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Year: 1866

Every one knows the unlimited demand
for this useful article, and if you once under
stand its merits, and the advantages of Sc
cnring its monopoly III the manufacturing
and sale. there is scarcely one man in a thou
sand that would not, after due investiga-
tion. give il hearty support. We speak from
axnerience and practical knowledge when
we saw that this Broom is superceding all
others and is fast coming into general use;
and we defy capitalists TO find field OF la
Dor that will pay as large a per centage as
Powers Patent Broom.


N ts true we sell the right to manufac-
ture and sell this article, and some narrow
minded persons might doubt how and when
they would see their money coming back,
but as a general thing capitalists are salts
fed to loan their money at 10 per cent; but
If w. cannot satisfy the most incredulous
that Powers Patent Perpetual Broom will
guarantee 100 per cent on all capital IN
vested then we say, in all candor, don't IN
vast yonr money with US in the Broom, and,
on the other hand, if, after investigation,
YOU find we have undeTrated instead OF over
rated the advantages, then give it yoWr sup
mort We feel confident that we can con-
vince any sober, sane and reasonable man that
the Broom is all we claim for it, and if We
can't show this, if you come from distance,
we viii pay your expenses both ways ana
bills while in the city. Remember this II
you please


If you are not satisfied that it is even
greater success than we represent it, we are
making them here where any one can see the
,rOcess and you can do the same. 1t does not
require that man should spend a number
of wears to learn what a child can do IN a
minute, and herein lies the great success of
POWERS PATENT PERPETUAL BROOM.


For terms and circulars, address, with
stamp,


DE WITT g. PIPER,


5O5 Olive Street Office, Room No. 5,
Year: 1866

- Despite good deal of froth, fuss and
big talk in the papers, says the Picayune,
the orphan children of the brave Tom
Green, of Texas, are left penniless by his
death and that of their mother. 1t is so
easy TO talk about doing great things for
people in this destitute condition; and so
hard TO get at the dollars to make the talk
Year: 1866

a The industry and enterprise Of the
North and the benefits TO result to the South
from the transpIanting of those virtues to
her SOIL is theme of which it seems North
ern journalism can never tire There has
been something too much of this The late
war settled many questions forever 1t has
also proved that the people of both sections
had sadly misunderstood each other Let
Us not now close our eyes to self-evident
truths or tolerate misrepresentation or abuse,
that has lost aIlIts dignity, when the possibil-
ity of its being sustained by blows has ceased.
For years the pulpit and the press of the
North had been teaching the people of their
section to look upon the Southerner as indo-
lent and etfemiuate; and they saw with sur
prise thatthe people, whose vigor ard indus
try they had been taught to despise performed
the most arduous military labors, excelled
them in forced marches, and constructed the
most formidable carthwOrks with insuffi-
clent tools in an almost incredible space of
time. The primary biographies for the chill
dren of the North had in their description
of the Southern States. been adorned with
wood cuts representing the planter taking
his ease on his gallery while slaves in the
field We're filling baskets with impossible
cotton bolls These pictures were accepted
as a truthful index of Southern character, as
mach 50 as if taken by our own artist on
the spot" had been written underneath, and
had made a lasting impression upon the
men who bore the Federal arms. The ilu-
sion has now been diSpelled-why seek to
perpetuate the siczly shadow Of this eX-
ploded falsehood! Look around the South
to-day for the soldiers of the late Confede-
rate army and you will find them all at
work at something and working with a will.
The drones of the country are the men who
took no active part in that struggle, who
have discovered in the last few months that
they want to fight and that the rights of the
South are in danger. They will now hero
ically come forward and give rOrdy proof of
their devotion to Southern interests.


So with the men at the North who read
Of the campaigns in Virginia and Tennessee,
in their easy chairs. They have never yet
learned that the men of the South could
fight or endure, or achieve anything, and
they now write calmly about Northern cap
ital and energy taking possession Of this
country and revolutiOnizing her resources
and society, utterly ignoring the fact that
the Southern States are already inhabited
by people competent to manage their own
affairs.


