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Year: 1866

HONE 1SFLuEsCE AS the mother,
so the daughter" Kind parent have
you ever thought Of this -? And have


You ever endesvored to conduct the ST.


fairs Of your family circle accordingly


so that the COED influence Of the home


circle might be brought to bear on tht


social interests Of yorr youthful fsmil,


growing up around you? These are


moDenious questions TO the parent oi


the present generation. when there is so
much wickedness in the world.


Make your home pleasant for your
children at all times, and. especially. at
that age when they are moulding their
eli aracters for future life. How many
Young men have teen ruiped for lie in
his way aud when asked tie reason,
Invariably reply. my home has no at.
trac ions for me- My father beats me,
and my mother is always finding fault
and scoldinL me. ! would rather spend
nv time in the street among my fellows,
than be the butt and jeer Of my parents,
from whom ! should receive nothing hut
kindness" And there a,e many young
men, also. 90 the downward road To
ruin, vhc Sc career is to be attributed to
the evil Influences and unattractiveness OF
the family circle Remember you are
rearing immortal souls. and Just as you
act your part, in the family.
and train up your children in the way
hey should 60, so will you receive your
reward for the part thus performed.


May God give all parents grace to act
well Cheir part toward the young in'rusted
to their care, so that the good seed sowu
in youth may spring up and bring forth
good frui, in man and wonsnhood Re
formed Messenger.
Year: 1866

u A man who advertised to give
the best of sound, practical advice
fer fifteen cents that would be appli-
cable at any time and condition of
life, on application by victim, per
mall sent the following: "Never
give a boy a dime to watch your
shadow while you climb tree to
look into the middle of next week.
II don't paw"
Year: 1866

NEW YORK, March 2.


A Committee of the Maryland Legislature,
headed by Speaker Frazier. had an interview
with President johnson yesterday, to present
the resolutions adopted by the Legislature,
endorsing his policy for the reconstruction OF
the Union The President made a brief
reply, referring 10 and reiterating his previous
declaration in regard 10 reconstruction, and
said he had only to thank them for the en-.
couragement given by the resolutions. He
hoped his future acts would show that this
confidence has not been misplaced, and that
the passers of the resolutions are not inista-
ken in the approval they show.


He said, 1t is not necessary for me to state
the principles have adopted for my guidance,
They are understood; aud there can be no
mistake as to the position ] occupy. Persons
who act upon principle and understand the
principles they act upon cannot disagree, and
must act together; and whatever their starting
point in acting upon such principles, they
however, involuntarily sometimes will ap-
proach each 9th er, and the converse of this
proposition is also true. that whenever they
disagree upon principle they commence q
divergentcou The most gratifying thought
to me is. that | have acted principle ever since
my earliest advent into public life.


There has always hecn with me some fun
damental idea regarding the nature of the
Union. and have never departed from it,
and it is also gratifying to me, that after the
ordeal through which we have passed, tha,
through the chaotic state of the public mind
the idea still lived, and that those principles
are aein enunciated-that there is still an
appearance of them around and about which
there seems TO dwell crystaization. and a
formation of men that will in the future sus-
tain the country and the principle on which
If lives
Year: 1866

WASHINGTON, March g.


A delegation from the State of Kentucky


have presented President Johnson the pro.


ceedings Of mass meeting hed at Frankfort.


in that State endorsing his veto message.


Dir. Dawson made an address in the course


If which he said the presence of the agent OF
the freedmens bureau in Kentucky, only
tended to produce decentralization and dissat-
lsfaction among the negroes, annoy ance and
inconvenience TO the white citizens, and was
productive of no good results. The people
OF kentucky, and laws of the State, if left
TO themselves. will secure the negro in all
his rights Of person and property. There are
more cases of wrongs by negroes upon white
persons in the State, which 90 unpunished by
the civil authorities, than of wrongs by white
citizens upon the negroes. lie would not
disguise the fact that that there has been and
there still is some impatience and dissstisfac-
ton felt by tbs people at what they regard as
unklnd suspicion and nnkind discrimination
against them upon the part of the Govern
ment which they sustained throughout the
late terrible conflict al such sacrifices as only
those similarly situated can know.


