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Year: 1868

a battle would ensue, lasting not un-
frequently till daylight. Tired out with
the din that banished the idea of sleep,
one nig ght the old fellow and his son sailed
out with shot guns and slew some hundreds
of his annoying visitors Next morning
the crows were all gone, and returned no
more to the grove.


The other evening we drove out to the
roost, and witnessed sight we shall not
soon forget. 1t was o'clock when we
arrived on the ground, and already the
crows had began to arrive. At sundown
they were coming from all directions, and
long lines continued entering the woods
from every quarter until dark Each
flock had a filer or leader, who flew over
the tree tops until he found his roost, when
the head of the column lighted, the rest
circling round and round and winding
themselves about their chief Only few
crows would light on the same tree where
the leader lighted, from which fact we
Judge he is a sort of aristocratic person
age who does not associate with the COM
mon herd, and that the persons who slept
on his tree were his royal family, and
crows high in authority in the flock.


The crows did not seem afraid of US,
and were evidently used to human visitors
We drove up quite close to the trees bend
ing beneath their weight, but these birds,
usually so shy, did not mind us much un-
til my companion initiated the explosion
of gun, when a scene that beggars des-
cription followed. Instantly cries rose
from all parts of the wood, and thousands
of crows flew into the air, circling round
and round us, cawing vociferously. AT
times the noise was so great that, although
sitting side by side in the buggy, we had
to speak loudly in order to be heard by
each other. Having raised great distress
among our black friends, we drove off, but
for miles saw focks in the air still coming
to roost. The rustic of the wings in fy
ing was one of the most peculiar sound:
we ever heard; a large flock passing 81
lently over our heads, we paused to listen
and could liken the noise to nothing bu
the futter of million fans, or the rump
! ling of vast pieces of silk.


When the firing continues for any tim,
they will fly into the open fields and ther'
sleep until daylight As soon as the da,
begins to break they quit their roost an'
90, no one knows where 1t has been es
timated that crow will fy a hundred
miles for his breakfast, and return afte
supper, and we have not the least doub
that many of the crows who sleep in Ken
tuckey are citizens of Ohio and Illinois


We think that about one million crow
sleep in the Church Roost, and about tn
last of March they will leave us ant
scatter themselves over the northern states
returning again next fall to spend the win
ter with us. y gentleman who has closel
observed them for many years, says tha
they decrease in numbers, that they ar
slowly passing away, and in time like tn
poor Indian, will became a defunct rae
on this continent.
Year: 1868

On Impeachment, delirered IN tie House


Of Representatives, FEB. %, 1868.


Mr.. Poland said Mr.. Speaker, desire
to say few words in explanation Of my
own position, and of the vote which | feel
compelled to give upon the important
proposition now before the House.


1t is well known to the members of the
House, to my constituents, and the coun-
try, that | voted against preferrlng the
articles of Impeachment of the President
which were reported by majority of the
Judiciary Committee at the commence
ment of the present session. 1t is not
needful that | enter into any detailed
statement of the reasons upon which that
vote was given. But l will say that from
a careful examination of all the evidence
taken and reported to us by the Judiciary
Committee [ was not satisfied that the
President had been guilty of any such
express and specific violation of law, or of
any such wilful and corrupt official mis-
conduct as would legally authorize con-
viction by the Senate. The President and
| the Congress of the United States were
Numerically opposed in their views as to
the proper polcy 10 pe pursued III tne
restoration of the States lately in rebel.
lion. The political party in the country
opposed to the majority in both Houses Of
Congress had rallied to the support of the
Presidents policy, and in opposition tc
that of Congress and the President hac
Joined his political fortunes with the party
in opposition to that which placed him il
Office.


1t did not appear to me that any sucl
special and definite offence could be proved
against the President as to give his i'm
peachmen. or conviction any other appear
Year: 1868

An article entitled The Farewell of
the Fig-Leaves,'' in the March number of
the Northern Monthzy-attributed to Miss
Olive Logan-is by far the ablest attack
on the ballet that has been elected since
the - Black Crook - first displayed its de-
moralizing attractions. The writer who
has evidently had an extensive stage ex-
perience, assails not only the ballet, but
the exposure tolerated by the extreme
fashions of the day.


