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Year: 1867

A miller of HArz. on a long summers day.


Fell asleep in the shade of his mill,
And dreamed of q sure and speedy way


His Golfers with riches to fill.
A creaking old wheel that bis forefathers built


And the force of 3 stream turned round.
For century past bad driven the mill.


And the grain for century ground
But it happened this day that the brook was low
And the ooisv old wheel stood still;
So the miller, for lack of something to do,


Fell asleep in the shade Of his mill.
As soon as be woke he at once began


To follow the plan of his dream,
And in spite Of all that his friends would say.
He turned the course OF the stream.
The summer had past cold winter was nigh.
Still the miller could grind No corn,
And the neighbors who laughed at bis useless


work,


He ansa aered with bitter scOrn.
The dam was finished; but not that year.


And the peop had ceased TO go
To the little mill. whose idle wheel


Was buried beneath the snow.
To the miIler's joy. the sprinR-time came,
And the torrents poured into the glen.
Filling up TO the brim the pond he had made.
And turning the wheel again.
But one night as the villagers safe at home


Heard the sobs Of the driving rain.
The dam gave way. and down the stream


Went the miller. the MILL and the grain.
How many q man in every land


Like the miller has followed dream,
And sooner or late. with mill and grain,


Like the miller gone down the stream.
Year: 1867

The almost universal verdict againrl
the proposition to pay of the National
Debt IN the shortest time, affords
strong ground for expecting that Con-
gress, in the pursuit of another policy,
will, at an early day, proceed TO revise
our system of Internal Taxation. The
popular Judgment does not recognize
the wisdom Of the speedy payment
proposition by the Secretary of the
Treasury, but that a longer period
would be more in accord with sound
policy, with reference to the present
rate of taxation is oppressiVe-unnec-
cessarily burdensome to the industry
and enterprise of the country, and
calculated to defeat the very object
proposed. To pay off the debt in ten
or twenty years would doubtless be
gratifying to our national pride; but
the endeavor would be liable to over
task our energies, PROSTATE enterprise
and ruin our present resources. There
is such thing as undertaking too
much-and this would be such an at
tempt. A heightened period for pay
ing the debt, and systom of compare
lively moderate taxation, Is manifest
ly the only wise policy. And this We
believe is the view which Congress viii
take of the question Consequently
we look for revision and equalization
of the internal taxes. No clear head
ed statesman can fail to perceive that
something should Be done to stimulate
enterprise and keep labor employed


otherwise the Treasury willbe troubled
for the means Wherewith to meet its
obligations. Nosystem for paying the
debt can be successful that does not do
this-for it is from the products Of la
Dor and the profitable employment of
capital that the debt is to be paid, and
the expenses of the Government met.


We look, therefore. to the early ac-
ton ofCongress on fhis basis, and We
have faith that tne practical wisdom OF
the representatives Of the people viii!
be equal to the task before them
Pittsbgrgh Commercial .7
Year: 1867

of the masses is..essentialIto national life.


Without schools we cannot maintain our
liberty. The true greatness af a nation
is inseperabls from the culture of its peo-
pie. We are wiser than our sires, but


not so physically healthful. We require
to understand the laws of nature better


more physical development IN the schools.
Labor and study ought to be combined in
beautiful proportions, lessons and tasks
frequently alternating. and neither pro-
tracted. he Tvital truth is seen in balan-
cling the self made man with the school
made nan. We see deficiencies in each,
perfection IN neither, and as God does
not feed all his poor, but leaves it for US to
in part, so it seems there is set before US
the work ofTaking such a system of ed
ucation as shall combine the excellencies
Of each and the faults of neither.
Year: 1867

In the House of Representatives, on
Thursday last, Mr.. Stevens spoke in ref
erence to what is termed negro equality,
as follows:


'sWhat is negro equality, about which
so much is said by knaves, and some of
which is believed by men who are not
fools? 1t means, as understood by honest
republicans, Just this much and no more:
Every man, no matter what his race or
color; every earthly being who has an i'm
mortal soul, has an equal right to justice,
honesty and fair play with every other
man: and the law should secure HIM those
rights. The same law which aequits an
African should condemn or acquit white
man. The same law which gives q YER
dict in white mans favor should give q
verdict in q black mans favor, on the
same state of facts. Such is the law of
God and such ought to be the law Of man.
This doctrine does not mean that negro
shall sit on the same seat, or eat at the
same table with the white man. That is
a matter Of taste which every man must
decide for himself The law has nothing
to do with It. If there be any who are
afraid Of the rivalry of the black man in
Oluct OE IN OuSluesS, Jaw OuiJ " "dhA990
them to try and beat their competitor IN
knowledge and business capacity, and
there is no danger that his white neigh
bors will prefer his African rival TO him
sels, know there is between those who
are Influenced by this cry of negro equal
ity.' and the opinion that there is still dan
ger that the negro will be the smartest--
For never saw even a contraband slave
that had not more seEse than such men.
Year: 1867




THE CALIFORNIA ELECrIoN.-As yet we are
without the official returns of the California
election. 1t is conceded however, that the demN
ocrats have elected their Supreme Court Judge,
and Superintendent of Public Instruction, thus
securing undoubted control Of the State. In
San Francisco, the democratic success is con,
elusive At the September election they elected
a democratic Mayor, and at the last election
they carried their Police Judge, thus securing
two out of the three members who constitute the
Police Board, and control the appointment of
policemen, who including regulars and specials,
number not less than three hundred men. This
police force is formidable organization in car
rying elections, and in a close contest can al
most universally decide the result. Hereafter
this influence will be in favor of the democracy,
aud if properly managed ensures San Francisco
to the democrats for years to come. Without
this last success the victory of September would
have been comparatively barren, but with it
they have full control of the power and patron,
age of the city. In 1856 the democrats were
defeated in San Francisco, and from that day
doxnto this, period of eleven years, the re-
publicans have had uudisputed control As a
matter of course, party so long in power had
become hopelessly corrupt, and hence the peo-
pie were constrained to rise in their might and
cast of the incubus. Let US hope that when
the democrats are called upsn to surrender
power, they will be able to show a fairer
record.
Year: 1867

NORTH PACIFIC RAILRoAD,-General
Tilton writes to Judge Wyche that he has ad>
vices of the most hopeful character from the d.
rectors of the Company, to the effect that Con-
gress will afford the desired aid toward building
the road, and that there will be no difficulty in
obtaining the same subsidy that was extended
to the central route This is good news for the
friends of the North Pacific Railroad.
Year: 1867

THE IDAHO Bank SUsPENsIoN.-An
item in the Oregonidn furnishes clue to the res
ported failure of the First National Bank of Ida
ho The Idaho Bank bad oVerdrawn on the
Dam OaIuUIuIu tue amount OF SlOiOOO ana
the draft being thrown out, gave rise to the re>
port. Subsequently satisfactory arrangements
were made, and the business of the Bank is now
going on as usual. The result, however, is that
the notes of the Idaho Bank are in bad odor, and
people generally are unwilling to receive them.
Year: 1867

4 Cry FOR PEACE-A friend has placed
in our possession several copies of the Tin,es a
weekly paper, published at Huntsville, Texas.
We have heard much of the arrogant, dictatorial
spirit of the Southern people, but if the papers
before US afford any indication as to their real
feelings, then they are the most submissive and
docile people on the face of the earth. Instead
Of excitement and contention, their one, single
desire is for peace. As illustrating this wish,
we take the following from the Times:


"We want peace-s lasting peace, we want to
see the constitution venerated and the laws up
held and enforced, aud whatever party or power
that will give US these, will command our sup,
port. We have had enough Of blood-euough
ofwoe-of strife--gipe us Psaee-a lasting peace-
based upon principles of constitutional right
and justice and we are content"


