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Year: 1873

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In the outset of your life, study
carefully the old landmarks, the beat
en- paths, the charts and directions,
that plainly disclose the hidden rocks,
the shallow and the deep places; re-
vealing the easy and the difficult sail
ing,--that you may the more surely
avoid the treacherous sands, and hid
den rocks upon which many noble
lives and fortunes have foundered.
Choose your course and destination be-
fore you set sail, and put all in readi-
ness. In other. words, to the young
man, and the youth who is looking to
manhood, let me say; choose mo1g, that
business, occupation, or profession
which you like best, and henceforth
aim steadily to prepare yourself fully
for its duties, that you may excel.
Do not drift by idleness, into He'll as
so many have done before you. The
young man who starts in life without
any definite object, er an education
fitting him for some particular avoca-
tiCn is. like the mariner in the middle
of the ocean without chart, compass,
or rudder to guide his bark to a secure
haven.


Aim at the accomplishment of some
worthy and noble object in life, no
matter how high your ambition may
reach-by aiming you will strike nearer
the mark than if you shoot at ran
dom.


And to fathers and mothers to whom
God has committed the care and edu-
cation of boys, let me say: God has
put fearful responsibility upon you.
Impress upon your boys the necessity
Of fitting themselves for life, and the
certainty that they cannot always lean
upon you. Like the eagle make the
home nest untenable for them unless
they are learning the duties of life.
The influence of good sensible advice
and direction from you, Will descend
through countless generations and tell
the story Of the future of your family.
You MAY learn lesson from the cir
cumstance8 connected with the lives of
many great men Of the past, who
were trained by christian mothers, or
left orphans in youth and thus early
learned the necessity of preparation
for life.


Tt were better for your boys, that
you were dead, than. as now, that you
furnish them with clothes and susie
nance for the body, leaving the heart
and head to find their own edu cation
in saloons and other like places, wherev-
er the devil may lead, as he is sure to
lead the idle. Do you love your boys ?
Think, is this the way to manifest it?
Allowing them to run lille in tho streets
and grow up in ignorance, wholly un-
fitted for any business that will secure
them an honest livelihood. All, fool
ish do.ing mothers ! and easy loving
fathers you are heaping Goals Of fire
upon your own heads. and upon your
unfortunate children. unfortunate be-
cause they are yours.


T5iINto Jt.
Year: 1873

Wordsworth shows us, as no other
man has done, the glory, the beauty,
the holiness Of nature he spiritualizes
for us the outward world and that
with no weak and sentimental, but with
a thoroughly manly feeling. lie al
ways insists, it has been we'll said, that
nature gives gladness to the glad, and
comfort to the sorrowful 1t is not
only that his descriptions Of nature are
SO true and so fresh, that reading him
after hard days work is like walking
out amongst the fields and hills but
that he sleeps them in an ideal hight,
that he sheds upon them


the CLEAN


The light that never was on sea T land


The consecration and the poet dream:
and that makes us feel that wonderful
connection between fiature and the soul
Of man, which is indeed mysterious,
bat which those who have felt it can


deny aud those who believe that
tie same Almighty God created both,
will not be inclined to doube. -Nuc-
nfjLan's Mogaztne
Year: 1873

If we had keen vision, and a
feeling Of all ordinary human life, it
would be like hearing the grass grow
and the squirrels heart beat, and we
should die Of that roar which lies on
the other side of silence. = George Eli
OF.
Year: 1873

The BGBLE.-Blessed be God that
there is at least one thi-g thoroughly
superhuman, supernatural in this world;
something which stands out from above
"the laws Of nature" Something visi-
bic and audible to link with Him whose
face we see not, and. whose voice we
hear not. What blank would there
be here if only this one fragment Of
the divine, now venerable both with
wisdom and age, where to disappear
from the midst Of us; or what is the
same thing, the discovery we're to be
made that this ancient volume is not
the unearthly thing which men have
deemed it. but. at the highest esti-
mate, fragment from she great block
OF human thought perhaps. aecor-
ding to another estimate, mere ref1c
of superstition .-There is but one
book, and we shall one day know this
when that which is human shall pass
away like the mists.. from some Leban-
on peak, and leave that which is d.
vine to stand out and to shine out
alone in its unhidden granduer.-Hor-
atas Boaor, d. d.
Year: 1873

DEATH OF A FORMER CITIZEN:
William o. Smith, esq.,, native Of this
city, son Of the late W. j. Smith, draper
and tailor, died in New York city on
Friday last of paralysis, in the 4Sd year
of his age. Deceased was for number OF
years engaged in responsible situations in
first class business houses in this CITY and
lately in New York, but was better known
to the public at large here as purser OF
the well known ante-bellum New York
and Virginia steamships Roanoke, James,
town and Yorktown. He was one of the
most genial and even-tempered gentleman
we ever knew, 1t seemed to be q pleas
ure to him to be able to do an act Of kind
ness, and he was never called on in vain.
Peace to his soul, and may the sod rest
lightly over him.
Year: 1873

MONROE WARD GAVE GREELEY ONLY
one hundred and seventeen majority. The
Conservative managers say that it must
give five hundred for them to carry the
city. That they cannot get unless they
stuff the boxes. vote dead and absent men,
and swap tickets when being voted or when
they are counting them at night. Look
out Republicans and see they don't get a
chance, for that is all they want. Let Nye
look out and prevent another "dead shot
from Fishersville.0
Year: 1873

CoLoRED MEN SHOULD NOT HAND
their tickets to the judge until he says his
name is on the book and that he can vote,
then the Judge will not have chance to
change his ballot before putting it in the
box. The delay in finding colored mems
names is only to give the judge time to
change the ticket given him for Conser-
vative ticket which he may hold in the
palm of his hand.
Year: 1873

BE ON YOUR GUARD.-We hope the
Republicans of this city in their several
meetings tonight will allow no outside


interference to disturb the even serenity Of
their temper. and that they will so conduct
themselves as to allow not a shadow of a
pretext to exist for molestationor medling
either on the part Of Conservative citizens
or partisan officials. Let them go to their
meetings peacefully, do quietly the bust
ness that calls them thither and return
calmly and in order, to their several homes
prepared to devote the entire day to-


morrow to thec Of their country. A


word to the wise, etc. .
Year: 1873

PARIS, November 3.-The deputies of
the Right are generally in favor of pro.
claiming a monarchy and appointing Prince
de Joinville acknowledgement of the king
dom, on the re-opening of the assembly.


The Orleans princes have reiterated yer
bally the assurances that they will not
compete with each other for the throne.


The Orleans princes have united
in formal declaration that they
will not accept the lieutenancy of the king
dom, and this they do to avoid all appear
ance of competing with Count de Cham
bord. All the factions of the Right have
consequently agreed to move aprolongation
of President McMahon's power. There is
difference of opinion as to the length of
time. Some favor making Mcmahon
president for life aud others extending his
term six or ten years.


All are determined to continue the
existence Of the present assembly. A
motion will probably be introduced post
poning its dissolution for three years.
1t is rumored that an attempt will be made
to arm the government with dictatorial
powers. similar to those granted in 1852,
and to introduce a bill prohibiting
elections for vacancies in the assembly
until the electoral law is amended. The
Left have resolved to demand immedi-
ate elections to fill vacant seats.


1t is stated that McMahon's forthcoming
message to the assembly will ask for an
extension of his term, for so long time
as may be required to strengthen the
authority of the government in order to
inspire the nation with confidence.
Year: 1873

TOBACCO AND OTHER INDUSTRIES.
1t is stated that majority Of the tobacco
factories in this district are closed as con-
sequence of the financial crash from which
the whole country is suffering. Only two
OF three are working. as much as seventy
five per cent. of Their full force. In the
department of iron manufactures not one.
fourth of The hands employed a month ago
are now at work, and the force Of the Tired
egar works is reduced ninety per cent. on
account Of the falling off in car work.
Year: 1873

That about five hundred Conserva-
tives who have moved from one
precinct or one ward to another In
this city are registered as new
voters whose names are still on the
books at the precinct at which
they voted in the last election. OF
course " repeaters will vote on
these UNERAsED NAMES if they
are not watched.
Year: 1873

The REGISTRATION Law SAYS THAT
two friends of each political party shall
be allowed to see the ballots counted. Let
our Republican candidates designate two
friends to be present at the counting in
each precinct in the city. Those judges
that refuse to allow them to come in should
be watched closely by our judges.
Year: 1873

LET THE REPUBLICAN, JUDGE OR
challenger keep his eye on the ballot-box
and the judges hand all day, and stand by
the ballot-box when it is opened at night,
and all will be we'll, sF
Year: 1873

POLICE CoURT.-There were twenty
six criminal cases before his honor Justice
White in this court to-day. None Of them,
however, were of such nature as would
be likely to interest the public mind.
Year: 1873

We will endeaver to get the rolls OF
honor from all the other schools as soon
as possible and publish the same. IL
would save US much delay if the principal
Of each school would have it made out as
soon as possible at the expiration OF each
four weeks.
Year: 1873

A ceremony of singular interest was wit
messed ON Tuesday at the funeral Of Miss Mary
Ellen Kerr, at the Church Of the immaculate
Conception She was member of the Church
SOdality, and the funeral was conducted by
composed entirely OF ladies, moved from the
house of the deceased sister in East Fourteenth
street to the church. Six young ladies as
pall-bearers bore the casket, preceded by two
young ladies who carried the society banner
A large multitude followed the procession in
TO the church, where mass was performed by
the Rev. Father Maguire. At the conclusion
of the Church services the pall-beaTeTs carried
the casket to the door, and deposited 1t in the
hearse, whence the remains were taken to
Calvary Cemetery SAN.
Year: 1873




Young men will greatly benefit
themselves and promote their own
good fortune by shaking off the false
pride that puts work down as degrad-
Ing. Poor and proud" in one sense
is good, but in another bad. The
poor man who is not too proud tc
work, but too proud to dishonor him.
self by mean action, is one OF Ma.
lures noblemen. The poor man who
is too proud to work, but will ratpel
idle his time in, dull and stupid leis-
ure, and be a charge to others rather
than soil his hands with the labor
that would make him independent
and. respected, is a miserable and
contemplate drone, who'd0es not de-
serve the assistance or respect Of hls
fellowmen--who, indeed, does not
deserve to live.


If, then, this false pride were sha.
ken oil, and young men weat earn
estly to work at.anything they were
capable Of dong, what q change
would be wrought in the feeling ano
condition OF society: There would
be large addition I'd the bulk of tine
production Of industry, a greater de.
gree of personal independence, ''ane
OF consequence an immense increase
Of social happiness. The bread o ,
idleness is full of bitterness, and at
fords no happine>sto him who eats 1T
Year: 1873

HOME lMfhO EMENl l..


P. Sit is very. cheering to see'
that two of your correspondents are
taking an interest in a foca! line to
connect-our Village with the Rail-
road at the Pine House Depot. This
route should be carefully surveyed
and graded, as if for a first class
Railway, and with view to an ex-
tension from each extremity. Any
expeaient short of this, it is feared
will only lead to disappointment.
Remember the Edge6eld Plank Road'
which swallowed. up peoples money,
and then disappeared like thief in
the night. A good Road Bed never
wears out,-give us that, and we
may put upon it temporary super
structure, such as our means and the
necessity Of the hour may dictate. As
to the motive power. do5let US haEe aye
a little steam. A steam wagon costs
about twenty-eight hundred dollars
it can run eight or ten miles an
hour. It seems to the writer that no
team of mules can make regular trips
at the rate of six or seven miles per
hour, even if attached to skeleton
buggy and driven BY boy ten years
old. Let US act promptly and to the
purpose, but let US proceed with eau
ton. How Is that for H. T.?
Year: 1873

We have told our readers (says the
Atlanta c0nstitution) how the decora.
tion of the Federal dead at Airing
ton was decreed by the Federal. au-
thorities to be conducted on the ba-
dis of exclusion of all honor to the
Confederate dead lying there The
matter has evokedsome stinging COM
ment and dissent from many and high
sources North and West. But the
most eloquent condemnation came
from the brave orator who delivered
the address at Arlington on the day
of the decoration. The address was
a magnificent one, and the speaker,
an eminent and well known divine,
of New York, Mr.. De Witt Talmage.


