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Year: 1868

AFFLICuoN.-A merchant was one day
returning from market He was on horse
back, and behind him was valise filed with
money. The rain fell with violence. and the
good old man was wet to his skin At this
he was vexed, and murmured because God
had given him such bad weather for his
journey, He soon reached the borders Of a
thick forest What was his terror on be-
holding on one side of the road robber
with levelled gun, aiming at him, and at
tempting to FIRE? But the powder being
wet by the rain the gun did not 60 of, and
the merchant, giving spurs to his horse, for
tunately had time to escape. As soon as he
found himselfsafe, he said to himself How
wrong was not to endure the rain patient
y as sent by Providencel If the weather
had been dry and fair; | should not probab
~, have been alive at this hour, and nv lit
tie children would have expected my return
in vain. The rain which caused me to mur-
mur came at fortunate moment, to save
my life aud preserve my property. 1t Is
thus with a multitude of our affections, they
preserve Us from others far greater, and Of
longer duration.
Year: 1868

AN ABSURD IDEA. How exquisitely alb
surd TO tell girl that beauty is no value
dress of no value. Beauty is of value; her
whole prospect in life may often depend
upon new gown, or becoming bonnet,
and if she has FIVE grains Of common sense,
she viii find this out. The great thing is to
teach her their just value, and that there
must be something better under the bonnet
than pretty face, for real happiness, But
never sacrifice truth
Year: 1868

To CURE FRS. For fit of passion, walk
in the open air.


For a fit of idleness, count the ticking of
a clock


For fit of extravaganza or folly, go to
the work-house.


For a fit of ambition, go into a church
yard and read the grave-stones


For a fit of repining, look about for the
halt and the blind, and visit the bed-ridden
and afflicted.
Year: 1868

The stern, half sunk in the slim
Rots slowly away in its living gr9


And the green moss creeps DER i'll alecay
Hiding the mouldering dust away.


Like the hand atplants DER the tomb er
Or the ivy that mantes fallen tower
While many blossom of liveliest hue
Springs up Ger the stern of the old canoe
The currentless waters are dead and still
But the light winds play with the boat at will,
And lazily in and out again


Its floats the length of its rusty chain,
Like the weary march of the hands of time,
That meet and part at the MONDAY chime;
And the shore is kissed at each turn anew
BY the dripping bow of tbs,ol canoe. &
Oh, many time with careless hand
L have pushed it away from the pebbly strand,
And padded it down where the stream ran


quick


Where the whirls were wid and the storm was


thick;


And laughed as leaned DER the rocking side,
And looked below in the broken tide,
To see that the faces and boats were two
That were mirrored back from the old canoe
But now, as lean DER the crumbling side,
Aud look below in the sluggish tide,
The face that I see is graver grown
And the laugh that heard has sober toue.
And the hands that lent to the light skiff wings
sliave grown familiar with sterner things;
FBaf5z IGzsAnkQ think of the hours that flew,
AS u the whirls their wild spray
Ere the blossoms m5sed green grass grew
Ger the mouldering stern Of Tie old canoe.
Year: 1868

nevoted to Literature and General News
~ The Discussion OF State and National
Iopics--The Welfare of the Planting Interest
The Progress of Southern Commerce, and
| the Regeneration of Prosperity in the South


ern States.
Year: 1868

Tie VIII Accept the Democratic NOminatios
and Garry Out Democratic Principies-COn-
scrvative Republicans Coming TO His sup-
port.


RICHMOND. Va, June l5 1863
report has been current here for a day or two
that Chief Justice Chase would in letter positively
decline a nomination by the democratic party prior
to the Convention of the Fourth OF July In New
York. am authorized to state that such Is not the
case. If the democracy shall adopt platform In
accordance with the well known principles OF Mr.
Chase he will serve, with the purpose Of proclaim.
Ing general amnesty, restoring peace. aboAshins
military RUE and establishing the finances OF the
country on firm basis.


MI chase is now IN receipt OF communications
from the leading republicans OF the East, West and
North assuring him that II he receives the democratic
nomination on Platform embodying universal suf-
frage they will heartily cooperate In his election.
So numerous have these been that there Is every
evidence OF the widest disaecton towards the weak
and puere platform adopted at Chicago by the adi-
GALS


The people here having no voice now are deter
mined to support the New York nominee at any and
all hazards.