What man is there who will read an appeal
like this, aud then close his heart against this
demand for peace? Who will deny to our erring,
suffering Southern brethren, the blessings of
peace-"a lasting peace, based upon principles
of constitutional rights?" If there be any. such
they are certainly lost to all the promptings of
humanity, and must be nearly allied to the brute
crea,ion-types of that class whose God is Mol
loch, and who would open the temple Of Janus
and let "loose the dogs Of war;" that they may
again have the opportunity Of reyelling and rio.
ting in human blood. Such men in nowise
reject public sentiment, and can only be likened
to the monsters who for some mysterious purpose
are occasionally allowed to curse the world
Year: 1867

LIQUOR LICENSES The law enacted at
the last session Of the Legislature requires ap-
plicants for liquor licenses to procure the sig
natures of majority of the adul, citizens liT-
ing in the Precinct wherein the applicant pro-
poses to sell liquor. The Board, as we are inN
formed, construe this provision TO include both
men ard women, and hold that applicants will
have to procure the signatures of the women as
well as men. Should this construction be adj
hered to, the effect will be to close up every
loon in the county, for it is quite certain that as
a rule the women will refuse to sign either for
or against liquor licenses. We have no means
Of knowing what tue intention Of the Legislature
was, but we incline to the opinion that only men
were intended to be embraced and that no one
dreamed that the women of the Territory were
to be forced into whisky agitation.
Year: 1867

THE SupJUGATED STATEs.-If an i'm
ne-tinept negro in one of the Southern States is
cbastised for his insolence, the event is herald>
ed far and wide, and as in a late instance made
the subject for illustration in Harper's journal OF
radicalism, but if white man, in the same sec,
ton. is imprisoned without trial, and in many
instances without complaint, tits never heard Of
In behalf of the negro the telegraph is always
outspoken, but when the rights of the white
man are invaded, this medium of communica'
ton perseveres dumb retcence. Referring to
to this persistent ignoring of the rights of white
men, a paper from the extreme South has the
Gllowing:


We are loyal citizens of the United States.
The link that binds us to the support OF the
Federal government, by taxation and services
in the field waen the country is endangered,
also biuds that government TO us so far as is
necessary to protect us in the enjoyment Of those


naieuable rights of life, liberty aud the pursuit
of Happiness, which are forever inseparable from
citizenship itself. We protest against the irres'
ponsible acts of petty tyranny that have become
so familiar in our land as to cause good meu 10
fear that they and their children will never know
again, except By tradition, the sweet freedom OF
their fathers We appeal from the madness OF
an hour to the camness of an age. We ask an
enlightened pubic opinion throughout the States
of tue Union to uphold the right and put down
the wroug-to wipe the blood and dust from
desperate fields, where the bones of North
ern aud Southern children alike lie bleach
ABYSS to which ali republican government is
tendIng-to remember the unmstakable pres
ludes TO national decay as history repeats them
nour by hour-to recall the solemn admonitious
Of the great and good men who once illustrated
the genus Of our laws, and the spirit of our race,
and taught us TO love the liberty which we are
now denied-aud then TO resolve, God williDgs
that the pail of death shall be lifted from our
shrouded hopes ard that the body Of Lazarus
though covered for many days by the dust OF the
grave--shall be terminated and released by the
command of political omnipotence.
Year: 1867

The darkest day in any mans earthly career
is that wherein he first fancies that there is
some easier way of gaining dollar than by
squarely earning it. No matter whether he ac-
quire it by beggary or theft, or any fashion of
gambling, that man is fearfully demoraized
who, looking at the dollar in his hands, says,
That came more easily than if / had earned it
by honest labor He has lost the clue to his
way through this mortal labyrinth, and must
henceforth wander as chance may dictate. 70
his distorted imagination, the universe has be-
come gambling table, and life succession of
ventures on the red or on the black. His pros
poets Of winning thereat, in the long run, are
miserable enough. ~


am panied to hear any one say of the wisest
and best man living, 81 pin my faith to him.
l am sure he can never go wrong My friend |!
you have right to repose implicit faith in God
alone! Man is frail, at best and he who was
upright and noble yesterday, may prove false
and unworthy tomorrow. Cling to truth and
justice, though all the world should desert and
decry them. Give your conscience eyes, and
never fear that it will mislead you. Others may
be richer in knowledge and wisdom than you !;
but pure and lofty soul has no earthly supe-
rior, and should recognize none. Hold fast to
whatsoever is righteous; and whatever clouds
may for the moment enwrap you, and intercept
the smile of heaven, never be so infdel as to
doubt that the path of virtue is the way of safe
ty-the only way that leads to perfect and en-
during peace. o
Year: 1867

