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Year: 1866

Upon the brown and far of hills


The haze lies soft and blue,
While nuts are dropping thick and fast.
Where Summer wild flowers grew.
The Naples gold and crimson leaves
Like blood stained banners gleam-
And purple asters ope their bloom


Beside each forest stream.
The woods like some grand temple stands
Beneath the glowing skies,
While down the long elm aisles. the haze
Like slumb'ring incense lies.
No organs deep majestic notes


Come pealing on the air
No choral strain triumphant floats
Along those arches fair
No voice is heard-no sound, save but
The brooklet rip'ling flow,
Or Mhistling quail in coVeret thick,


Where scarlet berries grow.
Perchance some frightened rabbits tread.
May wake an echo there.
OrdroWsy hum of honey bee


Fall on the dreamy air.
The sunfower and the golden rod
Their gaudy hues unfold,
And seem as if some Midas touch


Had changed them into gold.
The grapes in purple clusters hang
Upon the clinging vine.
And in the orchard. mid the leave,
The ruby apples shine.
But through the forests, Ger the hills
A voice came whispering low
1t murmurs of the Wintry winds


And Of the falling snow.
The crimsoned leaves to each must fall,
And breezes DER them sigh
Oh sad il seems that aught SO fair
Should ever fade or die.
We read on every falling leaf
This lesson most sublime.
That Resurrection's holy power


Shall triumph over time.
For though the summer flower may fade.
The Spring with sun and rain
snail call them from the hill and vale
To bud and bloom again.
Year: 1866

In all the wide range of accepted max
inns, there is none, take it for all in all,
more thoroughly abominable than the 4
as to the sowing of wild oats. Look at 1t
on what side you will, and 1 will defy you
to make anything but DEVILS maxim of
it. What man-be he young, old, or
middle-aged--sows, that, and nothing else,
shall he reap. The one only thing to do
with wild oats is to put them carefully in
to the hottest part of the fire, and get
them burnt to dust every seed of them.
If you SOW them, no matter in what ground,
up they will come, with long tough roots
ike the couch grass, and luxuriant stalks
and leaves, as sure as there is sun in
heayen-a crop which turns ones heart
cold to think Of The devil, too, whose
special crop they are, will see that they
thrive, and you, and nobody else, will have
to reap them; and no common reaping
will get them out of the soil, which must
be dug down deap again and again. Well
for you if with all your care, you can
make the ground sweet again by your dy-
ing day.-Dr. Arnold
Year: 1866

Only twenty miles from Milford wa.


the pleasant seaside resort called Tenby


little known in my days, but now fash


ionable bathing-place. 1t was a small


town, Of poor houses, built on a projecting


point of land, with fine hard sand-beach
on each side, giving the bathers the choice
of the north or south sands. Curiously
shaped rocks from the coast, and one
large cave, which is filed with water at


high-tides, but remains empty many hours
in the day, was once the scene of great
alarm to governess and three little girls
who were caught in it by the tide. She,


who could have seen to the safety of her
charge, was so absorbed by an agreeable
book that she did not observe the rising
tide, till the possibility of retreat was cut
off by it. She was terribly frightened,
but concealed her alarm from the children
as well as she could, and made them climb
up to high ledge of rock and sit there
with her. To pass away the time she told
them stories; but they grew very weary,
and when the bottom of the cave was filed
with water, and the waves began to dash
upon the rocks beneath their feet, they
were much terrified, and it was all the gov
erness could do to comfort them and as
suage their feers, whilst her own courage
was ebbing fast; at last the youngest child
fell asleep in her arms, and the other two
nestled close to her on either side. There
was no higher ledge of rock on which
they could sit, and she feared they would
fall into the flood below if she attempted
to make them stand on the rock they were
sitting on. As soon as the arched entrance
into the cave was covered by the advan-
cling tide, they were in perfect darkness,
and this added much to the fearfulness of
their position. At last the children cried
out in distressing tones, that their feet were
wet, and the water was coming all over
them. To which the governess replied,
"Mine have been wet for some time but
never mind that: don't think it will come
higher than our knees" 1t was only af-
ter some mental exercise and earnest prayer
that she was able to say this. Her words
proved true. The tide did rise to her lap,
and swelled up against them and all
around them fearfully; but in few more
minutes its force seemed less, and present
ly they could be certain that it began to
lower. Relieved from their terror, the
two older children fell asleep, and then the
goyerness was very anxious lest they should
fall from their narrow perch and be
drowned afterall. Very long did the time
seem before the tide retreated far enough
for little light to enter at the top of the
entrance to the cave; but at length the
light came and not long after was heard
the welcome sound ofvoices. As soon as
boat could enter, one came to their relief,
with the father of the two children in it,
He found the little girls refreshed by their
nap, and as lively and full Of prattle as if
no trouble had come near them; but their
unhappy governess was utterly overcome.
She could do nothing but weep, and af-
forwards fell into melancholy and died in
sane.-Mrs. Farrar's Recollections.
Year: 1866