Chief Justice Chase, in company with General
Henry A. Wise, visited the African church yesterday
during divine service
Year: 1868

The yacht Sappho has recently been provided with
new spars, and in full sailing trim. She went
down the bay ON sunday on trial trip and returned
yesterday.


The yachts Idler, Dauntless and Henrietta, three OF
the yachts which TO compete in the approaching
races, have been taken to the Screw Docks where
they are now lying awaiting such slight repairs as
The Idler is already out OF water In the dock and Is
having her bottom rapidly cleaned and painted. The
Dauntiess was TO be taken up last night cut no re-
pairs will be begun until to-day. She 10 still floating
In the water, as Is also the Henrietta.
Year: 1868

As expected, this game resulted in favor OF
the Atlancs The game Of the previous day with the
Mutuals was more than the TriMounains could repeat.
With poor fielding and batting, and incompetent
umpire the Tri Mountains almost paralyzed before
the Atlancs. They beaten with that ease, which
characerzes the Atancs's play whenever they meet
visiting club. full report cannot be OF interest when
game terminates with such Onesded totals Six innings
blanks only for the visitors and no less than 10 Tor
the Atlancs. In the seventh BarTOws made good hit
past center field took his third base breaking the ice
he well followed on good hits by Feeman, Franklin
and Kelly all OF whom came home In the ninth inning,
Iyons added to the score. The huantcs Int
Bucks pitching they pleased and ran the bases with
immunity The following is the score
Year: 1868

SnELDoNs NorIoNs OF Moral HONESTY
They that cry down moral honesty, cry down
that which is great part of religion-ay
duty towards God, and my duty towards man.
What care / to see man run alter a sermon
If be cozen and cheat, as soon as he comes
home On the other side, morality must
not be without religion; for, if so, it may
change, as 1 SEQ convenient. Religion must
Govern it. He that has not religion to govern
his morality is not q drachm better than my
mastiff dog so long as you coax and please
him, lie will play with you as fine as may be
he is very good moral mastiff but, if you
hurt him, be will fly into your face end tear
out your throat
Year: 1868

met her in the quiet lane


One Sabbath morning early;
The sun was bright, although the rain
Still glittered on the barley.
The lark was singing to his mate,


The wild bells chimed their warning,
We paused awhile outside the gate;
We fingered till it was too late


To go to church thai. morning.
Again NE met. The whispering leaves
Glanced nigh in sight and shadow;
The reapcrs piled the yellow sheaves;
The bees hummed DER the meadow.
The royal sun rose up in state,


Our marriage day adorning;
The bells rang out wide stood tho gate,
And neither of US was too late


To so to church that morning.
Year: 1868

ASHLAND MEMORIAL DAY-A TOUCHING
INC1DENT.-Yes Yesterday the ladies of Ashland
decorated the graves of the Confederate
dead, who sleep in quiet little spot neatly
enclosed, and shaded by grand old forest
trees. This Woodland Cemetery, as they
have called it, contains the remains of three
hundred Of our soldiers, nearly all Of whom
were from the far South.


It was pretty sight to see the large num-
Der of ladies and the little children bearing
in their arms baskets and bouquets Of exqui-
site flowers to honor the memory of the no
BILE men who fell in their country's cause so
far away from their own loved homes.


One incident occurred which touched the
feelings of all. The grave of Federal
soldier was found. "Shall we decorate this
grave e?'' said lady. For moment there
was silence, and then with one voice all
said, Yes, for hes5leeps now side by side
with our own dead" And the same fair
hands which decorated the graves of the
southern soldiers now strewed flowers over
the grave of their enemy, sleeping so silent
ly by their sides.
Year: 1868

NEWS Boy IN TRoUBLE.-Yesterday af-
ternoon while crowd Of news boys was
near the corner of Main and
Ninth streets, negro came along and
snatched sum of money from one of them.
The thief ran, pursued with immense hue
and cry by the whole party, by some of
whom he was soon captured in an alley af-
ter running square or two, the boy reco-
vering his I" stamps"
Year: 1868

SUPPORTING CHAHooS.-There was 9
meeting of nearly hundred black and
white Radicals yesterday evening to sus-
tain Mayor Chahoon in his action about re-
moving the police, From appearance the
Getting was dead-failure.


