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Year: 1867

r33" The constitutonaGty of the Militia ry Reconstruction bill is about being test ed before the Supreme Court, but the opinion of eminent counsel seems to be that the question cannot be taken before that tribunal except on appeal from low CT Court. The case as made up is in the form of petition for an injunction re- straining Gen. Pope and Andrew John rston from enforcing the provisions of the act. it

 In this case, it appears to us that it is within the Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court to take judicial cognizance of the question, and to grant or refuse the injunc tion on the merits of the case as made up. s

 The Governors of all of the Southern States, except Patton, who is in favor of the law, are desirous of having its validity judicially tested, and very likely the Pres idont is in the same position, although it is not easy to judge what relation he holds to the act, since after proving it not to be Constitutional, he nevertheless enforccs it as if it were entirely unobjectionable and not subject to tho fault of antagonism to tho Constitution, 7r[S St Louis Times.
Year: 1867



 How TO BE MIsERABLE.-Sita at your window and look over the way at your neighbor's excellent mansion. which he has recently bought and paid foi, and sing out: ea

 Oh, that were a rich man. sf Get angry with your neighhor, and think you have not got friend in the world. Shed tear or two; take q walk in the burial ground, continually saying to yonrself: ~

 When shall I be buried here 2 Sign a note for friend, and never forget your kindness, and every hour in the day whisper'to yourself: T wonder if he will pay the note?'

 Think every body means to cheat you.

 Closely examine every bill you take, doubt its being genuine till you put the owner to a great deal of trouble. Never accommodate if you can help it. sdt te ,A s6 ssa g d,Never visit tthe sick and afflicted, and never give n farthing to tho poor.

 Grind the faces and hearts of the poor and unfortunate. s a
Year: 1867

We give this morning a full description Of
the dazzling festivities in Pesth, at the corona
ton of the Austrian Emperor King. The
ceremonias are unique in their nature; and no
country of either Europe or America has any
thing to compare with them. The aecount will
undoubtedly be everywhere read with the
greatest interest; but nowhere will it gain to
the Magyars as warm friends and admirers as
did their heroic struggle in 1913 and 1s40. In
fact, the greatest admirers of the progressive
spirit exhibited by the Hungarians in their
struggle against Austria are the foremost in
wishing the festivities might have been of a
more democratiel and of a less medieval char
acter
Year: 1867

There is no foe more terrible than an Ameri-
can Indian inflamed with lust of war but we
must not forget when we have to meet him,
first and foremost that we are Christian peO-
pie, and our crime if we copy his atrocities, will
be worse than his ; and secondly, that we our
selves have made him an enemy, and our duty
therefore is to f6Ibear to the last point consist
ent with safety. A correspondent of West
ein paper gives an unctuous account of fight
with band of Indians in Colorado in which he
recently bore part and this is his description
Of the way in which the whites treated the body
Of one Of the savagcs who was killed in the
conflict 81 gently raised his scalp, taking great
scare and particular pains to get every hair, while
some Of the other boystoOhhiS miserable car
" cass and ,cere jumping around Orer the prairie,
:" and finally threw it in the river" al think it
mo more harm, nor..do hare any more repul-
"Sire feelings about killing an Indian than do
"tO killing snake" This is the theory of the
"militiamen of His Excellency the Commander
"in-Chief" of Colorado, Gov. Hunt or, as the
jOvial correspondence already quoted puts it,


Eve must kill and scalp every one we come TO-


and take what they have.' 1t may suit the
notions Of certain class of frontiersmen, who
by long association with savages have them
selves grown savage; but the people at large
are determined that when Americans do fight


