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Year: 1869

Just after the death of the flowers,


And before they are buried in snow,
There comes festive season,


When nature is all aglow-
Aglow with a mystical splendor


That rivals the brightness of spring
Aglow with beauty more tender


Than aught which fair summer could bring
Some spirit akin to the rainbow


Then borrows its magical dyes,
And mantes the far spreading landscape


In hues that bewilder the eyes.
The sun from his cloud pillowed chamber,
Smiles soft on vision so gay.
And dreams that his iavorite children,


The flowers, have not passed away.
There's luminous mist on the mountsins,
A light azure haze in the air,
As if angels, whilst heavenward soaring


Had left their bright robes floating there.
The breeze is SO soft, so caressing,


1t seems mute token of love,
And floats to the heart ike a blessing


From some happy spirit above.
These days, so serene and so charming,
Awaken dreamy delight
A tremulous, tearfnl enjoyment,


Like soft strains of music at night;
We know they are fading and feeting,
That quickly, too, quickly they Il end
And we watch them with yearning affection
As at parting we watch dear friend.
Oh beautiful Indian summer!


Thou favorite child of the year
Thou darling, whom nature enriehes


With gifts and adornments so dear
How fain would we WOO thee to liuger
On rnqnr.tain aud n1aadnw awhile.
For our hearts, like the sweet haunts 70


ture,


Rejoice and grow young in thy smile.
Not long to the sad fields of autumn


Dost thou a last brightness restore,
But thou bringest world weary spirit


Sweet dreams of its childhood once more
Thy loveliness thrills us with memories


OF all that was brightest and best;
Thy peace and serenity offer


A foretaste of heavenly rest.
Year: 1869

A TEST APPLIED. "A correspondent OF
one Of our religious exchanges says: l once
heard conversation between a church mem
Der and an infdel. After arguments were
urged at some length on both sides, the in-
idel observed to his friend that be might as
well drop the subject of conversation, for, >
said he, Il do not believe single word you
say, and more than this, am satisfied that
you do not really believe it yourself, for tony
certain knowledge you have not given, for
the last twenty years, as much for the spread
of Christianity--such as the building OF
churches, foreign and domestic missions-as
your last Durham COW cost. Why, sir, if
believed one half of what you say you be
lieve, would make the church my rule fol-
giving and my farm the exception"
Year: 1869

Mild as the glances of angel eyes,


Soft as the kisses Of first born love,
Down through the haze of the Autumn skie
Comes the glad sunshine from the realm


above.
Beautiful pictures it sketcheth now,


Touched with the glowing hues Of old,
Painting the valley and mountain brow
With purple aud opal and red and gold.
A whisper Of beauty the spirit fills,
Tales of land that fadeth never,
Sunshine that glideth the beautiful hills,
Over the bank Of the shadow river.
Beautiful rest fer the weary soul,


Earth bath no beauty akin to this
Anthems of gladness forever roll
Over these halcyon plains of bliss.
Down sleeps OF the life's western hill,
Beautiful sunshine of hope and light
Every shadow and hope dispel,


LiiI my spirit from realms of night.
Soft as the beams of the Autumn sun,
Sweet as the death of the Summers flow


ers,
Gather thy jewels one by one,


Take my soul to those fadeless bowers.
Year: 1869

LIBERALITY TOWARD THE Press, A la
dy called at our office, few days since, to
pay her subscription for 1870, and to sub
scribe for one of the Magazines. After
paying her bill she said she took no less
than ten newspapers and periodicals that
her children were fond of reading, and she
wanted to encourage them, and that she
considered the money well spent. We
will venture to assert that that family
group is an intelligent one, and that even
the youngest of them would be able to
maintain a creditablc conversation upon
all the current topics of the day.
Year: 1869

The present issue closes the second VOL
ume OF the Transcript. Those who have
paid us nothing. during the two years
past, will have their names stricken from
our list. Two years is about as lonp as
they could reasonably expect paper to be
furnished to them gratis.
Year: 1869

Iris very essential that the readers
of Western papers should know every
day what the leading New York pa
pers of the previous day had to say
editOrially. and, therefore, we feel
disposed to return thanks to the
AGENT of the Western Associated
Press "a that city for his efforts to
telegraph US the opinions and specu-
lations ofsundry editors, in preference
to news items, which he is employed
to collect.
Year: 1869

The lAteness of the hour at which
the Governors message was received
prevents US from publishing it in full
in this issue. We hope our readers
will give it careful perusal The
subject of the State Debt aud Taxa
ton are especially matters of interest
to all
Year: 1869




And for a fuller exhibit of the con-
dition of our war claims, refer you
TO a detailed statement which I have
prepared and will submit with this
communication, as an appendix
thereto.


NEW BUILDING FOR SUPREME COURTS,


STATE OFFICES, ETC.


By an act of March 9. 1867, the
Governor was authorized to cause
to be erected on ground belong
ing to the State, a building suitable
and convenient for the use OF the Su-
preme Court and officers Of the State,
at cost not exceeding fifty thousand
dollars.


Shortly after the adjournment of
the last General Assembly, a con-
sulation was had between the judges
Of the Supreme Court, State officers,
and myself, with reference TO the
dimensions of the proposed building,
and the number and arrangements Of
Year: 1869

particularly whatever he could collect in
Europe relative to America.


They were not in the best order, for
which he apologized, as arising from his
long absence on public service. In one
of the rooms we remarked carpenters
work bench, with a vast assortment Of
tools of every kind and description. This.
as being characteristic, is worthy Of
notice the fabrication with his own hands
of curious implements and modles being
favorite amusement.


"In his cabinet he is surrounded by
several hundred of his favorite authors, ly-
ing near at hand, and every luxury and
accommodation student could require.
This apartment opens into greenhouse,
and he is seldom without some geranium
or other plant beside him.


This dwelling, and the whole sur
rounding scene, is eminently fitted to raise
an interest beyond that which such objects
ordinarily excite in the mind. Everything
moral and physical, conspires to excite and
sustain this sentiment You stand on the
summit of mountain on the east, afford
ing view of an open country, presenting
most extensive and variegated prospect;
on the west. north and south, by the Alle-
ghany itself, which, rising from beyond
the South mountain, rears its majestic
head in awful grandeur. Here, in this
wild and sequestered retirement the eye
dwells with delight on the triumph of art
over nature, rendered the more impress
sive by the unreclaimed condition of all
around.





" Here it contemplates a spacious and
splendid structure, commensurate, in some
degree, with the mountain on which it
stands +; but, above ALL it beholds its ar
chitect and its owner! On this spot, one,
the most illustrious citizen of the only free
country on earth-one of the founders of
its independence, the advocate of its rights
full of years and of glory, respected for
his talents, venerated for his services, be-
loved for his virtues, Withdrawing from
accumulating honors, seeks repose in the
bosom of his family. On this elevated
spot you behold him reaping the harvest
of his virtues, contented, happy; as i'm
movable as the mountain on which he
dwells, and as serene as the atmosphere
around its brow, while the storm RACES at
its foot


&" But 1 check my pen, for were I to
transcribe all the objects which awakened
interest and curiosity, my letter would
have no end. Adieu, then, my dear bro-
ther, and as you tread the uphill path to
fame, keep your eyes fixed on this model
of great and good citizen, and remember
that he attained his elevation by taking
virtue and wisdom as his guides. May 1
one day see my Theodore, if not as great,
at least as good man. Again, FAREWELL"
Year: 1869

WHIPPING OxEN.-It is a cruel and
generally useless act of barbarism, says
The People, to whip oxen, yet many far
mers are in the habit of continually keep
ing the whip a-going. Instead of inviting
the animals to exertion by proper words,
the first intimation the poor creatures have
from their masters that he desires them to
start is cut of the whip or prick from
the goad. This is not only savage, but
absolutely wicked, and wholly unnecessa-
ry. Another practice often seen is that Of
pounding and threshing the oxen because
they don't back load, when they have
not learned to back an empty cart down
hill. We have no doubt that the selling
value of many yoke of oxen is deprecia-
ted from $50 to $25 by being abused in
this way. If animals are to work, they
must first be taught to work, and when
they understand what is wanted of them
they will cheerfully comply. But there
is better way to communicate your de-
sire than through the whip. Kindness
and skillful management are far better


