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Year: 1867

Cadence, the Nashville correspondent of
the St Louis Republican says


Bro,onJOU's Lam6s-1t is easy to guess
what sort of white men will volunteer in
this portion of Tennessee to assist Brownlow
in the dirty work of stufing the ballOt-bOx,
by coercing negroes to vote for him and keep
ing white men away from the polls. But we
are not left to conjecture. The other day,
gentleman who had conversed with one of
these precious pets, repeated to me his threats
He declared his determination to play havoc
with the g rebels in a certain locality, not
fifty miles from Nashville, because a relation
of his had been killed in personal difficulty
by a citizen, who holds that a white man is
as good as a negro. My informant is ac-
quainted with the people threatened by this
lamb, and assures me that, though they are
exceedingly law-abiding and peaceably dis
posed, they have too much gunpowder, and
understand its use too well, to be downtrod-
den by bandits in time of peace IF such
youths as that to whom / have referred shall
attempt to carry out their threats of murder,
they will be treated to hOspitable graves
and then yell will be raised about bush
whackers" 1t is well understood that a
chief part of BrOwnlows object is to open
wide these neighbOrhood feuds, that he may
have occasion for fresh measures of tyranny.
Year: 1867

costume and the Persian head gear in
black sheepskin. He is a venerable old
gentleman, with fine beard, and is
scrupulously neat aud clean. He is pas
sionately fond Of music, and is to be
seen, every night, at one of the opera
houses, seated always in the very best
places. He is also frequently to be
found saunteriDg on the boulevards and
in the Champs Elysees. He has the rep
utation Of being wealthy. Yet this man,
though in Paris more than thirty years,
though he is we'll known by sight TO all
PArisians, has never, it is said, been
seen speaking to living soul He fre-
quents the haunts of man, yet shuns
communication with man. There are
many tales told about him; one is that
be ran away from his own country with
q prodigious quantity of diamonds; an
other that he got large sum from the
English Government for poisoning an
Indian prince; but these tales must be
false. What is certain is that nobody
knows his name, and that he has never
told any one why be came to Paris, why
he stops there, or whence his money
comes.
Year: 1867

The following resolutions were
drawn up by Dean Swift to be OBJ
served when | come to be old"


Not to marry a young woman.


Not to keep young company unless
they desire it.


Not to be peevish, morose, or sus-
picious
Not to tell the same story over and
over to the same people.
Not to be coyetous-the hardest of
all to be kept.


Not to neglect decency or cleanli.
ness, for fear of falling into nastiness.
Not TO be over severe with Young
people, but to make allowance for
their youthful t0llies AMI weakness.
Not to be influenced by or give ear
to the knavish tattling of other ser.
wants.


Not to be too free of advice, nor
trouble any hut those who desire
it.


To desire some good friend to in
form me which of these resolutions
| break or neglect, and to reform &C.
cordingly.
! Not to talk much, nor of myself
very hard again.
/ Not to harkem to hatterers. nor con
ceive can be beloved by young
woman.
| Not to be positive or opinionative
/ Not to set up for observing al
these rules, for fear | should observe
none.
Year: 1867

NEWSPAPER EDITORs.-It would be
olmcult to compress more in a few
words than is found in the following
from the Chambers Journal:


A newspaper editor must, like the
poet, be born to his calling, in the
majority Of instances, no amount of
training will fit a person for such a
post unless he have a natural taste
and aptitude for this description of
literary labor; for, although many per-
sons are able to write s'leaders,' or
literary articles, for a newspaper, few
can be entrusted with its editorial con-
troll, few can scent out the libel which
turks IN almost every communication
few can distinguish the report intend
ed to please the speaker instead of
informing the nation, and the letters
written to serve private interests in
stead of public ends; still fewer who
can tell at glance the kind of litera
ry or political material which will pro-
mote the circulation of a journal
in fact, a good editors great difficulty
in not as to what he should put in,
but what he should keep out of his
columns. Successful editors have not
been great authors, but men of good
common sense, and their good common
sense has taught them to write but
little themselves. but to read, Judge,
select, alter and combine the writings
of others.
Year: 1867

