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Year: 1869

love to rove In the shady grove,


Where gentle zephyrs arc floating;
Ilove to sit at the festal board,


Where buckwheat cakes are smoking.
Hove to gaze at the golden blaze,


Whore Sol the West is adorning;
But this love far better than all


To lie abed in the morning.
That poets should sing of the joys of Spring
Is not in the least snrprieing; a
But l can't conceive why man should weav,
sonnet to carly rising. .
Though Franklin of old was q sage, I'm toll
can't go with him in scorning
The blissful scenes in tho land of dreams-
When lying abed in the morning.
love to lie when the sunbeams shy


Come peeping through tho curtain;
When phantoms bright regale the sight


With visions Of coffee aud muffius;
When the birds loud trill from the distant hill
The chorus of nature is joining :
II there's ought below con ba,ish woe,
Ills lying abed in the morning.
Let those who choose to retire to snooze
When the ducks and chickens arc going,
And rub their eyes when forced to rise


At chanticleer's dismal growing;
They loose the sight of the gorgeous night,
Aud spend their days in yawning-
Till midnight damp Ill burn the lamp,
And lie abed in the moi ming.
Year: 1869




BIZ MARY z. MACINTOSH.
Perhaps you think hero
A man OF giant might
A warrior In armor,
A champion for the right,
Who through the world goes b0asting
That wrong shall be no more;
The glory OF whose exploits
Is sung from shore TO shore.
In olden time q hero


Was such a man. know;
He went to battle aided
BY javelin and bow.
You all have heard OF Ajax,
or Priam's valiant son,
And OF the great Achilles,
Who many battles won.
But now to be hero
Is quite another thing;
And ne who earns the title
Is nObler than king.
'Tis he who follows duty,
Who scOrns to be untrue:
Who's guided by his conscience,
Not by what others DO.
And you may be hero,
BY dong all yOu can
TO free the world from error,
And aid your brother man.
And though no blast OF trumpet
Your greatness may proclaim,
With heartfelt benedicIi0ns
Mankind will breathe your name.
Year: 1869

A poor couple in London, taking coun.
sci with each other how to retreuch their
expenses, decided to drown their dog, a
great pet, but costing seven pence week
The wife herself threw the animal from
the bridge, but his loss preyed upon her
mind till she went crazy aud drowned her
self also in the Thames a week later.
Year: 1869

laneng the more ignorant blacks against


the whites. and Eagles receiyedsma votes
on this account without reference to any
oilsef iniluenee With knowledge of this
fact and in view Of the result, we are salts
fed that Allen Evans or any other colored
man of character could have defeated
Eagles But reverse the matter. What
would have been the result if French had
nominated his friend and brother carpet.


bagger, Rutherford, whom he desired to
have elected, and he had been opposed by
Evans The Price wing would have M
doubtedly polled five votes to their one,
and whenever the carpet Daggers attempt
such race with Rutherford. French, Alb
bott or any of the fraternity, it will be
seen that our prediction will be fully ver;-
fed. The influence of the carpet-bagger
is gone in New Hanover, and both white
and black will be the gamers thereby.


We see in the result much to encourage
the. defeated party. They have won
friends from white and black alike for the
dignifed, orderly manner il which they
have conducted the canvass, and our people
recognize among the leaders much of the
intelligence, property and character of the
colored people. With energies undaunted
and with determinations unfagging they
are bound to wrest the city and county
from the baneful control of those who now
WELD its destinics.
Year: 1869

Now that the excitement of the convass
and the smoke of the battle has passed
away, it is an easy matter to survey the
field of the late struggle in New Hanover
county between rival wings of the Repub-
ican party. .-


The appearance and the immediate ad-
vantages of victory are with one party, but
it's substance is with the other. If we un-
derstand the real position of affairs it was
struggle between the carpet-baggers on
the one side and the more respectable and
influential colored citizens on the other
The former had all the advantages of Off
cial influence, patronage, money and whis-
key. Still with these powerful aids they
were afraid to nominate carpet-bagger TO
fill the place of q retiring carpet-bagger,
but overcame the just prejudices OF the
blacks to the future control of strangers,
by nominating one of their own color, and
one with much local popularity
However "shrewd this movement was, ii
was an acknowledgement of the unpopular
ity of the carpet-bagger. ... .
The other party undoubtedly had the
sympathy of the whites, as it was led by
colored men of character and position, and
under other circumstances would have re-
'ceived very general support from our
people. 1t is but just to them to soy their
candidate had neither the confidence nor
respect of the whites, and no positive pop.
ularity with the blacks. Under all the
circumstances, with no official patronage
TO bestow, without means. without an
organ, and with but imperfect organiza.
ton, the result is highly fattering to the
Price Miller wing of the party, and TO the
zeal and Judgment with which they con-
Quoted the canvass. a.. - ~ y, % =,


There is, beyond doubt, prejudice
Year: 1869

We wish to direct the attention OF our
readers to the article from the Ralelgh
Sentinel in regard to Judge Watts and the
Habeas Corpus. Was people ever cursed
by such corrupt and worthless officials
rs are North Carclinians? Did ever
unscrupulous men use power more nm
scrupulously I? When will it end
Year: 1869

The exact position of politics in Virginia
IS troubling the politicians and press of
the North no little. The Radical party
while positively refusing to acknowledge a
defeat, are unwilling to claim q victory.
They cannot bring themselves to the fact
that their party has lost the control of the
State, or that some reconciliation between
the opposing wings cannot be ,nade. and a
defeat Id substance converted into vic
tory in fact. Yet they are unwilling to
forego the hope that it may be turned in
their favor rs the imposition of the test
oath upon the members of the Legislature


thereby securing the more substantial sd.
Year: 1869

REMEDY FOR A llEADAcHE.-One who
has tried it, vouches for the following as a
perfect cure for headache: Take pure,
strong apple vinegar, Chat you know to be
such. and after rubbing that part of the bead
where the pains lie with the vinegar, satu-
rate flannel cloth with the same, aud bind
or lay it on the head in twenty minutes
relief will come.
Year: 1869

MANY persons destroy their window sash
endeavori"g to remove old putty. This may
b, obviated by applying hot poker to the
rutty, which will then readily yield to the
knife, and leave the cash clean.
Year: 1869

The following bill "To regulate and
define the liabilities of husband and
wife" has been introduced into the
State Legislature by Mr.. Odell, a new
member from Licking:


Marriage shall not, in any way, af-
feet the right of married women to make
contracts or her liability to perform
the same, or acquire, hold, manage,
sell or incumber her estate or her right,
in her own name, to sue or be sued
1t releases the husband from liability
on all contracts made or acts commit
ted by his wife either before or after
marriage, except for necessaries, (milli-
merry and fancy dry goods stores take
notice. 1t authorizes husband and
wife to contract with each other, sue
and have all other remedies as if un-
married. Provides that husband and
wife shall be competent witnesses for or
against each other, except in cases
other than those in which husband and
wife alone are parties, neither shall tes-
tify to any communication made by one
to the other during the existence of the
marriage relation, whether called as a
witness during the existence of the mar
rage relation or afterward.
Year: 1869

How TO RETAIN A Coon FAcE.--A
correspondent of the New York Led
ger has some good ideas on the i'm
portance of mental activity in retaining
a good face. He says: "We were
speaking of handsome men the other
evening, and / was wondering why K.
had so lost the beauty for which five
years ago he was so famous. 'Oh, it's
because he never did anything said
B.; 'he never worked, thought, or suf-
fered. You must have the mind chisel
ing away at the features if you want
handsome middle-aged men, Since
hearing that remark 1 have been on
the watch to see whether it is general
ly true-and it is. A handsome man
who does nothing but eat and drink,
grows fabby, and the fine lines of his
features are lost; but the hard thinker
has an admirable sculptor at work,
keeping his fine lines in repair, and con-
stantly going over his face to improve
the original design"
Year: 1869

able effect of making the fees for attend
ance very small.


The employments which could and
should be taught in such q place are
numberless. We will enumerate a few
to give you more distinct idea Of what
we propose:


Printing, for example, would be very
suitable, and might be.made quite profit
able by undertaking to do job work for
persons desirous of aiding in this man
ner the plan of the institution.
Wood engraving is also an occupation
for which women are peculiarly well fit
ted. .-. -..rs .o r.o,


The lighter sorts of wood carving re-
quired for the more delicate ornamental
work of the cabinet-maker could be
taught with advantage. M


There is a great deal of rough paint
ing done, such as that on signs, window
shades and theatrical, which requires
little or no natural talent, and could be
learned by any one.