they shall fight like civilized chivalric soldiers


and for any barbarties practiced by troODs OF
Year: 1867

THE TOgIES md THE UORhING CL1SSES


Political history, no less than the ordinary
walks of every day life, furnishes striking Illus
trstions of lthe ancient ap0thcgm that II We do
well to ourselves men will praise us. The
Tories have lust made the discovery that the
British workman is u model citizen, and, speak
ING through Lord Derby, have just announced
that fact TO the world. On Saturday, the sth
inst. deputation from what is called the
London WoIkingmen's Constitutional Assoela-
ton waited upon the Premier ana the
Chancellor of the EXchequer at the Treasury,
Downing-st., to tender the support OF that
body To the Government generally, ana more
particularly i'm reference To its policy ana con
duet on the Reform question. Lord Derby ana
his colleague were of course delighted at this
mark of confidence in the Government, aud at
this consoling indication of what their party
would consider a healthful reaction among the
people against the spirit Of radicalism. To what
extent this Constitutional Association represents
the sentiments and hopes of the working classes
of England it is needless to inquire, especially
as recent occurrences place it beyond doubt
that the great bulk of the people are over
whemngly In favor Of Reform, and enthuslas-
tic followers OF the more advanced leaders ol
the Liberal party. Probably Lord Derby and
Mr.. Dislael themselves had their misgivings
as TO the representative character OF the
denutation: but the sight seems 10 have
greatly inspirited them, and they indulged,
both of them, especially the noble Tory
Earl, in hgl-hown panegyrics on the work
ing classes Lord Derby believed, he SAID,
that there was las much conservative feeling,
"as much respect for property, as much respect
afor education, and as much respect for social
"postion among the humblest working classes
las there is among that middle class which
"until lately have to a great extent absorbed
"and monopolized the political power OF the
Country The Tories, Lord Derby added,
were not afraid of the working casses-why
should they be7 There was quite as much
sympathy between those classes and the
aristocracy as between them and any
other classes of the community. The working
classes had allowed it to go forth to the world
that they were really represented by the Lead
Year: 1867

A resolution for adjournment to Saratoga
was indefinitely postponed by the Convention
yesterday. The resolution directing the Audit
or of the Canal Department 10 furnish certain
information was adopted. A remarkable me-
moral of which we give an abstract, in regard
to the corruption Of the New -YOrl7Iegislature,
WAS Dresented
Year: 1867

Secretary Welles informs the country that
the Navy Department has not men OF officers
to man a single grmboat. If the Secretary will
provide the boat, we think Gen. SiCdes will
furnish the men. The Navy Department must
be in = very bad way, if we can trust the re-
port of its chief
Year: 1867

The President reached Connecticut yesterday.
and was received by the Legislature of the
State. The remarkable events OF the day were
his speeches without his elOquesce the tour
would be rather dull.
Year: 1867




weekly review.


Commercial transactions were checked
somewhat, during the week. by the
weather, the fluctuations in gold, and
the high price of every article offered
for sale, except, possibly, few articles in
the provision line. The prices How
demanded wiz, we hope, waken up our
people to the folly Of being dependent
on the north for their brea and meat
Cotton has been cur bane--our evil
suirit-and the sooner we lay it aside for
the production OF tbat which viii keep
famine from our doors, the better. Indi-
cations at present do not point TO large
cotton crop along the river below.
Should the floods cause our planters
everywhere 10 be too late for a cotton
crop and permit an abundant crop Of the
staff Of life TO mature, it may prove a
blessing in disguise. The large quanti-
ties Of corn sold daily on our landing
show too plainly that we are not attend
ING to our best interests. Trade is gene.
rally better than during last week. A
few failures have occurred among oul
merchants during the week, but We
do not Know that any very heavy Losses
will be sustained.


| Scarcity Of confidence pre-.
vents sales in the staple. Buyers ar'
around making inquiry, and # they
could perfect their arrangements woulC
buy literally, but the difficulties which
hedge all in just at this time have no
overlooked our cotton buyers, Holder
Year: 1867

