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Year: 1866




4 letter from Iiop Hannibal IIamlin. to
the President. is made public. resigning the
Collectorsliip of this port. which was ten
dered to him unsolicited just year ago
The important portion of the document is
as follows:


Il do not fail TO observe the movements
and efforts which have been and are now
being made to organize q party in tire coun-
try consisting almost exclusively OF those
actually engaged in the late rebellion, and
their allies who sought by other modes to
cripple and embarrass the Government
These classes of persons, with a small fac
ton of others, constitute the organization.
1t proposes to defeat and overthrow the
Union Republican party, and to restore to
power, without sufficient guarantees for the
future, and protection to men who have
been loyal, those who have sought to de
stroy the Government. | gave all the in
fluence / possessed to create and uphold
the Republican Union party during the
war; and without the aid of which ouI
Government would have been destroyed
and the rebellion success. With such q
party as has been inaugurated, and for such
purposes, have no sympathy, nor can
acquiesce in the measure by my silence.
Year: 1866

vine power in all righteous and Just meas
ureS he may adopt to secure the perpetui,
~ of our free institutions and the mainte-
nance of our National Constitution.


The it7iieired words are all taken as they
stand in the original.


In addition to the foregoing, the follow
Ing ringing resolution was passed:


Resolved, That we are in the fullest sym
pathy with our bretiieren engaged in the
work of planting the Gospel in the South:
that they are entitled to all the protection
under the general Government of other cit
iZehs; and that far them ue claim and demand
in their Legitimate and holy calling. this
protection at the hands of the Executive of
the Nation


Al this is nobly and timely uttered
These Christian patriots do not consider it
any part of cur holy religion TO remain
'mum," and passive when the civil and
political rights of our brethercn are being
overthrown. They protest in no whining
undertope. but in the clear, manly voice of
freedom. against the schemes and iniquities
of "my policy" Though we have small
hope that anything can reclaim the Apos-
tate. we confess we like Ia hear this glori-
Gus. old-fashioned Methodist thunder peal
inc around the head and piercing the ear
of Andrew Johnson.


Thenext meeting of the Conference will
be held in Danvilie.
Year: 1866

ford by which we were to pass out, We
met with those fashionable mourners
who had been ferried over along with
us, and who, being unwilling to go as
far as we had eoasted by the shore to
find the place where they waited our
coming; that by showing themselves
to the world only at the time when. wo
did, they might seem also to have been
among the troubles of the grotto.A
Here the waters that rollcd--on the 9TH
er side so deep and silent, were much
dried up, and it was an easier matter
for us to wade over


The liver being crossed, we were
received upon the further hank BY our
friends and acquaintances, whom Com
fort had brought out to congratulate
our appearance in the world again.
Some of these blamed us for STAYING so
long away from them, others advised
us against all temptations of going
BACK again: every one was cautious
not to renew our trouble, by asking any
particulars of the journey; and all
concluded that, in q case Of so much
melancholy and affiiction, we couldnot
have made choice of filter compani-
on then Patience Here Patience. ap.
pearing serene at her praises, delivered
US over to Comfort. Comfort smiled
at his receiving the charge, ifnmedi-
ately the sky purpled on that side to.
which he turned, and double day at
once broke in upon me-


Dr. PA N Il.
Year: 1866

Two young men went to a house of
ill-fame in Bryan one night last week,
and while endeavoring to effect an en-
trance one9of them was shotin the left
leg. It is feared that the wounded
limb will have to undergo amputation
to save the life of the gay young man.
AS he belongs to good society" it is
claimed that he was there on s:busi-
ness" looking for another man, &c
Kenton Rep. III
Year: 1866

and the Brownlow style will fall far short
of capacities hitherto displayed if it fails
in any particular to give full expression
to their hatred. None but an iniidel will
question its strange capacity in witnessing
its truthful deliniations of 'loyal" men,


Its particular adaptation to this work is
not more to be commended than the, in
dustry of it profcients in thus employ,
ing it. ..........
Year: 1866

Ii is significant fact that many southern
papers now advocate impartial suffrage; tha,
long debate was had, last week, on the sab
5ect, in the Alabama legislature, and, though
it was nat adopted, the measure commanded
q respectable vote, giving hope that it will
yet prevail.


The proposed constitutional amendment
was also before ths Georgia. legislature, a
few days ago, and rejected. ard one of the
considerations in It's rejection was stated to
be that the people of Georgia have begun to
look calmly upon the possibility of negro suf-
trage as means of readmission."


These facts show that the southern people
are making some progress on the subject, and
the Chicago Times truly says:


There cannot be doubt.thst the southern people
when they come TO consider the subject calmly and
dspassionatey y, will arrive at the conclusion that i'm
partial suffrage and general amnesty preferab
TO the congressional scheme of representative
culaton and general disfranchisement. That they
are even now beginning to consider the matter dis
passlouRteiy is manifest from the fact that direct
made and rejected only after Gong debate in the
Aabama legislature, and from the further fact that
- slto establish common school system for whites
4 blacks upon an impartial basis is pending
! t0e Georgia legislature, and is expected TO pass
fs4-t body 1t 10 plainly TO be seen that the ques
rion Of impartial suffrage is growing question" in
the s0uth.
Year: 1866

The general dispoeition now seems to be to
let radicslism 60 ahead and have its own way
without Opposition The radicals will ind
that they have got q serious responsibility %
their should sxs. They are the las. men whom
the people in ordinary times would select to
manage the geyernmsnt. Sooner or later,
the public will grow deathly sick of them. =
Inebriates are sometimes cured by saturating
everything which they eat with their favorite
liquor, whether it be brandy, gin or whisky,
until finally the mere smell of it nauseases
,thsm, and they abandon their bad habits IN
disgust This nation is now undergoing sim
liar treatment for the radical delirium, with
which it is aflictsd.-Boston Courier.
Year: 1866

i FINANCIAL TYPHooN AHEAD.-All the
indications are that we are On the eve OF a
great financial and commercial revofsion--a a
revulsion that will be in the extent of its
disastrous influences certainly equal to that
which occurred in 1887, and certainly much


more wide spread and ruiuous. The pru-
dent have already farled their sails in expec'
tatioa of regular financial Typhoon.-Bos'
ton Courier.
Year: 1866

re-" We wonder If the Bloodhounds
OF Zion " ever read the following para
graphs from the teachings Of "One who
taught as never man taught


Blessed Gre the peace. makers, for
they shall be called the children of God"


Love your enemies, bless them that
curse You, do good to them that hate
you and despitefully use you and perse.
cute you"


Judge not that ye be not judged


Whatsoever We would that men should
do to you, do We even so to them


The book that contains the above, is Ii
sealed volume to the present race Of
blood thirsty oigots.
Year: 1866

our State, il behooves us to look to tn,


future, and adopt the measures best caleu


lated to make us again thriving an(


happy people, The South, being EN-


phatically, by nature, an agriculturs


country, every man should feel it duty


to do all in his power to assist the farme,


and further the farming interests W,


have just entered upon new life. We
have left slave labor behind us, and we are
now to try its antagonist. That free Ia
Dor can be made successful at the South,
we do not for moment doubt. The ne
groes, having just received freedom, of


course feel that they have left the ncccs-


sity for laboring along with their bonds.
They have yet to learn, by bitter expert
cnce, that freedom will not feed, nor will
1t clothe, but man may be very free and
very poor, and can starve. This lesson
they will soon learn. Being once con-


vinced that freemen must obey the man


date, " BY the sweat of thy brow shalt
thou earn thy bread" as well as slaves,
they will quietly go 70 work, and muscle
will be plenty. Let none he uneasy on
the score of the quantity of labor; it will
beplenty. We have only to be careful to
control and dircctit property. Let every
man who owns an acre of land force it
to its utmost capacity; produce all he
can. If every man is a producer, so far
as his ability permits, the country will
begin to lookup, We complain of hard
times Times are hard Money scarce,
and provisions high but the general health
of the country is as good, if not better,
than it ever was, and the land fully as pro-
ductive. There is no good reason for
our having "hard times y forever. Let
us have the smiling visagc Of Plenty"
and Prosperity We believe every
man should raise cotton. If "cottOn"
is not battle king it is money king"
This product will probably, almost GER
tainly, bring from forty to fifty cents per
pound, by the time the crop of the pres
ent year is in market \ man can raise a
bale of 800 lbs to the acre. Suppose he
raises but one bale, here he has from 5000
to $3.50, for his acre of land. He cannot
easily make an acre of land produce him
more of any other species of commodo-
ties, and, certainly, he can produce no.
thing he can sell more readily, Suppose
three -fourths of the people in Crawford
County had $3.50 apiece What Il food
of money there would appear to be in
the County. The pulse of trade would
quicken, people would cease to grumble
at the hard times, and we would be again
in fourishing condition. This result
can be easily achieved, but not without
labor. The " unwilling earth" must be
wounded by the ploughshare,' and for
ced to give up to us the wealth hidden in
her bosom She has been smitten with
the pick and spade for the past few years
in the (almost always) vain hope Of for
cling her to disgorge coin ready made;
let her now be compelled to yield up that
which can bring the coin. Industry and
perseverance can and will build up our
country, and the farmers are the men who
can do it. TO thu earth we look for ev-
erything we eat drink or wear we owe
all to the farmer; let him do his duty;
his reward is certain.
Year: 1866

INDUsTRY.-Men must have occupation
or be miserable. Toll is the price Of sleep
apd appetite, of health and enjoyment. The
very necessity which overeomes our natural
sloth, is blessing. The world does not cons
tain a briar or thorn which divine mercy
could have spared. We are happier with the
sterility which we can overcome by industry,
than we could have been with spontaneous
plenty and unbounded prolusion. The body
and the mind are improved by the toll that
fatigues them. The toll is a thousand times
rewarded by the pleasure which it bestows.
Its enjoyments are peculiar. No woalth can
purchase them, no Incidence can taste them.
They flow only from the exertiOns which
they repay.
Year: 1866

INDUSTRY AND ITS BLEssINGs.-People
may tell you Of being unfit for some peculiar
occupation in life, but heed them not.
Whatever employment you follow with per-
severance aud assiduity will be found ft for
you; it will be your support in youth and
comfort in age. In learning the useful part
of any profession very moderate abilities will
suffice; great abilities are generally injuri'
GUS to the possessors. Life has been COM
pared to a race, but the alusion still improves
by observing that the most swift are ever the
most apt to stray from the course.
Year: 1866

R>WoRKING.-The s. F. Neao Age
treats this prevalent vice as follows "The
people are literally wearing themselves out.
They 90 round and round like machines, as
though muscle and bone and fibre could
withstand the wear of iron and steel. Any>
thing to gain an object. Everything to ac-
quire wealth. No matter what weakness and
nervous arrangement it may entail upon
children, the spirit of the country is that of
work, progrcss-and the goal must be reach
ed What if young men grow old at thirty,
or young women lose their freshness and vi
vacity at twenty-there are great things to
be done; and if the body is worn out in do
ing them, why the repair must be an after
consideration. The wheels must 90 round,
no matter how many are crushed Flesh
and blood are not to be taken into account.
Shatter the nerves, ruin the eyes, grow gaunt
and consumptive-never mind, the spirit Of
the people must not be contested. Progress
Is the word Wealth first, and body after,
ward. And when the little monitors of ILL.,
health begin their insinuating advances, the
usedup man or woman Immediately plans a
trip to the seaside or mountains, and month
or two of rest. As though life could be toy,
ed with in this arbitrary way As though
one long strain is balanced by total relief
1t is strange that such absurd ideas of phys.
ical culture should have credence among a
practical people"
Year: 1866

Somebody has found out new way of
taking pictures, by which they can be better
taken in the night than in the day time. A
photographer has missed several from the
frames that hung by his door, and doesn't
approve of the new plan
Year: 1866

An English journal vouches for the
truth of the following: A few Sabbaths
ago, while a minister was conducting
public worship in one of the West Main
land churches, the service was inter-
rupted by the entrance of goose. The
psalm had just been given out, the con-
gregation were beginning to sing when
the circumstance attracted the attention
of the precentor, who so far forgot him
self that he lost the tune. During the
silence which consequently intervened,
the minister whispered to one of the
Office bearers to put out the goose. The
Office bearer being ignorant of the pres
ence of a bona 6de animal of the species,
thought it was the precentor that was re.
ferred to, and laid hold of him with the
intention of executing his instructions,
which he would have done, our cores
pondent adds, had the precentor not
made a powerful resistance.
Year: 1866

I've been defending myself from the
charge of mot knowing what music is"
Perhaps l don't know. But when | go
to fashionable concert, and the lady
"artiste," | believe that is the regula-
ton word, comes out in her best bib and
tucker, with gilt battle.ax in her back
hair, and sunhower in her bosom, led
by the tips of her white gloves, by the
light of cleaning bracelet, and stands
there twiddling sheet of music, prepa-
ratory to the initatofy screech, feel
like screeching myself Now if she
would just trot on, in her morning gown,
darning a pair of stockings, and sitting
naturally down in her old rocking-chair,
giving me Aud Robin Grey" instead
Of running her voice up and down the
scales for an hour to show me how high
and how low she can go without drop
ping down in fit, I'd like it. One trial
of her voice that way, to test its capa-
city, satisfies me. 1t is as good as a
dozen, and great deal better.


] don't want TO listen to it whole
evening. will persist, if I'm shot for
it. That running up and down the
scales that way isn't music" Then if
you knew the agony of perspiration I'm
in, when drawing near the end of her
musical gymnastics she essays to wind
up with one of those swift, deafening
don't stop to breathe finales; you would
pity me. / get hysterical. wish she
would split her throat at once or stop.
/ want to be let out. want the roof
lifted; feel cold perspiration break
ing out on my forehead. | know that
presently she will catch up that blue
cause skirt and skim out of that side door,
only to come and do it all over again, in
obedience to that deadhead encore. You
see all this machinery disenchants me.
1t takes away my appetite, like telling
nae at dinner how much beef is pound.
/ had rather the ropes and pulleys of
music would keep behind the curtain.


Of course my taste isn't cultivated,
and moreover, the longer live the less
chance there is of it. On that point /
am what country folks call soft. "
Sometimes, when passing these concert
rooms of an evening, / hare caught
note that took home with me. Caught
it. with the help of the darkness and the
glimmering stars, and the fresh wind on
my forehead, and blessed ignorance of
the distorted mouth and heavng milli-
merry that sent it forth. But take me in,
and you'll have an hysterical maniac
The solemn regulation faces, looking at
the music" set me bewitched to laugh
and outrage that fashion. drilled and kid
ded audience. Bless you, cant help
it. had rather hear Dinah sing "Old
John Brown" over her washtub. l had
rather 90 over to Mr.. Beecher's church
some Sunday night and hear that vast
congregation swell forth Old Hundred,
with each man and womans soul in it,
that earthly cares and frets are no more
remembered than the old garments we
cast out of sight.
Year: 1866

to-day.


MOTION TO QUAsH ovERRULED.


1t will be remembered that on last Saturday,
al Igument was made IN the case of the Common
wealth VS.. Stephenson, Walker ct al charged With
conspiracy and false pretense to quash the bill upon
grounds that we then gave. The Court held the
matter under consideration, and this morning h 8
honor Judge Peirce delivered q short verbal decI-
slon, and overruled the motion


An application was made in behalf of Helen Bur-
meister for the custody OF her Little daughter Some
testimony was submitted in the matter, which went
tc show that the husband deserted his wife year
winter and part OF the summer through sickness and
health; that the husband, taking an advantage of
his wtes illness, took the child from her last sum
mer, and has held 1t ever since.


The mother showed that she had home of plenty
and comfort for her child at the house of her
bOrther-in-law. The mother is, in law, entitled TO
the custody Of her child 1t Is but four years of
are. She took the child last Monday to where che
was boarding; and the father went with an officer
and took IL again.


At this stage of the proceedings, the Judge was
called TO another Court, aud at the close of our
report had not returned,
Year: 1866

Inc gravel from neglect or improper treatment
Of the kidneys These organs being weak the water Is
not ex PEELED from the bladder but allowed to remani
It becomes feveIsh and sediment FORMS 1t is from this
deposit that the stone is iormed and gravel ensues
Year: 1866

have made themselves the admiration OF other
Daiions, and that as well in their own land as in
distant countries they have had the happiness and
the glory OF beng strong by their discipline con-
querors by their courage, and beloved by their sove-
feigns for their fidelity and devotion.
Year: 1866

There are many persons who have been deferred
from Insuring their Lives for the benefit of their
families on account of not being in sound health
The undersigned is agent for the UNIVERSAL l.
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK
which company takes risks the lives of INvALIDs,
and is also agent for the
Year: 1866

large proportion Of the operatives in our various
kinds OF shops are not worth $1,000. A wife be-
loved, and confding children cling with fond regard
to the father, liable any moment to be taken away
with nothing laid by for their comfort and protec-
tion. The annual sum of $25 would pay life poll.
cy that would in the event of death go far towards
making them comfortable; and who can not lay
aside for such purpose this small sum, and who
among yor ought not to lay it asdel If the family
is poor so much the greater need that this wise pro-
vision be not neglected. AS the ordinary accumu
latons are necessarily slow, requiring years to lay
aside few hundred dollars, how much wiser to make
sure at once large sum by Life Insurance Take
warning before it is too late, ..t
Year: 1866

Work can be ordered from any part of the Ter ritory, and win be promptly executed and care. fully sent by mail, or as directed.

 Heuceforth the business of the office will be conducted strictly upon the
Year: 1866

1t is stated that 10y lransplanlno Towering
plants several times year for two successive
years without allowing them to bloom, they
can he made to produce double blossoms,
while the plant only previously gave single
Year: 1866

Srw PRoCEss.--The San Andreas Rcg5sier has been informed that Mir. Bowie, who has been engaged in building mill near town has perfected a process of reducing quartz so ss to extract all the gold from the rock. lt is done by means of heated steam; which is brought into contact with the rock and slackens it as water slackens lime. He has made a practical test of a lead situated in Angels, which has been worked, but which could never be made to pay over three dollars per tun. The Register is told that by this process this same rock yields five hundred dollars a tun. If this is correct 1t is destined to bring about a revolution in quartz mining, which will make this one of the richest sec tions in the State; for by this process nearly every lead in the country will pay.
Year: 1866

If you cannot on the ocean,
Sail among the swiftest fleet,
Rocking on the highest billcws;
Laughing at the storm you meet;
You can stand among the sailors,
Anchored yet within the bay .
You can lend hand to help them
As they launch their boats away.
If you are too weak to journey
Up the mountain steep and high,
You can stand within the valley,
While the multitudes go by; "
You can chant in happy measure
AS they slowly pass along;
Though they may forget the singer.
They will not forget the song.
If you have not gold and silver


Ever ready to command.
If you cannot toward the needy


Reach an ever open hand
You can visit the afflicted,


O'er the erring you can leap
You can be true disciple,


Sitting at the Savior's feet.
If you cannot in the conflict,


Prove yourself a soldier true
IF where fire and smoke are thYckest,
There's no work for you to do
When the battlefield is silent,


You can go with careful tread
You can bear away the wounded,
You can cover up the dead.
"a not, then stand idly waiting,
Eo,' some greater work to do!


,trra "a lazy goddess.
70, asa will ne, ,"er come to YOU
Go and toll in any vi.'eyara' sao..
W DO rDu not fear to 90 or a'sre'
If vou want a field OF LABOR


You can find it anywhere
Year: 1866

little Of consequence done Al the once OF the
Metropolitan Board Of Health yesterday. The Regis
trar OF Vital Statistics received for the first time full
report Of tho epidemic which has proven so fatal in the
work hoasc on Blackwell's Island