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Year: 1869

We call upon the colored people now to come
out Of those anti republican, Jacobin clubs, in
to which they were organized by the Freed
mems Bureau and other Northern agencies
There is no use for such organizations. They
are contrary to the genius Of our political insti
tutions. and in conflict with the spirit Of the
age They impair personal liberty and subject
the voltion Of the individual voter to the ire
sponsible despotism Of the mob. Oath bound
voters are not, and can never be, free to exer
else suffrage as they should. They are held and
controlled By their leaders, to whom they are
amonabIe. They can no longer serve even a
patry purpose here, since We have overthrown
the power which the Leagues were intended to
support. The fact that any colored man be-
longs 10 this anomalous thing, proves that he is
not free man, to do and act as he may please;
while it subjects him to suspicion, and debars
him the sympathy and friendship Of the white
people. We urge the colored man to abandon
these wicked organizations, and enter, for their
own sakes, into league Of perpetual friendship
and amity with their white friends We give
them good advice, dictated by no sinister or
ambitious personal aims We don't want their
votes, and are in no position to be benefited by
them. Our counsels are disinterested-suc as
they do not get in the Leagues. viii they act
upon them? We hope so.-Lgnch6wg Vu-
ginian.
Year: 1869

G The circulation of the ssSPEcTAToR'
is about as great as the combined circula-
tion of both the other papers published in
this place, and has as many subscribers in
this county alone as are contained IN the
whole list Of either of the other papers.
Year: 1869

We publish below the first poem which has
been written in response to the suggestion made
by us in our issue of June 18th We hope that
the merits Of this one will not discourage others
from writing upon the same subject. It is a
theme worthy the Tyre of our best poets.-Staaan-
ION Spectator.


[From the Banner Of the South-Father Ryan's


paper
eH AT ARLINGTON
Year: 1869

The Rev. G.. Ell. Spurgeon tells the following
story in one of his sermons:


There is a story told of most eccentric min
lister, that walking out one morning, he saw
man going to work, and said to him, 'What
lovely morning! How grateful we ought to be
to God for all his merciesl" The man said he
did not know much about it. why" said
God for your wife and family--for your children
7-don't your mo said he, Il do not know
you never pray?" ''No."


''Then will give you half crown if you will
promise me you never will, as long as you live."
''Oh, said he, Il will be very glad of half
crown, to get me drop of beer"


He took the half crown, and promised never
to pray as long as he lived. He went to his
work, and when he had been digging for lit
tie while, he thought to himself That's
never to pray as long as | live" He thought
it over, and it made him feel wretched. He
went home to his wife, and told her of it
"Well, John" said she, "you may depend up
on it, it was the devil; you We sold yourself to
the devil for half crown"


This so bowed the poor wretch down that he
did not know what to do with himself. This
was all his thought-that he had sold himself
to the devil for money, and would soon be car
ried off to hell.


He commenced attending places of worship,
cons cious that it was of no use, for he had sold
himself to the devil but he was real i'll, bodily
i'll, through the fear and trembling which had
come upon him. One night he recognized in
the preacher the very man who had given him
the half crown, and probably the preacher re.
cognized him, for the text was-"What shall
If profit man, II he shall gain the whole world,
| and lose his own soul?" The preacher remark
ed that he knew man who had sold his soul
for half crown The poor man rushed for
ward and said, ''Take it back Take it back y
"You said you would never pray said the
minister, IF gave you half crown; do you
want to pray;2,' ',Oh, yes | would M9 give the
great fool to sell his soul for half a crown !;
but some of you are a great deal bigger fools,
for you neuer had the half cro'oa, and yet you
do not pray, and l dare say never will; but 60
down to hell, never having sought God
Year: 1869

Little matters Of daily occurrence are ofgreat-
err importance in social life than great matters
Of rare occurrence and personal behavior :, IN
triAes is, perhaps, more than anything else,
productive of the greatest amount OF social and
domestic pleasure and pain.
Year: 1869

Office, at his old stand South side OF Main St.
With fifteen years experience in his profession,
feels warranted in saving that all operations are
Gone in the most skillful manner and warranted
to compete with any done in the cities or else
where. Teeth mounted on gold, silver ana WI
canite. Nitrous Oxide, Gas and Chlorolorn11 ao-
ministered when desired. sepo-ly
Year: 1869

