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Year: 1869

THE THEATRE" Ixion and the "Quiet
Family" were produced at the Theatre last
evening to an excellent audience and in fine
style. The popularity Of the charming
Chapman Sisters and the irresistible
Bishop continues unabated.


To night we have programme said to be
one of the best Of the season. "The Col
leen Bawn," which has been anxiously
looked for by our people, will be given
with an excellent cast.


Tonight will be the occasion Of Miss
Elias benefit. She is one Of the most gen.
eral favorites we have ever had on the
Richmond stage. She is positively be-
witchipg; and we doubt not that her many
admirers will insure her rousing benefit.
Year: 1869

A freight train over the Memphis
and Ohio Railroad was wrecked yes
terday by being thrown from the
track about three miles north of
Brownsville. The train was bound
West, and consisted OF over twenty
cars, heavily laden. The accident
was occasiOned by the section-gang,
at work on repairs, removing two
rails and failing to flag the approach
ing train in time to bringto it a stop
before reaching the break. The en-
gine, tender and sixteen ears are a
complete wreck, and we are informed
that the engineer and fireman were SO
severely burned before being rescued
as to render their recovery extremely
doubtful.


The passenger train due here at
midday yesterday arrived about an
hour behind time, q transfer of pas
sengers and baggage over the break
in the road OccasiOning the detention.
The road will, however, be cleared
during to-day, and passengers leaving
by the pm. train will go through
without delay.
Year: 1869

THE PLAYFUL CREATUREs.-A party of
Indians made descent on the railroad be-
tween Sheridan and Hays City, Kansas, the
morning of June 4th, tore out the spikes and
turned the rails 80 as to cause the train to
switch off down an embankment, and then
waited to see the fun. The mail train came
along, but, fortunately, the engineer suspected
some devitry, and no serious damage occur
red. If the playful pets of Congress would
only repeat the innocent diversion some fine
day when Congressional Committee or Qua
ker delegation, or lot of Eastern editors were
passing over the road, and the engineer should
fail to discover the pleasant joke until the whole
crowd fetched up in eternity, it is possible that
Eastern Congressman, the Quakers, or editors
might change their opinion of the "noble red
son of - the forest" and believe him to be
all that experienced and honest-minded frontier
men and dwellers on this slope say of Mr..
Indian.
Year: 1869

THEY DIFFER.-The New York Erening
Post says that any man or any paper that will
approve the action of the Radicals in the Indi-
ana Legislature, in declaring the Fifteenth
Amendment adopted by that State, is unworthy
of any respect. TO show how the Post differs
from Senator Morton of Indiana, we quote
what he says on the subject. He concludes u
long argument thus:


But need not pursue this branch of the ar
gument any further, holding rs do, that a
constitutional quorum was present IN each
House when the amendment was ratified, and
that the ratification was valid, both III sub
stance and in form.
Year: 1869

He DEEPLY MOURNED-A late New Hamp.
shire paper tells of man in Manchester in
that State who buried his first wife lately, and
in two days thereafter married another woman
Perhaps his grief was too much for him to bear
it all alone, and so he got the second wife to
share the heavy burden.
Year: 1869

MILITARY MOCKERY CoURTs-In q recent
trial before Military Commission in Texas,
the chief witness for the prosecution stated


that the commanding officer had threatened
him with very severe punishment in case he
did not swear to convict the accused, and the
testimony of some freedmen, who were proved
to have been miles away from the scene at the
time of the commission of the offence charged,
was admitted Such trials are but mOckeries.
Year: 1869

Two hundred of the fashionable ladies of
New York have formed Maternal Association,
and agree to nurse their own children.


1t is hoped they will also agree to bear their
own children.
Year: 1869

AGAINST WAR.-In late speech at Chica-
go, upon the question of having war with
England, Vice President Colfax said:


know that the military thirst for war is
rife, and that there is an expression of a grow
ing feeling in our Republic which seems to cry
out for war; but if | stand alone, | stand here
to resist it to the extent of my feeble influence.
Year: 1869




We all know that there is large ma
tional debt This all are made aware Of,
not only by the indirect taxation in the
way of heavy protective tariff, but in
the shape of taxation for revenue, in
every possible shape and form. 1t may
be literally said that there is nothing
which is not the subject of Government
taxation. Every deed that is executed,
every agreement that is made, every
legacy that is bequeathed, every article
that is possessed, every sale that is made,
is the subject of revenue to the Govern
ment.


