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Year: 1867

without being able TO turn his siokened soul
from the prospect. The awful paraphernalia OF
the execuiioner stands before him; his mind
freezes with horror; but there Is no respltej
Gothing to draw the veil of DARK obscnrity De,
tween him and his impending fate. Dreadful
anticipation gnaws at his heart hts cheek fades
into the blanohed hue of death, moral paralysis
tIansfxes his mental gaze on the fatal
engine that is to immediate him-the little trap
door that is shortly to open for him passage
into the unknown future He thinks OF the
eternity OF anguish he must experience between
the falling Of the drop and the total extinguish-
ment of vitality, as he hangs suspended by the
neck ia mid.air. Il is too horrible TO be real;
some mOnstrUus nightmare oppresses his soul;
he strives to break the spell, and relieve his
awakening senses with more grateful realities.
He moves his joints and catches hold of objects
around him; he would dispel the dream by the
sound OF his own voice, but the grim apparition
is indelibly stereotyped in his mind. The delu-
sion is in the hope that the prospect before him
may be a delusion. The clank and calling
weight of his chains are too real, and the
dilated eye alone tells of the depth of the souls
despair-the silent frenzy that holds its seat in
hls brain.
Year: 1867

No UsE.-Sherman, on his march to Atlanta,
constantly astonished the rebels by the facility
with which he restored the railroad bridges they
destroyed at his approach. They would annhi-
late bridge just before he arrived, and the next
morning there it was again just as it had been
before they touched it. At last light dawned
upon them. The original plans for the bridges
had all been furnished from Cleveland Ohio, and
before Sherman started he took these plans, had
each bridge duplicated in all its timbers and
iron work, took the pieces in 70 shook start
ed on his train, and so, when he found a bridge
gone, he had nothing to do but get its mate out
of the freight cars, bolt it together and put it
up. This thing worried the rebels good deal
when they found it out. One day they proposed
to destroy the Dalton tunnel, to hinder Sher-
man s march, but an exasperated Confederate
said - What in the nations the use? That
id old Sherman probably fetched another one
along with him from Cleveland ~
Year: 1867

" and honorably as a party.-Spirh Of the Times.


Do YOU call it " fair and square " to win by
falsehood and misrepresentation Is it " honor
able " to appeal to the low passions of the igno-
rant? We heard no Democratic speaker during
the campaign who did not charge that George c.
Gorham and the Union party were in favor of
Chinese suffrage, thereby arousing the prejudice
and opposition of the ignorant more reck-
less falsehood was never uttered. If there is
honor " in that sort of thing, we would like to
know what the Times would consider dishonora-
ble-IHaryspiAe Appeal.


There is much good logic in the Appeals OBJ
Year: 1867

II is stated that during the last Congressional
campaign in Orange county, New York, General
yanWyck, who was running for Congress, lost
his spectacles in stream near Otter Kill station
They were afterwards found in the stomach of
huge pickrel which was caught there. The sto-
ry sounds pke-y pickerel don't abound in the
streams of that portion of old Orange
Year: 1867




Major John Hughes, of Newbern, has ac-
cepted the nomination for the State Senate
to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resig-
nation of Judge Manly. Major Hughes is
eminently qualified for the position
Sentinel 81


The endorsement of the Sentinel is suffi-
cient evidence of the rebel opinions of this
person Hughes.


This attempt by Gov. Worth and his par
tizans to rush rebel into the vacancy occa-
stoned by the resignation of Judge Manly,
without giving the colored people chance
to vote, is additional proof of the contempt
and hatred with which they regard the ma
tional government. The election was fixed
for the 21st Under the Sherman act, which
Gen. Robinson has proclaimed the law Of
the land, the colored people of Craven had a
right to vote. We trust they exercised that
right at all hazards


If the rebels and traitors of Craven Coun.
ty had been disposed to submit in good
faith to the Sherman act they would have
made no nomination for this vacancy, but
would have retired, and allowed the loyal
people to fill it.
Year: 1867

The Union Register, of Greensborough, a
loyal and valuable newspaper, complains that
handbills, containing prospectus of the
paper, are not allowed to remain posted up
on the streets of that place. Greensborough
was at one time loyal town. But it was
corrupted in its politics by Confederate and
State patronage during the rebellion, and
loyalty in Greensborough is now at low
ebb. But this State of things can not con-
tinue. The loyal white and colored vote
will soon purify the atmosphere in that
quarter, and it may be that certain persons
who are fourishing on fortunes piled up on
the blood and bones of our people during
the rebellion, will have to disgorge.


