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Year: 1867

TIE n. 7. Evening Gazette says:
Some few days ago grand wedding
took place III this city at a Baptist
church: the Episcopal service being
read by the officiating Clergyman
The bride wore poiiit- lace *eiI cost:
ing two thousand dollars in gold, and
among her wedding presents were two
solid gold neat-dishes. Of what use
this costly gift can be passes our under
standing.


This reminds us that on the
occasion of the recent marriage of the
daughter of q well-known publisher of
this city, the bride had not merely q
point lace veil but a point-lace flounce
in addition which cost by itself more
than five thousand dollars COluna-
6uS Journal.
Year: 1867

A LITTLE boy. on coming home from
church, where he had seen person
work the bellows Of the organ, said to
his mother, 80, mamma, / wish YOU
had been to church to-day-such fun.
A man pumped music out of all old
cupboard.
Year: 1867

the capitalist, and the manufacturer, will never
cast their destiny and hazard their fortunes in
any State that is under negro dominion. 1t
seems to be supposed by many that if these
States be once restored to representation in
Congress all will be well, and that prosperity
will follow as matter of course. Never was
there more fatal mistake. There is DO GER
tainty of these States being represented in Con-
gress if we adopt the plan of reconstruction-it
is not even promised nor will such admission
bring good government to the several States.-
The Sherman scheme will certainly result in bad
government, which Congressional representa-
tion has no necessary tendency to cure. And,
repeat, there can be no prosperity for any peo-
pie cursed with bad government Capital en-
ergy, and enterprise will shun it.


L have written much more than | intended
when [ began. But have written in spirit
of the most perfect frankness and kindness l
have much more that wish to say, but I fear
may take too much space in your columns if,
indeed, you should deem it proper to publish
what say.


Respectfully, your obedient servant,


HERSCHELL V. JOHNSON.


AUGUSTA, Ga, August 6, 1867.
Year: 1867

A worthy miller-so DIR. Chaplin tells the
story, In DIR. Dunbar memoirs-was once pain
ed by hearing that the minister was going away
tor want of support, the church having decided
they could no longer raise his salary. He called
a meeting, and addressed his brethren very
modestly, for he was one of the poorest among
those comfortable farmers He asked if want
of money was the only reason for this change,
and if all were united in desiring the services of
the pastor could they still keep him. There
was but one voice In reply-the pastor was
useful and beloved-but the flock was poor.


"Well," replied the miller, Il have a plan
by which l can raise his salary without asking
one of you for dollar, if you will allow me to
take my own way to do it. l will assume the
responsibility for one year. Have / your con-
sent?


Ofcourse they could not refuse this, although
they expressed SURPRISE knowing the miller to
be poor man.


The year drew to close The minister had
been blessed In his labors, and no one had been
called on for money. When they came together,
the miller asked the pastor if his wants had
been supplied and his salary promptly met?
He replied in the affirmative. When the breth-
rem re were asked if they were any poorer than at
the beginning of the year, each replied NO"
and asked how they could be, when their church
privileges had been so mysteriously paid for.
He asked again, lis any man here any poorer
for keeping the minister?'' and the reply was
the same as before. Then" he said, brethren,
have only to tell you that you have paid salary
the same as you always did, only more of
it, and with a greater promptness You re-
member you told me to take my own way in
this matter-and have done so. As each of
you brought his grist to the mill, took out as
much grain as | thought your portion, and laid
it away for the salary. When harvest was over,
| sold it, and have paid the minister regularly
from the proceeds You confess that you are
no poorer-so you never missed it and therefore
made no sacrifice Now propose that We stop
talking about poverty, and about letting our
minister go, and add enough to his salary to
make us feel that we are doing something"
MIR. Dunbar used to say, "Oh, for miller in
every church!


