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Year: 1865

A new plan is now suggested by some of
our contemporaries, says the Ielegrah, which
would, if carried out, be likely to settle the
suffrage question without much difficulty.


1t is to limit representation in Congress to
the number of voters in each State, or to
base representation upon the voting popula-
ton alone. We are not sure but that this
would be just and proper. Then if the
Southern States or any States do not allow
the colored man to vote, they cannot count
them In their basis of representation. Here
tofore, they have been permitted by the
Constitution, to count three persons for ev-
cry five of their slaves, in fixing their basis
OF representation, while every free colored
person, in the South as well as in the North,
counted one, the same as a white person.
Let the Constitution be SO altered and "a
mended that none are counted anywhere, in
ton, but voters, and then if the South will
not let her colored men vote, they cannot
count them In their basis of representation,
and therefore will have to lose large num-
Der OF representatives in Congress. Rather
than do this, they would in our opinion,
soon conclude to extend or permit the right
of suffrage to the colored population. This
would soon settle the negro suffrage question.
One thing, in our opinion, is certain; they
will either have to let the colored men vote
or else base their representation in the Ma
tlonal Legislature upon the white popula-
ton alone. They cannot be permitted to
count the colored people in their basis of
and have that many more
members OF Cong ress, and yet not allow
these colored people any voice in the choos-
ing of those representatives.. Which will
they do?
Year: 1865

Christian forbearance; and the curse, rising
like bubble from the turbid waters within
me, breaks into nothingness in the rarer at
mosphere which he throws around me- If
he could speak to me from that other shore,
he would say, what all his actions and all
his words said of others not less guilty than
his assassin; ''My murderer was mad and
mistaken as well as malignant He thought
he was doing great and glorious deed on
behalf of great and glorious cause. My
death was necessary to the perfection of my
mission, and was only one sacrifice among
hundreds of thousands of others made for
the same end All that other shore
The commander-in-chieti is with his army
now. More are they that are with MIN in
victory and peace than they who still tread
the earth The largest body of the soldiers
of the republic pitch their white tents and
unfold their golden banners and sing their
songs of triumph around him. Not his the
hosts of worn and wearied bodies, not with
him the riddled colors and war-stained uni
forms, upon his ears breaks never more the
dissonance Of booming cannon, and elashing
saber, and dying groan, but youth and life
troop around him with love purer than
ours, and a joy which more than balances
our grief
Year: 1865

The value Of the military presence in the
recent rebel and slave States, is again strong
ly vindicated. Their confessed poverty and
the generosity of the Government in its civ


il policy and in its efforts to alleviate the
sufferings produced by their wickedness,
have not inspired the slightest abatement in
their arrogance and iusolence. The conduc6
of the traitors of Richmond, and. according
to the late intelligence, of those in North
Carolina, will only damage themselves. The
hope that they would be permitted again TO
stab the Government under the amnesty and
reconstruction policy of the President, has
been sternly dissipated by the summary re-


vocation and Reputation of the election at
Richmond, and the same chastisement will
of course be inflicted upon the enemies of
Governor Holden in North Carolina. How
steadily thesemen are provoking the bitter
est retribution How completely they are
fulfilling the worst prophesies of those who
have contended that there was neither faith
nor truth in them And how, on the 9th
er hand they are disgusting those who have
insisted upon reposing confidence in them!
If however, the Southern people will have
the iron rule, they must be accommodated.
We trust we shall now have no more judi
cial nonsence and newspaper logic 10 prove
that the rebellion is at an end. The politi-
clans who have been slandering Mr.. Stan
ton on the subject of military courts, and
who have been clamoring for the restoration
Of the habeas corpus, wiilrevise their judg-
ment and cease their clamors, if they have
any sence ofpropriety or selfrespect.
Year: 1865

The New York World is now engaged in
the work of destroying confidence in the
credit of the Government. In this it will
feel at home, for it has had four long years
of experience in the business, and has de-
voted itself to the labor with great diligence.
1t says:


Secretary VI Culloch, then, is at the end
of his tether. He cannot come into the
market to borrow another dollar, until after
Congress meets and authorizes another loan;
and it is currently estimated that, by the
middle of December, there will be three
hundred millions of unpaid acquisitions; or,
in other words, that the excess OF the habll-
tiles OF the Treasury over It's resources will
reach this amount.


After giving utterance to this alarming
statement it adds:


This condition of things prove such want
of foresight, prudence and capacity on the
part -four Republican rulerS, as demonstrates
the necessity of putting the Government in
Democratic hands at the earliest period the
election will permit Instead of congratu
lating the country on the success of the late
loans, we are filled with Indignation at the
disgraceful management by which the Treas
ury is brought to the verge of bankruptcy,
MISUNDERSTANDING tilC "di thC uSAs
month after Congress adjourned.


To which the Buffalo Express replies that
in such stuff it finds the milk of the cocoa
nut. The government must be put in Dem
ocratic hands. There is one difficulty the


World will find in the way of its remedy,
and that, we apprehend, will prove very
serious one. The people are to decide the
question of handing this Government over
into Democratic hands, and they will have
to forget the history of the past four years,
before they again entrust power with par
ty which gave aid and comfort to the enemy,
by assaulting the misunderstanding
its mismanagement-d its credit,
and declaring openly that the war was fail
ure when infallacy is indelibly stamped by
the record upon its every position. The So
called Democratic Party can never attain To
power in this Government until traitors, reb-
els and the murierers of our fathers, brothers
and sons are permitted a voice once more in
the ballot-box When such are restored to
the rights of citizenship, there may be kin
dred power enough, North and South, to
take the Government from these who have
saved it, but we do not believe it, The 10y
al heart of the Nation will preserve it from
such a calamity. The Indignation with
which the World is filled, is more on ac-
count of the crushing of the rebellion, the
arrest and Imprisonment of Davis, and the
execution Of the ccnspirators, than because
of any financial trouble it honestly antici-
pateS
Year: 1865

Tho Escaut, Of Antwerp, relates an in
cident which occurred last week in the Zoo
logical Gardens OF that town. In the even
ing, one of the keepers, armed with long
whip, entered the large cage of the monkey
tribe for the purpose Of driving them to
their compartments. All the inmates scamp
cred off to their cages with the exception of
one of the oldest and largest, which obsti-
natey refused to come down from his perch,
and onreceiving sharp lash with the whip,
it leaped on the keeper, got astride on his
shoulders, and began to scratch and bite him
with great fury The keeper beat the mon
key with the handle Of the whip, and would
soon have got rid of him, had not the other
monkeys come to their companions assis-
tance and joined in the attack. Thus as
sailed, the man was obliged to cry out for
help, when several keepers hastened to
the spot, and on their approach the animals
took to flight. The man who was terribly
scratched and bitten in twenty-three places,
lost so much blood that he was obliged to
keep his bed for two days.
Year: 1865

In view of the approaching General Con-
vention of the Protestant Episcopal Church,
at Philadelphia, in September, Bishop PoT-
TER, of this Diocese, has addressed frater-
nal letter to the Southern Bishops. The
most important portion of the letter is en-
braced in the subioined paragraph Bishop
POTTER says Il have correspondent on the
subject with the Bishops, and think myself
authorized to state that they sympathize
with me generally in the desire to see the
fullest Representation of the churches from
the South, and to greet their brethren in
the Episcopate with the kindliest feeling.
If this appeal should be responded to by
the Southern Bishops in the spirit in which
it is made, the result, politically as well as
in a religious point OF view, viii be Of the
greatest importance. Opposition viii doubt
less be made byia minority of the Convention
to the representation of the Southern church
es But there is no doubt Bishop POTTER
correctly interprets the feeling of the vast
majority of the members of this communion.
They desire to set an example of peace and
fraternal regard And in doing SO they do
their duty both as members of the church
and citizens of the republic
Year: 1865

