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Year: 1867

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Year: 1867

Majority against negro suffrage. 5O,529


A majority sufficiently large, we
should think, to convince the negro
race that their pretended friends in
Ohio not only played them false, but
at the same tune that the people of
Ohio believe that this is white mans
government.
Year: 1867

FINANCIAL EFFECT OF TIE RECON
sTRUCT1oN LAw-While the recon-
struction measures were passing through
Congress, an accidental furry in Wall
street put up the price of gold to 40,
and the National L1teUigencer instant
" sounded the alarm that such poll
cy would ruin the business of the coun-
try. The Journal Of Commerce told a
wonderful story of some English gen.
tlemen who had come here to invest
two millions sterling in tue purchase of
cotton lands, but who abandoned
their purpose, in view of the uncertain
ties of the future since the designs of
certain Radical politicians have become
more fully disclosed" The rapid de-
cline Of the price of gold since the
passage Of the act is showing the fool
ishness of the attempted scare, and
proving that what is really wanted is
the settlement of a policy. Confidence
will now have a solid foundation to
rest upon.-N. Y. Post.
Year: 1867

On but few subjects of practical morality do
heads of families need to cultivate and exer-
else sounder discretion, than in responding to
the calls for charity which are made by strans-
ers who enter their doors soliciting aims. The
really needy and deserving should by no
means be turned empty away; but our houses
aud business places are SO frequently beset by
mendicants, many of whom are in tact deceiv-
ers, that families, if they obey the dictates of
their benevolence, are oftentimes in danger of
doing more harm than good. Misapplied
charity is an injury both to the donor and to
the recipient. 1t takes from the first what
might be more usefully expenoed, aud one
rates upon the latter as a reward to idleness
and vice. -. .- ,-...,s 3.


It is quite impossible, at first sight, to dis
tinguish between the really deserving and the
unworthy. But as general rule it is safe
policy to offer the bestowal of aid in the shape
of reward for service. Ascertain if the appli-
cant is able to work, and refer him to some
place, IT you have it not yourself, where he can
obtain temporary or permanent employment.
II he seems reluctant on this, it is fair sus-
picion that he is no better than he should be.
If he is willing to perform convenient SER
vice in your behalf, the presumption is that he
Is honest in his story, and you may help him
with little Iisk vII- nj
!, Employment is often the best form of char
ity. 1t saves applicants for the time being
from idleness and the vices which generallv
follow in its train, and conduces to the health
both of their bodies and their minds. The
service, too, amounts to something like a re-
ward for the benefits bestowed; so that both
parties are made better by the arrangement.
Year: 1867

So we heard great strapping young man
exclaim the other day. did want to tell
him piece of my mird so bad. But I'll
Just write to him. You want capital, do you ?
And suppose you had what you call capital? (?
Havn't you got hands and feet, and body and
muscle, and bone and brains; and don't you
call them capital? What more capital did
God give anybody? Oh but they are not
money, say you.-But they are more than
money, and nobody can take them from you.
Don't you know how to use them? If you
don't, it is time you was learning. Take hold
of the first plow, or hoe OF jackplane or
broad ak that you can find, and go to work.
Your capital will soon yield you large in
terest Aye, but there's the rub, you don't
want to work, you want money or credit that
you may play the gentleman and speculate
and end by playing the vagabond; or you
want plantation and negroes, that you may
hire an overseer to attend them, while you
run about over the country and dissipate and
get in debt; or want to marry some rich girl
who may be foolish enough to take you for
your fine clothes and good looks, that she
may support you.


