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Year: 1868

At Demopolis, Ala, six or sew
en- freedmen made speeches on
last Saturday, which show that
they are beginning to see their on
ly true interests, and that the
carpet-baggers are not worth much
to them as friends. We extract
the account which the New Era
gives of the speech of uncle San
dy Cameron, who gave the fnishs
ing touch, as follows:


He told them that he was born
in the South--that he was South
ern man, and that the Southern
men were his friends. He had
vet to learn of any good to. the
black man that could come from
these Yankee peddlers in secret
politics. The Southern man had
never lied to him or deceived him
when he was a slave, nor since
he was free. That God had put
him and the Southern man here
upon the same soil, and they
must either stand or fall together.
The old man gave them a scath-
ing rebuke for being blindly hitch
ed in by set of adventurers who
had only leagued themselves to-
gether as kind of ladder on
which they could climb into Of
fee; and wound up by saying that
she had rather be lathered with
aquafortis and shaved with a
handsaw, or live on pills hewed
out with broad-ax than to be
left in the hands of such set of
scallawags. Uncle Sandy evin-
ced an unusual intelligence and
acumen for man of his color,
without previous advantage, and
we would not be afraid to pit him
against the carpet bagger OF the
batch. Long may his gray hairs
and long finger wave to point his
people to the truth and their best
interest. We would advise the
radical scrub stock who are put
into this race to steer clear OF
Uncle Sandy. He knows too
much to be fooled with.
Year: 1868

REMEDY FOR LIGHTNING STROKES,
"A human being struck by light
ming is, in SO cases out of 100,
placed beyond relief; but a human
being affected by the conclusion
of such a stroke can be saved, ~
cases outof 100by reactionary rem.
edies. such as the rapid dashing OF
cold water over the victim, and
the application of friction. Every
man and woman should constantly
bear these facts in mind. The
means for this remedy are always
at hand, SO that those in the house,
on the highway, in the field, in
the workshop, everywhere where
lightning reaches the earth to at
feet mankind, the remedy for its
terrible influence can always be
commanded.
Year: 1868

The first time / struck up the
variations, a haggard, care-worn,
cadaverous old man walked into
my room and stood 'beaming upon
me a,smile of ineffable happiness.
Then He placed his hand upon
my head, and. looking devoutly
aloft he said with feeling JUNCTION,
"God bless you'll fer you have
done beyond all praise. For years
/ have suffered from an incurable
disease, and knowing that my
doom was sealed and / must die,
| have striven with all my power
to resign myself to my fate, but
in vain-the love of life was too
strong within me. But heaven
bless you, my benefactorl for since
1 heard you play that tune and
those variations, / do not want to
live any longer-I am entirely
resigned-I am willing to die-in
fact l am anxious to die" And
then the old man fell upon my
neck and wept flood of happy
tears. / was surprised at these
things, but 1 could not help CIV
ing the old gentleman a parting
blast, in the way of some peculia-
ry lacerating variations, as he
went out of the door, They douh-
led him up like jack knife, and
the next time he lett his bed of
pain and Suffering, he was all
right in metallic coffin"
Year: 1868

A pilgrim to my country's grave,


/ trod the plains that saw her die;
Where rolled the battles dark red wave,
In days and years now long gone by;
Where heroes fell in CORY heaps


Where northward sweptthe battles roar
There wherea silent army sleeps,


tIod the plain Istruggled Ger.
And thoughts would rise within my breast,
OF those who struggled at my side,
Now in their last and dreamless rest,


Or scattered round me far and wide;
While l upon this followed soil


A lone and weary traveller stood,
Where breast esbreast with useless toll


We kept our freedom with our blood.
The mountains are the same; the same
Are those green woods and evening skies
call on each remembered name


Ilistened-there are no replies.
1t is dream, those four long years,


Or did we stand the long, long day,
Aud prove mid blood, and dust, and cheers,
That we were here and wore the gray?
In vain in vainl the foeman's rage
Crushed US to earth till low we lay;
But who would have our glorious page
From History volume torn away?
Sudden above the rugged height


The moon rose slowly, large and red,
And by her misty, struggling light
A we'll llknown scene before me spread.
That April morning when we stood,
Calm in our resolute despair,
The grass around US wet with blood
That we had long been pouring there
That single figure clad in gray,


