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Year: 1866

The body is to die; So much is certain. What lies beyond 1? No one who passes the charmed boundary comes back to tell. The imagination visits the realm of shad- ows--scnt out from some window in the soul over life's restless waters, but wings it's way wearily back; with an olive leai in its beak, as token of emerging life be- yond the closely bending horizon. The great sun comes and goes in the heavens, yet breathes no secret of the ethereal will derness; the crescent moon cleayes her nightly passage across the upper deep, but losses no message and displays no signals. The sentinel stars challenge each other as they walk their nightly rounds, but We catch no syllable to their countersign which gives passage to the

 heavenly camp. Between this and the other life is a great gulf fixed across

 which neither eye nor foot can travel. The gentle friend whose eyes We closed in their last sleep long years ago, died with rapture in her wonder stricken eyes, a smile of ineffable joy upon her lips, and

 hands folded over triumphant heart, but her lips were passed speech, and intimated nothing of their vision that inthralled her.
Year: 1866

stood in the public burning place at

 Oxford, where the old reformers were

 burned, and with inexpressible feelings |

 went back in thought and history to their time but have seen cases of martyrs that were burned at the stake, which were

 much more piteous than these. I have i, seen many woman who. because she

 would not betray fealty, and because she could not yield love, was day and night burned at the stake of an intemperate husband, bound to him, suffering more than he suffered, covering his shame, hid

 ing. his faults, repairing his mistakes, studying his welfare, pouring out her life for his worthless life And if there are such martyrs here today, say to them, do not be discouraged You are following in the steps of the great Victor, who by defeat was victorious. Remember that Christ gained his victory by patient wait ing in suffering. Remember that he said No christening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous; nevertheless, afterward it yieldeth the peaccable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exer- cised thereby1 Is there not here many heart that is sorrowing in family mat ters? Are there not many of you who are conscious that you are bound with bonds and cords from which you could only release yourself by rending what are called the decencies and proprieties of life? Are there not those who are bear ing the yoke and suffering, some for a parent, some for brother, some for n sister, and some for this or that orphan or helpless one in the community? You who are yielding your opportunities and joys and life for another, patiently, are carrying the cross of Christ. Yes, and it Is Christ in you that is Inspiring you to do that and saying to you, 'Child, a little while longer lose your life. Do not be afraid to be lavish of it. Pour it out Do not be economical. Lose it, lose it; and you shall save it unto life eternal
Year: 1866

ARE GREENBAcKs LEGAL TENDER - In case relative to ground rent, lately decided by Judge Alexander, of the court of Maryland, the validity of the act of Congress making greenbacks legal tender in payment of debts, was invalid, the Judge has filed the opinion that Con- gress has no power to declare these notes legal tender. The decisions in number of cases assimulating in principle to the one before the court, are referred to as sustaining the view presented by him on those cases. It was conceded that there was no authority vested in Congress for the purpose above disputed, though it was deemed matter of policy that the enact ment should be sustained The complain ant took an appeal from the ruling of the court, and all the points thus controverted will have to be determined by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, whose decision on them will be looked to with anxiety. In case the decision IS sustained by the Court of Appeals, the question will be taken to the U. s. Supreme Court fol final adjustment
Year: 1866

If men cared less for wealth and fame, And less for battle fields and glory; If writ in human hearts. name

 Seemed better than in song and story, If men instead of nursing pride

 Would learn to hate it and abhor it. If more relied on love to guide,

 The world would be the better for it. If mcr dealt less in stocks and lands. V And more in bonds and deeds fraternal: IT Loves works had more willing hands,

 To link this world to the supernal; If men stored up Loves oil and wine,

 And on bruised human hearts would pour it; If ,.yours''. and "mine' would once combine, The world would be the better for II. If more would act the play of life,

 And fewer spoil it in rehearsal; If bicotry would sheathe it's knife

 Til God became more universal; If custom, gray with ages grown,

 Had fewer blind men to adore it; If talents shone for truth alone,

 The world would be tae better for it. Ifmeu were wise in little things

 Affecting less in all their dealings If hearts had fewer rusted strings,

 To isolate their kindly feelings M If men, when wrong beats down the right, Would strike together and restore 1t Alright made might in every fight,

 The world would be the better for it.
Year: 1866

A SOLDIER came home; from the war with
an arm SO badly wounded that the sEfseon
insisted that amputatiou was the only thing
chat could be thought Of But the soldier
resisted, and was nursed by the girl be loved
whom he married. She gave to him, or his
wounded arm, all her thought and care, and
he recovered. In due time, however, she
gave birth to a child, and this child had
one developed arm, but the other one was
a stump, similar to the one which the poor
Wife's mind was impressed With at the time
the surgeons we're talking Of cutting of her
husbands. .AmpGtatioD could not have pro,
duced more beautiful stump. and what is
more, Che scar OF the bullet hole so visible,
Oh the fathers arm was as visible on tho
child's arm at the base Of the stump as If
really inflicted by ball
Year: 1866

A Doa-SToRY = A lady residing in
Campton recently owned dog, which be-
cause of age and inGrmity had ceased to be
of use. One day She remarked to laboting
man connected with the family that she
would give half dollar if be would take the
old fellow off out of the way and kill him.
The servant promised to do SO if he might
have the dogs skin to make therefrom, for
his own use and comfort, pair of gloves At
this stage of the conversation, the old dog,
who had been lying quietly on the earth,
arose, and giving the cOuspiratOrs look,
more in sorrow than in anger, left the house.
On rise of ground, not far away, he stopped
and gave liugeti6g gaze at the honse and
vicinity, then plunged into the woods, never
to return He never was seen or heard Of
afterwards. 1t is supposed that he commit
ed suicide.
Year: 1866

LOUISVILLE, January 2.-General Palmer ad.
dressed four thousand colored persons in the
open air yesterday. He congratulated the
audience that slavery was ended forever in the
United States, and that colored people, having
ceased to be slaves, had no longer interests
which separated them from the mass OF the
American people; that to this continent had
been reserved the glory Of a second example of
the deliverance of whole people from slavery;
that now, for the first time, ours is the land
Of the free, and hereafter the Government
is to be maintained by giving full effect
to its own principles; that hereafter, before
the law, there would be no difTereEc} be
tween the colored race and others than that
of color; that in the nature Of things, Tor
years to come the colored people of this country
must be laborers, but their interests and the
interests of white labor will be identical; that
efforts to degrade the blacks. to degrade their
labor, do, in effect, degrade the labor OF all
others; that he who compels the black man to
work for halcprice compels the white man to
do the same, and is just as much the enemy of
the white as of the black laborer. Your inte-
rests are, therefore, the interests of every white
man in the country. Heretofore the legislation
of the country has been very much for wealth
and its owners, for slaves and their masters.
Hereafter, slavery being out of the way it must
be for the laborer, of whatever color, to
protect himself from the despotism of
capital. The slaveowner will no longer
be able to control the prejudices of the
SONS of toll, and drive them to support systems
which robbed them of half their earnings, which
deprived them of free schools for their children,
and free homes for themselves. He expressed
his qualification at the general kindness ex-
hlblted by the people of Kentucky for their late
slaves which he said was true notwithstanding
the cases OF brutality and outrage, the work OF
abandoned persons, in Edlferent parts of the
State.


He spoke of the right of colored persons to
testify in the Courts, and predicted that within
a few years the question to be asked would be
not who is the whitost, but who is the most
honest, intelligent and industrious. He urged
industry and thrift, the cultivation of land, and
good feeling towards all as the true solution Of
all questions between the races. The speech
viii be republished entire. 1t was enthusiast
tally received. The utmost good order and kind
| fpelinp nreVailed durinp its delivery
Year: 1866

WILL ATTEND TO THE BUYING AND


w selling Of REAL ESTATE, and pur-
chase and sale of all descriptions property.
He will attend to the hiring of house servants
and farm hands Persons wishing to employ
laborers will be able to procure them by
communicating with him. He will be ready
at all times to attend to any business in the
departments mentioned, either here or else
where. Having been twenty years engaged
in the business and enjoying an extensive
acquaintance through the country, he feels
confident of his ability to advance the inter-
ests of all who may call for his services.


