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Year: 1866

Have the courage to discharge debt
while you have the money in your pock-
ct.


Have the courage to do without that
which you do not need, however much
your eyes may coyet it.


Have the courage to speak to a, friend
in "seedy coat, even Though you are
in company with rich one, and richly
attired.


Have the courage to make will and a
just one.


Have the courage to, tell man,why you
will not lend him your money. -


Have the courage to sscut" the most
agreeable acquaintance you have when
you are convinced that he lacks princi.
pie. "Friend should bear with a friends
infrmities," but not with his vices.


Have the courage to show your respe.
cts for honesty, in whatever guise it ap-
pears; and your contempt for dishonest
duplicity, by whomsoever exhibited.


Have the courage to wear, your old
clothes until you pay For your new ones.


Have the courage to obey your Maker
at the risk Of being ridiculed by man.


Have the courage to prefer comfort
and prosperity to fashion in all things.


Have the courage to acknowledge your
ignorance, rather than to seek creditfo
knowledge under false pretenses. sa


Have the courage to provide entertain
ment for your friends within your means
not beyond a 1T aiss
Year: 1866

DRIVEN TO DEsPERATIoN.-The Bos-
ton Voice says Benedict who has taken
a wife recently was driven to the extreme
measure by the treatment he received in
a boarding house where he was sick re-
Gently. He said he ordered the servant
to bring him some cruel on Monday NOR
ming, but which he never got till Wednes.
day afternoon. During his confinement
not single soul visited him save the
young gentleman who cleaned the knives;
he come not for the purpose of consola-
ton, but to inform him. that "Missus
would be much obliged if Mr.. -
would do his shaking on chair, SO as
not to get the bedstead apart" This
was the feather that broke the, back OF
his bachelorship. From that moment he
resolved to connect his fortunes with a
piece of dimity.
Year: 1866

A very valuable pocket-knife was drop
ped into twenty four foot we'll, half full
of water. "How shall we get it out2-
Shall we have to draw the water from the
well?' The writer proposed to. use "a
strong horseshoe magnet near by, suspen-.
ded by cord. "Bus we cant see where
to lower the magnet 50 as to touch the
knife. !" "Throw the suns ray down the
bottom of the well by a looking glass"
was the second answer. It was done; the
knife brought up-all being accomplished
in moment of time.
Year: 1866

To Commemorative are at all
times pleased to receive items of news, and
when not properly written will cheerfully un.
dertake the labor of preparing such favors
for the press. 1t is our particular desire to
be placed in possession of the local news
transpiring in the different localities, and
We will feel under obligations to all who may
favor Us in this regard.
Year: 1866

CATCHING AT STRAWs.-We notice that
certain radical papers affect to believe that
there yet remains a chance for compromise
between the President and the destructives
who 50 bitterly assail him in both Houses
of Congress. As an evidence that the way
is yet open for reconciliation, they point to
the recent interview between the President
and Governor Cox, of Ohio. They forget
that the Governor himself is committed
against negro sufragej but even if this were
otherwise, there is nothing in the interview
between him and the President that goes to
show that the latter is disposed to. yield in
the slightest degree to the "radical" pres>
sure. In all his declarations, the President
has uniformly declared that he is governed
BY Constitutional convictions from which he
cannot depart. The right to regulate the
question Of suffrage, under the Constitution,
is confined to the States, and the President
.i1-:sl.t~ L.---Li-- e : q. -
unite with the radicals in extending suffrage
to the negIoes. In this regard President
johnson occupies a very different position
from that assumed by the late President Lin
coin. The latter, in all his declarations was
governed by considerations of policy. When


President Lincoln, in his letter to Greeley,
refused to emancipate the negroes, he placed
his refusal entirely on the grounds of "pOl-
10y" So, too, when the emancipation proc
lamation was issued, it was justified as a
measure dictated by "policy." Had Presi-
dent johnson based his opposition to the
radicals on the score of policy, there would
have been a door left open for compromise,
but when be based his dissent on Constitu>
tional principles, he assumed position from
which he cannot depart Mere questions
of policy may be compromised-principles
never. This is the position occupied by the
President, and it is one from which he can
not recede. The only compromise possible
is for the radicals to abandon their untena>
BILE position and unite with the President in
the glorious work Of restoring the Union.
Year: 1866

New York, Aug. 30.-In response to
the Mayors address yesterday, the Presi-
dent in voice evidently affected by emo
ton remarked as follows: To what you
have Just given utterance to, under the
circumstances, would be more than |
could undertake to reply to- [ am over
whelmed at the reception you have ac-
corded to me (applause) and language is
inadequate to give expression to my feel
ings. Iaccepted your invitation and |
now beg you will in return accept my
most sincere and heartfelt thanks. Such
an invitation from this great metropolis
ought to encourage, and it does encour-
age, me in the faithful discharge of my
duties (cheers.) 1t is peculiarly accept
able at this time, fresh as we are from
the battle field; but there is still great
er battle before US (cheers,) In reference
to what I have done it is before you, and
it is for you to determine what my con-
duct has been (applause.) In conclusion,
let silence speak for me what I ought to
say and what I intended to do (cheers.)
In accepting these resolutions, accompa-
MED by sentiments so gracefully uttered,
again return you my sincere thanks.


At the conclusion Of the Presidents
remarks he was greeted with three cheers.
Loud calls. were then made for Secretary
Seward. He said l feel that am at
home. I thank you for the welcome you
have extended to me (applause) l feel
more than that, for I have brought with
me to yours and my homes the President
of the United States (cheers.) United
by the arms of our heroes, by the virtue
Of our citizens and by the wisdom and
energy of our Chief Magistrate, if any
thing is wanting tits the certificate which
we look for at the coming polls to bear up
US out in our opinions that the United
States should consist of IS instead of %
States (grcat applause.) In the city and
State of New York the people should be
faithful, first to their views, then to their
children, then to the city and State, and
Year: 1866

The Press AND THE ATLANTIC TELE->
GRAPH NEws.-The New York correspon-
dent of the Philadelphia Ledger writes:
7 may as well state that the talk in news
paper circles is, that one of the very first.
necessities OF this institution {the Atlantic
cable) as soon as it is demonstrated that
it is to be a permanent thing, must be-
an advance in the price not only of news:
papers, but of newspaper advertising.
As the cable dispatches add nothing to
newspaper circulation, the public is the
only party benefited, and the public,
therefore, must expect to foot the bill;
otherwise, one half of the newspapers
now in existence may as well give up the
ghost. The talk, in all probability, will,
IN the course Of a few days, crystalline in
the shape of General Convention of the
leading newspaper paoprietors in all this
part Of the country, to discuss the situa-
ton and to see what is to be done.
Year: 1866

There are already favorable 5 mptoms
of an early and profitable dry goods
trade, evidenced in the inquiry tor jaco-
nets, lawns, light prints, and such goods
as are adapted for an early Southern
trade The movement in dress goods
has advanced prices, though not very
marked as yet, The market is firm for
wooleus, though there Is not much
change in prices. The importations OF
dress goods and other dry goodsjust now
are larger than they have been for some
time. The demand for low silks ls good,
at reduced prices, but they are very
scarce. The Southern and Western
trade. however, is coming into market,
and as the South is reported TO be not
very rich, the demand for low black silks
will be large. The market for colored
silks is very dull. White goods are dear
er now than at any time during the war;
the impression among the people that
there was a very large stock of these
goods in the market being erroneous
Light stocks Of white goods. it 10 said,
exist throughout the West, and as the
demand increases prices will advance,
and a lively time Is anticipated. A.
together, the prospects Ot the dry goods
trade may he said to be very eucouTag-
ing.
Year: 1866

The report of the Secretary of the. Interior
exhibits the condition of those branches of
the public service which are committed to his
supervision. During the last fiscal year four
million six hundred aud twenty nine thousand
three hundred and twelve acres of public land
were disposed Of, one million eight hundred
and ninety-two thousand five hundred aud
sixteen acres of which were entered under
the homestead. act The policy originally
dsrgone essential notifications. Immediate
revenue, and not their rapid settlement. was
the cardinal feature of our land system. Long
experience and earnest discussion have re-
Year: 1866




1t IS now generally admitted that no hope
exists for the redemption Of Ireland from
the iron heel Of her oppressors except what
remains Of genuine patriotism Ia the bosonbs
Of her sons in America, and the strength Of
the blow they may strike at that most .vul-
neraoIe portion Of their enemys empire
which lies within such easy reach Of their
arms Gen Sweeny's plans and ideas, pro-
mulgated7 some six or eight months ago, ap-
pearto be approved as the most sure of sue
cess, and calculations have been made as
to the strength of force, and the amount Of
means necessary to fit out that force and put
it in condition to strike the blow that is to
shake the crown of old England, and rend
the fetters that chafe Ireland and her sons.
The exact, time, say the leaders, is near at
hand for striking. and everything looks fa-
vorable-to success, and they appeal heartily
for pecuniary aid Promptness of action is
necessary, without which their plans viii
surely prove a failure, and what has already
Feen done for the cause win serve only to
tighten the tyrannieal grasp of the oppres-
sor, and render all future hope of Ireland
dlsenthrailment beyond the pale ot posslbIl-
ity. The leaders appeal to those who are
patriots, and those who. desire the consum
nation Of the long cherished hope of " Ire
land alone, and who have the means at
their disposal, not to hold back from the
work, but come boldly up and lend that as
sistance which must insure the success of
the great undertaking If this be done
without delay, so that the weak points of
the enemy may be carried before he can
strengthen ,them-whleh '$the breaking up
of the winter" says one of the Fenian
journals, may enable him to do, all will
be well, and everything will rebound to the
welfare of the land of Erin, and the lasting
glory of all who may have hand in help
ing to dissolve the-political ties that bind
her to - her -oppressOrs.
Year: 1866

We learn from the jackson Wing Of the
28th ult that gentleman By the name of
Daugan, while engaged in repairing the rail
road bridge near that place, a few days since,
fell into Che river and was drowned.
Year: 1866

The London correspondent of the New
York Times says that crinoline has gone out
of the fashionable world all at once, like a
melting snow or a vanishing rainbow. He
tells US that only the servants and very com
mon people now wear the wonderful expan-
sions The fashion now is gored dresses
and trains of the first empire -ss.
Year: 1866

A monumental society has been organized
in Memphis, and its members are now coI-
leeting funds for the purpose of erecting a
handsome and durable monument in honor
of the glorious Confederata Dead.
Year: 1866

such progress had become impossible and that.
consequently, as between the alternatives have
na%sd mamie the az aouss sna aSsp. to the ss
work OF our b and that other equally legitimate alter
native Of resgnaton our duty was In the hrst instance
Of oo%mup,csson through her Mesys gracious kind
ness with her Majesty herse 10 persevere In the resg
nation OF Offices Sir, hope that IN conveying TO
have been fortunate enough TO make IL understood
that our sole to present the subject matter with
which have dealt simply as we viewed y. and that
even of argument Hear, hear) These We're tho
considerations which weighed upon our minds It
is the duty Of government ss esPeca,y ga1s N c II
q, measure Of capital public importance, to
place the House Of Commons, SO far as their duty and
regard public interests allow them, in possession OF
the motives considerations by which they have been
guided That plea trust will be thought TO excuse the
length at which have detained the House (hear,
hear) have more to say than simply this-that as
hold Offices only until successors are appoint.
ed propose TO that this House at its rising
do adjourn until Thursday next not at all with the 6elef
that at early date any efecual measures will have
been taken the formation OF administration, but
rather with the idea that on Thursday there
may be some person with whom may be
enabled to communicate, and at whose instance,
as he will then be the proper judge of public
business, may Thursday be enabled TO propose


further adjournment of the House. need hardly say
that at the meeting OF the House on Thursday-and in
deed at its meeting today am not aware OF any rule
which would prevent honorable members from proceed
ing with orders other business which may be upon tho
notice paper. But quite sure IL will be felt that
any such prosecution Of business would be nconvenien
during the period Of what Is actually allegiance OF the
functions of government except business which s abso
lutcy essential and beyond dispute (Hear, hear One
ssch exception is the vote propose TO take to day. in
order to be able to make necessary payment IN
connection with the packet service. If that vote is
passed to-day it may be reported Thursday, and that
will be in time for the purposes for which II is wanted
(Cheers)