There can be no doubt Of the fact that
our most respectable citizens and all. the
property holders are in favor Of. the reten-
;tion Of Major Poe and our present active
and efficient police force. = s..
Year: 1868

MILITARY CHANGEs.-We learn from
Headquarters that the sub-district of Peters
burg, lately under the command Of General
Stoneman, will be discontinued, and the
business of the district done through the
Office in this city.
Year: 1868

The correspondent of the New York
Tribune writes the following to that paper.
1t discloses the same determined spirit to
prevent peaceable election and fair
vote that existed here for weeks prior to
the election:


SAVANNAH, November 3.-The Republi-
cans OF this city have been prevented from
voting to-day for the following reasons:
First, only three ballot boxes were pro-
vided by the Ordinary for polling nearly
seven thousand votes; these boxes were iu
one room. An immense crowd collected
when the polls opened at seven o'clock,
and constantly increased thereafter, voting
being delayed purposely by Democrats.
who challenged every Republican on the
ground Of non payment Of taxes. This
delay resulted in great uneasiness, as it was
evident Democratic trick to compel every
Republican to swear in his vote and thus
overcome their majority. The uneasiness
soon manifested itself by iostling in the
crowd, and an officer who desired to
stop this trouble was indiscreet enough to
fire his revolver either directly into or lust
over the crowd. This shot caused a rush
OF the Democratic police-all old Confede-
rate soldiers, ready for the fray-into tae
living mass of unarmed Republicans
mostly blacks, firing about one hundred
shots into them. There was not the least
occasion for such violence. So savage was
the attack, and so blind were the assail-
ants, that they actually shot two of their
own number in the confusion. Little or
no resistance was made by the crowd, who
fed ia all directions, having come to the
polls unarmed, in accordance with in
structions from the Radical leaders. Sew
eral were killed, and many more wounded.


The Post Commander being appealed to
by the civil authorities TO furnish troops
demurred and hesitated nearly half an
hour, and then only consented on a formal
written application, after quiet was re-
stored, and the Republicans. finding the
managers Of the election nearly all Demo-
cratic, and considering the persistent
challenging and violent demonstrations
threats and intimidation as conclusive
evidence Of determination on the part of
Democrats that they should not poll their
vote, had retired en- masse from the polls.
A large meeting was Immediately held and
every colored Republican advised to 20
quietly home, as it was simply impossible
to poll the vote of the city at three boxes,
even if there were no challenges to delay,
and the treatment already received by the
colored population satisfied them that
they could expect nothing but violence.
Year: 1868

A special Washington dispatch to the
Chicago Tribune explains the causes of the
difficulty in Florida. He says:


The trouble in Florida is, to a consider
able extent, personal. Governor Reed and
Lieutenant Governor Gleason were both
from Wisconsin. The Governor is an old
journalist, always Republican and is a
man of considerable culture. The Lieu
tenant Governor was lumberman and
Democratic politician at the breaking out
Of the war. He is man of some force, but
entirely without culture. The Governor
represents the moderate element and the
views Of the Republican party, while
the Lieutenant Governor is an ex-
tremist of the extremists. The new
Consultation gives the Governor
great deal of patronage, and the in
mediate cause of the present quarrel
is in the fact that he has not made appoint
ments satisfactory to the Lieutenant-Goy-
ernor and his friends, The Mr.. jenkins
who brought forward articles of imueach-
men; is one of the Gleason faction. The
Legislature came together last Tuesday for
the sole and simple purpose of casting the
electoral vote Of the State, and whether
the articles are or are not well founded, it
is clear that this was not the proper time
for preierring them.
Year: 1868

