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Year: 1872

- can never be alone in the world for
the world itself is the presence of God to my
mind and heart. Wherever turn my feet
wherever | turn my thought, encounter the
besetting God. The morning comes, He
floods me with His light in the evening the
heavens are all eyes, through which lie gazes
as plying Father on his child Every
process in nature is the going forth of the
everlasting on His messages of love, and every
event in my experience is message Of love
fulfilled in me Fl II. Hedge
Year: 1872

--Geutleness and courtesy in social life are
like the silent influence of light, which gives
color to all nature. Be assured they will win
far more powerfully than force or noise. 1t
needs not the prestige Of money or position
to WELD their power. Like the gentle snow
drop or crocus of spring, piercing its way
through the late chilling SHOWS and crusty
frostiness of soil, they dispel from the social
atmosphere the last vestigo Of iciness.
Year: 1872

Surely figures owe us whatever
little OF romance is to be got out OF
them. Have they not been associat.
cd from our earliest childhood with
the taste of tears and slate.poncil p
Have they not been the invariable
cause of ones income being INSULT
cicnt to meet ones expenditure P
Have they not tyrannizcd over our
tastes and cnjoymcnts? And has
not tho sole reason Of that gap which
at every years end prevents some OF
us, in spite of the most laudible in.
tcntions, from making both ends
meet, been the obstinate persistence
of two and two in their sullon retus-
al to make more any more than tour!
am reioiced to learn that Pythago-
ras, who said something civil about
all other numbers, had very poor
opinion OF figure two. l am delight
ed to know that he regarded this
disreputable figure as the symbol OF
disorder, of division, of confusion,
and inequality; as q hopelessly &c.
pravod numbrr of evil augury; as an
exceeding bad principle; nay, as the
very old bad principle himself. I've
no patience with figure two, nor
with the way in which it gets held
up to public esteem in connection
with what is supposed to DO tho very
satisfactory proposition that two and
two make four. cannot regard it il
that light. Whatever is good fol
anything oaght to improve and in
crease; and, it this boasted pair o.
twos had any genuine enterprise al
all about them, they would hav.
made at least six by this time, II
which case might without difficult,
have learned what a balance mean
in my bankers book. AS it is, they
have not merely wasted thoir oppor
tunties, but done mo personal in
jury. Besides, it is my opinion tha
thrco aud one make four in mannc


quite as successful, and very mucl
less obtrusivc.


The most romantic Of all number
Year: 1872

The sea rolls up ngcinst the beach,
The old house fronts the sea
Only the high roads level reach


Bctwixt its waves and me.
Across the window-lcdgc lean


And watch the waters play,
As you have watched their shade and she'


On many on April day,
Like this which brightens to its close


Till sky and sea below
With sunset tints OF gold and rose


Lie flushed in equal glow;
And far across the shining bay
A rainbow family fades away.
How like dream it seems to nc,
A tender dream come true,
To watch, in silent sympathy,


This sunlit sea with you
l turn to look upon your facei
1t is not one, indeed
With all the frankness Of your race


That he who runs may read:
But lik, flower that drops apart
When summer sunbeams shine,
The closest leaflets of your heart
Have opened unto milne;
With ell your yearning thoughts that fly
Beyond the sea, beyond the sky.
would that like the sunbcams, dear.


held the happy power
To shed radiant atmosphere
About the dropping flower
That as tho cloud of April flies
Before their bright control,
So might tho shadow from your eyes,
Its substance from your soul
Vain wishcs--uuto US who know
How black such shadows fall
The face we love host hid below


4 coilinlid and pail
Love has not any balm to cure
These gricfs that silently endure.
And who love you, friend Of years;


Can give you only this
The mute companionship Of tears,


The language of kiss;
Or quiet clasping Of the hand


When memories overflow,
And shines upon tho sea and land


The light of long ago.
Not much for giving, it Is true,


To one in merrier mood,
But something, after all, to you
So to bo understood;
And in this old house by the sea,
l comprehend you utterly.
Its ancient walls ore eloquent


OF days that are no more;
Fair days, serene with sweet content,


Dark days, that darkly bore
The burden ofa fierce despair,


A sharp, unequal strife
Wherein who struggles he shall wear


The bitter scars for life
You wear thcm-ah the crve! need,


God knows it Let ii be.
Some day the riddle We shall read


And all the reason SEQ.
The shadows darkcn on the bay
The color fades you turn away.