The sword he was about to yield,
The one to take it far away,


Approaching DER the fresh green field.
All rose at once before my sight,


Distinct and sudden, when despair
Came o'er my spirit as blight,


All faded out upon the air.
ItWas no dream. OH proof severe,
Full we'll know that all is DER,
Instructors stern, there is no fear
That should ever think it more.
Oh! hearts that broke and blood that shed
A dewy redness on each field;
OH lonely land that smiling spread
OIL heroes stern, who would not yield
All, all is still No voice hear
Responsive to my longing call,
And now across our country's bier
Dull silence stretches like pail.
Year: 1868

Among the gifts to a newly mar
ried pair at a town in New Jersey
the other evening, was a broom
sent to the lady, accompanied with
the following sentiment:


"This triaing gift accept from me,


It's use would commend;


In sunshine use the brushy part,


In storms the other end"
Year: 1868

development of au extraordinary power


OF running on with talk of certain sort,


not very exalted in quality, but quite I'M


limited in amount. This running on fac


ulty-as enjoyed by the ladies of crea-
tion-is certainly worth of notein treat
lse such as this. Its possessors are a
class apart, and are more numerous than


might be supposed. They seldom leave
OFF or make pauses in their talk, bnt
rather link together the different sections
OF their monoloyue with words of uncer-
tain meaning, Or repititions of something
already spoken, apparently with the ob-
Ject OF getting time in which to collect
new ideas. or else of preventing any one
else from taking advantage of a lt4use to
cut in. This running on capacity is not
without value in its way, even as it is ex-
hibited in those who are unable to keep
it III order, and to regulate it duly;
while, as to others. who possess, in com
with this gift, certain other gifts
of intelligence and discretion, it may be
said of any society which includes such
persons within its limits, that it may be
on possessing all that can
most completely ornament and enliven
it.-COrHhW 1uagd-ine.
Year: 1868

The estimation of the expenses of the
War Department for the year ending
June, 1869, rs they came from under the
hand of the Radical candidate for Pres
ident, were upwards of $4,000, 900
Gen. Grant was then Secretary Of War
ad interim, and his name is affixed to the
report enclosing them. This Radical
party is, therefore, in double sense re-
sponsible for them. 1t has not only leg
islated so as to make this extravaganza
necessary, but its chosen chief reported
them to the Congress which sought to
place him above the Executive, and vet.
eXtravagant as are these estimates for
the military arm of the Government in
time of peace, they fall below the actual
expenses of the War Department as met
month by month from the Treasury of
the United States. In recent able
speech by Mr.. Tilden, of New York, he
reproduced the following figures, obtain
ed from the Treasury Department. Tax
payers, look at them, and remember,
that the burden is yours, and imposed
on you by your representatives. Oppo-
nents of standing army, observe that
your War Department costs you more
than that of the British Empire. Friends
of economy, mark how the ruinous poll
cy of Congress has kept the cost of the
military up at IN average Of elecen mil
lions a month.


These tables should set every producer
in the land seriously to thinking, and his
thought should be followed by his act
for the men who thus squander the
public money with prodigal hand should
be swept from power by the unanimous
voice of the people whose trust they have
1 so betrayed:


Payments at the Treasury on account of


the service Of the War DepertlaeRt
from January 1, 1867, to March 81
1865:
Year: 1868

1t now seems probable that the attempt to
oust Mr.. G. j. Brydges from his post as man
ager of the Grand trunk Railway will fail.
His administration of the affairs of the road
has been very unpopular in Canada, and his
appointment on the Commission OF the Inter
colonial does not meet with favor; but he has
the warm side of the English directors. The
Toronto Globe pettishly remarks:
The management OF great railway like
the Grand Trunk, was too much for Mr..
Bridges when he had nothing else to do.
What will be the result when he has the
building of the Intercolonial Railway to man
age? 1t is a bad thing for the Dominion to
have the Grand Trunk Manager on the In
tercalonial Railway Commission, but it is
equally bad for the Grand Trunk sharehold-
Year: 1868

The representatives from the various prov
inces of the Dominion are just now holding a
conference at Ottawa, the object of which is
to devise an immigration policy that shall in
some measure atone for the neglect this sub
ject has hitherto met with. Not one quarter
of the thousands of emigrants who arrive at
Quebec remain in the country; and many of
those who have settled generally in year or
two move to the United States, mostly on ac-
count of iliberal regulations, which give to
the settler no i4ducement and afford him no
protection. The Canadians have at last
thought it worth tfeir while to give the ques-
ton some attention, and the Dominion will
no doubt appear in the European market
making bids for emigrants, while the existing
laws will be so modified as to make it more
desirable tor foreigners to settle in the coun-
Year: 1868

The people of this section have been peculiarly blessed with abundant crops of all kiads tue year nov nearly past, and

 arc entering ucw year even, i not full

 handed. With this favorable state of affairs enterprises that could only be

 talked of before may now be put on foot

 and practically carried out. We have

 had h contemplation many Improvements to be made On.the Citizen, but have not

 received that sulstsntissr encoara cement

 that wosld justify ss in making the nec

 eSsary oatiAy. During the past year we extended macy fsvoss to our patrons 6y

 -ending out our paper and doing other

 ~mk on . credit. . large proportion 2.

 which we have not yet been raid for 1

 large number ef our Friends labor under 'hs mistaken idea tl,sa ths subscription to a paper h uot due until sfer the ,ia,e has fully expired. This k | very grave erros, that <, |, seriously affects us. as ss have to pay for labor aad material each week cr tho work dees not go on 1t is very plain. then, that in order to publish . good paper the subscription price should bo paid in advance to place means ia the hsnds of the publisher to fulfill his part of the contract. We have not issued as good paper this year as we could have wished. from the fact that we had svsrythins out, and could not make the Improvements we desired to. The coming year we expect to give more readable paper, ss ws in tend to adopt and strictly adhere to rig orous cash system, which NC think is best for sll parties concerned. The patron will not then be expecting dun or the pat ronixed want for the means of performing his engagements. We have found by ex- perience that we cannot do business any other way aud be successful.

 With the commencement of the new year we have new ana great inducement to offer our farming, friends to subscribe for the Citizen We propose to furnish the Citizen and the American Stock Journal together for the small sum oi two dollars and fifty cents. The Ameri can Stock Journal is one of our best agri- cultural exchanges, and contains thirty two pages of printed matter. It's sub scription price is one dollar per annum By this combination the subscriber can get good family newspaper filed with choice miscellaneous and news matter, and d splendid agricultural paper for us little o, less than the cost of most papers published in the State. Clubs can be made up to have the papers separately if so desired; that is, for every new sabscrl- Der to the Citizen we will have the Jour nal sen. to any address that may be given. We would likeito hear from as many of our friends as possible during the month of January,.>o that their time with the Journal will commence with 2 new volume.
Year: 1868

D0- Everybody tries to fad the cheap est house when they want ta buy goods, and Wells < Coll propose to sell dry goods cheaper than any other house 'n Memphis. We believe they will do wha' they say and advise cur friends to give them trial They will be found at .67 Main street.
Year: 1868

General Candy has authorized the organi'
cation of an armed police force in four coun.
ties of North Carolina, to consist of loyal
whites and blacks, in the ratio of the number
Of registered voters. 5, l..4i,-1 ..r,a, H.


Of the particular circumstances which have
led to. the Issuing Of this order, we know moth.
ing whatever, but they, cannot well have been
such as to warrant proceeding that gives the
negro the control of the white man in every
district where the blacks have the registered
majority. 1t is hard and painful enough to
bear the constant idleness and pilfering Of
the country freedmen; il is harder to hear in
silence that black loyal leaguers have become
highway robbers, and have deliberately tired
into q car filled with sleeping passengers 1t
would be impossible to endure the tyranny
that might be expected from negro police
who, proud of their little brief authority, could
use their position for every purpose OF inso-
lence, violence and wrong.


The establishment of negro police will do
more to breed deadly enmIty between the
whites and the blacks than years of military
despotism. This people had rather see
white United States soldier at every street
corner, and at every house door, than he at
the mercy of the caprices of an ignorant ne.
gro who is talked at, preached at, and writ
ten at, until he is persuaded that he is OF right
the master of creation and the appointed ru-
Ter of this Southern country. Negro police
will not produce security, or justice, or peace;
they will not encourage friendly feeling or
assist our reconstruction. On the contrary,
thew will excite uneasiness, horror and alarm;
and will be the fruitful and perpetual source
of fighting and bloodshed.


This the colored peor,e themselves can un-
derstand. They know, as we'll as we do know,
that iais plan can never secure to them the
civil privileges of which they are so proud ;
they know, better, perhaps, than General
Candy eau, know, that such movement
would be ruinous to their most valued In
terests. :.


Nisa mockery to say that the loyal police
organization shall not be used for personal
or partisan purpose. The negro is a tool in
the, bai ds ol the politician, and is used or
abused as best serves the need Of the ruling
party. He has not the Judgment or discre'
ton to enable him to act with impartial IN.
dependence, and, whether as loyal armed
policeman, or loyal Lacquer, will be govern
ed by prejudice and passion. su.., !,


Esrhesily and sincerely it is hoped that
South Carolina may bespared the painful hu-
initiation which has fallen upon our sister
State. IF attempted here, it will bring about
host of troubles !; it will array white, against
black and race against race; it will inaugu,
rate a carnival Of crime that General Candy
with all the troops at his command, may ind
| It difficult to check and impossible to control
Charleston News.
Year: 1868

A HORRIBLE FRAUD.-The st. Louis cor
respondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer says:


There is no telling the ways that men,
greedy for gain, will not avail themselves of
To advance their fortunes, especially during
and since the war, as men have been found
willing and anxious to sell soul and COINCIDENCE
for little filthy lucre. A few days since an
accident occurred which very forcibly illus
trates this. An Irishman was employed to
dig up and remove some of the bodies of
Union soldiers in the Wesleyan Cemetery Of
this city. In lifting the cofiins he thought
they seemed unusually hollow in their sound,
and opening some of them found that. no
bodies had ever been placed in them at all,
nothing but planks or square blocks of wood.
The mystery to the honest Hibernian was
great, but when it was told him that Union
soldiers were buried by: contrastl the under
taker receiving SO much per eotfip, and that
the bodies could Be sold ct g handsome profit t
to some medical college, the doubt rwaso at
once once removed, and the, avenue to large
fortune Immediately disclosed, This was
only one of HE seys that the war made men
| rich. .'''' :
Year: 1868

Now is the time to try the fol
lowing experiment that we find in
an exchange:


Take corn, when in a good
state for cooking, clean off all the
silk or unsound grains, and cut off
the tips from the ears. Place
them in clean boiling water to
which a little salt has been added,
and keep them boiling until nearly
done. Take them out and cut the
grains off, taking care to leave the
entire cob uncut. Then put the
corn out to dry in the sunshine,
spread about half an inch, (stirring
up occasionally for three days,
when it will be found as hard and
sound as ripe corn. Bag up and
store away in a dry place. 1t will
keep for any length of time, and it
is almost if not quite as good as
that gathered from the green stalk
in summer, and is prepared for the
table i'll the same manner that
green corn is. sa
Year: 1868

"No dogs admitted, sir" said


the porter to q gay assemblage, as


a young man and his dog, appear
ed at the entrance.


"You must leave him behind,


if you go in."


"Very WELL" said the young


man; "stay about here, Prince, till


l come back" And he Joined
the crowd within. By and by
the young man wished to refer
to his watch, When, behold!
the chain had been snapped in
two and the valuable timepiece
was gone. He considered the
case a moment, and then sudden
thought flashed through his mind.
So, stepping out, he whispered the
fact to the porter, and gained per.
mission to take the dog in a min
ute or two.


"Look here, Prince" said he,
"you knowing dog, my watch is
stolen" and he showed him the
pocket and cutchain. .'Do
you understand, old follow? In
there is the thief You find it,
my good doggie, and I'll get you
q famous treat. You understand.
do you'll"


Prince wagged his tail, and gave
his master very knowing and
cute look, and then the two stole
quietly into the place. Quietly
the dumb detective glided around
the people, smelling away
1T this ones coat and that ones
chain, until at last he set his teeth
FIRMLY into the coat skirt of a.gen-
.eel looking man, and could not
be shaken off.


The young man quietly made
Known the case to the by-standers,
Who gathered around him,
md had the thief's pocket du-
y searched. Six other watches
we're found upon him, which he
lad gathered up in the course of
he morning, and which the right.
ul owners were glad to get their
lands on.


Prince selected out his masters
in a twinkling, as that
vas all he cared for, and gave it
o him joyfully. 1t would have
AIKEN a very keen policeman to
o work SO neatly and quickly,
nd all agreed he merited as good
dinner as dog could have. A
ood beef bone and bowl of milk,
owever, abundantly satisfied all
is wants, and then he was just as
eady to do the same favor over
gain.
Year: 1868

A French Priest has discovered
that alum is remedy for snake
poison. A girl Of his parish was
bitten by a venomous reptile. In
ten minutes she was in convulsions,
and lost the power Of speech. He
dissolved lump of alum the, size
of a pigeons egg in large glass of
water, and gave it all aton Vom-
iting then set in, and more alum
water was administered, until at
the end of an hour and a half, af-
ter taking in all lump Of alum
the size of a hens egg, the patient
began to recover. I
Year: 1868

A Richmond correspondent
mentions as a sign of progress in
Virginia, that nobody was amazed
in the Convention the other day
when Ga very black member call
ed apage to him and sent to one
of the leading white members for
"chaw of tobakker," which was
courteously sent in from a ten
cent plug. Black gentleman "bit
Off a big quid and sent the re-.
mainder back"
Year: 1868

The Board of Cotton Factors of
Nashville have resolved on re-
duction Of the rate of storage on
censignments to so cents per bale
other commissions to be the
same as collected elsewhere, except
that mending will be charged for
only when actually done.
Year: 1868

Thirty life insurance companies
in New York have in force two
hundred and six thousand nine
hundred and sixty-six policies, in
suring the immense aggregate of
six hundred and twelve millions
seven hundred and twenty-one
thousand four hundred and thirty
one dollars.
Year: 1868

tne pafentS. he Iounu Inc couple


were at the Kirby, andrequesting
!. the two parents to make themselves


as comfortable as they could, he
| paid them visit. He found them


both somewhat frightened as the
hours j drew near to hear from


home, but he found them both


sensible people, who really loved


each other, and who would not


have taken the step they did had


they not felt it necessary to In


sure their happiness. He found,
too, that they were marrled-tied


together strong and fast, and that


all the indignant fathers in the


world could not unite them; and


he concluded that he would not


prevent their happiness, even if


he could. He talked to the coup


lie who appeared more than ever
frightened when they learned


their parents had really come,
and he gave them some good ad-
vice. Then he came out to find


both men ready to rush in and
claim his own.


''Hold on" he said, "you have
left this thing to me. You, sir,
will go in frst," and he directed
the short man. r.


The short man went in. He
was gone just thirty minutes,
while the tall man paced the hall
nervously. When the short man
came out, he was not half SO ex-
cited as when he went in. He
said nothing, however. The tall
man paid his visit, but at the end
of five minutes he came out more
excited than ever. The short
man stepped up and reached out
his hand, but the tall man turned
away disdainfully and stalked out
Of the house. Then the couple
came, the young man happy, and
the bride. weeping, Both threw
their arms about the short mans
neck, and all tried to laugh.


We know not what had so
changed the short mans mind at
the interview, but it was very ev-
ident he had been changed. There
is no doubt pleading from the
son, and a few tears from the
daughter had worked his repen-
tance. 1,'.s


''It was a scurvy trick you
played on us" he said |; ''both of
you deserve a whipping. l was
an old fool, though, to stand in
your way, for | might have known
you would have beat me. Ididn't
know you loved each other So
You, young rascal, have got a bet
ter wife than you deserve, and if
you don't make her happy, I'll
break every bone in your body;
md you, my daughter, as l sup
pose | must call you, mind, no
more tears. I'll make your faith
,r reconcile himself to the situa-
ion; or if he is stubborn and won't,
I'll be all the father you want"


To-day the three returned to
chicago, the short gentleman as
lappy as any in the lot.
Year: 1868

There is man in Marlboro /,
Mass, who some years since lost
.his right eye by disease. and a
son lost bis right eye by accident
ally running a fishing pole into it,
and within a few days another son
has lost his right eye by a splint
from lathe mill where be was at
work.
Year: 1868

In England, lately, the same
flash of lightning that rendered a
soldier totally blind, restored the
sight of woman who had been
deprived Of her sight for eight
years. verify, the freaks Of the
electric fluid this year are worthy
of a history by themselves. 9ia