A BERKSHIRE COUNTY RONANcE-A
young man from Western Massachusetts, on
his way to New York on one of the Hudson
River boats, recently made the acquaintance
of lady of middle age, who seemed much
interested in him, and who at length told
him that he greatly resembled q son of hers
who had died not long ago. Before separa.
ting from him, she gave him an urgent in
vitation to call at certain number in New
York, which he promised to do. On arri-
wing at the place appointed he found that it
was not the residence of his fellow traveller,
but of friend of hers who had daughter
of engaging appearance. but apparently IN
i'll health. This young lady, it appears, was
the betrothed of the young man who was
dead. Owing to his striking resemblance to
the deceased lover, our friend from Berkshire
was received with great cordiality, and was
urgently invited to call again, which he did,
and before he left the city he was engaged to
marry the young lady. Shortly after return.
ipg to his home word came that his
afianced, whose health was greatly impair.
ed. was much worse, and he returned to the
city and remained with her until her death.
This young lady had about $4,000 in her
own right, and during her sickness, with the
free consent of her parents, she bequeathed
il all to her intended, and he has since
come into full possession of the entire amount
in Government bonds. Being a poor Young
man, of excellent habits, this legacy will
undoubtedly be of great use to him, though
it can poorly compensate for the loss of one
to whom he had become 80 deeply attached
under such eircumstances.-Sprinqtfeld Re-
,,ubIicda
Year: 1868

DAN SICKLEs ON PENDLEToNIAN STATESMAN
sHIP.-The following is from General Sickles'
speech in Philadelphia, on reception Of the
news of the Republican victory in Maine:


And then comes along Pendleton, another
fnancier, and he informs US that the war for
the suppression of the rebellion has cost him
and every other Democrat S74 %. Laugh
ter. Now, that is a statement for him i
While the whole country, from Maine to the
Gulf is profoundly agitated with the present
and future of our land while every heart
beats with solicitude to know what fate the
future has in store for us; while the widow
mourns the husband lost at Antietam; while
the mother weeps over the son who fell in the
Valley; while the orphan mourns the father
who went down in the Cumberland, gallantly
fighting to the last. George II. Pendleton was
"doing his sum-"


George II. Pendleton was calculating to
the farthing how many coppers it cost the
Copperheads to have their rebellion put down,


cheers and that is what the Democrats call
craftsmanship. That is what they mean by
keeping the eyes of the country on debt and
taxation. Oh ! Pennsylvania, you cannot,
you will not forget the countless lives lost on
the hundred fields for the preservation of the
Union. But it was reserved for Pendleton to
recount the pecuniary sacrifice it cost him to
have our triumph achieved.


Think of Benjamin Franklin counting the
cost of the Declaration of Independence
Imagine William Pitt counting how many
pennies Waterloo cost England: Think, if
you can, of Conrow counting the value of the
life Dessaix gave to France on the field of
Marengo. And then the Democratic states
man goes all the way to Maine to utter his
lamentations over the severe sacrifice he made
of seventy-four dollars and twenty-eight cents


Laughter. But as his sacrifices were only
pecuniary, they are not yet beyond the reach
of consolation. and therefore l have great
pleasure in saying to him, and his friends
who lament with him, in the name of the SOL
diers and sailors-the men who have made
unnumbered sacrifces-that we are ready to
indemnify Pendleton and all other peace men
at the rate of S74 2S head, payable in Con-
federate money
Year: 1868

A REMARKABLE SwINDLE.-The Oswego
IN. " Palladium of Sept. 10th has the
following:


Yesterday rural looking lady and gentle
man of Sterling, Cayuga county, called upon
one of the Justices of the Peace and expressed
a wish to be married. The pair were made
man and wife. This morning they reap
peared, and each in turn desired that the
proceedings might be annulled. The lady
was particularly urgent. She charged that
she had been entrapped into marrying the
man who stood beside her by piece of
unparalleled deception. She had been cor
responding with her cousin in Iowa, whom
she had not seen since she was a child, and
during the correspondence her relative had
wooed and won her affections He wrote
that he was coming on here in December to
claim her hand and take her to his home in
the West. On Monday last the swain to
whom she was married made disappearance,
claimed to be her cousin, and be could not
wait until December etc. On the strength
of these representations she had reluctantly
consented to wed. She had since learned
that the man whom she had married was not
her cousin, but wretch who had secured
his wife by base deception. The man
acknowledged his culpability, but pleaded
in extenuation that the Iowa cousin had read
him the letters of his intended; that these
bad influenced him to do as he had done.-
His conscience smote him so previously since
the accomplishment of his treachery, that
he made full confession to the lady he had
so shamefully wronged. He had hoped to
reconcile her to the fraud, but she would not.
He was now willing to make the only amends
he knew of, viz: have the marriage con-
lract annulled. The magistrate suggested
that he had not the power to unmarry them.
He advised that as matters had progressed
thus far. it would be better for the lady to
make the best of a bad bargain, and accept
the situation. After good deal of persua-
sion on the part of the bridegroom, the lady
finally decided to accept the advice of the
magistrate, on the assurance that the said
bridegroom would I" make it all right" with
the genuine cousin away off in Iowa. Upon
this happy settlement the lady dried her
eyes, and the happy pair departed.
Year: 1868