A single paragraph will give a good idea
of the treatment of this subject


A somewhat weary distance may seem
TO have been Travelled over in this rather
reSunae than statement of the obligations
at once binding woman to modestv and her
guardian to assist her in the maintenance
of that quality; but it is to be feared that
before all this is said the connection with
the special subject of improper personal
exposures may be only too evident. For
there is small occasions of treading on the
painful if not dangerous ground of specifi-
cation, to prove either that there only ex-
lists one forfeiture of modesty more assured
than incurred in throwing the sacredness
of the person open to the public gaze-or
that there does not exist even one road
more inevitable toward that impurity fol-
lowing immodesty. There is a lust of the
eye mentioned by that same commonly
neglected authority before quoted quite as
guilty as that which follows, and more de-
structive. because hundreds may be con-
taminated at once; and the ever-recurring
test of brotherhood. or better STILL of hus-
bandhood, comes up again. inevitably to
illustrate the atrocity of pandering to it.
In the marriage contract what husband will
fail to claim that the woman whom he
takes to his arms and heart contracts to
keep the glories of her womanhood sacred
to his only eye? And what father or brother
will fail to visit with the severest rep
rotation the first advance toward undue
revelation of form of either daughter or
sister, simply because he, in common with
the husband. recognises such exposures, il
continuing, as incompatible with purity of
soul and threateningly dangerous to purity
of body ~?


1t might puzzle even an imaginative
writer to concentrate in few words more
sneering but grieved bitterness than that
expressed, many years ago, during a tenn
porary reign of the disease now persistent,
bv certain husband who was accosted
with question while looking on at dance
in which his very decozlete wife was fgur-
ing. What very handsome and mag
nifciently formed lady is that yonder, in
the green and pearls p asked one of the
other guests, an acquaintance of the hus-
band but stranger to the family. That ?
Oh that is my wife; or at least, I thought
that it was up to to-day. But, by the
Prophet. [ am inclined to think, by the
way she dresses tonight, that she is the
wife of every gentleman in the room.'"
Year: 1868

THE MANNA.-The mamma, according to
the Jewish tradition of Josephus, and the
belief of the Arab tribes, and of the Greek
church of the present day, is still found in
the droppings from the tamarisk bushes
which abound in this part of the desert


The more critical spirit of modern times
has been led to dwell on the distinction be-
tween the existing mamma and that described
in the book of Numbers and the identifi-
cation is further rendered precarious by
the insufhciency of the present supply in
the desert of Sinai. 1t became afterwards
a favorite figure in Christian writings to
express the heavenly sustenance of the soul,
either in the eucharist or in our spiritual
life generally. Of all the typical scenes
represented in the celebrated Ammergan
mystery, none is more natural or touching
than that in which the whole multitude Of
Year: 1868

A WE HAVE DETERMINED TO GIVE
"A up the Retail trade In Boots and Shoes,
in the city of Wheeling, and devote our
30. as Lists New Building, Main ST.,
we win from this day forward, until the 1st
day OF April, sell our stock Of Boots and
Shoes and Caters


AT AND BELOW COST.
Also the furniture in room No. l95 Main St,
together with the lease OF said room for one
year. To any one desiring to embark in the
shoe business, we offer great Inducements in
9tockv together with The good will OF the
house. having the largest retail trade in the


