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Year: 1867

VI A-hSSSoih4Nh,


In the Senate on Thursday, 14th inst, on the


Bill to issue Treasury Notes to pay the In


terest on the State Bonds.


Mr.. SPEAKER Il do not feel at liberty
if so disposed, to trouble the Senate with any
heightened disquisition upon financial mat
tiers, or the principles which govern trade,
credit and kindred subjects. I gave my
reasons on yesterday why should not vote
for the bill introduced by the venerable
Senator from Orange. Idiffer with the gentle
man with great Difference He is cool, col
lected, well Informed and deeply impressed
with the difficulties Of the situation, and for
titles his bill with the appreciation of some
of the best informed, sagacious and patriotic
men in the State,-men in whom the public
have confidence; and concur with the pub
lie in its high appreciation of them. Never
theless, Sir, l am here to act upon the con
victions to which my own mind is irresisti-
bly, driven by facts and circumstances.


The gentleman says, claim to he friend
Of reliet for the people. The Senate and
public must judge of that matter from my
acts. know the people clamor for relief
and desire to afford it; but Sir, when they
cry for bread, do not wish to cast them a
stone, and believe that is what they will
get in this bill stated on yesterday, that,
in my opinion, these notes, if issued, would
not answer the purpose intended, and gave
my reasons. understand it to be well
settled principle, that deprecated currency
will drive better one from circulation. In
the war, bank notes drove specie from c;rcu-
lation; State Treasury notes, bank notes and
Confederate money excluded all other species
of paper. Now, Sir, am well satisfied that
| these notes will start at depreciation. They
will be considered worth less than Federal
currency or bank notes, and will drive them
from circulation We now, according to the
best information can get have only about
one and half millions of currency in this
/ State, and that at depreciation of -pe
cent in gold. But, Sir, the Senator insists
that I said that South Carolina has issued
bills receivable, and that they passed at only
20 per cent, and as greenbacks are 25 per
cent, they are the better Now what did say
was, that the Secretary of State of South
Carolina said they were at Is per cent dis
count on greenbacks; and | will inform the
Senator that they are now 16 per cent below
Federal currency; that the Legislature au-
] thorized the issue of five hundred thousand
| dollars, but the depreciation was so rapid
that the officers thought it best to discon
| tinue the issue,-and now, when there has
been one hundred and eleven thousand dol
lars Withdrawn from circulation, there being
Year: 1867

THE New INTERNAL. REvRNI7n Pu1 Tho
Commissioner of Internal Revenue is dailv
at the House endeavoring to secure the pas
sage oil the new Internal Revenue law. Itis
thought the bill will be taken up this week
and most of the recommendations of the
committee agreed to. The bill is lengthy
one, covering nearly fifty pages, and contains
many amendments of the existing law,
among Others, one increasing the amount of
income to be exempt from tax to one thou
sand, instead of six hundred dollars Wash.
Star.
Year: 1867

lhere was poor woman who had fallen


into melancholy and murmuring frame of
mind. Her minister tried in VAIN TO iea-
son her out of it. She persisted that she
had nothing to be thankful for. AT last he
spoke to her Of her neighbours husband. an
Incorporate man. who wasted his money
when he was out, and ill., treated his vile
when he came home.


Now" he said :" is your husband like
thats"


No." was the reluctant answer.


Well, then. should you not thank God
that you have kind husband ?"


She was forced to admit this, and pro-
missed that she woald thank God every
night and morning for his mercy. Some
days elaspsed before the minister revisited
her dwelling but when he did so. he was
struck with her bright look. as she greeted
him.


Z "0h, Sir" she exclaimed. !" / have long
ed to see you |; | have SO wished to thank
you For morning or two did as |
prom ised. but did not rightly feel what
said. But the next day when | was thank
ing God that had kind husband.
hought should also thank him that had
healthy children; and when | was thank
ing HIM for that, thought | should thank
Him that had clothes for them to wear,
and house to cover their heads; and So.
sir, when was thanking God for one thing,
another Came into my head, and another
still and now know not where to stop,
or how to thank Him enough and J feel SO
happy !"


SO will il be with you, my reader, il you
will only try the experiment. For graft
tude increases with its use. The more
thankful we are, the more thankful we shall
become, and the more we shall have 10 be
thankful for.
Year: 1867

In q conversation once held with an eminent minister of the Church, he made this fine observation: "We will say nothing of the manner in which that sex usually conduct an argument but the intuitivc Judgments of women are cften more to De relied upon than the conclusions which we reach by an elaborate process of reasoning"

 No man that has an intelligent wife, or is accustomed to the society of cdu- catcd women, will dispute this. Times without number you must have known them decide questions on the instant, and With nnerring accuracy. which you had been pouring over for hours, per haps, with no other result than to find yourself getting deeper and deeper in- to the tangled niAze of doubts and diff ficulties.

 It were hardly generous to allege that they achieve these Reats less by reasoning than by sort of sagacity ap- proxilnating to the sure instinct of the animal races; and yet there seems to be some ground for the remark of a witty French writer, that, when ,san has toiled. step by step, up a flight of staifs, he will be sure to find woman at the top: but she will not be able to tell how she got there. How she got there, however, is of little moment. If the conclusions woman has reached arc sound, that is all that should con cern us.

 And that they. are very apt to be sound on the practical matters of do- mcstic and secular life, nothing but self-conceit or prejudice can prevent us from acknowledging The inference is therefore unavoidable, that the man who thinks it beneath his dignity to take counsel with an intelligent wife, stands in his own light, and bctrays that lack of judgment which he tacitly attributes 10 her, ~
Year: 1867

SUNDAY CHRIsrIANs.-lferei is a man who goes to the judgment, and claims to have been of unexceptionablc piety, He bears witness that he never violat- cd the Sabbath day; that he never spoke loud or laughed on Sunday that he never did any secular work on Sunday that he never blacked his boots, or shaved. or cooked on Sunday that he never rode on the cars or oti the boats on Sunday. On. any other day he would not hesitate to take ad- vantage of his fellow men he would not hesitate to gouge the poor woman that put his carpet down he would not hesitate to cheat his customets but then, he kSpt Sunday.
Year: 1867

LIFE.-Lifc is like game of cards our hands arc alternately good or bad, and the whole seems at first glance to depend on mere chance. But it is not so for, in the long run, the skill of the player prcdominatcs over the casualties of the game. Then do not be discour- aged by the prospect before you, but ply your studies hard and qualify your self to receive fortune when she comes in your way.
Year: 1867

THE HoIsE.-If you would have Dobbin look sleek and glossy, besides careful attention and liberal feed, he should have half peek of carrots or potatoes for his dinner at least once Il week, and twice wouldn't hurt him. Don't let him go into his stall with his feet balled up with snow. It is no place for ice, snow or water. There is no time when he will enjoy grooming as much as when the harness is taken of-especially if he has exercised enough to sweat, or if he has been out in storm or wet. This is seen by his inclpation to roll when turned loose at such times. A thorough rubbing, carding and brushing will not only an swer the purpose of his natural inclima- tion to roll, but when the blanket is taken from him the next morning his hair will lay smooth, and he will look fifty per cent. better than if put up without the carding and brushing, and will feel as much better as he looks.
Year: 1867

SUSPICIOUS PKoPLE.-Dcpend upon it that people who suspect everybody are unworthy of snybody's confidence. Accurate self-knowledgc is at the bot tom of their universal distrust. It is the consciousness of evil designs in their own hearts that causes them to doubt the existence of honest inten- tions in the hearts ofothers. Ofcoursc they are very unhappy, and we know of no remedy for their discomfort ex- cept self-improvemcnt. Let them root out of themselves the trcachcry, the mcanness, the greed, or whatever oth- CT vicious propensity it may be, which they suppose to have its counterpart in the breast of all mankind, and their opinions of their fellow men will at once change for the better. But in the meantime avoid them. People who have no faith in their kind are very dangerous persons to deal with. Tax ing 1t for granted that everybody with whom they conc in contact in business is bent on overreaching them, their ob jcct is to spike the enemy's artillery by being the first to ovcrreach. Candor is lost upon them; they consider it hy- pocricy. Favors they look upon as eunningly devised lures. intended to lead them into trap, and while receiy- ing them willingly, chucklc inwardly at the thought that they are old birds, and cannot be caught by any such de- vices. These creatures think thce un dcrstand human nature. Poor wretch es of all the thousand springs of hu- man action they know but one, and that the worst--sclflshness. Let them stop that spring in their own moral machinery, If they can. Let them do 1t for their own sakcs, for they can never know how much of good there is in the world until they do..
Year: 1867

II will be seen that the adoption of the measures now
before the ecsatUre in addition 10 those already passed
will carry the state tax TO over one per cent This is
certainly am extraordinary rate, greatly exceeding those
nf previous years. viii appear from the suOned table
giving the rate per Of the state tax for all purposes
Tor period Of ten years:
Year: 1867

SELFIsHNESs. OF n truth,there can he
no meaner type Of human setisness than
that afforded by him who, unniudfull Of
the world of sin and suffering about him.
occupies himself i'll the very pllable bust
ness of saving his own soul in the very
spirit of the miser, watching over his own
private hoard while his neighbors starve
for lack of bread.
Year: 1867

The great battle has been fought and won
by the enemy. From the returns which
nave come to hand, the probabilities are that
HaISht and the entire Democratic State
ticket are elected. The result of the cleo
ton has surprised everyone. The Democrats
themselves can scarcely realize their good
fortune, so unexpectedly did it come, while
Union men are stunned by their overwhelm-
ing defeat. The people of California have
decided upon the questions which were pre-
sented to them for arbitration, and if their
decision proves detrimental to their interests,
and inteIposes serious obstacle to the final
settlement of important national issues, as it
undoubtedly will, they cannot plead ignor-
ance on misapprehension of the nature of
the contest in extenuation of their action.
The principles embodied in the platforms of
the contending parties have been discussed
from the stump from one end of the State to
the other, the party press has done its ut
most on both sides and no election has ever
been held in which the issues were more dis
tinctly stated and the lines more clearly
drawn than the one just past. The foul blot
of slavery has been washed from our national
escutcheon with the blood of half a million
of heroes and an atrocious rebellion which
struck at our liberties and existence as
nation, has been subdued. California, far
removed from the bloody scenes which were
being enacted in the East, escaped all the
horrors of warfare. Our hills and valleys
never resounded with the thurderings of the
cannon Of an invading army, our fields have
not been enriched with the blood Of our re-
Iatives and friends and the incendiarv's torch
has not lighted up our cities and towns to
mark the track of a ruthless foe. Our
brethren in the East, after they had fought
our battles as well as their own, implor ed us
to give them our moral aid and support to
assist in the settlement of the questions
arising from the rebellion. What answer
have we made: On Wednesday last with a
full knowledge Of the facts staring them in
the face, the people of California deliberately
recorded their verdict IN favor of the sworn
enemies of their country. The vote of this
State was necessary to ratify the Constltu-
tional Amendments. The Democrats have
them. Two, if not all of the Congressional
nominees, are beaten. What record for
loyal State
Year: 1867

IT was really amusing to hear Irishmen
hurrah for Jim Cdffroth on election day. If
he is elected we hope to Christ that he will
be able to carry out the doctrine he advo-
Gated in the Legislature in 1866, making a
residence of 81 years in the country quail
fication for voting.
Year: 1867

The Democrats are very jubilant over the
result of the election. 1t has been so long
since they have had smell" that they are
likely to go mad with joy-and whisky.
Haight may be elected Governor, but we do
not believe it. At the present time no re-
turns have been received from the cow
counties. They will all give Gorham ma
jorities. We do not give up the State yet
by any means
Year: 1867

OuR readers must bear with us this week
We have been very busy, and besides, as
Billy Crooker says, "we are in fog" Al
though partially beaten, we are not disheart-
ened. We expect to live to have another
rap at the bogus democracy yet.
Year: 1867

WE call the attention of our readers to the
advertisement of Mr.. Park in this issue of
the CHRONICLE. The ranch offered for sale
is valuable one and will be disposed of on
favorable terms.
Year: 1867

The American Waltham Watch is made By
no such uncertain process-ani by no such
incompetent workmen. All the Company's
operations. from the reception of the raw ma
terials to the completion Of the Watch, are
carried on under one roof and under one
skillful and competent direction. But
the great distinguishing feature Of their
Watches. is the fact that their several parts
are all made by the finest, the most perfect
and delicate machinery ever brought TO the
AID OF human industry. Every one of the
more than hundred parts of every watch is
made by machine--that iniallibiy repro
duces every succeeding part with the most
un7arying accuracy. 1t was only necessary
to make one perfect watch of any particular
style and then to adjust the hundred ma
chimes necessary to reproduce every part Of
that watch. and it follows that every succeed
ing watch must be like it,


The Company respectfully submit their
watches on their merits only. They claim
to make
Year: 1867

AMERICAN MANUFACTUREs-TH AMER1-
CAN WATCH COMPANY OF WALTHAM, Mass
Our readers know that the best mechanism
of the best manufactures of this country is
unsurpassed anywhere in the world. The
genius of American inventors and mechanics
produced the cotton-gin, the mechanical
reaper and mower, the sewing machine, the
best telegraphic instruments, and last, but
not least, the wonderful machinery of the
American Watch Company of Waltham,
Mass, mechanism that takes hold of the
raw material-the brass and steel, and gold,
and precious stones, and under competent
direction turns out that daily wonder and
necessity-a perfect time-keeper.


Beginning in 1850 in very moderate way,
but with the determination to make none
but thoroughly good watches, the Company
have continued to enlarge their works from
year to year, Gas tn y were unable to supply
the demand.) until now they manufacture
about one half of all the watches sold in the
United States. Their factory covers over
three acres of ground, and as an illustration
of Its extent, we may mention that it is sup
piled with over sixty miles of iron pipes.
Iheee watches have proved SO reliable that
several of the railways of the country now
furnish them as part of their equipment; !;
and while recommending other lines to adopt
the same precaution against accidents, the
editor of the Boston Railway Times remarks:
I'VE have carried one of these watches for
the past four years. and although it has had
to submit to rough usage in camp life,
horseback riding. &c., we do not hesitate to
say that it is the best time-keeper and less
expensive to keep in order than any watch
we have ever carried" The Company's sue
cess has stimulated the manufacture and i'm
portation of many worthless counterfeits. so
that buyers should be careful to see thatthey
obtain the genuine American watch-made at
Waltham.
Year: 1867

The Circleville Union, in the follow


columns, speaks our sentiments in re-
lation to the support of home papers.
! The reliable neighborhood news is of


more interest to the citizens than the


news from abroad; and if the county pa
per is properly conducted, and due re-
gard paid to the local department.. the


home family paper will be first look
| ed into by the family when the bundle


of mail matter is brought into the family
circle:


FEW WORDS TO rHosE CONCERNED.
Occasionally we meet with a snbscrib.


er who complains of the amount Of ad-
vertisiug in our columns and with q


friend who would become a subscriber
but for that obstacle. Such men are un-


reasonable. They all appear unconsci-
Gus of the fact that nineteen out of


twenty of the newspapers in the country


would be compelled to suspend at once,


were it not for the advertising patron.
age that they enjoy. But" said enc
the other day--aad the objection was
made just as if it had not already been
answered n thousand times-"l can get
the Post, paper almost twice as large
as yours. and without advertisements in
its columns, at less rate than you
charge for yours" So he can But that
paper prints thousands where and while
| we are printing hundreds; and the same


matter is worked up, and, perhaps, print
ed in half dozen other papers, with as
many different names Few Of the mass
of journals are the recipients Of such a
monopoly of advantages; and il can only
be commanded in large cities.


But, when you have your mammoth
sheet, with its mammoth provisions for
fritting away the minds of young and
old, how much wiser are you as to the
general news of the day, and, more es-
pecially. the Local Intelligence, which
relates to matters affecting you personal
ly, transpiring in your very midst, mo-
mentous to you and yours in every point
OF view? Take the question with you
and think Of it.


1t is admitted on all hands, that a Free
Press is the safeguard of the liberties of
the country. The journal which CONVEYS
to US intelligence of events which occur
among us-those over which we have
control-as well as those trarspiring
abroad, over which We have less control,
is the one that presents the strongest
claim to our confidence and support
We hold it to be the duty of every good
III. Sl.lzen TO support his county paper. II
propriety go abroad for the second; but
if he can take but one, the local pspcr
should receive the preference. Its ad-
vertisements themselves often contain
matter that interests every class of COM
munity and every member Of o family.
The local press should aim to furnish q
fair compendium Of both the general
and local news Of the day, and having
accomplished that, has established
claim upon the county in which it may
be located.
Year: 1867

IMPORTANT TO BUSINESS MEN The
following from the Pittsburgh Gazette,
q sketch Of business house in that city !.
admirably illustrates our views:


..In brief interview with one of our
most liberal patrons, a few days since,
we inquired his experience in the policy
of advertising. We regard his answer
noteworthy. and commend it to the con
sideration of others. He said the same
kind Of business in which he was enga-
ged had been carried on at that stand for
ten years by one, and nearly ten by an
other predecessor. That these men gave
diiligent attention to their business. were
sober and frugal, but spent nothing for
advertising They we're just barely able
to exc out q living


"That he bought out the concern ten
wears ago. and became debtor for the
whole establishment He feit poor, and
only expended fifty dollars per annum in
each Of the business papers, the frst
vesr: that subsequently he increased his
expenses to several thousand annually
for advertising. aud the result has de-
moustrated its marvellous utility, and he
is TO day worth o175 900. and his annual
profits are constantly increasing"
Year: 1867

A mandatory for making printer, .
type of~vulcanizad India rubber has
heen started at Dolston. England. This
new kind Of type is said TO be quickly
made. and to be fully equal in quality and
durability to the common type. the cost
price being only one third Of the latter
It Offers the advantage Of less weight as
compared with metal type, and it can
be remoulded when worn. 1t presents
particular advantages for stereotyping
The invention is American, and is said
TO be making rapid progress in Eng
laud. t
Year: 1867

Senator Wade, in response TO the dele
cation from New Orleans, which met the
preambulatory Congressman 1t Magno-
liza, Mississippi, assured the people OF
the South that We of the North only
wanted such action as would secure to
the nation REORGANIZATION and return
Of the kindness that existed before the
war. He said that all the North wanted
was harmony and kind relations between
the sections to day
Year: 1867

SIZE OF NAILs.-The following table
will show any one at glance the length
of the various sizes and the number of
nails in pound. They are rated "3.
penny up to 100 penny The first
column gives the number; the second
the length in inches, and the third the
number per pound-that is:
Year: 1867

Looking at the present condition sf
steam navigation. says Captain Mckay.
the shipbuilder, it SCENE that many Of
the enterprises now before the world
must end in failure, for the simple reason
that there is not enough trade to meet
the enormous expense Of keeping large
steamers running. The world is twenty
years ahead Of common sense in steam
era 2- 44
Year: 1867

There appears to be . strong undercurrent
OF war against the Collector of the Port on the
part of the politicians, the object Of which is
either to force him to resign or to bring about
his removal We hardly think, however, that
the object will be effected. Mr.. Smythe is not
politician; therefore he does not understand
the machinery Of that destructive, corrupt and
designing class Of the community. He is o
merchant, and he thoroughly understands the
wants of this commercial city; and, moreover,
he is evidently disposed to Afford every facility
to the interests of commerce by remodelling
the Custom House system. If his plans, con-
cocted with view TO this desirable end, have
not been fully carried ont up to the present
time it is probably because he has not been
long enough in Office to perfect them fully, and
partly because he has been harassed and OBJ
structed by the politicians. There is mani
festly conflict going on in the Custom House
between the two interests. Collector Smythe,
who regards his Office in the light OF trust for
the furtherance of the business interests OF this
great maritime port, cannot be expected to
accord exactly with political leaders who con-
slider the Office simply az depository of the
loaves and fishes; and hence there Is a collision
between Mr.. Smythe and the politicians. But
the Collector, having got the right side of the
question, and sustained as he is by the whole
mercantile community, should not allow him
self to yield an inch Of bis position 20 die
machinatioos Of pretenAsd friends e open
foes. He ia she right mAnSa the right taace.
and be ought 10 keep Il.
Year: 1867

improvements would speedily follow, and
material relief to Broadway would be effected,
while the whole community would be benefited
by the roofing up of the disease and crime
which rankle and tester in that long neg
Il cted portion Of the city.