The Register says:


at is surprising what conteptible acts
some men, who claim to be the genuine chiv-
airy can commit. There is no reason why
this advertisement should not be allowed to
remain in public places as we'll as others,
except the fact that some, who have hitherto
been the leaders, or rather mis-leaders, of
public opinion, are not entirely pleased with
the sentiments of the Register. Some of the
principal citizens of this place have been
seen engaged in the despicable business of
tearing down these business notices, while
others stood by approving the act. There
is something entirely below even contempt in
these petty acts of malevoience, but We shall
dignity some of the perpetrators, with
public notice of an unmistakable character,
if tho act ic repeated and IF tbio mill MT do
we will see if there is not some power which
will put to stop to it. A man who will
countenance such operations is not whit
above robbing hen-roosts, or stealing green
water-melons from blind freed-woman."
Year: 1867

THE BANKRUPT LAw.-It is stated that
Chief Justice Chase hase decided to appoint
only two Registers in each Congressional
District, and in all cases, where one Register
would be acceptable to persons in the Dis
trict, to only appoint one. 1t is declared to
be the intention of the Chief Justice to con-
suit o. S. District Judges in regard to the
appointment of these officers, and also mem.
bers of Congress in all cases where they are
lawyers. The Chief Justice has also stated
to numerous applicants that he will make
no appointments under the Bankrupt law
until May.
Year: 1867

A CHILD.-A child is a man in small
letter, yet the best copy Of Adam before
he tasted of Eve or the apple and he is
happy whose practice in the worll can
only write his character. He is natures
fresh picture newly-drawn in oil, which
time, and much handling, dims and de-
faces. His soul is yet a white paper, I'M
scribbled with observations ofthe world,
wherewith, at length, it becomes a
blurred notebook. He is purely happy
because he knows no evils, nor hath made
means by sin to be acquainted with mis-
cry. He arrives not at the mischief of
being wise, our endurers evil to come, by
foreseeing them. He kisses and loves
all, and when the smart of the rod is past
smiles on his beater Nature and his
parents alike dandle him, and tice him
on with bait of sugar to q draft OF
wormwood He plays yet, like young
prentice the first day, and is not comesto
his task of melancholy. We laugh at
his foolish sports, but his game is our
earnest; and his drums rattles, and hob
by-horses, but the emblems and mOcking
of mans business. His father hath writ
him as his own little story, wherein he
reads those days of his life that he can
not remember, and sighs to see what in
nocence he hath outlived The older he
grows, he is a stair lower from God and
like his first father, much worse in his
breeches. He is the Christians exam
pie, and the old mans relapse; the one
initiates his pureness. and the other falls
into simplicity, Could he put off his
body with his little coat, he had got
eternity without burden, and exchanged
but one heaven for another.


Pjobo,o Ey1,.Zo
Year: 1867

thority of the Union, and taking theil
places Loyalty in the family circle of the
States.


Now, Mr.. Speaker, I am aware that
this is severe and stringent measure.
do not hesitate to say that 1 give my as
sent to its main features with many mis-
givings. / am not unmindful of the grave
suggestions of the gentlemen from New
York (Mr. Raymond in reference to the
history of such legislation in other coun,
tries and other ages. remember, too.
that upon the wall of Imperial Rome, a
Pratorean guard announced that the
world was for sale to the highest bidder,
and the legions knocked down the Imper-
ial purple to Nero the highest bidder.
beg to remind the gentleman that this is
not a proposition to commit the liberties
OF the Republic into hands of the militia
ry. 1t is new article of war command
ing the army to return to its work of put
ting down the rebellion-by maintaining
the honor and keeping the peace of the
nation. If the officers of our army should
need such suggestion, let them remem-
Der that no people on the face Of the earth
have shown themselves so able to pull
down their idols as the American people.
However much honored and beloved a
man may be, if the day ever comes when
he shows himself untrue to liberty they
will pluck him out of their very hearts
and trample him indignantly under
their feet We have seen this in the his
tory, of the last five years, and in the po-
litical history of the last campaign.


