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Year: 1865

Man doubles all the evils of his
fate by pondering over them. A
scratch becomes wound, a sligh6
becomes an injury,-aj jest an insult,
a small peril a great danger, and a
slight sickness offend ends in death
by the brooding apprehensions of the
sick. We should always look on the
bright side of life's picture.
Year: 1865

AT the recent convention of Methodist choirs at
New York, Bishop Simpson said:


The taste and Judgment of the church and the
divine sanction has authorized congregational sing
ing. l can hardly help fancying that when Adam
and Eve found themselves in the Garden Of Eden
surrounded by the municent bounties of divine fa-


vor, they unconsciously Joined in hymn Of praise
to Him who placed them there We hear nothing
Of music singing, however, until the sixth gene
ration from Adam, when we hear Of one who was
used to handling the harp. What was the eonstruc-
tion of that harp know not but we do know that
il was used in pralslng God.


:" If we come to the crossing Of the Red Sea- We


find Miriam leading the hosts of Israel in the glO-
rious song Of Praise be unto the Lord who has tri
umphed goriousy' l have no idea that the
first song of praise. Where had the timbrel bccn
and how could she have led the great congregation
if they had not been used to singing? The poetry


of the Bible is found throughout that sacred work.
Take for instance, the song of Moses. In the tenn
pie service the men singers and the women singers
responded TO all the stringed instruments which


were used in the praise of God He must be an in
different reader of the Psalms who does not lind
| interspcrsei through them commands to praise
God.


Before Christ entered the Garden of Olives it is
said his disciples sung a hymn. Paul and Silas
were fastened in the stocks, and hear the sing


ing together at night, songs of praise to God The
apostles direct singing in worship We instructed
to sing unto God in psalms and hymns and spiritual
songs. What thoughts have we of heaven not coll
nected with music? We hear of the golden harps,
and the sound Of music, as the sound of many wa
tiers, praising God. Thus, whichever way we look
we find music


"Now, if it be the fact that it is our duty to sing
to the praise Of God then all the people should join
in singing. 1 never knew what it was to sing lus
tily until l was in Germany. The ministers never
annouce a hymn; the hymns are hung upon the
wall and numbered, and all the people sing from
chi Y,rs t1yifh
wide open. They make volume of music which
fills the church and charms the hearer
Year: 1865

We clip the following article from An exchange.
Il Is true, and We commend it to every man who
has an interest where he resides.


Nothing Is more common than 70 hea- people talk
Of what they pay newspapers Tor advertising. etc
as so much given in charity. Newspapers bv en-
buUoing the value Of property in their neish hbor-
hod and giving the localities IN which they are
published reputation abroad, benefit all such, par
ticularly if they merchants OF real estate own
ers thrice the amour: yearly Of the meaCre sum
they pay for their support. Besides, every public
spirited citizen has laudable pride in having q
Yaper of which ne is not ashamed. even though he
should pick il up in New York OF Washington


A good-looking thriving sheet helps to sell prop
ety gives character 10 the locality and in all re-
spects Is a desirable public convenience. IT. from
any cause the the matter in the local OF editorial
columns should not be quite up 70 your standard,
do not cast It aside and pronounce it Of account
until You are satisfied that there has been Ia
Dor bestowed upon it than is paid for. If yOu want
= good readable sheet it must be supported. And
II must not be supported in spirit OF charity eth
eT, but brcsuse you feel necessity TO support it


The local press is the RaWer that moves the people
Year: 1865

FAMILY COCRTEsIEs.- the family, the
law of pleasing ought to extend from the
highest to the lowest You are bound to
please your children; aud your children arc
bound to please each other; and you are
bound to please your servants, if you expect
them to please you. Some men are pleas
ant in the household and no where else. l
have known such men. They arc good
fathers and kind husbands. Ii you had
seen them in their own house you would
have thought that they were angels almost;
but if you had seen them in the street, or
in the store or anywhere else out Of the
house, you would have thought them almost
demoniac. But the opposite is apt to be
the case. When we are among our neigh
bors, Or among strangers, We hold ourselves
with selfrespcct, and endcavor to act with
propriety; but when We get home we say to
ourselves: Il have played part long
enough, and am now going to be natural
So we sit down, and we are ugly and snap
pish and blunt and disagreeabFe We lay
aside those thousand little c0urtesies that
make the toughest floor smooth, that make
the hardest thing like velvet, and that make
life pleasant. We expend all our politcness
where it will be profitable it will
bring silver and gold.
Year: 1865

'ty, II gave him every assurance OF
sympathy and sapport in such course.
When it saw him boldly renounce the
fatal doctrine Of Estate suicide" upon


which the radical abolitionists had 80
strongly insisted, it praised him not
for from any sycophantic impulse, but


because what he thus did was in accor-
dance with correct political principles L.