NIGHT THE Poor MANS FRIEND
Night levels all artful distinction. The beg
gar on his pallet of straw snores as soundly
as king on bed of down. Night-kind,
gentle, soothing, refreshing night, the earthly
paradise of the slave, the sweet oblivian of
the worn soul, the nurse of romance, of de-
votion how the great painting heart of so
ciety yearns for the return of night and restl
Sleep is Gods special gift to the poor, for
Quiet, they,have none; and instead of quiet
city waiting the approach of events they fret
and repine, and starve sleep and chide the
tardy hours, as if every tomorrow were big
with the fate of some great hereafter. The
torrent of events goes roaring past, keeping
eager expectations on tiptoe, and drives
timid slumber away.
Year: 1865

A number of Federal appointees in the
Southern States have been unable to execute
their bonds and take the required oath that
they have never voluntarily borne arms, or
given aid and counsel or encouragement to
persons engaged in armed hostility against
the United States, and that they have not
yielded voluntary support to the late reb-
ell government, &c
Year: 1865

Not many years ago two Frenchmen--onc
wealthy and in possession of ready cash, and
the other poor and penniless-occupied by
chance the same room in suburban hotel.
In the morning the ''seedy" one arose first,
and holding pistol to his forehead and back.
ing against the door, exclaimed to his horri.
fed companion:


at is my last desperate resort am pen
niless and tired of life, give me 500 francs, ol
l will instantly blow out my brains. and yor
will be arrested as a murderer"


The other lodgcr found himself the hero 0
an unpleasant dilemma, but the cogency o
his companions argument strnck him cold
He queitly crept to his pantaloons, HANDED
over the amount, and the other vamoscd artc
locking the door on the outside.


Hearing of this another Frenchman, o.
very savage aspect one night tried to room
with tall rawboned gentleman from Arkan
sas, who had been rather free with his none,
during the day and evidently had plenty NOR
behind. Next morning, pike" awakening
discovered his room mate standing over hin,
Year: 1865

At meeting of Southern men in Memphis,
recently, Colonel Grace, Of Arkansas, spoke
as follows: r. -


Fellow CITIZENS l am the man who drew
up the ordinance of Secession in the Legisla-
ture of Arkansas I have been in the field
fighting against the Union for nearly four
years, but now / am conquered and whipped
man. Laughter. As was gallant in 60
ing out to fght, l now propose to be gallant
at surrendcrng and submitting to the arms Of
the Government that We cannot whip
Laughter have no contempt for Federal
authority now, if ever had. do not think
there is a manly bosom in the South but that
has higher respect for Northern CALAMITY than
when we went into the fight :. There may be
some men in the North who may think that
the South had hand in the death of our la
mcnted President, but know that the people
of the South mourn over his death. and feel
that they have lost a friend The North have
maintained this conflict nobly, and the South
have nothing to be ashamed of. am proud
of the South-there is something in the very
atmosphere that makes men great So, say
that the South is no an Insignificant people:
and if so great people as they are cannot whip
the world, who cannot come to the inevitable
conclusion that the North is greater Laugh
ter. And l am not going to stultify myself
by saying have been whipped by somebody.
Now it is our duty to respect and 60 back to
this great national church repent, get absolu-
tion, and be baptised afresh. Laughter
know we will receive honorable and just terms.
! When l had an interview with the President,
his heart seemed to be ever overfowing with
love toward the Southern people. We first
went out of the Union and threw down tho
gage of battle, and the North picked it up; we
fred the first gun and took the first fort-Fort
Sumter-which was taken back a few days ago.


Laughter. The North seemed to be unwil-
ling to fight; they did not think we would
fight, and so we thought of them, but,to our
sorrow we have found out different; they
seemed to spring up like mushrooms from all
parts of the earth. Before this war ] never
saw Federal officer hardly. ! never felt the
slightest oppression of the Federal tioyer-a'eut
in fact never thought we had one u.I.. l
went out to fight, then found we did .re .
| Government. .,..... .... .....
Year: 1865

The LAUGH OF WOMAN A woman has no
natural gift more bcwitching than q sweet
laugh 1t is like the sound of flutes on tho
water 1t leads from her in clear sparkling
rill, and the heart that hears it feels as if ba-
thed in the cool, exhilarating spring. Have
you every pursued an unseen fugitive through
trees led on by fairy laugh-now here, now
there, now lost, now found2 We have, and
We are pursuing that wandering voice to this
day Sometimes it comes to us in the midst
Of care or sorrow or irksome business; and
then we turn away and listen, and hear it rim
ging th, h,ough the room like a silver bell. with
power to secure away the evil spirits of the
mind. How much We owe to that sweet laugh.
1t turns the prose to poetry: it fiings showers
of sunshine over the darkness of the wood III
which we are travelling, it touches with light
even our sleep, which is no more the image of
death. but is consumed with dreams that are
the shadows of Immortality.
Year: 1865

her. How it ried me But | was bound
to see it through, so moved little near.
er to get better view, and down ] went,
kerchupk, and landing between Bill and
Nancy. Bill thought for once that old
Nick had come, and streaked it out Of
doors aud as for Nancy, she gave one
look and then covered up her face With
her apron. ! started out Of The kitchen as
quick as you could say scoot and as was
going up the ladder heard old Mrs Knox
boiler;


"Nancy, scoot that cat down, or she'll
break every dish on the dresser ~


"The next morning, when she went out
to milk, | popped the question to Nancy,
and she said she would have me, for she
didn't care cent for Bill Smith, and we
have been married forty years cum next
June"
Year: 1865

RG9~ Gen. Gran, made statement on
his way up the river which will rejoice
every patriot next to his victories. He
said he should demonstrate to the PreSi-
dent and Secretary of War that our mill
tsry expenses may be reduced 81 900 900
per day without in fringiug all necessary
efficiency
Year: 1865

There is but one curse iu reference to
the treatment Of the accomplices of Booth
III the assassination OF President Lincoln.
That Is to give them a fair trial, and let
them suffer the EXTREMIST penalty OF the
Iaw-death on the gibbit--one aud ALL
No matter bow iudirect may have been
their connroiion with it, SO long as it be
proved that hey sympatAz.d by the leaa,
ao; or have had iu any manner collision
with or a knowledge OF the proceedings Of
the conspiralors-lct the punishment be
such that II may prove entirely effectual
IL preventing recurrence Of such crimes.
Bat let nothiug be done rashly.
Year: 1865

DESCRIPTION OF THE President 5
COFFIN. Tile cofil is of mahogany lined
with lead and covered with cloth Of the
richest quality. There are upon the outer
sides drapery, festoons of silver tacks, in
each fold of which is q silver star, and
the outer edges are adorned with silver
braid, with Eve tassels, five inches in
length, each side having four massive ham
dies upon it, aud at the head and foot
there are stars.


Upon The top there are row of silver
tscks, extending the entire length on both
sides about two inches from the edge; upon
the centre is silver plate, encircled by q
shield, formed also of silver tacks and
the face lid and top are united with five
silver stars.


The Inside Of the face lid is raised with
white satin, the counter piece being trim
med with white and black silk braid fas-
tened al each corner with iour silver stars.
The remainder of the inside of the coffin
is lined with box-plated satin, the pillow
and lower surface being of fine white silk,
and the whole being encircled with che
nellie as in fringe.
Year: 1865

Madame Celeste made her first appearance at


the broadway Theater last evening, before large and


kindly disposed audience. by WHOM she was cordially


welcomed and at many points In the performance. as


cordially applauded. The play was Mr. Sterling Coynes


version of La Trcuse dc Cartes which is constructed
in a Prologue aud three Acts and which Is merely