febls.tf R.PoRTER d SONS.
Year: 1868

Frank P. Blair, Jr., Copperhead csndi-
date for Vice-President, maue a speech at
Omaha on the sixteenth, in which he said
that the Republican party bad put under
foot all the people of our (white) race In
ten of the Southern States; they have
bound a million of people to the earth
with their bayonets, and they have put on
the top OF them this hideous black barbSr-
ism; aud, my fellow7citizens, feeling that
they have lost the confidence Of the white
race, both North aad South, they propose
to overcome the charges cast against then
at the North in the free States during the
last year, by the minority of the SoutA,
whom they have made supreme over the
white race there, and the question comes
up for your decision-for the decision OF
the whole people of this country-will you
| permit minority in both sections to gov
ern the white race? That race, my fellow
| citizens, that glorious race Of people
whose history is the record of intellectual
progress among mankind, the only
race that have ever shown themselves ca
pable of establishing and maintaining free
government. "a voice, "Tbe Blair family,
/ supposedly The Blair family will be found
on the side of the white race. The Blair
family can never be deferred from taking
that stand by any man who wishes to Sssail
the fair white race of this country by a
mixture with the blacks. My fellow citi-
zens, it is not my intention to detain you
by any heightened remarks. (Cries of "Go
on.'' l knew very well that what I had
to say would not please a certain set Of
people, and I will say further that did
not intend to please them. If any oneis
displeased that we, the Democrats, intend
to restore the government and the Consti-


tuition, they may make their decrees now,
for tell you that after November you will
not be able to hear one of them speak"


Blair is still on his high horse but he
will come down in November, when the
votes are counted and the Blair family slide
into oblivion, never more TO vex political
parties.
Year: 1868

Complaints have been frequent in Eng
land that women are becoming more and
more addicted to intemperance. A gentle
man writing to the London Star states that
The careful persusal of public journals, a
large correspondence with intelligent OBJ
servers, the testimony Of city missionaries,
and personal experience in London have
led me slowly and reluctantly to this de
pressing opinion. Workingmen themselves
say there is more drunkenness than ever
amongst women This, may remark, ia
one reason why some wOrkinguen will not
marry, but prefer another mode OF life"
A similar opinion is becoming prevalent in
this country.
Year: 1868

meree, and is the basis made for reg
ulating the values of material things.
There are such words in our language
as honesty, honor, truth, love, benev-
olence, virtue, and they mean some
thing, certainly. The better nature
ofany one, ifit is not all clean gone
out of his heart, will tell him that
their value is beyond all price. Why,
then, is an attempt made to estimate
them in gold and silver? Why are
they thrown upon the market as ar
ticles oftrade? Honesty and truth,
instead of being looked upon as going
to make Up the chief good, are de-
graded into 4 mere law of commerce.
Most men are honest and truthful, not
because the exercise of those virtues
will make them better, but because it
will make their business better.


If neither blood nor wealth con-
tains the elements of true AristOcra-
cy, both of them combined cannot.
We must therefore look elsewhere for
these qualities. Fortunately we do
not have to look far. There is but
one other source left from which they
can proceed, and that is found in
moral and intellectual development.
Strip a man of his wealth, his titles,
his honors, his connections, as Job
was stripped, and let him stand out
alone; judge him now, with your eyes
no longer dazzled by gaudy splendor;
and if, like the tree before the storm,
he meekly bends but breaks not, you
may call him genuine. And if when
thus stripped there is still left man
hood enough to command respect and
reverence, he is the true AriatOcrGt.
Grant him wealth, and place, and
power, and they well become him.
His honors sit gracefully upon his
head. He is what God intended
every man should be-a nobleman.


&c. Q.
Year: 1868

G69 2'AO w hh O4 1lb1hHG.


BT OLIVER WENDELL HoLHEs.
What flower is this that grestS the morn,
It's hues from heaven so freshly borni
With burning stars and flaming band
It kindlss all the sunset land;
o, tell US what it's name may bel
IS this the Flower Of Liberty1


Then hail the banner Of the free,


The starry Flower Of LibertyI
In savage Natures far abode
Its tender seed our fathers sowsd
The storm-winds rocked its swelling bud,
Its opening leaves were strsaksd with blood
TIL, 10 earth's tyrants shook to see
The full blown Flower Of Liberty


Then hail the banner Of the free5


The starry Flower Of LibortyI
Behold It's streaming rays unite,
One minglinga ood Of braided light
The red that fires the Southern rose,
With spotless white from Northern snoWsr
And spangIed o'er its azure, see
The Sister Stars Of Liberty


