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Year: 1866

A bunnrons contributor to the St Louis
Republican evidently understands the
capabilities Of the kuglish laagaage.
To attempted to make a johnson speech
in a Radical meeting With the following
results:


Fortunately there was but one light in
the room, and that was tallOw candle.
The first chair hurled at me struck it and
left us all in the dark. could hear them
rushing lsEgrd the stand and made for
the door. That vas synpaihizlpg crowd.
They couldn't see me, bur they all felt for
ma On they came and on ! went Came
in violent CONTACT with the globe-iike form
of old Chops. Just foT fun tipped him
over and cried out; I" Here boys, I've
got him !" Old c. being of about my
shape and Dimensions, the mob was
easily misled, and they piled on to him
three deep.


AS made my exit at the front door ]
heard him screaming for quarter. am
sure he never got it. There was not q
quarter in all that crowd. Once outside,
two or three Of them recognized me by
the gaslight, and o persimmons didn't
they freeze to me like a hired man
said something about free speech. They
replied with something about freeboot-
era, illustrating their remarks with
practical demonstrations. bore up un-
Year: 1866

We utter but trite sentiment when
we say that the future of the South is in
the hands of its young men. How many
of them are qualifying themselves to
manage its factories, control Its rail-
roads, mine its ore, work its machine
shops, ard cultivate its plantations ?
Professional men it has in abundance
able lawyers, accomplished physicians,
eloquent speakers. These have their
uses, but the growth of State depends
less on them than on the charac-
ter of the men who manage its
industrial enterprises. What is most
needed in the South to-day is that the
young blood which fought for it so gal
lantly should work it as determinedly.
On the plantation, in the shop, in the
factory, there the South is to effect its
true restoration. The young men who dug
trenches and fed i hominy and pork, who
went clad in homespun gray and slept in
cold or rain or shine under the canopy
of the heavens to further the fortunes, as
they believed, of their native land, can
now do noble service by laying hold of
its plow handles, turning its lathes,
guiding its spindles, and handling it's
locomotives. But there is want Of capi
tai. No matter. They have youth, health,
hope, ambition and good abilities. They
have every incentive for which to work.
Begin with WILL and success will crown
their efforts. National Inteltigeacer.
Year: 1866

Some people are as careful of their
troubles as mothers are of their babies;
they cuddle them, and rock them, and
hug them, and cry over them, and fly
into passion with you if you attempt
TO take them away from them; they want
you to fret with them, and to help them
to believe they have been worse treated
than anybody else. If they could,
they would have picture of their
grief in gold frame hung over the man
Eel shelf for everybody to look at And
their grief makes them ordinarily selfish


they think more Of fheiT dear little
gFiefin the basket and in the cradle than
they 90 of all the world beside; and they
say you are hardhearted if you say don't
fret. "Ahl you don't understand me
you don't know me you can't enter into
my triais.h
Year: 1866

The New York papers we see are eau
tioning country workmen against seek
ing employment in New York city, tell
ing thsm that the labor market there is
overstocked, business dull, and multi
tudes of workmen are discharged, while
the rate of wages are falling. We feel
it a duty to give the same warning to
persons coming to Washington in quest
Unemployment In our long experience
in the newspaper business we have never
before known SO many persons out of
employment in this city. A large portion
of the floating population brought here
by the war still linger long after the de.
mand for their labor has ceased, and
jostle each other for livelihood in all
the trades, and in fierce contest for the
smallest governmental office. Descending
the social scale, We have some thirty
thousand colored people, contrabands,
etc, seeking employment here, of whom
it is safe TO say that twenty thousand
will not average q days work in a week
during the coming wiHter The poor
house is already overhowing and unable
to afford shelter to the swarms of va
grants and houseless ones ahoat upon
our streets, and heaven only knows what
will become of the thousands out of EN-.
ployment here when the severity of win
ter comes upon u.s. Washington Star.
Year: 1866

ure, he headed its opponents; he resisted


it with all the resources of his experience,


his influence and his eloquence.
1t was, however, through his voice
thatit was to be proclaimed and con.
summated. His only alternative, resig-


nation, would have been unavailing, and
could not have added to his character


His expressive countenance bespoke
the inquietude Of his feelings; solicitude
was perceptible in every glance, and
his embarrassment was obvious in every
word he uttered.


