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Year: 1867

never saw man who did no. believe
in the immortality of love when follow
ing the loved one to the grave. | have
seen men under other circumstances that
did not believe in it, but never saw man
that, when looking upon the form of one
that he really loved stretched out for bu-
rial, did not revolt from saying, "It has
come to that; the hours of sweet compan-
ionship, the wonderful interlacings Of
typical souls, the joys, the hopes, the
trusts, the unutterable yearniugs-there
they all lie." No man can stand and
look into coffin upon the dead body of
fellow creature, and remember the fla
ming intelligence, the blossoming love,
the whole range oe divine faculties, which
SO lately animated that cold clay and say,
"These have all collapsed and gone. -
No person can witness the last sad cere-
monials which are performed over the re-
mains of human beiug-the sealing of
an unopened lid, the following of the rum
bling procession to the place of burial,
the letting down Of dust unto dust, the
falling of the earth upon the hollow cof-
fin, with these sounds that are worse than
thunder, and placing the green sod over
the grave-no person, unless he be a beast,
can witness these things, and then turn
away and say, Il have buried my wife; |
have buried my child; l have buried my
sister, my brother, my love-" God for
bid that we should bury anything. There
is no earth that can touch my companion.
There is no earth that can touch my
child. l would fight my little strength
away before / would permit any clod to
touch them. The jewel is not in the
ground. The jewel has dropped out of
the casket, and have buried the casket
not the jewel. And you may reason,
you may say what you please, you may
carry the case before the supreme court
of my understanding. All that is in me
revolts at the decision and spurns it, and
says, "You must try heart cases before
the heart. We will not believe but there
is life somewhere else; we will not believe
that life is buried here; and the soul goes
out and cries, like child lost in the
woods, to find itself in this strange world
saying, Where am |? and who shall
guide me, that long and yearn and reach
upWard?' Beccher,
Year: 1867

A boy watched large building,as the
workmen from day to day carried up
bricks and mertar.


"My SON." said the father, "you seem
taken with the bricklayers. Do you
think of learning the trader"


"No, sir; was thinking what little
thing brick is,l and what great houses
are built by laying one brick on anoth-
er."


"Very true, my son; never forget it.
So it is in all great works. All your
learning is one lesson added to another.
IF man could walk ali around the world,
it would be by putting one foot before
another. Your whole life will be made
up of one moment upon another. Drop
added to drop makes the ocean. Learn
from this not TO despise little things. Be
not discouraged by great labors. They
become easy if divided into parts, You
could notjump over a mountain, but step
by step takes you ITO the other side. Do
not fear, therefore, to attempt great
things Always remember that the large
building went up only one brick upon
another"
Year: 1867

AN OLD MANS ADvIcE.-Never at.
tack the guilty where, by misdirected
or too hasty blow, the innocent, the gal.
lant and the good may suffer. Never at
tempt to expose villain if your efforts
in so doing are likely to injure the un-
suspecting dupes of his artifce. Never
wager more than you carry in your pock-
ct. Never shake hands with man if you
are not glad to see him. Never forget
when you meet,to recognize your friends,
and be ever more careful to offer your
salutations to those who are poor. Never
run extravagantly into debt, for it is the
hy-path which leads to moral destruction.
Never quarrel without sufficient cause,
but, ifit be necessary you take up quar-
rel, then see that you quarrel firmly to
the end. Never betray the confidence Of
any one, especially of woman.
Year: 1867

pa-A story is told of man living
out West who completes eight pairs Of
large sized boots every day. The editor
of New York paper says: sIt would
be considered small doings in this city.
There is lady shoemaker down in the
Swamp, who, as fast as she finishes a
boot, throws it over her shoulder into a
box behind her. She keeps one in the
air all the time, and don'thalf try
Year: 1867

sEA.A new way of keeping warm has
been put in practice, and with good effect.
1t is to have a buckwheat cake made
large enough to cover the bed like quilt,
and spread over it "piping hot" about
the time Of retiring. When made of
the proper thickness, it retains the heat
until morning, and then, if a person is
too lazy to get up, he can make very
good breakfast by eating of the edges as
he lies.
Year: 1867

