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Year: 1867

,ion q, mind in the production Of living beings for all
time, upon plan laid out ana carried , OUT ,hrn mo,
the beginning with reference TO an end ana that theIe
is that reference 10 an END, anu lhaI une Snu -
man in the relation when man pears 70 me oNeSC
is seen from the eradation which we observe through an
times from the beginning TO the end Inat ts @ caHhos
he tbe result OF merely physical conditions ls fuIif
shown by the fact which constantly recurring OF INC
transformations reproduced every day through e %Je
onima, kingdom in the production OF new lndlVluuais
And here come to the closing evidence would sunmt.
All living beings are born of eggs and deVel3Pes O h
eggs. All end their growth in changes when nave
begun with the egg. Every successive generation
begins anew with this egg since mere o nto ested
they have reproduced in every generation all tS
in their growth and transformation which are eafgtr Te
jstc of tlrr race Now what this amounts TO- lheTe
are several hundred thousand different kinds OF ana
living on this globe OF the different types EHeS ;ns po W.
them has its lire of development Every sparrow begins
with the egg. and goes through all the changes wnsh e
OF sHar5ow& Will r % tbrong n c Same change
Every butterfly from the egg, when produces
the caterpiar which becomes chrysas, and then
butterfly laying eggs to go through the same changes
so with all animals whether OF higher or lower type IN
fact the animal kingdom as it is now, is undergoing
greater changes every year than the whole ANIMAL king
dom has passed through from the beginning until now
aud yet we never see one OF these animals s%erNe h
grSot fact Everv neing reprodnces itself Ider con
ditions which varied they have been from
the beginning of the world until now ana YET yet,
they not changeable. That is what we must
infer And if those which live now are not changeaOe,
sent all the Changes which animals can pass through is
logical that those early ages have become
what now in consequence OF changes III sue
gencratonsl Have the laws Of nature changed
in such o manner that what does not take
place now has taken place In early times
say, no. l say, just the cycle which every animal
passes through in its development from the egg to s
perfect condition. returns to the plan impressed upon that
animal by the Creator just have the various forms, the
remains Of which wend preserved in the rocks, been


from the beginning the steps through whcit has pleased
the Creator 10 carry the animal kingdom up TO man,
that being made III His own image, who is.endowed
with "a spirit akin TO His by virtue Of
which alone we can understand nature. We're we not
made IN the image Of the Creator did we not possess


spark Of that divine spirit which Is godke inhertanee
why should understand nature Why Is it that nature
is not sealed booki II is because akin TO


the world, not only the physical and the animal world
the Creator himself that read the world ana
understand that il comes from God. Applausel


The Hon. George Bancroft made few remarks and
offered resolution of thanks TO She distinguished Pro-


ssOr the Of lectures Of which the above Ii the
close, which adopted.
Year: 1867

L stole on its pinions to the bed OF dis
ease; the suffsrer frown became smile
the emblem of peace and love.


It went to the house of mourning and
from the lips Of sorrow there came sweet
and cheerful songs


Il laid its head upon the arm Of tie poor.
which stretched forth at Tho command Of
unholy impulses, ana saved him from dis
grace and ruin,


It wells like living thing il Tie bosom
Of the mother. whose son tarried long alter
the promised time Of his coming. and saw
ed her from desola.ion and "lho care that
killeth."


It hoverod about the head Of the youth
who bad become The Ishmael of society.
and led him on to works which even his
enemies praised.


It snatched the maiden from the jaws Of
death, and wen, with the old man to heav'
en-.


No hope, my good brother? Have it,
keep it always with you. Wrestle with 1t
that it may not depart. 1t may repay your
pains. Life is hard enough at best, but
hope shall lead you over its mountains. and
sustain you amid its pillows. Part with all
beside, but keep hope
Year: 1867




First and foremost don't Try to be polite.
1t will spoil all.


If yOa keep overwhelming your guests
with ostentatious entrealies to make them
at home, they will very soon begin to wish
they were there. Let them fud out that
you are happy to see them by your actions
not by your words.


Always remember to. let bashful people
alone at irst il is the only way to set
them at their ease. Trying to draw them
ont, has sometimes the contrary effect Of
drying them out--opt Of the house.


Leading the conversation is a dangerous
experiment. Better follow in the wake,
and IL you want TO endear yourself to talk
ers, learn 10 listen well. Never make fuss
about any thing-never talk about yourself /;
and always preserve perfect conposare,
no matter what solecisms or bluuders
others may commit. Remember shat it is
very foolish proceeding to lament that
you cannot offer 10 you guests better house
furniture, OF viands 1t is fair to presume
that the visit is to you-not to these sur
Toundings. Give people a pleasant i'm
preston Of themselves aud they will be
pretty sure TO go away with pleasant i'm
preston of your qualities. On just such
slender wheels as these The whole fabric Of
society turus It is our duty to keep them
in perfect revolving order.
Year: 1867

THE OLD ARM CHAIR. - The
American rocking chair is physiolog-
ically an abomination, but certainly a
comfortable thing to have in the
house." Here is what Henry Ward
Beecher says about it in = Norwood"


But if once you sat down in il, the
illusory notion of luxury vanished.
1t was wooden throughout. Only if
some one was sick in the house was
there cushion in it. Its joints by
long use had formed complaining
habit, and you might in any part. of
the house know whether the rocking
chair was in active use. We are
obliged to say that it was q treacher-
GUS chair. The rockers had been
curved to such lines, that if you ven
tured beyond very gentle motion the
chair would give a backward lurch, as
if going over, and there are few things
more unsatisfactory to a sober minded
person, careful of appearances, than
to be carried over backward in the
midst of quiet conversation. 1t is
true that the chair never did go over


The shape of the rocker was such
that when the victim had spread his
arms and flirted his legs into the air,
in an involuntary effort at equilibrium,
the chair stopped and set itself firmly,
as if it had been blocked, returning
again to its normal state only upon a
violent effort Of its occupant. The
neighbors were aware of this propen-
sity and avoided the chair. Strangers
usually had an experience with it.
The good doctor or his wife, for the
hundredth time, reassuring them


Don't be alarmed; it won go over;
/ never knew anybody to fallf"
Year: 1867

there seems to be beautiful Though
probably an accidental) consistency in
the fact thai the two Presidents who
most thoroughly won the affections of
the people, and secured the most
prominent pages Of history, should be
Similarly entombed.- The tomb on the
prairie and the tomb by the Potomac!
What vast procession of human
beings viii for ages to come pause be-
fore their unpretending portalsi
Year: 1867

HARvRsT.-Our farmers, the present week,
have been in the midst Of their wheat harvest;
and, from all the Information we have been
able TO gather. the crop will be good one.
both as TO quaiity ana quantity, SURPRISING
any crop for years past. We have heard Of
but little damage done the wheat by tbs late
wet weather-RockciUe fAd) Sentinel.
Year: 1867

gram Of the 2Sd of June which was so disrespectful
20 me Ehseeutye * haa been claimed p General
no official notice OF its existence had yet reached
movai Of General Sheridan was the exercise Of
powers he did not possess, and the OF his
ntr. asked ifhe would be kind enough to designate
What & acts he Included IndeT the latter clause
tTey pncalled for aud unjustihabe. Governor Wells
him in the % execution Of the he sS RecoustructIoq
out single act or word OF the Governor which was
calculated ca h 70 him in the proper eHeegon
had endeavoIed to execute the law as partisan and
had adopted Radcalism the onlytrue test ofloyay


His sole purpose seemed be to secure negro supre


macy and degrade the whites and for such conduct
inquired IL he did not think Governor Throckmorton
had attempted to thwart the General in proper exc


cution Of the law. He answered emPhatcaliy, mo:
sir; the records prove the reverse The Governor OF


State at the disposal Of the military power and aided


Il in every way possible except IN the manniGctnre
supremacy. This was Governor Throckmorton's
General Sheridan" said to the President that his
Views to the proper execution of the Reconstruc


and that would like to hear them. lie answered
hs ne p Gqqa daeS an eS e
regard to race or color He did not wish TO give any
Where the d,ga RegTOes had the 6mGThty as as
exercise the power where the white
that that white majority to control He Wanted only the
law to be fairly executed with equal chances TO all
This was being denied them by General Sheridan,
and his manner and mode of acting fast famili-
liarizing the people with the tyranny of despotic
government. remarked that the public would he
able to understand why he struck down despotsm in
another He replied that other snges would be likely
TO follow very soon. proper investigation was now
being made into the conduct of one or two other
commanders who, 1t was charged, were playing the
autocrat. The President expressed the greatest p
prehenSion to the future of our Government, yet
said he still relied on the good sense and patriotism of
the people In his speech In the United States Senate
December ri said denounced
the party who would break up the Government in
order to preserve slavery ana he had also denounced
those who would destroy the Government in order
abolishi slavery; he equally opposed to both
tremes now, and his only wish for a speedy re-
turn of fraternal relations among the States"
Year: 1867

We quite as little incline to follow
those alleged reformers who promise
to bring on new future of women BY
making her the rival of man. We al
ready acquiesce In all reasonable Of
forts to rid her Of legal and social bur-
dens-to secure to her the rights of
person, property and employment.-
We believe that n wider field should
be opened for her gifts, and that many
arts, both useful and ornamental, have
been wrongly closed against her. At
the same time she is herself aud not
man, and she Is made less effective
then, instead of more SO, by training
her to initiate man, either IN speech,
manner, or costume. We believe I'm
the petticoat as an Institution old and,
sacred; and although in these days of
boundless skirts we cannot exactly.
say that we hope its shadow may new
er be less, we honestly believe that It's
dominion Is coeval with that of civili-
zation, and that man loses the author
ity that can tame him when woman
loses dclicacy of mind and costume
that marks her as his counterpart and
not as his rival. The masculine school
OF woman's rights reformers have hurt
the sex whom they profess To befriend;


by disparaging the traits most indica-
tive OF their nature, and give them o.
certain boldness and hardness that fail
of being manly and are ashamed OF be-
ing womanly. For our part, we arc


willing 10 own honestly the mutual
dependence of the sexes, and their duty


to bless each other by being what God,
has made them. Men can have no
true heart or home without a good wo-.
mans blessing, and no gift Of fortune.
or favor seems blessed until a wife, or
daughter or mother smiles upon 1t as
only women can smile. Why may not
she honestly return the sentiment and
say that y woman never finds her true
and chief Of all In her own home, atrue


mans wisdom and strength harmon-
ize with her truest affection aud quick
perception. stft,9a@' 5.r.
Year: 1867

By request, we give place to the following
letter from prominent Union man of Cedar
Creek township. Although not having per-
sonal acquaintance with the author, we are
assured that he is a gentleman of character
and responsibility


CEDAR CREEK, Ark. Sept. lst. 1867.


Mr.. J. 5. DUNHAM-Sr: As we have no pa
per advocating our principles on this side of
the river, and it being incOnyenient to send to
Fort Smith, desire permission, through your
columns % advert to few movements in the
political world of our county. | dislike very
much to be considered rs distractonist or
disturber of the unity of my party, but there
is point beyond which endurance ceases to
be virtue. The people ofthis county, are all
apprised of the fact that the Radical party had
a Convention on last Saturday. Handbills
having been sent out, each township of course,
elected delegates, and each township expect
ed the thing to be managed in good faith We
went into the Convention without suspicion
of tricEery although it had been announced
to us by amember of the party that unless we
sent .frm men rs delegates, General Bowen
would control them and secure the nomina-
ton of himself for the State Convention. We
found the sequel proved our informant and
adviser was entirely correct. Bowen did
manage the concern and seemed to think the
county belonged to him. Now, Mr.. Editor,
for one (and think | speak the mind of a
good many Union men the county when
say it, do not propose to have my course
pointed out by man who but recently come
among us. We have loyal men in this county
who are as capable (and perhaps as reliable)
as Mr.. Bowen, and they are old men, born and
raised in the county-and .f,m men too. Men
who have never changed their politics merely
to be on the strong side Bowen was once a
mighty Conservative. then he was a moderate
Radical, now he wants to send all the rebels
to hell who can tell but be may be red
mouthed rebel after he gets to the Convention
Ill he gets there. | for one hope he won't.
As for myself want men to represent me in
whom can trust fully and firmly. And
want a convention to be called to nominate
men fairly and not by trckery. | want the
thing fairly done; and if there Is majority
Of this county of the Radical party for Bowen,
then | say let him run But this thing of
pledging"the "twenty delegates and then.
with them bullying the rest, don't like.


Who says have another Convention, and
have fair play and no gouging?
Year: 1867

Have had their names placed before the pub
lie in search for position. They are in hur-
ry to have their respective merits and demer-
its canyasscd and this will most certainly be
done. The people are entitled to know the
full history Of all men who seek their votes,
and 1t is the duty ofpublic journals, as "senti-
ncls on the watch tower" to warn the people
of the unworthy and recommend the merito-
rious. We promise to give good vouchers"
for all we may charge on any candidate.
Fair play and no favor is the true word.
Year: 1867

sE- Four and five cases OF cholera are re-
ported, the past week. at Fort Smith. II was
about this time last year that the cholera
ended its work in our neighboring city.
We escaped last year. Let due diligence, be
had to cleanliness, that we may pass through
safely the coming season.


Our information up to Wednesday, is, that
several more eases have occurred And a
young man by the name of kEAN, a nephew
of Capt. Pinkney is quite sick with it.
Year: 1867

A Poor SUBJECT FOR A MARTYR-It is
found that Stanton is not exactly the ma
terial out Of which a martyr can be man


ufacture0, and the Radical presses, cx-
cept the very silly ones, are disposed to
let HIM quietly slide. While in Office, he
was naughty, supercilious and overbear-
ing. Very few had any official business
with him that did not leave his rooms a
personal enemy Such man, when he
falls, carries little sympathy with him.
He was power in the revolution that
changed the character Of the Government,
and had much to do in making the change
as humiliating as possible to the old De
mocracy, under whose liberal and wise ad-
ministrations the country had become
the wonder of the world. Like the lead
ing Jacobins Of the French Revolution,
that were swept away in the progress of
events, Stanton finds himself crushed by
the wheels he had so literally oiled. He
had an opportunity to retire with the odor
of independence, but the blindness that
usually attaches to official position led
him into the mire Of disgrace. The best
way is to let him lie in the bed he made
for himself Cincinnati Enquirer.
Year: 1867

C3- JAMES V. FITCu, Editor of the Fort
Smith Standard, was in our city on Saturday
last, in attendance on the Convention. We
are sorry to see him looking SO badly. He
was rendered as we'll as ourselves a seat In the
Convention, a courtesy usually extended to
the press. For which we make acknowledge.
ments
Year: 1867

ES-The Concord Statesman--the lead
ing Radical journal in New Hampshire
is out in favor Of taxing all Government
bonds 1t insists that Congress would
be sustained, IL at its next session it
should provide for such taxation. The
people are getting tired Of their heavy
burdens
Year: 1867

At o'clock, in the evening, on the 10Th day
of August, ANGELINE Fort closed her earthly
career, aged 32 years months and days.
She was highly esteemed by a large circle
of associates and her decease is deeply la
mented. Death had no terrors for her, but
the future was bright with the smiles of love.
She retained her mental faculties almost to
the last moment and the only thing that seem
ed to weigh upon her mind, was her children :;
she desired that they should be well taken
care of. She leaves four little girls and a
large circle of friends to mourn her loss. 4
little over year ago she consigned her hus-
band, NEsToR Fort to the Tomb, and in lit
tie less than two months from that time, she
consigned her infant daughter, MARY LEE to
the silent embrace the grave, from whence
no traveller ever returns. But they rejoice
in the hope of life where disease and death are
unknown.


They sleep in Jesus blesseed sleep,


From whence none ever wakes to weep,
A calm and undisturbed repose,


Unbroken by the dread of foes.


They sleep in Jesus, far from thee,


Their kindred and their graves maybe


But theirs is still blessed sleep,


From which none ever wakes to weep.


DR.. w. ID.
Year: 1867

sY The Southern papers are uttering
their serinus apprehensions of war Of
races among them; and calling on the
military governors to garrison the large
towns without days delay. There is,
we know, much of this feeling at the
South and no doubt the negroes have
done something to encourage it, yet we
cannot believe that there is really any
good foundation for such fearful appre-
tensions,
Year: 1867

The Secretary of the Treasury has received
a notification from the executors of the last will
and testament Of Capt Ralph S. Fritz, late of
San Francisco that said testator has left to the
be applied toward canceling the national debt.
The executors express the hope that this ''lega-
cy may be but the fOrerunner of numerous
similar exhibitions of patriotism by other men. -
The Captain says in his will that he has been
greatly blessed that he has an undying at
tachment to the Government, the best one that
man has ever been permitted to enjoy and that
as he was too old to render service in the field
to put down and punish the great crime of re-
belion, he feels it to be his duty to contribute
toward the payment of the debt incurred in
that patriotic work.
Year: 1867

THE BOMBAY Hook Il. R.-Our South
Jersey exchanges are very enthusiastic in their
efforts to have the VineanJ Railroad connect
with Il railroad on this side of the Delaware.
4 correspondent of a BridgetOn paper says
that number Of the landowners on the pro-
posed route from Vneland to Stoe Greek will
give the right of way, others have agreed to
furnish the ties, in addition to furnishing the
land, and others still will grade their portion
of the road This correspondent says the
road must connect with the Delaware PENN
sula and will do it if Dclawareans will let it,
but a fear is expressed that the movers in the
Bombay Hook road will evince such apathy
that they may defeat the project altogether.
We do not know how we'll grounded this fear
may be. OF one thing we feel quite sure, that
there is far more interest manifested in the
enterprise in Jersey than in Delaware. There
is evidently desire in this State to have road
to run to the Delaware river whether it will
run from Wilmington to Pennsgrove, or from
Bombay Hook to Stoe Greek, or whether il
will be the Delaware Central Railroad to Lit
tie Greek or Port Mahon depends upon the
amount of enterprise aud determination exhi-
Lited by the rival parties. The chances are
decidedly in favor of the Bombay Hook route
1t has all the inducement, and if its friend,
will put forth the exertion that seems to b.
manifested by our Jersey friends they will in
Spire a confidence that will bring success.
Year: 1867

LICENsE.-It is said that many persons in
the State have neglected to take out license
who are engaged in business or employments
requiring license by the act of Assembly of
last winter. We advise all such to take out H.
cense at once, or otherwise they may find the
grand jury inquiring into the matter. DeLa-
UdreQn.
Year: 1867

GENERAL GRANT.-Gencral Grant has re-
Gently received number of anonymous com
muuications from different sections of the coun-
try warning him that his recent bold avowals
of support Of the Congressional policy of re-
construction eadaBger his personal safety The
writer states that Wilkes Booths are to be
found in the South to day Is well as immedi-
ately after the close of the war, and implore
the general to be careful how be appears in
public gatherings, and TO take every precaution
against assassination.
Year: 1867

To BECOME A MILLIoNAIRE.-One of the
wealthy men of New Orleans, the late Mr.. Nc
Donough had engraved upon his tomb series
of maxims which he says he adopted for the
guidance of his life, in 1904, and to which he
attributes his success in business. He makes
them public for the benefit Of all worth repro
1uction here go Rules for Guidance of My
Life, 1904 Remember always that labor is
one of the conditions of our existence. Time
is gold; throw not one minute away, but place
each one to account Do unto all men as you
would be done by. Never put off till to-mor


row what you can do to-day. Never bid
another do what you can do yourself
Never covet what is not your own. Never
think any matter so trifiing as not to de-
serve notice. Never give out that which does
not first come in. Never spend but to pro-
duce Let the greatest order regulate the tran
sactions of your life. Study in your course of
life to do the greatest amount of good. De-
prive yourself of nothing necessary to your CON-
fort, but live in an honorable simplicity La
Dor, then, to the last moment of your exis-
istence. Pursue strictly the above rules, and
the Divine blessing and riches of every kind
will flow upon you to your hearts content but
first of all, remember that the chief and great
duty of your life should be to tend, by all means
in your power, to the honor and glory of ouI
Divine Creator The conclusion to which
have arrived is, that without temperance there
is no health ; without virtue no order without


religion no happiness and that the aim Of Oul
being is to live wisely, sOberly. and righteous
ly. John MCDoNOUGH
Year: 1867

THE means should be raised for such an object as
educating the orphans of our gallant soldiers, and
sailors within one month. Let all who are able
respond, and it might be done in a week. Let all
who have no disposition for charity, but simply want
pictures and want to purchase where they can be
had for the least money, buy of the Washington Ii.
brary Company, of Philadelphia, and more than
enough might be realized in very short time, Read
advertisement.
Year: 1867

We give an article on our first page concern
ing the sapment of peaches, which the CORES
.pondent seems to put forth as a feeler." We
do not think the plan practicable, but it may
be the means of suggesting others. There is
evidently determination among the peach
grewers to have the rates reduced another
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