The story applies itself. No man ever made
himself poorer by helping to pay the minister's
salary whether or not he knew when and how
he paid it. We could, any Of US, do twice as
much as we do in that regard, ana be just as
well off at the years end, if that be ALL And,
then is it nothing to be able to feel that you are
dong sonsething?" ?"
Year: 1867

Thou canst not forget me, for memory will fling
Her light O er oblivion's dark sea;
And wherever thou roamest a something will
To thy Bosom, that whispers of me;
Though the chords of thy spirit I now may not


sweep,


Of my touch they'll retain soft thrill,
Like the low undertone of the mournful voiced


deep,


When the wind that has swept it, is STILL
The love that is kept in the beauty of trust,
Cannot pass like the foam from the seas,
Or mark that the finger hath traced in the dust,
When tis swept by the breath of the breeze
They tell me, my love, thou wilt calmly resign,
I ct know cen while listening to them,
Thou wilt sigh for the heart that was linked unto
AS rosebud is linked to its stem.
Thou canst not forget me! too long thou hast


flung


Thy spirits soft pinion ole mine;
Too deep was the promise that round my lips


clung,
AS they softly responded to thine, Lskies,
My presence will mantle thy soul,
And feeling of softness will rush to thine eyes
Too deep for thy manhood's control.
Thou mayst roam to thine own isle of beauty and


fame


Far, far from the land of the free
Yet, each W nd that floats round thee will mur-


mur the name


That is softer than music to thee; [crowd
And when round thee darkly misfortunes shall
Thoult think like the beautiful form
Of the rainbow that arches the thick tempest


cloud


My love would have frightened the storm.
Thou canst not forget me-the passion that dwelt
In the depth of thy soul, could not die, [felt
With the memory of all thou hast murmured and
In thy bosom twill slumbering lie
Thou mayst turn to another and wish to forget,
But the wish will not bring thee repose,
For ah thou wilt find that the thorn of regret
Will be linked with the sweets of the rose.
Year: 1867

Two little white arms folded


Over the quiet breast
Two little blue eyes sleeping


In an eternal rest.
One little heart that loved us,


Silent forever and aye,
And the heavy clouds of sorrow
Are darkening our way.
Two little feet aweary


Of all this toll and strife,
Joining the ranks of their Captain,
In the march of higher life.
One angel spirit wandering


Over the brighter shore,
And only the casket left US,


To sadden US the more.
One infant anthem blending


With the nightly choir above;
One little new harp swelling
In the harmony of love.
One more to wait there for US,
And meet us when we go,
Leaving this world of darkness
This world of sin and woe.
o, Christ, our God and Saviour
We thank thee for the word,
That of children-little children,
Is the Kingdom of the Lord.
Year: 1867

X The circulation of the SPECTATOR is
about as great as the combined circulation
of both the other papers published in this
place, and has as many subscribers in this
county alone as are contained in the whole
list of either of the other papers.
Year: 1867

From the book published by Queen Victoria,
we learn that it was on the 18th of October
1889 that she profered her heart and hand to
Prince Albert; on the 10th of January 1910 she
opened Parliament in person, and announced
her purpose to marry Prince Albert, and on
the 10th of February the marriage took place.


On the 18th of October, 1889, ''the Prince
had been out hunting early with his brother,
but returned at twelve, and half an hour after
wards obeyed the Queens summons to her
room, where he found her alone. After few
minutes conversation ON other subjects, the
Queen told him why she had sent for him, and
we can we'll understand any little hesitation and
delicacy she may have felt in doing so for the
Queens position, making it imperative that any
proposal of marriage should come first from her,
must necessarily appear painful one to those
who, deriving their ideas on this subject from
the practice of private life, are wont to look up
on it as the privilege and happiness of woman
to have her hand sought in marriage instead of
having to offer it herself"


This, unlike many marriages of royalty was
one of mutual love and devotion. On the day
in which she profered her hand to Albert, in
writing to her uncle, the King of the Belgians,
she said


"Ily mind IS quite made up, and I told Al
bert THIS morning ofit The warm affection he
showed me on learning this gave me great
pleasure. He seems perfection and [ think
that have the prospect of very great happi-
ness before me. love him more than can
say, and shall do everything in my power to
render this sacrifice for such in my opinion it
isl as small as [ can. He seems to have great
tact-a very necessary thing in his position
These last few days have passed like dream to
me, and am so much bewildered by it all that
| know hardly how to write; but do feel very
happy"


