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Year: 1868

A BEAUTIFUL SENTIMENT.-We clip the follow
ing beautiful sentiment from an exchange:


Sorrow sobers us and makes the mind genial
And in sorrow we love and trust our friends
more tenderly, and the dead become dearer to us.
And just as the stars shine out in the night, so
there are blessed faces that look at us in our grief


though before their features were fading from our
recollection Suffering Let no man dread it too
much, because it is better for him, and it will
help to make him sure of being immortal. 1t is
not in the bright happy days, but only in the
solemn night, that our worlds are to be seen
shining in the long distance. And tits in sorrow
the night OF the ul-that we see the farthestJ
and know ourselves natives Of inhnity and sohs
and daughters of the Most High. 9 4
Year: 1868

s- countryman walking along the streets
Of New York, found bis progress stopped by a
close barrcade of lumber "What is that for ?''
said he to person in the street. "O that's to
stop the cholera" "Ah, have often heard of
the board of health but never saw one before"
Year: 1868

CoURAGE.-Every child is born with capacity
for fear, which is useful quality when kept in
due subsection, but which may by injudicious
training, by evil habits, by willful encourage
ment, or by some sudden shock and injury to the
nerves be exaggerated into habitual cowardice.
The nervous system may likewise be brought in
to such condition by the intemperate use of
stimulants as subject the mind to fear upon tri-
val occasions, for pot valor will degenerate into
rank cowardice if kept up too long. 1t is true
too that training has much to do with mans
character for bravery. If q boy is cowed and
kicked into state of abject fear during his child
hood he will become such an habitual coward that
it will be very difficult to break the habit; while
on the contrary boy naturally timid may be
taught to defend his rights bravely whenever at
tackled The possibility of learning timid per-
son to be brave, and man braver, is one of the
important advantages we have over the brutes
If you force a boy into situation he breads you
increase his timidty if you persuade him into
Drawing it, you increase his courage. Fear Of
making difficult leaps, standing on dizzy heights
may be overcome by practice. If you go to vault
a leaping bar and shrink from throwing your


sga BqaE gzqg way t. the first lttle
occasions and in learning to swim the same will
be found true. Where reason teaches you there
is no danger, or that the dangers that presents
themselves may be overcome, listen to reason and
cast off fear.
Year: 1868

The END" "Generationa after generation" says
writer, "have felt as we now feel and their
lives were as active as our own. They passed
like vapor, while nature wore the ee-.s aspect OF
beauty as when her -c-sstor commanded her to
be- The-L-~ens shall be as bright over our
sraves rs they now are around our paths The
world will have the same attractions for our off
spring yet unborn as he had once for our children.
Yet little while, and all will have happened.
The throbbing will be stifed, and all will be at
rest. Our funeral will wind its way, and prayers
will be said and then we shall be left alone in
silence and darkness for the worm. And, it may
be, for short time we shall be spoken of, but
the things of life will creep in, and our names
will soon be forgotten. Days will continue to
move on, and laughter and song will be heard
in the room in which we died and eyes that
mourned for US will be dried and glisten again
with joy ; and even our children will cease to
think of us and will not remember to lisp our
Names"
Year: 1868

The GRANDEUR OF NATURE live pcaceab-
ly on the surface of the EARTH while oceans OF
fire roll beneath our feet. In the great womb Of
the globe the everlasting forge is at work. How
dreadful must an earthquake be, when we are
told by Pliny that twelve cities in Asia Minor
were swallowed up in one night Not vestige
remained they were lost in the tremendous NAV
forever Millions of human beings have been
swallowed up while flying for safety. In the
bowels OF the earth nature performs her wonders
at the same moment that she is firing the heavens
with her lightnngs. Her thunders roll above
our head and beneath our feet, where the eyes OF
mortal man never penetrated. In the vast vor


tex of the volcano the universal forge emptes its
melted metals The roar of Etna has been the
knell of thousands, when it poured forth its cat
aract Of fire over one of the fairest portions of
the earth, and swept into ruins ages of industry


