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Year: 1867

The following testimony to the char
acer of the free Omen we take from the
correspondent ofthe New York Times
That paper will not be suspected Of EN-
ploying correspondents to write Radica
letters; and we have not seen an appar-
emily truer picture of the actual conduct
and temper of this important class of
citizens. From the beginning Of the war
until now they have constantly justified
the efforts made for them and the conf
dence felt in them by the other loyal peo-
pie Of the country:


"When the war was over the question
What shall we do with the blacks p ag,
itated the whole country The very fact
that the negro had been held to woik all
his life under compalsion was taken as
an indication that under freedom he
would not work, and would become an
unmanageable aud uneudurable burden
on the community. This anticipated
evil found expression on the part Of the
South, in tho negro codes-a system Of
legislation next only in infamy to slavery
itself. The establishment Of the Freed
mems Burean--an institution which, in
spite of some attendant evils, has been
OF lncalculable benefit to the South
happily broke this up, and the blacks
were left free to choose their own eni-
ployers. Well, tc the joy of his friends
and the discontinue of his enemies, the
negro became an industrious laborer. 1t
is true things did not work very sm ,othl
ly the first year, but they were great
deal better the second, aud this year the
demonstration of the industry and idel-
ity oil the colored class is complete
Throughout the South there IS only one
answer to the question as to how the ne g.
froes are doing Very well; better than
could have been expected better than
ever before = variant in form, but SO
strong in its cumulative evidence as to
leave no doubt in the mind of auy dis
passionate observer.


"Then there came that severer test to
negro-<he was made citizen This WAS
measure the wisdom of which was
gravcy doubted by the majority, even of
tn Sc who really wished well to the col>
ored man. confess that when | went
South believed the enfranchisement of
blacks would prove mistake but | very
soon perceived that it was at least ne
cessity. And, indeed, l have seen no
fair>minded Southerner who doee not ad
NIT that when the negro was deprived of
| the protection of his master it was abso,
lutely necessary he should have that 9th
er protection which comes fromthe pos.
session of political rights. But here again
pleasant surprise met US. To justify
the faith reposed in him, the colorcd man
began eagerly to fit himself by education
for citizenship. The progress 10 this re-
gard has been most astonishing. Not
only are the children being taught, but
adults soow passionate hunger for learn
ing; and if an educational qualification
had been required for voting, l believe
that before the next election there would
hardly have been black man in the
South that would not have been able to
read and write. must add that equal
" gratifying has been the improvement
in morals--in honesty, truthfalness, and
| ohsstity."
Year: 1867

The Brooklin Eagle continues
to inculcate the revolutionary idea of
resistance by the President to the
constitutional action of Congress-
1t now wants to know if the radical"
have contemplated what might hap
pen in case the President refused
to vacate his office in sbedience to
the vote of Congress "from which
ten States are excluded 2" Here it
is distinctly suggested that Mr.. john
son should, and probaly would, refuse
TO obey the verdict of impeachment
on tho gronnd that the rebel States
are not permitted to participate in
the proceedings. This is the old
threat and for reason advanced by
the President. A year ago he prea-
ched up the doctrine, because the reb>
els were kept out, that Congress was
an illegal body and he talked loosely
about driving it out. The threat itself
presupposes disposition leading to
acts for which he should be impeach-
ed. Let him undertake to execute
any one Of his threats.
Year: 1867

Five million month in the rcduc-
tion of the public debt, will do pretty
we'll for dull times. Sixty million year
makes some thing of a hoe in the noun
tain. And this is the minium reduction,
we believe, made any mouth since the war.
On the revival of business, on the bring
ing of the years good crops into the mar
ket, on the siIencing, by public rebuke
at the election, of the demagogical can
.tings and growing, and on the recoustruc.
tion of the sec .de1 States, we anticipate
business prosperity in the country that
will whittle down the public bebt and in
divdual taxation at a rapid rate. If
the whisky tax were honestly paid, the
reduction during the past month might
have been perhaps twice as large as it
was. 1t is for the interest of every citi'
zen that this tax should be properly as
sessed and paid. The more effectively
the laws be put in execution on that arti-
Gle, the sooner may every citizen expect


reduction Of his own tax bill.
Year: 1867

The SToMAc1.-I firmly believe that
almost every malady of the human frame
IS. either high ways, or by>ways, conuee>
ted with the stomach. The woes of ev-
cry other nember are founded on your
stoma h timber and must own | never
see a fashionable physician mysteriously
nsultiug the pulse of his patient, but |
feel desire to exclaim, Why not tell
the poor gentlemen at once, I" Sir, you
have eaten too much you've drunk top
much aud you have not taken exercise
enough p The human frame was not
created imperfect 1t is We ourselves
who have made it so There exists no
donkey in creation 80 overloaded IS our
rtomachs.
Year: 1867

