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Year: 1867

GEORGE c. GoRHAM.-This gallant leader
of the Union hosts of this State, says the
Spirit of the Times, is pursuing the even ten
or of his way, in preparing for the contest be-
fore him. He will soon commence vigorous
campaign throughout the State, and meeting
his fellow citizens, win their hearts to his
cause. He is noble young man, pure. hon
est. and upright, and every way worthy Of
that enthusiastic support which we are con-
fdent he will receive. Ee will be the next
Governor of the State of California-and he
will be its Governor in fact, as well as in
name. There will be no power behind the
throne but actuated uy high resolves, lofty
mbition. and by desire to benefit the State
and. therefore, add to the prosperity of the
people. he will be consistent in the discharge
of his duties and infexible in his determine
ton and will. He is a man of superior tai
ents, clear-headed and quick at perception,
grasping at conclusions viftly. and acting
with decision. He is man of the people.
and comes from the people and in his ee-
walton to the high Office for which ha has
been nominated. the State will be honored.
Year: 1867

WHY cannot apples be raised in the shor"
towns in this country Is it because of the
East winds, or of the frequent fogs, or because
of the prevalence OF much salt IN the air dur
ing the Eastcrly weather, or because OF the
want of the necessary attention to the proper
care OF the trees? Ii seems to MS that there ara
many farms in this country. and near the sea
board too, where apples could be made to flour
ish with proper attention. VIII some oi our
farmers turn their attention to this matter anu
rive us their views?
Year: 1867

l


Leaving an estimated balance in the
Treasury, on tho 18th Now, 1866, of
1925, ,2S7.05. as <amanI q Nq


From the foregoing statement 1t will
appear that the burdens Of the people
for the current year will be nearly
three millions OF dollars less than in
the past year. ra


The expenditures for county, town
and other local purposes, which do not
pass through the State Treasury, form
by far the greater part oftbe total tax
alton of the people. Thus the total
amount collected on the tax duplicate
for the past year is $40 S7O,028 Is, out
of which only little moro than five
millions enters the State Treasury, the
remainder being disbursod within the
counties where collected. sI
Year: 1867

to bed in the best chamber-aunt Fair
fax's white counterpane and all-and |
locked him in and put the key in my
pocket; and | told him that he should
have one nights rest, and that no one
should turn him out unless they walked
over my dead body"


And Drusilla said it like an actress
in tragedy, and went off into Mysteries
the moment the words we're out of her
mouth. She'd been expecting to be
half murdered for it, you know, and the
girl was but sixteen you know, and al
ways before had minded as though l
was her mother.


Never was any old sinner so happy
as was that night, so thankful to the
good Lord; and it would have done
your heart good if you had gone and
seen those two meet in the morning
Charlie and his friend Rob. And Char
lie, who had got on so we'll, and had a
mother who was not SO poor, helped
Rob into Rob into business. And he
got over his wounds at last, and grew
as eandsome as picture, and to-day
week is going to marry Drusilla.


''I'd give you anything ] haze" said
l, "and | won't refuse you even Drusil-
la" when he asked me, telling me that
he had loved her over since she was so
kind to him on the night I've told you
Of.


And Charlie is to stand up with him,
and l am to give Drusilla away, and
Rob's sister from Greenbank, is to be
. bridesmaid, and I've guess that some
day Charlie will bring her home to me
in Drusilla's place.


l don't: drive beggars from the door
now as l used, and no doubt am often
imposed upon; but this is what | say,
Better be imposed upon always, than
be cruel to one who really needs your
help" And I've read my Bible better
Of late, and | know who says, ''Even as
ye have done it unto the least Of these,
We have done it unto me-"
Year: 1867

Joy and sorrow are the beautiful forms of sympathy, in which she ap- pears as a gracious angel, treading the sad regions of the earth, with feet of feeling and eye of light. Joy and sor- row make up the lot of our mortal es- tate and by our sympathy with these, we seem to acknowledge brotherhood with our species. But we do more for by the force of this principle, those on whom the happier lot of humanity has fallen, communicate tho bounty that has been showered on their heads and the wretched is not left alone with the burden of his misery. Int. strength that is untasked lends itself To divide the load with which another is bowed !; and the calamity that lies on the heads of men is enlightened, while those who are not called to bear are yet willing to involve themselves ill the sorrow of a brother.

