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Year: 1868

We have probably oil of US met
with instances in which word heed
lessly spoken against the reputation
of female has been magnified by
malicious minds until the cloud has
been dark enough to overshadow her
whole existence. To those who are
accustomed, not necessarily from
bad motives, but from thoughtless-
ness, TO speak lightly of the ladies,
we recommend these hints as well
worthey to their considerations:


Noser use lady's name in an i'm
proper place, at an improper time,
or in q mixed company. Never
make assertions about her that you
think untrue, or illusions that you
feel she herself would blush to hear.
When you meet with men who do
not scruple to make use of woman's
name in reckless and unprinclpled
manner, shun them, for they are
the very worst members of the com
munity-men lost to every sense ol
honor-every feeling OF humanity.


Many a good and worthy woman's
character has been forever ruined
and heart broken bya lie Manufactured
by some villain, and repeated where
it should not have been, and in tht
presence of those whose little judg
ment could not deter them from cir
culating the foul and bragging re
port. A slander is soon prOpaga
ted, and the smallest thing derogato
ry to woman's character will fly OF
the wings of the Wind, and magnify
as it circulates, until its monstrou


weight crushes the poor unconsciOu
victim.


Respect the name of woman, TO


your mother and sisters are women


and as you would have their fai


name untarnished, and their lives un
fembittered by the slanderer's bite
tongue, heed the i'll that your owl


words may bring upon the mother
the sister, or the wife OF some felloy
creature.
Year: 1868

| The New York Ctttzen, an earnest


supporter of Mr.. Seymour, has raised


the cry to save the Democratic ticket


from its friends. 1t thus describes


the fire in the rear it is receiving


from the Southern Democracy, and


invokes the fearful dispensation of 6


foci siller:


"Though you bray q fool in q NOR.


tar, his folly will not depart from


him." We have not only brayed


them in mortars, but in rifed cannon


in fifteen inch guns and in many 9th


er curious and unpleasantly effective


instruments, and still their folly


seems to be altogether their most


prominent quality. At Vicksburg


and Fort St. Phillip we brayed them


with our mortars, at Fort Pulaski we


devoted our rihed ordnance to their


service, at Savannah We turned our
f, fifteen inch guns to their improve,


ment, and at Richmond we gave them
the finishing touch with whatever we


had at command (; and yet they come


back to us-what is left of them-as
fresh in their folly as ever, In fact
the process seems only to have
brought the disease to the surface,
and they are blooming all over with
folly spots, as well soaked topers do
with gin blossoms. One of the most
prominent of them helps along the
election of Seymour and Blair by an.
nouncing that it would result in the
salvation of the "Lost Cause. ''Anoth-
er repudiates the plank of the Dem
ocratic platform which announces as
the settled conviction of North and
South alike-of Union and rebel SOL
diers-that secession is dead; and
they all proclaim that the election OF
Seymour and Bla ir is to be the vindi-
cation and possibly the renewal Of
rebellion.


This is bad enough /; but worse re-
mains to be told. 1t is announced
that rebel generals and Congressman,
soldiers with hands red with the
blood OF our fellow -Northerners, and
politicians fresh from plotting the de-
struction of the Union. are 10 s.ump
the North against Grant and CoIfax.
We have all we can do to win this
election at best-save us from this
assistance or we are lost. Let them
carry their own States that employ
ment will occupy their full time and
require more abilities than they have
as vet shown in this canvass. III
they can draw over the negro vote
on a fair basis, such as qualified suf-
frage, let them do SO. We do not
care to have Buckner's opinion that
Grant is no general. Questions of
this kind are pretty well settled in
our view, and are not involved in
the present election. II they were,
and the Democrats took the South
ern side, we should not be left with a
corporals guard on election day.
Every rebel speech made at the
rebels seem unable to
make any but rebel speeches-will
cost us a hundred votes for every
one il gains. The NOrth desires re-
of heart as well as of
territory-and when the Southerners
desire the same, they can
benefit themselves and their country
by saying so openly and distinctly.
Right glad will the North be to hear
the utterance, but we can hear it
from the South-the birthplace of
well as at our own
doors. ra
Year: 1868

far from being rightly understood


by the mass of the Northern people


They seem to think that thepoor and


defenseless in the South would havt


the same justice done them and the


same protection of life and property


as they would receive in the North,


but never was q greater mistake


made, and Ohio, to-day, is sample


of the revulsion of sentiment upon
this subject. Let the party in the
South who brought on the war and
fought and sustained it, only have
the power and all that the Union men
of the country gained by their victory
over secession and rebellion is lost
and it would be better for the coun-
try that they had nsuer fought. The
blood that was shed, and the treasure
that was expended would all be for
inought. y


