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Year: 1866

4 newspaper has become an essential IN
every family. The commercial man cannot
do without the regular reports of trade and
finance. The farmer and the tradesman
must keep up with the rise and fall Of the
markets. Every one is interested and pro-
fitted by keeping posted in the current news
of the day. As faithful chronicle of the
times, it furnishes information, daily passing
into history, essential to practical and pro-
ftable education in every family. These
general truths are now felt and acknowledge
ed by the great mass of the intelligent pub
lie. In view of which the following re-
marks, from the West Tennessee Wing, are
pertinent and forcible:


There are but few persons who properly
estimate the powerful influence of news
paper, for good or evil, in a family-its et-
fects are seen and felt in all the ramiications
of life. Take family Of children who have
been accustomed to read a vulgar, grovel-
ing, blackguard paper, and they are almost
sure to grow up strongly imbued with the
sentiments of the paper; their manner OF
meeting an argument or exposing an error
flows i'm the same channel. Vituperation
and personal epithets are the weapons they
use-keeping up an eternal strife within the
bounds of their location. Take, as an ex-
ample, Brownlow's paper in East Tennes-
see. For twenty-five years the editor has
kept society there in perfect fermentation.
The church there has not escaped its blight
ng influence.


We have been influenced in penning these
reflections from witnessing, in many of our
exchange papers, greater disposition than
ever, to indulge in personal epithets and
| blackguardism; and to point out, in our
Judgment, a remedy. Let the people, espe-
cially fathers whose children are to be intlu-
enced, more or less, by the Press of the coun-
trv, resolve that they will withdraw their
patronage from every paper indulglng IN
personalities of licentious character. An
editor that cannot defend truth and justice
and expose error and tyranny, IN at least
decent language had better throw up his
profession and go at something esle. If the
people would have good order in society and
| good government, let them preserve the
| dignity Of the press.
Year: 1866

st. Petersburg, The amount being expressed in
the currency of each country.


A United States sterling loan, the interest OF
which should be thus provided for, would prob
ably command higher price at fyeper centthan
5-20s could bring at six.


II capitalists will deal fairly with the Govern
ment, there is no need to go abroad for money;
but the foreign bankers of Wall-st. must not
expect Congress to protect them in traffic
which puts enormous profits into their pockets,
at the expense Of the people Of this country as
well as of their own. Give the Secretary Of the
Treasury the power which every private citizen
has, and his whole record gives Assurance that
he will use it honestly and wisely.
Year: 1866

new amendment to the Constitution was re.
ported yesterday in the Senate and House from
the Committee on Reconstruction. Ii ltpr0yideS-


"That Congress shall have power to make all laws
which shall be necessary and proper to secure to the
citizens of each State oil the privileges and imnunites
Of citizens in the several States and to all persons in
the several States equal protection in the rights OF life
liberty and property"


In the Senate this was ordered to be printed,
and in the House it was, after some debate, re-
committed in order to be reported back again.
The anxious Brooks seemed to be afraid it might
be passed under "gag-law," but at latest ad'
vices the dreadful effort had not been made.
Year: 1866

The Freedmen's Bureau Bill, which passed
both Houses of Congress by more than two
thirds vote, was yesterday submitted to the
President. Should the information not reach
us before going to press this morning, we hope
that we may hear in the course Of the day that
the bill has received the Presidents signature.
The continuation of the Bureau is Of such vital
importance to the South so much depends
upon it in the organization Of the new system OF
labor which Emancipation has made impera-
tive and the relations Of blacks and whites
must continue so unsettled and precarous with
out the presence and supervision of its officers,
that disagreement between the President and
Congress upon the subject would be matter OF
deep regret to the whole country. Should there
be any doubt in the Presidents mind as to the
wisdom of the measure, his Cabinet should he
think proper to consult its members, would, it is
to be hoped, sustain the large majority of Con-
gress in the decision at which they arrived.
Year: 1866

WENDELL PHILLIPss LECTURE. - Wendell
Phillips delivered last night address on National
Affairs TO very crowded and brilan. audience In
the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Want Of room CON.
pe TO omit the report prepared for publication. The
speech nearly two hours long, went the whole
ground OF reconstruction presented the necessity and
duty resting upon the North to secure its victory in the
field by recognizing the Union on the basis OF
equal justice. and denounced the folly Of admit
ting the South while she 10 striving to rebuild slave
system. The difficulty OF to-day is that the North does
not closely comprehend the new division OF parties
Heretofore Grant led the one and Lee the other To-
day Congress leads the NORTH while the Confederacy
defeated uader Lee. finds in Andrew johnson cham.
pion in its new struggle. The threat OF the President
70 crush agitation at the North as rebellion had been
rushed at the South. is challenge that the North
cannot refuse to accept for the Of the Union
and the supremacy Of Northern principles are bound up
in the ISSUE The address was remarkable for its bold
ress and will long be remembered by those who heard
it as one Of the abest speeches ever delivered by Mr.
Phillips.
Year: 1866

Another effort was made yesterday in the
from Rebel States admitted to the privileges
of the floor. Mr.. Smith Of Kentucky
offered a resolution in favor of james M.
johnson of Arkansas, accompanied by vouchers
of his loyalty. But the House decided to keep
to general principles, and laid the resolution on
the table by rs to 20. The large minority was
evidently due to the opinion of many Republi-
cans that Col. johnson had stood by the Union
all through the war, and to their wish to show
him personal courtesy. The majority rightly
considered that the precedent would be dan
pnrOus ono
Year: 1866

expenses. bleed out of us annually over $3.50. 900.
should be excited to something deeper. wiser
and more statesmanlike. than screaming over
sixpences. by this exhibit Of our agricultural
exports.


When will American farmers learn that the
British market is totally valueless to them ior
the steady consumption of their surplus food :
When will they learn that the English buy Of
US only when they are compelled to buy-that
they never take our grain if they can buy it
elsewhere cheaper-that our haryest-felds are
only their outlying reservoirsto draw food trom
when the nearer and cheaper food of France,
Belgium and Russia fails of supply When
will they learn that to farm in America for
foreign market is to farm upon the expecta-
ton of bad weather in Europe and the hope o.
short crops there, and is therefore gambling OF
the meanest and most depraving influence
When will they learn that the nation which ex-
ports its agricultural products exports its soil
that the expectation Of manure in the form OF
breadstuffs will sooner or later pass the country
which thus sins against Gods law of farming,
through Gods Court of Bankruptcy When
will they acquire the wisdom and spirit
to shut against themselves the door OF this
foreign market, in which they play with
loaded dice against the weather, their crops
being the stakeS-to shut it forever by opening
a permanent American Home Market in which
Labor and Land will forever rise in value, and
the price Of all other things fall in value under
the chcapening ofimproved machinery, perfected
skill and accumulating competitive wealth? 'Tis
a very simple thing to do this They have but
20 say to Congress: Establish on American
soil the manufactures in payment for which we
are constantly shipping our grain to Europe, but
seldom find a paying market. We have got
tired Of building bridges four thousand miles
long TO move our corn and wheat over. We
have got tired Of being used to make up defcien-
cies in European haryests; Welcomed when
wanted. turned away absolutely when not
needed, or skinned if dealt with. Hereafter we
are determined to sell at our own doors. To
this end do you shift our market, ifyou please,
from Great Britain IT, the United States, by
permanently establishing American Industry.


If the farmers of the West don't shift their
market from Europe to America, and don't de-
mand such legislation as will give them steady
prices ard high prices for their grain, they will
rapidly decline to poverty which cannot sus.
tain the taxation the Shareholders Rebellion
has loaded them with, and have left in hand
any wages for their labor and rent for their
land Raising wheat at 80 cents bushel and
corn at 10 cents can have but one end-auction
sales for unpaid County, State and Government
taxes, or reputation and social Reorganization.
A general system of manufacturing, made per-
manent by high and enduring tariff, will
avert this end and enrich every farmer in
America. And nothing else will
Year: 1866

We do trust that Congress will very soon
take up the bill reported to the House by its
Committee of Ways and Means to enable the
Secretary of the Treasury to fund the demand
and short-time obligations of the Government
with an eye to an early return to Specie Pay
ments. 1t is due to every substantial interest
in the country that this subject be promptly
and decisively acted on.