Remember that "a merciful man is merci-
full to his beast. ."-Hearth and Home.
Year: 1869

A correspondent of the Western Rural
gives the following, as his method of man.
aging bees engaged in robbing: Il gene
rally stop them in so tight that but one
or two can go out or in the hive at the
same time. When there are quite num-
ber of bees gathered on the bottom board
l take handful of -four and sprinkle all
over the bees DIS much as possible, then
watch my own hives to see if it is not my
own bees. If it is, can see them going
in my own hives with -four on them
When 1 become satisfied that it is my
neighbours bees l then go few rods from
my hives in the direction of my neighbor
that keeps bees, and listen to see if l can
hear them flying back and forth, and when
l find where they belong, get stick or
rod about two feet long and about the
size of pipe stem, then sharpen the stick
and run it in the honey of each hive he
has; that sets the bees at work repairing
damages at home. l have tried this plan
several times and have never had it fail in
etfectually stopping their fighting in from
thirty minutes to an hour. If it is your
own bees fighting themselves, serve them
in the same manner. About year ago l
had eighteen swarms, and one of my
neighbors had twenty-five swarms. Some
of his were fighting part of his, and
robbed one of his hives and were robbing
other hives. The rest robbed one for me
and then commenced on six or seven more
of mine. He ran the stick into the honey
of all the hives, and I did the same to
mine, and in one hour they were all quiet,
and have never troubled since I have
never had bees rob except in the spring
and fall"
Year: 1869

DEoDoRIRING WAsH-The Scientific
American says The unpleasant odor pro-
duced by perspiration is frequently SUBJ
ject of yexation to persons who are subject
to it. Nothing is simpler than to remove
this odor much more effectually than by
the application of such unguents and per-
fumes as are now in use. 1t is only me-
cessary to procure some compound spirits
of ammonia, and place about two teaspoon
fuls in basin of water. Washing with
this leaves the skin as neat; clean and
fresh as one could wish The wash is
harmless and very cheap 1t is recon-
mended on the authority of an experienced
physician, and it ought to be tried at least
by all those whose persons are offensive in
this respect.
Year: 1869

A Partisan paper recommends the fol-
lowing method for the preservation of eggs:
Dissolve four ounces of beeswax in eight
ounces of warm olive oil, in this put the
tip of the finger and anoint the egg all
around. The oil will Immediately be alb
sorbed by the shell and the pores filed up
by the wax. If kept in cool place, the
eggs, after two years, will be as good as
if fresh laid.
Year: 1869

GAPEs IN CH1cKENs.-When you find
them showing symptoms of this malady,
you will find it the most simple and sue
cessful remedy to mix with one quart Of
corn meal one tablespoonful of black mus
tard seed, and feed them. They will be
healthy, have a vigorots and lively growth.
l speak from three years experience, and
without the loss Of one chicken.
Year: 1869

now the Macon papers are among
the best patronized in the State,
and the business men Of that city
are amoug the most substantial IN
the South. We happen to be able
to testify to the truth Of. this
statement in every particular.
For the size Of the place, there is
more advertising done in Macon
than in any other city of the
South, and hence her extraordina-
ry prosperity since the close of the
war. The name of nearly every
merchant and business man in
the city is to be found in her daily
papers : not occasionally and con-
densed into the smallest possible
space, as if the parties were afraid
somebody would find out where
they are, utregularly, systemati-
cally and prominently, and in
many instances with an apparent
disregard Of cost. They know
what they are at, and 60 into the
papers and stay there because it
pays. The result is practically de-
monstrated in the rapid growth Of
business and accumulation Of
fortunes.
Year: 1869

Wv w P4OFOAo ~


Al do not know that there
were such armed bands in these
counties, nor dc I now recollect of
any report of such armed bands
being made to me from Abbeville.
It may, however, have been made,
as there was a general rumor OF
armed bands of negroes.