-IFrom The Aldiae for August.
Year: 1872

At the next general election the people
of this State will be called upon to vote
whether Austin shall remain the Capital
of the State, or some other place be substl-
tuted for it. The present Constitution,
Article Ill, Section 81, is as follows


In order 10 settle permanently the seat
of government an election shall be holden
throughout the State at the usual places
of holding elections, ut the first general
election after the acceptance OF this con-
sLitutiou by tho Congress of the United
States, which shall be conducted according
to law. at which time the people shall vote
for such place os they may see proper Tor
the seat of government; the returns OF
said elec ton to be transmitted 10 the Gov
eruor with other returns of that election.


If either place voted for shall have
majority of the whole number OF votes
cast, then the same shall be the permanent
seat of government. But in case neither
place voted for shall have the majority of
the whole number of votes given in, the
coyernor.shallis issue his proclamation for an
election to be holden in the same manner,
at the next following general election be-
tween the two places having the highest
number Of votes at the first election. This
election shall be conducted in the same
manner as at the first, and the returns made
to the governor, and the place having the
highest number of votes shall be the per-
mauen. seat of government.


So it will be seen that action must be
had in reference to this subject at the next
election, and our people might as we'll be
thinking about it. As yet no interest
seems to have been manifested in any
uarter about the matter, except at Waco,
where the newspapers have been OCCASION
ally insisting that removal Of the Capt.
tol should be made 10 that enterpirsing
locality. No reasons Of any weight upon
our mind, however, have been given to
authorize the trouble and expense of q
removal. If the State is TO remain undi-
vided, no better location for the Capital
can be found than Austin, admitted to be
one OF the most beautiful and healthy
sites for city in the whole South. Waco
can bear no comparison with it on either
Of these points. And if the State is ever
10 be divided, this is an additional reason
why the capital should not be disturbed a
present, and great expense incurred fo'
nothing, except the qualification of oul
good "philosophic" friends at Waco. In
case Of division, Waco would not do fol
the capitol Of any new State that could be
made, and the buildings would be worth
/ less unless converted into colleges OF
manufactures. We are not 10 favor o.
any division at this time. If it ever shcul6
become necessary. then we shall advocate
a new State in Northern Texas, compris
ing the grain region, and Waco will no
do for its capital, as it viii not likely Il
within its limits. We say these hing
without any unkind feeling towards ON
Waco brethren, who, for ought We know
ere the very salt Of the earth, and sboa'
5arr a esri,ol for their Qualification II N.
Year: 1872

interests of tho good people Of the State
generally would allow 1t. But as i, is
we think the conclusion will be reached
that the seat of government had better re-
main where 1t is for the time being, the
railroads finished, or in progress, making
1t as accessible as any other point
Year: 1872

It was customary in former days for
all the ladies of the best families to at
tend the prominent barbecues, and this
was especially the case in the contest
between Mr.. Breckenridge and Gen.
Combs, in 1910. Out of one of these
affairs grew the authentic story of the
incest widow in the bluegrass region.
Not far from the Forks of Elkhorn
lived the pretty little widow Fauntle-
roy, and one of her nearest neighbors
was Gen. Peyton. The General had
looked upon the little widow very much
as he looked upon his blooded horse
Powhatan. ''The finest horse in the
bluegrass region


Thepretty Mrs. Fauntleroy had been
a widow more than a year; while the
General having a great regard for eti-
quette, had waited patiently for that
time to elapse, in order to declare him
self. But the widow with her woman's
art, kept her lover at bay, and yet kept
him in her train.