Now, we propose for short time to
assign our Army to this duty for specific
and benefcent purposes, namely to keep
the peace until we can exercise the high
functions enjoined upon us in the Con
stitu tion, OF giving to these States re-
publican governments based upon the
will of the whole loyal people. The
Generals of our Army enjoy in Won
derful degree the confidence of the ma
ton, but if for any cause the most honor
ed among them should lay his hands
unlawfully upon the liberty of the hum
blest citizen he would be trampled un-
der the feet of millions of indignant free
man. We are not, as some gentleman
seem to suppose, stretching out helpless
hands to the Army for aid, but we are
commanding them, as public servants
to do this work in the history of liberty.


| have spoken only of the general pur-
pose of this BILL / now desire to say
that am not satisfied with the manner
in which it is proposed to pass it through
this House. demand that it be OPEN
ed for amendment as well as discussion.
| will not consent that any one man or
committee in this House shall frame
bill of this Importance and compel me to
vote'for or against it without an oppor.
tunity to suggest amendments to its
provisions. However unimportant my
own opinions may be, other men shall
not do my thinking for me- There are
some words which want stricken out of
this bill and some limitations | want adj
ded. | at least shall ask that they be
considered. thrust the gentleman who
has the bill in charge will allow full
trial of proposals for change, and the bill,
properly guarded, may become a law.
Year: 1867

A young man recently arrived from
some of the interior towns, went to a
well-known dealer in Washington Mar
ket, and inquired of him if he could not
take him to some Temperance society at
once. He wished to sign the pledge
without delay, and his whole appearance
indicated an earnest and determined
mind.


.'Why," said the gentleman, "you
seem to think that there is danger for a
young man running around ina city ike
this % Eyes" said he, :.there is danger,
| have been here some time. | have
been kept half drunk Eve got work in
printing office, and / mast quit drink
ing right off, d1 t- -.


The person to whom the strange re
quest was made warmly seconded his
resolution, and at once took him to the
D0shaoay Club, of which noble band
we hope he will long prove worthy,
efficient, and consistent member.


A similar, but more interesting case
came to- our knowledge about mouth
ago. A gentleman IN the Custom-House
suddenly became alarmed at his habits,
and went to friend whom he knew to
be an active temperance man, and beg
ged him to be admitted into the Sons of
Temperance that night He was assured
his request would be granted, but as if
afraid to wait till dark, he went to see a
notary public, and bound himself under
oath not to touch, taste, or handle the
accused drink, during all the time that
he might be away from his eastern home


Such conduct is what is meant by
'Lead me not into temptation" :"


Pacific.
Year: 1867

Some sensible writer has hit the rule
of life which we are trying to work up
to. We don't know how he knew it
was SO exactly like this


QUARRELING.-If anything in the
world will make man feel badly, ex-
cept pinching his fingers in the crack Of
door, it is unquestionably, quarrel.
No man ever fails to think less Of him.
self after it then before. 1t degrades
him in the eyes of Others, and what is
worse, blunts his sensibilities ON one
hand, and increases the power of passion-
ate irritability on the other, The truth
is, the more peaceably and quietly we
Get on, the better for our neigibors.
In nine cases out often, the better course
is, if man cheats you quit dealing with
him; if he abusesyou quit his company if
he slanders you, take care to live so that
no one will believe him. No matter who
he is or how he abuses you, the wisest
way to do is let him alone for there
is nothing better than this cool, calm
and quiet way ofdealing with the wrongs
we meet with.
Year: 1867

s.IF you ever marry" said Roman Con-
sui to his son, ''let it be to one who has
sense enough to superintend the setting of
a meal of victuals, taste enough to dress
herself pride enough to wash before break
fast, and sense enough to hold her tongne
when she has nothing to say"
Year: 1867

