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Year: 1869

"There never was" said Ex-President
johnson, in a recent conversation, " such q
glorious opening for the American people as
therere Is now, If they viii only let the past
90, and look to the future. IF we Will but
live together, harmonic and be friends, We
we will become the greatest nation On earth.
What a splendid opportunity" he contin-
ued, for young mea Just starting out in
life, if they will only be true to themselves
and use reasonable industry. don't care
whether he is at the bar or at the plOw, q
mechanic or a medical student, he lives in
golden age, and an age that he can distiG-
guish himself in, if he will only persevere
in the right course. Young men are some
times discouraged because they think their
reward for patient toll is slow in coming,
but if they will keep right straight ahead,
and not allow themselves to be discouraged
at anything, there is always some one who
will discover their merit and lend them a
helping hand There is grest-deai said
about education and wealth, and family
connection, and all that, but it all amounts
to nothing, unless young man ls deter
mined to make somthing OF himself Ed
ucation is of course, great advantage, but
he that depends solely upon that, will find
himself Outstripped in the race of life.
So young man who thinks that because his
family is rich and powerful, he must neces-
sarily be SO, will find himself mistaken. A
wealthy family are liable to be broken up
and their riches scattered to the four winds,
aud then what is the condition of the young
man who thought nothing else was needed Z
It matters not what pursuit young man
may follow, or what profession he adopts, if
be will only be industrious and economic
his time, success will be his, sooner or later.
Never, in the history of the world, has there
there now is in America. The ground is
already prepared for the seed-all they have
to do Is to SOW good seed, and the harvest
will come in due time"
Year: 1869

The NOSE BLEED-There are two little
arteries which supply the whole face with
blood, one on each side; these branch off
from the main arteries on each of the wind.
pipe, and running upward toward the eyes,
pass over the outside of the jawbone about
two thirds of the way back from the chin
to the angle of the jaw under the ear
Each of these arteries, of course, supplies
just one half of the face, the nose being
the dividing line; the left nostril is supplied
with blood by the left artery, and the right
nostril by the right artery. Now supposing
your nose bleeds by the right nOstril, with
the end of the fore finger feel along the
outer edge of the right jaw till you feel the
beating of the artery directly under your
finger, the same as the pulse in your wrist,
then press the finger hard upon it, thus
getting the little fellow in tight place be.
tween your finger and the jawbone the
result viii be that no drop of blood goes
into the side of your face while the pressure
continues; hence the nose Instantly stops
bleeding for want of blood to flow; con-
Gnue the pressure for five minutes, and the
Euptured vessels In the nose will by this
time probably contract so that when you
let the blood into them they will not leak
Bleeding from cut or wound anywhere
about the face may be stopped in the same
way.
Year: 1869

Immigration is at last pouring into West
Tennessee. Over two hundred Pennsyl-
vanians arrived at Trenton last week and
have located in Gibson county. They are
of the hard-fsted order and will contribute
much to the development of our material
wealth. We have room for million more
such In Tennessee, and are anxious to ex-
tend them a hand of welcome and assist
ance, regardless of their politics, religion,
or place of birth. Let them be encouraged
to come among as. In this way we hope to
regain ten-fold what was lost to the South
through the abolition of slavery. White
labor and small farms must succeed the old
order of things ali over the South On the
heels of this will come capital and manu-
features to further enrich our section. As
the country becomes populated the greater
will be the inducements to capitalists and
adopts in the skilled arts, to come among as
What we want now are tilIers of the soil
Shelby county is behind in the matter Of
immigration, but leading citizens are ma
king arrangements that will soon place her
ahead of Gibson and Madison counties in
the great work they so successfully inau-
gurated Memphis AUalanche.
Year: 1869

EAST TENNESSEE CEMENT.-We learn that
Mr. Locker, proprietor of the celebrated
James River Cement Works, has purchased
a tract of land on French Broad River, on
which is a fine vein of hydraulic cement
There is ample water-power on the tract for
moving the necessary machinery, and Mr..
L. will soon put an establishment under
headWay, and expects to turn out about
three hundred barrels Of cement per day.
Such an enterprise will add considerably to
the prosperity of this section of the State.
-MOTristO9cn Gazette
Year: 1869

We do not think there was ever in Mid
die Tennessee, q finer prospect for splen-
did wheat crop than the fields now show


We have been especially struck with admira-
ton by the field of Bcughton wheat on the


farm of Col inc. McGaVOck, near Franklin.
1t is the best field of wheat that we have
seen this year. 1t seems to be property
of this species Of wheat to grow out with
more vigor and tillsr out more profusely
than any other variety. In illustration of
this virtue, we have before Us bunch Of
wheat taken from field on the farm Of Mr..
NJ s. Coekrell, which has forty stout, large
stalks, all sprung from one grain. The
forty average eleven inches in length, and
we are assured that this is not an extraordi-
nary bunch for the feld--Diz1e Farmer.


The Central Colorado Herald prints on
hrinhk nar.er the Il.nll se..iaat ni rI
Year: 1869

The melancholy fact has recently been
telegraphed across the continent that what
ever hopes had previously been entertained
that Mr.. Jefferson Davis had returned to
take up his residence with us again have
been dissipated That model citizen and
Christian gentleman has only come back to
look after his private affairs and interests,
and is soon to retrace his steps to London,
which hereafter is to rejoice in the posses
sion of that valuable statesman. 1t could
hardly be expected that person who had
been treated so badly as Mr.. Jefferson
Davis would ever consent to come among
us again and give US the benefit of his
counsel in the management of the affairs of
State Mr. Davis is evidently disgusted
with the United States of North America.
1t Is to be hoped, before his final depar-
tare, that he. can be induced to visit a few
OF the military cemetlies, where hundreds
OF thousands of his countrymeu are inferred
IN premature and bloody graves.-Alta.
Year: 1869

OIL OF MUSTARD IN RHEUMATISM
where one-third of the male population
complain to some extent of rheumatic
pains, physicians have it in their power to
mitigate an immense amount of severe
suffering by prescribing the volatile oil of
mustard 1t is employed as rubefacient,
being first diluted in its own weight of al
cohol at forty degrees. Some patients
may object to its pungent odor; but this
rs temporary, while the remedy may m
some cases prove permanent cure.
Make the application at least twice day,
and protect the part with soft flannel
Mustard mills are in operation in the cities
generally, at which the oil may be procur-
ed, it being an article not much in demand
in the arts. Where it not tor detecting it
5 by pungent odor, this oil would have be-
come secret remedy for rheumatic pains
years ago.
Year: 1869

CoRNs CURED.-Halrs Journal of
Health gives this mode: The safest, most
accessible and the most efficient cure of a
corn on the toe, is to double piece of
thick, soft buckskin, cut hole in it large
enough to receive the corn, and bind it
round the toe If, in addition to this, the
foot is soaked in warm water for FIVE or
more minutes every morning and night,
and a few drops of sweet oil, or other oily
substance, are patiently rubbed in after
the soaking, the corn will almost infalliblv
become so loose in few days as to be easily
pricked out with finger nail this saves
the necessity of pairing the corn, which
operation has sometimes been followed by
dangerous symptoms. If the corn becomes
inconvenient again, repeat the process at
once"
Year: 1869

ScALY BUSINESS. The Enterprise, OF
November Sth, describes the way in which
the pot-fshermen, "blast trout out OF the
Carson river. The blasted practice Is as
follows


They take cartridge of giant powder,
weighing about quarter Of a pounds n
sertins into it piece Of fuse, properly
capped. about six inches in length; then
lighting the fuse the cartridge Is thrown
into any deep hole supposed ocontaln trout
or any other fish After the cartridge has
been thrown into the water, smoke and
bubbles or gas are seen to rise to the sur
face. then in a few seconds comes the ex-
plosion-a dull, heavy report. The sur
face of the water is seen to bulge up, and
the ground can be felt to shake for fifteen
or twenty feet back from the water. In
mediately after the explosion, all the fish
that happen to be within circle of twenty
five or thirty feet of the spot where the
cartridge fell come to the surface, either
Killed outright or so badly stunned that it
is some minutes before they recover. Our
informant says that with two cartridges he
saw over fifty pounds of fish killed, count
ing trout, white fish, and ehubs. In places
after blast the whole surface Of the water
would be covered with minnows, from an
inch to three or four inches in length. AT
Elko they are practising the same style of
fishing, only that out there they tie the
cartridge to the end of long pole and
thrust it into the water, holding it till the
explosion occurs This is the most de-
struetive mode of fishing we have ever
heard of; it is a regular wholesale slaugh-
ter of GREAT and small. GOOD and bad.
Year: 1869

THE VAGABoND SAGE-An old man
of very active physiognomy, answering to
the name of Jacob Wilmot, was brought
up the other day before magistrate,
charged with vagrancy. His clothes look
ed as if they might have been bought second
handed in his youthful prime, for they bad
suffered more from the rubs of the world
than the proprietor himself had.


What business ?


None I'm traveller


A yagabond, perhaps?'


You are not far wrong Travellers and
vagabonds are about the same thing. The
difference is that the latter travel without
money, the former without brains


Where have you travelled 2


All over the country.


For what purpose?'


Observation


That have you observed ?


A little to commend, much to censure,
and great deal to laugh at


Hump what do you commend "


"A handsome woman who will stay at
home; an eloquent preacher who will
preach short sermons; a good writer who
will not write too much, and fool who has
sense enough to hold his tongue


What do you censure p


4 man who marries girl for her fine
clothing; youth who studies medicine
while he has the use of his hands, and the
people who will elect drunkard to office. ;
What do you laugh at ?


| laugh at man who expects his posi-
tion to command that respect which his
personal qualifications and qualities do not
permit


He was dismissed.
Year: 1869

Established expressly to afford lh9 afflicted
sound and scientific Medical Aid, in the treatment
and cure of all Private and Chronic Diseases, Cases
OF Secrecy and ali Sexual Disorders.
Year: 1869

Many years writer these lines and invalid physician while visiting the
health experienced and witnessed surprising and
there produced Of the vads who were lKe
ourssv seeking upon inquiry investigation obtained full history
delighted and surprised and after his
possible the sole right manufacture
and sell it in the United States.


glorious himself and suffering humanity
the celebrated made the world PLAN
being article Of real merit founded principles and
relying world for its medicinal effects worked rapid revu
household word al the civilized
T1S6oZ tasnan health and the demand for
PLANTATION exceeded the abilities Of the propors to supply
Notwithstanding large importation Of St. cz Rum made expressly for the


pounding quantity inadequate It therefore necessary
abroad should made and an agent
fortunate securing and
leasing several plantations the largest and most productive estates the
presses erected as by which utterly
experienced and natives hiand were
very the PLANTATION BTER in position
laboratory perfectly crx needed in rnanufa
GREAT DYSPEPTIc AND v1zoRToR The above represents
crushing the and otherwise preparing for the stills and


anide Mar Dyspepsia and
BTER the
history the world Over five million bottles disposed annually They
adapted old young female They agreeable always
uouc can nnraed ebenas
Year: 1869

ened, falling hair checked, and bald
ness often, though not always, cured
by its use. Nothing can restore the
hair where the follicles are destroyed,
or the glands atrophied and decayed.
But such as remain can be saved for
usefulness by this application. Instead
of fouling the hair with a pasty sedi-
ment, it will keep it clean and vigorous.
Its occasional use will prevent the hair
from turning gray or falling off, and
consequently prevent badness. Free
from those deleterious substances which
make some preparations dangerous and
injurious to the hair, the Vigor can
only benefit but not harm it. If wanted
merely for a
Year: 1869

iohAh 70
situated on Jordan Greek, on the Humboldt
road, about fifty miles from Silver City. 1t
comprises charming and picturesque little
valley about two miles in length, by, per-
haps, nearly half a mile in width. On the
south side it is bounded by rather precipitous
bluffs, while on the west il loses itself in
continuation of low rolling hills covered
with sagebrush and bunchgrass, ai1ording
excellent pasturagc the year round.
The valley proper is extremely fer
tile, producing vegetables and cereals Of the
temperate zone in profusion. But little
snow falls there in Winter and does not long
remain. 1t is indeed refreshing to leave the
snow clad mountains of 0wyhee behind and
visit the beautiful little valley in the latter
part of March or the beginning of April.
Then you can tread on a grassy carpet and
feast your enchanted vision on the dark
green foliage of the willows that fringe the
banks of the eddying stream. Mr.. Merrill,
the gentlemanly proprietor oil the ranch,
during the past Winter, has completed an
excellent and commodious house, built Of
fine grey sandstone obtained at an adjacent
quarry. MT Merrill and family are kind and
accommodating to travellers, who always
reckon on getting a meal at the Sheep Ranch
that would do credit to places less remote
from civilization. The way in which the


ranch derived its name deserves a mention.


Late in the Fall of '64, man named Wade
brought q band OF 500 sheep from Humboldt
County, New, intending them for the owy-
bee market. The Winter having already set
in with all its rigor in the mountains, Wade
concluded to keep his sheep till spring in the


secluded little valley in question. place


to live was excavated in a bank and n sage


brush corral was built to keep the sheep to-
gethcr and protect them from coyotes at night
One morning in March the herders awakened
and found the sheep gone party OF In
dams had driven them off. The trail was
followed a short distance, but as there wers
| only three OF the herders the pursuit was
abandoned. The following Summer II wa
discovered that '.Lo - had taken the sheeI
to a deep and almost inaccessible canon
about twenty miles distant on the Owyhee
River. where, no doubt, jolly mutton feasl
| took place From the circumstance as ABOVE


described the "Sheep Ranch derived It's


name.
Year: 1869

Senator Summers great speech IN the
Senate, April 18th, on the Alabama question
is characterised as the most important polti-
cal paper Of the age The Johnson-Claren-
don treaty was before the Senate for raiih-
cation, but was promptly rejected, by vote
Of fifty-four to one Mr. Sumner discussed
the pending treaty in a mastery manner,
showing that il contained no recognition oil
international law applicable to such cases,
and that the national cause was regarded
only as bundle OF Individual claims. The
case against England is clearly and logically
stated, demonstrating a most fragrant out
rage of international rule. After an elabo
rate statistical research, the sum total Of Ma
tional loss is put down at S1l0,000,O 900,
large sum, but not an over estimate, when,
besides individual losses, the moral effect on
the rebellion and the destruction Of the
American carrying trade, are taken into con
sideration. In conclusion of his speech, Mr.
Sumner uses the following pathetic and
eloquent language;


The truth must be told not in anger, but in
sadness England has done to the United
States an injury most difficult TO measure
Considering when it was done and in what
completely. it is most unaccO9ntable. Al
great epoch Of history, no less momentous
than the French Revolution or that OF the
Reformation, when civilization was lighting
last battle with slavery, England gave her
! name, her influence, her material resources
to the wicked cause, and flung sword INTO
the scale with slavery. Strange that the
land of Wilberforce, after spending millions
for emancipation. after proclaiming every
where the truths Of Liberty, and ascending
10 glorious primacy in the sublime move
ments for the universal abolition OF slavery,
could do this thing Like every departure
from the rule of justice and good neighbor-
hood. her conduct was pernicious in proper
tion to the scale of operations, affecting indl-
viduals, corporations, communities and the


nation itself
Year: 1869

Eligibility of Negroes to Office Affirmed by the
Supreme Court-Dissentins Opinion of Judge
Warner.


ATLANTA, June 15 1862
The Supreme Court o. Georgia to-day rendered
decision that the negro eligible to offlce-Judges
Brown and Mccoy In favor, and Judge Warner dis
senting. Judge Mccoy held that the state was with
out cvn government before the convention that
made the present constitution that the blacks and
whites participated IN getting up tho convention and
framing the constitution. and it was against its
spirit to exclude blacks or whites from the privi-
leges unless expressly prohibited.


Judge Brown claimed that the fourteenth amend
ment iorbids anybody being deprived OF its priv.
leges and the code gives citizens the right 10 hold
Office. and the constitution makes him q citizen
and does not forbid him to hold Office Ii not the
intention OF the law TO break the fourteenth amend
ment and deprive the negro of his rights.


Judge Warner held that the negro was new
political creature In the body polite; that he must
mold Office by special enactment that the code which
defined the powers OF citizens was enacted before
the negro became citizen, and therefore IL did not
apply him; that he did not have the right to hold
ofiice under the common law by statute since he
was made citizen. but that the convention voted
down the proposition to make him eligible to Office,
and that until he was specially authorized to hold
office he was ineligible.
Year: 1869

Propagation of the Nova scotia Legislature


speech Of the Governor.


HALIFAX, June Ia, 1862
The Legislature was prorogued this afternoon by
Governor Doyle. In his speech he sald:--


sincerely hope the policy you have adopted will
lead to the of the evils that have retarded
the prosperity OF the province and that the people
OF the colony will long continue to maintain loyalty
to the Queen and attachment to the British nstiti-
tions. Knowing as do the great Importance which
the imperial government attaches to the position of
Nova Scotia, particularly the harbor OF Halifax and
having also from long Official connection with the
province the deepest interest In Its welfare, cannot
but feel the responsibility which my position entails
upon me; but look with confidence for assistance
from you whether In session or by your example In
private life in peacefully carrying on the govern
ment and promoting the best interests of the
province.
Year: 1869

The New York correspondent of the
Philadelphia Ledger takes the follow
ing method to say that General Grant
has offered Mr. Greedy Cabinet posi-
ton:


at is no violation Of confidence to
state that when General Grant was in
the city last week, the editor Of a
prominent morning paper mot the Sun
nor the Times was given to under
stand that a Cabinet portfolio, was OF
his service, under the new administra-
ton, provided the said party would
like to be Secretary Of the Interior.
AS yet it is not ascertaincd whether
the offer has been accepted, but the
chances are that 10 will be. The ed
itor alluded to was formerly member
Of COngI Iess." b"
Year: 1869

A Canadian who wished to marry q
young girl promised her that his wife
and two children should not be an
obstacle to their union. He soon after
killed them all, and the girl is now the
chief witness against him.
Year: 1869

SAN FRANCISCO, August 27.-Tne Supreme
Court OF the State of Nevada has dec led thar
the telegraph is a branch of commerce aud is
therefore under the control OF Congress, in tha
same manner as other kind OF commercial in
tercourse among the several States
Year: 1869

Referring to the report that Governor
elect Walker of Virginia, had invited
Gen Lee to hold conference on politi-
cal matters, the Lynchburg Virginian
says:


1--WE can assure our contemporary that
there is no danger that Gen. Lee will do
a foolish act He is no politician, and
has no idea, we believe, OF embarklng on
such a stormy and uncertain sea. That
he is sincerely devoted to the interests
of Virginia, no man can doubt. That
he desires reconstruction and would ad
wise his people to put themselves into
practical relations with the Federal, or
as it is now called, the National Govern
ment, we have every reason to believe.
But he will not enter into any conclaye
of politicians The people would not
desire it, even if Gen. Lee was willing to
compromise his present position to graf
ify that wish. 1t is proper TO add, in
this connection, that there is no reason
to believe that such meeting as that re-
ferred to was ever suggested perhaps
not thought of-by Gov Walker.
Year: 1869

The law of advertising had proper
elucidation, few days ago, in New York.
The publisher of daily paper sued the
Standard Life Insurance Company, in
the Supreme Court, before Judge Fithisn
for bill of S773 on account of adver-
tising. The company resisted payment
on the ground that they had authorized
but one insertion. There was no proof,
however, OF this There was no order
to that effect upon the bill and the com
psny did not attempt to deny that they
saw the advertisement continuing in the
paper and failed to countermand it. An
advertisement received in a publication
Office. without the number of insertions
marked upon it, or the cost of the


sertions paid for at the time, the publiss


er eau know nothing of the wish of1&
advertiser respecting the number of IN,
sertions desired, and can do nothing til


advised BY him whose buhiness. i is -