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Year: 1867




A few weeks since we noticed the opening Of
the Union Pacific Railroad to Julesburg. S7T
miles west Of Omaha, and sometime this week
We expect to report its completion to Grow
Greek, a point IS miles further west, making =
total of i25 miles. Fifty miles Of track in sddi-
ton are graded ready for the iron, and there Is
no doubt Of the completion Of the road to the
base Of the Rocky Mountains early in the Fall.
The Company are confident that the whole line
to the Pacific will be open fer business in 1870.
The Indians have annoyed the surveying parties
and tie-cutters, who are many hundred miles
in advance Of the work but they have
wholesome fear of the population that railroad
carries with it, and all trains run without in
terruption,


The business Of the Company has been most
aattering. The earnings for the quarter ending
Angus lst, were about 100000; but as the
report for the last week in July has not been
received, the exact fraction cannot be given.
these earnings accrued from operating an aver
age Of not more than $50 miles Of road, and
after deductipg operating expenses, the balance
Is far in excess Of the interest obligations Of the
Company on the amount Of bOni. they can issue
on that distance. II should be remembered
that this result is from q ray business alone,
through new country, ard is not to be COM
pared with the vast through business that must
f6llOw the opening Of the whole line to the Paci-
&c. The success Of the enterprise seems to be
thoroughly assured, and we can see no reason
why the First Mortgage Bonds are not entitled
to rank among the best securities The daily
sales are now 10 large, that the Company
already entertain the idea Of advancing the
price.
Year: 1867

Throw away your false frizzes, your switches, youi


wig
Destructive of comfort and not worth fig:
Come aged, come youthful come ugly and fair,
And rejoice in your own luxuriant hair.
Year: 1867

The other day wedding took place at
the Madelaine church between a very
noble gentleman aud lady, aud among
the crowd that gathered outside 70 see
the splendid bridal party was miserable
beggar about twelve years old. Now iD
Paris every one who has not something
10 sell is carried Off to police honse-if
thew stop1n the streets as this one did,
and accordingly an officer was just ask
ing her If she had anything TO dispose
Of and the poor thing was trembling
in every limb for fear of i'm
M is9nnlent, when a sweet little
girl. sister Of. the bride, haT-
pened to hear the policeman as she
passed by, and TO save the ragged Of
fender, she quickly placed in her hand .
superb bouquet she wss carrying, and
answering for her said, " Yes, she has
these flowers, but she asks too much, and
cannot buy them.n As she turned te
90 on, an old gentleman, who saw and
understood all, stepped forward, and put
| ting a gold piece in the poor child'i
palm remarked, g will give twenty
francs for it,D aud presented it to ths
amiabie little angel whose goodness haS
been more fragrant and beautiful thar


the choicest blossom that ever graced !
garden.
Year: 1867

Sir David Brewster makes the follow
ing remarks relative to the structure Of
the sun: $50 strong has been the belief
that the sun cannot be a habitable world,
that a scientific gentleman was pro-
nouneed by his medical attendant 10
be insane because he had sent a paper
to the royal society, in which he main
tanned that the light of the sun pro-
ceeds from dense and universal aurora
which might afford light to the inhsb-
itapts of the surface beneath, and yet
be at such distance aloft as not to an
nov them; that there may be water
and drv land there, hills and dales, rain
and fair weather. and that, as the
LIGHT and the seasons must be eternal,
tbe sun may easily be conceived to be
nv far the most blissful habitation of the
whole system In less than ten years
after this apparently extravagant notion
was considered proof of insanity, il
was maintained by Sir William Her.
schen as rational and probable opinion
which might be dedueed from his OwI
observations on the structure Of tbs
ann -
Year: 1867

scans Of this city and elsewhere pronounced by the National P
no Forte Association trial in their with the first
country emnenty the BEST PIANO IN AMERICA and
used BY the Conservatory and other high music schools
geher Of their immense equality sweetness and bril-
ancy toue elastic touch, and great durability.