When, in issuing his proclamation tor
tho reconstruction Of state governments
| in the revolted states, he refused to as
sumo powers not granted to him by the
consultation of the United States, and
left each state free to controle it's own
local affairs, he then took his stand
square upon democratic ground. 1t
would seem strange, indeed, if in this
the democratic press Of the country
mad not stood by President Johnson.
When, in spite of all the pressure which
the radical abo|itionists could bring
to bear upon him, he steadfastly refused
to Interfere for the purpose of helping
them to carry out their favor;te design
Of comforting the right Of suffrage up
on the negroes Of the southern states,
he again showed himself entitled to,
and he again received, universal CON :
mendation from the democratic press.


In thus giving President johnson
support in all which no does rightly
and wisely, the democratic press holds
itself perfectly free to condemn when
any Of his acts shall call for reproba-
tion. 1t has not failed to speak out
boldly against the continuance of un-
lawfully constituted military commls-
sions, aud to denounce as criminally
wrong the trial before them of parties
who, from their status and the charac-
ter Of their crimes, are amenable only
to the civil law of the land. In every
wise move which the president may
%sSs is 5 ss's ala T TdsR$ha ed fbs sbs csas;a s
ton of the United States, he will have
the warm sympathy and the hearty and
earnest support, not only of the demo
cratic press, but of the democratic mas
ses throughout the country. This sup
port and sympathy will be given freely;
the more freely, because it could never
be extorted, except through the honest
convic tions that his acts are right and
his policy calculated to preserve the
constitution, to re-cement the union and
to speedily restore permanent peace and
prosperity to our war-weary and much
distracted land. ...'...
Year: 1865

touching words were ringing in his
ears, that in the future the 'tblack w.dA
wodld keep the jewel Of liberty in the
family of freedom.'' That fellow ought
never to associate with white men. and


we should think the colored 'nen
would be slow to own him.
Year: 1865

colonization at 81 per acre in quantities of
$40 acres to each head Of family and 800
to each single man on credit Of l, 2, 8, 4.
and 5 years. This is the beginning of the
first Confederate colony in Mexico. Amongst
those who propose to settle Immediately are
Gen. Price and Gen. Shelby, from Mo-,
Judge Perkins of La, and myself The re-
sources of this country are such as TO insure
fortune to the energy and industry that has
usually characterized our people The
wonder is that they have been permitted TO
remain undeveloped 50 long but this is the
most indolent lazy and worthless population
on earth.


VIII many of the people of the Southern
States feel inclined TO seek new homes? or
will they follow the example of Lee, john
ston and others? Mexico presents the finest
field that have ever seen for the enterprise
of our people, and now that slavery is abOl-
ished in the South, hired labor can be much
more easily procured here and made much
more profitable than in any part of the
United States. 90 not propose however to
urge or even advise any one TO come, l only
propose to give them facts and leave them to
decide for themselves as l have done for my
self. Such asfeel inclined TO come viii be re-
ceived with open arms and cordial welcome.
But enough of this st


Where is Forrest, and what is he doingf
and where aud how is every body else for
i have heard from none Of our friends since
left Mississippi.


Give my kind regards TO Mrs. Adair,
Robin, Jack and Forrest, and kiss Mary for
me, and tell her that it would give me great
pleasure to have romp with her this
evening.


