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Year: 1865

If we mistake not, Mr.. Gushing, Of
the Houston Telegraph, was one Of
the most earnest adherents, at one
time, of the doctrine that white
man could not, with health, or sue
cess, cultivate Southern staples or do
outdoor labor here.


The following shows quite q
healthlul change Of opinion. We
take il from the Telegraph Of the 4th


Man is creature of habits, and
there is nothing in which habit is
more manifest than in his capacity
for labor. The negro habituated to
labor on plantations, succeeds in ac-
complishing the needed work. We
have been accustomed to believe,
without questioning, that the white
man could not live and do this work.
Like other plausible theories, we
have accepted in the same way, this
seems likely to be thrown out of
groove by a great discordant fact
now coming.


The theory that white men cannot
stand the enervating heats of this
climate has, we are told, been dis
proved most completely by the ex-
perience of draymen in Houston,
Galveston, Mobile and New Orleans.
There is no work a man can do more
trying than that of draying in either
of these cities. 1t is done equally
by white and black in Houston, but
in the other cities white draymen are
largely in the ascendant. This fact
is worth a dozen arguments. But it is
said the negro can breathe more
miasm than the white man. This is
not seriously asserted, except because
IT serves purpose to assert it. We
are aware of the fact that the best
ditching in Louisiana and Texas has
been accomplished by Irishmen, who
work all the year round and accom-
plish far more than negroes, because
they work with more spirit: This
work from its very nature is done in
the midst of miasm. The ditchers
live and enjoy tolerable health, and
to the knowledge Of many readers of
this paper make a great deal of
money.


Nor are negroes in Texas more
exposed to miasm than planters and
their families, or apparently either
more or less affected by it. Miasm
is deleterious to any human being
1t, in fact, causes a great deal Of
sickness. But it is attendant upon
rich soil, and that kind Of soil grows
dollars. Accordingly the labor re.
quisite is bound to come forward.


The best cotton ever brought 10
this market is, we are told, the pro-
duction of white labor. If the cul-
ture Of cotton enticed white men into
the hot sun to work when cotton was
worth eight cents, and when it was
. compromise Of feeling TO do the
work Of slaves, what mayit do when
cotton is worth over twenty cents,
and there are no slaves to raise it?


1t is said that because the negro
has less brain, he can stand more
sun, Very possibly. But we believe
that neither the Hindoos nor the
japanese have ever been accused Of
wanting brains, and yet they stand
Year: 1865

For the better accommodation Of our
country subscribers at present we have
arranged n box at our Office, in which
their papers will be regularly placed and
whence they can receive them when called
for.


This arrangement will work convent
emily for all as soon as custom shall have
rendered it familiar. r.. y..r
Year: 1865

"Where in the deuce am / to ride,
then ?" cried I, getting indignant.


"Plenty Of room on the horses" sneer-
ed be.


Jumped down, reckless as to conse.
quences, and pitched heels over head
against little old woman who was wait
ing to see her baggage fixed right. She
fell crushed her bonnet, broke her
spectacles, and raised her temper. Gaz,
ing in her eye, I knew what to ex-
pect. She snatched the whip from the
driver, and few at me. | dropped my
valise, and fed at the top Of my speed.
I never dared to look around, but at the
end of half an hour I fell headlong into q
brush fence, completely exhausted.


There I remained until night, when
sore and bruised I craWled out, aud made
the best of my way to the line of the
Grand Turk railway. And that evening
l had the satisfaction of sitting down at
home in my own chair, after having had
my usual luck through the day, of stand
ing until I was ready to faint.
Year: 1865

- Devoted to the cause of Republicanism,
the Interests Of Agriculture, the advancement
OF Education, aud the best good Of Potter
county. Owning no guide except that OF
Principle, it will endeaver to aid in the work
Of more fully Freedomizing our Country.
Year: 1865

GETTING WELL.-The friends of Sam
D. Smith will be glad to learn that he is
getting well. He writes, from San Fran
cisco, that he is going about with both his
feet yet, weighs 100 pounds, and that his
physicians think they can effect permanent
cure for him without amputating his foot
He expects to be able to come home in
short time
Year: 1865

SINCE the boats commenced running to
Walula, our city has began to assume its
usual spring business activity. There are
many strange faces in town, and more arri-
wing every day. A goodly number of those
coming get their outfits for the mines here.
Several small parties have fitted out during
the week Those who come hereafter will
find the merchants of the city abundantly
able to supply them. Two or three parties
have come up overland from the Dalles
Year: 1865

LuMBEn.-Mr. Linkton's Steam Saw Mil is
again turning out lumber. The mill was put in
operation on Monday last, and will be kept run
ming continually during the season. There ap-
pears to be an unusual demand for lumber this
spring.
Year: 1865




Sad pleasure tits to go within
The churchyard bounds and wander there
And think of those who once had been
Our nearest friends, so loved and dear.
Now resting in the gloomy grave,
Their loving hearts have turned to clay;
Their little lives their maker gave,
And He has taken them away.


We love to Inger in the place,
And weeping, kiss the sacred mould;
Remembering each familiar face,
Each pleasing word and look OF old.
The pleasant past seems like a dream,
The present full of grief and gloom;
Our life is but rapid stream
That bears us swiftly to the tomb.


The grave doth humble naughty pride:
There is no caste, no social bounds,


The rich and poor lie side by side,
Here in the consecrated grounds.


And many stricken down in health,
And soma long suffering with pain,
p Who tried all means that friendsor wealth
Or skill could bring, but all in vain,


Lie mouldering here in common earth.
With angels now their spirits sing,
And many missed around the hearth,
Now hover near with angel wing.
To mark the place the dead Tepose,
Tall marbles rise and dow'ry mounds.
Through summer heats and winter SHOWS
And when the springing grass surrounds,
They sleep their last, unwaking sleep; T
Unconscious, in their coffin beds,
OF heat, and cold, and storms thatsWeeI
With horrid roar above their heads.
Year: 1865

An enormous amount Of money is an
nually lost to tree purchasers from rude
and unskillful taking up. Trees are torn
up by the roots, as If the trunk and
branches were the only things necessary,
and the roots superhuous, The proper
way, is to open trench on each side OF
the trees with a common spade, keeping
/ The edge toward the tree, 90 as not TO GROSS
root. These trenches should be far
enough from the tree to avoid the main
roots, and deep enough to 90 below all
except the tap root, which may be cut
off. This being done, the tree may be
pulled up with its roots entire.
Year: 1865

Twenty-Five in all. California Legislature
meets in December, and its legislature will
unquestionably ratify it. New Jersey Leg
islature meets in January, and will do the
same. That will complete the required
number. Oregon Legislature meets only
once in two years, and the next annual ses-
sion is in Sept. 1866. OF course when it
does meet, it will ratify the amendment; and
from present appearances. it will also be
ratified by some. if not all, of the States late
in rebellion. As far as any future human
event can be put down as certain. we may
put down as such the adoption of that great
amendment to the United States Constitution.
The day when that takesplace will be great
day in the history of the world.
Year: 1865

THE LAST SEssIoN.-Tne late session
OF the Vermont Legislature was shorter
than that OF any other Legislature for
nearly twenty years past 1t lasted only
thirty days, while the average length of the
sessions since 1916, has been five full weeks.
1t is seldom that the yeas and nays are call
ed less than thirty times at a sefsion, and in
the famous Democratic session in 1853, they
were called no less than ninety times but
the sum total in the House this year, is only
nine.
Year: 1865

The near approach OF the time for the
termination Of the Canadian Reciprocity
treaty has set the provineials to work at
looking around for sources whence to repay
themselves for the less Of trade with tins
country, and commission to negotiate com
Inercial treaties with Brazil, Mexico and
other countries, it is saId, is to be soon ap-
pointed.
Year: 1865

Sec. /. The grand list Of the town OF Whit
ing, including the valuation Of real estate, for
the year eighteen hundred and sixty-fve, as
made out by the listers Of said town, and all
taxes assessed or hereafter TO be assessed thereon
are hereby declared to be legal and valid


Sec = This act shall take effect from its
passage, but shall have no effect upon any suit
now pending.


Approved Nov. 8, 1865.
Year: 1865

No TRUTH can be discovered which
would be so powerful upon the moral sense
OF men as that which should disclose to
them that SHINING is always a personal
offense against personal God. Law
without is only an echo OF Gods heart
beat within.
Year: 1865

A SrArE FOR NEGRoEs.-Gen. Sherman,
in recent speech. suggested the propriety Of
setting apart one Of the Southern States, as q
colony for the colored people of the United
States, where they might control their own
affairs, and be represented in Congress by
men of their own selection.


The General is quite anxious to see such
m arrangement consummated.


We should not object TO such a project, as
it would give them their full right to suffrage.
-knorriiie Republicans.
Year: 1865

A public man, adored by the nation and the
recipient Of countless Ovations," who has not
the gift of the CAB, and cannot put two SEN
tences together i'll public, is very novel phe-
nOmenOn in this country and yet we have had
two such among us, in the persons of Gems.
Grant and Sherman, within the last week. No
amount of pressure or persuasion has been suffi-
clent to extract Il speech from either OF them,
though there are, probably, no two men in the
world, at this moment, who have SO much to
say that Is worth saying, and that everybody
would like to hear.


We cannot help congratulating both them
and the public upon their disability. There
have been SO many great regulations marred
by spOutlng that 1t is some consolation to feel
that regulations which we all value SO much
as those of cur two military heroes, are secure
against all tarniSh from the over free use O1
their tongues 1t were to be wished that Gen.
Sherman wrote with a little more difficulty Ii
there ever comes spot on that shining fame
Of his, it will assuredly be from the indiscreet
use Of the pen; but even Of this we think there
is little danger. Of Grant it may be safely
said, that he will never either write or speak
one word that duty or courtesy does not cal
for. Both have the virtue Of silence the great
est gift next to genius, that nature can confer
on a soldier.


There is unquestionably nothing save the
military instinct in high perfection, which car
render him So useful to this country, as to have
| thoroughly mastered the art of holding hi
tOngue-Of letting enemies sneer, and friend
gable, and superiOrs find fault, without beins
tempted into correction or recrimination. Ii
these days ofrailroads and telcgraphs and news
| papers, there is hardly anything worth reveal
ing, that will not be revealed, sooner or later
| No reputation-at least no military reputation
can be so damaged that, if damaged unjust
ly, its restoration may not safely be left to time
| The worst thing the owner ever did, as man,
an example has proved, is to undertake t.
| brighten it up himself, either on the platform
or in the newspapers. The history Of our owl
war is full Of Illustrations of the dangers tha


beset a soldier whose tongue aciU wag, or who's


pen ,riW move. George B. Mcclellan wa
naturally reticent man; but was seduced, b


his friends in New ork, into trying to writ


statesmanlike' papers, and he damned him


self with unparalleled rapidity.


There is not in military annals brighter nam


than that of Charles Napier, but his life wa
poisoned and his career marred by his IRE
pressible inclination to speak out his mind. |
our own army the volunteer officers have to
frequently carried into the camp the habit c


talking acquired in civil life, and we have had


as a consequence, some rather absurd failures


such as McClernand's and Buffers Napoleon


the elder, great soldier as he was, could hardl


have survived making the Lowell speech of tn


latter Of these gentlemen.
Year: 1865

AN to authorize the Secretary Of the Treasury to
sell the Marine Hospital and grounds at Chicago,


Illinois, and to purchase new site and build a


new hospital.


Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
ssatstiues Of the United States of America in Congress
assemblsd, That the Secretary of the Treasury is
hereby authorized, in his discretion TO sell the Ma
rne Hospital and grounds at Chicago, Illinois, the
sale to be made at public auction to the highest and
best bidder therefor, in ready money after giving
notice thereof six weeks in succession in two daily
papers printed in the city of Chicago. And upon
sale being made, aforesaid, the said Secretary of
the Treasury is hereby authorized and empowered to
make execute, and deliver to the purchaser thereof
good and sufficient deed for the premises convey
lng all the right title, and interest of the United
States.


Sec. 9. And be it further enacted That out of the
proceeds of the said sale the Secretary OF the Treas
ury IS hereby directed to purchase new and more
eligible site for marine hospital in or near Chicago,
and erect new hospital thereon, which site and
buihiing shall in no event eostfnore than the amount
received from the sale of the hospital and grounds
which are hereby authorized to be sold. And it is
hereby provided that the possession of the said hos
prtal and grounds shall be retained blythe United
States ssnta the new hospital To be built under the
provisions of this act shall be fully completed and
ready for use. p" 'i
Z Approved. June 90, 1864. ;-.>ii
Year: 1865

TOBACCO CHEwERs Allow that young
man, who is a confirmed tobacco chewer, may
live 25 years Ineach day there will issue from
his mouth half pint Of fluid too nauseously
disgusting to describe. In 25 years this will
amount to $50 gallons, or more than hogs
heads of this detested mass. In the same time,
allowing him only . ounces day, he will roll
as sweet morsel under his tongue half ton
of this hateful weed, which will scken a dog
or lin a horse forming heap of the size OF
hay stack. Then his elected q quids should form
still larger pile Now if such a young man
could see 10 half hogsheads full of an abomina-
bic filth destined to pass through his mouth-a
wagon load of tobacco and ten wheel barrows
heaped up with guilds, destined for an equally
the s prospect affect him. l Al And # the he" delicate %
young lady, who is to be the partner of his life
could see the same, how enviable would be her
emotion?
Year: 1865

The system of paid labor adopted in North
Carolina between the owners Of land and the
treedmeniS said to be working very successfully.
In short time the new relations between the two
will be securely established and prove mutually
profitable There are no real difficulties in the
way Of the working of any proper system
Those raised are generally those of the imagi-
nation and founded on other experiences
than the new system will produce.
Year: 1865

A fellow who had ought to know better has
just perpetrated the following piece Of uncall-
ed-for impertinence: Lite is short and women
are many. Men have no time for close ex-
animation of each one, and to her who crowds
her best goods into showcase is often awar-
ded the highest prize.
Year: 1865

JUST WHERE WE SHOULD EXPECT TO FIND
HIM.-Jef Davis stood at the foot of his class
in moral philosophy while at West Point. His
taking Immediately to partisan politics as q
profession is the natural result Of this early
deficiency, and the principal reason, probably,
why he was never able to overcome it by ex-
annie -
Year: 1865

A gentleman once wrote a lady whom he had
offended by his dilatorincss, and for long time
refused to speak to him. His letter was ear
nest in supplication for forgiveness. 1t con-
cluded with one word from your lips will
make ME happy. When and where will you
speak it?' Her answer was Next We'd
nesday, at the altar To which he sent the
following renlY: II will be thcre u
Year: 1865

REALIZING THE FAcT.-All through the


South the people appear to be realizing the


fact that the war being over and secession


nit to the lawful Government, and sustain its


laws Meetings are being held throughout the


Southern States to facilitate the restoration Of
civil order This ready acquiesccnce is proof


that the people are tired of misrule and feel re-
lieyed at the opportunity Of getting back again


under the old Government. The President is
doing his best to aid in this object, and while
keeping the leaders from exercising their per-
| niciOus control, is encouraging the people to re-


establish their loyalty and assume the direction
themselves of the work of reconstruction.
Year: 1865

At New Berlin, Lanes. ter county; one day
last week, man named Samuel Richardson
tried to hang his dog, hut not succeeding nc
tied one end of rope around the dogs neck
and the other end around bis own. Then throw
dog and man were instantly hanging together.
The dog kicked himself out Of the moose, but
his master could not, and was nearly dead
when discovered and taken down by some
friends. Upon being released he procured a
hitching strap and tried to hang himself with
that but it was taken away lie then got an
other rope and suspended himself from the
branch Of q tree. Here he wa let alone till al
most dead, when he was taken down and prom
ised to make no future attempt to commit sui
eide
Year: 1865

A bachelor editor, sensitive in relation to his
rights, objects to taking a wife through fear
that if he should have baby his cotempora-
ries, who habitually copy without credit, would
refuse to give him credit for the baby.
Year: 1865

Tue PRIMENAL CONDwIoN-Th fact that
wild game overruns Virginia proves how soon
a country can fall back into its original wilder
ness when cultivation ceases Deer and bear
are reported to have reappeared in districts
where they had not been seen for many years
settlements of Virginia. Peace in the land will
restore all its civilization and cultivation just
as RAPIDLY
Year: 1865

The dove was the first newspaper carrier,
when one morning it went out and fetched a
leaf for Noah. 1t contained a paragraph on
the weather, notifying him that the heavy rain
storm had subsidized.
Year: 1865

An artist in this town painted dog so natu-
rally that the animal had the hydrophobia du-
ring the hot weather He the same man who
painted copy Of beer bottle with such skill
that the cork few out, just as he was finishing
- .
Year: 1865

On the second Thursday in October next the
polls throughout the State of Virginia will be
opened for the purpose OF taking vote to
decide whether or not the next Legislature shall
be invested with the power to alter or amend
the third article of the State Constitution,
which now disqualifes those who held Office
under the Confederate and State Governments
of Virginia, from holding Office


Two matters of the gravest Importance are
now exciting the attention Of the people OF
England. One of these is the approach Of the
cholera westward, by way of the Medlterra-
mean; the other is the cattle plague-the
rinderpest of the Germans. The danger IN
regard to the cholera being wholly prospective,
the measures taken to meet it IN case 1t should
make its appearance, are altogether precauton-
ary Far different, however, IS 1t with the
cattle plague, for that has already carried OFT
large numbers Of CATTLE and at the last advlces,
had spread through the southern counties OF
England.


The English purchaser Of the Confederate
steamer Georgia has recovered from an under
writer at Lloyd's the sum OF six thousand
pounds sterling, upon policy Of insurance
effected on the steamer, under the war risk,
as respects capture.


A correspondent states the curious fact
that on the 9th ult., short but violent storm
broke over Ancona, and that Immediately
afterwards great improvement in the public
health became perceptlble Not only did the
number of cases diminish considerably, but
the state of lang1or and prostration in which
the patients lay, ceased in moss instances. We
beg here to remark that this is most import
ant fact since it goes far to prove the correct
ness of the supposition, already confirmed by
other observations, that the vrulence of cholera
IS peculiarly owing to the absence Of ozone IN
the atmosphere
Year: 1865

The following full and interesting ac-
coant is compiled from the Charleston
Courier of the 18th


The historic old flag Was re-planted on
Fort Sumter on the l4th inst. The day,
the occasion, and the event marks new
era for South Carolina, and hereafter will
be among the most memorable in her
annals.


At an early hour in the morning our
streets We're made lively by crowds OF
citizens vending their way along the
principal streets to the wharves. Nation
al flags were to be seen waving from num-
Year: 1865

THE USE OF OPIUM IN THIS CoUN-
TRY.-In an editorial upon the use Of
stimulants in America, the Journal of
Commerce remarks: .Sana'rdr


'It may not be known to a majority
of our readers, but it is lamentably
true, that, as . people, Americans are
greatly given to the use of opium. For
our present purpose, we need not do
eide whether the peculiar nervousness
exhibited by the beople of this country
is the cause or effect of this habit; but
the statistics which mark the increased
consumption of the Eastern narcotic
are quite alorming."
Year: 1865

From the Dublin University Magazine.
Two worlds there are. To one our eyes we
Whose magic joys we shall not see again;
Bright haze of morning wells Its glimmering
All. truly breathed we there
Giad we're our hearts in that sweet realm of
Nevermore.
The lover there drank her delicious breath
Whose Ioys has yielded since to change or


death;


DER.


Alasi too soon have fed


The irreclaimable dead;
We see them-visions strange-amid the
Nevermore.
The merry song some maiden used to sing
The brown, brown hair that once was wont to
To temples long clay-cold; to the very core
They strike our weary hearts,


As some vexed memory starts
From that long faded land-the realm OF
Nevermore.
It Is perpetual summer there. But here
Sadly we may remember rivers clear
And harebells quivering On the meadow
For brighter bells and bluer,


For tender hearts and truer
People that happy land-the realm OF
Nevermore.
Upon the frontier of this shadowy land
We pilgrims of eternal sorrow stand;
What realm lies FORWARD with its happier


shore


OF forests green and deep,


Of valleys hushsd in sleep,
And lakes most peaceful? Tis the land
Of evermore.
Very far off its marble cities seem
Very far Off-beyOnd our sensual dream
It's woods unruff1ed by the wild winds
Yet does the turbulent surge


Howl on its very verge,
One moment-and we breathe within the
Evermore.
Those whom we loved and lost so long ago
Dwell in those cities far from mortal woe
Haunt those fresh woodlands whence sweet


carollngs soar,


Eternal peace have they;


God wipes their tears away:
They drink that River of Life that nows
from


Evermere
Thither we hasten through these regions dim;
But 10! the wide wings Of the Seraphim
Shine in the sunset. On that joyons shore
Our lighted hearts shall know


The life of long ago;
The sorrow-burdened past shall fade tor