In the reign of Titus Vespasian, in the year 70,
the volcano of Vesnvius dashed its fiery billowS
to the clouds, and buried in burning lava the ci-
ties of Herculancum, Staba and Pompeii, which
then hourished near Naples. In the streets once
busy with the hum of industry, and where the
celebrated ancents walked, the modern philosoph-
er now stands and ruminates upon fallen gran
deur While the inhabitants were unmindful of
the danger which awaited them; while they were
buried with plans of wealth and greatness, the
irresistible flood Of fire came roaring from the
mountain, and shrouded them in the eternal night.
Seventeen centuries have rolled over them, and
their lonely habitaticn and works remain as their
monuments. They were swept away in the tor
rent of time the waves of ages have settled over
them, and art alone has preserved their memory.
Great nature, ns4IlsAlim lime are all thy works
Year: 1868

The way to freedom is through obedience to
law /; the way to bondage is through laxity of
self-government. The basis of civil society is the
conviction that men can, and do, distinguish
between right and wrong between good and
evil between the just and the unjust between
yours and mine. If men can recognize these
things, and obey them, then laws have nothing
to do, and laws may grow mild Just in pro-
portion to the responsiveness of the individual
laws have little to do. No country requires so
little governing as one in which the people govern
themselves. If self-government is wanting, then
laws must have more of the iron in them, and
penalties must be more stern. You can change
the name, and no longer call it "penalty you
can call it motive or help but still it will be
pain and pain is that which men do not like
External arrangements to compel right conduct
must be augmented just in proportion as interior
ability to generate right conduct becomes en-
feebled. The man that takes care of himself is
the freest man in the world. The man that can
not control his own passions or feelings, or con-
duct, goes back into the cold embrace ofirresisti
ble natural laws, or notifications o; them. which
men make in the help of society,"


The doctrine of liberty of choice, and OF per-
sonal responsibility for couduct and character,
leads to personal excellence, to social purity, and
to civil liberty. The contrary view that man is
irresistbly controlled by external laws, although
at first sight 1t may seem to give men greater
scope and variety, yet leads directly to despoism
and cruelty. believe that the doctrine OF the
Responsiveness OF man in one hundred years,
or in three generations, would again lock up So
ciety in tic embrace ofirrrraeable despoti.m.
hold that dignity OF man Intellectually, his no
blity in the hous old and in society, his powe:
and his gory in his various civil associations,
aud even the liberty Of the state, strange as you
may think il turns upon the doctrine Of free
agency and moral accountability. If you look
back through history you will find that those
ages which have been most potential under the
influence OF this doctrine have been ages marked
by the birth Of liberty in the state while, on the
contrary, any doctrine that tends TO lower human
responsibility and moral accountability tends
also to lower manhood, to reduce the purity OF
the household and ultimately 10 bring society
itself into bondage. The doctrine Of account
ability beges in society broader and broader
intelligence, and lays deeper and deeper the
foundations of liberty Henry Ward Beecher.
Year: 1868

TIE South Carolina menagerie ut
Charleston has expelled the reporter OF
the Charleston Mercury because he said
some of the animals were rather vicious
and would sometimes kick at strangers.
And a committee of four was appointed
to revise the reports for the three papers
before publication, and strike out such
passages as might prove detrimental to
the interest of the menagerie if published
to the world.
Year: 1868

IT is said that Augusta ]. Evans is to
write a new novel in which the lovers
amuse themselves in their lighter mo-
ments with the problem of Integral and
Differential Calculus. In their serious
words they talk to each other of the
origin of the Chaldaic and Sanscrit
Year: 1868

AN enraged humanitarian writes to the
New York papers that he has Indignantly
Withdrawn from the Wendell Phillips
wing of the Radical party, because it will
not come out in favor of allowing black
women To vote.
Year: 1868

PRENTICE is puzzled. Somebody asks
him into whose hands Grant has fallen,
and be declares the hands in which that
general has fallen are so Internally dirty
that he cant tell whose they are.
Year: 1868

y
when one comes to think of it, to make
an offer of marriage to a princess on a
first interview was prompt proceeding.
1t was successful, however, for was ac-
cepted then and there, and all that re-
mained was to make arrangements for
our flight.


"I had several other conversations
from the top of the wall with my prin-
cess before our plans were matured.
The great difficulty was funds. Once
in Russia and we should be encumbered
with superhuity of wealth; but we had
to get there. 1t was difficulty which
never occurred to the knights of old, who
always tossed their purses to those who
demanded money of them, and yet had
other purses for the next conner and l
was, therefore, at loss for precedent.