GENERAL SICKLEs's ARGUMENT.-The tele-
graph gives us an inkling of General Sickles'
argument against the policy of allowing the
Federal courts to interfere with matters in the
unreconstructed States. We have heard of his
argument before 1t occurred in conversation
between two darkies engaged in robbing hen
roost One of them asked the other whether
he thought they were doing right. The reply
was, That a great moral question, Sambo.
Hand down another "pullet." So with Sickles.
He wants the work to go on, right or wrong
and actually argues that because the court
would decide the reconstruction laws to be un-
constitutional, therefore they must not be open
ed to the owner of the pullets. Richmond Dis
patch.
Year: 1867

The New RIVER MrxEs.-V. Caraway, Esq,
who owns tradng-post at the Forks of New
River, was here last week He is firm in the
opinion that New River and its tributaries will
yet furnish profitable employment to thousands
OF miners. Miles upon miles of the country are
yet unprospected-in fact the only placers yet
worked to any great extent are those of Pony
and Virgin creeks. The few miners now work
ing on the former stream are making money
Mr. Caraway considers it an inviting field for
energetic laboriDg men, but hopes that the
class of GROWERS who visit unprospected locali-
ties merely to scratch over the top dirt of a bar
or bench, and then 60 off cursing the country,
will stay away they are not the kind wanted on
New River. He showed us specimens of gold
taken from those mines which, coming from
Idaho or Montana, would cause another of the
"stampedes" which have so much reduced our
population already The day is coming when
the rush will be this way gain.
Year: 1867

FSNHE UNDERSIGNED GIVES NOTICE TO THE
i Property holders of Trinity county that on the


FIRST MONDAY IN MARCH


he will enter upon the performance of his official
duties for the current year. He would call par
ticular attention to the following section of the
Revenue Law


- II any person shall willfully make or give,
under oath or affirmation, false list of his, or
ner, or their taxable property, or a false list of
taxable property under his her, or their control,
such person shall be deemed guilty of perjury,
and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished
therefor, as is by law provided for the punish
ment OF perjury and any property wllfully con-
ceaied, removed, transferred, or misrepresented,
by the owner or any agent thereof, 70 evade tax
alton shall, upon discovery, be assessed at ten
times the amount of tax for that year, which
would otherwise have been assessed upon it and
fifty per cent. of the amount of such additional
tax, when collected shall be paid to the person
or persons who shall furnish the information
which reveals the property SO concealed, trans
| ferred, removed misrepresented, and the re-
naming fifty per cent, after deducting the usual
per centage for collection shall be paid into the
Treasury for the benefit of the Common School
Fund of the State"


| If Tax Payers will have q list of their proper
ty prepared ready to be sworn to, as the law re-
quires, much annoyance may be saved, and my
work be greatly facilitated.


sai Assessor of Trinity county.
Year: 1867

NEARLY CoMPLETED.-Mr. Wattles, one of the
proprietors of the new mill and ditch enterprise
at French creek, was here this week The mill will
be completed by the first of the mont and will
be kept running night and day until sufficient
lumber to build the proposed fume to Taylor's
Flat is manufactured. The projectors are SAN
guine that the operation will prove lucrative
one, and we trust they may not be disappointed. &.
Such enterprise as these gentlemen have display
ed should be well rewarded.
Year: 1867

An UywlsE JUDGE.-A rumor comes from San
francisco which, to say the least, reflects great
discredit on the Judge of a ncighboring Judicial
District, coastward. If the counts charged
against the official are true, which we have n
reason to doubt, he had better stay at home in
future, or else leave his constituency TO select
man who is worthy the position.
Year: 1867

a SAMPLE.-We have been shown the twenty
four dollar specimen taken from the claim of
Drinkwater Brothers on Dobbin Gulch, Hav Fork
Valley. 1t is as handsome gold as We ever laid
eyes on, and there is no longer doubt that here
is plenty of the same kind in the region in qucs-
ton. Soon after the close of the Indian war one of
the gentlemen in question remarked to that
within two miles of his residence there were
good diggings for;fve hundred men. We begin
to believe it in earnest
Year: 1867

RELIEF MEETNG.-We learn from the Alta that
a public meeting, instigated by the mercantile
interest of San Francisco, was to have been call
ed early in the present week to organize for the
work of soliciting aid for the starving poor of
the South. The suggestion is timely
Year: 1867