Hon. Henry S. Raymond concluded his
recent speech in the House with the fol-
lowing language:


l beg this house to bear in mind, as
the sentiments that should control and
guide its action, that we of the North and
they of the South are at war no longer-
The gigantic contest is at an end The
courage and devotion ON either side which
made it SO terrible and so long, no longer
owe divided duty, but have become the
common property of the American name,
the priceless possession of the American
Republic through all time to come. The
dead of the contending hosts sleep beneath
the soil Of common country, and under
the folds of its common flag. Their hos
tilities and they are the dead of the ma
ton for-evermore. The victor may well
exult in the victory be has achieved. Let
it be our task, as it will be our highest glo-
ry, to make the vanquished and his poster
ity to the latest generation, rejoice in their
defeat.


.Thad Stevens, in his reply, reminded
Mr.. Raymond that ''the softening of the
brain was sometimes taken for tenderness
of heart" and, quoting the paragraph
above printed, said:


The gentleman had spoken of the rebel
dead with our own dead, who gave up
their lives at Gettysburg, and the kim
dred fields of the war; Instead of leaving
them to rot in their dishonored graves,
unwept and unsung, they are to be resur-
rected to the frontranks of the nation and
a monument erected in their memory
He deemed such talk on the part Of the
gentlemen as simply blasphemous, and If
the spirits of the dead could burst the cer-
ements of their tombs and stalk from their
graves into this Hall, wrapped in their
bloody shrouds, they would rebuke the
gentleman from New York for such bias.
phemy until his eye-balls were scared.
Year: 1866

There is good deal of canting about
involuntary affection in the world, and all
that; but a young lady should never let
such foolish notions enter her head. She
should allow the pride ofconscious strength
of mind to keep her above every foolish,
vain and nonsensical preference towards
this precious fop, and that idle attendant
on lady's will. She should lay it up in her
heart as an immutable principle that no
love can last if not based upon a right and


calm estimation of good qualities; or at
least, that if the object upon which it is
lavished be not one whose heart and whose


head are both right, misery will surely be
her portion. A sudden preference for a
stranger is a very doubtful kind of prefer
ence, and the lady who allows herself to
be betrayed into such silly kind of affec-
ton, without knowing word of the mans
character or his position is guilty of indis-
cretion which not only reflects unfavorably
upon her good sense, but argues badly for
the nature and ground work of that affec-
tion. 81, r,s
Year: 1866

Hon. James Harlan, Secretary Of. the
Interior, having lately been elected to the
o. s. Senate, was complimented in ser
enade, by citizens of Iowa, at his residence
in Washington, on Friday evening last
He responded in a speech, in the course
of which he said:


'tlf the four millions Of emancipated
slaves must forever be free, and they and
their posterity remain in this country, l
presume no wise statesman thinks that for
long time they can be deprived of citi-
zenship. The time at which they should
be admitted is question to be decided by
the senators and representatives of the Uni
ted States. x MANY of
our wisest fnanciers doubt very much
whether it would be safe to admit them in
their present condition, with nearly one
halt OF the present population excluded
from cltizenship--and that half the most
loyal part Of the population. They fear
that, under the present organization, with
the local government in the hands of those
who have recently been in rebellion, the
Union men will bein a very lean minority;
and think it no more than right that those
who recently had their hands red with the
blood of the loyal people of the country
should not fully manage the local affairs of
those states. Some doubt whether the
liberated race have sufficient knowledge to
participate in all the rights of American
citizenship; but, for myself, 1 have never
disguised my belief that it is much safer
to trust an ignorant loyal man than wise
rebel. | would prefer to secure the loyal
minority by uniting them with those who
have heretofore been in bondage, but are
now free, in order to secure, if not ma
jority, strong minority, at least, to exact
just terms of Reorganization. ea.-I 1 -a0OA
hardly say that, during the brief period 1
may remain in my present position, I shall
not fail to discuss these opinions or urge Z.
my convictions in the proper quarter
Nor am disposed to say tonight that such
views would be distasteful to the great and
good man who is the chief of the repub-
lie. Heretofore he has had the capacity
to speak for himself l believe it is his
purpose to leave the great question of adj
mission with the two houses of Congress"
Year: 1866

One of our exchanges says there is a
young man in town in Vermont a0ho
cannot speak to his father! Previous to
his birth, some difference arose between
his mother and her husband, and for a
considerable time she refused to speak to
him. This difficulty was subsequently
healed-the child was born, and in due
time began to talk-but when sitting with
his father was invariably silent. 1t con-
tinued so till 1t was five years old, when
the father, after having exhausted his pow
ers of persuasion, threatened it with pun
ishment for its stubbornness. When the
punishment was inflicted, it elected moth
ing but sighs and groans, which told but
too plainly that the little sufferer was vain
ly endeavoring to speak. All who were
present united in this opinion, that It was
impossible for the child to speak to ats ta-
Mer-and time proved their opinion to be
correct. At mature age his efforts to
converse with his parent could only pro-
duce the most bitter sighs and groans.-
" Y. Ledqer.
Year: 1866

A gentleman was about completing the
sale of horse which he was very anxious
to dispose Of, when little urchin appeared
and innocently inquired, "Grandpa, which
horse are you goin' to sell-that one you
built fire under yesterday to make him
draw y The bargain was at an end.
Year: 1866

A sharp grocer, when customer who
was buying gallon of molasses observed
that good deal remained in the measure
after it was turned, remarked; 'There was
some in the measure before l drew your
6a11on
Year: 1866

Different sounds travel with different de-
grees of velocity. A call to dinner will
run over ten-acre lot in minute and q
halt, while summons to work viii take
from five to ten minutes.
Year: 1866

An Act to establish the Collection District of


Port Huron, the Collection District of Michi-


gan, the Collection District of Montana and


Idaho, and to change the Name Of the Collec-


ton District of Penobscot.


Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That a new collection dis
triet to be called the district of Port Huron, be,
and the same is hereby, established in the State
of Michigan, which shall embrace the mouth and
setire shore of the Saint Clair river and the coun
ties of Saint Clair, Lapeer Tuscola, and Saginaw,
and all the territory and waters of the State of
Michigan lying north of said counties and east of
the principal merldian and collector shall be
appointed to reside at Port Huron, which shall
be the sole port of entry for said district And
the said collector shall receive the same compen-
satlon provided for the collectors of Pembina
Chicago, and certain oth9r ports, by the second
section of the act entitled An act to regulate the
foreign coasting trade on the northern, northeas-
tern, and northwestern frontiers of the United
States, and for other purposes, approved June
seventeen, eighteen hundred and sixty four And
Michigan lying west of the said principal meri-
dian, and not included in the district of Michii-
maekinac, are hereby made separate district, to
be called the district of Michigan, for which a
collector, with the same compensation as above
provided for the collector of Port Huron shall be
appointed to reside at Grand Haven, which shall
be the sole port of entry for said district of Mi
chigan.


SEC. O. And be it further enacted, That the
Territories of Montana and Idaho, be, and the
same are hereby, made new collection district,
to be called the district of Montana and Idaho
and that a collector, with the same salary as is
above provided for each of the collectors of Port
Huron and Michigan, shall be appointed to reside
at the port of entry in said district which shall
be designated by the Secretary of the Treasury


Sec. 3. And be it further enacted That the col
lection district of Penobscot, in the State of
Maine, shall hereafter be called the District of
Castine.


Approved, April 13, 1866
Year: 1866

The Sentinel, of this City, speaking of the
admitted and growing spirit of lawlessness
in this State, says:


" Something must be done, and quickly
done, or Peace will be more disastrous to
the social veal even than War"


Sofar as the honest, well-disposed people of
this State are concerned, they are at peace
They cultivate and cherish the things that
make for peace. But the Sentinel and its
followers are at open war with the North
and with the national government, the only
difference being that they are welding the
pen instead of the sword. The bitterness of
feeling they evince in this war, is more in
tense than that displayed during the actual
conflict of arms.


The spirit of lawlessness commenced in
1861, and those for whom the Sentinel speaks
have pandered to and increased this spirit
ever since. The Editors, we admit, began
we'll for they were Union men in 1861 but
they fell away by degrees, until now they are
more bitter and thorough in their disunion
sentiments than many original secessionists.
Wewould vote tomorrow, for example, with
much more cheerfulness for Gen. Cox than we
would for either of the Editors of the Sentinel.
Year: 1866

GooD FOR Mrs. McCoy.-We find the
following rich and racy advertisement in
it in the Courier without charge to the fair
Georgeann. Corneal had better kept quiet


NOTICE.


MIR. EDITOR: observed in your issue of
yesterday card signed Corneal S. Mccoy,
warning all persons from trusting me ON his
account, as I had left his bed and board
without just cause or provocation. there
fore take this method of informing the pub
lie that he never had bed the board has
always been furnished by myself, and as to
of none who would trust himself. His credit
always has been below par, SO much SO that
he could not get trusted for his own shirting
and now wears some of my underclothing on
his back, slightly altered.


GEORGEANN Mccoy.
Year: 1866

Some of our Eastern exchanges are COM
planning of the spirit of lawlessness in their
midst. 1t seems there are organized bands
of robbers in the Eastern part of this State
white men-who sometimes disguise them
selves and prey especially on Union men
and negroes. Farms are plundered, houses
are robB9d, horses and mules are stolen and
carried do, and in some instances violence is
committed on white persons and negroes -
We learn that in some localities the colored
people are afraid to own horses or cattle, or
even the corn and bacon which they have
produced. Farms occupied by Northern men
have been plundered, and those who have
rented the farms to them are threatened with
punishment.


Our County Courts are held for one week
every three months, and our Superior Courts
for one week every six months. The Courts
for the most part, we have NO doubt perform
their whole duty but it is apparent that the
civil authority is not tsdtequste to the protec-
ton of life and Property in the localities re-
feITe2 70. The reconstructed State govern
ment of North Carolina is a failure in this



ness will continue, unless something shall be
done to punish law-breakers of all grades III
the most summary and exemplary manner
The people of this State, of all classes and
colors, have right to expect the fullest and
most thorough protection to their persons and
property. We are told that we have peace,
and that laa0 prevails. But this is not so.-
White Unionists and negroes are not protec-
ted as they should be, and there is no ground
for hoping they will be, as long as the pres
ent order of things shall exist.


Much of this lawlessness Is the result of
that immunity from punishment enjoyed by
those " conscious traitors" who involved our
people in war, and who now stubbornly re-
fuse to submit to the national authority
Bad men of low degree see that the big men
have escaped punishment for their crimes,
and they very naturally conclude that they
can also run a career of CRIME, and at last
evade justice. Many of these leading men,
and the newspapers they control, also add to
this spirit of lawlessness by sneering at
Union men, by ignoring the civil rights of
the colored people, and by exciting mean,
malicious, and unmanly prejudice against
the Northern people. Where the spirit of law
lessness is so general, neither the regular army
nor the Freedmen's Bureau can afford ade-
quate protection. The remedy must go
deeper than any temporary interposition or
by the military. The cancer of
treason must be pulled out by the roots. The
law must be executed against big criminals
as well as little ones, or the former must at
least be placed I'M condition where they will
be powerless. Congress will meet in Decem-
Der. 1t will then be for that body to decide
whether it will establish permanent order
and security in the Southern States, by put
ting them on a strictly loyal basis, or, neg
Letting or postponing to do so, let them drift |
still further and still deeper into the breakers
of anarchy and lawlessness
Year: 1866

1t is BETTER when in strait, to take what
you can get than to wait and take the worst.
This maxim applies just now with much
force to the Southern States. Many of our
people subscribe to this maxim, and major
ity would, but for the hope that they will get
fthey demand. The next Congress will
dissipate this hope. But it is impossible
to convince the majority of this fact
"Ephraim is joined to his idols; let him
alone"


eye aOoasld be dupes and madmen, and ye are.''
When the worst comes, as it certainly will,
remember our warning. Do not hold us re-
sponsible for what is in reserve for YOU We
tried in vain to save you from the wrath to
come, but you aoouzd have your own way
We have warned you faithfully, and you
have reviled us for it. We shall not laugh
at your calamity, nor mock when your fear
cometh," but it soiU come, if you reject the
Howard amendment, as certainly as that the
sun will rise tomorrow. Remember!
Year: 1866

On DIT.-That negro regiment is to be
brought to this City, in the course of few
days, for the purpose of being mustered out.
We sincerely hope that the rumor is without
foundation.-Sentinel


If negro regiment should be mustered
out here, it is fair to presume that the Gen
eral in command will see to it that they con-
duct themselves properly, should they show
disposition not to do so. Wherefore this
attempt to excite prejudice against colored
mena These colored troops, if mustered out
here, will probably trade in our stores and
shops, and leave considerable amount of
greenbacks among us.


If MIR. Davis and Gen. Lee had succeeded
in their efforts to enlist negro troops under
the Confederate banner, and if the Confed-
crate cause had prevailed, we should have
heard nothing against, but much in favor of
colored troops. The colored Confederate
veterans would have been set free, bounties
would have been given them, and they would
have been much more respected in the South
than the white Unionists, if indeed the latter
had been allowed to live These secession
leaders, who are engaged in exciting an un-
worthy prejudice against colored men and
thus keeping up state of war between
the North and South, were very willing,
towards the close of the rebellion, to
owe what they would have called their
liberties to the valor of the colored man
Mr.. Davis recommended negro troops, and
the proposition was discussed by the So
called Congress in secret session. The pro-
position was to conscribe the able-bodied
blacks, as they had the whites, and but for
the fact that it was perceived to be too late
to effect anything by it, it would have been
done.
Year: 1866

MR. BEEcHER ON "THE PRosPEcT"IThe
conclusion of Mr.. Beechers recent speech in
Brooklyn shows how completely he has re-
turned into full communion with the domi-
nant party. 1t is as follows:


THE PROSPECT


And now, fellow-citizens, not to draw upon
your patience unduly, let me say that it seems
to me that we are drawing very near to the
consummation toward which we have been
steering. The night, think, is far spent,
and the day is at hand. By tokens sure as
thunder in the skies we know what the yer-
dict of the people is to be. We know who
are to hold power for the next two years.
Cheers We know and rejoice in it, and
we could have never doubted-not, however,
in the Democratic sense. [Langhter,l
deem it important at this time that the tes-
timony of the North should be given with a
volume, vastness and decisiveness that
shall admit of no misunderstanding, and
that when they who represent the peo-
pie again take their places it shall be with
all the North behind them and endorsing
them. 1t is good lesson for the South. It
is a good lesson for those among them that
might be mischiefmakers. 1t will do no
harm to them who are not mischief makers
When once our power is gone We can then
have our own atnelSmS among ourselves
There is right to diversity of opinion in the
Republican party. We have right to dis
cusss the expediency of measures But
whenever they have been settled and deter
mined upon, then it is our duty to stand
hand in hand, and shoulder to shoulder, and
with locked step and unbroken ranks to go
forward, and to maintain the government of
the country.
Year: 1866

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