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Year: 1867

II YOU can not on the ocean


Sail among the swiftest fleet,
Rocking on the highest billows,


Laughing at the storms you meet
You can stand among the sailors,


Anchored yet within the bay,
You can lend a hand to help them


As they launch their boat away.
II YOU are too weak to journey


Up the mountain, steep and high,
You can stand within the valley


While the multitudes go by;
You can chant in happy measure,


As they slowly pass along,
Though they may forget the singer,
e They will not forget the song.
If YOU have not gold and silver


Ever ready to command,
II you can not toward the needy


Reach an ever open hand,
You can visit the afflicted,


Ger the erring you can weep,
You can be true disciple
Sitting at the Sayior's feet.
If YOU can not in the harvest,


Garner up the richest sheaves,
Many grain, both ripe and golden,
Will the careless reapers leave
Go and CLEAN among the briers.
Growing rank against the wall,
Fer it may be that their shadow
Hides the heaviest wheat of all.
II you can not in The conflict


Prove yourself soldier true
IT, where fire and smoke are thickest
There's no work for you to do;
When the battle field is silent,


You can 60 with careful tread,
You can bear away the wounded,
You can cover up the dead.
Do not. then. stand idly waiting
For some greater work to do;
Fortune is lazy Goddess
She will never come TO you.
Go and toll in any vineyard,
Do not fear TO do or dare,
II you want field of labor,


You can find it any where.
Year: 1867

William B. Astor, of New York. returns
to the assessor OF internal revenue an income
six hundred and eighty-one thousand three
hundred and ten dollars for the year 1866
Poor Bill, he has heavy load to carry, for
doing which he only gets his victuals and
plot hos
Year: 1867

4 man in Connecticut, whose wife died
the day before the election, paired off with
neighbor, and persuaded him to 60 to
Manchester for a coffin When the kind
hearted undertaken returned, however, he
found that the election of Representative
had been carried against his party by sin
gle vote, which had been cast in his absence
by the disconsolate widower
Year: 1867

The following somewhat remarkable ad-
vertisement appeared in the columns of a
recent number of newspaper; Lost, by
a poor lad tied up in brown paper, with a
flute in an overcoat, and several other arti-
eIes of wearing apparel.
Year: 1867

people Of color in this State, we protest
against it, inasmuch as a majority of
those in Savannah are our nearest rela-
tons. [Great cheers


IT was only among Democrats such
asthese that the doctrine of negro equal
ity had been reduced to practice. This
was a subject the speaker did not like
to talk about When he was Demo-
crat he studiously avoided it. rCheers. 7
He was either mum, or claimed to be
an Irishmm, and then they could not
accuse him of such principles. Laugh
ter. ...... ........ .........'.


The General then addressed himself
especially to soldiers, saying: Your
work in the prosecution of this war is
not ended The reconstruction of a
country after a rebellion like ours is
more difficult than fighting the war.
1t must be done in such way that it
will not again fall into the hands of
rebels. You know what it has done
under the most difficult circumstances.
and you know what it can do. If You
had left the rebellion with the Demo
Gratis to manage, your Government
would have been destroyed, and if you
let its reconstruction fall into their
hands, there is no guaranty that it will
fare any better


This brief sketch of a two hours
speech, delivered in the Generals rapid
and overpowering manner, can do him
but poor justice, and all who have an
opportunity to hear him at different
points where he speaks, should not fail
to do so, He speaks at Hamilton to-
morrow and at Greenvile next day.
Year: 1867

The NATIONAL DEBr.-George Francis
Train, in the course of late speech. touch
ing on the National debt remarks that We
have had grand exhibition Of fire. works,
aud morgagrd ourIfarms to pay for it. That
The so called wealth of the farmer consisted
in having his hoy in the graveyard, and
sesen-'hir'y in his pocket in exchange. lie
said TO pay off the debt in thirty years We
must raise ten thousand million dollars in
taxes. making tho rich richer, and the poor
poorer. Will it no, mpoversh the people
to pay such an enormous sunni Let the
people bear in mind that by Radical legisla.
ion our debt is constantly increasing, and
hat an increase of debt must increase the
burdens Of taxation. To tighten the bur-
dens Of the people we must diminish our ex-
peuses and conduct the affairs of govern
menl economically. The party in power in.
stead of being economical is distinguished
for reckless extravaganza and corruption.
Is it not time to make achangef What say
you, tax payerss
Year: 1867




Gov Brown of Georgia, like Gov. Orr of
South Carolina, begins to take sensible view
Of the situation of the rebel States. He is dis
posed to come down from the chivalric digni-
ty which has too long kept the Southern
States, like the prodisal son, away from the
house in which is bread enough and to spare
in their efforts to subsist upon the husks OF a
baughty, rebellious and ilLnatured spirit. Ac-
cepting without reserve the reconstruction
bill recently passed by both houses of Con-
gress, he urges a like acceptance upon his peo-
pie. II president johnson does not commit
the foolish blunder Of attempting the defeat OF
that bill, there is reason to believe reconstruc-
ton will soon be commenced under its pro-
visions, so that before another year shall have
passed away many IL not all the States recent
ly in rebellion will be restored to their full
powers in the Union. This Is what is want
ed; what will restore confidence, and give a
a new impetus to all the springs of business
activity. Starting right, prosperity is not only
sure to follow but to be permanent. In Gov.
Browns admirable letter to the people OF his
Statehe says:


We now have the assurance of Congress in
the passage of this bill that this shall settle the
question Of our admission. Let us comply
with them, and be ready to be represented in
the next Congress as soon as possible.


respectfully suggest that the people OF the
several counties Of this State, who favor the
proposal, hold public meetings with as little
delay as possible, and urge upon the governor
to convene the Legislature and recommend
them to take prompt action.


If we reject the terms proposed IN the
Sherman bill, confess see no hope for the
future. Should we accept them, trust the
example OF Georgia may Le followed by other
States, ard that this vexed question may soon
be permanently settled upon the best terms
which we will ever be able to get.


am aware of the rapidity of the changes
which we are requted to make, aud Of the
natural .prejudices which our people enter
tain against negro suffrage, but we should not
forget that in yielding to an inevitable neces-
sity, these people were raised among a. aud
Year: 1867

naturally sympathize with us. Their eondno,
during the war proved this. Ii, then me-
treat them kindly, pay them their WAGES me
promptly, and in all respects deal Justly bv
them, we shall seldom have cause to complain
of their refusal to respect our wishes or con-
suit our interest at the ballot-box
Year: 1867

1t is dangerous for man 10 grow Itch
and strong faster than he grows good. i
do not think it is wise to grow rich. too fast,
at any rate. do not mean to say that
there may not be men of such stature that
they can grow rich rapidly without being
hurt by their riches; but generally God
makes the road to wealth one of care, so
that the process is one of education, and so
that, when man had attained his compc-
tence, he has gone through that which is a
strengthener, stiffener, and which prevents
his being much injured, by 1t. But when
men come into the possession, of wealth
without having earned it, they are apt to
be injured by It, because they have not re-
ceiyed that education which is necessary
to enable them to administer it properly
Beecher.
Year: 1867

day because their legislative hall was enlivened


by the appearance Of large police force.


Some Of them took umbrage at their presence,


while others seemed rather m ore comfortable


at the assurance of protection agSinst assault


and battery which the contigui,.y or blue


coats, brass buttons and batons afforded.


There can hardly be any objection to the po-
lice being in the Council Chamber 30 loOg as
the members make that place the arena 2i
breaches Of the peace with such weapons 20
inkstands and pistols. 1t is the duty of the
police to see that the peace is preserved every
where throughout the city. The violation of
law IS just the same whether It occurs in the
Chamber Of tEg Common Council or in the
Cdty Hall Park. The best way to- get rid Of
the grievance, il IL is so regarded, is for the
Of the CoAmon Council to- conduct
themselves properly Then they will not re-
quire the police to, keep order among them,
and save them from getting broken heads
while they are making laws for thsgoverznent
Of the city.
Year: 1867

NEBRAskA AND CScoRADo.-The House Of
Representatives yesterday passed the bills from
the Senate for the admission as States Of
Nebrasla and Colorado, with the condition
precedent to the Presidents proclamation of
their admission that they shall adopt the plA.-
form or equal suffrage, regardless Of color
the discriminating word 1white" being in their
present constitutions The upshot Of taese
bSlls win probably be the failure Of both with
failhre To pass them over veto.
Year: 1867

erOwth ana Tendency oil Musical AAr' In N~W


York.


A few years ago the opera was all the rage
in New York; but since have lost the fine
artists and good management which stimulated
and cultivated the taste for operate perform
ances at that time, musical entertainments OF
another character have become fashionable.
The importation of inferior artists and bad
management had led our music-loving people
to look for amusement elsewhere than at the
opera. Fine music halls have sprung into ex-
istence, and our people 20 TO thenIto hear the
gems of the great composers and masters.
Concerts Of high order, in which the best
and most classical music may be heard, have
taken the place of the opera in great measure
and are fast superseding ii in the estimation
of the public. The way in which the enter
tainments at the Irving and Steinway Halls
are patronizcd and the failure of the opera
lately at one Of the large theatres show this to
be the case There is room for more of
these places, at least for another grand hall.
We should like to see the Chickering's, who
make the best pianos, show their enterprise in
erecting the finest and grandest hall in the
city, We are in no way exclusive, and faver
art and enterprise wherever it may be found;
still We think our native born citizens, where
they have the ability and means, should not
allow themselves to be eclipsed by foreigners
or rfOreign born citizens. Taste and cultivation
in music, as in other arts, are spreading
rapidly Before long we shall rival the classic
countries Of old Europe in this art, as we are
rivalling them in others. The erection of fine
misic halls contributes greatly to this result.
The crowds that attend those already referred
to show that . grsnder and more attractive
hail. in q suitable fecstion, would be more sue.
ocssfaL We recommeDd the eminent Ameri-
can, pianctorte manufacturers we have named
to- study the tendency and growth Of musical
taste in New York and to build the finest music
hall In the country
Year: 1867

The French department is naturally
the most wonderful and the most interest
ing to the general observer. Its bronzes
and sculptured woods are especially hors
Ggne. Those Of other countries are mere
toys compared to them. The porcelain
Of Sevres and the tapestry of the Gobelins
and of Reauvais are also beyond all COM
parison with other countries, In every
article of luxury which is used in the fur
nishing Of house. or every object of
costly wearing apparel, from the diadem
Of diamonds on the head to the boots OH
the feet the French excel. But it is all
luxury, luxury. All for the rich, moth
ing for the poor, 1t is the perfection
which will draw much money from the
rich, not the perfection which will bring
comfort to the poor.
Year: 1867

A bell rung under the water returns
tone as distinct as if rung in the air.


Stop one ear with the finger, and
press the other to the end Of a long
stick or piece of dead wood; and if q
watch be held at the other end of the
wood, ticking will be heard, whatever
be the length of the stick or wood.


Tie q poker on the middle of a strip
of flannel two or three feet long, and
press your thumbs or fingers into your
ears, while you swing the poker against
an iron fender, and you will hear a
sound like that of q church bell.


These prove that water, wood and
flannel are good conductors of sound,
for the sound of the bell, watch and
the fender, pass through the water and
along the deal and flannel to the ear.


1t must be observed, that body in
the act of sounding is in q state of
vibration, which it communicates to
the sounding air-the undulstions of
the sound affect the ear, and excite in
US the sense of sound. Sounds of all
kinds. it is ascertained, travels at the
rate of fifteen miles in q minute; the
softest whisper travels as fast as the
most tremendous thunder. The knowI.
edge Of this fact has been applied to
the measurement of distances.


Suppose a ship in distress fires q gun,
the light of which is seen on shore, or
by another vessel twenty seconds be-
fore the report is heard, it is known to
be at distance twenty times 1,142
feet, or little more than four and half
miles.


Again, if we see a vivid fash of light
ming. and in two seconds hear a tre-
mendous clap of thunder, we know
that the thunder cloud is not more
than 760 yards from the place we gre,
and We should instantly retire from an
exposed situation.
Year: 1867

There are two ways Of regarding q
sermon, either as a human composition
or as a Divine message. If we look mp
on it entirely as the first, and require
our clergymen tofinish it with their ut
most care aud learning, for our better
delight, whether of ear or intellect, We
shall necessarily be led TO expect much
formality and stateliness in its delivery,
and to think that all is not well if the
pulpit have not a golden fringe round
it, and goodly cushion in front of it,
and if the sermon be not fairly written
In black book, to be smoothed upon
the cushion in a majestic manner be-
fore beginning, all this we shall duly
come to expect; but we shall at the
same time consider the treaties thus
prepared as something to which it is
our duty to listen, without restlessness,
for half an hour or three-quarters, but
which, when that duty has been decs-
rously performed, we may dismiss from
our minds in happy confidence OF be-
ing provided with another when next
1t shall be necessary. But if once we
begin to regard the preacher, whether
his faults, as man sent with q mes
sage to US, which it is a matter of life
or death whether we hear or refuse; if
we look upon him as set in charge
oyer many spirits in danger Of ruin, and
having allowed to him but an hour or
two IN the seven days tospesk to them;
if We make, some endeaYor to conceive
how precious these hours are to him; q
small yantsge on. the side of God after
his hock have been exposed for six days
together to the full weight of the worlds
temptation, and he has been forced to
watch the thorn and the thistle spring
ing in their hearts, and to see what
wheat had been scattered there, snatch
ed from the way side by this wild bird
ana the other, and at last, when breath
less and weary with the weeks labor,
they give him this interval of imper-
feet and lauguid hearing, he has but
thirty minutes to get. at the separate
hearts Of a thousand men, to convince
them of all their weakness. to shame
them for all their sins, TO warn them of
all their dangers, to try by this way
and that to stir the hard fastenings Of
those doors where Master Himself has
stood and knocked yet nene open
ed, and to ealh atithe openings Of those
dark streets Tcwhereg Wisdom hath
stretched forth her hands and no one
regarded, thirty rmiuutesato raise the
dead Inlet us but once understand
and feel this, and We shall look with
changed eyes upon the frippery Of gay
furniture about the place from which
the message of judgment must be de-
hsered, which either breathes upon
dry bones that they may live, or, if
Intellectual, ramains recorded in con.
dsmnation, peEhsps against the utterer
and listener alike, but assuredly against
one Of them. We shall not 60 easily
bear with the silk and gold upon the
seat of judgement, nor with ornament
of oratory in the mouth of the mes
senger; we should wish that his words
may be simple, even when they are
sweetssts and the place from which he
speaks like 9 marble rock in the desert
about which the people have gathered
in their thirst.-"iStonss Of Venice" vol
:; -. % o.
Year: 1867

SUCCESS successful man is moi
necessarily the man to be enVied-not
always the happiest man. Haman ma


ture cannot have its own will long
with becoming deteriorated by it. We
are appointed TO struggle, and in strug-
Cling our highest life is developed
The time viii come when the laws OF


our present condition will cease, and
when we shall be able to bask in the
sunshine Of success without loss of vi
tality, or enerVation of our virtues
Till then, il is wisdom to accept our
lot, and make the best of Ito seek
for our enjoyment in our work rather
than what the work produces-to till
the soil, and dismiss all needless anxi-
ETY. about the hsrVest-to be more con-
cerned that we should be right than
that we should succeed in a word to
bear ourselves like Well-disciplined sol
diers with whom strict obedience is the
most sacred of obligations, and who are
sbsolFed from responsibility
as to the results. Then, so far as sue
cess is Vouchsafed US, it win be grate-
full so far as it is denied, it will not dis
concert us. Thus living, our life will
be its own success.
Year: 1867

DRUSK.-Young man, did you ever
stop to think how terrible that word


sounds? Did you ever think what


misery and woe you brought upon
your friends when you degraded yoGr


manhood by getting drunkl Oh, it IS
fearful thing thus to trample under
foot the high claims that God and man
have upon you. Drunk How it rings
in the ear of a loving wifel How it
makes the heart of a fond mother


bleed How it crushes out the hopes Of
fond father, and brings reproach and
shame upon loving sisters. Drunk
See him as he leans against some
friendly house. He stands ready to
fall in the open jaws Of hell, uncon-
scious as to his approaching fate. The
wife, with fearful eyes and aching
heart, sits at the window to hear her
husbands footsteps, but alas, they come
not He is drunk. The husband, the
parent, is drunk, spending his time and
money, when he should be at home,
enjoying the comfort and pleasures of
the family circle. Drunk He is
spending the means of support for
liquor, while his family is starving for
bread, his children suffering for cloth
ing. Drunk His reputation is going,
gone! His friends, one by one. are re-
luctantly leaving him to his miserable
fate. he goes down to the grave ''un-
honored and unsung." Drunk
Year: 1867

We are grsvely informed by one of
the Charleston papers, that in South
Carolina many linen of gentle blood"
have actually gone to work-that they
are holding the plow and sowing seed,
that they may have bread. If these
specimens of the gentle blood" could
only live in "niCger quarters" subsist
on two pounds Of meat and a peck of
meal week, be occasionally treated to
the old-fashioned lash. have child or
two apiece sold away from them, and
be generally subjected to the diaholism
of the old time, we should ind that
South Carolina was one of the most
reliable Republican States in the I'm
ion. AS these things are not IN the
Republican programme, We can only
encourage the experiment which these
sons of chivslry have insugursted, by
shouting at this distance, go it, gen
tie blood p Better men than you are
at work. and think it no discreditH-
Chicago Tribune
Year: 1867

WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH TIxE-It s
a mistaken idea, and q somewhat OBJ
tanning one, that a young person can
accomplish nothing, in any point of
view, unless he has plenty of time
The mlser lays away one penny after
another, and in time his Golfers are
full Ii was only penny at irstl So
with any other faculty of the mind
Life Is but many moments. The gold
en- moments of thoughtless childhood
are passing rapidly away, and soon the
responsible and Weighty duties of an
active, busy life oVertake him, and,
unless, like the practical economist. a
right disposal is made OF his time, he
goes on IN irresolution and procras.ina-
ton, till the misspent moments whiten
his locks, and Teprosch him for his ne
glect to SOW early the right kind Of
seed in the garden of life. Webster
tlled up his dictionary with one word
at a time. A knowledge of all Ian
gusges and sciences is acquired by
finding one fact after another. The
time that IS used in amusements, be-
yond what is necessary physical exer-
else every day, If rightly husbanded,
would be sufficient for the acquisition
of that knowledge that we, in after
time, think would get, could the fow-
cry path of youth be once more trod-
den. Every misspent moment tells
fearfully against him who win surely
be found inadequate TO the task, which
ne for others has undertaken to per-
form. As surely as one moment fol-
lows another does old age creep on,
and the cheerful and happy, or wretch
ed and miserable mind is the faithful
account Of the stewardship of life,
Year: 1867

A FACT FOR FARXERs.-It may not be
generally known that the seed Of sun
flower is the most infallible remedy yet
discovered, for the speedy cure Of
founder in horses. The directions
which we CLEAN from brief article on
that subject in the Commonwealth, but
credited to the Essex BaRaer says -
Immediately on discovering that your
horse is foundered, mix ahoat a'pint of
the whole seed in his food. and it will
effect a cure"
Year: 1867

An eminent physician, lately deceased,
said Of the achievements Of medical science
in his day: ''When l graduated I had
dozen remedies for every disease /; when I
retired from practice had dozen diseases
for every remedy"
Year: 1867

While a Mr. Rice was eating cherries on
his farm, near Fredericks burg, Ind. and view
ing the working Of his bees, one Of the bees
stung him on the upper lip, when he immedi-
a,sly started for the house, calling to his moth
er for some remedy, laughingy remarking
that bee had stung him. The remedy was
applied butin half an hour the man was speech
less, and soon after was Il corpse
Year: 1867

THE odd fellows celebration, on Friday
evening, was pleasant affair. The Coal
Valley lodge was present-came in on an
extra train and returned the same evening.
After the address a supper was served in the
I'LL