Year: 1865




HENRY HIGHLAND GARNET, negro orator,
delivered an Grafton in Chicago lew days
since, in which he used the following lang
! uage:


The negroes in the South were extremely
ignorant and there were few school-masters
and few school-mistress there, said the Rev
Dr. Garnet. There was great need of some
body's doing something for them. But they
would overcome the obstacles of their BIRTH
and arise to the level God intended for them.
Fifty. years hence, said the speaker, the great
est scholars III the South will be negroes
[Applause.] I do not pretend to say, he ad-
ded, that black men are any better than
hite, but they are Just as good. Abiding
to the negro-sufrage question, the speaker
said the negroes would never vote the Dem
ocratc ticket They were so lately out Of
the fire that they would look out how they
got themselves into it again. They would
never vote for a Gopperhead.


Of all the reptiles he had ever seen, be had
never seen a black oopperhead. It was a
shame that such men as he saw before him
could not vote-=it was burning disgrace to
the Prairie State. They were as well quail
fed to vote as the whites. The time would
come when they would vote, when they would
send their black brothers to the halls OF Con-
gress.. It was an outrage that the Irish were
allowed more privileges in this country than
the negroes. So far as education and natur-
al abilities were concerned, the negroes were
far ahead of the Irish as race. Applause !
They all voted the Democratic ticket because
they were paid in money and whisky to do So


Our readers will observe that these senti-
ments Of the negro orator were received with
cheers" and applause by the white Re
pubIicans present,


The Cattle Plague and Cholera in England.
Iwish it were in my power to report more
favorably respecting the epidemic among the
cattle, and the general hygienic prospects Of
the country. The disease seems upon the in
crease, and is now extending itself not only
to sheep, but to the lesser animals, and even
to fowls. Rabbits and hares, turkeys and
pheasents, and even barn-yard hens are dy-
ing in all directions, and so far nothing has
been discovered that appears to ameliorate
the condition of things. Beef is already sell
ing at forty cents per pound, and is even now
beyond the reach of the poorer classes What
it will be as winter approaches it is frightful
to contemplate.


The cholera, Of the true Asiatic tyPe is
really in England, having made its appear
ance at Southampton. There ha7eenot been
many cases as yet, but it is sufficient cause
for alarm that even two or three have occur
red.


In FOG BETWEEN DAY AND DARKNEss.-
A few years ago here lived in the town Of


--a son Of Judge B., whom we viii call
Joe, who frequently imbribed more than he
could comfortably carry There also resided
in the neighborhood painter named W.,
who kept saloon. Now W., was a great
practical joker. On one occasion Joe came
into WIS saloon, and rather early in the
morning got very intoxicated, and finally fell
asleep in his chair. Joe was very near sight
ed, and always wore specks.


After he had slep sometime, ". took off
his specks, blacked the glasses, put them back
again, lit the lamps, and then awoke Joe,
telling him that it was about twelve o'clock
at night, and he wanted to shut up. Joe
started, and remarked that he slept some
time.


w. then said


"JOe, it is very dark, and if you win bring
it back again, will lend you lantern"


W., light lantern, gave it to Joe, and
helped him down stairs. Joe went off to-
wards home, {up the main business street,)
in the middle OF the day, with his lantern,
everybody looking at him and wondering
what was the matter: