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Year: 1865

The Philadelphia Age Justly remarks
that the New York Tribune attributes
the defeat of the bill to allow blacks to
testify in the courts of Tennessre, in
some measure to Parson Brownlow,
whom 1t very properly characterizes as
"a Reverend backyard styled Gorernor.
We are glad the parson has been found
out. And we rejoice still more that his
"loyal" friends are beginning to tell the
truth abeut HIM. Not very long ago all
kinds of dishonesty and black kcuardisn
were condoned in the name of .loyalty. y
and all that any scamp needed to wash
his scarlet hands as white as snow. was
to put on the garb of supporting the
government" But there seems 10 be a
change in this particular. Counterfeit
coin will no longer pass current because
1T has the stamp of loyalty" on its brazen
face. There seems to be some chance
now that rogues may be dealt with as
their rogueries deserve
Year: 1865




We have word to say to our yoIun.
teer friends upon the subject of their or
gonlzation. We will speak frankly and
keep in view the relative condition of the
two races in this State The objects ot
these organizations is "to prevent law
lessness of all kinds ''to suppress
crime 80 protect the people in their
persons and property" The main
points have been adhered TO by the MAJ
Jorlty of the companies-but there
have oeen few instances where persons
belonging to these organizations have
gone out of their way to oppress the ne
and subject him to unjust treatment.
Now we are informed that all this is con
trary to the published instructions of the
Governor and meets his hearty dlsap.
provaL When this is done, the very OF
Ject for which the companies are organ
lied is defeated for they are guilty of
dong that which it is their duty to pre-
vent in others. 1t is as much part of
their duty to protect the negro from Me bad
oh'fe men as 1t Is to do anything else,
And this is good policy, too for we
should convince the negro that aoe are his
friends and that we ,oW protect him to
the extent he can claim protection under
our laws. We are bound to live here
together. Once convince the negro that
we have turned against him and will
take any opportunity to oppress him and
he goes Immediately to the Yankee for
protection and hire. And any case OF
oppression is reported and is added to
the list of evils they register against us
. and makes splendid ammunition for DO
Iltical purposes. Let US cut off the sup
ply.
Year: 1865

We find in and exchange the following


paragraph which we assured is correct:


adams Express Company has loaned
$4,000 900 of its accumulated capital to
several of the Southern railroad, and has
thus enabled them to resume operations
1t appears to some very extraordinary that
a company should find itself able to ex>
tend accommodations OF so immense an
amount, and we agree with some of our
exchanges in commencing the enterprise
and liberality of this great and wealthy
Express Company. We hope, however,
we will not be deemed too inquisitive for
desiring to know some further particu-
lars of the transaction. We would ask
our contemporaries who appear to be well
informed, what railroads have been the
recipients of this great favor? We have a
number of railroads in Mississippi who
have been, and are still, in great want of
pecuniary assistance to repair the losses
sustained during the war. We hope they
have not been overlooked or forgotten
by this richest and greatest of all Express
Companies.
Year: 1865

We regret to see such feeling of un-


edslness pervading the public mind in


some portions of our State, as we have


noticed lately. If any danger was appre.


hended from internal connections among


US, the preparations made by our vigilant


Governor, aided by the help that has SO


generously been offered him by the arms


bearing class of our citizens, are amplv
sufficient for the protection of the CONS
munltles. An ounce of preventative is
worth pound of cure" For six weeks
has the Governors proclamation been
before the people of Mississippi. The
advice he then gave, unheeded at the
time, 1t Is not yet too late to follow. h
you apprehend danger, organise. Do not
fold your hands and when the storm
bursts, say it is too late, For our part, we
apprehend very little danger. The sem
sation reports, when closely investigated,
are generally bare of truth. If any of
them are true, organization of companies
Will, in all probability, crush the spirit of
any insurrectionary enterprise before it is
developed. Organize then, and be ready
Tor any emergency and you guard against
the very dangers you apprehend. This
is time when all should act coolly and
calmy. A slight indescretion may have
the effect of spark in powder mag
azine. Let all of us determine to act
and act so. In not doing so
lies the danger if there is any.
Year: 1865

The Charlottesville (Va) Chronicle
says:


