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Year: 1868

The estimates for the current year Of the
United States government for army and
navy together are ffty-seYen millions of
dollars in curreney-equal to forty millions
of dollars in gold. These are big figures
to be sure; but comparing them with the
expenditures Of France for her army and
navy, they are not so extravagant as they
look. This year France, with much
smaller population than we have, viii
spend one hundred millions Of dollars in
gold more than We DO, on these two depart.
ments of the public service alone With
the same amount of debt and annual pro-
duetion, she spends in time of peace twice
as much as we do, and her army and navy
expenses are three and half times as large
as our own. Considering that the "Em-
pire is at Peace, figures Ike these dwarf
our national eztrayagance almost to parsi-
mony. OF course Napoleon holds the
dubious advantage Of being always prepared
for war. lie has at this moment. ready to
respond to the first cannon shot, one million
two hundred thousand soldiers, equal to any
the world ever knew, one-ftth more than
the whole number we disbanded when our
Tate unpleasantness was over Another
evidence Of the perfection land costliness] Of
the French military system, is afforded by
the fact that not only at the Navy but also
at the War Office, a committee of superior
officers meet every week to discuss all mat
ters affecting the progress of their profas-
sions, and to examine the reports of cor
respondents from the principal States in
the world, as to the doings Of those Powers.
For the last two weeks, the War Office has
been occupied with the subjects of military
telegaphy and ballooning, and are said to
have before them q plan to remedy that
great drawback to working the wires on the
baule fields, viz the injury caused by
horses and carriage wheels. A synopsis Of
the proceedings is forwarded TO the Emperor
next day. Under the direction of this
committee. experiments take place nightly
with the new mitraille, the effects of which
are terribly destructive. Altogether, peace
in France must be almost as costly thing
as war in this country-Ereatag Star.
Year: 1868

A Coop RuLE.-A certain man, who is
very rich now, was very poor when he was
boy. When asked how he got his riches,
he said; Ny father taught me never to
play till my work was finished; and never to
spend my money until had earned it, If
/ had but an hours work in day, must
do that the frst thing, and in hour. And
after this was allowed to play; and then /
could play with much more pleasure thanif
I had the thought Of an unfinished task be-
fore my mind / early formed the habit of
doing everything in time, and itsoon became
easy to DO 50. 1t is to this l owe my pros
perity. Let every one who reads this do
likewise
Year: 1868

THE most signal benefit the South will
derive from the election of General Grant,
after the establishment oforder, viii be the
appreciation of real estate. The bulk Of the
land in many states south Of Virginia is
worthless That is, as an investment the
profits would not pay the taxes. Why it is
so every one knows The remedy for the
gIaring defect is also palpable Natural
qualities belong to the soil which make it
valuable; natural advantages pertain to the
whole section not found elsewhere The basis
Of wealth in any country is its reality. An
increase of IS per acre on Southernland viii
be Golconda to its people. 1t viii be worth
more than decade Of cotton and sugar
crops, because it viii not take to itself
wings
Year: 1868

Kate Heath lived to see the war closed
and peace and plenty spread their wings over
the land ; and not long afterward she was
welded to Walter Gordon, who had been q
colonel in the American army.
Year: 1868

On and after the first day of April next the
subscriber will be found at the above stand
where he will be pleased to see his old custom
ers, and ell others who may want anything
the WATCH or JEW WEARY LINE


mar left Z. s. FLEMING
Year: 1868

But this is not all; the Little Kanawha
River is the most central, navigable
stream in the State, and with little I'M
provement could be made so the year
round. AS evidence of this, last winter,
the town of Glennville was visited by
small stern nwheel steamer that came
and returned in an ordinary stage OF
water without experiencing any diff
Guilty whatever. With the river i'm
proved and railroad from Clarksburg
to Charleston by way of the capital we
might soon expect to see a city on the
banks of the Little Kanawha rivaling
Wheeling in a commercial point of view.
| Charleston would become the great
manufacturing emporium Of the State,
while Clarksburg the terminus OF
! this important road, would be
vastly more benefited than if she had
been the, favored spot. Farmers would
have some inducements to cultivate the
soil. Young men would be encouraged
! to grind their axes and sharpen their
grubbiDg hoes, and with stout hearts
and willing minds open up the many
valuable and fertile lands along this
route, that now, are fit for moth
ing, save a shelter for the beasts of the
forests. Then let it be remembered that
by the means of these improvements, at
! least three-fourths Of the inhabitants
of the whole State would have easy ac-
cess to the Capital. These are some of
the reasons why the Capital should be
located along the valley of the Little
Kanawha. Now let us see what the
inducements are irrespective of liberal
donations of greenbacks and reel estate.


We venture the assertion that more
abundant and better article of bituml-
nous coal cannot be found within the
boundaries of the State than is along
the banks of the Little Kanawha. And
at either one of the three points here
suggested, within three hundred yards
of the houses now standing upon them,
the veins range from Q to II feet in
| thickness, and the timber is magniti-
cent, not only large and abundant, bnt
of every variety, chiefly poplar, black
walnut and wild cherry, the latter
being found near the head of the
river, measuring frequently two and
one half feet across the stump,-brick
clay is abundant and Of good quality,
and no region can surpass this for build
ing rock, it being an elegant quality OF
both the grey and blue sand stone-the
only necessary building material want
ing is a good article of lime, We have it
but of an inferior quality, therefore this
would be to transport from The railroad
or elsewhere. The climate is healthy,
because in a mountainous cOuntry-at-
mosphere pur.-and the water, emana-
t;n, from fha tai nf WahSfpr
Randolph and Upshur, is as pure as the
air we breath.


The hills are rich with iron ore of an
excellent quality and as good water
power as can be found anywhere to an
swer any purpose. Then we conclude
by urging an Investigation of the facts
herein set forth, and request every can
did man 10 review them at his leisure,
and we will not fear the result.


OBSERVER.
Year: 1868

The LADY OF THE WHITE, HOUSE.
in connection with the election O,
Gen. Grant to the Presidency. and
only second to it in point Of interest
is the promotion Of Mrs. Grant to
the post Of LADY of the White
House." It is gratifying to think
that the position is one which Mrs,
Grant will fill with the true simplici
ty of an American woman. There
will will be no attempt to ape the
grandeur Of : regal court, and NO
vulgar striving after more sensation,
Mrs. Grant is lady who has main
tained, through every event which
has marked the vlcissitudes OF her
husbands life, marked propriety Of
demeanor. She has been q helpm eet
in days Of adversity, and has shared
his honors without being dazzled BY
the position or contaminated by the
foolish adulations Of those who wor.
ship at the shrine of success.-Boston
Journal
Year: 1868

The Louisville Courier and Journal
have been consolidated, which makes
the dullest, ,and most treasonablemess,
we know of in American Journal
ism.
We submit the following from a
two column leader in it, under the
caption "How we lost in '68, and how
we will win in '72," as q fair sample.
Our readers will agree with us, that
in its insolence, impudence, false
hoods, and disloyalty, it is beyond
criticism.


!" The entire body of intelligent
men in the South and the leaders of
Southern opinion with scarcely a sim
gle notable exception, were commit
ted to the Confederate movement
To exclude them from affairs is to
strike down the foundations upon
which society and government in the
South repose. The idea that rebels
must take back seats, or that any
citizen must take "back seat" is
revolving to every principle of free
government. There can be no such
thing as rebellion in confederation
Of free States such as the Union was
before the war. The war was moths
iup more or less than more violent
debate over the question Of State
Rights, than the country had previ.
ously engaged in. 1t was emphati.
cally political movement; and when
the troops of the South laid down
their vel. worn arms, that moment
all cause Of quarrel should have
ceased to exist, and the Union should
have been restored upon reciprocal
principles, the actual changes of the
conflict, which were considerable, be-
ing the only revolution recognised by
the combatants. This would havebeen
true republicanism. This would have
insured all that the situation called
for. New issues would have sprung
up, and parties would have divided
without respect. to sections. Lee
might have been aRepublican. Grant
might have been a Democrat. Ne
groism, carpet.baggery, reconstruc.
ton, all the evils Of Radical domina-
tion, would have been unknown
Hampton might have gone to the
United State Senate from South Car
olina, and had he done so he would
have made a good Senator, and glori-
fed tho honor of the North as well as
the honor Of the South. Forrest
might have got q commission in the
United States army, and had he done
so he would have made botter cav
airy officer than any now in the SER
vice, and rought brilliantly for the
stars and stripes in the evont Of for
eign war. In aword, the issues that


begot the war were settled by the


war; and there was no reason but


that suggested by malice and party
necessity why the dead should not


have buried their dead, and the liv-
ing have been left free to act without
restraint, and to open up a new field
ofnational progress and glory.
Year: 1868

