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Year: 1868

construction OF the civil rights oIil aud If It wa,
As contended. unconstitutional, the effect would
be TO place II in the power OF an individual to
stay all proceedings in the State courts at his
discretion.


Justice Westcott further stated that the section
Of this act prescribing a penalty for its violation
had been read, and that he was ready to meet any
prosecution which could follow the honest exer-
else of judicial discretion.


The indications are that on the meeting Of the
Legislature next month impeachment will bloom
afresh.


TALLAHASSEE, FLA. Dec. 5.-The Supreme
Court this morning adjourned to Saturday next
without transscting any business of great inter.
est
Year: 1868

Yesterday the bond ordinance providing for the
redemption of city money was voted down by the
people of this city. There was, however, but
little interest displayed in the matter, and 1t will
be noticed that the whole vote is not much more
than one fourth of what was pOlled on November
Sd last The following is the result in ertenso:
Year: 1868

true the measure originated In an anomalous con-
diton OF things and that that condition no longer
exists But still there are many reasons why the act
should not be repealed. In the first place 1t secures
the organization OF the House at an early day. In
case OF an extraordinary session called by the Ex
ondiy, 1t would operate to bring about o uniform
time for the election OF Congressman. Now there Is
no uniformity. Some States elect in April, some In
May, some In November, some In August and so on.
This Is an Inconvenience which March session
would remedy in all probability


Several other questions were asked and answered,
but none OF sufficient importance for repetition in
print
Year: 1868

correspondence of the Baltimore Gazette.]


In and down the people so with rush, rush,
rusb Life is really such strife that in order
ia live it is necessary to throw into existence a
v;tarty which really destroys it. Life can give
M real Measure to these anxious, careworn, ca
Ger men, whom you see around you, jostling
against each other, tumbling over one another,
and struggling on, regardless of friend or foe.
The most that they can enjoy is wild excite
mcpt which is all very we'll while it lasts, but
which generally induces reaction which IS
death in ITSELF Nothing is more suggestive OF
the real character OF New York lite than the
changes which daily occur almost with tho ra-
pidity of magic. 1t was almost yesterday that
one man here led society in his way, lived in a
house that would have rivalled princes, kept
a table that would have excited the envy Of an
epicurean Roman, and lavished his money only
as an American millionaire can lavish. To-day
he is living quietly at an hotel: Another who
had brought to this country about couple OF
millions, tho product of years OF Eastern labor,
spent it for awhile with Eastern magni6cence,
and has now gone back to the Indies to recon-
mencc the labor Of his youthful days. Another
who enjoyed an income OF considerably over
$5O,OOO and who was tor years known as pru-
dent and practical man, has been engulphed in
the vortex of speculation and has lost his all and
with it his influence and his friends. Another
who but few months ago was buying wines
and pictures, and indulging ia every unreason.
able extravaganza, is now giving notes tor small
balances, while another who had more than
once known misfortune, and whose lessons had
been severe enough for most people, has seen at
least three-fourths of his:wealth melb rapidly
away from him under the magic touch of Pa
cifc Mail, Canton, Erie and few other Will
o'-the- Wisp stocks.


Notwithstanding these glaring examples no
one is warned. The infatuation for stock gam
bling is more than extreme, and has about it
the mixed characteristics Of infatuation and in
sanity. The worst of it is that you not only
play against the luck of the table, but against
the combinations of the dealers, for the simple
truth is that all stock jobbers are Greeks, who
as q rule make the fortunes they get out Of
corners and turns in which many of their
best friends are sacrificed. Now and then
there comes blow which staggers everybody.
Just now nothing is heard of but Erie and
Erie has been ricocheting and reboundlng and
exploding in such an alarming manner that al
most every bodyis afraid OF it, and it has given
such bad odor to railroad stocks that it is
thought it must kill speculation for six months
to come. It has ruined more men in few
days than any stock that was ever backed, and
it has hoored out operators, more completely
than did the panic in Pacific Mail when the
bottom came out of Mr. erome's tub.
Year: 1868

We will have supply of fine portraits of the
great liberator Abraham Lincoln in the course
Of a week or two, and we propose to send one tc
every ono W hQ will procure us twenty subscribers.


