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Year: 1866

Where will you go on the morrow
Tomorrow repeated the holy man, 81
thank God | have known no morrow these
twenty years How beautiful and touching
this simple remark-how reprovingly too it
comes home to us who are wont to lay plans for
the morrow with the feeling of as much certain
ty as though receipt for another day had been
sealed and superscribed to us from the courts of
heaven. We are amazingly slow learners in the
school OF Christ, OF providence and revelation.
Christ bids us take 10 (undue) thought for
the morrow frequent events, small and large,
upheave the best laid plans for the future; we
purpose, but do not always perform; and reve-
latlon on many a page warns us from trusting
on coming days Boast not thyef of the
morrow, &C. $50 to now, ye that say to-day
or to morrow we will go, &c The apostle
even remembers that not the whole Of to-day is
ours, then how much less tomorrow All let
us go deeper into the matter and ask If any part
of time is really ours? 1t is ours only as the
borrower money is his to be returned with in,
terest we may use time, but we must improve
it and hand back principal and interest. Yet
fear not, thou conscientious christian, the Lord
is not an austere man. He is not hard Master,
reverently we speak, He is no usurer. ''Accor-
ding to what man hath, and not according to
what he hath not, is the rule F.: if much is COM
mICtCu 10 us Ulucu VIII DC ucllldIuCu III HCtlC,
then lite will be exacted The Lord is just
and merciful, and justice is gracious trait in
any Judge. 1t is only evil doers who need fear
justice There is something to be learned in
the amusing reply of the Irishman who was as
sured justice should be done him. 'faith and
It's the thing am afraid OF" Then, seeing
present time is so truly lent us rather than CIV
en-, let US beware Of counting on the morrow.


Tomorrow, Lord, is Thine,


Lodged in Thy sovereign hand,


And if its sun arise and shine,


1t shines by Thy command"


We advocate no stereotyped form of speech
in connection with necessary purposes for the
future set phrases often used may easily de-
generate into phariseeisms, into something more
sensible perhaps but less devotional than the
good old !ady's word pretxed to her uttered in
tentions-''f / Lire to die r. No, we advocate
the feeling of dependence on God for every mo-
ment of time and child-like forgetfulness of
the morrow let US leave it i'll the hands of God
and ''have no morrow" So shall we be spared
much needless care and anxiety, and so, we
shall be better prepared, we may hope, for that
morrow when it will be said to us-'the Master
is come and calleth for thee !'-that is when
death finds us and takes US up to God.


A. L. P.


MONTEREY, VA, October, 1866.
Year: 1866

Are you insured? Most likely you answer
in the affirmative. Y You are the prudent man.
You have provided against fire and food, acci-
dent and DEATH You cannot be reproached
with careessness or neglect in making provision
for the temporal wants of your household You
have insured your property and your life. No
danger of forgetting this. The active and gen.
tlemanly insurance agents have reminded you
The advertisements In the journals Of the day,
and the printed circulars of the insurance com
panies, have reminded you of the Importance of
insurance, and informed you where and how
you might effect it on the most favorable terms
You have not neglected to secure the material
benefits of insurance. And this is we'll


But what of your immortal soul? Is there
no insurance for that? Can poverty and bodily
want be guarded against, and is there no certain
provision for the safety and happiness of the
undying spirit? Are you shut up to the neces-
sity of trusting to chance? Must you tread
with doubtful step upon the threshold of
eternity? Surely not. You are not thus left
to darkness or despair. The certain path to
endless felicity is revealed in the Book of God
the straight and narrow path that leads to
life eternal. Christ is the way. He invites you,
saying He Haat cometh unto me, aoiU III no
for the soul-our Divine Mediator and Redeem
er His policy of insurance is written, not with
pen and ink, but upon the feshy tablets of the
believing heart ''7Ae Spirit itself beareti
a0itness acith our spirit that zee are the children
of God; and # children, then heirs What
assurance of earthly treasure can equal this
Is your soul insured? IF not, how can you
Justify yourself? Is such neglect rational ?
Rather, is it not an exhibition of stupendous
folly? 0 reader! make sure work for eternity,
by believing on the Son of God for ''he that
hath the Son hath life. y


''This the universal bliss


Bliss for every soul designed;


Gods primeval promise this,


Gods great gift to all mankind.


Blessed in Christ this moment be,


Blessed to all eternity
Year: 1866

Oh could we read the human heart,
Its strange mysterious depths explore,
What tongue could tell or pen impart
The riches of its hidden lore!
Safe from the worlds distrustful eye,
What deep and burning feelings play.
Which e Ell stern reasons power defy,
And wear the sands of life away
Think not beneath smiling brow,


To always find a joyous heart,
For wits bright glow, and reasons flow
Too often hide cankering dart.
The bird with bruisid d and broken wing,
Oft tries to mount the air again,
Among its mates to gladly sing


Its last melodious dying strain.
The fire that lights flashing eye,


May by a burning heart be fed,
Which in its anguish yearns to die,


While yet it seems to pleasure we'd
Oh, do not harshly Judge the heart,


Though cold and vain it seems to be;
Nor rudely seek the veil to part,


That hides its deep, deep mystery!
Year: 1866

Man is not an isolated creature; he is link
of one great and mighty chain, and each neces-
sarily has a dependence upon the other In So
ciety he is like the flower blown in its native
bed in solitude, like the blasted shrub of the
desert-neither giving nor receiving support
the energies of his nature fail him, and he de-
generates droops, and dies
Year: 1866

Integrity is the foundation of all that is high
in character among mankind Other qualities
may add to its splendour; but if this essential
requisite be wanting, all their lustre fades.
Year: 1866

Now the growing year is over,


And the shepard's tinkling bell,
Family from its winter cover,


Rings u low iarewell:--
Now the birds Of Autumn shiver,
Where the withered beech trees quiver,
Ger the dark and lazy river,


In the rocky dell.
Now the mist is on the mountain,


Reddening the rising snn;
Now the flowers around the fountains,


Perish one by one;
Now spirc Of grass is growing.
But the leaves that late were glowing,
Now in blighted green are strcwing,


With o mantle dun.
Now the torrent brook is stealing


Family down the furrowed glade
Not rs when in winter pealing.


Such din is made,
That the sound of cataracts falling,
Gave no echoes so appalling.
As its hoarse and heavy hrawling,


In the pines black shade.
Darkly blue the mist is lowering


Round the Gifted rocks bare hight
All the bordering mountains covering


With q dim uncertain light;
Now frcsher wind prevailing
Wide its heavy burden sailing,
Deepens as the day is failing


Fast the gloom Of night.
Slow the blood stained moon is riding


Through the still and hazy air,
Like sheeted spectre gliding


In a torch's glare;
Few the hours. her light is given
4ingling clouds Of tempest driven
Der the mourning face of Heaven,


All is blackness there.
Year: 1866

A GENTLEMAN thoroughly familiar with


the real estate business in this city and with very vau
able business acquaintance would like to form PARTNER
SHIP with practical Real Estate Agent Address, with
reference. s L. NJ. Box No. l32 Tribune Office.
Year: 1866

The public have been looking IN
vain for nearly twelve months, Tor 4
general decline in the cost Of living. 1t
was thought that with the end of the
war there would be an end OF war
prices. The hope has proved to be
utterly dclusiye. The question is frc-
quenty asked, whether prices will not
decline at the same rate that gold de-
clincs. When gold commanded aprc,
mi.,m of one hundred and eighty per
cent prices ranged just Il little higher
than they have since, with gold ut a
premium Of only twenty five to thirty
per cent. Gold may, in the first week
of May next, decline to twenty per
cent premium, and not be accompanied
by decline in the cost Of commodi-
ties. The Treasury will pay out
twenty millions in gold on the first of
May, which will ovcrstock the market.
The fall in gold for the last month or
two was encouraged by the large
sales of gold by the Treasury, which
has always an accumulated stock OF
cold, derived from the customs and
gold certificates.


Gold may 90 down to par, and yet
TIE cost Of living remain the same
The high price of all commodities is
due to the excessive redundancy OF
inconyertihle paper currency, which
is almost made legal tender for all
purposes. The plain legal tenders on
rrecubacks amount to four hundred
and fifty millions of dollars, and The
national bank notes are payable il
these legal tenders, which, in effect
makes them all legal tenders.


