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Year: 1867

THOSE leaders OF public opinion In the Soath
who, like Governor Perry, of South Carolina


are advising the white people to stand aloof
from the work of reconstruction under the
Jaw, and TO vote, il they vote At all, against
holding con ven tions, seem to be acting under
the mistaken Impression that they are coun.
selling course which will defeat the object of
Congress They do not seem to understand
that negro suffrage is fixed beyond their
power TO affect II. The only result Of their
refusal to take part in the work of recenstruc. !.
ton will be to leave the reorganization of their
State almost entirely in the hands of the col.
ored people. The work will go on, whether
they take part In it or not. ~ .-r.g r.-
Gen. Sickles, in accordance with the sup.
Elementary act. has ordered a registration Of
all male citizens over twenty one years of age
to be made In North and South Carolina on
the third Monday in July. Suppose great
majority of the whites, not disfran chised fol.
low Gov Perry's ad vice; that is. get registered
and vote I" no onveDtion"-what good will
they do! The blacks Will vote as a unit, and
the convention is certain to be held. The New
York Times and Commercial Adcertiser, both
conservative journals, condemn the advice of
GOV Perry, the latter saying it will prove to
be as Intellectual as il is uHwise What Is true
OF South Carolina is doubtless true of the re. i.
naming Southern States, and it is a knowledge
OF this fact that causes the people to be up aud
moving instead Of following the course of
apathy and delay recommended by Governor
Perry. E-....


To show the character of the advice now
eeing given TO the South by northern SYM pa.
thizers, we notice the Baltimore Gazette is in.
dustrlousiy opposing recon struc ction and
pubiIshed IN community where the dread
OF losing land cannot reach) d.sinterested y
makes light OF confiscation, the fear of which
. makes some men willing to consent to the
terrible terms now imposed upon the South y


Ii says - " herever the negro element will
nearly equal or will preponderate over the
White. the latter will have other and greater
cause for disquietude than the fear OF losing
lands, Which will be then of little yaIue.'' We
nave heafd the same talk in this Di -trict
(Where just such a cause of ruin exists as is
Is pcthred by the Ga=etts) and land is actu


ally rising IN value, in spite of the preponder.
ance OF the negro element" So much for
theory as opposed TO fact
Year: 1867

THE SENSATION reports started by the
New York Commercial Advertiser in regard
to the loss of immense sums Of money from
the Treasury Department does not seem to
create much CONSERVATION In financial circles.
United States securities are quoted higher
than before the pretended revelations were
made, though paper has been started in
New York for the express purpose of giving
full proof of frauds and robberies to the
amount Of fifCy or hundred millions. An
attempt has been made to circulate this sheet
in Washington, but no one attaches any inn
portance to it. The stories are said to create
much amusement among Treasury officials.
Year: 1867

A WooLES FACTORY We have it on reliable
capital, is now on bis way East for the purpose
Of buying machinery for first class wooden fac
tory, which be designs to build at Walla Walla.
The site for the factory has not yet been deter
mined, but we think it more than probable that
Isaacs' mill will be bought and converted into
wooden factory. This mill has the advantage of
a splendid water privilege, a consideration that
will necessarily influence the protector of the
factory Without going into details, we feel war
ranted in saying that inside of year wooden
factory will be in operation at Wa;la Walla, and
we shall have a home market for all the wool
our Valley can produce. Those who are so dis
posed, can now invest their means in locks OF
sheep, with the assurance that there will be a
ready market for the fleece.
Year: 1867

KERosESE 0uL.-FIll lamp halt full Of CONS
mon salt, then fill up with oil. 1t burns with
a clearer light and it is a saving of more than
twenty per cent, in oil. Try it. We have tried
It and fully concur.


