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Year: 1866

People are very apt to be mistaken in
this affair of leisure. There are very few
men who put every hour of their time to
the hest use. Often those who have the
least to do, don't half do that little, while
those who are most engaged, do everything
thoroughly. I'll give a plain illustration
drawn from every days experience. If
you want any matter. whether of profit
or charity, done sxpeditiously, and we'll
done too, go nct to the man who half his
time stands or sits with his hands in his
breeches pockets; but to the very identical
person who, being a thorough business
man, is always at work. That is the man
for you. An idler from habit regards ev-
erything that requires a little labor, study
or confinement, as an ant looks on mole
hiII--it seems like a mountain. But an
industrious man looks at his labor before
him with an eye of man who is not
afraid of it. And here is the secret spring
of his ability; he does not Ioiter or hesi-
tate-he acts promptly at once.


1T is a waste Of time to complain of other
peoples faults; the best we can do is to
mend our own.
Year: 1866

A HAPPY COUPLE The idea that a man
must be so much older than his wife to make
the marriage happy one, &c, is frequently
Some of the happiest matches We
have ever seen was where the woman was con-
siderably older than the man. The reason SO
many young men SO to the dogs is because they
marry silly young girls who cannot control
them. An exchange says:


A widow lady Of Danville, Kentucky, took
an orphan boy to raise, and when he had arrived
at the age of eighteen she married him, she
then being in her 6f,ieth year. They lived
years ago they took an orphan girl to raise
Last fall the old lady died, being ninety-s:x
years of age, and in seven weeks after, the old
man married the girl they had raised, he being
sixty four years of age, and she eighteen.
Year: 1866

p9- The Montgomery Mail gives the follow
ing good advice to young men in that section
Of country:


So far from there being nothing for yoang
men to do now, there never was SO much before
We want mechanics. We want men who will
take bold of the plane or trowel, men who are
not afraid of being soiled by the dust of the
forge or the machine chop. The young men
cannot all be clerks. There is not room enough
in the country for them when they all grow TO
be merchants. But there is room enough for
any number of fsturdy mechanics Take hold,
then, young men, and learn good trade
There is no disgrace 10 it. Be somsthing, be
useful, be man.
Year: 1866

SOUTHERN RELIEF FAIR AT meeting of
the Executive Committee of Ladies, says the
Baltimore Gazette of the 27tE ult., the sum of
'slOS,0OO was appropriate to the following
States for the relief of thc destitute
Year: 1866

IMPORTANT TO THE PUBLIC We append
an important notice from DR.. Jobe, special agent
for the Post Office Department, and sincerely
trust that those who can will assist him in re-
establishing the mail routes and Post Offices
throughout the State DR.. Jobe is a Southern
man, deeply sympsthizes with US, and is doing
his utmost to relieve US of the privations Incl
dent to lack of mail facilities.
Year: 1866

The County Union Convention has given to
the loyal voters of Kent ticket that must elicit
their admiration; and should, and we hope and
believe will, call fol n the full strength of the
party on election day. Nearly every man on
it is well known to the voters of the County,
as we'll for his integrity and social standing in
the community as for his firm attachment %
the principles which carried the country through
the war and which will secure to the nation
that which was gained by the struggle, The
interests Of the County, so far as they might
be confded with their keeping, would receive
their strict and unselfsh attention, and with
view to the material advancement of the
State Better men could not have been nomi'
mated and none would, doubtless, give greater
popularity or strength to the ticket Iii isneed


less to specify each name particularly.
What now remains to be done is that every


Union man who desires the success of his prin


ciples should give his aid to the State anC


County Union Ticket Show the candidate


that you endorse them by working for thei
| election
Year: 1866

CONNECTICUT held town elections on Mon
day in many of her towns, and the aggregate
result shows overwhelming gains to the Re-
publican Unionists. They have carried almost
every town where they seriously tried, includ-
ing quite a number that were against them
last Spring. Among these are Seymour
which never before went Republican, as vel
as Danbpry, which we lost at the State Elec-
ton. There is scarcely township which doe
not show decided Republican gain in the
popular vote. Soft is wherever a people VIII
can read are enabled to pass judgment on M.
Policy"
Year: 1866

America. Having determined to quit
the Mercantile business as soon as the
Goods on hand can be sold, I take this
occasion to say to all my numerous friends
aud customers and the entire public, who
have polronised me SO literally in the
past. that I return them my sincere
thanks, and now extend this broad invi.
tution to ull the people of Tihin city,


Seneca, and adjoining counties, to call


and secure from these
Year: 1866

all Policies are N0N-F0RFE1T1NG
and ENDOWMENT, payable at IS
and 70, at about the same cost as or
binary Life, and Ten Payment Policies
PAYABLE at death only. We call special
attention to these Tables as exceed
ingly attractive, and ORIGINAL with
the Etna. In case payments are dis
continued, after two premiums have
been paid, the Company contract to
nay, AT DEATH or the SPECIFIED
AGE, an amount in proportion to the
number Of premiums paid. a promi-
ment Company advertise to pay At
DEATH ONLY, in such cases, thus
destroying the effect and desirable
feature Of an Endowment Policy.


We take 800, 1000 on tirst-class lives,
and have done so tor year past.


We refer to the Mass. and New York
Insurance Commissioners Reports for
1854 and 1865 as an evidence Of the
Safety, Reliability and Unparalleled
Success Of the Etna Life.


Call and see us before you Insure
We have pleasant Office and shall be
happy to see our old customers and all
others desiring to insure Or obtain In
formation connected with this Com
pany.


Applications for Insurance Or for
Arenc;es can be made at this Office.
Year: 1866

IL has been a favorite theme with all Cop
perhead orators and organs to predict dire
ial condition OF the national finances, to
faretell the mos, hopeless ruin to all depart
meuts OF industry. from The crushing infiu-
cnce of the public debt. I've can never
l,uy the National debt, asserted these pro-
iuulgators of i'll omens. The national debt
was described as certain to reach three hun
dred thousand millions of dollars. This
generation would pass away before such a
Lad OF Indebtedness could ever be reduced
in fractional parts. To pay the interest
would require more of the resources of the
leope than they could spare from their bu-
SlneSs and continue prosperous.


Now, what do the real results show
What has Congress actually accomplished
III this connection, because Congress alone
tan open the sources whence the means are
derived to pay the public debt? The an
swer ia plain. In the first place, the esti-
nation OF The amount of the national in
dcbtedness was too large by several hundreds
OF millions, while the rapid decension of the
srtual amount is unprecedented in the his
tory of any nation in the world. No nation,
30 soon after a great war, commenced the
reduction of its debt Peace was scarcely
declared, when the reduction of our debt
was made to the amount of Haany millions,
and continued to be reduced at the rate of
about twenty millions per month. During
the last six months no less sum than 81 49,
3OS,574 has been subtracted from the aggre-
gateof our Indebtedness While the national
debt is thus reduced at the rate of two hun
dred and fifty millions a year, it is safe to
calculate that, with equal good management,
III ten or twelve years we shall be entirely
free. Our national expenses will be lessen
ed yearly, and our resources will increase as
the systems of revenue are perfected and
the industry of the people becomes more
fully developed The estimate we have Civ
en- above may be too favorable; but any man
who carefully examines the condition of our
finances cannot but feel iustifable pride as
he contemr lates the rapidity with which our
Government is shaking itself free of its f.
nanclal burden. Congress has legislated
wisely and well, and to it the people owe
almost entirely this unprecedented payment
OF ponderous debt The success of the
great Union party of the land gives fresh
ygor toe our securities, and furnishes a pledge
that the best will be done that can be done
to speedily free the people from the debt in
Cured In saving the nation from ruin.
Year: 1866

SLEEP WHEN VOC WANT-Let me as
sure you, that if you are seeking rest, and
feel the breath of the dream god about you


even directly after breakfast, yield at once
sleep when you can and as much as you
can. Thus nature knits mp not only the
ravelled sleeve of one days care. but goes
carefully over the whole fabric Of your be
ing and makes good manv threadbare place
which incessant work has left unmended
from week to week Yield to her hand as
she feels for the worn spots and if you can
go to sleep in the day time, even after a
good night srest let no affectation of shame
hinder your acceptance of the privilege.
Lay the monotonous newspaper down, put
your legs upon the sofa, and go to sleep.
Year: 1866

