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Year: 1866

Then bring us back those good old days
That haunt our memories yet;
And that fraternal love SO deep,


We never can forget.
Oh give us back the sacred tie
That bound our hearts as one;
The spirit Of our patriot sires,


The heart Of Washington.
For this was once our holy shrine,
We linger 'rougd it still,
The memory of q nations dead
The pride of Bunker Hill.
Roll back the fearful cloud of hate,
The see;hing bolts ofwoe;
That man. may treat his brother man
No longer as u foe.
Blot out the million new made graves,
Where sleep our brothers slaini
And bid million precious hearts


Throb back to life again.
Roll back the low ring cloud OF gloom,
Where tear drops fall like rain
And from the record bathed in blood,
Wipe out the purple Strain.
Give back the rights Of men and States,
For which our fathers fought
Take back the paltry thing instead,
Your LICENSE yearly bought.
Take back the crushing weight OF debt,
That freemen never bore,
Before you claim that you've restored
The Union as before.
Remove your arbitrary power,


Your military law,
The stamp act that your fathers spurned,
The Union never saw.
For the Union is no soulless thing,


With heart that cannot feel,
But tis the tic Of love that binds,
As magnet binds the steel.
The law ofmight may hold control,


The sword may crush and kill
But mighticr is a freeman's voice


That does freeman's will.
Opinion still remains the same,


Though men by force are driveni
And these shall wage mightier war,
Till tyrants back are driven.
The Union shall again prevail,


And love descend from Heaven,
To weep over wounds it cannot heal


Till folly is forgiven.
Year: 1866

Susan Niper, on hearing that Powers,
the sculptor, was at work on bust,
exclaimed that she could not see how
any man could work when he was on q
bust, There is that Jim Ferguson, she
said, he is been on a bust ever siuce he
had that nineteen dollar bill paid him,
and he amt good for nothing whatever
to work.
Year: 1866

This is the last copy of the Big BLUE
UNION that will ever.be issued. This place
will not support two papers. Owing to our
frequent suspension and lack of good ma
terra! the Enterprise has got the start of Us.
We are going to start new paper In Man
haitian if nothing happens to US that we
now know of. Manhattan is thriving
promising place, and the people there have
promised liberal support to US if We would
come there with new paper. We shall
try it, Our heart is with Marysville and
its people. We are 10th to leave.


Our new paper will be continued to all
our subscribers that have paid US in ad-
vance. Our accounts wi be left With an
agent for collection. Farewell!
Year: 1866

"FLAG of the free hearts hope and home,
By angel handsto valor given;
Thy stars have lit the welkin dome,


And all thy hues were born of heaven.
FOREVER FLOAT THAT STANDARD SHEET!


Where breathes the foe but falls before as
With Freedom soil beneath our feet,


And Freedoms banner streaming Ger as.
Year: 1866

e35-Ihc New York Sun has abandoned the


hope Of carrying the Northern States for the


Democratic party, and accordingly thinks


the best thing the South can do is to &C.
ccpt the Constitutional Amendment.
Year: 1866

On Saturday evening last, just after the
Secretary of the Treasury had arrived at his
residence from the department, his door-bell
rang, and modest looking young man was
admitted, who said he had been soldier in
the Union army, and had come to the Secre-
tary on business which he felt he could no
longer neglect. While in the service he had
through mistake of some disbursng officer,
been overpaid S303 Although he had used
this money, yet his conscience would not
permit him longer to conceal the fact, and
he had come directly to the Secretary to un-
burden bis mind "Hcro, said he, address.
ing the Secretary, while the tears started to
his eyes, care 5000, which wish to return
now; ] have loaned 5000, which will be return
ed to me soon, and then will pay you the bal
ance, s19S." This simple act of honesty
carries with it beautiful comment, and is a
refreshing fact to note.
Year: 1866

It /. manifsstly true that the political campaign
upon which the country Is Just entering is to be
crisis Of vast importance. Upon 1t will depend the
dearest interests Of the United States Government
and people. Having passed through the ordeal Of
a civil war triumphantly, II remains to be decided
whether the legitimate fruits Of the united lAb0rs
of those who united, without respect of party, for
the preservation Of the Government shall be turned
to bitter ashes, md tho dsunion which Southern
rebels could not accomplish shall be effected by
Northern politicians. ....


THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN


has always battlsd for the Government and the
flag, and now, when disruption Of the Union %
eourted BY extremists who under the suiss Of pure
patriotic principle are ravenous for political power
and place, the ..,- r.-aa,


NATIONAL REPUBLICAN
still battles for the Gag Of our Union.


is to be an srduous struggle, and We ash in sli
sincerity that the friends Of the Union-which Is
cause against ssctionslsts of svsry name and
from every quarter-shalI give US the encourage
ment needed BY every public journal


Situated as we are ut the capital Of the nation
and enjoying the best facilities for obtaining nforma
tOn Of the utmost Importance to every American
citizen, Ws shall confidently undertake to furnish
our readers during the forthcoming political cam
pasn with the most valuable political newspaper
printed in this or any other city


As We stood by ABRAHAM LINCOLN in the dark
hours of the Republic We stand by his successor,
AsDREw JOHNSON, to whom has been assigned the
task Of restoring to their proper relations tho peo-
pie lately in rebellion, believing. as we do, that he
las grasped the truo theory Of RESTORATION, and
that he has the co rage to abide by his convictions
Year: 1866

"KNoCKED IN THE HEAD."-During the
debate at the Agricultural Convention on
Thursday night, Major Sutherlin, in reply
to remark by Mr.. Burgwyne about the
habit Of stealing among negroes, said that
he never had but one negro who stole, and
"the ovcrseer knocked him in the head" :"
This being reported, will set up wall
among the abolitionists like that of herd
of cows over the blood of a recently
slaughtered steer. The remark, however,
was only humorous way Of expOunding the
truth. Most people in the South would
understand that blow on the head is not
at all critical affair with the African.


The truth was this The Major had the
aforesaid American thief of African descent
caught, who being arraigned by the over
seer for some of his thefts, became inso-
lent and made an insulting remark to the
overseer, to which he added, "Im as good
as any white man." To this the overseer
calmly replied, "You may be as good as a
white man; but darn me if you are any
better. And if a white man were to say to
me what you have said, would knock him
down, Just as do you." Suiting the ac-
tion to the word, he laid the African out
upon the ground. That colored person got
up better man, made no complaint to the
Bureau, and gave no further trouble.
"Kuocked in the head" indeed. If the
blow had been on the shins, the "crowner,"
rather than the agent of the Bureau, would
have been called in.
Year: 1866

SUDDEN DEATH.-Mr. C. A. Hall, for.
mer resident Of Chesterfield county, and
lately manufacturer of smoking tobacco
in this city, was found dead yesterday
morning in house on the dock between
Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets. de
had been sick for some days, but had been
up and about within twenty -four hours OF
his death. He was about fifty years old,
and came from most respectable family
A Jury was summoned by Coroner Little,
and the facts in the evidence above was
elected.


The jury adjourned until to-day to re-
ceive the evidence Of two witnesses living
In Chesterfield.
Year: 1866

MEETING OF THE CoUNcIL-No QUORUM.
A called meeting of the City Council was
to have been held yesterday afternoon in
the City Hall, but as there was no quorum
present no meeting was held. ..
Year: 1866

PROPOSAL TO PUBLISH New PAPER IN
RICHMoND.-A prospectus has been issued
by Mr.. H. Rives Pollard for the publication
of a weekly paper in this city entitled "The
Southern Opinion" Accompanying the
prospectus is an impression of the en-
graved design which is to head the new
journal. 1t is from the pencil Of the ia
Tented artist Mr.. E. Crehen, of this city,
and is creditable work of art, intended
to represent the glory and sorrow of the
South. The well-written prospectus of
the editor will soon appear in the daily
press. AS sample of the enterprise of
the protector, prize Of 800 is offered for
the best poem on "The Confederate
Dead"; another Of the same amount for
the best poem on "The Valor and Suffer-
ings of the Confederate Army; and q
third prize Of the same amount for the
best poem on "The Distinguished Prisoner
at Fortress Monroe" The awards to be
made by committee of literary men.
Any one procuring ten subscribers to the
"0pinion will receive portrait of &C.
neral Lee twenty by twenty -four in size.
Year: 1866

ANOTHER NursANcg.-We understand that the
Board of Health has not yet suppressed the
bone-boiling establishments and that they are
still permitted to infect the air with their nox-
ious eiiiuvia. The gas manufactures have
been in some measure reformed, and certainly
in hand. In London, where public attention has
recently been called to this subject the authori-
ties are making the most vigorous efforts 10
suppress the nuisance. Our Board of Health
ought TO be engaged in the same work. Il
would be hundredfold more beneficial than
publishing the particulars of every little case
OF so-called cholera.
Year: 1866

No CHOLERA IN THE COUNTRY Tits SUMMER.-
II is last becoming the general opinion among
medical men that we are TO have no cholera in
this country this summer Able medical prac
titioners and journals pronounce the character
OF the epidemic changed from what it was in
former years and say that 1t is not 80 apt to
spread As formerly The health Of this city is
unusually good, the continued cool weather is
favorable for health, and should the Board OF
Health discontinue its efforts to frightcn the
people by magnifying every case Of diarrhGa
into cholera we shall probably entirely escape
ite ravages
Year: 1866

TELEGRAPH CONSOLIDATION. The American and Western
Union Telegraph companies about concluding an
agreement Of union which amounts to consolidation Of
interests. The consolidation viii control and
operate one hundred and -four thousand miles OF
telegraph wire, covering all The territory and connecting
all points ol importance from Newfoundland TO san
Francisco and vancou,ers Island From the latter
point line fourteen thousand miles 70 s. Petersburg
will be done within year Cuba aDd the West Indies
will b. connected and the success Or the Atlantic able
in August next is confidently hoped for
Year: 1866

crimes which so frequently pervade society.
These wretched CRIMINALS had their cases sub
miited by counsel through the various legal
channels to the court OF last resort, and in each
case the conviction and sentence of the court
below have been ratified. We regard this as
wholesome evidence that the loose system where
by great criminals too often escaped the penalty
due to their offences, through legal technicali-
ties. delays and other means known to prac-
titoners of the law, cannot always prevail.
Every fact and every argument which legal
acumcn could suggest was no doubt en-
ployed in behalf of the prisoners, and the
Judgment Of the Court Of Appeals, therefore,
stands not alone perfect in law, but absolutely
unquestonable Justice, then, may take its
course and no man can demur.


In connection with the action of the Cour! of
Appeals the abuse of Executive clemency sug-
gests itself. That it has been most loosely and
in many instances most mischievCusly exer-
cised from time to time there can be no doubt.
The pardoning power of the Governor needs
great restriction, and there is no reason why
the authority now placed at the discretion OF
the Executive should not be transferred to
other hands. For example, why not vest the
pardoning power in the Court of Appeals,
which, like other branches Of the judi
ciary, might exercise a double jurisdiction
and act as Court of Pardons also. Being cog
nizant of all the facts in such cases as are
brought before them the judges would be
better able to discriminate than any single
individual. who very frequently knows nothing
about law and may be influenced very often
by other motives than q strict sense of justice
to the community in the indiscreet exercise Of
lis prcrogative. If this mode is Objectionable
there are many other means which might be
adopted in regulating the pardoning power
besides leaving it 10 the discretion of the Gov
ernor.


The Convention for the revision Of the State
constitution win meet next year, and we recon-
mend this question to their serious consdera-
ton. Among the many duties which will de-
volye upon its members they will probably
find none of more serious importance to the
public than a revision Of the question OF par
doning criminals.
Year: 1866

and powerless to protect herself.


TRADE WITH BRITISH North AMERIcA.-The
Secretary of the Treasury has transmitted to
the House OF Representatives, in obedience
to the call Of that body, a report Of the com
mercial relations iwecn the United States
and the British lonies of America, This
shows that in the year ending June, 1865, the
trade was greater with British North America
than with any other country except Great
Britain herself. The aggregate was over sixty
millions Of dollars. The tonnage clearing
from United States ports for these colonies
was over three and half millions, and the
entrance from them over three millions
The increase of trade over the previous year
had been very great With or without reel
procity treaty the commerce OF countries so
contiguous must continue to increase. To us,
however, this is not of so much importance as
to the colonists; for, while we do moi ignore
the advantages of commerce with them. we
have all the resources within ourselves that
they can furnish and market for our produce
elsewhere


The point to which we would call the atlen-
ton of the colonsts is this that their interests
are more closely bound up with the United
States than with England. They ought. there
fore, not only to be the best neghbors, but
should look forward to incorporation with this
republic If the trade be SO large and valua-
BILE now, with all the restrictions imposed by
duties and otherwise, British America being a
foreign country what w0uld IL he were all
these restrictions removed through annexation
The prosperity Of these colonies would be in
creased immensely. We do not want them;
we have territory enough; but if the colonists
are wise they viii turn their attention to an
nexaton instead of confederation. Sooner or
later it must come TO this. The Fcnians nor
any other people would disturb them thea.
The sooner they prepare for their inevitable
destiny the better for themselves.
Year: 1866

Canada from capture viii induce the anthor-
ties there to treat with leniency any of our
citizens, naturalized or otherwise, who are
prisoners in their hands. They will find this
policy the best in the long ran. Recent events
show very plainly that If any difficulty arises
with the United States Canada is at our mercy
and powerless to protect herself.
Year: 1866

MEMoRY.--A bit Of glue dissolved in
skim milk and water will restope' old
Grape. Half cranberry bound OIL "a
corn will soon kill it. An ink stand was
turned over upon white table cloth q
servant threw over it mixture Of salt
and pepper plentiflly, and all traces Of
it disappeared. Picture frames aud
glasses are preserved from fliesby paint.
ing them with brush dipped into u
mixture made by boiling three or four
onions in a pint OF water. Bed bugs
are kept away by washing Tie crevices
with strong salt water, put on with II
brush. Soft soap should be kept in a
dry place in the cellar, and not be used
until three months old
Year: 1866

WHAT ARE We TO EAT?-Some kind
Of pestilence has broken out among
the fish, if we are to believe the New
York papers; and already four hun
dred barrels of diseased herrings have
been seized on one of the piers in that
city. This is bad news again. The
rinderpest frightened many people
from their beef steaks and savory
roasts, and the trichina horifed them,
at the idea of being eaten up alive
while indulging in roast pig, sausages
and buckwheat cakes. Then it was
said, and "wise" men encouraged the
delusion, that mutton was the health
lest meat in the market, and that
sheep were never attacked by disease.
But that assertion has not been made
good, for we have accounts from Eng
land and Scotland that a species of
plague has broken out in both coun-
tries among the sheen. Then timid
people fell back on poultry, and were
just composing themselves to break
fast, dine and sup on chickens, when
intelligence was brought us that dis
ease had fastened on this class of the
feathered race in the West Indies, and
and that it would most likely reach
this country by way of some hen
coop, on some bark trading between
the islands and the United States. =
This was enough, and. the terrified
patrons of the pullet and the capon
forbade their appearance in the kitchen
or at the table, and turned their at
tention to the inhabitants of the sea.
But what must be their dismay at
learning that fish, like beeves, hogs,
sheep and chickens, are also liable to,
and affected by disease? What now
are they to do? What shall we eat ?
The question is one of vital impor-
tanee. 1t enters into everyday life
and cannot be Ignored. Man must
eat, but what to eat in these latter
days, is an interrogatory easier pro-
pounded than expounded.
Year: 1866

From the Daily Enterprise, Apnly


Mr.. EDIron: Being an eye witness
of a remarkable trial, 10y which the
Common Council deposed, or attempted
to depose, the Controller, permit me
to trouble you with few remarks in
relation to that matter. And in the
first place let me say that i do not
belong to the same political party of
the Controller, but as public officer,
and conversant with his acts for many
years, my attention was called to the
matter by seeing the charge against
him published in the Common Council
proceedings l attended the trial and
witnessed the proceedings from begin
ming to end. must say it was either
an attempt to perpetrate great out
rage, or it was n great farce; no single
charge was sustained, but on the other
hand the action of the Controller was
fully and squarely justified.


The first charge was that of expend-
ing the moneys belonging to the Gem
etery Fund, contrary to the provisions
of the Charter; in other words, that
the Cemetery Commissioner had no
power to expend over $500 on the
cemetery grounds, without consent of
the Common Council. OF the correct
ness Of this proposition / am unable
to state, but the investigation showed
beyond question, that the money
was economically expended, ard that
there could not possibly have been any
motive in making the expenditure, as
it was of no interest whatever to either
Mr.. Buckhout or the Controller. The
Controllers vouchers were carefully
examined by Committee of the Com
mon Council, Aldermen Gage and
Allardt, and were found to be oorreot,
and the balance of the monies in the
hands Of the Controller were promptly
paid to the City Treasurer. That the
cemetery needed improvement no one
will question, and it is TO be hoped
that the Commissioners the coming
season will carry forward the plan Of
improvement commenced by their pre-
decessors.


In regard to the Controller specu-
lating in sand, the facts are, as proved
by Kimball, the contractor, that the
Controller had no interest whatever in
the sand. His statement is, that last
November he was in Mr.. briggs
office; that he was talking with parties
there relative to his contract; that he
stated that he would give $4,000 to
any one who would take the sand and
dispose of it; that Mr.. JefIers, who
had just then come into the office,
stated that he would take it, agreeing
10 take care Of it at the rate of 100
yards per day, and that he would pay
damages If not done; Jeffers left town
soon after.


Kimball waited some days for letters
to return, and being obliged TO go
home, left a contract for Jeffers to ex-
ecute and forward to him at Chicago.
On his way he met Jeffers at Bridge
port, and he (Jeffers) stated to Kimball
that no had made up his mind TO have
nothing TO do with the sand; and car
rying out that statement he never did
execute the contract Sometime this
spring he wrote letter to Mr.. KIM
ball stating that the city would like to
Year: 1866

From all the information at hand,
we are Of the opinion that the cotton
crop of 1866 will not exceed one mil
lion five hundred thousand bales, a
little over one fourth of the crop Of
1861. In proof of the correctness of
this estimate, the Columbus (Ga) Su'
makes the following statement


Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi,
West Tennessee and Alabama have
been the great cotton prodcuing re-
gions. They have been relied on for
over three millions of the crop. What
is their condition now? Louisiana,
Mississippi, West Tennessee and the
valley of the Tennessee in North Ala
bama, what of African labor was left
by the federal army is completely de-
moralized, and is composed of old, in
firm women and children. Some are
dead, some are in the army, and many
have congregated in the towns and
cities, seeking employment more agree
able to them than field labor.


In South Alabama, it is thought,
African labor is in better trim. There
the absent from field labor are not so
numerous, but from the best informa-
ton we can gather from the product
i've sections Of South Alabama, Afri-
can labor j. much demoralized, and
those who have contracted for planta-
ton service cannotbe relied upon for
more than half the service they did
perform while in slavery. Even there
one fourth to one third Of the labor
ers are absent from plantation service.


Ia Georgia, we are satisfied not more
than the third of the crop of 1861 can
be relied on. Planters will mako an
effort. and possibly large surface will
be planted in cotton, but we believe
the labor can not be relied on in the
crisis of the crop, and as a conse-
quence grass will become master of
the situation, and much will have to
be abandoned.


In South Carolina, as also in Geor-
gia, the valuable Sea Island lands arc
III possession Of the negroes, and but
little can be expected from that quar-.
ter. In the interior Of South Carroll
na African labor has been much de-
moralized by the presence of negro
troops, so much so that but little labor
will be got out of those even who con-
tract, and but little cotton can be
looked for in that State


These are facts well known to all
who are acquainted with the condition
in which the war has left the cotton
region, and the disposition of the
negro as reliable laborer under the
present system.
Year: 1866

"Generation after generation" saws fine wri-
ter, shave felt feel, and their lives were as
active as our own. They passed like raPor,
while nature wore the same aspect OF beauty as
when her Creator commanded her TO be- The
world will have the same attractions Tor our on
sprinr ret unborn. as ,he once had for US as chill
dren Yet while and all will have happened !,
the throbbing heart will have been s,ided, and We
shall be at rest Our funeral shall find its way,
and prayers will be said, and shall be left alone
in silence and in darkness to the worms. And {
may be for a short time we shall be spoken Of.
but the things Of life will creep in and names
will soon be forgotten. Days will continue to
move on, and laughter and song will be heard in
the room in which we died and the eyes that
mourned for US will be dried, and glisten again
with JOY. and even our children will to thiLk
of u. and will forget 20 lisp our names"