He had escorted her to this barbe-
cue, and when returning had express
ed his satisfaction at the prospects of
Gen. Combs, and the success of the
Whig party.


The widow took sides with the De-
mocracy, and offered to wager her
blooded saddle-horse Gipsey, or any
thing else on her place, against Pow
hatan, or anything else she might fan
cy on the Generals place.


The Generals gallantry would not
allow him to refuse the wager, which
he promptly accepted. By this time
they had reached the north Fork Of
the Elkhorn, and were about to ford it
(bridges we're not plenty in those days,)
when John Peyton the Generals only
son and heir, came up at a sharp gait
behind them.


The widow turned and bowed to
John, and rode into the stream, but a
little behind her companion. The east
bank was very steep, and required the
horses to put forth all their strength
to reach the top with their loads.


AS luck would have it, good or i'll,
GHe WluoW glrGn pIohe JUST aC Une
commencement of the steep part. The
lady, still seated on her saddle, slid
swiftly back into the water, while her
horse went up the bank like an arrow.


John Peyton leaped from his horse,
and in an instant caught the floating
lady and saddle, and before the Gene
raj had recovered from his astonish-
ment was at the top of the bank with
his burden. The little widow was e.
quail to the occasion, for she begged
the General to ride on and stop her
horse which had now begun to under
stand his part in the mishap, and was
beginning to increase his gait toward
home.


The General did as he was bid, and
soon returned with the horse. In the
meantime John Peyton had secured
Year: 1872


The poet or priest who told us this
Served mankind in the holiest way;
For 1t lit up the earth with the star of bliss
That beacons the soul with cheerful ray
Too often we wander despairing and blind,
Breathing our useless murmurs aloud;
But it's kinder to bid US seek and find
ga silver lining in every cloud.'
May we not walk in the dingle ground
Where nothing but Autumn's dead leaves


are seen;


But search beneath them, and peeping around
Are the young Spring tufts of blue and green.
'Tis beautiful eye that ever perceives
The presence of God in Mortalityis crowd,
IT'S saving creed that thinks and believes
''There's silver lining to every cloud"
Let US look closely before we condemn
Bushes that bear nor bloom nor fruit,
There may not be beauty in lea yes or stem,
But virtue may dwell far down at the root
And let us beware how we utterly spurn
Brothers that seem all cold and proud,
If their bosoms were opened, perchance we


might learn


s'There's silver lining to every cloud.''
Let US not cast out Mercy and Truth,
When Guilt is before US in chains and shame,
When passion and vice have cankered YOUTH
And Age lives on with branded name;
Something of good may still be there,
Though its voice may never be heard aloud,
For, while black with the vapors ofpestilent air,
''There's silver lining to every cloud"
Sad are the sorrows that oftentimes come,
Heavy and dull and blighting and chill,
Shutting the light from our heart and our home,
Marring our hopes and defying our will
But let us not sink beneath the woe,
IT'S well perchance we are tried and bowed
For be sure, though we may not oft see it below,
"There's silver lining to every cloud"
And when stern Death, with skeleton hand,
Has snatched the flower that grew in our


breast,


Do we not think of fairer land,


Where the lost are found, and the weary al


rest?


Oh the hope of the unknown Future springs,
In its purest strength Ger the coffin and


shrOud,


The shadow is dense, but Faiths spirit-voice


sings,


"There's silver lining to every cloud.''
Year: 1872

Verify, there is such a thing as "straning
At gate and swallowing saw-mill." Grant news
paper printed in Hudson is distressed because some
Liberal candidate is said 10 have said that che had
money and meant 10 use it." What do the Grant man.
ayers do with all the money which IS squeezed ont #
the poor PostOce clerks for campaign purposes7 The
liberal candidate above mentioned is not charged with
intending TO use anybodys money except his own He
has no opportunity and desire we presume to levy
assessments upon parcel Of clerks when the salaries
Of the poor fellows are more than enough TO keep
their families from starving. The money which the
Liberal party spent for legitimate expenses has not
been 50 much as it should have been; but at any rate
it don't come out of the pockets of pacemen out Of
the United States Treasury. We have done little
prinfine but we could Mt very wei make Uncle sam
nav for it--a small campaign document business, but