Shame on you, young man! Go to work
with the capital you have, and you will soon
make interest enough upon it, and with it,
to give you as much money as you want, and
make ycu feel like man. If you can't make
money upon what capital you have, you
couldn't make it if you had million Of dol
lars in money. If you don't know how to
use bone and muscle, and brain you would
not know how to use gold. If you let your
capital you have lie idle and waste and rust
out, it would be the same thing if you had
gold; you would only know =, how to waste;
Then don't stand about like a great help,
less child, waiting for somebody to come in
and feed you, but go to work. Take the first
work you can find, no matter what it is, SO
that YOU be sure that You do it like Bill Gray
did bis drumming-well. Yes, whatever you
undertake, doit we'll always do your best. If
you manage the capital you have already,
you will soon have plenty more to manage;
but if you can't or won't manage the capital
God has given you, you vii! never I1T !;ave any
other to manage. Do you HEAR, young
man2
Year: 1867

The Convention did first rate in not nominating a ticket. It settles the hash of the copperhead party sure. We workingmen, if we should endorse that party, would cut our own throats. Their candidates are all aristocrats, and it is easy enough to see that all their talk about the workingmen is bosh, designed to cheat us into supporting them, and cheat us afterward. l expect now. that fraud is fully exposed, to see Hawley and the whole Union ticket elected by at least two or three thou sand majority If we, as working men, want any wrongs righted, or grievances remedied, we must stand by the party that stands by the country, and whose record is consis- tent in giving a full recognition to the rights of labor and the rights of all men, ---I co

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Year: 1867

 ant insurance agent who seemed bent se- curing his promise to take out policy, The kind old man bore with the agents tedious rehearsals of the worn out stories of the bene- fits of insurance-which good and smart man at the business never tells-wishing to give him a fair hearing; and after an hour or two the visitor came to be quite bold and oc- cupied all the time, leaving his victim noth- ing to do but to listen and endure. When nine o'clock came the talk was but begun, and the man of the house thought it time for the agent to look for his bat and mediate departure, and so took out his watch and looked ait. Fifteen minutes later he thought to make an impression by the same means and 90 drew forth his repeater second time but all to no avail. At ten o'clock he tried the same experiment with like result; and then abandoning all hope of getting rid of him by such gentle reminders, concluded to nerve himself up to the task of tiring him out The agent, thinking he saw signs of future success, continued to ply his arguments and perSuaSiOnS, and with redoubled earnestness' He kept up the talk until one o'clock in the morning, when his nearer, becoming too much fatigued to sit uI, longer, and thinking it his turn to speak, said it was bed time, and be- sides, one of the insurance men in town board ed at his house, and he had just insured all his property, and consequently there was no use in talk. The joke is going the rounds among the insurance men of the city, and they enjoy it very much.
Year: 1867

heart of every loyal man throughout the South a victory that shall give them victory, turning the scales at last and bringing us in view of the real glorious final settlement.

 The law prescribes death for treason, and every rebels life is forfeited, but we ask for no deaths in these measures of Reconstruction i; the law would confscate every rebels prop erty, but we have asked for no confiscation !; the law would forever disfranchise every rebel, but these measures disfranchiss only the leaders temporarily, and afterwards per init them to vote but not to hold office until Congress shall remove the disability. Milder terms were never offered before to any defeat ed rebellion. s.ss -ssssst e gs,s

 Full liberty and safety for ALL MEN-this is the sum of the punishment that the magnan- imous American nation asks, and that 1t de- maGaads with will compounded of all the tremendous forces of the last six years. " Rev olutions never go backward" This people ahau be free Heaven has evidently willed it and led us to it.

 Let us with one heart arouse for the con- flict Leave no lawful step untried. Glorify labor by the great purpose that animates us. See that no true men lose votes by removals or journeys. See that all young men or adopted citizens are duly admitted or registered. Pro mote the reading of good papers and pam phlets. Select good committee men in every school district. On no account fdI to bring euery registered Republican to the polls. This work is practical sympathy with oppressed loyalists; without this your good principles and feelings are worth little to yourself and the rest of the world. With our duty faithful ly performed we elect our few members of Congress, and thus preserves the front of New England unbroken l; shall carry the State, and the good cause will gain the most glorious and significant victory in the history of our party, and we shall give joy to every loyal man in the nation.

