b. bright
with the sunshine of Heaven.
Year: 1865

The CASE SrATED.-A friend writing to
us q private letter, puts the case In this wise
"Now, suppose the radicals shall declare US
out Of the Union, will II not be pretty COM
mentary on four years war for the Union
and the Constitution What will become Of
the idea of the great Union army, Of the
Union cause, the dag of the Union, and all
that sort of thing We of the South fought
to get out. They fought to keep US in;
whipped us, we thought, back again, and
then declare we cannot come in, not on Q
of us Well, 1t does look strange, but
It may be all right. I shall make no
fuss about III 1t is theiy business, not
mine. shall behave myself in or out.
l am utterly opposed to mere factious op.
position to the Government. 1t is unmanly.
We fought our fight out, got whipped, and
now intend to do our duty by submitting to
the laws like gentlemen. Such is the duty
of every man, Southern or Union, and such
is the feeling and conduct, too, of all South
ern soldiers who acre soldiers. / believe !
can say that never knew Of less crime, less
disorder, fewer difficulties and disturbances
Of the peace, In any period Of the history Of
our country, than have found in Haywood,
Gibson, Dyer, and Lauderdale counties, where
have been. n."-MemphiS appeal.
Year: 1865

Much speculation is sAoat "a portion Of
it very independent of established facts
touching the probability or possibility Of the
members from the newly reconstructed
States taking their seats at the outset and
participating in the organization. The N.
Y. Evening Post has letter from Wash
ington which says:


"The Clerk of the last House, by law,
holds over till the new House elects Speak
or, and it is his duty to prepare an official
list of members. He calls this roll when
the House meets, and when the election of
Speaker takes place he uses this rsll. Great
power is conferred upon the Clerk, but it
could not be otherwise.


"Mr. Mcpherson has informed his friends,
without reservation, that he will not place
upon the official list of members any person
claiming to be elected from State that has
been in rebellion against the Government.
To do differently would be to decide, him
self, one OF the most important questions
before Congress; for to let in eighty South.
ern members At the outset to vote upon the
subject of their own recognition, would end
the controversy in their favor at once. "


We presume this is authentic.
Year: 1865

A recent correspondent tells the follow
ing story: was spending the nightin Free
port Illinois. After breakfast | came into
the sitting room, where L met pleasant,
chatting, good humored traveller, who, like
myself, was awaiting the morning train
from Galena. Wa conversed pleasantly
and freely upon several topics, until seeing
two ladies meet and kiss each other on the
street, the conversation turned upon kissing
just about the time the train approached.
Come" said be, taking up his carpet
Dag, since We are on so sweet subject let
us have practical application. / will
make proposition to you'll I'll agree TO
kiss the most beautiful lady in the cars
from Galena, you being tho Judge, if YOU
will kiss the next prettiest, / being the
judge.


The proposition staggered me a little.
and | could hardly tell whether be was in
earnest or in fun; but as he would be as
deep into ii as possibly could be, agreed
provided be would do the first kissing,
though my heart failed somewhat as saw
bis black eyes sparkle with daring.


YES" said be, Il will try it first. You
take the back car and 90 in from the front
end, where you can see the faces of the
ladies, and stand by the one you think the
handsomest, and I'll coLae in from behind
and kiss her."


l had hardly stepped inside the car when
saw at the first glance, one of the lovliest
women my eyes ever fell on-a beautiful
blonde, with auburn hair, and sweetness,
and as radient az the morning. Any fur
ther search was totally Unnecessary. | i'm
mediately took my stand in the aisle Of the
car by her side. She was looking out the
window earnestly as if expecting some one.
The back door of the car opened, and in
stepped my hotel friend. / pointed my
finger silly at her, never dreaming that he
dare carry out his pledge, and you may i'm
aaine my amaZement when he stepped up
quickly behind and kissed her with relish
that made my mouth fairly water. ex-
pected, of course, shrek of terror, and
then row generally; and knock k-down :.
but judge Of my astonishment when saw
her return the kisses with compound inter-
est. Quick as fash he turned to me and
said


Now, sir, it is your turn" pointing to
the hideously ugly, wrinkled old woman,
who sat in the seat behind.


"Yoa must excuse me !" exclaimed
"1'm sold this time. l give up. Do tell
me who you have been kissing?" And We
all burs; into general peal of laughter, as
be said: This is nly wife. have been
waiting here for her." He told the story
to his wife, who looked tenfold sweeter as
sha heard il
Year: 1865

A RAT IN A PECULIARLY PERPLE4ING
PREDIoAMENT,-An exciting scene was wit
messed in street car near Willard's the
ether day. A lady, we'll dressed, and Of
gentee and respectable appearance, stepped
into the car from the Fourteenth street
crossing, and upon taking her seat seemed
to receive q momentary shock. She did
not lose her presence of mind, however,
but seized with oaergy portion Of her ap-
parel on one side Of her lap and called the
conductor. That official approached, when
the lady coolly said to him, There is some
thing under my dress which is alive; please
to grasp it hard just where | have hold Of
it," The conductor didso, and felt Twins
animal, which he choked with his fist unit
it was paralyzed the lady meanwhile put
ting her hand under her dress, pulling fortf
a good sized rat.