"Time is mcney,' said Franklin. 1t is more
than money, say we. Though riches take to
themselves wings and fly away, they may
also mount the same wings and fly back
agair. But time lost can never be regained.
A man who approaches you and abstracts a
dollar from your pocket, takes only that which
little honest effort may restore; but he who
enters your place of business, and by his
"long yarns abstracts your time, is robber


indeed. He has taken from you that which
"ne'er enIiches him, but makes you poor in
deed" You cannot, like Joshua of old. com.
mand the sun to stand still, while he detains
you ;-'time and tide wait for no man. The
minutes and hours will move on, however re-


luctant you may be to see them wasted. and
every one of them you lose is just SO much O


existence lost. ..r... 9.r


Did it never occur to those lazy drones, who
never lind time W do anything but to detaii
and hinder industrious people, that they ARK
in fact committing an injury to others whicl
they can never repair? They would, perhaps
shrink from stealing neishbor's purse, but
have no cOmpunctions ON account Of robblne
him of that time, a seasonable improvement
of which is the only means he has OF hiilne
that purse. For ourseE we can have but lit
tie patience with those good-natured, do


nothing sort of men who seem always to take
it for granted when we meet them, that We
have no more use of time than themselves
and that we can, OF course, just as well a.
NOT stop half an hour and go into a discus
sion Of any topic they please to start, O


stand still and hear their talk about nothing
We always feel uneasy in the presence o
such people; and if we see one of them il
passing, approaching in our direction, W
Year: 1867

NyILf. be made ON the first OF February next.
w Those who insure at this time will derive the
benefit Of that dividend, which will add largely to
tie sum insured or may be used in payment of tu-
lure premiums. 1t is the best


New Years Gift
man can bestow ON his family, in view of the un-
q - certainty Of lile


Many Policies now subsisting with this Great
company are yielding LARGE INCREASE, as the
. slIIoWn0 eases will show.
Year: 1867

"ouid as soon dodge into the first MA % of
retreat as we would retreat from tba s,noLo
OF coalpit which we say forcinp inc ,o,,,,.,,
column in our pathway.


Perhaps we are singular in these not;ons H..
industrious people who have families depend.
ent on their labor and attention to business


always have their work systematically laid
out, and their hours through the day pre-en-
gagged in the morning All Interruptions of
such appropriations Of time are hindrances to
their success, and they cannot endure them
willingly. The maxim Is good ona-"Call
on business men at business hours, do the
business you have with them, and then go
about your own business" II every one
would regard this, they would not only bene-
lit themselves but would prevent an injury to
others, besides saving to themselves and soc-
ely the effects of much idle gossip. Perhaps
we are TOO mathematical 1t NAV be that we
go TOO much by square and COMPASS But
~nen man. during the hours of business,
ca'is on or approaches US, we wish him To
state distinctly just what he wants, and when
he has done so stop for an answer O,,r "a


ply shall be as correct and conclusive. Lot
this end the matter, unless some new or otb-
ef subject is necessary to be introduced. In
this way everything that is wanted can be
properly disposed OF, and time be saved to all
the parties concerned There are some trades
in which men can listen to the long talks of
their customers without suspending their la
bors; there are others in which this is impos-
sible. lql s.a . III


by these remarks we do not mean to say
that people, situated as they are IN civilized
society, should give no time, even in business
hours, to pleasing and sensible conversation.
This is, indeed, great benefit and comfort
a relief from the tedium of toll. Man has
something to do in this world besides making
money. He his mental as well as bodily
wants to supply. He is a social being. He
was made for society. Reading and conversa-
ton are OF vast Importance to his intellectual
Improvement. And wise man, in laying
out his time, will not fail to make suitable
provision for study and conversation, as wen
as for actual labor and attention to business.


Indeed, labor, study and rest are ali .ndispen-i
sable to health OF body and OF mind. Per-
haps they should be about equally divided as
to time. But our article has relation to busi-
ness hours, and is designed to administer a
meiited rebuke to those very good-natured or
very idle people, who cannot, or rather, will
not, contlive any business Of their own to at
tend to, but who take it ior granted that eve
ry one they meet is as prodigal OF time as
themselves Such people should be apprised
OF the injury they infiict on more industrious
people, and learn, in the language of Poor
Richard, to BE short-be short.' 4s4 =.
Year: 1867




Union men, are you aware that you must
make application, either in person or in
writing to the Board of Registration. for the
precinct in which you wish to vote. in order
to have your name enrolled upon the poll
list. Such is the provision of the Registry
Act. The 9Th day of August next, one week
from Monday, is the last day of grace. 1t
has been the general Interpretation of the
law, that all that was required of citizen,
in order to become a voter, was to have his
name placed on the Great Register, and that
it was the duty of the County Clerk to make
out the poll-lists for each precinct; but such
is not the case. Citizens must make direct
application to the Board of Registration, in
the precinct where they wish to vote. thirty
days previous to election, to have their
names entered upon the po!l-list. or they
Will be disfranchised. Understand the case,
now. Unless your names appear upon the
poll list OF some precinct in the Township in
which you reside, you cannot vote; the fact
of your name being upon the Great Register
does not entitle you to the right of suffrage
Further, your name will not be placed upon
any list without you make the proper appl-
cation. Union men, we cannot afford to lose
vote this Fall. The Democrats are mar
shalling their forces and straining every
nerve to carry the coming election. Every
man belonging to that party will take the
necessary steps and be prepared to cast his
ballot on the 9TH of September next. That
the Union men are in the majority in this
county, there is no donbt. Will they allow
earelessness and apathy to snatch victory
from their hands:
Year: 1867

We are the luckiest editor in the State. A
piano is located within a few feet of our
sanctum and there is no lack of fair damsels
to manipulate its keys. It's good for the
head ache
Year: 1867

CIsTERNs.-The lumber to be used in re-
pairing the cisterns has been hauled and the
work should be done as soon as possible.
Some team will break through one of these
days, and more damage be done than the
whole cost of fixing them would amount to.
Whose business is it to attend to the
matter:
Year: 1867

The following apetdote which goes the
rounds of the press every once in while,
has the merit of being al actual fact. O!d
Peyton Roberts, properly Nathan Roberts,
lived in BeakeIoy couLty, Va, and be used
to tell the story himself:


On the morning Of the metoric shower in
1888, be rt nled making an early start to
his work, and got up in the midst OF the dis
play. Ga going to lis door he saw with as
tonshment the sky lit up with the falling me-
leors and he concluded at once that the world
was on fire aod that the Day Of Judgment
had come He stood for moment gain
in speechless terror at the scene, and then
with yell of horror, sprung out Of the door
righ! in the midst of the falling stars and
there he commenced series Of ground tum-
bling that would have done honor to a rope
dancer.


His wife being awakened in the meantime
and seeing Peyton jumping anI skipping a
bout the yard, called out 10 him to know
"What in the name OF common sense he was
dom out thar, dancin' round without his
clothes on!' But Peyton heard not. The
Judgment and long black account he would
have to settle, made him heedess Of terres
trial things: and his wife, becoming alarmed
at his behavior, sprang out of bed, aud run
ming to the door. shrieked out at the top Of
her voice: "Ptyton! Peyton, say. what do
you mean by JUMP in about thar. Come and
put your bleeches Or" "Breechesl what the
ID is the use Of lreecbes when the world
is on tire!'
Year: 1867

A iailor at Donaldsonville, La, who had
buried his wifein the early part of May, mar
ried again in three or four weeks afterwards.
This so shocked the moral sense Of the commu-
nity that public meeting was called, and q
procession formed and marched to his residence
and took him out. After being marched out
of his dooryard to the tune Of the dead march,
with lighted candles on each side of him, the
procession formed, music in front, the latter
consisting Of oil cans, horns, tin pans, and o
large bell, carried on the shoulders of two OF
the party, which was tolled continually, while
cries of mirth and jolity tended to enliven the
scene. After traversing the principal streets
and thoroughly arousing everybody in town
who was not engaged in it, they proceeded to
the final act, it now being near the hour Of
midnight After forming properly, the pro-
cession moved to the where the affair was finish
ed by his kneeling down at the grave and asking
pardon of his late wifes spirit after which the
party proceeded to a saloon and taking drink at
bis expense he was permitted to rejon his new
made wife-this being the third marriage bond
he has entered into
Year: 1867

The following wonderful story is said to
have been taken from the logbook Of Vessel
which arrived in New York:


In the course Of tho voyage, that dreadful
disease, ship fever, broke out among the crew.
One Of the sailors, among the first victims. was
accompanied by his son, a lad Of fourteen years,
who was strongly attached TO bis father, and
remained with him day and night, and never
could be persuaded TO leave him for q moment.


