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Year: 1868

An irrcpressibie Yankee is boring n
hole in the Black Hills to furnish Che.
ycnne with volcano to be far superior to
Vesuvius in every respect. 1t will be
illuminated by natural means every fourth
of JnlY.
Year: 1868

ALCOHOL AND CRIME The arnu,l
report Of the Board Of State Charities in
Massachusetts, show that of all causes Of
crime in the State none are so fruitful as
lntemperance. This the reader considers
natural enough; he is MT prepared, how.
ever, tor the assertion that nearly eighty
per cent. of the criminals of Afassachu-
setts are Incorporate. A still greater
per ceniage of the crimes caa be traced,
indirectly, we are told, to The use of IL
quor. These figures are strong arguments
tor the prohibitionists Whatever we
may say about the practical working OF
prohibition, we have yet to see satisf,c.
tory results come from it. 1t i. absurd
to argue that the sale of liquor is -emes
thing with which the public have no more
right to interfere than with the sale Of
other goods. With such figures as these
before it the public has very decided
right ty take any measure 1t may think
proper to suppress the traffic in liquor.
Every man who has son has a right to
protect that son against bad Influences
ne strong natural right as the lion has
to protect his cub from injury. 1t is
proper logic to say that the man infringes
on the liberty of society, or the lion on
the liberty of the forest. The Question
TO be decided is not has the public
right to suppress the great cause of crime,
but how shall it do so most effectually
". J. Mail
Year: 1868

Is as extensive as that of any job
bing House in the States. Thesv
goods have all been purchased
from First Hands upon the mos
favorable terms, and will be offer
ed to dealers by the Package or
otherwise.


Purchasers are informed thai
this stock of goods is so extensive
that their wants can be supple z
for an indefinite period, without
making any change in the quality
of the articles that they may adopt
for use Our stock of
Year: 1868

How eloGuently does the Chatea-


BRAND reply to this inquiry:-There


is a God. The herd of the valley, the


cedars of the mountains bless him ;
the insects sport in the beams; the
elephants salute him with the rising
orb of the day; the birds sing of him
in the foliage; the thunder proclaims
him in the heavens the ocean de-
clares his immensely; man alone has
said, s'There is no God" Unite in
thought al the same instant is the
most beautiful object in nature; sup
pose you see at once all the hours of
the day and all the seasons of the
year; a morning of Spring and a
morning of Autumn anight bespan-
gled with stars and d night covered
with clouds; meadows enameled with
flowers and forests hoary with SHOWS /,
fields gilded by tints of autumn then
alone you have a just conception of
of the universe. While you are gaz
ing on that sun which is plunging
under the vault of the west, another
observer admirs him emerging from
the gildcd gates of the east. By
what inconceivable magic does that
aged star, which sinking, fatigued
and burning, in the shade of evening,
re-appear at the same instant. fresh
and humid with the dews Of morning?
At every instant Of the day the glori-
GUS orb is at once rising resplendent
at MONDAY, and setting in the west,
or rather our senses deceive us, and
and there is properly speaking no
east, west, north, OF south in the
world. Every thing reduces itself to
a single point, from whence the king
of the day sends forth a triple light
in one substance. The bright splen-
dor is perhaps that which nature can
present that is most beautiful; for
while it gives us an idea of the per-
petual masnifcenee and resistless
power of God, exhibits at the same
time a shining image OF the glorioue
Trinity.
Year: 1868

The Ohio Farmer says: "At pres
ent the wool trade is decidedly dull
there is enough of old wool in the
eastern citiesto supply the demand
unit the next clip come into market,
and then We look for prices to rule
low. But we have the best OF rea-
sons for believing that prices will be
better for wool and woOlen goods in
October than they will be in July
1t is a significant fact that sagacious
merchants are laying in their fall
stock of woolen goods off the spring
market, and that speculators are buy
ing up woolens to hold for rise
In view of all these facts, every man
must be his own judge as to the best
time for him to SELL"
Year: 1868

The weather being exceedingly pleasant all yestcr
day-an instalment of the summer that dawns upon
us to-day-the churches of the city were well at
tended at both morning and evening service. Below
we give resume of the more interesting of the SER
mons preached in the metropolis and in Brooklyn
Year: 1868