The New York city authorities are
taking steps to stop the various gift
enterprises and lotteries which are
advertised soon to take place In the
city, in which they will undoubtedly
be successful. Therefore those who
invest in these enterprises are likely
to lose their money. i.
Year: 1867

The complication Of the domestic af-
fairs Of the United States WIS never more
remarkable than at the present moment.
The work Of reconstruction has not ae-
tually made progress, for all sections and
parties admit that the framework Of soci-
city 10 the Southern division Of the Union
is as much dcranged now as it ever has
been. Government by the bayonct and
the forcible suppression Of thought, which
every rejecting. man in the country
heartily ,deplorcs, and even the most ex-
treine regard with secret aversion and
n,isgiving, seem likely to be extended
through the present generation. The
longer q rule Of this kind il maintained.
thc more difficult it becomes to terminate
it, because the discomfort which it excites
renders severe repressiyc measures indis.
pensable. The American people arc at
| length accustomed to state Of affairs
from which they would formerly have
turned with indignation-to the existence
on their continent Of purely military
government over ten millions Of their
fellow citizens, whose representative men
are put under the ban, who are not only
excluded from the Federal legislature and
Federal Offices, but are deprived Of all
! voice in the government Of their several
States The community that is subjee-
ted to this treatment accepts it without
murmuring, but the passive attitude OF
submission into which it has fallen is ev-
en- more nnprolnising for the peace and
welfare OF the country than open resist.
anee. Forciblc opposition, If any could
be made. might easily be quelled but
when one-third Of great nation, whose
concurrence in the general government is
necessary to its prosperity and security,
declines TO take any part in it, and sits
down in listless indifference or despair,
either coereiyc or conciliatory measures
viii prove unavailing. The Southern
people say that since Congress has deter
mined that the negroes must govern, 50
shall it be, but they will not give their
sanction to the proceeding By recording
their names in an assured minority at the
polls. Theie are not many even in the
radical party who look with satisfaction
on the probable perpetual estrangement
Of the Southrcn people, and the incor-
operation into the main structure Of the
government of the FIVE military districts
which have virtually superseded ten or.
gained Statcs.-London Times.
Year: 1867

The PUBLIC DIsGUsTED.-Thot the
pubic mind has become disgusted with
the extreme measures ofmany prominen


men in the Union party We have little
doubt. The evident determination of some
among them, not only to secure the col
ored race in the enjoyment of equal rights
but to give them absolute ascendancy in
the government of the country, has repell
ed very many who have hitherto acted
with the Republican party. Thore is nc
doubt, moreover that the violence and
reckless partizanship which has marked
much of the action and more of the espeech
es of republican leaders, the disregard Of
Constitutional obligations. the manifest
determination to keep political power il
their own hands, by whatever means, and
the evident purpose to exclude the South
ern States from the Union until they car
rely on their support of the most radica
measure of public and of party policy
have caused very many members of tha
party to distrust the wisdom and the pa
triotism of those who have usurped iti
leadership and coutrol. ~ X Times.
Year: 1867

ANDREW JAcKsoN.-He was Indeed
an extraordinary man; the only man I
ever saw that excited my admiration to
the pitch Of wcndcr. To him knowledge
seemed entirely unnecessary. Hesaw in
tuisivelY into everything, and reached a
conclusion by short cut, while others
were beating the bush for. the game.
His reasoning was impulse and his i'm
pulse inspiration. He never
sought an object that he did not succeed
in attaining, and never fought battle
that he did not win. General
Jackson was not only an honorable but
an upright man, and equally scorned a
mean as dishonorable act Whatever
he might have been in his youth, he was
a pious man in his old age; and though,
as Corporal Trim says, q our army sEore-
terribly in Flanders" the General had
conquered the habit before death :
1t was not the politeness of conventional
habits but the courtesy of the heart, and
his department toward his family, hi
guests and his slaves was that of patri
arch of old presiding over his Hocks, his
herds and his dependents.-J. 4. Pduld-
ing.
Year: 1867

