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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 excluded by the
present. The Lord deals so graciously with us
in the decline of life, that it is 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 resounds the call,
''Set thine house in ORDER for the term of thy
pilgrimage is at hand. - The playmates of
youth. the fellow -laborers of manhood, dieaway,
and take the road before US. Old age is like
some quiet chamber, in which, disconnected
from the visible world, we can prepare in silence
for the world that is unseen.
Year: 1867

BELIEvING-It is related of Napoleon that
when Marshal Duroc, an avowed infdel, was
once telling very improbable story, giving his
opinion that it was true, the Emperor quietly
remarked: There are some men who are
capable of believing everything but the Bible"
This remark finds abundant illustrations in every
sent day who tell us they cannot believe in the
Bible but their capacities for believing every
thing which seems to oppose the Bible are
enormous The greediness with which they
devour the most far fetched stories-the fimsiest
arguments, if they only appear to initiate a.
ganist the word of God-it is astonishing.
Year: 1867

There's dear, sweet spot way down in the past,
To which my heart ever turns with sigh,
And my tears fall fast as leaves in the blast,
When the winds of Autumn are hurying by.
'Tis the happy place where drank my fill
And cooled my burning thirst with joy,
From the gushing spring at the foot of the hill
Where [ drank when was a boy.
In the old stone house standing high above,


With its honest front and open door,
Dvelt the dearest friends of my boyhood 8 love
Ii the gay and happy times of yore:
On their love and their friendship muslng Still,
I dream with sweet but saddened joy,
OF the gushing spring at the foot of the hill,


Where l drank when was boy.
l look around me and the friends are gone,
saWho played with there in my bOyhoOd's s


time,


And still through this world I am wandering
Now dreaming dream and now D1uttering a


rhyme.


But up through the mist of memory still,


Like music heard from the land of Joy,
Comes the gushing spring at the foot of the hill
Where I drank when l was boy.
In the valley below, where the mapl> ,hade


Grows dark on the mound Of her early grave
Lies sleeping forever gentle maid,
Who was lovely as God to earth e'er gave.
And the stream flows on in it's music still


AS it comes with hymn of Joy,
From the gushing spring at the foot of the hill


Where drank when | was boy.
Year: 1867

LE-GGNSENG-CAPT. Polk
EARLY SETTLERS -SoRGHUM.-The Ameri-
can people are noted for their free use of
the superlative degree. We are ever seeing
the finest horse, the hottest day, the p,'ettiest
woman, and the finest locality. But I must
place this town on record as oXcelling all
the towns within my knowledge, in some
respects-one at least 1t has been found
by measurement to be 2, 700 feet above the
sea, and Is claimed TO be the most elevated
site of any town in the United States
Districts included.


Wayneseille is certainly behind no place
in the old-fashionedk kind of hospitality. It
makes one think of the good old time be-
fore the days of railrOading.
Waynesville is encircled with belt of
mountains that stretches literally around
the place, excepting gaps that afford out
! lets for the traveller. One of these peaks
rises to the height of 5000 feet.


Near the village is one of the finest
! sulphur springs in the land. In addition
to its medicinal property, it possesses the
additional charm of being as cold as ice
water.


1t is a singular fact that the temperature
here at ". is so cold that no ice is put up
for summer use, for the reason that butter
milk and water are cold enough in the sum
mer without ice. Blankets are used in
sleeping all the year.


Whilst this is so, the mountain slopes
present the singular feature of having belts
of warm currents never visited by frost. In
this it resembles the great Mexican valley
where a man on horseback can get lemon
fresh from a tree, and in the same day ride
to a locality where the icicle can be gotten
for the lemonade.


At this elevation, no wonder Waynes
vile should be healthy. At a Sabbath
school I attended yesterday, was inter
ested in looking over the school in search
of a delicate-looking boy, but I did not fine
one.


This county takes its name from Treas
Year: 1867

object Of our kindest sympathies and
should be protected in all his natural rights.


but let him never be set up to rule over
the white man. Since the days of Ham he
has proved himself unfit for this, and it is
madness, the madness of Bedlam, to at
tempt it in a country like ours But if the
States can be left to the enjoyment and ex~
ercise Of their just rights, protected and
fostered, but rot oppressed, by the federal
government, the whole continent we in
habit will not prove too wide theatre for
the development of the principles of Amer
lean liberty, and the imagination of men
cannot set bounds to the social happiness
and material prosperity of our people
Year: 1867

a Pennsylvania Democrats Programme.


