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Year: 1867

hundred and sixty. AS the republicans have
large majority of the districts they will
probably have decisive majority in the Con-
vention. We may, therefore, expect some
changes in our organic State law very mate
rally affecting our city government. What
these changes will be cannot, of course, be
predicted; but our municipal affairs have
come to such pass that our taxpaying citi-
zens would doubtless welcome almost any
change. No change could easily be for the
worse. The proposed extension of negro
suffrage was defeated but it is likely that the
Convention will make special provision for it
in the new constitution. Perhaps the advo-
Gates Of women's suffrage will also make
dead set at the Convention for recognition Of
their claims, with what success we shall see.
Year: 1867

ment mistaken. 1t is true that the fifth sec
tion provides that when the people of any one
of the rebellious states shall have formed n
constitution, &e-, plainly implying that all
male citizens over twenty-one years of age
may vote for members of the convention bv
which the constitution shall be framed but,
sir, does this grant suffrage to all? Not at
all, sir. 1t simply grants to all the right
which has ever been held sacred in this coun-
try-alike to the innocent and the guilty
namely, the right of petition. 1t neither di-
rectly or by implication grants suffrage or
amnesty to leading rebels. Still, sir, | will
favor an amendment, if gentlemen consider
such an amendment important. providing that
no person disqualified for holding Office under
the third section of the proposed constitu-
tional amendment shall vote for members of
stitution


Now, Mr. Speaker, think | have shown
that under the military provisions of this bill
we secure protection to all the loyal people,
and the question now arises as to whether the
bill provides plan or platform whereby the
msurgent states may return to their allie
glance and a practical restoration to the
Union upon conditions that are Just to them
and safe for ourselves. | think it does Ii
provides that the state constitutions shall be
in conformity with the Constitution of the
I nlleu Sldtes III All respects ludt snail DC
ratified by majority of male citizens of the
states, twenty-one years old and upward, of
whatever race, color, or previous condition of
servituded, who have been resident of the
state for one year previous to voting upon the
question of ratifying such condition, except
they may be disfranchised for participating
in the rebellion or felony; that the elective
franchise shall be guaranteed to the black
man well as the white man that the con-
stitutiOn shall bc euhmittrd to Congress for
examination and approval; that the legisla-
adopt the proposed constitutional amendment
shall have become part of the the Constitu-
tion of the United States before any of said
states shall be restored to the Union and be-
come entitled to representation in Congress
and that until all these conditions-precedent
are complied with, the military arm of the
Government shall be charged with the pro-
lection of the persons and property of every
loyal citizen.


The bill secures universal suffrage ON the
one hand, and on the other prevents any per
son from holding office, civil or military,
State or Federal, who in the exercise of any
prominent Office had taken the oath to sup
port the Constitution of the United States
and then engaged in rebellion or given aid
comfort thereto. The future safety of the
country demands all these guarantees, and is
they are accepted by the rebelious states,
fraternity will follow and the future of the
South will be as bri ght and glorious her
past has been wicked and oppressive
Year: 1867

Ia the still air sweet music lies unheard
In the rough marble beauty hides unseen
To wake the music and the beauty, needs
The masters touch. the sculptor's chisel


keen.


treat Master. touch with Thy skilful hand
Let not the music that is in us die:
Great Sculptor. hew and polish us; nor let
Hidden and lost, Thy form within us lie
Spare not the stroke DO with us as Thou


wilt


Let there be nought unfinished, broken


married
Complete Thy purpose, that we may become
Thy perfect image, . our God and Lord
Year: 1867

a SENTIMENTAL EPIsoDE.-My bachelor
friend, who has seen good deal of the
world, and Of that peculiar portion known
as women, told me one of his sentimental
experiences the other day while We were
lounging in Greenwood


Five years ago about this time" he
said, :. I was sitting near this spot with a
very pretty and entirely romantic girl, who
had long declared she loved me, and who,
though blessed with . wealthy father,
would have married me and my poverty
and defed all her relatives, if | had per
mitted her to make such sacrifice.


Il was quite fond of her, as men of SEN
sibility and gallantry usually are Of women
who love them devotedly, and the fact that
1 could not make her my wife rendered
our relation more poetic than it would have
been had we been engaged. She was rath'
er delicate, and her friends feared she had
a pulmonary affection. She thought she
would not live long, and the day we sat to-
gether here she looked pale, and more
lovely than ever. The autumn leaves were
falling around US. and with her head lean


ing on my breast, she said, with tears il
her eyes i: Il feel, darling, that [ am dy
ing. l believe that the next years leave!
will strew my grave. But l shall res
sweetly, if can dream in Heaven that yoI
still love me, dearest


MY heart was touched as it never wa
before" my friend added. Il fancied a
that moment that loved her devotedly.
was tempted, to say, Be mine. darling
before the world. If We love each other
Year: 1867

Russian MUD BATHs.-There is at Tchok-
rak a small curative establishment 1t is a
kind of shanty, containing a dining-room
and n kitchen, few cells each large enough
to hold an exceedingly small bed and one
chair. shed with few tubs, and huge
caldron to warm water. Outside. towards
the lake, iE n long corridor open to the lake,
but sheltered by wooden roof from the sun
Is is divided into two parts by partition,
separating the ladies' from the gentlemen e
quarter. There are planks enabling the
bather to traverse the long slope of slippery
mud between the bath-house and the water,
and THE is very necessary, as there is no
foothold, and when wet, the mud could not
be walked over without falling. Such is the
accommodation offered to the ordinary bather.
| The baths alone no doubt effieacious, for
| the water is not only salt, but is very rich in
iodides and bromides. But it is the mud
that those who resort to this lake chiefly
look to. The mud baths. simple as they are,
certainly ought to be eficacious The bath
| is box of rough deal, of the shape and size
of coffin. This box is filled with thick mud
so nearly dry that the weight of the body
will only sink very slightly into it. The pa
tient lies upon it. and an attendant covers
him up with foot of fresh mud, which i.
firmly compacted round hun, SO that no part
is exposed but the face.


| All this is done in the open air in a hroil-
| ing sun. A small penthouse is arranged to
shade the face, and the patient is left to en-
! JOY himself He is thus buried alive and
parboiled for period varying from half an
hour to an hour and a half In an atmos-
phere Of sitting heat, redolent of rotten
eggs, in closely fitting case of exceedingly
stiff mud, in association perhaps with half a
dozen other victims, ranged side by side,
close together, he awaits his cure and surely
he deserves it,


When his time is up, and the baked crust
of mud is broken. he is found floating. He
is then removed to warm bath, and it is
eaid that he comes out clean. At any rate,
he is hungry. He has been stewed in his
own juices, whatever they may be, and when
the meal time arrives he is enabled to dc
justice to the food provided, which, accord
ing to the specimen oft enjoyed, was rath-
CT superior to that generally obtained al


Russian hotels of the second order. The


boxes from which the patients have been
taken retain perfectly the whole form of tn.


body almost a. if it had been intended Il


take cast from them in plaster of Paris


The mud requires to be removed, and is re
placed with a fresh supply the next day 5
Year: 1867

I have known country society which
withered away all to nothing under the
dry rot Of gossip only. Friendship once
as firm as granite, dissolved to Jelly, and
then ran away to water, only because Of
this; lovethat promised fHtuTe as en-
during as heaven, and as staple as truth,
evaporated into a morning mist that
turned to a days long tears, only because
Of this a father and son were set foot to
foot with the fiery breath of anger that
would never cool between them, only
because of this; and q husband and his
young wife, each straining at the hated
leash, which in the beginning had been
the goldeR bondage OF a God-blessed
love, sat monrnfully by the side of the
grave where all their love and joy lay
buried, and only because OF this. have
seen faith transformed to mean doubt,
hope give place to grim despair, and
charity take on itself the features of
black male gOlance, all because of the
spell words Of scandal and the magic
mutteTiDg OF gossip.


Great crimes work great wrongs, and
the deeper tragedies of human life spring
from its larger passions but Woeful and
Year: 1867

She grows no older. year by year,


At least not to the outward seeming;
She only wins all hearts anear,


With that sweet face where peace is beaming
Yet closely view that golden hair,


And You shall see the white threads stealing
And though the brow is smooth and fair,


Yet Time his way Is O'er IL feeling.
So soft her step 50 sweet her voice!


SO fraught her daily life with loving;
Her very smile makes all rejoice,


And from It's spell there is no rowing
The little children around her cling;


she tells Them fairy tales at even,
And with them Oft she loves 10 sing


sweet hymns thai breathe OF Christ anG
heaven.


No hand can raise the sick ones head,
-Dr cool the burning flush OF fever
Like hers and not an angels tread


Could come so lightly thing never!
She has a helpful word for all


She. wins the recreant back with kindness,
She stoops to lift who stumbling fsll
And plying, never mocks their blindness
SO gently goes she down LIES way


Perhaps + er feet are torn ana Dleedingi
Intent 90 aid anOtherS way,


The thOrus lu hers she ireads uuheedlng.
Perhaps that tuuefal harp Of hers
May have some string forever broken;
Some chord that yet in memory jars,
And echoes sOrrOws never spoken.
We know not! only this we know


She's dearer f3r than any Otueri
To part with her were crushing woe,


For in our home we CAL her mother"
Year: 1867

Let a man have all the world
can give him, he is still miser-
able, if he has groveling, unlet-
tered, GRdevOat mind. Let him have
his gardens, bis fields, his woods, his
lawns, for grandeur, plenty, ornament
and qualification, while at the same time
God is not in 81 his thoughts. And let
another have neither field nor garden,
let him only look at nature with an en-
lightened mind-a mind which can see
and adore the Creator in His works, can
consider them IS a demonstration OF His
power, His wisdom, His goodness, and
His truth-this man is greater, as well
as happier in his poverty than the other
in his riches. The one is little higher
than beast, the other little lower than
an angel.
Year: 1867

We reproduce from our own columns the
following, to which we may now add that
the time is short, and the importance of
every man entitled to vote getting GER
tificate is still more manifest:


We have before urged upon Conservative
voters the Importance of obtaining certiti-
Gates of registration. The duty is impera-
tive upon every one, of whatever age or
condition, who falls within the provisions
of the law. The neglect or refusal TO
qualify and vote is wholly inexcusable-
nay, in its far-reaching consequences it is
more, il is a crime against the race, it is
reputation of the Just claim which POS
terity has on every good man, it is inf
deity to the obligations of citizenship. We
can well appreciate che repugnance felt to
the ordeal of the partisan inquisition which
they are made to undergo. 1t is hu-
initiating and offensive to such exac-
tions, accompanied, as il doubtless will
beat many points, with the "insolence
of Office :" but the State must be
delivered, and it is better to en-
dure for a time these things, than to fold
our hands in passive submission, and per-
init the ferocious tyranny of Brownlowism
to fasten itself upon us for another two
years, and forge the fetters of an indefinite
bondage The chivalric and invincible
leader of the Conservative party is in the
field dealing titanic blows. All over the
State, for every position to be filled in the
August election, good and true men are
being named as candidates, and entering
upon the canvass with zeal and ardor. No
matter with what efficiency they may work,
their labor will be fruitless, if by the in
difference of prominent men in each COM
muuity the mass of Conservative voters
should fail to be stimulated to qualify them
selves for voting. 1t should be done prompt
" and every man should see that his friends
dc likewise, assist them by every legiti-
mate means in asserting their rights be-
fore the commissioners. The men of edu-
cation, property and influence, whether
they be enfrauchised or not, should spare
neither time nor expense in extending
every proper facility to their poorer neigh
bors. The interests involved in this strug-
gle transcend in importance any mere POI
litical contest that any OF Us have ever
seen. All that as attractive in civil or pO-
litical liberty, and that is valuable in gov


ernment designed to give protection to life,


liberty aud the pursuit of happiness, is
bound up in it. To suffer the present
misrule 10 continue through apathy, des-
pondencv or aversion to contact with the
odious system by which it seeks to sustain
| itself will intlict not only an indelible
stigma upon the State, bat complete the


ruin of its material interests, and leave its
native people as bankrupt in honest fame
as they will be in ability to meet the
mountain Of debt which is being piled on
them.
Year: 1867

We shall constantly admonsh the Southern
people to be selfreliant and shall do what we
may be able to induce the establishment Of
manufactures in our midst for our home pro-
daets. To this end we viii pay special attention
to the COST and STATISTICS Of manufacturing.
and exert ourselves to encourage the diysrsif-
cation of Southern industries and the develop
nent Of Southern resources.
Year: 1867

Once upon a time there was little
Sheperd Boy who was famed far and
wide for the wise answers which he
gave to every question. Now the King
of the country heard of this lad, but he
would not believe what was said about
him, so the Boy was ordered to come
to court When he arrived the King
said to him, '1f you can give me an
swers to each of the three questions
which l will now put to you, l will
bring you up as my own child, and you
shall live here with me in my palace"


"What are these three questions 2
asked the Boy.


''The first is, How many drops OF
water are there in the sea T


''My Lord King" replied the Shep-
herd Boy, 'Ilet all the waters be stop
ped up on the earth, so that not one
drop shall run into the sea before l
count it, and then will tell you how
many drops there are in the sea"


'e.The second question, " said the King,
"is, How many stars are there in the
skya"


'Giye me large sheet of paper,
said The Boy; and then he made in it
with a pin so many minute holes that
they were far too numerous to see or to
count, and dazzled the eyes of whom
ever looked at them. This done he
said. $50 many stars are there in the
sky as there are holes in this paper;
now count them" But nobody was
able. Thereupon the King said, "The
third question is, How many seconds
are there in eternity! 2"


'1n Lower Pomerania is situated the
adamautine mountain, one mile in
height, one mile in breadth, and one
mile deep; and thither comes a bird
once in every thousand years which
rubs its beak against the hill, and,
when the whole shall be rubbed away,
then will the first second of eternity
be gone by"


"You have answered the three ques-
tons like sage" said the King, ''and
from henceforward you shall live with
me in my palace, and viii treat you as
my own child"
Year: 1867

That apparitions do not always an


der without sufficient cause, is proved
by the well attested fact which we give
below:


Last fortnight, as Mis-, lady of


rather literary taste and studious habit,


sat reading in the drawing room, the
clock on the mantle piece struck tweluei


as the last stroke reverberated through


the apartments, the door was flung wide


open! In the act of raising her head


to repel the intruder (unrung for) or


her servant her eyes rested on the form


of her late husband! She screamed


and fell senseless on the carpet! This


brought up such members of the fam
lily as had not retired to rest restor-
atives were administered, and when Mrs.
had regained her suspended fac


ulties, and being a woman of strong
mind and highly cultivated intellect
she felt disposed to consider the whole
distress she had undergone as the result
Of certain associations between melan-
choly tale she had perused and her late
loss, operating on partially deranged
nervous system. She, however, con-
sidered it advisable that her servant
should repose in her chamber, lest any
return of what she considered nervous
affection should distress herself and
alarm the family.


Last Tuesday night feeling stronger
and better in spirit than she had been
for some time past, Mrs.-dispensed
with the presence of her attendant; re-
firing alone, to her chamber, went to
bed little before ten o'clock. Exactly
as the clock struck tsOelUe she was ava
kened from sleep, and distinctly beheld
the apparition she had before seen, ad-
vancing from the table, on which stood
her night lamp, until it stood opposite
to and drew aside the curtains of the
bed. She describes her very blood re-
treating with icy chillness to her heart
from every vein. The countenance of
her beloved in life wore not its benevo-
lent aspect; the eyes once beaming with |
affection were now fixed with stern re-
gard on the trembling, half dissolved |
being who, with the courage of desper-
alton, thus abjured him "Charlesl dear
Charles! why are you come againi"


"Jessie," slowly and solemnly aspi-
rated the shadowy form, waving in
his hand small roll of writing paper,
Jessie, pay my newspaper accounts,
and let me rest in peace!a
Year: 1867

If the beauty Of the human face lies
almost wholly in expression, what a de-
graded adage is that which speaks of it
as "only skin deep p Why, this is not
even true of picture. The beauty of
the portrait is indeed expressed in a
collocatton of colors, but is it no deeper
than the pigment9 Is it not as deep as
the soul of the artist! And if the artist.
be true painter, is it not as deep as the
soul of man who sat for it? Does it
not reveal the qualities of his mind and
hearth While you look on it you see,
not the picture merely, but the man.


This becomes still clearer and much
more striking when we drop the picture
and come to the living person. Is s''beau-
ty only skin deep" in the faces which
are seen through the glasses of affec-
ton! Far from it. The skin NAV
wrinkle, the cheeks fade and sink, the
brow corrugate, the nose sharpen, the
hair whiten, and with all this change
the old expression Of wisdom, purity,
sweetness, generosity, frankness, Or
courage may still retain its place, and
slower and friend" may be almost un-
conscious of any change whatever. The
great matter, the sum of all beauty, the
look and quality of the soul, is still the
same. And even when friends have
been long separated, and have come to-
gether again only after time has wrought
great bodily changes, the power, the
Immortality of expression vindicates It.
self At the first gaze the effect of
years strikes US, and we say, elbow al
teredm We are shocked almost stun
ned, but when the features are lighted
up by discourse, and the aIl-revealing
smile again darts its raw acr.zs the
countenance, we break out with WaId-
grave:


''1n each dear face


The changing hSud Oftlme nav nNt blame
For thsrs it hath but wrought more Ie-~rend rra,s


And hue Of beauty perfected the frame.



And well know your hearts are stiItthe sane.


They could not ehsnge-ye look the very vsy
As when an orphan first to you l eane-'


To say that personal beauty is only
skin deep is to deny the profound CON
nection and sympathy bteween the soul
and the body-thst the body exists for
the purpose of exteriorizing the mind,
whether in word or work, in art or sci
ence. e 1t is to say that when the gilt
has been worn from the cover of Milton
and the leaves have become dog-eared
fiimsy, and yellow, that its beautyis
gone. But the best books are the most
used and the worst worn. So it is with
the best people. The keen sword cuts
quickly through the frail scabbard; the
powerful soul, abounding in beautiful
action, shakes its tent to its very fasten-
ings, but AL the while it peers out
through its thin covering. Indeed, the
soul is ever young; the expression is its
portrait, while rag of the canvas re-
Methodist.
Year: 1867

The poet PerciraPs knowledge Of
women was Of the least. He neverdared
look them in the eyes. An accidental
touch OF. the hand of one of bis loves
drove him in confusion from the room.
He never told his love, except in one in
stance, and then it was in writing. He
WAS in love at twenty; at twenty four
he adored pupil in New York, and
again at twenty-five he worshipped
somebody in Berlin; and once more, in
New Haven, at twenty-seven he fell in
love with young woman with a hand
some face, who did not like books, and
married shoemaker.