 There are, indeed, states of mind in which we dare not look even on it's smiling countenancc that glad light af- fording so strong acontrast to the dark ness of our own spirits. When we leave the chamber wherein lie the cold remains of one in life tenderly beloved, we start back in anguish from the sum- shine, and the sky so serenely and hap n;Iy baont;H,I

 And so it often is, in the common in tercourse of life, when without such a deep sense of sorrow, perhaps, we arc sometime assailed with the expression ofa joy which has no place in our heart. But this proves how dear is happiness to the human heart, And it is wonder ful, even to the sufferer himself, to feel how his soul, which at first sullenly re- pelled the sight of glailness, soon ad- mits it unconsciously into all it's depths and is bcguilcd into blessed forget fulness of trouble.

 There are thousand other cures that nature graciously provides for grief and supreme among these is that con- tagion of happiness which is brcathed from the gentle voice, the sparkling eye, and the kindling smile--and which so touches the breast with cheerful sympathy, that the wretch almost up braids himself for his inward gladncss as if false to the sorrow which he thinks he ought to have cherished moro sa. credly within his miserable heart.
Year: 1867

SIDE WINps.--I have heard that full wind behind the ship drives her not so fast forward as much against her as with her; and the reason, they say, is because full wind fills but some of her sails, which keep it from the rest, that they are.empty; when a side wind fills all her sails, and sets her speedily for ward. Whichever way we go in this world, our affections are our sails; and according as they spread and fill, so we pass on swifter or slower, whither we are steering. Now, if the Lord shollM give us full wind and continued gale of mercies, it would fill but some of our afiectons--joy, delight and the like. But when he comes with side wind--a dispensation that seems~al- most as much against us as for us-- then he fills our sails-takes up all our affections, making his works wide and broad enough to entertain them every one--then we are carried fully and freely towards the Heaven where We would be.-[Owen.
Year: 1867

arbc above words were the request Of lad
to his mother, as be was dying from starvation
She found three gains in the corner of pocket in
his ragged jacket: and gave them to him. 1t wai
al she had the whole family were perishing from
famne.
Year: 1867

The bonded debt of this country
is principally held in the East. A
few Thousand wealthy men there de-
rive the main benefit from it. The
West arc the debtor states. It is
their agriculture industry that pays
the taxes that enables the Govern
ment to meet it's tremendous and
extraordinary interest. The West
is interested in the speedy extin-
guishment Of the debt by it's pay
ment in the legal-tenders of the
country. The large monetary in
terests Of the East is opposed to it,
because it wants it's large dividends
and it's exemption from taxation
continued. The result will show
whether a small oligarchy in one
section of the nation is to prevail
over the whole people, and whether
the West is to be made. an Ireland
to pay it's hundreds of millions of
dollars to support an exclusive ar
istocracyg residing in the East-N.
W. Chronicle. L II
Year: 1867

LINCOLN ON NEGRO SuFFRAeE.-
During the discussion of the suffrage
question in the Michigan constitu-
tional convention last week, a MEM
Der was promptly called to order
for reading the following extract
from a speech delivered by Mr..
Lincoln in reply to Douglas in 1858:


[ AM NOT, nor never have been in
favor Of fmaking voters or jurors of
negroes nor Of qualifying them to
hold office, nor to ,inter-marry with
people; and I will say in addition
to this, that there is a physical
difference between the black and
white races, which, I believe will
forever prohibit the two races from
living on equal terms of social and
political equality. And inasmuch
as they cannot so live, while they
do remain together there must be
the position of superior and inferior,
and I, as much as any other man,
am in favor of having the superior
position assigned to the white race.
Year: 1867

store the Union on the basis Of the
constitution.


They have held and abandoned
every theory of government and po-
litical opinion.


''1n the short space of one revolving moon,


Was statesmen, poet, fiddler and buffoon."


They have been true to their pas
sions true to their desires true
to their partisan interests; but
never true to their constitution.
They do not understand what it is
to ''stand by the constitution" "
They proclaim loudly that the con-
stitution does not exist either in
theory or practice in ten States of
the Union; and their most trusted
and able leader, in the fullness of
his contempt for that instrument,
and for the few republicans who
are willing to obey it, declares in
his own choice language "that some
fragments of the old and broken con-
stitution stick in their gizzards and
trouble them of nights. - J..
Year: 1867

The Fishkill Iron Company have


used peat at their furnace for about


eleven weeks. and report the result
as entirely satisfactory During
. portion of the time, they used
one half charcoal and onc-half peat,
and subsequently increased the pro-
portion Of peat to thee-quarters.


W. s. Dudley, Esq, Of Fishkill,
writes us,-"Our peat was not
sufficiently dry, as We did not house
it, till late in the fall, but the result
gave the fullest satisfaction, as our
heat increased very preceptably, and
the amount Of limestone fux for the
same was much lessened in consc-
quence; ana' we could therefore
make the iron much faster and at a
saving Of fully twenty-five per cent
less cost than either charcoal or an
thracite; and the quality of iron is
pronounced, by the proprictors of
some Of the foundries in this section,
equal if not superior to any iron they
ever saw; so that l feel myself war
ranted in saying, that good peat,
properly prepared. will smelt iron
ore equal to any fuel now known;
and it is our present intention to
commence to get in operation again
this spring as early as possible
This fuel must become valuable in
this and some of the adjoining coun-
ties, as they abound in a very supe-
rior quality of both the hematite and
ores; and l believe that
peat is destined to become valua-
Bile whenever it is found of good
quality.-Leayitts Peat Journal.
Year: 1867

NEGRO CoNGREssMEN.-T Ma
con Ca journal and Messenger
has. the following:---"We notice
a generally expressed disposition
and determination, on the part of
the white people of the South, to
vote for, and as far as possible,
assist in the election of negroes to
the Federal Congress. This is to
be done partly on condition that
the negroes give to whites the less
remunerative Offices at home. We
want our States counties, and
cities, govcrened by whites, and
are perfectly satisfied, if this can
be accomplished, to give the negro
the more honorable and better pay
ing Offices. Our reasons are obvi-
Gus for this, and are not easily mis-
interpreted-wc do not think the
negro fit to govern us, and arc not
disposed to put up with their igno-
rance and arrogance-we are willing
however, and would prefer, that the
most obnoxious, filthy, thievish ne


gro should go to Congress (and do
not fear contamination from his as
ISOLATION in preference to one, of
those nameless ears once so-called
rebel Southerners who would be
acceptable to the Radical Congress
in other words, white man mean
enough to be acceptable to the
Radical Rump Congress of the Uni
ted States, from the South, is too
mean for the people of the South.
the alternative is a negro--thc pc
culiar institution of the Radicals. "
Year: 1867

MINORITY REPRESENTATION IN
ENGLAND.-The English mails Just
at hand are full of the subject of
minority representation. Contem-
poraneously with the final debate
in the commons, the public journals
had the matter under discussion,
and it seemed to he agreed upon all
hands that the topic was of the very
highest political Importance. Prac.
tically, the reform proposed in the
new bill seems to be a small matter,
as it affects only twelve constituent
cies in house composed of six hum
dred and fifty eight (65s)members;
but the Importance attached to the
subject undoubtedly is because the
action of parliament may establish
a principle ultimately fruitful of
large and permanent good or evil.
Year: 1867

This is the way to mend torn
grcenbacks and currency: Smooth
out the edges carefully, and moisten
the edges with the finger tip, after
wetting it on the tongue. Then lay
the bill on piece of writing paper,
carefully drawing the edges together
and lay another piece Of writing
paper over it. A few seconds rub
bing with the finger over the seam
will make it adhere, and O. little
adroitness when iti dry, will enable
you to lift the bill from the paper
without tearing it. The seam will
then be invisible, and be the
strongest part Of the bill. ~ = .-.i
Year: 1867

newspaper 0r newspapers as they
shall direct, for three weeks sue
ccSsively. the last of which publica-
ton shall be at least ten days be
.Ore the hearing Of such application.


SEC. 3. Upon hearing such ap-
plication, if such court or Judges
are satisfied that said property is
within tie description given in the
irSt section of this act. they may
make an order OF sale thereof to be
executed 10y the officer holding said
property, and shall issue a warrant
TO each officer accordingly, and such
order and warrant shall be duly re
corded liz sad court.


SEC. 4. The officer, TO whom
such warrant is directed, shall pro
ceed to appoint three disinterestcC
and JudJclOuS persons acquainted
with the value of such property a.
| appraisers thereof, and they shall


oc sworn to a faithful discharge ot
such duty, and shall appIaise said
property at its full and Just value in


money, and thercupon said officer
/ shall advertise and sell sad proper
! ~ in the same manner, in all re


spccts as is provided by law, for the


sale of property on execution pro
vided, that il the owner of said


property or his agent or attorney


shall ut any time before such sal,
( tender to said officer the amount o


said appraisal in money or give sat


isfactory security for the payment
thereof. said officer shall receive
such tender or take such security
ana deliver such property to sucl
owner Tor the purpose, and as pro
: yidcd in section forty four of sale
CHAPTER thirty three.


| SEC ). This act shall be con
strucd and .allen as in addition t


the provisions OF chapter thnty-thrc


Of the General Statutes, aad not a


repeating the same.


SEC. 6. This act shall take e


feet from It's passage,


Approved Nov. =, 1867.
Year: 1867

~ lS Nf5 CbV tHt'ltt. -


SEC. !. Whenever it shall ap-
pear to any Judge Of tie supreme
court. holding the term OF the conn
tv court in any county in this state
that there Is good reason to believe
that any civil action pending in
such court cannst Ike impariially
tried in the county where the same
is pending. IL .,laii uc me duty OF
such Judges. on the petition ofeithcr
party to SAID suit, to order Sald
cause to be removed for trial to the
county court i'll some other county
court in this State.


SEC. >. The petition to remove
cause as aforesaid shall be verified
by affidavit and served upon the
adverse party in like manner as
writS of summons are required to be
served and if the adverse party re.
sides without this state it may be
served upon the attorney OF record
in said cause.


SEC 3. Whenever an order Is
made for the removal of a civil
cause from one county court TO an
other. as Is provided in the first sec
ton of this act. and such an order
is filed with the clerk of the court
in which said cause is pending, il
shall be the duty tSuch clerk forth
with to transmit to the clerk Of the
conrt to which said cause is ordered
to be removed all the original pa
pers in said cause, together with
certified copy Of said order OF reno
al and thereupon it shall be the du
ty of the clerk of the court to whlcl
said cause is ordered TO be removed
to enter the cause upon the docket
of said court, together with the dock
pt entries as certified by the clerl
) Of the court from which said caus
is ordered TO hc removed; and SAT-


cause shall proceed TO trial III llk


manner and to all intents and pu


poses the same as if it had bee


originally brought on and cntere


upen the docket Of said court.
y SEC. I. Al attachments, recoi


nizanccs, bonds and orders III sal


cause, made before said remova


shall have the same force and vail
= ity as if the cause had continued
:. the court to which original
- brought.


>, SEC. 3. This act shall take citc
n. from its passage.


!, Approved Nov. 21, 1867.
Year: 1867

constitutional statute antagonistic to this, and


thus put himself in direct and open conflict


with the people. We do not believe be will.


We believe that he will content himself with q
war OF words; but at the least indication OF Q
tendency to do more his impea chment and re-
moval will be matter Of course. His own
argument forces tho conclusion that it would
have been better II he had been removed
ere this-if Congress. once satisfied that
he would not enforce q law he did not
like, had put in his place man with differ
ent sense Of duty and accomplished the national
purpose in that way instead of accomplishing
1t by means tending to contempt Of the
Office.
Year: 1867

II is claimed by the whiskey dstilers that
under the present rate Of duty (two dollars q
gallon) 1t is impossible for them TO carry on
their business legitimately. Now, in Great
Britain the tax is eleven shillings and sixpence
. gallon, or more than two dollars and half
Of our money, while the cost OF manufacture Is
only two shillings and threepence. Formerly,
in the United Kingdom, the duty was very much
higher, and then Illicit distlling and other
frauds upon the revenue were extensively
prsctised. Under the present scale Of duties
these have almost entirely ceased. Now, we
should like to know why, with q lower tax
upon whiskey than that which Is found effec-
tive for revenue purposes in Great Britain, We
cannot enforce the moderate duty imposed by
Congress. Evidently the fault lies, not with
the law, but with its machinery. For this the
Treasury Department Is alone responsible,
Year: 1867

Parliamentary Policy Oft he English Cabinet.


LONDON July 1o-Midnght
In the House Of Lords this evening request was
made the part OF the government that the House
would refrain for the present from any expression Of
opinion, by resolution otherwise. in regard to the
execution Of Maxim ilan by the Mexicans
Year: 1867

and departure from usage; but we have not
lived enough on our law and our usages the
past four years TO make this q cause Of alarm,
and we may regard these departures as rather
inconvenient than dangerous. II will in the
future be the deepest reproach to Mr.. johnson
that he made this course necessary-that he
compelled Congress to familiarize the nation
with encroachments on constitutional usage
that might have been spared If he had readily
and in good faith executed those laws that his
veto was insufficient TO defeat Congress
showed its good faith in this matter when 1t
entrusted the President 30 fully as II did with
the execution Of the first law and the appoint
ment of the commanders. Knowing that
he was opposed to its course, that
the law was passed over his veto,
Il yet seemed TO feel an honorable
confidence that he would not carry his obstruc.
tive spirit into the line OF his duty. He dsap-
pointed that confidence, and hit upon interpre-
tstion 40 Q means to defeat the law while
seeming 10 execute Il; and now Congress Is
fully In sympathy with the nation in acting on
the assumption that the proper executive can
not safely be entrusted with the enforcement
Of this law.


From the circle surrounding the President
Il has been vaguely given out that he could
not recognise a. q law an act that did not
contemplate him a. its Executive and his
declaration quoted above Is somewhat
positive TO the same effect II remains
to be seen whether the President will
act upon the theory Of his arguments, and,
ignoring the existence OF this law, proceed to
the enforcement Of some exhumed and quite
Year: 1867

We do not know of any rebel Gener-
al who fought more gallantly on the
wrong side than did Gen. Longstreet,
and we recall no act of his during the
rebellion-independently of the guilt
of rebellion itself-of which he need
now be ashamed. As he fought brave
ly, he surrendered honorably, and his
letter, which we print to-day, is proof
of his honesty. When we find such a
man declaring that he shall be happy to
work for reconstruction in any harness,
and that it matters not whether he
bears the mantle of Mr.. Davis or Mr..
Sumner, We cannot too highly applaud
his courage and good sense. Appeal
was made to the sword, and the sword
has decided it, says General Longstreet.
He accepts the Military bill as a peace
offering, censures,by strong implication,
the Democratic party for opposing re-
construction, believes that colored suff-
rage should be established in all the
States, and expressly declares that Sou
thern men cannot seek alliance with
any party wich aims TO restrict the
rights Of colored men. This is pro-
gressive, and these frank and manly
opinions, coming from one of their trust
ed soldiers, should teach the misled
Southern people that it is neither for
their dignity nor their interest that
they should endeavor to resist the laws
and evade the terms OF the Government
which subdued their rebellion.-N. Y.
Tribune.