VEvO the FARMERS of the VALLEY.
I-The undersigned appeals in behalf of the
starving people of South Carolina--his native
State-to the farmers and all other persons hav-
ing corn for sale in the Valley and the adjacent
country, to sell and deliver to him their surplus
corn at the earliest practicable moment. 1t is i'm
peritively necessary that corn should be gotten
to these people at once in order that they may be
saved from actual starvation as they failed al
most entirely in corn crop themselves and sup
plies from other sources are cut off by the almost
Unprecedented condition Of the country roads and
the interruption of Railroad communication by
the washing away of bridges. &c


This appeal is not for contributions: propose
to pay the market price in cash upon the deliv-
cry Of the corn, and will hope that humane
people will not horde up the necessaries. of life
from their fanishing countrymen. Much good
may be done by the Immediate delivery of so


ap2-V&V copy tt W, NJ. POOLE
Year: 1867

The Creator of the Universe has provided
nourishment for everything which He has made.
Fhe crawling reptile, the birds of the air, the
beasts of the field, and the myraids of human
beings which throng the inhabitable globe, are
all dependent upon Him for subsistence Those
whose attention has not been drawn particular
ly to the subject, have not the faintest idea
from what source their comfort, subsistence and
happiness are mainly derived, or what an inn
portant mission the dew drop has to fulfill


Nearly all of our food, which is vegetable
matter, grows in the earth. The cotton plant
which furnishes us with clothing-the giant
oak, which we convert into various useful i'm
plements, carve into elegant furniture, or use
in the construction of magnificent ships and
while tender plants, by the mighty visits Of the
calm and refreshing dew: The dropping lily,
the tiny leafet, and the blooming rose, are re-
freshed every night by this sparkling GEM
And as we view them at early dawn, we almost
exclaim with the poet,


Every leaf and every flower


Proclaims its Makers praise"


The dew-drop is as refreshing to the leaf and
flower, after they have endured the scorching
rays Of the midday sun, as a draught of spark
ling water is to the weary and thirsty traveller
And were the Almighty to withhold its noctur-
nal visits, but short time, the dense forests,
the waving fields, the beautiful meadows and
lovely flowers, all would wither and die, and our
beautiful earth would present scene of dread
desolation.


We should ever feel thankful to the Ruler of
the Universe, for the frequent visits Of this vel
come messenger.
Year: 1867

" The circulation of the SPECTATOR is
about as great as the combined circulation
of both the other papers published in this
place, and has as many subscribers in this
county alone as are contained in the whole
list of either of the other papers.
Year: 1867

A poor old woman lay upon her sick bed in
close uncomfortable room, with a daughter
and little grandchild to take care of her. But
whom do you think this aged woman called for
all the time, and longed to have come and nurse
her?


1t was 'mother''-her own mother.


20, there's nobody like mother to take care
OF you when you are sick" she said


A person present asked how long her mother
had been dead.


About fifty years, reckon" she answered.


Do you think you will remember your moth
ers loving care for fifty years No doubt you
will, if God spares your life. You may think
but little of it now but you will think a great
deal of it then. This woman's children and
grandchildren had grown up about her, but her
heart reached back over all that waste of years
to the time when she was child at her moth
ers side.


1t was for mother" mother" that our
poor boys, in tent and hospital, called and
prayed when sick and wounded they were laid
down to die


0, there is nobody like mother in love and
care for US. What return are you making her
every day for all she does for you? Do your
feet run willingly to do her bidding as soon as
it is known? Do you try to save her trouble,
and tighten all her burdens? O, nothing in
this world can do it so efectually as to know
that her children are growing up good, and no.
Bile, and useful in the world.


SOBER FOR ONcE.-A correspondent has a
good anecdote OF a man who rarely failed to go
to bed intoxicated, and disturbed his wife the
whole night. Upon his being charged by a
friend that he never went to bed sober, he in
dignantly denied it, and gave the incidents of
one particular night in proof


Pretty soon after l got into bed my wife
said


"Why, husband, what is the matter with
you? You act strangely"


There is nothing the matter with me, said
[, nothing at all. !" -


ST m sure there is, said she "you don't act
natural at all. Shan't get up and get some
thing for you?


And she got up and lighted candle and
came to the bedside to look at me, shading the
light with her hand.


II knew there was something strange about
you," said she; ''why, you are sober"


"Now this is fact, and my wife will swear
to it; so don't you SANDER me any more by say
ing haven't been to bed sober in six months,
because have" ..-s4
GIRLs.-There are two kinds of girls. One
is the kind that appears best abroad-the girls
that are good for parties, rides, visits, balls,
&C., and whose chief delight is in such things.
The other is the kind that appears best at
home-the girls that are useful and cheerful in
the dining-room sick room and all the precincts
of home. They differ widely in character. One
is often torment at home, the other blessing.
One is a moth, consuming everything about
her; the other is a sunbeam, inspiring light
and gladness all around her pathway. The
right education viii modify both little, and
thus unite the good qualities of both in one.
/ . e E


First regular toast for the next fourth of July
celebration -


| The Constitution of the United States
/ 1Though lost to Sight to memory Glaru .
Year: 1867

DRESS FoR CHURCH is said that Queen
Victoria puts on a very plain dress and leaves
off all jewelry when she goes to the house of
worship. The sin that thousands of American
citizens commit, by putting on all the fine dress
they can command to attend the house of the
Lord, will deprive them of The reward promised
to the righteous at the judgment,
Year: 1867

pires, is augnenting that debt at the
lamentabe of rate of about sne million
per week-a despotic and damnable mil
itary regime forced upon an already i'm
poverished and destitute South is nd
ding to the same colossal pile of gov
ernment Indebtedness about forty mil
lions a year, and when this alarmingly
accumulative expenditure on the part
of a prodigal and lawless Congress will
cease is beyond.t .the acumen of the most
prophetic financier or statesman to I'M
agine. Were it to cease to-day, Is there
the least possible hope that the present
debt could be-paidf To liquidate it
would require capitation tax of one
hundred dollars or more on every human
being in the United States, and to pay
the interest would require similar tax
of about fifteen dollars on every living
soul, white or black, whether in the
poor house, hospital, insane asylum or
State prison! But when we take into
consideration that the interest on some
one hundred and eighty millions Of
Government bonds are exempt from
taxation, the pro rata capitation tax
will be largely increased, for the bond
holders are not reckoned in the list of
tax payers. Should not every laboring
man reflect on the facts which stare him
so glaringly in the facet Do not the
farmers and the mechanics see the rea-
son why money is so scarce in the cOun-
try9 One hundred and eighty millions
of capital remaining idle and unem-
ployed in the hands Of the bond-hOlders!
II these bonds were taxed holders would
put their equivalent into greenbacks
and circulate them through the cOun-
try. Money would be plenty every
where and could be had by everybody.
All that is wanted in this region to
make the farmer and mechanic prosper
Ous is the free circulation of capital.
The swiftly sweeping current of politi-
cal affairs is rushing on to the dizzy
whirling cataract of reputation. The
people, who once were the masters of this
government, may, ere long. TO rid them
selves of debt which reason and COM
mon sense plainly demonstrate can
never be paid, cut the Gordian knot
that binds them down to abject ser,i-
tude and rid themselves Of such de-
testable incubus. Yours, &c,


MoUNTAINEER.