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Year: 1871

There Peter. he had svsy dAusA-
And fishing he did g upon the raging sea;
Aud all the hrmps and Sharks he caught he took he had


oughter,
put paper bag and fetched she.
Now Sae this maiden her lips red rAdish
pink her eyes green her hair J.y


black


had awful temper whenever she got dishes
Tent flying round about the in regular hacatAmaek
There lived dashing buccaneer whose Christian


Samuel.
And fashionable peanut stand hi, aged motherkept:
And by doing saes wishes (which this festive elan


knew welD.
gained her youthful heart her affections
But her father did fancy SAM and bad him leave the eS
And Withdrau uhis visaee from sight forevsrno
And be sworsa mighty oath that he would surely punch h


head, II his


Blamed proirudinR in the door
One night Pete felt tremendous blue his head rather sehy
And his throbbed until he surely thought he'd get the


scarlet mumps;


too quite the oyster IhakY
And pondering his he caEght ehreaie fit of dumps
Just then Samuel along trolling Yankee Doodle.
sign Sally aud him in the lane
And Peter he and vowed he'd send that bsody noodle
To where he'd neer his sight his path again.
he took old umbrella which standing in the
And Just got and lit gentle Sammy as he came;
He drew and let him have right his Roman horn.
Most ALFRED lick, which showed the accuracy of his
Sam he brssthed again. that bright dream his
final one.


For Peter and pulled carving knife.
And hunting round until he found the cord they call hs spinal





He chopped up IN fourteen strips and took Sammy life
When Sae her dead her brain
So she and buyd and boted down Of arsenic pound
In her bosom she plunged four foot





And laid beside her Samuel with his her
! around


Then anguish filled Pa Peters soul he Of powder.
ank quart Of gycerne. and then. to crown all
Yad tunAa
louder


the largest that throw twentyfOur inch
! hsll


They buried all they found Of him within graveyard rural
Is PACIBCs QUIEsCAT on hrs tombstone,
For the number they felt forced certainly the pur
For II in rested, Peter that
Year: 1871

The days are sweet and lOng-O, sweet and long
All day sit and dream. or sing the song
That some one sang for me summer day
For me, to me. before he went his way.
The days are sweet and long-O, sweet long;
And in the sun sit and sing my song;
Some day he will come oack who went away,
And sing the song sing from day to day.
The days are long. but sweet-O, long, but sweet;
Some day Ill hear the music OF his feet
Who sang for me. and sang my heart awav-
My happy heart-before he went his way
Some day-to day, perhapS-he1l come to me,
And then the days, so long but sweet to me-
Will lose the burden of so long so long -
And only keep the sweet of all the song
Year: 1871

An aged couple in a New York village re-
proved young man toI familiar tics with their
daughter. when be thus to them did make re-
ply: well, you needn't be SO bouncy about
it we've been married year..
Year: 1871

We have put into our Mills all the la.
test and Best Machinery, that we may be
enabled to give as Fine an Article OF
Flour, and as much of it, as any other
Establishment South Of Mason and Dix
on's line.


Besides GRINDING WHEAT, we de-
sign putting into our Mills good RICE
CLEANER. And furthermore Thresh
and Clean Wheat, and Pack Cotton.


So Soon as the Toll Season is over, we
shall go into the regular FIGURING
BUSINESS FOR MARKET.


And We would say to all parties living
convenient to Railroad who may send lis
their Wheat to grind. that we will haul
the same to and from the Depot in Gran
iteville free of charge; and for every
Five Bushels of sound and clean Whest,
will return One Barrel. of as good Flour
as the Wheat will possibly make.


All our Different Grades Of FLOUR,
MEAL, GRITs, &C., will always be as
Good as the Best and as Low as the Low.
est.


Trusting to our Thorough Practical
Experience in this line Of Business, and
promising our best efforts togive univer-
sal satisfaction, we respectfully solicit for
the MECHANICS MILLS the patronage
of the public.


BRENNER G. BAKER.
Year: 1871

suits of agriculture, in order to re-
lieve the necessities of those, who
were dearer TO him than life itself
His aged and honored father, whose
best days had been passed in the ser
vice, of his country, had periled his
all in defence of his native South,
and had gone down with the rest in
the general wreck and ruin. To re-
build the fallen fortunes of that faith
or, to soothe his declining age, to aid
him in the support of his younger
children, was the duty to which he
now devoted his failing energies.