The galleries we're full, but the change
was lamentable. They were no longer
crowded with those who had been accus-
toned to witness the eloquence and to
animate the debates of that devoted as
sembly. A monotonous and melan-
choly murmur ran through the benches ;
scarcely word was exchanged among
the members; and the ordinary business
for short time proceeded in the usual
way.


At length the expected moment ar
rived the order of the day for the third
reading of the bill for legislative union
between Great Britain and Ireland was
moved by Lord Castlereagh. Unvarisd,
tame, cold-blooded, the words seemed
frozen as they issued from his lips; and
as if simple citizen of the world, he
seemed to have no sensation on the sub.
ject.


At that moment he had no country,
no God but his ambition. He made his
motion, and resumed his seat with the
greatest composure and indifference.


Confused murmers again run through
the house 1t was visibly affected. Every
character, in a moment, seemed involun-
tarily rushing to its index-some pale,
some flushed, some agitated--there were
few countenances to which the heart did
not dispatch some messenger. Several
members withdrew before the question
could be repeated, and an awful, mo-
mentary silence succeeded their depart
ure The speaker rose slowly from that
chair which had been the proud source
of his honors and his high character.
For moment he resumed his seat but
the strength of his mind sustained
him in his duty, though his struggle
was apparent. With that dignity which
never failed to signalize his official ac-
tions, he held up the bill for moment
in silence He looked steadily around
him on the last agony of the expiring
Parliament He at length repeated, in
an emphatic tone, "As many as are of
opinion that THIS BILL do pass, say aye
The affirmative was languid but indispu-
table. Another momentary pause en-
sued. Again his lips seemed to decline
their office. At length, with an eye
averted from the object which he hated,
he proclaimed with a subdued voice:
"The ayes have it." The fatal sentence
was now pronounced For an instant
he stood statue.like; then Indignantly,
and with disgust, he flung the bill upon
the table, and sank into his chair with an
exhausted spirit An independent coun-
try was thus degraded into province
ireland as nation was extinguished.
Year: 1866

Women possess a great superiority
over men in everything pertaining to the
affections He who never experienced
the friendship of woman knows not
half the charms of friendship. Men un-
doubiedly are capable of the same sacri-
fees and attachments, while the female
will cheerfully meet the same danger as
the man, she possesses besides the art of
embellishing and Frightening the saddest
moments of our life, by unalterable
sweetness of temper, constant care, and
unwearied attendance upon US in our
time of need She can sympathize in
his sufferings, mingle with his pleasures,
and comprehend and divine all his sub
jects; she can pour balm on his wounded
sensibility raise his detected spirits,
unburden him of the load Of sorrow,
and thus reconcile him to himself. Well
can she soften the harshness of advice
which she has the courage to
offer at a seasonable interval, and
can inspire boundless confidence with
out creating pain or causing aversion.
She bids defiance to obstacles, is dis
couraged by no accident, not even by
absence ITSELF In short, female friend
ship is divine feeling, and the sweetest
charm and comforter of life; when de-
prived of it by misfortune, the bare re-
membrance Of it will still afford us mo-
ments of refined pleasure. -Erchange.
Year: 1866

Ledger tells of new invention, of which
he has a patent, gotten up for the pur-
pose of determining whether or no
lady wears patent calves" tits cane
with fine needle in the end of it. As
lady passes, with her beautiful turned
pedal extremities exposed to view by the
"tilter," the calves are slightly punctured
with the cane If the lady kicks, the
calves are genuine. If she does not,
they are 'false." We should be edited
to see experiments tried it would serve
to test the efficacy Of the invention, the
character of the calves, and the speed Of
the man who tried the invention.
Year: 1866




A New York paper says: Paralysis,
soltening of the brain, loss of the use of
the lower limbs, and apoplery, now so
common among the prominent and active
men of this city, show the peril of our
style of living-constant business and
social excitement, and the unhealthy
modes Of living among us There ia
PROBABLY not another city on the oonti-
nent where men grow old so fast Men
scarcely thirty years of age bear the
marks Of sixty A New York congrega-
ten of men is peculiar for the great
number of middle-aged persons who have
bald spots on their heads. A man can
wear out his nerves, exhaust his strength,
and produce premature decay, as easily
as spendthrift can sguapder his fortune.
Year: 1866

