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Year: 1868

There is not, in all literature, a


book more thoroughly saturated with


the spirit of its subject than Diekens's


aChristmas. Carol" aud there is no


book about Christmas that can be
counted its peer. To follow old
ScrOoge through the ordeal of loving


discipline whereby the ghosts arouse


his heart, is to be warmed in every


fibre Of mind and body with the gem


tie, bountiful, ardent, af5ectionate
Christmas glow. Read at any season


of the year, this genial story never


fails to quicken the impulses Of tender
and thoughtful charity. Read at the
season Of the Christian festival, its
pure, ennObling influence is felt to be
stronger and sweeter than ever. AS
you turn its magical pages, you hear


the midnight moaning Of the winter


wind, the soft rustic of the falling
snow, the rattle of the hail on the max
ed branch and windeW-pa pane, and the


far-Off tumult of the tempest-smitten
seas; but also there comes a vision of
snug and cossy rooms, close curtained
from night and STORM, wherein the
lights burn brightly, and the sound Of
merry music mingles with the sound
Of merFier laughter and all is warmth
and kindness and happy content, and


looking on these pictures, you feel the


full reality of cold and want and sor-
row, as contasted with warmth and
comfort, and recognize anew the sa-
cred duty of striving, by all possible
means, to give to every human being
a cheerful home and a happy freside.


The sanctity Of that duty is the moral
Of Christmas, and of the "Christmas
Carol" That such a book should
find an enduring place in the affee-
tionate admiration of mankind, is an
inevitable result of the highest moral
and mental excellence. Conceived in
a mood Of large human sympathy,
and expressed in a delicate faneiful
yet admirably simple form of. art, it
addresses alike the unIettered and the
cultivated, it touches the humblest as
well as the highest order of mind, and
it satisfies every rational standard of
taste. So truly is this work an inspi-
ratien, that the thought about its art
is always an afterthOught. So faith
fully and entirely does it give voice
to the universal Christmas sentiment,
that it seems the perfect reflex of every
readers ideas and feelings thereupon
There are a few other books of this
kind in the world, lin which Genius
does. at once and forever, what amb-
ling Talent had always been vainly
trying to do,-and these make up the
small body of literature which is "for
all time" - From the Atlantic
Monthly for December.
Year: 1868

It is pleasant to see refinement penetrat-
ing into retired homes. The more piano,
the. less wolf, the less dirt. The beautiful
should never be out Of thought. Iis as
right that the bread should be put upon
the table in a eomely shape as that it
should be eeaten.-rEmerson
Year: 1868

It is pleasant to redect that, amid
all the artifciaIities and snObbishness
of American society, the idea Of mar
rying for money has not been made a


part Of the young lady's education


The conventional novel depicts uni
formly a heroine who resists all the
Establishments Of wealth, and who
turns persistently away from the suit
or with diamond necklaces and many
broad acres, to unite her destiny with
the handsome young fellow with. PEN
.sive eyes and. an empty pocket book.
They go to live with love in a cottage,
and the husband turns Outa genius, at
whom even the man in the moon
chuezs fat purses of gold in very de-
lirium of appreciation. The bloated
-aristocrat of a l0ver, whose gems and
acres could not buy an innocent girls
affections, reveals himself in the role
of an .unmitigated sneak, not to say
villain, and quits life and his riches
in an ignominious manner for a per
.manent seat on Old Nick's favorite
gridiron,


Such is the romantic story which
charms the hearts and receives the
sympathies of more than half the mar
riageable young women in the land.
The fact that such books continue TO
be written, continue to find purchasers,
is evidence that it has not yet become
fashionable for the gentIese to ignore
love as a prime consideration in con-
tracing matrimOny, and substitute
for it something purely mercenary.


Affected and artificial as American
society often is, the cold calculations
of the French system of marriage have
not yet found any substantial or wide
recognition in the family circle. The
idea Of selling a girls first affections
for money, is one so repugnant to the
prevailing public sentiment, that it
would not be avowed even when en-
tertained. Where the instinct of love
is left free to indicate a natural aff1ni-
ty of a person of one sex for a person
of the opposite sex, ill-assorted unions
cannot become the rule. Nor is this
subject, rudimentary, and trivial as it
may appear, beneath the attention of
political economists, for the family ba-
ses the State, and its happiness, ac-
cord and completeness, are elements
of national strength, or, when depre-
ciated by improper organizatioHi Of
national weakness.
Year: 1868

A recent medical writer states that the
vices of the American character may be
briefly summed US follows: First, an in
ordinate passion for riches; second, over
work of the mind and body in the pursuit
of business; third, undue hurry and ex-
element in all the affairs of life; fourth,
intemperance in eating, drinking, and
smoking; fifth, a general disregard Of the
true laws of life and health.
Year: 1868




ADVICE WORTH NEEDING. .-Zchokke, in one
of his tales, gl. es the following advice to IA
bride: In the first solitary hour after the
ceremony, take the bridegroom and demand
solemn vow Of him and give him vow in re-
turn. Promise each other sacredly, never,
nor in jest, to wrangle with each other-never
to handy words or to indulge in the least i'll
humor. Never-I say never. Wrangling in
jest. and putting on an air ofill humor merely
to tease, becomes earnest by practice. Mark
thatl Next promise to each other, sincerely
and solemnly, never to keep secret from
each other under whatever pretext, and
whatever excuse it might be. You must con-
tinually and every moment see clearly into
each others BOSOM Even when one Of you
has committed fault, wait not an instant,
but confess it. freely. Let it cost tears, but
confess it. And as you keep secret nothing
from each other, so, on the contrary, preserve
the pryacies Of your house, marriage state
and heart from father mother, sister broth
er, aunt and all the world. You two, with
Gods help, build your own quiet world,
Every third or fourth one you draw into it
with you will form party, aud stand be-
tween YOU two. That should never be-
Promise. this to each other. Remember the
voMsat each temptation. You will find your
account in it. Your souls will grow, us it
were, to each other, and at last will become
as one. AZ, if many a pair bad, on their
wedding day, known this secret. how many
amartiage were happier than, alas, they are
Year: 1868

From Harrey Sickler, Esq, the able editor Of the


a 7ttnklsdnnock Democrat, Pennsylvania.


" Our only child, about three years of age,
attacked by pimples on his forehead. They rapidly
spread until they formed loathsomc and virulent
sore, which covered his face, and actually blinded
his eyes for some days. skilful physician applied
nitrate of silver and other remedies, without any
apparent effect. For fifteen days guarded his
hands, lest with them he should tear open the fes-
tering and corrupt wound which covered his whole
face. Having tried every thing else we had any
and applying the iodide of potash lotion, as you
direct. The sore began to heal when we had given
the first bottle, and was well when had finished
the second. The child's eyelashes, which had come
out grew again, and he is now healthy and fair
any other. The whole neighborhOod predicted
that the child must die ,,
Year: 1868

From Mr.. THoNAs.-We have used Henley's
Royal Balsam in my family this winter. There is
talking. 1t throws everything in the shape
of Cough medicine in the shade that / ever saw
My wife was troubled with asthma or smothering
effect until struck this "Royal Balsam' She is
now about. well. 1t cured me of the worst cold
ever had in my life in one night. Whenever our
children have anything like a cough, few drops
given going to bcd-that is the last of the
cough. 1 never intend to be without it in the
house.


B. THOMAS, the paper man.
Year: 1868

The Position OF SECRETARY MGCUL
LocH.--The Star Of Thursday evening says
there no longer remains any doubt rs to the
position Of Secretary McCuloch on tho
Presidential question. In convcrsation with
prominent official few days ago he said
that he could no longer hesitate as to what
course 10 pursue, but should giyo his sup.
port and whatever Official patronage he
could contrd 10 Seymour and Blair. AT
the Same time lIo denounced in strong terms
tho financial plank In the Democratic plat.
form, and said II IL was carried out il would
certainly bring financial disaster to the
country. The only Objectionable plank In
the Republican platform was that relating
TO reconstruction, but ms this was para.
mount at tho present timo to everything
else. hc preferred uniting himself with the
Democratic party with it's bad financial po.
Icy TO giving his support 10 q party which
imposed such conditions on the Southern
| States as was done by the Republicans ii


their reconstruction measures.
Year: 1868

AVERSION TO MANUEL LABOR.-FOr
years past, our boys and young men
have exhibited a growing aversion to
honest, manly toll, to manuel labor, or
productive industry of any kind.


In many of our counties, it is becom-
ing a rare sight to see young man,
possessed OF an ordinary school educa-
ton, with perhaps a term or two at
the village academy, engaging himself
in any kind Of fsober, manuel labor.


If he does remain on the farm, in a
large majority of cases, less ofhis time
is spent behind the plOw, than in a
trotting sulky-more of it is devoted
to training fast nag8 than to training
steers; and farm wagons are less to
his taste than spider-wheels and skel-
tons.


Speculation, mining, petroleum, pa
tent rights-any thing that demands
travel, and produces excitement, has
fascination for the young man that
seems irresistible.


To be in the great busy world, and
of it; to talk familiarly with business
men, of thousands, and tens Of thouS-
auds, and hundreds of thousands Of
capital, with which self is, in some
way, connected, has a charm for the
| young man, who seldom remembers
the vast multitude that sink to ruin
while struggling for prizes that only
one in a thousand can possibly obtain.


Commercial pursuits are over-valu-
ed, because they lie more upon the
surface, and are open to observation
but from statistics OF only very few
years ago, and probably correct now,
we know that our animal growth Of
bread stuffs is three to four times the
aggregate value of all our imports and
exports combined.


But it is not alone the young man
OF some pecuniary means that leaves
the farm to engage in some doubtful
yet exciting enterprise, that will bring
wealth without labor; there;is scarce
a day that passes in village or in
country,that some stout, healthy young
man is not met canvassing for some
book, some map or picture, selling
some patent clothes wringer, or cloth
es pima hat hook, hat peg, or {
tooth powder-something of which
with his robust health and strong
frame, he ought to be ashamed, as be
meath the dignity OF an able bodied
man.-Mr. Potrack'S address.
Year: 1868

CLovER.-Mr. Geddles in his re-
port on the Agriculture of Onondaga
County n. Y, says; The agriculture
of Onondaga county is based on the
clover plant. 1t is used for pasture,
for hay, and for manure. Strike this
plant out of existence, and revolu-
tion would follow that would make it
necessary for us to learn everything
anew in regard to cultivating our
lands. What their value would be
without clover | will not attempt to
conjecture" The Secretary of the
Main Board of Agriculture in his
last report states that: "Both expert
ments and chemical analysis have de.
monstrated that the manure OF ami
mails fed uppn clover hay, is worth,
bulk for bulk, five times as much as
manure from animals kept upon straw
and other refuse fodder. 1t conse.
quently follows that if the manure
from clover hay is so superior, the
turning under the clover must produce
results equally satisfactory. The in
luence exerted by the roots of the
plant in loosening and pulverizing the
soil is also of immense benefit. The
first year the clover may be cut for
hay, the second plowed under as a
manuring crop. The time for per
forming this operation is when the
plant is in full blossom"
Year: 1868

The SUBS THAT PLANTS ARE FOND
oF.-Sodium is cheaper than potas-
stun. We are not, then, to look for
potassium in anything in which sodi-
um can replace it. In potash we
may find little or none, and none in
saleratus used for cooking. You find
it in no soap except In soft soap
made in families with the lye leached
from ashes. 1t is not improbable
that plants may DE able to substitute
sodium for some part of the POTASH
um they need; but it is on the same
principle that cows on certain islands
are said to eat catfish. Though the
gardener invariably overlooks the
difference in the two kinds of suds
the plant will be sure to find it out
1t fails to find particle of that ele
ment which the soil most needs il
suds made from the common bal
soap.
Year: 1868

Sir Mathew Hale says: Converse
not with liar or a swearer, or a
man of obscene or wanton language !;
for either it corrupts you, or else it
will hazard your reputation to be of


like making; and if it doth neither,
yet it will fill your memory with such
discourses, that it will be trouble
some to you in aftertime.; and the
return of the remembrance of the
passages of this nature, which you
have long since heard, will haunt you
when your thoughts should be better
employed" .mm I'd 4
Year: 1868

S4V NJ. PERRY, the old and experienced Den
h list ofOrcans County is still at Barton,
and in readiness TO attended TO all work pertain
ing to his profession in a prompt and efficient
manner. Also To extract teeth without pain, by
the use of Nitrous Oxide Having one OF the
best Apparatus in use. Charges reasonable as
those of any respectable Dentist Please cali
Advice gratis.


RartOp Der % 1867
Year: 1868

"Not now, my little angelr' he said
huskily, mot now, | am too busy; to-
morrow will do as well; or, stay,
will come in this evening. Till then
do not mention it to any one. Go
now on your mission, my sister Of
charity" and he led her to the door.


How quickly her little feet flew
Year: 1868

The Saturday Review says that,
considering how many idiotic men
there are in the world with whom
good women have to live, it is a
blessing to the good women that they
should not be able to know an idiot
when they see one.
Year: 1868

probably, security for the future" Here, we may
discover the line that should mark connection with
reconstruction IL begins and ends IN our care Tor nome
interests IL will be time enough TO begin TO look lLO
the future when have provided FOR the present Inc
politicians OF the old school seem anxious 70 impress
upon the minds Of young men the importance oI re-
tccting all propositions coming from the KepuhucHn
party. or else they disiOnor their own blood,
and the blood OF their fallen comrades. But gentle
men should remember that they only dshOnor the COM
rades when they dishOnor Themselves and that there
cannot be dishOnOr in ready obedience 10 law ana
proper care for our own welfare. On the contrary 70
discard the law expose ourselves TO unnecessary dill
cuues is near akin 10 dshOnOr IL Is true that many
worthy persons are disanchsed under the law but the
readest surest OF relief through the law


conclude therefore, that interest and duty, ana hOn0r
demand that we should place ourselves in Il condition TO
support the laws Of Congress When we have done So
we shall receive abundantly Of help from the Executive
and from the other members Of the Government
remain. very truly yours, JAMES LONGsrREEI


Mr. John H. Dent, Cave Spring, Ga.
Year: 1868

THE MURDER OF THE HON. T. DARCY MCGEE.


TORONTO. Dec. 2j.-On the opening of tho
Court. Thursday, Mr.. Cameron, counsel for Wnaen
expressed doubt about the in which tho prisoner
would have bring his appeal before the highest rib
unal IN this countrythe Court Of Error and Appeal Two
modes suggested themselves to the mind OF the counsel
and he wished the prisoner to have the benefit OF both
The plan is simply 70 obtain the leave OF the Judges
OF the Queens Bench to lay the ease before the Court OF
Appeals, the ordinary course pursued IN cV matters
and other is obtain the Fat OF the AttorneyGene
raj TO proceed in in application The first
question for the Court OF Appeal 20 decide on the matter
will whether the case properly brought before them by
either OF the modes that the prisoners counsel mas
thought fit 20 adopt This point decided IN the prisoners
favor all the long arguments urged upon the queens
Bench will have To be repeated before the Court OF Ap
peal, and left for the decision II the application, on te
other hand ia refused al the threshold OF the Court tine
prisoner viii be left to abide the order the Queens Bench
may make their decision on the 3lst inst as 70
the time OF his AS their order must be made
after the Court of Appeals decision It has become neces
sary 10 respite the prisoner until the first day on Wnc
they ngain which Is the lst OF February The Cnef
Justice has granted his certificate 10 that effect ana the
Governor General will make order accordingly, on its
being forwarded TO him.
Year: 1868

between the ages of six and twenty
one. 3D. "Rcduce the humber Of di-
rectors to three, make them sworn
officers, compensate them for their
servicesF and hold them responsible
for all losses sustained by the district
through their neglect.


Conclusion. believe that the peo-
pie Of the comfy will bear me out in
making the assertion, that more work
has been performed and greater pro-
gress made during the past two years
than in any term since the establish
ment Of the County Superintendency
The work, however, is not all done,
much remains yet TO do / would
then say to the friends of education
who feel the same interest as myself,
let us grid on the armor anew and
unite in furthering this noble cause
for by the education Of our children,
more than by any other agency, our
future destiny as nation is to be
determined and as this interest is
sustained or neglected, so will our
nation rise in grandeur and power, or
sink. GEO. w. SNYDER,


County Sup't.
Year: 1868

"posihon so far as they know noT, they are
certain of no paying place Surely as many
"qs eight of these men luOuld far rather be sure
d" of a million each IN hand then TO tCait for the
uncertainty of 5000 Office by and by. LET
"us BUY THEIR VOTES AT THEIR OWN PRICE"


