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Year: 1865

This is " the day of preparation" and we
trust all the friends of the Union cause in
our city and vicinity will improve it, and be
prepared with ample "rations'' to make a
grand gala day of it at the junction to NOR
row. We hear the ladies are taking the mat
ter in hand and we feel assured that whatever
the ladies of keokuk undertake with a will,
cannot fail of entire success. Let our friends
all do their duty oday, and see their neigh
bors and rally them out, and we will have a
glorious time, which we shall all be proud to
remember in songs of triumph after the Oc-
tober election.
Year: 1865

PEACE PArgIors. = During the war the
Democracy was exhorted by their leaders to
oppose the war, to resist the draft, to oppose
sending troops to the field or raising funds to
pay those already fighting the battles of
the Union. But now, that peace is restor-
ed, these Copperhead leaders who opposed
the proposition OF allowing the soldiers to vote
during the war, urge the party to stand by the
soldiers in time of peace and make a joint
political raid on the soldiers only friends dur
ing the days that tried mems souls
Year: 1865

We call attention to the proceedings of the
soldiers in Keokuk county, who are too wide
awake and too patriotic to be humbugged by
the friends of the traitors at home, after
thrashing the traitors themselves down South.


We admit that soldier may get drunk and
tumble into bed with a Copperhead, but if he
don't kick the Copperhead out of bed, or get
out himself, when he gets sober, ''he won't
do to tie to-
Year: 1865

SIX young negro men from the Island of
Hcyti have entered the Episcopal Theological
Seminary at Gambler, Ohio, with a view to
prepare themselves for missionary work
among their eountrymen.--ni Missouri Repnbli-
can.


What does the Republicaa propose to do
about it. 1t would send them back to slavery
again in Hayti if it had the power and reduce
the millions Of their race set free in this coun-
trv to their condition before the war, that it
might have ''the Union as it was and the
Constitution as it is'i
Year: 1865

lose sight of himself to the poor he must be-
come as one who has no place to lay his head


he must be rich in words of love and cheer,
and attract to himself such as need strength
and hope. He must not be naughty, and
proud and stiff, and exclusive He must not
be afraid of soiling his garments by human
contact. 1t is bad manners and vulgar for
him to be arrayed in gaudy attire, and SO i'm
pecable that hair upon his shining suit as.
sumes in his inauguration and proportions of
cable. Pharisaical precision and the "su-
perauity Of haughtiness' should be avoided
as moral nuisances 1t is coarse manners for
q preacher in the pulpit to pretend to be pref
ty, and easy, an airy, and elegent, and loving


and obsequious, when outside Of the pulpit he
is ugly. and reserved, and imprudent, and
exquisite. Ea.a..aie lAd ar "a
Year: 1865

for different sized vessels. These locks are
wood and iron, with gates at each end, and
there is no greater pressure at any given
point or danger of disarrangement than on
that of common locomotive passing on a
railway. 4g,r 81. 50


In view of the economy of time in passing
the Falls and other attending advantages
which will readily occur to you, we expect to
greatly cheaper, as we'll as extend the trans
portation East and West, by this means, over
even the advantages which would be due to
a ship canal, while we can build this in one
year = Cleveland Herald.
Year: 1865

FILLING Ice HOUSES WITH Ssow.-As the
time is now approaching when the supply Of
ice for the ensuing year is to be secured, I
beg leave to give you the experience of one
of our Clifton Farmers Club" Of Clifton,
Ohio. His ice house is situated on the side
Of gravel hill. covering a pit 10 feet deep
and II feet square, and is q simple frame
structure over the pit about or S feet in
height; the sides of the pit are boarded up,
and the drainage is through the gravel. u


Finding it expe nsive to haul ice from the
neighborng ponds and rivers, he last winter
filled his house with snow, after the custom
prevailing in Switzerland and California, (for
my friend is traveller,) simply rolling it up
in masses, and with wheelbarrow conveying
it to the house-frst lining the sides with
straw, and after it was filled, covering the
snow with the same material, thus filing his
house without cost, and securing an abundant
supply of good ice for his large family during
the whole summer,


The snow settled down into compact mass,
when the spring and summer heats affected
it, and portion still remains at the bottom Of
the pit as solid as glat er Of the Alpa--
Country Gentleman.
Year: 1865

heavy oil daily. Near by the busy engine


stood the man whose average income of
three thousand dollars a day would put


to shame anything on the assessors books
of the metropolis. In the ordinary work
ing-dress of well to-do farmer, he was en-
gagged in overseeing his men preparing oil
for transportation. Not far off was the
dwelling-house, unchanged, we were told,
in every respect from its former modest
appearance. In conversation with the
proprietor, we found that his two sons and
one daughter were at school in New Eng
land; the father adding with no visible
sign of undue elation: "You see, gentle
men, l want them to be able to take care
of and'spend sensibly the big pile of money
the old farm is giving then"
Year: 1865

a


District of Columbia.


