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Year: 1867

To the mechanic, the worker, the man with
sleeves rolled up to the elbow, who stands
day by day over the forge or bench, we now
speak word. We often hear expressed
among mechanics an ardent wish for i'm
provcmcnt and for further knowledge but
suggest to them that they educate them
selves, and they will laugh at the idea
What! mechanic educate himself! the
thing is too absurd. Suggest that he attend
the public schools No; his pride won't
let him do that. What then? lie wishes
for the education that is necessary to success
in his labors, and if he only had it, he then
could be enabled to take much more Gle
waited position than he now occupies. Al
though he would reap the advantages of ed
ucation with his labor, he has not the energy
or perseverance to obtain the possession that
he so much covcts. lie looks to his ac-
quirements as he would wish to have it, and
shrinks from the task. lie opens some
treatise upon abstrusc scicnce-for it is alb
struse to him-and, puzzled and contoundcd
by terms that are new and unknown, he
closes the volume in despair and wishes he
knew it ALL He lives on, labors on and the
acouiremcnt is never attained.


But, mechanics, rouse yourselves The
day oc sleep and lethargy is past The age
demands that you work with head and brains
rs we'll as with hands and tools. Bestir
yourself, then, and begin now--now at the
present time. If you are worker in iron,
learn its history and properties. Trace it
from the mine, from the ore, through Ill its
manpulations, until it comes to you in the
workshop, and then as it leaves your hands,
let thought go with it, and be not satisfied
until you learn its destination and its pur-
pose. Learn h' ,se to which it is put. If
chemistry i. eanrected with it, there are
books that II. ',ly written, and you can
readily learn the ,,chHics that are connected
with it. But'al this takes time. To be
sure it docs. 1t takes, perhaps, the time
that is idly SPENT the time that, perhaps
you spend in lettering at the corner after
supper is ended; the leisure half hour that
you idle away at noon. Put your text book
in your pocket and learn fact, and digest
that and your dinner at the same time. Sit
down with your book and family-and we
suppose every mechanic Of good sense has
one--sit down, we say, and be cheered by
the smiles Of wife and the prattle Of chill
dren, and learn the lesson with their presence
and their help. Learn but one simple fact
in science or the arts each day, and then
count each days gain by weeks and years,
anu you will store up ansamount of useful
knowledge that will surprise you, not only
by its amount, but at the ease with which
YOU will attain it all. Books, periodicals and
papers are cheap and easy to be obtained,
and it is your own application that must lay
hold Of this knowledge that is so frely pre-
scnted to you, and appropriate and apply it
70 your own use and for your benefit.
Year: 1867

pay. Education does not alone consist in
the knowledge Of science and books. There
is an education Of the heart which is essen
tial to our well being, as the most erudito
scholarship, Educate the sentiments Of the
young properly, and it will be like dread
cast upon the waters"
Year: 1867

This is what Andrew johnson said short time
ago OF the Reconstruction law


"The military commander is as TO the power Of
appointment made to take the place OF the Presi-
dent and the General Of ths Army the place of the
Senate, and any attempt on the part Of the Pres-
dent to assert his own constitutional powers may
under pretense of law, be met by Official insubor-
dination'
Year: 1867

The Luxemburg Customs question, which has been
left open by the Conference. Will he discussed by
Special Commission. 10 will not DC settled until after the
expiration OF the present treaty between LuXemburg ana
the ZOllyeTein which will shortly expire.


WORK ON THE FORTRESS SUSPENDED


The works on the fortress of Luxcmburg which nave
been actively carried till very lately have now ceased
and the WOrkmen have been dismissed.
Year: 1867

probation of our currency and securities;
and it must eventually follow any de-
parture from our plighted faith to our
creditors. We earnestly hope that this
fearful peril will be removed by the early
enactment of an equitable funding law,
to embrace our whole debt, and place it
on a uniform basis, with .he obligations
of the Government clearly defined. This
once done our people would be relieved
from all uncertainty would
be fully restored, and this last device
of the enemies of our redeemed Repub-
lie would prove abortiYe. Let us main
tain our national faith at any hazard,
and with unshaken credit and unblotted
fame, the great Government of the Peo
pie will reach the full fruition ofits no
BILE destiny. r.
Year: 1867

ing their Golfers as fast as might be an
ticipated. This we believe is a fair
statement of the case. Had we any
influence with the Legislators, it would
be to let the survey bill go overheard for
the present, and memorialize Congress
TO authorize and make appropriation for
it; to he as liberal with the Federal Off
GERS as they are with themselves in the
extra compensation, and to draw the
reins of economy closely on all, that the
Territory may be enabled to avoid
the dangerous burden of a heavy interest
bearing debt.
Year: 1867