SO hurry up, and yon shall have picture of
the man to whora 10 l..e the nrA1+ of
sing the slave of the South. We know that you
all love the memQryof Abraham Lincoln and
ought to have a picture to teach your children
to love him too.
Year: 1868

Don't neglect to have copy ofthis paper to
take home with you. Let some one read 1t to you;
and let every colored man learn to read; so that
he can read the Bible aud the newspaper, the
two great educators which, God has appointed
to enlighten the world.


Take the Free Mans Press
Year: 1868

The "Free Mans Press, F" is the only news
paper in the South which has the type set by
colored men. 1t is your own paper, and it claims
your support. Join the club, and have copy
come to your home regularly.
Year: 1868

poverty. We repeat the inquiry, why IS
all this? But no answer is vouchsafed.
No satisfactory explanation Is given. Time
will disclose all the hidden mysteries and
corruptions Of those who are thus feeding
upon the vital interests Of our people. 1t
il the maladministration of government,
the abuse of the power usurped by the pre-.
sent officers of the State, the dishonest and
Illegal appropriation of the public money
and the Injustice which such policy su-
perinduces, that the people complain Of.
1t is this which has produced this restless,
feverish and excited state Of feeling which
threatens to engulf US in civil strife, and
which has sprung into existence such po-
litical excrescences as the Ku-Klux Klan,
and which will, sooner or later, if not
otherwise removed, by force and violence
break the shackles with which the people
are now bound. Ia the very nature OF
things, 128,000 white men, taxpayers, men
Of education, with Anglo-Saxon blood in
their veins, and impelled by a love OF free
dom and equality, cannot be held in politi-7
cal and financial bondage, by the $4,000
who have allied themselves with the igno-
rant negro for the unholy purpose of plun-
der and political ACKNOWLEDGMENT.


Good men will, as they have done here
tofore, interpose their influence to suppress
violence and prevent bloodshed. Their
efforts. for time, win lA successful. q


The ebullitions Of violence viii here and
there Weld to their opportunities. But
each recurring wave will come with in
creased force and violence, until the pent
up wrath Of an outraged people by wrong
made indiferentto consequences, willrefuse
TO listen to the dictates of prudence, or de-
fer to the threats and insolence Of power
but taking counsel of their own mate man.
hood and desperation, they will throw of
the petty brutal despotism that now domi-
mates over them, and assert their claim to
constitutional equality with their fellows,
although in doing so they may drench the
nation in blood. The writer does not adj
wise such course. He would lay down
his life any day to prevent the evils which
a renewal of civil strife would inilct upon
the American people. He IS now, as he
ever has been, for the union of the States
and the maintenance of a republican
form of government. He honestly be-
lieves that Seymour and Blair will be
elected, and if they are, that we will
have a Just constitutional administration
of the government, which will quiet the
bitter partisan struggles of the country,
allay the fierce passions of the people,
harmonic the different sections of the
Union, and restore peace, prosperity and
equality to every citizen and every interest
in the land. My advice, therefore, is to
forbear a little longer, preserve compact
organization, and await the result of the
Presidential election. This accomplished,
the insolent and unprincipled vagabonds
now tyrannizing over Tennessee, eating her
substance aud despoiling her people, will
be glad to yield their grasp, and suPplicate
the favor of those who, in their ignorance
and pride Of power, they have insulted,
oppressed, and countenanced.


JUSTICE.
Year: 1868

or the other they must DO, wait for in
formation.


In all that is said above, have not in
tended to say anything unkind or disre-
spectful Of any one. Ifthe exclaimed lor
referred to be the individual whom | sup
pose him to be, he is doubtless entitled 10
all that can be said in commendation of his
virtues or abilities, and | cannot but be-
lieye that he has been more or less misun-
derstood when talking in somewhat loose
and impulsiVe manner about memorials
that he had never seen. My object in
writing at the present moment is simply
that the parties in controversy shall be able
TO understand each other little better than
some of them seem now to do.


------ A MEMOR1ALIsT. /
Year: 1868

Runner says that the Illinois Central Rail
road Company Will, Immediately, build one
or more large freight steamers to ply be
tween Cairo and New Orleans, and carry all
the freight Of the road at lower rates than
generally prevails
Year: 1868

TANNING SKINs.-To tau any kind of skin
with hair on we know of no more cheap and
simple frocess than to apply to the flesh
side, when fresh and wet, MIXTURE of two
parts Of eaItpeter and one part of alum.
These should be finely pulverized and
sprinkled over every part of the skin;
double in flesh to flesh, roll up and let it
lie a day or two; then with dull knife re
move the meat and fat if any kas been left


After about half dry, commence rubbing
and continue working until dry; the skin
Will be found very nice, white and pliable,
and the hair firmly set There is 10 process
for making leather equal to that Of the regu-
lar bark tanning mode, and al large hides
or skins should be thus treated. Small skins
may be tanned by first packing in wet ashes
to remove the hair, and then kept a few
days in old, soft soap wash thoroughly, and
rub while drying Skins thus tanned are
very tough and pliabIe, and answer good
purpose for aaii-strings, whip lashes. ETC., il
kept dry.


There are several modes of quick tanning
! by use Of wheat bran and acids but for
common uses the above are cheaper and
more simple, and answer as good purpose
J Loag.-slhe buttons from q coat Of paint
Year: 1868

Peter what are you doing with that boy
said a scho0lmasteE


8" He wanted to know if you took ten from
seventeen how many will remain, so took
ten Of his apples to show him, and now be
wants them back


Well. why don't you do it then p


"Coz sir, he would then forget how many
is left
Year: 1868

THE VIRTUES OF BoRAx-The washer
women of Holland and Belgium so proverb-
tally clean, and who get up their linens so
beautifully white, use refined borax as
washing powder, instead of soda, in the pro-
portion of large handful of borax powder
to about ten gallons of boiling water; they
save in soap nearly half All the large wash
ing establishments adopt the same mode.
For laces, cambrIcs, etc, an extra quantity
Of the the powder is used, and for crinolines
(requiring to be made stiff strong solu
ton is necessary. BOrax being a neutral
salt, does not in the slightest degree injure
the texture of the linen; its effect is tC
soften the hardest water, and therefore il
should be kept on the toilet table To the
taste it is rather sweet, is used for cleaning
the hair, Is an excellent dentri6ce, and In
hot countries Is used in combination With
tartaric acid and bicarbonate Of soda as
cooling beverage.
Year: 1868

wish had your head, SAID lady one
day to a gentleman who had solged.Tor her a
knotty point


and I wish had your heart" was the
reply


"WeH. said she, since your head and
my heart can agree, / don't see why they
should not 20 in partnership"


And they went
Year: 1868

A philosopher who had studied out almost
everything, says be is satisfied that tie rea-
son why girls are in the habit Of pOuuDg
out their lips Is because they are always
willing that theirs Should meet yours hsif
wAY
Year: 1868

LONG FACES.-W nat Sau mistake IL Is 10
suppose that a man should be gloomy be-
cause he is devout, rs If misery were ac-
ceptable to God on its own account, and
happiness an ofense against His dignity a
modern writer of much wisdom and pith
says:


There is a secret of unbeiief amongst
some men that God is displeased with mans
happiness. and so they sIink about creation,
ashamed and afraid to enjoy anything r


These are the people of whom Hood says


They think they're Pious when they're
only bilIiousl"


A good man is almost always a cheerful
one 1t is fl that bad men scowl. look blue
and melancholy. but he who has Gods smile
of appreciation upon him, should show his
radiance in his countenance.


Dr. johnson said he never knew a william
in his life that was not on the whole an IN
happy dog" And well he may be. And an
honest mantle man with 8 good conscience
let him enjoy his sleep, and his dinner, and
love of his wife and the prattle of bis
children, and show a beaming face to his
neighbor Surely there is no worse theology
tnan that which teaches that He who has
given such fullness of Joy to beasts and birds
delights in the misery of men; or, that hav-
ing filled US with gladness. we ought to give
the lie to his goodness, by wearing faces be-
clouded with woe, and furrowed with pre-
tended happiness.
Year: 1868