There never was an instance Of man
Of shrinking disposition having accom-
plished great things. Drones or STUPID
beings who will not, or possibly cannot
exert themselves, may be got along with;
but person who is forever thinking
about something and will be constantly
delying at that and the other with despe-
rate industry, and yet dinches when he
arrives at something he cannot see
through, such a one we desire no ac-
quaiRtance with; give us the man who,
having made up his mind to arrive at a
given point, dauntlessly pushes onward
ihrough every obstacle.
Year: 1866

Below will be found full report Of the
Illinois State Teachers Association, which
is furnished US by . Davenport Teacher in
attendance. Also an account OF their trip.
which speaks for itself We commend the
proceedings 10 the consideration OF our city
and county teachers.
Year: 1866

CHEAP TEAM.-If anybody desires good bar
gain in the way of team and spring wagon,
let them read Alex. Tinsleys offer in another
column Terms will be made known on applica-
tion to this office
Year: 1866

Who HAS CHANGED ANDREW johnson was in
the now beautifully RECONSTRUCTED city of Mem
phs at the time the Baltimore Convention nomi-
mated him for Vice President in 1864. There he
made a speech accepting the nomination. and
spoke as follows in regard to the necessity of
securing the control of the Government to those
who assisted in saving it


81 say that the traitor has to be citizen and in
iouing the rebellion has became a public enemy he Co.
eed his right vote with loyal men when he


- and sought to destroy our
saw to honest and industrious foreigner who


from England Germany among us and 10 ADJ %
the wealth of country Before YOU can he c;t; ~
must stay here for five years. If SO cautious ahon
Greiguers who voluntarily renounce their home q, Ii
with u.s. what should say the traitor who athonoh
born reared has raised paracda hand ayns
Government which always protected him, Nv iudr-
ment is he should be subjected severe ordeal bfoe
he is restored to citizenship"


That is the sentiment of every truly loyal man
in the country to-day. But the world knows it
is not the sentiment os the President, and have
good reason to believe that it is not the feeling
of those who fill his Office and eat Federal
% bread and butter"


WHILE songs of sadness were yet being sung
over the lfeess clay of his immortal predeces.
sor, these words of Andrew Johnson rang ont
shrill and clear, inspiring the afflicted peopIe
with hope: Mercy is slain, and Justice will
henceforth rule g Mercy to traitors would be
cruelty to the Government" At this same time.
he reiterated the sentiment which had been the
battle-cry of freemen during the previous cam
paign: - Treason must be made Odious, and
traitors must be punished" And now, in can
dor we ask, upon what one of these assertions
has he not turned his back ?-Humboldt Times


Will any one of the handful of Johnsonites in
this county answer the query contained in the
last naranranh of the above extract
Year: 1866

hSg- We feel constrained to call the atten- tion of four neighbor over the way to the irregular manner of his charging for adver- tisinr. and at the same time, to remind him that an .agreementsentcredr into between an agent of the Sheriff of this county, and q representative printer from each office was not carried out according to the stip'tlations of the parties We have also been informed hv a patron of theirs that they advertised a column for him, with a special notice ot some three or four squares length extra, for the sum of forty dollars for one year, which IS less than one half of their published rates. Now we think that onr local patrons would have much just cause of complaint were VIC 50 work for those of another city below what VIC charge them. Ii may be asmistaken bus mess idea but it has always occurred to us that if my fav0rs of this kind are to be shown. they should be granted to dour next door patrons. who give us the most of our support. We do not believe that the time has yet comeifor a reduction of rates. but if they can sail with less wind we shall try to follow in the wake. We expect to live by our work and as long as strict application to business, and studious endeavor to perform our work well is remunerated by a just com pensation from our friends, so long will we be found at eur post. Newspapers do not feed OH the consciousness of duty well per formed, bntare affected by the bestowal or withdrawal, of patronage. It is a dollar snd cent matter. Ye are here 10 serve the people and the country, and we will do it to the utmost of our ability, so long as they will hold up our handsv ~ g
Year: 1866