A natuTalizsd citizen
OF Ihe one party on re-
turn 60 the territory OF
the other psrty remains
liable 10 trial and pun
ishmept for an action
punishable by he laws
OF his original country


and committed before
his emigration saving,
always The limitation
established toy the laws
Of hIr original country.
Year: 1868

GENERAL GRANT.-Informaii ton received 10.
day at the Headquarters Of the Army is 10 the
effect that General Grant will remain al Den
yer, here be is to day, for two or three days
only, his intention being 20 return shortly tc
81. Louis.
Year: 1868

SINCE loo Senator Anthony ha. occupied
tie oDerous position OF head OF the alphabet
cal list OF Senators. but he is now displaced by
Senator Abbott. II is not altogether agreeable
TO he at the head OF roll, and forced TO give a
more careful attention 10 business than those
who can take their cue from other. who vote
before them.
Year: 1868

A late Parish fashion letter contains the
following:


am assured on good authority that the
fashion of dresses panieT is to bring back
once more that of hair poWder-the real
powder of Louis XV.'s days hope / am
not guilty of gossip, but it is whispered
that certain great lady's hair is begin
ming to show the inevitable thin streaks CT
gray, and that some of the Young fair
beauties who Surround her have hit upon
the device of powder. The first half of the
season at the Tuileries is announced for the
22d inst, and there is good deal of Curl
osity eviEced abont powdered heads on the
occasion. | suppose there are more bald
headed and gray-haired men at these Tuile-
ries gatherings than at any other receptions
in Paris. There are quite enough white
locks to satisfy the most ardent admirers
of these hoary signs Of age it would,
therefore, he pity if the many yonng and
beautiful women who compose and sur
round the court circle nse artificial means
20 match the slerner sex. The gold and
ebon locks which poets sing about are suTe-
ly far more TO he admired than this powder,
which renders blonde paler still, and most
certainly darkens q bruno
Year: 1868

The following remarkable occurrence Is
vOuched for by gentleman of Yaracity, a
correspondent of the New York Herald,
who writes from Sidney, New South Wales,
and viii be put on record as one of the
wonders of modern times:


On the night of the solar eclipse a great
deal of electrical disturbance was observed,
and all through the month meteors have
been seen almost nightly. Just after the
eclipse one of the most singular incidents
probably that ever occurred took place.
AS the schooner Urania was passing
Crowley Head about half an hour
after midnight on the 18th uIt, a
a ball of fire" fell Immediately over the
vessels stern, exploded with q loud report
Ike that of heavy piece of ordnance, and
killed the steersman, a man named Sales.
Every one on board felt violent shock like
that of volcanic battery, but no one except
Sales was seriously injured. Sparks of fire
were scattered ell about the deck and the
flash OF the meteor was so brilliant that the
steward, who was lying in a berth below,
saw the fire through the calked seams of
the deck His cabin was at the same time
filed with smoke which blackened some pa
pers lying about The paint on all the aft
part of the ship was discOlOred, similarly
to what it might have been had the ship
been smoked with charcoal" A peculiar,
indescribable smell was perceived for some
time after the explosion and a quantity of
fakes like the SCOT from a steamers funnel
were scattered about the deck. The meteor
apparently travelled with the wind, which
was from the south. The body of Sales, the
man who was killed, appeared to be black
ened, but showed no other marks Of injury.
Sales was a young man, about twenty-three
years of age, and is described as a smart
seaman.
Year: 1868

We ask a careful consideration of the
following article. We clip from the edito-
rial columns of the Nashville Banner The
facts and figures therein given will convince
the most skeptical of the truth Of the asser-
ton that there is more profit in manufac-
turing cotton than there is in raising cot
ton. We do hope that our monied men
will erect large and we'll arranged manu-
factory here, and thus lend an additional
impetus to the advancement of our home
Improvements


COTTON MANUFACTURE VS.. COTTON RAISING.


