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Year: 1867

One of the most important events of the
day is the imperial decree just issued by the
Emperor of Brazil, by virtue of which sla-i
very is abolished throughout the Brazilian
empire. 2t


This most important executive order is to
take effect in period of twenty years. SO
that no violence will be done to what is
termed the ''right Of property" in the slaves.
Children of every class born within the
limits of the empire after that day, the sth
of April, are declared absolutely free by
birth, so that it may be truly said they now
inhabit land of freedom, in which indus
try and labor will soon find fair reward.


The government of Brazil has for many
years past sympathized with the action ia
ken by the United States Government in
conjunction with some of the great powers
of Europe for the suppression of the slave
trade on the coast of Africa, and few years
only have elapsed since the Emperor signed
decree prohibiting the importation of slaves
into his dominions. he 4-.r3 -


The issue of the present decree completes
the work of emancipation In Brazil.
Year: 1867

in the Confederate States Senate So he be-
came one of the most violent advocates of
every thing that he himself denounced four
years ago.


Mr. Graham was member of the delega-
ton appointed to wait upon Gen. Sherman,
twenty miles from here, and formally surren
der the City of Raleigh. Upon fulfilling
this mission, he returned, arriving here few
hours ahead of the advance of our cavalry.
Some of his friends advised him that he had
better not remain, as the Yankees would sure
ly arrest him as a person OF much i'm
portance to the rebel government. He has
tily made up his mind, having but little
time for deiberation, and concluded that his
personal safety demanded vigorous retreat.
He looked for his horse, but it was non est
ingentais, having been "gobbled" by some
Confederate trooper; and there was nothing
left for him but to foot it, in the direction of
the flying Southerners. His powers of en-
durance gave out before he had gone very
far, and he sat down exhausted by the way
side. Pretty soon straggler from Wheeler's
cavalry came along and asked him who he
was, and what was the matter with him for
he had upon his countenance the look of one
sorely troubled. Mr.. Graham replied that he
was Senator Graham"


Jerusalem p said the cavalryman, "you're
in bad fix for Senator. The Yankees
are within half mile of you, coming like
helln -'


Mr. Graham was horror-stricken at this
intelligence, and didn't know what on earth
to do. Any man with q feet horse and sad
die to sell could have made splendid bar
rroip N1rif l. Tho oou nlrur, ,,
was about to start off, when the Confederate
Senator appealed to him for Gods sake not
to leave him there to fall into the hands of
the Yankees While the soldier and the
statesman were discussing the predicament
and best way out of it, crack, went the car
bine of one of Kilpatrick's horsemen, not
shooting at them exactly, but giving painful
evidence of close proximity. The rebel
trooper said he must be going. and commu-
nieated his desire to his horse by means of
his spur. But just as he was starting of,
Mr.. Graham, whom necessity had made in
vehtiye in time of hope and despair, sug-
gestcd that the sd horse would ride
double" and at any rate, he was willing to
pay literally for the privilege of testing this
question of equine capacity.


b. this time the approach of the Yankees
was marked in the horizon by big cloud
of dust, and it was apparent that whatever
was done must be done quickly. The grave
and reverend Senator Jumped on behind. y
according to the suggestion of the cavalry
man, and clasping the latter tightly round
the waist, entreated him to use his spurs
and slacken his rein, to the end that short
time might remove the equestrian duett
beyond the reach of Yankee carbines. He
succeeded, and is now within the lines of
Johnston's army.
Year: 1867

The directors of the Charleston City Rail-
way company have adopted the following
resolution: is.-..


Resolred, That the cars be thrown open to
the public, and that instructions be given to
the several conductors to recognize the right
of all persons to ride therein


As soon as this resolution was passed Gen.
Sickles addressed the following letter to the
President of the Railway Company. Is
DEAR Sm-I have great pleasure in &C.
knowledging the receipt of your communi-
cation of this date, transmitting o resolution
of the Board of Directors Of the Charleston
City Railway Company, by which it is de
clared that the cars of the company are open
to the public, and that the right Of all per-
sons to ride therein is recognized. I trust
this action of your company will be appre-
ciated in the right sense. You have remov-.
ed an occasion for collision and disorder.
You have added further and emphatic testi-
mony of the disposition of the people of the
South to accept in good faith the legitimate
consequences of the enfranchisement of the
colored race, in the concession of q common
right to share privileges, conferred for the
benefit of all citizens. You have discharged
plain duty in the manner most conducive
to the public interests It is more crafty
ing to see the citizens themselves take the
initiative in measures tending to promote
tranquility, concord and peace, than to find
myself constrained to exercise authority to
secure those ends; hence have not yielded
to the impatience of those who desired to
press this question upon the attention of the
military authorities, feeling confident that
In this, as in other similar matters, more
satisfactory and permanent solution would
be found in the voluntary action of those
most interested in doing equal justice to the
freed people. ..- ~ -.


I am sir, very respectfully,


D. E. SICKLES.


To JOHN s. RIees, Esq, President City
Railway company. ~
Year: 1867

REPUBLIcAN MEETING IN UNIoN.--It will


be seen by notice in the Standard to-day,
that Republican meeting will be held at
Grove Spring Church, Union County, on the


4th Saturday in this month. We are glad


to hear that the Republican or reconstruc-


ton cause is making headwsy in Union.
Year: 1867

THE RELIC OF BARBARIsM. Twice 9
year Delaware has to run the gauntlet of news
paper derlsIon on account of her whipping
and pIliory process upon criminals Every
newspaper on the Eastern Shore, nearly. save
the Det"taredn, its only upologist has some
thing to say against this mode of punishment
and fling at our uncivilized" condition
On our first page we give an interesting arti.
Gle on the subject, in which the remark is trulv
made that in the States where it does not cx.
ist 1t could no more be freshly introduced than
the rack or the thumbscrew.
Year: 1867

A Rooster Swallows a Grindstone!


There is good opening in this estsb-
lisbment for boy from IA to l6 year' Of
age. who can read snd write. who is not
afraid or ashamed to do such work as is
required of him, and whose honesty will
be o guarantee lin addition to that OF his
legal guardisn) that be will stick. and
finish his trade.
Year: 1867

~ The Msrssville Enterprise sp-
pears in new dress. As the editor has
been for two years Treasurer of the Kan.
sss Editorial Association, be con well
affosd the outlay. We are glad to see
this evidence of his prosperity. Some
time during the next ten or fifteen years.
We hope to have new outfit for the Chief.
Year: 1867

Not long ago military commission was
appointed TO investigate Indian affairs, taking
the massacre at Fort Kearney for text. Though
this event was deemed at the time OF ITS 0c-
currence an evaporation of the first magnl-
tude, the Commissioners can only report
that the Indians are not greatly to
blame. We infer this from the remark
of one of the most prominent of their number,
Cen Buford. that there is no present need for
an Indian war and that there would
be none at any time could the
savages be protected from foes still more savage
in effect than thcmseves-wc mean the mer-
ciless and dishonest frOntlersman and the
swndling army contractor, who between
them manage to sophisticate war into exist
cnce. not more at the expense OF the Indian
whom they rob than at the expense
of the army by which they profit
enormously in the business Of supplies We
readily imagine that emigrants, ralrOlders,
and fr0ntiersmcn, who suffer at times from
panic, causeless OF otherwise, are apt to
take counsel from folly and fear and thus give
increased appetite 70 that unscTupulOus cru
city which comes from a want Of knowl-
edge as much o. actual COwardicc. The
Indian has evidently few friends among
the people of the Territories but he Is, never
thcless grossly wronged, and 10 is our bushes
to do him Justice. Gen. Buford is reported
rs saying that those only are lOr war who de
sire to plundcr the Government; and the whole
spirit theory, and practice Of Indian manage
mcnt coincide with this testimony. In virtue
of these facts the trlcst justice we could do
the Indians is To carefully abstain from making
war upon them, and to labor diligently and
wisely in the interest of peace


gen. sherman has determined that the Pacific
Road shall bc more thoroughly guarded than
il has been. and our news likewise points
to a brief operation against the sayages.
Yet We earnestly trust that there will
hc no war, for the sake oi the public
treasury which the army contractors
will take occasion to bleed. Gen Buford pre-
,ents plan bv which it is possible moi only to
govern the Indians without the endless
patchwork of treaties, but also TO
ciyilize thcm by help of the mechanic arts.
There is nothing new IA this scheme, which Is
simply To concentrate the tribes 50 that good
influences can reach them and Government be
more directly responsible for their wcll-bcng.
They should be allowed all the adj
vantagcs enjoyed by the Indian, south
of the Kansas We do not see that
every feasible reform is thus included. bnt
if the General Government will once begin
to move i'm right earnest for the amcloiaion
of Indian miscrie~. there will be no want of
counsel 10 make good It's work
Year: 1867




wrongly whcn as monuments Of victory we
erect statues of great generals placidly seated
on raging steeds, like calm upon
tempest: we should rather place upon
tall columns efigies of wooden legged
veterans and of women prostrated'in grief. Or
patriotism or courage we may be proud, but
not Of war in itself II ia more shameful now
than of old, for now its brutality, and cruelty,
and clumsiness are brought into terrible con
trast with the splendid civilization and superb
moral and social development OF the modern
era. The race has go far raised itself that
great thoughts and principles are almost nature
to the child of the nineteenth century, which
were absolutely unknown to the sages OF
Greece and Rome. But we fight on the grand
scale still There is no worlds court OF ap-
peal to which the fierce disputes OF nations
may be carried.
Year: 1867

Troy were idle for weeks, because no one would
pay them what they thought their services were
worth. But the Cooperative MOders kept
steadily at work throughout, and earned $7,OOO-
more than $t00 each-when other founderies
were closed, other molders idle and running
behind hand. That $1,000 was clearly so much
added to the National wealth by Cooperation


Now let us suppose the whole business of
making Iron were prosecuted by cooperation
after the pattern of the Yankee whalcr dis
patched to the Pacific for Oil and Bone. Let
us suppose the Iron produced to be theoreti-
cally divided into a thousand parts, whereof
it is mutually stipulated that the ore shall
have a specified number, the coal or wood 80
many, the manager or engineer so many, and
so on till every person and thing employed or
used in producing the Iron should have
stipulated share. IIenceforth, every one who
contributes either labor or materials toward
that production knows that it is his interest
that the Iron shall be good, and that 1T
shall command when sold full price. And,
if the market price should fall. he
does not "strike" nor exact wages too high
to he paid he goes right on with his work,
and receives without a murmur his share Oh
the proceeds. He is not so blind as to imagine
that he can earn as many dollars per week
when Bar Iron sells for $50 as he could when
it was worth $50; but he knows that Bar Iron
can hardly fail to be worth more than the cost
of matcrials-so that there will always be some
rccompense for his labor, beside the probabll-
ity that. if Iron rules too low this month, 1t Is
pretty sure to be higher before the close OF the
next.


Judge Kelley forcibly reminded tho Southrons'
during his late speaking tour, that whereas,
under their old system, they were accustomed
TO put forth frantic exertions to arrest and re-
cover any old, rheumatic negro who ran away
they let millions of dollars worth of wafer
power run away daily, and never even attempted
to profit by it. as they easily might have done
We presume the loss ia our country during the
last wear from strikes and fruitlcsS searches
for employment must have amounted to many
many millions Were Labor organized on the
basis of Co0prrationt all this would he saved
and added to the National wealth. How long
must we wait for 50 desirable II c"nSumma-
iinuS
Year: 1867

The Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria was
crowned King of Hungary on Saturday. As
was to be expected there was a vast cOncourse
of people and great enthusiasm. Elsewhere
we give an account of the relations of the
Kingdom of Hungary to the Empire of Austria,
which will explain the political importance OF
the coronation.
Year: 1867

The Poles act hOnorably and wisely III re-
pudatiug the attack made by fanatic mad
man upon the Emperor OF Russia. They have
undoubtedly been vTOnged by Russia, and their
cause looks anything but hopeful but any
countenance given to a scheme of murder
would have utterly ruined it forever and de-
prived them of the sympathy of the civilized
Year: 1867

PRos oscRIpT1oN-The Wsthena Reporter
and other papers throughout the State
complain that many persons have with
drawn their patronage from them. because
of their advocacy Of the suffrsge measures.
We have long thought that We have had
the cleverest and most tolerant list Of sob
scribers in the State. We know We have
patrons Of oil shades Of politics. and the
Chief has the reputation ofspsaking it's Son
timents plainly; yet we do not believe thst
We have lost on an average one subscriber
year. on account Of political differences.
We took a decisive stand in favor Of
woman end negro suffrage. and we are
confident that l.rgs majority Of our sub
scribsrs were opposed to both measures /;
yet we lost but one solitary subscriber b.
cause Of our position. and he was drunk
at the time, and in less than two days af
terwards was in the calaboose with mig
gers. 1t may be said. TO the credit Of
our citizens. that they go on the principle
Of "live and let live" The result ia.
that all our business men. manufacturers
and mechanics are prospering; and
White Cloud is known througout the
County as the place where the County
Treasurer always mskes his big haul Of
green backs. when be goes round collect
ing the tsYes
Year: 1867

We shall constantly admonish the Southern
people to be self-reIiant, and shall do what we
may be able to induce the establishment oi
manufactures in our midst for our home pro-
iueis. To this end we will pay special attention
10 the COST and STATISTICS Of manufaeturing'
and exert ourselves to encourage the diyer7ih-
cation Of Southern industries and the develop
ueut Of Southern resources.
Year: 1867

And kindred topics. we shall also give an ex-
tensiye variety of valuable and interesting mat
ter-the best adapted to the farming classes o
our State. which will. in great measure sup
clv the rlhee OF a family agricultural paper.
Year: 1867

Sermon Of the Rev. Henry Ward Boecher at


Piymsousb Church, Br0oklyn.


Rev. Henry Ward Beecher preached yesterday morn.
ing In Plymouth church Before the regular services Of
the day entered upon the reverend gentleman ad
mlnstered baptism to four FIVE children; and subse
qusnt in the Of hts prayers he pray that the
knowledge which those children might have OF their
Heavenly Father would be simultaneous with that Of
their fathers upon earth aud that they might 20
from the morning the close Of life loving virtue and
hating vice and strengthening themselves with all the
graces and blessings OF God.


AZ the evening service the reverend gentleman de-
ivered a discourse on the value OF good name. He
conended that good name was better than great riches
In the Of his remarks Mr. Beecner adverled to
what he termed the notorious progacy OF the Of
justice Of New York, and said that n wanted 70
have justice in them II would seem as II he should so
there with his purse in his hand. They had heard OF
corrupt judges. They had heard men speaking Of the
judiciary OF the city Of New YORK. which stinks ike
honorable profession. but u vas almost disgrace for
man TO sit the bench New YORK. They bought and
sold justice they we're seeking for pelf they sold the
sancssy Of their srmine good name beltsr than
riches but they would rot; they would find out that
men would loatho them yet They would be the scorn
and indignation Of their neighbours aud that scorn and
indignation would make thcse mems conscieDces judg-
meut against ihcm. In the LepE Albany he
told there we're not half dozen Who were
stocks IN VAN street, and bought over and over again.
(Laughter) And had come this-that n this coun-
Try, with s system OF education, aud contrasting them
selves they did with those who kept down and
degraded In Europe, the Representatives untrust
worthy and selling themselves for money! Men hung
about TO the rise In the OF on day or
the poll Votes we're bought and sold, csa
Votes bought In the Legislature and bought
again. Men were selling themselves for money. Though
the Word OF God showed that good name better
than riches, these did not bsevs it, but they
would believe II before they through The papers
were full OF astounding revelations OF these things, and
It was time that every man Who valued his manhood
should SEQ 10 IL
Year: 1867




The reports from the growing corn
! crop continue to be conflicting. In some
| seetions-particularl in the southern
parts of this state and IOwa-we hear
that the corn is parched and shrivelled
in consequence of the long spell of dry
weather. Elsewhere the crop is reported
TO be in good condition, and promises
well. The copiOus rain which fell at an
early hour this morning, continuing the
/ greater part of the forenoon, and which
we believe to have been general through
out the state, cannot fail to be Of great
sssistantance to the corn. Taking all
/ things into consideration, rejecting that
a large number of the farmers are never
happy unless eroaking, and making due
allowance for the damage inflicted by
! the recent drouth, we are satisf1en that
the crop will be one of full average yield
AMI quality. 1t must be borne in mind
that the average this year is larger thsp
/ last, which will make up for any def
cheney that there may be. The only
contingency to be dreaded is Septem'
| Der frost
Year: 1867




e'gn author in the person of the Russian Tur-
genet Is one OF the most noteworthy literary
events of the present year: The marked favor
with which this first translation from his
works has been received is likely to result in
the speedy appearance of others, and II they
should prove to be as good as this one we may
congratulate ourselves ON valuable addition
to our stock of entertaining fiction. Fathers
and Sons" is a work of unusual interest in
more than one way. As novel its merits are


marked. The plot is well constructed though
simple, the characters clearly conceived and
uehheated with a vigorous and lile-like PEN
Gil; while the vivid picture which it presents to


US OF the contrast between two generations of
Russians, of the conflict between the opposing
ideas of the fathers and the sons, the conser-
vatives and the progressives, is admirable and
lifts it above the level of mere story -telng in
to the region of philosophical fiction. In addi-
tion to this it affords an insight into the do
mestic manners, social customs and ruling
ideas of the Russians which hundred ordina-
nv books of travel could not give. We sincere
" hone the American translator and publish
ers of ''Fathers and Sons will give US more OF
this very clever writer's works. A.'leE
For sale by Bailey q Noyes. -Ht
Year: 1867

work that might relieve one Sec
ton at the expense Of another,
equally valuable. Except a small
section just above Shreveport, all
the leyees in ward No. 2, have
been and are being built by pri-
vate citizens at their own cost.
Absolute necessity has and is now
obliging many of our most enter
prising planters to expend large
sums of money in the construction
of levees, at a time when many of
them have made no crop at all,
and even those who Jared best in
the last freshet will not have
enough ofcrop to pay forthe work
done. The cost of these levees
has thus fallen upon a few persons
the "front proprietors,o whilst
the relief obtained has extended
to a much larger number, even
down to the extreme lower line of
this nariSh. T find that.
Year: 1867

The cutting of the tunnel through tho
crest OF the Sierra Nevada mountain chain;
has generally been looked upon as a thres
years job, but tho enterprising Calforni-
ans made tho attack at both ends, and then
sunk shaft in the middle down to the
level of the grade, and worked both ways.
ihs total length is sixteen hundred feet;
cut through solid rock. Operations were
begun IN September, and since last June
the rate of progress has been nearly forty
feet per week. The 18th instant is the date
fixed for the passage Of the first looomo-
two. Tho rails are now being laid on the
easterly slope, where twenty miles of the
road is graded. II is confidently expected
that the road will be completed to tie Ne;
vada line by September next, and there are
no serious obstacles to overcome for many
miles beyond. The Californians feel sure Of
reaching Salt Lake before the ea0tern di:
vision OF the great work gets there.
Year: 1867

THE VAGRANT GAMBLERS case of one
of the gamblers indicted as vagrants came up
before Justice Jecko on Saturday. Six jury
men were brought in. The counsel for the
defendant demanded 10 see the law requiring
jury of six men to try his client. The
General Statutes" were searched, aad a
great many contradictory and conflicting q
laws found. and finally the case was laid
over for six days to see what would turn up.
If convicted, the gamblers will be sold to the
highest bidder and if the purchaser is able
to :" stake" his slave. he may make a good
speculation by setting him up as a tiger. y
We are informed that O'Benis bought a
gambler, about twenty years ago. at sale OF
vagrants. and has been supporting him ever
since. He paid twenty five cents for the
man, and never got the worth of his money
out of him; The present lot, however, is
made up of likely, able bodied young men,
and should sell for at least fifty cents per
herd Missouri Democrat, Dec. 25.
Year: 1867

BRIDGEs.-Bridges are just what we want
in this county-and free bridges at that. The
inhabitants of the fine agricultural districts
on the east side of the river are prevented
visiting the county seat for three or four
months in every year for want of bridges,
and general stagnation of business In
Shasta is the consequence. Now, why should
we not have bridges and why should not the
people own them and keep them in repair,
that they may lie matter of convenience to
all, rich and poor, and source of wealth to
the town? Toll roads, and toll bridges, and
toll ferries are well enough for the owners,
but instead of being a source of wealth to the
town or county, are simply a means by which
the people are impoverished. Let the county
build free bridges and free roads, and good
ones, so that easy and free access to the town
may be had at all times, and by every citi
zen, and an improvement upon the present
state of things will be noticeable even to the
most thick headed.