W ARERQQMs No Rrnn Rrnadnaz
Year: 1867

One Of those painful incidents which
30 often occur in these days Of our hu
initiation, teaching US that we live under
all tho hsrdships of military rule and
that the foot of the conqueror /, upon
our neck, took place at the annual parade
OF the Charleston Fire Department on
the 9th uIt.


When the procession was about to
move from the Citadel Green, orders
were issued by General Sickles that the
National Flag with an escort Of honor
composed OF two persons from each
Company, should be borne in ftont Of the
column, AMI that every person in the
column should salute thecolors, bv lifting
his hat or cap on arriving at a point
three PAGES distant from the colors and
carrying the cap uplifted, three PAGES dis
tant from the same.


Orders were given to arrest anv person
who refused to obey these instruction,


No Na,iousl Flag, even before the
war, had ever been carried by the fire
companies on parade, and none being
prepared, some two hours passed before
one could be procured. The procession
was delayed and the pleasure Of the oc
caeion marred by these arbitrary pro-
cseditgs.


There was time when the flag Of the
Union symbolzsd civil freedom and con
s'itutional government, and then the
people Of the South yielded to none in
tAeir love and devotion for it. Under a
jnst and proper administration Of the
! Government they would rally around it
again with the zeA and enthusiasm Of
former times. But the affections OF q
pe"ple cannot he forced, and the only
effect OF compelling them, under pains
and penalties, TO pull off their hats and
show every outward mark OF respect to
s,mhol that no !orger represents and
| typihes all that they hold dear and
sacred. but which, on the contrary,
svmholizes the despo,,sm ,ha, i. crushing
them beneath It's iron hand, will be to
irrits,e, to. wound and 20 annoy to KEEP
alive the hatred and resentment which a
wise government would wish 20 see
buried and forgotten.- Clarendon Press
Year: 1867

Mark Twain says that TO see a lovely
girl Of seventeen, with her saddle on her
head, aud her muzzle on bebipd, and her
veil just covering the end o: ber nose.
come tripping along in her hoopless, red.
buttoned dress, like churn on FIRE, is en-.
ough to set q man wild.
Year: 1867

The Intelligencer of yesterday morning
is disposed to unjustly censure this
journal for les report of the mail rob-
berry case, which has attracted a large
share of public attention in this COM
munity during the present week. We
have not attempted to "manufacture
public opinion in advance of the trial.
of WILLIAM A. JAMES, neither has this
journal nor any person connected with
it any "direct interest i'll the ISSUE"
We have given merely fair and cor
rect report of the facts deposed to by
the witnesses at the examination held
last Tuesday, and we emphatically deny
that we have any desire to prejudse the
case.


We are we'll aware that persistent
effort is being made by certain urscru-
pulous partisans in this city to give to
JAMES case political coloring and to
attribute his arrest and prosecution to
political animosity. 1t is a fact, how
ever, which is susceptible of proof, that
JAMES has for some months professed to
be a supporter of the policy of the Fed
eral administration and has denounced
in the bitterest terms the political opin-
ions of the men who now champion his
cause for no other reason than that they
believe him to be as radical rs them
selves.


If JAMES is innocent, no one will re-
ioice at his acquittal more than we; If
he is guilty, We, in common with every
other law-abiding citizen, desire his
conviction and punishment. We have
this "direct interest in the issue" and
no more.


The Intelligencer is itself liable to the
charge of cndeavoring to "manufacture
public sentiment in advance of the
trial" Its report of the evidence ad-
duced in behalf of the government was
so one-sided as to appear to be the work
of special pleading pettifogger and ma
terial portions of the testimony We're
purposely suppressed. We have no de-
sire to make this case the subject of n
controversy with the editor of the ne
gro suffrage organ, because of the diff
Guilty that might else be experienced i'll
obtaining n jury competent to sit in
Judgment upon the question, and we
would respectfully admonish our neigh
Dor that the more he stirs the affair up
the worse it will he for his party and
| himself
Year: 1867

We would call attention to the adver-
tisement of this association published
in another column. 1t will be seen that
meeting Of wool growers and others
interested in its production is to be held
in this city on Thursday, the 18th inst.
The purposes of the meeting are set
forth in tho advertisement, and we are
requested to ask a full attendance on
the part of all persons concerned in the
movement
Year: 1867

States should ratify it, seventeen Others
would be needed. They have shown no
alacrity to come forward. Nor is il 10
be forgotten that the bill authorizing
the. admission of Representatives and
Senators npon the complete ratification,
has never yet passed either House OF
Congress.


Bya law of its being falsehOod possess
es an inherent weakness. Sometimes its
supporters quarrel and divide. Some
times its parts antagonize. Sometimes
force touches it, and bubble only has
burst. Sometimes sober second thought
assails it. Time with its Ithuriel spear
inevitably pierces it, and it comes to
naught.


This frenzy of passion cannot last for
ever. Reason must sooner or later re-
sumo its sway. Those who think 9TH
erwise, it has been beautifully said, for
get that the angry rapids of the Niagara
lead to the placid expanse of Ontario.
1t was an eastern sage who urged his
master to have engrayen on his signet
ring, that it might ever be before his
eyes, in every vicisSitude of prosperity
or adversely. "And this too shall pass
away" This year or next year, or IN
five years, or in ten years reason will be
heard and our principles and our party
will triumph. But if it should not
come TO pass in our time, and If we OF
this generation must die with our har-
ness on, in the midst OF the struggle,
we shall at least have the testimony OF
good conscience, We shall at least
have kept the faith, we shall at least
have the assurance of a good hope: for
we know that great parties struggling
for great principles, like good men,
leave behind them footsteps in the
sands of time"


Footsteps which perhaps another
Sailing DER life's barren main,


Some forlorn and shipwrecked brother


Seeing, may take heart again.


In the meantime we are strong rs a
minority, adhering to our principles.
We would be weak in Office at the eN-
pense of them. The power for good OF
an honest opposition, is large indeed.
The rudder may so direct its course that
the vessei will advance almost in face
of the wind. We are strong as we cast
aside all temporizing expedients; rs we
reject all sacrifices of principles to pol
icy, as we bravely and openly avow our
faith and invoke patriotic people to Its
thoughtful consideration. Gentlemen
of the Convention let us make that ap-
peal to the people to-day.
Year: 1867

and the States of the North; so revo-
lutionary and disorganizing, so IA


grantly at war with every provision
and theory of tie Constitution, that it


will scarcely be possible to execute 1t
fully. We ahall resist IL by every means


known to the Constitution. But if the


attempt should he made successfully,


this too being opposed by superior
force they can bear. Let them


oppose it by the passive re-


sistance of masterly inactivity let
them repair their shattered fortunes;
let them reconstruct their industrial


system let them WOO prosperity and
wealth; let their fields whiten with cot
ton, and their plantations yield their
increase Of corn, and sugar and rice.
Let them, moved by their own just I'M
pulses and not by dictation from others,
revise, Unnecessary, their legislation in
regard to the freedmen, and secure to


them all their ciril rights by the same


process of law, enforced by the same


courts and the same penalties as are
used in the case of the white men. Let


them, if necessary to secure this ample
protection, revise and change the public
opinion of their communities. Let


them be jealous in securing to them ev-


cry opportunity of fitting themselves
for their changed condition, and every


advantage for good development which
healthy, social and governmental sys-


tenn will permit. The necessity Of both


sections will coerce social and CONNER
cial intercourse, and this in time viii


soften asperities and assuage bitterness


and promote good win, and restoration,


if it ever comes at all, will be, upon


sound basis. 81 80. - 20


Nor in this connection is the fact to
be overlooked that very few Of the


Northern States haveratifed che amend
meut-and that if all these ten excluded
Year: 1867

We do not doubt that many good men are
favorable to q change and swallow the
sophistry and stupidity that temperance will
be promoted by licensing men to sell, but
still We are confident that every liquor deal
er in the State takes the same ground. and
that this interest at the bottom OF the license
movement. We should have more respect
for these license philosophers with their su-
percilious assumptions Of - practical wis
dom. were it not that every fact in our
experience and history relutes their shallow
conceits and superficial expedients. We
have tired license for two hundred years,
and it has failed constantly and notoriously.
1t has failed always and everywhere. Look
at New York. The Safe is flooded with
rum under an 4" excise law" The liquor
dealers of that State assail the excise law
with the same arguments which in this
State are used against a prohibit
ory law. Every argument used in this
State for a license law is most con-
spicuOusly refuted by the operations OF
the excise law IN New York The law is
violated and disregarded, and constantly and
universally, and the evil of intemperance on
the increase.


Among all the delusions which have i'm
posed upon popular credulity none Is more
strange than this theory: that the cause of
temperance can be promoted by licensing
men to sell rum and manufacture drunkards.
But restraint, regulation, since you cannot
stop the evil, is the answer. But is il not
plain if this Is good logic and good ethics
so far as the evil and wrong of liquor sell
ing is concerned, it is good for all inevitable
evils, and justifes licenses for houses of i'll
lame as well as dram shops, But while
many honest men favor license law to pro-
mote the cause Of temperance, the chief ad-
vOcacy and espousal comes from the liquor
interest which cloaks under fair pretences of
public good, the Unsuitable greed Of money.
We VAIN our legislators that after all the
sophistries and bluster of the Iquor interest,
there remains the intelligent, sober and Wig
liant people who will not be humbugged or
moved, and they insist upon prohibitory
law and fair trial. 1t is too late, gentle
men liquor dealers. Revolutions do not 20
back. We have outgrown license and can't
Adams Transcript.
Year: 1867

TuE CIVIL SERVICE BILL.-An animated
discussion took place in the House on We'd
nesdaY on the 3" Civil service BILL" The
bill is one which emanated from the Com
mIttee on retrenchment, and is quite distinct
from the Tenure of Office bill, though de-
signed to supplement that measure and at
tain some Of the same ends Mr.. Jenckes of
Rhode Island, who has charge of the bill,
stated that the original draft upon which it
was based was prepared during President
Lincoln's term Of Office. 1t proposes a very
radical reform in the civil service. BY the
appointment OF a Board Of Commissioners.
whose duty 1t shall be to prescribe the quail
lfcations necessary for an appointment to
any subordinate position in any branch of
the civil service, and to provide for the eI.
animation of all applicants for such appoint
ment. By this mean. it is sought to make
capacity, integrity and good moral character
take the place of political influence and par
tisan favor, in securing positions.


Mr.. Woodbridge OF Vermont opposed the
bill as containing many Objectionable
features. He admitted its good purpose,
but argued that it would not tend to pre-
vent corruption in the departments. Cor
ruption ersrs into every department and
Year: 1867

track will connect Montpelier with the projected


line from Portland to Dalton. N H.; and few


more miles with the Grand Trunk at Northum-
berlsnd. This is opening Central Vermont to q
vast net Of railroads. Can the work be done
Yes, if the people viii take hold in earnest. We
learn that the people Of Marshfeld have voted to
give the right Of way free of cost. A good ex-
ample. We mus, say, however, from the eI-
perience Of farmers on the other railroads, that
there is not farmer or land-holder On the line.
who will not make money by giving the right
Of way, and adding to that one half at least Of
the present value Of his land
Year: 1867

Tie Washington correspondent Of the "
Y. Times SAYS Of the bill for the military
government Of the South


The bill is looked upon as the entering wedge
IN the destruction of the present governments Of
the Southern States, and as an indication that
nothing definite will be accomplished in their
reorganization until the Fortieth Congress meets
Prominent Southern loyalists nov here, express
themselves satisfied with Its provisions as a mat
ter Of TEMPORARY relief, aud are particularly
gratihed thst 1t has been presented just at this
time, when the johnson men Of the South are
urging their compromise
Year: 1867

BORN OCT. /, 1888,


'cOs rounded at Harper's Ferry. Oct l.,


and died Oct. 10, 1859.


Some kind friends have planted sweet
brier and roses in the enclosure, bat the
grass and clover are not friendly to their
growth The sunshine falls unobstructed on
the graye.-From the rock, Whiieiace is
visible on the one side and Marcy on the
other. In this free, open place, in the keep
ing of these grand old hills, be desired that
his body should lie. Many great cemetery
in New England was ready to give it room
but it is better as 1t is. In these wilds
there is something consonant with his own
untameable spirit. Here is the very air Of
freedom, and as we stood about the grave
his spirit seemed not far away. diffusing
about us his peace and his grand serenity.
Here he rests in solemn state after the storms
If bis earthly career. The time is not dis
tant when the American people will make
long pilgrimages hither to look upon one Of
the hallowed graves of the continent. The
fanatic of one age is the hero of the next.
Year: 1867

A BIT OF RoMAScE.-Some seventeen years
ago tbe only daughter OF q wealthy farmer
of Worcester County was married with some
eelGt, and went away to live in " York
State. The history Of the domestic felicity
of this marriage tradition has not recorded.
but alter two years or so from the wedding
day, the young wife expressed wish to re-
turn home for a few weeks visit The hus-
bands business just then precluded the idea
of his accompanying her, but be helped on
her preparations, and one bright morning,
now fifteen years ago, carefully put her on
board the Eastern-bound train, bade ber fare
well, and went back to bis home to keep
bachelors ball as best he might


Strange to say. be heard nothing from the
absentee, but hithful 10 bis promise, the
Year: 1867

next day he wrote her long letter setting


forth oil his dlscomforts and begging ber tC
return. Lo, the return mail brought, not a
dainty little loving missive from bis absen.
Harriet, but a strange. ill-omcned scraw
from her mother. It was wild cry of
alarm. rhe daughter had not been home
And from that time tor fifteen wears she
never did reach home, or darken or brighten
her husbands doors. The husband bore his
bereavement most stOieally the father said
nothing. lie loved his boys and was proud
of them. His girl he had reared up to
womanhOOd, got her well married of, and
the worriment of the mystery be washed his
hands Of 1t belonged BY good rights to the
husband


Bat the poor mother who had never, in
all her life before. gone beyond the shadow
OF her husbands apple trees, set Of alone in
search Of her. She wandered up and down
the world for months. A shy. quiet, home
body, very deaf, and knowing no more about
geographical points and railroad routes than
the big dog she left at home, no one Won
dered when she gave up the search at
last last as hopeless. She grew very old and
very ceai. meantime, and everybody pItied
the meek, patient niotheIly wtman who
forced herself to settle down at last and 1--we
on IN the old, unapPeased anxiety.


Wei, the daughter came the other day
She had found her affinity" and been
living with him these fifteen years. She
don't need to marry him. Tney understood
each other perfectly, but she thought she'd
just step home for flying visit to let them
all know how she is.-COr. Rost0r Trareler.
Year: 1867

the opinion that the river will give Us ex-
cellent water, if We will take it. And
We 'elieve that it would he economy to 90 to
the river, even though IN ten or fifteen years
its water should become unsuitable and ne
cessitate a removal Of the works to the Lake.


As for the cost Of purchasing the night to
take water from the river, such right has
once been offered to the city, with the
necessary water power to drive the pumps,
free gratis for nothing; and We apIrehend
there would be no difficulty in securing
renewal of the offer, or if necessary to pur-
chase, in purchasing at very moderate
figure