We are gratified to learn that the sugges-
tions contained in our recent article en-
titled " How Tennessee may be made a
great State" have produced a favorable
effect in the quarter toward which they
were directed If, indeed, the capitalists
of Nashville have really begun to consider
whether cotton manufacturing may not in
vOlve more profit than raising the staple It
SELF or an inves tmeut in Government bonds,
or shaving notes at ever so usurOus an in
terest per month, they shall have the full
benefit of whatever aid we can afford in
their commendable search after the truth.
For this reason we to-day bring forward an
incentive SGl4I more potent Gnan Gne enOr-
nous premium which Eastern cotton mill
shares command above their par value
no less an inducement than the
fact that cotton mills in the South
are even now paying dividends which
would clOy the avaricious cravings of
Shylock himself Now to the figures This
vital question is, after all, but matter of
figures and they never lie. We quote from
the report of VIM. E. jackson, President of
the Augusta (Ga) Cotton Manufacturing
Company, showing the operations of the
Augusta Factory, for the first six months of
the present year:


In presenting my twentieth semi-annuaI
report, it is with pleasure 1 can state the
condition of the Company is very favor
able.


The gross earnings for the past


six months have been......... $l35, ,5l065
Interest received. 3,92l.65
Year: 1868

we are liable for water rent and city taxes.
The water rent is fixed in perpetuity at
$3,402 per annum for the present number of
our spindles. The amount for city taxes is
as yet unsettled.


1t would be pleasure TO give in detail,
in pamphlet form, the operations of the
Company for the past ten years, but the ex-
traordinary times IF the late war would
form no correct idea of what we might hope
for in the future, and there are many things
connected with that period which have
heretofore been explained, and would re-
uuire repetition, that upon the whole 1t
might be desirable not to reopen the mat
ter Suffice it TO say, cur present condition
Is rather an enViable one; being entirely
free from debt, SUFFICIENT commercial capital
to conduct the business successfully in Ordi-
Year: 1868

Ages upon ages ago the tide was out, and
the muddy beach lay smooth us this sheet of
paper before me. a cloud passed over the
sky, and shower Of big rain or hail came
down, and pitted the mud as thick as leaves
on the trees. n strong wind drove the drops,
so that the impressions were n little one sided.
They had written their short history as plain
as my pen can write and even the direction
from which the wind blew was recorded
Some great frogs and lizards which used to
live there, came hopping over the mud, and
LETT their tracks also deeply printed on the
shore. BY aud by the great waves came soft
ly stealing up and covered the whole surfaco
with fine sand, aud SO the tracks were seen
no more for ages upon ages. The clay hard
ened into solid rock, and so did the sand ; aud
after all these thousands Of years had passed
away, some masons came upon the curious in
scriptiOns. Men of science, who are skilled
in reading these stony leaves of Gods great
book read, as plainly as if they had been pro-
sent, the story of that passing shower. IL
had been written on the sOftest clay, but it
was read on solid rock.


So your hearts to-day are like the soft clay
Everything stamps them, but the stamps arc
not easy to remove. They will be there when
you are grown up to be a man or woman
., what deep dark prints the bad words of
evil associates make But how lovely it will
be to recall the record which kind aud loving
actions make upon the soul


There is another place. where all our ac-
tions are written down, which we should
never forget. 1t is the book God keeps in
heaven. We can never bear to meet that rc-
cord unless we have Jesus Christ for our Sa-
viour. Then we shall know that nothing
there will ever appear TO condemn us. We
shall rejoice when God calls US to come and
appear before Him.
Year: 1868

The following article concerning the printer
will be appreciated by members of the craft as
clever effort, worthy the comic genius of
Hood. All our readers will understand it,
and acknowledge its truth:


"The printer is the most curious being
living. He may have a bank and QuoirS and
yet not be worth cent-haye SMALL CAPS
and have neither wife nor children. Others
run fast, but he gets along swiitest by setting
fast. He may be making impressions without
eloquence-may use the lie without offending,
and be telling the truth-while others cannot
stand while they set, he can set standing, and
he does both at the same time-have to use
furniture and yet own no dwclling-may make
aud put away pi, and yet never see a pie,
much less eat it-be human being and rat
at the same time-may press a great deal and
not ask favor-may handle shooting -irom
ard yet know nothing about cannon, gun or
pistol-he may move the tever that moves the
world and yet be as far from moving the globe
as hog with his nose under mole hill
spread sheets without being housewife-he
may lay his .forn; on bed, and yet be obliged
to sleep on the bare foor-use the 6agGer(+)
without shedding blood, and from the earth
handle the stars, (***). He may be Of a
rolling disposition aud never desire 10 travel
he may have Sleeps JJooh and not be deform-
ed-never be without case, and know moth
ing about law and physic-be always correct
ing his errors, and growing worse every day
have an embrace ~ without ever having
the arms of lass thrown around him-dis-
tribute the metaIic all around him daily, and
yet be as uucharitab'e as the veriest miser-
have his form locked up and be free from Jail,
watch house, or any other place of coDfne-
ment-his Office may have Ae'tin it, and not
be such a bad place after all-he may be
plagued with a devtI, and be a christian of the
best kind. And, what is stranger still, he,
honest or dishonest, rich or poor, drunk or
sober, industrious or lazy, he always stands
up to his business" TYPO.
Year: 1868

THE TRUNDLE BED.-The balmiest sleep
we ever experienced was when we were nest
ling in the old trundle bed with a curly
headed brother just turned out of the parent
nest to make room for a new customer. But
trundle bed dreams were soon at an end, for
when the next customer came we were crowd
ed out of the trundle bed to make room for
the next that was turned out of the parent
nest, and so they kept alternating for years
until we were fairly turned out into the world. =.


o! where are the little heads, that we have
kissed thousand times DER as they nestled
in the old trundle- bed? Soma Of them have
grown old aud gray and others are resting
upon their everlasting pillow in widely sepa-
rated lands. We are always sad when We
think of the old trundle-bed
Year: 1868

A TIMELY THoUGHT.-There is no calling
or profession, however ensnaring in many re-
spects to christian mind, provided it be not
in itself simply unlawful, wherein God has
not raised up faithful witnesses, who have
stood forth as examples to others in like situ-
ations, of the practicability of uniting great
eminence in the christian life with the dis
charge of the duties of their profession, how
ever difficult
Year: 1868

Judge Thomas, in the Loudouu Circuit
Court, has decided in favor of the validity
of sale of land during the war for Confed-
crate money. The former owner tried TO get
the land back.
Year: 1868

When the sitting Legislature assembled
for organization, the pampered and
spoiled creatures of despotism who con-


stituted its majority turned, with not un-
expected insolence, to heap insult and
indignity upon the military authority to
whose instrumentality they owed what
ever eminence and power Of their own
they could boast Wills they were then
swaggering in affected independence of
federal protection, the Crescent took oc-
casion to say that they would be plunged
into dismay and despair if they should
be, in fact, as well as in theory, left to
take care of ofthemselves by the entire and
final withdrawal of military interference
on the part Of the federal government
This remark was met by carpet bag
scribblers with ribald jests and sHeers
perfectly appropriate to their vocation.
But its prophetic truth is already attested
by the carpet-bag leaders in the legisla-
turs. Even thus early their fears have
got the better Of their arrogance, and
they are now seen praying for aid from
the military authority with an abjectness
quite in keeping with the insolent swag-
ger with which they but recently treated
It l1a-ll


The Joint resolution, passed day before
yesterday, requesting the General of the
Armies to furnish troops for the preser-
vation Of peace and order in this State,
is simply petition that the people of the
State shall again, for the benest Of car
et.baggery, be put under the military
duress which attended the execution OF
the reconstruction actE While the au-
thors Of this resolution pretend to con-
slider reconstruction an accomplished
fact, while they pretend TO represent the
people Of the State and 10 belong 10 q
civil government which is in itself com
plete and self-sus.aining, the resolution
is, both in form and general purport, a
scsndalous contradiction Of all these pre-
lenses. For il not only confesses the in
trinsic impoteney Of the present State
Government BY appealing for help to
federal power. but Il calls for this help At
the hands Of Ger. Grant, just as though
be we're still, by express authorization Of
the reconsiruction acts, experimenting
the enforcement Of those scts-Nese Or
lsaas Cresceat
Year: 1868

How very odd that poets should suppose
There is poetry about the nose,


When plain As is mans nose upon his face,
A noseless face would lack poetic grace
Noses have sympathy, lover knows,


Noses are always touched when lips are Kissing
And who would care to kiss if nose missingf
Why, what would be the fragrance Of a rose
And where would be the mortal means of telling
Whether Q vile or wholesome odor flows
Around us, if we owned no sense of smelling?
know . nose-a nose no other knows .
Meath starry eyes, Ger ruby lips it grows
There's beauty in its FORM and music in its blows!
Year: 1868

The Helena Herald of the 1st inst,
tells the following remarkable story of
new gold discovery in Montana:


We were shown yesterdy some of the
richest quartz that we ever looked upon.
It was of a liver color and was streaked
with large flakes Of gold which seemed
to lie in layers through it and bind it
together It was from a new lode which
was discovered last Sunday afternoon
by David Blacker and Geo. Ohlman at
a point one and half miles distant
from Radersburg, in a Southwesterly
direction and on the west side of Pine
creek. The Ledge goes by the name Of
the "Leviathan,' and some idea of its
immense richness may be formed when
we state that over one hundred and two
dollars were taken from one pan of dirt
found in the crevice, and it is beloved
that from pan full Of the rock already
taken out, $500 could be Obtained
When first struck and at the depth of
about one foot below the surface of the
ground, the lode was but one inch in
thickness, bat at the depth of three and
q half feet, It had attained q width of
twelve inches Of solid gold bearing
quartz aud was still increasing in size.
| If the hopes entertained Of this ledge
are realized, it must add greatly to the
wealth and prosperity of our territory.
Year: 1868

The editor of the Intelligencer affects
great distress over our mode of replying
to the indecency with which his columns
have been filled for the past week. We
have only to say that he inaugurated
that style of warfare aud if his own
weapons have been turned against him
he has nobody to blame but himself.
Whenever he merits respectful treat
ment he will receive it, but so lorg as
as h. shows himself dead to decency he
may expect to be placed in the same
ridiculous position which he occupied
on yesterday when he whined so pite-
ously for public commiseration and sym
pathy.
Year: 1868

MARK TWAIN tells the following story
of one of the small republics of South
America:


"There was war in one of these little
republics-the one have been describ-
ing. The General-in-Chief asked the
President for three hundred men; the
President ordered the Minister of War
to furnish them: the forces-.just the
number wanted-were down on the sea
coast somewhere. The Minister of War
requested the Minister of the Navy to
place the navy of the republic at the
disposal of the troops, so that they
might have transportation to the seat
of war. The Minister of the Navy Gan
official who had seen as little of ships
and oceans as even Mr.. Secretary
Welles) sent a courier to where the
schooner was with the necessary order
for the Lord High Admiral. The Lord
High Admiral wrote back: Your Ex-
cellency: 1t is impossible. You must
be aware that this is Cotton schooner.
There is not room for three hundred
men in her The stern old salt in the
Navy Office wrote back: Impossible
Nonsense. MAKE room. Heave the
tons overheard and briug the soldiers
ANY way to get them there, so they got
them there, was all this brave sea-horse
called for"
Year: 1868

The fearful increase of the public
debt, S3S9, ,672 per dsy-Sl6,236 per hour
over S276 per minute, and SAC every
time the clock ticks second, is we'll
calculated to alarm people already
crushed to the very earth with taxation
to pay the interest.


One of the best printing presses
driven by steam, and rusning uninter-
ruptedly day and night, could not, in
one dollar bills, print enough green
backs to keep up with this terrible and
useless increase of the burthens of the
people.
Year: 1868

Those who vote for GRANT vote to
continue hard times and high taxes.
This is certain. The Radicals will in
crease the expenses of the Government,
increase the debt, increase the taxes,
and General GRANT is pledged not to
oppose the action of Congress, no mat
isr what that action may be.
Year: 1868

THE Radical idea of economy is to
cut down the appropriation bills, and
at the same time increase the national
expenditures with a direct view to sup
pIementing the appropriation bills to
meet the increased expenditures. Will
the people be cheated by such shallow
dcyicess
Year: 1868

VOTE FOR GRANT if you want stand
ing army to crush out the liberties of
the people in ten States, if you want a
Freedmen's Bureau through which mil
lions are squandered, if you want to
work to maintain the lazy blacks of the
South, If you want to sanction a Con-
gress that increases the national debt
in time of peace, while, at the same
time, the taxes are piled up mountain
hi,.h