Judge Underwood, who, in his absence
in Europe, was nominated and elected to
Congress by the Democrats of the Twelfth
Congressional District Of Pennsylvania,
was, on his recent return, welcomed home
by his political friends, to whom he made
an address, in which he thus stated the
policy he intends to pursue


The restoration of the discovered States
to their places in the Federal Uuion-the
committing suffrage, and all other local
and domestic questions which the constitu-
ton does not expressly control, to the free
and urconstralned action of the several
States-the strict subordination of the mill
tary to the civil power Of the Countrywide
admission into the two houses of Congress
of such loyal white representatives as the
States may send by due exercise of suf-
frage, uncontrolled by federal bayonets-
the restoration to the people of their con-
stitutional currency of gold and silver at the
earliest day the business of the country
will bear 1.-THE adjustment of all our reve-
nue. laws upon such basis that public
credit may be strengthened, revenue in
creased, and taxation ightened-the revi-
val of trade, industry, and commerce
throughout our whole country, and to this
end the cultivation of a fraternal spirit of
amity and concord between the States and
the people of the States.


This wide continent cannot be governed
by military despotism which tramples
upon the rights of white men in the interest
of the negro race. The founders meant no
result SO preposterous- posterity will never
pardon US for prostituting our institutions
to such unworthy ends. The negro is an
Year: 1867

the appropriation Of Congress, $22 900
and the rents Of the homestead, return
ing altogether but $500 per year, can.
not possibly be true That Mr.. Lincoln
did not leave his family wealthy is very
evident but no one in view ofthe above
inventory will say that they are in the
deplorabla condition of want" and
" destitution," in regard to which the
public has with so much astonishment
just been informed.


We say this much, not for the purpose
of preventing personal contributions "
from being made to Mrs. Lincoln, il she
desires them, much less to deter Con-
gress from making a further appropria-
tion for her support, which we should be
glad to have it do; but simply in order
that the people of the nation may not
suppose that Mrs. Lincoln is in anything
like destitute circumstances. Her in
come may not be sufficient to meet all
her wants and necessities, but it is Ger.
tainly large enough to maintain her at
least as comfortably as she lived before
going to Washington.
Year: 1867

blow, stretched the rufIian on the ground
He then quickly caught the young lady
by the hand, and, plunging into the
crowd, succeeded in bringing her IN
safety to-he clear street beyond. He
then accompanied her home, where, after
little time, her father returned, almost
distracted, for the purpose Of leaving his
other daughter, preparatory to renewing
his search.


The thanks and smiles which were be-
slowed on our young hero can be imag-
ined, and, when he went to sleep that
night, pair Of blue eyes, beamng graft
tude, shone like stars through his slum :
bers


The sequel OF this little incident is
highly romantic. The young couple
thus accidentally thrown together on the
night Of the fire never forgot the meeting.
The young man in due time called ut the
house He was to repeat his visit, and
the upshot of the matter was he soon be-
came intimate. Friendship is akin TO
love, and so it proved. The young man
and the maiden he rescued became low
ers, and ere the SHOWS Of Christmas fall
will be man and wife, and it is probable
they will never forget "the night Of the
burning of the Lindell," or hear the
sound of the fire bells without emotion.
St Louis Republican.
Year: 1867

s6-In London the mode of selecting
the candidates for Lord Mayor is some
times curious In theory all the alder
men in the city who have flled the Office
of sheriff are eligible, but the custom is
to select for Lord Mayor, the alderman
mex, in official seniority to the actual
incumbent This saves an immense
amount of trouble.
Year: 1867

RJ- The Chicago Times suggests that,
in order to realize a substantial fund for
the support of Mrs. Lincoln, those
Office holders who owe their positions to
her influence, donate one per cent of
their stealings The amount would
nlace her absolutely above all want
Year: 1867

