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Year: 1867

The President declaring that his visits to
Raleigh and Boston seem to him the work OF
an overruling Providence, and denouncing
tyrannical majority-that majority being the
loyal people of the United States; the Sec.
retary of State declaring that after Mr.. john
son had spoken it seemed sacrilege for him
to open his lips; the Governor of Maryland
perverting facts and insulting freedom by
defining the loyal plan of Reconstruction as
an effort to transfer the whole South to the
custody of the negroes-these form sad
spectacle for the American people. The
speeches made at Mr. Johnson's reception by
the Maryland Constitutional Convention
show how radically he and his Cabinet are
opposed to the nation. These gentlemen
seem not to have the slightest conception of
their true relations to the country. MIR.
johnson said that only the other day it
would have been impossible" for him to
have gone as far North as Boston; and in
Baltimore Mr. Seward actually asserted, as
one of the Presidents merits, that " he had
laid down the sword which he might have
used to cut down the people over whom he
had been elected to rule" Does Mr. Seward
really believe this nonsense9 Does Mr.
johnson think himself martyr who has es-
capped martyrdom, or make virtue OF his
kindness in refusing dictatorship ?-Nep
York Tribune.


This is all true. It is not overstated.-
And now, gentlemen of the North, what are
you going to do2 President johnson has
no respect for Congress, and he is deliberate
ly disregarding the will of the nation. He
is acting with copperheads and rebels, and
thus perpetuating disunion. What does the
Tribune advise2 Continued strife and dis
union may not be very injurious to the North
at this time, but it is completing the ruin OF
the poor South. Gentlemen of the North,
you suppressed the rebellion in the name of
God, and of Liberty and Justice, can't you
reconstruct us2 Where is your wisdom p
Where your nerves We need more caustic,
and less of the altar of roses. We need more
of the spirit of Phil Sheridan, and less OF
that sickly sentimentality which would sac
rifee the true and the loyal by weak conces-
sions to arrogant, unreconstructed traitors.
The tribune wields great influence. Oh fol
full measure of its old pluck and fire Let
it talk to the Congress. If that body is not
quite up to the mark, positive, unreseryed
assurances of support from the Tribune will
steady and confirm the faltering The 7r;6
une can be, if it will, and let it indeed be
the Tribune of the People" rhe people
are ahead Of the politicians. They want the
Union restored, and they will have it restor-
ed, NO matter who or what stands in the
way. This purpose is Enthusiastically evinced
In their condemnation of the course of the
President on the one hand, and their enthu
siastic approval on the other of the course o.
Gen. Sheridan
Year: 1867

We are printing and shall soon have ready
the various blank forms for proceedings in
Bankruptcy, as promulgated by the Supreme
Court of the United States. Professional
men and Others needing blank forms, can oh
tain them at this office at as low rates as they
can be obtained further North. Booksellers
can obtain them by wholesale on such terms
as to leave them a fair margin for profit.
Year: 1867

A praise. worthy action Of the day previous
came into our possession yesterday morning,
which it gives us pleasure to record.


A mere lad, probably resident Of the vi
cinity, in walking along the track ot the Hi
morning, discovered the end Of rail thrown
out Of the chair" in such a manner as to
form a Y nt the point Of displacement.
Scarcely had be made the discovery, when
he heard the morning passenger train thun.
dering along with almost lightning speed to-
ward the terrible place. The little fellow
fully realized the position, and with eager
steps he ran toward the train, waving a tiny
red handkerchief, which he luckily had in
his pocket, as warning Of the danger ahead
The train was speeding swiftly on down
grade. Fortunately, the engineer saw the
boys signal, whis,led his down brakes,
and the preGous invoice Of human freight
was stopped on the very verge-it may have
been, of destruction.


Without alarming the passengers, the rail
was replaced, the boys name secured by the
conductor, and the train moved on. II was
not until the train had nearly reached the
Duneith station, that their marrow escape
from injuries nd death, and the brave boy
act, was learned by the passengers. Then
they would have gladly given him a memen-
to Of their gratitude, but the conductor de-
clined to disclose his name, and they were
left to feel the gratitude which they would
have gladly expressed in pecuniary reward.


Undoubtedly the conductors motive for
conceslment was, that he preferred his com
pany should reward the noble lad, than that
those whose lives and limbs he saved should
do it. That he will be so rewarded, who
can doubt? We shall watch diligently
among our exchanges for his name, If we
should otherwise fail to procure it. Such a
boys name is deserving Of honorable men
tion."-Dub. Times, 2iM.
Year: 1867

I've sweet little poem as ever was seen,
Or by mortal ear was heard;
lis as full Of rich beauty as summers first green,
And as soft as the sunlight with shadows be-


tween,


And Us glad as the song Of bird.
'Tis the memory Of childhood.-this poem Of


mine


And It's done up in green and gold,
With the brightest Of pictures its pages shine,
And within them is mirrored forth iife's richest
That we drank ere the years had grown old !;
Of the happy by cones, when the days we're 50


feet,


This poem of mine ever sings;
OF the old cottage home, and the moss-covcred
By the brook, where the waters made melody


sweet,


And .hc wood where the wild flower springs;
Of the old apple tree At the end of the lane,
And the swing that just under It hung;
While part OF the poem reminds me again
OF my cot meath the roof, where the soft falling
The sweetest OF lullsbys sung,
And the numbers grow tremblingiy tender and
As they breath of fond others prayer,
BY the cot, as she knelt in the dim long ago.
And that filled all the room with 3 heavenly


glow,


As it foated away on the air
There are voices that echo with music as sweet
A the songs Of the angles can be,
And their silver like tones make the rythm COM


plete,
When fancy hear the soft falling of feet,
That think may be coming to me!
With me twilish,'s soft hush stealing into my


heart.


And the stare looking DER the earth,
Then dream DER my poem-of life the best


part
And sigh. as think, while the bitter tears


start,


This is ali that my living is worth.
We may wander Gar of from the pure and the


true,


We may sail our bargue over lises sea.
But the purity that in our childhood We knew
Win lie deep in our hearts all the later years


through,


Though asleep there it ever may be.
And the poem that fills with its rhyme


the soul,


And in memory singeth its rhyme,
Will forever sing on, as the deetng years roll
One by one, with. hopes and their fears to their


goal,


ofthesruth of the earlier time.
Year: 1867




"MY Boy DRuNK ?''--" Drunk my boy
drunk !" and tears started from the mothers
eyes, and she bent her head in unutterable
sorrow. In that moment the visions Of a
useful and honorable career we're destroyed
and ore Of worthlessness if not absolute dis.
honor, presented itself. Well did she know
that in,empcrance walks hand in hand with
poverty, shame and death F; and her mothers
heart was pierced as with a sharp pointed
steel. All, young man! if the holy feeling
Of love for her who bore you is not dead
within you, shun that which gives her pain;
adhere to that which gives her JOY. If she
is with you on earth, she does not, cannot,
desire to see her son drunkard if she is
with her Father in heaven, shun that course
Of life which shuts the gates Of heaven against
you and debars you from her society forever.
The drunkard can never inherit the King.
dom of God.
Year: 1867

A RULE WITHOUT AN ExcEPTroS.-
There are exceptions to every other
rule but "the rule Of tftee-" As your
income is to your expenditures, %
will the amount Of your debts be to
your cash in hand, and your constant
ability to meet them. Your furniture
may be less snowy than that Of your
neighbor, but never mind. Better
are cane bottomed chxfrs and mahog-
any table that are paid for, than
spring cushions and marble mantels
on note Of six months. Your coat
may be less fashionable than your
neighbor's. but remember there is =
time for balancing the books .and
every purse has bottom. So econo.
pize, and always remember the rule
Of three"
Year: 1867

A SAucy WIFE.-The worthy wife
of one of the worthy bishops of the
Episcopal church. was accompanying
the Episcopal lord on one Of his
tours 10 the Northwest. The bishop
is prospecting for a place to "plant
the seed Of the church," spending a
Sabbath in village where the Epis-
copal service had never been recited
before. To aid the bishop in "the
SERVICE" and to impress the wonder
ing villagers with the beauties there
of, the wife. seated in the midst OF
the congregation, responded ip q
clear, strong voice, just when and
where dcvout churchwoman and
bishops wife should, to the amaze
mcnt Of many, and the indignation Of
at least one Of tho village matrons,
who said to her neighbors as she
left the door: "Did ever anybody
see such q saussy woman as that
preachers wife. She set there in the
church and saused her husband all
the TIME he was readin'."
Year: 1867