Tho motion that the House its rising do adjourn Till
Thursday next was then put and agreed to.
Year: 1866

into play prejudices that it should be


his first dnty. as a Chief Magistrate,


10 allay and remove. 1t was, per


haps, safe fer him to refuse recon-


ciliation with Congress when it aban-


doned imprscticable measures and
took less advanced ground than he


himself occupied q year ago. But he
is not such power in the land that
he can expect successfully TO drive
the people before him like sheep, and
compel them to think as de thinks,
to sneeze as he sneezes, under pen
atty of being denounced as traitors
and disunIonists. His policy Is not
so perfect, his course in carrying it
out not so consistent, or his devotion
to the Constitution and Union so all
embracing and super-eminent, as to
make it impossible for men to differ
from him and not be traitors. He
will find, as the Post assures him,
that such assumptions serve to rem
der him so personally unpopular as
TO endanger the success OF even
better policy than he has marked
out-CiH. Com.
Year: 1866

AN lMPoRTANr AND SAVING DECEsIoN- The Supreme Court of Nevada has decided the Specific Contract Act to be in conflict with law of Congress, and consequently in- operative and null and void. Justices Brosnan and Beatty making the decision, and Chief Justice Lewis dissenting. The consequence, of this decision are of great interest to the people of the State. It makes the National TaDer curreHcy the legal currency uf Nevada, and relieves the Legislature of several ques- tions which would otherwise have occupied a great deal of time. Greenbacks are now re- ceiyable at par for taxes, and in the same must officials receive their salaries and fees

 Of course many will take advantag,e offered by law and liquidate obligations created un- der coin basis, by making payments in legal tenders This should be irowned down by the community in general, and hereafter, to avoid di diiliculty, husiness should be done on currency basis The bankers of Virginia have decided to continue business on a gold and silver basis. They probably feel very sore over the decision, and manifest their dis pleasure by kicking against the bricks They did business on n gold basis previous to the passage of the Specific Contract Act, but they took advantage of the situation to press their creditors noses to the grindstone, and will undoubtedly repeat it. It would be far bet ter to change the basis of their currency, rather than continue an uphill business, dis regarding the law and the evident wishes of the people The decision is irrevocable, and it is very foolish to act displeased about it. We shall look with great interest to the ef- feet it may have on business, hoping we may soon adopt the National currency and become rccoacled to it.---Rstas Riwr Ressiae. .s
Year: 1866

Prentice, the witty old rapscal-
lion who writes for the Louis
vile Journal, warmly defends the
''tilting hoops on the ground
that they enable common people
to see a great deal more Of good
society than ever the; saw be-
fore.
Year: 1866

All that is left for II to do, then, is to
propose an amendment to the Constitu-
ton that shall equalize representation,
pass an act excluding certain classes
of rebel leaders from Office, and admit
loyal Representative and Senators from
the Southern States All these measures
the President is committed to, and will
approve. And then, if all annoying leg
islation against the President on one
side, and all prescription in appointments
to Office by him on the other, shall end,
there will be harmony and unity in the
Government; the South will see and ac-
cept its destiny, and we shall get back
again to the good feeling which followed
the surrender of the Southern armies.
On the contrary, if the war goes on at
Washington, it is inevitable that the en-
tire South will fall under the control Of
the secesh leaders, and hostility to the
North and the Union will become fixed.
The consequences to the freedmen and
Union men of the South, and to the
peace and prosperity Of the whole
country, are fearful to contemplate.
Wo to those who had the opportunity to
prevent all these evils, but lacked both
the wisdom and courage to dc it.
Year: 1866

Although the freedmen of this State
are by our laws placed on perfect
equality with white citizens, for the pur-
pose of enforcing in the courts their
legal rights and redressing their wrongs,
the Bureau here continues its summary
adjudications, and within the scope of its
jurisdiction renders, without trial by
jury, judgments for money. The time
has passed when this institution can
prove of any utility in Georgia, unless it
be for the purpose of looking after and
providing for the support of such freed
people as are unable TO provide for them
selves atlanta Bulletin
Year: 1866

of rebellion, and prohibiting, within fit
teen days after the date thereof all COM
mercial intercourse with the inhabitants.
On the LIST of September, 1861, when
freedom of intercourse expired, the
plaintiff was still in the Confederacy and
the defendant at home. The Judgment
remained unpaid. In January of the
present year, the defendant asked leave
to pay the amount of the judgment into
Court, with interest to September LIST,
1861, when right of intercourse with the
people of Virginia ceased.