81 had three pounds ten shillings of
pocket money; and by pawning my
watch chain, pin and ring, l raised ten
pounds more; but that was sadly insult
ficient for SO long journey. was
obliged at length to explain the difficulty
to my princess, who removed it at once.
She had Jewels, which, even if sold for
a minute fraction of their value, would
provide us with ample funds, and she
would bring them with her.


$50 the day was absolutely fixed, and
our plans carefully laid. The only hour
at which the princess had an opportun-
ity for escape was that when we usually
communicated; We must therefore take
the extra risk of midnight flight, and
speedy discovery and pursuit. We were
to make our way ON foot to seaport
town some seven miles off, and take
ship from thence to Hamburg. where ws
were to be married, and travel as fast
as we could to St. Petersburg. When
Year: 1868

don't you think these men would find
that somebody else's OK was gored.


Laughter and applause7 But that
is just the way the peple are treated
down South All history proves that
people could not be governed this
way. England tried it; they had
tried to rule ireland by earpet-bag,
gers as we are trying to rule the
South and to day Tie cry Of Fenian,
which Pat raised onfAmerican soil
made the Englishithrone tremble.
Cheers. History furnished us in
Vulnerable examples of the kind.
Permanent control could only be
gained by the golden rule. "But,
says pious gentleman, "why should
we not treat the negro as an equal /:
is be not a man and brother? is he
not of one blood, ourfellow citizen ?"
And yet this man held his nose as he
passed BY the negro. Laughter. I
Has he not soul says another, who
proves that he has no soul BY trying
to cheat the negro thefrst opportunity
he has.


Judge Thurman thought il was in
poor taste to talk of injustice to the
negro in not allowing him to vote,
when ourintelligert wives and daught,
ers were not allowed this precious
privilege. Why should we place the
negro above our wives daughters and
mothers? There was not recorded
instance in history of civilized negro
government. The race was as old as
our own. They had enjoyed the same
advantages, yet they had never organ
lied and maintained civilized gov
eminent. There had never been an
attempt to perpetuate a government
of mixed races which did not signally
fail. Look at Hayti. When they
became independent, dissensions at
once began to spring up between the
mQlattoes and blacks. The blacks
being in the majority, drove the
mulattoes to one end Of the island,
and they have ever since remained
thus separated-These people had
tried by turns, every kind of govern
ment-Republican, military and des>
potic-aud they were now alternately
under the control of contending gem
erals, who wed with each other to
how many negroes they could mutu,
ally kill. The race did not have in
them the elements of civilization or
the ability to maintain civilized gov
ernment, either by themselves or
mixed with the white race.


Senator Thurman closed with an
exhortation to the people to work for
the triumph of the democracy in the
coming Presidential contest.
Year: 1868

lof had huge scar that disfgured
his face. BY this we identified him
At once. He was seated on small
chest in the upper part of the hall
like room, and this chest we knew.
concealed his treasure, Without a
moments hesitation, we crossed the
loom, and s. lard his hand on the
talon's shoulder; at the same instant
| lput my revolver at his head and
told him he was our prisoner, There
was an instans's silence-a single
secOnd--as S., with dull clank,
clapped the handouts on his wrists
and slung the small chest over his
shoulder by the strap attached to it,


Then, suddenly, there arose a yell of
hate and vengeance knives cleaned
in the light and fierce forms bounded
toward US, 1t was to be a death
struggle. Fortunately, we were close
| by the jet Of fame that lit the
apartment. With wave of my hand


extinguished this, and made rush
from the place where we stood, drag
ging our prisoner. 1t saved our
lives. The peril was not, however,
over. The next instant we were again
surrounded, and | felt a savage sting,
as knife sunk deep in my shoulder.
SO far We had hesitated to shoot, but
we could do 80 no longer. The
struggle deepened, and knife and
pistol did their savage work with
fearful execution. Again and again
felt the thrust of knife, or stag.
gered beneath a blow. At last we
reached the door, still dragging our
man, determined to die rather than
give him up. How we got down those
stairs | can never tell. Sometimes
we descended a step at a time at
other moments we rolled down dozen
before stopping. We reached the
landing, however, our foes still press.
ing us, and the deadly fight uDabated.
We could stand it no longer. We
were covered with wounds and our
strength exhausted. In that wild melee
in that dark vault, t,itseemed impossible
to escape. $ blew his whistle.
Fierce and thrill the echo pealed out
in the air. God grant it would bring
assistance in time 1t did. We heard
the Patter of coming feet, the light
lof dark lantern flashed along the
vaulted alley way, and then 'reeled
soul and sense, and brain and eye
When we regained consciousness we
were all in the station, our prisoner,
too. We had clung to him like death,
till assistance reached US. Our foes
were beaten off, and our capture
made good. 1t was an awful struggle,
such as occurs once inca lifetime, but
l shall never forget it. We secured
our prize, but was many a long day
before we were able to engage in an
adventure again"
Year: 1868