Last evening the crowd Of spectators at
Walls Opera House was immense, and
the enthusiasm Of the audience was kept
up to the highest pitch by the novel and
almost incredible performances of the
necromancers and acrobats who have been
brought to this country by Messrs. Ma.
CURE and RrsLEY to satisfy Americans oi
the truth of the wonderful stories that have
been told of oriental juggling and necro-
nancy. We would advise all who desire
good seats at this wonderful exhibition to
apply early.
Year: 1867

This great exhibition, about which the
public has been talking SO much for the
week passed, has at length arrived in the
city, and will be opened tonight for the
first time at odd-Fellows Hall. AS ex.
pectation has been on the tip-toe, we
shrewdly suspect that there will be upon
the ground many thousands more than will
be able to gain admission.
Year: 1867

FATALLY INJURED ON SHIPBOARD-CoToneI Cover
Yesterday held an INQUEST at Neevue Hospital the
bodv Of Brewster Conkling q native OF SmhtOwn, L.
The deceased was fret mate of the schooner j. Warnf
plylng between this port and Charleston O. On th5
53d inst while the vessel on her way down the par
nor outward bound she came in collision with vessel
at anchor and the backstay OF the schooner caught IN
the ibOom Of the other vessel Deceased attempted 20
cut away the stay, and while thus engaged the eye
holt of tie block 10 which the stay was fastened drew
ont and struck him violent blow in the face lie feil 10
the deck nsensble and in that condition was conveyed
TO Beeyue Hospital where he died on satuTnay even
mo NOT having Tegained consciousness during the inter-
val verdict Of death from conclusion OF the pfaiD
the result of the accident, rendered Deceased was
aged n years
Year: 1867

The COOPER UNIoN.-lt is announced that the an
nua reception Of the Womens Art Department of this
Institution Will he given the 10th that OF the Male
Department on the 3Oth both at o'clock on the
3ist at the hour the annual commencement will
Year: 1867

At party one evening, several cOntestedthc
honor of having done the most extraordinary
thing; a reverend gentleman was appointed
Judge Of their respective pretentions.


One produced tailor's bill with a receipt
attached to it, 4 buzz went through theroom
that this could not be outdone, when


A second proved that he had just arrested
his tailor for money that was lent him.


The palm is his" was the generous cry,
when a third put in his claim.


Gentlemen" said he, cannot boast OF
the feats of my predecessors, but l have re-
turned to the owners two umbrellas that they
left at my house"


"tll here no more" cried the astoniShed ar
bitrator. This is the very acme Of honesty,
it is an act of virtue which never knew any
one capable of. The paize-"


Hold" cried another, have done still
more than that"


impossible" cried the whole COMPANY
"Let us hear"


q have taken the old Family Journal
for twenty years, and have paid for it every
year in advance.


lie took the prize.
Year: 1867

BALTIMORE, September 10th, 1867.
70 the Editors Of the Baltimore Gazette:


Dear S.rs-I notice in your paper Of yester-
day an article copied from the New York Er
press Of The 18th inst, in which certain politi-
cal opinions are stated TO have been expressed
by me at a dinner given to me by friend at
the New York Hotel The dinner was pri-
yate one, and the statement of the Express, be-
ing but brief and incomplete abstract Of the
remarks which I made whilst conversng with
the few friends present, conveys an erroneous
impression Of the views expressed by me on
that occasion


Being still an "outlaw in my own native
country, do not feel called upon to publicly
uphold its Government, especially at this time
when the country is divided in opinion as to
whether Congress or the Executive constitute
"he Government" But am free to state that
unless the Conservative element Of the nation
soon awakens to the dangers which threaten
the liberties Of the country, l confidently be-
lieve that its form Of Government will, ere long,
be changed to a military despotism, after pc
riod of anarchy more or less prolonged.


Yours, very truly,


G.. T. BEAUREGARD.
Year: 1867

Az IMPoRTANT DIscoyERY.-An invention
has recently been patented that promises to
work revolution in the manner Of lighting all
large establishments. Dr. HERzEL., Of Leipsic,
Saxonv. has been experimenting with petro-
leum with a view of generating gas from that
oil and the result is said to be the production
Of a gas which, for brilliancy, cheapness and
facility Of manufacture, will compare iavorably
with any hitherto in use. .


