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Year: 1868

Children, sometimes after planting seed,
dig it up to see if it has commenced to grow
The seed by being disturbed never sprouts,
and all gain from it is lost. Depositors
sometimes take their money from the Saw
ings Bank to see if they cannot make more
of it by some other means, and failing to do
SO they return it. By withdrawing it they
lose the interest for six months.


A tree grows very slowly. You cannot
see it grow. Still it does grow. So with
your deposits. The increase seems at first
very small. But it is great deal more
rapid than you suppose. Any sum at COM
pound interest will double itself within
twelve years.


BE patient then. Let what you have al
ready deposited remain, if possible, and
add as many small sums to it as you can.
Year: 1868

In settling up their contracts last winter
the colored people, in many instances, were
surprised that so large an amount had
been charged against them by the planters
for provisions and wearing apparel fur
nished them. This surprise has been occa-
stoned by their inability to keep their own
accounts, or to read the accounts kept by
their employers. In some cases. We fear,
the laborer has been defrauded. Some en-
ployers have been base enough to take ad-
vantage of the ignorance Of the laborer to
cheat him. But even when the account has
been correctly kept, the amount has run up
faster than the poor laborer supposed.
Now, were he able to read and write, and
keep his own accounts, he would have
known all along just how his account stood,
and there would have been no disappoint-
ment.


From this you see the need of education,
and the Importance of attending the schools
which are now open, especially the night
schools for those who cannot attend during
the day. You also see the necessity for
educating the children, so that they will
be able, when grown, to manage their own
business matters. And to do this properly
you need to save your money. Education
is worth to your children more than money.
Year: 1868

But it cannot be obtained without money
to support and clothe them while at school.
Besides, it will not be long before you will
be obliged to support your own schools and
pay your own teachers. For this you will
need money. And to be prepared FOR this
you must begin now to save all the money
you can. Provide for your family good
substantial clothing and wholesome food,
but don't buy anything that is not neces-
sary for health and comfort. Mere orna-
ments, or dress merely for show, are not
needed, and you can make much better
use of your money.
Year: 1868

The amount Of money paid to colored
soldiers by the chief diebursing officer Of
the Freedmens Bureau in Washington, for
the month of April, 1868, was 1929, ,836.78.
A very large proportion Of this money our
Bank has been able to place in the hands
of the owners, and they in turn have de-
posted goodly share Of the money in the
Bank for safe-keeping, where it will draw
interest BY looking at our report Of de-
posits at Vicksburg, the reader may readily
see that good portion Of this bounty
money has been placed in our vaults, where
in due time it will be returned to the owner
with interest.
Year: 1868

People often waste time because they dc
not know how to save it, or how to use it.
The day and the year are Of the same length
to US all but to look at what some contrive
to do in day or year, one would think they
had more time allowed them than other
people have, or that they knew how to live
without sleep. The secret is, that they
never waste any time; they do not pass
half an hour in doing nothing, because half
an hour is not an hour; and few half hours
put together almost make day.


There are very few people now in the
world who would wish you not to read and
write, but some there are who would
rather see you idling about, or stand
ing at the corner of the street, than reading
a book; and these people are sure to say
that you cannot find time to read a book.
They fancy that if you learn to like read
ing, you will soon dislike to work.


Ifyou spend your time we'll, you save
your character, you save your money, and
you save your health; you save all the COM
forts you wish to enjoy you save your wife
and your little children from starvation,
and cold, and beggary; aud if you should
fall sick, you will find you have saved your
friends, because you have saved your good
character.


Ifyoulook aroundyo and see fine houses,
farms, beautiful carriages and horses, shops
filed with valuable goods-all these things
have been procured by money but money
itself was procured by labor, directed by
knowledge. Whoever knows best what to
do and how to do it, will in most cases get
the most wealth.


The great difference between honest men
and knayes is not in the things they desire,
but in the means they take to obtain them.
There is the same difference between wise
men and fools; and many man is dishon,
est because he is foolish, or rather no man
who is wicked can be called wise.


Now, education has for its chief objects
the teaching of men how to attain prosperity
or at least independence, by honest means
and those who object to education are com.
monty found to object to mems indepenG'
ence, and to doubt the honesty of evey man
who is free to act as he chooses.


Working Mans Companion.
Year: 1868

a deposit of 68 millions of dollars. If this
money were to be equally distributed in
that State, it would give every person about
$40.


If every person among. the colored peo-
pie of the United States were to deposit in
this bank, in the same proportion as the
people Of Massachusetts do in theirs. our
deposits would reach one hundred and SIC
ty millions Of dollars. This is a vast
sum. But suppose every one Of the colored
people Of the South were to deposit only
one dollar in the Bank-that would make
four millions of dollars. There is no good
reason why the deposits Of this bank should
not reach ten millions within the next five
years Let every one who reads this, de-
termine to practice economy; carefully
save small sums, deposit every Saturday
night, and the result will soon be Such de-
posts as we have mentioned in the banks
Of New York and Massachusetts,


AN 1NDUCEMENT TO DEPOSIT.-lt should
be an inducement to all persons now de-
posting with US to bring in others. What
they have already in will yield greater
interest to them just as the deposit grows
larger. Thus it will cost no more to run
this Bank with it's branches when the de-
posit may have reached fee mallioRdoUarS,
than now when it is only about sln hundred
and fifty thousand. But the interest from
five million dollars in United States bon Is
at six per cent. would be $500, 900, while
from our present fund it is say, $40, 900.
While the latter only fairly pays our ex-
penses, the former would, besides, yield a
princely amount to be returned to depos-
itors in dividends.
Year: 1868

to do with their right 10 publish the


evidence in the trial pending. Our cor


respondent, as did Judge CHAPMAN,


also falls to designate the boundary


line beyond which the publication of


testimony becomes a crime. IF a loafer


has a right to sit in the courtroom,


hear all the evidence, aud then go


and proclaim it to all be meets
aad this right seemed to be con-


ceded by the Judge-why hadn'
reporter the same right. If 1t IS not
wrong TO iamiIiarize a dozen or twenty
persons. who do not attend the trials,
with the evidence, how IS it wrong to
convey the same information to a
hundred or a thousand? Ia other
words, what is the number to whom
the evidence may be safely intrusted?
AS we said before, Judge CHAPMAN
failed TO designate this boundary line,
and our correspondent seems 30 be
equally ignorant as to It's locality.
The truth is, so long as our courts are
kept open to the public. we do
not see how aug Judge can we'll pre-
vent newspapers from publishing
their proceedings.


We notice that Mrs. CLEM's
attorneys urged the suppression of
the printed evidence in her ease on
the ground that it would materially
damage the other parties who are also
charged with the murder for which
she is on trial. This is a concession
on their part, it strikes Us, most dam
aging to their client. Il the testi-
mony in her case acquits her, as they
claim, of all connection with the
murder, it cannot jeopardize the other
parties implicated, and its publica-
ton would work them no harm.
Year: 1868

ALTHOUGH the controversy be-
two IN Judge CHAPMAN, Of the In
dianapolis Criminal Court, and the
papers oe that city terminated last
week, and the papers were allowed to
publish in full the evidence in the
case of Mrs. GLEN, we do not regard
it inappropriate to print this morning
a communication from one of our
lawyers, on this subject. Our CORES
pondent sustains Judge CHAPMAN in
his ruling against che papers, and as
he seems to be the only one who has
manifested disposition to do so, we


the more cheerfully give him a hear
ing. Like the distinguished Judge,
our correspondent also INDUCES in
sundry insinuations and sneers at
the industry which newspaper men
put forth to get the latest and
most reliable news, regardless of its
locality or character, and expresses
the fear that the privacy Of family
fresides are no longer safe from their
prying curiosity. The trouble with
Judge CHAPMAN was, he attempted
to sustain an unpopular decision by
sneers and innuendoes as to the mo-
tives actuat1ng newspaper publishers,
in their efforts to obtain and print the
news that the people were most anx-
ions TO read. Our correspondent
commits a similar mistake. The mo-
lives of the publishers have nothing
Year: 1868

A St. Petersburg visitor writes home the
following regarding Peter the Great;


In the palace of the Hermitage" we were
shown large, and as / consider, certainly
the most interesting gallery Of this palatial
museum, entirely devoted to the reminiscent
ces OF him. Here, too. are several work
benches and many tools used by him some Of
them-squares, cornpasses, levels-not infe=
rlor to the Instruments of modern times
There Is a colossal stand desk of his con-


struction here-collossal for men of ordinary
size, whose heads scarcely reach the place
where he was wont to rest his elbows for he
was giant in stature as we'll as in intellect,
nearly seven feet in hight. Every way he
was Peter the Great. There he sits repre-
sented In wax, in an enormous chair of his
own manufacture, the figure clbthed in q
court dress of faded brocade, that he was &C.
customed to wear. He must have been man
OF ine proportions, but if this is correct
representation of his features they were not
prepossessing. His hands, that had done 30
much hard work, were small and delicate.
and his feet which could not be otherwise
than true to nature, as they wore his shoes.
were apparently too small for the support of
so large frame. His state carriage is there
"a cumbrous affair, without top, with seat
behind the driver, not unlike the modern
drosky. There are also shown many of his
watches, canes, and snuff boxes. It would
require columns to enumerate and describe
all the relics of the great emperor to be found
in the gallery alone, and much more snaee To
partlculari2e the arches, statues, paintings
and other memorials Astounding elsewhere.
St. Petersburg is full of them One of the most
celebrated of all equestrian statues in the
world of which you have read or heard 40
much, is that standing in the great square of
the cathedral. Its foundation is an Immense
block OF Finnish granite, brought from
Luchta. The length of the rock is forty-three
feet, Its breadth twenty, and its hight four
teen The transportation of such a mass
was no light affair You will remember the
attitude of rider and horse, as represented
by engravlngs and photographs, and from
these you have some idea of the expression.
out you cannot know the whole without the
comprehension OF size. This that gives it its
grandeur must be beheld on the spot You
shouId see the surroundings, likewise-the
magnificent church of st. Issac, before which
the monument stands like a sentry-the wide
square 1t occupies and the Neva with all the
palaces upon Its banks-the great whole over
which the emperor stretches his arm-tbe
proud gleam of his eye-all of this telling in
silent but expressive words the history of
these surroundings and of their author. The
torefeet of the horse are proudly and grace.
fully raised in the air, and under his hind
hoof is crushed an enormous serpent. en-
blematic of the difficulties that have been over-
come. Now you will readily understand
that such an almost speaking image of their
demigod as this, must be regarded bv the
people with great veneration.
Year: 1868

iaeedness that she gave wedding on account
OF the tariff, - 1t will be such help toward
house keeping" she strikngly remarked. -
why, the Queen in Hamlet was a miracle of
delicaey and propriety compared with these
rapacIous young women, and the funeral.
baked meats that coldly furnished forth the
marriage table, were a less hollow feast than
the wedding breakfast of to-day. 1t is an
incredible. fact that ,oedding presents are hired
from the .je,oelers and labeled with the names
OF suppostious relatives, to make up the mel
ancholy display. 1t is horrible sequnce
that policemen should be placed on guard
over the laden tables during the reception
No reprobation could be so severe as the
statement of the fact.


y, girls are you children of Revolution.
airy mothers? Are you daughters and sis
ters, and sweethearts of men who fought our
late battles, and found life other than joke
and sham? Are you akin to the women
who upheld their hands, and nursed them liv-
ing and buried them dead, and can you
make your daily lives a wretched pretence
from maidenhood to death?


II you love man with heart and soul
marry him provided, of course, that he loves
you and asks you). Ii you don't love him,
don't marry him, though you die an old maid
at ninety in the Asylum for indignent Old
Maids. about to be established in Boston,


But let your marriage be simple and quiet
and beautiful aciM love but not money. If
you are poor, do it in the name of honesty
and for the sake of pure conscience And
IN either event, do it as an offering to deli
cacy and the fitness Of things.


1t you have wedding presents, then most
OF them will come because the givers love
you and, flowing, desire,to give the gifts of love-
Treasure them sacredly, but on the wedding
day send them to the bank or hide them in
the back attic, or push them under the bed,
or put them in the refrigerator, or do any,
thing but shake them in the face of the pub
lie and say, " Behold how pleased am with
my rattle, how tickled with my straw"


And after marriage, save something from
Delemonico' S for sea dec bathing and some
thing from Walack's for West street and the
Five Points; and something from Madam
Pinchon for flowers and books, and some.
thing from Stewards for drives in the Park
and you and your special Adolphus will be
much less likely to talk of separate main.
tenance than the wretched Florindas and
Adolphuses who were welded before this
article was written.


And now that know there will be no
more fashionable weddings among the read
ers of the Ledger, l shall 90 to bed and sleep
the sleep of the just.
Year: 1868

A SAD CALAMITY.-From Stockton paper
of yesterday we learn the following:


A little daughter of Louis Hadich, aged
II years, who resides in Hornitos, met with
a horrible death on Wednesday last 1t hap
pened, as we are informed, in this wise She
went to her fathers barn and saddled horse
that was in the stable, took her little sister
up behind her, and started off on pleasure
ride. The little sister was thrown off, and
was found by another sister, who asked her
where the other sister (tbe one who saddled
the horse) was. She replied that the last she
recolleeted was the missing girl hitting the
horse lick with the whip, when the horse at
once bounded away. throwing her off. The
track of the horse was soon found and traces
of blood seen. Following the track of the
blood about two miles, the body of the miss
ing girl was found, terribly mutilated, in fact,
literally torn to pieces, having been dragged
at furious rate over rocks, stumps and bush
es. Portions of the body were mashed to a
jelly. Not thread of clothing was on the
body when found. The accident happened
within half mile of Hornitos.
Year: 1868

Hints FOR wIvEs.-If your husband occa-
sionally looks a little troubled when he
comes home, do not say to him with. an al.
armed countenance, What ais YOU, my
dear p Do not bother him he will tell
you of his own accord, if need be. Don't
rattle q hailstorm of fun about his ears
either-be vbservant and quiet Don't sup
pose whenever he is silent and thoughtful
that you are of course the cause. Let him
alone until he is inclined to talk take ur
your book or your needework pleasantly,
cheerfully, no pouting-no sullenness,) and
wait until be is inclined to be sociable.
Don't let him ever find shirt-button miss
ing. A ehirt button being off a collar or
wristband has frequently produced the first
hurricane in married life. Mems collars
never fit exactly-see that your husbands
are made as well as possible and then, if he
does fret little about them. never mind it !;
men have prescriptive right to fret about
shirt collars.
Year: 1868

Challenges the world to produce anything in the
shape of Medicines that will remove aud eradicate
a Cough or soreness in the Chest, as prompt no
matter what form the disease might assume. Hen
ley's Royal Balsam" is the best Medicine in the
world for Bronchial Pulmonary affections. For
Group Hopping Cough. there is nothing on
earth that can equal it. All motherers and Nurses
ought to have bottle close by them, it will give
a child relief in two minutes. 1t is entirely veg
etable and will prove blessing to the human
family.
Year: 1868

Last Wednesday night number of
the young men of Metamora went on
spree, and proposed to play practical
joke upon the keeper Of the American
House, Mr.. II. r. Hanna. Perhaps The
young men had read of the tricks played
by the callege boys at Yale. until they
had become imbued with the spirit of
the students. At any rate, they resolved
to displace the bell which hung over the
porch in front of the hotel, and about
midnight they went to put their resolu-
tion into practice. A young man-named
Somers was detailed to climb on the
roof and unswing the bell. Joe was
nimble and was soon on the roof, and
the bell was unhung. A wire, however,
attached to the clapper and passing be-
low to the front door of the house, where
it was fastened, was not Observed, and
as Joe ,shouldered the bell, weighing
SO or 60 pounds, and started for
the other. end of the roof. the wire
jerked him backwards. He rolled over
and down the roof, and struck upon his
back upon the ground, having the breath
completely knocked out of him, and be-
ing rendered unconscious for some time.
The. bell fell upon the roof of the porch
and passed through it to the floor below.
The bell was broken and the floor badly
damaged. The falling bell aroused the
sleeping town, and the people sprang
out of bed and hurried to the scene.
Over a hundred were soon assembled,
and the scene beggared description. All
was confusion and excitement. Half
dressed men and boys rushed to the
house under the snpposition that some
great tragedy had been enacted.


As soon as the true state of affairs was
discovered, the populace demanded the
instant examination of the offenders.
None of them could be found, with the
exception of unlucky Joe. who, bruised
and half dead as he was, bravely refused
to inform on his comrades. Joe was
taken before Esquires Kipp and Moley,
and exemined on charge of theft.
Why this charge was preferred, rather
than that of malicious mischief, does not
appear. He was held to bail in the sum
of 5000, to appear at the next term of
the Circuit Court. This done. the good
people af Metamora, relapsed into their
usual tranquil state of mind.
Year: 1868

When the next summer comes with IFS
heat and dust, and languor, and tho tired
spirit fainting by the way, cries out for
the wings of dove, go up to W,
among the hills made sacred TO Nature,
where the hurry and anxiety OF commerce
are unknown, and the silent Sundays are
never broken by the whizzing of machinery,
or defled by its smoke and steam. You
will see no Newport bellies no Belmont
equipages, nor will you he hidden TO any
hops" they don't hop" there--but You
vii be taken into holy, calm rest, such
as the pilgrim found in the chamber that
was called " Peace" II you have toiled
hard enough TO deserve rest, you will find
it in W; if not, you will seek itany-
where in vain.


II is the most silent place in the world
and were il not for the farmer turning his
burrows, or casting, his seed, you might i'm
agine yourself already where Sabbaths
never end" Perhaps il is Only because
Nature reigns with such calm dignity, and
echoes back every sound so loYiEgly, that
W seems silent in comparison with
other places. asia uas t-r


YOnder, in the square pew, sits Deacon
Lee you would know he WAS deacon il
he had not told you. Some men are born
dsacoDs-what pity that seWe SHOULD en-,
ter the heIy Office who are mot Z Deacon
foe was not native of W, but went
there TO till farm left him by an eyed rela;
tive some twenty years ago-about the
time Deacon Bell died, leaving a sad. void
in the church aud parsonage he was
IA pillar in Zion, and strong arm to his
pastor. After seeking long to fill his place
tho mind Of the people united on the new
conner, who by his sOlemnity, piety and
zeal seemed created for the place. lie was
a man of few words, rarely talking; 30 that
the boys called him at first a grum old
man." But they soon changed the opinion;
for he set apart tree Of summer sweetings,
and one of bell pears for their express
benefit, us they went to and from school
and surprised them by fine swing, which
he hung for them in his walnut grove. SO
the verdict Of that and each succeeding
generation OF boys was, that although the
deacon never talked, he was kind aud
genial man, and lover Of children. Every
boy for twenty years back had been his
shepherd, his watclman. or his assistant
farmer; feeling il a high houor to bitch his
horse on Sunday, or TO drive his MANURE
cart on Monday; and all because they saw
through the thick vail OF reserve, the love
that burned and glowed in his heart.


Deacon Lees minister trusted in him,
and tho CHURCH felt hor temporal affairs
safe in hands, aud the world honored his
stern consistency.