If any on sof those who were learning
wood carvifs''or scene painting happened
to be gifted with real artistic talent, it
would manifest itself in these pursuits.
Such pupils could then be separated
from the rest and thoroughly trained as
painters and sculptors.


Gardening, bookkeeping, telegraph
operating, and many other suitable occu-
pations will readily suggest themselves
to your mind.


If you decide to advise that portion
of your gift be employed for this pur.
pose, it would be well to promise that the
institution should be situated in that one
Of the Southern States which could pledge
itself to contribute most largely to its
endowment, either by gifts of money or
of public lands. Then it should be placed
in that county of the chosen State which
could give the largest additional amount.


Even if very few could be trained in
this school, great good would be done;
for each pupil returned to her native
town would convey to its inhabitants the
germs of entirely new ideas. She would
carry to many fainting hearts the good
tidings that their lot is not so hopeless as
it seems-thst they may yet be saved
both from the scanty support OF ill-pald
and exhausting labor, and from the bu-
initiation of eating the bitter bread of
dependence.


In conclusion, we would express to
you in our names, and in those of our
fathers, brothers, husbands and sons our
gratitude to you for what you have al
ready done for your impoverished fellow
countrymen of the South.


May you receive your reward on that
day when you shall meet for the first time
the multitudes of those whom you have
blessed, and hear from sacred lips the
joyful words: "Inasnuch as you have
done it unto the least of these, you have
done it unto me"
Year: 1869

was gool display Of fancy costumcs-the regulation
pages. debardeurs. Poles Greeks. etc, varied
occasionally by something startling and novel Among
tho most noticeable were two women, petite, the
other Oh large scale. both Of whom magnificent
dresses as lar as they went but they than
ordinarily dceoefees at both ends The crowd too
dense to allow OF mnch circulation, and uuch OF tho
effect OF the coup d0H lost in consequence. The
company was as mixed 1t numerous every degree
IN tho social scale being represented. from railway
kings to ticket spcculatOis The can-can early
brought on the scene. The best aud most elegant
dancers Of both seres formed their quad
rifles, and commenced with energy which made it
probable that theywoud break down from sheer fatigue
before the evening was half Every elegant and
pquant figure OF the freely indugcd In, from
the rdejanbe TO the grand ecdrt which last indie
scrbabe performance executed by female. With
the exception taken above everything orderly and
well conducted In spite OF the excessive crowd.


AN EXCITING ACCIDENT.


An unexpected accident occurred shortly after mid
night when large portion of the platform in the center
OF the ballroom gave way, crushing the parquete Seats
but fortunately Juring Prompt were,
however taken to repair the damage the dancers mean
while consoling themselves in tho champagne aud
guppcr.rOoms.
Year: 1869

BOARD OF HEALTH-THE GAS NUISANCE AGAIN.


The Metropolitan Board of Health held its
regular meeting yesterday afternoon Dr. Stone in the
chair.


Judge II. 8. Yanvorst counsel for the Metropolitan
Gas Company, announced TO the Board that all the
evidence I'm the written out. and partly
printed; and he wished 10 State TO the Board
that the Gas-Light Company was in good faith
trying to correct the evils complained 0f.
Judge Van VOrst said the company did hot wish to
adopt the deodorziHg process either OF the Manhattan
New.York Company without Investigation. He
wanted time try both, and choose tue best. He read
letter from President Zoeofer expressing great ax.
ety TO the wishes OF the Board OF Health and adopt
some successful method OF deodorZlng. But the com
pany besitated TO the oxide OF iron process
from the fact that IN London, where 1t for a
time inspired much confidence. the
companies debating whether they would not dis
card the iron FOR the dry lime process Judge Van Worst
thought no process would prove perfectly efectua The
Cha! man remarked If there could be no remedy found
for abang the nuisance: more decided steps must be
taken. Col Bliss introduced resolution to the effect
that the Metropolitan Gas Light Company have
until the 22d OF March TO experiment fully as
to the best process OF publication Carried. resou-
tiOn offered and adopted nstructhg the SANITARY
superintendent to appoint special Sanitary Inspector
OF tenrment.honses IN New-York aud Brooklyn. The
Board then adjourned.
Year: 1869

NORTH GERMANY.


VFENING OF THE NORTH GERMAN PARLIAMENT


PACIFIC SPEECH OF THE KING


bEIiIN, March 4.-The sessions Of the Parliament
OF North Germany began here yesterday. King
william, as usual, opened the proceedings with a
speech lie said that the first duty of the North Ger
man Confederation was to maintain peace and friend
~ relations with the other powers of the earth All
the other nations of Europe had shown disposition
for peace. The result of the Conference recently held
at Paris on the Eastern question demonstrated that
there was general desire for peace. The King closed
his speech with the following words: "a nation
saving its strength, and having the will to respect
the independence of others and maintain its ow can
surely count peace foreign powers will not mo-
lest it, and the domestic enemies of order are power
less to trouble it.
Year: 1869

APPOINTMENT OF A COMMITTEE TO DRAFT A


CONSTITUTION - THE LATE DISORDERS IN


BARCELONA.


MADRID March Am the Constituent Cortes, yes
terday Commission, composed of fifteen members
was nominated. prepare the draft of constitution
define the rights and liberties of citizens and submit
form of Government Senior Sagosta Minister of
the Interior made statement in regard to the recent
disorders in Barcelona, and charged that they were
instigated by members of the Republican party.
Year: 1869

The man Stillwell, who disappeared from Jer-
sey City in October last returned somewhat Unexpectedly
on Wednesday night. although he not expecced for
two weeks stated In a letter received from him on
Wednesday morning His story is strange one. He
he was returning On the evening OF October II to
the jersey City Ferry and when ut the Of Fifteenth
aud Weststs.. NewYork he knocked down, the blow
rendering him nsensibe. When he recovered he found
himself in the hold Of vessel aud finally taken
deck during storm, and the ship sank. He cuug to a
plank, and finally picked up by an English vessel
and taken to Baltimore, whence he started for
Jersey City where he arrived stated This his story
Year: 1869

translated AGE, or Age LASTING, it does


seem as if the convention should have
| been less reckless than to have refused
fellowship to those who do not believe
that the punishment is everlasting
But it may be asked if tenets like these
are not insisted upon, what can we call
Evangelism. or Evangelical religion
Simply what Jesus said to the young
man you know the commandments, do
them-and sell all that thou hast and
give to the poor; which is precisely
what was taught in Eccl. siastes. "Fear
God and keep his commandm ents, tor
tn is is the whole duty Of man." adding
only more self nbnegation Of heart or
intensity, for religion really has always
bsen the same. Jesus came to transfer re-
ligion from the outer and ceremonial to
the inward and more actual. He said
keep the moral law internally, of
course, as be elsewhere explains it, and
deny yourself to the utmost for the ben.
eft of your brother man; or. still shorter
elsewhere, Love God-Love man; this is
all required. On these two hang all the law
and the prophets Think of this. the sum
of all his teachings, was "the law and
the prophets y How simple and how
far man has travelled from his holy
words, and how far estray the singular
declaration Of the convention. Can any
doubt seriously, that love to God and
man, is the substance Or true kernel, and
will make any man or church Evangel-
ical or christian, however little of the
usual shell in his honest ignorance he
may omit to add TO it, or if he makes
an entirely different one to enclose it,
it being but the shell Why then
all this particularly about fgura-
tive verbage. The gist Of tue whole
subject, or all that is vital, as we at first
said is in every church, and upon these
points only, and upon no other,can it be
said that "the wayfaring man tho fool
need not err therein"


Christianity has been in existence l9-
90 years, and yet does not possess more
than one fourth Of the worlds inhabit-
ants even nominally. Why? Is it not be-
cause it is not poroperly comprehended,
properly taught, and therefore fails in
power to convert He who is seeking
after all the character of God and keep
ing the moral law in his heart is Evan
gelic in every nation, every i'll creed.
These are the great points of Jesus
preaching-every one may under stand
without controversy, they are felt with.
in.'' God has not left himself without
witness, and this is his witness in all men
to his truth, but man has often mixed up
with it, much that is nonessential to
6 odliness, perhaps the merest rubbish,
but more generally, what is positively
detrimental.
Year: 1869

From Lucy Stones Chicago Speech


Perhaps fifteen or seventeen years a
60. in very good State, saw a woman
with pleasant Quaker face, under a
simple Quaker bonnet-I rather liked
it--and her Quaker husband sitting by
her with his broad brimmed hat en-.
They had spent many long years to-
gether, you could see by their faces.
He was just bidding her good bye as the
train was starting, and heard her ask
him for little money. l did not at all
wish to hear what they said, but heard
that he had bought her a ticket, and 1
saw that he had taken her satchel polite
ly on his arm. She hated to ask him
for the money; good many other wo
men have hated to ask for it, too. She
began to say, 81 wish I had little -.
she did not want to finish, thinking that
he would think of it and give it to her;
but he did not. So out it come all at
once. May be I'll want little money
while am gone.'' The good, honest
Quaker turned his face to her with sur.
prise, and said, 'sWhat hast thou done
with the quarter gave thee last week?''
Laughter and applause.
Year: 1869

The Petersburg Wal EXPRESS has
discovered what, if it had been found
out decade before, would of saved the
South a great deal of trouble. It SAYS:
$50 far, the Northern Democracy
have never rendered US the very slight
est service, but they have always been
on the qui yive to find out how they
could most advantageously use us for
their own interested purposes"
Year: 1869

At quarter past one O'Clock this morning nre
occurred in the wine and liquor store, corner OF
Grand and Thompson streets. The building Is Q two
story and attic BRICK ana frame structure and before
the arrival Of the engines was enveloped in mass OF
name. The officer on the post reports that it has
changed propretors every few weeks, during the
past year, and that the stock was very low. The
present owner Of the place Is not known to the
po;ice. nor tho amount OF insurance. The building
was almost entirely consumed, involving loss OF
about $4,000. The stock and fixtures were probably
worth 1000 more increasing total loss to S. 000
Year: 1869

BURNED no DRArH.-Mrs Townsend, a lady ninety
two years OF age, was burned to death, at her resi-
dence in the village OF Huntington, few days since
Mrs Townsend 1t appears was left alone in the
house for q short time, and it Is supposed that she
gathered some chips In her apron, when on lifting
the lid OF the stove to throw them In her clothes took
fire.
Year: 1869

NUTMEGs IN CALlFoRNIA.-Thc Sar
Mateo county Guzette has the following:


perhaps it is not generally known that
native nutmeg trees grow in the Sierra
Nevada range Of mountains in California
but nevertheless such is the fact. It is
somewhat remarkable that so little notice
has been taken of this valuable production
of our State. Tn fact, VIC do not now re.
member ever seeing any reference to the
subject in any Of the newspapers Of the
State. We have with our own hands
picked them from the trccin the upper
portion of Placer county, and about the
headwatcrs of the Feather river, and after
properly drycd, found them fully equal
in point Of ofstrcngth and flavor to those i'm
ported from the East Indies. Some ninc-
teen years have elapsed since that time,
and Of course we arc unable to describe
with accuracy the nutmeg tree Of Califor-
MIA more than to say that It resembles
some Of the species Of pine, and, in fact,
most people would pass it by, as VIC did
at first, without suspccting it to be sny'
thing but pine trcc@
Year: 1869

THE WAY.-l'hc following instructions
of how to becomes Il vclocipcdist is clipped
from late California paper:


Following are the rules taught in all the
schools for riding the vclocipcdc. Run
beside your iron horse, leading it, as it
were, will, your hand so as to iauliliarizc
yourself with its movements. This will be
an affair Of Il few minutes merely. Then
commence rracticing with it on slope,
and after mounting it, let it move forward
of lis own accord, while you occupy your
self with studyiu.; the effects produced by
the inclinations Which you give to the bal
ancing pole or handles of the machine.
When you thoroughly master the action Of
this, place one foot on the pedal, and fol
low its movements, without assisting them.
The difficulty with new beginners is to re-
strain the unnecessary expenditure of
muscular force they ordinarily perform
ten times the labor that is requisite. Next
repeat the experiment on level ground,
having both feet on the pedals, and work
ing them alternately with scrupulous reg
ularity. Speed is obtained by simply ac-
cclerating this movement. After an hour
or two's practice, tho tyro will be able to
accomplish distance Of from 80 to 40
yards without running the risk Of an up
set. Should the machine incline to ono
side, all that is necessary to be done is to
remove the foot on tho same side from the
pedal and place it on the ground. This
can, of course, only be accomplished when
the vclocipede is Of moderate height,
which, by the way, is tho proper kind of
machine for beginners to make their first
essays with. 10 alight, both feet are
raised from the pedals at the same instant,
which has the effect Of slackcning the
speed Of the machine tho feet are then
placed simultaneously on the ground with
out tho handles being lot Co., 'f-'f 'c