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Year: 1865

o! could there in the world be found
Some little spot of happy ground,
Where village pleasures might go round


Without the village tattllng
How doubly blest that place would be,
Where all might dwell in liberty,
Free from the bitter misery


Ofgossip's endless prattling
If such spot were really known,
Dame Peace might claim it as her own,
And in it she might fix her throne
For ever and for ever;
There like queen might reign and live,
While every one would soon forgive
The little Sights they might receive,


And be offended never
The Observation-Disclosures that remove
Far from our hearts the warmth of love,
And lead US all to disapprove


What gives another pleasure;
They seem to take ones part, but when
They've heard our cases, quickly then,
They soon retail them all again,


Mixed in poisonous measure.
And then they've such a cunning way
Of telling tales. They whispering say,
Don't mention what ! say pray;


| would not tell another.
Straight to your neighbor's house they go,
Narratin- everything they know,
And break the peace of high and low


Wife, husband, friend, and brother.
O! that the misunderstanding crew
Were all reduced to one or two,
And they were painted red or blue!-


That every one might know them
Then would our village soon forget
To rage and quarrel, fume and fret,
And fall into an angry pet,


With things too much below them.
Year: 1865

Physical courage, which despises all.
danger, will make man brave in CSC
way and moral courage which despises
all the clamors OF the ignorant and the
preiudiced, will make man brave in an
other The former would seem most
necessary for the camp, the letter for
council bet to constitute great man,
both are necessary.
Year: 1865

la the beginning of the month Of Sep,
tember last, Sheridan was simply Cap
tain in the Thirteenth Infantry Twenty
days later, he became a Brigadier, and in
less than two months time Major Gen
eral in the regular service Such are the
rewards Of gallantry and skill.
Year: 1865

The undersigned having completed his
new Foundry and Machine Shop would re-
inform his old frian4s, and the
public generally, that he &C .Mly prepared to
fill all orders in hisline with promptness, and
in style superior even to what he was able
to DO in the old establishment destroyed by
the food Having full assortment of pat
terms made of the best material, he is pre-
pared TO supply all demands for
Year: 1865

The New York Tribune has occasional letters
from japan, which give the details of interest.
The following paragraph from =. recent letter is
descriptive:


Nothing in Japan will impress stranger more
forcby than the exceeding stiffness of its rural
liie nor is it in the country alone that the ten
dency to quiet is apparent. There is little bois
tefousness in every day lite Of the japanese The
farmer swearing at his refractory OK or horse,
the master or mistress loudly chiding negligent
or unwilling servant, to the edifcation of a
neighbOrhood, are sights and sounds more ger
main to our civilized ways than those Of these
rude people. Many is the time when, walking
solitary a field IN some by path, i have come
suddenly on farmer leading hOmeward his la
den beast The animal snuffs the stranger, and
in alright lunges away, breaking his leading
rope and spilling his load.


Patiently the peasant goes to work to soothe
his frightened beast. not pounding him, gathers
hrs spilled load apologies for the trouble be has
made. and goes on again, leaving one to reflect
on the lesson of patience and forbearance taught
By the rude peasant On the great thoroughfare
OF the Tokaido the daily throng passes by, slid
ing smoothly along in stocking feet and sandals
OF straw. A damio's train, with its hundreds of
retaners, winds through the crooke ed thorough.
fare. noiseless as serpen's trail, save where the
herald in advance calls out to citizen and way-
farer, Sta ma iTo" Down on your knees >"
The road bed, beaten by the tread of generations
of travellers, reverbstes sound from shod
feet OF man or beast. Only the norimon bearers
move under their burden poles to the chorus of
their inharmonious grunt, or travelling vender
OF quaek medicine or ituersnt Snowman or
pastry cook cries out the attractions of his trade
or some begging priest tinkles his bell, soliciting
aims in sonorous voice at the open doorways or
it is some group of playing children, or hoyden
lass on her high wooden patterns who awakes


