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Year: 1869

The National Temperance Conven-
tion, which recently convened in Chi
cago, was not quite harmonious in its
proceedings, and there is ground to
fear that the cause was not advanced in
the public estimation by the action had.
OF course the resolutions adopted con-
tain substantial truth, but the declara-
tion that the temperance men are driven
by an imperative sense of duty, to Or
ganize themselves into a National Anti
Dramshop party, failed to command
the approval of the best minds in the
Convention, and will fail to enlist the
sympathy of the great mass of sober
and patriotic citizens, whose party CO.
operation is indispensable to the sue
cess ofany such movement. As friends
of temperance, and advocates of pro-
hibitiOn, we regard the attempt to form
a political party on this ground as I'm
wise, and we deeply regret the inau.
guration of a measure that will divide
the Counsels of temperance men, and
ALLEVIATE those who ought to join heart
and hand in the grea work of building
up public sentiment in favor of the alb
rogation of drsm-shops by the law of
the State.


We allow others to differ from US,
and shall impute to them no improper
motive in the action they have taken,
but we will not admit them to be bet
ter temperance men, or more srdently
devoted to the doctrine of prohibition,
or more jealous in the advocacy of total
abstinence, than are those of us who
see nothing but evil and defeat in the
third party movement. The conviction
has fixed itself in the minds of many
that this third party experiment is the
bantling Of one of the great political
parties now in existence, and the one
which has never been distinguished for
the advocacy or practice of temperance
principles, and we miss our guess If
the party that has been most vigorous
in opposition to all reforms on this sub
ject does not put itself at once into the
position of foster-parent to this young
est born of the political family. Posi-
bly, we mistake the situation; bat our
confidence in political parties is not
strong enough to save US from fear that
our over. jealous temperance advocates
are in danger of playing cats paw to
somebody's political monkey Western
Christian Advocate.
Year: 1869

| STORY FOR BOYS.


Some months ago, business led me


to an out-of-the-way place, where, near


by fall Of water, there lived two BOYS,


one eight the other ten. They were


brigbt-eyed, inquisitive little chaps


but generally without either hat or
shoes, and often with pants and Jacket
sadly rent.


Busted as was in the repairs Of an
old mill, these boys were handy to send
on errands, bring tools, look after my
horse turned out to bait in the road
and do numberless little things to save
the steps of those who were older.


One day, on reaching the mill, l saw
the Oldest boy standing upon a rock,
partly hidden by the surrounding trees,
fishing, and as often as he felt nibble
he would jerk his line as spitefully out
ofthe water as though he bore the lit
tie fish some terrible grudge, and want
ed to pay it by twitching their heads
off l asked him why he did 80, and
explained as well as was able the best
modes of taking such fish as made the
little brook their home.


After hearing me patiently and re-
speCtfully, he said: sinister, you fish
with hook that has got a beard on it,
and when you hook one he stays. Ny
hook ha'n't got any beard. It's an old
broken one that Liger Green gave me.
| ha'n't got any money to buy a new
one. Mother wants the pennies you
gave me. l like TO fish, like to catch
'em for mother, and have to twich
'em when they bite, or they will wiggls
of, and / shall lose 'em."


/ liked the talk of that boy. He did
not grumble about his old hook, but
did the best he could with what he had
to do WITH and day after day, as saw
him doing it, and taking to bis mother
the reward of his toll which had cost
him so much care and thought and
skill, knew that he was laying with
that alder rod in his hand the founda-
tons of a grand character.


That is the way Horace Greeley be-
gan. He fshed awhile with beardless
hook. His father was very poor, and
he had scarcely any books, aud what he
had he was obliged to read by the dim
light of pine-knots which his own fore
thought had gathered; but he is now
one of the ablest writers, as we'll as one
of the most influential men in America.


And so with John Jacob Astor. He
had no money, or comparatively none,
when he came TO this country, but he
wanted to trade, and so he carried his
little bundle of goods around under his
arm or in his hands. He fished with a
beardless hook. Afterward be bought
turs, and carried them on his back hun
dreds of miles to market, and when he
died he had grown from absoute pow
erty to be the richest man in the coun-
try.


There is scarcely a great man or q
good man on this side of the Atlantic
that did not have tough time in bis
boyhoOd, did not fish with beardIess
hook; and of all the HEARTH AND HOME
boys now in the country, those only
will arrive at eminence who do the best
they can with what they have to do
with; never complain, but push cheer
fully and resolutely on in the path that
leads upward to a noble and good and
grand manhood. Hearth and Home.
Year: 1869




Two beautiful young Creeters as lived
in Green county Kaintucky which their
names ii was Asa Robinson and Fanny
Williams and which was brought up
side by side from the time when they
was first able to paddle in the mud to-
gether and which loved each other
dearly, for well they might for there
never was sweeter creeter than that
Fanny Williams and Asa was fine
young fellow as you could find in the
whole country round and though their
parents they was kind o. hard hearted
like which / don't see how they could
be for they was as well behaved young
people as there was in Green county
but would not let 'sm get married and
the young folks they stood it as long
as they could and then one mig hit Asa
he drove round to Squire Williams
house a horseback and Fanny she
come out aud got up behind him and
they put straight for the Ohio river and
came to Cincinnati here and found old
SURE Mclean and he had not more n
gotten we'll jined in the bonds of we'd
lock afore the old folks they had sent
some fellers after 'em to bring 'em
back, and they got here just in time to
see the Squire say i pronounce you
man and wife and of such is the king
dom of heaven.
Year: 1869

tie rope rooeiyed shock Or JERK q
some kind, and broke. and the "eage
iell With them 20 the bottom, killing
thirtocn instantly. and greatly inJuring
tha others Soch accidents as this are
rare bat every year discovers some
new form Of danger The falling in Of
mine roofs IS constant, and the miner .
blast too often brings down rocks upon
him or bis fellow !aborcu The risks
o! the business, 10 short, are beyond
those Of any other form Of skilled labor,
unless IL be the manufacture Of gun
powder or actnal military service; and
this is doubtless the chief reason why
it is generally paid so literally. II is
true that when all the machinery and
tools are perfect, and all the men in the
mine are thoroughly careful, the work
is as safe as most others But the
slightest imperfection or want Of care
may imperil many lives, and practically
there is always somo danger.


UNCERTAINTY OF COAL VEINS.


The miners work upon the coal is
done when be has blasted il out. Nor
is il left TO him to extend his chamber
according to his own will but the d.
ree!ion and limits Of it are carefully laid
down by the surveyor and engineer CT
the works. The chamber may become
Improbable, from various causes; the
bed Of coal may change its pitch and
begin to tend downwards; or the amount
Of slate may be SO large, or the quality
OF the coal SO poor, or the thickness Of
il so small, that it cannot be worked to
advantage; or mines may come to q
"iault, and lose the bed OF coal entire
ly. In any Of these cases he viii simp-
y report it, and stop work until bet
ter place is found or made for him.
The surveyor, a skilled geologist, is in
demand, in a case Of a fault; and must
carefully examine tho formation Of the
strata exposed, and infer from these, if
possible, where the continuation Of the
viii be found, Sometimes it is broken
of, andlifted up or depressed many feet /,
indeed, at one famou dixie" in an Eng
lish coal field, one edge Of the coal bed
has been lifted up hundreds Of yards
above the other edge, from which it was
broken Off Here, however, the faults"
are generally less extensive; but they
often interfere most seriously with min
ing. For months together, at some
shafts the baffied men Of practical
science have explored aud bored in VAN
to find their lost bed Of coal; and when
found, it is often so crushed and broken
and irregular ae to DO worthlooa for
mining for long distance from the
"fault.'
Year: 1869




The Chicago Post thinks that one reason
why the Republican party was beaten in that
city, was its regular carriers were followed
and the papers picked up, thus keeping the
light from the people.
Year: 1869

A Chicago paper has an article headed
THE future of the defeated candidates
Candidates who have been as signaliy de-
Gated as the Republican nominees in Chi


go, can hardly be supposed to have e
Year: 1869

One hundred and seventy years ago
am elegant parish church at AlthCrstOnc,
England, was, as all houses of worship
had been, entirely open and available 10
wOrshippeTs, but il entered the mind of
an elderly lady that she would prefer to
know where to sit. 1t was unpleasant
to think that anybody should be placed
beside her. She accordingly begged to
be allowed to put up q piece of boarding
to screen herself from all the rest of the
world. No sooner did this appear than
another wanted partition to enable her
to enjoy, as her own, some particular
spot. Then an old gentleman thought
he would like to have some accommodation
reserved for him. This closing in of the
ohuroh for private purposes gave its in
terror such I'm irregular and patohy ap-
pearancc, that it was presently resolved
to pew the whole building, which was
accordingly done, n large share Ofthe ex-
peuse being betrayed by family well
known in the neighbOrhoOd. And so
this pew system has grown and grown
on, until it has become ingrained i'm
English church life,
Year: 1869

BY LADY GAY.


How I shrink from contact with i'm
polite people. Howl dread the ordeal
that must be passed whenever I meet
them. What delight they seem to take
in finding out the cost of each portion of
your dress, where you bought it &c
Not satisfied with this, they will COM
ment upon your appearance, declare
you look so thin'-that your Complex
ion is so sallOw,' and I have actually
known persons to ask: How old are
you?


If you stay at home attending to your
own affairs impOlite people wonder you
are so queer and unsOeiabIe.' If YOU 20
abroad they wonder, still more, why
are 'eternally on the pad.'


Men are almost invariably impolite to
their wives. The act as if they think
that by marrying the creatures Of their
choice, they have conferred an obliga-
ton that nothing can cancel.


They mOnOpOlize the fire in cold wealth
er; and will neither move, to one side
or the other. They always read the daily
paper first, and nine times out of ten
when their wives ask a question they
will not deign tOreply. What's the use?
It's nobody but her, and if she ventures
to complain of fatigue or feeling nerv-
GUS he either does not hear, OF flies into
& passion because she is not universally
cheerful and pleasant, and perhaps to
end the matter fiirts out of the room,
slamming the door imperiOusly and fU-
riOusly. Havn't I laid down my knife
and fork at the table before now just to
look at impOlite people, and have ac-
tually seen the head Of the house. help
himself to the dish before him, and gUIp
down the dainty mOrsel, seemingly Un-
that others were waiting to be
attended to. How such folks craunch
their fOOd-swiH down their coffee as if
they knew eternity was staring them in
the face, and it was the last swallow
they ever expect to take this side of 'JOr-
dan Eating, with them, is matter
of life and death.


am no stickler for conventiOnalities
but do love real pOliteness.
Year: 1869

| The following very sensible article ap-
! pears in the last number Of the Central
| Baptist The two last paragraphs are
/ especially cOmmendable.
We long for the day when this custom
shall be obsolete.


1t is unbecoming the truly afflicted
one.


The wearer says, by the black gar
mentS, ~ have lost near friend. ana
in deep sorrow" But true grief does
not wish to parade itself before the eve
of the stranger; much less does it assert
its extent. The stricken one naturally
goes apart from the world to pour out
tears, Real aiiiictiOn seeks privacy. Il
is no respect to the departed friend Ia
say we are in sorrow. If we have got
real grief il will be discovered,


When God has entered q household i'm
the awful chaStiSement of death, il Is
time for religious meditatiens and COM
muniOn with God on the part of the
survivors. How sadly out of place, thea
are the milliner and the dress maker,
the trying on of dresses and the trim-
ming of bOnnets.


There is something praGsnt in cNcft-
ing the vanity of a Young girl by fitting
a waist, or trying on a hat, when the
corpse of a father is lying in anadjOining
room. IL Is q Sdcrllege 10 drag the Wild
Ow forth from her grief, to be fitted Tor
gown, or to select n veil.


IL is often terribly oppressive to thu.
poor. The widow left deSOlate with
a half a dozen little childen, the family
means already reduced by the long
sickness Ofthe father, must draw on her
scanty purse to buy a new wardrobe
throughout for herself and children,
throwing away the good stock of gar
ments already prepared, when She
knows nOtwhere she is to get bread for
those little ones, Truly may fashion bC
called tyTant, when it robs the widow
of her last dollar.


Surely your sorrow will not be Uues-
toned even fyou should not call i'm the
milliner to help you display it. Do not
in your OtflictiOn help uphold custom
which will turn the atllictiOns of your
poorer neighbOr to deeper poverty as
we'll as sorrow.
Year: 1869

must resort to stratagem. Only little
distance ahead was house, and an old
farmer, named LOugee, lived there; and
directly before it a huge snOWbank
stretched across the road, through which
a track had been cleared with shOvels.


As we approached the cut l saw light
in the front room, as I felt confident l
should, for the old man generally set up
until the stage went by. [ drove on, and
when nearly opposite the dwelling, stood
up, as l had frequently done when ap-
preaching difficult places. | saw the
snOwbank ahead, and could distinguish
the deep cut which had been ShOveled
through it. urged my horses to good
speed, and when near the bank forced
them into it. One of the runners mount
ed the edge of the bank, after which the
other ran into the cut, thus throwing
the sleigh over about as quick as though
had struck it.


My passenger had not calculated on
any such movement, and wasn't pre-
pared for it; but I had calculated, and
was prepared. He rolled out into the
deep snow with a heavy buffalo robe
around him, while I lighted on my feet
directly on top of him. / punched his
head in the snow, and sung out for old
LOUgee. I did not have to call second
time, for the farmer had come to the
window to see me pass; and as soon as
he saw my sleigh overturned, he had
lighted his lantern and hurried out.


"What's to pay ?O asked the old man,
as he hurried out.


"Lead the horses into the track, and
then come here" said I.


AS I spoke I partially lOOsened my
hold upon the Villains throat, and he
drew a pistol from his bosom, but saw
it in season, and jumped his head into
the snow again, and got it away from
him. By this time LOugee had led the
horses out and came back, and l explain
ed the matter to him in as few words as
possible. We hauled the rascal out in
to the road, and, upon examination, we
found about twenty packages of letters
which he had stolen from the mailbag
and slowed away in his pockets.


He sWOre, and threatened, and prayed,
but we payed no attention to his blarney.
LOugee got some stout cord, and when
we had securely bound the villain we
tumbled him into the pUng, I asked the
old man if he would accompany us to
LittletOn, and he said ''Of oOuEsen So
he got his Overcoat and muffier, and ere
long we started ON.


l reached the end Of my route with
my mail all safe, though not as snug as
it might have been, and my mail-bags a
little the worse for the game that had
been played upon them. However, the
mail rObber was secure, and within
week he was identified by some officers
from Concord as an old offender, and
am rather inclined to the opinion that
he is in the State prison at the present
time. At any rate, he was there when
last I heard from him.


That's the only time I ever had any
mail trouble; and think that under all
the circumstances, came out of it pret-
ty well.
Year: 1869

A CoLoRED BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION
The Benevolent Daughters of Richmond, a
society Of colored women formed for the
purpose of taking care of the poor, aged
and crippled, of the city, and also for the
purpose of instructing the uneducated and
encouraging industry by giving the poor
employment, have secured the house of DR.
Strecker, on Union Hill, Nineteenth street,
and will open the premises for the recep-
tion of the poor on Monday next, the goth
instant. We cheerfully recommend this
institution to the benevolent, believing
their officers to he responsible and respect
able persons. Donations of food, money.
and clothing, will be thankfully received
and properly acknowledged. Donations Of
money will be received by any Of the Of
fcers of the Society.
Year: 1869

At length the report comes from New YORK.
that Wall street is calm. The only anxiety -
as to the condition OF the Lake Shore Railroad
IN Consequence of the failure OF lockwood A.
20. Money is very easy a. per cent on call,
and some business at6. Geld q uist and steady
al l26Ta129.
Year: 1869

SECRETARY BOUTWELL, returned here last
evening beng unable TO reach Philadelphaa to
address the meeting there on account OF the
break in the road near Gundowder river. To.
day be received another Invitation from the
committee to address q meeting in PhiIadel.
phia, but replied that it would be impossible
for him to leave here before Saturday and that
he would address meeting there on Saturday
evening il they SO desired.
Year: 1869

The WHITE HoUsE.-But few visitors were
admitted to see the President this moraing
although there was large number in waiting
Al noon the Cabinet convened. all the mem
bers being present
Year: 1869

MEssRs. EDITORS: How long will the
bands of wicked miscreants in this county
go without stretching hemp9 Cannot
something be done to protect peaceable citi-
zens from the depredations of men who do
not respect the rights and property of their
neighbors? They have long been carrying
on their business nf stealing mules unrebu
ked. and something must be DONE Last
Friday Jacob Lowd. citizen of this county,
had two mules stolen from him; and the
thieves, not content with carrying off all
the plunder they could, cut the throats of
three of his oxen and left him without any,
thing to work his crops. These are the
men who propose to take the law into their
own hands, How long do they think they
will be allowed to execute the law as they
have been executing it, by taking men they
hate from jail and murdenpg them in the
most heartless and harbarous manner, and
letting their friends loose to rob and plum
der at will Let them blacken their facrs
to conceal themselves from detection. 1t is
appropriate, for their hearts are as black
as the depths ofthe bottomless pit. A


TRENT.
Year: 1869

A japanese scholar protests against the
Christian religion on two grounds. he con-
sders the doctrine of the Fatherhood OF God
Incompatible with the proper devotion to
the Mikado and the rules of the japanese
Empire; and the brotherhood of man in
compatible with proper reverence for rank.
His argument has been printed and scattered
wide through the Empire. 1t should he
translated into the English for the ihforma-
ton of our unreconstructed friends, who
would found a government upon the idea
that all men are not hrothers, and that pow
erty or color disqualifies man to exercise
the God given rights of manhood. They
might draw from the Japanese philosopher
some arguments as tru thful as those which
they now advance.
Year: 1869

Mrs. Turner, who was shot and had her
house burned down with all her little plum
der by a party of men dressed In the Ku
Klux disguise, has been forced to leave
Orange county, and has gone to Concord to
find a temporary home and protection for
herself and her children, with sister living
at that place. We are informed that Mrs.
Turner, before leaving Orange. and while at
the Poor House under treatment for the
wounds received by the Ku Klux, disclosed
the names of two persons who were Ct the
khan. Have these two persons been ar
rested This all occurred near the
home of the editor of the Sentinel Does he
know nothing of it, or is he one of the
"klan 2"
Year: 1869

WHAT HALF ACRE WILL Do.-A shoe
maker over in Jersey bought half acre lot


He was fond of fruit and read the papers.
The soil was wet clay, and he selected fruit
suited to the climate. He built house and
put his land in a condition to produce fruit
He had no manure but the droppings of
street cattle In his leisure lie brought from
the woods bark, rotten wood, moss and leaf
mould, which lie mixed with the soil three
feet deep. This was done by degrees, and
as fast as the ground was prepared he plant
ed fruit. He became so interested and sue
cessful that lie retired froiu the cobbler's
bench was his neighbor and knew him
intimately. His half acre supported him
self and wife comfortably in ele-
gance She had no servant, and had plenty
OF time to cultivate flowers Strangers in
quired about their beautiful home Isabel
grapes and common currants formed the
bulk of his fruit With better selection
his income would have been larger. Others
had the same success on small pieces of
ground One / knew who supported his
family on an acre. Half was in grapes,
crop of which in one season sold for $500.
and lie had no bills to pay. II concentration
will give success, let us know it and practice
it.-Dr Peck in The Ne,o York Tribune.
Year: 1869

The distance from New Orleans to Lake
Borgne at point few miles below the
city, is about fifteen miles A canal has
been authorized to he dug there, to be call
ed the Mexican Gulf and Lake Borgne Canal
Another work, called the Mississippi and
Mexican Gulf Ship Canal, has been author
lied from point on the river near Fort ST.
Philip to an estuary of the Gulf, where
there is deep water near the shore. Length
of proposed canal five miles, The compile
tion of these works will greatly shorten the
distance by steamer from the Gulf to New
Orleans
Year: 1869

We are at last to have street railway, says the
Wilmington Post, and, instead Of shell road to
the sound, as has been spoken of, live railroad.
company has been formed, and one of the
leading members is now in Raleigh soliciting a
charter. It is proposed to run the line the
length Of Front street, through Market to Oak
dale Cemetery and thence to Wrightsyllle
Sound r4r .r a
Year: 1869

Col and Brevet Major Gen. Nelson A. Miles
left this city with his family on yesterday morn
ing. He goes to take command of his new
regiment, the 9Th Infantry, in the department of
the Missouri 81
Year: 1869

and Russia Is merely question Of time.
Englishmen know it Russians know it; all
the world knows it; but the collision is dreaded
by all. Our interests in Asia increase year by
year. Already in Eastern Asia they begin to
be greater than any European Power. In the
approaching conflict, therefore, we cannot
afford to be Indifferent spectators. That the
conflict is approaching is unquestionable; the
question is how it will issue. In the issue we
are deeply interested. A collision in Asia be-
tween two European Powers must result in one
of two ways-in compromise or in general
resurrection OF the Asiatc races. Such a
rising might be a gain to civilization, might be
gain to the great American Union; but it
might not The difficulty lies here. Time
must he allow ed to solve it,