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Year: 1868

BosToN, May 7.-The National Convention of
German Turner's, previous TO their final adjournment
adopted resolutions which they recommend to the
alteration Of the Republican National Convention The
resolutions in substance, First the reconstruction
and readmsson OF the late Rebel States the basis Of
tho Declaration OF Independence the Constitution as
amended and the measures OF enacted by
Congress- secondly, that justice shall be meted out TO all
given 10 persons and property and that freedom OF trade
and freedom OF conscience shall also be seoured third
that uniform qualifications shall DO established IN the
election OF members OF the House OF Representatives
and In the choice OF tho electors OF the executive officers
or the Government by an amendment 20 the Consttu


on fourth that the payment or the national debt and
interest shall be made in accordance with the
promises already made by the Government; that
the payment Of the debt shall be gradual 20
guard against high tariffs and excessive taxation
that there be gradual consolidation OF the different
loans into debt with Uniform aud moderate rate of
interest, and that all laws OF measures tending toward
the recognition and assumption Of the liabilities Of the


late Confederaey or for CHANTING Indemnity for emanei
pated slaves, be opposed h that the tarf rates shall
be fixed upon the equalization principle sixth, that


measures shall bo adopted for the better support OF the
public school system and FOR s enlargement especially
at the South ana IN this connection the Turner's express


the belief that compulsory for the attendance
against the future misuse OF the rights OF suffrage sew
enth that there De formed National militia force on
the basis OF gensral military duty with classlncatlOns
according 70 age eighth that Congress shall mako such
laws Will tend to encourage, 10 the fullest extent Eu
ropean immigration nasmuch rs such Immigration ae-
crues TO the benefit of the country nnth that the Mon
doctrine OF eyual protection OF natyeborn and nau
rallied citizens OF the United states in foreign countries
shall bo maintained Tho Turner's will hold their next
National Convention In Pittsburgh. In May, 1870.
Year: 1868

ATLANTA, March 2l.-It is under
stood that Hon. Augustus Reese will
withdraw from the Gubernatorial con
test, on the ground of inability The
Central Executive Committee of the
Democratic party OF Georgia meet in
Macon on Thursday next. Judge
Reese letter Of withdrawal will APP
pear in a few days.
Year: 1868

It was to put mopstrous export tax Of six cents
pound upon the cotton raised by the labor of
the negro upon the plantation of the white
Struggling with the evils of poverty, with the diff
fcuties of the new positions and relationships,
the first feeble efforts of their people to gain the
me ms o. livelihood were blasted by an unw wise,
selfish and vlndictve act. / say unwise because
it has much to do with the future OF the Republi
cans to restore order at the south.


The negro, exaspersted by the fsi'ure Of his
ruined employer became hostile to him The
employer, losing the little credit that he had be-
fore in the North renewed his ofTorts under still
greater difficulties than before. Say it was
selfish act because it was done in the interest of
the Eastern manufacturer, already wealthy from
the fruits OF the war, protected by the enormous
tariffs This tax Of Six cents pound upon all
cotton exported was simply imposed so that he
might buy it for price six cents less than it
worth in the markets Of the world. / say it was
a vindictive act, for if you will read the debate in
Congress when this tax was levied to cover the
selfish interests that prompted it, you will find
that it was urged upon the members from the
Western States who voted against the interests
of their constituents, upon the ground that it was
to be imposed upon the South as a penalty, and
thus We find that the black and the white man Of
0OuIl "eIe aAIho IpPSu OA tLc NAAue
of their staple product under circumstances OF
such great difficulty that they were hindered, and
| not helped on the road to prosperity by the men
in power. [Applause.l


might go on and show how in addition to this


wrong they wero trampled upon by military des-


potism how they were placed under the unre-


strained power Of vagrant men who gained wealth


and official position by ministcring to the pss-


sions of the public and keeping alive disorder
| These men, who, now in the Senate of the United


States without constituents to vote down the sen-


atorial representatives of New York, Pennsylva-


MIA, Ohio, Illinois and Indiana, gained their pow


er over the South and over us because they min


istered to the passions in the North and stirred
| up disorder in the South. Who Of the fair mind
ed and thoughtful Republicans will calmly set
| down and look over this action and not feel that


tho policy of his party has been unwiso and hurt
| nj
Year: 1868

of our Conservative contemporaries to the
fact that Leroy NJ. McAfee is the name of
the Democratic Elector in the 7th district
and not "Lee McAfee," as is generally
Observation-Disclosures Vindicator.