farthng But to consOrt with a man who Is,
regularly speaking, amedical hereto; who pre-
fcrs lit,lc doses to big ones; who sets llahne-
mann above Esculapius. and cnres diseases IN
one way instead Of another. argues, 1t seems,
a degree of ethical delinquency which requires
the scyerest punishment. IL was not alleged,
be it remarked that Dr. Gardner himself had
apostatized from the faith OF the Academy.
Nobody charged him with administering the
little white powders For aught we know he
may prescribe nothing but blue pills and pare
corc every day of his life. But having as we
said before. an intimate friend, who, though
bred regularly" had fallen away into the
Hahnemannic delusions, DR.. Gardner has been
guilty of the sin of consulting with him some
times on professional questions, has met nm
at the bedside of some suffering patient and
given him the benefit of his advice and ex-
pericnce. This is the crime for which there is
no forgivincss


One might almost suppose from the actoh Oh
the Academy that homeopathy was catching, so
that regular doctor who came near pracu-
toner of that dcvilish art would be apt to spread
the infection, even if he did not succumO TO II
himself The Committee suggested IN indc-
finite suspension of DR.. Gardner during the
pleasure of the Academy sort OF ethical
quarantine of nobody knows how many days
during which he might have leisure to repent
"of his error" but we are pleased to learn
that the culprit manifested no signs of remorse
whatever, and expressed his determination to
"do so again" whenever the occasion offered.
Whether the action of the Academy will be
quite as efiectual az they supposed in depriving
him of the chance to do so again, we very
strongly doubt. For our own parts, we are not
prepared to believe that DIR. Gardner is now
walking the streets gnashing his teeth In lone
illness and agony of mind. We are not so sure
about his dying a living death" We think
it probable that he is quite as good doctor
now as he ever was If his name can't be
printed any more in The Medical Register we
dare say he can manage to have it retained in
the New York Directory, which is vastly bet
ter book with better circulation. And when
he made his choice to leave forever the rldl-
culous Academy rather than break off inter-
course with his homeopathic friend he did
what was manly and sensible. and what will
prove, we dare say, as advantageous to his pro-
fessional career as it was creditable to his in
dependence.
Year: 1867

THE BEST WAY TO FIGHT TIE INDi1NS.


In the Grand Council between the Indians and
the Peace Commissioners on the North Platte,
Spotted Tail peroratng held out an olive branch.
more covered with arrows and scalping- knives
than with green leaves. He ascribed the exist
ing hOstities to the construction OF the Kansas
Pacific Railroad up the Smoky Hill River, ana
the Powder River wagon-rOad. lie SAID, with
savage energy 81 want these roads stopped
lust where they are, or turned in some other
direction" The-Man- That Walks Underline
Ground followed in a speech, in which he pre-
sented the ultimatum Of his tribe: 81 want
"you to stop these roads where they are. Don't
disturb our game, and then you will have
life" Pawnee Killer next asserted himself
against the development of the Plains and the
Rocky Mountains and speedy intercourse be-
tween the Atlantic and Pacific States, and COM
merce between Asia and America. by stopping
"these roads, know you can get peace" he
said, with tomahawling significance. To him
succeeded Turkey Foot, the leader of the Plum
Creek massacre. "Will the white people that
"travel this road and the Arkansas road listen
"to what you sayY' demanded he, OF the Peace
Commissioners. IF they will, then listen unto
"me. Tell the Great Father to STOP these
"roads, the one on the Smoky Hill and
"thc one on the Powder River have done"
The Smoky Hill road will surely be built by
the people of the United States. 1t is rs ne
cessary to them as the Central Railroad was to
the people of the State Of New-YOrk. Nor
will the vast grassy region between the SOth
and 43d parallels of latitude, and the 2lst and
27th parallels of longitude, be surrendered by
the American people to any race OF men to be
used as park to breed buffalo and antelope
for the chase, and to be abused to divide the
Pacific and Rocky Mountain States from the
rest of the confederacy, and compel trade and
travel to make the detOur of the lsthmus OF
Panama The temper of the Indians at the
Peace Council indicates that continuation of
the war is inevitable. If it is to continue, the
best and most economical method of prosecut-


ing it on our part is to hasten the completion


of the Smoky Hill road, thereby securing
continuous line of settlements across the conti-
nent, and making every station and village on
the route a base for military operations.
Year: 1867

