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Year: 1867

MONDAY. Jan 2s-6P.M


The promise Of Saturday was not sustained on the
Stock Exchange to-day and the state things has gone
from bad to worse prices having again declined heavily
with q more complete Generalization Of the market
than before. The Investment demand for stocks al
though large is entirely inadequate to stem the down.
ward tide, which has been strengthened by further
sales TO realize at great sacrifice This Is much to be
regretted, as the effect is damaging through
out the country, and strenuous efforts should
be made to restore confidence. Such q succession Of
spasms and pancs the market has undergone during
the last three months unprecedented in the history Of
Wall street, and all without any substantial reason moro
than that speculation had somewhat inflated prces but
not nearly to point much above their value as they
now below To allay panic s at all times the duty
Of every honest man far In his poGer lies and
those who endeavor to aggravate the disturbing
causes now at work in Wall street are such a.
would burn house TO some trinng plunder re-
gardless OF Ill consequences The which was crcu
lated relative TO an ovessue Of the stock Of the Rock
Island Railroad Company proved TO be false although
another regarding losses to the company by loans TO
stock houses may possibly have foundation In fact
But the circulation Of such reports without evidence Of
their truth is unustfabe and should be
BY every honorable person. Notwithstanding the cond
tion Of affairs failures wsre reported although IL
Is reasonable 70 infer that houses were In Difficult
tiea


There noticeable change in the WORKING Of the
money market which was easy 70 dnt class borrowers
on good colateras al per cont Margins Of from


fifteen 70 twenty-five per cent however, continue to be
exacted on the leading railway securities and from
thirty to fifty such miscellaneous shares as ara ac
cepted The banks abundantly supplied with funds
but they distrustfu Of prices and credits the
Stock Exchange, and hence their unwilngness To
tify the checks Of their customers in gene
raj beyond the amount Of their balances Tho
statement OF the associated banks for the week
ending the 26h inst shows decrease Of So 40
in loans and Ss24sOS9 in deposits, while the other
changes unimporant, the legal tenders having in
creased the specie $64s and the circulation
20 These figures show the banks to be stronger
in their legal tender than they last week
but the is less favorable than expected
to be. So little importance IS, however, just now
tached to the actual condition of the money Market
either in out Of Wall street, that It is hardly worth
while discussing it. The totals Of the present and last
previous statements are as under
Year: 1867




Both armies remained at a stand like two
belligerent boys with clenched fists and eyes
flashing vengeance on each other,-but one
afraid and the other dared not So, we Of the
mess had many cozy meetings, and the gar
made in our number by the death Of MildeW
was soon unnoticed. He was occasionally men
toned as brave and accomplished soldier and
even Muckton accredited to him more nerve
than he ever believed he possessed. He had
died on couch of glory, and each of us asked
ourselves whose turn would come next?


Major Stretcher, after metaphysical dis
cussion one day, volunteered the following
strange story in support OF his argument:


s'The story | am about relating, said the
Major, putting down his meerschum, is fact
[ can vouch for its correctness, for | was an eye
witness, and presume there is no one here
that will impeach my veracity.


wagon guard in my department. was wounded
in the head at the battle Of Cedar Run. The
wound was mere fracture, made by a spent
ball-yet, it so affected his brain, that he hao
succession of fits.


''We had him removed to the hospital land af
terwards to Richmond but his spells of mad
ness were still frequent, though in his lucid pc
riods he was as gentle as lamb. [ advised
him to consult a skillful Phrenologist then prac
tising his science in that city. He did so, ano
the learned professor told him that he coulo
cure him, provided he would submit to his
mode of treatment. The man agreed to any
thing rather than suffer as ne did.
Il had the utmost reliance in the skill ano
learning of the professor, whose room was or
namented with a great variety of human skulls
and plaster of Paris busts. Some of the human
specimens were complete, being entire skeleton
heads An examination of the wound took
place, and the professor was of opinion thai
trappaning would not dot was dangerous
1t will take some days to cure you, sale
he, and, as | must have the wound continual
ly under my observation, you had better leave
your head with me until | can return it to yor
perfectly restored.


THE soldier demurred, but, as he had prom
ised to submit, remarklng, with good deal o.
plausibility hat am to do for head ir
the meanwhile?


ooh, will supply you with one, said the
Professor; and he went to the shelf and took
down one of the skulls


"'This' continued he, will answer your pur
pose admirably, it is the head of poet who
died in the poor house-a young man Of bril-
liant intellect, sir-I assure you.


''To my surprise, gentlemen, and, no doubt, tc
yours also, the soldier submitted to the opera
ton his own head was neatly taken off, ano
the head of the defunct poet screwed on in its
place


"For.. days the soldier wandered about the city
writing melancholy poetry On the walls and fen
ces; ;-frequenting graveyards, and solitary
places. He also entered book stores-rum bleo
among the dusty volumes and poured over po
etical works Some of his contributions ap
peared in the literary periodicals and were much
admired. But his ghastly appearance, instead
of attracting the crowd as genious should
struck people with alright and no one would &C
Year: 1867

Artemus Ward, in his letter to the London
Punch, boasts that his family isdescended from
the Puritans, who nobly fled from a land of
despotism to land of freedom where they could
not only enjoy their own religion, but prevent
everybody else from enjoying his.
Year: 1867

If you desire to be truly valiant, fear to do
an injury he that fears not to do evil is always
afraid to suffer evil; he that never fears is des-
perate, and he that fears always is a coward
he is the true valiant man that dares nothing
but what he may Quarles.
Year: 1867

Society cannot exist unless controlling DOW
er upon will and appetite be placed somewhere;
and the less there is within, the more there
must be without. It is ordained in the eternal
constitution of things, that men of Incorporate
minds cannot be free-their passions forge their
fetters. Burke.
Year: 1867

That is not the best sermon which makes the
hearers go way talking to one another, and
praising the speaker, but which makes them go
away thoughtful and Serious and Fastening to
be alone-Bp Bupet
Year: 1867

The nail Of reproof (says an old writer) must be
well oiled in kindness before it is driven home


Meddling with the faults of others is like at
tempting to move person afflicted with the
rheumatic gout-it must be done slowly and
tenderly, and must we be frightened by an
outcry or twol The great thing is to show the
person that you really love him if you manifest
this in the sight of God he will bless your efforts,
and give you favor in the sight of an erring
brother
Year: 1867

Nobility is letter of credit given you by your
country, upon the security of your ancestors, in
the full confidence that, at proper period of
ife you will acquit yourself with honor for those
engaged for VOu-MnrnlonteL
Year: 1867

There is something mournfully sweet and pen
sive in the reflections prompted by the close of
the Old Year, and the beginning of the New


And as it is by the sadness of the counte-
nance the heart is made BETTER we are doing
ourselves no harm, if we indulge in solemn
thoughts at period usually set apart for mirth
and joyous hilarity. Of those for whom the
writer indites these thoughts for the New Year,
there are some whose thirty-ffth birthday will
occur during this year, and there are many
more whose birthday will be some larger num-
ber To such these thoughts are specially ded-
icated, and the fervent hope is cherished that
some one at least may be prompted to number
his days as to apply the heart unto wisdom.


The thoughts to which the writer refers are
taken from an old manuscript that has come into
his possession, by some means not necessary to
explain, and from it the following extracts are
made: n


To-day, [ am thirty-fve years of age. The
days of our years are threescore years and ten,
and if by reason of strength they be fourscore
years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow,
and they are soon cut off, and we fly away. By
this day, L am reminded that my course is half
run, and ere another thirty five years are num-
bered, shall have finished the work of life
Or, should be living, all that will remain will
be grey hairs and failing powers, an old man
lingering upon the shadowy confines of earth,
and eternity in hourly waiting for the summons
to go hence and be no more. Since this is so,
may | be SO taught of the Holy Spirit as to
number my remaining days Alright. and to apply
my heart to the wisdom that comes from above,
that [ may be wise unto salvation, and be ever
ready to arise and depart, for this is not my
rest.
Year: 1867

From the Milwaukee Sentinel


The Kimball family, whose eighteen
years of captivity among the Sioux and
Snake Indians, has given them world
wide notoriety, passed through this city
on Saturday. They 60 TO Houston,
where they expect to find their friends,
but have been disappointed so many
times that they do not look forward with
very high hopes.


While the party were at the depot on
Saturday awaiting the departure of the
train, an affecting little incident occur
red which touched the hearts Of all A
party of Indians, who had been about
the city peddling trinkets, passed along.
They we're decorated with their paints,
and looked as uncouth as a savage only
knows how to look. The little son OF
Mrs. Kimball was the first to discover
the party, and springing down from a
chair in which he had been standing
looking out of the window, ran to the
door. He was not over four years of
age, but bright-eyed and quick.witted,
and dropped his hands and called to the
party in his infantile Indian dialect, and
expressing his joy in every conceivable
way. The poor mother saw this, and the
tears started to her eyes, as she felt how
closely the boy clung to his Indian asso-
ciates. She went to the door, aud taking
the child by the arm attempted to
lead him away, but the latter resisted,
clung to the door, called to the Indians
again and again in lamenting tones, and
would not leave. The Indians heard the
boy, and walked with measured tread to
the depot entrance. One Of the party, =
delicate looking squaw, not over fifteen
years of age, no sooner saw Mrs. Kim
ball than she dropped her basket Of bead
work upon the pavement, and with a
peculiar Indian cry, threw herself at the
feet of Mrs. Kimball, and grasping her
clothes kissed her dress time and time
again, muttering q song of praise all the
while. Her JOY seemed beyond de-
scription, and Mrs. X in return exhib-
tied no little qualification at meeting the
young squaw, while the other Indians
stood looking on with characteristic non
chalanee and Indifference. Mrs. Kim
ball had no little difficulty in satisfying
the young squaw that she had fully
EXPRESSED her gratitude and in getting
her to rise, when they commenced a
conversation in the Indian dialect The
suuaw asked questions earnestly, and
upon receiving the reply To one went to
the men Of her tribe, took from them
what money they had, and returning,
placed it in the lap Of Mrs. Kimball. Ii
was not O large sum, but when declined,
the look of reproach and sincere sorrow
on the face of the squaw expressed her
feelings. In a few words Mrs X. told
he history of the squaw. While she was
a captive among the Sioux, war party
one day brought in a number Of Navaloes
as prisoners-a party which they had
captured. Among them was daughter
Of the chief, q child Of ten years OF
age. Great preparations we're made to
nut the prisoners TO the torture. and the
efforts OF both Mr.. aud Mrs. Kimball could
not save them. Mrs. X. determined that
The child should rot suffer and at great
risk 10 her own life she entreated and IN
Year: 1867

According to Burke, 81 900, 900, 900 of
the inhabitants have been destroyed by
war. Thomas Dick estimates the num-
ber at Is, 100000, 600 At this last esti
mate, the inhabitants of just eighteen
worlds like ours have been ruthlessly
cut off from the abode of the living,
to satisfy an intolerant fanatieism, re-
venge, or unholy ambition. The blood
of these unfortunate victims would
have filled an ocean sufficient to float
the combined navies of the world.
Think of the inhabitants of eighteen
planets, whose moral and intellectual
natures are fitted for endless enjoyment,
all swept from earth to eternity to crafty
an accursed ambition and malignant
hate of man What work satiated the
zeal Of poor and wretched chief after
military glory And yet, even here, in
q land of Christian civilization, the most
advanced, and under Government the
most democratic and benign in its
principles, we still engage in this
unnatural and barbArous work Of
hell Divines call it agency Of
Providence, to punish the nation for
permitting the sin of slavery, so-called,
upon its soil. When will men learn wis
dom and practice humanity Great
God is it possible that the Cheevers,
Beechers, Tyings, Moodys and Tiltons
Of our age are the representatives of the
Prince of Peace, and commissioned to
preach the gospel of love to man ? What
a satire upon the religion of Jesus, to
call these men the meek disciples of
Him who came to establish love and
peace in the hearts of the children of
mon
Year: 1867

sisted ntil she obtained promise that
the child should be spared for some days
That night Mrs. X. supplied the young
Indian with pony and provisions.
chsersd her young heart by words Of
counsel, and directing her how to pro-
ceed, set her on her way. The wrath Of
the Sioux, when they found the next day
what had been dohe, knew no bounds
and it required no little effort TO prevent
them from wreaking their vengeance
upon Mrs. Kimball. The position which
her husband occupied as medicine
mar" in the tribe saved her, but did not
prevent them from separating her from
hsr husband for two long Asd weary
years 1t was terrible punishment to
her and what she suffered would have
killed her but for the hsps Of securing
their liberty, which buoysd her up.


She had never seen or heard Of the
young Navajoe until this meeting on
Saturday. She had forgotten the yeung
squaw, but the latter had not forgotten
her nor the act Of kindness which had
saved her from a torture Of death


Until the cars left the young squaw
sung to tho garments of her protector,
and'when the train with Mrs. Kimball
on board moved off she watched itwith
q keen eye ustil it disappeared in the
distance, and then turning away uttered
o note of lAmentation. II was a scene
which none who saw it will ever forget.
Year: 1867

There is bill before the Legislature
of Louisiana, to license gambling houses.
The price of the license is $4,000 per
annum. The curious feature of the bill
is the provision that requires each gam
bling room to be on the ground floor,
fronting on a public thoroughfare, with
one or more large windows to the room,
So that passers-by may see all that is
going on in the room where the gambling
is done. 1t is claimed that in this way,
the gaming room will be open to the in
spection of the police at all hours-to
merchants, bankers and others who
have clerks, to fathers who have SONS,
and to wives also. The idea is new
ooe, and the law, if rigidly enforced
might be productive of much good in
deterring certain classes of persons
from visiting such places. Clerks would
hardly visit gambling room that was
OPEN TO the inspection Of every passer'
by; nor would an apprentices, nor son,
nor father nor a husband, unless lost
to all sense Of shame aud utterly
reckless ofreputation and conseques ceS.
Ths growing universally of this vice
would seem to demand some action that
would check it; and we know of no sug-
gsstion better than that in the proposed
law for the State Of Louisiana.
Year: 1867

DISAPPEARANCE OF THE BUFFALO.
Among other strange changes on
the western plains made by tho Pa
cific railroad, will be its effect on the
great buffalo migrations north and
south during thespringand autumn
months. The immense buffalo trials
that sweep from the states of Mexico
to the British dominions, and over
which countless herds move north
ward, as the grass begins TO grow,
and southwark as it begins to fade,
will be entirely broken up by the
railroad and the trains of cars that
will constantly be in motion over
it. The buffalo, which, like the In
dians, has been forever rctreating
before the advance of the white
man, will thus have his last great
stamping ground destroyed; and
as there is no further retreat posi-
BILE for him, he will have to prepare
for final disappearance from the soil
of the United States.
Year: 1867

The Hastings Gazette, in an article
on the relations of tho Democracy of
this State to the bond question says !:
"Judge Flandrau, the candidate of the
copperhead State convention, stands
committed to no particular line of policy
on this occasion, if the action OF the
party in convention is the measure of
what is to be his course in case of elec:
ton. The copperhead party having ig-
nored q question of such vital importance
to the people Of this State, the presump-
ton is that the action of the Lei gislature
last winter is not obnoxious to them, and
that they as = party favor the payment
Of those bonds under the plan proposed,
and Judge Fhndrau must be acknowl-
edged as the especial champion of the
bondholders. Especially is this so when
the St. Paul Pioneer, the leading organ
Of that party iu this State, il and has
been an earnest advocate Of the PROPOSE
tion now pending for the payment Of
these bonds, and, with q record clesr
and emphatic on this subject, it was
endorsed by the coppcrhead State con.
vention As sound in the principles Of
that party on the questions of the day.
Year: 1867

EARLY RIsISe.--A great deal Of
false philosophy has had its day on
the subject Of early rising. The true
rule is for person to get out Of bed
when he has had sleep enough. II
is very proper to rise early, if you 20
to bed early. BUTT Is essential to
health that a person should have
sleep enough. MANY a child's health
has been ruined by forcing him out
Of bed before he has had enough Of
sleep. 1t is just as natural and inju-
rious to deprive him Of his food, as
to deprive him Of his sleep. Sleeps
natural-not artifcial-and when a
man or boy has had what his consti-
tuition requires of it he will himself
awaken, and get out Of bed. / am
very we'll aware that the wise man
inveighs against the sluggard's lying
in bed, and turning himself as the
door turns upon its hinges: but II all
reports concerning Solomon be true,
he himself must have spent no small
part Of his time in bed. Whether
he slept much, or not, is another
question.
Year: 1867

AN EMPERoR's REMoRsE.--It Is
said by some Of the German papers
that when the Emperor Francis JOS
eph heard Of the execution of his
brother, Macmillan, he declared that
he would never sign another death
warrant. This is probably an exag-
geration Of something said by the
Emperor in his moment of anguish
when learning the fate of bis brother,
and when he, perhaps felt the pangs
Of remorse for punishment he had
himself inflicted or tolerated for
merely political offenses. 1t would
be scourging to an unreasonable de-
gree to allow even so affecting an
event to his family to stay the hands
Of justice, for the law divine, as well
as human, teaches that there are some
crimes that require the death Of The
offenders as protection to society, il
not in expiation Of the crimes them
selves. But il, in his bitter griet foT
the untimely fate Of his brother, a,
the sacrifice for a political ofIense, h,
shall have come to the conclusion te
sign no more death warrants foI
merely political oilenses, committed
by any Of his own people in their ef-
forts toright themselves against tbs
wrongs Of ages, the sad event that
brings him to that state Of mind will
have borne some good fruits. Ther'
is nothing like the actual experience
Of kings being made to feel in tbei


own hearts, their own homes, ant
their own families, the affection the,
frequently send into the hearts, home
and families of their subjects 70
bringing them to realizing sense o
the suffering they cause and the in
justice they do with such little thought
Here comes in the application Of tina
beautiful prccept that teaches all peo
pie TO do unto others as they woult
have others do unto them.
Year: 1867




For several issues of the Democrat
there has appeared each time leader
entitled "The Situation" The title of
homilies," which the Democrat gave
our articles, now goes back like the ugly
mans jack-knife, for they certainly ap-
proach nearer sermon than anything
we are guilty of. There is certain
degree of literary merit in the articles
that have appeared. Their tone is dig
nified, their construction creditable; the
language always well-chosen, and the
figures of speech, at times, elegant. All
this we cheerfully concede but the gen.
eral intent and inculcations of the arti-
cles, we object to. The editor of the
Democrat is Union man. He will not
deny that his record confirms that asser-
ton, and we are glad to know it. He is
generally believed to have advocated
the progressive actions of Congress and
the Executive during the rebellion, and
is now the appointee of the government
TO the second highest position in this
Territory. All these considerations de-
mand that his record should be kept
clean, as a Union man and we hope, for
the esteem we have for the man, that he
will consider these recent articles care
fully, and correct the evil effect they are
intended to produce. Though they are
confined to glittering generalities and
lofty passages with nicely-rounded per-
iods, their whole purport is disunion,
and an attempt to detract from the honor
and credit of those who sustained the
Union cause and advocated the rights of
manhood. The Democrat has, of late,
taken manly, unprejudiced position, in
the main, and, with all that may be said
against it, we accord it the honor of being
the best representative paper of Union
Democracy on our list of exchanges-a
credit to the heart of its editor and to
the party it supports; but these Situa-
ton " articles, with their stilted aphor-
isms and subtle sophistries, are rebel -
through and through. The space at our
disposal will not permit the extracts we
would like to make, and can only give
room for one or two from the last num-
Der. Speaking of the Union army, it
says:


"0h, how has honor faded when the con-
querors came back merciless. IF the statue
of military greatness is thus to be earned, from
crushed morality, and painted from the bleed
ing lungs of justice, God forbid that we
should ever witness another conquest for a
name"


slavery have been broken. Aye, and every
link thus broken, is stained with the blood of
an American citizen. If such results consti-
tute a noble work, its instruments are welcome
to all the glory, for, like 'skillful execution
ers,' they did their duty"