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Year: 1867

A WIFE's PRAYER.-Is not the sub
joined gem from noble woman's
soul? If there is anything that comes
nearer to the imploration of Naomi
than it, we have not seen it.


Lord! bless and preserve that dear
person whom Thou hast chosen to he
my husband; let his life be long and
blessed, comfortable and holy and let
me also become great blessing and
comfort unto him, sharer in all his
sorrows; meet helper in all the acci-
dents and changes in the world; make
me amiablc forever in his eyes, and for
ever dear to him. Unite his heart to
me in the dearest love and mine TO him
in all sweetness, charity and compli-
ance. Keep me from ungentlcness, all
disco and unreasOnablcness
of passion and humor; and make me
humble and obe dient, useful and obser
want, that we may delight in each other
according to Thy blessed Word, and
both of us may rejoice in Thee, having
our portion in the love and service oi
God forever.-Amen.
Year: 1867

1t is no longer secret that n major
ity of the Radicals in the Senate at
Washington are bitterly opposed to the
project. They denouncc
it in mmeasured terms as folly and
madness, One of them said the other
day, in private conversation, that he
would like to know if the Republican
party is to be dragooned into such n
thing by men like Logan and Butler,
who are in the party only on probation
and who at one time since the war, not
much over a year ago, were doing their
best to revive the old Democratic par.
ty with President johnson at his head.


-.NashriNe Banner.
Year: 1867

How TO GET OFF A Foul GUN.-A
correspondent of the Scientific Am r.
can says:


I hand you the following as reliable
lact-thc reason ! leave to others: In
hunting, gun often becomes foul from
use, and the exploding Ola cap will fail
to explode the powder. With 4 knife
sharpen a piece of dry pine wood, or
common match wood will answer; drive
the splint right into the nipple Of the
gun, cut off the bruised part ofthe wood
even with the top Of the nipple; put on
a cap, and it will not fail to explode the
gun. Any one wishing can test this by
putting little powder in his gun, then
driving snugly the plug-it will go ey.
cry time.
Year: 1867

Txs- The following scene IS Lard IN
Gr.t-class hotel


Travclcr-I desire to be called at SIX
O'Clock


Clerk (with gold chain)-If you Will
ring the bell at that hour one of the boys
will attend to your case.
Year: 1867

the smasses, when I am sick at hear, -,
fainting with exhaustion" "''u


Such is a just tribute, though poor,v
pressed, to Names honored Senator
of the marked men of the nation. WHOSE
fame is wide spread and whose reputation as
a wise statesman his own State is not al
lowed to claim as its exclusive property.
Long may his life be spared to reflect honor
upon his constituents and to benefit his coun-
try, and should he ever be called to ill high
er position than the one he now occupies. we
dare say he will fill it with credit to himself
with honor to his State and with lasting bene-
fit to tie wider constituency whose servant
he would become. ... .T4
Year: 1867

If one acre of land can be made to produce
as much in value as five do ordinarily, why
should man be at the expense ofpurchasing
fencing, planting and paying taxes for the last
mentioned area? In these times, concentrat-
ed labor, as well as concentrated manmes,
are the fashion. Instead of one man spending
his wit and labor to make whole shoe HIM
SELF or whole pin, the practice now is for
several men to concentrate their skill and
workmanship on the separate parts and thus
ten shoes or ten pins are made quicker and
better than the same number could have been
made by twenty men in the old style OF work
So it may and should be in the farming busi-
over, and half cultivate large area with va
rious crops? Would it not be better if he con-
centrated his ideas and his labor to certain
specialties for which both he and his soil are
best adapted, and confined himself to these?-
Then he would acquire better knowledge of
the habits and wants of whatever he culti-
Yates, and will consequently, be more success
full in the production of them. Some farmers
always raise more corn per acre than others.
Why is this? Plainly because they understand
how to manage it better, having given special
care and attention to corn-raising. So of all
crops 1t is in husbandry somewhat as it is in
the mechanic arts; singleness of labor makes
itperfect


We believe that if f.rmers, instead of
spreading twenty cords of barn manure on four
acras xuaul1 vvorIy If info two or oven one
they would find their account in it. BY this
means they would have premium crops Of
corn, potatoes &c. the first season, large yields
of grain .he next, and great crops of grass for
years following. lis as well to cut three tons
per acre as one ton-nay, much better. The
policy should be to get the farm into good
grass as soon as possible; and this can be done
only by making the ground rich by cultivated
crops and laying it down in good conditi1 IN.
Let two, four, six or more acres, as the case
may be, be prepared every year by heavy
manuring, and let that quantity be yearly
added to the moving acres, till the whole ar
able lands are thus worked over. The few
acres devoted to corn, grain and vegetables
will produce enough for the family's use, while
the grass fields viii yield great burden and
almost a clear profit. Hay is, on the whole,
our surest and most profitable crop, either to
be sold in the market, OF converted into
stock.


man with his land properly enriched and
prepared, especially if near good market, can
produce greater value from small piece Of
ground than most people are aware of. He
might cultivate all his poughed land as care
fully as il it were garden, and thus from
small piece derive support for his family. sup
pose he has two acres near his house, whlch
he wishes to keep up all the time. Let h',i'
the first year apply thirty or even more Gurus
Year: 1867

RrsToRI.-This renowned and gifted
ladv made her first appearance in Richmond
last evening as "Mary Stuart" and was
received, as she has always been elsewhere,
by an audience large and select. Or her
acting we can only join in the universal
verdict of praise, and pronounce her at
once a woman of natural genius such as
is given to but few.


From the time the curtain rose last eve
ming until the last scene was enacted she
was "Mary Stuart" and at no moment du-
ring the play did she relax in the
mower she showed in her character,
so full of majesty in its most trying state.
When she spoke, though in language
known to but few in her audience, her
features played SO perfectfully to It's soft
and musical sounds, and her gestures and
carriage were so appropriate, that one
could almost read in them all that she SAID.
Her company is an excellent one in all its
appointments, and no pains seem to have
been spared to make it worthy to support
SO great an artlSte.


One little feature Of the evening showed
that the audience were well provided with
lihrat,os. and were interested in what was
he;np said, Ever and anon could be heard
a sivLing like unto that OF a breeze,
caused bv the turning over of leaves, and
IN ,he interim but little could be heard on
The stage. People would enjoy the play
better if they read their l,orettos oelofe
going to the theatre. Tonight, Ellzaoelh'
Queen Of England"
Year: 1867

CONTRACTS WITH FREEDMEN. this is
the period when most employers are renewing
their engagements With laborers, We reproduce
the act ofthe General Assembly bearing upon
the subject:


!. Be 1t enacted by the General assembly,
That no contract berween white persou aud a
colored person. for the labor or service OF the
latter tor longer period than two months,
Shall be binding on such colored person unless
the contract he in writing, signed by such white
person, or his agent, and by such colored per-
son. aud duly acknowledged before justice or
notary public, or clerk of the county or c0rpor-
alton court, or overseer of the poor, or two or
more credltable witnesses, in the county or
corporation in which the white person may re-
SIDE, or in which the labor or service is to be
performed And it shall be the duty Of the
justice, notary, clerk or ovcrSeer OF the poor,
or the Witnesses. to read and explain the con-
tract to the cooreG person, before taking his
acknowledgement thereof and to state that
= this has ben done, in the certificate of the ac-
acknowledgement of the contract


z lfany person shall cntice away, from
the service Of another, any laborer employed
by him under a contract, as provided by this
act, knowing of the existence of such contract,
Or shall knowingly employ a laborer bound to
service to ano' hrr under such contract, he shall
forfeit to the parry aggrleved not less than ten
nor more than twenty dollars for every such
otienct; to he recovered by warrant before any
justice OF the psace H.. ..... .. ..s-
Year: 1867

It seems that Generals Beauregard and
Magruder were recently in New York City
on business, and while in some public place
with some merchants they were hissed by
certain persons. The New York Commercial
Adoertiser says:


ION Friday the ex-rebel Generals Beaure-
gard and Magruder were introduced They
were received so coldly that they thought
they were among the bears. They were glad
to get away from an atmosphere which nev-
er has been healthy for disloyal lungs. The
North will have to be thoroughly recon-
structed before it will look complacently
upon these architects of the attempted ruin
of the country. They are welcome to come
and 60, but they must not expect to have
the public recognition that is reserved for
those who were faithful to the Union and
the Constitution"


Since the close of the rebellion thousands
of Southern citizens have visited and trav-
elled in the North, and this is the first in
stance of rude or uncivil treatment. It has
been and is still common in the South to
slight and insult Yankees" unless they
happen to be, or feign to be copperheads-
the meanest snake that crawls; but thus far
all Southerners have been well received and
kindly treated at the North. This reception
of these ex-C Confederate Generals is signif-
cant. 1t shows that the Northern people
are becoming excited at the present political
situation. They are slow to wrath, and not
easily paci6ed when reused. They will sus-
tain the Congress in any steps it may take
to correct or punish the President and re-
store the Union on the basis already laid
down. rs,si5s aa
Year: 1867

Who are they that favor q black mans
government Does any one answer2 Does
any man favor it whose color is white, and
who is not running for some office, or expec-
ting some appointment, or alarmed about
confiscation2 We speak of Southern radi-
Gals. - Raleigh Progress. go


We take the liberty of answering, and say
ing that no one in America fayors a black
mans government. We want government
of the people, by the people, and for the
people The people are of both races, who
are entitled to equal political and civiLrights
without regard to race or former condition.


We may safely assume that 100000 yo-
ters viii be registered in this State say
81, 900 whites and Al, 900 colored. If % 500
Of these whites and all the blacks should
vote with the Republican party, would that
be black mans government9 lei


We admit there are Southern radicals >
They embrace large majority of this new
people of the two races. They intend to
carry the elections and govern this State
1t will be neither black mans government,
nor white mans government, but govern
ment of the people. The black people will
neither be I" distributed" nor annihilated, !"
as desired by Gov. Worth They will re-
main here. Their labor is as necessary to
the landholders as the lands are to them. If
driven off from the lands, or if landless
white men are driven off from the lands, be-
cause they think proper to register and vote
with the Republican party, the persons own
ing lands and acting thus, will soon find
their lands in the hands of Receiver, who
will proceed to sell them to the highest bid
der. The freedom of the people without re
gard to color must be maintained. It will
be done by Congress until the States
are restored to the Union, and aftel
they are restored the State government
will do it. We have nothing against rich
men, and nothing against poor men. We
would that all our people were rich. But
the day of supercilious, arrogant, wicked
rich men in this State is over. They shalln nc
longer trample on the rights Of the igno
rant, the weak and the poor. As for confs
cation, that will come soon enough wher
the stay laws are set aside and the Bankrupt
Law is in full operation. fas5


Is our neighbor answered?
Year: 1867

The Sentinel has been crying out for some
time that the Union men or Republicans
were agitating and dividing the colored peo-
Pile; and one or two of the rebel speakers on
Easter Monlay were loud in their denun.
Citations OF the demagogues" who were di-
viding and seeking to mislead the colored
people.


Well, the Sentinel and its friends had a
fair showing, They called their own meet
ing of colored people, in their own time and
in their own way. No one disturbed them.
They addressed the meeting to their hearts
content; and after they had done all they
could, with the aid of the Governor of the
State, to divide the colored people and de-
tach them from the Republican party, on a
sho,oing Of hands the entire meeting pronou,a-
ced against them. r -..5g


This is fact which they cannot deny
The whole City knows it, and the whole
County OF Wake knows it.


But to clinch the nail which had thus
been driven through, on the evening of the
day after their meeting was held, tsoo thou
sand colored people assembled in the Second
Baptist Church in this City, and declared
themselves unanimously, with the utmost en-.
thusiasm, for the Republican party of the
nation. This is another fact known to all,
which the Worth faction cannot deny.


Well then 7rbo n7e the 11;fntors9 WIZ
are the demagogues seeking to divide the
colored people? .....-...


