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Year: 1865




that has incorporated iti That 10
the question to be determined" Ii
Is indeed the question, or one of the
questions, to be met, and it Is q great
question, an immense question
whose solution will have a tremen-
dous influence one way or the other
upon the future of this country as
well as upon that Of the colored race.
The President understands the negro
character well and hence the
doubts he has, whether the freed
people will prove themselves equal
to the requirements upon them in
order to their continuance in this
country as part of the free popula-
tion; whether they will work indus
triously and continuously; whether
they will practice morality and vir.
tue Themselves and respect them,
selves and others whether, in a
word, they are capable of self.gov-
ernment as portions Of a free commu-
nifty. If Mr.. johnson had not known
well what he was talking about he
never would have raised such ques-
tions as these. If he had belonged
to the ranting dogmatic school of
philanthropists, whose profound ig-
norance Of the questions they discuss
is usually the exact ratio to their
positiveness and the crudities they
enunciate, he would have grown
grandiloquent before the simple fact
of universal emancipation, as though
that accomplished, all is accom-
plished in any way connected with
the whole subject. He is your best
friend who tells you in proper spir-
it your faults. The President has
exemplified this rule. He tells tho
colored people of the country what is
necessary they should fully know
and feel, if they can know and feel
anything; what it is for their best
interests they should thoroughly and
practically understand and show
| in their conduct. He tells them that
the most important part of this lib
Grating business for them is yet to
come And SO he reiterates, as If
apprebensive that his grand controll-
ing idea should not be dauguerreo-
typed upon their brains intellectually,
the absolute necessity-in order to
their existence in this country in a
state Of freedom-that they should
govern their passions" develop
their "intellects," and apply their
Isphysical powers to the industrial in.
terests Of the country" and he de-
clares to them that |hat is the true
process by which this question can
be settled"
Year: 1865

aSs~ Some reasons the Mississip-
pi Republican gives for not being q
candidate for State Printer, are not
lacking 10 weight


"Because we have not money to
act up free grocery in jackson, and
know we could not be elected without
one. Because there is no chance for
any man who has always been con-
sistent. Because our county voted TO
repudiate her honest debts, and we
don't want to leave home for fear it
would be thrown up to us. Because
we would not live in Jackson one
wear for all the Office would pay in
twenty years. Because we don't want
the office no how"
Year: 1865

eoscRRr CAMILLE URso.-hle Camille Urso will give
4 concert at Niblos saloon this evening The merits Of
this celebrated female violinist would bc sufficient alone
to draw good house Her grace and her talents have
already received full recognition from this public and
we trust she win this evening with further evil
dence Of that appreciation which her genius entities
har
Year: 1865

VHIUAuO, FED ~, Ib0O
The Overland telegraph line 10 the Pacific Is fully
repaired and is In perfect working order Salt Lake
City and New York have been working direct without in
terruptiVn oil day,
Year: 1865

s1 1t is the practice, in burying the
dead from the Army Of the Potomac
hospitals, TO inclose valuable informa-
ton to friends in bottle and put it in
the coffin With the remains; in addition
to which, hesd-board is put at the
head of the grave containing the sacred
relics.
Year: 1865

IhAvs very large stock Of the above
Goods l am also prepared to make up
Clothing in the best possible manner, for
have got the best workmsn in my en-
ploy in the West, and warrant sll goods
made by me. And as my expenses are
not heavy, can and viii sell goods low
er than any other house in the city o
the same kind All ask is for those II
want of hne clothing to call and sei
what | have got. No trouble to shOu
goOds
Year: 1865

soUR BUSINESS WILL INCREASE


If you Advertise in your County Pap0
YOUR BUSINESS WILL INCREASE
lF u ta II you Advertise IN your County Paper
YOUR BUSINESS WILL INCREASE
7,.s a If you Advertise in your County Pspsy
JOUR BUSINESS WILL INCREASE elem
s4sea II you Advertise in your County Paper
YOUR BUSINESS WILL INCREASE s''tu
- 80 II you Advertise in your County Paper
YOUR BUSINESS WILL INCREASE


II you Advertiss n your County Papss
Year: 1865




METHODIST DocTRINE.--It might be
we'll for some of those who profess to fol-
low in the footsteps of John Wesley to
put in more constant practice what that
good man taught upon the subject Of
freedom ofopinion. We give the follow
ing from his writings.