BED AND BoARD.-A Lonsdale man
publishes the following advertisement in
the Woonsocket Patriot: THE young
boy that posted his wife Mary, in last
weeks Patriot, for leaving his bed and
board, brought his wife to my house 1--WE
or six weeks ago, sick with the typhoid
fever, and agreed to pay her board which
he failed to do. hereby forbid all fools
posting their wives on my bed and board,
after this date"
Year: 1867

sa-A Dutchman had two pigs--a large
one and small one. The smaller one
being the elder, be was trying to explain
to customer, and he did it in this wise:
THE little pig is the biggest" Upon
which his wife, assuming to correct him,
said: "You will excuse him; be no speak
as good English as me; he no mean that
the little pig is the biggest, but the youn-
gest pig is the oldest"
Year: 1867

The heart has affections that never die
The rough rubs of the world never obliterate
them. They are the memories of home-oniy
home. There is the old tree under which the
light-hearted boy has swung many day; yon-
der is the river in which he learned to swim,
there is the house in which he knew parent's S
probationary, there is the room in which he
romped with a brother and sister, long since
laid in the yard in which he soon must be gath
ered overshadowed by yon old church, whith-
er Joyous troop like himself, he had often fol-
lowed his parents to worship, and heard the
good old man who ministcred at the altar
Even the very school house, associated in youth
full DAYS with the thoughts Of tasks, now comes
to bring pleasant remembtances of many oc-
casions that called forth some generous exhlbl-
ton of noble traits of human nature. There
is where he learned TO feel some OF his first
emotions. There, perchance, he first met the
being, who, by her love and tenderness in life,
has made home for himself happier than that
which his childhood has known. There ore
certain feelings of humanity-and those, too,
among the best-that can find no appropriate
place for their exercise only at ones freside.
Year: 1867

"Make the Shenandoah Valley barren waste
Gen. Grants Instructions.
go. waste me the land, the General criedi


"Of vengeance III have my fill,
For thro it the rebel columns ride


And thwart all my plans at will.
If we cannot conquer we'll show our hands


They shall know that our payday comes
When they look abroad, DER their ruined lands,


And see that we've been at their homes.
AGO, burn me the barns heavy laden with grain,


And the sheaves that are left in the field;
And burn every blade Of grass on the plain


That it may no sustenance yield
And waste the leaves and the ears of corn


That our foes no more may be fed.
Ho, spare not, brave men in blue uniform,


Enough for a leaf of bread.
Each rebel homestead in ashes lay,
Tho your ears be deaf with the cries
VI the helpless and spare them, some fool may say
Success is the soldiers prize.
/ Twill cover with glory your every deed,


And the loss of their household gods
May vanquish their stubborn hearts-give heed


To no prayers or dvining rods.
"Then spare not plank-'ts wars eclipse,
And your souls We shall case in steel.
Thick as that on the sides of your noble ships,
To crush this proud commonweal.
To crush would blot out from under Heaven


The bitter rebellious land"
Vain men that power to Another Is given


Another has bid il stand
The Lord of Heaven looked down on earth
And smipd on goody cline;
He bade the leaves and flowers come forth,
Secd-time, gave He, and haryest-time.
But He loOk'd again. and backen'd waste
Was the vale that bloQmed in His smile
And the home that lay like white bird at rest


In its grove, was burning pile;
Red flames rolled along the mountain side


Like serpents in shining coils;
And orchard, and field and pasture wide


Was given TO them for spoils.
Fire blazed from the mill at the waters brink,
From the village il mounted higher,
And cottage and mansion both did sink
In an endless sea Of fire.
But a crv and wall went up from the dale
That thrilled to the foeman's heart
And the sparks flew wide in that day OF their pride
And entered like dart.
Each brand that came from his burning home,
Lit fire that will never die
Twas seen in the flash-'twas heard in the boom


That thundered along the sky.
For an added force, is the sense Of wrong,


And Revenge is the fiercest foe,
The wounded lion is dOubly strong


And strikes with deader blow.
o deed that fills the soul with unrest,


Will YOU lay not your doers in dust?
For deed so dark must be all unblest,


And the vengeance Of God is just


CLINTON COUNTY, O. {. a. ID.
Year: 1867

"Make," said Dr. franklin, "a full estimate
of all you owe, and all that is owing to YOU
Reduce the same to whole. As fast as you
collect, pay over to those you owe. 1fyou can
not collect renew your note every year, and get
the best security you can. Go to business dill
gently waste no idle moments; be very eco
nomical in oil things discard all pride; be
faithful in your duty to God, in private and in
public worship and do unto all men as you
would that they should do unto you. II you
are too needy in your circumstances to give to
the poor, do whatever else is in your power for
them cheerfully; but if you can, always help
the worthy, poor and unfortunate. Pursue this
course diligently and sincerely for seven years /;
and if you are not happy and independent in
your circumstances, come to me and will pay
your debts"
Year: 1867