P. s. He will make it to the interest of
those wishing situations, in the city or
country, to call on him.


August 18, 1865-tf
Year: 1866

"A BEAUTIFUL RErLECTIoN.-1tc cannot
BE- that earth is mans only abiding place.
1t cannot be that our life is but bubble,
cast npon the ocean of eternity. to float
a moment on its waves, and sink into
mcthinsn+ss.' Else why is it that the
high and glorious aspirations, which leap,
like angels, from the temple of our heart.
are forever wandering about unsatstied !:
Why is it that the rainbow and the cloud
come over us with branty that is not of
earth. and then pass off and leave us to
muse upon their faded lovlincss: Why
is it that the stars hold their festival
around "thc midnight throne." and set
above the grasp of our limited faculties
forever mocking us with their unapproach
able glory: And, finally, why is it that
bright forms Of human beauty are present
I'd to our view, and then are tlkca from
Ls-lcaving the thousand streams of af-
fecion to flow back in Alpine torrents
upon our hearts,: We are born for a
higher destiny than that Of earth. There
is a realm where the rainbow never fades
where the stars will spread out before
us like islands that slumbrr on the ocean,
and where the beautiful beings which here
pass before us like shadows, wi stay in
our presence forcver.-Miami Of the
LAKE. ~
Year: 1866

Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That the filing by
or on behalf of any Bank, of bill in the court of
equity, under the provisions of this act, shall
upon the appointment and qualification of COM
missioner hereunder, be deemed and taken to all
intents and purposes to be surrender by such
Bank of all the corporate rights and fran. ..hises
granted to such Bank and all laws by virtue of
which any such Bank then exists corporation
are hereby repealed, and such corporation shall
be thercupon dissolved, and all the effects and
consequences following or incident to the dsso-
luton OF Il corporation at common law shall ensue
thereon; and any statute law of this State to the
contrary Notwithstanding. Provided, howee'er
That the estate, property, and rights of action
vested in the commissioner, as provided by this
act, shall not be in any way diverted or impaired
thereby, nor shall the rights of any creditor of
such Bank against such commissioner against
the estate or effects vested in him, be thereby
impaired or in any way affected, and such COM
missioner shall thereupon be considered as the
plaintiff in the pending proceedings; dnd pro-
remaining in the hands of any such commissioner
ors, the commissioner under the direction of the
court shall distribute and pay the same to and
among those who shall be justly entitled thereto
having been stockholders members of such
corporation at the time of its dissolution afore
said, or their legal representatives.


Sec. 9. Be further enacted, That all suits on
debts due the Banks contracted with a branch
Bank shall be brought in the comfy where the
branch established, and if brought in any
other county may be dismissed on motion.


Sec. TO- Be 1t further enacted, That this act
shall be in force from and after its ratification.


Ratified the 18th day of March, 1856
Year: 1866

To those who get up clubs of five or more SUBJ
scrbers one copy, gratis, will be furnished


Subscribers who were cut off from US during the
war. and whose time of subscription had not eX-
nire ed. will be furnished the paper free ON the
restoration of communication, until the time be
filed. If they desire the paper longer after that
time, they must renew.


A cross ID mark ON the paper indicates the ex-
piration of the subscription.
Year: 1866

SumHeg's 4meRdment--COIo moi


70 be Admitted without Negro Suf-


frage.


The following IS the amendment 70
the bill for the admission OF Colorado.
proposed bT Mr. Sumner


"ff0aasd, That this act shall not take
effect upon the fundamental condition
that within the State there shall be no
denial Of the elective franchise or of
any other rights on account Of color OF
race, but all persons shall Be egCal be-
fore the law and the Legislature Of
the state, BY solemn public act, shall
declare the assent OF the State 70 this
fundamental condition, and shall trans
NIT 70 the President Of the United
States an authentic copy Of such assent.
whenever the same shall be adopted
upon the receipt whereof be shall. by
prociemstOn, announce the fact.
WhereupOn, without any further pro
eeedings on the part OF Congress. this
joint resolution shall take elect
Year: 1866

MEAsUREGENr or CoRS IN rnE CRIB 80
After leveling the corn, multiply the
length and breadth of the house TO-
gether, and the product by the depth,
which will give the cubic feet Of the
bulk of corn then divide this last pro
duct by twelve. and tie suotient will
be the number OF barrels Of shelled
corn n the house or crib. II there be a
remainder after the division, it will be
so many twelfths Of a oarrel Of shelled
corn over.