A Washington special to the Cincinnati
Gazette says:


The Democratic and semi-rebel voters
of Washington are becoming alarmed,
lest Congress at its next session should pass
an act comforting the right of suffrage on
the blacks, and have petitioned the Board
of Aldermen and Councilmen to call for
an election of the qualified voters of the
city, that an expression of opinion may be
held upon the subject.


The matter was presented last night in
the Board of Councilmen, and motion to
lay the petition on the table was lost by
sixteen nays to five ayes. The petition
was finally referred to a special committee
of seven, and the bias of the Chairman
is indicated by the fact that only one of the
minority of the Board was placed on this
committee. There is some reason for the
apprehension expressed, for the eolOred
people of the District have petition, ask
ing Congress that the right of suffrage be
extended to them, already signed by more
than eight hundred names, each in the
handwriting of the petitioner, Signif-
cant fact. But after all the real oppOsi
ion to this measure of Justice springs from
a selfish motive more than a hatred Of the
negro-the retention of power; for it is
well known that the semi-secesh have con-
trolled the Council Of this city from the
breaking out of the rebellion to the pres
ent day. If the loyal colored people are
enfranchised, the sensitive gentlemen will
have an opportunity to retire from the
public service. 1t may be asked. by some
has not Washington yet secured sufi-
GENTLY loyal population to control its af-
fairs No; and the simple reason of it
is, that thenew cofners during the last four
wears, as a class, maintain the rights of
citizenship in their own States, and hence
cannot vote here.
Year: 1865

The correspondent of the New York
World Who rode with the ''oil-raiders" on
their recent expedition thus ketches achar-
acter which he met on his winding way;


Riding up lane off the main road, a
marty of us came upon couple of wells
which. pumping and flowing, together gave
their owner about three hundred barrels of
Year: 1865

Tue DAY, March 2s-b r. NJ


: me gold market is experiencing that lull which
usually follows period OF great excitement and panic
Gold has been little abundant day than yester
day but there is still difference OF u y between
cash and regular sales The sudden disappearance OF 80
much coin from the market TO make deliveries more
less difficult has excited little SURPRISE and the
mystery with regard to it has 10 some extent operated
against recovery spectators being apprehensve OF us
immediate return; but Of this there is probability
under existing circumstances The quotations during the
Year: 1865

The following is portion of the charge
of the Rev. Professor Cole, of Rutgers
College, New Brunswick, n. j., to the
Rev. Q. II. Hazard, the pastor of the
Second Presbyterian Church of that city,
at his recent installation:


Remember, my brother, that You are
commissioned servant of the Lord Jesus
Christ, and that the explicit language of
of your commission is, $50, preach my
gospel" And remember, that the one
great object of your commission is, to Sc
cure the salvation of lost sinners. Upon
YOU has been divinely conferred the dis
tinguished honor of an ambassadorship for
Christ You are sent to bear Just one
simple message to lost men. You have
no business to turn aside from it to the
right or left. Every one who enters the
ministry needs to be cautioned on this sub
ject. The gospel is so simple, and the
preaching of it so plain, and to proud,
dark human nature so unattractiye, and
the preacher himself so utterly powerless
to convert his hearers, and so shut up, Of
ten to the necessity of working without
seeing mmedidte-often without seeing
any fruits of his work-that in his agony
of interest he is apt to be betrayed into
the adoption of mere human expedients
to infuse more attractiveness into his pull
pit services. This feeling in some preach
ers, together with painful lack Of reH-
gi;ous experience in others, turns many of
our sermons into moral essays and bald
harangues upon specific sins. This it is
which leads preachers into the selection
of themes drawn from literature, science,
art, and politics. This it is which creates
the straining after out-of-the-way texts
and startling analyses. Earth, and air,
and sea, and sky are laid under contribu-
ton for material which will cater to the
taste of fashionable but heartless audi
ences, which will tickle the ears of people
who are spiritually dying for want of re-
alization that they have souls to be lost
or saved. My brother, scorn to turn
aside from the pure gospel of Jesus Christ.
Pray to have your own soul alive with the
profoundest realization of that truth that
clusters around the two great central
themes of sin and salvation; and then, by
the grace of the Holy Ghost, let your dis
courses be the outpopring of this realiz-
ing experience upon your hearers
Year: 1865

