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Year: 1867

We have, probably, all Of us, met with
instances in which word heedlessly
spoken against the reputation of a female
has been nlagnified by malicious minds
until the cloud has been dark enough to
overshadow her whole existence. To
those who are accustomed, not necessa-
rily from bad motives, but from thought
lessness, to speak lightly of ladies, we
recommend these "hints" as worthy of
consideration. Never use ladies name
in an improper place, at an improper
time, Or in mixed company. Never
make assertions about her that you think
untrue, or illusions that you feel she her.
self would blush to hear When you
meet with mon who do not scruplc to
make use ofa womans name in reckless
and unprincpled manner, shun them,
for they are the very worst members of
the community - men lost to every
sense of honor, every feeling of humani-
ty.


Many good and worthy woman's
character has been forever ruined and
heart broken by lie manufactured by
some villain, and repeated where it
should not have been, and in the pres
ence of those whose little judgment
could not deter them from circulating
the foul Dragging report. a slander is
soon propasated, and the smallest thing
deroSatory to a woman's character will
fly on the wings Of the wind, and mag
Nifty as it circulates, until its monstrous
weight crushes the poor unconscious vic
tim. Respect the name of women, for
your mother aud sisters are women; as
you would have their fair name unfair
nlshed, all Their lives unembittered by
the slanderer's tongue heed the i'll that
your own words may bring upon the
mother, the siste, or the wife of some
fellow-creature
Year: 1867

For.Np ON THE STREET.-On Saturday morning the
Police Of the Twenty ninth Precinct found the dead body
of william A. King well known In this city in years past
os an accomplished organis lying upon the walk near
the corner of Thrtytrstst and FOurthaye. Death Is
supposed have been Occaoneu by exposure ana 1ss


notion The body was removed 10 the Morgue, where
Coroner Cover yesterday notified TO hold an inquest
Year: 1867

It should be remembered that the plano


forte is susceptible Of the change Of tenn


perBtme, and when tuned in one Temporal


ture will be out In another. Good and


we'll made piano fOrtes will stand in tune,


if they are tuned at proper periods. Many


people, as they wish to avoid expense, will


let their instruments remain long out Of


tune, which is a great detriment to them,


as they are less likely to stand we'll after


having been so LEFT. We Will offer few


hints in reference TO the matter. "A piano
forte ought Justly to be tuned twice a year,
at least. First, when you commence with
a fire in your room second, when "A fire Is
discontinued By following this course
you have the best guaranty that the in
strument will remain in tune for the long
est period Of time. Again, the instrument


should not be suffered to femain below
concert pitch if It is for years tuned below,


IL will never after stand up to the pitch


without great deal of labor, II, indeed, n
ever stands at all. Many otherwise beaul
tiful instruments are nearly or quite ruin
ed for want Of proper attention to these
simple facts. Yet il will not answer for
professional tuner TO recommend these


things. If he does the people will suspect
him Immediately of selfish motives, and
say that be is planning for his own udyau-
tage, Owners of piano fortes, who are not
acquainted with the nature of instruments
ought to bear these facts in mind, when by


yearly outlay of tritiiug sum they may
save to themselves infinitely more than
they expend by the preservation Of their
instrument, in which they have invested
so much.
Year: 1867

The third bankrupt bill which has been
enacted since the organization Of the Gov
ernment has become law. The last one
was passed by the Twenty-seventh Con-
gress at its extra session, in lS4l, but was
repealed soon after. The present one, in
consequence of the destruction by war
of the thousands of private fortunes in the
South will be practically a measure Of re-
construction in that quarter, 1t did not
pass, however, without an attempt upon
the part of the Radicals to exclude that
section of the country, which needs it the
most, from its benefits.


One section of the bill is as follows!


ain all proceedings in bankruptcy conf
menced after one year from the time the
act shall go into operation, no discharge
shall be granted to a debtor whose assets
do not pay fifty per centum Of the claims
against his estate, unless the assent in
writing of majority in. number and value
of his creditors, who have proved their
claims, is filed in the case at or before the
time of application for discharge"
Year: 1867

Last night the National Democratic Asso-
citation of this city, by formal resolution, re-
commended the calling of a National Demo-
cratic Convention to assemble in the city of
New York on the 21st day of. May, next
The Importance Of this step cannot we'll be
over-cstimatcd and for the information and
advice of our friends abroad. it is well to state
that this step was not taken without the freest
and fullest previous conference with all the
leading friends of Constitutional Law and
Diberty residing or temporarily present in
this city. The movement was we'll consider
cd and matlired, and it has the strength of
the approval Of those men to whom the coun-
try is now looking for bold and able leadership
in this Perilous crisis. ~