CANYON CITY.-We have merely time to say
that we visited that mountain hamlet the other
day. The boys enter the same complaint that
our own do-a scarcity of water, occasioIed by
the continued cold nights. Next week we shall
tell our readers what is being done there.
Year: 1867

Final success-the JOY of lifes ripe harvest
is the goal of our human hopes. No wise or
thoughtful man will live merely for to-day
The pilgrim who seeks home is not content
to lngcr and loiter for the mere flowers beside
his way. The sower looks onward to fields
white and ready for the sickle. Wisdom has
regard to the grand issue. The triumph or the
pleasure of to-day is transitory. We want a
hope that does not sink with the setting sun.
The true success in life is that which does not
fail the evening of our days, or leave them to
blight our barrenness. We want that shout OF
''harvest home" that will not die into silence
with the fainting breath, but make passage OF
the grave whispering gallery where heaven
and earth talk togeler We want something
that will reach beyond time-beyond the things
of the present-something that will take hold
on eternity.
Year: 1867

Come quickly away with me, and we will
walk up and down the narrow path, by the
sweetbrier hedge; and we will listen to the low
song of the black-bird, and the fresh air will
cool our aching brows, and we shall find COM
fort. To these things fresh air and the birds
song, and the fragrance Of the lovely flowers,
God has given blessing; like sleep, they are
His medicines-the balm of sweet minds We
walk to and fro under the shade of those elms,
and we will be calm; bitter recollections shall
be made sweet by the thought of His mercics
and in the midst Of the sorrows we have in our
hearts His comforts shall refresh our souls and
our minds shall be stored with many thoughts,
sweet, ike the perfume Of these flowers.
Year: 1867

To the question often asked Of young men as
to why they do not marry, we sometimes hear
the reply, " / am not able to support wife. .
In one case in three, perhaps, this may be so
but, as a general thing,I the true reply would
be, 81 am not able to support the style in which
| think my wife ought to live" In this again
We see false view of Marriage looking to
ag appearance in the world, Instead of a union
with loving woman for her own sake There
are very few men of industrious habits who
cannot maintain wife, if they are willing to
live economically, and without reference to the
opinion of the world. The great evil is, they
are not willing to begin life humbly, to retire
together into obscure position, and together
work their way in the world-he by industry
in his calling, and she by dispensing with pru-
dence the money that lie earns. But they must
stand out, and attract the attentions Of others
by. their fine houses and fine clothes.
Year: 1867

VARYIsH FOR SHoEs.-It is bad plan to
grease the upper leather of shoes for the pur-
pose of keeping them soft, it rots the leather
and admits dampness more readily. 1t is bet
ter to make varnish thus:


Put halfa pound Of gum shellac, broken up in
small pieces, in quart bottle or jug, cover it
with alcohol, cork it tight and put it on shelf
in warm place; shake it well several times 8
day, then add piece Of gum camphor as large
as a hens egg shake it well and in few
hours shake it again, and add one ounce Of
lampblack; if the alcohol is good, it will be
dissolved in three days; then shake and use.
If it gets too thick, add alcohol--pour out two
or three teaspoonfuls in saucer, and apply'it
with small paint brush. lfthe materials are
all good it will dry in about five minutes, and
will be removed only by weanngit of, giving
a gloss almost equal to patent leather.


The advantage Of this preparation above O.
theirs is that it does not strike into the leather
and make it hard, but remains on the surface
and vet excludes the water almost perfectly
This same preparation is admirable for harness,
and does not soil when touched as lamrpiack
mixtures do.
Year: 1867

Men and women make their own beauty, or
their ownugliness. Lord Iytton speaks, in one
of his novels. of a man "who was ugier than
he had any business to be-" and if he could but
read it, every human being carries his liiein his
face and is good-looking Or the reverse as
that life has been good or evil. On our fea-
lures. the fine chisel of thought and emotion
are eternally at work Beauty is not the mo-
nopoly of blooming young men and of white
and pink maids. There is a slow-growing
beauty. which only comes to perfection in old
age Grace belongs to no period of life, and
goodness improves the longer it exists. | have
seen sweeter smiles on lip of seventy than
upon lip of seventeen. THERE'S the beauty of
youth. and there is also the'beauty of holiness
"a beauty much more seldom met; and more
frequently found in the armchair by the fire,
with grandchildren around its knee, than in
the ballroom or promenade. Husband and
wife. who have fought the world side by side,
who have made common stock of joy and sor-
row, and aged together, are not unfrequently
found curiously alike.in personal appearance,
and in pitch and tone of voice-just as twin
pebbles on the beach, exposed to the same IT,
dal influences, are each Others second self. He
has gained feminine. something which brings
his manhood into full relief She has gained
a masculine, something which acts as a foil to
her womanhood.
Year: 1867

