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Year: 1866

Union men OF the Second Congress
ional district, ,you have for your standard
bearer gallant soldier and true pa
triot. For more than two years he has
languished from dreadful wounds re
ceiyed while lighting your battles, And
now, strong in mind. brave of heart.
though feeble iii body. and with wounds
still bleeding, be is fighting over the
great bailot box When you compare
his record with that OF his competitor,
when you consider his great services TO
the country, and the manner in which
his competitor was occupied during the
same time; when you consider the noble
principles of liberty, loyalty and union
by which he Is animated, and the miser-
able dogmas of State rights, Immediate
restoration of rebels to power, and po-
litical equality of rebels and loyal men,
by which his competitor and the party
with which he is identified are distin-
guished, you will feel proud and power
ful in your candidate, and will, with one
accord, enlAusia astically resolve that
General Gresham shall be elected as
your Representative in the next Con.
gress.


The time hes come to redeem your
District from the thraldom of Copper
head Democracy, and the elements are
at work TO achieve the great result.


From every part of il have received
words of high hope, and am cheered
with the assurance that the people are
aroused to the great issue and will meet
Il as men and patriots. Shall the con-
stitutional amendment be adopted9 Shall
the Government be kept i'll loyal handsf
Shall the Union soldier he preferred and
honored over the Confederate? Shall
security be taken against rebellion?
These arc the great questions, and may
the loyal Of heart under the providence
of God again come forth in triumph.


Hhoeyer opposes TIE constitutional amend
ment and enters The Philadelphia Convention
is lost 10 the Unioa party, and must be set
dorm as against as, aehether he be the Prest-
dent, Cabinet Minister, or your merit neigh
company with an administration we con
tributed to bring into power, and from
which, personally, have received many
tokens of friendship and consideration,
yet if part we must, we Will have the
consolation of believing that we are but
pursuing to their legitimate conclusion
the principles upon which we prosecuted
the war, and are seeking only to estab,
lish solid liberty, permanent peace, real
unity, and the future prosperity and pow
or of the nation.
Year: 1866

We see it stated that Mr.. vallandig
ham talks about demanding for the
Southern States the right to enter Con
gress, by force Of arms if necessary We
are not alarm d. Val had a chance 10 fight
one way or another for five years when
fighting was the mode, and he did not
show much stomach for it He viii
scarcely begin now.
Year: 1866

The President formerly made it his
boast that the Union men of Southern
State were entitled to govern it, even if
there was but enough of them to manage
the State machinery. He does this con-
trast with the arbitrary appointment of
Military Dictator for Louisiana
Year: 1866

thoEtty thati has been suggested to the


leading men of the Convention that an


address to the people would be prefer
able to q series of fresolutions. If an
address is prepared, it Will be conserv-
atiYe in tone, and calculated to unite
the, oderate men of both sections. It
win recognize the fact that the war has


forever settled the question of secession
in the negative, without, however, inn
pairing in any way the rights of the
States. 1t will be denied that war can
destroy q State or exclude it from the


Union. The enancip patton of the slaves
will be recognized, but the right of the
servile population lately admitted to
freedom to have the ballot, will be de-
MED. AT the same time the address


Will assert the duty of the people OF the
South to care for the freemen, and by
,eYery, means seek to elevate and fit
them for the change accomplished by
the war. The address will also assert
the supremacy of the Federal Govern
ment in all matters coming properly
within its sphere, as defined by the
Constitution, but claiming for the
States all the rights not expressly dele
gated to the General Government. The
right of all the States to be represented
in Congress will be claimed, and the
people will be called upon to assist the
conservative men of the country in the
effort TO secure for the Southern States
their constitutional privileges. The
action of the President of the United
States in endeavoring to prevent un-
.constitut tional legislation by Congress


will be commended, and all conserva-
tive mon will be called npon to organ
ize by local, State and National Com
mittees, as! a grand National Union
party to rescue the Government from
the control of those who now seek to-
divert 1t from its true and original .pur-
poses. The address will probably be
short, in order to reach more surely the
popular mind, and thus secure an, at
,tentiYe hearing, t.aE !H
Year: 1866

8. Their henzied rage always direct
ed itself with unerring precision against
Union men. Not there only, but all
through the city, the cry was against


the Yankee and the 'nigger;' and but
for the timely interference of the milf
tary more general massacre was inn
Year: 1866

RrsH. Ohio was the scene Of sad Sunday
fight between q father and mother and two
sons, on the one hand, and two sons on the
other. The former fred several balls at the


latter, and one of them was dangerously


wounded twice in the knee and thigh.
Year: 1866

In the latter part Of last September,


Peter NJ. Correll, livery stable keeper, in


this borough, hired hore and carriage to


a stranger, to go few miles into the


country. 1t turned out that the said


stranger was horse thief and, notwith-


ing the large reward offered by Dir. Cor


rell for the recovery Of the property, moth
ing was ever heard Of it until last We'd


nesday, when circus company made its
appearance in town, and the lost horse was
recognized by several of our citizens, do
ing duty IN one Of the baggage teams
Mr.. G. was Immediately informed of the
fact and at once proceeded to look after
the "Grey." He fully satisfied himself
that the horse in question was the ident-
ical animal hired from him last fall, and
SO informed the proprietor of the circus.


He, in turn, stated that he purchashed
him last spring, from man in Utica,
New York, but if Mr G. could prove that
the horse belonged to him, he should
promptly deliver him up. COrFell did :
this without difficulty and as further
proof proposed to turn the horse loose on
the street, at Whitesell's Hotel, and if he
did not go to his stables he did not want
him. Accordingly the horse was strip
ped of all harness aad turned out, and
strange to say, he not only found his way
to the stables but actually went into his
stall, Notwithstanding it was now occu-
pied by arother horse. All parties were
satisfied that the horse belonged to Cor
rell and the circus left town with one
three horse team, which had been a four
finland when they arrived d-Easton Sen
tiacl, June 7M.
Year: 1866

A "Down East" writer, expatiating on
the iertilizing properties of guano, gives
veracious account of Kansas soil in the
following: GA few hours after planting
cucumber seeds the dirt began to fly and
the vines came up like a streak, and al
though he started off at the top of his
speed, the vines overlook aud covered
him and on taking out his knife to cut
the darned thing he found large cucum-
Der gone to seed in his pocket"
Year: 1866

TEETH AND PAINLESS DENTISTRY.
l. corner Camp and Canal streets. New Or
leans. y full Sett of Teeth made in Thirty
Hours. Teeth inserted ON Nulcanite Base,
vastly superior TO gold in every respect, being
much stronger and more durable. and can be
furnished at Half the Price.


The most nervous persons can have their
Teeth inserted without the least pain. Teeth
Extracted without pain. sep27-5Ino-d
Year: 1866

HAVE proved, from the most ample experience an
Ii entire success. mpt-Eincient, and
Reliable. They the only Medicines perfectly
adapt popular simple that mistakes can
not be made ia using them, harmless to be free
from danger and efficient be always reliable.
They have raised the highest commentator from all,
and will always render satisfaction.
Year: 1866

Over the beauty of the plum and apricot
there grows bloom and beauty more cxquls-
ite than the fruit itself-a soft delicious flush,
that oversprcads its blushing cheek. Now, ii
you strike your hand over that, and it is once
gone, it is gone forever, for it never grows but
once. The flower that hangs III the morning
impeared with dew-arrayed as 10 queenly
woman ever was arrayed with jewels-oncc
shake it, so that the beads roll of, and you may
sprinkle water over it as you please yet it can
never be made again what it was when the dew
fell silently upon it from heavenl On frosty
morning YOU may see the panes of glass cover
ed with landscapes, mountains, lakes and trees
blending in beautiful, fantastic picture.