The Innationists are already changing their
tune. 1t is not yet two months since they de-
precated Resumption as a measure calculated to
food the country with imported goods Now
they say-and with far more truth-that Bus-
ness is paralyzed by the prospect Of Currency
contraction, SO that sales of almost everything
are slow, and only effected at less. We hail
this as strong argument for prompt Contrac.
ton and Resumption. Business must drag with
a decided appreciation of the Currency in imme-
date prospect. The merchant naturally
says, II will buy few goods now, for
they will soon be cheaper" and the
consumer evinces equal shrewdness. No
one buys or builds, save 10 satisfy a pressing
need so stagnation and paralysis are general.
But if we were back to Specie Payment this
day, with prices adjusted thereto, we should
have an adequate and healthy trade, and
thousands would be ready to build, construct
railroads, &C., who now refuse to do anything
Of the sort, saying, "Why spend $4,000 foI
what can soon be had for $l2, ,OOO1" and thus is
business being gradually reduced to its lowest
dimensions.


But we do not here insist that Congress shall
do the right thing-which is to secure Resump.
ton at the earliest moment-but that it shall dc
quickly whatever is to be done at all. People
wish to make their contracts FOX labor, &C., fol
the busy season about to open; but how can
they do so safely with an uncertain, unstable,
elastic Currency The evils so justly deplored
are incident to a state Of transtion-they vanish
when we return to terra 6rma and evince o
purpose to abide there. Gentlemen in Congress
we are all bargaining to pay so many dollars
next month, next Summer, next year, for such
or such product or term Of service: be good
enough to let US know what dollar shall
signify when payday comes!
Year: 1866

The Charleston Courier states that the plant
ers of South Carolina propose to try the expert.
ment Of White labor. We are very glad to hear
it. 1t justifes its statement BY beholding the
approach Of one hundred German immigrants.


But why not begin with the Whites Of South
Carolina' There must b. many thousands o(
Whites in that State who must either xpsk for
Year: 1866

Not few of the colored regiments in the
Southwest are kept in service in order to re-
pair the lcvees on the Mississippi River. Will
somebody explain what authority there is for
such use of United States troops, and why the
Government should go into the engineering
business for the benefit of plantation owners in
that country
Year: 1866

On the day Of the robbery the conspirators watched
the paving teller and other employees leave the bank
and as soon as they were out Of sight set to work
Adams, being the cooler hand Of the two. decided To
enter the bank while Howard was stationed in a Gov
cred wagon in such position that he could any one
who might approach the bank while he himself as
unseen.


While engaged in unlocking the outer door. q ttls
girl came along. and asked for the cashier She was
informed by Adams that be had gone to dinner. She
passed up the street. and met young with whom
she conversed for moment and then passed on. The
young man then came to the door Of the bank. and
raped on it. In the meantime Adams had gone into the
bank, locking the door behind him. No attention was
paid to the young man. who becoming tired and proba
bly, believing that no person was inside. turned and


In short time Adams made his appearance with the
contents of the safe made up In neat bundle under
his arm He had found the key Of the safe In the posi-
ton In which it kept during the day time and after
taking from the contents locked IT, placed the kew u
his pocket and then carefully locked the various doors
behind him. On reaching the street he locked the outer
bundle under his he sauntsred cooy and oareessy
up the street.


Passing through the village hs turned into wood on
the outskirts and sat down to wait for his companion


ne latter had renamed In his wagon until Adams was
out OF sight and theD jumping from his vehicle went
into hardware store in the vicinity. and purchased
some naii On concluding his purchase. be returned.
getting into the vehicle drove OF In an opposite direc
tion from that taken BY Adams-to all Appearance
quiet country farmer. who had to town to make
ni1inS Peicneso, suo Was now proceeding leisurey
oomeward On reaching the outskirts Of the village.
he made detour and joining his comr sde they drove
hastily on and for the time being escaped with the


THE ASPECT OP THE CASE.


me case Is without doubt Of the most rsmsrkS
bic that has ever occurred in this country IT, ocacsp
tion and execution were daring In the highest degree
wnils the manner Ia which the case was worked sP es
!ss detective is above all praise. The reward o.
tanned e{ the latter 10 small one the bank sutAsr
ties in thef circular issued sooa after The resssy.
nAviAx e0ers4 reward of ten Der cent "a IL w ~
len prspsrty eeeoyeesd
Year: 1866

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We have somewhere read that at an
English dockyard, great ship was to be
launched; an immense multitude assembled
to see it glide down the slides that were to
carry it into the water. The blocks and
wedges were knocked away, but the mas
sive hull did not stir, and there was much
disappointment. just then little boy
ran forward and began to push the ship
with all his might. The crowd broke out
into laugh of ridicule, but ii SO happen
ed that the vessel was. almost ready to
move, the few pounds pushed by the lad
were only needed to start it. and away it
went into the water. This teaches an i'm :
portant lesson to every boy and girl. You
often think that the little you can do, is of
no account. You don't know that. A lit
tie word, kind act, however small, may
be, and often is, the turning period in
ones own history, and ofton of great i M
portance in its influence upon others. !. A
good deed, or the resistance of a tempta-
ton, may start up good thoughts in the
mind of playmate, which may suggest
other thoughts and deeds. The train of
thought in ones mind, is like atrain Of
cars. The little frog or tongue on the
track, no larger than your finger at its
point, may direct the locomotive upon the
right track. or if wrongly placed, it may
turn the engine aside and hurl it down a
steep bank to fearful destruction. So the
smallest word or deed may start the mind
on right or wrong track. Dear young
friends, your little words, little thoughts
and little deeds are important. Strive
earnestly to be right. noble, generous. al
all times, in secret and public. When in
the future we come to see the great map
of human actions and influences spread
out, it will then be found that you are
daily and hourly exerting an influence
that is telling upon the character of your
brothers, sisters, playmates, upon your
parents, upon all you come in contact
with. Give good push at the siip, do
good deed, no matter how tri6ing, when,
ever and wherever you can, and trust te
God for the Easult.
Year: 1866

FAIR.-Thc ladies of the Monumental
Church intend opening their fair on the


5th instant. The fair is for the benefit OF
the church, which has been very much
reduced in means. Save your money for
the fair, and then spend it in a good cause.
Year: 1866

Our INITIATED SOLDIERs.-A Gone
Legged EX-Confcderate has forwarded
to us communication, which we gladly
publish, asking the ladies of Virginia to
devise some plan for supplying artificial
limbs to those Virginian Confederate sol
dicrs who lost leg or an arm in the late
war. An Confederate will not for
one moment imagine that our ladies, III
their care and devotion for the dead, are
unmindtu Of the comfort and wcll-bcing
of the living; but he will remember that
our condition is not now one of atfiucnce
and abundancc-that our wishes and de-
Sircs are continually tcttercd and confined
by want of mOncy-and that the measures
proposed to be taken for perpctuating the
memory of our fallen soldiers can be car
ricd out at very small cash expense.


In North Carolina, the State Government
have taken upon themselves the tasksof
furnishing artificial limbs free of cost to
those soldiers OF the State who have been
mutilatcd in the war, and such course
may yet he taken by Virginia. But whc-
thcr the State Government take any action
or not, an Confederate = may rest as
surcd that the ladies Of Virginia will lncver
fail those who fought and blcd for them,
and that the people otthc "Old Dominion
are now, as ever, willing to share their
scanty means with any poor and deserving
cX-COutcdcratc soldier.
Year: 1866

| They are to have a fox hunt in Elk
hart county before long. Several young
foxes have been secured and good deal
of fun is anticipated.


The dead body of male infant was
found buried near Fort Wayne, and the
jury returned verdict that the said
child came by its death at the hands of
some person or persons unknown.


In the Madison district, southeastern
Indiana Conference, during the last
month, 1900 additions to the church
were reported, and 900 conversions =
Since that. revivals are in progress, and
over 100 more are reported as having
been received on probation


The enumeration of the white male
inhabitants of New Albany, lately made
by the city assessor, gives the total num-
Der as twenty five hundred and forty
three. There were great many per
sons the assessor was unable to see, and
he thinks he will be able, against he fin
ishes the work, to swell the number to
over twenty six hundred.
Year: 1866

The prospects of the wheat crop is
anything but fiattering. John Schenck,
of Boone county, writes that the wheat
in that region is ''detunct, null and
void" and that to keep their stomachs
in working order, they will have to plant
potatoes largely. He also says that he
expects to sow buckwheat to keep up
digestion.


The account from Putnam is not much
better, while perhaps Morgan makes
little better record AS for Hendricks,
it is bad enough, set We occasionally see
a pretty fair looking piece of wheat and
we would not be astonished If the crop
is not worth as much as it was last sea
son If the season is favorable we will
have a good grain, while last year we
had the straw without the grain. The
sndden rise in the price OF wheat at this
time is rather ominous that the prospect
of a general crop is poor throughout the
United States Hendricks Co Ledger.
Year: 1866

NEW YORK, March 2.-The following
resolutions were adopted at a meeting OF
the association Of bank officers yesteT-
day.


Whereas, Measures are under consider,
alton in congress for the constellation
of the public debt, having also in view
as their ultimate object the restoration
of the currency to specia basis,


Resolved, That this association deem
that all these deliberations to be timely
and appropriate and to be demanded by
the best interests of the country


Resolved, That we deem it to be an
indispensable prerequisite of such meas;
nres that systematic plan be adopted
Tor the regular redemption OF natlonal
bank notes as recommended both by the
secretary of the Treasury and the Comp
froller OF the Currency.


Resolved, That without such a plan in
effective operation any movement toward
the curtallment of the legal tender iss-
ues will inevitably result in the substitu
tion OF currency calculated to protract
indefinitely existing financial Difficult
ties and to increaes the embarassments
both of the government and the people
Year: 1866

Lean, rsw-boned rascals, who would eve
suppose
they had such courage and audacity /"


HENRY VI, Act I, Scene 2.
In eighteen hundred and sixty six
AT Washington, lot
OF botching Tinkers there convened
To mend Union pot,
Which in scuffie had been cracked
And nearly rent apart.
In Congress Hall those TinEers met
To try their tinkering art.
First, tinkering Sumner tried his hand.
And said he thought the crack
Might be repaired by fixing in
A leetls something Black,
Though such thing smelt very strong,
Sometimes in summer weather,
No composition but Black Paste
Would keep the Pot together.
Then Brudder Kelly rose aud said
There is no time to waste
therefore l now propose we try
To mend the Pot with Paste
Moreover, let us have law


That every other crack
throughout the land, no matter where
Be stopped with something Black"
With Summers and with Kellys plans
quite agree" says Thad
Although Yankee squatter.
Much experience l have had.
Black things are better far than white
According to my taste;
So l shall vote to mend the Pot
With Charleys Yankee Paste,
Says Boutwell,, Friends, l would suggest
Before you now begin
To mend the Pot to see if there
Are any rivets in;
For if one with copper head
Within it should be found,
L dare affirm that Charleys Paste
Will never make il sound
The Tinkers then to search began,
And soon 1t was disclosed
Instead Of rivets, the whole Por
OF Copper was composed.
Ye gods - they all cried in breath
Our trouble but increases,
Instead OF mending, let US break
The worn ont thing to pieces,
For il the people should hud ont
The Pot is Copper made,
our occupation will be gone,
And damned will be our trade
SO let US smash the darned thing up
And hide away the metal,
And substitute in place thereof
An Amalgamation Kettle.
Then Sumner knocked the bottom out
And Kelly broke the bale
soon but relic of the Pot


Was left to tell the tale
And that they trampled under foot
Amidst an awful din,
Swearing their Kettle should not have
One rain OF Copper in
The debris then was gathered
And.safely hid away;
But for the tinkering job poor men
More taxes have to pay.
And now the botching Thinkers ars
At work with all THAN --iGh',
Fi.inG ti.- C-nfOn Kettle up,
Composed Of Black-and White
Year: 1866

APRIvATE letter from oae of the South
ern States says the crime of infantiCide
prevails to a fearful extent among the
colored people, from which the infer
ence is drawn that the blacks there must
soon run out unless the evil is checked,