Politically we have done, each according to
the lights before him, the best that we could
under the Illuminating circumstances by which
we are surrounded, and the issue now rests
with those who ram home Constitutional Law
with their cartridges and carry the Civil Code IN
their scabbards We must wait the announce,
ment of the vote polled yesterday which, with
fair count, can have but one result, and rest
satisfied that We have endeavored to discharge
our duty as we understood it. But. there Is
another field in which the passive can be ex-
changed for the active attitude. We can all OF
us do something towards the material develop
ment of the State. Two blades of grass where
one grew before, two bricks raised where one
was laid before, work, economy, and prudent en-
terprise will give such an increase to the aggre-
| gate wealth Of the community that we may rely
upon acquiring the power which opuience ana
population always give, to manage our doIlestIc
affairs in our own way. Bear this IN nina. LII
is truth.


Adopting it as such, let us see those who have
been influenced in this election by eonsldeIa-
| tion of the material welfare of the State take
! off their coats and go to work like men tho
roughly in earnest.


By this means we may hope that our Austria
litz will not be followed by Z Waterloo. Nor
toM TUginidn.


CHEERFUL PEoPLE-God bless the cheerful
person !-lnan, woman child, old Or young, il
iiterate or educated, handsome or homely-
Over and above every other social trait stands
cheerfulness. What the sun is to nature-Wna
God is to the stricken heart which knows how
to lean upon him, arc cheerful persons IN tn'
house and by the wayside. They go unobtru
siyely about their silent MISSION brlgntenihe
IN ms society around them with the happines
beaming be- from their faces We love to sit nea
them We love the glance Of their eye, the ton


Of their voice. Little children find them out
oh! so quickly, amid the densest crowd, and
passing by the knitted brow and compresse'
, iip, glide near. and, laying a conhdng llttl
hand on their knee, lift their clear young eyes
those loving faces.
Year: 1869

An old gentleman, waiting for train in the
great depot at Chicago, recently, said TO by
siander :" Only think of it But little over
on part of which this depot Is nov built, for q
sorrel horse and saddle. and was fool enough to
keep the sorrel."
Year: 1869

TIE Union Pacific Railroad Company offer a
limited amount Of its First Mortgage Bonds at par.
Nine hundred and sixty miles of the line West from
Omaha are now completed, and the work is going on
through the Winter. As the distance between the
finished portion of the Union Central Pacific Rail
roads is less than 400 miles and both Companies
are pushing forward the work with great energy,
employing over $1,000 men, there can be no doubt
that the whole grand line to the Pacific will be open
for business ia the Summer OF 1859. The regular
Government Commissioners have pronounced the
Union Pacific Railroad to be first class in every
respect and the Special Commission appointed by
the President says:


Taken as q whole the Union Pacific Railroad has
been well constructed and the general route for the
line exceedingly well selected The energy and per-
severance with which the work has been urged for.
ward, and the rapidty with which it has been exc
cuted are without parallel history and in grandeur
and magnitude of undertaking it has never been
cqualed."


Besides donation from the Government OF $500
acres of land Dor mile the Company is entitled to
subsidy In IT, s. Bonds on its lines a. completed and
accepted at the average rate Of about $4,000 per
mile according to the difficulties encountered. for
which the Government takes second lien az secn-
rity The Company has already received $24,01s.OoO
of this subsidy being in full on the $40 miles that
have been examined by the United States Commls-
sioners. I...


GOVERNMENT AID--SECURTTY OF THE BONDS
BY its charter the Company is permitted To issue its
own First Mortgage Bonds 10 the same amount as
the Government Bonds, and no These Bonds
are a First Mortgage upon the whole road and all It's
equipments. Such mortgage upon what, for long
time will be the only railroad connecting the Allan
tic andPacfc States, takes the highest rank as
safe security


The price for the present is par and accrued inter
est at pc, cent from July J. 1865. ia currency BUD
Year: 1869

hold of the cheese, and the boy giving a
sudden pull, sprang into the middle of
the room, and swinging the mouse round
his head, astonishing the whole school
with the exclamation, II thwar, I've got
him
Year: 1869

For compensation Of the Congression-
al printer, and the clerks and and mes
sengers in his office, twelve thousand five
hundred and fourteen dollars Provided,
That the salary Of The foreman OF bind
ing in the government printing office
shall hereafter be eighteen hundred dol
lars per annum.
Year: 1869

1t was picturesque little villa, not
far out OF Prttsburg, furnished very like
a magnificent haby-house. Gerald sat
in a cushioned easy chair in tue garden,
Just where he could glance through the
Year: 1869

EVANSVILLE B. B. CA good
spring wagon will leave the corner of
Main and First Streets, for the Evans
vile Base Ball grounds, every Satur-
day afternoon, at " precisely half
past two o'clock. Those who wish to
ride must be in time"


By order of the President. je12-1t
Year: 1869

TIE JEWISH New YEAR 5630.-We have
already published the divine authority for
the observance Of the Jewish Festival of
New Year, or " Rosh Hashanah." Although
occurring in the first month, it is called the
SeUenh month because at the institution OF
the Passover, just prior to the departure
from Egypt. so important an era was their
exit to be that God commanded "this month
shall be a beginning of months" EXODUS
xiii, 2.)


The cornet, or trumpet, which is sounded
on the New Year, is made of a rams horn,
to commemorate the intended sacrifice Of
Isaac, on Mount Moriah, by his father,
Abraham, the anniversary Of which event
is at this period The blowing Of the COR
net is rite peculiar to this festival, be-
cause at the beginning Of the year the Is
raelites arc to renew their allegiance to
their Heavenly King, and it is also to re-
mind them OF "that great day when the
great trumpet shall sound, and these that
are wandering about in the land Of Ashur,
and the outcasts from the land Of Egypt,
shall come to worship the Lord on His holy
mount at jerusalem"


The service of the days arc of three
fold character !. Of Homdye-to invoke
he speedy approach Of the Kingdom of
God, when all mankind will arrive ut the
true knowledge Of their Creator, and unite
in the worship of the Supreme Bcncfactor.
2. OF MISUNDERSTANDING the
divine omniscicncc and providence. 3.
.Soundiny the COrnet-to celebrate that fu-
ture jubilee, when mankind will be free
from the fcttcs Of error, and acquire per-
fcction in the knowledge Of their God.


The festival is also the beginning of the
ten days of penitence, at the close of which
is the Great Day Of At0nement, of which
we shall give an account thereof in due
Year: 1869

ATToESEx-GESERsL HOAR's OPINION
This document, for three days eagerly look
cd for by our citizens, was eagerly sought
and read when it appeared in the DiSpatch
Ertra of Saturday morning. We acknow-
ledge the kindness of Captain Caziarc, OF
General Canby's staff, in furnishing us with
an early and accurate copy, thus enabling
US to satisfy the demand for the same. The
effect was coon visible in the general
Frightening up Of faces on the street:
Year: 1869

MONDAY, Aprn b-oP. M


The House Committee on BANKING ami Currency
had the redistribution b before them this morning.
Comptroller liniburd and Amasa Walker were
among those heard upon the matter. The committee
decided TO report the bli but the Washington de
spatches are not clear the nature extent OF
the notifications agreed upon.


The money market gave evidence today OF the
face that the case experienced ON saturday was not
wholly natural Throughout banking hours there
was q sharp demand. which was generally met az
seven per cent cnrrency, plus a commission OF one
sixteenth per cent per day The demand was increased
by the number OF new engagements In stocks, which
were bought more freely than usual In obedience to
an impression that higher figures may De booked
within the ensuing few days a result OF an ex.
pected easier state OF the money market The
Money Exchange, II II may be so called, which has
been extemporized on the sidewalk IN 'front.' OF the
Stock Exchange, was continued TO day, and Illegal
rates for money were openly bid and asked. In the
furry just before three O'Clock high an eighth
OF one per cent offered for the OF funds until
tomorrow, but those who were tardy In making up
their accounts were generally accommodated at a
sixteenth. Commercial was dun and there Is o
slight yielding IN discount rates.


Gold opened dull at decline from Saturdays
quotations. and in response the eject of notice
from Mr.. Van DycS, the Assistant Treasurer. that
coupons for interest due May would now be re-
ceIved for examination, and the same cashed, n
desired on rebate of the interest from the day OF
payment TO May l, at the rate OF SIX per cent per
amman In coin. The advance in exchange and an In
defnable impression that bonds abroad were weak.
gave irmer tone to the premium later in the day.
A..
Year: 1869

The Change in the United States District At


tOrney's Onice-N0tice to the Bar.