The saints in Jesus, when. their bodies
sleep in peace, have perpetual fellowship
with him--aye, better fellowship than we
can enjoy! We have but the transitory
glimpses Of bis face, they gaze upon it
every moment. We see him /" in a glass,
darkly;" they behold him face to face. y
We sip of the brook, by the way; they
plunge into the very ocean of bounded
love. We look sometimes and see our
Fathers smile: look whenever ey may,
his face is full of smiles for them. We
get some drops of comfort; but they get
the honeycomb itself. They have their
cup filled with new wine, running over
with perennial, unalloyed delights. They
are full of peace, fnll of JOY forever.
They "sleep in Jesus" Such descrip-
ton of death makes us wish to sleep too.
0 Lord, let us 60 to sleep with the de-
parted 0 happy hour. when a clod of
the valley shall be our pillow. Though
it be hard, we shall not be affected by it.
Happy hour, when earth shall be our bed.
Cold shall be the clay, but we shall not
know it we shall slumber and we shall
rest. The worm shall hold carnival with
in our bones, and corruption shall riot
over our frame but We shall not feel it.
Corruption can but feed upon the corrup-
tible; mortality can but prey upon the
mortal. "We know It's common all
that live must die, passing through ma
ture to eternity. ."-Spugeon.
Year: 1865

for ever


1t is told expressly for the young.
"Speak to the young" said one to a
minister OF Christ-one who confessed
himself to be ''past feeling "Speak
to the young-there is hope for them
labor for the yOung-striye with the
young"


l have tried to speak to the young.
Shall not one be found to learn Edwin S
lesson-that "The religion Of Jesus
Christ is no pretence but a reality


London Sunday at Home.
Year: 1865

parents still spared to you? Ever treat
them as you wish you had done, when
you stand lonely orphan at their grave,
How will remembrance of kind and af-
fectionate conduct towards those depart
parted friends, then help to soothe your
grief and heal your wounded heart.


We'll ,Spring.
Year: 1865

Or ALL THE Ills that can befall us,
being cast out Of Gods sight is the most
to be dreaded, because this is the source
and sum Of evil. As Gods presence is
heaven, to be cast out Of It IS he'll.
Year: 1865

On, MY SOIL, tremble at thyself
Tremble at the fearfulness of thy situa-
ton; and commit thine immortal all into
his hands "who is able to keep thee from
falling, and to present thee faultless be-
fore the presence Of his glory With ex-
1ceoding Joy"
Year: 1865

The storm of righteous wrath which the
murder Of the President has awakened, is
sending terror to the heart of the traitors
in Richmond. Their CONSERVATION is de-
scribed as great. They realize that it is
the of:shoOt of their greater crime, and
they tremble lest they should be held to
account for it.
Year: 1865




The funeral of the President will take
place tomorrow in the city of Washing
ton, and viii be observed with the solem-
nifty and ceremony due on SO grave an oc.
casiOn. We are glad to see that the peo-
pie everywhere seem to recognize the pro-
priety of joining as mourners in that
funeral. Proclamstions have been issued
by the Acting Secretary of State, the Gov
ernors of nearly sll the States, and the
Mayors of the leading cities of the Union,
requesting the people to suspend business
during the day, and assemble ir their
usual places Of worship st the time Of the
funeral, to unite in religious exercises suit
able to the occasion. These calls will uni
versslly be complied with, and the funeral
sermon Of the peoples President will be
preached from almost every pulpit in the
land. Meetings have been held through
out the country to arrange for the proper
Observance of the day, and it will be uni
versally kept sacred to the sad obsequies.


