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Year: 1868

CRY AND COUNTRY PApERs.-A
subscriber to the Montpelier Freeman
ordered his paper stopped, for the
reason that he can get the Tribune
for fifty cents less. The editor re-
marks.


"But those who do this should not
let their economy stop here. 1t must
be extravagant folly for them to pay
five, ten or twenty dollars for preach
ing in their locality. when a volume
of sermons may be had for dollar
and half. and can be read at home
every Sabbath, saving both Sunday
attire and expenses. THERE'S no use in
explaining to those who prefer a city
weekly because il Is fifty cents cheap
er, why paper with a hundred
Thousand subscribers can be afforded
cheaper than one with three thousand,
although the reason is tolerahly OBJ
vious."
Year: 1868

tacle of the age2 Are they deaf dumb and
blind 4! Are their hearts made of stone and
their heads of ice ? Will they continue to
support the majority in Congress- who are
the legitimate authors. the putative fathers
OF this marvellous wickednesS! VIII they
allow Their standing army TO be used in
support of such a monstrous tyranny How
long are we to be subjected to this dupli-
cate despotism of the civil and military
power Are we to be relieved of this un-
natural and barbarous punishment, only to
be enslaved and crushed out of civil and
political existence by the Inauguration of a
negro despotlsm for the next twenty-seven
years, under the Radical constitution now
proposed and about to be fraudulently en-
forced upon us by a criminal conspiracy.-
What has become of the National Denoc-
racy Have they too disappeared before the
political GOths and Vandals of the day
Have they lost their power over the heart
OF the countryF Can they no longer rally
the people when the life of the nation is in
dangerE Will not the old Democratic lion
arouse from his lair2 VIII he not assert
his ancient title to the dominion of the coun-
try-wll4 he not enter the great arena of
battle and drive into the depths of the
wilderness the swarming armies of wolves
aud hyenas who now cover and dispoil the
land That this will be done in the ap-
preaching Presidential contest with all the
suollme power OF an outraged and indignant
people is now plainly written in the distor-
ted eyes and melancholy visages of Ben
Butler & Co. That the impeachers will be
impeached before the august tribunal of the
American people and exiled forever from the
control of the government. is now foretold
in every local expression of the public voice
and is daily gathering the volume and DOW
er of a tempest that will sweep the Radical
party with the besom of destruction.


CONCLUSION.


The Democracy of Mississippi now see and
feel the exciting influence of this popular
power and have resolved to fight their share
of the great battle. Then


Saddle White Surry for the field to-mor-


row."


Our riders are up-our men in the ranks,
and eager for the fray. Let us on to the
enemy at once. Let us storm and capture
the strongholds of the Loyal Leagues in ev-
erv county in the SUate-let us release and
restore to the freedom of the elective fran
chise their armies of oath bound prisoners
drive the Convention conspirators and their
candidates to the obscure dens of the North
whence they come-vote down their Bill of
and assert the supremacy of
the State of Mississippi under our own Con-
stitutiOn and laws.
Year: 1868

shameful gerrymander for a fouler purpose
was never conceived, and yet this system is
proposed as permanent organization of
government, and irrepealable at least for
tWenty-seyen Years if adOpted
Year: 1868

ion OF Gen Blair at tho battle OF Chickasaw Bluffs the
letter SAYS: "Had any private OF company remained
IN the saline place. would have been called coward"
TIE headquarters Of Gen. Blair said TO have been
kind OF modern Babel-and drunken one, at that-So
that the men were obliged 10 get at midnight and
melt the tents Of the officers with missiles in order TO OBJ
tain the quiet necessary for sleep.
Year: 1868

remedy that we recommend as not only
quail, but superior to anything of the kind ex-
tant, it is pleasant to take, acts promptly, and
never fails, when taken in time. to cure Choe-
ra in its first stage.


Everyone should keep a bottle on hand, so
as to be prepared for the worst.
Year: 1868

TN calling the attention of the public to this
II preparation, we do not present to their no.
tice an untrled remedy. The formula has been
shown to some of our leading Physicians and
they unhesitatingly recommend and prescribe
it, some of our most prominent and influential
citizens have tried it, and have voluntarily Of
fered to certify to its curative effects. With this
evidence of its superior qualities we are in
duced to offer it to our friends and the public
generally as a sovereign remedy fer
DYSPEPSIA,


INDIGESTION,


FLATULENCE,


WANT OF APPETITE and


GENERAL DEBILITY.
If you are afflicted with any of the foregoing
complaints, try
Year: 1868

i MIRACULOUS EscAPE.-Y Yesterday after
noon horse attached to buggy ran Oft
down Sixth street from Broad to Main,
where he turned, upsetting the buggy,
throwing q little boy out, and bruising him
considerably. The top Of the buggy was
almost broken off by the upset, and the
horse continued to drag the buggy on ITS
side down Main street to Eighth, coIored
nurse and an infant child being inside. AT
Eighth street the horse was stopped, and to
the infinite astonishment of oil the nurse
and child were taken out entirely unhurt;
The faithful nurse had wrapped the child
in a shawl, and held it to her bosom, rthus
doubtless saving its life. The first question
she asked when taken out Of the buggy was,
" Is my child safe 2" s,s>,. lt'4'
Year: 1868

UNCLE SPECS on CHANDLER.-u
Specs Hodges, delegate from Princess Anne Az n e
to the late Convention, reached Richmond
Yesterday. His arrival at the capitol crea-
ted considerable commotion on the floor Of
the District Convention. He said his man
for " Congress from the Fust Deestriek was
black, but now he was gwine for Chandler,
do Chandler was o leetle too smart, and could
go as easy on one skeet as another" he
had been bothered deal lately about
iBayne, who "wouldn't work in de traces
but now was prepared to do his duty by the
ssGuyer questitarn.n
Year: 1868

WRECK or THE ALExANDRlA.--The
steamer Claymont arrived at City Point
yesterday morning with bargcs and all the


necessary tackling for the purpose Of rais-
ing the wreck of the steamer Alexandria,
burnt several weeks ago. The wreck will
be raised in the course Of the next few days.
Year: 1868




Writing about improvements reminds
me that a farmer does not always think
of what is needful and may be done when
leisure time occurs, and it recalls to my
mind the practice of large and success
full farmer, who ut his death left his affairs
in a prosperous condition, and his prem
ises in complete order His neighbors
often wondered at the case with which
he conducted his operations: he never
hurried, but the right thing was always
done at the right time, and lis work ncv-
er Jagged. Much of the Improvement he
made was in odd spells, when the routine
of regular farm work war broken by rainy
weather, or after finishing the work on
crop, and while waiting tor another to
get to the proper stage lie kept large
slate hanging in the kitchen where all
his workmen could see it, and whenever
a job occurred to him it was noted on the
slate. For instance some Of his entries
ran thus snake gate for the brook
lot;" "Clean ont the open ditch III the
wheat field - clay new floor en- the
scatfold over the barn floor; ;" ''Bury the
large stones iii the middle LOT; !" "Get
some white-wood trees to mill for ma
king garden-fence pickets; > "Plant shade
trees along the roadside ;" dig the el
ders out of the fel c, corners, and look
after the weeds that came up where the
threshing machine stood in the field last
year" IN this way his slate was filled,
and ifa leisure halliday occurred, bis
men all had plenty OF work and if the
master was absent, the slate told the
workmen what TO do. After a time it
was his custom to lay out the days work
on the slate each evening previous, and
when a job was finished the record was
erased. To get the slate clean was the
ambition of the workmen. ~ ..a.


lL0nre'x RiLrM-
Year: 1868

And for the special pleasure and profit OF the
Young, each week wowill give a general literary
and religious miscellany Nothing shall ma
Il, way into our columns unfit for the Perusal
the mothers and daughters Of the land. Depre-
eating the demoralizing sensationalism Of many
contemporary journals. We shall esoheW that
character, striving to give the reader substantial
matter. preferring to be useful rather than


ensationsl.
Year: 1868

BY A CONSOLIDATION OF THE lash
VILE UNION AND AMERICAN and the
DISPATCH. and by the generous and united
support Of the UNIoS AND DIsPAToH BY the
patrons Of both the former papers, the Proprie'
tors are enabled to present Newspaper hiths
to unsurpassed in this city or State.


IN FULLNESS AND ACCURACY
NEWS. our paper will compare favorably ith


best in the entire country; and In saying


we only repeat the expressions Of many


patrons. who are most capable Of Judging In


matters.
Year: 1868

Entrance TO the lodge room will be oh
tanned through the medium of two raps in
quick succession, to be followed by two
slow ones. The Inside Sentinel will say
"our trust y the outside applicant will
answer, SIS in God" He will then be ad-
mitted, and upon giving the grip as de-
tailed in another place, he can take his
seat"
Year: 1868

INsURANCE.-One Of the most bcnifi-
cent institutions in the country, and one
which has most rapidly grown. into popu-
larity, is the plan of savings furnished by
the insurance companies. The business
is now so simple that there is no excuse
for a man not leaving small competency
to his family at death, while the man
whose house burns up without any in
surance upon it is laughed at rather than
pitied The small annual payment to
Year: 1868

A NEW WAY OF PUTTING THE QUEs-
TIoH.-This from the Independent, is
rather neat way of doing up constitu-
tional question Michigan is sitting
with her finger on her forehead, ponder
ing the question, is the negro man
Year: 1868

it desirable to eat fish, so long will fish
raising b. Profitable, The increase in the
production Of fish was important in a san
itary point If view o., an article Of diet,
and also as an educational movement,
Year: 1868

By this time the eclipse was total, and
Thought it was time to relent. Sol told them
I would inquire of the Great Spirit, if. haply
there was possibility of ayerting the threat
ened wrath / went into the tent, and in
few minutes came out and told them il they
would promise to keep the peace, the Great
Spirit would pardon them, and give them the
sun again. They were sufficiently frightened
to promise anything, and soon my prayers
were answered by the appearance OF little
rim OF light, which gradually widened and
frightened till daylight was completely re-
stored


On the following day Joe Stephenson re-
turned, and with him came deputalion of
Otoes, bringing, not only all the stolen prop
erty, but liberal peace offering beside. Act
ing under my Instructions Joe had efectu-
ally frightened the Otoes into justice, using
the eclipse as the great argument, of course.
Thus l was the means of saving many lives,
and of keeping peace among the Indians long
enough to allow of the survey being complet-
ed throughout all that country. | was ack-
nowledged as great medicine man by all the
tribes in that region, and many good results
accrued to our party.
Year: 1868

DENocR ,TIc CoNvENrloN.-Be Before another number of the MINER will reach its readers, except those of them who live in the vicinity of Prescott, tue Democratic Convention will have assembled in Wickenburg, and put forth a platform of principles, and candidate for Delegate to Congress. We hope delegates from every county in the Territory will at tend and take part in the proceedings. We have no interest in the matter further than that we wish to see a good, honest intelli- gent Democrat nomnatcd--one who, If elect ed. will labor for the interest and welfare of the Territory. The Convention has been called to meet on the eleventh instant, and upon its choice depends the future welfare of Arizona Nominate no man who is not thor ougbly Arizouian.
Year: 1868

This vile creature took occasion to pitch into the MlNER for it's course in exposing Villany and corruption. The lying wretch said he voted for the removal of the capital from Prescott to Tucson, because he considered it a more eligible place, (for himself, no doubD and because it was he uish of c majority of he p,oplG Did ever God create such another unconscionable liar' He also gave another reason, which we believe to be the main one. That the Yavapai delegation were unwilling to give anythingm This, as our friend De Long would say, was "thc true cause' for AleXandcr's recreancy. Such are the fools the Governor works with-men who have done the Territory more harm than good-- who despise obor, and feed on the crumbs

 that fall from the tables of official dignitaries who draw their rations out of the peoples commissary God save the Territory from ! being again turned over to the tender mercies

 of these lazy cormorants that fasteD them

 selves upon the body polite and gnaw out its

 very vitals.
Year: 1868

GULLING THEN-Goyernor Mccormick, we are informed, told the people of Tucson that the railroad is certain to be built over the 32d parallel route and that, of course, it will pass right through the town of Tucson. Well, this may be believed by some of them, as they facts don't bear him out in this assertion. Probably he knows more about it than the Company that intend to build it. He also says that it was he who had General McDow- ell removed Wonder if he wont't try to make the Pimas and Maricopas believe that he IS Montezumal It is fair to presume that he will
Year: 1868

