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Year: 1867

The slight threatcnings and beginnings of
riot in Richmond, on Saturday do not indicate
serious trouble. There seems to have been
white men in that city who have given the col
ored people bad counsel, which some of them
have been foolish enough to take. Contrasted
with this local and partial disorder is the gen
era excellent and moderate behavior of the
freedmen throughout the South. by which they
Should rightly be Judged
Year: 1867

Mr. Howard Staunton, the well known chess
player and author has acquired proprietary interest In
The chess World.


match by telegraph shortly To be contested between
the Chess Club of Detroit and the Chess CUB
Trials of skill with the players Of the metropolis have
recently become quite popular with country organzs
tiOns, which, although uniformly unsuccessful, acquire
from them the benefit OF practice with superior players
The the telegraph has been rendered free OF charge
the respective clubs and il is likely that the games
will soon be commenced.
Year: 1867

HOPE FOR THE ArFIICTED.-In another part
of this paper will be found the adve, tisement
of the celebrated Institute established by DR..
J. C. You've. in 1850. In this age of deceit
and charlatanism, it is a boon to the suffering
to point out to them where they are sure OF
obtaining the wished for relief and cure
Under the care Of the skillful Doctor the
sick and troubled can divest themselves of
their burden of pain lay aside their cross.
and secure health and happiness. Ifyou are
sick and in trouble, do not hesitate. Read
the advertisement and follow the advice
Do not forget the number or the manner of
directing your letters. Consultation Office,
$50 Washington street, San Francisco.


febl6:ly,
Year: 1867

When female is in trouble or afflicted with dis
ease and requires medical surgical assistance
the first inquiry should be, where is there physi
can who Is fully competent to administer relief
ont whose knowledge of The female system perfect
who thoroughly understands the application of med
icne to disease. whose scientific attanmens in sur
gerry have made him pre- eminent in his profession
and whose respectable standing in society recon-
mcnds him TO the confidence OF the community >
Unless these and many more questions can be sat-
isfactor;ly answered, The afflicted should pause be-
fore consulting any one. The Doctor has been
PROFESSOR OF OBsTETE CS and FEMALE
DIS Asses for twenty years. and is fully qualified
to administer in all cases. both medically and sur
gically. in thorough manner years of study
and nractice-both in hospitals and families can
mase. Therefore families rely upon him as upon
a father ALL IN AFfLiCIION, y NATTER
WHAT ITS NATURE, WILL FIND IN HIM
ONE WHO CAN FEEL AND sYMPATHIZE
WITH AND BEFR1END THEM IN TROUBLE
-ONf IN WHOSE SECRECY THE UTMOST
CONFIDENCE CAN Bt. PLACED.
Year: 1867

and bring us return cargo Of white Ia
borers.


If the negro is to stay hcrc-and it is de-
sirable to have him do so-what is the duty
of the intelligent white man towards him
Why, to educate him, admit him, when
sufficiently instructed, to the right OF
voting, and as rapidly as possible prepare
him for a safe and rational enjoyment OF
that equality before the law which as a
free man he has a right to claim, and
which we cannot long refuse to give.


| have scheme Of my own On this sub
ect, based, think, on rational and com
prehensive view of the relations existing
in this country between the two races, but
| forbear to give if, as it has been superseded
by the much more ultra and fear danger
Gus scheme submitted by Congress, and
which we shall be compelled to accept in
all its amplitude.


Pardon tie digresSions and proliIities
into which am but too conscious of having
run, and will draw this letter to a close.


think we shall be compelled to submit to
all that Congress has done or may do, and
this being so, would have our people do 1t
as gracefully as posSiblc-not, indeed, pre-
tending they like it-that would be dis
graceful-but without any murmurings or
childish regrets.


Only a word in conclusion-I earnestly
hope every white man in the State who is
not disqualified will make every needful
preparation to vote when the time comes /;
and that all who can vote will do so calmly,
with dignity, and with fixed purpose to
save as much of liberty as can be rescued
from the wreck of the "loSt cause"


Very truly and faithfully, gentlemen,
your friend and fellow-citizen,


A. G. Brown
Year: 1867

SENATOR WIsoN left on the afternoon
train on yesterday for Petersburg. he
was accompanied by General Brown, OF
the Freedmen's Bureau, who goes on a
tour OF inspection in his district.
Year: 1867