Write Iae fully, and do your best at pen
manship so that / may be able TO read at
least the greatest part of the letter. L sent
you a copy of the McTicdil NeirS, an English
newspaper edited by Governor Allen, about
a month ago. | hope you received il, though
there was very little of interest in it except
that it shows the fact that we had started an
American newspaper at the city of Mexico.
| neglected to say to you, that this place Is
situated on the line of railroad from Vera
Cruz to the city of Mexico, seventy miles
west Of Vera Cruz. The railroad is
now in operation to within eighteen miles Of
this place and all the balance to the city Of
Mexico is under contract and the work rap
idly progressing Ii is a few hours run by
rail from hereto Vera Cruz, from VeraC Cruzit
is three days by steam to New Orleans
and from New Orleans it is three or four
days by rail to Atlanta, so You see that We
are still neighbors even il YOU should re- d
main in Georgia. The road is owned by
an English Company but is almost entirely
in American hands.


Ny health is excellent and feel that it
cannot be otherwise in this charming eli
mate. Direct your letter to me at Cordova,
Mexico, and in conclusion let me beg you
to excuse this horrid and disjointed letter,
rs it was written in the midst Of a crowd.
half of whom we're continually talking to
me and compelling me to talk to them.


Very truly yonr friend,


IsHAM G.. HARRIS.
Year: 1865

In the list OF two hundred and thirty
two members of the present Congress, sixty
nine were born in New England and forty
seven in the single State Of New York,
while the remaining places Of nativity ara
equally divided between the Middle and
Western States Of the Union, excepting one
born in Canada, one in Bavaria, one in Scot
land and two in ireland. On the score Of
qrofessionN the law claims large majority,
while printers and newspaPer men numher
no less than flecn.--B0stoa C0rir.
Year: 1865

NASHVILLE, J lily 2S.-This morning 5
Press publishes letter from General
Thomas to Governor Brownlow Thorn
as says


4 am only waiting a report from Col
onel Debassev to determine my action
in the case of Emerson Etheridge. If he
has been guilty of the language charged
against him. he is clearly amenable to
military authority, in the absence Of civil,
and is liable TO be tried by a military
commission Ny attention has been
called to speeches of other parties, but
as vet have not seen any report which
would Justify the interference of military
authority If, however, there be, in the
judgement Of the Government, at any
time necessity for such interference in
consequence of inability or indisposition
on the part of the civil authorities of the
State to take action in the matter, the
expression of such desire on the par:
of the Governor. stating the indisposi-
ton or inability of the civil authorities
to act. will be sufficient.


Il will cause the parties complained
of to be attended to according to the
nature of their case. The State of Ten
nessee is under martial law, but military
authority will not be resorted to unless
civil authority fails to act, either from
inability or indisposition. Even in the
event of the failure of civil authorities
to do their duty, the military authori
ties should refrain from interfering in al
minor cases. because the military au.
thorities should as far as possible sustain
the civil government, and never assume
its functions unless in cases in which
prompt action is necessary to insure
public safety In conclusion, the Gov
ernor may rest assured. that be will bt
fully sustained in carrying out the poll
cy of the State and General Govern
ments as long as there are troops on du
" in the State


The Union says Governor Brownlow
has called upon General Thomas to senC
troops into various counties to preserv,
order and protect the ballot box
Year: 1865

In compliance with the request of a
correspondent we publish this descrp-
ton of the process Of procuring tar.
which we take from an article on the
subject in Appleton's New American
Cyclopadia -