The aggregate amount OF paper cur


rcncy is not less than seven hundred
and fifty millions; and if it was doub
led to. morrow all prices woul be doub
led. If it WAS reduced onc-half, al


prices would, other things being equal
he reduced onc-half Every one as


snmcd with Secretary Chase, that the
greenback currency, which was issuet


only to meet the cXigcncics OF war


would be retired upon the advent o
peace. and that the three hundred mil
! lions ofnational bank currency wouit


supply a sufficient circulating medium


and be convertible into specie. Three


hundred millions is Us large sum il


paper as can be sustained upon spc


cic basis. That is the opinion of Sec


rctary Mccullough, as expressed in hi


report upon the finances. But til
crecnbacks are not to be withdraw
, They cannot be withdrawn under tn


loan act, except at the low rate OF te
millions for the first six months, an


seven millions u month afterwards
Contraction of the currency wa


thought to be as easy matter as il


expansion. All nations have fOun
this to be an error and the laws OF
. nance are rs applicable to Us and
our conditions as to other nations
other times. Contraction of the pap'
currency must be gradual and SLOT
, and therefore prices of merchandis
, and the general cost of living, wi
{ come down, but very slowly and gra
. ually, owing, not to currency contra
| ton, nor to u fall in gold, but to owe
I importation and manufacture. II
G prices of dry goods, Of cotton man
| facture, etc, have declined forty p
!. cent, within the last two months; b
!. this decline is not permanent. Nothli
r but a contraction of the currency
1 one halfits present volume will low
:. prices to the level Of lS60-'6l.--E.
2 chonge.
Year: 1866

Daniel Webster was right wnen ne
remarked Of the press Small is tho
sum required to patronize newspaper;
amply rewarded its patron--I care NOT
how humble aud unpretending the ga
zette he takes. 1t Is next to impossip'e
to fill printed sheet without putting
into it something that is worth the sub
scription price
Year: 1866

A substance is now manufacturing from
faxseed called linoleum. 1t is said that it
supercedes Indian rubber-which it very
much resembles, and which it possesses
most of the properties-in the various man
ufactures in which it is used. Like India
rubber, it can be dissolved into cement
and used in the manufacture of water proof
clothing 1t can be used for the coating
of iron or wood or tor coating ship bot
toms. 1t is as good as common cement, hav-
ing properties similar to the marine glue
made from India rubber and shellac. 1t
is readily vulcanized by exposure to heat,
and by this means becomes as hard as the
hardest wood, and capable of fine polish
The variety Of the uses to which it can be
applied in this form will at once suggest
themselves to the reader. Hitherto it has
been made solely to produce floor CLOTH for
which it is well adapted.
Year: 1866

COMPLIMENTARY-S Sumner, Of
Massachusetts,, the radical leader of the
Senate, said in his place the other day,
that the MECHANICS of the country had
contributed almost as much to the saliva
ton of the Union as the .freedmcn-the
negroes. That is complimentary to the
thousands of mechanics who left their
workshops and went into the service Of
their country. Said the radical Sumner


"But there is still another class, for
whom NO one has yet spoken on this
floor who have contributed to your sue
cess not less than the soldier or the cred
itor 1 ,cas almost about to say not less
than tic freedmen l mean the mechan-
les Of the country.


How are you mechanics !? You who
are of the republican persuasion, and who
fought through the war, do you think you
did almost Is much for the suppression O
the rebellion as the negroes !? Almost =
Port Huron Commercial
Year: 1866

BRAZTL.-Our Government has received
reliable information that the Imperial Gov
ernment OF Brazil is resolved to open the
coastwiso trade TO ships Of all nations
This concession has been obtained by the
Liberal party after q long struggle, and it
is believed TO be an earnest Of future and
still more important changes in the CON-
msrcial policy of the country. The open
ing of the Amazon cannot be much longer
DELAYED.
Year: 1866

who wished to speak asains. the proposi-
ton, and handful Of men impose laws
upon country. Can The President of the
United States be mistaken in believing
that the people will rise against this dicta-
torship before long that they would over
throw it now if they bu. properly under>
stand it
Year: 1866

We ask the attention of our readers to the
following words, copied from the Richmond
Examiner