UNACCoUNTABLE TYRANNY.-We learn
that the Mayor of Goldsboro' imprisoned
a negro man last Monday and kept him in
confinement three days, for telling another
negro falsehood, about two miles out of
town. We were not aware that such
matter was cognizable by the Mayor, and
we were under the impression that what
ever Jurisdiction he possessed, extended
no further than town limits.


P. S. We learn that the victim of this
Official outrage was Democrat. OF course,
we can now account for it.


Goldsboro Messenger.


STILL THEY Cot is truly dishearten-
ing to the few people of this section, who
are striving to build up the State and in
duce immigration, to see so many of our
good citizens leaving for the West On
Thursday last about thirty good citizens
OF this town and county left for Missouri.
Young men, don't give up the ship !'-
lis true we are poor, oppressed and
ground down under negro and Radical
rule, but there is wealth in the old land
yet, and the time is not far distant when q
better day will dawn upon us. Up and
be doing Register and vote


Greensboro Patriot and Times.


BORDER STATE FA1R.-The second annu
al Fair of the Border Agricultural Society
opened at Danville on Tuesday. A multi
tude of visitors-from three to five thou
sand-were in attendance.


The annual address, on the same day
was delivered by the Hon. q. B. Vance
The address is of general and philosoph
ical character, containing, at the same time,
valuable suggestions, and interspersed
with occasional sallies of humor. It il
worthy of the reputation of the author
and was we'll received.


During the day there were exhibitions
of horses and cattle, moving around the
track. In the afternoon trotting races took
place, and at night there was discussion
of agricultural topics among the farmers
and Prof. Mallett delivered an address be-
fore the society.


Many of the best people of tho border
counties of North Carolina and Virginia
are present, including a bright array of
beauty.-SentieeL
Year: 1868

At a recent meeting in this city, at which
no ladies were present, man, in respond
ing to the toast on E'women," dwelt al
most solely on the frailty of the sex, claim
ing that the best among them were little
better than the worst, the chief difference
being in the surroundings.


At the conclusion of the speech gentle
man present rose to his feet, and said:


81 trust the gentleman, in the Hpplica
ton of his remark, refers to his own
mother and sisters, and not TO ours"


The effect of this most just and timely
rebuke was overwhelming, tho maligner
of women was covered with confusion anR
shame.


This incident serves an excellent pur-
pose in prefacing u few words which we
have for q long time had it in our mind 10
say.


OF all the evils prevalent among young
men, we know of mono moro blighting in
it's moral effects than the tendency to
speak slightingly of tho virtue of women.
Nor Is there anything in which young men
are so thoroughly mistaken as the low esti-
mate they form Of the integrity of women
not Of their own mothers and sisters,
thank God, but Of others, who, they for
get, arc somebody else's mothers and sis
ters.


AS rule, no person who surrcnders TO
this debasing habit is safe to be trusted
with any enterprise requiring integrity Of
character.


Plain words should be spoken on this
point, for the evil is general one, and
deep rooted. If young men are sometimes
thrown into tho society Of thoughtless or
lewd women, they have no moro right TO
measure all other women by what they
see of these than they would have to estl-
mate the character Of honest and res
pectablo citizens by tho development Of
crime in our police courts.


Let young men remember that their
chief happiness of life depends upon their
utter faith in women. No worldly wisdom,
no misanthropic philosophy, no general
ization, can cover or weaken this funda-
mental truth It stands like tho record OF
God himself-tor it is nothing less than
this-and should put an everlasting seal
upon lips that are wont to speak slight
ingly Of women
Year: 1868

AIR-SusANSAII.
orr fathers made n government,
And fixed II all up right;
The people then were all content,
Their taxes were so light;
The Democrats then had the rule,
The laws they made were just;
They also had another rule
"ln God we put our trust
CIoRus-Thcn our taxes


Were so very light


We always had the cash ON hand.