Men are like bugles the more brass
they contain the more noise they make. :.
and the farther you can hear them. la
dies are like violets the more modest
and retiring they appear the Joettor you
like them.
Year: 1867

The Indications are that the CinCin-
natl Gd:ettt will be made a martyr, by
reason OF the rOngh treatment il receiv.
cd on Tuesday night. No paper was is
sued from the Gasette office yesterday
the complaint was that the Gazette had
been mobhrd and publication was in con.
sequence suspended. Were we disposed
10 sacrifice consistency, we might justi'
~ the outrage, and say that
the experience of the Gdsette is
but Il repetition of the experience of
many Democratic papers at the hands
of lawless Radicalism. We prefer tc
say that the men who assaulted the
Gazette Office on Tuesday night were a
pack of drunken fools, whom we
will be pleased to see suffer the
penalty suited to their case. Mob
bing newspapers is an act of which
no decent people should he guilty,
and as we are in favor of free
speech, and free press, 50 we would
rejoice to sea the assailers of the Gazette
taught to respect these rights of prop
srty and Of person which were invaded
by Cincinnati mob on Tuesday night.
We admit the many provOcations of the
Democratic people, nevertheless, as law
abiding men they should not appeal to
violence as a means Of redress. We re-
greet that any Democrat should have
been engaged in the Cincinnati outrage
Of Tuesday night.
Year: 1867




Government. The law of the sword
and the government of the bayonet are
declared to be unwise and unjust. The
Federal Constitution is held to be suf-
ficient for the purposes of peace, rs it
should have been sufficient for the pur-
poses of war.


Beyond this, the voice Of the people
as uplifted on Tuesday does not go. 1t
may be interpreted as an endorsement
of dead rebellion, or as an approval
Of living Copperheadisn, bat such an
Interpretation will be faulty and false.
The American people have long
since declared against secession,
and in now protesting against
military government, negro equality
aud the bondocracy, they retract no
former expression of their views. 1t is
to be hoped that neither Southern ex-
trenists nor Northern alarniists will
interpret Tuesdays elections as an en-
dorsement of dead heresies or living
follies.


The simple truth is that a govern
ment in accordance with constitutional
forms and established usages is dearer
to the American people than the will
of q Brigadier General. This is the
whole trdth. If We conclude that be-
cause the people are averse 20 the
dominion of the bayonet they are i'll
favor of disunion, we are guilty of a
mistake that will ultimately forfeit the
power which we have just gained.
Year: 1867

We are advised by yesterdays dis
patches that SHARswOOD's election in
Pennsylvania is certain. His majority
il estimated at ten thousand. This set
ties the fate of Radicalism in the Key
stone State. A more gratifying result
than this sudden and remarkable reyo-
linton in Pennsylvania could not have
been anticipated. 1t is maxim of
long standing that as Pennsylvania
goes so goes the nation. With present
results before us we cannot doubt the
purpose of the American people to cut
loose from the dangerous programme OF
the Republican party and to adhere to
the long settled and constitutional pol
icy of the Democracy. From this cleo
tiOn will he dated n new era in the his
tory of the great Democratic party,
which has heretofore controlled for so
long and with such success the destiny
of this republic.


The result in Ohio is now more sig
niicant than that in Pennsylvania.
The issues were more clearly defined,
and the majority To be overcome much
more formidable. The PLAIN question
for the decision of the Ohio people was
that of universal negro suffrage. The
result shows that while the people may
endure the harmless fellies Of Radical
ism, they cannot tolerate its more per-
niciOus political heresies. Hence it has
occurred, that although Ohio has divi-
ded her vote between THURMAN and
HAYES, she has refused to admit the col
cred people of, the State, dangerous
and vicious element, to participate In
political power.


We may now fairly conclude that the
sentiment of the public is adverse to
the enfranchisoment of the negro un-
der any ordinary circumstances. 1t is
not unjust to infer that the white race
upon this continent is unwilling to
share its political privileges with speo-
pie npon whom Providence and history
have set the seal of inferiority.


Az an expression Of public opinion
on financial questions, Tuesdays cleo
tions are entitled to the fairest and
calmest consideration. They show
unmistakabiy that the people are
in favor of feeding the creditor of the
nation upon the same pap with which
he fed the Government. Greenbacks
are admitted to be the fitting medium o.
redemption, as they were the means
by which the public debt was created


The popular sentiment in favor OF
equal taxation also found expression in
the Ohio election. The people have
felt that the taxation of the bonds wa
a necessity, and they now ask it as q
measure of Justice. Bearing their owr
burdens without murmur, they nov
ask that the bondholders should beal
theirs. ~


The popular voice is also emphatit
npon the question Of Constitutions
Year: 1867

In Washington, few evenings since,
during the prevalence of a storm. as
iourneyman and an apprentice boy were
at work in a carpenter shop at the navy
yard, the lightning entered in at the
window, passed down saw in the boys
hand, struck a plane which the jour
neyman was using, and passing down
the bit, set fire to the piece of lumber
which the journeyman was dressing,
leaving the boy and man unharmed.
Year: 1867

A FoRwARDER Turns ExHoRTnn.-San Fran
cisco boasts a Christian Society, and among its
active members is T. w. Hinchman, formerly o
Forwarding merchant at Red Bluff. AT a late
meeting of the Society the " Observance of the
Sabbath" was the subject under discussion
The Dramatic Chronicle says Mr. llinchman de-
livered very tiowery oratiou, but dealt mildly
with the Sunday topic; he was careful to offend
no class of men. He said the anvil and loom
is hushed the banquet hall is deserted the
winds whisper gently through the forest leaves !;
the church bell tolls its solemn note all Nature
is hushed in solemn stiffness the birds have n
diferen: song Nature assumes peculiar quiet
ness appropriate to the Sabbath day His dis
course was devoid of practical bearing on the
one ,tion at ISSUE
Year: 1867

Coop REAsoNs.-The Soano Press raises the
name of General Bidwell az its preference for
next Governor and in doing so says - We
could cite a host of unanswerable arguments in
support of the public declaration of our choice );
bnt many of them, at this time, would be regard


cd as stereotyped and supcrflnous. Therefore we
will content ourselves by making the broad, and
we believe, truthful assertion, that he is the most
suitable, reliable and available man for the posi-
ton in the ranks of the party. and in the coming
election can reconcile more differences, heal more
animosities, and carry more votes than any other
person yet named as candidate for the place.
Year: 1867

THE rates for board and lodging in this place
at present are from So to SO. Why living is
thus high we cannot imagine.-Dutch Flat En-
qnirer.


Nor we, unless it is because Dutch Flat Is in
steam communication with the commercial en-
porium of the Pacific Such luxury must be
well paid for. Up here in tue mountains board
and lodging does not cost more than the price
above stated.
Year: 1867

Az EDIroR's HrsroRY.-A daily newspaper
man who has just got out of the traces says he is
becoming acquainted with his family He has
discovered that his daughters play upon the
piano, fact which he never had time to ascer-
tain during his editorial life.
Year: 1867

SOUTHERN JusTIcR.-General Sickles reports q
case in which two murderers Of freedman sat
upon the coroner's jury and united in the verdict
that " deceased came to his death from causes
unknown"
Year: 1867

at an early period, and resided there until his
death, which occurred somewhat over dozen
years ago. He had many ardent friends, but
nothing definite was ever learned regarding
his early history Whether he acquainted
Houston with it or not can never be known,
for the old hero never enlightened me, or any
one else, as far as | can learn, upon the
point.


When Deaf Smith was questioned upon the
point, he laid his finger upon his lip. and, II
pressed his black eyes gave such rebuke
that no one dared question him fLrther.-
Although deprived of the faculty of hearing,
nature, as is often the case, seemed to COM
pensate him, by giving him an eye as keen
and far-reaching as an eagles, and a smell as
perfect as a ravens. He could discern
Comanches so far off on the prairies that they
were invisible to the most experienced rang
ers, and his friends declared that he could
scent an Indian or Mexican when miles
distant.