Condemn no man for not thinking as
you think. Let every one eniey the full
and free liberty Of thinking for himself.
Let every man use his own judgement,
since every man must give an account of
himself to God. Abhor every approach,
in any kind of degree, to the spirit of per-
sseution. IF you cannot reason or per-
suade man into the truth, never attempt
to force him into IL. If love will not
compel him to come, leave him to God,
the Judge of all"
Year: 1865

The minds of active children ARE ever


agog after something on which their fancy


may rest. This principle of human fac


ulty can never be satisfied short of enjoy


ment in something. This being self
evident position, the question fairly arises


what is the best food for such minds2 II
we wish their faculties to, remain useless,


deprive children as much as possible Of
sources of information, teach them that
all polish of whatever kind it may be is
|superhuous Then they will either be


drones or vagabonds, according tos the
bent of their inclination. But on the
contrary, if you would like to have the
offspring of your charge both active and
useful, place such Incentives before them
as would lead tender aud sensible mind
Into train of useful thoughts, which


would so bias future conduct, as to justify
the sayings of the wise man, eTra;p up


la child in the way it should 60, and when


he is old he will not depart from 1t. ''-i-
One great source of this bending the twig,


may be attributed to the reading of news
papers. There is not at any one time,


more matter placed before child than


he may think he can peruse in the course


Of week, after which soon arrives ancth-


er treat, until it becomes matter OF
Icourse; and in proportion to the expan
sion Of the mind Of the child, will the
leagerness for each successive paper in
! crease. When once this thirst for I'm
provement, and information has gained


ascendency. the fooleries and foibies that


SO frequently disgrace neighborhoods, and
lin which none but the frivolous and un-
lcultivated are generally engaged, will be
done away At the same time such chil,
}dren are more attached to industry, for


when the tolls of the day are over, men
tai collation. awaits the mind at home, In
the character Of q weekly visitant and the
|children are not seeking relief from toi
BY perambulating neighbor's premises
Year: 1865

PBEpARE FOR Much SNow.-Our old
est people, says the Toledo Record, who
have carefully noted the "signs of the
times" say that We will havo an unusual
quantity Of snow this winter. They say
that much rain dnring the summer is al
ways followed by heavy falls of snow in
the winter, and claim that the character of
the summer is always sure index to the
character of the winter in this respect, =
Our last wet summer was in 1855, ten
wears ago, and it will be recollected that
the winter of 1866 afforded more fine
sleighing than any winter since.
Year: 1865

~ A good story is told of a country
gentleman who, for the first time, heard
an Episcopal bishop preach. He had
read much of the aristocracy of the
Church, and when he returned home he
was asked if the people were stuck up
'sPshawi no. replied he, ''why, the
minister preached in his shirt sleeves p
Year: 1865

WENs.-To cure wen, wash IL with
common salt dissolved In water every day
and it will be removed in short time
Or, make stroug brine of alum salt
simmer it ovor the FIRE. When thus pre-
pared, wet piece of cleth in it every day
and apply it constantly for one month
and the protuberance viii disappear.
Year: 1865

We have lost most dear and valuable
relation. But it is the will Of God and
Nature that these mortal bodies be laid
aside when the seul is to enter real life.
This is rather an embryo state; prepre-
alton for living. A man is not completes
ly born until he is dead. Why should we
grieve when new child is born to the


immortals We are spiritsl That bodies


should be lent us while they can afford
us pleasure, assist us in acquiring khowla
edge, or doing good to our fellow CT .aturs
es, is kind and benevolent work Of fGod.
When they become unfit for these pur-
poses, and afford US pain instead of pleas
ure--instead of aid, become an incum-
brance, and answer none of the intentions
for which they were given-it is equally
kind and benevolent that way is provi-
ded by which we may get rid Of them. 81


Death is that way. We ourselves. in
some cases, prudently choose a partial
death. A mangled, painful limb, which
can not be restored, we willingly cut off.
He who plucks out tooth, parts with il
freely, sinceIpain goes with it; and be who
quits the whole body, parts at once with
capable of making.