Then hail the banner Of the free,


The starry Flower Of Liberty
The blades Of heroes fence it round;
Where ere it springs is holy ground;
From tower and dome its glorieS Spreadf
It waves where lonely Sentries tread;
1t makes the land as ocean free,
And plants an empire on the seal


Then hail the banner Of the free


The starry Flower Of Libertyl
Thy sacred leaves, fair Freedoms Flower
Shall ever float on dome and tower,
To all their heavenly colors true,
In blackening frosts or crimson dew
And God love as as we do thee,
Thrice holy Flower Of Liberty


Then hail the banner Of the Free


The starry Flower Of Liberty
Year: 1868

ACCIDENT TO A PoLIoEMAS.-About eight O'CLOCK
yesterday evening Of the patrolmen Of the Four.
teenth precinct Thomas McNamee fell from the sec.
ond story Of the station house and sustained con,
out Of the window Of his sleeping apartment lost his
balance and fell. He was attended by one Of the
pOllco eurGoOna
Year: 1868

Arrival OF the Steamer Rising Star
News from Paraguay-Paraguay-
ans successful In Recent Engage
meHt-Banquet Given By the Press
Club TO the Ladies' OF the SOrOciS
Many Ladies Present.
Year: 1868

In MsAoRiAx OF President BucHANAS,
direction of the War Department all work
was suspended on the Island to day, Ia
memory Of tho lato President Buchanan.


A salute Of thirteen guns was fired at
sunrise and half hour guns during the day
At sunset the natlonsl salute will be frsd,
by tho battery stationed on the point Of
the Island in front Of the Arsenal.


ID Is emmently Il, aud proper for the ma
tion to show this mark Of respect 10 the
memory of one who has held the highest
office 10 the gift Of the people and who. al
though he may have differed from many
discharged his duty as to him seemed just.
Year: 1868

Pure blood may be compared to pure water, and
impure blood to muddy water. If you pass muddy
water through muslin you soil it I; continue the
process and you cover with thick mud. Blood
passes through all parts of the body if good and
pure it nourishes and cleanses the parts it goes
through If impure it leaves more or less dirt be-
hind it. BRASDRErH's Pills are the medicine
wanted, because they made ON purpose to take
dirty humors out of the body, and they never fail
These pills cure scrofula, even Of forty years'
standing they have cared cases of rheumatism
when the patient had not walked for four years :;
of paralysis where the legs had lost their power Of
movement for seventeen years. The evidence in
these cases cannot be disputed. Is there town in
the world where such evidence exists not?s If
BRANDRErH's PILLS have been much used there
we know that such evidence can be found.


But be and see upon each box my name In.
the Government stamp, in white letters


B. BRANDRErH, Brandreth House, New York.


Sold by all druggists. see
Year: 1868

Inc emancipation of the negro grew out Of
the exigences Of the war for the Union, and


hls enfranchisement was solely due to the
pressing necessities of the political situation
IN the ex-rebel States. After having emanci-
pated the negro, it was found necessary, at
the close of the war, to afford him some


means of protection against the arbitrary
action and demands of his former master +;
and in compliance with the dictates Of fnecessi-
ty, right and justice. the freedman was given


the ballot, and thereby made the arbiter of
bis own destiny, and the architect of bis own
fortune.


Alabama and other Southern States in


dicates pretty strongly that the negro will


ultimately cast bis fortunes with the Demo
cratic party. The Republican party gave


him an opportunity to make fair choice OF


political associates, and if he deliberately
hops over into the Democratic camp, we have
no objections whatever to offer. The fact,
however, that the negroes elected Democratic
Electors in the States where they held the
fullest sway, shows that they were not con-
trolled by Republican agents, as charged by
Democratic demaeogues.


In the North and West the Democracy
have scarcely landmark left to commemo-
rate its former existence. The few States
which they have carried north of Mason and
Dixon's line were won by very feeble and
insignificant majorities, and in New York
their paltry success was only brought about
by the most unscrupulous and stupeDdous
frauds.