SPAsMoDIo PIETY.-A quaint writer COM
Pares a certain class Of professors of reli-
gion to "sheet-iron stoves heated by shay
ings." When there is little revivIng in
the church, they all at once fame up and
become exceedingly warm and jealous.
They are ready to chide the pastor and ell
ders for their coldness and want of activity
But, alas the shawDgs are soon burned out,
and then the heat goes down as it went up
They are never seen in the prayer room, or
more spiritual meetings of the church
again, until there is another excitement. If
such pc ople had not souls of their own to be
saved, they would not be worth taking into
the church. They cucumber it, though
they may themselves receive benefit from a
connection with it
Year: 1868

TIE BEAUTY AND GRANDEUR OF SoLOMON' 5
TEMPLE The great work of a complete ex
ploration of ancient Jerusalem is now fully
and auspieiously under headway Arab
laborers have been trained to the work of
exploration, the exact points for search are
ascertained and what remains Of old Jeru
salem will undoubtedly be laid bare. The
colossal foundations of the walls of Solo.
mons temple, (Which are composed Of
q stone of ter cubits and stones of eight
cuhits have already been exhumed at the
enormous depth of ninety feet or more be
meath the present surface. The bridge that
once -spanned the ravine between the palace
of Zion and the temples on Moriah is now
proved to have been upward of one hundred
and fifty feet high The pinnacle of the
temple has just been uncovered to the base,
and is found still to have an elevation of one
hundred and thirty six feet The statement
Of Josephus is thererefore, no exaggeration


If any one looked from the battlement INTO
the valley he would be giddy, while his sight
could not reach to such an immense depth.
Sections of the ancient walls Of Ophel have
been exhumed, showing us, as Josephus
says, it was joined to tine southeast angle of
the Temple. Aqueducts, cisterns, rock-hewn
channels and passages have also been DIS
covered within and around the harem, throw
ing new lights on the buildings, the arrange
ments and the services of the Temple
Year: 1868

I Theparty Of ladies and gentle
men who made a pleasure excursion to
and from Natchez last week, on
board the steamer Wild Wagner,
had splendid time Of it. Nothing
occurred to mar the pleasure and
harmony of the occasion which par
took of every feature Of enjoyment
peculiar to 50 charming, social, jo-
vial and festive reunion. Every
one speaks in the most unstinted
terms of praise at Captain Goddin
and the officers generally of the
Wild Wagner, for the unbounded
hospitality and attention shown by
them to their guests.
Year: 1868




A negro man, whose name escaped
II /, stole an iron mortar from the
drug. store of Adams & jackson, and
carried it to Mobiles to sell it as old
iron. Suspecting it had been stolen,
that gentleman refused to purchase
it, and it was left at his shop. A
negro porter belonging to the drug
store found out the negro who had
stolen 1t, and told him If he didn't
bring it back the police would be
sent for him. The mortar was re-
turned, and upon it's delivery the
porter told the thief that he must
take thrashing or go before the
Mayor. He dumurred somewhat, but
the porter was inexorable, and the
thief chose the thrashing. He retired
into the cellar, made a voluntary
convex of his back over barrel, and
his colored brother made thirty-nine
applications of a strap to the most
prominent portion Of his physique.
The punished niger made tsacks
from that vicinity, and it is to be
hoped that he will be better mig
tor the future.--Selma Times.
Year: 1868

10 1t is rare thing now,--so
rare as to be almost unknown within
the confines Of the South,-to wit
ness in these times of doubt and un-
certainty, (and especially on the eve
Of long dull summer, as now), any
attempt to branch out in the news
paper business. Yet, our contemp6
rary of the Meridian Gazette, has
had the temerity to do this very
thing, by changing the form of his
publication from weekly to that
of a triweekly.


We are glad to learn from the col
umns Of his journal, that he is so
encompassed with signs and tokens
Of local promise and prosperity as to
feel himself warranted in an under
taking Of that sort-an undertaking
which he has gone into-"not as a
mere experiment. he says, "inyolv-
ing the results of success or failure,
but as a progressive movement, de
manded by the rapid growth and
material prosperity Of Meridian"


And then he let's us into the secret
of what that "rapid growth and ma
terial prosperity of Meridian" con-
sists Of:


While substantial houses are spring
ing up on every hand; while machine
shops and factories .and foundries are
being erected, and our city is assum-
ing metropolitan air, we would not
be left behind, but prefer to take an
advanced position in our onward march
to the important place, which, at no
distant day, Meridian is destined to
occupy.
Year: 1868