When the morals of political party
make the plunder of the Government
no offense, but on the contrary a
partisan virtue, it needs only the deliv-
cry of the Government into the hands
of that party to sink it in raseality.
What is more natural than that paaty
which tried to destroy the Government
by deprNing it of revenue in time Of
great peril, should pursue the same
policy by robbing its revenueG Can
party leaders, who boasted of their
record of persistent hostility to every
means of public revenue, feel any in
dignation toward those who take away
by foul means the revenue which they
foully voted to prevents Is it moi
natural that they who strove to break
down the public credit, and who are
still striving to the same end, should
turn their hand to the robbery of the
means which sustain that credit! Is
it any more dishonest to steal the pub
lie money than to try to destroy the
public credit! When party make:
the loss of It's control of the Govern
ment a reason for destroying it, will il
not regard it as , sufficient reason fol-
plundering it9 Thus we see that the
shameful corruption which johnson
has established in the Revenue Depart
ment by betrayipg the Executive Office
to the Democracy, is the logical result
of Democratic policy.
Year: 1867

Now and then we hear it said that
there are certain Republicans in this
county, who will not vote for the pend
ing Constitutional Amendment. We
have taken the pains to inquire after
some Of these cases, and have in almost
every instance found that the report
was incorrect, The persons had been
misunderstood. There may occasional
ly be a Republican who has some
objection to the principle OF equal suf-
frage. But we cannot conceive how it
| is possible for a Union man to be so in-
consistent as to refuse the right to vote,
to a man who has been born in the
State, is intelligent in all matters re-
lating to pnblie affairs, who has fought
and bled for the honor and integrity of
the Nation, and who will certainly vote
so as 10 uphold it by bis ballot when
we have to contend at every election,
with men who hardly know what an
American citizen is, who care nothing
for the country, who side with its
enemies, and in the hour of peril run
away from the State. rather than render
the service due to it. 1t seems SO
utterly improbable that any Union man
should be willing to yield the right to
vote to rebel sympathizer who will be
sure to vote against us, merely because
he is white, and vet refuse it to truly
loyal man who will certainly vote with
us, because he is a little dark skinned,
that We cannot believe it. No, this
cannot be. We are not 50 stupid as to
prefer the white skin and black heart,
to clean heart and dark skin. But il
there be any Union men who hesitate,
we beg them TO reflect, and ask them
selves what is right for them to do-as
citizens, as men, as Americans, who
regard all men as equal. They have
thus far marched steadily forward in
the progress of freedom with the party.
Can they falter now, in this crisis-this
effort to make our theories practical,
Especially when to extend the franchise
to our colored citizens will be to enlarge
the Union vote to the full amount Of
their number! Still more do we
wonder that Union men in the close
counties should hesitate; for in those
livery counties, the'colored vote will give
US the majority, and make those local
tiles certain forus. As party measure
it will give us strength; as al act Of
policy it will give us influence; as an
act of justice aud right, it will give us
character before the world; and We
shall stand approved before ourselves
and our own consciences.-Ashtobtdo
Sentinel.
Year: 1867

Extract from Senator Shermans Cincinnati Speech


The greenback question l want to
present in as plain, simple and practical
way as l can. Certain men in the Dem
ocratic party propose to pay our nation
al debt in greenbacks. Now, if this in
wolves large increase of greenbacks,
and we had the power to do it, it would
not be right to do it. That would be
one reason why it should not be done.
We ought not to do it. First because
it would be unjust to the bondholders
to do SOTO give them in exchange for
an interest-bearing security, security
that bore no interest, and take away
from them all the income from the
property OF money they loaned to the
Government. 1t would not be proper
or fair to do it. 1t would be as unjust
as for man to undertake to take from
you a mortgage note, with interest, and
give you in its place due bill, without
interest 1t would be unjust, and that
is not all the result of such su en-
ormous issue of paper money as would
be necessary to pay oil the bonded
debt of the country. 1t would abso-
lutely work ruin and devastation. 1t
would bring about such state of things
that a poor man would have to carry a
peck of greenbacks to market to buy a
peck of potatoes. A similar condition
of affairs might occur that occurred in
the Southern Confederacy during the
war, or in France during the revolution
under the assignat system. Such an
issue of greenbacks or any kind of cur
rency would utterly destroy all mediums
of exchange and value. Experience
has taught all nations of the world that
only a limited amount of money
paper money-can be kept ahoat or in
circulation, whether national bank
notes or any other kind of currency.
The highest amount is estimated at
from twenty-five TO thirty dollars to the
individual. No more than that can be
maintained iu any country. Experience
has shown that not even that amount
can be maintained at par; but if you
were to issue an amount of greenbacks
sufficient to pay off your bonded debt,
they would sink in value until they
would cease to be a medium of exchange
and the people would soon be obliged
to go back to the old system Of barter
and exchange. 1t would be utterly inn
possible to maintain in circulation such
an enormous amount Of greenbacks.
And suppose they should carry out this
! IUtopian scheme, is the debt paid Sup
pose you pay Oft the whole of your
bonded Indebtedness in greenbacks, is
not the nation as much in debt as be-
fore! Undoubtedly. You have not
paid off that debt How will you pay
off the greenbacks: You would have
ito 90 back again to the issue Of bonds
to retire the greenbacks. The whole
proposition is a Utopian, demagogical,
mean, dirty, nasty scheme, which no
party but the Copperhead party of the
United States could invent. Ap-
plause.


