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Year: 1865

n~The editor of the Sunny South
was somewhat taken in on the railroad
meeting in his town few days since,
ten persons, all told, being present. Why
Sunny" what could you expect, when
only few years since the leading men In
your city said railroad and telegraph were
q nuisance, and we judge from the late
turnout, that the opinion has spread
Year: 1865

Would Lose FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
A Maine officer recently applied for fur
Tough, stating tina, If il was not granted be
should lose fifty thousand dollars. This at
nacted attention al he esdquarlers, and the
officer was desired to forward statement
OF how be would lose it. He did so TO the
effect III al he bad been in the army withou.
leave OF absence for two years thai be
was engaged to young lady worth fifty
thousand dollars that there was another fell
low alter her,. and that she had written TO
him y ,rsute cot come home and mar


would marry the
Year: 1865

New DIscovERIEs. "A pair OF speclacles
TO suit the eyes of potatoes.


The club with which an idea struck the
poet.


a stick 10 measure narrow escapes.


The hook and line with which an angler
caught cold


An umbrella used in the reign OF iyrants.


A knot from the bord man paid twenty
shiilings week for.


glass OF lemonade made OF sour tenn
per and the sweet of mauimony.


AT English visitor says that Arkwright
wrote his name upon the streams. We
don't see how he could streams are mol
stationery.


1t IS vain to struggle against change and
confusion. The whole world is turned up
side down every twenty-lour hours


II a person buys two apples and eats both,
how many will yet remain or course, there
will be TWO left.
Never give boy shilling TO hold your
shadow while you climb tree 10 look into
the middle of next week il is money thrown
away.
Year: 1865

About three hundred persons met in Mass
Convention at Montrose, on Saturday last,
under call for q County Meeting Of loyal
meeting did not differ materially from the
Copperhead County Convention held at the
junction year ago. The same leaders and
wire workers were on the ground. and figured
in the proceedings. JOHNSTON, CIAGGErr,
HEDGES and Dan. MILLER controlled the
meeting and the nominations, Saturday, just
as they did last year, and the year before !;
and the principal nominees are as intense
Copperheads as any ticket ever run in the
County. They were compelled to put few
soldiers in nomination, by way of sugar coat
ing to the nauseous Copperhead dose, but the
Disguise is too thin to deceive anybody. Three
out of FIVE of the nominees for the General
Assembly are notorious and intense Copper
heads, and the rest of the ticket was dictated
hy the Copperhead leaders, who usually man
ipulate their County Conventions. HEDGES
favorite was the nominee for sheriff, and Dan.
MILLER's little man Friday the candidate for
Judge.


The animus of the Convention was ex-
hibited in the nomination of DoERR, a dele
gate to the Chicago Copperhead, War Failure
Convention, and upon his declination by the
substitution of still more inveterate Cop
perhead, whose patriotism is of that particu-
lar cast which prompted him to serve his
country in the capacity of SuTLER of the seth
Illinois Infantry. And to sugar coat thai
enormous mass of loathsome Copper, we
have the infinitessimal little BALLrsGER
Then for Representatives we have LowDEN
and HEDGES, two of the most VIGOROUSLY in
tense Copperheads in the county, and Buck
an ex-abolition soldier is sprinked over them,
in vain effort to neutralize the bad odol
emitted by these Copperheads.


J.EGER, Dan. MmLER's little pet conver,
to the Copperhead faith, IT was thought would
be sufficiently sweetly scented by another
soldier aud sutier, BlsHop, for Sheriff. Ant
BowERs, rank and bitter Copperhead, i,
subjected to the honeyfuging process by him
OF the sweet German accent, for Treasurer


This whole attempt of the Copperhead lead
ers to .'cover their tracks" is too clumsy and
transparent to deceive anybody, and only
those will vote for SO weak device who are
already Copperheads at heart. and desire the
success of that party. The soldiers know
that they were sold, and these few who were
put in nomination as " stool pigeons" to
give aid and comfort to the Copperhead ticket,
owe it to their own selfrespect as we'll as to
the honor of their comrades to decline the
position at once. If they do not, they ma,
expect to realize the fate of s'poor Tray
when he was caught in bad company.


How much control the soldiers had owe
the Convention or are expected to have owe
the canvass. may be inferred from the follow
ing Central Committee, appointed by tn,
meeting, which consists of the two suite
nominees and three Copperhead citizens.


The ticket is not wholly Copperhead
though it was entirely engineered by Copper
head interests. Its relative position might b,
emphatically indicated to the eye thus
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and
fuses readily ana naturally into pure Copper
head.
Year: 1865

The Union County Committee, we under
stand, will meet in Fort Madison, Wednesday
evening, to Nominate a candidate for Senator,
to fill the vacancy in the county ticket, and to
make arrangements for the county canvass.
Year: 1865

OMAHA, Dec l9-The first forty miles
OF the Union Pacific Railroad from Oma'
ha west was finished yesterday The
track TO Fremont, eight miles further
west will be finished at the end of this
week
Year: 1865

To the Senate of the United States


In reply to the resolution adopted on
the 18th, have the honor to state that
the rebellion, urged by portion OF the
people against the properly constituted
authority of the government OF the
Year: 1865

SOMETHING LIKE A FARM.-A friend in
South America writes to US that he is now
spending month with a farmer who owns
thousand miles Of pasture, and patch of corn
larger than Scotland, while ne has got SO many
cattle that he has to boil the fodder for them
III volcano.
Year: 1865

A Nevada paper describes a curious
scene in a theatre in Virginia City in
February, W here the performances OF two
actresses were so well liked. that the
audience ratified down upon the stage a
shower of gold and silver pieces. The
actresses picked mp one hundred and
forty seven dollars from the boards
Even the male performers were not slight
ed. They picked up halves and quarters
to the amount of from three to five dol
lars each TO say nothing of the jack
knives, pockct-combs, and tooth-picks.-
The young ladies were so often forced to
return to gather the showers that they
appeared several times OF the point OF
giving it up. One of them, having fin.
ished gathering a bOnntiful harvest of
halves, was making hasty retreat from
the stage, when there suddenly fell abont
her such glittering and overwhelming
shower of silver, that in despair she sat
down and covered her face with her
hands. The pockets of another gave
out. and torrent of silver rolled about
the floor in every direction. All this
was, of course, fun for the audience,
though the young ladies found it quite
as profitable as funny
Year: 1865

AMEN SAY wE.-The New York Tribune
says justly: Let not the victory OF the
republic he stained by n single act OF
vengeance, by one wanton iniiiction OF
pain. Let not the national ensign be
stained by one drop of blood shed 10 pun.
iah rather than To save.
Year: 1865

THE WONDERS OF THE BRAIN.-One Of the
most inconceivable things in The nature of the
brain is that the organ of sensation should of
itself be insensible. To cut the brain gives no
pain, vet in the brain alone resides the power
of feeling pain in any part of the body. If the
nerve which leads from il to the injured par,
be divided, it becomes instantly unconscious of
suffering 1t is only by communication with
the brain that any kind Of sensation is produc-
ed, yet the organ itself is insensihe. But there
is circumstance more wonderful still the
brain itself may he remov"d-may be cut away
down the cOrpSus coiasum-without destroying


life The animal lives, snd performs all its
functions which are necessary TO simple vitali-
ty, but no longer has mind; it cannot think
or feel. II requires that the food should be
pushed into the stomach once there, il is di.
gesled and the animal will live and grow fat
Halls Journal Of Health.
Year: 1865

ROUGH on THE ENGLISHMEN.-Not long
since n shrewd Yankee came to Boston from
New Hampshire to engage in business. His
first engagement was TO drive a hack for the
accommodation of the visitors at that fashion
able and elegant hotel, the Revere House. lie
was soon put in charge Of two English gentle
men, who desired to see Boston and its envi-
rons. After a brief visit to the Navy Yard
they ordered the driver to take them to Bunker
Hill. Arriving there, the two gentlemen spent
much time in making thorough examination
OF the ground and lis surroundings. Having
satisfied their curiosity so far as the monument
was concerned, they returned 10 the hack, where
they found the driver sitting quietly upon his
seat 81 say, driver" says one Of the English
men, "this is the place, l believe, where we
Enslishmen gave you Yankees dem'd thrash
ing about eighty years since" "Well," says
the driver 'don'' know as l ever heard tell
about that; bm ,cho C,ons the land no,o ?"
Year: 1865

MAXIMs. Never speak badly Of others. even
with a cause; remember we all have our mul,s,
and it we expect charity from the world, we
must be charitable ourselves.


Think that word once spoken can never be
recalled; therefore il is often prudent TO think
twice before we speak.