To pay them of at sight.
While Democratic men did rule,
our income was so great
We had Surplus revenue
To give to every state
The people then were rich and gay
With plenty were content,
And every patriot did say,
God bless the government.
CHo.-Then our taxes, &C.
Now Radicals have made IA debt
More than we can figure,
And they will make IL bigger yet
In Bureaus for the niger;
For now one-half ofall we make
With plow, or spade, or axes
The government Is sure TO take
In the way oftaXes.
CUO.-Now high taxes


Are daily growing bigger


We pay million every week


To feed the idle Niger.
But worliingmen Oi every class
Have now made up their mind
TO give the Radicals pass,
And leave them all behind;
1T will be done now, you may bet
The buttons on your coats,
Then we will pay the nations debt
with lcgal-tcndcr notes..
CIIo.--Thcn our taxes


VIII be SO very light
Wen always have the cash at hand
TO pay them oil at sight.
Year: 1868

We have known some farmers make
it a regular practice for succession of
years to throw caustic lime around their
apple trees in the spring and summer.
We once noticed that tree standing in
the immediate vicinity Of our dwelling
had all at once put forth with renewed
energy, and we were at loss for some
time to define the cause. On examina-
ton we found that quantity of lime,
which had accidently been spilled, and


rendered worthless by becoming mixed
with the refuse on the stale floor, had
been thrown at the foot and around the
tree, and to this, as the principal cause,
we Immediately accredited the re-
.yivescence and renewed qualification Of
the tree.


Taking the hin from the incident we
purchased twelve casks of lime, and ap-
piled half bushel to each of the trees
in our orchard, and found that it pro-
duced immediate beneficial effects. Not
the health of the tree only, but the
quality of the fruit also was greatly i'm
proved. This application will be es-
pecially beneficial in soils where there
is a redundancy of vegetable matter.
We would advise our farmers in some
places, especially in new forest lands
recently cleared, and on low lands, 10
make trial of this experiment. and see
whether it is not deserving of the high
recommendation it secures.-Er.
Year: 1868

Our exchanges are continually re-
cording fearful disasters and losses of
life from the explosion of kerosene
lamps showing that the coal-oil fend is
killing its victims by scores every week,
and any means that may be known to
avert the danger from its use should be
needed. The cause of explosion has
usually been attributed to allowing the
oil to get low in the lamp, the vacuum
filing with gas. Another cause has
been assigned however, which certainly
is a very reasonable view. 1t is claimed
that explosions sometimes take place
through neglecting to cut off the charred
portion of the wick when the lamp is
filled. Observation will show that in a
few days use the wick becomes like
charcoal in composition for an inch be-
low the top of the tube containing it,
and after the lamp has burned a short
time the heated tube fires all of the
charred portion of the wick inside, and
that sets the oil on fire below; this may
be prevented by cutting off sufficient
portion of the charred wick each day
after using the lamp.


Thus it appears that all housewives
have to do to make the use of coal oil
lamps as safe as any other, is to keep
them full; fill them BY daylight, and
have the wicks well trimmed.-Oh
Farmer.
Year: 1868

The Secole of Milan announces that a
tailor of Milan possesses the identical
pair of breeches in which the first Ma
poleon fought the battle of MareDge..
The article of dress, being somewhat
the worse for that great victory, was
sent to the said tailor to be patched,
and as a partern for a new pair. The
manoof the shears appears to have con-
sidered the inexpressible in question as
past mending, and kept them alto
gether. 1t appears that he betbought
himself that some hundred pears hence
they would be considered as a relic of
the young conqueror who was sweep
ing Austrian armies before him as
though they were so much dust, and
would be worth money, SO he had their
identity proved and registered by a no
tary. 81 gor,lYr-t ejast o3 stgi


Relic collectors (says an English pa
peri have another opportunity of buy
ing up old clothes of defunct royalty.
The old King Of Bavaria preserved
every article he ever put on-from his
boots to his hats, from his shirts to bis
eyercosts-from the year 1928 to the
date of his death and, moreover, with
an eye to the instruction of the future
Historian Of dress, had each garment en-
tered in aregister according to chrono.
logical order. He did something more
to the purpose, however, for his heirs,
as he has left two hundred and fifty
millions of money.
Year: 1868

DR.. Hall lays it down as rule, that
no child under fifteen, oughtto be kept
in school four hours in any twentyefour,
nor be allowed to take any book out of
the school-roonl. Some fond mother
who. reads this Article will doubtless
turn up her proud nose at this PROPOSE
ton, and exclaim: well, my children
shall not grow up blockheads, spite Of
what the doctors sayP Nor need they,
my good woman. Two hours schooling
per day, from the age of seven to that
Of ten, and four hours per day from that
age, to fifteen, will, if tolerably efficient,
suffice to give any child of common apt
ness knowledge of the rudiments of
the most important branches. " hat if
the child does not acquire even that ?
The universal testimony we believe, sus-
tains us in the assertion that months
schooling after the age of fifteen Tor af-
ter the mind has arrived at the stage of
maturity which usually accompanies
that age, is worth more than a whole
year of previous application, SO that but
a few months of subsequent study


would be required to regain the time
apparently lost-apparently, We say,
for in reality the solid foundation which
would have been laid in bodily and


mental health, would far outweigh
the loss of learning, and constitute an
enduring capital to be drawn on in af-
ter years, when nowadays men mostly


find themselves hopelessly bankrupt :!
Year: 1868




sa TALKING IN CoMPANY.-When you
are in company talk often, but never
long. In that case, if you do not
please, You are sure not to tire your
hearers. There are many persons, who,
though they have nothing to talk of,
never know when to leave off talking.
There are some who labor under so
great and Unsuitable desire for talking,
that they will even interrupt others
when about to speak. We should in
society never talk of our own or others
domestic affairs. Yours are of no in
terest to them, and theirs should not
be to you. Besides, the subject is of
so delicate a nature, that with the best
intentions it is a chance if we do not
make some notifying mistake, or
wound the feelings of some one of the
company. asl
Year: 1868

A NARROW EscAPE.-In India, two
little children were asleep in bungalow
IA bungalow is house in India) when
tiger came out of the jungles GuDgles
are the thick woods1 smelling after
something to eat. He smelt the child
rem, and broke into the bungalow after
them. But the first thing the tiger
saw was a looking-glass, and in the
looking-glass he saw a tiger. The
tiger did not know it was himself; so
he growled and grew angry, and: the
tiger in the looking-glass growled and
grew angry. That made him furious,
and he sprang at the tiger in the glass,
which of course smashed the glass into
thousand pieces; and it frightened
the tiger SO that he was glad to run off
as fast as his legs could carry him.
Year: 1868

LAZY oBors.-A lazy boy makes a
lazy man, just as sure as crooked
sapling makes crooked tree. Who
ever saw boy grow up in idleness that
did not make shiftless vagabond when
be became a man, unless he had a
fortune left him to keep up appearances
The great mass of thieves, criminals
and paupers have come TO what they
are, by being brought up in idleness.
Those who constitute the business part
of the community-those who make
our great and useful men, were taught
in their boyhood to be industrious.
Year: 1868

SELF-EDUcATIoN.-Horace Greeley,
in a letter to the Little Corporal, says
z" I hold that any lad of fair capacity and
resolute application can educate himself,
at least up to the standard of franklin
or Lincoln, and SO qualify himself for a
life of eminent usefulness and honor,
by steadily, persistently improving bis
opportunities, though he should never
have days schooling after his four
teenth year, and though he be required
to labor not only for his own daily bread
but for that of a portionless widowed
mother and her younger children /
exhort you to realize that good practice
al education is the birthright Of every
American youth, and that only by your
own Incidence or dissipation can you
fail to secure its inestimable blessing, to
yourselves first and then to your coun-
try
Year: 1868

If there is any defect more striking
than another in the American character
it is bashfulness. Young America in
particular, is plainly affected by it.


An incident is mentioned by a cor
respondent, who was desired by his
aunt to go to the ne'ghbor Shaw's and
see if he had for sale any straw suitable
for filing beds. "Mr. Shaw" says
our informant, "was blessed with q
goodly number of Misses Shaw and l
therefore felt little timid at encounter
ing them. To make the matter worse,
/ arrived just as the family was seated
for dinner. Stopping at the doorway,
hat in hand, l stsmmered out: p


"Mr. Straw can you spare enough
Shaw to fill couple of beds 7"


"Wel,'' replied the old gentleman,
glancing around at his large family, and
enjoying my mistake, 81 don't know
but can. How many will you need 2"


Before I could recover those hateful
Shaw girls burst into chorus of laugh
ter and I returned to my excellent aunt.
Year: 1868

1t is a common fault with farmers to
neglect their vegetable gardens. This
is grand mistake on the part Of those
who commit it. The garden may not
pay in money so manifestly as the field;
and if it is the only object of the farmer
to lay up dollars, he may as well let the
garden run to waste and spend all his
time in other work, live on pork and po-
tatoes and keep his family on the same
rigid diet the year round. But in
real comfort, in the true enjoyments of
the fruits of the ground there is no part
of the farm that will pay larger divi-
deud than the vegetable garden; and
it may be made topay abundantIy with
no great amount of work, if it be only
done in time and at proper intervals.
There is great advantage in the way
of health, as well as in comfort, in haY-
ing early vegetables.
Year: 1868

The people of Mobile enjoyed the
luxury Of panther hunt in the streets
early on Friday morning. The animal
was seen coming from under house
where he had probably passed part of
the night. In few minutes hundreds
of people were in chase, and the pan
ther was hunted through streets, alleys
vacant lots and back yards for some
time, amid great excitement He was
brought down at length, after much
Intellectual shooting, and was found to
measure nearly seven feet in length. 1t
is supposed the creature had wander
ed into the town from the swamps.
Year: 1868

BEES IN APRIL.-All colonies should
be examined early this month, hive
should be cleaned of all dead bees and
filth, and queenless stocks added to
others. Treat very weak and puny
swarms in the same way, otherwise
they will be very liable to be robbed
by stronger colonies. A few pounds of
sugar syrup fed now will stimulate
breeding and will pay well. Much care
must be used in handling bees at this
season to prevent robbing.
Year: 1868

/ Wild corn, says a Western exchange,
has been found at Pixies Peak. It las
a specimen, it says, which is about two
and-a-half inches In diameter, and
rounded to point like the tip of an
ear of common corn. The cob is very
small, and the kernel is of the dent var
iety, varying from the cultivated variety
only in being somewhat smaller, and
longer in proportion to its diameter, but
SO decidedly corn, in its whole appear
ance and quality, that no ons would
suspect its being a wild variety from
seeing it after it is shucked. The
striking peculiarly of this wild corn is
that instead of long husks covering the
whole ear, these are dispensed with, and
each kernel is enclosed in a seperats
husk, like the berry of the wheat, and
adheres with some tenacity to the kerr
mel, or, rather is SO adjusted to it and
twisted together at the tips, that tire
quires some effort to set the kernel free.


A gentleman says that he saw it
growing in considerable abundance near
Pixies Peak. 1t grows upon the top of
reedy stalk, resembling the common
corn, but so disguised by its peculiar
husk and the tsperiug ofthe ear at both
ends, and other peculiarities, that a
stranger would never suspect its being
corn unless he chanced to discover the
kernel by removing the husk.


This peculiar grain is not new thing,
even in Ohio. We raised few hills Of
it in our garden, three or four years ago,
and have several times seen it on ex.
hibition at agricultural fairs.-O6io
Farmer.
Year: 1868

A farmer says that this viii be good
fruit and grain year, because it is poor
sugar season. Very little maple sugar
has been made this spring, owing to the
equable temperature. Thawing and
freezing make the sap run, and they
also start the buds and kill them, and
throw the wheat and kill it.
Year: 1868

A farmer says that coughing in horses
is caused by the fine dust from the hay,
detached by pulling it through rack.
Take away the rack and feed from a
bin on the floor, and the coughing will
cease.
Year: 1868

On some railroads it is customary to
have a lock on the stove to prevent the
from meddIing with the fire.
A conductor, being asked why they
locked the stove, replied that "it was
to prevent the fire from going out"
Year: 1868

There is difference between happi-
ness and isdom-he that thinks him
self the happiest man, really is so; but
he that thinks himself the wisest man
is most generally found 10 be the big
gest fool.
Year: 1868

We clip the following from the Louis
vile Courier of last Monday, and We
have no doubt of the correctness of the
information therein contained. Chief
Justice CHASE is too much of states
raan and lover of Constitutional liberty
10 give his aid to the continuance in
power of the bad and incompetent men
who now rule:


"a special dispatch last plight from
New York to the Courier, from an entire
IL reliable source, informed us that
Chief Justice Chase had written let
ter to John Cisco, Esq, of that city,
pledging himself unreservedly to sup
port the nominse of the Democratic Ma
tional Convention for President.


This may DO relied upon as correct,
and fully commits that eminent states
man to opposition to the Radical Jaco-
bins"