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Year: 1868

tribute of respect to the colored battaIIons
that served under Major General Andrew
jackson on this very field, under command
Of General Lacoste and Major Savory. They
do not need my feeble voice to add to
their fame and glory. General jackson
in his official report to the Secretary of War
spoke too highly OF them for me to attempt
their praise.


Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for
your patience, and brother soldiers, / hope
the day will soon come when in this State,
and all the Union our friends, and those
who have been opposed to each other in
this great rebellion may forget the past,
shake hands, and make friends. Then, and
not until then, will our country prosper, and
all OF US be happy once more. This day
will then be often commemorated by the
streWing of flowers over the graves of the
honored dead. A few years more, and
must join the ranks where now my com.
rades lie, and my ZANE name like many of
theirs be q forgotten blank on the tomb.
stone, and in its place written unknown


Let no hostile foot tread upon this sacred
ground but let the honored dead the brave
soldier rest In peace, his memory honored.
Ihen will after ages read-yes children un-
born in time to come will read of their
deeds with admiration, and respect their
graves. Again, Mr.. President, ladies, and
gentlemen, thank you.


Remarks OF Colonel Case.


The chairman then introduced Colonel
Charles Case, remarkisg that he would read
an original poem written for the occasion,
and precede it by few remarks.


Colonel Case said that in consideration of
the many things which had been said, and
well said, he should not detain them long.
He confined his remarks to single point:
whether the immense sacrifices in valuable
lives aud millions of treasure we had given
for the Union our country did not outweigh
its real value. He had considered the mat.
ter seriously, and had no hesitation in de.
claring that the honor, integrity, and glory
of our beloved country were beyond price,
and more than worth all the sacrifices the
nation had made for it. In regard to the
poem he was about to read he would only
remark that it had been written since twelve
o'clock, and must not be considered a
thoughtful production. He then read the
poem as follows:
Year: 1868

The crops in the lower part Of the State
are said TO be very promising indeed. Corn
and cotton look splendidly, and are much
more forward than last year. All classes Of
laborers are reported TO be doing exceed
ingly well, and a bountifUl harvest is
looked for. Some portions Of the northern
part Of the State have been visited by the
army worm, but it Is thought that Its
raVAges have been oTerrated, E
Year: 1868

look at the work steadily. Is not the stoid ig-


norance of enfranchised slaves too narrow a


basis for a prosperous State, possessing equal


powers with the State of Maine? Why is it
insisted on? The reason the sole reason-is
that they believe they can control the negro
vote; that by this vote they can secure the
election of President and Senators and mem
bers of the House, and Governors and Legisla-
latures, and judges and so WELD longer the
powers Of the Government. | know many of
these men WELL They are men of intellect and
daring. They are men of firm resolve and lof-
ty purpose. They are not actuated by low
greed of gain, nor.love of the emoluments and
honors of Office. They have the true spirit of
tanatlcal reformers, and they seek power that
they may overturn this system of government
and build up another system in its stead.


My friends, we are engaged in no scrabble
for office. We are stimulated by no lust for
power This struggle touches the life of our
confederated system 1t touches the question
of union or unity. 1t will decide in the far off
future the destiny Of our country. If our op-
ponents succeed we will have first unity, and
then despotism, and then revolution, and then
separation and then whatever God in His
wrath may in1ict. If they fail, we will have
the constitution obeyed, the Union maintained
liberty enjoyed, prosperity aboundng, peace
everywhere, and all the gories Of our past will
be but as the early bud compared with the
blooming beauties of the full blown flower In
this supreme hour of our fate L beg you to
pause and weigh we'll your duty to your coun~
try, as in the hour of death you would weigh
your duty to God.
Year: 1868

PRIDE.--W ell-tempered pride is the best feel
ing of our nature. 1t is as far from vanity as
the antipodes. The one concentrates our power
and collects us in our oWn strength like colos-
sus. The other dissipates itself in catching the
gaze of others, and throws out its seducng tricks
like the flmy threads of the venomus spider
A truly proud man will never be mean. A
proud man moves through life erect in
his own worth. He is like a stately ship, lifting
its broad sails before d fair wind, and steadily
ploughing it's way to its destined haven, or
stemming unwrecked and unbroken the adverse
tempest The vain man creeps and tlatters-
now caterpillar in the dirt, and then a paint
ed moth humming around the light to show off
his own prettiness, burning himself in fame
too intense for his puny being, and finally dy-
ing in the stencil Of his own worthlessness.
LAJncb Ne,0s.
Year: 1868

A GOOD RULE.-A certain man, who isvery
rich now, was very poor when he was boy
When asked how he got his riches, he said:


My father taught me never to play till my
work was finished, and never to spend my money
until [ had earned it. If had but an hours
work in day, must do that the first thing,
and in an hour And after this was allowed
pleasure than if l had the thought of an un-
finished task before my mind. l early formed
the habit of doing everything in time and it
soon became easy to do SO. 1t is to this | owe
my prosperity" Let every one who reads this
do likewise. r-
Year: 1868

READ AN HOUR DAY.-There was lad
who, at fourteen, was apprenticed to soap
boiler. One of his resolutions was to read an
hour day, or at least at that rate, and he had
an old silver watch, left him by his uncle, with
which he timed his reading by. He stayed
seven years with his master, and said when he
was twenty one he knew as much as the young
squire did. Now, let US see how much time he
had to read in seven years, at the rate of an
hour each day. 1t wonld be 2, 555 hours, which
at the rate Of eight reading hours per day, would
be equal to three hundred and ten days; equal
to forty five weeks equal to twelve months;
nearly years reading. That time spent in
treasuring up useful knowledge would pile up a
very large store. [ am sure it is worth trying
for Try what you can do Begin now. In
after years you will look back upon the task as
the most pleasant and profitable you ever per-
formed
Year: 1868

A THOUGHT.-As the sea assumes the most
beautiful colors when the ray of the setting sun
shines upon it, so also the world assumes the
most beautiful appearance when the light of
heaven shines In our hearts, Then we feel to say
with David Let everything that hath breath
praise the Lord +"
Year: 1868

THE BATTLE OF LIFE.--The battle OF life, in
by far the greater number of cases, must neces-
sarily be fought up hill and to win it without
a struggle, is perhaps to win it without honor.
If there were no difficulties, there would be no
success if there were nothing to struggle for,
there would be nothing to be achieved. DIFF
fculties may intimidate the weak, but they act
only as stimulus to man of pluck and resc-
luton. All experience Of life, indeed, serves to
prove that the impediments thrown in the way
of human advancement may, for the most part,
be overcome by steady good conduct, honest
zeal, activity, perseverance, and a determined
resolution to surmount difficulties, and stand up
manfuly against misfortune.


WHERE is YoUR Boy AT NIGHT. Tile prac-,
tice of allowing boys to spend his evenings in
the streets is one of the most ruinous, dangerous
and mischievous things possible. Nothing so
speedily and surely marks their course down
ward. They acquire under the cover ofnight,
an unhealthy state of mind, vulgar and protane
language obscene, practices, criminal sentiments,
and lawless riotous bearing Indeed it is in
the streets after nightfall, that boys generally
acquire the education and the capacity for be-
coming rowdy. dissolute men. Parents do you
believe it? VIII you keep your children at
home Of nights, and see that their home is made
pleasant and profitable Exchange
Year: 1868

How FALSE REPORTS May ORIGINATE.-A
curious illustration of this is found in an an
ecdote told in lecture by Mr.. Spurgeon A
minister lived opposite one of the deacons of his
church. A report got abroad that the minister
had been seen to beat his wife, and the matter
was brought before a deacons' meeting. There
the minister said he had traced the spreading
of the report to the deacon's daughter The
good man. the deacon, said he would not have
spoken, but his daughters name kaving been
mentioned he must then state that when he
was going to bed on certain night, he did see
Through the window blind of the lighted room)
the minister beating his wife, and heard her
scream The minister was nonplussed; but he
requested that his wife might be sent for and
questioned. When she arrived she explained
the whole matter. She said Don't you re-
collect there was a rat in the room that night,
that it got up on my dress, that you got fright
ened, and took up the poker; that could net
stand still, and ran round the room, you run
ming after me with the poker This is the ex-
pianation of the whole affair."" Well, then, the
lecturer would remark to his hearers, the next
time they heard story against good man, let
them say at once, There is a rat at the bottom
of it, | know" and that some simple explana-
ton may account for the whole thing.
Year: 1868

His Vish to his old Home The Pre-.
sident of the Galena Bank, writing to n
/ relative in Boston, gives the following ac-
count Of General Grants reception in
Galena, on his return from Colorado, and
of his department among the friends OF
his former home


General GIANT is here, quietly spend.
ing iortni ght in his home / sent you
paper containing AN account of his re-
ception. The reception was spontaneous
and informal, bat genuine and hearty
At the serenade at his house it was not
expected that there would be any speak
ing, but the crowd called some OF US ont.
was entirely taken by surprise, but
could not back out. as | was standing on
the porch near the Gen, and had to say
a few words. He is in Gne health and
spirits. He walks about town every day
in plain citizens dress, the most unpre-
tending man in the place. He spent most
Of the forenoon to day sitting with Us in
the bank. He is one of our stockholders.
In private lie is very social, likes a joke
and enjoys company. He reads the pa
pers diligently, keeps himself posted. and
has protty good idea of the political
situation. On Sunday be and his wife
and family walked to the Methodist
Church, about half mile, instead of rid
ing in a carriage, as most great men would
/ have done and this, too when his friends
/ have placed horses and carriages at his
/ disposal whenever he chooses to call for
them. But he is radical Democrat in
/ the true sense. II the good people who
are distressed by the stories told by his
enemies in regard to his habits could on
| ly look into that clear, clam, serene and
candid face for few moments, they would
say that its wearer could not be q man of
bad passions or vicious habits. It is as
tonishing how such slanders Of public
men, if persistently repeated, viii come
to be beliyed by their political opponents,
and by and By even perplex and distress
their friends. The only really bad thing
his friends says Of Gen. Grant is-that
he drinks. This would be bad enough,
indeed, if true, but nothing could be more
false or malicious. During all the time
he lived in Galena, | never heard Of his
drinking ardent spirits, and | have never
been able to find any man, friend or foe,
living here, and who knew his habits,
who could say that he was Incorporate.
In fact, there was no more temperate mau
in the city. That his habits 10 this re-
speet are the same now, none eau for .
moment doubt.


"But l have dwelt too long on this,
for know you have no doubts on this
point. We are going to have big mass
meeting here on Friday next, and expect
a crowd to see the General. He will take
20 part in any political meeting, but will
be at home to see his friends"
Year: 1868

1t is officially announced to be the duty
OF SheriiIs to insert in their election pree-
lapations the law OF this Commonwealth
relative TO deserters. This law is in full
force only as to such deserters as have
been tried by courts martial.
Year: 1868

The following is Prussian remedy for
the sting of bee: "Beat an onion on a
hard body to extract the juice, to which
add a pinch of salt. Apply the mixture
to the sting, and the pain and infama'
ton will cease"
Year: 1868

Superstitious Iowa farmers harvest
their wheat at night, from an impression
that the moonlight makes the straw soft
and easier to be handled. The conditioa.
of the atmosphere has more to do with it
than the moon.
Year: 1868

- Our young friend PEARSON, from Fort
Smith, is fitting up the Old Willhaf Stand on
Main street, for a Neps Depot and Ice Cream
Saloon. He will soon have everything about
the place In first rate order One feature of
the place will be Ladies Room, where our
fair friends can 90 and get their Ice Cream,
lemonade, etc, without having to 20 through
The more public rooms.
Year: 1868

ES" Messrs MILLER n Bro. caught
negro boy at their money draw on Mon
day morning last, Charley was to quick
for him and caught him in the act. He
had taken five dollars and thirty cents,
which on searching was found on him.
He was committed and placed in charge
of Sheriff Anderson at the Jail to await
the action Of the Grand Jury,
Year: 1868

ISEHK7I1HV1II DSOVEIIVVE %
In the Legislature to day a committee
was appointed TO investigate the charges
of bribery and sworn in.


The Senate was engaged all day in
discussing the railroad appropriation
bill.


Gen. Vance has been elected Grand
Master OF the Grand Lodge OF Masons
for next year.


The District Court is still in session,
and have heavy docket on hand.
Year: 1868

TEMPORARY BRIDGr "A temporary
bridge is being constructed from the Island
to the Illinois shore, across the slough to
be used until the permanent strusture 10
erected This temporary bridge will be
d me in less than ten days, and the ferry
disnensed with
Year: 1868

THs Cry DEsr.-The people of the city
vote to-day on the question Of compromi-
sing the bonded debt of the city. As far
as We have been able to learn the vote will
be . light one and 60 five to one for com
promise. Large numbers say there is
enough to carry il without me- and hence
stay away. There seems to tc kind Of
indifference about the matter among many
as though they were willing to leave Tho
if it is necessary to pay, to DO so with as
much grumblinG IS they wished However
this vote viii be successful and the troub-
led question finally settled.
Year: 1868

SrEwABr's.-The public particularly the
ladies, will be interested in knowing that
Stewart the popular dry goods man, No. 90
Brady street, has made ready magnificent
stock Of Fall and winter goods. which can
not bs excelled in style and quality moi
under marked in prices Tho dress goods
are perfectly charming, ladies, and you srs
all right welcome to call and examine with.
out being under any obligation to purchase
Please notice advertisement, and make it Z
point to examine the choice things therein
alluded to.
Year: 1868

Since, ifyou stood by my side to-day,
Only our hands could meet,
What matter that half the weary world
Lies out between our feet:
That am here by the lonesome sea,
You by the pleasant Rhine?
Our hearts were just as far apart


If I held your hand in mine
Therefore, with never backward glance
leave the past behind;
And standing here by the sea alone,
give it to the wind.
Year: 1868

An old divine esutiOning the clergy
against engaging in violent cOntroyersys
uses the following happy similes: "n We
will be contending let MS contend like thS
Give and the vine, who shall produce the
most and the best; not like the aspen and
the elm which shall make the most Roise in
the wind y
Year: 1868

EDITOR REPUBLICAN;


In your issue OF day before yesterday
you do injustice to J. W. Mcdonald, Of
Claiborne parish, in this, that you speak OF
him as an ex-rebeI Mr.. Mcdonald never
was either rebel or secessionist. but
ever. as now, q true and steadfast Union
man. II is true he was member Of the
state legislature during the war, and If any
such proposition came up it is quite likely
be voted for g men aud money to carry on
the rebellion just as any other man would
have been compelled to do or be hanged.
Bat Mr.. Mcdonald was not "a member OF the
legislature for any such purpose. He was
there at my special request, and through
my especial and hearty support, as a stay
and check to the wild and reckless en-
er0aohments Of what was then known and
dreaded in this stale as the "Tom Moore
Administration y - eaer0aehments which
threatened to crush out and literally destroy
from the face Of the earth every Union or
conservative man IN Louisiana. And Mr..
Mcdonald did in this capacity perform
great service to this class of men, and for
doing which he is now prescribed both BY
the reconstruction acts and the proposed
constitutional amendment. But he is new
ertheless friend to loyal reconstruction,
and is in every sense as tEue Union mau
and as trustworthy gentleman as lives in
this or any other state; and have no idea
be will consent to run on The ticket upon
which his name has been placed.


Please publish this in Justice to one WHOM
/ have kaown long aud well.


NEV ORLEANS, February q, 1858.
w. JASPER BLACKBURN.
Year: 1868

FREAK OF A SQMN4MBuLIsT.-As some
what singular freak of somnambulist has
just been related to us. A gentleman liv-
ing in the Seventh Ward, one morning
missed some money which he had in a
drawer, and although strict search was
made, no clue to the missing cash could
be found. The money was taken from a
drawer which was kept locked and the key
in the gcntleman's pocket The drawer
had been opened, the money taken out,
the drawer locked and the key returned to
the gcntleman's pocket. The affair was
involved in mystery, which was not re-
moved the next day, when set of silver
spoons was missed. The servants were
suspected, and as knowledge that the ar
ticles had been missed had been kept from
them, it was determined to keep watch
the next night. Everything about the
house remained quiet until about two
o'clock, when a noise was heard. The
person who was on the watch peered eau
tiously through the hall whence came the
sounds of foQtsteps and sgw approaching
the gentleman of the house. He went to
the cupboard with stealthy steps, took
therefrom quantity of silver plate and
started for the back yard, closely followed
by the watchman, who at once suspected
the truth of the case The sleep-walker
proceeded cautiously to the woodshed, and
covered the plate carefully in a barrel of
ashes, and started back to his house. He
was awoke by the watchman, and was
greatly bewildered. The matter was ex-
planned and search at once instituted among
the ashes for the missing property. The
search was rewarded by the discovery of
the plate, spoons and greenbacks, safely
secreted among the ashes, where they had
been deposited by the gentleman who had
been unoonsciously guilty of robbing him
sell, ,-Mlodukie Sentinel.
Year: 1868

TERRIBLE AcoIDENT.-On Saturday
evening as Mr.; George Brady was return
ing from Washington City, with his team,
in some way or other he fell from his seat,
and his feet became entangled in or about
the hounds of the wagon. 1t is thought
that the fall broke his neck the horses be-
came frightened and dashed off at full
speed. He was by himself at the time,
and when his body was taken up from the
middle of the road, about half mile from
the District line toward the city, It was
found most horribly mangled From his
hips to his neck he was mass of gashes
and bruises; bis teeth knocked out, one
of his arms torn out of the socket, and by
the friction his skin seemed charred. Mr.
Brady was tenant of Mr.. Robert Clagett
and most excellent citizen. His death
is one of the saddest things that happened
in our county for some time He leaves a
widow and some four or five children
Marlboro Gazette.
Year: 1868

Consistency is jewel more rare than
any which are embedded in the mines of
lud, or which glitter upon the coronets of
royalty. So rare, indeed, that it is sell
dom found, though we dclve and dig far
down into the acts apd deeds of men in
private life; and more seldom still, if we
extend our search into public life. Let
us illustrate A few years ago, there was
political organization in this country,
secret and oath-bound, known as the Know
Nothing party. The main pillar in that
party superstructure was the restriction of
the elective franchise to native-born citi-
zens, discriminating, as far as they could,
in the distribution of Office, against all
foreign-born citiEens and Catholics. In
the mutations of parties, these same men
now constitute what is known as the Rad
ical party, whose chief distinguishing tenet
is universal manhood suffrage" embra-
cling even the ebony-hued unlettered freed
men of the South,-the very reverse of
what they held to be essential for the good
of the country, when organized as the
Know Nothing party. Then, suffrage
could not well be too much restricted. It
was necessary that men should be able to
read and understand the Constitution and
the laws; and Massachusetts, foremost in
all progress" and all good works, made
it obligatory upon her citizens to be able
to read her constitution before they could
exercise the right of suffrage. Now, how
ever, even the unlettered and semi-barba-
Foas descendants of Ham, must be clothed
upon with this egis of freedom, this pal
ladium of the rights of man "Consis-
tency thou art jewel" Could inconsis-
tency farther go?
Year: 1868

THE NEGRO SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT
The Wash. Express says: The negro
suffrage amendment is not likely to pass
Congress. A canvass of the House, by
some of its supporters, shows that it will
not get majority vote-to say nothing of
the required tEo-thirds, The proposed
amendment is pending before the Judiciary
Committee of both Houses, and that Of
the Senate is expected to report adversely
to it, and at an early day. Among those
who oppose the amendment are some Of
Grants strongest supporters.
Year: 1868

The Union Pacific Railroad has reached
its nine hundred and sixtieth mile. Thus


1ink by link the chain is forged which will
..Easten the,Old World to the car of the
y.iy6afg giant of the West, and when fin
ishedit will be one of the most stupendous


-;ponopolies in the world.
Year: 1868

Ira Collins is the owner of farm in
Sonoma county, California, which had suf-
fered seriously from drouth. Only by
digging a very deep well supply of wa
ter hardly sufficient for the use Of the fam
lily could be obtained. Since the earth
quake, however, the water has risen to the
top of the we'll, and some sixty acres of
land on the farm will have to be ditched
and drained before crops can be put in.
Year: 1868

A bill will be presented to Congress,
in short time, limiting the use of the
franking privilege by members of Con-
grcss to the time of actual session. Some
reform should be perfected. The present
abuse Of the franking privilege is scan.
dalous.