But alasl even this noble incen-
tive-high and elevated as it was
could not suffice to save him. Con-
sumption had fastened its fangs upon
him, and spite of the anxious care OF
friends, spite of the manly endurance
of the victim himself, he sank under
its relentless grasp and at the
early age Of thirty-seven years, with
all the bright promise Of his intellec-
tual greatr ress in the future, he fell,


"Like a full ear of corn


Whose blossom 'scaped, vets withered


in the ripening."


We have not adyerted, except incl
dentally, to the private life Of Mr..
Rhett. We would approach that pre-.
cinct, sacred to domestic love and
family affection, with cautious and
softened tread; but this much we
may be permitted to say of him, as
that, which all who knew him will
recognize to be true, that he was a
man of high and generous nature,
sensitively Jealous in honor" Of no
BILE impulses, of gentle and amiable
temper, and open as the day to all
that was pure and magnanimous in
human character.


The moral and personal intrepidity
which had characterized him through
life, did not desert him on the ap-
proach of death, and he met his fate
with the calmness and serenity Of
one, who having lived as becomes a
man, was content to leave his future
in the hands of that God, in whom he
had always trusted, and Whose mer-
cy endureth forever"
Year: 1871

WHISKY HAS USED linn W.


There is scarcely community OF
neighborhood from Maine to Oregon
where this saying is not used almost
every day in the year, and altogethe1
too truly. A subject Of this kind is
to be found in almoat every town
The merchant has failed and whisky
has done it. The lawyer with a bril-
liant talent and a large business has
fallen below the range Of respecta-
bility and confidence; whisky was
the cause. The politician with bright
prospects before him has played out
and the account is chargedto whisky
The Judge Of talent, age and respec.
liability, is the subject Of private and
neighborhood talk. His enemies point
with derision, and his friends hang
their heads in shame, and whisky
has done it. That kind-hearted neigh
bOr and hard-working man has be
come pest to society and trouble tt
his family. Whisky has beat him
Whisky will beat any man living
and. that is just what it is made for for
Year: 1871

The great topic in the City Hall yester-
day was the meeting of the Conncl in
special session, to consider the ordinance
proposed for the railway business. The
session resulted in an adjournment until
at two o'clock to-day.


The report OF the Citizens Committee was
expected, but did not come yesterday.


No news yet Of the new cab tariff, which,
it was anticipated, would be drawn up.


License paying continues, but the mills
grind slowly"


Work ON the Fourteenth street canal, as
far as heard from, progresses fast.


As far as the Administrator of Water
works is concerned, the bill to create a new
law excites no alarm, as the Assembly are
not to pass it.


Information soughtsby the subcommittee
Of citizens has all been obtained.


The Citizens Committee OF Fifty-one
were in executive session last night Their
report, upon which they have concluded, as
far as the outlines are concerned, will be
published as soon as made.
Year: 1871




A meeting of the directors will be held
in st. Louis on the first day of January,
1872. for the permanent organization of this
important branch road OF the Atlantic and
Pacific railroad. The Atlantic and Pacific
company. one of the ahlest, financially, in
the United States, certainly means to con-
struct this valuable line of railroad. Cross
ing, as 1t does, so many parallels OF lati-
tuGe. and atiording the means for the
exchange and interchange of so many diff
teIent productions, its real value can never
be estimated. The cotton, cattle, hides.
lumber, etc, passing to the North, and the
provisions, fruits, goods and machinery
passing to the South, will give rise to a
commerce of which we can now have no
conception, and whose inf uence and effects
viii enrich the entire country.