The motion was made upon the ground
that at date there was no one to whom the
money could be paid, and that during
the war all debts due Southern creditors
were suspended The Court affirmed
this view of the case, and ordered that
payment be made of the principal, with
interest, until September 1861. This
was done in the absence of the defend
ant, and he subsequently applied to have
the order set aside, principally upon al
legations that the defendant had acted
disingenuously toward him by representa-
tions made since the original order of
the Court That tribunal, however, re-
fused to consider these questions, and,
after argument, reafirmed the original
order. The matter will be taken to the
Supreme Court of the United States for
final decision. The principle thus ad.
judged, if sustained, must operate in all
cases of judgments by Southern credit
ors against Northern debtors, and also
to claims for interest upon debts not yet
in suit If the doctrine of the Circuit
Court of Illinois is sustained, all inter
est upon Southern claims against North
ern debtors vas suspended after the
Presidents proclamation of non-inter-
course, and in many cases the difference
to debtors and creditors will be very
considerable. Chat Union,
Year: 1866

Vigorous efforts are now being made
TO construct a railroad to connect Mont
gomery with Decatur, Alabama. By ref
erence to the map it will be seen that the
completion of this gap will give a direct
and unbroken route from Louisville to
Mobile and Pensacola. 1t would be OF
immense advantage TO Alabama in Civ
ing her capital city direct access to the
provision-supplying territory of the
Northwest, and in furnishing an outlet,
in the same direction, for her vast min
eral products. The people of Alabama
will stand very much in their own light
if they fail to build the proposed road.
atlanta Bulletin.
Year: 1866

fate is to be governed by the white man,
or to remove hence. This can never be-
come black Republic. It has not been
proposed yet to give him the right to hold
office; why then infuse into his mind crude
notions of impossibilities for nothing but
a choice between white men2 He would
be excited and agitated only to become
the instrument in the hands Of designing
men; the very material for demagogues 10
disturb and profit by. From a peaceful,
happy laborer he would become a noisy
factious agitator. Much has been said
about the necessity of protecting" him
against the vongeful passions of Ills late
master. The ballot is to be given to him
to prevent his being "ground to powder" ;"
Protection against what? His late master
is not his enemy, and will not be unless
made so by political rivalries or ofiicious
intermeddling. On the contrary. he is his
best friend. There may be occasional in.
stances Of injustice growing out of the
confusion OF the times, but we repeat there
IS no sentiment at the South hostile to the
negro. We cannot undertake to say there
will not be if he is constantly taught to
distrust the whites among whom he lives,
and look to outsiders for protection and
sympathy. Beside, it is delusion to sup.
pose that the ballot can protect him. 1t
will only bring the race into collision and
more embroil the fray. The collisions at
the polls would make him enemies without
benefit Even in the Northern States,
where the blacks are comparatively few,
and have the elective franchise, NJ. De
Tocqcville says: "If they como forward to
vote their lives are in danger" The safety
Of the negro, as we'll as his happiness, must
come from his weakness. His position Of
inferiority protects from tho jealousies,
collisions, and rivalries of the superior race,
which would destroy him. All generous
minds guard that which is dependent. The
law delights to protect the weak, as chan
Gerry does those who are not sui juris, in.
fants, idiots, lunaLics and married women.
These people stand to us as wards-as
minorsin state Of pupilage-and we must
govern them kindly aud humanclv, but
without thrusting them into the pandelno-
mum Of politics, as equals of the white
man, and in fierce competition with him.
Ihe day that the negro receive, tho cleo.
tive franchise will be sad day for him
the saddest but one in his history; from it
will hasten his certain doom.


In conclusion, we will speak the truth in
spite OF attempted ridicule. We will de.
clare, and continue to declare, defiance oi
tho rawlings and wrath and phrenzy o
fanatic,sm, that is the white mans govern,
ment, made by white men, for white men
and to be managed only by white men now
and forever. CANDOR.