The facts of Gen. Rosencraus visit
as given by the Boeniag Journal, are
simply these General Rosecrans
has no address in his possession what,
ever, nor has one, to his knowledge,
been prepared up to this time. He
says he talked more about railroad
matters than on political subjects, and
that he was not sent to the Spring;
by any party or in the interest of any
party, but went at his own selection
not, however, on business of the
Democratic or any other politica
party"
Year: 1868

BY REV. A. J. RYAN.
Yes, give me the land


Where the ruins are spread,
And the living tread light
On the hearts of the dead
Yes, give me the land


That has legends and lays,
That tell of the memories
Of long vanished days,
Yes, give me the land


That hath story and song
To tell OF the strife,


Of the right and the wrong,
Yes, give me the land


With a grave in each spot,
And names in the graves
That shall ne'er be forgot.
Yes give me the land


OF the wreck and the tomb
There's grandeur in graves
There's glory in gloom
For out of the gloom


Future brightness is born,
As, after the night,


Looms the sunrise of morn.
And the graves of the dead,
With the grass overgrown,
May yet form the footstool
OF Liberty's throne
And each simple wreck
In the way path of might,
Shall yet be a rock


In the temple Of right
Year: 1868

OLD clothes are the subject Of an extern
sive trade in New York city. There are
two classes of persons interested in the bus
iness-the men who buy old garments and
the men who collect them out Of the streets.
There are five hundred old clothes dealers
in New York who have shops, and who
send men out TO collect old garments,
Many of these sell old clothing for small
advance 10 one or two large establishments,
In one of the large shops, men and women
work early and late for the trining pay they
receive for the labor by which they put IN
some kind Of shape the old clothes that thei


master has bought up the day befOrer
These clothes, after being purchased, are
assorted and secure d, and are then cut and
sewed into shape, and made to resemble
new clothes. They are then packed in
boxes and sent to an agent in the West,
who disposes Of them 10 the best advantage,
the advantage being generally The resliza-
ton Of about seventy per cent. on the origin
al cost. The other dealer, who picks up
scattered rags, takes thsm 10 a large ware
house, where busy clerks assort, weigh and
price them. The buyer of these rags has
them carefully assorted and washed, when
they are packed in bales and shipped to the
different factions, who buy them for the par
pose of making them into shoddy and pa
Year: 1868

From the New York Herald of Thursday.


II IL understood that, from information
received, and having regard to the price at
which whisky can be bought in the market,
Collector Smith Of the eighth district, has
arrived at the conclusion that fair trade
can not be conducted under the circum-
stance that whisky is bought and sold daily
in New York at a price less than two dol
lars gallon, the tax provided by law.
Under this impression, and as at present
advised, IL is stated, on the best authority,
that Collector Smith is resolved upon en-
forcing the law 80 long as the price of
whisky in the market is less than the duty
imposed by law and, acting on this res0lu-
ton, he has issued letter, in circular
form, 10 all the proprietors of distilleries in
his district, conveying so imperative order
in every case TO desist from the distillatIon
Of spirits, under penalties which be notifies
to them be will enforce. He is disposed
to maintain and afford every facility for
carrying on a legitimate business, but the
maintenance Of the law is imperative, and
il is stated he will enforce it.