Q.-Do you know that the i'm
portation of arms into the State,
was brought about by the fact.
that every negro man in. the State
was the owner of a fre-arm, and
the white man almost entirely un-
armed?


A.-On the contrary I know
to the reverse of that. You would
scarcely meet white man who
did not have one revolver if not
more, and a double-barrel shot
gun. 1t is true that many Of the
colored men were armed with shot
guns and old muskets, but not
more than a large minority of
them had even these arms. I wish
to say that I gave the white of
the State the credit with more in
telligence and knowledge of the
negro character than to believe
that it was necessaryin any emer-
gency to provide themselves with
the destructive weapons in a time
Of profound peace.


Q.-You think then and testify
that the sixteen shooters were i'm
ported to kill negroes7


Al believe from evidence
that I dare not regard as worth
less that it was the beliefof a par
ty or a large number. of men in
the State, that Seymour and Blair
would be elected, and thereby a
decision would be given against
the Reconstruction policy Of Con-
gress, and il was the intention of
those to inaugurate civil war and
overthrow the governments that
had been established in the South.
I will give as one reason for this
belief: Conversations were not
uncommon among those who were
most active in importing these
arms, wherein they expressed full
ly and openly their plan of opera
ton, in which they stated that
they would bring about ? riot; in
this eventthey would be prepared
and kill off the leading Republi-
cans, both white and BLACK, and
that it would be an easy matter
after they were disposed Of to
control the rest of the negroes,
with these guns in their hands.
The State officers disposed of, they
would call new election, when
they. would have the whole mat
ter in their own hands. In an
swer to an inquiry whether they
did not fear that they would be
called to an account for this
wholesale work, they said: "Who
ever heard of anybody being pun
ished for riot" and referred to
Memphis, Camilla, and New Or
leans in 1866.


Q.-You think then the sixteen
shooters were introduced for an
other rebellion and a new seces-
sion?


Al think it was intended for
another rebellion, but not a new
secession. -.
Year: 1869

= The New York Ereaing Post of
the 26th, in reference to the policy of
our Government in the Alabama
claim affair says; g il is ascertained
FROM the most trustworthy sources
that the President considers that Eng
land established a precedent during
the late war which cannot be regarded
otherwise than exceedingly favorable
to the United States. 1t is therefore
useless to ask England to retraee her
steps so long as she considers herself
in the right, and with nothing to fear
from the United States in case she
should 90 to war with any other
power. Z The President believes that
these are matters which concern Eng
land rather than the United States,
but that on the other hand, if Eng
land sees that she was wrong, and
that the saIne neutrality principles
she applied to the United States would
prove very disastrous if applied to
herself in some future emergency,
then it is for her to open again the
so-called Alabama matter and make
propositions for new negotiations, In
this condition the question stands for
the present, and the President sees 20
necessity whatever just now for pur-
suing a more energetic foreign policy
in reference to England.
Year: 1869

SENSIBLE TALK-The Liberal Chris
tian makes the following sensible and we'll
timed remarks upon the subject of marry.
ing and unmarrying:


1t is not in the facility with which peo-
pie get divorced, but in the facility with
which they get married, that the mischief
inheres. 1t is not in the unmarrying but
the marrying-the marrying without prop
er consideration, marrying from wrong
motives, with false views and unfouuded
expectations, marrying without knowing
who or what-that causes all the distur-
bance. And there is altogether to much
of such marrying. Marriage is thing of
quality and degree A marriage of the
blood is usually short-lived affair, while
marriage of the brain or of the heart is
lifelong


When man and woman marry all over
and clean through, every faculty and seutl-
ment of each finding its complement and
counterpart in the other, separation is i'm
possible But when they are only half
married, when only third part of them
is married.. when they are married only
in their instincts, or their imagination, or
their fortunes, the unmarried part of them
is very apt to get uneasy and rebel, and
they find Bedlam where they look for Ely
sium.