The process Of making the article consists OF
forcing the petroleum into retort, which Is
subject to a red heat and the gas Is thus gen
Grated The machine is simple in its opera
tons. and can readily be made Of any size
from that suitable for the lighting Of private
dwelling to that which would serve for the IL
Elimination Of the largest city in the world
The gas is pure and inodorous. and free from
those deeterious effects upon health which are
attributed to coal gas.
Year: 1867

A young man from this city met with
an adventure at Yellow Springs, on
Monday, which he will not soon forget,
il he lives to remember anything. His
statement is, that being at Yellow
Springs on that day, and suffering from
chill, he went to drug store and asked
for something to break the chill. The
druggist gave him an ounce and half
OF aqua ammonia, and the young man
AYERS that he took down the entire
quantity at single draught Aqua
ammonia, we should here remark, is a
soothing fluid, about sixteen times as hot
asthe strongest brandy.


The young man soon found himself
suffering inward torment, like that OF
Dives, aud applied to physician, who
gave him a pint Of sweet oil, all Of which
he drank, rs he had done with the other
dose. He then threw up the whole
conglomeration-aqua ammonia, sweet
oil and a good deal Of blood with them.
This done, he made all haste to Spring
field, where he obtained the services of
Dr. Buckingham, and is now lying under
his care-not in serious danger, we
believe, but with q most fearfully blis-
tered mouth, throat and gullet The
only wonder is that he was not burned up
bodily, il he has correctly reported his
course of treatment We presume the
chill is broken.


Aqua ammonia, in doses OF ten to
thirty drops, largely diluted, is remedy
frequently used for stimulative purposes.
--SprinQfeld Republican.
Year: 1867

The California papers are calling the
attention of farmers to this plant, and
advising the experiment of raising it for
market. 0ne farmer there has put up q
press, and is crushing from his beans 39l
per cent of pure oil, which is little more
than five gallons to the hundred pounds
of beans. Oil being worth 81 so per
gallon the gross yield is Sl2 so per hun
dred weight. And we see that one field
produced fifteen hundred pounds to the
acre. This is much better than cotton at
twenty cents per ponnd, taking all the
uncertainties of the latter crop into
consideration.
Year: 1867

Ea~ The New York Commercial i'd
certiSer says that while Anna E. Dickin-
son was on board the school ship in
Boston harbor, on Sunday last, after
writing her own name in the visitors
autograph book, turned to the signature
of President Johnson and deliberately
erased it. Captain Mathews, on return
ing on board and learning the fact,
added opposite to the erased name that
it had been done by Anna Dickinson.
Year: 1867

ray The question whether railroad
company which has printed on its tickets
that it is not responsible for more than
one hundred dollars worth Of baggage
can be made to indemnify traveller for
a lost trunk has again been settled
against a railroad company in Brooklyn.
The Judge held that in the hurry oI
travel party was not to be held re-
sponsible for reading all the printed
matter that might be stuck at him
through ticket window on the back Of
his ticket.
Year: 1867

B6s" In the town of Coburg, New York,
two months ago, an infant was born
which weighed only one pound. The
child is now in the third month of her
existence, and has gained pound and a
half An ordinary sized, gentlemans s
finger ring will easily pass over her arm
to the elbow, and her shoes are just two
inches long.
Year: 1867

n@YIt is believed in Washington that
the repeal of the cotton tax will be
among the first acts of Congress, at the
approaching session. Strong Northern
influences are urging the repeal.
Year: 1867

Visiting tho city would greatly consult their own
interest by purchasing supply of this never
failing King Of Chilli. Much time can be
saved by curing the Chlls Immediately, and
this medicine uproots tho disease and so
destroys the cause that IL will not return, as it
H.. "a x.tth
Year: 1867

The New Orleans Times of the 26th inst,
prints the following letter;


NEW ORLEANS, la, March Is, 1867. =
VIM. II. @. King, Editot of the New Orleans
Times, New Orleans, La.--Dear Sir: You
have done me the honor TO call for my opin-
ion relative to the actio? of the South un-
der the military bill. Having seldom taken
any part in politics, do not feel qualified
to advise on so mumentous question; riev-
ertheless, as the same desire to obtain my
views has been manifested from various quar-
tiers, shall not shrink from the responsible
ity Of expressing them, in the hope that they
may tend to quiet the public mind so justly
alarmed at this moment.