The construction of the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas railroad to Red river on the line
OF Grayson county is a certainty; but the
trade of Northern Texas. even now, will
justify the construction of two great lines
of railroad across tie Indian country. and
we are going to have them. The construc-
ton of the st. Louis and Gulf road is not
only necessity I" Northern and Eastern
Texas but is also becoming such to the At
lantic and Pacific company. This company
and the Missouri, Kansas and Texas are
engaged III Il terrible struggle for the mas
y =
and Pacific road by getting control Of
nearly all the roads through Missouri, has
cut the Missouri, Kansas and Texas off
from st. Louis. Willie the latter road, having
secured the right guaranteed by treaty
with the Indians to construct a railroad
from north to south, is attempting to eat
the Atlantic and Pacific road OFF from the
Texas trade. Hence the latter road must
build an independent line OF railroad to
Texas; and nothing stands in the way, en-
cept the right of way through the Indian
country


This, it is confidently believed will be
obviated in a few mouths by the passage of
the Territorial bill now pending before
Congress, and by which the Indian country
will be organized into Territorial govern
ment. When this is done the Atlantic and
Pacific company will not only obtain the
right Of way, but also a splendid land sub
sidy through the Indian country. And this
company also Will ask Of the Texas Legis-
lature at its next session a subsidy in lands
for the Texas part of the line. In the
meantime it is proposed to see how much
interest the people of Texas living on the
line OF this important road take in it.
Books will probably be opened at an early
day in the counties on the line of the road.
for subscription in money and lands. We
know the people have not much money, but
they have plenty Of land, and they can
afford to subscribe a portion of it as stock
in this road at fair valuation.
Year: 1871

What is the difference between an auction
and sea sickness! One is the sale OF effects,
the other the effects OF sail. And why do
physicians have greater horror OF the sea
than anybody else Because they are more
liable TO see Sickness
Year: 1871

A young dandy, who was just returned
from abroad. appeared at New York. ball
last week, elegantly attired in a full dress
suit, with diamond studs and sleeve but
tons, point lace necktie, three-buttoned
gloves, hair powdered with blonde powder.
French heels to his boots, a strong suspicion
OF rogue on his cheeks, and piece of
court plaster on his forehead The girls
made so much fun of him that he retired
before supper
Year: 1871

In the United StatesGEenate. on the nine
teenth instant, Senator Kellogg introduced
the following resolutions:


Resoired, That the Secretary OF War be
directed to transmit to the Senate any III
formation that may be on file in his de-
Partment or in that OF the Freedmens Blu
reau. showing whether the building known
as the Tonro Hospital. in the city of New
Orleans. was occupied by or under the con-
troll Of the United States government al the
time of its destruction, and also any in
formation showing who was responsible for
its destruction.


Resoired, That the Secretary of the Navy
be directed to transmit to the Senate any
information on file i'll his department. or
that he may be able to obtain, showing
what portion. if any, of the wharf or river
frontage at the port Of New Orleans, is
now claimed or occupied by the govern
ment: and, if so, upon what ground and
for what purpose the same is SO claimed or
OCcllUIpN.
Year: 1871

"A little boy in Wisconsin was being put
to bed the other night about dark, when he
objected to going to bed so early. Ills moth
er told him the chickens went to bed early
and he must do so too. The little fellow said
be would, if his mother would do as the old
hens did-gc to bed first, then coax the
chickens to come
Year: 1871

THE EASTERN QUEsTIoN-ENGLAND ARM
ING.-One Of the most significant facts of the
day is that the British government has resolved
largely to increase the effective strength OF
the army. The inference to be drawn from
this resolution of her Majestys government is
obvious. 1t can only mean that, much as the
British government and people desire gen.
eral and lasting peace, they feel that at any
moment the necessity may be laid upon them
to unsheathe the sword and rush into the fight.
Mr.. Gladstone and his friends know that the
peaes-at-any-prics party is far from being
popular in the country. The attitude of Russia
is such that the British people to-day must
feel humiliated. 1t is quite manifest that
Russia is willing to fight and that she is not
unprepared. The uncertainty which prevails
regarding the London Conference does not
afford much encouragement to the lovers OF
peace. Come what may of it, the war prepa-
ratiens of Great Britain are omnous OF
trouble.
Year: 1871

Treasury leads to extravaganza and corrup-
ton. Members of Congress, officers of the gov
ernment, oflice-seekers, railroad and other
spectators, and host of claimants of all
sorts, fix their eyes intently on this pile Of
wealth. Every Imaginable scheme is invented
to get hold of spoils SO abundant. Keep the
Treasury empty and the government with just
money enough to pay its way economically,
and there will be much less corruption, fewer
schemes to reach Mr.. Boutwell's chest,
diminished lobby, and Congress will have
more time to devote to the real business of
the country