The South, with her matchless soil and
climate, is the mistress of boundless wealth,
and welcomes and rewards the capital, labor
and intelligence of every section or country,
but it must not be forgotten that her own
sons possess the knowledge and the man.
hood, the skill and the muscle, 10 avail
themselves of the benefits within their
grasp.
Year: 1866

Oh the sad Fall When giant trees are
bowling their naked limbs to guide them
through cold northern blasts oh the sad,
sad fall, whose every appearance bears the
symbol of death in its bosom-the withered
leaf that yields its gentle life to scarcely
watt Of the southwest wind, and whose fall
is so soft and sanity that a rustic is all we
hear ere it folds It's soft limbs in quiet rest
forever


The FAN is of all sad things the sadest;
even its very fulness of ripeness smells of
the already doomed to die, and one never
passes an autumn afternoon without that
longing, eager spirit for the beyond, the here
after that possesses such q charm for us
when N the presence of the dead, one does
not know when passing through forest
when leaves are dropping from the trees
wheather most to yield to the almost irresis-
table feeling of grief that would drown the
soul IN tears, or to the feeling of exultant
JOY that accompanies it, that from this death
another beautiful and bright Spring, passing
through the cold bosom of winter, viii be
born, but upon the point of the brightest
anticipation is darkened shadow Of pres
ent sadness, and the heart grieves sorely to
find that it cannot enjoy so much in antiei-
patton without passing through the present
death. 'Tis a SOFT sweet sadness tho, that
Of the fall in looking at the rest of nature
we see q life eliminating in fuIness of
well meant struggles, triumphing over decay
because of so much good rendered. the
Seeding corn hangs its head in the fulness
of ears, and thanks bountifuI Benifcence
that in its death it furnishes sweet bread to
struggling thousands.


Oh in contemplating the fall, my very
heartstrings weep, weep to see the yielding
- of the vital principle of vegetable mat
ter, whilst from their very weeping, they are
atuned to sweet harmony in singing poeans
to the harvest of life that springs from the
death fall Oh that we could only turn to
the Great Author and in singleness Of heart
yield to him the harvest of we'll spent years
give to him the garnered treasures Of un-
tiring effort against sin. Oh that we could
like the fall, in sadness and ripe fullness
yield to our Lord the result Of life-season
well spent in trying to serve and love him
and to give up in that state of sad weeping
and happy laughter, weeping for failures,
laughing for final success, yielding in per-
feet peace like the fall It's beauties to the
Lord who in his loving mercy brought us
forth and safely guided US through the trou-
bled sea of life. ?.
Year: 1866

Hhat Does It Mean The Baltimore
Transcript says the South is at this moment
in the most profound quiet and repOse.
There is not q rebeiin arms; there is not a
United States soldier necessary to preserve
order in any part Of the Southern States;
there is absolutely not ripple left to show
where the great ship of the Confederacy
sunk, and sunk forever. Yet at radical
meetings. the proposition to march slaugh-
tering, burning and confscating columns
into this peaceful and unresisting South. is
received with uproarious applause. In the
name of humanity, justice, civilization
what does all this mean
Year: 1866

There Is nothing in the English language
more suggestive Of wild regret, passionate
sorrow, blighted hopes, and bafled ambition,
that the little sentence we have just quoted.
In it the past, the present, and the days TO
come, seem breoding under the mighty
shadow, which is never lifted


We gather together old letters to burn
them, for they have accumulated until they
are nuisance to ourselves and others, but
we reverently lay aside one, of which the
faded ink and faint tracery show the lapse
of many years. And yet It seems but yes
terday that she, beloved one, stood beside
Us, with sunny CLEANS flashing through the
maple bOughs on her chestnut hair and in
noeent eyes, in whose clear, truthful depths
we read, what we read perhaps but once IN
life. Nor did the language fail or grow 81
lent until the Angel of Death laid its amar-
anthine crown upon her brow. and we closed
the white lids over their dim blue, and shut
IN with them the dearest hopes and sunshine
Of life, that might have been rounded into
full completeness by love and happiness
And we remember teo, that beautiful May
morning, redolent- with light, and cOloring
and perfume when we laid her under Tue
sod, and went forth, stunned and blinded
with the noise Of what seemed thousand
waters, IN. our ears. And our heart, with
one wild protest against destiny, cries out
now, even as it did then Oh, my God, it
might have beenr T.