A review of the field of political contest
renders it very apparent that the only re-
naming stronghold of the Democracy is in
the States secured to them by negro votes.
In view of this fact it may safely be asserted
that the Democracy will hereafter cease to
disparage and abuse the negro, that their
papers and orators will stop prating about
the beauties Of "white mans government"
and that Democracy and the Negro will
henceforth be :" one and inseperable."


Republicans can we'll afford to look upon
this new alliance with indifference, as it is
not the first fusion which the Northern peo.
pie have witnessed between the chivalry
Democracy and the negro, although the
present union assumes more of political
than social phase. Backed and sustained by
the splendid and overwhelming Republican
majorities rolled up by the white freemen of
the North and West, we can afford to bid the
demoralized Democracy welcome to their new
recruits.
Year: 1868

WELL DoNE.-Returns show that Grant
and Colfax have carried this Safe by about
GEO majority. Last year Haight was elected
by 9,546 majority. The fact that we have
overcome this majority in the face of a DEM
ocratic State administration. and placed Cal
ifornia in the list Of loyal commonwealths, is
particularly gratifying and well calculated to
render Union men JOYOUS and jubilant.
Year: 1868

the election returns of several of the precincts
in this county were presented to the County
Clerk with the envelopes in which they were
were sent back for comparison with the pre-
cinct tally lists, and one of the packages
came back to the Clerks office in the same
condition in which in was before-torn open.
We are also informed on reliable authority
that these returns have passed through the
hands of number of persons who were not
sworn or legally deputized to- carry them.-
The law upon these points is very plain.
Year: 1868

We hope every citizen Of Bosser parish will
take il upon himself TO make the radical thieves
who pollute our society feel their own ittleness
and flthiness They should be taught that they
are obnoxious, and that their presence is dissI
be socially ostracised, and publicly ignored and
avoided. Let the lash Of public scorn be freely
applied and visited upon them in every condition
we find them. The radical ours should be taught
they live by our grace-that we consent or permit
their presence In our community as an act of cour-
tesy for which they ought to be thankful Such
instruction would be wholesome 70 them. The
degraded skunks would then respect US for toler-
ating them at all. They should always be made
to feel uneasy-that the tenure Of fife ia uncer-
taiD-depending on their keeping their hlthy car
cases out Of decent society. Fight on every inch
Of ground-it is the only antidote.


fRassisr R.nr.r
Year: 1868

Apurple land. where law secures not life"


BTRoS


"And, so you have read your letter."


eyes, and am very grateful for your kind
ness in bringing it, and Bartrelle looked up
into the face that bent above him, and his
gratitude spoke in his eyes.


The light, boyish figure was clad in suit
of iron gray cloth of the finest and most
costly texture, and made in a style of the most
fashionable and finest workmanship. The
closely fitting, elegant pantaloons were fast
ened at the waist by belt of white patent
leather, adorned by large, curiously wrought
gold buckle. In the belt were placed silver
mounted Colts revolver and long. keen
bladed Spanish knife. His roundabout bore
on its sleeves and collar golden braid, nearly
half an inch in width, Enthusiastically curved
and twisted into beautiful network of
embroidery, and which gave to the garment
picturesque and novel appearance, half civil,
half military, at once attractive and becoming.
On his head he wore light, white cashmere
cap, without ornament, if we may except the
curiously worked golden flagree that clasped
it as aband. Nicely finished, beautiful patent

leather boots covered the small, girlish feet.
The toad ensemble of this young Arab of the
camp made one recall the description Scott
has given to the young frebrand of Rokebys
train, Redmond O'Neil


"a form more active light and strong.


Ne'er shot the ranks OF war along"


Bartrelle surveyed the lad from head to foot
with an amused and quizzical smile, which
brought blush, quick and feverish to tbs
brow of the youth.


We must find another name for you, Zera;
the one you bear but i'll comports with that
masculine attire. What do you say to Taylor?
You would pass very we'll for Laura's brother
and my cousin" remarked Bartrelle, anxious
to relieve Zera from the consciousness of the
look which moment before had so sensibly