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Year: 1867

The apprehensions that this policy
will embarrass healthy trade Is in his
Judgment, unfounded. Legitimate
business has not suffered by the cur
tailment which has taken place within
the last two years, nor will it perma-
nently suffer by such g contraction,
prudently enforced, as may be neces-
sary to bring the precious metals again
into circulation. What business re-
ouires is, a stable currency; what en-
terprise demands is the assurance that
it shall not be baked of its just rewards
by an unreliable measure in value.


1t is frequently urged by those who
admit that the currency Is redundant,
that the country is not in conditin
to bear further contraction: that its
growth will soon render its contraction
unnecessary that business if left 10 it
self. will rapidly increase to such an
extent as to require the three hundred
millions of the United States notes
and fractional currency, and the three
hundred millions of bank notes now
outstan ling, for its proper and need
full accommodation. Nothing can be
more fallacious than this unfortunately
popular idea. An irredeemable cur
rency Is a financial disease which re
tards growth instead of encouraging it;
which stimulates speculation, but di'
minishes labor. a healthy growth is
secured by removal of disease, and
not by postponing the proper treatment
of it, in the expectation that the Wig
orous constitution of the patient viii
overcome it.


Secretary McCulloch gives his meth
90 of taxing government bonds He
says


The exemption from taxation of any
kind of property, by which special priyi
leges are, or seem to be, granted t
any class of citizens, IS odious to tn,
heavily burdened masses in all coun
tries, and is especially so in a republic
like ours. Local taxes in ali the StateI
are heavy, and no mvtter what the Law
may say upon the subject, no matter
what the contract may have been un
der which they we're negotiated, ther'
is q general sentiment among tax pay
ers that the exemption Of government
bonds from local taxation is not ex
actly right, and that it ought to be il
some way avoided in future issues
The Secretary has no hesitation in ad
mitting that he is in sympathy will
this sentiment. The difficulty in tn
Year: 1867

The report argues in favor of the ma
tional banks as follows


In the present condition of the
country, and in view Of the relations
that the national banks sustain to the
government, ignoring in this connec'
ton the question of good faith, the
Secretary has no difficulty in coming
to the conclusion that they should be
sustained. They are so interwoYen
with all branches of business, and SO
directly connected with the credit OF
the government, they could not be de-
stroyed without precipating upon the
country financial troubles which it i
now in no condition to meet. At some
more propitous period. when the Un-
ion shall have been fully restored, and
aH the Ststes shall have attained that
substantial prosperity which their great
resources and the energy of their peo-
pile must sooner or later secure for
them, it may perhaps be wise for Con.
gress to consider whether the national
banking system may not be dispensed
with.


The present is not favorable time
to consider this question. The condi-
ton of our political and financial af
fairs is TOO critical to justify any action
that would compel the national banks
Year: 1867

THE POSTAL REGISTRY SIsTEx--Neu regu-
lations are soon to be put in force BY the Post
Office Department for securing the safe trans
mission Of registered letters. Such letters will
be inclosed in large envelopes Of stolt paper
each constituting Of itselfs sort Of pouch
the mail agents, railway post Office clerks, or
other persons employed by the department, viii,
in each case, give receipt for the package
taken, in book the postmaster is to keep for
the purpose. Then the agent or clerk will de-
liver the package at the post office to which 1t is
directed, or, if that is of his route, to another
agent, who will convey 1t onward, invariably
taking receipt for it-so that every man who
receives a package gives his signature for it,
and he is held directly responsible for its safety
until it has passed out Of his hands; the
signature Of the receiver Of the letter completing
the chain Of evidence which must always ae-
company the transmission.