ExANPLE-i2 feet long.


] } feet broad
Year: 1866

u We cannot censare man in business
who does not advertise If he has nothing worth
advertising but readers must know that the
business man who throws out his sign in
newspaper, and Is not ashamed OF his stock of
goods, can always furnish better quality at
lower prices than those who, either through
shame or penuriousness, never let the public
know what they have or what they are doing
Year: 1866

To DESTROY WARTs.-Dissolre asmuch com
mon washing soda us the water will take up
wash tho'warts with this for q minute or two,
and let thom dry without wiping. Keep the
water in bottle and repeat the washing often,
and it will take away tho largest warts.
Year: 1866

BY all the sacred recollec,iohs Of the past
demand caution. BY all that is garnered
MP in the rich treasure-hohse of tho future
demand caution. In the name Of liberty
and freedom itself ard its perpeiuation. l
demand caution in every step you take.
Rush not nadly on to any policy. See
whore your strength lies and follow that.
See whore the right lies, no matter whose
policy it may be, and follow it, though tho
heavens fall


Sir, entertaih no fears fot the future Of
this country. 1t is written by the finger
OF OmuipOtence Himself that this nation is
10 be the freest. noblest, happiest nation Of
the earth. Through whatever tribuiatons
we may have to go see through the r1ists
and the fogs Of the present its coming
glory in tho future This continent is dess
tined aud dedicated as the abode Of happy
aud free people. II our sufferings have
not yet been sufficient to bring us to the
true consideration of what is demanded at
our hands. il may be that we may be called
upon to wade through still deeper afflc.
tious but, sir the spirit Of this people will
rise with the demand. It will carry on to
perfection the great work commenced by
our fathers here of making this the abods
of the free and the home of the oppressed
OF every race and cline. Applause in tho
galleries.
Year: 1866

A WOMAN in Anamosa, Iowa, last week
got a decree Of divorce on account Of her
husbands intimacy with a certain wid-
ow. The husband procured a certificate the
same day and married the gay widow.
Year: 1866

Discovered and used by the Resident Physician,
are the only remedies which are safe and sure to
have the effect. The large number of in
which they have been used, is guarantee of their
success. Great should be taken in visiting the
Year: 1866

We publish in our local columns to-day, a
list of meetings to be held in the Hundreds
of this County, previous to the Inspectors
election, which takes place on Tuesday We
are reioiced to see that the State Central
Committee are going to work in earnest to
secure triumph of the Union ticket at the
approaching election. The speakers are
home talent, and withal gentlemen OF ability
who will expound 10 the people the great
principles at issue between the parties asking
their support. Let the Union men turn out
tothese meetings. and show by their presence
that their hearts are in the cause of theiy
country, and that they mean TO sustain at
the polls the principles for which our brave
soldiers fought on tho battle-felds. If the
proper effort is made by the friends Of
Union and Liberty, Delaware will he re-
deemed from the thraldom of Copperhead.
ISM, and the true friends OF our free institu-
tions viii achieve great and glorious
victory
Year: 1866

The river flowed with the light on its breast
And the waves went eddying by,
Aud,the round red SUI went down in the west,
When nv loves loving lips to my lips were


prest


Cnder the evening sky


Now weeping alone by the river | stray,
For my love has left me this many day;
Let me droop and die.
As the river flowed then, the river flows still,
In ripple, and foam, and spray,
On by the church, and round by the hill
And under the sluice Of the old burnt mill,
And out to the fading day;


But love it no more, for delight grows cold,
When the song is sung and the tale is told,
And the heart is given away.
Oh, river, run far Oh, river, run fast
Oh, weeds float out to the sea
For the sun has gone down on my beautiful past,
Aud the hopes that like bread on the waters


cast,


Have drifted away like thee


So the dream it is fed, and the day it is done,
And my lips shall murmur the name Of one
Who will never come back to mel
Year: 1866

SUsPICIoN.-It is the worst policy in the
world ever to bear an appearance Of doubt
toward another till he has given you good
caues. Your suspicion may make an enemy,
but it eau never gain friend; and a maD
WhOis distrusted, finding he has nothing t.
gain by honesty, or to lose by villainy, very
often becomes knave throug Oh having been
suspected Of being 81.
Year: 1866

sd- Before the rebellion it was COM
mon for Southern men TO claim slavery
to be necessity, and an ordination of
nature, on the ground that white people
could not perform manual labor in that
section of the country. They failed to
see that other, and higher law, that wher-
ever a particular race cannot, from clima
tic reasons, perform the ordinary duty of
life, of earning daily bread by the sweat
of the brow, there that race has no right
to be. If it exists there, it has intruded
itself, where the creator never intended
it should GO But they made this claim;
and probably Wheeled themselves into
the belief that it had good foundation.
The war and its results have dissipated
this fallacy; and healthier tone of opin-
ion is growing up. As an indication, we
take this from the Huntsville; { Ala
Advocate:


"a great change in the opinions OF the
Southern people has taken place, and we
now favor and desire and invite immi-
grants from all quarters to come among
us to help restore and build up our waste
places and give us again prosperous
state. Population is wealth. Population
is security. Population is strength. Pop
ulation is Independence. Population viii
settle the vexed question in this region


Sound sense permeates every sentenc'
of that paragraph. 1t points to the ulti
mate and effectual settlement of presen
difficulties. The Southern States hav,
immense natural resources. Now tina
slavery is abolished, and labor is no lon
ger mark of degradation, millions o
white immigrants will pour into then
rebuild the waste places, develop untol
wealth aud prosperity, and lay anew, o
the basis Of universal liberty, the four
dations of social aud political society,"
Old things will pass away, and all thing
become new. -
Year: 1866

wrote comedy based upon the career of
the robber, and called it "Cartouche )"
and it is a fact not very creditable to the
French licensing authorities or the peri
cd, that this comedy was produced for the
first time, on the very day on which the
robber paid the forfeit of his crimes.
Year: 1866

rect. Before the boat could be got of it was
in great danger of being sucked down with the
ship, which was rapidly settling beneath the
water. The swirl of water round the stern that
preceded the laundering had already begun to
be excessive, and the boat was therefore hastily
cut away.
Year: 1866

tion Of ssl7,3sl to M ,aet the increased pay Of


the police under the la~ passed by the last
Legislature, 1t was, we think wy properly,
suggested that the money shouts be pail out
Of tEs funds created by the sale of liquor deal
ers' licerses, and not added to The tax levy.
There is section in the Excise law which pro-
vidss that all licenses and penalties accruing
under the law shall be appropriated, after pay
ing other expenses, to lessen the burden which
the Police Department imposes upon the public
1t seems perfectly consistent that the money
thus acquired by the Excise Board, which
already amounts to over a million of dollars,
should be appropriated to the expenses of the
police, who are the active agents in carrying
out the provisions OF the Excise law. There
are many other sources, also, from which ma
terial might be drawn to tighten the taxation
Of the people but this suggestion Of the Super
visors in the case Of the Police Department Is
quite proper and legitimate.
Year: 1866

From this it will be seen that the change was moro
sudden and violent yesterday than the Friday proceed
ing The above figures however denote the heat In one
the coolest parts Of the city In the afternoon shortly
after three O'Clock the thermometer the west side OF
lower Broadway indicated about ninety degrees
in one locality ninety eight degrees; while up town.
gateway, the mercury rose to somewhat 90 at
quarter before three o'clock !. M During the day the
barometer stood ct 80 20 inches almost midway be-
tween fair and sct-far weather Tho wind was steady
from the southwest almost all day. and the light specks
that made their appearance In the sky towards evening
wonld indicate that in the ghborhood OF the
Gulf must bo prevailing. The following gives the
comparative weather indications for the last four
flYlI IIIv a.