We would call attention to the procls-
nation of Mayor Senter on this subject, in
another column His recommendations
should be universally complied with.
Year: 1865

TREAsoS-It is stated that Maj Gen
BUTLER has spent much of bis time lately
in research aud examination Of treason
trials and the laws Of war and of nation,
and is confident that either DAVIS or
ROBERT E. LEE can be convicted and
hung and that it is due to The living and
TO the dead that they should expiate their
crimes upon the scafoId. Beast BUTLER
is making out strong case against hi:
own neck.
Year: 1865

Eg The most marked inciden, Of the
return Of peace is the restoration Of the
writ Of Hsbeas Corpus by proclamation Of
the President Ii is now in force through
out all the Northern States and Terri
tories.
Year: 1865

COLUMBUS, 25th July, 1865.


GENTLEMzN-Your letter of ofyesterday, iD-
curing what are my opinions upon some OF
the phases of the question of the recon.
struction of the Union, was received this
morning You sign yourselves as a Com
mittee," but have omitted to inform mo
what body or organization you represent, or
to give me the Instructions or resolutions
committing the subject to you. This acci.
dental omission would be of no consequence.
since know you both to be members OF
tho Union party of this State, and, though
We have scarce seen each other for some
years, have believed you to be personal
friends of mine; but my relations to the
Union men OF Ohio are such that il may be.
of some importanc to know who are those
with whom you are acting, and for whom You
declare shat hearty and honest concurrence
10 the principles which you and the other
loyai people Of Ohio adopted in convention
on the 2lst ultimo. expressly as the basis OF
nited political action in the coming State
election, shall not be sufficient to secure
your votes.


Political organizations, like every other,
are founded upon mutual waving of some
articles of personal belief for the sake OF
securing united and effective action upon
others which are avowed as the common
creed; and the bond of union can hardly be
said to be kept in good faith when individu.
als of party PROFOUND as tests TO caudi'
date questions which were not acted upon
by the convention, especially when such
a questions were notoriously excluded from
the list of those upon which community o'
belief was demanded, because the opinion,
of loyal and patriotic men had not yet fully
ripened or taken definite form in regard ts
Year: 1865

NEw YoRK, Jnly 29-SAnta Anna, who at
present is residing at the Island of st. Thomas
has issued Pronunciamento in which he de-
nounces the establishment of an Empire in
Mexico, and calls for rally for democracy, and
urges the MeIicans to fight against the invaders
He explains that bis declaration in favor OF
French Intervention was forced upon him by re
quirug him to sign such paper before he would
be permitted to land in Mexico and visit his sick
wife


The five persons captured of the coast OF
Florida some time since while endeavoring to
make their escape in a small boat. were yester-
day sent to Fort Lafayette as political prisoners
Year: 1865

EY-For several days there have b,en runners
Of Federal advance upon Camden supposed to
be from Pine Bluff. We have NO information
as to the number OF the enemy, but have not the
slightest idea that it is an advance for the pur-
pose of occupation. Let our citizens keep cool
and pursue their ordinary svocations, trusting
to the dispositions made by our military com
manders TO receive the enemy. If any OF thrn
want to ran thsy will have ample time and sue
netice. They very safs at present. There
will bs no dvancs of she enemy this far from
that direction.
Year: 1865

the ground that, no matter what State,
in its organic capacity and exercising all it's
power and authority to accomplish its pur-
pose, may do to subvert the Nation. the ma
tional Authority vah 90 nothing top e
its eforrs 70 renew its destructive attempts
whenever it may feel strong enough to repea.
them, except to punish few individuals
who may be caught and tried for their un-
lawful acts-tben we say he, to all practical
intents and purposes, makes the State-the
creature of the national Authority-superior
IN vitality not only 10 the Nation, but to eve
ry other kind Of government on the earth.


As TO the innocent being made to suffer
with the guilty, (which accident =. Justice
deprecates), il the national Government were
to insist upon such organic changes IN the
rebel States as would insure a Wholesome
maintenance hereafter of their normal rela-
tiOns to the national Government and
to the other States, we only nee1 to
say that such accidents are unavoidable in
great human Affairs, such as we are consid-
ering. A city cannot be fred upon in time
Of war without innocent persons being made
to suffer. Even where individuals are made
to suffer under the law for their crimes, how
often is it the case that great suffering to
innocent persons nearly connected with them
is the inevitable consequence
Year: 1865

GEsERsl GsASF's SPEECHES. efforts to
get a speech out of Gen. L. 5. Grant on his


travels have proved sboruye. The general
will bow to the multitude, will shake hands
with a few who come in his way. has no
objection to smoking his cigar in sight of
others; but as for speech making he utterly
eschews it. The loagcst speech which we
have seen reporead from him is the one
which Ire -naSe on his way from Portland to
eueiNc. in reply to the address OF the Mayor
Of Sherbrooke C. E, who welcomed him to
Canada. In response the General said 1T
gives me pleasure to meet you towards
Canada and all the British Provinces,
cherish onlG the kiniest feelings. 80
much it was proper for HIM to say and if
be could have been induced to speak half
hour at every place wnere he stopped be
tween Canada line on tire east and the
Niagara. suspension hridSA ali would have
to no u,cro than did the twenty
words above spoken and the effect would
not lave been half as good. Geus Grant is
a " Use man as well as great commander.
Year: 1865

REBEL CorroS BY the last arrival from
Europe we learn that decision of the most
remarkable character had been given in the
London Vice Chancellor's Court. The
United States seed for possession of guam
tity of cotton which Prioleau, notorious
rebel asent and blockade runner. claimed to
have prior lien upon, ipasmuch as he had
Lost twenty thousand pounds BY the rebel
government Vice Chancellor Wood ruled
tha, the United States must take the cotton.
but, in doing 50, were bound to respect the
agreement entered into with regard to this
aforesaid cotton by the rebel government. to
whom !, originally belonged. Prioleau was
appointed receiver of the property on his go
ing security to the extent of twenty thousand
pounds. and subsequently, the cotton was
banded over to him BY the Liverpool Dock
Board.


Tho srgameos vss that ss the United
Year: 1865

The opinion of, Attorney General Speed,


given in writing previous to the trial, in


response to President Johnson's inquiry
whether the oonspirators in the plot which


resulted in the assassination of President
Lincoln should be tried by civil or military
court, has been printed. He maintained


that during time Of war military tribune
exists under and according to the constitu-
ton that it Is the duty Of the military not
only to fight the public enemies Of the coun-
try in open battle, but to pursue, capture,
try and execute secret enemies, and that the
assassination Of the President being an act
of secret war against the republic in the
rerson of its Chief Magistrate, those accused
Of the crime are clearly amenable to mill
tary law s1f- aif r. ee.4sf .aal lr... q
Year: 1865

1t is said the Government does not asseht
to the doctrine ufthe ice Chancellor nf Eng
land as pronounced IN the case of the United
States ajcaihst Prioleau. The United States
are not likely to concede very soon that the
rebels are now or ever were defacto govern
ment, nor very likely to consent to derive
title to their own property through that i'm
aginative concern, and being a sovereign
State dealing with other States according t.
the customary methods, they are not espee-
tally likely to submit without process of at
tachment to decrecs which may be registered
against them by a Court of Chancery sitting
In Westminster Hall.
Year: 1865

Of these atoms Of wire, about two inches long,
end as thick SIS q stout darning-needle, fell on
the coil uunoticed, as indeed, who would notice
il, or for moment think of the consequences
which its dsregarded presence in such spot
might surely occasion The weight Of the lay
ers Of cable above this fragment-as insignificant
as shaving in a carpenters shop-pressed 10
firmly into the tsrred hemp which forms the
outside covering Of the cable To this it adhered.
While in the tank il did no harm. but when this
portion came to be paid out, the small diameter
Of the eight leading wheels which give access to
the paying-out machine. and the weight Of the
jockey yrlleys over those which keep the rope IN
its place. bent the stout iron wire sharply that
il passed between the hemp, pierced the gutta
percha through at least two o. three Of It's four
folds, and there remained. In this state II was
found, and instantly recognized as piece Of
wire from splice joint


HOW 1T WAS REPAIRED.


A short length Of cable was at once cut out,
new splice made, vIgilantly tested, and gradually
sunk When on the bottom it was again retested
for some hours, and the signals were shown to be
absolutely perfect


Bow TEE GREAT EASTERN BEHAVED DURING THE


TIME.


During al, this tine the Great Eastern
mained quietly hove 70. The sea was calm, and
even the throbbing swell Of the Atlantic had
died away into the mere undulation OF wave.
The motion IN her, therefore, was barely per-
ceptible to the feeling and could certainly not be
detected by the sight, save by watching the little
arc Of circle which her topmasts now and then
described. Tie whole accident caused delay OF
nearly twenty-four hours, during which the
drift Of the vessel was almost nothing