1t Is all buncombe, the cry of op-
preston in the South. They are only
reaplng the reward of their own &C
tions and the judgment of an offend
ed God, for the heinous crime of
slavery is now falling not only upon
them, but upon the whole land for
countenancing and allowing such
practices in a country claiming to be
Christians. The right will eventually
succeed no matter what the obstacles
may be, for God Himself orders it,
and poor, puny man has no power to
stay it; it will come sooner or later
and the blood that has been shed,
God will not allow it to have been
spilled in vain.
Year: 1868

MIDSIGHT-There is something as
beautiful as sublime in the hush Of
midnight. The myriad quiet sleepcrs
laying down each their life burden
insensible alike to joy or sorrow, help
less alike-the strong man as the
infant and over all the sleepless Eye
which since the world began ha,
never lost sight of ono pillowed head
Thoughts like these come to us in oui
waketnl night hours with an almost
painful intensity. Then eternity only
seems real and everyday life fable
But morning comes, and the stir and
hum of life chase these thoughts away
as the sun dries up the dep drops
which, like onr Thoughts, peTumeC
their reviving mission ere they de-
parted.
Year: 1868

THE FALL OF THE LEAF.-It is a
fancy woven into the day.dreams of
some that for every leaf that falls a
human soul wings its flight TO another
world and that for every now lenfiet,
one is brought from the past into the
present. If this were so, how many
have crossed "over the river" since
last the Autumn winds have famed
our checks, and what mourning has
been brought 10 the household OF earth
the little innocent opened lis eyes to
the light and closed them again TO Join
that better company in land whore


"No chilling winds nor poisonous breath


can ever enter. Yes, call that's bright
must fade" and ere Autumn returns
again, we, too, may have Joined that
"innumerable caravan" which has been
making accessions to its numbers for
more than a thousand generations
Call it fancy, yet as we see the leaf
rustic in the path, or fall from the
parent stem, or hear the winds sigh
ing mournfally through the trees,
singing sad requiem 10 departed Sum
mer, we arc remincd of the vanity of
all sublunary things. o, there is q
bright world beyond the blue above,
where the leaf does not fade, and whore
flowers perennial bloom, and where
all is JOY and peace and love-
Year: 1868

Not all the wealth of the Indies, NOT
all the power Alexander possessed, can
procure for the heart that degree Of
lasting peace, that fulness of comfort
that all more or less are 10 search Of
How often when the wide acres Of
affluenco stretch before the eye, does
the thought intrudc "ls the proud
owner happier than Others 2" or does
the beauty of the outward but contrast
the unquiet rostlessness OF sad heart


There is much in world spread in
loveliness to soothc and comfort the
heart, yet man is not 80 dependent
upon the outward as to be made hap
py by il, If there is not frst sunshine
ia the heart. Hhesdomain.ofiB iBteiioet
has n world OF satisfaction within It's
borders, and in the solace Of well-cho-
sen friendship the heart can almost
forget unhappness; yet not quite for
get it There must be peace-that
peace which is the blessing of heaven
at home-in the soul, and then the
face of nature, the gift Of life, all con-
tribute TO the main sum of bliss,


That we are made to be happy
happy in spite Of the manifold trials
of liie-is evident. "Man was" not
"to mourn" and he who does 50, is a
rebel in a universe of love. 1t is not,
perhaps, always how much of our
happiness we derive from ourselves.
A conscience that speaks peace, an
intellect cleared Of the mists of error
above all, contented mind with
that portion of earthly good assigned
us---these constitute the real happiness
of all. A spirit that looks on life with
loving generosity toward others, gains
by their prosperity, brightens in their
success, and does more TO make the
possessor happy, than all OF wealth or
honor without it. Adding 20 these
Municipalities, the peace of heart
reconciled 10 its Maker, and there are
thousand innocent joys within the
reach of all


Wealth is not necessary TO enjoy the
beauty Of a landscape, not now neces-
sary to procure the pleasure derived
from books. A small garden-even
the cherished plant in the window is
source of pleasure and whore the
mind is waiting TO be pleased, the
very sounds of life, rural or otherwise,
are each musical with joy. Knowl-
edge opens her store-house for the
winter evening, while piety silvcrs all
Of earth with Divine goodness, stri-
king vista through its deepest sor-
row, TO that world where the obcdient
are filed with the fulness OF JOY.
Year: 1868

The New York Herald says
General Grant recently expressed to
an army FRIEND his utter contempt Of
the statesmen who are urging their
own merits as ofiicc-holdors on him.
lie said that he would make up his
Cabinet after he received certificate
Of election, and then no one would
know whom he had decided upon
until their names got into print.
dts no use planning a campaign until
you have war, said he"
Year: 1868

We find in Geylin's Poultry Breeding some
directions about preparing poultry for the.
market and the table. We all know that
well dressed fowl has much more appetizing
look than a slovenly dressed one. A badly
dressed fowl has very unpleasant et-
feet upon weak stomach and bilious tenn
permanent, and such offences are easily avoid
ed If a little care and pains are taken. 1t is
true that almost every locality has its own
system, and these different modes of killing
and dressing poultry cannot all be the best
A glance at our markets will convince any
one that all do not understand this business
who bring us poultry. A well dressed fowl
will always command higher price than one
literally "butchered."


Poultry, when bled to death, is much whit
er in the flesh and more palatable than when
killed by "wringing the neck" or by some 9TH
er modes. To cause death without pain or
Disagreement is surely the best mode. And
to do this successfully is to open the beak OF
the fowl AMI with sharp pointed knife make
an incision at the back OF the roof which viii
divide the vertebrae and cause immediate
| death. After this process, hang the fowl up
by the legs till the bleeding ceases, and then
| rinse the besk out with vinegar and water,
Fowls killed in this manner keep longer and
| do not present the unsightly marks as those
killed by the ordinary system Of neck-wrins-
| ing. When the entrails are drawn immedi-
ately after death and the fowl stuffed as they
do in France with paper shavings or short
cocoa-nut fbres to preserve the shape, it will
keep longer fresh than by any other mode.


1t is very bad practice to cram poultry
before killing to make them appear heavy
and plump. Such process is very lDjuriou:
| as the indigested food soon enters into fer
mentaton and putrifaction takes place. W.
often see in the market poultry of a greenisl
putrid color. 1t must be strong stomach
and not fastidious one that can relish sucl
poultry. 1t used to be the practice anon.
farmers many years ago to force the turkey
intended for thanksgiving to swallow mucl
more than they were willing to swallow by
process which was called "cramming." Thi
was done by forcing dough down the poo
birds throat by the good wife's fingers or b,
some other ramrod.


We once knew tailor in the country VIII,
was anxious to have a very fat turkey TO
thanksgiving, ndhaving purchased sobble
OF one of his customers, he commenced il
good earnest the process OF examining. Ii


drove the process so hard that the crop @
the turkey burst Here was dilemma; bu


this anxious tailor was determined not to b


cheated out Of his thanksgiving dinner b
such a trifiing accident, and SO he got at tn


crop of his fowl and sewed it up. But thl


surgical operation proved fatal to the life


gobbler. And what made the matter wors
Year: 1868

and more annoying his neishbors laughed at
his calamity. This story is no fiction but a
fact Which occurred in one OF the towns of
this country many years ago.


We are inclined to believe that this proce IS
some good degree, and yet there may De some
poultry breeders who practice it now just
before killing. If they do, we tope they
will remember this story OF the tailor and
take warning from il.


AGRICoIA
Year: 1868




-, skSssd3me Roland, the beau
iiful and talented heroine of the French
Revolution, while standing on the scaf-
fold the moment before her head fell
under the guillotine, pointing to statue
of Liberty exclaimed, "Oh, Liberty I
how many crimes have been committed
in thy name p Negro suffrage is crime
against liberty as well as an outrage
against woman. 1t is like giving edge
tools to children, to give suffrage to a
people that do not know how to use it.
The people of the South are under no
obligation to give suffrage to the negro
They never robbed him of it. His ances-
tors never voted in AfE2I, and his
brethren do not vote in Africa to-day.
They were under no obligation to give
him his liberty, because he was slave
in Africa, and the Yankee slave trade
bought him with barlow-knife and a
bottle of rum from his negro King, and
his brethren are slaves in Africa to-day
1t is a political axiom that slavery de-
grades man. Freed by this rule the
negro was not slave when the Yankee
came to liberste him, after selling him to
us less than hundred years ago.


When we bought him, he was only too
removes above brute. He knew how
to kindle fire, and his religion was the
most repulsive superstition. He hewed
out wooden god, and knelt down and
worshipped it, as his brethren do to-day
in Africa. We have elevated him, for we
have civilized him, and learned him the
Christian religion. And to-day a hard
working Tennessee negro is the superior
Year: 1868

discretion of the court, which said as
sessment shall be made in the following
manner to-wit: When the Sheriff or other
officer, shall return his alias cdpias,
showing that said defendant is an inhab-
liant of said county, in part or in whole,
and that the citizens thereof have failed
or refused to arrest said defendant, which
every citizen is hereby authorized to do
and perform. said court shall otcRF sea
ia. to issue to the proper officer to make
known to the Chairman, Judge or other
presiding officer of the County Court, to
appear and show cause why final judg-
ment should not be entered up accord
ingly; which, if any County Court fails
or refuses to do and perform, any Judge
in vacation shall grant n,andomus to
compel said County Court to assess and
collect said assessment, to be paid into
the State Treasury, for the benefit of the
school fund; proUided, said assessment
shall not be made if the Sheriff or other
officer upon the return of the original,
or alas writs, show cause why the same
can not be executed, which may g. S
Year: 1868

Seven summers had smiled on that noble head,
And kissed that fair young brow,
And the soft winds loved with those curls to play
As buds amid leafy boughs.
There was promise and hope in that clear blue eye
There was truth in that guilclcss heart
And the gentle spirit-all sweetly told


That the mother had done her part.
Every plant had been watered with holy tears,
And nurtured with pious care,
Until vigorous sanctifed, bless d and cmbalmed
BY that sainted mothers prayers.
She bcheld with delight the unfolding leaves,
The expanding flower within,
The pure young soul in its fragile cell,


But free from the stain of sin.
"Oh Father in Heaven" the mother cricd
ooh spare me my precious boy
If it be Thy will that he yet may live,


My darling, my pride, and joy"
"Thou only knowest that love, which gives
To n mothers heart the power
To bridge the chaos of weary nights


With the vigls of sleepless hours"
Thou only seest the anxious watch,


And nearest the constant prayer
For strength, submission, and hope at the last
That may behold him There.''
And the Angel came that long, long night
And the Reaper stood close by
With his sickle, to gather that sweet young flower
To perfume the courts on high
In that mothers arms the sufferer lay,


With his wan lips, pale and thin,
Just parting to aid the spirits flight


From the pearly gates within.
Still as the grave was that chamber of DEATH
As the mother called to her dead,
For her ears had caught the last whisp ring breath
" Street Mother''-'twas all he said


Odessa, Del. June, 1868.
Year: 1868

ment." In answer to this l have on
ly to say that a tax levied directly up
on the coupon Is simply an abatement
of interests, aud that result can be
reached in a better and more satislac-
tory and more honorable way. The
determination manifested by this Con-
gress and by the great Republican
Convention at Chicago to maintain
the national faith has already worked
a large appreciation in the value of the
bonds, and with the strengthening of
our credit, which results from an
honest and high-toned policy, we will
speedily be able to fund our debt on
a lower scale of interest, running
down to five, four and half, and ul-
tlmately to four per cent. per annum.
Should we proceed, however, in vio-


lation of good faith and Of the uniform


practice Of civilized nations, to hold


back part Of the stipulated interest


instead of eifecting an honorable ex-
change of bonds to the mutual adj


vantage of the Government and the
public creditor, we should only pun
ish ourselves, produce calamitous re-
suits in the business world, and per-
manentlysinjure our national fame.