"The pretence that the southern people favor
reputation is utterly without foundation, and is
the fabrication simply of class of presses and
orators to whom truth is an unknown virtue
We do not remember to have heard even a sin
gle person in the south express desire for re-
pudiation. We have nothing to gain by this step
that we can discover. We are part of the
country, and have to bear our share of the ex-
penses of the government. Set aside this debt
and any attempt to negotiate IA fresh loan would
only involve u higher interest and heavier taxa
ton. Foreign capital would quit the country,
and domestic capital would seek concealment.-
We might enlarge on these views, but it Is need
less. We may scd that higher motives influence
our actions-motives which, we regret to say,
our enemies seem unable to comprehend in
others, or act upon themselves When we took
the oath ofallegiauce and amnesty, it was, as
we all understand, contract that we would sup
port the government enjoy its full protection
and the privileges which the constitution Sc
cures. We took the government cttDl encrc-
debt and all. With most OF that debt we had
nothing before to do, but having accepted the
government, We accepted also its debt and we
have no disposition to shirk part of the con-
tract let the radicals be as faithless as they may
To accept a government, and then to turn around
and seek to break it down by repudiating its
legally contracted debt, is a sort of morality
which suits the latitude of Plymouth Rock far
better than the atmosphere of Virginia


We are, then, for paying the debt. And how
is that debt ever to be paid By blightng the
industry of eleven states with the curse of mill
tary rule; by represslng energy and driving off
capital, which would flow in il the reign of order
and the rule of courts were once more establish
ed? Most certainly not. Give the south her
representation in the constitution, withdraw mill
tary rule, and leave her people free to develop
their industry, and in brief period her rich
products would be swelling the national wealth.
anSmenting the revenue, and aiding to pay the
public debt 1t is this result, this restoration of
industry, which the south has at heart far more
than baubles of political power that we strive
for, and for which our people yearn."
Year: 1866

Democrats, this spring. in their city and
township conventions, should present the is
sue to the people in some such form as this


Resolved, That we indorss President johnson
in his veto in his understood opposition to negro
suffrage; in his opposition to patching the consti-
tuition; and in his assertion of the rights of the
southern states to their representation


If these points oan be put into resolution
Of more breyity, so much the better. 1t
would be good idea to print the resolution
at the head of the tickets. No better way
than this can be devised to take the sense of
the people on the issue between the president
and the Stevens, Sumner and PHILIPPE disun-
ionists-Peoria National Democrat.
Year: 1866

1t is little difficult to conceive what mot
ives sctuste Mr.. Washburne, a representative
of Illinois IN congress, in his warfare upon
the interests OF the state. This warfare is
two-toid. First, it is as ainst the Illinois
Central railroad, & state institution, and it's
effect will be, should it be successful, 10 so
cripple the road that il will be com PEELED
either TO go into bankruptcy or increase inl-
mensely its tariff of freight and passenger
transportation, which increase will come out
of the pockets Of the people of Illinois. Sec
ond, it is directly against the state itself
for if the Illinois Central road shall be COM
PEELED to refund to the federal government
the entire revenue 10 has received for the
transportation OF troops and munitions dur
ing the war, the treasury Of Illinois will be
compelled 10 refund to the road the quarter
of q million of dollars it has received from
the road as it's share of such revenue There
is no escape for Mr.. Washburns from these
conclusions


And if such will be the effeot of Mr. Wash
burne's movement, should it be successful,
must it not be it's object? MIR. Washburne
is not fool. He may have some private
malice against the road which he wishes to
crafty, hut this will not explain action whose
public consequence are so vast and disastrous
as in the present case. Mr.. Washburne
must have malice also against the state, and
it's people which he is seeking to crafty. 1t
must be that he wishes to punish the state
for declining 30 elect him to the senate last
year. Certainly his conduct must be ac-
counted for on some such hypothesis. 1t
cannos be accounted for on any other. He
has neither law nor right nor justice on his
side; these are all against him. He is not
supported by a particle of public sentiment
in the state; this is all against him. His
assault is a wanton stab at his own state, his
own people, and his own home.- Chicago
Times.
Year: 1866

That very practical and excellent body, the
Young Mems Christian association, has is
sued circular with reference to the advent
OF the cholera, and the precaution to be OBJ.
served One of the suggestions is:


"Abstain from all Intoxicating drinks, ale and
beer, as well as whisky


Nobody will fail to sympathize with the at
tempt OF moral ASSOCIATION to enforce total
abstinence but at the present time this sug-
gestion, however commendabla in a purely
moral sense, is objectionable in a sanitary
point of view. Cholera would have many
less victims if Intoxicating liquors were never
used to excess but we believe medical men
are nearly unanimous in stating that people
who are accustomed to the use of stimulants
should not discontinue them during a season
OF cholera. Excess in their use 10 highly dan
gerous at suoh times, and 30 is a complete
cessation on the part of those accustomed to
their use by long habit.