Broken resolutions are worse than none at
all il only proves to us we do not carry out
the dictates of our conscience, and exposes our
weakness.


Avoid argument with person il he is direct
ly opposite to YOU; it he has a mind of his own
he cannot he conyi; ced and il he has no mind
he is poor convert it is not only loss of
time, hut often of friendship.


Do not Judge of person from first impress
sions; it is not liberal often your warmest
friends prove to be those you were prejudiced
against.


A kind word and pleasant voice are gifts
easy To give; be liberal with them they are
worth more than money. Country Gentlemen.
Year: 1865

WHAT is sPossIBLE.-The Richmond (Va)
Enquirer has come to the following conclu-
SION, after having read two editorials on
the admission of Southern Members to their
seats, that recently appeared in the New
York Times:


"lt is just possible that the President, in
view of probable outbreak with France,
and Irrespective of the known feeling of
sympathy with the South, for which every
one here gives him credit, may have con-
Yeyed to the Republican leaders in Con-
gress the notion that he is not going TO
meet foreign war with divided house
hold; that justice shall be done TO Southern
States, now as much In the Union as Mas
sachusctts or Pennsylvania, and that before
he rctires one inch from his present position
he viii test his strength before the people
of the United States
Year: 1865

We refer our readers to the Nei0 York
and Liverpool Petroleum C6mpanys ad-
vertisement in another column of this
paper, as also the following notice by
the New York Independent:


PETROLEUM. readers will have
noticed an advertisement Of the New
York and Liverpool Petroleum Com
pany in our columns. Daniel S. Dick
inson is the President and he is asso
ciated with gentlemen of experience in
the business a careful study Of the
prospectus will reveal the advantages
of the investment The discovery of
petroleum is so recent, and the neees-
sary demand so large and increasing,
that this company may be said 70 pro-
ceed upon q permanent basis. Their
prospectus speaks frankly and fairly,
and the name of Mr. Dickinson, who
has here, we believe, for the FIRST time,
associated his name with any corporate
enterprise, should satisfy the inquirer
that it is not mere speculation. all
the funds paid in form the working
capital of the Company, and no one
connected with it is interested in selling
the Companys land or property at
fictitious value or at any profit. Stock
holders sre mutually interested in all
the profits of the Company. Several Of
the Trustees are located in the oil re-
gion, and have acquired their wealth
and experience in the business, and
have 3 personal supervision over the
Companys affairs, and it is expected
that large quarterly dividends will be
regularly paid from the first of January.
Year: 1865

The RIGHT SpIRIr-The Louisville Jour
nal has the following:


And now the earnest prayer OF every
patriot is that, while our temples shall throb
with praise for the great victories won, the
hands Of brotherhood shall be cordially ex-
tended to every portion of the South. Let
all the wounds inflicted 10y war be healed
with the Lalm of national pardon and love
Let the light Of all-eubracing Peace envelor
the whole broad land. They who were oul
brothers in the past are TO be our brother:
again. Civil war shall no more desoa'e
our fields. AS free and mighty people
we shall dwell together in PEACE and UNION
Year: 1865

The baltimore Commercial, No. l, Vol. l,
which comes to us this morning, is a good
looking specimen of a newspaper. Perhaps
we should know more Of what its character Is
to be, If we could get sight at those edito'
rials which were CROWDED out by the Advsr-
tiaera.n
Year: 1865

AGAIN AND AaAIN.--Our readers may think 1t strange that We so often urge upon their at tention medicinal preparation. Already have we, for number of weeks, urged the i'm portance of supply of Goes Cough Balsam in the house, ready for immediate use. But our excuse is the vast amount of sickness, sor- row and death that are the immediate result of sudden coughs, colds and pulmonary attacks ; while thousands of our children are dying from croap and lung complaints. Time and experi- ence have proved that Goes Cough Balsam is the most speedy and reliable preparation ever kpown to the world. Like magic it relieves the irritation of the throat, removes the stop pages that prevent breathing in croup, and heals all soreness of the throat, chest and lungs No man should neglect to supply his family with safe and reliable medicine like Goes Cough Balsam, any more than he should neg lect the supply of their daily bread. It costs but forty cents, and the bottles contain twice as much as those of any other remedy at the same cost, while in merit it is superior to all others. All drug stores keep it for sale.