sTo withhold one per cent. of the


interest under the plea Of a national tax
this year might be followed by with


holding two per cent. next year and
three per cent. the year ensuing. To
enter upon such policy would pro-
duce alarm at home widespread dis


trust abroad, for every man holding
a bond would have to count his rate
Of interest not on what was stipulated
in the contract, but on what might be
the will and caprice of Congress in its
annual Withholding of portion of the
interest under the pretense of a tax.
Under such a policy our bonds would
be returned upon MS from Europe
with panic-likc rapidity, and the drain
upon our specie resources would pro-
ducc an Immediate and disastrous
crisis in monetary circles. IF even
onc-half our bonds held in Europe
were suddenly sent homo it would
drain lis of two hundred and fifty mil
lions of specie, and the financial dis
tress throughout the length and breadth.
Of the land would be beyond calcula-
ton or imagination. And yet that is
the precise result involved if we
should follow the policy advocated by
those who urge us to tax the coupon
and withhold one or two per cent.
Of the interest. Let us reject such
connscls, and adhere to the straight
forward course dictated alike by good
policy and good faith. And let us
never forget that in the language of
the Chicago platform, ''the best policy
to diminish our burden of debt is to
so improve our credit that capitalists
will seek to loan us money at lower
rates ofintercst than we now pay, and
must continue to pay, so long as repu-
diation, cithcrp partial or total, open or
covert, is threatened or suspected"
Year: 1868

The President returned the Electo-
raj College bill to the Senate on the
Goth, with his objections. 1t is the
old cry of "the Union never divided"
and another bid for Revolution. His
argument is childish, making it very
evident that he fast approaches his
dotage, sans everything. The Senate
repassed the bill over the Presidents
veto by a vote of 35 to 8. In the
House the veto message was passed by
a strict party vote, without debate.
1t was only one hour and half going
through both Houses.
Year: 1868

There is evidently a strong feeling
in the country in favor of paying the
debt in greenbacks; even in the Re
publican party are found some who
advocate this. The people are in an
unsettled, uneasy condition. They
have not thought enough on the sub
ject to make up their minds fairly. 1t
would be best if this question were
not decided in the heat of a political
campaign, but left to the sober deci-
sion of the Supreme Courts. To eve
ry question there is moral side, and
we propose to look for while at that
side of reputation.


Unfortunately, we have not now
any "greenbacks" about us. But if
we understand the subject, these notes
declare on their face that they are re-
deemable in gold, and also that the
interest on certain bonds is paid with
gold. Now, so far as we know, the
nation gave its unqualified consent to
the issue of these bonds. 1t was also
the original spirit, as well as letter of
the law,to thus pay theinterest on these
notes. This much, then, is fairly es-
tablished-to refuse to pay the bonds
in gold would be a violation of the
given pledge, breaking of the spirit
and letter of the law by which they are
issued. You may call reputation by
whatever name you please, but looking
at it in moral light, it is nothing but
DISHONESTY. The case is precisely
similar to that of merchant refusing
to pay the interest on a note given for
goods, in the money he had pledged
himself to pay it in.


A nation is made up of individuals,
and while it is true that the character
of the nation will be directly as the
character of the individuals composing
it, it is also true that the character of
the individuals is measured by the
character of the nation. Therefore, if
we as a nation, show ourselves to be
dishonest, it will prove that we are
dishonest as individuals. If as a ma
ton we refuse to pay an honest and
honorable debt, how can we individ-
ually pay an honest debt? Where
will be all the obligations, that are
held sacred, by even heather nations,
if we adopt Reputation? Mark our
words, if the time ever comes when
our public faith is broken, then our
private faith will go to the winds as
well. What security could we give to
other nations if we repudiate our debt?
If we wish to purchase land from
them, and would offer them annual
payments with interest in gold, would
they not say-you proved dishonest
with yourselves, and we will not trust
you? Would we not at least earn the
title, given to the ancient Carthage
mans, of "treaty-breakers" We know
not how soon our government may be
under the necessity of asking for an
other loan. If we repudiate, where
would we get it? Who would rely
upon our word, and trust their money
on our promises, however solcmnly
given? Even barbarians would point
the finger of scorn at us, and say, stop
sending us the Bible, heal thyself.


No Christian can advocate Repudid-
ton. 1t is directly opposed to every
principle of Christianity, and to every
system of morality in the universe.


This is but one view of the subject.
We will speak further upon it.


Fy-D
Year: 1868

$50 far as the state Of New York Is
concerned'says the New York Haud,
1--WE have no doubt that her fifty thou
sand majority cast last year for the
Democratic ticket will be entirely
wiped out next November, and that
the State will go about the same num-
ber the other way"