Advice to betting men: Never put
your greenbacks up on the SUPPOSE
tion that the American people are
ready to commit the suicide implied
in their endorsement OF the New
York platform and Frank Blair
Having done so and lost, learn now
that the people are wiser than you
thought
Year: 1868

Difference in amt of Policies


in favor of Mutual Company, sl22O


1.-THE policy holder should die du
ring the first year his heirs would re-
alize just s5972, less by tho -"patent
back action return premium plan"
than they would have done from the
Same money invested in . Mutual
Company on the half note plan.


These figures are taken from the ta-
BILE rates of tho National Life, and
those of the Security Life Of New
York, The Same comparison with
other Mutual half note Company's
will be about the same as that ofthe
Security.
Year: 1868

DIsERANcHlsED.-The following is the 99th article
of the constitution which enumerates all who are dis
franchised:


Article 80. The following persons shall be pro-
hibed from voting and holding any office: All per-
who shall have been convicted of treason forgery
bribery, other crimes punishable in the peniten
tlary, and persons under interdotion. all persons
who are esopped from claiming the right of suffrage,
by aburng their aleg lance 20 the United States Gov
ernnent, Or by VIGOROUSLY levyins against it, or
adhering to its enemies, giving them aid comfort
been convicted of any of the crimes mentioned in the


first paragraph of this article hereby restored to
the said rights except the following: Those who held
office, civil or military, for year more, under
the organization styled L" the Confederate States of
America ? those who registered themselves as enemies
of the United States those who acted as leaders Of
guerrilla bands during the late rebellion those who
id advocacy of treason, wrote published newspaper
articles preached sermons during the late rebellion
and those who voted for and signed an ordinance of
secession in any State. No person included in these
exceptions shall either hold office until he shall
have relieved himself by voluntarily writing and sign
ing certificate setting forth that he acknowledges
the late rebellion to have been morally aud politically
wrong, and that he regrets any aid and comfort he
may have given it and he shall file the certificate in
the Office of the Secretary of Seae and it shall be
published in the official journal. Provided, That no
person who, prior to the first of January, eighteen
hundred and sixtyeght favored the execution of the
laws OF the United States popularity known the Re
construction Acts Of Congress- and openly and actively
assisted the loyal of the State in their efforts to
be held to be included among those herein excepted
Registrars of voters shall take the oath of any such
person prima lace evidence of the fact that lie is
entitled to the benefit OF this proviso.
Year: 1868

II We are successful in the ap-
preaching contest We shall regain
all that we have lost in the I" Lost
Cause" We shall be frcemen once
more. We shall have . country.
We shall be able TO reverse the iron
rule which hiss been imposed upon us,
and turning that iroa into brands Of
fire hurl them back on the heads Of
the hagitious wreches Who have H.
ficted 70 many foul and Aagrant
wrongs on our bleeding country.
Once more to the breach then-yet
once more! And when the cloud shall
have cleared away from the flaming
field, our 6ag-ths grand old Con-
federate fag-will be seen in all its
glory. streaming like the thunderbolt
against the wind. Let ~ then rally
once more round the dear cid DAG,
which We have followed 90 often to
glory and to victory. Let us plant
oar standard in the midst Of the field,
and let No once more raise the war
cry, He who doubts is damned he
Who dallies i . bastard"
Year: 1868

people to understand that 1t is the pur-
pose of the party in power to force these
men away, and deprive the State of the
benefit of their productive energies.
They constitute class whose aid in
developing West Virginia resources
would be of no light value, and we wish
it understood that Radioalism DEGREES
their banishment, and exults over it.


They go TO other States, as 'loyar as
West Virginia, and are there recognized
as citizens; here they are not. Ohio re-
fused to disfranchise after the manner
of West Virginia, and by so doing she
attracted to her soil many of our most
industrious people. When these men
leave meme come in to take their places.
The share of the public burdens
which they would have borne
falls upon the shoulders of those who
remain! The labor of the State, which
pays all the taxes in She end, is lessen
ed, while the taxes are not diminished.
We lose productive and industrious
class of people, and in return we receive
taxes and the other blessings of "loyam
rule. For all of which may the Lord
make us duly thankful!
Year: 1868

She comes with fairy footsteps


Softly their echoes fall
And her shadow plays like summer shade
Across the garden wall.
The golden light IL dancing bright


Mid the masses of her hair, 7.
And her fair Young locks are waving free
To the wooing OF the air.
Like sportful fawn she boundeth .....-
So gleefully along;
As wild young bird she caroleth


The burden of song.
The summer flowers are clustering thick
Around her dancing feet,
And on her cheek the summer breGze
Is breathing soft and sweet.
The very sunbeams seem to iinger


Above the holy head,
And the wild flowers ut her coming
Their richest fragrance shed.
And oh how lovely light and fragrance
Mingle in the life within;
Oh how fOndly do they nestle


Round the soul that knows no sin.
Size comes-the spirit of our childhood
A thing OF mortal birth, 3
Yet bearing still the breath of heaven
To redeem her from the earth
Shs comes in bright.robed Innocence,
UnsOiled by blot or blight,
And passeth by our wayward path,


4 gleam of angel light.
Oh blessed things are children


The gifts of heavenly love;
They stand betwixt Our world hearts
And better things above.
They link us with the spirit world


OF purity and truth,
And keep our hearts still fresh and young
With the presence Of their youth.
Year: 1868




From the Springfield Qn) Advertiser.l


For many months Young gentleman
well known to the citizens of Spring
field, paid his affections to young lady
who occupied position in neighbor
ing town several degrees more elevated
socially, than his own. The youth, be
ing of good personal appearance, ant
withal an excellent conyersationalist
succeeded in engaging the affections o.
the young lady to An extent that moth
ing could satisfy except matrimony
The postoffice had for time done it:
duty, as postoftices always do in sucl
matters, and many were the long, and
doubtless tender messages that passed
between the loving two, protected By
the efficient care of their dear uncle from
the prying eyes of those who would
have given something nice" to have
known what was going OH.


The lady knew that her "papa and
mamma" would never consent to the
union Of two loving hearts, with heI
parents nine of wealth laying between
them, and so she readily consented tC
the young mans proposition to have
the thing done up "On the sly" all un-
known to the folks, while she was on a
visit TO some of her relatives at Colum.
bus. Her charmer called and the thing
was done. After brief honeymoon in
the capital city Of Ohio, she returned
to her home, but her husband did not
return with her.


From the time Of the daughters ar
rival home the old people faucied they
could hear strange noises in the house.
Steps were often heard upon the stairs
in the lone still hours Of night. Various
articles of furniture moved mysteriously
about in the room above, and the old
gentleman aud lady finally came to the
conclusion that the house was haunted,
or that something was wrong. One
night, after all had retired, the "pa-
rents" net only distinctly heard steps
upoH the stairs, but voices and noises
OH The landing. place above. Armed
wi horse-pistol that had done good
service in pioneer times, the father left
his bed aid quietly approached the foot
of the stairs, where he found resting
upon the lower Stsp apair of boots. AT
once he set up the cry of thieves, rob
bers, murder" that in a twinkliDg
brought every member of the house
hold TO the scene-eXcept his daughter.


All hands then proceeded cautiously
To the young lady's room, and not being
able to arouse her they broke open the
door Just III time to see bootless man
dive through the window. The old
gentleman rushed to the opening, dis
charged his pistol, and the young man
dropped to the ground. Great heav-
ems, you have killed my husband" ex-
claimed the daughter, falling back and
fainting upon the bed. "YOur hus-
band" cried all in breath, and then q
rush of dOmestics for the yard below.


The young man was found upon the
ground beneath the window, carried
into the house, and the old people, fran
tic with grief and fear, promised to re-
ceive him to their hears if he would
only live. The doctor soon arrived,
AID having dressed slight flesh wound
upon his arm, pronounced him IN no
danger. He has now recovered, and is
one of the happiest men within fifty
miles of Springfield.
Year: 1868




The March number of the Northern
Monthly has an able attack OH the ballet
in an article entitled "The Farewell OF
the Fig Leaves" said to be written by
Miss Olive Logan. The following ex-
tract will give an idea of the styla in
which the subject is treated:


A somewhat weary distance may seem
10 have been travelled over in this rather
resume than statement of the obligations
at once binding woman to modesty and
her guardians TO assist her in the main
tenance of that quality; but tits TO be
feared that before all is said the connec.
tion with the special subject of improper
personal exposures may be only too cyi.
dent. For there is small occasion OF
treading OH the painful # not dangerous
ground of specification, to prove either
that there only exists one forfeiture OF
modcsty more assured than that incur.
red In throwing the sacrodness oi
! the person open u the public
gaze-or that there does not ex.
ist even one road more inevitable to.
ward that impunity following imlnod-
esty. There is lust of the eye men-
toned by that same commonly neg.
lected authority before quoted quite as
guilty as that which follows, and more
destructive, because hundreds may he
contaminated at once; and the ever-re,
curing test of brotherhood, or better
still, of husbandhood, comes up again
inevitably to Illustrate the atrocity Of
pardering to it, In the marriage con.
tract what husband will fail to claim
that the woman WHOM he takes TO his
arms and heart contracts to keep the
glories OF her womanhood sacred to hi,
only eve And what father or brother
will fail to visit with the severest repro,
baton the first advance toward undue
revelation Of form of either daughter
or sister, simply because he, in common
with the husband, recognizes such ex,
posures, if continued, as incompatible
with purity of soul and threateningly
dangerous to purity of body!


1t might puzzle even an. imaginative
writer to concentration as few words
more sneering but grieved bitternes,
than that expressed, many years ago
during temporary reign Of the disease
now prevalent, by q certain husband
who was accosted with a question while
looking on at q dance in which his very
decoIiete wife was figuring: What very
handsome aud magnificently formed
lady is that yonder, in the green and
pearls !" asked one Of the other guests
an acquaintace of the husband but q
stranger to his family. That Oh
that is my wife; or, at least, / thought
that it was up to to-day. But by the
Prophet! / am inclined to think by the
way she dresses tonight, that she is tht
wife of every gentleman in the room.
Year: 1868

The negroes of Georgia are diSsatls-
fed with the manner in which the
"Black Crook" Convention of that State
has arranged the holding -ot-ofiice ques-
ton. In the Constitution framed there
is section having the issue whether
negroes shall be permitted to hold Of
fee to be decided by the Legislature.
This, il is claimed, will virtually eN-
clude all negroes from Office, and put
the whole power in the hands of the
white men, unless the former make
contest at the polls in an open aud
determined manner. This they are
urged to do by the men who are
manipulating the Loyal Leagues,
and as result one portion of
the negroes are denouncing the Radi.
calls as cheats and the worst enemies OF
their race. At the next election in
Georgia this fire will blaze forth in all
its fury, and the result may be total
destruction of the "loyal ring" which
now runs the political machine in that
State. The party in power is acting in
such a manner as TO destroy all hopes
of the negroes in the future, and that
fact is beginning to be acknowledged
by the more intelligent black men,
North and South. Now their votes are
needed, and they are despatched with
uudeserved praise; but when power is
again lodged in the hands of the despots
and usurpers congregated at Washing
tor, the negro will be left to manage
his own case. If the white Radicals
of Georgia have cheated their black
allies at this early stage ef the
political campaign, what may not be
expected when a differeLt state of af'
fairs existsf The truth is the dominant
faction keep faith with no one. They
cheat, deceive and falsify for the pur,
pose of holding power, or gaining a
point. 1t is the negroes Of Georgia to-
day; ID will be the white men Of the
| North tomorrow. The "Rump" will
not hesitate to disfranchise white men
whenever such a course is necessary
With them the ballet is only looked upon
as means of perpetuating their politi'
cal authority, and hence the negro is


used or cast aside as circumstances
NAV require. This case in Georgia ex'
hibits the real meaning of the negro
movement of the Radical party, and
should awaken public attention to the
dangerous tendencies of that faction
/ AQe.