If the Worth faction want peace, let them
cease to harangue the colored people. If
they do not wish to divide the coiored peo-
pie and produce strife, let them let the color
ed people alone. The colored people are
now unit for the Republican party, and
all attempts by rebels or so-caled Conserva-
tives to divide or sway them, must result in
juriously to the cause of reconstruction.
Year: 1867

This distinguished man died at his resi-
dence in this City, on Sunday evening last,
at the advanced age of 76 years.


Judge Saunders had filled large space in
the public eye in this State for the last thirty
years. In addition to his services in Cen
gress on the Bench, and in the State Eegis-
lature, he was at all times an ardent friend
of internal Improvements, and the system of
Improvements in the State owes much of
its success in the past to him.


In private life he was exemplary and above
reproach. Though his death was expected
from his increasing inirnities. its announce
ment will occasion a feeling of regret in all
parts of our State.
Year: 1867

I IST OF LETTERS REMA1NlNG
lin THE POST OFFICE At RICHMOND,
STATE or VIRGINIA, APRIL 81 1857:


IL not called for within one monh tney viii DO
sent TO the Dead Letter ofhce.


To strangers or transient visitors In town OF
ci,y whose special address may be UNKNOWN,
should be marked on the lower let-hahd corner
with the word "transient."


Place the postage stamp on the upper right hand
corner and leave space between the stamp and
direction for post marking without interfering
with the writing.


To obtain any OF these letters the applicant must
tbis list. and pay one cent for advertising.


u B-A request for the return of letter to the
writer II unclaimed within thirty days or less,
written or printed, with the writer's name, post
Office and State across the left hand end OF the en-
velope on the face side. will be complied with.
Year: 1867

There is a soda-water fountain on the
third floor, and yesterday another was
put up on the second. Cool and sparkling
soda is drawn by beautiful young ladies,
and to have it served you by them is of
itself worth gallons of soda. We have
tried some of it, and ever since we have
felt the sparkling bubbles that were in the
glass chasing each other in every corner OF
our poor heart, and each one seems to i'm
part sensation of delight. Just try some
of this soda, and if you are man of the
right feeling, you will experience the same
results.
Year: 1867

best and most direct route to the sea
board. Asking Legislation and appro-
priations by Congress for such other OBJ
jects of development and Improvement
as are deemed necessary for the welfare
of the people, among which are the re-
moval OF distractions TO the navigation
of the Missouri, and the establishment
of school funds, over and above the ap-
propriations of agricultural lands. Be
lieving that all these questions should
be thoroughly considered, discussed and
acted upon by the Convention, as guide
for the Delegate in Congress, and as an
avowal of our position on the great ques
tions of the day, we respectfully submit
them to the consideration of the Union
party.
Year: 1867

We present in another column, IN er-
tense, the order of General Sherman, a
synopsis of which was given in our tele-
graphic columns at the time it was
issued. 1t is an elaborate piece of non
sense, of as little practical use in assist
ing the people subject to the ravages of
Indian warfare as would be the reading
of the riot act to band of Sioux. 1t is
piece and parcel after the style of
McClellan's famous idea of exhausting
the resources of craftsmanship after
three and half years of war. The


Sheriff of Big Horn county will form his
posse at once. The miners earning SO
per day will buy horses, arm and equip
themselves Immediately, and be ready


to march four months thereafter, if the
commander of the military department,
cut off from all communication, should.
in his infinite sagacity and unerring
judgment, determine that an emergency
had arisen, when the United States gov
ernment could afford to accept them at
forty cents per day. But, in the mean
time, if your homes are destroyed, your
wives ravished, your children slain.
your farms laid waste and every outrage
that the fendishness of the incarnate
devils can inspire them to commit, is
heaped upon the isolated districts, do
not, under penalty of the displeasure of
William Tecumseh, raise hand or stir
a foot against the injured red man. Your
sheriffs will go out and arrest them with
a small posse," and put them in Jail, or
report them to one of those immaculate
Indian Agents, the resident saints of the
Year: 1867