SINGULAR FAcr.-The Iouths History
Of the War" SAYS: One singular fact in
connection with the death of AIR. Lincoln
was that no coroner's inquest was ever held
on his body; no legal evidence taken as to
the manner of his death, nor was single
person accused Of connection with il ever
brought into court Of law, nor is there to
this day any legal testimony whatever as to
the manner of his death, the cause Of it, or
who killed him.
Year: 1867

The western portion Of our
town, for some nights during the
past week. was disturbed by the
noise Of some people who have
their own particular way of enjoy
ing themselves. and who seem to
pursue it, regardless Of propriety
or respect for the feelings Of 9TH
ers. Near the scene Of these or
gies one Of our most respectable
citizens was upon his bed Of death,
with his afflicted family around
him.


Death comes TO him, and on
Friday night last, whilst his re-
mains are still in his house, the
vulgar noise is renewed and con-
tinued. -.


Our quiet community have
long endured this and similar noe
turnal nuisances. If these per
formances could be restricted to
respectable hours they might be
bearable. Rut honest, industrious
people, use the night for sleep and
rest, and to have these disturbed
is a grievance too intolcrable :tc
be borne.-Sunater Watchm0n.
Year: 1867

Ii was perhaps natural to expect consider
able ehervescence at the primary meetings of
n new party rising TO power. but we submit
TO thoughtful Republicans that the style of
proceedings prevailing at many of the ward
meetings is calculated to do injury to the
Union cause, and TO give great encouragement
10 their Democratic opponents In yery
many instances these meetings seem TO be en-
tirely given over to personalities and, childish
alterations upon ma tiers of personal interest
only. and which sh ould be promptly ruled
cut


Ii Is no answer TO say that the meetings of
other political organizations have been quite
as turbulent and disorderly. The Republicans
OF this District occupy a peculiar position at
this time. 1t is no mere figure OF speech TO say
that the eyes OF the country are upon them
The experimento Of negro suffrage is first to be
tried here, and great interest is everywhere
telt in the result. The Republicans Of the coun-
try hope, and believe, that il will work sue.
cessfully. showing it TO be a safe precedent to
be followed elsewhere; the Democrats as fer
vently hope and pray that it will point moral
In the other direc tion and that Its failure will
work to their own political ad dvantage.


This being the case, every participator at


these Republican meetings should feel ii a
personal duty TO and in giving gravity and
dignity TO the proce ed ings, in order that the
experiment shall be inaugur ated and carried
through IN a manner TO reflect no discredit
upon those intrusted with the weighty respon
sibility of testing it Lest mistaken impress
sion should 60 abroad, it ought to be stated
that very little OF the disorder at these meet.
ings is due to the colored men; they be having
Tor thei most part with great propriety and
dissre tion.
Year: 1867

The EXPLOSION AT THE POST OPPIcR-
The report ofthe committee to inquire into the
causes OF the recent explosion at the Post Of
rce Department is now before Postmaster
General Randall, and IL will be made ubIic
after being reviewed by him.
Year: 1867

INCREASE OF THIPuBLIc DBBr.-Ths state.
ments of the public debt for some months TO
come will she " a considerable Increase OF the
same. The amount Of coin and currency re-
quired 10 pay the interest falling due ON the
lss OF May, June, and July 10 very large, and
Will cause q great decrease OF funds in the
vaults Of the Treasury
Year: 1867

COMPUTING IITEREsT.-A new meth
cd OF computing interest on any num-
ber OF dollars at six per cent appears
very simpler Multiply any given
number of dollars by the days of in
terest desircd-separate the right hand
figure and divide by six; the result is
the true interest of such sum for such
number of days, at six per cent. This
rule is so simple and true, according
to all business usage, that every bank.
er, merchant or business man should
post itup for reference and use. There
being no such thing as a fraction in it,
there is scarcely any liability 70 error
or mistake. Bv no other .mathemat.
icaI process can tho desired informa'
tion be obtained with SO few figures,
Year: 1867

n@. The hat was passed around in a
certain congregation for the purpose OF
taking up collection. After it had
made the circuit of the church, it was
handed to the minister, who, by the
way, had exchanged pulpits with the
regular preacher, and he found not a
penny IN it. He inverted the hat over
the pulpit cushions and shook it, that
it's emptiness might be known, then
raising his eyes toward the ceiling, he
exclaimed with great fervor, 81 thank
God that | got my hat back from this
congregation
Year: 1867

Fully sixty thousand oranges will be
picked from one grove in st Augustine.
Fla this season. The soft air redolent
with their perfume even now, while we
in the North are snow and foe bound.
Year: 1867

ACuriOuS Divorce Case In Prussia.


A single example will explain what
things are even now possible. A married
lady, mother of several children, living in
entire harmony with her husband, an ami
able, easy gentleman, hears at church an
enthusiastic young preacher and is enrap-
tured by his eloquence. On her return
home she tells her husband how thoroughly
the preachers words have come to her
heart; and that she is quite persuaded it
would conduce to her spiritual perfection
to be married to him; and if she can get his
consent. she hopes that her husband will
not oppose divorce. What. amount OF
urgency served to disgust the husband into
agreement is not public fact. No man
can like to feel that he is keeping wife
against her will, and to be reproached with
hindering her spiritual improvement. That
the husband did consent, and that the court
thereupon did, without further inquiry,
sanction the divorce, is a public fact also
that the preacher made no difficulty about
accepting the enthusiastic lady with her
dowry and children. We have since heard,
but from one informant only, that, after
many years of union; the preacher in turn
sought and gained divorce from his wife,
and that she is now gone back to her first
husband.-F'rdzer's Magazine for august.
Year: 1867

A New York business man, of great ex
perience in road matters, writes from Lon
don, under date of January 20, naming
some OF the things he has seen which he
likes


''Not the least is their extensive system
of underground railways. It is perfectly
wondtr:ul how they jerk the people about,
at the rate of about fifteen miles an hour,
from one end of the town to another, and
across and around-stopping about once
every half mile, at some prominent corner,
at station from which you emerge to the
upper air, and find yourself somewhere
near where you want to be, and miles from
where you were half or three quarters of
an hour ago. These trains run each way,
being double tracks, about every ten min
utes, and morning and evening they often
consist Of seven or eight cars, holding thir-
ty or forty people each. The carsl are
lighted with gas-not the tunnels, except
at stations-so that you can read your pa
pers; there is no smell of smoke or sense
of suffocation. How they can ventilate
them so well can hardly see.''
Year: 1867

A short time since modest and captiva-
ting young lady, calling herself Nelly Sweet
visited Detroit, as she said in search of her
brother, who was represented to have been
killed on one of the railroads in that State.
Her quiet way and great beauty captivated
the hearts of all around her, and she be.
came great favorite. At a party recently
given she appear ed as an invited guest, and
succeeded almost unconsciOusly, in win
ming the heart of wealthy young man
answering not to the very romantic name
of Henry. Henry danced with the fair
Nelly often, and after the festivities, walked
with her home. A short courtship followed
and tho parties were engaged to be married
on st. Valentines day. A few days before
the ceremony was to be performed, which
would make two loving hearts one, the
young man visited his affianced, and to his
surprise found her in tears. He tenderly
inquired the cause, and after much coaxing
was informed that she had been disappoint-
ed in receiving remittances from home,
that she was in debt to her landlady, and
had no money to buy her wedding finery,
consequently the wedding must be post
poned for few days. Henry would listen
to no such proposition but would go straight
and bring the money. He departed, and
in few moments returned with five
hundred dollar bill, at the same time tell
ing her if she needed more to let him
know.


The evening before the day appointed
for the marriage he determined to spend a
few hours with his beloved, and repaired to
the reading room, but alas, Nellie was not
there. The bird had flown. The landla-
dy said she had packed up her things ear
ly that morning, and taken the early train,
but where she went was mystery. note
had been left on the wash-stand in Nellie S
room, addressed to him, and which the
landlady delivered. Its contents were brief
but to the point Henry, you are green:
I have been paid very well for the smiles 1
have given you, and with your generous
present of last evening, can now join my
husband in California. Give my respects
to that brother that was killed on the Cen
tral road when you see him, and oblige
Nellie" It was a rude awakening for Hen
ry, but the lesson will probably do him
good.
Year: 1867

The Boston Transcript recommends that
in building chimneys bricklayers should put
a quantity of salt into the mortar with
which the intercourses of brick are to be
laid. The effect will be that there will
never be any accumulation of SCOT in the
chimney, for the reason that the salt in the
portion of mortar which is exposed absorbs
moisture every damp day The SCOT, thus
becoming damp, falls down into the fire.
place
Year: 1867