A large shark was seen every day following
the vessel, evidently for the purpose Of devotr-
ing any one who should die and DO committed
to the deep.


After lingering q few days, the sailor died.
As was the custom a. sea, bo was sewed UP In
Q blanket, and for the purpose of sinking him,
an old grindstone and carpenters axe wero
put in with him. The very impressive service
Of the Episcopal Church was then read, aud
the body committed 10 the deep.


The poor boy, who had watched the proceed
ings closely, plunged in after his father, when
the enormous shark swallowed them BOTH
The second day after this dreadful scene, as
the shark continued 30 follow the vcssel--fof
thero were others sick in the ship-one Of the
sailors proposed as they had shark hook on
board, to make an effort 10 take him.


They fastened the hook TO long rope, and
batting il with piece Of pork, threw 1t into
the sea, and tho shark instantly swallowed it.
Having thus hooked him, by means Of wind
lass they boisted him on board. After he was
dead they prepared to open him, when one Of
the sailors, STOPPING down for that purpose,
suddenly paused, and after listening few mo-
ments, declared most solemnly he heard low
cultural sound, which appeared 10 proceed
from the shark. The sailors, after enjoying a
hearty laugh at his expense, proceeded to lis.
ten for themselves, when they were compelled
to admit they heard similar sound. They
then proceeded TO open the shark when tho
mystery was explained.


II appears that the sailor was not dead, but
in trance; and his son on making this dis
covery when inside the shark had by means OF
o knife, ripped open the blanket. Having thus
liberated bis father, they both went 10 work
and righted up the old grindstone-the boy
was turning, the father was holding on to the
old ship carpenter's axe, sharpening It for tho
purpose Of cutting their way out Of their Jonah
like prison, which occasioned the noise heard
BY the sailor. As il was the hottest season Of
the year, and very little air stirring where they
were at work, they were both sweating tre-
mendously.
Year: 1867

There is not one thing which helps 10 estab-
lish mans character and standing IN society
more than steady attendance at church, ands
proper regard for the first day Of the week.
Every head Of family should go to church as
an example. Lounging on the streets and in
bar rooms on the Sabbath, Is an abominstion,
and deserves censure, because il lays the foun-
dation Of habits which ruin both body and soul.
Many man can date the commencement Of his
dissipation which made him burden TO him
self and his friends and an object Of pity 10 the
sight of his enemies, 10 his Sunday debsuchery.
Idleness is the mother Of drukenness
Year: 1867

The spples are ripe in the orchard,


The work Of the reaper Is done,
And the golden woodlands redden


In the blood Of the dying sun.
At the cottsec door the grsndsire


Sits, pale in his easy chair,
While the gentle wind Of the twilight
Plays with his silver hair.
A woman is knceling beside him


4 fair voting form Is pressed,
In the first, wild passion Of sorrow,


Agaihst his aged breast
And far from over the distance,


The faltering echoes conc.
or the flying blast of the buglc


And the rafting roll Of the drnm'
Then the grandsire speaks in whisperj
"The end no man can see;
But We give him TO his country,
And We give our prayers to Thee.
The violets star the meadows,


The rose-buds fringe the door,
And over the grassy orchard


The pink-white blossoms pour
But the grandsire's chair Is empty,


The cottage Is dark and still;
There's nsmeiess grave on the battle ncid,
And q new one under the hill.
And pallid fearless woman


BY the cold hearth sits alone,
And the old clock In the corner,


Ticks on with q steady drone.