Before Judge Blatchford.


At the opening OF the court yesterday Judge
Blatchford made the following announcement
That In consequence OF the appointment of new
United States District Attorney he would not take
up the revenue and seizure cases on the jury caen.
dar for the April term, but would sit this week for
the hearing OF bankrupt Oases before jury and on
next Monday would take up the Circuit calendar OF
Jury cases.
Year: 1869

Cash gold was in less abundant supply and loaned
at rates ranging from five per for carrying down
to fat for Clearing House. In the afternoon one
loan was recorded at l-32 for carrying. The busi.
ness of the Gold Exchange Bank resulted as fol-
Year: 1869

A short time since, just at dark,
peddler, carrying o large pack,
appeared at the door of a wealthy
farmer in the town of Green Gar.
don, in this county, and requested
the privilege of remaining over
hight. The farmer being away
from home, he was Informed by
the hired manthat he could not
stay, He then requested the
privilege of leaving bis pack until
morning as he was very tired and
could not carry it further that
night. This was granted, and the
pack deposited in one corner Of the
sitting room. During the evening
some of the females OF tho house.
hold had occasion to move it, and
taking hold Of il discovered some
thing suspicious about its contents.
The hired man was called, and up.
on taking hold Of it found that it
contained a man. He quickly
stepped into an adjoining room and
returning with a revolver, motion
ed the family TO stand aside, and
proceeded to fire three shots into
it. A piercing shrek issued from
it, and on ripping off the outside
covering, q man with a large bowie
and revolver clinched in his
hands, was found welterlng in his
blood. Two of the shots had
proved fatal. The noighbors were
alarmed, but no traces of the ped.
dler who left the precious pack
could be found. ssa- M


Thus by mere accident, doubt.
less a shocking case of robbery,
and perhaps murder. was prevent.
ed. 1t was doubtless a plot to rob
the farmer, as it was known that
he had a large sum CT money in the
house. An inquest was held over
the body on the following morr.
ing and the verdict was that the
killing was jusGfiblo homicide. No
clue leadlngto the discovery OF
the name of the victim, or his ac>
complice, has, as yet, been ascer-
tanned. Such summary justice is
seldom meted ont to the guilty.
Year: 1869

How TO MAKE WRITING INK
Got half an ounce Of extract oI
logwood and ten grains of bichro.
mate Of potash. Be careful to ge!
d pure article. Desolve them in
a quart of hot rain water. When
cold, pour intoa a glass bottle, or
some vessel ct for chemical uses,
and leave it ancorked for ten or
twelve days. Exposure to the air
is indispensable, The ink is then
made. costing about FIVE cents a
quart. 1t is at first an intense
steel blue, but becomes black and
glossy as a ravens wing.
Year: 1869

PAY yourj pastor what you have
promised. II it be sufficient for his
temporal support, his mind will be free
from worldly cares, and he may give
himself up to the work Of his ministry
with cheerful, contented, and happy
heart. He will respect and love you
for your liberality, and labor the more
earnestly for your spiritual good. He
will not be easily drawn away to anoth-
er tield-at least he will not be ever
seeking change. Able to educate his
children, to supply his library with the
best books Of the day, happy in the
midst of home comforts, and able to
lay up little for the time when he
must be laid aside, he has nothing to
do but to study and labor for your good
and the Masters glory.


If the salary be inadequate, it is all
you promised, and perhaps all you aro
able to give. He knew it when he ac-
cepted your call. If he be man Of
earnest devotion to the work, willing
to make sacrifices of personal comfort
for the sake of preaching Christ, he
may reduce. his expenses TO his income,
and still be happy and useful. You
ought to appreciate his labor of love
and pay him by all means, to the day
and the dollar. You may be too poor
to give him more, but you cannot afford
to be dishonest, especially toward one
who is sacrificing so much for your
spiritual good.


But what is the pastor to do whose
salary is paid only in part, or in uncer-
tain instalments, coming in long after
the quarter has become due? What is
he TO do?3s How is he to sustain his
character for common honesty? Your
promise will not pay his butchers bills,
the grocer's, or the booksellers. How
can he love you as dear children in
Christ, or pray for you, or labor in the
study, the pulpit, or from house to
house, as he should? Is it a matter of
surprise that he should preach dull
sermons, and seldom call to spend
pleasant hour at your homes? Is it to
be wondered at, if he should become
dissatisfied with you, and you with
him, his ministrations Improbable to
you, his temper soured, and his charac-
ter and influence as minister of the
gospel ruinedT


No congregation can afford to let their
PASTORS salary remain unpaid. They
can better afford to borrow the money
at fifty per cent, than fail to meet their
just obligations to him, and bear the
consequences which inevitably follow
to both pastor and people. Pay your
pastor what you have promised. III.
Year: 1869




al who have committed an excess OF any kind
whether it be the solitary vice of youth, the sting
ing reDuke OF misplaced confidence in maturer years.
SEEK FOR An ANTIDoTE IN SEASON.
Iho Pains and Aches, and Lassitude and Nervous
Prostration that may follow Impure Cotton,
are the Barometer to the whole system.
DO not wait Tor the contamination that is sure to fol-
low; do not wait for Unsghtly Ulcers, foy
Disabled Limbs, for Loss Of Beauty


and
Year: 1869

The wonderful two-h headed girl Is stin on
exhibition in New England. She sings duets
by herself. She has a great advantage over
the rest Of her sex, for she never has to stop
talking to eat, and when she is not eating. she
keeps both tongues going at once. She has
lover, aud this lover is In a quandary, be-
cause at one and the same moment she ac-
cepted him with one mouth and rejected him
with the other. He does not know which to
believe. He wishes to sue for breach of
promise, but this is hopeless experiment,
because only half of the girl has been guilty
OF the breach. This girl has two heads, four
arms and four legs, but only one body, and
she Tor they is Tor are) seventeen years old.
Now is she her own sister? Is she twins?
Or, having but one body, land consequently
but one hearth is she strictly but one personp
If the above named young man marries her
will he be guilty of bigamy? This double
girl has only one name, and passes for one
girl-but when she talks back and forth at
herself with her two mouths, is she solilo-
quizing? Does she expect to have one vote,
or two? Has she the same opinions as herself
on all subjects, or does she differ sometimes?
Would she feel insulted if she were to spit in
her own face? Just at this point we feel
compelled to drop this investigation, for it is
rather too tangled far US.
Year: 1869




In some such spirit as this 1 come to regard
that culture of the taste for beauty and
strength, and fitness for the service OF man, OF
brute beasts at this New England fair. 1t is
useful in training the eye to appreciate per-
fection among human kind. This is the mean
ing and upshot OF it all-or it has no worthy
result. To this end only has this extreme
development or the horses speed and endur-
ance-before that most ignoble vehicle, the
trotttng sulky-a claim upon the attention OF
reasonable people.


am no such churl as TO refuse to Join IN
the pleasure of the delighted crowds in at
tendance upon the horse trotting. Such en-
thusiasm is momentarily catchingand think
the beasts themselves share it. But have
no stomach for reporting races and shall leave
that TO the sporting papers. In fact, as n
farmer, the mixture of the two quite separates
interests is sad grievance. Horse faneiere
are quite strong enough to run their affairs
without the help of an agricultural society,"
If agricultural shows languish without the
hustle and dust of a racing, then let them;
though believe both would de far better
alone. British experience abundantly shows
this. From hasty glance over the Fair
grounds this afternoon my impression is that
the best stock in the country remains az
home The breeder might be tempted TO
show the results of his years of care in shad-
and quiet green meadow, but common hui
manity as well as selfinterest viii prevent
him from exposing valuable animals the sec
ond time TO the hot and sulfocating air and
demoniac shoutings of the trotting park. No
possible hope of premiums will repay the
damage.


have been much pleased with the display
of miscellaneous articles in the new city hall,
itself an admirable building; of these and
other matters shall speak more particularly
in my next. Lodgings are scarce here i felt
a little ''giye'' in the arrangements of the
committee for the reception OF the press,n
when told at headquarters in an apologize
tone, that they "had run short of badges.
could do without the badge but should
have been thankful if the vaunted hospitality
of the committee had extended to the secur-
ing Of lodging. AT nieht-fall, your CORES
pondent, with scores OF others, like chickens,
ousted from their roosts, wandered about
among the boarding houses, and finally took
up with extemporized quarters in anew build
ing under the wing of the Adams house.
Board-biil collected in advance-which L take
to be an indication that L am here in bad COM
pany.