 All parties, here orin Europe. that are fight ing to give light and liberty to all the people are of our party, and we of theirs-when the line falters in one spot the whole line feels the loss. The world shall be better for the war the full work of the war shall be com pleted. May God defend the right

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Year: 1867

ate after twelve years of active service in that body. As a parliamentarian MT. Foster has few equals in the country, and for many months he has filled the honorable position of presiding officer in the upper house of the national legislature with unimpeachable dig nifty, courtesy and impartiality. He had pre- vionsly, during more than one term, presided, with equal ability, over the deliberations of the State House of Representatives. He has been twice chosen United States Senator, having first taken his seat at the opening of

 date of his election uo the vacant chair of the presiding officer he took a prominent part in the debates on the important measures which have been brought before the latter Congress es. At tho ago of fify.eight Mr. Foster is still in the prime of physical strength and mental vigor.-Hurtford Couraset.
Year: 1867



 AppREc1ATED-Mr. c. W. Gibson of this city, who has. made himses quite prominent of late in connection with edtical movements and who officiated as President of the Work ingmen's Convention, at New Haven, receives & very fattering notice frcm the New Britain Record. The editor of the Record was dele gate to the Covention and had an opportunity of reve1ling in the delights of Mr. Gibson's per sonal presence. The Record says of the Con- vention:

 It was late in the afternoon before perma. nent organization could beefected, and it was then hoped that presiding officer had been secured who would be impartial in the per formance of his duties Bnt in this the Con vention was sadly disars s,ointed, for the per smanent President WAS ysd not to possess the slightest qualification for his position, and his dishonesty was so apparent that even his friends were ashamed of him. Indeed it is seldom that every quality necessary to make both fool and knave can be found so per fectly blended in one person. If motion was made that he thought would not please the men in whose employ he evidently was, he would not entertain it if any one, unknown to him, was nominated he would pay no at tention to the nomination until sly wink from one known to be in favor of carrying out the programme of the, democratic managers assured him that he might safely proceed. Such conduct necessarily disgusted the better part of the Convention with the whole pro ceeding, and many delegates who had come to the Convention hoping that English would be nominated found the efforts in his behalf so shameful that they steadily opposed them. Had it not been for the presence and the par ticipation in the doings of the Convention of scores of men in the employ of English, the gathering would have been quiet and an hon or to the workingmen, as it was, it was dis grace to the state, for which the democratic leaders are responsible.
Year: 1867

excuses the light attendance, when it is all
over, by saying, " fact is, We We had so much
going on here-we'r re showed to death" He
is confident however, that you will have the
hall crammed full if you will only stay an
other night. He wants to know if you can t
come around when We hold the county fair. "
This sangulne man never pays anything for
admission, may remark incidentally. He is
perpetual dead head" whom nothing can
squelch or vanquisb. So much for the show
mail -
Year: 1867

Trip lightly over trouble,


Trip lightly over wrong,
We only make grief double


By dwelling on it long.
Why clasp woes hand so tightly?
Why sigh DER blossoms dead?
Why cling to forms unsightly?
Why not seek Joy instead?
Trip lightly over sorrow,


Though all the day be dark,
The sun may shine tomorrow,
Ang gaily sing the lark.
Fair hopes have not departed,
Though roses may have fled:
Then never be down-hearted,
But look for Joy instead.
Trip lightly over sadness,
Stand not to rail at doom;
We've pearls to string of gladness
On this side of the tomb;
When stars are nightly shining,
And the Heaven is overhead,
Encourage not repining,


But look for JOY instead.
Year: 1867

THE AMERICAN HOTEL CLERK.-A cores
pondent of California paper touches off some
of our hotel clerks in this gOod-natured vein {:


Il tell you hotel clerk is the embodiment
and concentration of dignity. If their wealth
is to be judged by their dignity, they must
each be possessed of several millions apiece
Perhaps you are not aware what | am driving
at just go and ask one Of these lodging room
potentates of the whereabouts of some friend
of yours who may be an inmate OF the house.
Providing you are Major General or Con
gresham you may receive q satisfactory an
swer. fyou are Brigadier, you may get a
vague one. If a Colonel, it may be necessary
to wait three or four minutes: 1t Captain or
a Lieutenant, six or seveh If a mere civilian
but words fail to convey an idea of the man
ner in which civilians ale crushed and subiuga-
ted when they PROFOUND their modest inqlir-
les. Not that they are rude. Oh, no! But
there is a majesty,.a loftiness, an exaltation, q
consciousness of power in their words, looks
and gestures, which reduces the inquirer in his
own estimation to the last verge Of inferiority
| Christians who are always strong to humble
and abase themselves, whose besetting sin i.
pride, Just come down here and take dose Oh
two of hotel clerk. Whenever | feel that
need being taken down peg or two, that
am riding too high quadruped, | have new
er-failing remedy merely step into one of ou
frst.class hotels and ask, Is Mr.. Smith stop
ping here? ? and the great man, after the neces
sary delay, lifts his eyes, and i feel that an
worm, and when he speaks deem myself ;
Chinaman.
Year: 1867

1t will doubtless be remembered that in Bos-
ton, last Fall, two negroes were elected to the
Legislature of Massachusetts. A correspon-
dent OF the New York Times, in speaking of
the conyening of the Legislature, says


Edward Garrison Walker, by far the most
able man of the two. was nominated by the
Republicans of Ward Three, in CharlestOwn,
but on election day the men of that party in
that city had failed to support him. At 2
o clock in the afternoon of election day, 1t be-
came apparent that he would not be elected
The polls closed at o'clock, and he needed
about fifty votes to place him among the cho-
sen at o clock, and those fifty votes were cast
by members Of the Democratic Party, which
insured his election. He is a lawyer Of con-
siderable ability has an extensive practice in
Charlestown and in Boston, and is extremely
popular as u man and an orator in the first
named city. He evinced warm interest III the
Fenian cause last June, which doubtless gain
ed him the Democratic votes. 1t Is stated that
the latter party did as much toward his cleo
ton as the Republicans, though he has always
been identified with and an exponent of the
principles Of the latter Mr. Walker is a son
Of that Walker who more than thirty years ago
caused such an overwhelming excitement in
Charleston, South Carolina, by a pamphlet
distinguished in the annals Of Anti-Slavery
warfare, and his son has been enabled to create
a somewhat similar excitement in CharlestOwn,
| Mass, by being chosen a legislator. 1t was
! thought that his nomination was not made in
good faith by the Republicans, and that his
chances of obtaining scat in the halls of leg
islation were slim, and the astonishment and
excitement on the evening when his election
was declared was great He has studied well
! into the great questions aDDcrtainIng to OuI
national welfare, is well informed Oh all sub.
jects discussed at this day and as an orator he
will have few equals in the House Charles
L. Mitchell, the colorcd representative from
Ward Six, Boston, is printer by trade, and Z
worthy, intelligent man, but is not by any
means so well qualified tor his position as Mr.
Walker. The last-named represents the peo
pie irrespective of color, but the former was
sent to appear for the colOred population OfhiI
ward, and was not sent on his individual mer
its, but rather to represent minority OF the
party in that section of the city. The coloreC
men in that ward are numerous, and have Ions
desired representative, but have heretofore
always been divided on the fitness Of three OF
four of their number for the position, and con
sequently have not succeeded in electing any


body. This time their wandering and divided
opinions were, it seems, concentrated they
have been reconstructed" hence the result


Until his nomination, Mitchell was not gene


rally known in the city. He was for man,
years an employee in the Office of the LiJerator
and during the war enlisted as a private in tht
Fifty-titth Massachusetts (ColOred) Regiment


He was rapidly promoted for bravery and goo(
conduct, and was one of the very few men wht
served in Massachusetts, colored regiments
who received a commission as Lieutenant.
Year: 1867

The Newburyport Herald tells story of a
newly married couple who attended launch
in that city. A staging gave way and let the
gentleman into the water Before he was res
cued his wig came off and foated away When
he was pulled out, bald and drenched, his wife
refused to recognize him, and besought the
crowd that they would save her husband, poin-
ting tirantically to bunch of fhair drifting down
the tide.
Year: 1867

