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Year: 1865

The river flowed with the light on its breast,
And the weeds went eddying by,
And the round red sun sank down in the West,
When my loves loving lips to my lips were prest,
Under the evening sky.


Now weeping alone by the river / stray,


For my love he has left me this many day,


Left me to drOop and die!
AS the river flowed then, the river flows still,
In ripple and foam and spray,
On by the church, and round by the hill,
And under the s!uice of the old burnt mill,
And out to the fading day;


But love it no more, for delight grows cold,
When the song is sung, and the tale is told,


And the heart is given away!
Oh, river, run far! Oh, river, run fast!
Oh, weeds, float out to the sea!
For the sun has gone down on my beautiful past,
And the hopes that like bread on the waters cast,
Have drifted away like thee


30 the dream it is fed, and the day it is done,


And my lips still murmur the name of one


Who will never come back to me!
Year: 1865

THE SHEEP Observation-Disclosures has not
entirely died out: The following is given as as
Speaker think sheep is paramount to dogs,
and our laws hadn't Oughter be so that dogs
can commit ravages on sheep Mr.. Speaker,
l represent sheep on this floor. Laughter,
and cries of That's So Up where | live,
sheep is more account than dogs and although
you may tell me that dogs is useful, still say,
on the other hand, sheep is useiuller and show
ME the men that represent dogs on this floor,
and that think dogs is more important than
sheep, and will show you man that is tanta-
mount to know nothing. Mr.. Speaker, am
through"
Year: 1865

for the ''Stern statesman who occupied the
Executive chair at Richmond" is confrma-
ton of what we say. Our distinguished fellow
citizen originated the phrase of Stern states
man, and we are not willing that he should
be deprived of the honor hence our explana-
ton Of the attendant circumstances.
Year: 1865

A gentleman talking to another OH the sub
iect Of marriage, made the following ObServa-
ton: 81 first saw my wife in q storm car
ried her to ball in storm; courted her in q
storm; was published to her in storm mar
r;ed her in a storm /; lived in a storm all her
life but, thank heaven, buried her In pleas
ant xvaa thar ~
Year: 1865

RALEIGH, N. O, August 3.


Parties arriving here from different parts
of the State say that there is great
change in the conduct of late rebel soldiers
Their complete Submission and good inten.
tions to the Government for the fist few
weeks of the collapse of the rebellion
challenged the admiration of all loyAl
men, but stree the wholesale display of
clenency TO the rebel leaders OF weslth
and Influence, this trescherous and arrogant
class have poisoned the minds of these
soldiers against the Union and
they are now actively organizing
them for q political conflict with the Gov
ernmenL and war sgainst the Union men
and negroes. They are having everything
their own way in designating the delegates
to the convention which they expect will
soon be called unless the government inter-
feres and excludes these leaders from par
ticipsting in this body. True Union men
will have nothing to do with its delibera-
tions which they claim will result in 8
farce and ruin all who are associated with
the convention.
Year: 1865

We hear, on authority which we cannot
doubt, shat it is after all exceedingly prob
sbls that Lord Palmerston will retire from
ofiice before The assembling Of the new
Psrlisment In that event, f'Gla5stone
for premier r viii rush unbidden 10 many
lips. But we learn that the chancellor Of
the exchequer himself is by no means pre-
pared to acquiesce in his own sudden ele-
walton TO The Office of prime minister.
With good Judgment and taste, he consid-
ers that the interests of the country would
be best served BY an administration headed
by Earl Granville, Earl Russel, or the Earl
of Clarendon, Mr.. Gladstone, leading the
House of Commons, in his present office,
SO congenial TO his disposition and so fitted
70 utilize his genius. Everyone believes
thst Lord Granville would make e most
popular and excellent premier, and it is
around him that if our representations
are correct, the rev Cabinet viii be
formed,
Year: 1865

The Whatis-it is dead. For the infor-
nation Of those good people who were
backed down by BArnum, they st first Of
fering to bet that it was an idiot negro
boy, will be pleased to know that it was q
negro girl. She shufflsd of her imbecile
coil some time last spring while on exhibi-
ton in the West.
Year: 1865