The President briefly responded, rendering
TO those whom the delegation represented and
to the State of Kentucky. his unfeigned
thanks for the kind expressions and manifes-
tations Of confidence in him personally. and
the endorsement Of the policy which shall
control his administration. 1t was peculiarly
gratifying to receive these assurances at this
particular time. He trusted that results would
show that the confidence thus reposed was
not misplaced. and would never become
matter OF regret upon the part of those who
gave expression thereto The present Is
regarded as q most critical Juncture in the
affairs of the nation. Scarcely less so than
when an armed organized force sought 10
overthrow the Government-to attack and
attempt to cause disruption of the Govern
ment by armed combination aud military
force, Is no more dangerous - nation than
an attempt 10 reyolutionlze and undermine
1t by dlsregai and destruction Of the safe
guards thrown around the liberties Of the
people IN the Constitution. Our stand has
been taken our course s marked out We
shall take no step backward IN this matter
y o other higher evidence Of our purpose
IN TIN, regard can be given. than has been
already furnished In the future. as in the
past, we ,hall endeavor in good faith to make
the administration of the affairs Of the Gov
ernment conform TO the constitution in its
letter and spirit. Therein Is the only guaranty
10 the liberties OF the people. 1t is hoped. by
our adherence TO this rule. 10 remedy ere long
all the irregularities aud anu0yances to which
the people have been subjected.


Again do we assure you that those demon
STATIONS OF confidence and assurances Of
support upon the part Of the people are ex.
ceedingy cheering to us. That we are CRATE
ful for and properly appreciate them and
that our most earnest wish Is so 10 discharge
the trust confded 10 Us as to merit them.
Year: 1866

/ HE REBEL SoLDIERY.-A correspondent OF
the Cincinnati Gazette writing from Nashville,
Tenn, says that few days ago he had an
extended conversation with gentleman from
Mississippi, in regard to affairs in the South.
Among other things be thus speaks of ma
jority of the soldiery of his State:


find the idea being industriously put for
ward by rebel sympathizers, and finding a
| lodgmeut in the minds of some sensible men,
that whatever guilt may attach to n few South
ern leaders, the masses Of the rebel sOidery
were innocent lamhs who. driven into rebel


lion almost against their will IN the first place,
and fighting bravey while in 1t. have now. IN
| the best OF faith, laid down their arms. and
are the class upon whom We may hereafter
most rely for sustaining the Government in
| the South. There never was a greater mis-
| take. Such of the arisctocratic ''chivalryi
as were not killed of in the war, who in the
| beginning formed considerable proportion
of the rebel armies, and who now have prop
erty interests that incline them TO peace and
| repose, are likely hereafter to be the best
| friends of the new system. and to give efficient
| aid TO the Government in the maintenance of
order


But the outlaws, ragamufiins, scallawags.
ana cdhdHe generaiiy, VINO made up the mass
of the rebel army in its later days, and were
surrendered by smith, Taylor, johnson and
Lee, are to day more vicious and badly dis
posed than before the war, and for years to
come cannot be safely trusted with the exer-
else of political power The philanthropst,
Sho has isfed himself by survey of ages
OF what constitutes the progress and ultimate
welfare of mankind, the poor whites OF
The South: but the statesman who has regard
not only the future, but to the present safety
of the republic at once perceives that the
benefits Of this emancipation will hardly be
Visible IN the present generation of poor
whites, and that their own good and the goed
OF me nation imperatively demand that all
ability for mischief shall be firmly, prudently
n,tefiy ana forever Withheld from their hands


he depressed, cruel, ignorant and bloody
legions Of the rebellion must never again be
permitted, either in arms or at the ballot box
to take possession of an American State.
Year: 1866

SOLDIERS OPINIoN.-General Thomas
NJ. Harris of West Virginia, who is now in
command Of the post of Fredericksburg, in
an address delivered at Wheeling few DAYS
since gave the following account Of 'the
situation. in that vicinity


but the safety ofthe Government requires
that you let no rebel come into Congress
while he IS rebel; and the safety OF the
country requires that you let no man come
into Congress who has ever committed the
crime of treason They tell you they cannot
elect anybody else because they have no loyal
men. | tell you that is not so. They said
the same thing in the county where | had my
headquarters. They elected all their officers
there, and took pains TO elect rebels, and
elected them because they were rebels, and
their papers advocated their claims specially
on the ground ofthe service they had render
ed in the rebellion; and they would not no.
tice anybody else TO represent them, when,
to my knowledge, there we're in the town of
Fredericksburg about sixty loyal men. and
amC nrst them men better qualified and more
competent to represent them than the men
they elected. They did no. rdnt 10 elect logqi
men. They didnot want to find them. They
would show them no countenance and were
1t not for the protecting power of the Gov
eminent, by its military authority, theg
would perseclde them so badly they could not
lire among them
Year: 1866

A DIFFERENCE-W When Andrew Johnson
received the news of his nomination to the
Vice Presidency he was in Memphis, at the
St. Cloud hotel. He made a speech, accept
ing the nomination, and in the course of his
remarks thus alluded to the necessity of Sc
curing the control of the Government to
loyal men:


81 say that the traitor has ceased to be a
citizen, and in joining the rebellion has be-
come public enemy. He forfeited his
right to vote with loyal men when he re-
nounced his citizenship and sought to de-
stroy our Government. We say to the
most honest and industrious foreigner who
comes from England and Germany to dwell
among us, and to add to the wealth of the
country Before you can be citizen you
must stay here for five years" If we are
so cautious about foreigners, who voluntari-
ly renounce their homes to live with US,
what should we say to the traitor who, al
though born and reared among us, has rails
ed parricidal hand against the Govern
ment always protected him My Judgment
is, that he should be subjected to severe
ordeal before he be restored to citizenship"
He thinks differently now.
Year: 1866

PRESIDENTIAL VIOLENCE During his tour
the President has, in repeated instances, de-
nounced all who oppose his Policy of Re-
construction as traitors, and dec ared his
purpose to put them down by force as the
Southern rebels were subjugated. The un-
couth violence of his obligations has fright
ened his conservative supporters, though
they have failed to alarm the Radicals
The New York Times urges lit is great
mistake on the part of the President to as
sumo or suppose that the great body of the
people in the North who dissent from his
views, are enemies of the Union or are
seeking consciously to destroy it."


The Times will find it still greater mis-
take for the President to attempt to make
good his threats. Jefferson Davis may find
an unexpected companion ON the gallows.
Year: 1866

The proportions of the human figure are
strictly mathematical. The whole figure


is six times the length of the foot Wheth-
er the form be slender or plump, the rule
holds good any deviation from it is a de,
parture from the highest beauty of proper
ton. The Greeks made all their statues
according to this rule. The face from the
highest point of the forehead where the
hair begins to the chin, is one-tenth of the
whole stature The hand from the wrist to
the middle finger is the same. From the
top of the chest to the highest point in the
forehead is seventh. Ii the length Of the
face, from the roots of the hair to the chin,
be divided into three equal parts, the first
division determinates the place where the
eyebrows meet, and the second place of the
nostrils. The height from the feet to the
top Of the head is the same as the distance
from the extremity of the fingers when the
arms are extended.
Year: 1866

Some young men talk about luck. Good
luck is to get up at six o'clock in the morn
ing good luck if you have orly shilling
week, is to live upon eleven pence and
save penny; good luck is to trouble your
head with your own business, and let your
neighbors alone good luck is to fulfil the
ten commandments, and to do unto other
people as you wish them to do unto yop.--
They must plod and persevere. Pence
must be taken care of, because they are the
seeds Of guineas To get on in the world
they must take care Of home, sweep their
own door ways clean, try to help other peo-
pie, avoid temptation, and have faith in
truth and God
Year: 1866

81 Arthur is real Union boy, but not
at all religiously inclined; SO that his moth
er often has a great difficulty in getting
him to pray Understandings. One evening
after much persuasion, he knelt to repeat
his usual prayer but rendered it with a
slight variation as follows "Now Ilay me
down to sleep, shouting the battle cry Of
fredom.'
Year: 1866

The next campaign will be one of
the most important which the people
of Indiana have ever fought against
prescription, and error, and wrong.
Now, if ever, must the fruits Of the
terrible war which we have suffered,
be secured beyond a peradventure.
The grave responsibilities growing out
of the situation are felt and appreei--
ated by all the people. In order that
they may be prepared to act under
standingly, there is necessity for
cheap and rapid means of informing
themselves Of the rapid events trans
piring from day to day in the political
world. 1t is with, the design Of doing
all in our power to meet this wantthat
we now propose to issue ~
Year: 1866

HOLIDAY STREET THEATRE.-There could be-
no more pleasant and agreeable amusement than
that which is given by Cotton and Murphys Caifor-
MIA Minstres, at the Holiday Street Theatre 1t is


light in its nature and exactly suited to the season.
aud the different pieces in the programme. whether
song or burIosquo, given with great effect Sew
eral new pieces introduced in the bill Tonight
which viii bo given in the usual excellent style Of
the troupe.


MARYLAND INSTITUTE -Only two more nights re-
main Of the engagement ofSanford'a Ethiopian Opera
Troupe, which has given much satisfaction by the
excellence of the entertainment The leader of
the troupe, like good wine, needs no bush,' as he
is too well known to require word Of praise while
the other members arc all good in their way. An
afternoon performance will be given tomorrow for
the accommodation of families
Year: 1866

New HAVEN, CoEy., June 27.-The House


to-day concurred with the Senate in the rati-
fcation of the Constitutional amendment by
a straight party vote. A hundred guns were
fired on the green in honor of the occasion
Connecticut is the first State to ratify the
omapdmnpf
Year: 1866

New York, June 28.-The Athletic Base
Ball Club, Of Philadelphia, had match game
with the Empire Club to-day. The score of
the Empire was 10 and that of the Athletics
"a. This is the third victory for the Athletics
in three successive DAYS.
Year: 1866

Nsm. Some one writes to a Richmond paper
that JEFF Davis is diving Official records tell as
that nearly five hundred thousand of the youth
of our land who volunteered to crush the rebel
lion which he instigated are dead, fe as
Year: 1866

Our RECIPE FOR CURING MEAT
To one gallon of water, take one and a
half lbs of salt, one and hall lbs of
sugar, onc-haif ounce of saltpetre, one.
half ounce of potash. In this ratio
the pickle to be increased TO any quan.
tity desired. Lot this be boiled to-
gether until all the dirt from the su-
gar rises to the top and is skinned
off Then throw it into q tub to cool,
and when cold, pour it over your beef
or pork, to remain the usual time, say
four or fiveweeks. The meat must be
we'll covereH with pickle, and should


not be put down,tor at least two days
after killing, during which time it
should be lightly sprinkled with pow
dered saltpelre, which removes all the
surface Of blood, &C., leaving the meat
fresh and clean. Some omit boiling
the pickle, and find il to answer we'll,
though the operation of boiling puri.
fies the pickle by throwing off the dirt
always to be found in salt and sugar.
If this recipe is.properly tried, it will
never be abandoned. There is none
thai surpasses it, if sogood.-G German.
torn TstsgrapG
Year: 1866

The N, Y World dodges into the
support of negro suffrage in this style


In trying to push negro suffrage, the
Radicals are trying to force what will
Inevitably come of Itself and come all
the more speedily, if they will consent
to restore the Union. In scouting ne.
gro suffrage as thing never to be toll,
Grated, the extreme Southern party ais
play justas little wisdom or foresight"
Year: 1866

"THE DEVIL RIGHr."-A prosy lay
member of the church rose in meeting
and said:


Ny friends, the devil and / have been
fighting for more than twenty minutes.
He told me not to speak tonight but
determined / would He said some OF
the rest could speak better than l, but
still | felt that l could not keep silent.
He even whispered that | spoke too
often, and that nobody wanted to hear
me- but was not to be put down that
way-and now have gained the vic
tory, must tell you all that is in my
heart Then followed tedious haran-
que.


Coming out of the session room, the
good pastor inclined his head so that
his mouth approached the ear Of the
militant member and whispered,
" Brother, l think the devil was right.
Year: 1866

The Washington correspondent Of
the Baltimore Sun writes:


at is remarkable that after the Re-
publican Senatorial caucus had repudi-
ated and discarded the disfranch sing
section of the plan of reconstruction
reported from the Committee of fifteen,
Mr.. Stevens undertook to rebuke that
body by bringing forward a new and
more radical plan, upon which the
House is expected to rally. AS the
Senate has revolted from the domina-
ton of the House leader, it has become
necessary that the House should be
brought more completely under his
power. The proposition Of Mr.. Stevens
is simply an order to the Republican
majority, and particularly to those
shifting fellows of that party to reject
the improved and liberalized scheme
which the Senate will probably now
adopt"
Year: 1866

SCHOOL MARMs.-The Wilmington N. c. J
Dispatch shows the spirit in which the recon-
structed communities receive the efforts made
to teach their ignorant masses:


The Southern land. it seems, will never
escape the wrath of the Almighty, leveled at
it because of the neglect to employ those
means which He had given, lack of appre-
citation of which caused the defeat that we
sustained in our effort to achieve independ-
ence.


Curse after curse, like those which descend
ed on the Egyptians, came spreading dismay
throughout our land. Military rule first,
Freedmen's Bureau insolence, Yankee i'm
pertinence, all have been upon us, and all
have been borne with very commendable
patience.


But the worst of all the curses which we
have been called upon to submit to, however,
is the insupportable, intolerable nuisance of
school marms in our midst, teaching the
infant '' idea how to shoot" We had hoped
that this pestiential race would give us the
go-by. We could stand anything else that
was sent. but when the benevolent societies
of Boston sent out emssaries we felt that we
should sink under this, the last, the worst of
all our punishments for criminal failure to
accomplish our own political salvation when
the means were at hand
Year: 1866

FENIANs.-The Canadian authorities have
tried Colonel Lynch and Rev. Father Nc
Mahon, arrested at the time of the Fort
Erie raid, convicted them, and sentenced
them to death. Colonel Lynch is man
about sixty-eight years Of age, and AYERS
that he was not combattant at the time,
but was there simply as the correspondent
of the Louisville Journal. The Reverend
Father Mcmahon was there in discharge Of
the duties pertaining to his order. A more
high handed violation of the law of nations
cannot be conceived, and if the sentence is
carried out, lesser stigma than murder
cannot attach to it.


Our Government has sent a letter OF
remonstrance to the British Minister at
Washington, and to the Canadian authori-
ties, but with what result is not of course vet
known. The latest advices are that the
President has promised to protect these vic
tins to British malice but when we reflect
who the President is, we do not feel great
confidence in the fulfillment of the promise
Meanwhile, the Fenans are recruiting men
and donating money throughout the Atlantic
States, and the opinion is rife that another
raid upon the Canadians is close at hand.
Let us hope and pray.