We must take things as We find them.
We are in the Union and we are going to
stay in the Union, and we have taken
oaths to maintain that Union. How do
we stand then ? Are we we'll off or
are we badly off? In material point of
view we are well Off We are going to be
richer and more prosperous than we
ever were. We are going to be populous,
going to have great cities, going to grow
alive with all the forms of industry
With wealth will come knowledge and
culture, literature, science, art Our loss
is matter of sentiment-it is that of our
dlstlnctiveness as race. Virginia-the
South-has lost its individuality.
Year: 1865

Gs24There is one rule to be observed
IN taking exercise by walking-the yery
best form in which it can be taken bv the
young and able-bodied of all ages-and
that Is, never to allow the action of res~
plratlon TO be carried on through the
mouth. The nasal passages are Clearly
tue medium through which respiration
was by our Creator, designed to be carri-
ed on. "God breathed into mans postrils
the breath of life" previous to his becom
ing a living creature. The difference in
the exhaustion of strength by long walk
with the mouth firmly closed, and resni-
ration carried on through the nostrils In.
stead of through the mouth. is incon,
oeivable to those who have never tried
the experiment.
Year: 1865

ThE Two PHILosoPHERs.-Sir Isaac New
ton "iote work upon the prophet Dan


lei, and another upon the Book of Reve>
iatlon i; 10 one OF which he said that, in
oroer 20 fulfill certain prophecies before
a certain date was terminated, there
Wood be mode of travelling of which
the men OF this time had no conception


that they would even be able to travel
at the rate OF fifty miles an hour When


Voltaire heard of this, he said: Now
look at that mind of Newton, who dis
covered gravity, and told such marvels
Tor US all to admire. When he became
an Old man and got into his dotage he
began to study that book called the Bible;
and 1T seems that in order to credit its
fabulous nonsense, we must believe that
the knowledge OF mankind will be so in
creased that we shall be able to travel at
the rate OF tifty miles an hour p' ''The
poor dotard J" exclaimed the philosophic
intidel Voltaire, in the self complacency
OF his pity. But who is the dotard now
Year: 1865

severe northeast storm SGT in this morning. andater
marching until through drenching, driving rain
the corps halted ten miles from Chesterfield station.
The Second and Seventeenth corps had already pre-
ccded the road, which we found badly cut up,
and tho heavy rain rendered any further movement ra
possible present After fording two branches Of tho
Pole Cat every body wet through and about
fortress and miserable It possible to be- During the
whole day the rain continued falling and driven In
almost horizontal watery lines BY the chilly northeast
wind.
Year: 1865

The GREAT BREAK K-DowN.-The policy OF
contraction inaugurated by the Government ls
beginning 10 show in the markets In every
part OF the country, merchants in view OF the
tall they know is inevitable are already marx
ing down their goods and curtailing their pur-
chases, knowing that il is unsafe TO hold large
stocks purchased al the late high prices.


The produce market is also staggering Grain
and pork have gone down, and there is eyery
indication that they have several steps in the
same direction 10 take vet


The people have but one course TO pursua
Buy cautiously and carefully. pay for what
ever you buy, avoid debt as a pestilence, live
within your income. speculate on nothing, but
keep everything shipshape and in order. Those
who do this will sail through the coming trou
bic rlumphantly-nine-t -tenths of those who do
not will 60 down.-Toledo Blade
Year: 1865

EXCEPTIONS TO THE Presidents AMNEs-
TY-Much curiosity has been felt as to the
probable number of those who will come un-
der the fourteen exceptions to the general am
nesty proclaimed by President Johnson, so
that their chances of escape from punishment
will depend wholly upon the personal pardon
Of the Executive. The New York World es-
Inmates the different classes Of these except
Year: 1865

Gilmore who went to Richmond on q
peace mission with Col. Jaques, says that
Davis told him that every white man
who wasn't able to own a black man
ought to be slave himself, and if they
(the poor whites) could be ensla7sd they
would become useful class Of society.


81 declare, mother" said petted little
girl, in pettish little way, otis too bad
you always send me to bed when | am
not sleepy, and you always make me get
up when | am sleepy !"


Man is the nobleAt work of God, and
woman the prcttiest.
Year: 1865

#.+Devoted to the cause of Republicanism
the interests of Agriculture, the advancement
Of Education, and the best good of Potter
county. Owning no guide except that Of
Principle, it will endeaver to aid in the work
Of more fully Freedomizing our Country.
Year: 1865

| drop the curtain on their life-history
Let no unkind words ever come between
US and those We love. If there has, let
not the Christmas pass and leave them
still barrier between US but let US cast
all pride aside, as Georgia Berrian did,
and in the happiness of reconciliation,
our future may run on as pleasantly as
does hers and Ashley Leicester's.
Year: 1865

financial and commercial companies 70 which the war
In the United states indirectly gave existence.