Now lay your hand upon the glass, and by the
scratch of your finger, or the warmth OF the
palm, all the delicate tracery will be oblitcra-
ted. So there is in youth beauty and purity
of character which, when once touched and de-
filed. can never be restored; fringe more deli
cate than frostwork, and which, when torn and
broken, will never be re-embroidered. A mau
who has spotted and soiled his garments in
youth, though he may seek to make them
white again, eau never wholly lott, even were
he to wash them with his tears. When young
man leaves his fathers house, with the blessing
Of mothers tears still wet upon his forehead,
if he once loses that early purity of character


il is loss that he can never make whole again


Such is the consequence of crime. Its eiiect'
cannot be eradicated--it can only be forgiven
Year: 1866

1t is well known that feeding horses on clo-
yer hay often makes them cough, but the why
and wherefore may not be SO generally known.
From observation | have become satisfied that
the manner of feeding hay to horses is the cause.
The usual custom is to let them draw it through
a rack, thus stripping off the fine dust which
adheres to the stalk, which, being drawn into
the lungs in respiration, produces the cough.
The cure consists in removing the cause-that
is, the racks-and allowing the animals to take
their food in their natural way. have re-
moved all of mine, and now feed my horses on
the barn floor, having brcastwork sufficiently
high for them to eat over. In this way they
can be fed hay with out raising dust, they get
none under their feet, and the labor of cleaning
out managers is saved. Whatever is left is
easily pushed out with rake into the yard for
the cattle The dust on the hay will do the
horses no harm if taken into the stomach
Since making the Improvement above mention
ed in my feeding apparatus, | am not troubled
with coughing horses. There is no patent on
my invention my brethren can use it freely.
Year: 1866

An English farmer writes to the Mark Lane
Express an account of an accidental experiment
in grass culture, which occurred on his farm a
few years ago. He says that his ploughman
mistook orders, and ploughed half an acre in
one Of his grass fields before the mistake was
discovered. This was in the fall, and the land
lay with the roots OF the grass turned up to the
weather during the winter. In spring the sods
were turned down carefully and the land rolled.
The result was that the grass grew richer and
higher in the ploughed part than in any other
portion of the field, so much so, that the differ
cnce could be noticed from considerable dis
tance. The improvement in the grass Of the
ploughcd part has been permanent.
Year: 1866

Don't be afraid Of little fun at home. Don't
shut your house, lest the sun should fade your
carpets and your hearts, lest hearty laugh
shake down some Of the musty old cobwebs
thercl II you want to ruin your sons, let them
think that all mirth and social enjoyment must
be left on the threshold without, when they
come home at night. When once hume IS
regarded as place to eat, drink and sleep IN,
the work is begun that ends in gambling houses
and degradation. Young people must have iun
and relaxation somewhere; if they do not find
il at their own hcarthstoncs it will be sought at
other and less profitable places. Therefore, lei
the fire burn brightly at night, and make the
homestead delightful with all those little arts
that parents so perfectly understand. Don'i
reprees the buoyant spirit of your children
half an hours merriment round the lamp and
freight of home blots out the rencn. brance:
Of many care and annoyance during the day
and the best safeguardthey can take with then
into the world is the influence Of a bnghtlittl'
J domestic sanctun.
Year: 1866

On most farms there are portions of meadow
land whose product of hay is very small com
pared with others in the vicinity. These sec
tons can be much improved, without breaking
up the sward, by liberal top-dressing of lime
and salt. These will invigorate the growth OF
the aftermath, and if repeated the ensuing
spring, will render the poor spots equal in pro-
ductivencss to those by which they aresurround-
ed The experiment is worth trying, unless it
is deemed dcrirable to break up the whole mea-
dow for the purpose of rc-sccding at future
day. Nearly the same results can be produced
by an application of leachcd wood ashes as
top-dressing, where the material is attainable
for that purpose.
Year: 1866

lfyou have your ground prepared, and it is
dry or well drained, you can sew your seed this
fall. Some however prefer to pack such seed
in sand and keep it cool and moist until spring,
and then plant it as early as it can be got in
the ground. Plant an inch deep. The seeds
of stone fruits, such cherry, peach, &C.. should
be planted this fall, or SO exposed that they will
freeze during winter Plant three or four times
the diameter of the seed in depth. A light,
rich loan, is good soil in which to grow trees,
if you haveit. A well drained soil is necessary.
Year: 1866




1t isa good thing for young man to be
"knocked about in the world" though his soft
hearted parents may not think so. All youths.
or if not all, certainly ninetcen-twentieths OF
the sum total, enter life with surplusage Of
self-conccit The sooner they are relieved OF
it the better. If, in measuring themselves,
with wiser and older men than themselves,
they discover that it is unwarranted, and getrid
of it gracefully Of their own accord, well and
good if not, it is desirable for their own sakes,
that it be Knocked ont Of them.


A boy who is sent to large school soon
finds his level. His will may have been para
mount at home; but school-boys are democratic
in their ideas, and if arrogant, he is sure to be
thrashed into recognition of the golden rule.


The tcorld is great public school, and il
soon teaches new pupil his proper place. III
he has the attributes that belong to leader
he will be installed into the position of a lead
er if not, whatever his own opinion Of his
abilities may be, he will be compelled to fall
in with the rank and file. If not destined to
greatness. the next best thing to which he can
aspire is responsibility but no man can either
be truly great or truly respectable who is VAN,
pompous and overbearing.


BY the time the novice has found his legitl-
mate social position, be the same high or low,
the probability is that the disagreeable traits
of his character will be softened down or worn
away. Most likely the process of abrasion will
be rough perhaps rery rough but when 1t Is
all over, and he begins to see himself as Others
see him. and not as reflected in the mirror OF
self-conceit, he will be thankful that he has
run the gauntlet, and arrived, though by a
rough road, at self-knowledge. Upon the
whole, whatever loving mothers may think to
the contrary, it is a good thing for youths to be
knocked about in the world-it makes men OF
tbnp1
Year: 1866

Turn three pints of scalding milk to one
quart of meal and four tablespoons -four; when
milk warm add four eggs and little SALT
Bake on griddle. If too thick, put in anoth-
or egg, and little milk.
Year: 1866

OBITUARY.-It is with sorrow not


unmixed with surprise that we notice
the death of the man who some years


ago, being very unwell, undertook to


cure himself by taking Brandreth's s Pills
according to directions, viz: to double
the dose every day until better. After
while he was obliged to sit down with
his mouth open, while his servants
pitched them down his throat With a
scoop shovel - YonEers Gazette.
Year: 1866

CrRRpScY FOR THE SoUTH.-We ob- serve that the Commissioner of Currency has recommended that the amount ot Ma tional Banks issue be extended one hun dred million, for the purpose of supplying the South with currency. If this eXten- sion would make the Southern States any richer. or add to tie enterprise, industry and prodcuts of this section, in the meas ure that is contemplated it would certainly be desirable thing for the South, which needs capital. But we cannot see how It will put one dollar in the pockets of the people, more than they have now. and must, therefore, regard it as ''weak in vention' for the expansion of currency and the enlargement of issues by the banks.

 The South certainly needs capital, but can only get it by furnishing q'"d pro quo for the same The only effect that an enlargement of the circulating medium can have, without giving us better chances than we now have to dig it out of the soil, or make it by mechanical or manufactur- ing industry, will be to deprcciate curren- cy, instead of adding greater wealth to the country.

 What the South needs is a chance to work in peace, and to open up her vast resources and energies. Under govern ment which shall be paternally admins tered, as is contemplated by the Presidents policy and which shall guarantee equal protection to all, with the rights of all se- cured by impartial judicial tribunals, the South will begin to prosper, and her labor and enterprise will soon bring within her bounds all the money capital she shall need to carry on business and supply her ne- cessities Instead of currency, give us commonlaw. Instead of banks and bu- reaus, give us the Constitution. Instead of an increase of greenbacks, give us gentle peace and beautiful harmony.

 Memphis Commercial
Year: 1866

fragrant wales and sunlit hills, and the ech- oes borne upon every breeze answer, war is curse. The fairest, the loveliest land athwart which the sun has ever thrown his dazzling light, or over which gentle zephyrs ever bore fragrant breezes to fan the brow or kiss the check of innocence, and beauty and love, these too send up the melancholy echo, war is curse. The loved ones of the slain repeatit, the graves of the broken hearted repeat it, and the echo borne full upon the blast crosses the confines of time and reverberates, war IS a curse, and methinks the half hours silence at the judgment day is followed by the full toned blast of the archangePs silver trump, war is a curse, and the sound caught up by the lost spirits as downward they sink in neither Erebus, with the hoarse dismal echo along the ebony walls of He'll war is curse.
Year: 1866

Yesterday, at the residence of Mir. Gro. I,pnSETT's. on Surrounded Hill, RICHARD CHRISTIAN, aged about 20 years.

 Thus in the prime of life has fallen another victim to the stern destroyer. For four years a soldier in the Confederate army; his deport- mont was such as to win the admiration of all. When peace came no heart leaped higher than his-no pulse beat more proudly. Earnestly he sat to work, buoyant with hope, but death came and bore him hence. He IS gone; no more to take part in the hustle of life. Let us hope that his is the sleep of the reign'eouS' and that to him death has but borne the com mission of our Heavenly Father "come up higher"
Year: 1866

CAUSES CT SUDDEN DEArH,-Very few of the suden deaths which are said to arise from diseases of the heart do really arise from that cause. To ascertain the real origin of sudden deaths, an experiment has been tried in Europe, and reported to a scientific congress at Stras- bourg. Sixtysix cases of sudden death were made the subject of thorough post mortem examination; in these cases only two were found who had died from disease of the heart Nine out of the sixty-six had died from apo plexy, while there were forty six cases of con geston of the lungs-that is, the lungs were so full of blood they could not work, there not being room enough for sufficient quantity of air to enter to support life The causes that produce congestion of the lungs are cold feet, tight clothing, costive bowels, sitting still until chilled after being warmed with la bor or rapid walk, going too suddenly from . close, heated room into the cold air, especially after speaking, and sudden depressing news operating on the blood. These causes of sud den death being known, an avoidance of them may serve to lengthen many valuable lives, which would otherwise be lost under the yer dict of heart complaint. The disease is sup posed to be inevitable; hence many may not take the pains they would to avoid sudden death if they knew it lay in their power.
Year: 1866

GEN. FoRREsT.-We had the pleasure of meeting this distinguished gentleman yester- day, and was glad to see him looking in fine health and spirits. The General, in reply to an allusion to the canard ofhis having gonet to Mexico, requested us to say, that he has not been nor has he the remotest idea of going anywhere else than back to his plantation where heand goodly number of black mon, are hard at work trying to make enough to live on, pay taxes, and help the Government to get out of debt He advises every body else to do the same thing. He is as earnest and sincere a supporter of the Government IS he was q good fighter, and thinks the right way to get out of our troubles is for every body to be at work, and in the discharge of all the duties resting upon him. Memphis Appeal, February 18th.
Year: 1866

All communications addressed to this Office must be plainly written on one side of the paper, and the authors name must invariably accompany each article. We will accept or reject all manuscript as our judgment dictates.
Year: 1866

PATENT CoEN MEAL-The St. Louis
Republican speaks Of process inven'ed
in that city for making superior article
of corn meal:


So far as we could understand with
out seeing the operation, the germ OF
or oily part of che grain 10 taken OF by
machinery and used as ofal, ami the
balance Of the berry is ground and boil
ed as usual The specimens exhibited
presented beautiful appearance 10 the
sight and touch, and it 10 pronounced By
those who have used it superior to any
other they have tasted. IF it's general
introduction into the Southern market
couli be effected, it would be- found vast
ly superior to the stump-tail brands Of
Western -four, which 10 now going for
ward in such abundance, both in point Of
economy and health. M aar ag
Year: 1866

and the said President and Directors are
hereby authorized and required to collect
the assets and property of the Bank, and
hold the same specially appropriated, first,
to the payment Of the principal and inter.
est of the bonds known as the Fire Loan
Bonds, payable in Europe; second, to the
payment of the principal and interest Of
the Fine Loan Bonds, payable in the Uni.
ted States; and third, to the redemption of
outstanding notes hitherto issued by said
Bank. That the Bank aforesaid is hereby
required to receive Oh special deposit, and
to pay out on checks founded on such de.
posits, such bills receivable or other eviden
ces of Indebtedness as the State may order
to be issued in payment of amounts due.
That the said Bank shall as agent of the
State, continue to receive and hold on de-
posit, as now provided by law, the funds of
the State; and the President and Directors
are hereby authorized and required to make
arrangements, by an agency, for the recep'
ton, safe.keeping and paying out of said
funds in Columbia, on the draft or order of
the Treasurer; and they shall also provide
Offices for the Comptroller and Treasurer,
and for these purposes they are hereby au.
thorized to use any part Of the new State
Capitol, or any other building belonging to
the State which may not be in use by the
State.


In the Senate House, the wenty.irst day
of December, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty FIVE.