Nor does this end here. Every citizen
of the United States has now four dis
tinct set of taxes to pay.


One to the United States. Another to
the State Government. A third 70 the
county. And the fourth to the city in
which he is a resident.


II may well be said that we are the best
taxed people in the world.


This is the reason of the increased price
of every commodity which life requires.
The taxes, after all, come out of the
pocket of the consumer.


We are scarcely conscious of their ex-
tent, because they come in rather an in
direct than direct shape.


We approach nearer the reality when
we estimate the amount of the present
debt in proportion to the population of
the country.


The national debt on the FIRST of June
of this year was two trillions five hundred
and five millions four hundred and twelve
thousand six hundred and thirteen dol
lars (2,505, ,4l2,6l3). Ea


This is at the rate of $67 68 for every
man, woman and child in the United
States.


To this is to be added the debt of the
States, which, without taking into ac-
count the Indebtedness of the various
counties and municipalities, makes an
average of So 80 per capita for the entire
people. The national and State debts
alone make, therefore, a per capita of
$40 SO to every inhabitsnt ofthe country.
This includes all classes, sexes, condi-
tions and colors. This at once brings
home the matter as q reality.


We have already seen the extent of
the national debt. As matter of in
terest, we extract from the New York
Independent the following table, con-
tanning the population and debt of the
various States of the Union, as of the
first of January, 1869:
Year: 1869

From the New York Commercial Advertiser.


The condition of the Southern States
at the present time is full of promise.
They seem to have fairly tided over their
industrial and political troubles, and the
future is bright with the promise Of a
high, and, we trust, enduring prosperity.
Another good cotton crop, Of which the
indications appear to be the most favora-
BILE, will place them in position which
even the Northern States may envy. The
Southern people, fortunately for them
selves, have had no credit for several
years past, and have, therefore, no debts
at the present time. They have been
forced to live economically and depend
entirely on their own resources, while the
Northerners, as q rule, have been ex-
travagant and wasteful. 1t is probable
that, in the event of the financial panic
which some persons regard as imminent,
the Southern people would feel the shock
much less keenly, and recover from It
much more rapidly than some of the
more wealthy, and apparently more pros
porous Northern people.


The condition of the cotton market at
the present time indicates that no mate
rial reduction is likely to occur in the
present prices of the great staple. The
supply of cotton in both England and the
United States is scarcely adequate to the
requirements of consumers during the
interval that elapses before the new crop
begins to come forward. The cable
quotations of l23i. for middling uplsnds
ct Liverpool, is a fortune for the South
ern planter. That there will be no inn
portant reduction from this price is
apparent from the evident inadequacy Of
all the cotton fields in the world to supply
the demands for consumption. The sup
ply is falling off from India in spite of
all the efforts of England to stimulate
production in that region. The South
for series of years to come will be the
great source of cotton supply for the
world. King Cotton is recovering his
lost throne, but he will reign henceferth
as a constitutional monarch over free
men, not as a despot over slaves. Free
labor will ultimately vindicate its supe-
riority even in the cotton field.


Nothing, then, but the contingency of
unexpected and Unlocked for disasters to
the new crop, can prevent the South
taking new start. At present, the ac-
counts of the cotton and corn crops are
favorable, and the yield of both these
products will be largely in excess Of last
year. With the prospect of plenty of
money, and with no debts on hand to alb
sorb it, the South at the close of another
successful harvest, will possess the means
and capital required to stimulate the
great railroad and other industrial enter
prises that are destined tc impart to it
new impulse on the road to prosperity.
Year: 1869

consider natural right they might place


the ballot in tho hands of the negroes. -
The Fifteenth Amendment adopted, they
will claim for the Chinamen equal political
rights with any other class of men.


The Alta is right when it declares that
an emigration from China greater than
THAT which has taken place from Europe
lis abont to set in. The whole country
from Maine to California, and from the


Lakes to the Gulf, is to be flooded with


these people. Preparations are being


made for their introduction by the thou


sands. in the States East of the Rocky
Mountains. There is demand for them


in New England, the Northwest and the
South. In Now England they want them


for operatives in their factories, and i'll the
West and South they are sought for as
laborers in every department of industry.
Emancipation has ruined the negroes. -


They will not work steadily, and hence


there is great desire to introduce diff
ferent clement. 1t is stated that q firm in
Chicago has entered into contract with


the Pacific Railroad Companies to trans


port 80, 900 Chinese to Illinois, to be en-
ployed in manufactures of various des-
criptions of goods, and agents are at work
in the South getting orders for their in
PRODUCTION 10 those States In less than
ten years the immigration from Asia will


exceed anything experienced in modern
times. The influx from the British Isles


and Germany for fifty years has only been a


little more than 5000, ,000, and yet it is


considered as enormous. 1t was q heavy


draught upon population of fifty


million, but it is nothing compared to


what will flow in from China with its great


hive of four hundred and fifty million of
people. They will overrun us as the
Northern barbarians did Southern Eu-


rope. They will pour in through the Gold


Ell Gate in monthly instalments of multi
piled thousands and outnumber us III O


very short time. What delightful place


California will be as place of residence
for white men when these people shall out
number them as ten to one, and shall rule
the State through the ballot box We are


not ovordrawing the picture. Let the
Fifteenth amendment be adopted and Con-
gress amend the Naturalization Laws so as
| to admit the Chinese to citizenship, as it


assnredly will, and it will take very few
years to turn the scale against the whites.
The radicals pretend that they don't intend


to give the ballot to the Chinese, but they


know they lie when they so declare. Peo-
pie Of California, will you, with these facts
before you and in view of your RESPONSE
bility to your families, your fellow-men,


your God and your country, permit the


vote of California to be cast for the
Fifteenth Amendment and Chinese suf-
fra9e We know you will not.
Year: 1869

We quarrcled this morning, wife and L
We were out Of temper, and scarcely knew


why,


Though the cause was trivial and common :;
But to look in our eyes you'd have sworn that
Were a couple Of enemies, spiteful and wroth--
Not welded man and woman
Wife, like a tragedy queen in a play,
Tossed her sweet little head in as lofty Il way
As so little a woman was able.
She clenchedlier lips with sneer and frown,
While being roughcr, stamped up and down,
Like a careless groom in stable.
You'd have thought us the bittcrcst (seeing us


them
or little women and little men
You'd have laughed at our spite and passion,
And would never have dreamed that storm


like this
Would be rainbowed to tears by that sunlight,


kiss,
, ,. Till we talked In the old fond fashion.
Yet the storm was over in less than an hour,
And was followed soon by a sunny shower,
And that again In my embraces;
Yet so little the meaning was understood,
That we almost felt ashamed to be good,
And wore blush on our faces
Then she, as a woman, much braver, began,
And tried to bear the whole weight of the


blame
By her kindness, herself reproving;
When seeing her humble, and knowing her


true,
all at once became humble too,
And very contrite and loving.
But seeing acted an humble part, ....
She laughed outright with a frolic heart
A laugh as careless as Cupid.
And the laughter wrangled along my brain,
Till almost felt in passion again,


And became quite stubborn and stupid.
And this was the time for her arms to twine
Around this stub5ornest neck of mine,
Like the arms of maid round lover;
And feeling them there, with their warmth,


you know,
l laughed quite different laugh, and SO
The storm las / called iO was over.
So then we could talk with the power to


please,
As though the passing of storms like these
Leaves a certain felicity
OF getting easily angry again;
Yet they free the heart and rcbuke the brain,
And teach us rough humanity.
You see that We love one another so well,
That we find more comfort than you can tell
In jingling our bells and coras.
In the ficrccr fights of a world so drcar
w hNSI Oui Sl'lll'o NJ NipcN anu NIN'a


That We need such trivial quaTrels.
In the great fierce fights OF the world we try
To shield one another, my wife and l.