The stiffness as she goes clatterng by to the bath
house


But away from the kado, among the fields
and farms. the stiffness OF universal Sabbath
reigns. | see the rude plow driven through the
held, the mattOck sink into the yielding earth,
but never a click of stone gives back sound
The burden horses come fling through the
winding pathways nOiseless in their straw shoes,
and their masters as quietly walking alongside
There are lsborers in the field at their noseless
work OF pulling weeds The groves are less
vocal with bird songs than in our newer land
The very streams come gliding down between
grassy banks and over s.oneless beds with
mutfied sounds, to fall into the quiet sea Many
time have taken walk among alternative
woods and cultivated fields of this populou.
neighborhoOd, meeting rarely soul or hearing
any sounds of animal life save the peasant call
ing TO his mate the Shrr Of the wood pigeons
OF the frogs in the paddy fields. until have
wondered when. how, and by whom all the fields
were so tidily cultivated.
Year: 1865

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The symptoms Of Cstarrh they generally appear
are at first very slight Persons find they have cold
that they have frequent attacks, and sensitive
to the changes Of temperature In this condition. the
nose may be dry, slight discharge thin and acrid
Afterwards becoming thick and adhesive. As the disease
becomes chronic the discharges increased in quantity
and changed in quality; they thick and heavy
and are hawked OF eoughed of The secretions Of
fensve causing bad breath the voice is thick and
sal the eyes are weak the sense Of the smell lesSened
destroyed deafness frequently takes place Another
common and important symptom Of CatArrh that the
person obliged TO clear his throat in the morning OF
thick Shiny mucus which has fallen down from the
head during the night When this takes place per
may be that his disease Is its way to the
lungs. and should lose no time in arrestingit.


The above are but few Of the many C1tarrh symptoms
Year: 1865

a CoNTRAsT.-A turkey was exposed for sale
in the Petersburg market yesterday morning
at the small figure of SIP. Several years ago
this sum would have bought three or four fine
hogs, two or three barrels of meal, a quarter
or two of beef, a barrel of molasses, a quanti-
ty OF coffee and sugar, with a large turkey ad-
ded. Now behold the e!-Richmond
WHO 9th
Year: 1865

incorporated and mixed with the people of
the United States, TO be made harmonious


and permanent ingredientin the population.


This is a great problem not yet settled; but


we arc in the right line to do so. Slavery


raised It's head against the Government, and
the Government raised its strong arm and


struck it to the ground. So that part of the
problemis settled; the institution of slavery


is overthrown. But another part remaips to


be solved, and that is, can four millions of


people, raised as they have. been with all the


prejhdices Of the whites, can they take their


places ip the, community and be made to
wsrk harfnoniously AID eongruously in our
system? TThls is problem to be considered.
Are the digestive powers of the American
Government sufficient to receive this element
IN new shape and digest it and make it


work healtbfully upon the system that has
incorporated it? ~


This is.ths question to be determined. Let
us make the experiment, and make it in good
faith. Ifthat cannot be done there is another
problem that is before us. If we have to be.
come separate and distinct people (slthough
I trust thatthe system can be made to work
harmonionsly and that the great problem
will be settled without going any further)-
If it. should be so that the two races cannot
agree and live in peace AID prosperity, and
the: laws of providence require that they
should be- separated-in that event, looking
to the far distant future and trusting that #
may never csme-if it should come, Provi-
dence that works mysteriously, but unerring-
ly and certainly, will point outthe way and
the mode and the manner by which these
people are TO be separated, and they are to
be taken to their land: of inheritance aud
promise; for such one ii before them.
Hence wearc making the experiment. Hence
let me impress upon you the Importance of
controlling. your passions, developing your
intellect and Of applying your physical pow
ers to the industrial interests of the country
and that isithe true process by which this
question can be settled. Be patient, perse-
vering aid fobearing, and you will help to
solve the problem.


Go to yoar homes and lead practical, pros
porous and happy lives, in peace with all men.
Give utterance to no word that would cause
dissensions; but do that which will be cred
liable to yourselves and:toyour country. 70
the officers who have led and SO nobly com.
mandcd you in the field, I also return my
thanks for tho compliment you have conferred
upon me.
Year: 1865

As the work of reorganization progresses
steadily but surely, We notice that tho press
Of the Nerth is growing less clamofcus for
the speedy trial and execution of Mr.. Davis;
and some Of the papers that lave hitherto
advocated his punishment as the head of the
rebellion, now advocates his release With o
full and free pardon.


We are gtatifed TO SEQ this, because we ore
anxious to see fraternal feelings fully restored
between the TIVE sections !. and, too; because
justice demands that no severer punishment
be inflicted upon Mr.. Davis than ,the great
mass of the Southern people who were CO.
guilty with him. Mr.. Davis simply. held o
position to which he was elevated by the
unanimous voice Of the Southern people.
This alone gave him prominence above his
fellow-countrymen; but cannot say that it
made him oue whit mora guilty than were
the thousands who chose him as their head
in the revolution they were carrying on4 We
think not, and We think, too, that if the wis.
dom of President johnson should dictate to
him the policy of releasing Mr.. Davis, he
will add one II ore stone to the corner of the
name heis building for hfmsofg ana will-re
ceive the applause Of all, save few whe
know no mercy and no object save little
self aggrandzensnt.


On this subject the Louisville Journal re-
marks:


eve have said little of late in regard 10
the case of Jefferson Davis, but we have often
thought of his case, and often and deeply
felt Y bat wc consider the great importance
of pardoning him unless be shall be.convicted
by civil court Of some crime other than the
treason that is ascribed to him. All profess
earnestly to desire the restoration, in the
speodicst possible time. Of all the cid pros.
perity aud union and harmony and love be-
tween the lately warrIng SECTIONS and We do
not SEQ how any one can entertain doubt
that this great object, this object paramount
probably to all others, would be greatly i'm,
psdcd and hindered instead of promoted by
the. execution of the chief Southern leader
upon the, charge Of crime of which the
Southern masses know that they must be
guilty if he is.
Year: 1865

' One cannot but applaud the pluck and per.
severance of the Atlantic Gable Company.
Uudis,naycd by the two grsss Cultures with
which they: have mes they haye ordered
another cable, and work lit has already
begun. Notwithstanding ali that was ,ain
Of the excellence Of the last cable. while in
the workshop, it is now confessed there were
grave faults in it. Those of course will now
be avoided. But who can say what difficult;
ties have still to be overcome2 A chain is
as weak as the weakest link in it. A cable
is as defective as the most defective hundredth
part of an inch in it. What mechanical skill,
what slcepless vigilance, what indeScriballe
care are necessary to-eusure the perfection
required in every part of the two thousand
miles of WIRE but the company are conf
dent that all tho obstacles Can be overcome.
and that in a tweIve-month we may be in
tolegraphic communication with England
Providence Journal
Year: 1865

Keep the heart young-never mind gray hair
Keep the heart young, and you'll never despair
Hopeful and giad, letthe old frame decay
Who cares for che. shell when the jewels away?
Keep the heart young, with full trust in Gods


might


To anchor you safely, but follow the right;
Keep the heart young and be merry and gay
Give care to tts windy and be jolly Away.
Keep the heart young, and bo tender and true,
AS loving to others as they arc to you;
Keep the hecr, young, and don't ay in rage
If any ono mentions your mellow old ago.
Keep the heart young, and LETT old Timo appear,
He'll glide on gently you'll scarce feel hin near
fricnd-and ne foe-bringing peace and delight
But keep the heart young, and you'll always bo


right.
Year: 1865

against them No. But because now that
they are free, we shall become as careless
about them as the Northmen are, and whom
we find it to our interest to employ whites to
perform the menial service they have been
performing, with an, eyeto seK.interest, we
shall not be slow to do it. If pressed back,


it will not be the Southern, but the, Northern
people and Europe that will do it,. They
will leave because the superior and moro en-
ergetic whites will take their places and as
they own no part of tie soil, as soon as they
cannot find employment, they will begin to
disappear. The negro prospered physically
and increased in number as slave but with
this tide of white immigration pressing for
ward as the result of his being freed, we 90
not believe he can now.


Already we hear that the intelligence Oil
ces will be able to furnish white servants for
families who wish them, in North Carolina,
and no doubt by the irst of January ne1tlt
will be as easy to get any kind OF white
"help" that may be desired, in that State,
az in Baltimore or New York. And when
this comes to be the case,' and those people
who have to hire, and find that one Irish OF
German woman can do the labor of two ne
gro women, like the people, of the North
they will give the preference. II tho negro
is driven out as We believe he will be ultl-
mately, it will not,be on account of persecu-
tions by the former owners, but BY the food
Of immigration which had pressed slavery
before it, before the war began, from Massa'
chusetts to Maryland.


If the negro would remain here as an in
ferior, not demand too. :Aucb, and perform
for reasonable compensation the labor the
country must have, he might stay this vol.
ume of immigration to some extent; but If
he listens to tho few fahatics who preach po'
liticsl and social-equality to him, and aspires
to govern, rather, ,tIan be governed, the tide
will press forward and engulph him. Leave,
finally, to make room for the firm tread Of
the white man, we believe he must, but he
may prolong his stay by good behavior and
industry. The same Hnglo-Saxon that-has
pressed him out Of the Northern State is now
applying for that placs he has hitherto occu-
pied here, and unless ho can render his labor
as valuable and his presence rs acceptable to
the owners of the soil as the more energetic
pale-face, he may take up his bed and walk.
g Intelligent negroes will do well to consider
these things.-Lo,iso Commercial.
Year: 1865

SPsck or WAR.-Overhearing returned


soldier named Garland talking about going
over to Rock Island to enlist, last evening,
Gen. Baker informed him that an attempt "a
do that would subject him to arrest. TAX
ing it As IN affront, Garland let fly his right


mauler which the Gen. stopped with his
left shoulder and in less time than could be


named in print, the offending party wa


sprawling on the sidewalk. The engage


ment was short but disastrous to the assault.
ing party.
Year: 1865

BURNS FESTIvAL-We understand that
the Burns Festival at Lahrman's Hall was
largely attended last evening, there being
there being about twice as many present as
had been calculated upon. One result Of this
was scarcity Of Commissary stores before
the cravings Of nature had been fully sup
Piled. This was no fault of Mr.. Lahrman.
We have no time to make anything more
than note Of tho Festival TO- day, being
ever. crowded with other matters.
Year: 1865

Some Of the papers that were 50 ready to de-.
nounce Gen. Sherman when it was announced
that he had agreed to an armistice with John.
son, and who have not since withdrawn their
aspersions upon his fair fame, are wonderfully
exercised because he will not overlook the
effort of Stanton and Halleck to destroy his
reputation, and take them by the hand as
friends. He would be wanting in selfrcspect
were he to treat them otherwise than as he has.
until they make an apology as public as their
offense. Gen. Sherman has the confidence and
sympathy Of the people.
Year: 1865

AN exchange says that the Brooklyn Board
OF Education have just taken SIS per year
from the salaries Of their lady teachers Can
any one furnish good reason for the discriul.
ination SO generally made in the payment of
men and women for services rendered If a
lady is employed as a teacher or clerk, and
does the work assigned her as well as her male,
associates. should she not receive as mucls
pay She does not. But can any one tell why
she should not viii some one answer
Year: 1865

In a recent lecture al New York, Dio Lew
is, Of Boston said:


In our schools the teachers INDUCED in Ger
tain practices injurious to their pupils One
of these practices was that ofcompelling them
to stand in the position of folded arms, which
necessarily inclined them to become stoop-
shouldeted. Especially among the little chill
dren, whose bones are soft and pIiable, this
position Is very injurious, and the speaker was
not at a loss to explain why children were so
round shouldered in his country. Another
bad position for children is that of clasping
the hands behind them as they stood or walk
ed. The better position was to put the arms
"a-kimbo" (the speaker did not use this ex-
preston, but we can explain the meaning bet
ter by its use), with the hands graspng the
sides just above the hips DR.. Lewis revert
ed to the effects Of female walking, which he
regarded as the greatest essential to grace
He distinctly remembered the goit of his ear
ly companions while their faces wete mostly
obEterated from his memory. We never say
queenly rose, Or mouth, or cheek, but it is
the mien, the walk of the woman which we
characterize by this expression. And we
should cultivate this thing among our young
girls He himself had school; and when a
new female pupil came to him he did not ask
her how far she was advanced in such study

but his first question was: "Mary, how is
your back?" From such a school his girls
did not go home to be the invalids but the
centers of the household Again, it is said
that we are healthy as we are strong. But
this is mistake. The measure ofstrength is
not necessarily the measure Of Health. Health
and symmetry have very intimate relations
with the Observation-Disclosures there is an
equable development of muOle there will be
an equable circulation; and physical health is
therefore rather the result of physical sym
metry than of strength.
Year: 1865

TIE FIVE CRADLEs.-A man who had re-
Gently become a votary to BacChus, returned
home one night in an intermediate state of
boosiness. That is to say, he was eomforta-
bly, drunk, but perfectly Conscious of his un-
fortunate situation. knowing that his wife
was asleep he decided to attempt gaining his
bed without disturbing her, and by sleeping
off his inebtiation, conceal the fact from her
altogether. He reached the door Ofthe room
without disturbing her, and, after ruminating
a few moments on the matter, he thought if
he could reach the bedpost, and hold on to it
while he slipped offhis apparel the feat would
be accomplished, Unfortunately for his
scheme, cradle stood in a direct line with
the bedpOst, about the middle of the ROOr-=-
Year: 1865

And all these will pass away.


Power will not be centeraIized much
longer.


Rich men will pay taxes on their bonds,
or their bonds will be repudiatcd


The hdbeas Corpus will be restored


Military authority will be abolished.


Civil tribunals will again don the white
robe.


Slavery will not die by the hand of
man.


Negro suffrage is toothless dog,


The home for Mrs. Lincoln will pass
away, and in less than a year that lady
can walk the streets in calico, unknown
aud unmolested, and those who wept so
over the death of her Abraham, would
not fll her reticue with cold vituals If she
should beg from door to door from Spring
field to Boston And if she were in a
cart drawn by negroes, her appeals would
be naught in twelve months,


How the views dissolve


How the fashions change


The nation, like the prodigal son, is
returning home. And all the trying hours
of the past will soon seem like night
mare, but buried in curses oil dupes and
victims.


Stand firm, Democrats, and see the
views dissolve
Year: 1865

oh there's power to make each hour
As sweet rs Heaven dcsignedit it;
Nor need we roam to bring ii home,


Though few there be that find it,
We seek too high for things close by.
Aud lose what Nature gave US
For life hath here no charms so dear


Us home and friends aroundus.
We of destroy the present JOY


For future hopes-and praise them;
VIII LIST flowers as sweet bloom at our feet,
If we'd but stoop to raise them
For things alar still sweeter are


When youths bright spell hath bound Us;
But soon were taught that earth hath naught
Like home and friends around us.
The friends that speed in time ofnCed.


When hopes last reed is shaken,
Do show us still that come what Will


We are not quite forsaken.
Though all were night, if but the light
From friendships alter crowned US,
'Twoul prove the bliss Of earth was this
Our home and friends around us.