BECGING EPIsTLEs.-The last mail from South of the Gila brought nearly every prom inent citizen of this part of the Territory a letter from our Governor. Richard C. McCor- mick, informing them by printed slips, that he was a candidate for Congress, and begging tLem to give him their support. In the Ian guage of distinguished bar-keeper of this place. we would like to know "What On [" The Governor is the cheekiest individual we have heard of in a long time. What impu- dence he must have to ask an honest man to support him for Congress Does be imagine he owns the people north of the Gila If he does he is awfully mistaken They have not forgotten his treachery and dupicity on the capital question His little game of two facedness is too fresh in their memory for that. Were it not that paper and ink cost him nothing, and that his salary goes on all the time, We would advise him to cease writ ing these Jillet Dicks, as they only serve to further disgust honest citizens with himself and his course,
Year: 1868

succor did not arrive, it was his intention to crawl (for he could not walk to the creek, wash and bathe his wound, and endeayor to reach the Willows.

 This is the second time Spencer has been jumped by Indians in this Territory, and m both instances he has proven himself to be a man of undoubted bravery and great presence of mind The first time they attacked hlm was, while he was herding band oi horses and cattle at Banghar,'s Ranch in Chino Nal- ley, about year ago when by his coolness and bravery, he saved the most ot the stock from falling into their hands. He has carried the mail over the Hardyville road for some time past, and has run many hair breadth es- capes.

 In connection with this affair, military gentleman says: cit has been asserted that one man could travel over this road in safety that the Indians were tired of war, and longed for peace. This looks like 1t with vengeance Now do not believe they want peace; tht only peace they deserve Is the peace thai has no waking, I mean the peace oi death Let there be a war of eNtermlnaton inaugu rated against all hostile tribes, and no let uI until they are swept from off the earth or lay down tEeir arms and beg for peace.' Our sen timents, exactly.
Year: 1868

RorNp TOR ARIZoNA.-Th San Bcrnardino Caifornia) Guardiqu, of March l4th, says that number of strangers passed through its town during the week, bound for Arizona. Let them come. There is plenty of room here for million people, and lots of chances to squat upon good tilable land, raise crops with but little exertion on their part; take up and develop mining claims, get Govern ment contract, or do almost anything else they may please. Now is the time to make locations and acquire property here, before the grand rush of fortune seekers from the East to our favored Territory sets in, which will be just as soon as the Government sub sidy is granted OUT railroad People will come to Arizona, where they can get all the agricultural, grazing timber and mining lands they want, by taking them up," and ! paying the Government a paltry sum when ! the land is surveyed. for title. Here if a ! man does not like warm climate, he can, by ] moving twenty or thirty miles, up or down l hill have an "entire change of programme. n ! If a person does not like the occasional blow

 and bluster of old Boreas in our several

 mountain ranges. he can hie away to the

 foothills and valleys and be famed by gentle

 zephyrs. II neither of these climates suit a

 fastidiously inclined perso,, he can go down

 on the desert and get scorched. Reader, fl you are casting around for good country to

 remove to, one in which you can make an

 easy living and enjoy good health, come tc in the Union
Year: 1868

But the firing ceased ere even, forthe bloody


work was Ger,
And the clouds were floating seaward like a


vessel to the shore;
But my soul was sick with sorrow as


turned my head away
To where the mists of even on the Missis.


sippi lay;
And there seemed cloud to gather, and


saw spirit stand
Twas the ghost of murdered Dostie, with q


trumpet in his hand,
And in tones OF deepest thunder the spirit


seemed to say:
Rejoice, bloody city in wickedness to-


day,
For storms of woe shall gather around the


streets you tread,
And Joy shall turn tn sorrow in the ven.


geance of the dead,
While man may smite in terror with the


bloody whip and cord,
But ye shall feel, proud city, the vengeance


Of the Lord.
There shall be day of famine, when the


cruelty you fed
Shall be echoed by your children when they


cry in vain for bread.
And the pestilence shall gather as the locust


in the east,
Till third of all the city shall be numbered


in the feast.
And bitter wall of sorrow shall be lifted


to the sky,
While the dead shall lie unburied, yet the


living beg to die.'
So spoke the avenging angel, and the spirit


form had fed,
While the city stood in silence like the city


Of the dead.
Year: 1868

On Tuesday next the stalls of the mar
kets will be offered for sale by the con-.
troller at auction, commencing with the
beef market, second district. This ia an
opportunity for butchers and speculasors to
make very profitable investment. 1t is a
well-known fact that farmers have grown
rich upon the purchasing Of the right to
collect the revenues of the various mar
kets of the city, and large sums have an
nually filed the pockets of these farmers
that rightfully belonged to the city tTsas-
ury. We have made the calculation vs.
the amount necessary to be collected from
each stall daily to equal the amount real
ized from the sale of the markets this year,
and are astonisbed to find how small the
daily tax required less than seventy-fve
cents per day. It is no wonder that the
butchers can afford to pay large bonuses to
the farmers for the privilege of occupying
their stalls in addition to the tariff levied
on each article sold. When the ordinance
under which this sale is to be made goes
into effect, the tax now collected on each
article will no longer be exacted, and the
butchers, when they rightly understand the
working of this ordinance, will have great
cause to be thankful to the projectors Of
this scheme.
Year: 1868




Six months after the last scene of the
former chapter the quiet, home-like man
sion Of the Fosters was brilliantly lighted
up; every tree and shrub Aickered with
various colored lights; the hall and porches
were dazzling, while the spacious parlors
were mellowed and soft in their light, and
quiet was the group of loving friends
within them awaiting the appearance of the
bridal party, .s


Nellie, the beloved of all, was that night
to wed her life to that of Edward Lott, the
most distinguished young lawyer then at
the Mississippi bar. After his marriage
he was to return to the Crescent
city, and open his theatre Of action
in his native place; he no longer feared the
talent accumulated in the first city of the
South. In the course of society Nellie Lott
never forgot in its intoxication the true
mission of woman, that is, to help the poor,
| lift up the broken hearted, and reach out a
helping hand to the penitent sinner. And
| while her home was the nucleus around
which her heart ever clung, she was to be
found part Of each day in the humble
abodes of the poor and suffering ones of our
city. Let us enter with her into yon shan.
ty-nay, almost hovel. She picks her way
to the side of the rough bed through litter
and dirt, and though she raises her skirts
from contact with it, no look of disgust
painfully reminds the sufferer of the differ
ence between them. Nellie watches the
invalid closely for a few moments, then
busies herself with attending to her suffer
ings; and lastly, with the aid of a brisk
servant, perfect cleanliness is soon
restored. What magic there is in
the hand of true, earnest, gen
tie woman. A few days suficed to en-
list Nellie's heart in this case above all 9TH
ers, for the invalid was an educated woman,
and had little son whose mind was very
bright, although the little frame was stinted
aud shrunken from neglect and want.
Then there was a fixed hardness and a bit
terness against life which betokened years
of disappointment and suffering that went
straight to the heart OF Nellie Lott. and
made her resolve to spare no effort to
smooth life for her, and soften her tried
spirit, and by kindness and appreciation to
win her back to the gentleness of trusting
womanhood. Because her own life was
cast amid purling streams and flowery
banks, Nellie Lott forgot not all the suffer.
ing which so often makes human life
wretched. Her mind often turned back to
the hour when she lay an orphan babe in
the garden of the wealthy stranger, and as
she reads over the touching appeal
traced by the cold hand of her
dying mother to save her darling babe from
the severe routine of life in an asylum,
and from the abundance of their wealth to
fit the helpless one for independence and
usefulness, she felt that there was a strong
LUX between her and the suffering ones Of
earth, and teryoatly thanked s5ii ts.at be
had given her means to relieve such. Then,
too, there were times when this suffering
woman bore resemblance to some face she
had formerly known, and though she could
not recall that face, she felt that the re.
senblaRee was allied to some companion of
Year: 1868

Do we not say, forgive US, Lord,


Oft when too well we understand
Our sorrow is not such as Thou


Requirest at the sinners handf
Have we not sought Thy face in tears,


When our desire hath rather been
Deliverance from the punishment


Than full deliverance from the sing
Alas we mourn because we fain


Would keep the things we should resign
And pray, because we can not pray


Not my rebellious will, but Thine