 52ln,.
Year: 1865

The common school system will, in this
connection, demand your attention. The
iuna appropriated for the purpose has
been squandered by the bad men and
dishonest functuaries who fed on the ap
proach of the old flag. What shall be
done to replace this great loss? At no
period in the history of the State has tie
young and rising generation appealed SO
affectionately for Legislative aid. Precti-
eally denied all scholastic advantages du-
ring the last four years, and deprived, as
thousands have been, Of their natural
protectors, if they are not soon provided
for it will be too late for them. Indeed,
not few have already passed beyond
the age to attend school, hopelessly ill
crate.
Year: 1865

wal kHpNu 10 tne history VI lhc ClNlllhSu
world.


LET TT BE RATIFIED.


Slavery, secured to the people Of the
South more permanently by the Constitu-
ton of the United States and by the
laws cnated in pursuance thereof than
any species cf property claimed by them
not even excepting their lands will
now perish by the war which it brought
about to enlarge its power and perpetuate
its existence. Let us do our part in this
great work byratiiying the action of Con
gress, aud carrying out the wishes of our
people After the ratification by the peo-
pie of our State Of our Amended Consti-
tuition, embracing the same proposition,
and after your election to the General As
semhly on this platform, and by the same
people. | have not considered an elabor-
ate argument in favor of the proposition
submitted by Congress at all necessary.
may be allowed to say, however, that to
prohibit slavery in State requires change
in the State Constitution. Pregnant as
we find slavery to be of all sorts of polit-
ical mischief, it is not to be got rid of,
under the Constitution, in any other than
a constitutional manner And, while the
sooner this can be done the better, it does
not appear in what part of the Constitu-
tion of the United States the power of
regulating it at all, in times of peace, is
to be found. Fortunately for the future
happiness of the country, the Constltu
tion has provided a way in which the
people can rewedy the great evil, with
out any questionable exercise of power,
and that is by amending the Constitution
just as. Congress has. proposed.


Slavery was so far made the subject of
constitutional cognizance by the people OF
the United States, when they adopted the
Articles of Confederation that it found a
place in the compromises OF that instru
meut, both in fixin. the ration OF repre-
sentation and the apportionment Of direct
takes and also in requiring the people OF
free State TO surrender SO much of this
sovereignty as not to have the right to
protect the slave that sought refuge from
bondage-it would seem too late in the
day to question the right of the people to
adopt amendments to that instrument, in
regard TO this or other subjects embraced
in its provisions. 1t becomes us, there
fore. to approach this subject with an en-
Iightcned craftsmanship, and with de-
gree of moral courage that is not afarid
to do right, appealing to the ultimate
Judgment of mankind to vindicate our
action.


1t is in this way, and in no other, that
uniform rule can be provided, and an
end put thereby, in all time to come, to
a possibility OF revlvlng that which has
been the fatal cause of all the mischief
in the country. To insist upon exclu-
ding slavery from State, by amending
her Constitution, before recognizing her
again as within the pale Of the Union,
would look awkward, and fall below the
dignity Of political sagacity. Our State
has shown her hand aud placed herself
square upon the record; and | fatter
myself that her representatives here as
sembied are ready for measure which
shall forever exclude slavery from the
United States.
Year: 1865

bear to speak to you Of him-grown-up daugh-
ters do not always look favorably upon a moth
er's forming new ties"


I stopped her mouth with kiss, and felt SO
happy to think thatI was not to marry Mr.. Clln-
ton, myself, that I almost danced upon air.


The next evening, Frank Glddon cornered me
somewhere among the vines, and told me a
hackneyed old story that was first whispered to
Eve in Paradise, but which has the popularity
of appearing new every time it is told and
was silly enough to be very much interested in
it. AS Mr.. Clinton did not want to marry me
having had the good taste to prefer my more at
tractive mamma, was obliged to take up with
Frank.
Year: 1865

CASHMERE SHAwLs.-The Cashmere shawl
wool consists ofthe fleece beneath the undercoat
of the hair of the shawl-goats. The shearing
is performed at the commencement Of the sum
mer, which in those Alpine regions, though
short, is very hot. The hair of the goat is first
cut short with a knife, the shearer beginning at
the head and following the direction of the fleece
towards the tail. The animal is then rubbed in
the reverse direction with sort of brush or comb
which detaches the fine wool from next the skin
(the asuli) nearly free from hair. When the an
imals are not shorn, they relieve themselves of
these winter vests ofdelicate down, by rubbing
against the rocks. Seeing that the original pos
SCISSORS of the asuli are nearly wild as the winds,
material for thousands of shawls must be anu
ally blown about and utterly wasted amongst
the pinnacles and crags of those 6esolate regions
At present very great quantity Of the genuine
usuli is lost by being mixed with the coarser
hair and common wool, and thus indiscrminate-
ly manufactured into pushmeena.
Year: 1865