Speaking to the. Grand Army of
the Republic, that had declared the
mem ,rial ostracism of the Southern
dead, and speaking to the President
and officials that had indorsed the
said ostracism to the extent Of re-
striction, the day for Federal COM
memoration, the eloquent and cour-
ageous orator thus rebuked the ostta-
eism and its perpetrators:


Let nothing be done to stir up the
old feud between the North and South.
Surely there has been blood enough
shed and groans enough have been
uttered and families enough destroy
ed to satisfy the worst man on earth
and the worst demon in the pit; and
if, amidethe holocaust of the dead,
any hand, North or South, shall ever
be lifted to tear down a peace estab-
lished at so much sacrifice, may that
hand turn white with the snow of an
incurable leprosy. Instead Of flow
ers upon such a villain s. grave let the
whole nation come and fling a noun
tain of nettles and pightshade. 1
am told that after Southern woman
had decorated the grave Of South
ern soldier, a Northern man, wearing
uniform, took up the wreath and
tore it to pieces and threw it TO the
winds. He may have had on the
epau!ettes, but he wasnut worthy the
name of soldier. I would that all
the wreaths that have ever been laid
upon the graves Of the Northern and
Southern dead might be lifted and
linked together, each garland link,
and that, with that one long, bright,
pleasant chain,


A CHAIN OF ROSES AND LILIES,


this whole nation might be encircled
in everlasting unity and good feeling.
This is the only kind Of chain Amer.
leans will ever consent to wear, and
woe to the government that ever tries
to force another
Year: 1873

vile. i tierceeago tnis -lc. --:.-.,,
and hope our colored citizens will re-
fleet before taking step which CALI
not confer the least possible benefit
npen them. either as class or indl-
vidually, while it may possibly IN
volve them in trouble, to the detri'
ment of both races, and cause u re-
petion of the troubles of only two
years ago, from which this immediate
section has not yet recovered. Sure
ly, neither the whites nor the blacks
desire a recurrence of those troublous
times. We do not speak menacingly.
We are only advising what we Be
leve for the good OF all. Let us
profit by past experience. Anv "t
our colored citizens, upon the least
reflection, cannot but see what will
be the effect OF arming and organic
ing their own race to the exclusion OF
the whites. The result will be just
as crelul in the future as it has been
in the past. Here, all is now peace
full and tranquil. Never were the
whites and blacks in this section NOV
ing along more amicably together,
and it behooves all of either race,
for the welfare Of both, to DO moth
ing to mar the present COOL feeling.
The colored people cannot urge means
of self protection as a reason tol
this step, for no citizens were ever
more fully in the enjoyment of their
rights than the blacks Of South Car
olina to-day; and we feel fully as
sured that it is not the wish or de-
sire Of any white man to omolest them
in the proper exercise Of those. prlvl-
leges. As to The whites themselves,
even though the opportunity were
given, they do not, as a body, wish
to be organized into militia, for the
simple reason, that there is no neees'
sity f IL such organization of either
race. Our country is virtually al
peace with all The world, and if trou-
bIe were ippr"hende'l, the trampoos'
ing of a few detached militia compa'
MES over the country could effect
nothing in maintaining the military
prestige Of the Government. We
fear that scheming politicians, work
ing for their own promotion AMI ag


grandizement, are at the head OF this
unfortunate movement, and we warn
the colored men to beware of tho
dangerous trap to which it will sure,
" lead them-Yorkville Enquirer.
Year: 1873

The lovers OF peace and order
throughout.the State will regret to
learn that steps are being taken in
various sections to organize colored
militia companies. So preposterous
does the measure seem, that when
Year: 1873

SENTENCE OF DEATH PASSED UPON HORACE
fESABiE.--Horace Venabie, convicted In the
Hastings Court Of the murder Of Mary
Holmes, was taken before Judge Guison on
Saturday last 10 have the sentence of death
passed upon HIM. MIR. Thomas II. Leary,
counsel for the convicted man, made motion
for new trial on the ground that there was
not sufficient evidence 10 convict, and the
confession Of the man, made at time when
he was laboring under great excitement,
should not be allowed as evidence. He
quoted a number Of legal authorities to sus-
tain this point. The Judge overruled the
motion. Counsel then asked that sufficient
time be granted in order that writ of error
be applied for. which will take the case to
the Court Of Appeals. The clerk of the
court (Mr. Andrew Jinkins) ordered the
prisoner to stand UP, and said: Horace
Nenable, you have been tried, found guilty,
and convicted of murder. Have you any
thing to say why sentence of death should
not be passed upon vou?" Judge Guigon
then pronounced the following sentence:
You have had full and fair trial.
"You have been defended by jealous
counsel, who have used their best exertions
in your behalf. ... ...