We clip the above from a late number of the
Orsgonian, aud give it place at the suggestion
of citizen here who has been sorely "salted"
in experimenting on the use of Kerosene in the
way specified. He says he tried it thoroughly
aud repeatedly, and he found not only that %
oil was saved by the experiment. but that be
was "our' pound or two of salt every trial
His advice to those who use Kerosene, is not to
"bide their light" by mixing it with salt. We
concur. Save the salt by all means. 1t is very
good mixed with back-bones and spare'rbs.
Year: 1867

The States enumerated are conceded to the
democracy. 10 addition to these, in the event
that the Southern States are permitted to take
part in the election, it is quite certain that a
majority of them will go democratic. With
twelve States, casting 1873 electoral votes to start
upon, it is reduced to a certainty that the de.
mocracy will elect the next President and Vice
President of the United States. From the in.
auguraIion Of the Government the States of New
York and Pennsylvania have uniformly decided
the choice for President, and now il is conceded
BY republicans that these two States are certain
to go democratic. The coming contest will at
tract to the democracy all those who are prone
to go with the strong side, as also those who are
disgusted with the corruption Of the republican
party, and who under the inspirations of patri
otism have determined to couide the reius of
Government to purer and better men.
Year: 1867

We find the following proclamation by the
Governor of Mississippi in the Jackson Clarion
of the 9th Instant


EXECUTIVE OFFICE, JACKSON. Miss, April g.
Whereas, much painful anxiety and apprehension
exist In the PUBLIC mind resulting from The passage
order of General ord In assuming the command of the
Military District of mississippi and Arkansas" and
ofthe State Government has been unsettled to such
extent as to cause some officers Of the state TO
hesitating while others refuse TO their taxes
upon the assumed ground that the tax collectors
not competent officers" and therefore are not au-
thUrized TO receipt for the same and as other evils
and Irregularities arise from the uncertainty that
exists the duties and responsibilities of officers
and citizens OF the state in their present stuatou;
act of Congress commonly called the Military bill
cognzes the civil existing government Of the State.
all respects subject TO the paramount authority of
me @te CnlseT az @ any @ tie "a Rn 1 by 10
made in accordance with the provisions OF this law,
hereby give notice to the civil officers of the state
their relations and responsibilities to the Constl
tuition of the United States to the state of Mississippi
held TO a strict accountability Tor the performance OF
their duties in carrying out the provisions of the
the full and ample protection of all classes OF inha6i
tants Of the state both white and oack IL al OF the5
further advise and admonish al good citizens and
The peace order security Of society to deal Justly
and indulgeny with each other and In u their poll
Of industry and to The production IN Of those
upon the markets Of other states. and to offer nc
resistance to any steps that may be taken in the
OF the United States except sucn be authorized
by the courts under the Constitution OF the united
when is placed in the hands of the vicious and qn
The Military iii" makes no provision for the sup
port of the civil government. Taxes must be collected
and whenever any changes are made either in the civil
officers the duties required OF them, timely notice


b. G. HUMPHREYS.


e. A RROUGHER Secretary of State
Year: 1867

HER ROYAL HIGHNEss AT THE POINT OF DBATH-


THE PRINCE OF WALES AT THE THEATRE.


LONDON, April 1.-THE Princess of Wales,
daughter of the King of Denmark, is lying at
the point of death i'll consequence of the effects
of the disease of her knee ioint-sometimes
said to be rheumatic affection-whch showed
itself so suddenly just before her late accouche-
ment. 1t is feared that the performance of a
surgical operation on the bone of the knee is
absolutely necessary, but the royal sufferer
cannot endure the pain consequent on the
remedy, and she is too weak to have chloro-
form safely administered. The news relative
to the exceedingly dangerous condition of her
health is carefully kept from the public. The
Prince of Wales, her husband, haunts the
theatres of the city as usual.
Year: 1867

The AUenT National has the following


"A letter from the town of Luxembourg in
forms us that the persistent reports of a cession
To France are causing the most profound emo
tion in that place. At first the public were In
credulous, but various unequivocal symp oms
forbid longer denial that there is something
the matter. Men attached to the Govern
ment are necessarily going and coming from
Luxembourg to the Hague. and from the
lat ter to Paris. Notice has also been taken Of
the arrival of functlonaries from the ne ighbor-
ing French departments. These gentlemen pay
visits to families of distinction, inform them
selves as to the disposition of the population in
respect to the french Government, and as to
the chances which The vote of q plebiscitum for
the annexation would have been in its favor.
The superior officers of the Prussian garrison
seem sufficiently disposed TO believe that their
Government would consent on certain condi-
tions to abandon the occupation of the place.
1t must be remarked that in the Northern Par
lament Count de Bismark has made reserve
of the future as to the possession of the Grand
Duchy. lie is not, therefore, tied down to any.
thing,n
Year: 1867

that he was induced 10 marry her. abe being much older
hle still young, against the wishes OF his parents, and
from the time OF his marriage she had continually
annoyed him in every way in her power That she
carrying on business on her own account and that his
whole income SO per month, derived from an EN-,
ployment In the stoce, of which she had attempted
TO deprive him.