In comparison Of the market values Of the leading
railway stocks In January, 1854 and at the present time
intended to speak Of their value being from
forty to sixty five dollars per share less thal then
not their gold value OF Gold at that time at
about its present range its fluctuations during the month
mentioned having been between l51 u 10 1593<


The quotations for government securities and railway
and miscellaneous shares at the Stock Exchange in this
city, at the close Of each Of last four weeks
Year: 1865

Particular attention is called to the following pro-
vision OF the Act of the Legislature of March To- 1854


''And If any person interested shall fail to pay
his proportion by the time fixed in said notice, then
any such deficiency arising from such failure may be
paid by any other person persons holding bonds
claims secured as aforesaid; and the person so pay
ing any deficiency as aforesaid shall succeed to all
the rights which the person failing to pay aforesaid
would have had if seasonable payment had been
made by him, subject however to the further right of
redemption as hereinafter provided"


Portland, July26, 1865. .--dtf M 70
Year: 1865

WASHINGTON'S DYING WORDS.


When George Washington bequeathed
to his heirs the sword he had worn in
the War of Liberty, he charged them,
"Never to take it from the scabbard but
in self-defence, or in defence of their
country and her freedom; but that when
it should thus be drawn, they should
never sheath it nor ever give it up, but
prefer falling with it in their hands to
the REIMBURSEMENT thereof" words,
says an eminent Englishman, the majesty
and simple eloquence of which are not
surpassed in the oratory of Athens and
Rome.


Let every soldier of the Confederacy
engrave those last words of Washington
upon his heart. Let them be inscribed
in letters of gold upon the capitol OF
every Confederate State. Let the pulpit
proclaim them; let the mother learn
them to her children; let them be en-
blazoned on every banner; ring in
every trumpet call, and flash from every
sword
Year: 1865

hshed slavery in the United States: We
could laugh at their folly, if gratitude
for the service they have rendered US did
not forbid US to treat our benefactors
with irreverence. Why did they not
abolish it in Daho.ney? Why do they
not command the sea to stand still, and
say to the ocean, Thus far shalt thou
come, and no furthcr2" Our very slaves
will teach them to respect their rights
Let them make good their laws by deeds
instead Of words. We are going to re~
sist them henceforth as one man, and to
defend our hearthstones and our lives as
men do who have no hope but in God
and in their own right arms. The
"moral strength" Of the Confederacy is
this day restored as by miracle. Laus
DeoI We shall maintain our cause, our
institutions, the integrity of our SOL
diers. We ask no more for peace, nor
do we expect it, nor will we have it
whilst the foet of Yankee soldier pol
lutes this soil, or hostile Yankee flag is
unfurled on this continent.
Year: 1865

The Cozzens case terminated yesterday by
Judge Thompson ordering the discharge OF
the relator from the custody of the military
authorities and fning COL Frink, the Provost
Marshal, for contempt OF court, in not answer
ing the process of that body and defying its
officers in the performance of their duty,
This 10 vindicaton Of civil authority which
will give satisfaction to thoughtful men of all
parties at this time If we are to have peace
and Union the civil law must be supreme.
The liberties of our citizens cannot be de.
pendent upon the caprice of any military
man who may hold Office in our midst The
processes of our courts, and the officers iu-
trusted with the duty Of executing them, must
be respected If they are not, then in a short
time We will have anarchy, with total dis.
regard Of all law and rightfll authority.