The New York Tribune, in view of the
late elections, seems anxious to shift the
responsibility for the state Of affairs at
the South off the shoulders of its party.
One of its excuses is, that the people did
not register. This is very lame. When
the whites went to register at first, they
were crowded out by negroes, and rudely
repulsed in their favor, and seldom at
any time did they have fair chance
and yet they persisted. The result is a
much larger white registration than
could fairly have been expected-twice
as large, at least, as would have been
made at the North under the same cir
cumstances. And this Southern regis
tration shows the anxiety of our people
to see peace and quiet restored 10 the
country. AS usual, however, the very
thing for which the South deserved most
credit, is made u ground of complaint
and accusation. Galueston Netcs.
Year: 1867

There is no longer a necessity for
theories in giving an analysis Of the
political condition of the country. We
now have the clear mathematical facts
to prove that the one great card of the
social destructionists is the negro. 1t
matters not how fearful condition of
affairs may be inaugurated by the Radi-
Gals; they have but one aim, and that
the preservation of their power at any
cost They cry, "Up with the negro y
" Down with the white mani" Long
live barbarism r. death to civiliza-
tionl" They open war Of caste-the
bloodiest, most dreaded, and most unre-
lentiug Of all wars Already the whites
at the South are forced to opposition
against the negro in the contest that
stares them in the face. Now their last
hope is that the intelligent conservative
element of the North will come to their
rescue. How much this is needed let
the figures show. The late election re-
turns, showing the immense negro ele-
meht in power, are as follows;
Year: 1867

bET Philadelphia has the character Of
being the most inhOspitable city in the
United States This impression is so
wide spread that clerical gentlemen, for
instance, who have to attend meetings in
that city often write in advance to OBJ
tain board at regular public houses
rather than trust themselves to the in
hospitulities" Of church members. Rev.
Dr. Newton, Of the Episcopal Church,
abiding, from the pulpit, 70 an approach
ing meeting Of the clergy, charged his
congregation to show extraordinary
courtesy TO their guests, to countsract
the impression which had gone abroad
This character belongs not to any par
ticular denomination, but TO all. Such
is the city Of Broihsrly Love" The
people are very loving when Phil Sheri-
dan comes along, and spend thousands
to Do him honor, bot preachers Of he
gospel may work for nothing and board
themselves
Year: 1867

hands. This vote will give them such a
power as will yet make the nation reel
In common with ignorance, wherever
found in the worlds history, the negro
will seek a division Of property; for
he has as yet no idea how property
is acquired. New and fanciful ideas
Of his rights will find place in brain
already gone mad in too rapid
an elevation. Let his ignorance force
measure to the surface, despite the COM
mon sense Of the country in opposition,
and what can prevent its becoming a
law? That these are no idle specula-
tions the late election returns too we'll
show. Strange anomaly We were
never willing that the Southern white
should legislate for the North, but are
not willing that the late Southern slave,
representing the most concentrated ele-
ment Of barbaric ignorance on the whole
Western Continent, should shape our
future There are two courses to choose
European civilization and African
barbarism. The Radicals have appa-
rently chosen the latter, and by their ac-
ton they now absolutely force the white
civilized element Of the South to appeal
to that first law of nature, self preserva.
tion.-Neto York Herald.
Year: 1867

Visiting the city would greatly consult their own
interest by purchasing q supply Of this never
falling King Of Chilli. Much time can be
saved by curing the Chills Immediately. and
this medicine uproots the disease and so
destroys the cause that II will not return, as il
hnes Nphnn nnrnd with nninine
Year: 1867

We commend the following extract
from a" article in the N. Y. Tribune
to the attention Of the Republicans of
Northern Minnesota:


II every man in the country could
read, and did babitually read two good
journals, one Of each party, We should
hare no more doubt of electing a Re-
publican President next year than of
the rising of the sun. But every voter
who does not read is a peril and the
multiplicity ofsuch voters subjects the
results of our elections too much on the
control Of accident. Fortune will not
always favor US rs she did in 1864 and
1856. We can be sure of victories on
y by deserving them. And the duty
now impcratively pressing upon us is to
take care that erery voter soho can read
and wW read 1t, or soho has sone one
in his family who can and wiX read
tito him, is seasonably supplied aoith a
good RepubIioa" journal for the year
ACOo.


We are not going to succeed so easi-
ly as many have fondly calculated, and
We rejoice that We are not. II We let
the contest 90 at hap-hazard, and do
not seasonably provide for and deserve
success, We may be beaten. But if We
begin now, and, BY concerted, systemat-
ic effort, put a good Republican news
paper into the hands of every voter who
will read it, We cannot be beaten.


Flooding the couhtry with printed
matter on the eve Of an election is
desperate resort-better than nothing,
and that is all. No reliance can be
placed on ; little good ordinarily comes
Of it. But begin now, and systematic
cally insure that every man that has a
vote shall have newspaper if he will
take it, and all is safe. Republicans !!
resolve to see to it at once!
Year: 1867

The Court Journal is responsible
for the following: can act Of great
generosity on the part of the United
Statea Government has, it appears, just
been made known. Soon after the
death of Mr.. Golden, the United
States Government offered to present
Mrs. Golden with ten thousand acres
Of land, and either collect the rents
without any extra charge, or sell the
land and make over to her the proceeds
which probably would have been about
10000. Mrs. Golden, however re.
fused the offer, on the ground that she
had been left in no need Of money"
Year: 1867

HELMBOLD's EXTRACTBUCHU and IMPROVED ROSE Wash cures secret and delicate disorders in all their stages, at little expense little change in diet, no inconvenience and no exposure. It is pleasant in taste and odor immediate in its action and free from all injurious properties.
Year: 1867

A Coop BUSINESS COLLEGE. Yer mont Commercial College and Normal Academy of Poultney, Vt.. is enjoying a very large patronage, and is worthy in- stitUtion of learning.-We advise our read CTS to cut out and preserve the advertise ment to be found in 5th column of 4th page of to days paper, and when writing for & circular, please state that you saw this mo- tice in the Litchfield Enquirer
Year: 1867

Nas~ We heartily join our Salisbury cor respondent in desiring the revival of our old County Musical Society. Litchfeld can do better now than in former years. We have two good church organs, and could contribute at least dozen singers to the chorus.
Year: 1867

were subject to taxation TO tax his
bonds is simply to take money ont Of
one pocket in order to put it into anoth-
er, paying several commissions and
taking several risks during the process.
There is not a single penny to be made
by or saved to the Taxpayers by doing
what Gen. Washburne suggests, but
the contrary; and we trust the People,
the Treasury, and Congress, will pom
der well before giving any countenance
to his project.


Let us say explicitly that we hold
no dollar of Government bonds, and ex-
pect to hold none. When lending to
the Government was an imperative
duty, we invested all we could in those
bonds; but, since Peace returned, all
those have been sold, and the proceeds
put to other uses. We will not be even
plausibly charged with a regard to our
personal interest in advocating q scru-
pulous fidelity to the Nations most sa-
cred engagements, made when she hung
between life and death. ~. T. Tribune.
Year: 1867

mo part are jokes. The air is so thick
with lies on election days-we breathe
them so freely-that any one who tells
the truth to the disadvantage Of our
fayorite candidate we set down rs liar.
A candidates character injured more
than half the attacks on his character
have a tendency to give him a more
successful reputation. Hencefcrth he
is a martyr. lie thriyes on notoriety.
His injured innocence, so called, is more
profitable than innocence unassailed.
Political parties do not believe each
other: hence each party is easy with
the private character of its own pets; if
the party is in power what docs the pet
care? He is more afraid of the good
men in his own party; for most men
are believed in their own families. But
family difficulties are generally kept in
doors. Talks about men have nothing
to do with principles Half the support
ers Of great, good principle may be
bad, but the principle remains un-
changed. The principle may be
means of reputation to some bad men;
they may thrive upon it-they may dis
arm the prejudices of good men-they
may do unmeritorious service for the
principle-they may become famous
may be honored for the sake of the
cause. The great, good principle does
more than this for others. 1t makes its
true impression on them-and that i'm
preston is their character in that de-
partment of their life. The principle
cuts into their souls and makes its mark.
"Radicalism" and CONSERVATISM" may
be regarded as terms expressive of the
depth of principle-strokes.


Great mems reputation very often
leave their home-life at home. The
world does homage to, or abuses the
poet or the statesman while he is abroad
upon his great business. Now and then
there is peep into his domicile; but the
pecper never sees the great man at
home; at home, he may be, but the eye
that peeps or the soul that skulks either
sees only the outside of things or takes
observation behind them. Your reveal
er of the everyday home-life of those
who give importance to the days of
earth, are seldom more than caricatur-
lists. They could be in much better
business than manufacturing reputation
for themselves by picking the character
of others. A mans innocent home-life
is his owns but the domestic spy steals
the home charm when he crowds the
gaping world into the dining-room, Ii
Drary nursery and everywhere about
the house. Still your truly great man
is great at home, but not every scape-
grace knows it.
Year: 1867

Gen. II. ID. Washburne of Indiana
wishes the House of Representatives to
resolve that all property should bear its
share of the public burdens; hence,
that the right to tax Government bonds
should be reserved in any future fund
ing of our Public Debt.


Let us consider this as practical pro-
position:


The Government recently needed
very large sums of money-hundreds
of millions per annum-more than 1t
knew how to raise except by borrow
ing. In order to borrow Twenty-Five
Hundred Millions of Dollars in three
years, it was obliged to offer liberal in
ducements to lenders. Being at war
for its existence, there was a chance
that it might never be able to pay.
War stimulates trade, and multipies
opportunities for speculation and profit
able Investment hence, most capitalists
prefer to keep their funds well in hand,
instead of locking them up in long loans.
Yet the money was borrowed, and the
Union saved by means of it, and every
subsequent month has been fruitful in
devices for breaking faith with the lend
ers.


Gen. Washburne does not propose
this; yet his proposition will give aid
and comfort to those who do. His as
scrtion that money ought not to be bor-
rowed as it was borrowed by our Gov
ernment during the War, will be para
ded by them to countenance it not JUS
tify their demand that an important el.
ement of the bargain shall be repudiated
by the borrower.


The Government is at perfect liberty
to make new loans, subject to National,
State and local taxation, and to pay off
its various existing loans as they fall due
in the proceeds of its new taxable loans.
But it is simply faulty to suppose that
this liability to taxation will not be un-
derstood and considered by the lender.
In other words: it is absurd to fancy
that, if he is to be required to pay taxes
on his bonds he will not make his bids
or his purchases at corresponding rates.
Should the taxes amount to one per
cent, for instance, he will pay no more
for a six per cent bond than he would
for one Of five per cent. that should be
wholly exempt for taxation. Thus sub
iecting the bonds to taxation would be
simply adding twenty-five Millions OF
Dollars per annum to the interest of our
National Debt for the chance of getting
Twenty Millions of it returned to our
various general and local treasures by
taxation. What is the net profit Of that
operation!


Need another word be said to expose
the utter baselessness of the assumption
that bond-holders are a favored class !
Do you not see that they do pay taxes
cannot help it? The loans are offered
to all the exemption (or non-exemp-
tom from taxationis an element of their
price; and he who buys non-taxable
bond pays his taxes as truly as others.
He pays in accepting lower rate ofin-
terest than be would do if bis bonds
Year: 1867




In every community there is q certain
per centage Of useless young men, whose
ultimate condition must excite the sym
pathy and consideration of every phi
lanthropist What will become of themf
We do not put the question as TO their
future state, but how they will round off
their earthly existencei They have no
visible means of support, still they hang
on, still they yegetate, they keep above
the ground. In certain liberal sense,
they may be said to live, move, and
have a being. They lounge in offices,
promenade the streets, appear at social
amusements, play the gallant to good
liatured ladies, and attend to the ne
cessities Of lapdogs. Their moro quiet
and undemonstrative life may be deS-
cribed as an intermittent torpor, in
which meals, drinks, and sleep mark
the changes Their existence would be
a mystery but for their bearing certain
relations to other substantial people
familliarly known as "pa," ma" or "bet-
ter half," who are able to make provis-
ion for the waste and protection of
their bodies in the way Of clothes and
food.


Still, ought these tender young men
to be left to the chances of parental or
domestic affectioni All are not equally
fortunate. What shall we do with
those whose dependencies are 50 preca-
riousi They do not admit of any utili-
tartan disposition. In cannibal coun-
tries they could be eaten as a substitute
for veal; their bodies would also make
excellent fertilizers for sterile lands;
but the prejudices of Christian people
would revolt at This solution Of the
problem. A certain number could be
employed as lay figures in shop windows
to exhibit clothes On, but the tailOrs
might not have confidence in them.
Most of them could color meerchaums,
but this business would prodnce little
revenue. What, then, shall be DONE
The tax now falls on few, and it ought
to be distributed. We propose, there
fore, State Asylum for useless young
men. An institution of this kind could
be easily filled with those between the
ages Of eighteen and thirty, who should
be grouped and associated together 80
that the rude jostling and friction Of
the working world would not disturb
their delicate nerves. Here they could
cultivate mustaches, part their hair be-
hind, and practice attitudes. In this
resort, with a little enforced exercise to
keep their circulation in ahealthy state,
with dolls to play with as a compensation
for the absence of ladies' society, these
useless young men could be supported
in ease and comfort, and all the indus
trious people would be willing to pay
the expenses of this institution, rather
than bear the painful solicitude in re-
gard to the welfare of these superAuous
members of society. When provision
has been made by the State for idiots
for the insane, poor, aged, and crippled,
is it not astounding that asylums have
never been erected for a still more
helpless class9 Let this philanthropic
enterprise be started at once Water
torn Ref0rmer'