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Year: 1868

TIE PROVINCE OF NEWSPAPERS.
1t is unreasonable to expect that the
public press will always publish such
things as we, individually, like. A
person of strictly religious habits and
tastes will be offended if he sees 10 a
newspaper the account Of Prize fight
orof something obscene and sinful.
He forgets that the newspaper is but
the reflection Of the world at large !;
and if he is so fastidious, he should
retire altogether from life, for in a
single street be will find, at any given
hour Of the day, what will offend al.
NEST all his senses. He need not
read what he considers Questionable /;
in like manner, he need not eat at a
table Ghote any highly seasoned dish.
He may not like veR:soa and high
game. Let him order something to
bis taste--a veal outlet without sauce.
But my lady Govida may like 3 few
OF the gB-delicaoies Of the season, and
Lord Coventry may have a stomach
for anything.


A newspaper would have but few
readers were its dishes Of news to con
sist solely Of pious pastry and Himsy
pufs. While the tone Of newspai
per is moral, the public cannot com.
plain. The music of an orgrn may
be of the purest character, though
the organ itself and the organ-grinder
likewise, may sometimes show symp-
toms Of the mud and filth that are
picked up BY, or scattered upon them
throughout the ramblings Of the day.
To the pure all things are pure, and
to find fault with newspaper for
every ''niee ofFense" Is to display the
hypocrisy Of q prude or the Stiffness
of an ignoramus. London Egaminsr.
Year: 1868

nent General who will be his partisan


in any case, and whose reputation


may secure the adhesion Of q good


portion of the rank and file. T6isis Il


a situation fraught with deadly peril


An accident, mere triAe, an impru.


dent word may whelm us in anarchy. 4


All Of the above means, simply,


that the arrival Of General Hancock ID


Washington will be used as d pretext
for a revolutionary movement on the
part Of the junta Of which Stanton Is
the head. If the Radicals were the
purest political party that ever came
into power, and if Mr.. johnson was
the most corrupt man that ever lived
there would not be the slightest Oc.
casiOn either for the ARTICLE above
quoted or for the extraordinary pres
cautions which are being taken by the
War Department. The President has
done nothing and said nothing to.in.
dicate that he called General Hancock
to Washington for the purpose Of
arraying him and other officers Of the
army on the side Of General Thomas.
Indeed, the object Of the visit has
been repeatedly stated, and we can
find nothing in the explanation to
warrant predictions Of /" deadly peril. I"


But if even any dangers Of viol-
ence on the part Of Mr.. johnson did
exist, they cannot make matters much
worse than they now are. Is not the
Government in state Of anarchy at
the present time? Do not impeach-
ment, negro suffrage, our financial
blunders and mismanagement, and
the bill passed on Thursday, which
decreases the amount Of taxes to be
collected. aud thorebys probably in-
creases the national debt, bear in
themselves the very elements Of
anarchyf The fact is that the Radi-
Gals are in q maelstrom Of difficulties,
with ruin and death facing them at
every point. Seeing no way out Of
their troubles other than by unlawful
deeds, they will probably endeavor
to precipitate the anarchy which
their organ Foreshadows. We advise
all good friends of the republic to
keep aloof from the plains and plots
of those bad men who would invoke
revolution and change our verysystem
Of government itself for the purpose
Of perpetuating their power. If the
radicals can succee d in their plots and
get the better Of Mr.. johnson, let
him be turned out Of the Presidential
chair; but let us have no deeds per-
formed which must hereafter be de,
plored. The despotism of the few
ever the many may last for time, and
we may be compelled to submit to
grievOus wrongs but neither the one
nor the other can last forever. The
people will come to the rescue in due
time, when the men who have trifed
with the liberties and prosperity of
the country will be called to a strict
account and justly punished for their
wrong dOings.-Neto York Herald.
Year: 1868

DETERMTNED.-A little four Or
five year old boy was seated at . table
eating dinner. a small cut Of beef.
steak was given him, and taking it up
in his hands he resolutely endeavored
to get a bite of the end Of It. It
being pretty tough beefsteak some :
times happens to be--he pulled and
jerked and grunted at the task little
more than was consistent with mod
ern ideas Of polite dining. After a


few earnest struggles ali ID vain, he
turned TO his mother with d look Of
mingled energy and despair, and said,
through his yexation and tears,
"Mamma, mes going 70 have a piece
Of this meat or pull my mout out =
Year: 1868

ABoUT BoYs.-Teach q boy to
stand up for the truth--and fight for
it If need be-he will lack neither
physical nor moral energy and the
mental faculties will suffer nothing 10
the exercise. If he can despise 'bul.
lies" and dare to be called sneak,
he will conquer all things needful to
render him an enlightened member Of
society, and an honorable citizen Of
the world. Aboy who is we'll trained
at home has little to fear in this way
at school; young Valiantefor-the
truth win command respect even
from those who affect 70 condemn
and shun him. Having passed through
tho ordeal Of school life yiOtoriously,
be becomes q man, builds his castle
and takes up his abode in il.
Year: 1868

THE KU.KLUx.-This mysterious
order has risen as if by magic, into
frightful proportions, and assumed a
shape the most appalling. But a
week ago it was the subject Of joke
and laughter and regarded only as a
source of amusement; but in the
twinkling of an eye it has expanded
into the huge proportions of a giant
full of passion. But in its expansion
it has lost none Of its mysteries. On
the contrary, this element it is, that
has grown SO wonderfully. Twice
has this Klan made its appearance il
our midst within week, once at the
funeral and around the grave Of John
Bicknell, and once at the j6il to take
peaceable possession of the murderer;
but on neither occasion has the most
active inquiry or the quickest sus.
picion been able to point to any in
dividual as belonging to the Klan.
Who they are, no ore can even
surmise. But all know they are
great in numbers, and as determined
as men can be, if men they are.


Since the war closed this communi.
ty has not been SO profoundly agitated
as within the past week. At all
hours of the day men here gathered
in groups, and had serious converse
upon the terrible state of affairs.
Every face has worn a sad and serious
aspect, and scarcely ever a laugh has
been heard. Aud the occasion is one
that may we'll beget sorrow. First
came the revolving news of the bloody
death of John BicknelI, and when the
first numbing sense Of horror had
given place to the fercest indigntion
and thirst for vengeance, when stores
Of the murdered mans companions
and acquaintances we're scouting the
country in every direction in search
Of the foul fiend that had taken his
life-the community was again
agitated with the very deepest sorrow
and heartiest sympathy by the news
Of the death of Col, Bicknell, the
father Of the murdered man. And
to add a deeper coloring to the sad
picture, IL was announced that the
beloved mother and wife was pros.
tfated under the terrible affection and
held on to life ouly by thread.
Such were the feelings Of the com-
munity on Sunday when the tolling
bell announced the burial Of John
Bicknsll. Although it rained cold
sleeting torrents, hundreds and huns
dreds Joined the sorrowing procession
and gathered at the grave to testify
at once their esteem for the departed,
and their indignation at the crime Of
which he Was the victim. The scene
ut the grave added the element Of
mysteries that alone was wanting TO
wind up the public feeling 10 the
highest pitsh Of excitement. The
appearance in the procession Of a
body Of horsenen shFOuded in all the
mystery Of the most complete and
fantastical DISCUSSES, and their silent
solemn ceremonies at the grave,
kneeling and, with uplifed hands,
voWing vengeance on the murderer,
completed the act.


Everybody bad wished the murder,
or caught and executed, but all felt
an uncertainty and fear that he might
escape, or if taken and condemned by
the courts that pardon might BE- sx-
tended 10 him. But theneeforth there
was no such fear. The mysterious
band, coming from no one knew
where, going no one knew whittier,
hslipped in and took tho place ia the
public estimation that the avenging


fates held in the minds of the Greeks,
Year: 1868

The Franklin, Tenn Review re-.
lates that the Ku-Klux, q few nights
since, visited the house Of a poor
widow, whose two sons had fallen in
the Confederate service, leaving on
her doorsteps q package containing
one hundred dollars and a quantity Of
domestics, calicoes and other dry
goods. A widow lady of Williamson
county, with three children dependent
upon her for support, was the grate-
ful recipient Of a similar package, in
side of which she found one hundred
dollars in currency and a letter which
stated that the writer was formerly
an intimate companion and fellow
soldier of her only son, who was
killed while member Of Tennessee
Confederate regiment.
Year: 1868