The Court held that in this motion IL could not try the
merits and decided 10 grant allowance OF " per week
with counsel fee Of $50 and at the same time referred
the case directing the referee to report evidence In two
weeks.


Mr Reany for plaintiff; Mr.. Spencer for defendant.
Year: 1867

Sjrnor Verdi NAV have made in muscianlik treatment
OF the subject which has landed would necessarily
wean from him q portion Of a Partisan audience. IN an
equal degree we anticipate he will thereby gain before
less essentially moved but musicay educated Lon
don public We have had enough Of late OF sensational
pieces The advance look 10 Is something FAR above
what either the stage or the machnists art can supply


f this advance Is exhibited in Don carlos, then SgnOr
Verdi may afford bear the reverse edcts oi the
French capital"
Year: 1867

= 1t Is no object of democratic papers
and politicians to keep within the bounds


of truth. Their best forte is to deceive
the people and misrepresent the doctrines
OF their political opponents. True to this


instinct, column and half article an.
peared in the last issue of our cotemp DO
rary across the way, endeavoring to con-
vince the people that the Republican
party of this state will enact stringent


Sunday Laws next winter. The doctrines
of the Republican party are promul gated
through their platforms, which are
not framed so as to have a double mean
ing. They tearlessly advocate that which
they believe to be right. as We have
before stated, no platform OF tbs Ilepub-
Hcan party Of this state has ever advocat-
ed the enactment of stringent Sunday
laws, and we don't believe they ever will.
The laws in regard to the Sabbath now
IN force. were passed by Democratic
Legislature and approved by a Cover
nor from the same political party.
The continual Misrepresentation, by the
democracy Of the political views of the
Republican party, only proves the reck-
less and diIapidated con lition of the dem
ocratic party of this state.
Year: 1867

The English Reform bill has reeeiy-
ed the assent Of the Queen, and is low
the law ofthe land Thus the masses of
The English people see themselves, for
the first time in the history OF their
country, endowed with the right OF suf-
frage. and admitted to great share in
Parliamentary Government. The result
of the next election viii be looked for
ward TO with intense interest.
Year: 1867

out and YOU are certain the world i,


deteriating." Well now there are sor,e
who having played the old game many
years have studied and thoroughly
learned the new, and they consider the
latter as far ahead of the former as
"Chess'S is ahead of Fox and Geese. y
Study the game, Colonel, and then wit
ness the playing of lire young men and
we shall look for two column leader ex-
toiing ITS virtues. 4ca
Year: 1867

Since the late election and great Re-
publican victory in Tennessee, the bonds
of that State have advanced .jre per cent
in the New York market. VIII some
comprehend print inform us how much
the bonds Of Kentucky have been ad-
yanced in value since the election and
triumph of the copper rebel ticket in that
State2
Year: 1867

= Col Utley of the Racine Journal
don like the new tangled game of
Base Ball. He deyotes column and


half leader to the subject after having
witnessed the playing Of some sleepy


Raciue boys, who were just getting their
hands in. We pity the people of Racine


if they cannot start club that can play


four innings inside of four hours. We
do not wonder Colonel that you were dis
gusted, but still we must enter our pro-


test against your wholesale condemnation
OF the game, when you have seen 50 little
OF 1t. Come up this way and we will
snow you club that has played four in
nlngs inside OF half an hour, to do which
eighteen men were as wet as though they
had come out of the river. Talk about
effeminacy, Colonel why the trouble is
with you old fogies, your day is passed
and you look on the game with its inn
proyements as an encroachment on your
iaalienabie rights. Youcannot understand
why game should have anything about
1t to teach a man to think you cannot
see why everything should be so mathe-
matically exact; you cannot see why the
| dangerous business OF throwing the bt Y
should be improved upon; you cannot
understand why false motions are ruled
Year: 1867