A traveller in Montana relates that in
some of the streams at the sources of large
rivers the speckled trout are so ravenous
that they viii bite at anything He says
sseey even followed him into the woods and
DIT at the spurs on his boots as he rode
away. Fishy story, that.
Year: 1866

A western editor lately married one of his
eompositors, another compositor acting as
bridesmaid, the officiating clergyman being
retired printer, and the local editor giving
the bride away
Year: 1866

Ia WEDToN VEAL-Boil four eggs hard slice


thin; place round the bottom Of a two-quart
bowl lay over these layer of uncooked
veal cut very thin; then layer of cooked
ham cut very thin; fill the bowl with these
alternate layers; cover it closely with plate,
and put weight on the top of the plate, and
cook in a steamer three hours. Set it in a
cool place till the next day, when it will be
jellied,
Year: 1866

MoLAssEs GINGERBREAD.-One cup hot wa
ter, piece of butter half size of an egg, one
cup molasses, teaspoonful ginger, cloves and
saleratus. Mix the whole SO thin that it will
pour easily


The above are plain, cheap and simple but
knowing your paper is intended for all, |
send them. In most of the ladys books the
skill in making as to be but little used only
by the rich.
Year: 1866

Citizens in the rear of the city, on the line of
the First and Fourth Districts, complain loudly of
the soap factory at the corner of St. Andrew and
Howard streets. The stencil is so great that for
squares around people are compelled to close
their windows whenever the wind blows from the
direction of the factory. With the disorder at
present in our midst threatening to become epi-
demic, scarcely anything can be more dangerous
to the public health than those offensive odors
which provoke nausea 1t is within our personal
knowledge that the smell from this factory in
warm weather is disgusting in the extreme, and
we have no doubt, upon the attention of the
health officer of the Fourth District being called
to the matter, he will take steps to abate the dan
gerous nuisance.
Year: 1866

GAS FIXTUREs.-The present being the season
when housewives generally fix up with new paint
and, if at ALL introduce gas fixtures, it will not be


mpertinent for us to call their attention to such
stocks of those goods as we may deem worthy of
their special attention. In our peregrinations
about the city we generally manage to see every
thing new in all branches of business consequent
ly if stock of goods in any particular line hap
pens to be brought to the city, we are more apt
to know of it than almost any one else, always
excepting the party who brings it here. 1t
will not be surprising, therefore, when we inform
our readers that our old friend Capt. j. G. Flem-
ming has just opened one of the best selected as
sortments of gas fixtures ever brought to this city.
These goods appear to us to cover the whole line,
from singlelight bracket to the largest and most
elaborately ornamented chandelier. Suspended


in Capt. Flemming's warerooms, at No. 125 Maya
zine street, are to be seen chandeliers of one two


three, five and six burners; hall lamps, wall
brackets, pillar brackets and portable sewing
stands, of the most costly and elaborate patterns


line the shelves Persons wishing to get their
dwellings, stores or offices fitted up with gas burn
ers, could not help finding something satisfactory
| in this immense variety, and we advise them to
save trouble this warm weather and go there al
once. The gallant captain, we are glad to inform
his old friends, after indulging in powder and
smoke, "a la reb,' for four years at the head Of
his Continental boys, and in so doing sinking al


he had, has simmered down to gas for the balance


of his life, in which pursuit it is to be hoped tha


he will recuperate his pockets. Ever prompt il


driving in pickets, he will prove no less eficien


in sorewing in gas-pipes So give him a call
Year: 1866

been supported by amazing majorities on the
popular VOTE and upon the direct issue whether
the policy of the President should DE ratih fled, u
would have been decent aJ least In the Presi-
dent to pay some attention TO that subject, and
to point out II he could, in what particulars
those propositions were harsh, burdensome or
wrong. But he argues as IL nothing had ever
existed which initiated against his own plans,
and he asks Congfess 10 adopt arguments which
can only be sanctioned by perfect forgetfulness
of all that has passed. We do not Imagine that
the President will have the least influence upon
Congress. The ultimatum of the people is the
adoption of the Constitutional Amendments by
the Southern States. Ii they will not do so, it is
not likely that anything more mild and conci-
liatory will be proposed, and something much
more severe will be ad Vocated.
Year: 1866

IBishop Simpson,, in speech at
the late Missionary Anniversary at
Baltimore, made the following signif-
cant point; 5 .l 11 81,


Tho nations of the earth have been
waiting TO partition Turkey. Russia
has boen making rapid progress, un.
noticed almost amid our own excited
times. England and France alone
keep her from the Mediterranean sea,
Napoleon is cutting tho isthmus be,
tween Asia and Africa. Probably in
year or so tho tides of commerce
will flow equally with the seas which
flow through the channel. do not
wish to predict evil, but there is a
cloud gathering upon cur horizon
Napoleon has been watching our
land. l do not know what will be the
result of the last war. Suppose he
should undertake to measure arms
with us, what will be tho result? At
that time will Russia come down 10 tho
Mediterranean and divide the com
merce of the earth with Franco? Then
will come the downfall of Mahomme-
dan power. If these things,should be
so, what year 1866 will boz s-unJe
Year: 1866

Thus, say, stood, and walked, and
looked this singular man. lie was old;
but when that gray eye and face, and
every feature were lit up by tho in
ward soul in fires of emotion, then it
was that all these apparently ugly fe2-
lures sprang into organs Of beauty, or
sunk themselves in a sea of inspira-
ton that sometimes flooded the face.
Year: 1866

The undersigned have associated themselves for tho
purpose Of establishing Newspaper and Job ONCE In
the town OF Lexington. The paper will be known un-
dor the above title and have named it., not only
localize and popularizo it, but in honor OF one who
lived with and who died for Us, and whose memory
will be reVered long as tho everlasting mountains
shall endure, which encompass his last resting place
IL shall be endeavor to make II in all re-
spects worthy Of the support OF the people of Rock
bridge and adjoining countios and therefore appeal
with confidence for liberal share OF the fuohc pa
tronage II will bo the exponent OF the public senii
ment and the advocate Of the rights and interests oil
the people, whose aid we solicit and among whom We
have been born and raised. Whatever measure oi
public policy Of local Improvement that looks 10


AN extension OF the great arteries OF trade, or TO
more extended development OF the material and mine
raj resources, In which our valley and mountains
abound, WI shall advocate with energy and zeal No
labor or expense will be spared to cnttlo II to an
agreeable reception a every hrosdc, and in order TO
do So each number will contain variety of reading
matter tho latest and most reliable elcgraphic news,
monetary news article, and full report OF Congress
sional and Legislative proceedings We hopo to make


II he dccid interest Of business to seek AS
a medium Of communication to the public mind, by an
extensive circulation based entirely on It's merits ss
public journal.


with regard to our national afrairs only say
that the of struggle have oblitsraed
all party lines between the people OF the South, and
political distinctions ara no longer known among us
W shall therefore support such men and measures,
whose conservative influences arc or can be do
available in the removal Of obstacles to social and
political establishment AS people, and to restoration
Of equality as a State Of tho Federal Union.


In the present doplOrable condition OF our beloved
old Common and the unsettled state of our pub
lie affairs know that many dificultes must attend
the building up of any now enterprise but with ener-
Ky and perseverance Wa hope to give the BANNER
pc rmanent position among the journals Of the State


We shall conduct 1t with oleration and respect for
the ntments Of all who may differ with US In opinion
and We ask the courtesy for ourselves.


TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.


For one year. In advance %
| For six months, d" Observation-Disclosures. "a
For three months " ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. %
| The rst number will be issued in January.
s. II. LETCHER.
declS-r S. Il. FULLER.
Year: 1866

WASHINGTON, April l6.-The Presi-
dent to-day nominated to the Senate for
confirmation Mr. Smythe President of
the Central National Bank, to be col
lector for the port of New York, and
Samuel Courtuay to be United States
Attorney for the Southern District of
New York, vice Mr. Dickinson, deceased


It is rumored. and on such authority
IS to leave little, if any, doubt of its
authority, that Henry Stanberry, OF
Ohio. has been appointed Associate Jus.
tice of the Supreme Court OF the United
States for the South District, vice jas
t;ce Catron, deceased.


Among the mass Of testimony submit
ted today from the Committee on Re
construction, was that Of Hon. Alex. Il
Stephens. Mr.. Stephens gives as his
opinion that an overwhelming majority
OF the people of Georgia are exceedingly
anxious for the restoration OF the Gov
ernmeut and the State to take her tor
mer position in the Union and enjoy all
her rights and adjust all her obligations
as q State under the Constitution and
the laws as it stands amended His
opinion of the people of Georgia is that
the exercise of the right of secession was
resorted to from desire to render their
liberties and institutions more secure
and from q belief on their part that this
vas absolutely necessary for that object
He thinks that the people are perfectly
satisfied with the experiment, and that
they viii never resort to that measure
of redress again He believes that the
only hope for their Liberties now Is the
restoration of the Constitution OF the
United States and of the Government
under the Constitution.


Fire insurance companies are said Il
have determined to raise their RATES


The committee is engaged on the he"
tariff.


Judge Underwood, Judge of the I ni
ted States District Court for the state
Year: 1866

might be termed sectional or geograph


ical division of the State


Question-In what particular did the


people believe their constitutional liber
ties were endangered or assailed from
the Union Answer-Mainly, | could
say, on their internal social policy and
their apprehension from the general
consolidatorytenden of the doctrines
and principles of that political party
which had recently succeeded in the
choice of president and Vice President
of the United States. 1t was the serious
apprehension that if the Republican or
ganization as then constituted should
succeed to power, il would lead ulti
mately to a virtual subyersion of the
Constitution OF the United States and
all its essential guarantees of public
liberty. l think that was the sincere
honest conviction Of the minds Of our
people. Those who opposed secession
did not apprehend that any such result
would necessarily follow the election
which had taken place They still
thought their rights might be maintain
ed in the Union and under the Constitu
ton, especially as their Own maiorities
in both Houses Of Congress who agreed
with them on Constitional question


Question-To what feature of their
internal, social policy did they appre
hend danger. AnsveT--principally the
subordinate of the African race as it
exists under their laws and institutions.


Question-In what spirit is the emau-
cipation of slaves received by the peo-
pie. Auswer-Generally it is accepted,
/ think, in perfect good faith, and with
a disposition To do the best that can be
done on the new order of things III this
particular


Question-What at present are the re-
lations subsisting between the white
people and black people, especially in
the relation oi employees and employedI
Answer-Quite as good ! think AS in
any part of the world that | have been
in and witnessed like cases of employees
and employed; and the condition Of
things in this respect in my section last
fall was quite different from what il was
when left home fol my present visit TO
this city During the fall and up TO the
close OF the year th0re was a general
opinion prevailing among the Colored
people that there would be a division OF
lands and very general iudisposiiion
on their part 10 make any contracts at
all for the present year. Indeed. there
were few contracts made throughout
the State until afterchristman or about
the. first of July. Gen. Tilson who is at
the head of the Bureau of State, aud
whose administration has given very
general satisfaction to our people, 'and,
| think, has been worry active in disabns-
ing the minds of the colored people
from their error in this particular. lie
visited quite IA number of places nthe
State, and addressed large audiences of
colorcd people, and when they became
satisfied that they were laUoriug under
a mistake in anticipating division OF
land after the ist ofJanuary, they made
contracts very readily


QuestioR-Are the negroes generally
at work Answer--Ies sir There are
some idle, but they are small proper
ton
Year: 1866

of Virginia, has published a card to cor.
rect perverted report Of one of his re.
Judge Underwood says: AIN that opin.
ion [ did not express doubt of the le-
gality of the late peace proclamation,
nor was it illegally called in question by
any one connected with the case. Nor
did express the opinion that the writ
of habeas corpus could not. be executed
in one State while it was not suppressed
in another but the very contrary opin-
ion Ny opinion simply was that the
late peace proclamation did not revoke
the previous proclamation Of President
Lincoln suspending in certain cases the
writ in States lately in insurrectioni did
nat include Texas aud that it had not
and was not intended to have so broad
and general application as the petitioner
supposed, and therefore refused to grant
h is PRAYER"
Year: 1866

A young man who had recently taken a
wife. says be did not fpd it half so hard to
get married as be did to get the furnitare
and when 1t came to getting the bread and
butter, be had to fall back on the old folks