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Year: 1865

The PRESIDENTS PLAraoRM-While
politicians all over the country, Of al!
shades Of opinion, are shouting out. eacn
that he is the true supporter of President
johnson, we notice that they are all
somewhat shy Of the most important part
OF the Presidents platform.


Mr.. JohAson declares that ''slavery is
incompatible with free and republican
government" and he holds further that
there is tut one way to get rid. tinaly
aud forever, OF the evil. Here are his
own words:


"The mode by which this great change
the emancipation of the save-can be
effected, is properly found in the power
to amend the Constitution OF the United
States. Tns plan is etfsc,ual and Of no
doubtful authority; and while it does not
contravene the timely exercise Ct the
war power by the President in his Enan-
cipation Proclamation, it comes stamped
with the authority OF the people them.
selves, acting in accordance with the
written rule Of the supreme law Of the
land, and must therefore give more gen.
eral satisfaction and quietude to the dis
tracted public mind"


We call the attention Of influential po.
litical leaders to these wise words of the
President. Emancipation he holds to be
so necessary. that he wrote in tho same
letter from which We have quoted above :
1T is in vain to attempt to reconstruct
the Union with the distracting element OF
slavery in it," The true way to secure
emancipation, he goes on to say, is by the
passage of the Constitutional Amend
ment.-EOe. Post.
Year: 1865

e. There was startling development
at Mount IIolyoke seminary, not long
since. One of the young ladies had Just
returned from a visit 10 the outside world.
and soon after a vigilant teacher looked
into her room and discovered a gentleman
hat there Another teacher also satisfied
herself of the existence of the alarming
object, and the pupil was forthwith sum-
moned to the hall of judgement 1t WAS
a most delicate subject Of inquiry, and the
point of attack was only reached by
gradual and zigzag approaches. The pupil.
who manifested her depravity by half con-
cealed merriment, and showed no disposi-
tion penitently TO unbosom herself, was al
last brought up with a plump question as
TO the hat in the room. There was a
moment of painfully anxious suspense,
followed by sudden collapse, when the
offender confessed that she had brought IN
one of her fathers old hats TO cut up fo,
soles- She was pronounced excused. and
there was great fun in the halls as The
story circulated
Year: 1865

CNRAvELING.-A man coming home
late one night, a little more than half
seas over, feeling thirsty, procured a glass
of water and drank il In doing so he
swallowed small ball of silk that lay in
the bottom of the tumbler. the end catch
ing in his teeth Feeling something in
his mouth, and not knowing what it was
he began pulling at the end. and the little
ball unrolling he soon had several feet in
his hands. and still no end. apparently
Terrified. he shouted at the top of his
voice, ''Wife! wife. Isay wife. come
here. am all unraveling.."
Year: 1865

Washin- -to0, Feb. 6.


The National In,elligeneer, of this
mornia az, says:


II is now clear enough that the war
must go on with renewed energy. There
can be no excuse now holding back men
or money to the u,termoss.


The rebel leaders insist on q dismem-
berment of the Government as sine qua
non 10 any negotiation. We almost state
BY authority when we say that the rebel
leaders who attended the recent confer
ence, declared that civil war would follow
IN the South were proposition of resto-
ration TO the Union submitted to the
people. Now this statement i'd either q
~anton misrepresentation, or il means
there is q formidable Union sentiment 10
the Southern States ready to take up arms
for the old fig. for certainly we cannot
suppose that these msn meant by such n
declaration that they would bs glad TO
hazard the proposition for reunion If they
we're not fearful that the unpopulsri,y Of
such step might lead to revolt against
themselves.
Year: 1865

patch, need not assure you that it j,
perfectly reliable. a


1t is understood that Mr.. Fessenden' :,
retirement FROM the. Treasury Department
vail take place within few days, and j,
Is confidently predicted, believe truly,
that bis successor will be from the city ol
New York.


In the present condition Of the fnsnces
and with the certainty that the war is TO
De carried on with renewed vigor and de.
termination on both sides, this becomes .
question Of very great importance.
Year: 1865

The Chicago papers contain dispatches
from Des Meines stating that Gjvernor
Stone has called an Extra Session of the
Legislature. Such is not the fact, though
we doubt not hat many persons in Des
Moipes feel deep pecuniary interest in
accomplishing it.


As the matter now stands thore is no
sufficient reason for calling an Extra Ses-
sion Of tie Iowa Legislature. Indeed,
the only object fsr which it is proposed to
csl an Extra Session is that that body
may approve the Constitutional amend
ment, passed by Congress, prohibiting
slavery Br as the matter now stands
the action OF Iowa is not likely TO expe-
dite, nor will its non-action defer the con
summation of that movement. For if
three fourths Of all the States are reqhis-
ed to sanction the amendment it is very
clear that they cannot be had till alter
the meeting OF the Iowa Legislature in
regular session next winter. And Ii on
the contrary, the loyal States only are to
be counted, it does not as yet appear
whether the vote of Iowa will be needed,
or if it be whether sufficient number of
the State Legislatures will act upon the
SUI iect, and no more, to make the vote
of Iowa essential to the decision Of the
question.


Until contingency arises requiring
the action Of Iowa as essential to the fual
settlement of the question, We trust the
Governor will hardly feel called upon to
inAict upon the people Of the State the
pecuniary burden and the general nuis-
ance Involved in the assembling of an Ex
ira Session Of the Legislature.


The position of Iowa ON the question Of
the amendment of the Constitution is
known to the world, and the weight Of
her influence will be felt on public opinion
and her vote will be just as confidently sc,
down on the right side before as after i,
has been cast. She can therefore afford to
wait ill ler vote is needed, or till she ie
called upon In the ordinary course oi
events to give legislative expression to her
opinion in the premises.
Year: 1865

The steamer Gen. sedgsiek sailed this
afternoon for For, Fisher. There is moth
ing Of Importance here in the way Of news.
The advent OF President Linc1ln sno
party was the only exciting matter for
some time.
Year: 1865

II is confidently asserted By the Horse
Railroad managers that the Democratic vote
in both branches Of the Legislature will be
cast solid aguinst Governor Oglesby's veto
message when it comes up for consideration.
The reason alleged is that tlis policy will
tend to divide and distract the Union party.
We apprehcrd that when the Democratic
members are brought to the issue tncy will
find the Governors veto messages two-edgcd
sword. If they vote against it they vote
against one Of the cardinal features Of tue
Democratic creed, yiz: 0Rposaion to char
tered saonepo'ies. Since the days of
Jackson this has been one of the
bottom timbers of the Democratic
platform. Il the Democracy think that
they can make any capital by putting into
the hands of chartered monopoly, the pov.>
4cr to swindle the people Of Chicago for nine.
1y-ninc years, they are not Possessed Of their
usual sagacity.' Such vote will return to
plague them forever At cyery succcedinr
election they will be liable to the suspicion
OF seeking to get control Of the Legislature
for the purpose Of feeding mammoth corpora
lions at the expense of the people. How
long can any party exist against whom such
q Charge can be sustained By the records
Year: 1865

In those places where hills are accessi-
| bic, the sterile sides which refuse to yield
anything to human support are used for
burial places. On the plain, however, it
IS inevitably necessary to occupy portion
| OF the ground which is so much needed for
the sustenance Of the living. Burying-
grounds, IN one sense, are quite unknown;
every family selecting it's own spot upon
its own property. The only places set a.
part for the burial of the dead in the way
Of general cemeteries, are benevolent
grounds, for the burial of the poor, or To-
calitles used by natives Of other places,
who, IN the way of a stock company, pro-
vide place of temporary burial for their
members, until their friends can make ar
rangements for their removal to their an
ces al home and burying place; or, in
case this should not be done, they rest in
quiet until their name and memorial have
perlshed-that is, as long as they would in
any probability rest in any place.


The amount of the soil which is occupied
by graves on the plain, and especially in
the neighborhood of cities and large towns,
is very great; and even within the walls,
large spaces are covered with graves and
uncovered Cofffns. The wetnesS of the soil.
and frequently the low level, forbids the
digging of graves below the surface. The
cotfins are therefore laid upon the surface
OF the ground; some are left uncovered,
some are covered with straw wrapped and
tied around them some are enclosed in a
brick vault, often built in the fashion of a
house, with tiled roof and plastered sides,
or simply arched over; while the greater
portion are covered by conical mound of
earth, to which additions are made every
year, until some of them are fifteen or
twenty feet high, and large in proportion.


Connected with a collection of such
graves sheltering the remains of several
generations of ancestors, the filial regard
OF some who have the means to do it, leads
them to build small temple, and to endow
it with permanent income, devoted to the
preservation and maintenance of the fami-
ly cemetery, the application of the funds in
such cases being an object of care to the
officers of government who are charged
with the duty of seeing the wishes of the
devisor carried out. The cultivation of the
lands thus devised, and the care of the
temple and graves, furnishes occupation
and support to the needy connections Of
the family.


A Chinese coffin, unless of very poor
and inferior character, is made of very
thick and heavy planks, the joints careful
ly closed, and large amount of quick-lime
put IN the coffin with the body, SO that the
coffin may be kept in the house, in fact,
generally is, for many months, before a
place or time in all respects favorable for
burial can be fixed upon.
Year: 1865

Indulgence to their supposed or real errors !;
let Us give them the praise they merit let
US ylela =. them a generous support for the
sake or tne Cause committed to them let
us not be SO unJust as to accuse them with
out reason or condemn thep, without fault.


Richmond Sentinel 3Oth uH.
Year: 1865

Some kind friend Of an editor has given him riding
whip. He intimates that nothing but saddle, bride
and horse, and the of barn and fodder ia wanted
TO make his turnout and bio happiness complete
Year: 1865

Nor CcxrSG.-A few days ago We stated
that Towards Theatrical Troupe had made
arrangements to visit our CITY. We have
-nce learned that its manager mas decided
rot to ~ ke the experiment.
Year: 1865

Coop FOR GUNTnER.-When General
Butler arrived in New York, he sent TO
Mayor Gunther, directing him to report
at bis headquarters, the Hoffman House
The Mayor, in reply, politely informed
General Butler, that if be had any bass-
ness with the Chief Magistrate of The city
Of New York, that fuuctio onarv could be
found at his office. General Butler did
not call.
Year: 1865

In 1860 the proportion between vote
aud opuIaton was as one to five. Iro,
baby this is about the real proportion at
the present time.


By the constitution Of tie state it is
made the duty o. the legislature TO pro-
vide for an enumeration of the inhabitants
Of the state once in every ten years, com
meucing with the year 1865. A state
census, accordingly, must be provided for
the coming year.
Year: 1865

TIE DRAFT-As was announced last
week, the supplemental Draft for this
county took place at Green Bay. Those
in authority have failed to Furnish names
for fear Of giving notice to those drafted,
but i, IS to be presumed that every sound
man in the county outside of Manitowoc
had his name drawn.
Year: 1865

The Madison Journal publishes the es
tmated population Of the cities of this
State at :he present time, the estimate be-
ing based upon the popular vote at the
recent presidential election. The result IN
h case is arrived at by multiplying the
vote in each city by six-one to SIX being
about the average proportion of votes TO
population
Year: 1865


o. brothers and sisters, growing old,
Do you all remember yet
That home in the shade of the rustling trees,
Where once our household met
Do YOU know how we used to come from schot
Through the summers pleasant heat
With the yellow fennel's golden dust
On our tired little feet
And sometimes in an idle mood
We loitered by the way;
And stopped in the woods to gather flowers,
And in the fields to play;


varned by the deepening shadows fall,


i told Of the coming night,


nbed to the top Of the last long hill,


saw our home in sight


others, and sisters, older now


she whose life is DER,


think of the mothers loving face


looked from the open door
LOS, for the changing things of time,
That home in the dust is low;
And that loving smile was hiG from US,
In the darkness long ago!
And we have come to life's last hill,
From which our weary eyes
Can almost look on that home that shines
Eternal in the skies.
So brothers and sisters. as we 60,
Still let us move as one,
Always together keeping step,
Till the march Of life is done.
For that mother, who waited for us here,
Wearing a smile so sweet,
Now waits on the hills Of Paradise
For her chdren's coming feet
Year: 1865

Talk who will Of the world as desert Of thrall,
Yet. yet, there is bloom on the waste;
Though the chalice of life hath its acid and gall,
There honey.drops too for the taste
There are times when the storm-gust may rattle


around


There arc spots where the poison shrub grows
Yet are there not hours when naught else can bJ


found


But the south wind, the sunshine, and roseE
Oh haplessly rare is the portion that's ours,
And strange is the path that We take,
If there spring not beside a few precious flowers
To soften the thorn and tie brake.
Earth is not all fair yet it is not all gloom
And the voice Of the grateful will tell,
That he who allotted pain, death and the tomb,
Gave hope, health, and the bridal as well.
Then say not the world is a desert of thrall;
There is bloom, there is light on the waste
Though the chalice OF life hath its acid and gall,
There are honey lrops too for the taste.


ELIZA Cook.
Year: 1865

A LESSON IN ETIQUETTE. The follow
ing lesson in etiquette from Boston paper,
may be equally applicable to concert and
theatre goers in other places


IL is a universal habit in Boston for the
audience TO rush pell nell from the theatre
just before the close of the performance


The play produced on the occasion w
one Of Miss Heron's composition, and she
as authoress and actress, rightly deem
herself entitled to more respectful at


With stately mein she advanced to IT,
Of the stage, and Indignantly protest. in
language like the following:


"The respectable portion of the audience
will remain to witness my poor effort; the
rest of the audience may 60" 1t is well to
add that the deserved reprimand proved sal
utary, for complete conversion was expe-
rienced, and the entire audience resumed
their seats until the curtain fell.
Year: 1865

Queen Victoria and Her Spinning Wheel.
The Paris correspondent Of the Cincinnati
Gazette, after announcing Queen Victeria's de-
parture for Germany relates this piece of gossip:


"Before leaving she took fancy to spinning,
and ordered a mechanic of Spital6elds TO mako
her spinning wheel. He finished one Of so
EXQUISITE work manship that she ordered one for
each of her palaces acd castles The good royal
matron resumes the occupation of the simple
ladies Of the ole and unaffected times, and, be
sure, her example will not be lost on the crino-
lined aud jeveled- ladies of our age. The in
clinatious aod fancies Of Queens dictate the
fashion at the spinning wheel as well as at the
court toilet"
Year: 1865

al VI N. B" an intelligent cOrrespou-
dent of the Cincinnati Gazette, now tra-
yelling in Virginia, writes as follows to
that paper in regard to the success of the
rebels under the present mode of "reeon-
structiOn" In the Old Dominion. His
statement deserves 70 be pOnaered:


The most careless observer, after passing
through Virginia, will turn away from the
State sick at heart, feeling that It IS to-day
as completely in the hands of the rebels az
before their surrender. Unless some future
remedy can be devised to correct the fatal
errors which have shaped the re-entering
of the State into the Union, power hiss
been established that will long bs q clog
upon all advance in the path which the
country has baptized with its richest blood.
It Is cause for sadness to be obliged 10 feel
that one single advantage which the coun-
try has gained at such q cost is to be need
lessly sacrificed. It deepens the sorrow to
know that political intrigue is accomplish
ing this, and that the chief workers are
men fresh from the battle fields OF treasoni
who are IS bitter as when the strife was
hereest, and whose prejudice and hate
against the North are as deep as ever
Year: 1865

ifALlDDIN'' To-NIGaT.-Hundreds of peo-
pie will gladly welcome the announcement
that the magnificent spectacle play of
Aladdin will be reproduced in all its
glory at the Academy of Music to night.
Exhibitions of it will also be given to-
morrow afternoon and evening, thereby
giving our friends from the countrya chance
of seeing the finest thing in the spectacle
line ever produced on our stage. Nowords
of ours can possibly add to the attraction,
SO we simply say, aladdin tonight"
Year: 1865

midst. They are anxious to get an emigra-
tiOn from the North, and have organized
themselves for the purpose of generally in
forming the Northern peopIeof the induce
ments of climate, &c. Before long author
lied agents will go to New York for this
purpose. ...i If.
Year: 1865

his service of God and man, as possessed with
deep moral earnestness, and as endowed with
vigorous common sense and faculty for dealing
with affairs. She will tell Of his confidence
in the people, and she will recount with, ap-
proval their confidence in Him, and when che
has told all this, may she conclude her record
by saying that to Abraham Lincoln, more than
to any other man, is due the success which
crowned the efforts of the American people to
maintain the Union and the institutions their
country, to widen and confirm the foundations
of justice and liberty, on which those institu


tions rest, and to establish inviolable and eter-
nal peace within the borders Of their land."J


These sad rites paid to the departed
dead, let us turn for moment 10 brighter
themes, and consider the duties, the re-
sponsibilities and the prospects which
are left to us who remain. Men die
Presidents are taken. away-but the peo-
pie are immortal. The life and prosperity
of the Republic depends not upon the
existence of single man, but upon the
aggregate virtue and intelligence Of the
mass of the nation. +"


How bright the career now opened to
US. A restored nationality, territory
practically boundless in extent and re.
sources. a power and prestige which
alike defes domestic insurrection and
foreign aggression. How glorious, how
dazzling our possible history in the
future If we fail. if we trihe away
these great privileges. the last. best hope
of free government will have perished
from the earth but, If we are true to
ourselves--to the great mission intrusted
to us--our future shall be glorious be-.
yond example; and upon the brightest
page of our national annals, honored and
conspicuous among the heroic men of our
golden age" shall stand the name Of
the Preseryer of his Country-ABRAHAM
LINCOLN. 1913 5000 l.-8
Year: 1865

A leading object with syery young man
should be TO secure himself q permanent
home. And for its greater stability, u
shou j consist partlyin land, and up to sceI,
tain limit, the more Of it the better, II PAID
for. The house should be as comfortable
and attractive rs one has the means to
make it. 1t should be ono that the heart
can grow to, and will cling around more
firmly With every passing year: It's owner
should desire and purpose TO keep posses
ssn OF it as long rs he lives, and bis chiio'
rem should grow up feeling that there 10
one place, fixed and stable tor them through
all changes.


Americans are altogether toe rowing 10
their habits. We build houses cheaply
and pull them down without regard, Or
we sell cut and move away q half dozen
times in q lifetime in the vain hope OF bet
tering ourselves. 1t is better to choose
homestead early in life, and then lay plans
with reference to abiding there. Even II
our gains be less. tlan are promised else
where, a certainty should seldom be given
up Tor an uncertainty. A bird in the hand
10 worth two in the bush. -..
Only those who have experienced It,
know how firmly family becomes attach
ed to their long loved homestead. No
children love home as well as those who
have known only one. As the young. be-
come Of marriageable age, they should 60
out, one by one, from the old homestead, =,
feeling it 10 be the model after which their
own should be established, and knowing
that this will remain unchanged as long as
the parents live, place to which they can
return, and where they will ever be vel
come. A pleasant writer confirms our doc
trine thus:


''Thsrs is great gain in being settled
1t is two.feld. Each year accumulates
about the farmer the material ny which Ia
Dor is lessened. -,


''The rough channels of labor become
worn and smooth. A change involves a
great loss, and rarely is there CORE spondi
ing gain. Tins is lost, labsr expended,
meney paid; the wear and tear of removal
is no small item; and above all the break
ing up of old associations is often disastrous
in the extreme. Parents and children be
como unsettled in their habits, If not II
their morals. Let man who has home
keep it; let him that has none get one, and
labor to render it treasured remembrance
to the absent and constant joy to thost
who abide in it." To all Of which every
intelligent, thoughtful person must give
hearty approval. American Agriculturist