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Year: 1865

From the Nashville {Tenn.) Press Apr. TO-


Already the press Of the country has
began the discussion of the subjects ere
ated by the war, and which have been
disposed of by legislation. One prominen
topic in which the entire people are inter
ested is the disposition of tie negroes
No one can confidently predict the course
OF the general government in the premises
but the tiuIe is not far distant when the
matter will have to be disposed Of. To
farm them out like Chinese coolies, as is
practiccd in Louisiana, re establishes a
sort Of slavery. 70 leave them to their
own devices were still worse, for they
would soon be an intolerablc ruisance.-
Their seeming instinct is to burrow il
large cities, where, if they were So dispo
sed, they could not all find support, and
would at once come into rivalry with
white labor, always more valuable to both
the laborers and the master. 1t has been
suggested that portion Of our unsettled
territory be set apart, and that they be
colonized upon it as rapidly as possible,
the government exercising q supervision
and protection over them, through It's
agents sent with them TO instruct them
in their duties as freemcn, and to educate
them individually.


This plan viii not on the whole, We
opine, please the mass Of our people SO
we'll as the scheme to colonize the freed
men abroad. The prejudice against their
color it does not seem possible to eradi :
cate. and it will always be bar to their
advancement. and viii cut off those incen-
tives to labor and Improvement that the
poorest white man may feel with no bar
to his ambition. That this would be 4
gigantic undertaking need not be confess
ed, but it could be done, and the negroes
themselves would finally pay the expense
attending it, and we should in any case
be well rid ot an clement that, ia our
midst, would always be a terrible an
noyance. TO plant them in one OF our
territories would not sufficiently Isolate
them from the white race to prevent the
evils We have mentioned, though it would
obyiate the disagreeableness of leaving
them scattered among us, Irresponsible
and useless as q class, and a reproach to
the nation that sacrificed so much fer
their liberty, yet left them uucared for in
the end.
Year: 1865

The Committee on the Conduct OF the War
in Congress have examined the Red river dis
as,er. 1t would appear that the defeat was
caused by the baggage train OF the cavalry
following it and preventing either artillery or
infantry from coming up to support II when
attacked While General Banks was in COM
maDd, be left the details Of the order OF march
to General Franklin, remaining behind 10 see
the entire force started He then rode TO the
front, bat only arrived 10 time to convert 8
rout into a retreat. Military men Of high rank
exonerate General Banks from blame.
Year: 1865

Mrs. Jane G. Swisshelm writes to the Pitts
burgh Commercial; AaG


You know, of course, the speculative philos-
ophy which claims to trace resemblance be-
tween every human being and some species Of
animal; never saw three people together
who so strongly illustrate this philosophy as
the three male assassins who were executed
last week. l think / could not have passed
Harold on the street without mentally ex-
claiming "ape." / have been often in the drug
store he attended; and once, when he was
putting up small package for me, / became
SO interested in noticing his apeish ways, that
| caught myself on the eve of saying aloud,
''you monkey and found it necessary to
make some remark to hide the thought had
so nearly expressed. When on trial, before
had recognized him as one had seen else
where, that same thought came, "what an
apeF And strange, his character, as given on
taial, had the fidelity and ready cunning OF
the ape. NssA< ek 6. 81 90 J


Payne, on the other hand, was all bovine
Once party OF hunters described to me buf-
falo hunt, IN which they had been engaged in,
three days before, IN Dacotah. They were
eloauentin their account of a fierce, old bnll


who stood to defend his dominion. while his
family fed in dismay. They told Of his cbarpe
first at one and then at another of his would


be captors. and of the disdain with which he
shook their bullets ont of his matted frontlet.
Il had not thought of the scene for years. until
I saw Payne sitting erect and fearless among
his captors, and the whole picture then came
up like flash. The swell Of the powerful
muscles of the neck, spreading out to the
shoulder, tapering in the jaw-the form of the
spinal column from the waist to the top OF the
head, straight as an arrow, without that swell
behind the ear which is said to indicate the
social affection in the human head-the large
projecting jaws-the jutting brows, sloping
forehead, and prominence above, and little
back of the ear but especially the large, pale
grey eyes, with their spot OF white light, was
the monarch Of the prairie. His peculiar mo-
tion in tossing aside his hair added greatly to
this resemblance, and could well believe his
assertion Of no malice against Mr.. Seward
He simply had fierce delight in conflict. had
been trained to believe that Mr.. Seward was
trespassing on his grazing lands-his divine
right of owning and fogging his own slave,
and charged at his pursuer like the wild buffa-
10 of the plain.


Atzerott was panther; the form and carriage
ofthe head, the small green eyes. the motion
OF his hands, the very atmosphere around him
spoke craftiness, deep and low, cruelty. coward.
ice. Whatever he did, or proposed Ia do. was
for some Immediate or personal benefit N
could only spring for prey when he was assured
Of success.
Year: 1865

We will mAnufacture all kind Of Tobacco 10
suit aIiy trades that we may IeceiEe orders for.
We Will assure tho wholesale trade that we can not
be undersolds In the West We have been en-
gagged in the 7, bacco business for twenty years
We are prepared to execute car work In the neat


eft styls and respectfully solicit the attention
u dealers TO our Tobacco. ,
Year: 1865

cause of the conflict might cease,
even before the conflict itself might
Geese. Each looked for an easier
triumph, and a result less fundal
mental and astounding. Both
read the same Bible and pray to
the same God, and each invokos
His aid against other.


1t may seem strange that any
man should dare to ask just Gods
assistance, in wringing their bread
from the sweat OF other mems
faces, but let US judge not, lest we
be judged. The prayers Of both
should not be answered. That OF
neither has been answered. That
of neither has been answered fully.


The Almighty has His own pur
poses. Woe unto the world be.
cause of its otfenses, for it must
needs be that otfenses come; but
woe unto the man BY whom the Of
Tense cometh. If we shall suppose
that American slavery is one Of
these ofenses which, in the ProZi
dence of God, must needs come,
but which, having continued
through His appointed time, He
now wills to remove, and that He
gives to both North and South this
terrible war as the woe due to those
by whom the ofense came, shall
we discern that there. is any depar-
ture from those divine attributes
which the believers in u living God
always ascribe to Him? Fondly do
we hope, fervently do we pray that
this mighty scourge of war may
speedily pass away; yet, if God
wills that it continue until all the
wealth piled by the bondman's two
hundred and fifty years of unre,
Quilted toll shall be sunk, and until
every droy of blood drawn with
the lush shall be paid by another
drawn with the sword, as was said
three thousand years ago, so still
it must be said that the judgments
OF the Lord are true and righteous
Although with malice toward none
with charity for all, with frmuess
in the right, as God gives us tc
see the right, let US strive to fuisL
the work. We are to bind up thu
nations wounds and care for Lin
who shall have borne the battle
and for his widow and his orphans
to do all which may achieve "nc
cherish q just and lasting peace a
moug ourselves, and with all ma
tions.
Year: 1865

Just now turned in the direction Of
Swampoodle, small principality
in the northeastern section of the
city. The first excitement occur
red about too months ago, when a
bottle OF sperm oil was found in
pantry of Mr. jerks residence
The astonished finder of the oil
proposed to commence boring at
once in the pantry, but tor the
want OF capital the enterprise
failed But the story was noised
abroad, and Mr.. jerks has leased
the pantry for $4,000 a week.


Since then indications have ap-
pearcd at the soap factory, corner
of Hillen and Holiday streets
One of the workmen who has be.
come a raving maniac upon the
subject, discovered a O barrel filed
with soap grease The shop has
been sold tor half million.
Year: 1865

IT is understood that DR.. Living.
stone is determined again to de-
vote himself to African discovery,
and is now planning an expedition
from the east coast of Africa to
the district lying between his most
northern point on Lake Nyassa
and Burton and Speke's southern
most on Lake Tanganyka
Year: 1865

Particular attention is called to the following pro-
vision OF the Act of the Legislature of March 15 1884


"And If any person so interested shall fail to pay
his proportion by the time fixed in said notice, then
any such deficiency arising from such failure may be
paid by any other person persons holding bonds or
claims secured aforesaid; and the person SO pay
the rights which the person falling to pay aforesaid
would have had If seasonab]e payment had been
made by him. subject however to the further right of
redemption as hereinafter provided" Us slicsa


Portland, July 26, 1s65.-dH s9 ua.h IS
Year: 1865

BOSTON, May 3l.-The New England Anti
Slavery Convention met to-day, and was very
fully attended. The Rev. ]. F. Sargent was
chosen President


Wendell Phillips, the ch airman of the busi-
ness committee, reported a resolution to the
following effect: 1t Is the settled opinion Of the
convention that the reconstruction of the rebel
States without negro suffrage is practical
surrender to the Confederacy, and will make
the anti-slavery proclamation OF the late Pres
ident. and even the expected amendment to the
Constitution Of the United States, utterly in
efficient for freedom and the protection Of the
negro race.


Mr.. Philips supported the resolution in a
vigorous speech. He also said there was only
one way in which the people could still hold
the helm OF affairs, and that was a declara-
ton of reputation of the entire war debt,
and such party would have his voice and
vote until God called him home. He would
constantly oppose every step of reconstruction
that did not place the negro upon an absolute
equality with the " bite mau. There were but
two parties in the country-s. 'cophants Of JEFF.
Davis, and lovers Of liberty: Every man who
supportea the North Carolina proclamation
was JEFF. Davis sycophant Better, far bet
ter, would it have been for Grant to have sur
rendered to Lee than for President johnson
to have surrendered to North Carolina.
Year: 1865

STATE PRIsoS DISCIPLINE. No institu.
tion probably requires se7erer discipline
than that which, like a State Prison, In
tended to punish as well as well as reform;
but We doubt that regulation, even of .
State Prison, which calls for the tying up
Of a man by the hands and the applica-
tion-o fifty lashes on the bare back until
it become matter Of difficulty to distin.
guish the lash from the accumulation of
flesh and blood upon it. In free conn
try there is no contingency, whatever the
nature of the offence may be. that should
entitle the human body to be whipped,
cut and lashed. We are no defender Of
crime in any shape, but We certainly
think that some other description Of pun
ishment, and much more effective than
whipping prisoners like dogs, could bein-
troduced into the State Prison with credit
to the State and to the humanity of those
having charge of the institution in ques-
ton. The heart rending groAns of men,
suffering under the tortures of the whip,
may be very pleasant music for those who
strike the keys, but for our part, our ear
for music is not sufficiently refined to ap-
preciatc it, and We hardly believe the peo-
pie Of the State will justify it? Does
Gov. Low approve of the whipping pro-
cess?-[Spirit ofthe Times.
Year: 1865

/ Coon YEAsT--A French contributor.
A. Wallet, of Madison county, Illinois,
sends the following recipe to the Amefi-
can Agriculturalist:


Cook handful Of hops in half gallon
of water until it is reduced to about half;
pass the liquid through sieve, and turn
it while hot upon enough -four to make
thick porridge, and when nearly cool, add
pint Of brewers or other yeast, and set
the vessel in warm place until it rises.
This yeast will be tit to use in about
twelve hours. II should be put in well
closed jug and kept in the cellar. In using
it, pint should be kept with which to
make new quantity when it Is needed.
To make bread, take one pint of yeast to
ten pounds of -four, and with water and
salt make stiff dough, which should be
kneaded on moulding board. Let it re-
main ten or twelve hours lin a warm place
in winter or until it is well raised. Then
take pieces of the dough Of the size Of an
egg and roll into biscuits, and place them
in pan so close that they will touch one
another let them remain to rise another
hour, and then place them in the oven.-
If these conditions are observed, with
good -four, you will have light and spongy
bread, that will never sour, even If raised
little too much. If the -four is not good,
still good bread may be made by using
milk instead of water. In making new
yeast, it is well to wash out the jug in or
der to avoid sourness. If preferred, the
bread may be made into larger loaves.
Year: 1865

or maids of the mountain terrible in the
ewes of little children, and fascinating to
the wanderer who halts too lazily upon
his way. And what, you ask, in this
wonderous region in which you have
been wandering? 1t is the land of Dan
ish romance, and is just what Oehlen-
chlaeer Andersen and the rest have
made If
Year: 1865

THE AMENITIES OF THE PICKET
LINE.-The following is copy of q
letter thrown oyer TO our men on
picket at the front:


GENTLEMEN There is one thing
you have got and want /; that is a
Masonic breastpin. You will know
me by having a red ribbon tied to my
gun. | have not got any TOBACCO
with me, but l will be on picket to-
morrow night and will haye some.
You must not think hard of US not
answering when you speak. Our of
ficers very strict on US. | wish
the priyates on both sides would come
to Some conclusion and stop this var
| think we could make peace right
off. Don't gather around those trout
holos in squfds. The officers order
Us to fire, but we don't. All the
sho ting done IN the daytime is done
BY them If yoa throw anything
over, be sure and throw it as far Is
son can.
Year: 1865

LOSSES BY FRE.-During the past year the
enormous sum Of twenty-eight millions FIVE hun
drcd and twenty-five thousand dollars was lost
by fires in the loyal States without counting
losses under twenty thousand or losses by the
war, as at Chambersburg. This amount ex-
ceeds the losses for any previous year within
the last decade. We publish very full and
complete table in another column, giving the
date, place and damage OF each FIRE. Take the
twenty-eight millions FIVE hundred thousand
dollars In our table and add to that ton mil
lions of dollars for the minor losses and we
have grand total Of nearly forty millions Of
dollars worth Of property consumed by fire in
q single year. This heavy loss is owing TO the
RASH of-hand style in which Americans con-
duct their business and the carelessness with
which they store their goods. In Europe such
confagrations are almost unknown. Although
Year: 1865

TEE CoMNo DHAFr.-By the credits for naval
eplistments and for volunteers the quota Of
New York city under the coming draft has
been nearly filed, and only four thousand four
hundred and tbirty-three recruits are needed
TO Complete It. The Supervisors offer these
recruits the magnificent bounty Of one thou
sand dollars each, and an ordinance providing
for this additional expense has already been
passed and signed by tho Mayor New York
city gives Faragus fifty thousand dollars, and
other military and naval heroes as much more,
and can yet afford to pay four millions for
exemption from new conscrption. This
shows The wealth OF the metropolis and The
public spirit Of her citlzena
Year: 1865

THE QUESTION or RESTRAINT IN CASES or
IxsASrrY.--In another column we give two
communication suggested by the Brooklyn
lunacy case Our correspondent seems TO
sympathize with Miss Underhill, and 10 feel
deeply on the subject Of the restraint imposed
upon the insane. He suggests alterations in
the law, and he suggests an Indifferent remedy
against the abuse OF restraint


Insanity is, above all, the troublesome point in
medical Jurisprudence, and the question Of rc-
straint in cases OF alleged or real inswdty Is ono
Year: 1865

bell which nrst proclaimed the adoption Of the Deciara
ton of Independence The Hall clothed In snch
manner as became the occasion, rendering the ente
scene soemny imposing In front Of the state House
exhibited transparency Of the late Prescent sur
rounded by the form Of Q coffin, with the words He
st Lives" The strong gaslight gave beautiful eject
70 the picture.


Tho houses, with but few, II sny exceptions, were
|draped with mourning. Ingenuity was exhausted IN
showing 10 the best advantage this exterior manifestation
3of grief


No estimate can now be formed as to how many per-
took part the procession nor can there be even
approximation 70 the number who were SAD spectators
|of the pageant At least hundred thousand souls
must have witnessed the procession. Never before did
larger large crowds appear in the streets OF this
lofty.


The corps while lying in state to night was visited by
Of persons for whose admttance the Mayor
Issued cards Tomorrow the door will be thrown open
to the public and closed at midnight The city authori
ties have extended to the funeral party such hospal
ties at the Continental to elicit the warm commenda
tlons of the recipients.
Year: 1865

Arrangements have been made by Supcrn,' ndent
General Cuum to enable the cadets Of West Point to
take part in the obeques of tho President whose
will from important chapter In the history of
their country. They will be brought the river,
and the funeral train passes Garrisons speed will b.
slackened TO permit the cadets 10 give passing
Salute
Year: 1865

We understand the Loyal League Club will Join IN Tho
funeral ceremonies on Tuesday, and have appointed
efficient committee TO carry out the details. The
bers requested to the Club House half past
nine and it is believed all The members Will unite the
Year: 1865

bullion At each corner OF the canopy there will be
rich plume Of black and white feaihers.


The temple OF liberty is TO b. represented as being
deserted having embems OF any kind In OF around Il
save q small flag on top, at half-mast The inside OF
the will be lined with white satin, uted and from
the centre OF the roof will be suspended large eagle
with outspread wings, bearing in its talons laurel
wreath and the platform around the coffin will be sirewn
with laurel wreaths and flowers OF various kinds.