We call on the organized masses Of the
Democracy to respond, to take early and of.
iect've measures to be ready to send their
delegates, chosen in the usual may and the
usual number, when the actual ard final call
is made. Democratic committees are earnest
y invited to correspond with the Hon. Charles
Mason, Washington, D. G. on this subject.
making such suggestions as to them may seem
exPedlent in the premises. The movement
rs one Of peculiar Significance at this TING
and We hope our friends will enter heartily
into it. A Presidential election is soon tS
come off, and there arc thirty-six States in this
Union. Provisions must be made for count.
ing the electoral votes of all of them. "A
word to the wise is sufficient Constitution
al Union
Year: 1867

gains additional force when we consider that
the proceedings attending the formation OF
the State Constitution were not. in conformitF
With the provisions of theenabling, act: that
in an aggregate vote of 7,776, the minority
in favor of thS Constitution did not exceed
one hundred, and that it Is alleged that, In
consequence of frauds, even this result eati-
not be received as fair expression of the
wishes of the people. As upon Them must
fall the burdens of a State organization, it is
but just that they should be permitted to de-
termine for themselves a question which so
materially affects their interests. Possessips
soil and climate admirably adapted to those
industrial pursuits which bring prosperity and
greatness to a people, with the advantage of
central position on the great highway that
will soon. connect the Atlantic and Pacific
States, Nebraska is rapidly eainits in mum
bers and wealth, and may, within a very bricfe
period, claim admission on grounds which will
challenge aEd secure universal assent. She
cani therefore Isisel aud patiently afford 70
wait. Her population is said to 5be steadily
and even rapidly increasing, being now Eeti-
orally conceded as high as forty thousand,
and estimated by some whose judgment is
entitled to respect at a still. greater number.
AT her present rate of growth, shs will in a
very short time have the requisite population
for representative in Congress; and, what
IS far more important to her own. citizens
will have realized such an advance in material
wealth as will enable the expenses of State
Government to be borne without oppression
to the taxpayer. Of..new communities, it
may be said with especial forcs-and it is true
ofold opes-that the ipducement TO cetnisrants,
other things being equal, is in almost the pre-.
cise ratio of the rate. of taxation.


The great States of the Northwest owe their
marvellous prosperity largely to the fact that
they were continued as Territories until thew
had grown to be wealthy and populous COM
munities.


ANDREW JOHNSON.


WASHINGTON, January 20, 1867.
Year: 1867

THE RAISING or THE STATUE OF MAR
sHALL-A STRANGE SIGHT.-Yesterday
morning preparations were commenced for
the raising of the statue Of Chief Justice
John Marshall on the Washington M0nu-
ment. A large crowd, the majority Of
which were negroes, commenced TO gather
in the Square, and by s o'clock near about
thousand were assembled. At about
haIfpast o'clock the statue, which had
been raised to the western pedestal, was
unveiled, and such an enthusiastic demon
stration is seldom witnessed among the
darkies. They shouted and cheered at the
top of their voices, threw their caps into
the air, and clapped their hands in the
widest manner. The sight was indeed a
strange one. There, under the shadow Of
the statue of the rebel General Washington
and other prominent spirits Of rebellion
were these creatures indulging in wild
demonstrations at time when the very
principles for which these great men had
contended, and by which they so justly
gained their laurels, had just been over
ridden and trampled upon. The raising
of the statue of this great jurist seemed at
singularly inauspicious time, and the
word "Justice inscribed upon the book
held in its hand must look to our oppressed
people at this hour like the veriest mock.
cry. That law and that justice of which
he may be said to be the father has just
been buried as the bronzed work raised by
a loving people to his memory has been
uncovered, and it is now before our eyes as
sad reminder of better and more glori-
ous past. Would to God that the lifeless
relics that surmount this monument might
be imbued with the life of those of whom
they remind US, and that the voices of
Washington, Jefferson, Henry, Mason, and
Marshall might once more proclaim Right
throughout their own Virginia.


The statue of Marshall is very hand
some one, and is worthy of the memory of
one of Virginia's dearest sons. The figure is
enveloped in judicial robes. In the right
arm is clasped book, upon which is writ
ten the word "Justice," and the left hand
rests upon the book.
Year: 1867

A BAD DoG.-A child of Mrs. Mary
Essex, living on Main near Foushee street,
was badly bitten by a dog belonging to
Captain Samuel Bayly on Sunday last.
The child was playing in yard, when the
dog broke through the fence from the ad-
joining yard, and attacked it so fiercely
with its teeth that had it not been for the
timely arrival of some grown person it
would probably have been killed. As it
was, its injuries were of such nature that
the attendance of physician was rendered
necessary.
Year: 1867

MEDICAL COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT
The annual commencement Of the Medi-
cal College of Virginia will be held at the
College, in the chemical lecture-room, at
s o'clock this evening. Professor Tucker
will deliver the annual address.
Year: 1867

We shall constantly admonish the Southern
people to be self-reliant. and shall do what we
may be able to induce the establishment Of
manufactures in our midst for our home pro-
jucts. To this end we will pay special attention
to the COST and STATISTICS Of manufacturing.
and exert ourselves to encourage the diversid-
cation Of Southern industries and the develop
nent Of Southern resources. ~
Year: 1867

DY A CONSOLIDATION OF THE lash
VILE UNION AND AMERICAN and the
DISPATCH, and by the generous aud united
support Of the UNION AND DIsPATcH By the
patrons Of both the former papers. the Proprie-
tors are enabled to present Newspaper hithe.
TO unsurpassed in this city or State.


IN FULLNESS AND ACCURACY
NEWS, our paper will compare favorably 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 judging in
uch matters.
Year: 1867

Respecting English railroad securities the Times
says


The railway markets have experienced q reaction from
the depression that lately affected them. There Is
now decidedly moro frmncss and opinion begins TO
prevail that on the eve OF steady Improvement
In this department At the meetings recently held the
shareholders have shown strong disposition to consent
to capital being raised 10 order TO afford means for
enabling the directors 10 meet the interest debenures
existing liabilities As this appears TO bo 50 mauestv
the case, may be hoped that after some sacrifice tho
shareholders will again into the possession OF
remunerave properly. Tho rise in prices 10 by no
means considerable; Il may perhaps be looked upon as
somewhat moro important when We bear in mind that
nearly all other departments OF the Stock Exchange
have been dull and depressed
Year: 1867

The following liable shows the position Of the Bank Of
Eugand on July and at the. corresponding period in
each OF the las, three years. together with compara
tive view OF the bank rate Of discount aud tho price OF
consos
Year: 1867

HAVE PROVED, from the most ample expert
cent, and Reliable. They are the only Medicines
perfectly ad Ipted TO popular use-so simple that
mistakes cannot be made in using them so harmless
as to BE- free from danger, and SO efficient be al


ways reliable. They have raise the highest COM
mendation from ALL and will always render satisiac
Year: 1867

How NEAR GOVERNOR SEYMOUR CAME TO BEING
KILLED DURING THE NEW YORK RIoTs.-The fol-
lowing is from the New York correspondent of
the Springfield Republican:


Speaking of politics reminds me of an incident
of the riots of 1868, related to by an eye wit
ness. You remember the Tribune office had been
threatened and was defended by armed men,
The afternoon that Governor Seymour addressed
the mob from the steps of the Astor House, one
of the defenders of the Tribune, a dead shot
stood in the window with telescope rifle aimed
at Seymour's head. If the unscrupulcus dema-
gogue had said anything to excite the mob, the
intention of our riheman was to shoot him on
the spot, and he would have done it beyond
question. Fortunately for Seymour he only
sought to conciliate the insurgents, and so es-
capped with his life. II is not probable that the
crafty politician ever knew how near he came to
having a ball lodged in his skull, and it may De
that his good genius stepped between him ana
his natural disposition on that memorable ana
melancholy day.
Year: 1867

lNFoRMATloS FOR QUARTZ PRospEcToRs.-We
find the annexed paragraph in an exchange,
without credit. In some counties in this State
lodges in which the rock near the surface would
not pay for crushing, to say nothing of the cost
of taking it out, have proved remarkably rich at
a depth of seventy-fye to hundred feet
Whether the course of ledge is north and south
or east and west, whether the inclination is east
or west, whether the surrounding rock is
granite or slate, we think it makes no difference
as to the prospects of its paying =" Any ledge
that will not wholly or partially pay for working
on the surface will in nine cases out of every ten
fail to pay for working to any greater depth or
IN other words, pay rock will not be found in
any ledge that does not show it in its groupings
Every ledge Of hard, white, finty quartz, nine
times out of ten will not pay for working, and
if the bedrock be hard it will invariably pinch
out. When ypu find the bedrock hard your vein
of quartz is also, as general rule. Ledges found
in soft granite, slate green stone hardly ever
run out; more particularly is this the case where
the ledges PARALLEL with the strata or seams
of the bedrock, in which case you will find near
ly always the castings of the ledge smooth and
the ledge itself nearly perpendicular, which is
good indication for permanent ledge. Nearly
all of the lodges which pitch or incline to the
west and on the eastern slope of the hill will,
after being worked to the distance of from three
to four and in some instances to the distance of
FIVE hundred feet, change declination to the east.
This is regarded by the book-learned miner as
evidence of an inexhaustibe mine. This be-
lieve to be true in a majority of cases. When
you find ledge that will prospect handsomely
on the groupings and is decomposed and nearly
perpendicular with its bearings north and south,
with well-defned castings, in slate formation,
nineteen times ont of every twenty you have
number one mine. The above hints for the
benefit of inexperienced prospectors. Neverthe
less they will find what is true in one district,
as regards the indication for a good ledge and its
pefinanency, will, to great extent, vary in other
districts therefore positive rule can be given
to guide the prospector.
Year: 1867