The Secretary of the Treasury pretsnds that
the revenue will be much diminished by the
taxes already taken of, and that at the end of
the fiscal year he will have little to spare to
be applied to the liquidation of the debt. This
is his old story. II the present taxes remain
he will dnd similar redundancy of money in
his hands. The reduced taxation, as far as it
goes, will do some good, and at the same time
will have the effect of increasing the revenue
from taxes that remain. Then the population
and wealth Of the country must increase from
natural causes, Notwithstanding the present
depressed state of things. and through it's
wealth would increase much more If there
were fewer taxes, so that there need be no
apprehension of the Treasury becoming poor
A hundred millions more of taxes might now
be taken off, and next year the Treasury would
have ample means to pay the current ex-
penses of government as we'll as have coed
round sum for sinking fund. Take of hun.
dred millions of taxes. and in ten years the
people will be better able to pay two dol
lars than they are now to pay one. The debt
will be light then, comparatively, to what it
is now. And in twenty to twenty-five years,
when the population will be doubled and the
national wealth treblsd or quadrupled, what
will the debt that remains amount TOT And
why should not the next generation pay a
portion of it Mr.. Boutwell, imagines that he
will make great reputation by paying off the
debt rapidly; but he is mistaken The
people feel the burden too keenly and
the country is suffering too much. 1t
seems to be the New England policy-the
policy of the protectionists- keep up large
revenue in order that high duties may be i'm
posed and manufacturing interests protec ted
The war was blessing to the protectionists
in this respect, and, perhaps, they would like
another one. But is it not time that the in
terests of the agriculturists and the mass Of
the people generally should be considered?
Surely the New England manufacturers and
iron men Of Pennsylvania will not be per-
mitted to govern this country always, to make
war and to impose burdensome taxes in time
ofpeace for their own benefit only The ma
ton is suffering now from heavy and unneces-
sa-y burdens, and the only way to relieve it
and to revive trade and industry is to reduce
the revenue and to take off a great part Of the
taxes, leaving the government to draw Its in
come chiefly from few articles Of luxury.
Year: 1871

Loss OF THE UNITED STATES STEAMER SAGI-
NAw.-By telegram from San Francisco we
learn of the total loss of the United States
steamer Saginaw on the French Frigate Shoals,
in the North Pacific. The vessel soon became a
total wreck by reason Of heavy surf, and
although but utcomparatively few provisions were
saved, compelling all hands to be placed on
quarter rations, the entire crew was landed
in safety. 1t soon became necessary to seek
assistance, when the gig, in charge Of the
executive officer, Lieutenant Talbot, was
despatched for the Sandwich Islands, and
after one month in this frail open boat, suffer
ing the greatest hardship and privations, in
attempting to land on one of the group the
boat was capsized and the gallant young Off
Ger, with three of his boats crew, were
drowned. Information was at once sent to
Honolulu, and vessels were Immediately
despatched by the United States Minister and
Hawaiian government to the succor of the
survivors, and it is earnestly hoped they will
be in time to prevent the horrible fate that
awaits those on the reef if assistance does not
soon arrive.
Year: 1871

JAMAICA is to be fortified, by order of the
Home Government, on account of the near
prospect Of war. The other English provinces
among our West Indies will probably be for
titled also, and thus our own 'buttresses" will
be armed, If not against us at least in aid OF
a country with which we may scme time be at
war. Nothing can bring us to comprehend
more forcibly than this what necessity there is
for our own government to own ssme of these
peo0raphical menaces
Year: 1871

A THRIVING STATE Is WISCONSIN, her entire
Indebtedness being but two and quarter
millions, and her receipts the last year halt
million in excess of expenditures. Pity some
of her elder Eastern States could net show as
good balance sheet.
Year: 1871

SENATOR ELECT VANCE is thought to be the
advance of long list of rebel Senators elect,
and he will probably be refused admission to
his seat Hin constituency in North Carolina
have halooed in the Ku Klux fashion-before
he was out of the woods.
Year: 1871

A TRAGEDY IN WILLIAMSBURG, in which
two men, unknown to each other, jostle
together in passing out of the ferry house,
and thereupon each mistakes the other for a
robber and murder ensues, is telling instance
occurred on Saturday at the Grand street
ferry
Year: 1871




Klux.


1t seems to be certain that the President
will send special message to Congress at an
early day relating the authenticated instances
OF Ku Klux outrages in the South, and urging
that there be specific enactment making 1t a
penal offence for parties of men to 60 mas
querading about the country committing such
outrages as are popularity attributed to the
bloody bones democracy Of the South. The
effect Of the message will extend further than
to the Ku Klux. 1t will certainly delay
indefinitely all prospects of general amnesty,
and will most likely defeat the efforts of Gov
ernor Vance, Of North Carolina, and the
tainted" Senators elect from Georgia to
secure their admission into the United States
Senate. AS concession to extreme radical
ism 1t will be apt to secure the support of
Sumner and his political co-operators
and hasten their harmonious afiliation with
the President himself But whatever ills it
may precipitate upon the people of the South,
they have themselves to blame. The i'm
peachment Of Governor Holden, the election
OF Governor Vance, an unpardoned rebel.
to the Senate, the Arlington-Lee speech Of
Senator McCreery and the State rights am
nesty motion of Representative Jones in the
House have all given the radicals and many
good conservatives throughout the country the
impression that political power is still most
dangerous weapon to place in the hands
of the people Of the ex-confederacy. Some
of the true friends of the South have been
driven from their support Of a generous policy
towards her by these untimely outcroppings
of malicious spirit, and the crafty old leaders
of the democratic party, such as Davis,
Bsyard and Eldridge, have warned their
friends time and again that the result of these
mistakes would be just as it has turned out
Year: 1871

The Albany Railway Robbery and Murder.


The unknown villain who murderously
assaulted Halpin an express messenger, and
stole two or three thousand dollars from the
safe in an express car, as the train for Boston
was starting from the Albany depot last Friday
evening, has exemplified the perfection to which
railway banditti have at length carried bur-
glary as science and murder as fine art.
His audacious and atrocious crime has had
antetypes, within comparatively recent
period, in two murders, one of which was
committed In French and another in an Eng
lish railway car. But in both those cases
accident played an important role, and in
neither were there signs of so diabolically
deliberate plan as in the attack on poor
Halpin.


Surely it is high time for the proper authori-
ties to sharpen their wits and multiply their
means of protecting travellers, in order to
oppose to the accomplished railway banditt
of the period at least equal skill, GOODNESS,
quickness and strength. Nay, they should
strive to become more than match for these
outlaws. Meanwhile, the door of an express
car should never be left open except in
presence of an armed guard, whose special
duty should be to see that it safely leaves or
enters the railway depot. Every burglar is
potential murderer. Neither chance nor
temptation should be afforded for putting his
doubly criminal purposes into execution. So


long as, in spite of all precautions it is possible
for the rufian to rob and kill, SO long will it
be unsafe and unwise to abolish the death
penalty
Year: 1871

QeDL mas naQ Tue RoOu eHcCL OF eSJaDllSQlQg
the credit of the government and of assuring
the people that the whole can and will be paid


But that object having been attained and the
time having come when the exhaustive results
Of the war are most sensibly felt, why should
the government continue to impose unneces-
sary burdens upon the people and to paralyze
Industry Why not leave as much of the
earnings Of the people in their own hands as
possible, to be applied to production and the
increase of the national wealth.


The policy Of the administration, or rather
the policy Of the Secretary Of the Treasury
for we suppose the President leaves this
matter to him-is all wrong. To call for an
enormous revenue in order to pay off a hun
dred millions or more year of the debt, and
to keep large surplus of o hundred to hun
dred and fifty millions locked up in the Trea-
sury all the time, is foolish and anything but
economical. No business man would hoard
mp his money in that way. 1t has been dead
loss to the nation in interest alone of six to
nine millions year. But if it had not been
exacted from the people and left with them
to be applied to industry 1t would have
yielded much larger amount to the
national wealth. Every dollar taken by the
government over what it absolutely needs is


less Of two to the nation. Then the collec-


tion Of such an unnecessarily large revenue
creates hosts Of ofice-holders, who might better
be employed in producing something them
! selves. Besides, vast revenue and SO much