Gifted in this extraordinary manner, it will
be seen that he possessed just the qualities TO
make him successful spy; and his services
to Houston during the Texan war for indie
pendence were invaluable. He nearly always
went alone, and very rarely failed to obtain
the information he desired. He had many
erratc habits. No persuasion could induce
him to sleep under the roof of a house. With
his blanket wrapped around him, he loved to
be out in the open air, under the star-gem-
med armament or the silver moon.


When not engaged as a spy he lived by
hunting, and was often absent for months
upon his solitary excursions. He was a
genuine son of nature, at home only when
upon the praries or in the woods, or when
engaged in the thrilling excitement of the
hunt, or the more fiery thrill of the clash Of
arms and the clangor of battle.


Shut out by his infrmities from close com
panonship with friends, he made the mani
mate things of earth his friends Wherever
there was land Or water, barren rocks or
tangled brakes of wild waving cane, there
Deaf Smiths home, and there he was happy;
but in the streets of great cities, in all the
great thoroughfares of men, wherever there
was fattery or fawning, base cunning or
craven fear, there was Deaf Smith an alien
and an exile.


Strange soul He hath departed on the
long journey, away among those high bright
stars which were his night lamps and he
hath either solved or ceased to ponder the
deep mystery of the magic word life." He
is dead therefore, let his errors rest in
oblivion and his virtues be remembered with
hope.
Year: 1867

MOMENTUM.-When two locomotives, hav.
ing equal speed on a railroad track, meet
from opposite directions, the shock actually
destroys the momentum of both, and, there
fore, makes dead halt. The force of the
shock produced by the two bodies, say the
philosophers, will be equal to the shock
which either, being at rest, would sustain if
struck by the other moving with double the
velocity. Action and reaction being equal,
both bodies will be as much moved by reac.
ton as by action. Should two railroad
trains, running toward each other at the rate
of twenty miles an hour, collide, the shock
would be precisely the same as though one
had been at rest and struck by train mov-
ing forty miles an hour. Were two steam
boats to run directly together, head on-one
going twelve and the other fifteen miles an
hour-the conclusion or shock each would
suffer would be as though struck by the other
at speed Of twenty seven miles an hour
Without stopping to philosophize upon the
cause, boxers and pugilists know, by dear
bought experience, that the worst blows they
ever receive in a combat are when a fist
strikes fist, because the force suffered by
both parties is equal to the sum of the forces
exerted by either arm. The adroit fighters,
therefore, always avoid encounters of that
kind, if possible.
Year: 1867

VICToRIA's FAMILY DIsCIPLlNE-One day
when the Queen was present in her carriage
at military review, the Princess Royal,
then a willful girl of about thirteen. sitting
on the front scat. seemed disposed to be
rather familiar and eoquetish with some
young officers of the escort. Her Majesty
gave several reproving looks, without avail
" winked at her, but she wouldn't stay
winked." At length, in flirting her hand
kcrchief over the side of the carriage, she
dropped it-too evidently not accidentally
Instantly two young heroes sprang from their
saddles to return it to her fair hands-but the
awful voice Of royalty stayed them. g Stop,
gentlemen ~ exclaimed the Queen" leave
it just where it lies. Now, my daughter, get
down from the carriage and pick up your
handkerchief" There was no help for it
The royal footmen let down the steps for the
little royal lady, who proceeded to lift from
the dust the pretty piece of cambric and lace
She blushed good deal, though she tossed
her head saucily, but the mortifying lesson
may have nipped in the bud her first impulse
toward coquetry. 1t was hard, but it was
wholesome. How many American mothers
would be equal to such piece of Spartan
discipline?
Year: 1867

FEARFUL RAILROAD ACCIDENTS. w e
give elsewhere in our paper to-day, the
particulars of fearful railroad accident
which happened on the Lake Shore Rail
road near Buffalo, on the 18th inst. The for
midahlo list Of the killed and wounded in
the accident forcibly reminds one Of the
''war times" The number of names
would be greatly increased but foy the i'm
possibility Of identifying a large number Of
the victims, twenty-one bodies being
charred beyond all hope Of recognition.
Many a severe battle has been fought with
q smaller loss of life than has been occa
stoned by this one accident, and without a
1.-THE Of the horrible suffering. All this
from the breaking of single wheel.


The telegraph brings news of railroad
accident at Harlow Bridge, Vt. 1t seems
that the bridge had been burned a short
time since, and that the work of rebuilding
it was going on. The workmen were re-
turning from dinner in a passenger car,
which was being backed up to the works
The engineer failed to stop in time and the
car and the tender were thrown over the
abutment, distance of sixty feet. Fifteen
persons were instantly killed, and several
more have died from their injuries.
Year: 1867

A man was tried in Salisbury, n. G., for
the murder OF John Rich. The prisoner
had an only sister, to whom he was de-
votedIy and tcaderly attached, and being
suddenly informed that she had been Sc
duced by Rich, and chat he (Rich) had
taken the advantage of her presence IN hi
own house to accomplish his designs upon
her, he Immediately, in a state OF mental
excitement amounting almost to frenzy,
rushed to tie house Of the deceased (three
and half miles distant and shot him.
inficting wounds Of which he soon after
died. He then returned and surrendered
himself to magistrate, remarking to him,
Il have killed John Rich. lie Seduced my
sister, whom | loved better than my
own soul, and tor whom [ was willing
to die"


The killing was admitted, and the plea
principally relied upon by the defense was,
that at the moment of the commission of
the deed his reason was so far dethroncd
by the shock occasiOned by the sudden an
nouncemcnt to him of his sister disgrace
as to render him irresponsible for the act,
and it was upon this ground doubtless,
that the jury, after celebrating for twenty
four hours, returned verdict Of not
guilty"
Year: 1867

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cases of mental depression physical weakness,
proceeding from Indigestion costiveness, billi-
Gus secretions, certified to by millions of per
sons who have been benefited by them. They are
the most efectic cathartic and purifier before
the public and have ever been in use since 1926
They are cheap, safe and reliable. Sold by all
spectacle dealers everywhere.
Year: 1867

We shall constantly adtponiah the Southern
people to be selfreliant, and shall do what We
may be able to induce the establishment Of
manufactures in our midst for our home pro
ducts. To this end we will pay special attention
to the COST and STATISTICS Of mauufacturing
and exert ourselves to encourage the divsrsia-
cation Of Southern industries and the develop
ueut Of Southern resources.
Year: 1867

By A CONSOLIDATION OF THE lash
WILLIE UNION AND AMERICAN and the
DISPATCH. and by the generous and united
support Of the UNION AND DIsPATCH by the
patrons of both the former papers. the Proprir
tors are enabled to present Newspaper hiths.
10 unsurpassed In this city or State


IN FULLNESS AND ACCURACY OF
NEWS. our paper will compare tavorsbiy with
the best in the entire country; and in saying
this. we only repeat the expressions Of many OF
our patrons. who arc most capable Of judging in
uch matters.
Year: 1867

\ GoLpEN TnorGur.-We know not
the author Of the following, but it is one
of the most beautiful productions of the
human mind we have ever read:


Mature will be reported. All things
are enea ged in writing their own history.
The plant and the pebble 60 attended by
their own shadows. The rock leaves its
scratches on the mountain side, the river
its bed in the soil. the animal leaves Its
bones in the stratum, the fern and the Leaf
their modest epitaph in the coal. The fall
ING drop makes its sepulcher IN the sand
or stone not a footstep in the snow or
along the ground, but prints its characters
more or less lasting, map OF Its march ;
every act of man inscrlbes itself on the
memories of its fellows, and his own face
The air is full of sound-the sky of tokens
the ground Is all memoranda, signatures
and every object is covered over with hint:
which speak to the intelligent
Year: 1867

years struggle for national integrity, and is
warmed and made energetic by the impulses
of quick and hearty sympathy with the
side which fought no less for government
than for the rights of man. Fifty pages are
occupied with the experience of the author
in :. Taste of Camp Life y in Virginia, in
1864, in which are graphically described the
many lights and shadows of the soldiers life.
Below we copy an article written before
slavery was abolished, showing Mrs. Lippin-
colts hearty hate of the institution, and her
impatient waiting for its overthrow.
Year: 1867

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