We hope this case will terminate the reign
OF military authority in our city and State
Judge Thompson has iuaugurated the resump-
ton of civil authority in this State after a
suspension as unnecessary as it was unwise,
and now ihe people demand that this action
of the highest judicial tribunal of the Com
monwealth shall be conclusive as TO the
supremacy of the civil power in time OF
peece --PhilG. Age, July 6.
Year: 1865

for the home and family; and an abundance Of ar


agraphs upon every topic Of interest or iaport-
snce. The wide circulation already obtained By
thispaper, an evidence Of its popularity and Of
its being adapted to the wants Of the people. hI
Year: 1865

A private, who made his escape from
the secession army in Western Louisiana
a month or two since, informs US that he
saw eighteen men shot in one day at the
Mounds, near Pineville, in the neighbor.
hood of Alexandria, on Red River
1t was in the latter part of February last.
In the course of three months, he ssys
that as many as sixty men wero shot
There were thirty shot in a single regi.
ment. The offense of those men was tho
attempt to 60 to their homes Their
wives and children were almost starving,
and they had an intense desire to 20 to
their relief Every white man capable
of bearing arms was mercilessly forced
into the army at the point OF the bayonet.


Many even that were not able to carry
gun were thus dragged from their
homes. Our informant was himself par
alyzed in the shoulder, and lal been cx-
amiued by three different miltlry boards
and certificate of incapacity granted
him by each, aud yet in spite Of these he
was compelled to report for military duty
under the penalty Of being arrested and
shot as deserter. The reason assigned
was that in all such cases, though tho
men might not be able to carry arms, they
could be useful in other ways, and thus
relieve men who were. The feeling
among the privates in favor Of peace and
of going home was universal, or nearly
so, even at that time long before the fall
Of Petersburg aud Richmond. They
were only restrained by the rigid enforce.
ment Of tho bloody and a,rocious con.
seription law of the Richmond Junta.
Our informent declares that he knew pri-
Yates who owned fifty, eighty, and ~
many as hundred negroes, who private.
ly expressed themselves as perfectly vii.
ling to give them all up in order to regain
their own freedom-that freedom which
they enjoyed before the war.
Year: 1865

The Publishers have perfected system of mailing by whick they can supply the Nigga zine and Weekly promptly to those who prefer to receive their periodicals directly from the Office of Publication.

 The postage on Harper's Magazine is A cts. a year. which must be paid at the subscribers s post office.
Year: 1865

ltron the Galena Gazette


We call attention TO the following COM
munication from skiiful physician of this
city, which, if remembered, may be the
means of saving the lives of some of our
readers:


GALENA, July II, 1865.
Editor of Daily Gazette.


DEAR SIR: Having read of q case Of
poisoning by rattleslake, in your yalua-
bic paper, and as such an accident NAV
happen again, and as in such cases it is
often extremely difficult to obtain medical
aid in time, | would invite the attention of
those most interested to a simple and un-
falling remedy in case of poisoning by
this terrible serpent Let the unfortunate
man, woman or child ut once resort to
alcohol in the ordinary form, or to com
mon whisky, brandy, rum or gin. Let
the patient drink it freely, Il gill or more
ut time, once in fifteen or twenty minutes,
until some symptoms of intoxication are
experienced, then cease using it. The
cure will be complete as soon as enough
has been taken to produce even slight
symptoms of intoxication Instances of
cures with whisky are numerous and
have never heard of failure wien it was
used as here directed. In cer.ain dis
tricts Of Louisiana, where rattlesnakes
are plenty, have known this treatment
to be uniformly successful Though the
remedy may not be in strict accordance
with the laws Of temperance, yet it Is
most assurodly the remedy and the must
reliable antidote for this terrible poison.


DR. CHAs RIEuLE.
Year: 1865

An ingenious bachelor in Scotland
has devised a matrimonial lottery or trap
whereof he is the bait All widows and
maidens who have not attained the age Of
thirty-two are invited to buy of him II
ticket at the price of los. After 3O0'tick-
cts arc sold the drawing will take place
There viii be only one prize, and it will
be the right of the fortunate lady who
wins TO claim the young gentleman as her
husband, with the e150 produced by the
lottery
Year: 1865

"A female rebel in Canada who was
coming to the States attempted to Snug
gle an alarm clock under her hoop skirt
The waggish dealer in clocks, know
ing the intention, set the clock so that it
would strike the alarm just as she was 60
ing through the Custom House, and while
the officer was examining her. It set up IFS
whir-r-r, and betraying itself, was cap
turcd
Year: 1865

The Princess Mettcrnich and some
Of her gay friends went to a restaurant
short distance out Of Paris, and had such
noisy spree that a crowd collected under
the windows and hooted the party To
pacify the mob, the princess went out up7
on the balcony and sung comic song.
Year: 1865