There is altogether too much urging,
and coaxing, and alluring young people
into the most important and sacred of all
human relations before they are prepared
for its responsibilities or moved to assume
its burdens, and by those who ought to
know better and act with more considera-
ton. We make too much Of marrying and
being married, until it is thought by many
people somewhat of disgrace for woman
to pass through life alone; when, in fact
the life of many single woman is poetry,
romance, rapture even, in comparison with
many wife.
Year: 1869

John Smith-you've heard of him-is
very bashful; is too bashful in truth. He
was born and raised in the country His
father gave him good education and al
lowed him plenty of money But John,
with all other attainments, never could
accustoni himself to female society, not be-
cause he did not like the girls, but because
his nature would moi permit him to associate
with the fair sex. 1t once happened, not
very long ago either, that Johns father
had some very important business to trans
act in the city. He also had some very
particular business to attend to at home,
which demanded his personal attention,
and not possessing the power of ubiquity,
be delegated his son John to transact that
in the CITY,


John, being thus commissioned, i'm
mediately proceeded to the city and to the
residence of his fathers old friend ~whom
he found to be nice old gentleman, with
beautiful daughter and gold spectacles.


John was ushered into the parlor "a new
thing for HIM and motioned to seat
near sofa (another new thing.


But we must use his own language
/ took my seat and made observations
Everything was fine. Fine carpets, fine
sofas, fine tables, fine curtains, fine books,
fine pianos, fine everything, and especially
a fine young lady who was dressed in fine
silk, fine satin, and who had fine curls, and
a fne appearance generally. After chatting
with the old gentleman a few minutes, he
took down his hat, told,me to make myself at
home for an hour or two and left-left me
alone with his daughter and small mis-
chievous boy, the young lady's brother
l didn't relish the situation at all The
Year: 1869

waters from the constant melting of the ice
and snow of the mountain slopes, and from
the flow of the /" lost rivers" OF the plains
The trembling rocks are the roof of some
roaring subterranean cataract, whose spray
rising through the assures gives us the
"steaming caves" Of the Rocky Mountain
story.


Among the mountains of Oregon the
traveller finds lake whose shores are q
sheer wall of granite 1000 feet in depth.
No human foot ever scaled its perpendicular
face, no human hand ever touched its
silent waters. Like huge we'll it sinks
away into the earth like the guarded door
of realm which human discovery can
never penetrate. May not this be window
looking down upon the submontagne ANA
zon which the Indian painter has attempt
ed to describe, single peep-hole down to
the silent river which flows thence under
thousand miles of mountain rock, tn mingle
at last with the waters of the tropic gulf
Two well known facts seem to point
strong ly stoward the truth of Mr.. Catlin's
theory A glance at any map will show
that the river system of the Rocky Mount
ain country is entirely inadequate to carry
off the water which the snow and rain of
that district would create Secondly, the
level of the Caribbean sea, at the point
where Mr.. Catlin's theoretical river would
naturally pour out its submarine efflux, is
noticeably higher than the open sea outside


Whatever other facts may sustain or
dispute this new hypothesis, it is certain to
open the way to much more minute and
intelligent investigation of the subject than
it has ever before received. The study of
the submontagne river system and the
Aztec monuments of Mexico and California,
should make that corner of the Republic
the chosen haunt of science and discovery
for Il century to come.
Year: 1869

Republican of May 10th says:


A correspondent at Hamilton. in this
county, sends US an account of singular
circumstance which has just transpired in
that city. The correspondent is a reliable
gentleman, and we have no reason to doubt
his statement. A Mrs. Blackmore, resident
at Hamilton, an estImable lady, and an ex
emplary member of the Methodist Church.
while in attendance upon prayer meeting
on Thursday evening, the 9th inst, arose to
tell of strange sensation that seemed to
take possession of her. She said she was
going to die soon that she felt that half her
body was dead already. She desired her
family to be sent for Immediately. She said
she suffered no pain, was not afraid to die,
but felt calm aud happy. In few moments
she apparently ceased to breathe, and sank
back as if in death. Her features, however,
were sufused with a smile Of serenity and
joy. Nearly week has elapsed since this
sad and singular occurrence. and vet the
woman sleeps the sleep that apparently has
no waking this side Of eternity. Her fea-
lures and general appearance are not chang
ad