SILVER MINE IN MIssIssIPPT.-Th Bran Republican learns that silver mine was dis covered in Franklin county several years since, but owing to the fact that the land be- longed to some heirs, and could not be pur- chased. the discoverers kept it profound secret until very recently They have now purchased an interest in the land, and will soon go to work to unearth the precious metal. One of the discoverers lives in Scott county.
Year: 1866

A CHEAT RAILROAD TRAIN.-The editor of
the lie Roy Gdzette says:


The duty OF the President of the United
States is 10 ''see that the laws are faithfully
executed" The duty of the President of the
Editors Association, after their business ses-
sion is ended, is to ''see that they have a good
time" In the discharge OF this duty we ap-
piled TO Dean Richmond to know if he could
furnish special train from LIE Roy TO the
Falls direct, and the cost thereof To this Mr.
Richmond, in his characteristic liberal manner
replied through Jerry Haskell, the receiver at
Batavia, that but for the law of the last session
against free passes, IL would afford him plea.
sure TO give the press ofthe State a free train
but under the circumstances, as he could not
exactly do that, we could have the train on
paying the receiver one dolldrg We have ac.
cepted the offer.
Year: 1866

NITRO GLYCERINE AGAIN-About noon on
Friday at Petroleum Centre. Pennsylvania a
torpedo exploded while in the hands of a
workman employed in one of the shops of that
place. The torpedo had been charged with
nitro -glycerine, and every par rticle of the oil
was supposed TO be entirely removed from the
torpedo case before it came TO the shop


Enough of the dangerous compound renamed


however, to cause terrible explosion, which
inflicted severe but not fatal in Jury on several
charged with the nitro glycerine had been
handled by the workmen of the same estab-
lishment, but fortunately the one which ex.
ploded had been emptied and so thoroughly
cieansed that but very small quantity re-
mained.
Year: 1866

SINGCLAR DISCOVERY few weeks AGO
the Philadelphia police arrested a young man
on the charge of larceny, and as a portion of
the stolen goods were found at his office he
was committed for trial. On Friday after
noon the officers again visited the Office. in
order to make another search for stolen prom
erty, and while thus engaged. they discovered
box containing the remains of an infant
Chloride Of lime had been placed over il and
when found, there was little left of the child
except the skeleton. The defendant was in
formed of the discovery. and he at once ad
mitted that 1T was his own child: that il had
died natural death, and, in consequence of
the wlsh OF the mother. he had attempted TO
preserve the remains. The fact that the mar
ties were not married induced them to conceal
the birth, and the body, according TO the de-
1endants story, had been in his office for eigh-
teen months.
Year: 1866

CASE UNDER THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL-The
teacher of the colored school at this place, a
colored woman, was brought before Justice
Duer last Thursday, charged with assault and
battery Of youth, the SON of one of our most
estimable citizens. She was bound over to ap-
pear before the next grand jury. The first case
ofthe application Of the civil rights bill in this
affair. A party who is said to have made
threats of violence against the negro teacher
was bound over to keep the peace the teacher
claiming the warrant under that bill. She has
Herald. -
Year: 1866

Dr. Towles, colored physician Of Mem
phis, gives in the Post Of that city, an account
Of trip made By him through Georgia and
Alabama, and his impressions Of the feeling
of the planters toward the colored people
These are satisfactory, and if the rampant
and unrepentant rebel element be kept under,
be not brought into enduring life and political
supremacy by the still slave worshiping Cop
prheads of the North, we may expect that
the South will gradually settle into loyal
and rational status, that they will accept the
result of the strife and its inevitable conse-
quences, and do justice towards all classes of
people. This result, we are convinced will
come only by the united and determined eff
fort of the country and Of the loyal States
especially to keep in subsection all dlsloyaltv
and the slave driving spirit. When it is found
that the guarantees of the Government, that
the freedmen shall be protected are not mil
lities, when it is differently established that
the rebels are no, to run in political rule the
victory they failed to secure by war, then will
affairs in the South determine themselves
towards fixedness and justice, and in the i'm
proved condition of all her people the South
will learn the superiority of freedom over
slavery:


''On my way back to Atlanta fell in CON-
pany on the train, with number Of distin-
guished southern white gentlemen. all of
whom had formerly been slave holders. and
it affords me great pleasure to say that was
never treated with more respect and courtesy
than was by these gentlemen. 1t has not
been my pleasure to meet with men whose
sentiments were more loyal and reasonable
than were these ex-slaveholders They we're
unanimous in their conclusion that the only
hope for us as a people was to be found in
our moral and intellectual improvement. This
was absolutely necessary for our future pros
perity, and, in their opinion, the only way to
settle this agitated question Of equality before
the law. When the colored people shall
have become sufficiently elevated by eduea-
were willing to confer them upon them


Ny next stopping place was at Stevenson,
Ala. Here found colored schools that are
very prosperous one, high shool, for col
ored children. Taught by white gentleman
and lady. and another. primary school,
taught by two ladies, one of whom is colored,
formerly slave of Tennessee, but now an
efficient school teacher. This l regard as
quite promotion. but only sample Of what
freedom is now doing for our people all over
the South. AS the good work is now going
on, il will not be long before our people will
have an abundance of competent teachers
among their own coicr.
Year: 1866

a poetical young person on one of cur
wharfs remarked to a porter the other day
that he thought the warm weather was the
harbinger of spring. The ilIiterate porter re.
piled that he didn't know anything about The
harbinger, but the wharfnger had just gene
home to dinner, ..because he see him.
Year: 1866

Fr0m the Memphis Commercial, Sth,l


The general subject Of conversation on the
streets yesterday, was the BEAUMoNT-LIP-
ARI-OIsHIE case. The indictment of the
former by the Grand Jury re-Opened this
rather dirty business, with the details of
which our readers are familiar through the
evidence as published in our columns. Some
Of our citizens are "down" on BEAUMONT
any way, and are inclined TO believe him
the sum ofall villainies y others view him
as a novice in detective and police business
taken in and done for by his shrewder de-
tectives; while others give him credit for
general honesty ofpurpose, but believe that
he has in this case, committed a grave Of
fense-a misdemeanor in ordinary persons
but a "h5gh crime" in an official occupying
the responsible position of Chief Commits
siOner Of Police.


This is about the belief of the majority of
our thinking people, most Of whom confess
themselves amazed at the amount of deep
seated rascality brought to light by the in
vestigation before Justice HALL II was also
a very GENERALLY expressed opinion that the
Attorney General was remiss in his duty In
that he has not caused the arrest and in
dictment of LIPARI by his own confession
and the evidence adduced on the trial be-
fore HALL, criminal of no ordinary char
acter Then the political complexion of the
cesspool, composed of equal parts of new
and old police, came in for a share of the
'talk," and opinions unfavorable to both,
especially the old, we're freely expressed. Ii
was thought the Metropolitan system was an
improvement on the old police, aud the only
objection urged against it was the occupan-
cy Of the chief positions by Radicals. The
part the Sheriff and Attorney General have
taken in the matter was also variOusly COM
mented upon, and surprise expressed that
they were not equally prompt in arresting
the vagabonds who were convicted OF crime
and with whom BEAUMONT has compounded.
Year: 1866

ENTIRELY ON COMMISSION.


Planters may rely upon our best efforts to obtain
the HIGHEST MARKET RATES for
their Produce. And should our friends favor US
with orders for Groceries. they may rest assured
of having goods purchased at the LOWEST
MARKET PRICE.


Having one Of the largest warehouses in the
city, our facilities for the STORAGE OF
COTTON AND TOBACCO is unsurpassed by
any house in the South. We have and will keep
on hand large supply of BAGGING AND
ROPE, and several kinds Of IRON TIES
which we offer on most reasonable terms.


We will make the matter Of Receiving
and Forwarding Goods a Specially
in Our business, and all Goods consigned to
US for Re shipment will be sent. upon arrival
at the Wharf or Depot, promptly forward at the
least expense to the owner.


Liberal Advances made ON Con
signments- [oct2-3m
Year: 1866

H@-A little four year old pet stood
looking out of the window tho othor
day, when an cxprcssman stopped just
opposite and tied up the horses tail,
to prevent its trailing in the mud. She
watched the operation intently and
then called out eagerly: "Oh, see,
AIni'l the 'sprcssman is making
waterfall for his horse