In the palmy days Of Booth (the father OF
Edwin Booth, now performing at the Brooklyn
Theatre,) tie great tragedian together with
several friends, was invited to dine by person
who was opposed to theatres and theatre-goings
and yet who had curiosity enough to wish to
see something Of the lion of the day. During
the evening, some one requested Booth, as
particular favor, to read the Lords prayer He
expressed his willingness to afford the company
this qualification, and ali eyes turned expectant-
ly towards him. Slowly and reverently he a.
rose Al were astonished at the play OF emo
tons that conyulsed bis countenance. His face
became deathly pale, and his eyes, tremblingly
turned upwards, were wet with tears. The ST.
lence could almost be felt; it became absolute
" painful before his rich-toned voice from the
death-hued lips indescribably syllabled forth,
"Our father who art in heaven, etc" Every
heart was thrilled with-the pathos and solem-
nitv of the occasion. After be had finished the
silence continued, until subdued sob from
remote corner of the room broke the SPELL
The host stepped forward with streaming eyes
and seizing Booth by the hand said "Sir, you
have afforded me pleasure for which my whole
future life will feel grateful. / am an old man,
and every day from my boyhood to the present
time thought had repeated the Lords pray
or, but have never heard it before, never"


Booth replied; To read that prayer as it
should be read, has cost me the severest study
and labor for thirty years; and lam far from
being vet satisfied with my rendering of that
wonderful production. Hardly one person in
ten thousand comprehends how much beauty,
tenderness and grandeur can be condensed, in
a space so small and in words so simple. That
PRAYER of itself sufficiently illustrates the truth
of the Bible, and stamps upon it the seal OF
Divinity.


So great an effect had been produced by the
reading, that after few minutes of subdued
conversation, the company broke up and re-
tired. for the time at least, with full hearts.
Year: 1867

rat men.


Our corpulent readers will not object, if we
say few words in their favor. 1t is said to.be
fact that no fat man was ever convicted OF
murder. Stout people are not revengful, nor
as general rule, are they agitated by violent
gusts of passion. Toparade fat house-break-
or in the criminal-dock at the quarter sessions
would be phenomenon indeed. The fellow
who works with skeleton keys is generally a
lean and wiry individual, as he only can force
himself through holes scarcely large enough to
admit cat. Immagine fat man doing these
things, and then imagine him alarmed, andrun-
ming away, with policeman after him. Cor
pulency is not the sign of villainy, but rather
of prosperity. Of good-naturc and goodwill to
all men.
Year: 1867

CHARCOAL FOR FATTENIyG TURKIEs.-"l
have made an experiment. says writer, "in
feeding charcoal to fattening turkies, and the
result surprised me. Four turkies were con-
fined in pen and fed on meal, boiled potatoes
and oats. Four others Of the same brood were
also. at the same time, confined in another pen,
and fed ON the same articles, but with one p.nt
of very finely pulverized charcoal mixed with
their food-mixed meal and boiled potatoes.-
They had also plentiful supply of broken
charcoal in their pen. The eight were killed
on the same day and there was difference Of
one and half pounds each in favor OF the
fowls which had been supplied with the char
coal, they being much the fatter and the meat
greatly superior in point of tenderness and ia
vor.
Year: 1867

Another Grand Dividend!
WILL be made on the first OF February next.
w Those who insure at this time will derive the
benefit OF that dividend, which will add largely to
the sum insured, or may be used in payment of fu-
ture premiums. 1t is the best i


New Years Gift
man can bestOw ON his family in view of the


certainty of life.


Many Policies now subsisting with this Great
Company are yielding LARGE INCREASE, as the
following cases will show: