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Year: 1867

We give another chapter to-day of the


report OF the Congressional committee sent
TO invesi sate the New Orleans Massacre


1t will be fonnd on the 4th page. The


portion we print this week treats especial


ly upon the condition of affairs in Louisi-


ana. No unprejudiced mind can read il


without admitting the imperative necessity


of the strong measures recently enacted
by Congress for the government of the reb-
el States What is true concerning the
condition of affairs in Louisiana may be
confidently asserted in regard to all the
other rebel States.


President Johnson and the Copperheads
generally seem to think the recent Recon
Sruction measure adopted by Congress
very oppressive and unnecessary. but they
are not disturbed whit by the wrong and
injustice perpetrated by rebels upon Union
men. The oppression and wholesale muir
der of Union men in the rebel States, and
the refusal of juries TO convict rebels who
are guilty of such crimes are palliated and
smoOihed over, but measures entirely irv-
ceSSs.ry for the protection of men who
fought for The Union and assisted Union
prisoners 10 escape at the peril of their
own lives, are denounced as tyrannical and
destructive of republican liberty The
crimes of the bloody-handed rebels, who
never respected the rights of any man who
differed with them in sentiment. or spared
ihe lives of political opponents when in
their power. are too well remembered by
reading men in the North for such logic
10 have any effect upon them. What stuff
i is To talk about the rights of men who
have forfeited all right To life cven,-who,
IN any other country, would have been ex-
He'd or hung for such crimes as they were
guilty of here.
Year: 1867

II AOHt tue 0dChSOu 1 bLlH J y jig % tue
9Th inst, we clip the following paragraph


There IS margin for much reduction IN
rents in this town, as well as in many other
things Rents are ezorbitantly high in Jack
son. Indeed we venture the assertion with
out fear of contradiction, that rents are
higher in our little city than they are to day
in the heart of London. The effect Is to
discourage people from coming here to re-
side or transact business, 70 greatly retard
the growth Of the town, and Of course, to
depress its prosperity


And that's what's the matter with Boil
Year: 1867

DEATH By BURNING.-We learn, says the
Canton Citizen of the 5th, that on Wednes-
day night last young woman about Is
years of age, named Calvin OF Calvert, was
burned to death at her house near the depot
in this place The circumstances, as far as
we could learn them, are as follows: She
was subject to spasms, or fits, and in the alb
sence Of her husband, who is a night watch
man, it is supposed she had one of these,
fell in the FIRE, where she was found dead,
being horribly burned
Year: 1867

Where's tke Nigger "A radical sheet
the Tamaqua journal, says


We have had a republican victory nov
where's the niggerY


Thereupon the Bollefontc Watchman goes
at the following rapid rate


Go to your store, and you get from eigh
teen to twenty-five cents worth Of nigger in
every yard Of uslin you buy; from ten 70
fifteen cents worth Of niger in every ward
Of calico y0ur wife ard children use; from
six to eight dollars worth of nigger in each
barrel Of -four your family consumes
twenty-five cents worth Of nigger in each
pound of coffee you parchase; from eight to
twelve cents worth Of niger in every pound
of sugar you bay to sweeten It; you'll find a
small bit of niger in yonr box Of matches,
and considerable OF Niger il your plug of
tobacco. \ on can eat nothing, wear moth
ing, see nothing, taste nothing, or haze moth
Ing, that IS not more or less affected bv the
miserable niggerisra that has controlled the
country since old Abe left Sbring6eid for
Washington


Hoac to FaEe-g Good PaDcr We never
met saws an exchange, hut one man who did
not think he could preach and edit paper
and he was dumb AMI blind OF course
everybody knows just how preaching and
editing ought to be done. and OF advice there
is surfeit But something may be said on
the other side ParshiOners have a hand In
making a good minister, and whether a pa
per shall be interesting or not depends quite
as much upon its patrons as upon its man
ayers. If patrons will adopt the following
rules they will find that their paper improves
wonderfully:


J. Pay your subscription promptly in ad
vance and you VIII find your paper twenty per
cent. more interesting than when you owe
for it. and enable its pr0prietors to put
more interest into it.


2 Instead of taking the paper when you
are tired as a sleeping portion and DOING
over its columns, hoping every moment to
drop off into uncOnciousness, read it when
your eyes are open, and your faculties are
fresh and able to appreciate and enjoy its
contents.


3. If any event of general interest occurs
in your neighborhOod, or any interesting
thought or valuable suggestion comes to
your mind, give it to the public through
your paper Make the paper medium Of
and you will be surprised
to see how interesting it will become To
have poor paper it is only necessary to never
pay for it until obliged to do so, never read
it except after dinner and when half asleep,
never communicate enything of interest to
its columns, and whenever you see it, com
plain of its dullness and stupidity.
Year: 1867

Every particle Of rust on iron may be re-
moved by FIRST softening It with petroleum
and them rubbing It well with coarse eand-
paper To paint iron, take iamp-biack suf5-
cient for two coats, aid mix with equal euan-
titles Of japan varnish and boiled hnsecd oil
Year: 1867

La,r ShersaqH The bill reviying the grade Of
Lieutenant General in the army, has become law
and INV name has been sent 10 the Senate for the
place now receive orders 10 report 10 Washing
ton Immediately in person. which indicates either
copfrmatioD or a likelihood of confirmation
start in the morning 20 comply with the ORDER out


shall say very distinctly on my arrival there thst
l accept no appointment which will require nae 70
make that city my headquarters. This, however Is
not what started cut to write about. W hlle nave
been emnenty successful in this war in at least the
confidence of The public, one feels more than me
how much of this success is due TO the energy, Skill
and harmonious putting forth OF that energy and
skill of those whom it has been my good fortune TO
have occupy subordinate position under me- There
ara many officers 70 whom these remarks arc apph-
cable IN srreater or less degree, propcrtOnate to
their ability as soldiers But what want is 70 ex-
press my thanks 10 You and AeP Pnerson, as the men
to whom above oil others, feel indebted for what
ever have had Of success. How far your adviee
and suggetjens have been Of assistance you know.
How fT vour execution Of whatever has been given
voa 70 do entities YOU TO The reward am receiving
Won cannot know as well as me feel all the graf
itade this letter would express giving il the most
aattering construction. The word you use in the
plural intending it for MCPHERSON also. should
write 10 him and win some dsy; but, starting in
the morning. do not know that / viii find time
iust now. Your friend,


Tsirnedl z. 5. GRANT, Major General.
Year: 1867

AN ACT Directory to the Revenue Commissioners


SECTION l. Be Il enacted By the General Assembly
of the State of Tennessee, That the Commissioners
Of the Revenue of each County in the State are
hereby required to ascertain the number of mutes
and blind persons in their respective districts, and
report the same to the Clerk of the respective Coun-
ty Courts of the State and the said Clerks to ur-
nish the Comptroller of the State with the number
in their respective counties and in which report
the Commissioners shall give the name and exact
or probable age of each mute and blind person
also the name of his or her parents parent guar
dian, or next friend the probable amount OF prop
erty owned if any and his or her nearest postohce
address, together with such other information as the
said commissioners may think necessary


Sec 2. Be ii enacted That the Clerks OF the sew
eral County Courts shall also annually furnish the
Trustees of TIM Deaf and Dumb Asylum, at Knox
Vile and the trustees ofthe Blind Asylum, at Nash
vile, with the list of mutes and blind persons in
their respective counties and other Information as
presented in the first section of this Act and that
The Comptroller shall publish with his annual re-
port the list as required by the first section as atore-
said


SIC. 3. Bet jurther enacted, That for each fall
ure on the part of the Clerks and Revenue Com
missioners to comply with the provisions OF this
Act they shall be fired in the sum of fifty dollars
each to be recovered before the proper authorities
bv any person who may sue for the same and that
this act shall take effect from and after its pas
sage. ,,


Speaker Of the House of Representatives
JOSHUA B. FRIERsoN,
/ Sneaker of the Senate.
Year: 1867

OUR DISABLED SOLDIERS. -- ffpF hat
shall our disabled soldiers do % Is q
question which comes home with ur-
gent force to hundreds of thousands Of
individuals in our country. The maim-
/ ed, shattered, debllitated. brOkem-dOWm


veterans Of the war are around us on
every hand. Some of them are proud


Of having but an arm or a leg, and
would be willing to give the other un-
der similar circumstance Some have
lost leg and an arm, and others have
lost both legs or both arms. Many have
| iosg their sight and others their hearings
while the number Of those whose con-
sLAtutlons have been permanently and
iLreLned1ably broken down are Hnger-
ing their months and years in pain and
suffering.


What shall be done for these n1en7 is


a question Of deep concern for q crest


and generous people. Many are single
men, with no one dependent I1ron them.


while the majority are encountered with


families whose dependence for support


has hitherto been upon the disabled and
saddened hero of the war; 1Teager and
capriciOus bestOWments of hundred
dollars in bounty is but Of momentary
consequence to any Of themf for the
anxiety, labor, and expense Of obtain
ing it, in the majority Of cases, make
the relief cost all it is worth, and in the
aggregate adds an enormous amount to
the National Debt and burden. They
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Homes; for it would be impossible TO
establish whole communities OF fannie
lies to live in idleness by the 1iberalftV
Of the Government.


There is q simpler, better, Erander
way. 1t is that every loyal, generous
citizen who feels a debt OF gratitude to
the soldier and sailor should make ev-
cry effort to give them constant EN-
PLOY1dENT, and pay them the best
wages possible. Take away the sense
Of dependence and pauperism ~ give
them Che opportunity TO do all they can
for themselves-ope the doors Of self
reliant and self-sustaiuing usefulness;
and let the sufferer by the disasters OF
war know that he is not helpless out
cast because he has been true to the
Union. There is q sentiment now Wi0e-
ly prevailing among soldiers aud sale
Ors that it is a disqualification TO have
it known that they were in the service,
and they feel deeply the want OF SYM
pathy on the part Of the publicly, X,
ITib1gHe.
Year: 1867

I ratified by the seal of civil cOnvulsiOn
/ and blood Ages Of wrong bad forged
and fastened his chains which God
I melted in the furnace heat of RevOlu-
ton. He is now Gods freeman. That
I God who led him up to, and kept him
through the flame, viii not cast away


the gold so preciOuslY purified. If we


would stand near God as a nation, and


keep our Government under His bles-
sing, let US keep our hearts near and


warm toward this people, who dwell


unueE the solemn shadow OF his great


Hand. IF he rebuked undergraduates,


and pride, by becoming the Helper of


these who had none to keep them, let


US draw nigh unto them, and unto Him.


As we stand upon the other shore of
that Red Sea which was the pedestined
grave of this people, but which God


made their birth place into new and
nObler nationality, let us clasp our


hands with theirs, and lift up all to-
gether to our Divine Deliverer. Let US
remember that we can never OutgrOW
our heritage, while it is pervaded with
the pure, healthy life of patriotism, and
national unity. The body corporate
cannot be OvergrOwn when il incOrpOr-
ates and enlarges its growth with its
local and numerical extension. We
can absorb this race, and render every
member a citizen that shall multiply
by our name, and power. But we can
not carry this race as a burden on our
shoulders, or become their civil police.
They then only drag US down, and we
shall die together.


As Revolution is Gods last school
master to refractory nations, let its les
sons of poverty, of waste and blood,
warn US of wrong, and win us to the
Right. As the fire of Gods wrath
searched and consumed the lOng-buried
rottenness of our civil fabric, so now
let its heart consume all that is unjust
and false, and establish justice and
righteousness in the very foundations
Of a regenerated Republic. Shall we
now go forward with Him to reap the
harvest, or shall il and the costly seed
both perish? Let our happy history,
and the advancing career, Of the freed
men answer. G. W. B.
Year: 1867

MAXIMLLIAN TO BE sHOT.--And why
nOtH jeff Davis Warred at home, was
the head Of insurrectiOn In his own
land, seeking to set up another Repub-


lie, alad the verdict OF the people was,


let him suffer the penalty. Death to the
trattOr-the leader of She rebellion
I This verdict has, however, been set
aside. Had jeff Davis been shot at the
time Of his capture, or been condemned


to death by military tribunal imme-
diately after, and sentence executed,
the civilized world would have respond
ed, amen; but time changed the aspect


of affairs and otherwise determined the


fate of the head Of the rebellion. The
release Of jeff Davis is the hardest blow
yet given in our country to loyalty and
republican institutions


MazimilliOn left his own country to
devastate and conquer another, and set
up a throne on this continent, where
thrones are not and should not be toler-
ated, and is a usuTper. 1t matters little
in this connection what Mexico was or
was like to become, the usurpation was
none the less, and there is no reason
why he or his friends should expect for
him any less than the fate Of a leader Of
insurrectiOn. The loyal people of the
United States can have no sympathy
with such usurpatiOn nor for the usurp-
er.-SGadlSky Register.
Year: 1867

In the nd-duttering 6earfuIly,


Lonely and HeIpIess.-pO0T little thing!
In the bush -peeping out cheeEfully,
Two together, gayly they sing


Why is it best to have one IN the hand ?


Father, tell mel can't understand.
Best il is because you have hold of it;
Child, it is only a figure Of speech!
Sunset shines, you look at the gold of it,
Knowing well it is out of your reach;


But the siXpence your gOdmOther gave,


Yours it is to spend or save
All, that sixpence already I've done with it;
Never a penny with me VIII stay.
If I could buy but an inch of the sun with it,
might look at it every day.


Father, the birds shall stay in their nest


Things that we never can have are best.
Year: 1867

AMERICAN FINANcE.-That a governments
which one year ago had no internal revenue a:
all, whose tax gatherer never came TO the home,
or interviewed IN the dealings OF the people,
should be able TO raise t60.0OO,O0O or any such
sum Is miracle. In any other country the
bare attempt would have caused a revolution
But In America these taxes are borne as pa
uently as taxes are ever borne in any country
There Is no more idea OF resisting them than
OF declaring monarchy. No endeavor has
been made TO sweeten the impost by nicely of
adjustment or by delicate selection. Congress
SIMPLY lad a tax upon everything 1t could
think of and let il hit whom il could Yet this
financial defamation OF the people excites little
murmuring. The Americans are little apt 10
imagine that the facts of their government can
be tyrannical. They are the acts of the per
sons for whom they voted, of their agents, and
there rs no sem bance OF the bitter feeling which
prevails in most countries at taxes imposed nv
a superior authority felt or fan cied to be other
tnan the people. The Americans, too, have the
money; every body is well OF, and everybody
seemingly wishes that the government should
be well of also.-London Economist
Year: 1867

The Catholic clergy OF this archdiocese met
at St. AIMS Church yesterday morning, Archbishop
McCloskey presiding The purpose to concert
for pushing forward the cathedral in Fthave
The attendance was very large and the parish eersymen
seemed ready 70 with each other In their ekerts
som6 discussion it resolved that special appeal be
made 70 the bersity of the Catholic lay throughout
with the clergy IN their efforts that lack Of funds
may hereafter forbid the speedy finishing Of the edfee
IL was decided, that opportunity be afforded
a who have the Of this work mt heart 10 mani


fest their ZEAL and that subscription society be organ


lied in every parish in the archdiocese, each member
thereof 10 pay twenty-five cents monthly in aid Of the
building fund Tie foundation walls or the cathe-
about twenty-five feet The work trS far has cost over
Year: 1867

BY A CONSOLIDATION OF THE lash
WILLIE UNION AND AMERICAN and the
DISPATCH, and by the generous and united
support Of the UNroy AND DIsPATcH by the
patrons of both the former papers. the ProPrie'
tors are enabled to present Newspaper hitht
TO unsurpassed in this city or State.


IN FULLNESS AND ACCURACY
NEWS. our paper will compare fayorably h5
the hest in the entire country; and in saying
this. we only repeat the expressions OF many
our patrons. who are most capable Of judging in
uch matters.
Year: 1867

We shall constantly admouish the Southern
people to be self-reliant and shall do what we
nay be able 70 induce the establishment oi
manufactures in our midst for our home pro
ducis. To this end we will pay special attention
10 the COST and STATISTICS Of manufacturing
and exert ourselves 10 encourage the diversin-
cation Of Southern industries and the develop
uent Of Southern resources.
Year: 1867




TURN TO THE RIGHT-Pedestri
on sidewalks as well as drivers of vehicles
on the streets and public highways, should
bear in mind that custom makes law,
and it is not merely privilege but the
acknowledged custom and duty of every
one when passing fellow-traveler, to
invariably turn to the right A de-
parture from this rule sometimes produces
ludicrous scenes, as the following, which
was related to US by an eye witness will
show;


1T was on pleasant day in the month
of May, while leisurely vending my way
along crowded thoroughfare in Yves
tern city, my attention was attracted to a
couple Of pedestrians on the opposite side
Of the street, who were evidently but lit
tie acquainted with the customs of CITY
life. They we've making their way with
hasty steps towards each other. seeming
ly unconscious Of what was passing a.
round them, when they were suddenly
brought to halt by coming into collis-
ion, each aiming to pass on the same side.
Without word Ct explanation, and
quick as thought, both seemed anxious to
proceed, a dart to the left was simultane.
ously made, when they again coided,
which caused them to take has glance
at each other, but without stopping to
consider or even makean introductry re.
mark, they made third attempt, this
time veering to the right, resulting as be.
fore. Each seemed fully impressed with
the idea that his antagonist meant mis-.
chief, and they viewed each other for a
few seconds with vengeance written on
their coutenances, when one being more
impulsive than the other, hastily and in
an exciting maner remarked: See here,
stranger, Fun going to pass on that side,'
pointing to the right, 'and if you don't
want your wife to be made widow in
less than two shakes of u Holsters liver,
you'd better nottry that move over again
They managed without further difficulty
% get clear Of each other, while the crowd |
If spectators, which by this time had
gathered 10 numbers, now doubt acceler
tied their speed, with shouts Of laughter.
Year: 1867

One Of the most beautiful passages in
Holy Writ is that wLIch is known as the
Parable of the Prodiaal Son" Our readers
osgbt TO be acquainted with il, so we shall
not repest it, bat if there are any wko are
ignorant Of it, and desire to read 1t, we
would state it may b. found in the Bible IN
the fifteenth chapter Of St. Luke fact that
We have ascertained by our own reseaI ches.
But here Is what HenrJ Ward Beacher calls
the Radical version OF it,


When lnls young nan came toward the
fatt crs house in filth and rags his father
closed the door against him. Say he, iou
vile wretch, you have speut all your patri>
mony, wasted your substance, ana you are
unfit to enter into my house. know you
have no money and you have no credit, and
you cannot buy anything, but ypu must 60
and buy a fne silk robe before YOU can come
into my house; and another thing, when
you cross my Threshold, it shall be on two
inexorable conditions: first of all, you shall
take solemn oath that you have never been
away; and secondly, you shall give good
guarantees that you will n.ver go again"
Year: 1867

The ELDEST DAUGHTER AT HoMR.-To
be able to get dinner, 70 sweep the room,
to make a gtrment, to tend a baby, would
add greatly to the list of a young lady ac-
conpIlshments Where can We behold a
more lovely sight than the eldest daughter
Of family, attending in the sweet SIM
pllclty of her new womanhood, by tue side
Of her tojlmg, careworn mother, TO relieve
and aid herl Now she presides at the
tatle, now dIverts ha.f score of little folks
10 the library. She can assist her Younger
brothers in their snorts, or the elder ones
in their studies; read the newspaper to hec
weary father, or smooth the aching brow of
her tevered mother. ALWAYS ready with
helping hand, and cheerful smi e for every
emergency, she is an angel of love and
blessing to the home circle. Should she
be called out Of it 10 originate home Of
selfsacrifcing?
Year: 1867

A farmer IN Vermont recently made
from forty-two feet Of a tree which grew
his farm, shingle enough to cover a thirty
by forty foot barn; from the next two cuts
he obtained five hundred feet of boards
and from the top of the tree he got two
cords of wood. Seven feet of the butt was
waste.
Year: 1867

The Bath Hotel, lately destroyed bv fire
at Long Branch. was one of the second
rate hotels of that fashionable watering
place. 1t was quiet we'll kept and com
Portable house, and was largely patronized
by PhiIadeIphians. It's absence will leave
an unseemly gap in the row of hotels which
adorn the sea shore on this famous beach.
Year: 1867

loafers idle their time around a country
tavern.


What are you good for? Something
useful and noble, let us hope. fyou have
been a mo account sort of fellow, turn
over a new leaf and try to do something,
not merely to get enough to eat, drink and
wear, but to honor the God who has made
you and to adorn the nation in which he
has placed YOU -Phrenologicui Journal