], WHY WOMEN CAN Nor ENTER Masonic
IIoDGEs.-Frequent complaints are made by
ladies in relation to Masonry, and their princi-
pal arguments are that their husbands have
no business to do any thing that they cannot
: tell their wives-that that which is secret must
be wrong-that it Is only mean excuse, and
so on. One branch of the subject seems, how
ever, to be capable of legendary explanation,
and the Norfolk Journal publishes thereon
the following paragraph


- When King Solomon was still young man
he had married his seventh wife. She was a
beautiful young Ammonitess, with locks as
black as the ravens wing and eyes as bright
as the eagles. 1t was believed that she was
the favored fair one among all the sultanas of
the Greek King, for his affections were not
divided then As they atterwarC 5 became. She
knew his power, and used it unsparingly, in
Saddition to her other qualities, she was as in
quisitiye as ever was aw0man on this earth.
II One evening King Solomon attended lodge
on some grand OCCASION and staid out some
what late. When he returned home, he found
the fair Ammonitess in the dumps, and pout-
Ing just like the dear wives of Masons do
sometimes now when their lords stay out too
late at the lodge. She upbraded him with
%neglccting her, insinuated that he hadn't been
TO the lodge as he pretended. and insisted that
i'm future he should give proof that he went
there by having herself initiated SO that she
might 60 there and watch him.


Daughter of Ammon,' replied the King
thou hast behaved thyself as one of the fool
ish women, In presuming to question thy lord
and master Thou art not so angry with me
as thou pretendest to be; for the true reason
Of this behavior is thy Unsuitable curiosity. in
which thou eXcellest Eve herself. Know,
then, that here ordain that neither thou nor
ANY of thy inquisitive sex after thee, e,er en-
enJoin the Tyler to pierce through with his
sword any woman that shall attempt to enter
a lodge; aye. even thee, Queen of Israel
Enough thou bet And that ordinance of the
Wisest of mobarclis has continued in force till
this day.
Year: 1867

Throw away your false frizzes, your switches, you


wig
Destructive of comfort and not worth fig
Come aged, come youthful, come ugly and fair,
And rejoice in your own luxurant hair.
Year: 1867

GROUNDS FOR ADVICE. We have heard
recently Of man who obtained bill of
divorce on the ground that his wife was
extravagant "She nsed butter for shortc


ming" This is about equal to the man who
complained Of his daughters extravaganza
because she persisted in buying a waterfall
for her head when she already had u cata :
ract in her eye. He couldn't brook that.
Year: 1867

NEW York, Dee. l.-Mr. Greeley announces in
the Tribune tomorrow that he will not accept
the mission to Austria, and that he does not In
tend leaving the country until after the Pres-
DENTAL election
Year: 1867

The Athens Repu5licah, organ of the
loyal League Of McMinn county, thinks
the negro is an elephant upon the hands
of the Radicals. It says:


cit is manifest, that the thieviag pro-
pensities of large portion of the black
population, coupled with the idle, thrift
less disposition, naturally awakens appre-
tensions of a serious nature in the minds
of the Humanist. Unless there be a tho
rough improvement of the freedmen as a
class, of which we confess we enteftain
little hope, the question of their disposal
will soon become one of such importance
as, for time to overshaddow every other
Time and patience may eventually dispose
of this population without such violence as
many well informed persons anticipate.-
In the meanwhile every facility to migrate
should be offered those who desire to re-
turn to their native country. The history
of no country warrants the hope that
race numbering several millions, who are
precluded by the laws of nature from SOB
cial equality, can in peace enjoy for any
length of time, peaceful relations with
superior race, with whom they hold equal
civil and political rights. Education,
which some well meaning philsnthropists
regard the penacea for all our political and
social troubles will, we think, imperfect as
it ever will be with the negro, prove only
an obstacle to the solution of the problem
which the enfranchisement Of the colored
man has evolved


This is the ''most unkindest' cut OF all.
/ Coming from member Of that great Radi-
cal party which boasts Of being the negro's
best friend. it is suggestive of the fate oi
the negro in the near future.
Year: 1867

Congress. when it meets next month,
will, of course, feel somewhat podestly in
clined. We believe in respecting the pop
ular will, and do not believe that the. ex-
ample Of the President in this regard d is
fit for imitation. What is that will in re-
ference to the course of Congress ? It is,
and nothing else, that Congress has gone to
the full extent of prudence in the question
of reconstruction. The majority, Ia bare
majority Of the people sustain Congress,
(not counting. of course, the Southern
rebels,)


The present plan of restoring the Union
is approved, and will be carried out but
al the Radicals of Congress may now cease
10 agitate their other measures. Impeaek-
ment is now laid on the shelf, as is also
that daring adventure in the appointment
of a committee to inquire into the govern
ment of Maryland and report whether it be
republican in form" or not, as we'll as the
Sumner project of forcing negro suffrage
upon all the Northern States. Congress
can now devote itself to the support Of
what it has done. 1t will be all it can do
in that regard.


The only fear there is now In respect to
reconstruction is that the result of the cleo
/ tions will weaken the back bones of so
many Congressman that a two-thirds vote
can no longer be commanded against the
veto power. Mr.. johnson will do all he
can to embarass the operation of the law
in the South and he will veto all the meas
ures of Congress calculated tU check him
and if the two-thirds vote shall now fail
Congress may be compelled to let the work
60 over to another lection, or to compro-
mise to some extent with Mr. Johnson.


The result of the elections on the pub
lie credit will be considerable. The lead
ing New York operators in stocks are Dem
ocrats, and the great gains of their party
will afford them the pretext for bearing


the bonds and stocks to their own salts


faction. The indications now are that tn,
Democracy will feel encouraged to press
the question of taxing the bonds, and tha


will serve to drive them out of the country


while the noise that has been made by Pen


deton and other Democrats about takin!


up the bonds by greenbacks. issued to


destructive initiation of the currency. vii


serve to alarm the foreign bOndholders an


to depreciate their value in the EuroPea
markets. If this alarm shall be suf6cisu


Ito. keep tie bends - home thsFs the aeteI


uIfurrfou OF the Democracy to tax them vi


greatly depreciste their value ia our MAJ
kets. We're i notlor the greenback Que'
} ton it would be very easy to keep mp thei
] value abroad and to push them beyond Ii
reach of Democratic taxation.- Cincinna
4 Z ines, Rad.
Year: 1867

A Western paper contains the following
apology "The editor is absent with the
toothache, the devil is drunk and trying
to drink lager beer out of a boot-jack. the
press is out Of order, and We amt we'll
ourselves--so please excuse poor paper
this week"
Year: 1867

The New York Herald only states that
''there is not single great soldier in the
country, there never was corps comman-
der in the Army of the Potomac, who was
not a Democrat before the war;
Year: 1867

y UGGEsTIoN.-Persons who suffer
their newspapers to be torn up and destroy
ed after hastily scanning them over, as
many do, should at least cut out and pre-
seve7SaluNPle receipts, agricultural mat
ter, etc., SOr reference. An old public
document viii answer for a book to paste
selections in, and in the course of a year
or two a valuable volume may be secured
such a one as could not be obtained from
any other source. Try it.
Year: 1867

B0S A young lady who recently mar
red New York "b'hoy," somewhat
given to dissipation, told her mother in
extenuation that as she had always heard
people say half loaf was better than
no bread, she thought half losfer ="
must be better than no man.
Year: 1867

B9-The first temperance organization
of which we have any record was in
England in 1917, and only prohibited its
members from getting drunk No mem
Der was allowed to drink more than
fourteen glasses a day The next or
ganization was in the year 1000, and
only allowed its members to get drunk
on public days. A century later, 8 So
ciety was formed in the State Of New
York. in which the penalty for getting
drunk was twenty cents
Year: 1867

The New Dahomsy-How the Negro is


Trampling on the White Man Down


South.


The deleetable sons Of Ham are having
a nice time Of it down in South Carolina.
The white trash are being taught
their proper position in society, and
Sambo is soaring to that exalted eleva-
ton to which his talents justly entitle
him. Here are the last two acts Of our
distirguashed colored brethren: Some
sixteen miles from Mount Pleasant, ;
C.. a Mr.. Samuel Frazer, q gentleman Of
means and character, has the supervision
of a large and valuable plantation
owned By q hnsman Of bis. A large
number Of freedmen are employed upon
Year: 1867

- At Frankfort, KY, a few
days since, Stephen Young, a me-
gro, attempted to outrage the per-
son of a respectable married lady,
but was thwarted in his hellish
designs by the sudden appearance
of the lady's husband, who cap
tured the scoundrel and lodged
him safely in jail Exchange. 7


The negro and the man who
captured and took him to jail
ought to be burned in the same
log heap, and if the woman ever
lives with such a husband again
she out to suffer the same fate.
Year: 1867

alone bal OF pstlve OF Southern origin who
threat Of and By well grounded apprehen.


on that reher family nor hcme were eafe within that
Sta;s IL tbey remained some have sold their estates
and remosed with no infant 70 return. Some have LETT


their home in ths hope that better days might come


when ret,rn would not invite obIoqoy, ostra


animation or the mass Of evidence taken upon THE
point by the committee will demonstrate that while IL
may 10 true that social consideration and success IN
business may be secured by those who content 20
live and speak not 70 offend the prejudces OF rebels
returned from tho army, those Who without courage
atone of bravery by defiant anathema against
Northern and yankee rule' yet that she earnest


s I c ss Sss
from his alliance or may have cossissenty and at eli


times held 70 the true national faith, deemed an
by the masses who bindly follow them
And thus regarded he subject TO lust so much attack
ana "a rsn o. injury 70 prcpsy and as
or TO impose. OF course there are many men, and
among them those in high social political position
ton Of things Some Of them are Northern men In
commercial business They claim 10 BE- Union men and


20 a. Ssy ss.


feeling Of peace and content among the people, which
only requires Immediate restoration Of the State. with
drawa Of the army and entire nonintercreRce by the
general 70 bring the State back TO IL normal
condition Of loyalty love toward the Union But
pcrencc 70 bear the burden Of rebel hate can estimate
It's weight We cannot, without extending this report
beyond proper ite, refer In detail 70 the specific evil
dencc taken upon the part Of those Who have been made
10 suder % Union and friends of our government
and Of those who from their position, pursuits and OPP
portunes have testihed facts within their knowledge
lending TO show the peaceful condition Of Union men
known and marked as sucb In Louisiana or that taken
from witnesses producsd by committee o. ctzens,
who testify TO the good order and kindly feeling and
loyal sentiment prevailing among the people OF the
Statsl Nor have We arrived n the Judgment We have


s% sS 90 and f'nss ssss s S
facts within the knowledge Of the witnesses
examined There have been moro than ninety
wttnemes examined, who speak Of the condition OF
afAin in Louisiana and Of the sentiment toward and
treatmsnt Of "Union men," known 70 be SUCH In tho
community where they live or these forty seven evo
called ss The request Of the commttes Of cstssns0
who desired 70 vndcats the character Of their city and
W sssahlsh the loyssy v the StAtA On the part Of
Year: 1867

We take the following suggestions from
Hall s Journal of Health:


Various expedients have been devised to
keep the dampness from the soles of the feet.
Some advise that piece of sail cloth or other
woven material, should be cut in the shape OF
the sole, dipped in melted pitch or tar, and
when cooled. placed between the layers of the
shoes sole and we'll sewed. If this is care
fully done it is impossible for any danpness
to penetrate to the soles OF the feet by simply
walking on damp ground but in walking in
wet grass or The slosh of snow deep enough
to reach the upper leather, this device is no
protccrcn.


Another means of rendering the soles of
shoes imperv Gus to oampness, and to prevent
their sQueaklrg, is to set them In melted tai
low deep enough to merely cover the soles,
and let them remain week; if 1t is IN a
mixture of equal parts of beeswax and tallow
II Is still the oetter.


A gentleman AYERS that from six years of
experience ana trial, the soies of shoes are not
oaiy made water proof but will last three
times as long Ii q coat of gum cOpai varnish
Is applied to the soles and repeated as it dries.
until the pores of the leather are flied, and
the surface shines like polished mahogany.


The soles' OF ehoNs may be made inpervious
TO water by rubbing the following mixture
into the leather, until it is thoroughly satu-
rated one pint of boiled linseed oil ; half a
pound of mutton sues SIX ounces of pure
beeswsx ; four ounces OF rosin. Melt these
over slow fire, stirring well, and when the
shoes are new, warm them and the mixture
also, and use.


Or put pound each of rosin and talow in
a pot on the fire, and when melted and mixed,
apply while hos. with a painters brush. to
both soles aud upper leather. If it is de-
sired that the boots should take a polish i'm
mediatelv. dissolve sn ounce Of beeswax in a
teaspoonful each Of turpentipe and lamp black
a dsy OF two after the boots have been treated
with the rosin and taiiow. rub over them tins
wax auu turpentlne, away from the fire.
Thus the exterior will have coat of wax
alone, and will have bright polish. Tallow
and grease become rancid and rot the stitch
ing. and the leather also ; while the rosln
mixture preserves both.


One pint oi iinseed oil, quartee OF pint
If .urpentine or camphor. quarter OF
pound of beeswax, and quarter OF pound
OF Burgundy pitch Melt together with a
gentle heat; warm it when It is used, and
rub 1t into the leather before the fire, or in
the sun.
Year: 1867

To do this easily, harmlessly and we'll 10
winter, 10 worth knowing. Scrape off the
mud or wet dirt with an old spoon handle,
or, what Is better, wooden knife, then with
a soft damp rag or sponge, remove what the
knife failed to do, then set them back from
the fire for five six hours, more they
will then take a polish as easily as before
they we're wetted, in this way they can be
cleaned without scarcely soiling the fingers at
tie saved.


Boots and shoes for the winter should be
large enough to admit of cork soles, which,
if taken out every night and dried well, will
keep the feet warm all the time, without
which condition no person can possibly have
good health, while there are many whose only
obstacle TO good health is cold feet.
Year: 1867

THE HUTCHINs' HoTEL.-This is
the most magnificent individual en-
terprise of which Texas can boast,
and we are happy to announce to
the public that it is fast approach
ing completion. It's whole plan was
conceived with view of comfort.
The building is of the most staunch
and permanent character and it is
being elegantly furnished The
rooms are large and airy and fur
nished with everything that an
architect could design that could
contribute TO convenience and com
fort. 1t is decidedly the largest
building for the purpose, in the
State. We shall at some early day,
give our readers an inside descrip-
tion o: this hotel, that is to become
the pleasant home, fcasting and
resting place of very many of our
business men, the travelling public
and the seekers of pleasure. We
saw on yesterday various evidences
of its early occupancy. Mattrass-
making was going on on a large
scale and of good quality, ironstone
ware and everything of the kind be-
ing received. We understand the
House will be opened by the 10th of
February.-HouSt0n journal.
Year: 1867

ARRIVALS OF BLACK PERSONS
Every New Orleans steamer brings
lots Of emigrant freed people. If
we may judge from their appear
ance, they ought to be glad TO reach
Texas, for more forlorn looking
set never landed on any shore. We
wish these dirty wretches could be
washed before being landed. If
cleanliness is next to godliness, these
people must be near of kin to o!d
Cloven- Foot. There are several
Northern societies organized TO dis
pense charity TO the colored people
Of the South. We wish they would
establish a washing depot over on
Pelican Spit, and put all these i'm
migrants thrOHgh general scrub
bing operation, and then put clean
clothes on them. Ifthese are sam
pies BY which to judge of Georgia
destitution. then have we much to
congratulate ourselves upon.-Gal.
Puflefi-
Year: 1867

81 ~ lLa
TN presenting a list Of some Of the
= Goods in our line of business, We
would respectfully invite the attention OF
our friends, customers and the public
generally, TO our


Very Large and Vel Selected Stock
Staple aud Fdncy DRY GOODS
und solicit mn examination boforO Pur
chasing elsewhere. We offer no false
Inducements in order To obtain patron
aue. We PURCHASE and SELL for CASH,
and all our Goods will be offered at
FAIR AND REASONABLE PRICES.
We manage to buy and sell, we think, a
little LOWER than any other parties in
the business. and we hope by close Ap.
plication to Business and Fair Dealing
with all to give


general satisfdction and retain a Ebe-


raj share cfPatrOHoge.
We are daily making Additions to our
stock Of Whatever is NEW and NOVEL
in our Trade, and we mean to KEEP al
ways on HAND the


very Best Variety and


quality
of every article in our liue Of business to
be Found in the city, thereby saving tt
persons in want OF goods a great deal o
time and labor, in filling up their memo
randums.


OUR STOCK CONSISTS IN


PART OF
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Year: 1867




EARLY RADIsHEs.-A writer in


Galignanis Messenger states that


radishes may be grown in a very


few days by the following METHOD


Let some good radish seed soak
in water for twenty-four hours, then
put them in bag and expose it to
the sun. In the course of the day
termination will commence. The
seed must then be Sown in a well
manured hot bed,.. and-lwatered
fromstime to; time with1lukewarm
water. BY hiS'treatment they will
ina very short time, acquire a suf-
ficient bulk, and be good to eat
lfit be required to get good radishes
in winter during the severe cold,an
old,cask should he sawed in two,
and -halfTof it filed with, good
earth. The radish seed beginning
to shoot as before, must be sown in
it,and the other half of the barrel
put on the topof the full one, and
then placed in the cellar. For
W Altering, lukewarm water, should
be used as before. In the course
ofsa few days the radishes Will be
it to eat.