Under such system there will be some
value and responsibility to the registry sys-
TEN, as there has not been hitherto.
Year: 1867

THE TENURE OF OFFICE Bill, as passed by
Congress, includes Cabinet officers. among
those whom the President cannot remove
without the consent of the Senate. The
President will veto the bill, and 1t will be
paseei over the veto.
Year: 1867

The PROSPECTS, OF LICENSE IN MAssAcHr-
sE1Is.-A Boston correspondent of the
Springfield Republican says;


| cannot see that there is much chance for the
license people this year. 1t is doubtful if even
one-third Of the members Of the House are so
thoroughly convinced that the present law is n
failure as to vote for its repeal. Besides the
liquor sellers are spending money 90 freely that
some respectable temperance men, who really
favor a license law, will shrink from assisting
in legislation which looks like aiding the liquor
sellers
Year: 1867

ard in all elections to any office under such
provisional governments all persons shall be
entitled to vote, ard none others, who ara
entitled TO vote under the provisions OF
the fifth section Of this act, and no person
shall be eligible to ofice under such provisional
government who would be disqualified from
holding office under the provision Of the third
section Of said Constitutional amendment
Year: 1867




INSTRUCTIONS TO DEPUTIES.


l. When YOU desire to establish Council of
the U. L. A. at any point, go there or send an
assistant. Assemble eight or more loyal men,
explain to them the objects, and, as far as You
OF America. If they consent to become mem-
bers, initiate them. After you have given them
the secret work, take the Chair, state to them
the number and names of the officers they have
to elect. You will then have them proceed to an
election to fill the different offices from among
the men initiated.


2. After the officers are elected, you will re-
quest eight or more of the members to sign an
application for Charter, This application and
the fee Of-you will forward to the Cores
ponding Secretary of the State League, who will
send a Charter and the necessary books, blanks,
&c, to the President of the new Council.


8. If you are unable to attend the organization
Off Council, you may deputizc and send an
sstant being responsible for his prompt report.


4. Instruct the Councils that they should hold
meetings once in each week, and that they
should follow the ceremony as nearly as possible.
Advise them to enlist all the loyal talent in their
neighborhood, and that they have speaking when
ever they can.


Councils which you establish will depend in a
great measure upon the men who are its founders,
and who may be elected to fill the offices. They
should not only be prudent, vigilant, energetic,
and loyal, but they should be men who possess
the confidence of their fellow citizens.


6. You should establish Councils in each cleo
tion precinct. These Councils should not only
have distinctive names, but be regularly number
ed


T. It is important that each Council be at once
put in communication with the State and Ma
tional Councils. Through these sources the
members of the League will be supplied with
documents. Each Council of the Union League
shonld, as soon as organized, subscribe for The
GREAT REPUBLIC, the national organ of the
order, which contains each week matters of in
terest and Importance to members of the League.
Great I2eDubLic
Year: 1867

REMARKABLE EPHENOMENON-WAT WATER
SPOUT AND WH1RLwIND-PEoPERTY
DESTROYED. Yesterday, about one o.
clock, the people of our neighboring
town of New Castle, Delaware, were
thrown into serious alarm by the ad-
vent of most extraordinary visitor,


which came very suddenly from the
clouds. 1t was first observed, as an i'll
telligent eyewitness informs us, oppo-
site the town, on tie New Jersey side
of the river. From the surface of the


water there rose an enormous cone of
cloud from forty to sixty feet in dia-
meter at the base, very dense, very
dark. From an overhanging surcharg-
ed thunder cloud in the sky there de-
pended similar cone, and the apexes
of the two met. The sky at the time


was not clear, the sun was obscured,


but there was no rain falling nor any


general shower. The water in the two


cones was violently in motion, whirl-
ing round and round with the greatest
rapidity, and making a loud noise. It
appeared to he caught up from the river
in great volume, and portions which
fell back in spray shone and sparkled
brightly, making the whole spectacle
most beautiful, though terrifying to the
beholder.


The spout moved rapidly across the
river, taking perhaps some ten or fifteen
minutes to reach this side. 1t entered
the town of New Castle on the upper
side, and struck first frame dwelling
on the river bank, occupied by color
ed family. The force of the shock was
tremendous, yet the column of water
did not envelope the house, but rather
brushed against it. The weather board
ing was torn off, every window bursted,
and the frame studding of the building
wrenched out Of place. The fence
around was turn loose and carried away.


After this exploit it passed on across
the lots toward the shop of Mr.. John
Churnside, tearing up fences and every
thing that came i'll its way; fortunately
for Mr.. Churnside, it passed to the north
of his shop, thereby escaping very
heavy loss ofproperty and perhaps life
the edge Of the maelstrome however
reached some wagons, drills, and now
ing machines standing at the edge of
the shop. A two-horse express wagon
was plCheu up anu CiIIleu SeFcrdl fOuS,
and after being tossed about in every
conceivable manner, was thrown out of
the roaring vortex and broken almost to
atoms.