The car will besdrawn by sixteen gray horses, with
coverings OF black cloth trimmed with silver bullion,
each led by coored groom, who will be dressed in the
usual habiliments OF mourning.


This will doubtless be worthy OF the occasion and
metropolis and reflect great credit on all Immediately
connected with its construction II designed by Mr.
Charles Metam of this city and is being prepared under
the supervision OF Mr. r. Relyea, undertaken.
Year: 1865

1t is announced that Jefferson Davis has been
ind;cte for treason by the grand iiry Of the Dis
trict OF Columbia, and that he will probably be
placed on trial at an early day. If so. the ad
vocates of trial by jury for the rebel leaders ought
to be satisfied. but when lie is convicted, nine
tenths of them will want him parioned. In his
case. not partial as to the mode of trial. nor
would we try him for the crime of treason, until
We had ascertanel whether he is guilty of a worse
oifense. We would put him on trial before u
Court Martial for starving prisoners of war to
DEATH and if found guilty. he should hang for that
Ofense, and ifnot proven guilty, we would have
him next tried for trea on. Bat as we are not the
President, and unlike some of our more fortunate
cotemporaries do not profess TO know more than he
and his Cabinet beside, we shall not threaten hi m
with the dspleasure of the country for not deering
10 our opinion.-Ind. Journal.
Year: 1865




Did not the world seem less bright and beautiful
when we heard that ABRAHAM LINCOLN was
deadl Did not loving presence seem to have
passed from the vesy atm )Sphere leaving the sbad-
Ow OF vague distress upon our hearts, Was not
something wanting to the day-something to the
night-when we knew that his loving heart had
ceased to beat? Did the sun ever look down on
such spectacle as this stricken nation presented
in its voiccleSs anguish, on the morning Of April
18th. Was any other ever borne to the grave SO
triamphant in dcah-with funeral procession if
teen days in duration aud two thousand miles In
length, while the air WAS ever tremulous. day and
night, with dirge and requiem and minute Sun?--
No dead President alone could evoke such woe
1t was dead ABRAHAM LINCOLN, the g1od and true
man, more than the Chi f Magistrate of the ma
ton, that subdued and melted the national hear;
and bathed the millions in tears.


is it not meet that We build monument to such
a man-a monument that shall not only be worthy
of the immortal dead, but one that shall essay to
express the homage OF Christian and educated
people for an exalted charactcr,whose greatness is
made complete by goodnesSl Will not such a
monument teach all future generations, that, - He
is but half great who is not good;" inspiring the
Young and ardcLt with worthy ambition, and
that lofty courage which darei to DO right for
rights sake, while it rebukes and shamcs the sell
fish, grovcling, polite cOmpromiser? Do We not
well, as educators, to build monument to which
every par ent IN ~ point MS cIllu ana say: 30 let
il be done to him whom the people delight to
honorl" Will not a new era in our national life
be marked by such monument-will it not seem
grand and worthy, when, in the coming centuries,
the nation hlving cOnsummltcd the policy fO-
which he died and become strong and glorious in
Union without slave, shall appreciate, honor,
love and revere, it cannot now, the sublime
character, life and work of her mlrtyred Presi
dent?


Living as he lived, and dying as, and for what,
he died, the lapse of time will but render more
and more sacred every Offering of love which this
generation shall lay upon his tomb. Sage and
seer, the good and great oil every land and cline
will com and pray beneath its solemn
sh Ide. Let art and genius rear the mighty shaft,
and more than classic grace and beauty breathe
their inscription upon !, and make it gorious-for,
while it marks the dust of LINCOLN, its noblcr
mission will be TO tell our children and the world,
from age to age, HOW LOVE THE MARTYRS OF
LIBERTY.


NEWTON BATEMAx, State Supt Pub ms,


H., and Member Monument Association.
Year: 1865

1t is said that Major General John A. Logan
of Illinois, has been rendered the position of
Brigadier General in the regular army. but that
he will probably decline the position. No soldier
engaged in putting down the rebellion has nude
more noble record than Logan, and the gratitude
of the American people will fall upon him with the
profuseness that he so well deserves.
Year: 1865

THE only Physician of his kind in the West, has
with tho greatest success gained better reputation e
ectcd more complete cures visited places the longest
without missing an engagement than any physician that
travels has outlived them all and become noted for his
skin in treating all chronic diseases OF the