We have discussed this question with
out reference to our own sympathies,
which are strongly in favor Of Secretary
stanton s, retaining his place, as a con-
servative power amid the chaotic clements
reigning around the While House. One
of the most virulent denunciations made
against him is that he persists il remain
ing in place after he disagrees with the
views of his superiors, and after they
have asked him to resign. The johnson
folks say that such conduct is villanous
and mean. It is none Of our funeral, but
wouldn.t it be just as well for Johnson
himself to vacate place in which he no
longer respects the men who put him
there. and after they have repeatedly
signitied their willingness to accept his
resignation?
Year: 1867

We hnd i'm the Chicago Republican, descrip-
ton of a family monument, the best in Rose Hill
Cemetery, constructed from Vermont marble The
Republican adds;


The monument was made wholly by Mr.. Henry
c. Luil of Montpelier, Vermont He is brother
of Mr, A. q. Lull, and being to certain degree
family monument he felt pride in having no one
touch it but himself. He brought it on from Yer
mont short time since. Il was made from d de-
sign by the family. Last Wednesday, members Of
the family, from distant parts OF the country,
met at the Cemetery 10 see the monument and the
place where they hope TO lie. irrespective oi every
thing else at the Cemetery, it Is well worth visiting
to see the monument The marble is probably the
best there is for that purpose and the design and
workmanship are excellent
Year: 1867

Foop AND DRNK While Al WORK ~ HAIR
yEsr FulD - lhe food that we eat has far more
influence ia enabling us to endure the heat than
we are accustomed To- suppose. good crust OF
bread will queuch the thirst Of some people better
than any Other Substance either solid or liquid


would not recommend crust OF bread, boiled
rice pie or cake, or any other nourishment, often
or than once between regular meals, because il a
little nourishment be taken very olten this ener-
gies Of the stomach will be very much weakened
and Indigestion will ensue.


When person is perspirng proiusely, and IS
very thirsty, be should dash a little water ON lis
hands and bathc his temples, and hold little wa
ter in bis mouth, and sprinkle his garments well
with it, and treat his stomach as a thing Of he,
and not as a spacious water-iank to steam en-
gire,
Year: 1867

A correspondent of the burlington Free Press,
writing from Albany places the Verne 9ut Legisla-
tlre above the small Legislature Of New York for
both virtue and ability and above One large Legis-
lature Of New Hampshire for ability For dignity
and order, it is superior to Congress. We think
We can name the correspondent of the Free Press,
but we will only say that he well knows the Legs
latiye bodies of which he writes.
Year: 1867

Ifyou wish to be- always thirsty,
be a drunkard for the Oftener and
more you drink, the Oftener and
more thirsty You will be.


IfyOu wish to prevent your friends
from raising you in the world, be a
drunkard and that will defeat all
their efforts.


Ifyou would effectually counter
act your own efforts to do well, be 2.
drunkard and you will not be dis
appointed.


If you wish to repel the eDdeavors
of the whole human race to raise you
to character, and prosperity. be a
drunkard; and you will most as.
suredly triumph.


If you are determined tc De poor,
he drunkard; and you will be
ragged and penniless to your hearts
content.


II you wish to starvc your family,
be a drunkard; and then you will
consume the means of their support.
If you would he imposed upon by
knaves, be drunkard; for that
will make tier task easy.


1t yOu would wish to be robbed,
be drunkard, and the thief will do
it with greater safety.


If You wish to deaden your senses
be a drunkard; and you will soon
be more stupid than an ass.


If you are resolved to kill yourself
be a drunkard /; and you will hit up
on a sure mode of self destruction.


If you would expose both your
folly and your secrets, be Il drunk.
ard and they will soon run out as
the liquor r1ns in.


If you think you are too strong,
be a drunkard; and you will soon
find yourself subdued by so powerful
an enemy.


If you would get rid of your mon
ey without Knowing how, be drunk
ard and it will vanish insensibly.
If you would have no resource,
when unable to work, but a work
house, he drunkard; and you will
be incompetent to provide any.
Ifyou are determined to expel all
comfort from your house, be a
drunkard; and you will do it eff
fectually.


If you would be hated by your
family and friends, be a drunkari ;
and you will soon be more than dis
agreeable.


you would bc be pest to soci-
ETY., be drunkard and yon will be
avoided as an infection.


If you would smash windows,
break the peace, get your bones
broken, tumble under horses and
carts, and he locked up in station
houses, he a drunkard; and it viii
be strange if you do not succeed.


1fyou wish all your prospects i,
life to be clouded, he a drunkard
and they will soon be dark enough.


If you would destroy your body
be drunkard; as drunkenness i
the mother of disease.


If you wish to Iuin your soul, b,
drunkard; that you may be ex
cluded from heaven.
Year: 1867

AN UNSoPHrsTICATED SOUTH.
ERNER.-"I went to the Legislature
last year." said a Georgian. "Well,
| went to Augusta, and took dinner
at hotel. Right beside me at tho
table sat member from one of the
back towns, who had perhaps never
taken dinner at a hotel before in his
life. Before him sat dish of pep.
pers, and he kept looking at them.
Finally, as the walters were slow
about bringing up the things, he
took up his fork and sOused one into
his mouth, AS he brought down
his grinders upon it, the tears came
into his eyes. At last splitting tho
pepper into his hand, he laid it down
by the side of his plate and in q
voice that set the whole table in q
roar, exclaimed: "Just lie there
and cool !"
Year: 1867

~ - @.SseAS VecS S0Il
you trust the man


l did trust it, and the victory
notes came at last into my life.


He was to sail early on the NOR.
row land in three months was to be
his wife. What was to be the part
ing then! l did not think about
the pain in my fullness of joy.


I've an idea you may call the
ending of this story sad, but it isn't
Through the night that Johns yes
sci set in for the harbor, there was
storm, and she went ON the rocks,
and-well,in the morning they drew
him in out of the surf, and brought
him up to Nancy Bell and me.
think if had had the old rebelliOus
cry in my heart against God that
had the night before when | heard
the signal guns stop, l would have
lost 1t from my first look at Johns
face, where a smile of peace and
trust was. Next his heart l found
a little flower l had given him,
years before, in bit of paper, with
these words written:


Jenny, darling, the ship is going
down. Don't make it hard for me
to stay in Heaven withOu: you, by
feeling that this was so bitter; for,
after all the world NAV be dark, but
the end will be enough for us both.
You will know how much | would
have said, and could not. Be very
tender of yourself, for my sake
Comfort Nancy. God will comfort
you, my brave darling


And God did comfort me- I
dry.
Year: 1867

+ EF7tt ..IF -


No enterprise was ever begun
about which so little has been said
and so much has been done They,
have q vague idea that a railroad is
being built from somewhere in the
Eas1 to somewhere in a farther West
than rail-tract has ever before
been laid; but where. it begins, or
what route it follows, or where it is
to- end, we venture to assert, not one
in q thousand can tell.
!; I1or dozen years we have heard
that a great Pacific Railroad was to
be built, and a dozen names, and a
dozen companies, and. a dozen
routes-from the southern boundary
of Texas to the northern boundary
of lake Superior-have been urged
upon Congress as the greatest and
best means for uniting the Atlantic
and Pacific shores. Bubble after
bubble was blown, and each bust in
turn when touched by the sharp
point of practical experience.


The absolute necessity for a Pacif-..
ic Railroad to retain and bind more
closely together the eastern and
western extremes Of the continent
in one great United and Pacific
country, the emmcnoe cost Of gov
ernment transportation to it's from
tier and Rocky Mountain posts, and
the even greater cost of Indian
wars, in region that nothing but
railroad could civilize, and moth
ing but civilization could pacify-
the great Importance Of opening a
road to the rich gold and silve mines
of th Rocky and Sierra Nevada
Mountains, so that the way to the
resumptionofspecie payments might
be made shorter and easier-all
these prudential reasons finally
pressed with such weight upon Con
gress, that it determined that the
road should be made. There were,
indeed, many others two thousand
miles of additional territory would
be opened tor settlement; vastsbod-
les Of land now valueless would be
made prOductlve; the tide Of busi-
ness and travel that now winds te-
dious and dangerous way along the
borders of the two oceans, would be
increased ten fold land how would
fathers in the East strike hands1with
their, sons and daughters in the
Golden Gate. if theN could only be
borne on the wings Of the loconlo-
tive ..f.r.errr tyg


The imperative need Of the work
was admitted, but it was too vast
for individual enterprise to attempt,
No combination of private capital
lists was willing to risk hundred.
million. dollers. in the construction
Of 1900 miles of railroad through
wilderness As the undertaking
was strielly national, SO no power
less than that of the nation was suf.
ficient to accomplish it; and large
as the cost would necessarily be, the