Our friend and we were invited abroad
on party of pleasure, which is to last
forever. His chair was ready first, and


he has gone before US; we could not COM
veniently start together, Why should
you and I be grieved at this, since we
are soon to follow, and know where to
find him ?-Dr. Franktin's Works.
Year: 1865

THE IcE FEsTrvM.-The festival of New
Years has been promptly succeeded by mag
nifcent festival Of ice and snow Thor and
Wooden, the Scandinavian deities, could not do
sire to preside over more merry carnival than
we are now enjoying. The air is all jingle
with bells, whose enlivening music rings above
the duler sounds with which plodding COM
mcrce marks its heavy track through the streets.
We have never seen at so early period Of the
winter so splendid season for sleighing and
skating as the present The roads In the sub
urbs Of the city and the adjacent towns are in ane
order. The skating ponds which surround M on
every side, and they number some thirty o.
forty, arc In excellent condition for The enjoy
ment Of tho delightful srt--indeed. we might
Year: 1865

ALARMING INCREASE or CRME.-We have
repeatedly admonished our municipal au-
shorities and the community that unless Wig
orous measures were adopted to stay the
progress Of crime in this city it would, sooner
or later, swell into torrent that neither
statute law, local ordinance, nor police reGula-
tions could permanently restrain. In this view
we have been sustained by the report Of the
Board of Metropolitan Police, just submitted t6
the Governor Of the State. In this report the
startling statement is made that "probably in
no city in the civilized world, not the theatre
of actual war, is human life 80 lightly priced
and subjected to as great hazards from vio-
lence as in New York and Brooklyn" and that
"in no other such cities does the machinery Of
criminal justice so signally fail to restrain or
punish serious and capital offences" It sp-
pears that the arrests for crimes of violence
Of serious character the past year numbered
seven hundred and forty-two, being an increase
Of upwards of two hundred over the number for
corresponding period the previous year; and
1t also appears that during the year ending
November 80 last five members Of the police
IOTCe nave Dccu hlilcu duu tuiItctu oclIOuohy
injured by collision with desperate runians-s
fact which goes far to prove that the prevalence
of violence is not to be attributed to want Of
courage and activity on the part of the police.
Much Of this crime and violence is TO be a.
tributed to the too common practice Of car
rying concealed weapons. But attribute IL
to what cause we may, there is abundant
evidence showing that the security Of life
and property in this city has become Of
an alarmingly uncertain tenure. The Legisla-
ture is now in session, and If legislation be
necessary to strengthen tie police authorities,
TO purify the criminal tribunals, to restrict tho
indiscriminate and unlicensed sale Of poisonous
compounds in the shape of liquors, TO suppress
incendiary and inHammatory publications, 70
severely punish those who carry concealed
weapons, and TO extinguish the spirit Of rebel
lion against the laws openly encouraged by
rebel sympathzers in and out Of newspaper
Offices, let the work be promptly commenced
and energetically pursued until the object be
accomplished.
Year: 1865

"A RETURN TO CPECE fAYMEN1S--IHE UUTY
OF CONGE Sss.-As the recent victorious move
meots Of our armies and the fcreshadowed rup-
ture among the leading rebel, have rendered It
evident that the war is within few months at
most, and perhaps weeks Of its termination, it
becomes the duty of Congress TO Immediately
set about making the necessary arrangements
to enable the government to return, as near as
possible, to its normal financial condition, and
to restore the specie basis There is no doubt
of the ability of the country to produce that
long wished for event; and the confidence Of
the people, which has been so ruthlessly shaken
by the miserable mismanagement in the Trea-
sury Department since the first breaking out of
the rebellion, cannot in financial point of
view, be again enjoyed by the government
until the bonds and currency for which the
country is seemingly responsible are based
at some price upon gold. II is hardly to
be expected that six or seven hundred
millions of paper can be made to repre-
sent dollar for dollar, the gold and silver issues
of the Mint, when it now differs in its relative
value over one-half; but ~ we have before
pointed out il can be redeemed at some fixed
price at the start, and its worth appreciated as
its volume Is lessened; taking care, Of course,
that no new issues be made except with di-
rect understanding that they would not be per-
mitted to sink below the gold standard.


Congress has the power to enact law COM
pelling the Secretary of the Treasury to adopt
q course similar to that which is here referred
TO, and If Il fail 10 inaugurate measure
which the resources Of the country warrant and
30 desirable an end, the members will occupy
an unenviable position when the result Of their
indifference in regard TO our hazardous condition
becomes apparentto to the people. The present rick
city system OF finance, which was thoughtlessly
inaugurated by Mr. Chase, and unfortunately
fostered and pushed on by Mr.. Fessenden, has
shattered confidence, and now threatens to bring
bankruptcy and ruin upon the fair fame Of the
nation. The sooner Congress looks these facts
square in the face with the clear understanding
that something must be done to provide q
remedy, the better able we shall be to turn
from the path that leads TO that deplorable
catastrophe, the wreck Of governmental faith.


TO strengthen the MODE above referred 10 LOT
bringing TO the aid Of the national finances the
specie basis, plan was proposed in these
columns at the commencement of the present
year, which we see has since attracted the at
tcntion Of some Of the leading spirits in Wash


ington. II was 10 seize the cotton that was cap
tured by General Sherman at Savannah, before
greedy spectators got hold of IL, and, with
such additional amounts as accounts tells us can
be gathered in various sections Of the South,
send IL directly TO Europe, aud bring back the
gold for which il can be there readily disposed
Of, and thus form permanent basis for the pro-
posed resumption. Now is the time for Con-
gress te seriously think Of this matter, and
bring ssrth something that will relieve The coun-
Gy 6on ie present financial embarrassment
Year: 1865

which, after . lengthy debate. was withdrswn The
House then went into Committee Of the Whole a the
state Of the Union on the Presidents Message, when
after an animated and spicy discussion, the COMMITTEES
rose and the House adjourned
Year: 1865

PORTLAND, ME, May 16.-A fire broke out
at SIS O'Clock this morning in the depot build
ings of the Boston and Maine Railroad, cor
Fer of State and Commercial streets.


Owing to scarcity of water, and the wind
which prevailed at the time, the fire was not
extin guished until the depot and round house
were almost wholly destroyed. The origin OF
the fire is not known.
Year: 1865

Good Sense from South Carolina.


W. W. BoyOe, of South Carolina, has
been making q speech! He said:


Emancipation is said to be a fixed
fact. President johnson, L Am salts
fed, will deal with our people in no un-
generous spirit. All who accept the
existing order Of things, who, in good
faith, desire to be peaceful and loyal
citizens, will, as general rule, in my
opinion, experience the clemenoy Of the
Government ."sT 7.. 'i.'..


l consider slavery as gone, and the
best thing for US to do is to recognize
that fact distinctly aud unequivooally
and accept it in perfect good faith, with
all its logical consequences. Any other
course is only going to protract and
intensity the darkness of the night
through which we are now passing
Let US recognize the great fact that the
negro is NO longer slave, and let US
act toward him in a kind spirit. This
does not of course imply that We are to
sacrifice ourselves for him, but it means
that we are to give him fair cha ance -
This is our!policY-tbis is our duty
Less thnnIthis will not satisfy our sister
States. II, then, after a fair trial,
emancipation prove to be failure, and
the negro race is an incubus on the
country, it will become necessary to col.
onize them in another land.


Our greatest craftsmanship now con.
sists in the pacifoation of the North
Every man should lend himself to this
work. Whoever does a kindness to q
Northern man Is doing a wise thing for
his country. Let us forget the horrible
struggle through which we have passed
as much as we can. Let us look before
US, and not behind us. Let US not de.
spair of our country. God is wiser than
we are. The history of nations Is the
Judgment of God. Let Us acuuiesoe 10
the destiny from which there is no ap
peal. Slavery is gone, but all is not lost
Year: 1865

The total business of the year am cunts
to over two hundred thousand dollars.
To disburse this large amount has cost
the Commission about one per cent. of
the receipts, which is certainly a very
economical management. The railroads
have carried the delegates aud much of
the freight free; the express and tele-
graph companies have also made very
large contributions; thus enabling the
Commission to devote its entire mean
almost to the soldiers. The Burnet
House has entertained delegates free Of
charge from the commencement of the
war-a very large contribution.
Year: 1865

"a The War Department has ordered
that all volunteer officers who are not
mustered out at the exact date of the ex.
piration Of their enlistment, must remain
10 service until the end of the war, or
until their resignation is accepted. No
officer will hereafter be allowed to retain
his commission beyond the time of his
enlistment. and then retire, making q per-
sonal convenience of the service.
Year: 1865

he practsed law with Tom Marshall Judge Burton and
other notablties; he conducted newspaper with the
famous Prentice contemporary; he specuiatea IN
coal and Western produce buying lands one Day and


stumping the State the next writing as clerk OF the
courts during month and then drawing ms sword In
the Mexican the following, and with that versa


ty of genius peculiarly American, be found no branch
OF Industry amiss TO him. and he tried them by
the whim dictated On the installation Of Mr. Lincoln
into office President OF the United States OF America,
in 1860, Colonel Mckee appointed 10 the Consulate
OF Panama this port he has renamed os er fsur years
with but short absence, once, OF lew weeks 10 Aca
pnlco aud back, in search Of health.


During the residence Of Colonel Mckee In this city he
never met any one who not glad TO meet him with
cordality His kind heart visible all with whom
he contact; his genial spirit reached even 10 ex
cess and sometimes made him an object OF whom the
wiley sought take advantage II his aim to deal
fairly and honorably by all men at all times and indeed
il this inspiring feeling of his nature that led him TO
so over himsef at u time that lis feeble frame
quired repose that induced his final prosraion and end
He could not wilfully wrong any Even those who
but lately reviled him forced standing the verge
OF his grave and gazing on the lid that covers
his remains, 10 accord him the word OF praise
and those who but few days ago so Indignantly
assailed the dying epentant OF that maice
and are making aonement Tor their waywasdness and
haste The death OF Colonel Mckee Is felt by these with
the pangs OF remorse for having wronged more honest
man than themselves


The remains OF the Colonel we're accompanied TO the
foreign cemetery by the officers of the United States
Lancaster by the cosuls who acted as pail bearers and
by long line OF native and foreign friends Of the de-
ceased making the procession the finest ever seen in
this city The body has been preserved in alcohol and
will eventually he taken TO his old home In Kentucky,
to be finally buried by the graves Of his fathers
Year: 1865

From the New York Times.


Is is decreed that the negro shall occupy
the attention of the American people For
thirty years ne has been the great topic of
dicussion. His rights a man his wrongs
as a slave his status among the races; his
intellectual calibre his moral possibilities !;
his physiological peculiarities his hair and
his heels his color and his odor his history
and his future have been questions concern
ing which every man and all women were
supposed to be thoroughly posted and cease
lesely excited. Nay, his body, soul and
earthly relations were not enough for the
spectators. Sweeping beyond this world
into the next, they argued as to whether,
when he got to Heaven. he would occupy the
same quarters as the white man, and be per-
mItred to sit on the same bench.


The questions before the public often
seemed to vary; but under and behind them
all was always the same old questionable
negro. There was an African behind every
fence, a darkey in every wood pile. Without
the negro congressman would have had moth.
ing to spout and shout about, except ques
tions of national glory; without him. the
preachers (some of them) would have been
hard up for a theme; without him, what
would the newspapers some of them) have
done2 But for him, there would have been
no southern confederacy the late war would
never have been wsged; our present debt
would not have been piled up; and JEFF. Da-
vis' neck would never have been in danger,
(poesibly not


So important part has he played in our
history, that it is impossible even to conceive
what our history would have been without
him Had that "bark bark" which was
"rigged with curses" and GRAINED with Ethi-
opians, never have been permitted to reach
our shores; and had the trade ended with
tina. accursed freight, what would have been
the state of the south what the character of
our politics what our whole past career p
The subject would be an excellent one for de-
bate in young mems lyceums, hut it is alto
gether beyond our depth.


Some OF the phases of the great discussion,
which have harrassed the nation for years.
have been settled by the war; but others are
far from settlement as ever, and new
phases are continually arising We shall
hear no more, for example, of the wrongs of
the negro as slave; but we are as far as
ever from having established his status among
the races of men, or solved the problems con-
cealed in his physical conformation. The
vast system of negro education has settled
the dispute as to the capacity of the negro
for intellectual developments, at least so far
as concers his capacity of achieving the three
famous Rs, reading, riteing and rithmetic !"
but how does that help US to decide the taste.