THE following is said to be sure cure
for the neuralgia Take two large table
spoonfulls of cologne, two table spoonfulls Of
fine salt and mix them together in a small
bottle; every time you have an acute afec-
ton Of the nerve or neuralgia, simply breathe
the fumes in your nose from the bottle, and
you will be Immediately relieved.
Year: 1865

THE FUTURE.-Our disputes are vain or
not, as we consider that we are either
troubled about the present, the future, or
both the future is uncertain. 1t is fool
ish to be miserable beforehand for fear of
misery to Gomez man may lose the pres
ent while he might enjoy it in expectation
of the future nay, the fear of losing any
thing is nearly as bad as the loss itself. Be.
as prudent as you can, but not tmorous or
careless; it is well to bethink yourself, and
anticipate what inconveniences may happen
before they come. A man may fear, and
yet not be fearful; he may have the afec-
ton of fear without the vice of it; but fire.
quent admittance of it runs into a habit. 1t
is unmanly to be doubtful, timorous, and
uncertain-to set one step forward and an
other backward, and to be irresolute. Its
better to fall once than hang always in sus-
pense.-Seaeca.
Year: 1865

A State fair is queen; an agricultural fair is
a farmers daughter; church fair is parson
wife; an editors fair is .he best-lOoking girl he
can get hold Of; charity fair is a female pau
per; and the most unpopular fare in the universe
is clearinghouse fare.
Year: 1865

It has been wisely said, that he who waits to
do a great deal Of good at once will never do
anything Life is made up of small things. 1t
is but once in an age that occasion is offered for
doing great deed. True greatness consists in
being great in little things. How are railroads
built2 By one shovel full at a time. Thus drops
make The ocean Hence, we should be willing to
do a little good at a time. Thus drops make the
ocean. Hence, we should be willing to a little
good at a time, and never do a great deal at
once. If we would do much good in the world,
we must be willing to do good in little things,
little acts one after another
Year: 1865

MANY Postmasters are in the habit Of
returning papers to publishers when not Ia
ken out Of the Office. This is not what is
required. The post Office regulations re-
quire postmasters to write to publishers not
only to notify them that the papers are not
taken, but also to giving the reason why
they are not taken.
Year: 1865

The Boston Recorder relates the following


"Miss Fiske, while in the HISTORIAN Mission


was at one time In feeble health, and much de-
pressed in spirits. One hot Sabbath Afternoon


she sat on her mat on the chapel floor. long
ing for support and rest, feeling unable to
maintain her trying position until the close of
worship. Presently she felt woman's form
seated at her back, and heard the whisper.
Lean on me- Scarcely yielding to the re-,
quest, she heard it repeated, Lean on me-
Then she divided her weight with the gentle
pleader, but that did not suffice. In earnest


almost reproachful tones the voice again nrg,
ed 'If you love me lean hard'" This Incl
dent is worth whole volume Of commentary
on tne nature Oh true love, winch is happiest
Year: 1865

SIcNs-W When will signs and wonders
cease? No, till the destroying anger
shall clip shor, the thread Of time, and
the heavens he rolled together as scroll.
Not day passes but We see good and
bad signs, as the following will show:


Il is good sign to see man doing
an act cf charity to his fellows.


1t is bad sign to hear him boastiDg
Of it.


1t is a good sign to sec an honest man
wearing his old clothes.


tits q bad sign TO see them filing the
holes in his windows.


Il is good sign to see man wip-
ing the perspiration from his face.


It is bad sign to see him wipe his'
chops as he comes ont of the cellar.


1t is good sign to sec q woman
dressing with good taste and neatness.


It is had sign to see her husband
sued for her finery.


It is a good sign to see a..mAn adver-
tisc in a paper.


It is q bad sign to see the sheriff ad-
vertise f.. him.


It is a good sign to see 8 man send.
ing his children to school.


1t is bad sign to see them educated
at evening schools, on the street.