without the assistance Of the Washington printers and
and folders and packers. When the history Of this cleo
tion shall be- written the shameless use Of money by the
GRANTEES win be Of the most unpleasant features
OF the story.
Year: 1872

sue the bent of my own inclination in
oruer 10 conform to the instructions
given me by my government, for they di-
rect me to seek, while fulfilling all the du-
ties of my office, to render myself agreeable
to your excellency's government. The sen-
timents of friendship which unite the two
nations of France and America are deeplv
rooted in the past, for they date from the
glorious epoch of American independence.
They have remained craven in the
hearts of the people of France; and nv
government in sending me here has
charged me to cultivate them, l hope
may say that the maintenance of these an
cient sympathies will be attended with no
difficulty. If ] should succeed through my
Jealous efforts in strengthening them /
should regard it as the greatest honor of
my life. have the honor, Mr.. President,
to place in your excellency's hands the let
ters which accredit me as Minister of Franco
near the government of the United States
of America"


The President replied as follows;


"Marquis-I am happy to receive you as
the minister of the French republic. We
are confident not only that you will en-
deavOr to make yourself acceptable, but
there is every reason to believe that you
will succeed in that effort You may be
assured that on our part there shall be
nothing omitted which may tend to make
your stay here agreeable to you. Your
allusiOn to the origin and depth of
the friendship between the people of
our respective countries is based upon in
Idisputable facts with which your own name
has agreeable associations. The instruc-
tiOns which you say you have to cherish
this sentiment will, trust, be easily carried
into effect. You may be certain that shall
endeavOr to facilitate them by all the means
which may be in my power"
Year: 1872

This is special to the st. Louis Demo
crat:


WASHINGTON, July 2l.-The Chronicle of
tomorrow will give further explanation of
the case of Consul General Butler. 1t APP
pears that very soon after Butler reached
Egypt reports came back to the State De-
partment of extremely irregular conduct,
both official and personal. Some little time
elapsed before this information could be
received in a shape that justified official ac-
tOn by the President. When it was re-
ceived the President gave an order for
his immediate recall. The order was given,
and the friends of Butler went to the State
Department and to the President, and
urged that the order might be suspended
until Butler could be heard from, repre-
senting that the reports we're greatly exag-
gerated, and that in simple justice he should
not be put out until he had an opportunity
of vindicating himself through official in
vestigatiOn. The President yielded and or
dercd a searching examination. This was
at once undertaken by General Starring
upon arriving in Egypt. The case pre-
sented so many TamifcatiOns that much
more time was consumed in going over the
entire field than was expected. AS soon as
the report was received, however, and eX-
amined Butler was recalled by telegraph,
and is supposed to be now On his way home.
The examination of Buffers case shows
that not only these charges which have
been in circulation against him are true,
but his conduct was even worse than has
yet been given to the public.
Year: 1872

The Boston Herald reports that a dis
patch has been received in that city from
Washington which says:


A gentleman who called on Senator Sum
ner this morning found him busily engaged
in the preparation of a letter in reply to one
received by him, signed by one hundred
they should vote at the coming presidential
election. The Senator in his reply, which
will be brief, urged that not only they vote
for Greeley, bat that they use ali honest en-
deavors to secure others of their race to
vote likewise, reminding them Of the fact
that Greeley, like himself, was one Of theiI
first and tHmest friends.
Year: 1872

A Washington special to the st. Louis
Republican says:


The POstofiice Department. in answer to
many inquiries relating to the new postal
system, states that a business printed card
will be charged one cent for Transmission
provided that it has an address only writ
ten on it. For more than that regular letter
postage will be charged. A person can not
make postal cards himself by attaching a
one cent stamp to a black card and then
writing on it. No card will be recognized
but that one issued by the department. The
card will be ready for sale and distribution
by pOstmasters some time in September.
Year: 1872