A HAPPY WOMAN is she not the very
snarkle and sunshine of life? A woman who
is happy because she can'thelp pit-whose smile
even the coolest sprinkle of misfortune can not
dampen. Men make a terrible mistake when
they marry for beauty, for talent, or for style |;
the sweetest wives are those who possess the
magic secret of being contented under any CIR
cumstances. Rich or poor, high or low, 1t
makes no difference; the bright little fountain
of 10y bubblesup just as musical as their hearts.
Year: 1867

Spend your time in nothing which you know
must be repented Of. Spend it in: nothing
which you might not pray for the blessing Of
God. Spend it in nothing which you could
not review with quiet conscience on your
diving bed.
Year: 1867

AND TO EMPLOY NONE But


Competent WOrkmen.
thoroughly skilled in their business he promise


Boots and Shoes,
for Gentlemen, Ladies, Misses and Children, in a
style that cannot be surpassed. He also obligates
himself to make all repairs made necessary by the
ripping Of work sold or made at his establishment
free Of cost


His READYMADE WORK, which will be
sold at the most reasonable figures has been seec-
ted with the greatest care and to the Ladies who
have literally patronized him in the past, he Is
able to give guarantee that nothing will be sold
from his shop, that is not strictly what he recon-
mends il to be. He has no desire to deceive, but
wishes to make living BY straight forward, hon
est manner Of dealing.


He will keep constantly on hand large and
general stock Of the very best quality of SOLE and
UPPER LEATHER, Calf and Morocco Skins, Lii
nings and other Findings. which he will sell at the
lowest prices for cash. He respectfully asks call
from the public.


EsS- He also intends to keep on hand large and


Beautiful Assortment


OF HATS,
to which he will call the attention of gentlemen in
need of this important article of dress, and if they
will give him call he knows they will be pleased.
Nss- His Shop is one door above the "Carter
House." and Ladies and Gentlemen will lose moth
ing by walking that far to see his stock.


Nzs- Highest price paid for HIDES in Trade, or
the Cash If necessary.


April 25, ls67-tf. SAML Fl. WOODY.
Year: 1867

on MAIN ST., near the CARTER HOUSE,


HAS on hand a stock to which the people of this
community are invited, and he eels satisfied
that those who examine it will be constrained to
purchase He does not profess to be able to sell or
manufacture at lower prices than any one else in
the community; but this he does pledge, that he
will give satisfaction to all who favor him with
their patronage If experience and strict attention
20 business calculated to commend, he feels as
sured that be has these two requisites for in
business. Intending to work none but the most
Year: 1867

Those who fear that President johnson will
refuse to carry out the provisions of the Mil.
tary Reconstruction bill may find a small verbal
grain Of comfort in the remark he makes in his
veto that he "will not uoIuntdriIy become a
eye on that clause of the Constitution which
requires that the President shdH execute the
laws of Congress, and which does not make il
necessary that he shall act voluntarily or ac.
cording to the internal motions of his own will.
1t is quite apparent from the Presidents words
that he anticipated that the action of Congress,
by the passage of the bill, would be such as 10
compel him 10 carry out its provisions, regard.
less Of his private sentiments,
Year: 1867

THE FRENCH ARMY.-La Patrie says that the
particulars of the law for the reorganization of
the military service in France have been
definitely settled in the Council of State. The
president of the section on war and marine
was charged with the duty of reporting the
project to the Legislature. The time of active
service is fixed at five years, after which the
guard (mobile). Young men not in the active
army will serve four years in the reserve and
five years in the guard. In the guard will
also be enrolled all young men who have OBJ
tanned exemption from service under the law
Of the 26th of August, 1855.
Year: 1867

Vhe new fNecOnstruCttOn Law


Official publication is made to-day, through
the Department of State, of the act to provide
for the more efficient government of the Rebel
States and the act regulating the tenure of
certain civil Offices, both of which, it will be
recollected, were passed by the two Houses of
Congress over the vetoes of the President.