,oeraby good mclo-drama. The fact that Il Is unlike
.Gamea"-with which our stage is flmiliar-has al


ready been stated The further act that 1t is inferior
IN "Gamea. remains now 10 be recorded. In that


play due prominence is given to the vast religious SEN


tIaent In this the interest is made TO center wholly


upon the sorrow and the vicssudes OF experience in


mothers search for lost child. Incidents rather


Violently wrestod 10 the purpose Of the drmatist whose
chief appeal is made to the secret source Of sympa


thetic tears" but not made very successfully. The
piece was well put upon the stage and the performance
passed smoothly of-being materially marred only
by the prominence of certain of these
..sticks." from whom the company at
This theaicr has not yet been wholly seeded. Madame
Celeste as the Woman in Red, displayed that nervous
sensiby that passionate, emotional vitality and that
admirable pantomimic art for which her acting Les
long been renowned. But Madame Celeste is unable
to speak the English language; and this disability is.
as may perchance be conecured by the astue reader
al obstacle to her entire success upon the English
stage. She speaks English words. indeed 80 as fire.
quen,ly to make herself understood; bW her want Of
mastery the language often battles the best designs
of her art Looking past this defect. however. the
consderate critic cannot fail to recognize in her very
sensitive. emotional nature keen sympathy with the
profound emotions Of humanity. and much natural
talent developed by culture and long experience. We
do not think though, that Madame Celeste is great
actress. But this point is not essential to be
sdered She is certainly remarkable actress, and. as
suoh her present performances ought to be witnessed
by those who are wise enough to miss no opportunity
Of making themselves familiar with the prominent and
suggestive aspects Of modern dramatic art
Year: 1865

pany have held meeting and unanimously adopted
TIE report of the Directors. that new contract be
made for the building of another cable TO be laid next
Summer. The question Of raising additional capital
postponed for another meeting, which to be held
on the 18th Of October
Year: 1865

the South, for it is hisduty to suppress and
keep down insurrection, he does every
i thing possible to enable the States to e1L
ercise their functions. he sees, as ev-
cry statesman would see, that the oply.
duty he has to perform is to enable
the States to resume their legitimate
functions as members of the Union. No
one need be told how wisely he has UNDER
taken this. The action of the Southern
States in promptly conforming to his policy
and removing thecauses of disturbance and
former dissension between the North and
the South, is sufficient evidence Of the wis
dom of his course. While such faetionists
and theorists as Stevens and Simmer are
governed by partisan interested motives or
visionary notions, he takes the Constitution
as his guide. ,E3- .rfe


1t remains now for Congress to per-
feet the work so well begun and carried on.
AS far as the action Of the Southern people
goes the rebellion is ended. They have laid
down their arms, and there Is no longer any
hostility to the Federal Government on a
foot of Southern soil. viii the North, then,
keep the rebellion alive? We cannot say
that it will be truly ended until the South
ern members of Congress shall take their
seats. If the radical Republicans should
be able to keep the Southern States from
being represented in the National Legisla-
ture, they, and not the people of the South,
Will prevent the rebellion coming to an
end. We have no idea they can or dare do
this; but If they should, the people of the 4
whole country will sustain the President
and emphatically condemn them.
Year: 1865

Fun At Hoxs.-l advise you not 70 Be
afraid of little fun At homo, good peo.
pie. Dent shut your houses lest the so
should fade your carpet, and yosr hearts
lest . hearty laugh shake down some
musty old cobwsbs there. If yoa want
to ruin your sons, let them think that oil
mirth and social enjoyment must be lsft
on the threshold without, when they come
homes at night. When once . homo i re-
garded as only place to eat, drink and
sleep in. the work is begun that ends in
the gambliug.houses and reckless degrade.
tion. Young people must have fun and
relaxation somewhere if they do not
find it at their own hearthstonrs, it will
be sought at other and less profitable
places.


Therefore let the FIRE burn brightly at
night. and make the homestead delight-
full with all those little arts which parents
so perfectly understand. Do not repress
the buoyant spirits Of your children
Half an hour of merriment round the
lamp aud firesdc of home. blots out the
of many care and annoy
ance during the day, and the best safe
guard they can take with them into the
world, is the influence Of right little
domestic circle.