SOCIAL LovE-How sweet is social atfec'
ton When the world is dark without, we
have light within. When cares disturb the
breast, when sorrow broods about the heart,
what Joy gathers in the circle we love we
forget the world, with all its anImos,.les,
while blessed with social kindness. mat
man cannot be unhappy, who has hearts that
yibrate in sympathy with his own, who is
cbeered bv the smiles of affection and the
voice of tenderness. Let the world be dark
and cold, let the hate and animositty of bad
men gather about him in the place OF business
but when he enters the ark of love, bis own
cherished circle. he forgets all these, and the
clouds pass from his brow and the sorrow
from his heart. The warm sympathles of his
wife and children dispel every shadow, and
he feels thrill of joy in his bosom which
words are not adequate to express. He who
is stranger to the joys of social kindness
has not begun to live.
Year: 1868

The sentimental editor of paper down
South relates his melancholy experience with
a swamp angel:


A man loves girl-be she lovely as Helen
or hldeous as squirting Sally. without intel
llgence to set a rat trap-simply because he
can't help it. He can no more control his
feelings in that respect than he can roost on
a sunbeam. We know it-we've been there.
We were smitten with a queenly creature
once, and have since fostered big disgust
for her; but it's like preaching the gospel to
a sailor futile.


Oft swore to love her never,


Yet love her more than ever


Such girl as she was, too none of your
short, dumpy, yellowish kind, feet and a
half been the eyes and built like a scuttle-
butt-nary. Her form was the incarnation
OF symmetry, and every movement was
sylph-llke and graceful-but nature didn't
break the dies she was nodded in. as there
were nine more in the family; her complex
ion was that of dazzling fairness, which all
women sigh for-like a snowy-white rose
blushing beside poppy, her eyes of heaven
ly, enchanting corulean, such as are seen but
once In creation, into which a fellow could
gaze enraptured, and fancy he had discovered





the only avenue by which his soul might en-
ter heaven-and then meltaway into grease
spot; but sometimes when she "got her vim
egar up" or q bunion hurt her foot n little.
those pretty eyes of blue would snap like a
patent gopher catcher, and flash like flint
lock, and then her mouth-oh the mouth of
her um m-m! the sweetest, pumpest pair
OF ravishing, ruby lips that ever mortal sip
ped loves nectar from, to which our own
have clung in the helplessness of ecstacy,
while all the angels seemed conspiring to
stupefy us with bliss. But we we're not
stuck after" her because she was of such
queenly figure and so personally bewitching;
1t was her Internal stubbornness that corral.
ed our sympathy. She was possessed of a
most wonderfully y-developed spirit of contrari-
ety-contrary as toe-corn, and would 90 a
mile to participate in dispute she would
stop eternity's time-piece for opportunity
She's gone now, and the honey flood of those
sweet lips is gobbled up by another. She
" flunged" us.
Year: 1868

A FRENCH priest has discovered that alum
is a remedy for snake poison. A girl of his
parish was bitten by venemous reptile. In
ten minutes she was in commissions. and lost
the power of speech. lie dissolved Iumn
OF alum the size of pigeons egg in a large
glass OF water, and gave it all at once. Vom-
ltIng then set in, and more alum water was
administered, until at the end Of an hour and
hail. after taking in lump of alum the
SIZE SIZE OF hens egg the patient began to re-
Year: 1868

10 RAISE wATERwELoNs WITHOUT srEDs-
The following plan has been successfully
adopted by planter in Caddo parish Ions
lana; After the vine is about two feet long.
cover the vine at point intermediate between
the top and the root. After it has taken root
where 1t is covered, divide the vine between
tue old and new root, and the result will be
that the melons will be seedless. without i'm
pairing their quality.