~ jury careful Of your rights and inte-
rests have, upon a fun examination Of all the
testimony, and patient hearing of all that
could be said in your favor, in the dis
charge of their sworn duty, found you
guilty Of murder in the first degree-the
highest crime known to the law, and the
penalty Of which is death ..',


VI am constrained to say that, in my
opinion, there is no hope for you on earth,
save in the clemency Of the Executive, and
| would not have you rest upon that.


"four only hope and your only effort
should now be to make your Peace with the
God whose commands you bave disobeyed,
and whose laws you have so fearfully yio-
lated.


Let your fate be IL warning not only to
people vt your own class, but to people of
all conditions. that evil associations and O
dissolute life lead to guilt and death, and
that crime, however secret and unseen may
be its commission. is in the end inevitably
dragged into the light of day, to be seen and
known of oil men.


1t only remains for me now to pronounce
the solemn sentence of the law, which IL,
that YOU be taken from hence to the public
iail of this city, and there detained in close
confinement until Friday the 9TH day of
December next. and from thence that you
be conveyed by The Sergeant Of this city, be-
tween the hour6 Of ii in the forenoon and 3
in the afternoon Of that day, to some conre-
nicnt public place. aud there hanged by the
neck until you are daM; and may God have
mercy on your Scul.'


The prisoner did not show any feeling, nor
| even change countenanee while the death
sentence was being passed upon him. &c
stood bolt upright, with his eyes upon the
Judge, listening to every word uttered,
though there was on his COuntenance d
vacant stare. which left the impression that
he d;l not under.tand fully the import OF
the sentence.


He was lrIndrutird and taken back t. the
iail, where, by bis sentence, he will remain


utiithe day of his execution, should the
writ of error moi lie granted.
Year: 1873

You CAN HAVE LARGE PICTURE colored and
framed at the low price Of one dollar and seventy


nve cents ut CAMPBELL's gallery, corner Ninth aud


Main streets and their work cannot be surpassed by
any other gallery In Richmond.
Year: 1873

TIE NEW POSTAL CARDS UNDER THE LATE POS
tai mw-useful, serviceable and cheap. The ad-
yerliser can fill the back of the cards with any
printed announcement he may wish to make public,
aud send them through the mail for only one cent.
Gan be prInted at this Office at low rates.
Year: 1873

You can always tell boy whose
mother cuts his hair. Not because the
edges of it look as if they had been
chewed off by an absent-minded horse,
but you tell it by the way he stops in
the street and wriggles his shoulders.
When a fond mother has to cut her
boys hair she is careful to guard
against any annoyance and muss by
laying sheet upon the carpet. 1t has
never yet occurred to her to put him
over bare floor. and put the sheet
around his neck. Then she draws the
front hair over his eyes and leaves it
there while she cuts that which is at
the back. The hair which lies over
his eyes appears to be surchargcd with
electric needles, and that which is
silently dropping down under the shirt
band appears to be on fire. She has
unconsciously continued to push his
head forward until his nose presses
his breast, and, is too busily engaged
to notice the snufflipg sound that is.
becoming .alarmingly frequent. In
the meantime he is seized with an
irresistible desire to blow his nose, but
rccollects this his handkerchief is in
he other room. Then fly lights on
his nose, and does it so Unexpectedly
that he Involuntary lodges, and catches
the points Of the shears in his left
ear. At this he commences to cry and
wish he was a man. But his mother
doesn't notice him. She merely hits
him on the ear, to inspire him with
confidence, and goes on with the work.
When she is through she holds his
jacket collar back from bis neck, and
with her mouth blows tho short bits of
hair from the top of his head down
his back. He calls her attention to
this fact, but she looks for 4 new place
on his head aud hits him there, aud
asks him why he does not use his
handkerchief. Then he takes his awful
ly disdgured head to the mirror, and


ooks at it, and, young as he is,
shudders as he thinks what the boys on
the streets will say.-DanburY Neus.