Say 1t is understood at Washing
ton that the Arlington estate will be
divided into small farms and sold to
freedmen. Gen. Lee is not known to
have made the least effort to recover
the property. The family mansion is
in rulnous condition, and the fine
shade trees have nearly. disappeared.
Year: 1868

aJ- Quite sensation was created
yesterday in our. streets by horse
tanner from Kentucky, who drove
fine horse attached to buggy,
through the streets without reins,
and almost without harness. He
processes to teach any one, for a GER
tain sum, to perform the same feat
with any kind of horse.
Year: 1868

A CHICKEN LIVES WITHOUT A
HEAD.-Mr. Whit. Herr, of this city,
has shown us a letter from a relative


in San Francisco, giving an account
Of rooster that had his head chop
ped off on the 2Sth of February, and


was alive at the date of the letter
March 22-and walking around as
large as life ! The history of this
most wonderful affair is briefly this !:
On the 2Sth of February, the cook Of
a restaurant in San Francisco decapi-
tated three rooSters, and on going out
into the yard again q few moments
afterwards he could find but two
chickens. On looking around more
closely, he discovered the missing
rooster walking around without his
head


The proprietors of the restaurant
were acquainted with the wonderful
circumstance, and they Immediately
had the rooster carefully taken care
of, and fed him boiled milk by means
of small tube inserted in the throat.
Strange as 1t may seem, the rooster
was thriving nicely, and the severed
neck had nearly healed over. The
chicken was placed on exhibition in
a popular garden in San Francisco,
aud thousands Of people were admit
ted daily to see it. The correspond.
ent from whose letters we derive these
items saw and critically examined this
headIess rooster, and certiies to the
truth of the relation. We have heard
no theory advanced to account for this
passing strange case. e.--Dayton Jour-
nal.
Year: 1868

TINE COMET BURNER can be attached 10 any
l. lamp-it does not heat the oil, and the
chimney can be removed at any time without
burning the fingers. fresh supply at


mayl2 BEAES BOOK 4 VARIETY STORE
Year: 1868

we thought, case clear and strong, cas-
lily proved, that might soon be disposed
of on grounds satisfactory to the nation
and to the world We hoped that it
might not have the semblance of Il polit-
ical or partizan trial We do not think
it our fault if it does, but that of our po-
litical opponents. So far as can Judge,
the Senate will without indecent haste,
press the trial to a speedy conclusion.
The result cannot, | think, be doubted.
We have done and borne all that could
be, to avoid the issue, but it has come,
and there seems to be no disposition here
to avoid meeting it calmly and bravely.
[ have no fears of present political evils
from it. | honestly believe it the most
popular act of this Congress. 1 trust
that no political lesson will be taught by
it, except that under our constitution,
the government is i'll the hands of the
people; that the President has no kinglv
prerogative that he can set up over them,
without being accountable for it to the
constitutional tribunal L am pleased to
know from yourself, and from so many
other sources, that the course of our del
cgation throughout, on this subject, has
met with such general approval by our
constituents.


l am very truly yours,


LUKE Il. POLAND.
Year: 1868

is tonic and gentle stimulant which is not attended by reaction. What it gains for you it maintains. When it refreshes body or mind It refreshes with natural strength that comes to stay. We are not recommending teetotal ism in the interest of any faction; but long and extended observation teaches us that he who resorts to the bottle for rest or recupera

 tion, will find, as he keeps at it, that he i: kindling d fire in his bones which will con

 sume like flames of perdition. Turn from it

 Take tonic that will refresh and not destroy Dodd's Nervine is for sale by all Druggist ts Price $1. See book of certificates that accom-

 panies each bottle. 20 8y
Year: 1868

VA HEN you are exhausted uy over-work

 w of head or hand, and feel the need of something irvigorating, don't drink whiskey nor any intoxicating thing, whether under the name of Bitters or otherwise. Such articles give just as much strength to your weary body and mind as the whip gives to the jaded horse and no more. Alchoholic stimulants are in jurioussto nerve-health. and are always follow ei by depressing reaction.
Year: 1868

which after paying allexpenses was mnch more than sufficient to pay the interest upon its bonds These earn ngs are no indication ol the vast through traffic that must follow the opening of the line to the Pacific, but they certainty prove that