MUcH TRurH.-Edtors write some remarkably
truthful paragraphs, sometimes, but never yet
has one compressed so much truth in so small a
compass as he who penned the following which
we find simply credited to an /" exchange -
' Editing a newspaper is a good deal like max
ing fire. Everybody supposes he can do it
little better than anybody else. We have seen
people doubt their fitness for apple peddling OK
driving, and counting laths but in all our ex-
perience we never met with that individual who
did not think he could double the circulation Of
any paper in two months"
Year: 1867

@s county Warrants and 6areenbaeEs taken at


er ruiins value in payment for subscriptions this
paper To soldiers in the Governet service the JOURNAL
Will be furnished for Greenbacks at PAR
Year: 1867

tinguished for or object so contempti.
blef Are they willing to carry the
burdens now upon their shoulders
in order. that a few dishonest


and contemplate demagogues may
retain official placei Nothing is more
true than that the scheme which Con-
gress has invented for the reconstruc-
tion of the South is blighting and
withering every important material in-
terest, and turning the country over to
the control of an indolent, thriftless
and ignorant race, who will drag it
down to irretrievable ruin. Both cap
ital and labor are repelled by the pres
pect of the establishment of negro gov
ernment, and without these prosperity
is impossible. Remurerative crops can
not be raised under the present system,
aud the Government will derive little
or no revenue from that section until
the system is changed. The only rem
edy is to abandon at once the idea of
negro equality and supremacy, and in
struct the negro that his place is is the
cornfield, and not in the forum. When
he has no longer anything to do with
politics he will 60 to work, and the
whole country, both North and South,
will feel the effects of his labors
Year: 1867

A letter frow central Georgia says:


"Thieving has become perfect sys-
TEN here with the negroes and low
whites. 1t isquite impossible for sheep,
hogs or cattle to be raised. The plan
tiers are all gloomy, and say they can
not plant nnder the present system.


/ tell you you can form no
idea of the terribly lamentable conai-
tion Of this country, nor can l with all
the strength of my pen convey to you
an idea of the sad state of affairs"


The stern interrVgatory which every
man in the nation is called upon to an
sSer is whether the Southern States,
with all their mighty wealth pr odu.
cling resources, are TO be destroyed for
the miserable and Insignificant object oi
keeping particular political party in
poweri Are the men Of the North pre-
pared to say that the industrial system
Of the South shall be summarily ex-
Year: 1867

N HIS house Is KEPT on THE EU
i ropean plan; Il is within three minutes


ride (by horse c2Bl Of the New Haven


Railroad Depst eOnvenieEt 20 AL the principal


PLACES Of amnsement, and for summer traveller
win be found the coolest Hotel IN The city
Every room is provided with running water.
Year: 1867

SELECTING SHEEP.-The most ap-
proved form in sheep is general round
ness Of shape and fineness of the bones.
The chest should be broad, the ribs
well arched, the back and loins broad,
fat and straight; the limbs should be
short in proportion to the body, the
head small, the ears thin, the skin soft
and elastic, the wool soft to the touch,
thick, and coming well forward to the
face, but not covering it. The face
and forehead should be covered with
short hair, and the eyes should have a
lively expression.
Year: 1867

To CURE A FELoN.-As soon as the
parts begin to swell, wrap the part af-
fected with a cloth thoroughly saturated
with the tincture of lobelia, and the
felon is dead. An old physician says
he has known it to cure in number of
cases and it never fails if applied in
time,
Year: 1867

A SMART lad says that when WI see
young man end woman walking down
the street leaning against each other,
like pair Of badly matched oxen, it is
pretty good sign that they are bent
on consolidation.
Year: 1867

A YOUNG woman being reproved for
Indifference to suitor who had offend
ed her by his slovenly dress, replied /:
"Why should l pine away for him,
when he will not spruce up for me.''
Year: 1867

A MOVEMENT has been set on foot
to erect an asylum for useless young
men. The only trouble which the CON-
mittee fear will be insurmountable, is
that of getting the building large
enough.
Year: 1867

SELF REsouRcEs.-Expense of tho't
is the rarest prodigality, and to dare
live alone the rarest courage; since
there are many who would rather meet
their bitterest enemy in the field, than
their own hearts in their closet. He
that has no resources of mind is more
to be pitied than he who is in want of
necessaries for the body; and to be
obliged to beg our daily happiness from
others, bespeaks more lamentable
poverty than that Of him who begs his
daily bread.