A schoolmaster in Western village, where
the custom of boarding round" prevails, re-
Gently received notice that she "would eat him
but could not sleep him." He will doubtless
be careful not 10 venture within her reach.
Year: 1867

On a rainy winter evening, a gentleman trav-
eling in London cab found, on nearing his
destination, that he had no money with him,
so, thinking that he would try the honesty of
the cabman, he & called out as he ran up the steps
the sovereign in the cab, and will get light
and search for it." The words were barely
spoken when the cabman gave the horse fu-
rious lash, and drove off at furious rate The
gentleman, heartily amused at the result, called
after him repeatedly, but never saw cab or dri-
yer again.
Year: 1867

sThe general aspect of this holy day
which we would encourage" writes DR..
Hamilton, els not that of sternness, of
morbid sensitiveness, of crouching will
worship, but that of settled, solemn still
ness. One word would interpret all we
desire, as best agreeing to it, without and
within,-serenity. We rejoice when it
breaks in elemental peace, with balmy
breath and cloudless beauty. Werejoice
when it departs with the tranquility of o
sunset which is disturbed by no angry
blast or tempest rack. Yet more do we
rejoice when the tumult of the people is
still. The collisions of life no longer
chafe. The dizzy wheels of society stop.
City,. village, temple, and home, lie
bathed in an unearthly calm"


"Our appeal is to Christian parents.
Do you respect the Sabbath and teach
your children to respect it Is it the
memorial of your roof-tree? Is every
duty and pleasure, journey and visit, sub
ordinated to it? Do you let them see
that nothing is suffered to interfere with
it? Do you instruct them in the pecu-
liarities Of your faith? Do you impress
upon them the ordinance of this day !?
The remembrance of the Sabbath day
is the life Of Christian families"
Year: 1867

THE PERSON OF CHRIsT.-The Rev.
William Arthur remarks that men who
loved Christ with a love stronger than
death, wrote His life, but left no hint of
His height, complexion, features, or of
any point that could help the mind to a
personal image. Others wrote long epis-
ties, of which He was the Alpha and
Omega; but His form was as much kept
secret as the body of Moses, hidden by
the Almighty in an undiscovered grave.
The Christian tombs and relics of the
first centuries show no attempt to make
an image of Christ. Too deep sense
of the Divine rested upon the early
Church to permit any attempt to print
the human as it appeared in Him.
Year: 1867

RULES FOR GROWING Old am
now an old man. have seen nearly a
century. Do you want to know how to
grow old, slowly and happily? Let me
tell you. Always eat slowly-masticate
well. Go to your food, to your rest, to
your occupations smiling. Keep good
nature and soft temper everywhere
Never give way to anger. A violent
tempest of passion tears down the consti-
tuition more than typhus fever. Guilt
vate a good memory, and to do this you
must always be communicative; repeat
what you have read; talk about it. pr
Johnson's great memory was owing to MS
communicativeness. You, young men
who are just leaving college, let me ad
wise you to choose profession in which
you can exercise your talent the best
and at the same time be honest. The
best profession is the ministry of the gos
pei. If you have not talents to be min
lister, be lawyer, but be an honest law
yer.-Rev. Daniel Waldo.
Year: 1867

We cut the following from paper
published many years ago, but it is
just as applicable to day as when it
was first published:


If you wish to be always thirsty,
be drunkard; for the oftener and
more you will be.


Fyou seek to prevent your friends
raising you in the world. be drunk
rad for that itself defeat all their
efforts.


If you are determined to be poor.
be drunkard and you will soon be
ragged and penniless.


If you wish to starve your family,
be drunkard; for that viii consume
all your means.
If yon wish to be imposed upon
by knaves, be drunkard; for that
will make your task easy.


If you are resolved to kill yourself
be drunkard, that being q sure
mode of destruction.


If you would have no resources
when past labor but a woak house,
be a drunkard and you will be un-
able to provide any.


If You arc determined to expel all
comfort from your house, be a drunk
ard, and you win do it most effectu-
ally,