Hon. Emile Lasere, Chairman Democratic Execu-


tive Committee of Louisiana, New Orleans:


DEAR SIR beg earnestly to call your
attention to the Importance of fusing in
your State all elements of opposition to the
present federal administration Unless this
be done the eight electoral votes of Louis
lana will be lost to the cause of Greeley and
Brown. The Democracy of the entire nation,
through their representatives in convention,
have made this coalition by adopting the
Liberal ticket as their own, and thus open
ing the way for cooperative action in all
the States. This fusion will extend not only
to the electoral ticket, but will run through
the State and congressional officers. In this
way we hope to stimulate the energies and
the enthusiasm of the people, and largely
augment the vote of the national nominees.
We do not deem it necessary to address
your understanding in this matter. The
eight votes of Louisiana may determine the
fate of the country for the next four years.
1t must be obvious that the interests of the
nation at large, certainly in Louisiana, can
hardly afford another term of Grant. Yours,
very respectfully,


AUGUSTUS SCHELL,


Chairman National Democratic Committee.
Year: 1872

In giving the views of a gentleman (casu
ally expressed at a watering place. upon
the political situation, the Chalmette Club
was incidentally mentioned. This we sin
cerely regret, for the gentlemen composing
the club seriously dislike their social organ
| izatiOE being introduced in political con
trOVersy of any character whatever. As a
club they have avoided even the seeming oil
a connection with any party, or the political
| aspirations of any individual and desire to
| strictly maintain this seclusiOn from politi
| cal affairs.


In Justice to the member whose ideas
were repeated in our columns, it is but
proper so say that they were not made with
a view to publication. Further, the article
does not state that he discussed politics
with any of the other members of the club,
or that, as members of the club, they would
support Governor Warmoth if he should
be the nominee of the Liberal convention.


This is the way the ''gOOse hangs" in East
Feliciana The stump-tail committees sent
circular to citizen of that parish asking
him to get up a meeting to elect a delegate
to fill vacancy on the Last Ditch commit
tee. The reply came down the other day,
stating there was no one in the parish of
that political faith to elect himself to the
enviable position.


1t is stated that dispatches were yester-
day received from prominent politician
now in Washington, that the National
Resident Executive Committee" would call
on the President regarding the split in the
Republican party in Louisiana; that the
President had already given assurances
that no individual supporters of his should
stand in the way of Republican unity if his
removal could effect the desired end and
that all the administration influence will be
brought to bear to effects any change in the
Baton Rouge ticket which may be necessary
to accomplish this object.


With but a word or two changed, we
copy the following from the Picryu ne and
endorse the sentiment:


A HINT FROM Mr.. GREELEY.-A gentle
man from Louisiana remarked to Mr.. Gree
ley, the other day, that Governor Warmoth
IOfueu tue only ODSGdCl6 10 carrying LulS
State for the Cincinnati Baltimore ticket
and for tie general cause Of reform. To
which Mr.. Greeley replied, in an otf-hand,
hearty way, ooh, you must not let your
local squabbles stand in the way Of ma
tiOnal victory"


Here,is hint for those Democrats and
RetOrmers who profess supreme anxiety to
carry the State for Greeley and Brown
How can they be truly reformers in. this
regard, while narrowing their views to a
contest with the Liberal party about per
sOnal preferences touching the distribution
of State and parish officers? Are the for
tunes OF Colonel McEnery of more interest
to them than the success of the Greeley and
Brown electoral ticket in Louisiana! Are
they willing to imperil, perhaps fatally, the
cause of national reform as represented by
Greeley and Brown. in order to secure the
triumph of Colonel McEnery over the cause
Of local reform iu Louisiana! Events will
show
Year: 1872

We present this morning the following
additional names in response to the call for
a State convention on the first Monday of
August next, for the purpose OF nominat-
ing an electoral, State and congressional
ticket, under the banner of national and
State reform and the leadership of Greeley
and Brown. The list follows: