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Year: 1867

ADDRESSED TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
My manhood is mine!


And the flag bear


Is the nag that is floating everywhere
The symbol of Hope and the flaming sign
That the day has broke on the night rs decline.
Ny manhood is mine!


For this better day


Is bathing the earth with its golden ray:
And Freedom, rebuilding her broken shrine.
Pours flowing hbatiOns Of oil and wine.
My manhood is mine


won it anew EthrOl .


W ME your banner was blazing the battle
For and my fellows, in wars red line.
Saw Liberty weaving our fate with thine
My manhood is mine! rtH-


And the day is near Tclear.
When my voice in your ranks shah echo
For yet again must bright swords entyyfue
Ere we set to the Union its seal divine,
My manhood is mine


And this brotherhood U9IOod
Shall stand, tho our girdIes all drip with
For the glor1es that now on this standard


SHINE
Shall never, no never, no never decline.
Year: 1867

IHE BIBLE.-When the celebrated
Or. Samuel Johnson was asked why SC
many literary men were infidels, his
reply was Because they are ignorant
OF the Bible" If the question be asked
why the lovers of general reading 50
often tail to acquaint themselves with
the sacred volume, one reason which
may be assigned, doubtless is they
are not aware Of its interesting vari-
ETY.. This feature of the Bible is well
illustrated by Mrs Ellis, in the follow
ing eloquent extract from her recent
work, entitled the Poetry of Life"


with our established ideas of
beauty, grace, pathos and sublimity,
either concentrated in the minutest
point or extended to the widest range,
we can derive from the Scripture a
fund OF qualification not TO be found
in any other memorial of past or
present time. From the worm that
grovels in the dust At our feet, to the
track of the leviathan in the foaming
deep-frOm the moth that corrupts
the secret treasure, to the eagle that
scars above his eyry in the clouds
from the wild ass in the desert, to the
lamb withi2 the shepherds fold-from
the consuming locust to the cattle
upon q thousand hills-from the rose
OF Sharon to the cedar Of Lebanon
from the crystal stream, gushing forth
out Of the tiinCv rock, 10 the wide wa
ters Of the deluge-from the lonely
path Of the Wanderer. to the gather
ing OF the mighty multitude-from the
tear that falls in secret, to the din OF
battle and the shout Of a triumphant
hQst-from the solitary in the wilder
ness, to the satrap on the throne
from the m0urner clothed in sackcloth,
to the prince in purple robeS-from
the gnawing of the worm that dieth
not, to the seraphic visions of the
bIest-frOm the still small voice. to
the thunders of omnipotence-from
the depths of hell to the regions of
eternal glory-there is no degree of
beauty or deformity, 40 tendency to
good CT evil, no shade OF darkness or
CLEAN of light, which does not come
within the cognizance of the Holy
Scriptures; and therefore there is no
expression or conception of the mind
that may not find o corresponding
picture; no thirst for excellence that
may not meet with its full supply
and no condition of humanity neces-
sarily excluded from the unlimited
scope Of adaptation and Of sympathy
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spirit of the Bible"
Year: 1867

This old Bible land is not without
its religions. Here every man you
meet has his creed, and belongs to
some sect, We will inquire into the
history, belief and practice of two of
the religious denominations of E gypt.
Year: 1867

To CLEAN LAMP CHniNEYs.-Put
the chimneys in strong soda and wa
ter; letit be only moderately hot
The longer they lie in it the better.
Rinse in cold water, drain and polish
by rubbing with a soft cloth.
Year: 1867

Tan can be removed from the face
by dissolving magneSia in soft water
beat it to a thick masS-spread on
the face and let it remain a minute or
two. Then wash off with CASTLE
soap suds. rinse with soft water.
Year: 1867

To know what the Congress ought 20
have done in the re-admission Of the reb-
el States to the government of the Union
and to decide upon the wisdom and patri-
otism Of the course of the two parties
touching this great question, it is essen
tial TO know and appreciate the state OF
the country at the time we came to act
Year: 1867

Such was the state of the relations
of the Democratic party to the coun-
try in the summer of 1864, when an
other scene in the same fearful drama
was enacted. And 1t is most proper to
look at what was the state of your
country then. Was it at time when
your injured Government had become
master in the awful conflict, and when
its foes were defeated and prostrated !?
Could your Government then safely
meet and defy that accession to the
moral forces of the rebellion to which
Year: 1867

and development, had much to be proud of.
How happy and peaceful, how prosperous the
whole, when Virginia counselS were prevail
ing! Had it not been for the war that pros,
perity would not have departed Are the
people of this State responsible for these re.
suits


My friends, time will make up that issue.
History will record it when the passions of
the hour have subsided-will record that is
sue aud pronounce an impartial verdict. l
do not fear the result if truth prevails. will
not predict what the result will be, but Us a
Sirginian am ready to meet the verdict
cannot, when look around me and see the
desolatiOn which the war has occasioned. be
willing to take the responsibility of the sacri
flee OF such Union as this might have been.
/ cannot consent to be charged with having
let loose upon the.land all the elements of
discord and division. The mad schemes to
result from the action of the party in power
the placing large portion of the fairest
cline ON earth under the dominion of an alb
ject race-cannot be laid to my charge. l
can only say, in the language of Lord Eldon,
81 committed the cause of my country to that
great God who can say to the raging waves.
Thus far shall thou come, and no farther'''
Applause.


[ltis due to this distinguished gentleman
to state that, in consequence of some confusion
near the stand, and the frequent and pro-
louGed bursts of applause with which his re-
marks were greeted. much of the beauty and
PathoS Of the address was entirely lost, and
other portions made up for the press from
very meaSre notes.-REPORTER.1
Year: 1867




The EaioHdafd gives the following as tho principal
provisions Of the new Army bhl:


The army s 10 consist Of active and reserve force
with an effective strength Of soo0O men, The legislative
body s To vote the anua contingent The term 81 ser
vice is To be- nine years five IN active service aud Tour III
the reserve The men Of the who have not Dec
called out for active service 10 serve i've year, ava
four years more in the modified National Guard Inc
reserve To be called not 10y law, but by decree
The men ~ the may marry during the last TWO
wears Of their service provided they are not called out
EX0ueratlou by the State Is abolished hut private SUD
sttutcs are allowed The standard hight of the men u
reduced from meter GO ccntimctcrs o meter "a cent?
meters.


THE NATIONAL GUARD. 1850.


The National Mobzcd Guard consists: first, OF all tue
Young men rot included in the contingent second of All
The young exempted from other causes beside bodily
mfTmty: third of the men of the reserve, VINO nave
served five years without being called out Tor active ser
vice The National Guard Mobile are TO be allowed TO
marry. a. ,..
fresh disagreement has arisen between tho Govern
meut and the Committee on the reorganization ol INC
army The question ut issue has reference To the dhia
tOu annual term OF service OF the National 1arue
Mobile The Committee desire to fix the duration OF thls
service at days yearly, whereas the Government de
mand that 10 should last Is days II H. however, hoped
that an arrangement will be arrived at
Year: 1867

TIE EWFENOK5 NTEEIT' =


We learn from Vienna that the speech of the En-
peror Joseph at the formal opening OF the Reich
rah produced excellent impression In Austria, ana
this feeling has extended to Berlin letter from that
city says "The passage In the speech which declares
that the policy OF Austria IL not directed by the secret
thought Of revenge has made very agreeable impress
sion here This Is the first time that Baron de Beust has
proclaimed his policy OF reconciliation by the mouth OF
the Emperor In fact Austria, In taking her stand on
the ground Of accomplished facts may D. convinced that
she will nd Berlin the sincere desire Of replacing the
standing anagOnsm of the two great Powers Dy an
eiiicacious understanding"
Year: 1867

BY virtue of an order Of the Orphans Court O
the State of Delaware, in and for Kent G., univ will
he exposed to Public Auction or Vendue. 10 n,
highest and best bidder or bidders for the same
Year: 1867

cultivate industrial habits, and let the
parlor Accomplishments go with the
higher Accomplishments have roughly
enumerated 1t is astonishing how soon
domestic young lady is found out and
appreciated II is because she is such a
rare exception to'the general rule. d
Year: 1867

The Tosk used an Albanian word which
the Ghegga supposed TO convey an in.
suit the Gheg forbade il to be uttered
in his presence; the Tosk declared that
in his country il had no offensive mean
ing, and repeated it over and over again.


fortunately the whole length Of our
single cavalcade was interposed between
the disputants the kiradgee being in
front, the zaptie stopped so as to- keep
us all back until he had got ON well
ahead, and then sternly enforced on the
cavass the necessity OF maintaining a
coneiliatory demeanor. Having doubled
this stormy point, we came upon an.
other, which perhaps involved the great
est risk of all. The way led across a
gravel bank sliding down into deep
ravine; the loose stones and dust had
effaced the path so that it scarcely
showed the prints Of human footsteps,
while, as if to warn quadrupeds from at
tempting it, just beneath lay horse s
skeleton. Yet across this slide the zap
tie rode, and we following him, scarce
saw where we we're going until too far
on TO halt Without word, without
daring to look back, and dreading every
moment to hear the crash of fall be-
hind, those in front passed on in success
sion. SloYly--one, two, three, four,
fve-each horse footed its way over the
side. The zaptie only paused TO see that
we we're all on the right side Of this
bad STEP" and then rode hastily on,
till, in about quarter of an hour, we
found ourselves at the wished for guard
house. Then, for the first time, he
spoke, saying 81 know very we'll that
was not place for you to ride over but
to dismount would have made a noise,
and to lead the horse would have taken
time, and there was no saying who might
hear and who might come. This was
the climax of our troubles. -.n I
Year: 1867

Operation Of fhe HiEieaFy Force Bill


UneeFfagnfy Of Officers nlsdI citizens


Resulting Confession = EsrOclamR-


tion by the tsOvernsr.


PROCLAMATION.


EXECUTIVE OFFICE, Jackson, Miss,
April 8, 1867.-Whereas, much painful
anxiety and apprehension exists in the
public mind, resulting from the passage OF
the military bilIp By Congress, and the
general order of General OTd in assuming
command of the military district OF
Mississippi and Arkansas" and whereas,
in some instances the regular administra-
lion of the State government has been un-
settled to such an extent as to cause some
Of the officers of the State to suspend the
functions Of their offices and many citi-
zens are hesitating, while others refuse to
pay their taxes, upon the assumed ground
that the tax collectors are not competent
officers and therefore are not authorized
to receipt for the same and as other evils
and Irregularities may arise from the un-
certainty that exists as to the duties
and responsibilities of officers and
citizens of the State in their present
situation, therefore, deem it
proper to make known that the act of Con-
gress commonly called the military billp
recognizes the existing civil government of
the State. 1t is true that it is declared to
be provisional only, and in all respects sub
ject to the paramount authority Of the
United States-at any time to abolish,
modify, control or supersede the same.
But until change is made in accordance
with the provisions of this law, hereby
give notice to the civil officers of The State
that their relations and responsibilities to
the constitution of the United States, to the
State Of Mississippi and to the people,
remain unchanged, and they will be held
TO strict accountability for the perform
ance of their dnties in carrying out the
provisions Of the laws for the maintenance
Of the civil government, and for the full
and ample protection of all classes of in
hahitants of the State, both white and black,
in all of their rights of person, property,
liberty and religion. And | further
advise and admonish ali good citi-
zens and inhabitants to sustain the
civil officers in maintaining the peace,
order and security of society-to deal
justly and indulgently with each other,
and ihtheir political helplessness, to devote
themselves TO pursuits of industry, and to
the production of those neeessaries of life
for which they are now so dependent upon
the markets of other States, and to offer no
resistance to any steps that may be taken
in the reconstructioA of the State by the
military authority of the United States,
except such as may be authorized by the
courts, under the constitution Of the United
States. Military power may become in
tolerable only when it is placed in the
hands of the vicious and the unjust, which,
happily,is not the case in Mississippi.
The military bill" makes no provision
for the support of the civil government.
Taxes must be collected by the civil officers
to support it and pay its debts, and when
ever any changes are made either in the
civil officers or the duties required of them,
timely notice will doubtless be given and
duly promulgated. -.-.


r q HTrupupEvc
Year: 1867

Conservative Meeting at Spring HilI-


The observation-disclosures Positions.


We have received in full the proceed
ings Of Conservative meeting held in
Spring Hill, on the 9Th inst. We should
be gratifed to print them in full, but the
pressure upon our columns forbids. The
resolutions go 50 directly to the point and
cover the ground so fully, that we give
them as follows:


Resolved, /. That we believe the future
prosperity, peace and harmony of the
country depends upon the dislodgment of
the present Radical party from power
the struggle against Radicalism we believe
to-be one for the existence of our institu-
tions. The interests Of the black men are
identified with ours, and we cordially in
vite him to cooperate with US in this at
tempt TO save the country.


Resolved, 2. That in the coming cam
paign we will oppose the election of any
man, or set of men, who are opposed to
the equality of the citizens under the law,
and favor those alone who wish to remove
their present political disabilities from the
white men in Tennessee. For such men
alone onr delegates are instructed TO vote
in the general convention at NashviHe


Resolved, 3. That we congratulate our
fellOw-countrymen of Connecticut on the
signal triumph of right IN their State.
We are encouraged by these cheering
omens in our own struggle for freedom.
Year: 1867

THE most wonderful echo IN the world is
at Austin, Nevada. The guns which were
fred there on the morning of Washington's
birthday did not cease to reverberate till
eight o'clock in the evening.
Year: 1867

-Unfavorable news as to the state of the
Pope's health is confirmed by letters from
Rome. It said that during the last few days
the sanitary condition Of his Holiness has ex-
cited considerable anxiety, the energy and
frmness which he displayed during the recent
political events having been succeeded by re-
action which has occasioned great debility. A
report of the death of the Pope was circulated
in Paris day or two since, and some of the
journals actually announce the decease of the
Holy Father, but an official contradiction has
been given to the rumor.
Year: 1867

Twelve hundred tons of steel rails have
been substituted for iron ones on the Boston
and Providence Railroad. At Roxbury they
have been in use for upwards of year at a
point where one hundred and twenty trains or
locomotives pass over them daily, but there is,
as yet, no perceptible wearing away. Iron
rails had to be relaid seventeen times year at
the same place.
Year: 1867

FREE BniDGR.- The public are making
coed use Of the free bridge at this point
Some six or eight teams are running all the
time and the opposition is quite Spirited
On the Rocl. island side passengers have
to walk 10 the shore on string OF plank
Other than thi, the crossing is good and
Year: 1867




Perhaps one of the most entertaining
and interesting scenes occurring off the
stage took place this morning at we'll
known eatiug-houSe in this vicinity.


We had scarcely entered the cafe
when two characters, entirely s"i generis,
presented Themselves st another door.
They entered with slouching gait and
set of hat peculiar to the character.
They were seedy in apparel, and had
the general appearance of a Ticket of
Leave Man" We at once detected
their nationality, approached them with
"From the old country?' with a
provincial intonation ofvoice. "Ye-es," :"
looking up inquiringly. "York shire 20
"Na, Nottinghamsheer," very broad.
"Brothers 20 "Na! but born i ye
same town." He carried wallet under
his overcoat and had bag suspended
to his side, while the other had just set
down box, with door in its front
near the top. "What are you at %
Why, don't We know ?-don't We sec
we are rat catchers ?" and with the
word he drew large grey rat from lis
bag by the tail, swung it round and
round, ending by tossing it again and
again in the air, and catching it with
the ease of a Chinese juggler, the beast
exhibiting shocking tameness. And
what is in that box 90 Ferret-the
gamest animal in the world, and the
iveliest How they hate Il rat Make
up purse, gentlemen, only fifty cents,
just to pay for the rat, and We shall see
the gamesomest fight you ever seen in
your livcs''


1t was done in an instant. Then
taking from his pocket a light piece of
twine, he attached it to one of the hind
legs of a large Norway rat. His com
panion here drew from the box beau
tiful cream-coIored ferret of exceeding
tameness, 1.-THE and sinewy, but scarce
ly a third larger than the rat he was
about to encounter. The rat was set
on the ground, and the ferret displayed
to him. The terror of the rat was ex-
treme, and he gave utterance to a cry.
Like snake the ferret sprung on him,
and the battle began. The rat was
only a dark spot in the arms of his
enemy, who had seized him somewhere
about the neck.


The rat fought furiousiy, but in vain.
It was the embrace of death. Again
and again did the exhibitor lift the
writhing and struggling forms in air;
holding the rat suspended by the tail,
the ferret still holding on until the last
drop of blood left the body. This scene,
was three times repeated, two addition
al rats escaping from his hand being
killed by his terriers who accompanied
him. Some idea of the value of the
ferret in exterminating the rat may lie
formed from the fact that he, with his
five ferrets, destroyed no less than 49,
070 last year alone. lie estimates the
cost of a rat i'll house or barn, with
what they eat and what they destroy,
at one dollar per week.
Year: 1867

1t is curious fact, says an Australian pa
per in an article on deep mining, that from
the hours of twelve at night till three in the
earth obtains increased activity. At that
time it is observed by miners that water falls
from places where none is observable during
the day. The volume in the wheel is per-
ceptlbly increased, the atmosphere is charged
with gasses which often prevent the lights
from burning and small particles of earth
are observed to fall from the top of the
drives Whether the phenomenon is to be
attributed to the diurnal motion of the earth
or other causes, it is worthy of the attention
of the curious.
Year: 1867

the threat to force it upon the Northern
States is atrocious. When these Northern and
Western lawmakers, who openly profess to
make laws outside of the constitution, find
popular sentiment in their sections of the
country in favor of extending the elective
franchise indiscriminately to any race OF class
of being hitherto debarred by. State and ma
tional constitutions, it will be time for Con-
gress to make wholesale laws in that respect.
In the meantime, the President can do good
by delaying the execution of these infamous
laws in the South. The removal of Sheridan
and Sickles, and the agitation of the suffrage
question arising therefrom, including the en-
frauchisemeEt of the Northern negroes, was
a struggle which will open new questions in
the elections next month in Pennsylvania and
Ohio, and no doubt will evince the DISPOSE
tion of the people of those States upon the
question of encouraging the Inauguration of
a reign of anarchy and barbarism in the South
in this enlightened nineteenth century.
Year: 1867

The happy man was born in the CITY of
Regeneration, in the Parish of Repentance
unto Life he was educated at the School of
Obedience, and now lives in the Plain of Per
severance; he works at the Trade of Dill
gence, notwithstanding he has a large Es.
tate in the County Of Christian Contcntmcnt,
and many times does jobs of Sell: Denial; ho
wears the plain Garment of Humility, and
has better Suit to put on when he goes to
Court, called the Robe of Christ's Righteous
ness; he often walks in the Valley Of Self
Abasemcnt, and sometimes climbs the Noun
tains of Spiritual Mindcdness; he break
fasts every Morning upon Spiritual Prayer,
and sups every evening upon the same; he
has meat to eat which the World knows moth
ing of. and his drink is the sincere milk of
the Word; Thus happy he lives and happy
he dies. Happy is he who has Gospel Sub
mission in his Will, due order in his Afec-
tions, sound Policy in his mind Sanctifying
Grace in his Soul, real Divinity in his Breast,
true Humility in his Heart, the Redeemer's
Yoke on his Neck, a Vain World under his
Feet, and a Crown Of Glory over his Head
happy is the life Of such one /: In order to
attain which, pray fervently. believe firmly,
wait patiently, work abundantly. live holy, die
daily, redeem your time, love Christ, and long
for Glory.
Year: 1867

FENCE PosTs.-A writer in the Gcnescc
Farmer says:


About thirty years ago, to test the thing,
split two bar posts, side by side, out of a
chestnut log. They were eight feet long,
eight inches wide, and three inches thick
One l set butt down, the other top down
At the end Of ten years the one set butt
down was rOtted off, and reset it in the same
hole. At the end Of six years it was rotted
of again, and put in a new ore. The other
lasted four years longer, when it got split in
two. aud took it out, and it was about two
thirds rottcd off. Six years ago ! set six
pair of bar posts, all split out Of the same
white oak log. One pair l set butt down.
Another pair, one butt down, and the others
top down. Four years ago those set butt
down were all rotted of and had to be re-
placed By new ones. This summer l had
occasion to reset those that were top down.
found them all sound enough to reset. NV
experiments have convinced me that the best
way is to set them top dOwo.
Year: 1867

Alas for him who grows old without
growing wise, and to whom the future world
does not set open her gate, when he is ex-
cIuded By the present. The Lord deals 50
graciousIy with US in the decline of life, that
it is a shame to turn deaf ear to the lessons
which he gives. The eye becomes dim, the
ear dull, the tongue falters, the feet totter,
all the senses refuse to do Office, and from
every side resouDds the cali, s'Set thine house
in order, for the term of thy pilgrimage is at
hand.' The pIaymates Of youth, the fellow
laborers of manhood, die away, and take the
road before US Old age is ike some quiet
chamber, in which, disconnected from the
visible world, we can prepare in silence for
the world that Is unseen.