Cursing and reeling through the streets,
staggers one from whose vices all restraints
had been broken and cast aside like so maRy
wisps Of straw. The height from which he
has fallen, only makes him crave deeper
depth, where his degradation may burrow,
and hide itself from the eyes of men, His
bleared eyes gaze 2t tirst vacantiy, bltt = ten
eagerly, through yoli3er window, where a
little child is lisping its evening prayer be-
side mothers knee. Memory comes to
him, not gently, as to others, but sweeps
ike the rush of a storm over his turbulent
soul, and to her summons he replies Be
hold, l am here the innocent child whose
nightly slumbers were sanetifed by bles-
sings and prayer; the youth who scaled the
heights Of knowledge with untiring step,
but forgot his early faith, because the way
was long, and the mists were heavy the
matured manhood, disgraced and degraded
below the semblance of humanity. Give me
one breath of the fresh, pure air of child
hood, and then let me die p And from the
darkness in which he disappears, comes back
the stricken cry & las J it might have been.


And thus the wall arises from every nook
and corner, where human breath is drawn,
and human hearts utter their protest against
the crushing wheels of inexorable Fate
The skeleton Is in the closet, and at our
feasts, and dress it in what festal garments
we may, its CHASTITY contour is never quite
hidden Yet the flowers whose roots are
watered by human tears form the garland
which Sandalphon weayes into a crown Of
immortal beauty
Year: 1866

Parson Brownlow had his message read
last week, to handful of Representatives
Why he did not wait for quorum, we can't
imagine, unless he thought the weather SO
warm the thing would "sple." If the arena
of the Niger can preserve it, it viii keep a
good while, for there is little else in it, if we
except the abuse of the President We had
too much respect for our reapers to thrust it
under their noses, and therefore thrust it
into the stove, and came near being arrested
for creating q nuisance-C CIarksUaUe ChTo1l-
icle


We, too, friend Chronicle. received a copy
of the filthy thing, and endeayOred to res
duce it to ashes, but the effort was in vain, it
had already passed through the molten mat
ter that caps the walking volcano from which
it eminated The document became warmed
up by the red hot Goals in our Office stove;
it began to emit blue flames that were i'm
pregnated with a stencil like that which rises
from half decomposed hickory shad . in
August. We Immediately extinguished the
FIRE threw the stove into the street, pro-
cured a ton of disinfectants and had them
scattered profusely over the premises, butall
to no purpose; and as last resort was com
PEELED to move our Office. We beg pardon
of the proprietor of the building in which
the experiment was tried, for we did not
think that the old nauseator himself would
have produced so much stink
Year: 1866

Look out for Hinl.-An exchange raps on
the knuckles of a certain class IN this good
style:


"when you find man writing his adver-
tisement and sticking 1t up at the post-ofiee,
or In hotels, or on the street posts instead
of publishing it in his town paper, look out
for him; the very act shows that he Is to
close-fsted to deal with to advantage This
is the frozen truth.


To which the Banner adds; And when
you hear Of a man who don't subscribe for
his town paper, but who likes 1t extremely
we'll, and always borrows it from his neigh
bors and reads It, you may set him down as
the very soul Of iberality.
Year: 1866

Build Up Home Ente,prises,-Thematte
of home industry is Of vital Importance to
the people Of the South We must do every
thing in our power to foster and encourage
all and everything that in the least tends to a
concentration of capital and labor in our
midst, and which seeks to develOpe the me
shanical and agricultural resources of cur
section.


The shade of difference in the prices Of
material produced at home should not be Of
such moment as to cause total discontinu-
ance of patronage, all of which is in favor Of
the foreign producer; but fair allowance
should be made, and public spirit enough
e7inced, as shall place our mechanical abili-
ties upon such a footing that they will be
able to compete with outside capital and
cheap labor 1t is but question of time,
which Hberality and enterprise viii soon
accomplish.


To this end encourage your own workshops
your own fOundries-your own mechan-
ics-yOur own merchants Neither 90
abroad nor send abroad for what you can
have manufactured or can purchase at home
We ought not to purchase articles from
outside sources which can be produced IN
our midst, merely because they are triae
cheaper, but we 81 ould encourage our own
producers by patronage. We can neither
be great nor independent until we are
selfsustaining, and we ought to be willing
to pay for these blessings. They viii come
with united effort on the part of ourpeople,
and not e.-Frederick5urg Herald
Year: 1866

Nep0 Legal Tender.-The Chambers (Ala
Tribune Of the ID, says:


very able lawyer and one of the most
distinguished iurists IN this State, who had
been ia attendance on the fall term of the
Circuit Court for this county, received and
carried off with him, IN part pay for services
rendered for a client, ten thousand ehestnuts
and three large "possums" This Is another
evidence Of the sturdy determination Of our
people to assimiiate themselves to surround
ine circumstances
Year: 1866

What angel is passing from heaven.


With her white robes trailing thro' air
Cold, as the form whence the spirit is driven
Pale, as the face of despair,
Child of the air and sky


With cloud she Wreaths her brow,
While her white foot falls as silently


As visions tread the earth below.
See her foot CLEANS white on the mountain
As 1t rests on its earthward flight
See she melts in the arms of the fountain
As day beams dissolve into night


Ger the ash, the FIR, and the wild rose-tree
With elf-woven domes she roofs the bower


Where sleeps the young anemone.
Sientsh moves on the soul of the dead


With a quiet touch of her magic wand
She binds the green moss in silver thread


Like fanciful work of fairy land.
She comes like a thought of by-gone love,


In the winter of hope descending,
When the blossom weloved is blooming above,
And sorrow our life's tree is bending.
When, amidst stiffness, and chill, and gloom,


That memory bright and fair returning
Illumines the heart in the shades of the tomb,


And whitens the barren season of mourning.
When once she cIasped the earth with true love
No more from her chosen one she fies,-
But pours out the soul. which came from above
On the breast where her beauty lies.
A visitant all too pure for earth,


Early she fades in her virgin day.
And her spirit floats back to the cline of her birth


Drawn by the golden threads OF ray.
Year: 1866

The greater portion of the destitution a
mong the poor of both colors in the South,
is attributable to the practice among plan
tiers of hiring, working and refusing to pay
for the labor performed Ex-rebels are now
causing all the trouble that exists in the
South.
Year: 1866

A lady asked minister whether person
might not be fond of dress and ornament
without being proud Madam, said the
minister when you see fox tail peep
ing out of the hole, you may be sure the fox
is within.
Year: 1866

The market is flooded with counterfeit
fractional currency of all denominations
Most of the worthless notes are badly exc
cuted. and are readily detected. The paper
is always Inferior to the genuine
Year: 1866

Horse SrABLEs.-It is fault with most
stables that they are built for men rather
than horses. We wish to point out two
common errors into whic1 not few build
ers are liable to fall in constructing sta
blcs, especially those upon farms. The
first is having the doors and upper floors
so low as they generally are. On account
of these low doors horses instinctively
learn to fear them, and they shy, rear or
prance whenever led toward them. They
are, also, among the most frequent causes
of poll-evil. The horse, when passing
through them, is either surprised by some
thing it beholds outside the building, or
checked by the voice or gesture of the
person leading him, when up goes the
beam Of the doorway. A violent bruise
often results thercfrom, and a deep seated
abscess follows. Low hay-foors also pro-
duce the same trouble. The sudden ele-
walton of the head is, in the horse, express
i've Of every unexpected emotion. This
effect is always noticed whenever you en-
ter the stable rapidly or at an unusual
hour. A sudden noise will also cause the
same upward motion Of the head. With
low stables an injury to the horse is almost
invariably sure to follow. f.s ...s


Again, the easiest position in which the
horse can stand is when the hind feet are
the highest portion of the body, or when
the flooring of the stall slants in exactly
the opposite direction from what it does in
most stables. This is tho other error in
constructing stables, to which we alluded.
Horses at liberty in a pasture invariably
stand, when ut ease, with their hind feet
elevated somewhat, and it is q wonder that
builders Of stables have not improved upon
this fact before, and adapted floors to
the wants of the horse. The moisture
from the horse, if the floor slanted toward
the forward feet, would help to keep the
forward feet moist, cool and healthy,
whereas they are now generally hot, full
of fever, and require washing with cool
soapsuds at least once day in order to be
kept in healthy condition. This is not
all. Where the floor slants back, the horse
not unfrcquently attempts to ease the heavy
strain upon the fexOr tendons of the hind
legs, by hanging back upon the halter
The pressure upon the rest of the poll
stops natural circulation, and in time it de-
velops into deep seated abscess. We
would like to see o stable in which the
two errors in building we have pointed out
did not occur. If the builder was not sat-
isfed with IL we are sure the occupant
would be, and would repay him with long
years of good service with unstrained
limbs and q healthy system.
Year: 1866

This house is large well furnished, and conveniently
located to accommodate the travel both by river and
on wheels and the proprietor will spare no pains to
make it comfortable home for all gnests Stages ar
rive and depart daily. old
Year: 1866

WTHAT class of people will he most susceptible 10


Wv attacks from ChOerai


Evidently those afflicted with any disease Of the
stomach, liver any Of the organs appertsining to
DIGESTION This class Of persons undoubtedly will be
liable to contract this disease then those possess
ed OF strong and healthy digestive organs.


The question then naturally arises, how shall
store and keep these organs in healthy and normal
conditionf We answer, by attention to diet avoiding
all undue excitement, using moderate exercise avoid
ing all intoxicating drinks, matter in what form
presented and by the use according to directions of
the great strengthening tonic,
Year: 1866

media'ely and accept only such terms
as Grant gave to Lee and his army.
This Independent act Of his, which was
really a blunder shows one Of two
things, and these are that he either had
an undue sympathy tor the rebels and
intended to be lenient with them when
i. was discretionary with him to be so,
or that when left to his own intellectual!
resources 10 map out his course which
had not been previously planned, he
was incompetent for the exigency. But
he is undoubtedly bold and hazardous
man ready to execute fearlessly what.
ever may be planned for him. And per.
haps it is for this trait Of his character
that the President has selected him for
his Secretary of War. Should the Pre-
sident ever sec fit to arrest or seize Con
gress or epdeavor to enforce any Ct his
strange dogmas by the army, it is such
a spirit that he wants 10 control it un
der his direction. And who knows but
this may be the secret motive Of this
appointment We hope not, but some.
times think it may be President John.
son has said that he easily might have
made himself Dictator-although VIC
doubt it, yet for this very expression ii
will do to watch him in the future.


If the Sacretaryship be offered to
General Sherman and he should see Git
to refuse It, he will be understood "A
refusing 10 endorse "my policy" and Of
course praised instead Of denounce
by all loyal people.


The whole story however If his ap
pointment may be a ruse on The part of
the President and his friends, in order
10 indnce the soldiers in those States
that hold their election rex, month. to
vote on the siie that they are endea.
voriny TO represent General Sherman
stands, and thus secure the election Of
few Democratic Cong, g,essmen that
would otherwise be lost. Our soldiers
were not fools in the time of the war,
and the majority Of them will not be
now.
Year: 1866

CREAKING BooTs.-Can't our shoemakers devise
plan to prevent the creakng Of boots? Itseems
to us that boots make noise now than they did
in years past Let any visit the Court room and
he will be much disturbed by the discordant music
the boots OF the lawyers give out. So great is the
noise from this quarter that it is difficult sometimes
to hear what witnesses, Attorneys the Judge may
say. The lawyers must wear less musical boots. or
walk less about the court room during the trial of
The officers of the Court generally, contrive
to get boots that will make the most noise
Year: 1866

'QUIz" seems to have forgotten that the gentleman
whom he styled Alderman is not this year member
OF the Board, and who has dipped SO deeply into
the molasses speculation ought to know that he does
not own gallon of molasses in this city. Pooh your
criticism is both harmless and stupid BY the way,
"Quiz." haven't we seen few hogsheads in front Of
your door recently? Boz
Year: 1866

TASTEFUL Observation-Disclosures Of elegant sta
tonery will do well to step into the store of Mess
Geyer Caef 10 Free street, where they will find
extensive assortment of articles of this kind in every
new and beautiful style. We have there been shown
aspecimen OF paper and envelopes stamped in a new
style of coored letter. called The Rustic" which is
the most elegant thing of the kind have seen
Messrs. Geyer g. Calef are, with single exception
believe, the only firm in the country prepared to
furnish this beautiful style of monogram. Persons
who would supply their writing desks with the pret
tiest novelty out, should call and see it.
Year: 1866

SroLEN.-A valuable horse was stolen from the
stable of Samuel Abbott in Dexter, on Sun day night
last. On the same night q wagon and harness were
stolen from Loring Mower of the same town.