All the other suggestions of the associat tion
are excellent. and il followed will be greatly
beneficial. The main thing to be avoided is
sudden changes. There should be regularity
--regularisy 10 eating. sleeping. laboring and
drinking. Above all, fear should be put away
as reeolutely and completely as an offensive
stencil. 1t kills two-thlrds of all the people
who Ole In cholera SEASONS Chicago Times.
Year: 1866

him upon bis accession to the presidency. The
vulgar speech of Mr.. Stevens coming as il does.
from the inspirer of the acts of the joint commit
tee on reconstruction, and following its resolu-
tion of hollow mockery and duplicity relating to
the admission of the representatives of the state
of Tennessee, and being pronounced with delib-
Grafton in the form OF written production when
congress is upon the fourth month of its session,
must be accepted as the stthought Of the star
chamber cabal, and as an annunciation of their
matured and settled policy.-National Intelhgrn-
Year: 1866

After the reading Of the above circular, the
city clerk was directed to issue call for a
public meeting at the court house on Tues
day evening, the Goth inst, to consider the
subject in regard to an extension of the rail
road from coal Valley to Gslva.


The meeting will be held at O'Clock in
the evening. and it is hoped that there will
be q general attendance of our citizens.


j. K. JOHNSTON, City Clerk.
Rock Island, March II, 1866.
Year: 1866

AS part and parcel of the original programme
OF the disunion eonspirators against the policy of
the president, the practice of speech-making upon
unusual occasions, go as to commit congressman
against any form of restoration of representation
In congress, was continued on Saturday. Even
the great leader of congress-Mr. Stevens
helped on the imposture upon members and upon
the country BY submitting to the quasi degrade
tion OF reading to empty benches and galleries
TRADE against the president which has only been
exceeded in vituperative malignity by the utter
ancss Of the partisans who sgitated to impeach
Year: 1866

HEARTS CONTENT, September 2.-The
news of the successful picking up. OF the
Atlantic cable of 1860 reached here Ut
Gas this morning. The expedition wltn
the Great Eastern had been out twenty,
fonr days. and all hope of success had
been abandoned by the telegraph peo
ple here. The news reached Valencia az
P.aO one hour and fifteen minutes before
if was received here. Signals are sent
through the cable with perfect accuracy,
and we are talking with the Great Fast
ern every moment via Valencia Ia Ire
land. About three hours after the re
coyery of the cable the splice was made
with the cable slowed in the main tank
of the Great Eastern and the lowering OF
the cable into the sea Immediately took
place; and the big ship is now paying out
the wire and approaching Hearts Con-
tent, on her return, at about the same
rate of speed she maintained in the late
expedition The telegraph feet is ex.
nected here next Saturday. The news OF
the recovery of the cable created quite
a sensation here, and though the news
was received at an hour when scarcely
any one was astir, it spread in few MIN
utes throughout the village. The Brit
ish and American flags were Immediate
" hoisted over the telegraph station as
a signal of joy by Messrs. Landy, Wed,
deli, Triph, Grant and Tousant, a aid
great cheering.
Year: 1866

The Indianapolis Journal says: All Ne
groes that were in the State before the


adoption of the Constitution of 1850, by a
recent act of the State Legislature, are
permitted to testify in all cases, white or
colcred and those who were not in the
Stateprevious to the time named, can only
testify where the parties are all cOlored.


Justice Fisher was called upon yesterday
(the 4th) by a colored lad who wished to
prosecute a man for an unmerciful whip
ping, but the witnesses of the beating be-
ing ali colored, the case was dismissed,
and the colored man left without redress.
Such is the beauty of Democratic justice.
Year: 1866

In selecting flour, first look to the color.
III is white with yellowish, straw col
ored tint, buyit. III white with a blush
cast, or with white specks in it, refuseit.--
Second examine its adhesiveness-wet and
knead a little of it between your fingers
if it works soft and sticky it is poor. Third
throw a little lump Of dried flour against a
smooth surface, if it falls like powder it
is bad. Fourth squeeze some ofthe -four
tightly in your hand; if it retains the shape
given by the pressure, that, too, is "A good
sign. IT is safe to buy flour that will
stand all these tests. These modes are
given by all old flour dealers, and they per-
tain to matter that concerns everybody
the staff of life.