Like brave strong man and woman;
But the trivial trials o days and nights
Unshackle our souls from the great fights,
And keep us iowly and human.
Clouds will grow in the quietcst mind,
And make it unmeet to mix with its kind,


Were nature less mother;
And with storms like ours there must fluttcr
'.H out
From the bosom the hoarded-up darkness and


doubt tA...'
The excess of our love for each other.
Year: 1869

Honor your. business and your bust
ness will honor you, whatever your busi-
ness may be, if it is lawful. Never be
ashamed of yonr business. Prosecute it
with zeal, with energy, with industry,
never be ashamed it, cultivate a love
for it, cherish a pride in it, never get
above it, and with honesty and upright
ness, in ninety-nine cases in q hundred
success is sure. Are the times hard ? Are
surroundings close and pinching? New
ertheless, quail not, but steer right On
ward with a fortitude greater than your
circumstances would seem to allow. and
successful achievements will be quiet sure
to await ON resolute, indomitable, coura-
gcous action, That man is not wise,
who, at the first backset, proposes to
change his business to better his condi-
tion. In nine cases out of ten he will
do better to stick to the old business with
which he is acquainted, and in which he
has experience, than to plunge into a
new business, where he las everything,
or much, to learn. Stability, persover-
anco and pluck, will generally pull the
load through. Try it. Don't be dis
couraged. Don't give up the ship,
Year: 1869

WHETHER the following "fact" occur


redin one of our bookstores or not, we do


not propose to tell; We only assert that
it did occur and tbat it is too good to


keen. : lsdy and gentleman whose con
nubial bliss is perfect in every thing save
the presence of children around the do
nestle fireside, were examining some
Illuminated mottoes the other day, when
the. wife picked out for purchase one
bearing the words, "God bless our
Home." The husband thought that vory
good, but still not exactly what they
wanted. Looking q little further, he
picked up this one, "Suffer little children
to come unto me-" and with q most. sol
emn air assured his wife that that was
what they wanted.
Year: 1869

\ HOME OF YoTROwN.-An exchange
very appropriately remarks that every
poor laborng man should buy himself a
town lot get that paid for, and then
work to get the necessary improvements
ia little hore and little there will in
due time produce you home of your
own, and place you outside of the land
lords grasp Remember that $50 year
saved in rent will in a few years pay fer
your own home and the money it eests.
you to move aud shit about, will, with.
out any loss of furniture and OF time, pay
the interest of five hundred dollar
mortgage against your property until
you can gradually reduce it to nothing
You can all buy IN that way-why do.
you not risk itS If you fail you are no
worse Off you succeed, as any careful
man is sure to do-you havo made a
home and established credit equal to
another which will start you in business.
Take our advice, buy lot and see how
much better. it will be for you and your
family in five years.
Year: 1869

We have learned the particulars Of
a tragic affair which occurred near
Coruersville, in this county, few
days ago, says the Pulaski Citizen,
though the names OF the parties have
escaped onr memory.


A young man coed and won the
hand of young,lady whose brother
was violently opposed to the match,
and who swore they never should
marry. The heroic, though perhaps
misguided young lady, yielding to
the persuasive arguments Of love, con-
Sented to an elOpement. According
", they elandestineIy repaired to a
heighboring house to consummate
their ardent desire. But the resolute
and desperate brother was upon their
track, and just as the happy couple
we're on the floor, about to be made
one, a ball from his pistol penetrated
q vital part Of tho bride -groom's body
and fell in the arms Of the devoted
girl. who true to him in death. assist
ed by friends, conveyed hin to the bed
whore, at hee request, the ceremony
was finished, she exclaiming that she
"hAd rather mourn a dead husband
than dead lover" In few min.
utes the newly made husband expired.
The destroyer Of his sisters happiness
has not beer seen since be fred the
fatal shot.-NaShUiRe Banner.
Year: 1869

Freight for Salt Lake is now sent
from New York city to the end OF The
Pacific Railroad without change Of
cars-2,5O0 miles. New York HRed
Line" cars are seen west Of the Rocky
Mountains. We have now the long
limo Of continuous track in the world.
Year: 1869

with a name that it will retain, we
trust, through all coming time. Cling
man is still alive; he was brawling
rebel during the war. / saw him few
days ago; he is now a sOured, disap-
pointed old man, blOated with whis-
key, and will soon sink into q grave
Of merited Obscurity. The cold was
so intense that we fingered but short
time upon the summit. The food we
had brought with US was frozen stiff,
so we could not eat it. The day was
declining and it behooved us to be
moving so as to pass below the snow
limit, ere the night set in. With
bowed heads we passed reverently
around the hOnOred grave of the old
man who rested alone in that mighty
peak, and took our departure. We
made all possible haste, and after six
hours incessant travel, reached the
old hunters house in the valley below;
we were completely exhausted. Oar
ears were frost bitten, our limbs frozen
and nearly all blind. Our host rolled
great hickory logs into the yawning
jaws of the fire place, roaring blaze
Tapped them in its embrace and glow
of comfort filled the room. The good
lady was assiduOus in her attentions,
we sought the great feather beds, and
soon a sweet ineffable sleep stole over
US from which we walked not till the
sun looked down upon us from over
Blue Ridge. A breakfast of venison
and mountain trout followed, and we
left the honest, hospitable, kind heart
ed family almost with regret. We
jOurneyed as far west as Ashville,
whence, after long detOur through
the mountains and the gold regions,
we returned to this place. NJ.
Year: 1869

The ChdriUdri gives the following


advice to young gentlemen, under the


heading, 1.-The art of loving on the


cars" ''Pemit me TO suggest to you 3
very easy way of kissing number of
pretty women. You are in a railroad
car, and two or three ladies and one or


two gentlemen enter the same coupe.


At the first tunnel through which theI
train passes, as soon as nobody can see


you, you put very loud kiss on thel
back of your hand. Nothing is mOre|
curious than to see the faces of your
fellow travellers as soon as the trainl
emerges from the tunnel. The gentle


men cast furious glanees about them i
the ladies blush, each of them beliey-


ing that her fair DeighbOr received
the kiss and ignorant of the naR who,
gave it to her. Everything goes well; !
your prospects are excellent. At thel
second tunnel you boldly kiss the first
lady; she dares not cry out, bearing|
in mind as she does that her fair COM


paniOn, to whom happened the same


misfortune, did not say anything. CAM
she behave more Indignantly? Would
she not thereby betray the other lady


to her husband? For the rest, thei
second kiss was not as loud as the'
first. At the third tunnel the same
course is to be pursued toward the'
other lady, who, for the same reasons,
does not say anything. Thus you get|
a kiss at every tunnel except the firstI
one."
Year: 1869

Every intelligent person owes it to


himselftO learn from his family ply
sieian now 20 ascertain the pulse in
health; then by comparing it with


what it is when ailing, he may have
some idea of the urgency of his own
case, and it will be an important guide
to the physician. Parents ought to
know the healthy pulse of each child;
as now and then a person is born with
a peculiarly slow or fast pulse, and the
very case in hand may be that peeu1
liarity. An infants pulse is 1S0, q
child of seven about so and from TWEEN
ty to sixty years it is 20 beats in 8
minute, declining to so at four score.


There are pulses all over the body
but where there is only skin and bone
as at the temples, it is more easily feltd
the wrist is the most convenient point
The feebleness or strength of the beat
is not material, being modified by thel
fingers pressure. Comparative rapid \
ity is the great point; near death it is
40 and over. A healthy pulse 'im-
parts to the finger a feeling of q wool
en- string in a fever it feels harden
like silk thread; if there is infiam-


nation, which is always dangerous, id
beats fast, spiteful and hard, as if q
fine wire was throbbing against the
finger. When the pulse beats irregu1
lar, as if it lost beat, then hurries tOl
make it up, there is something theI
matter with the heart. But do nod
worry about it; take nothing, do moth
ing except by the advice of an intelli-
gent physician.