The Present Session OF Congress.


The disposition in both Houses of Congress
grows stronger to make the present session
very brief and there is some talk of adjourn
ing as early as Friday of this week or Monday
of next. The Speaker has announced that he
should appoint none of the Standing Commit
tees unless otherwise instructed by the House,
except those on elections, rules, and mileage,
which would have immediate business to act
upon. There is considerable speculation as to
the formation of the Committees, but if the
course above indicated is pursued, the Speaker
will have abundant time as well as abundant
material for his purposes. As to the time of
reassembling, the opinion is also quite general
in favor of meeting again in September or
October.


The Finance Committee Of the Senate.


The country will regret to hear that Senator
Fessenden has announced that he will no
longer serve on the Finance Committee of the
Senate. The labor of this position has been
so great as to seriously affect the Senator s
health; nevertheless his retiracy from its
chairmanship though succeeded by so able a
man as Senator Sherman, will occasion pro-
found regret among all who valued modera-
tion, integrity, and untiring industry, COM
bined whh great ability, in the person of this
thorough legislator and statesman.


Reconstruction In Virginia.


Private information received here indicates
the rejection of Governor Pierpont's recon-
mendatiOn to adopt the Sherman Reconstruc-
ton bill. In the Virginia Legislature resolu-
tions were introduced recommending such a
course, and referred to the Committee ON
Federal Relations, but the action on them has
been decided by caucusing, which resulted
unfavorably to the proposition.
Year: 1867

A donkey lately walked into an Eng.
lish blacksmith shop, and the smith,
supposing the owner was near, put shoes
upon the beast, which Immediately went
away, leaving the blacksmith in doubt
as TO which was the ass, he or the one
he had shod gratis.
Year: 1867

Il DO not wish to say anything
against the individual IN question" said
a quiet old man, shut would remark,
in the language Of the poet, that 70 hinr
truth is stranger than felton, z
Year: 1867

Yesterday, another splendid summer day, tempted 4
number OF the members OF the St George Cricket Club
70 their charming little practice ground at Hobokcn Tho
Eysan Fields deserved their nomenclature better
than on this occasion, when the charms OF the fresh
green foliage the soft breeze made them most truly
enjoyable and attractive There not being a sufficient
number of the present TO form eleven the mem-
bers OF the St. George Cricket Club contented them
selves with having good practice In anticipation Of
their great match with the Young America Club n PHI
Iadelpha which s shortly 70 on II the St Georges
are capable Of standing long against such bowling s
that OF lee and Nsly the Phadelphans will nnd tne
4 hard nut to crack
Year: 1867

The following Is copy of the bill OF costs and
penses In connection with the extension Of Church
street. document which the owners OF property
cerned allegs they have been unable to get sight or
although 1t has been file in the Street Commissioner
ofice since tho 23d ut Our reporter after further
search. yesterday succeeded in discovering it,
SUPREME CoURT.-In the matter Of the application of


the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonslty OF the city of


New York, relative 10 the extension OF Church street.


from the southerly side Of Fulton street to Morris


street, In the city Of New York.
Year: 1867

The following passage occurs in the in
augural address Of Gov. Helm, of Ken
lucky, delivered at Elizabethtown, on the
81 inst:


The negroes everywhere throughout the
United States have been emancipated, and
whether wisely or unwisely, it is needless
now to say. 1t is an accomplished fact,
fixed, inexorable fact and as such we
should receive it, 1t becomes Us also to
see that the negroes are protected to the
fullest extent in both their persons and
their property. We should treat them
humanely and kindly, and do all we can to
better their condition and make them use-
ful citizens of the State, and in my first
message to the Legislature l will make
some recommendations upon this subject
They must understand, however that white
men will rule Kentucky. We are not yet
sunk so low as to consent to be governed
by negroes.