0NE Of the inconveniences Of build,
ing railroad across the prairias vas
illustrated few days ago, when an
engine ran of the track aud was not
stopped until It had run into the
woods, one hundred and forty feet
from the track.
Year: 1868

Henceforth there was a breathless
waiting, d doom chat could not b
avoided-a waiting, as it we're, for the
approach of dread monster whose
spreading shadows had already come.
The capture and execution Of the
murderer was hencefOrth a foregone
conclusion accepted as events to be
expected with almost as much certain.
Ivy as death itself. The expected
feVent came TO pass. Through all his
ridings, six resolute uRtiring young
men followed by day and by night,
never stopping, never resting until
the miserable culpFit was caught and
safely lodged in prison.


How from the prison he was twice
taken, once to escape and be returned,
and once TO be executed, is elsewhere
related. The mournful catastrophe
has left the community strangely
filed with a sense of satisfaction that
justice has been done, Of regret that
it has been done in such manner, Of
wonder and doubt as to the bands
that did the work, and finally of
dread and uncertainty as to the cons
sequenCes.- Columbia (Tsnn.) Herald.


NASHVILLE, March 5.-The spread
of the mysterious order known as the
Klux-Klan is causing good deal of
excitement and general comment.
The Radicals insist that it is a politi-
cal organization, and are threatening
all sorts of vengeance against the
members Of it.


The Press and Times SAYS that
strong efforts will be made by Brown.
low to exterminate the Klan, and this
while the Loyal League, semi.mili-
tary oath.bound organization, is
found all over the State. There is no
doubt that the Klux> Klan are getting
pretty formidable, but there is moth.
ing whatever to show they use any
intimidation or threats to negroes or
others. m


The man who was hung by the
Klux Klan at Columbia on Tuesday
night, for numbering one Of their
number, was an ex-Confederate
soldier. If he had been an ex. FEEDER
al, the Radicals here would have
raiseo a tremendous howl.


In few moments from now the
militia will be spread all over the
State. Should they commence the
business of robbing aud murdering,it
is not at all improbable that the Klux
Klan will take a hand in bringing
about pretty lively Work.-LOutsptte
Courier.


Our mailing clerk, says the Nash.
vile Gazette, who came to the Office
at B o'clock yesterday morning, dis
covered sticking on the counting
room door the following document.
1t may be appreciated by some of our
readers, but they can't prove anything
by us. Solve the document who can.
Here it is:
Year: 1868

ASomEg l.arl, FRdA MR BnalnKR--
Rev, Herry Ward Beschsr having been
elected an honorary member of the
"Printors Grant aud Coliax Club" in
Washington, wrote the following letter
in acknowledgment Of the compliment,


Revolutions do not 10 backward.
and | have every confidence that the
conscience and intelligence which led
this great nation 10 resist slavery. and
TO defeat 1t, win now refuse TO put the
government into the very hands which
either were raised against II or refused
10 help in its defence The new adhe-
sion Of impenitent southern men TO the
very worst type Of democratic doctrine
ever enunciated since the party won't
into alliance with slavery cannot but be
disasterous for the South as was the
league with the same party before tho
war The democratic party seems IA
ted to lead the South into desperate
steps, aud then to be utterly unable 10
help those whom it has deluded II
will be so again. Utterly lost to all
moderation, the convention in Now
York has laid down platform which
will bring civil war TO the South again,
unless it is prevented by the victory OF
the Republican party"
Year: 1868

How TO HAVE MEALY POTATOES It is very common in the spring to find strong, watery potatoes on tho table, unless care has been taken to select and prevent them. A poor potato is the poorest article of food that can be had ; as soon as they begin to sprout they will begin to grow poor and watery, the bet ter part of the root going to the support of sprouts. An exchange gives the following method of preventing pota- toes from sprouting: Take good, sound potatoes and place them in a tub or barrel, and pour boiling water over them, letting them remain in the water until eyes are scalded so they will not sprout; dry the potatoes thoroughly in the sun, and put them away in box or barrel in cool dry place. This will give good mealy potatoes all the time. --Germantown Telegraph.
Year: 1868

LOVE FOR THE DEAD.-The love. that survives the tomb, says Washington Irving, is one of the noblest attributes of the soul. If it has its woes, it has it's delights and when the overwhelm- ing burst of grief is calmed into the gentle fear of recollection, then the sudden anguish and convalsed agony over the present ruins of all we most loved are softened away into pensive meditation. Who would not root sor- row from the heart though it may sometimes throw passing cloud over the bright hours of gaiety, or spread a deeper sadness over the hour of gloom, yet who would exchange it for even the song of pleasure or the burst of revelry? No, there is voice from the tomb sweeter than song; there is d re- membrance of the dead to which we turn even from the chamber of the liv- ing.
Year: 1868

mere are lotS O1 young men Wlln whom spending money is positive disease. They constantly demonstrate the truth of the familiar proverb. There is a sort of fatal profusion in their habits. Women are accused very unfairly of being over-extravagant. As rule, men are far more so and the account against them is principally due to those who fritter away every thing they gain or sell in numberless and nameless trifes. A woman has a natural title to being well-clad; to be- ing, indeed, clad so as to make the most of her appearance. She has a sense for jewelry. To deny her orna- ments is to stifie genuine and reason able instinct. But a man who parts with < considerable of his income to comply with every freak of his tailor, and who really seems to have only used his brains upon the patterns of ncckties, is one of the most pitiable creatures alive. A gentleman ought to be correctly and neatly dressed. There is something revolting, as well as startling, in the style in which the unfortunate London cad turns out to air himself on the tops of omnibuses and on tho penny steamboats on Sun day. Still, the extremes meet. The cad is not, in all probability, a greater jackass than the person he mimics. He is also extravagant in his own miserable way. He has given more than he can afford for his faring scarf, with his horrible brass pin, his embroi- dered shirt front, ane. all the rest of his vile paraphernalia.

 How TO Err COLLARS TO THE SEOUL pERs OF HoRsEs.-It is very important to have collar fit nicely and snugly to the shoulders of the horse. 1t enables him to work with great deal more strength. It prevents galling and wound, as the friction is avoided Collars are so made, or should be so made, as to throw the chief force on the lower part of the shoulder. The horse can apply but little strength on upper part, and for this reason, breast collars are coming greatly into vogue, as the strength is exerted on the lower part of the shoulder. But we started out to tell our readers how to make a new collar fit the shoulders of a horse. The collar should be purchased of the proper size; they are usually too large. If obtained of proper size, just before putting it on the first time, immerse il in water, letting it remain abouta min- ute, and immediately put it on the horse being careful to have the names so ad- iusted at top and bottom as to fit the shoulder, and then put the horse to work. The collar, by being wet, will adapt itself to the shoulder, and should dry on the horse. When taken off it should be left in the same shape it oc- cupied on the horse, and ever after af- ter that you will have snug fitting collar and no wounds. County Record.

 LOVE FOR THE DEAD.-The love. that survives the tomb, says Washington Irving, is one of the noblest attributes of the soul. If it has its woes, it has it's delights; and when the overwhelm- ing burst of grief is calmed into the gentle fear of recollection, then the sudden anguish and convnlsed agony
Year: 1868

HoRRIBLE DEATH.-On Thursday
morning Henry Shade, a carpenter
employed in a saw mill in Sandusky
Ohio, had his clothing caught in a
disconnected compiling of the nachin-
cry, and before the engine could be
stopped his leg was caught between
the gear wheels ofa windlass attached
to the shaft and torn off between the
knee and ankle The right side of the
head was badly crushed and mangled so
that death ensued Immediately. After
his coat caughtin the machinery the
unfortunate man had only opportuni-
ty to exclaim George George !" be-
fore he was hurried to a terrible death.
The engine was stopped as quickly as
possible, but to late to do any good
The deceased leaves a wife and six
children-the youngest having been
born only a few hours before the de-
plorable accident.
Year: 1868

which great Britain pursued so long
in the instance Of It's Corn Laws,
which, after a long struggle between
the people and the n'istocracy, were
not long since abrogatcd, greatly to
the benefit of the people and even OF
the land owners themselves, for il is
one Of the results Of the Protective
system that it keeps back improve
ments and tempts thefayored class TO
rest contented with imperfect, unsl1ill-
ful, and costly methods of production.