Another dearbron was drawn in and
torn to peices. A large heavy grain
drill was gathered up and set down on
the opposite side of the road. Near here,
little child was picked up and carried
some distance-perhaps hundred feet
over the fence into a neighboring
yard, where it was set down uninjured
AS it crossed the road immense clouds
of dust and other matter were caught
up and whirled around with the water.


The hurricane-or whatever it might
now be called-proceeded on its way
up the meadow of Mr.. Janvier, taking
up everything that came in the way of
its progress; horses and cattle making
good time to get out of its way. The
storm now appeard to be on the de-
crease. The cylindric funnel had al
most disappeared, and yet while we
stood and watched its progress up to
the meadow, couple of trees which
had withstood the tempest of ages
were torn up by the roots and thrown
aside.- WI. (DeL.) Commercial.
Year: 1867

easy tt, say s" nigger, nigger," and to use i'm
properly the. names OF decent colored peo-
pie and their families with the view of In
sulting Others, when, indeed, the very color
ed people whose names are thus used are
more deserving and respectable than they
are. Another aspect Of this question is, that
it is mean and cowartlly in leading persons
of the white race to inaugurate and continue
among their preiudiced and dcluded follow
ers, such assaults on the cqlored people
Instead of. giving good advice to this race,
which is so weak because of their want of
learning and property, and instead Of seek
ing to improve and benefit them by holding
ont to them the rewards Of energy, industry
and. skill. these leaders strike them in their


feebleness with the WEAPONS of calumny and


malice, and lose no occasion to excite por-
tions of the white race against them by false
! statements as to their purposes and desires.
| They thus show themselves the enemies of
both races, for the best interests Of the coun-
try can be subserved only by the cultivation


of harmony and good viii between the two.
Social equality" like water, win find Its lev
| ell. The Jugaboo will soon vanish, as it did in
Canada and the West Indies Demagogues
| may twaddle and lie, but the Common sense
| of the people will silence them in the future,
as it has in the past. Meanwhile, and for
all time, the colored people will be free
They will enjoy erery political and civil
right which the white race enjoys. There
will be no distinction in this respect between
the races The people of the United States
have said it, and so it shall be. Any serious
! attempt to prevent it, or to reduce the col
ored man to his former condition, would
lead to the bloodiest, the most desperate,
and the most prolonged struggle ever wit
messed on the earth. Freedom conferred


by the hand of God, as in the case of the color
ed man, can not be taken away. The Throne


of God and all the thuntlers of ayenging
justice are pledged to the perpetual free
dom of the colored race. This freedom


will run coeval and coequal with that of
the white race on this continent There
will be no NEGRO government" and no
negro supremacy" but government Of


the people, By the people, and for the peo-


pile for all time. The two races together


will govern. "Good will to all" will sprung


forth and prevail; and the country, under


the broad banner of Freedom and Equal


Rights to every citizen, high and low, rich
! and poor, will prosper and flourish beyond


all former example. 1las,s
Year: 1867

We denounce this new secret association
as inimicsl to the Constitution and the
Union 1t will be sad day for our party
when soldiers find no better work than to
prowl over the battle field of the past, and
dig up the bodies of the slain. The coun


try wants peace, and rest, and harmony,
and Justice. These men want distracted
country, that offices may be gained. They
would make America Mexico, peace would
be sent to sleep with Turks and inGdes,
and, instead Of Union, the would ''the wo.
fullest division make that ever fell upon this
cursed earth.
Year: 1867

FoUR hundred clerks are employed in
the Office of the second Auditor nf the
Treasury, upon work connected with the
additional bounty law; and it will take that
force eighteen mouths to get through With
the business. 44H
Year: 1867

we'll as upon our agricultural interests,
but it will be sufficient to say that
all these and every other element
of a peoples material prosperity are to
be affected, for good or i'll, by the acts
of the Legislature soon to assemble.
The entire destiny Of this young and
promising State is in the hands Of its
rulers to be made or marrcd. If they
shall be true TO their duty and to her,
her future is rich in promise of honor to
herself and Of prosperity to her citizens.
But il, instead of drawing their motives
from the precepts of wise and liberal
craftsmanship, they look only to the
past and become narrow in purpose and
partisan in act, the days to come will
bring little TO West Virginia for which
her people will be thankful or her
rulers thanked
Year: 1867




The radicals are straining every nerve
in order 10 prevent the electoral vote OF
the Southern States from being counted
in the next presidential election. This
is the main spring which controls all
their party machinery, and prompts all
their political acts They know
that the public sentiment Of tho
North 10 so evenly divided
that whoever gets the Southorn vote,
in the event Of that vote being counted,
will certainly be the successful candi-
dsto; and they know equally we'll
that no Radical stands the shadow Of q
chance of obtaining the vote OF 4 single
Southern State. In the next presiden-
tial election the people of the
South will assuredy vote. Their elec-
tors will meet at the capital. of their
several Statcs and forward to
Washington City certified
return of the vote Of their States. Il
the counting Of that vote would change
the rcsut obtained, by counting the
vote of the Northern States alone, the
person so chosen President Of the
United States will certainly assert hi
right 10 the Office and will be supported
in his clsim by all tho power Of th'
present Administration. To prevent
such a rcsnlt is the main purpose Of thu
radical parry in tho present Congress
All the tslk about Tho impeachment Of
President JOHNSON looks TO this end
1t is tho determination Of the radical.
to keep the South ont until after the
election in lS68, at all hazards. Thort
is no project for this purpose which
they will deem too monstrous or revolu
tionary, even though 1t should involve
the deposition Of the President, The
abolishment Of Tho Supreme Court, the
formal declaration Of snarchy and the
inauguration Of a new civil war.
Year: 1867

Art. 9th of the Bylaws provides, in
case of truancy, that the pupil shall be
punished at the discretion of the Princi-
pal, and that the parent or guardian
shall bs notified of the offence, and due
warning given of the probable result if
Year: 1867

greater mistake if they refused to abide by this law.
There ght be delays in reconstruction, but he antic
pated that in two years the South would be admitted
to all its rights and we may soon hope TO see the
restoration of peaceful and fraternal feelings
everywhere Speaker Colfax being called for,
highly oulogized Senator Morton as hav-
ing been conspicuous among the loyal Gov
ernOrs in rallying troops to the field in
the late war and as having earned for himself the
title of the soldiers friend. He indorsed what the
Senator had said about reconstruction Congress had
opened door TO restore the Southern States TO their
civil and political power; but Congress had said to
them You shall come back clothed in new robes OF


liberty and Justice you shall be led by the faithful
men, the Unicnsts whom you despised in your fan
cied triumph of miserable Confederacy;" and the
friends who listened to him would say, as the country
would say, Those who love the Tag shall RUE the
country" Both of these speakers were warmly ap-
plauded, as were other gentlemen who addressed the
meeting
Year: 1867

A few evenings since, a young me-


chanic of this city, of pleasing ad-


dress and with love of fun, in COM


pany of youths and maidens at party


in the neighborhood, bantered a


young damsel upon the mode and


tense, otherwise the manner and


form, of the marriage ceremony, and


in the course of his joke, which was
not by any means intended at first to


be practical, offered to submit to the
ordeal, 'just for fun." if she would


consent to act the part of bride in


the ceremony. She, full of spirit,


and with the determination to show
the laughing bevy of the boys and
girls about her that she was not one
to retire and hide herself in a coniu-


sion of bushes at the mentionof such


q subject, declared her readiness for


the operation. 1t needed but a word


or two of bantering and the express


ion of a decided belief on the part of
the company that both would recoil


at the undertaking, to fire the souls


of the young couple, and they forth


with proceededto a welEknown cler-
gyman and made known their errand.