l know that there are a few renegade
whites among us, whose appetites so lust
after place and power that they would be
willing to see the white in subiection TO
the negro, if they could fill their pockets
with filthy lucre or crafty their unhal-
lowed ambifgoH thereby, but, thanks to
God, they are few in numbers, and will de-
cline into insignifcance when there diabol-
ical and disgraceful plans are fully dis
closed. In Kentucky even the majority of
the Radicals declare their opposition to
negro suffrage, and my Radical competitor
Col. Barnes, in our recent canvass repeat
edly denounced it, Had he advocated
such an odious measure, the vote cast for
him would have been insignificant, even
when compared with the small vote which
he received. The white is the superior
race, as universal history and science ac-
claim, and will never accept the position of
inferiOrity or negro equality. Such a
thought is revolving to the white race.
Other States should have the right to act
as they please upon this subject. Kentucky
fully accords them that right but she
claims the same privilege for herself, and
will never consent that any but white men
shall represent her interests or her honor.
Year: 1867

BE PRoVIDENT-The New York Sun
gives editorially, some good advice to the
New Workers, which will answer as we'll
for the majority here in Nashville 1t says


If men were as proyident as ants and bees


they would now be preparing for the cold


season by saving up some Of the means Of
living that can be spared at the present


time But as a class they are not thus
provident. Perhaps three-fourths of the
families in the city are now living closely
up to their incomes, needless of the addi-
tional expense incidental to the winter
season, and no provision for unfortunate
contingencies. Eetevery experienced house
keeper knows that family expenses are
materially increased during the season of
cold weather. Not only is an additional out
Law required for fuel and warm clothing,
but dealers generally take advantage of the
season by putting up the prices of many
articles of consumption. A good, economical
plan for housekeepers is to buy in consider
able quantities such articles of necessity
as can be thus purchased to advantage. For
an example, ,coalisno now comparatively low in
price Ii is not likely TO decline further,
but on the contrary, it may advance after
the close of the canal navigation. To pur-
chase enough new for the winters use
might, therefore, prove 10 be good invest
ment. Nearly every article Of consumption
that cannot be produced in the winter
season may safely be bought N advance
Year: 1867

The Salem Mass Journal thus pro-
claims the accomplishment of the "higher
law" and negro supremacy:


Although it has taken a great deal of
time and cost us a vast amount of money,
we have at last got the stolid Dutch of
Pennsylvania and the verdant Suckers"
and Buckeyes" of the Western States
educated up to the higher law standard.
When few years ago they spat upon US
the despised Abolitionists-we determined
that the negro las they called the col
ored MANI should be made their equals or
we would crush the Union. Colored suf-
frage is now fixed fact. The foot of the
negro is now on the neck of our ancient
revilers, and those who are not in our tolls
must stand from unde~.
Year: 1867

Every department Of business has an imms-
diate interest in the markets Of the country. and
in its financial fluctuations and condition. The
man who fails to keep himself properly ad
vised as to the rise and fall Of the markets, as
controlled by the laws Of demand and supply.
and the relative condition Of the currency. is
exposed to constant loss, and must necessarily
fall behind his more intelligent and snterprisins
nsighbOrs Ia order to make our paper valuable
as well as interesting. We shall continue to
make this a SPECIAL FEATURE. Our Daily
Market Reports. domestic and foreign. by tels-
graph, and our City Reports. gotten up at heavy
expense. have challenged the commentator Of
our best business men while our current Finan-
cial Reports from all the leading money centre


Of the country are fuller than have ever


published by any other Journal in Tsnnssssss.
Year: 1867

by A CONSULTATIONS OF THE ASH
VILE UNION AND AMERICAN and the
DISPATCH and by the generous and united
support Of the UNION AND DIsPATCH by the
patrons Of both the former papers. the Proprie-
tors are enabled to present a Newspaper hithe-
to unsurpassed in this city or State.


IN FULLNESS AND ACCURACY
NEWS. our paper viii compare favorsbly ith
the best in the entire country and in saying
this, We only repeat the expressions Of many
our patrons. who are most capable Of judsingin


uch matters.
Year: 1867

And for the special pleasure and profit Of the
young. each week we viii give general literary
and religious miscellany. Nothing shall find
its way into our columns unfit for the psrusal Of
the mothers and daughters Of the land. Deprs-
eating the demoralizing sensatiOnalism Of many
contemporary journals. We shall eschew that
character striving to give ths'rseder substantial
matter. prefsrring to be useful rather than


ensatiOnal.