But that is not all. You can't do
this without violating the faith of this
nation, plainly and palpably, and being
guilty of an act of reputation which
would dishonor the American more
than the success of the rebellion itself
Year: 1867

MARYLAND is in rebel control which
shows a disposition to put her in con
dition to repeat her attempt of 1861 to
block the way Of Northern troops to
the Capital. She has made an extraor-
dinary effort to organize her militia,
and to put them under rebel officers
and she has found the national Execu-
tive responsive in the matter Of arms.
But she is only indulging her imagina-
ton in things which she will never at
tempt. Is there any blast that can
breathe on the bouss of the Confeder-
ate soldiers, and set them up again in
their ranks, and precipitate them upon
the Capital, even if Maryland should
block the Northern way, and though
JOHNSON should call till be was black in
the facet And what would all Mary
land be before the Northern army that
would rally at the notice that johnson
had struck blow in resistance to Con
gress3 They may organize their mill
tia and tickle their minds with the
thoughts of bloody war; but they are
desires which will never come to the
point Of performance. And so it will
be with Johuson. There is no limit to
the wickedness of his proposes, but in
his performance he will be restrained
by lively view of the consequences.
Year: 1867

EDITORS JoURNAL.-Election is al
most at hand and two things pertaining
to the Union party are sufficient of
themselves to induce every voter to be
at the polls on election day. These
are good men and sound principles.
Generals HAYES and LEE and some
others of the State ticket have been
''tried by fire" and need no mention
here. H. EVERETT has not literally been
under rebel fire, yet for 20 long years
has he battled for the right through evil
and good report never wavering or
swerving a hairs breadth from the
mark true, faithful, industrious, honest,
competent and worthy, will make just
such a Senator as Sandusky County
will feel proud of and what is better
will be elected. Our county ticket is
an excellent one and needs not to be
mentioned here only that it should by
all means be elected. As to our princi-
pies, "Radicalism is righteousness" and
let us glory in it. There is no way
that Ohio could disgrace herself so
much as to fail to carry that amend
ment to the constitution. Shame on
any man that fails to vote for it A
statute authorizing the robbing of hen
roosts would be in itself much more
consistent in Democratic government
than to hold a man for taxes and fol
drafting into its armies and refusing to
let him vote. l envy not the head not
the heart of that man who looking over
one half million of graves, on millions
and billions of treasure, will ally him
self with the curse that cost such q
lsacfi6ce! When war came with an
army hurled against the old Union
which never could have been yanquish
ed had it been in the right wher
traitors to our cause and foes to human
Iity stood thick through all the land
and two of the most powerful nations
on the earth were watching with eagel
eyes for but pretext to join the re
bellion, it was not strange that mer
should doubt the success of the UnioT
army and feel anxious to save something
by negotiation or capitulation. Bu
now since right has triumphed, Demo
cratic government indicated, thu
enemies of law, order and humanity
overthrow, our glorious old Constitu
ton maintained, the nation abundant il
resources, contented and happy in it
prosperity, that any should be so misleC
or so wicked as to go over to the enemy
ally themselves with traitors and seel
to undo and destroy all that has beer
done at cost of so much blood ant
treasure, is past finding out-absolutely
astonishing.


Bullets have done part; under or by
permission of Providence, Ballots shal
do the rest. w. L. G.