In pursuance of orders from Revenue
agent w. S. Hillyer, all Of the distilleries
in New York have been closed and seized
within the past few days. Inspectors
Carter and CorwiB, acting under special
orders from General Hulyer, closed up
and seized some ten or Twelve establish
ments in the eighth district Tuesday, and
as many more in the ninth district on
Wednesday. There are to day no dis
nlleries running in New York.
Year: 1868

we SHAH constantly admonish the Southern
reople TO lie self reliant, and shah do what we
may be able to induce the establishment OF
manufactures in our midst for our home pro-
ducts. To this end We viii pay special attention
20 the oosr anl STATISTICS Of manufacturing.
and exert ourselves to encourage the diyerHh-
cation Of Southern industries and the develop
uent Of Southern resources.
Year: 1868

rpHESE WE'LL KNOWN AND VERY Pop


uIar Cooking StOVes have been before
the public since 1852. Each succeeding year has
added to their popularity, until the name has
become familiar in every household in the West
and South. The demand for our
Year: 1868

HAS JUST RECEIVED AN ELEGANT
Il line of GENTLEME EMS DRESS GOODS,
which be will make up to order, in the latest
and most finished STYLE at the lowest possible


BUSINESS SUITS.


He is also in receipt Of variety Of Fresh
Goods for ordinary wear and offers TO gentle
men in business suits Of the latest patterns and
most durable material. Call and inspect bis
goods at No. 10 North Cherry street.


mart tf
Year: 1868

BLESSED ARE PAYING SUBSCRIBERS
Blessed is the man who doth sub
scribe for his county paper and pay
therefor His feet shall not stand on
alippery places; he shall not be forsaken
by his friends nor prosecuted by his
enemies, nor shall his children be seen
begging.


Blessed is be that walketh to the
Office of the printer, yea, even asceu.
deth to the sanctum, and payeth a
years subscription in advance. Selah


He shall learn wisdom day by day,
and be exalted above his fellows.


He shall talk knowingly upon all sub
jects, and his neighbors shall be aston
ished at the muchness of his learning.


He shall not contract bad debts or
lose good bargains.


He shall not pay an additional per
cent. on his taxes, for his eyes shall be-
hold the notice of the collector, and he
will take warning thereby.


Verify, be shall bring his produce to
the market when the prices are exceed
ingly good, and withhold it when the
price descendeth.


He shall not lay hold of red-hot po-
kers, for his knowledge of metallurgy
will teach that hot iron burns.


His children shall not vex him, nor
his wife wear the breeches.


He shall live to a good old age, and
when his dying hour is at hand, his soul
shall not be troubled as to its future
state.


But it were better for him that doth
refuse to subscribe for his county paper
that he be bound hand and foot, and
cast upon feather bed.


If perchance he hath . moments
peace, it is only that he may have a
little rest ere the memory of an evil life
lacerates his mind as the goad pricks
the hide of the strong OK, so that his
punishment may be longer drawn out.


His children shall grow up in wick.
edness, they shall put their hands to
their noses, and vex him to wrath, and
his wife shall kick him out of bed.
uSelah!
Year: 1868

LABOR was the son of Necessity, the
nursling of Hope, and the pupil Of
Art; he had the strength of his mother,
the spirit of his nurse, and the dexterity
of his governess, and came down upon
earth to oppose the devastation of Fam
ina
Year: 1868

Oh. be gentle to the stranger,


Wandering from friends and home
Wandering among scenes Of danger,


Oft with spirit sad and lone.
Now with gentleness approach him.
Talk to him in accents kind;
Let him feel that you would know him,
With him friendships flowers find.
Oh, twill cheer him; half his sadness
Will be gone at the first word
And his heart with thankful gladness
Fer toward thee will be stirred.
Year: 1868

When 4 female is in trouble afflicted with dis :
ease and requires medical or surgical assistance.
the first inquiry should be, where 10 there = physi-
clan who is fully competent to administer relief
one whose knowledge ofthe female system is perfect
who thoroughly understands the application of med
icine to disease whose scientific attanments in sur
gerry have made him pre-eminent inshis profession,
mends him to the confidence of the community p
Unless these and many more questions can be sat-
isfactoriy answered, the afflicted should pause be-
fore consulting any one. The Doctor has been
PROFESSOR OF OBSTETRICS and FEMALE
DISEASES for twenty years, and is fully qualified
to administer in all cases, both medically and
and practice-both in hospitals and families-can
make. Therefore families can rely upon him as upon
father ALL IN AFFLICTION, NO NATTER
ONE WHO CAN FEEL AND sYMPATHIZE
WITH AND BEFRIEND THEM IN TROUBLE
ONE IN WHOSE SECRECY THE UTMOST
CONFIDENCE CAN BE PLACED.