REoRGANIzED.-The order of Cover
nor Smith reorganizing the Montana
Militia is issued. 1t was necessary.
There were evils TO correct, abuses to be
remedied and order had to be evoked
from realm of chaos, or the movement
rest under dead weight that was crush
ing out it's vitality and bringing it into
contempt. In doing this, it would have
been almost an impossibility to have
avoided. in the details, creating dissatis-
faction. and even doing injustice TO some
of the parties 10 whom the order applied.
To what extent this has reached we are
not aware; but To the general principles
involved in this reorganization we give
hearty endorsal, and believe they will
meet with approval in the army and out.
While making the command more eff
cient, it will reduce the expenditures
two desideratums to which, without
doubt, even those who have felt aggreIved
by the order, will submit gracefully for
the good of the cause.
Year: 1867

The great movement which is known to the world as
Fenanism is neither less than the natural
sequence of the very peculiar position in which the
majority of the Irish people placed For strange
it may appear it fact that not much less than two
thirds of their entire number are exiles from the land
which, above all Others they have right to call their
own And of these it is we'll known that large pro-
portion residents in and few of them citizens
of, the American Republic.


We have called this peculiar position And SO it is
When, in the worlds history, any other race OR
nation similarly crcumstanced? Not perhaps since the
exed of Israel hung their haps the willows by
the waters of Babylon. Nor is the simitude confined
tothe external situations extends the feengsexperi
enced Sorrowful remembrance of a ruined country an
earnest desire see justice done upon the
and an undying hope that the oppressed and injured
shall yet regain their own.


In one prominent point, however, the resemblance
fails. The expatriated Hebrews were captives in an
enemys country We are freemen in land Of friends.


The realm which offered shelter and a home to the
Year: 1867

material better than the old pixies and shieahs that
used to ornament the Head Cente office before he began
to grid the sword which his coward hand is afraid to
use! Who elected what they call Directory? By
what authority do they speak for any portion of
people? Shall we give up principle, and violate our
laws to please every swindng fconst that chooses to
bark at us from his filthy kennel?


1t is scarcely necessary to bother the organization
further about this matter The best thing to do with
sinking carrion is to bury it out Of sight.


Let every Circle which has worked for "prnciples
and not men," gird up their oins for the coming Con-
gress and if there any reconstruction needed that is
the time, and there is the place for it, Let the proper
officers to it that but the Circles who have been
faithful to shall participate in the proceedings
of the coming Congress- There may have been honest
men, supporting those antiquated chiefs and fiery grns;
but if they were honest they must have been conounded
fools. We want of mind and judgment with us; !;
let donkeys and wolves herd together now, they have
done in the past and let the fools be devoured by the
knaves they always have BEEN Let every Circle then
they love their country send good representative to
the next Congress-


There may have been excuse for honest men to lend
their support to those knaves while they believed they
were working directly for ireland, and supporting
imaginary organization there We know that, in too
many instances, the talismanc sound of fights in Ire
land has outweighed the good judgment of portion
of our people


The action of the home organization recently taken,
when they repudated those parties here who have pre-
tended to represent them Ireland leaves excuse for
those good who have worked for ireland Direct"
with false leaders, remain any longer aoof from
the only organization that has the power inclination
to serve Ireland" To such extend the hand Of
fellowship, matter how we may have differed Let
those decevers who prate about the necessity of bring
ing "leader of talent and character to take
under control understand that tits not for them to
say who the Fenan Brotherhood shall put into position
Nor is it in the hands of the officers who at the
head, to say who shall who shall not be leader We
do not say this for moment imagining that officers
think differently from ourselves but to let the world
that the Fenan Brotherhood through its representatives
are the only parties to decide on all such affairs.


&c. let those ateconsg,cted cavaliers, both North and
South apply themselves to some honest mode of living
for the first time in their lives The days of professional
patriotism gone. Those unemployed leaders not
wanted by the B. B. They have been tried and they
cost too much. On thing resolved that the
pckpocket shall not take the public purse twice.
Year: 1867

an assurance Of llis favor, you have embra.
csd one Of tho principles Of his lolyreligio u,
as the fundamental plank in your platform.
As you stand upon it and really to it you
will be co.workers with God. Go forward


Feed the hungry--clothc the naked, succor
the needy and bind up the wounds Of the
afflicted. Comfort the widow, sustain the
orphan, and with tender llaud lay into the
tomb thy worthy departed brother. So
shall your life 10 long and your end peace.