There is The Worlds proposition, just as it
stands in conspicuous type in the columns Of
IFS issue of the 4th inst That we have not
been able to find ont how and when the money
was to be raised is true we are not familiar
with the aodlts operandi of bribery. Those who
desire information as to, details are referred to
the editor of The World, whose inscriptions
villainy stands forth on his own confession IN
the words above quoted. lie cannet escape
the infamy of such a proposition except by
bringing credible witnesses to swear that they
would not believe him under oath. That may
be an easy or q difficult matter. We leave the
reader TO Judge for himself. The fact is thore,
on record The World proposed to buy votes
enough to acqut Andrew Johnson All the
squrming and billingsgate on earth will not
relieve The World from the odium of origin
ating She most infamous proposition in reference
to the decision of a trial ever known in the
history of the age.
Year: 1868

State Governments, substitute new ones
founded on the Rebel vote only restore the
African race to that slavery which he still
believes to be its normal condition, and
attempt to reconstruct Congress by measures
which would again plunge the country into
the horrors of civil war. We tell the Senate
that it has a duty of craftsmanship to perform
in connection with impeachment, to which the
pettifogging quibbles of County Court lawyers


and Senators who are studying what Dog


berry or q Bunsby would do, are entirely
UNEQUAL Gen. Grant-wbO is less an alarmist
than any other man in the country, but who
knows the President aud his plans as well as
any other manufactures that the acquittal
of Johnson would threaten the country, and
especially the South, with revolution and blood
she'd His opinion on such question is
prophecy. The guilty intent of Johnson con-
sists in his determination to do as he pleases,
after Congress has enacted that he shall do as
they please. This is the only guilty intent
which has ever brought tyrants and despots
like him into conflict with the people. To this
main project Of overruling the laws of Con-
| gress and crushing its power, in order to place
| the heel of the white race again on the neck OF
I the negro as the basis of reconstruction his
removal of Stanton and all his other acts are
only accessory If the Senate so far mistake
their duty as to aid in making the will Of
johnson supreme over their own legislation, OF
the great questions in which the peace and
welfare of countless millions depend, they viii


find it but poor defense before the people


when the whrlwind of riot, revolution, anC
civil war which such course would provoke


is upon us, that they acted as Justices Of the
| Peace would have done in like circumstances
Year: 1868

Such of the press as never exert pressure
upon any subject or toward any definite result
are disposed to denOunce the Representatives
of Missouri for seeking to exert an influence
over the Senators from Missouri, and the Gov
ernors Legislatures, State Conventions, news
papers, and public speakers throughout the
country who are demanding, with hearts that
burn under three long years of patriotic shame,
indignation, and contempt, the removal of
degraded demagogue and criminal from the
Presidency. What ~ they say, " are not Sena-
tors to be left free to decide according to their
Judgment % Undoubtedly, we reply. And
tho people are to be left equally free to indi-
cate what they think and feel that the Sena-
tors ought to decide. The freedom of the Sena-
tor to vote upon the question is no more i'm
maculate or sacred than the freedom of the
people to exert their pressure Why do not
the Copperheads bring on some of their pres
sure Obtain the opinions of Jefferson Davis,
Il. +. Lee, Mr.. Beauregard, Yallandigham, and
all the rebelliOus and perverse of this genera
ton in favor of Johnsons acquittal. Every body
who has followed the standard of the rebel
lion demands Johnson's acquittal. The mighty
host who upheld the standard of the Republic
are almost unanimous for his conviction. Mr..
johnson needs no worse condemnation than
that found in the fact that all who hated and
persecuted a faithful President and opposed
the War for the Union demand his acquittal.
The pre- ssure from that side is strong.
Year: 1868

Gentlemen of the Senate who intend to vote
for acquittal, and for the consequent continu-
ance of lawlessness and blOodshed in the South,
may find the verdict of posterity written in the
resolutions which were adopted, on Wednesday
evening, by the Republicans of the IYth Ward
of Washington City.
Year: 1868

Senator Williams Of Oregon appears in an
other column, in marked contrast with the
sOphistries with which Mr.. Fessenden has
striven to hush his conscience into a vote for
the would be usurper in the Presidential man
sion. The Oregon Senator's speech does him
credit, and the nation will thank him for it.
Year: 1868

The New-York Universalist Union held a
meeting yesterday, at the church corner of
Bleecker and Downing-sts. All the clergymen
of that denomination residing in this vicinity
were present, and the utmost unanimity
marked all their proceedings The reports
from the various churches and schools all
spoke of great prosperity