An elephant and bull fight took place late
ly at Sarngrossa, Spain. The elephant was
walking quietly about the arena when the
first ball was released, and-rushed at it with
all his might. The elephant received his an.
tagonistwitA great coolness, and threw him
down with the utmost ease. The bull arose
again and made two attacks, which the ele.
phant resented by killing him with thrust
Of his tusks. The conqueror did not seem in
the least excited. A second bull was soor
released, and few minutes suffered the
same fate as the first.
Year: 1865

Dispatches to district headquarters from
Major Rose, commanding at Fort Wads-
worth, dated the 9th ult., state that a
friendly Yanktonais had fallen in with q
party of seven hostile Indians between
that post and the James River, who threat
ened to kill him but be was saved by the
interposition Of one of the gang, who was
his brother-in law. They expressed de-
termination to make foray towards the
fort, but that is not considered likely, but
that the real object was to visit the settle
ments on the Missouri, or of Iowa and
Minnesota, for purposes Of murder and
pllage. The scouts had taken their trail,
and it was hoped would destroy the entire
party. The names of all Of them are
known. They are from the hostile camp
in the region Of Devils Lake.


Intelligence that these savages are on
the war.path viii be at once conveyed to
the various detachments of troops and
scouts along the lines from Fort Ridgely.
Year: 1865

We hope the letter of Gen. Cox, else
where printed, win be carefully read BY all
who are interested in the question Of negro
suffrage at the South. Gen. Cox is the
Republican candidate for Governor Of
Ohio, and the letter is in answer to certain
interrogatories propounded to him by his
radical friends at Oberlin. He takes q
philosophical as well as practical view Of
the subject, and argues that the white and
oolored people of the South cannot live to-
gether as equals, politically or socially,
and therefore favors a peaceable separa-
ton of the two races on Southern soil, the
blacks in this separate condition to enjoy
full political rights. His views Of the an
tipathy existing between the two races,
and the evils that would grow out of po-
litical equality, we regard as eminently
worthy of consideration.
Year: 1865

a correspondent of the New York
Times gives an account of Fourth OF
July dinner at Geneva, Switzerland. Fifty
four Americans were present The De.
olaration of Independence was read in the
orthodox fashion. Toasts were drank and
responded to by most Of the gentlemen
present. and the occasion gave zest to
the dinner that travellers rarely have.
Among the letters received from invited
guests was the following, which, received
with the greatest enthusiasm, is worth
preserving, both from the interest at
tached to the writer and the interest Of


HOTEL BYRON. LAKE GENEVA


Tuesday, July 4, 1866.


Ny DEAR sIR: have received your very
polite invitation, on behalf OF the citizens OF
the United States of America who are in &c.
neva, to Mrs. Mcclellan and myself TO join
them at dinner to-day.


do ourselves the pleasure OF meeting with you
in the celebration of this most Interesting an
niversary of the most sacred day In the Ameri.
can calendar. Although cannot meet you in
person, / hope that you will permit me to ex.
press the intense joy and pride with which, in
common with all Americans, look upon the
recent glorious successes of our gallant armies
under Grant and Sherman.


As these victories have finally crushed the
armed opposition to the General Government,
and have brought back the whole of the ma
tional domain under the folds of our f:g II trust
that this anniversary Of the nations birthday
will be the opening of new era in our history
when brotherly love will again prevail be.
tween the people of the once contending Sec
tions-when all the causes Of the late war shall
have disappeared when the idea of secession
will be regarded as thing entirely of the past
never again to be revived, and during which
we shall become a stronger, more united and
more prosperous nation than ever before.


/ most sincerely unite with you in the feel
ings of sorrow and indignation which have
been so universally expressed for the cowardly
Chief Magistrate, and in the desire to afford
the most loyal support to his successor.
trust, too, that you will unite with me in the
hope that, since we have completely vindicat
ed our national strength and military honor BY
the entire defeat and ruin of our late enemies
our people will pursue magnanimous and
merciful course toward fallen foe-one thai
viii tend to soften the bitter feelings inevita
bly, caused by long and earnest war, and tC
restore the confidence and kind feeling tha
should exist between these who owe allegiance
to the same government and belong to the same
people. >.


Begging that you will esnvey to the commit
tee, and to the gentlemen they represent, ID.
sincere thanks for their very courteous invita-
ION, I am, my dear sir. very truly and respect
fully yours. GEO. B. MCCLELLAN.