The about-to- be. groom and the min


lister stepped out for few moments
conversation, in which the young lady


says she supposed the farce was ex-


planned, and in few moments they


were prom nounced man and wife. But
the end was not yet-the affair at first
talked over as q good Joke began to
excite serious approximations, and in.
quiries into the effect of the ceremony
revealed the fact that the parties


were, as Artenus Ward would say,
"a good deal too much married p
A pretty kettle of fish. The daugh-


ter of well known and highly respec-
table parents the wife of man she
never thought of loving-the joke of
amomenr and the thoughtless raillery
of q breath turned into q most seri
Gus matter and of a life long extent.
Legal advice sought from the highest
ability but confirmed the ceremony
and drew the cord closer. Despair,
chagrin and je ne sails quoi seized up
ou the young lady's family and
friends. The youth was appealed to.
He said that he didn't mean to do
any harm, and pleaded the school
boys defense-"the darned thing
had whistled itself.


A last resort was to the law for
divorce, and papers IN due form were
drawn up praying the courts to sever
the unpleasant bonds. This, signed


by "the nigh contracting parties"
is now in the hands of the Judge
and the interested ones are waiting
to know what his decision
may be. 1t is by no means certain
that decree of divorce can be grant
ed 'just for fun.
Year: 1867

Young man. did you ever stop II
think how terrible that word sounds


Do you ever think what misery anc
woe you brought upon your friend:


when you degraded your MANHOOD
by getting drunk? Oh, it is q fear


full thing thus to trample under foot
the high claims that God and man
have upon you-drunk! How il
rings in the ear of loving wife -
How it makes the heart of fond
mother bleed. How it crushes out
the hopes of a doting father, and
brings reproach and shame upon low.
ing sisters. Drunk J See him as he
leans against some friendly house. he
stands ready to fall into the opening
jaws of hell, unconscious as to his ap-
preaching fate. The wife, with tear
ful eyes and aching heart, sits at the


window TO hear her hush and's foot.
steps, but alas, they come not! He ia
drunk The husband, the parent, is
drunk spending his time and money,
when he should be at home, enjoying
the comforts and pleasures of the
family circle. Drunk! he is sperd
ing the means of support for liquor
while his family is starving for tread
his children suffering for clorthing
His reputation is gone! HIS friends
one by one are reluctantly leaving
him to his miserable fate. He goes
down to his grave "unhonored and
unsung." Drunk! E 5-r r..
Year: 1867

The great Duke of Marlborough
passing the gate of the Tower was
accosted by an Unlocking fellow with
How do you do, my lord duke ?
II believe, your grace and / have
been in every Jail in the kingdom i
believe, my FRIEND replied the duke.
with surprise, sthis is the only Jail ]
ever visited very likely rejoined
the other 'but I have been in oil the
rest ....-. ..--.


oCroquet may be reduced to this:
Punch a ball; smile smile; punch
a ball (; get in a corner; kiss a kiss
punch ball retire to the shade
VOW o VOW: punch q ball; wheel
about swear q swear /; punch anoth-
er and a last ball swear eternal de-
votion, fall into each others arms with
a doubleheaded kiss and walk off to
the nearest church to be married, be-
fore the rest of the people have finish
ed the game.


AT school examination a young
tyro in defamation, who had been
told by the teacher that he must ges-
ticulate according to the sense, in
commencing piece with, "The com.
ct lifts his fiery tall" lifted the tail
of his coat to a horizontal position,
causing roars of laughter.


A lady out with her little girl and
boy purchased him rubber balloon,
which escaped him and flew up in the
air. The girl seeing the tears in his
eyes, said "Never mind, Neddy; wher
you die and do go to heaven you'll
Year: 1867

The Society issues all the most desirable and
popular kinds Of policies, assuring any sum,
on a single life, from $3.50 to $25,0OO Every
conceivable liability Of life or death possible
to one or more individuals, may be made the
subject of assurance although not PARTICULAR
zed in the tables of rates The Society freely
grants every advantage to policy holders apper-
tanning to the business.
Year: 1867

sss~The Washington Union cries out shame, shame? ?" at the fact that the negroes kept the white people of that city away from the poll ou election day. But we think that the greatest shame is that the whites made any cf- fort to vote with negroes. If there is nothing better to be done, let the whites give up voting altogether, until the ne- groes, white and black, have played out their revolution. Let them have all the rope at once, and they will very soon hang themselves. But in heavens name let us hear no more of this whin- ing about negroes driving whites from the polls. Awhite man who will be driven away from the polls by negro is more to be despised than Cuffce him. self.