One plea of the few who are favor
cd by Protective duties is that these
duties protect the lalpr Of this coun-
try against the pauper labor Of Eu-
rope. IL is a false plcl. For it is plain
who advance it. TO get labor as cheap
as they can. Moreover these very
men are themselves constantly i'm
porting working people from Europe
1t is false plea again, because the
laborer in this country mods no one's
protection. The American laborer
can protect himself againsteverything
but the revenue laws which make
goods dear. He is protected against
inadequate wages by the abundance
of free land, ready for his occupation.
We should never have heEd of the
pauper labor Of Europe had the work
ers there had free lands a. hand in
their own respective countries such as
we fortunately have.


The most powerful bond Of union
between the different parts of the
country extending from oceanic ocean,
holding us together forever, lot only
by the forms Of law, but by mutual at.
tachment and the feeling that we are
in all respects one people, is impartial
legislation; Legislation which shall
not seek TO enrich one portion Of the
country at the expense of others.


Regarding it, therefore, as most
unworthy and groundiess impulation
upon our countrymen TO insist that
their ingenuity, skill and diligence
cannot, without the help Of Protective
duties, keep pace with the ingenuity,
skill and diligence of any other ma
tion in the world, and holding. more.
over that protective duties are unjust
and oppressive TO the many, enerva-
ting to the industry Of the few for
whom they are imposed, ard incon.
sistent with The principles of civil lib
erty and the rights of man, the Amer
ican Free Trade League trusts that
Congress will see the propriety and
expediency Of renouncing entirely, in
any laws for the raising of revenue
through customs tariff, the wastefnl
and mischievous fallacy of Protection.
Year: 1868

The Rump House proposes to re-
trench the expenses of Congress, by
providing that no Senator or Repre-
sentative shall be entitled to any
newspaper except the Congressional
Globe, at the public expense, or shall
receive over Sl25 worth Of stationery
during each session. 1t is hardly pos
sible that the Senate will agree 10 this
piece of economy.
Year: 1868

A destitute father in St. Louis had
not enough money to procure a coffin
for his dead child. SO taking the
body in his arms, he carried it long
distance 10 the cemetery, but on ar.
irving there discovered that he had
neglected to obtain burial certificate
and was compelled to retraoe his
steps and repeat his sad journey, car
rying his dead child all the way,
Year: 1868

Is an expression we hear every day
from merchants and business men,
but moro often from mechanics
and laborers who are in search Of a
job. How can it be otherwise
how can anything else be expected,
so long as taxation is so oppressive
that 1t requires every cent to pay
inJerest to the bondholder, to sup.
port an immense army and swarm
of officrholders Something must
be done to relieve the people from
these burdens before they ean have
means 70 patronizo the merchant
or before employment can DO furn-
ishsd to the laborer and mechanic.
Give up Radicalism or give up sue
cess Ia business-radecm the bonds
with greenbacks, bring money in
the country and encourage improve
ment, or prepare to become public
pauper.-Ihe Northeast.
Year: 1868

Then you want the government to keep its faith. You don't want partial repu- diation by laying special tax on the Bonds You don t want total repudiation by issuing greenbacks enough to pay the Bonds. yf you are honest-voTE FOR GRANT.

 Besn Tho Sentinel labors hard, last week to justify tho course of its party in reg ard l to the Board of Education, It says: Tho Enquirer says that the Board should not bo ] a partisan sectarian affair. We perfectly agree with Ithe statement, nor have the Democracy ever | made it such.

 Who did make it such then? Two thirds of the Board, and all the clergymen on it, belong to a single denomination; eight out of the nine belong to a single political party! How then does the Sentinel excuse such state of things By undertaking to show that the Republicans have often nom- mated as many as three Republicans and three Congregationalists. If they had not only nominated but had elected such tick ct, it would not have given that deuomina- tion and that party their fair share of the Board.

 In conclusion the Pecksniff of the Senti- nel starts the following original idea: It is the index of a thorough radical to never rest content until he has arrayed brother against brother, not alone in political warfare, but in all the social relations.

 It is the way of the radical to expose par tisan and sectarian unfairness wherever 1t appears, as it does most notably in the case under discussion.
Year: 1868

AesF" What has become of the SentincLs anti-negro suffrage musket, that its editor used to fire from seven to twelve times, every issne, just before the spring election Has it got so rusty as to be dangerous
Year: 1868

sA+A facetious Republican communicates the following letter with certificate attach ed, He thinks the last sentence needs the sanction of an oath before it will take in even sRed-Hot'':