Tar, a thick, black, viscid material, n
product of the destructive distillation of
carbonaceous substances, as wood, peat.
bituminous Goals and shales. 1t is n
commercial article, largely produced,
and applied to a variety of uses. twas
known to the ancient Greeks, and DIR
Clarke, who describes the method of
manufacturing it in the forest of Bothnia,
states that there is not the smallest differ
once between the processes there prac
ticed and those of ancient Greece
Along the whole coast of the Gulf of
Bothnia the inhabitants are very general
ly engaged in this occupation. They
make use Of the roots Of the fir trees,
with logs and billets of the same, which
they arrange in a stack of conical shape,
fitted to a cavity in the ground, general
ly made in the side of bank In the
bottom of this cavity is placed n cast
iron pan from which spout leads out
through the bank The heap is covered
over with turf, and is then fired as in
amaking charcoal. Tar collects in the
latter part of the process of charring,
and runs off through the spout into bar
rels placed to received it. Tar is pro
duct, where charcoal is the chief object
of the process, but is seldom obtained
in quantities to render il an object 70
collect it, except in charring the resinous
woods of the pine family. In Sweden,
where the business is also an important
one, some peculiar methods are adopted
to increase the yield Of tar in wood.
Trees of no value for the saw mill are
partially peeled Of their bark fathom
or two up from the ground, not enough
to kill them, but only to check their
growth. After five or six years, when
cut down, the wood is found to be much
richer in resinous matters which produce
tar. 1t is noticed that the condition OF
the weather during the process Of char
ring may make difference Of - or %
per cent. in the yield of tar In the
United States tar is produced in almost
all parts Of country where pitch and the
pinus austraiis are found Along the
coast Of the Southern States, especially of
North Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia.
the business has been carried on upon a
large scale in connection with the mann.
facture Of turpentine, rosin, and pitch.
Old trees, which have ceased TO produce
turpentine, ard dead wood which Is rich
in resinous matter, are selected for the
coal pits. The process does not materi-
ally differ from that already described
L Scientific American.
Year: 1865

Scarcely On individual in the North
but remembers the hue and cry raised BY
the Sbolitionists a few years ago on ac-
count Of the expenditures Of the Post Of
fee Department oseruoning the income.
The deficiency was blamed upon the
Southern States for not paying their
share Of the postal expenses, and was
usedss an argument to provo that We of
the North would be better off separated
from the South than in connection with it..
It was enc, Of the chief strings upon which
they played to wsken the feeling that has
now ripened into war and bloodshed. It
was used iu speeches, in papers, iu pam
phlets, and appeals to show that the
Southern States were dead weight to
our prosperity, and that the sooner we
got rid Of them the better it would be for
the taxpayers and people Of the North.
BY apersistent effort they at length sue
ceeded in driving the Southern States out
of the Union. Since that time we havc
not been eucumbered keeping up nom
paying routes for illiterate, overbearing
slave drivers" as they saw proper to de-
nominate the people Of the South, but
have simply kept open our own routes,
and even some Of them have been closed !;
and what is the state Of the finances in
the Post Office Department at this time 7
According to the report Of the Post Mas
ter General, for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1854, there is an excess of ex-
penditures over receipts Of two hundred
and six thousand, five hundred and thirty
two dollars and forty-two cents. Can
any Of our abolition friends explain why
this is! The South has gone and main
taius her own postal arrangements--it
can not be laid to their door, as it once
was. Where Is the scaps goat now? |?
Tell us, oh! ye abolition solons ?-State
Journal, Lansing.
Year: 1865

NEWSPAPER Prices RAIsED.-The
Cincinnati papers have again increased
their prices. Newspaper men are al
ways the last to yield to circumstances,
and as consequences, many Of Them
have been loosing money the past year.
The newsboys now ask ten cents copy
for the different Cincinnati papers. This
of course creates some grumbling, as men
will refuse that for daily, and at the
same time pay an equal amount for a
muddy glass Of beer or poor cigar with
out the least demurring. "a,
Year: 1865

Lying does not incur more infamy
than it deserves, though other vices
incur less. There are some practices,
which, though they degrade man to
the lowest class of moral characters
do yet imply some natural superiority
but lying is, on the contrary, always
an Indication of weakness and defect
Slander is the revenge of a coward
and dissimulation his defence i; lying
boasts are the stigma of conceited am
bition, of obscurity without merit, and
pride totally destitute of intellectual
dignity, and even lies of apology i'm
ply indiscretion or rusticity (; folly, OIL
indecorum.
Year: 1865

We do not hear anything now days
of any of the stupendous schemes that
were in vogue few months ago, for
paying of, at one stroke, the national
debt. But we hear of.something much
more promising. Without any of these
schemes, the great work has been be-
gun, as appears from the just publish
ed Treasury statement, by reducing the
debt twelve and three-qaarter millions
within a month. II, says a Philadel-
.phia paper, we can do as well in every
month as in September, we shall reduce
our debt one hundred and fifty millions
a year, ut which rate we could entirely
rid ourselves Of the national burden
within score of years. The regular
revenues are rising in amount, and
must continue to do so from causes
now in active operation and thus the
surplus applicable to the extinguish-
ment of the debt is augmenting and
will augment. ... r.a. .s5 .rr
Year: 1865