The people Of New Mexico are unwilling to
be outstrpped in the progress OF intelligent
emigration by the more Northern territories
through which the line of the great Pacific
Railway has been located. We find, therefore,
that spirited exertion is being made for an
extension of the Kansas Branch to and through
New-MexicO. This is sound policy. Every
completed mile of the Pacific Railway and its
branches opens new fields to the emigrant who
crosses the ocean for home, TO the New
England farmer who would exchange his sterile
hill side farm for one upon the teeming prairie,
or TO the young man who would put his small
earnings into land which will insure him
competence for his later years We have glow
ing reports of the productive power of the
lands along this great highway, and mani
festly there will be especial attention paid to
their development next year. 1t is the vital
interest of all the States and Territories through


which the line passes to foster this development
by generous aid and by disseminating ample
information concerning all such unoccuped
lands. The outlay thus incurred will be re-
turned ten-fold in the rapid accession OF
settlers, with the church, the school, and the
mandatory in every hamlet. We have
already spoken of the movement for bringing
the new lands along the line of this national
road under cultivation and settlement, and
shall watch its furthcr progress with interest.
Year: 1867

little curious perhaps. that the people OF tho
South protest against surrenderpg ther entire govern
ment into the hands Of ignorant negroes


Whose fault is their ignorance Did they
make the laws which forbade any one to teach
them under the pains and penalties OF felony
And how came your party to be the South
"ern people, to the exclusion of those by whose
labor you were so long mbsisteds Has Apo
mattox taught you nothingf
Year: 1867

The nominations for Mayor Of ARCHIBALD NJ
BLISS by the Republicans and Martin Kdlb-
feisch by the Democrats go very far to secure
a Republican triumph i'll Kings; while the re-
nomination of Hugh Mclaughlin for Register
by the Democrats is dcservcdy unpopular with
his party. He has already held for SIX years
the best Office in the cOunty-one which would
make a modest man rich in single term of
three years. How a man can ASK Tor such IN
Office third time. We cannot comprehend
sense of decency should prompt him to stand
back and let some brave and deserving
soldier have q chance. CHARLES SCHURTG is
his Republican competitor, and is bound to give
him a close race. Let those who believe that
turn about is fair play take hold for Mr..
Schurig. lie ia worthy and popular, and can
bo elected if all who wish him to be will work
for him as he deserves. And the Republican
ticket is, on the whole, good and strong one.


Kings is certain to give better account OF
herself this year than last.
Year: 1867

WORT property, which should put very hand
some sum into the city treasury. No better title
or terms can be desired than Controller Con
molly viii offer for this property. Now let us
have another sale for the disposition OF all the
city's interest in the markets, which are a dis
grace and nuisance.
Year: 1867

as Judge of the Sth judicial circuit, and
that the governor be requested to give all
the information in his possession, relative
to said election Resolution adopted,
and Messrs. Pettigrew, and Cameron ap'
pointe,l committee on the part Of the
House. Also bill to define the sepa'
rate property in married women. Refer
red to the committee on the judiciary.
Year: 1867

The beautiful final dream of the Holy
Writings, of New Jerusalem, in which
the light Of Truth is TO shine everywhere
and the world to be the temple Of JUS
tice-thst Divine Utopis, the realization
OF which the Church has with reason
postponed until another and better life,
has been the rock OF shipWreck Of all the
Ancient HeresiArchs and Of many Mod
ern Ideologists. The simultaneous
emancipation and absolute eqaality Of
all men suppose the cessation Of progress,
snd consequently Of life. In the world
OF equals, there could be no more chill
dren or old men; and therefore there
could no longer be birth or death. This
is enough TO prove that the New Jerusa-
lem no more belongs 20 this world, than
the primitive paradise I; Ia which was to
be known neither good nor evil, nor
liberty, nor generation nor death 30
that the cycle Of cur religious symbolism
begins and ends in eternity.
Year: 1867

the great Kings Of Thought who come as
his vieerOys TO rule the world.


When such mea fail and fall, it is be-
cause other forces sometimes govern
them, than Reason and Justice alone
in other words, because they are not the
Deity, who alone is Absolute Reason and
Absolute Justice. Above and before all
that is agreeable or apparently profit
able, there Is always Truth, that is TO
say, q Reason, and by this Reason all
human actions ought to be guided, and
not by considerations OF qualification or
advantage, If we desire TO enlarge In
ourselves that intelligence which is the
reason of being of immortality and
make nearer perfection that justice which
Is the reason of existence Of law. The
man who is truly man can will that
only which reasonably and justly be
ought TO do; wherefore he silences his
lusts and fear, that he may hear Reason
alone.
Year: 1867

Nowhere, save in the wilder


ness, beyond the frontiers of civ


ilization, can such perfect privacy


be enjoyed as in large city
The denizens of busy metropolis
have enough to do in attending
to their own affairs. They have
no time to bestow on the doings
of their neighbors, and take no
interest in them. The curiosity
of villages and small towns is In
satiable. Espionage is the main
employment Of at least one-third
of their inhabitants. If stran-
ger takes up his abode among
them, he becomes all at once the
centre Of observation-a target
for conjecture-a standing topic
of conversation. His antecedents
are inquired into, his character
is canvassed, his manner of life
is carefully noted, his dress, fea-
lures, fortune if he has one, want
of it if he has not, are all made
the subject of earnest discussion.
A jury Of matrons sits on his
case daily, until everything as
certainable concerning him has
been ascertained, and, if inquiry
is baflled, and no Arian can find
clue to his past, guesswork, in
due time takes the place of facts,
and he is "reckoned up" as in
spector Bucket would say, on
fancy basis. A previous history
he must have, and, in absence of
any authentic record, he is furn-
ished with one by the tongues of
gossip. But in a bustling city
You can settle down anywhere,
without attracting the slightest
attention. You care for nobody
and nobody cares for you, as the
song says. The family in the ad-
joining house do not recognize
you when they see you, and if
you do not publish your name on
q door-plate and your servants are
not on visiting terms with the
kitchen circle next door, you may
remain for a twelve-month as
utterly unknown to the beings
whose laughter you can hear
through the party wall, as if you
YOU dwelt in Central Africa
People talk of seeking retirement
in the country. The idea is .ri-
diculous. If you want to be lso-
lated from the world, live quietly
in the midst of a densely popula-
ted and busy district.
Year: 1867

scarcely expect you to keep the
chart which you have contracted
for; that is q matter of small con
sequence, as it will be valuable
illustration of an unique species
which | can use in my lectures
with real name and residence. The
charge Of deception in science is one
which was never brought against
me, and never will be, sir-necer?'


ooh! never mind, give us the
map" said the subject; "here's
the swindle, for it is a swindle !;
but I'd rather pay it than have
you going round the country max
ing a fool of me everywhere else
as you have here, you blasted phi
loprogenitive humbug you'll"


With this explosion the subject
retired.
Year: 1867

Some years since in Cincinnati,
a house in the western part of the
city was occupied by two families,
one'of whom took an English pa
per, the other a German one. The
papers were thrown into the plot
of ground before the house by the
carrier. The occupant of the up.
per part of the house had a small
dog which he taught to distinguish
between the papers, and sent him
down every morning to fetch up
his (the English one.) This the
dog did, never making O mistake,
and if as sometimes happened,
the German one was lying there
alone he would have nothing to do
with it, but returned up stairs
again without any.