There is voice that speaks to us,


If we own no craven heart,
AS we pass along life's pathway,


Taking our appointed part
And it bids us bear our burden,


Heavy though it seem and feel,
Aud with strong and hopeful vigor


Put your shoulder to the wheel.
What though clouds are darkning DER us,
They but hide tranquil sky;
Or should storm drops fall around us,
Soon the sunshine bids them dry.
Never doubt, faint and 1alter,


Heart be stout and true as steel;
Fortune smiles on brave endeavor-
Put your shoulder to the wheel
Folded hands will never aid US


10 upliit the load of care;
"Up and stirring be your motto,


Meek to suffer, strong to bear.
'Tis not chance that guides our footsteps,
Or our destiny can seal;
With a will then, strong and steady,
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
Men of worth have conned the lesson,
Men OF might have tried its truth
And lips have bIeathen its maxim
III the hst'nin8 ear Of youth;
And be sure throughout life's journey,
Many wounded hearts would heal,
If we all as friends and brothers
Put our shoulder to the wheel.
Year: 1865

RECREATION Recreation is intended to
the mind, as whetting is to the scythe, to
sharpen the edge of it, which otherwise
would grow dull and blunt. He therefore,
who spends his whole time in recreation is
ever whetting and never moving his
grass may grow, and his steed starve as,
contrarily, he that always tolls and never
recreatcs is ever moving, never whetting
laboring much to little purpose. AS good
no scythe as no edge. Then only does the
work go forward, when the scythe is SC
seasonable and moderately whetted that i
may cut, and so cut that it may have tn,
help of sharpening.
Year: 1865

The age of young lady is now expressed
according to the present style of skirts, by
saying that eighteen springs have passed
over her head.


Punch says this is by a brute Why is
beard like common sense Because no
woman possesses it.


CHAMA FERGUSON is accused of sticking
corn-husks in the wounds of his victims, to
torture them
Year: 1865

RSg~ \ singular accident ACQUIRED in Sum
merhilI township, Crawford Co., Pa, one
day last week. Alonzo Wood in cleaning
his rife, turned into the barrel say half a
teaspoonful Of refined petroleum, putting
down wad of tow on the end Of the wip-
ing rod and pushing the oil out at the tube
He then put down a larger wad, pushing it
down within a foot of the breech, when an
explosion occurred which forced the rod in
to the thick part of the hand, coming out
at the wrist, passing up and grazing the
arm to the elbow. The rod was three
fourths of an inch thick at the butt end
The report was similar to breaking a cap,
and smoke also issued from the muzzle
Year: 1865

SPANISH PRovERBs.-Since | wronged you
have never liked you.


The day did not sweep the house, there
came to it one whom did not expect


Never speak Of a rope in the house Of a
man who was hanged.


Ifyou want to beat a dog say he ate
your iron.


The gallows was made for the unlucky


To be a merchant, the art consists more
in the art Of getting paid than in making
sales.
Year: 1865

AN Irishman being asked why he permit
ted his pig to take up his quarters with his
family, made an answer abounding with
satrical naivete. "Why not ? Dosen't the
place afford every convenience that a pig
can require ?"
Year: 1865

WOMAN is like ivy-thc more you are
ruined the closer it clings to you. \ vile
bachelor adds Ivy is like woman-the
more it clings to you, the more you are
ruined" Poor rule that won't work both
ways.
Year: 1865

gives the right of suffrage to every white
male citizen Of the United States" OF. full
age and six months residence III the State,
and every white male Of foreign birth and
full age who has resided one year i'll the
United States, and six months preceding
the election in the State, and who has de-
clared his intentions to become citizen.
No soldier or marine shall acquire vote
by being quartcred in the State nor shall
any person lose his vote by absence in the
service Of the State or United States "No
negro or mulatto shall have the right of
suffrage"
Year: 1865

There is family in Detroit Of quite un-
usual composition. The father and mother
have each married three times, and have had
children by each marriage, and all are now
living happily together under one roof-six
sets of children.
Year: 1865

A Few DAYS MoRE.-We stand on the
verge Of great contest. On Wednesday
next will open the grand battle between
the friends of the white race and the
friends of the black race. On which side
will you be found, reader? We look with
confidence to the issue. The Democracy
are ready they fear not the strife. for
they are fighting in the cause Of justice
and humanity fighting to restore the
friendly relations which once existed be,
tween the North and the South fighting
to reconstruct the Union on a just and
enduring basis. We believe that the re
suit of the coming contest will vindicat,-
the ood.bought liberties of a great peo.
pie. The principles Of the Democracy
are as lasting as the stars which shine
above US. Democrats, friends of white
mans Government, we have but to be
true to the sublime mission before US,
and the popular verdict on Wednesday
next will he for us. Work, work till the
iast hour of the contest and all will be
we'll.
Year: 1865

Coon friends, is there a doubtful man
Of your acquaintance? Go to him, con-
verse with him, encourage him, convince
him it is the duty Of all men, who have
the prosperity, the greatness and the
honor Of our country at heart. to vote
the Democratic ticket. 1t is ticket that
does honor to our County-which every
Democrat is proud Of Induce every .vo-
ter to vote and the day is ours. little
judicious work win elect every one Of our
csDdiastsS Up and at work, all Of you,
Democrats.
Year: 1865

THINK BEroRE YoU voTE.-It is useless
tor the boUg Hair candidates to deny it,
they are in favor of negro suffrage, and
aheir triumph will be claimed as a victory
Of the radicals. He who voteB for them
can have no affinity with the Government; t;
no confidence in the President; no respect
for the white race. A vote given to them
is q reflection on the Administration
Voters, recollect this fact, and vote un
derstandingly.
Year: 1865

To CoRREsPoSDENrs.- The communication
Of "El Dorado anG Democrat" for reasons
unnecessary to state but which we will explain
TO the satisfaction of their authors, we respect.
fully decline to publish. We agree with them
10 sentiment, but deem it impolitic to say any
thing about matter which we hope and be-
lieve will be settled satisfactorily. If we
thought otherwise we would cheerfully pub.
liSh the communications.
Year: 1865

GENERAL SHERMAN. - General Sher
mans views are entitled to and will re-
ceive the respectful consideration of the
American people. The people love him,
as much for his modeSty and patriotism
rs for his brilliant achievements. In the
few remarks which he made on his recep.
ton at his home in Lancaster, Ohio, he
said:


"The past is now with the historian, but we
must still RIapple with the future. In this we
need Il guide, and, fortunately for US all, we
can trust the Constitution which has safely
brought us through the gloom and danger of
the past. Let each State take care of its own
local interests and atfairs-Ohin Of hers, Lnuisi-
ana of he0s, Wisconsin of hers, and, believe,
the best results will follow. You all know
we'll that have lived much at the South, and
l say that though we have been bitter and
fierce enemies in war, We must trust this peO.
pie again in peace"


Upon which the Cincinnati Enquirer
justly remarks: "There is truth and
sound philosophy in the above II the
Northern ALolitionists had acted upon it
in years past, We would never have had
this war. 1t was caused by the free States
seeking to regulate the local affairs in the
slave States. The same politicians are
justifying interference with them in the
matter of negro suffrage, aud for it they
receive a rebuke from the General" And
the masses will rebuke them still more
pointedly Abolitionists have had their
day, and the people are now convinced
the country can have no peace until they
are crushed, and they are resolved to
crush them.
Year: 1865

at is. at this day, the best representation Of
strength-the most striking illustration of the
valve of discipline-to be found in the world.
Democracy is the bundle Of rods, weak and
easily broken individually, but showing won.
derful powers Of resistance when cOmpacted
and Solidifed by the pressure Of party drill"
Year: 1865

We have been informed that some of
our extremely loyal citizens have been
pitching" into Uncle Sans Tax Collec-
tors-cursing them for rascally extor-
TONERS, and all that sort of thing. We
think that it ill-becomes such chaps to
be bowling about the taxes. They are
getting just what they have all along
been voting for. 1t is in very bad taste
to abuse the collectors or the assessors
If they wish to do anything effective, We
advise them hereafter to quietly vote
the Democratic ticket, which will be far
more likely to cure the ills of which
they cOmpla in than anything we wot Of


That's our advise gratis.-Ohio Demo
crat
Year: 1865

SOMETHING INsTRUCTIvE.-A country
man. upon his first visit to Boston, tells
how to play billiards; "The. balls are
punched with long wooden ramrods,
with wax on the little end, to save the
wood and leather from wearing out. You
take your ramrod and chalk it, then you
lean over the table then you squint
then You lift your left leg then You lid
die little on your left hand with your
ramrod; then y0u punch your ball If
your ball hits the other mans ball, you
have done big thing, and poke lot OF
buttons that are strung on a wire. This
is all there is to game of billiards"
Year: 1865

THE TOMATO AS FoOD-A good medical
authority ascribes toIthe tomato the fol
lowing very important medical quality;


lst. That the tomato is one of the
most powerful aperient of the liver and
other organs: where calomel is indicatec
it is one of the most effective and the
least harmful medical agents known to
the profession. II


2nd. That chemical extract will be
obtained from it that will supeIsede the
use of calomel in the cure of disease.


3rd. That he has successfully treated
diarrhpa with this article alone


4th hat when used as an article OF
diet, it is almost sovereign for dyspep-
sia and indigestion.


5th. That it should be constantly used
for daily food. Either cooked or raw, oI
in the form of catsup, it is the most heal
thy article now in use.
Year: 1865

A greenhorn standing by sewing Ua-
chine at which handsome young lady
was at work, looking alternately at the
machine and its fair operator, at length
gave vent to his admiration with:


by golly! its purity, specially the
part covered with caliker."
Year: 1865

ANOTHER MISS HARRIS SHOOTING CASE.
Another case of insane impulse has
Just resulted in Washington city. A
young lady arming herself with pistol
of the same pattern as that used by Miss
Harris, deliberately shot soldier who
had become an ineenstant lover, severe
IL, if not fatally wounding him.
Year: 1865

INEFFICIENCY OF WASHINGTON POLICE
Owing to the inefficiency or indifference
of the Metropolitan Police, which Is
maintained at a large expense, there is
but little protection at night, to human
life, gsrroting and waylaying, with rob
berry, being Of a frequent occurrence,
Year: 1865

UNLESS our contemporary Of the Louis
vile Journal exaggerates, that city is not
the most delightful place of residence
The editor says


at seems that portion of our soldiers
are determined that bloodshed shall not
end with the coming of fpeace-that if they
cannot have the excitement of battles
and perilous marches, they Will seek 1t
in street brawls. in murder, assassination,
and robbery. We live in almost reign
of terror No mas can walk the streets
at night without danger to his life. The
reports of firearms are heard through
the whole night, and assaults upon peace
able citizens are of such frequent occur-
renee that they have nearly ceased to he
thought of as outrages, being regarded as
the natural results of soldiers being
brought in contact with citizens"
Year: 1865

New YORK, July ga Richmond cor
respondent of the Herald says: The ac-
tion of the officers of the Freedmen S
Bureau in this locality, under instruc-
tions from the Chief of the Bureau in
Washington, is somewhat distasteful to
the first families of the Old Dominion,
who have yet to learn and appreciate
the great change of the labor system of
the State, wrought out by the war. The
idea that negroes can make complaint
against the aristocratic whites and sus-
tain it by the testimony of their own
color, seems to be something not thought
of until brought to the scrutiny of those
charged with the protection of the
rights of the freedmen The Bureau
here is now almost daily employed iu
solving the enigma of the former lordly
whites and the always lowly negro. Nj
merous cases of agreements to pay rea
sonable compensation after the fall of
Richmond to the contrabands for field
service or farm labor in the country.
have arisen, wherein, after the crops
have been made, they have been driven
away with the assertion and its attempt
ell enforcement, I'VE can't keep you
any longer. You are now free; go and
take care of yourselves Here the Off
GERS of the Bureau interfel o and see that
equity prevails This is no fable, but its
moral is on its face The city is unusu-
ally quiet.
Year: 1865

business. Tuesday. and would take charge
Of me il would meet him at the evening
train; so Fred telcgraphed 20 him to look
out for me, and here / am very much
obi ged for his care and escort"


..But where is he all this time - asked
the husband impatiently.


Hang the Blue Veil There is some
mistake here" l exclaimed, pulling out
the telegram as voucher for me- Il
am Charles Chester, of Lakeville, at
your service l reside at Lakeville, and
received this dispatch yesterday l took
charge of this lady as well as l knew
how; and though l could not satisfac-
torily decide who she might be, or by
whom committed to my care, it is only
within a half hour that my yself was not
the Charles Chester who should have
been on the lookout for Lizzie, in Blue
Veil"


They started. They read the telegram.
The oddity of the mistake bewitched US
all, and they took me home with them to
laugh it over, when they found that no
Jenny was awaiting me at my Journeys
end. And as .alls well that ends well.
let me tell you that my young wife to-
day is Lizzie's s sister, and equally partial
to Blue VEIL.
Year: 1865

\ CURIOUS incident lately occurred in q
French criminal court \ Young woman,
carving q child less than year old in
her arms, was arraigned for having
stolen three gold ten franc pieces from
tie house of lady where she called on
business The prisoner stated ir her
defence that her baby snatched the coins
from table without her knowledge, and
carried them home in its hand, that she
had Just discovered them there, and was
preparing to 90 back with the money
when she was arrested The defence
was thought most improbable, owing to
the child's age; but the president, in
order 10 test its possibility. ordered one
of the ushers to lay three gold pieces on
the ledge of the dock. within the bahy's
reach. The moment the little thing saw
the money it clutched the pieces firmly
and attempted to put them in its mouth.
This experiment satisfied the tribunal
that the woman had told the truth, and
she was in consequence acquitted Of the
charge.
Year: 1865

NEW YORK, August 21-The CONNER
cial prints the following from a private
letter written by a citizen of Camden,
South Carolina:


AS all the negroes are to be turned
loose on the country on the first day of
January next, and the question is, how
are they to live? Poor creatures, their
doom is sealed-they or the white race
must perish; which will it be? Will
the North stand by and see their own
flesh and blood perish at the hands of
negroes / fear for the first of Janu-
airy 20 come-we are sure to have diff
Guilty with the blacks.


II think they are preparing for the cri-
sis They are arming themselves now,
and I think they have more weapons
than the whites. We have but few arms
TO defend ourselves with. For myself,
| have none. Sherman got my shot gun
and revolver. Intend, however, to send
for pair of army revolvers with fixed
cartridges to fit If not too much
trouble, tell me the cost of . pair of
them. 1 want good ones, for am sure
l shall need them
Year: 1865

one bound Ieaped. as it were, over a few
feet of intervening space, and splashed
into The sea.


1t is not possible for any words to por-
tray the dismay with which the sight was
witnessed and the news heard. When a
man came aft with piece of the inner
end lsshed still TO the chain. and saw the
tortured strands. torn wires and lacerated
core, it is no exaggeration to say that
strange feelings of pity, as though some
human creature had been mutilated and
dragged asunder by brutal force. passed
through the hearts of the spectators
Captain Moriarty was just coming to the
foot of the companion TO put up the daily
statement of the ships position, having
had excellent observations, when the
news came Il feel said he. 1--WE will
not feel much interested now in knowing
how far we are from Hearts Content
However it was something to know. al
though it was little comfort. that we had
run precisely ll6 miles since yesterday,
that we were l,062 miles from Nalentia,
$50 from Hearts Content, that We were
in 81 %, long 81 SO.
Year: 1865

JUDGE RYAN of Buffalo recently said
in response to n remonstrance against
his ruling Il have no law for it. /
gave it as the opinion of the court.
based upon common sense. 1 am no
lawyer. never read a law book in my
life. and l never will. for the reason that
| see SO many-fools who have read
law, that / dare not venture to expert
ment."


SIMEON DRAPER. of New York, has
lately paid $500. 900 in gold into the
United States Treasury the receipts for
the government cotton sold at auction at
New York.