Mr.. EDITOR AS good luck would
have it, your paper of October 18th
chanced to fall into my hands, in which
| noticed an advertisement of young
man wanting wife. lam living with
my father on large farm near the
city Of Ionia, Mich, and am in want
of a husband; and as the pedigree
that the young man gives of himself
and property pleases me, | thought l
would accept the offer. As he has Civ.
en- his pedigree, it would be necessary
for me to give mine also: am girl
IL years of age, have black eyes and
dark hair, small in stature, wear small
shoes and not very large hoopskirts,
and | am not in favor of young man
that will not sustain the star spangled
banner and the 4th of July. / arm a
great lover of bread and butter, and
can make extra good buckwheat cakes,
also butter and cheese of the best quail
ity can also spin wool and am
good hand at raising lambs and have
now got Il very nice buck pet lamb,
and have also one good feather bed and
blankets, and am making a number Of
quilts lhave ten nice goslings that
will be fit to pick next spring, and a
very nice bantam rooster that has taken
the premium at the county fair, all of
which l should be happy to place in
the care of such a young man as
has advertised in your paper, and my
heart and hand with it. ."'


BLossoM.


b.
Year: 1865

Three hundred men will be at work
in a few days grading the Burlington
and Missouri Railroad west Of Ottum-
wa. The stone for bridge across the
Des Moines river at that point, is now
being quarried.
Year: 1865

The telegraph operators at New
York and other eastern cities are brib,
ed by Bennett of the New York Herald
to repeat as many times each day as
possible that their several items o!
news arc taken from the Herald
This would not be so Objectionable
were the Herald news true but it is
little provoking to find your best
and most interesting dispatches are
nothing but a tissue of lies. A late
despatch from Washington says:


The statements of The New
York Herald that arrangements had
been made here for the trial of jeff
Davis by the Supreme Court, and that
the Navy department have ordered all
their war vessels to fit out for sea,
have no foundation in fact, we having
high authority to stamp both as pure
fabrications, known to be untrue by
those who made them"
Year: 1865

EXPLICIT DIREcT1oNs.-Every traveller
in "couutry places" must have been often
amused at the bluhdering circuhlocution,
of which the following is a good sample,
for which we do not know who is responsi.
BILE: : ..'


esCan you tell me the road to Jonesville ?'


"0h yes, sir; you keep right on until
the road forks, and there you take the left,
and after going up steep sand hill, about
three miles long, the road will thsre fork
again; ysu take the right, and continue on
until you come TO an old ricketY bridge,
and you must be very particular in crossing
iit, for the pfanks may give way and you in
20 feet water. About mile from the old
bridge you take the left, and after going two
miles over the roekiest road you ever saw in
your life, you will come to another fork,
then take the right; man by the name. Of
Diver6lives in the fork, and you must be
guarded as you pass his house, for be Keeps
six of the biggest sort of dogs, and it is not
an@uncommou thing for them to jerk a man
out of his buggy and BY hard fighting, you
may get by safely. About a mile aud a
half from Divers house you will pass Rat
tlesnake Point, and there again you viii be
lucky if you pass the point without your
horse being bitten. About mile after you
pass the point, you will come to a long bog,
that's place in the road for one mile, where
the mud will reach up to the hubs Of your
buggy wheels. After you get through there,
pass through a gate on your right hand, as
you 60 up the hill; in'about . half mile
you, will ind yourself in an old piney ield /;
when you get there, beat about the best you
know how, sforI pledge you my word stran-
ger, you are lost" 70 , 20 -.


-
Year: 1865

This great charity, seeking not only the
relief of the present necessities ofthe liberated
slaves, but the amelioration and elevation by
education of loyal but unfortunate people,
holds a public meeting at the Capitol to-
morrow evening. To the readers Of the RE.
PUBLICAN it is simply necessary to mention
the worthiness of the object and the fact that
it is to be addressed by one of the most elo.
quent, as well as patriotic, divines in this OF
any other country-HESRY WARD BEECHER,
Let the people of Washington show their
sympathy for this sacred mission by large
attendance.