Under the sea- far under the sea-
In the emerald depths Of the glorious sea
Sits the Quee.i of the Mermaids, laughing and
singing.
The pearly drops out of her golden hair wringing
Weaving them all


In a corOnal
For the King of the Ocean, her husband to be.
Singing she weaves


And her fair bosom heaves
With laughter and song, and music and mirth,
Happier far than being on earth.
There doth she sit on her emerald throne,
Alone, all alone,
Weaving her lord coronal bright
Of the drops from her hair, SO pearly and white.
She wsaries Of solitude, laying aside
The wreath to be offered to husband from bride.
And now doth she call,


From her inner hall,


Her mermaids and men,
From palace and halls beyond human ken
And this joyous band,


Maids and youths, hand in hand,
At the feet OF their queen throw them down one
by one;
Sure never was seen such sight meath the sun.
The maidens all wear,


In their long, waving hair.
Fairest drops of pure amber, and opals, andpears,
That peep forth in beauty from out their long curls.
And some have blue eyes
As pure the skies
And some have deep black, or vOluptuOus brown
That low on the gem-scatteled ground are cast
down.
And their delicate lips are fair and so red,
They seem as If stolen from some coral bed.
And the lovely Undines,
And the sweet river queens,
Are dazzlingly 1air


AS they bow themselves there,
That even they seem


Too bright for dream.
But the Queen of the Mermaids is handsomer far
Than the Undines


Or Queens,


ALI bright as they are,
And now they all deck


With jewels her neck
Here drops of pure amber
In her golden curls Chamber;


There diamond rare,


On her shoulder so fair;
And her arms and her dresses,
And her long golden tresses,


All glitter and shine


With the spoils of the mine.


But the topaz, so fair,


That they place in her hair,


Is not half as bright


AS her curls in the light


Of the gOlden-green sea.


And the coral they haste


To put i'll her waist


Is now as red or as small


As her lips when they call


To her maids in the hall;
And the pearls that they wreathe


Round her fair little head
Are ecpsed by her teeth,


With their frame of red.
Year: 1867

always did intend To take to me wife,
Single my life to spend, Would grieve my very life
1t much deighteth me To think upon BRIDE
To live from woman free can't be satisfied.


It's sure happy life 'Iis woman is the thing
To live without wife, Such trouble US bring
A female to my mind, The joy can't express
neer expect to find, SO great is singleneSS,
A bachelor to live never could agree,
MY mind freely give, A married man to be.
Year: 1867

The Charleston Courier of Monday con-
tains the following rich commentary on
the intelligence of the newly enfranchised.
1t speaks volumes in behalf of their right
to register. vote and hold Office.


"a rather novel and humorous sensation,
which came near resulting seriously, how
ever, occurred in connection with the heavy
rains on Saturday. A report was circula-
ted that mermaid had been brought in
by the high tides and washed ashore at the
foot OF Tradd street, near Chisholm's Mills.
Quite a large crowd walked through the
rain and mud to the spot indicated, only to
be disappointed in not finding it. 1t was
afterwards reported that the marine
stranger had been captured and taken
to the establishment of DIR. w. G.
Trott, the well known druggist at
the northwest corner of King and
Broad streets, and that it had there de-
clared the rains would continue and the
winds blow until it was released and re-
turned to its proper element. The report
spread so rapidly through the whole city,
that i'll less tnan half ali hour DIR. Trotts
doors were besieged by the crowds of
freedmen and few white visitors, deter
mined on seeing the wonderful though
apocryphal denizpn of the deep. DR.. Trott,
who had been made the victim ofsome wag,
although taken by surprise, received his
visitors quite coolly, and endeavored to
pass it off as joke. The crowd, however,
which continued to increase, were not SO
easily satisfied. Some one reported that
the pilot boat wild Cat had Just
come in with message from outside, sta
ting that unless the mermaid was brought
and delivered over the bar within twenty
ty-four hours there would be dreadful
doings in the city of Charleston at the ex
piration of that time. Some of the freed
men from the country proposed rescue,
and the crowd at last became so furious
and threatening that the proprietor of the
establishment was compelled to ask for a
squad of policemen to protect his premises.
Two policemen were accordingly detailed
for the purpose, and remained on duty
guarding the establishment during Satur-
day afternoon and night. Yesterday
morning the scene of the excitement had
again become quiet, with only an occasion
al visitor calling in to see the mermaid.