In my humble opinion, we have but one
Of two things 10 do-resist or submit; the
first is ihadmissible, in our painfully ex-
hausted condition. Four years of despe-
rate war have taught us that the "argument
Of the sword can no longer be resorted to
by us to redress opf grievances. We must,
therefore, submit; but with that calm dig
nifty becoming our manhood and our lost in
dependence.


Having been overpowered in the late
struggle, we can submit to the harsh and
ungenerous conditions of our conquetors
without dishonor, and we must adopt the
least Of the two evils; futile resistance
would only cause our rivets to be driven
closer; we must then acquiesce or leave the
country. But we love too dearly the land
of our birth to abandon it in its hour of
severest trial. We should avoid, also, bring
ing It, by internal dissensons, to the condi-
tion Of poor Mexico, and the unfortunate
South American republics.


With regard to the suffrage of the freed
men, however Objectionable it may be at
present, it is an element of strength for the
future. If properly handled and directed,
we shall defeat our adversaries with thelf
own weapon.


The negro is Southern born; with little
education and some property qualifications,
he can be made TO take sufficient interest in
the affairs and prosperity of the South to
insure an intelligent vote or his part.


In our future political contest with the
North, on protective tariffs, internal improve
ments etc., the freedmen of the South viii
side with the whites of the South and of the
West, and they will thus contribute to give
us back the influence we formerly had in
the councils of the nation.


Our people should understand that the
Radicals can remain in power only so long
as the public excitement is kept up; as with
the turbid waters of the Mississippi river, the
sedimentary particles are kept up at the sur
face only SO long as the waters are In mo-
ton; the instant the current is checked
those particles fall to the bottom. Thus it
will be with the Radicals, when peace and
quiet are restored to the country; the Con-
servatives will then take the reins in their
own hands, and the constitutional laws of
the land will once more prevail.


Iremain, yours respectfully,


G. I. BEAUREGARD.
Year: 1867

A QUEER WLL.-The Nashville Gazette
has heard Of a rather queer will which was
la:ely admitted to probate in one Of the
counties bordering on the upper Cumberland.
A wealthy old citizen had two sons, one OF
whom was in the Federal army, and the
other in the rebel ranks. During the early
part of the war the old gentleman was taken
suddenly III, and, wishing to divide his
properly equally between his two sons, be-
queathed to Henry (the Federal soldier all
his slave property, embracing about fifty ne
groes, and to Thomas (the boy in gray, his
entire landed estate. He died, and thus the
will stands. Both brothers lived to return
from the war, and the gallant soldier of the
"lost cause" being perfectly satisfied that
slavery was no more, generously divided the
lands with his brother, and both are living
happily together, and are bitterly opposed
to the radical programme.
Year: 1867

ing the drift that threatened at any moment
to sweep them into eternity. Not shrek
of despair was heard from them, though GER
tain death seemed inevitable. A light skiff
was prepared, and by the time the river had
fallen sufficiently to render 1t possible 10 get
to them, two young men with stout hearts
braved the angry current, and with great
danger safely reached the building, which
being undermined, was now in danger OF
falling, The family now felt relieved. The
water soon left the house, and keeping the
the skif in readiness, In case Of further rain,
they remained with the wreck until the next
morning.
Year: 1867

EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTy-SEvEN.


The years, though they had flown on so
smoothly and so quietly had brought with
them other changes besides those we have
notice. Though it is in the same house,i is in
larger and more luxuriously furnished
room that we again find John and Mary sit
ting one beautiful night in the summer Of
1857


Eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, - it
sounds like any other date to younger ears,
but to how many does it bring sad-yes, Bit
ter memories. How many there are still toll
ing the weary path which leads to fortune,
who at the beginning of that year thought
they had almost reached that point at which
they could cease their toll, and rest. Had
our nation not received this check in its ma
terial progress, had our people not been
taught by such bitter lesson the ephemeral
value of riches, who knows that they would
but four years later have been ready to offer
up so freely their treasure and their lives
upon their country's alter. Had their hearts
not been so deeply touched in that dark cri-
sis by their own sorrow, and by sympathy
for other sufferers who can say they would
have striven SO nobly in a few years for the
rights of poor despised and down-trodden
race.


But to return to our story-John and his