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Year: 1875

Among church denominations he
did not seem to have n particle of pref
erence, but would give to one as quick
ly as to another. He had no prejudice
against the Catholics, not sharing the
feeling Of the great majority of the
people of Tennessee in regard to the
denomination. His broad charity took
in the Mormons as well. and he was in
favor of letting them enjoy their pecu-
liar religion to their hearts content,
arguing that man was responsible
alone to his God for his religion OF
want Of it. While he gave literally to
churches Of all denominations, he
never Joined any, and was but an ir-
regular attendant of church services.
His belief in the prevailing religious
system was somewhat unsettled, but
he was not what we would term an un-
believer. He belived in God, in the
Savior aud the Bible, and in future
life, but he could never get himself
into what he was wont to call the mar
row creed.


While President he attended what
is called the Foundery Church, and
gave literally to its support. He
helped all the Greenville churches,
ard his charity embraced the colored
people as we'll; for be used to give to
their schools and churches. While he
was President committee Of colored
people came to Washington to raise
funds to establish what they styled q
labor school at Charleston. He used
laughingly TO say that he gave 500
upon which they went to Charles Sum-
ner. who gave them some good advice,
but not cent Of money.
Year: 1875

During the week a party of twenty
five Virginians, headed by Gen. Fitz-
hugh Lee, have been in this city on


the peaceful business errand of pro-
noting immigration to their State.
They say that they want no more of
the two kinds Of immigrants they have
already had-the class who expect to
find forty acres aud q mule awaiting


their arrival, and the carpet !;


that there is another class who are in
haste to be rich and invest all their
funds in laad. and reserving nothing
for working capital, but these have


been driven out of the State by their
i'll success. The absorbing thought
with all Yirginians. Gen. Lee says.
is to come North where they eau meet
capitalists face to face and ask them to
take charge of Virginia lands, for the
want of the State is not labor-whieh
is cheap and abundant-but money
with which to work the land at profit.
Virginians want, he says, Nothern
people to come down and see them,
learn their fertility of lands and the
real peacefulness of their dispositions,
and then put their money there and
settle there. becoming one with them
selves. His own recent visit to Bos-
ton, he added had convinced him that
the day of carpet -bagger is past and
that it only needs frequent intercourse
between the two sections of our coun-
try to cement that bond of fraternsl
union which is the Only safeguard OF
our Republic.-Nep York FIaoRcier.
Year: 1875

The cultivation of the earth is the
natural occupation Of man, and is SO
noble and and so fascinating in all its
departments that large proportion OF
the pure In heart have a longing hope
that some day they will own farm,
till it, and close their earthly career
amid its sweet and quiet There
are but few of any profession or call
ing but love to read intelligent and
skilled agricultural literature. That
young mans heart is rot right who
says he hates farming. The rearing
of pigs, calves and lambs; the con6d-
ing devotion of the horse, COW, or OK,
as the farmer moves among them is an
alteration grateful to the heart, and no
situation can makea man more con-
tent and happy. A farmer on his
broad acres of a we'll titled farm, list
ening to the songs of the birds, the
voice of the domestic animals calling
to and communicatingwith each other;
looking ap into tie fine heavens, un-
obscurad By smoke of factories or Gust
of busy life bathing in the glorious
sunlightandfeel the summer breezes
ladened with sweet odors from prairie
and grove, is paradise, if man would
make it so. ....I5 -.y /g.4.


As old age comes on, and when man
has outlived his days of personal am
bition, and has become weary of the
empty honors of position, he turns his
attention and affection to mother earth,


-
sweetly entertains child-like faith that
she will not desert him in time Of need
When you see the lawyer, the doctor.
or politician, carefully reading agri-
cultural literature, there is a secret
hope in that mans heart, although he
may not admit it, that he will yet, be-
fore he dies, retire to an ideal farm. to
live and dream away life's closing dra-
ma.-I0lod State Register.
Year: 1875

Among the ills and snnoyancss


Of this life, debt is of ths greatest


it is master; it is cruel tyrsnt; il s


great destroyer Of peace and happi-


ness. To be in debt Is TO be snslsved


and what low-bred, contemplate and


insolent masters debtors do sometimes


havel There is large class Of men


who seem to enjoy the privilege Of
others to owe them. 1t gives them
taneiful superiority which under no


other circumstances they could have.


As they cannot hope to be respected,


they enjoy being feared. Such men


love to boast how many are indebted


to them and how much. They have
catalogue of names and amouats
committed to memory, and neglect no
opportunity to repeat it IN their ervi-
Gus and admiring associates. And
with what sn air Of importance and i'm
periousness do they present their
claims, and say pay what thou ouest."
They exercise kind Of petty lord
ship over their unfortunate creditors.
and take savage pleasure in torment
ing them on every occasion; and in
imitation Of the eat that has tormented
its pooriviotim, the mouse. until its
cruel nature is satisfied, they resort
to the strong arm Of the Law, and com
plete their work by running the poor
debtor aud his innocent sad harmless
family.


The law which protects society
from such heartless monsters is right
and founded on justice. It is best 70
keep out of debt, but If q man Justly
owes his neighbor ne should pay it if
he can, but in the absence Of any in
tention offraud, be should net be des-
troyed because he is unfortunate and
cannot respond at once to the demand
of a wicked Shylock. There is another
class of well-bred gentlemen who are
respectful to even the poorest debtor,
and who do not present their claims
In an insulting, dOmineering manner,
but with q pleasant grace and polite
ness, which makes you feel that it is
a real pleasure to pay them, if you
have the means at hand, and If not to
resolve that you win do so at the very
earliest day possible.


In conclusion we would say 20 those
who have contracted debts, do not
for moment entertain the thought
of evading them, but struggle to be
free, and when once disenthralled
thank God and stay so. Aud TO
those who have managed to have
claims against their less fortunate
neighbors We would say, don't assume
any great superiority on that account,
nor attempt to play the syrspt BY op-
pressing and lordiRS ii over others,
but be reasonable and kind; present
your claims in 3 friendly. gsntlemanly
manner, and if you find that your
debtors would pay if they eosld. wait
till they can, if you can, and yo1 will


''Ms's inhumanity to man


Makes countless thousands mourn"
Year: 1875

In the lives of the saddest Of us
there are bright days when We feel a.
If we could take the great world into
our arms. Then come gloomy days
when the FIRE will neither burn on our
hearths nor in our hearts. and All with
out and within is dismal, cold and
dark. Every heart has it's secret sor-
ross, which the world knows not Of ;
and often times we call q man cold
when be is Only sad.
Year: 1875

they did not believe his stories about
the condition of the South, and did
not approve of Butler as a party man,
he dismissed the slaughtering of the
negroes from his mind, became to all
outward appearances Indifferent to
their sufferings, and this year turned


up at the Massachusetts Conven-
! tlon as the reporter and we be-
lieve the drafter of a resolution. which
denounces Butler and his work and
ways and influence as heartily as if he
had not one year ago urgently recon-
lnended a Massachusetts constituency
to re elect him. In another resolution.
100, which we have not space to print,
he warmly advocated the right of ali
the States to manage their own affairs
without Federal interference, having
abandoned the doctrine he held last
year that such gross interference as had
been practised in Louisiana and Missis-
sippi was if not justifiable, excusable.
Now, we would ask all those who
really helievc that reform in admin
stration, and especially ia the finances
OF the Government, is the crying need
OF the day and the problem with which
the American people are now called
upon to deal, whether they seriously
expect that the work can be done by q
party managed and led by such men
as now have the Republican party in
charge-Morton, Logan, Conkling,
Boutwell,, Dawes, Cameron, Butler, for
lnstance-men who have no positive
convictions on any of the questions
now ripe for solution, and hare ly any
personal reference for one line of poll.
cy more than another, or even any fa-
mlliar acquaintance with the subjects
In which the materials for the solution
are TO be found? We must remember
that parties competent to take hold of
the government and carry it on sue.
cessfully, and provide the legislation
the times calls for, have always been
parties led by men who, rightly or
wrongly, held firmly and bravely and
clearly certain ideas on public policy,
and held them before the party was
formed on them, and would hold them
II the party were to abandon them to-
morrow. 1t was in this way the Re.
publican party was led in the days of
It's greatness. 1t triumphed because it
followed and was managed by men
who knew that they sought and sought
it eagerly, and who would not be re.
fused though all the world gain said
them-whose opinions on the great
questions of the day were the same
one year as another. 1t would never
have carried on the war or abolished
slavery If its chiefs had been a parcel
OF adventures to whom all views came
alike, and for whom no views had any
more interest than the dice with which
he wins his money have to the gam
bier.
Year: 1875

1t is possible that some one who reads the
title Of this article may find himself guilty
OF failing 10 pronounce CT like h in shun
find that my lady friend, who is very pre-
else in her language, win persist in accent
ing etiquette on the first, instead of the last
syllable. My good minister, who has the
greatest aversion 10 anything wrong, was
greatly surprised when I mildly suggested
to him that dspirdm should be accented on
the penult. while my musical niece mortified
me the other evening by pronouncing finale
in two syllables. | heard my geological
friend, the other day, explaining the subsi-
dences OF the earth's crust, but he should
have accented the second instead of the first
syllable. The same mistake happened the
other day, TO my friend, the President of the
Reform Society, who spoke of the ragdries
of certain people, by accenting the first in
stead of the second SYLLABLE. lie also an
nounced that would deliver an address that
evening; but | knew it was not polite to tell
him to accent the last syllable. My boy
says that he left school at recess, accenting
the first syllable, and he was loath TO believe
that, whatever the meaning Of the word, it
should be accented on the final syllable
Then my friend, the President of the Debat-
ing Club, who is great student Of Cush-
ing's Manual, tells us that motion to adj
lcun takes the precedence by accenting the
first, instead Of the second syllable. MY
other lady friend says that she lives in a
house having cupeioo. She should consult
the dictionary for that word. But | will
close by remsrking that my legal friend, who
is very scholarly, always accents coddjnor on
the second instead Of the third where the
accent rightfully belongs.-New England
Journal Of Education.
Year: 1875

AT the time General Green retreated before
Lord Rawdon from Ninety-Six, when he had
passed Broad river he was very desirous TO
send an order TO General Sumter, who was on
the Wateree, TO join him. that they might
attack Rawdon, who had divided his force.
But the General could find no man in that
part Of the state who was bold enough to un-
dertake so dangerous mission. The coun-
try to be passed through Tor many miles was
full OF bloodthirsty tories, who, on every oc-
casion that offered, imbrued their hands in
the blood Of the wings. AT length Emily
Geiger presented herself to General Green,
and proposed TO act as messenger; and the
General, both surprised and delighted, closed
with her proposal He accordingly wrote
the letter and delivered il, and at the same
time communicated the contents of it verb
ally, to be told TO Sumter in case of accidents.


Emily was young, but as to her person or
adventures ON the way we have no further
information, except that she was mounted
on horseback upon side-saddle, and ON the
second day Of her journey she was inter-
cepted by Lord Rawdons scouts. Coming
from the direction of Green's army, and not
being able TO tell an untruth without blush
ing, Emily was suspected and confined to a
room and as the officer in command had
the modesty not TO search her at the time,
he sent for an old tory matron Is more lit
ting for that purpose Emily was not want
ing in expedient, and as soon as the door
was closed and the hustle little subsidized,
she ate up the letter, piece by piece. After
while the matron arrived, and upon search
ing carefully, nothing was to be found OF q
suspicious nature about the prisoner, and
she would disclose nothing Suspicion be
ing thus allayed, the officer commanding the
scouts suffered Emily to depart whittier she
had said she was bound but she took .
route somewhat circuitous to avoid further
detention, and soon after struck into the road
Emily told her adventure, and delivered
Green's verbal message to Sumter, who, in
consequence, soon after joined the main
army at 0rangeburgh.
Year: 1875

In forty minutes we had done the fifteen
miles of railroad, and now found ourselves
tranferred to omnibuses which were soon
winding through streets, which seemed to us
like alleys, so narrow were they and so high
the walls in many places.


Many persons are satisfied with single
day at st. Augustine, but spent eight days
in the ancient city, and then turned away re-
GREETING the time was so short. To be sure
there are not very many places of special in
terest to visit but there is to me charm
about even the narrow streets, and the queer
old houses, with their hanging balconies
where, fancy, century or more ago, more
than one Spanish maiden stood with bowed
head listening to the love-words of the song
of her knight as he breathed out his passion
under the starlight.


Drifting back to the year 1865, we see the
first colony landing at this place-twenty-
six hundred souls, with thirty-six vessels,
armed and equipped not for peace but for
war, for the motive which actuated Philip II
of Spain to send out this colony was inspired
by his hatred of the Protestants, and a desire
TO kill every effort made TO establish the
Protestant religion. Over on the banks Of
the st. Johns, near Fort Caroline, little
band Of Huguenots had pitched their tents,
believing they had found place where they
might worship God unmolested but their
hopes were vain, for hardly twelve month
Year: 1875

that they have right 90 receive, and it is
morally the duty Of our members to give.
feel strongly on this question, and
must express my earnest conviction that
the action of some Of our members in this
matter is a reproach to us as an orgsniza-
tion, and as an individual member Of 1t, !
feel ashamed, and as an officer Inundated.
| have no dosire to dwell on this matter
at any length; perhaps the least say will
be the most acceptable.


During the term | have given one hun
dred and fourteen decisions on different
points of law, as well as the settlement Of
grievances between local U1oM. and be-
tween local Unions and their members.
The most important Of the decisions have
been reported in the official paper, accord
ing to Law, but the great majority being
unImportant III their nature, and Of no
general interest to the organization, did
not feel justified i'll crOwding its columns
with them, nor do think the spirit of the
laws require that should. They are all
on record, however, and l shall submit
them to you and ask that you inspect
them. There are no appeals, or claims
and grievances to be settled by you, to oc-
cupy your time a. heretofore, which il a
Year: 1875

These figures do not show the sum total
derived from special assessments, as many
unions were transferred from their sup
port to aid others where assistance was
needed. For full ana complete report
all the strikes Of the term which have re-
ceived the support of the International
Union, together with the amounts re-
quired and the amounts furnished, | will
refer you to the full and comprehensive
report Of the International Secretary.
BY reference to that report it will be
seen that with all the disadvantages under
which your officers have labored that the
International Union has fully met all its
obligations, and that the amount Of money
furnished t. unions in response to appli-
cations for aid has in nearly every case
been fully equal to their necessities-a re-
suit attained mostly through the labors of
your efficient International Secretary.


There were fourteen rejected applica-
tions for aid during the term, the reason
for their rejection being principally the
failure of the applicants to aid other
unions similarly situated. have kept a
complete record of all unions who inva-
rlaby failed to forward assessments, and
after frequent notifications calling their
attention to their delinquencies and neg
Year: 1875

Some twenty-five years ago, while
Mr.. George Ticknor Curtis was still
exercising the functions of a United
States Commissioner, in the rural
city of Boston-before he had sent
back a fugitive slave and thereupon
immigratcd to this more congenial
metropolis-Mr. Rufus Choate left
his law office early on November
morning to pass the day in taking
testimony before Mr.. Curtis in pat
ent case. Returning to the office late
in the dusky, chilly afternoon, after
finishing the task, Mr.. Choate threw
his bag upon the table, and remarked
in the hearing of his late partner,
Mr.. Joseph Bell, and the half a doz-
Ell young law students, who were all
aware what he had been doing: Il
consider Mr.. George Tichnor Curtis
the most unsatisfactory man, upon the
whole, that | have ever known, and
| wish that | N y never set my eyes
upon him again" Then walking
wearily across the room to the fire
place, he stood for few moments
warming himself before pile of sea
coal which was blazing il the CRATE.
With the increasing warmth of his
body the usual sweetness of his dis
position seemed at last to return, and
after a long pause he broke the
silence by the remark: II lo not
know but might endure to look at
him from 4 window in i process
sion"
Year: 1875

Some business men express the
opinion that the advertisements are
not read, and hence that money spent
in this way is money thrown away.
Such, however, is not the opinion of
the 1merican Journalist, published
at Philadelphia, which in speaking
of the country newspaper, uses the
following language: 1t is read from
the topmost line in the lett-hand cor
ncr of its tille-page to the latter end
of the final word on the last page,
and-entcrtaining the highest appre-
citation of the country editor - we
would observe that the advertisements
are as carefully read, and not untre-
quently longer borne in remembrance
than the more edifying contents OF
the paper. 1t is safe to assume that the
country newspaper is read by an
average of ten persons to each sub
scriber; it is retained in the house of
the economic farmer or mechanic
from week to week AS matter of
reference, unless loaned to the less
thrifty neighbor, who is too mean to
take a paper, and too sensible to do
without it when he can obtain it by
loan or theft
Year: 1875

Either a man must be content with
poverty all his life, or else be willing
to deny himself some luxuries, and
save, to lay the base of independence
i'll the future. But if man defics
the future, and spends all that he
earns, (whether his earnings be one
dollar or ten dollars every day, let
him look for lean and hungry want
at some future time-for it will surely
come, no matter what he thinks.


TO save Is absolutely the only way
to get 4 solid fortune; there is no
other certain mode. Those who shut
their eyes and ears to these plain
facts will be forever poor, and for
their obstinate rejection Of the truth,
mayhap will die in rags and filth.
Let them so die and thank them
selves. But, no! They take a sort
of recompense i'll cursing fortune.
Great waste Of breath! They might
as well curse mountains and eternal
hills. For l can tell them fortune
does not give away her real and sub
stantial goods. She sells them to the
highest bidder, to the hardest, wisest
worker for the boon. Men never
made so fatal Il mistake when they
think they are mere creatures OF fate;
It's the sheercst folly in the world
Every man may make or mar his life,
whichever he may choose. Fortune
is for those who, by diligence, hon
esty, frugality, place themselves in
position to grasp hold of fortune
when it appears in view. The best
evidence Of frugality is the five hun
dred dollars or more standingin your
name at the savings bank. The best
evidence of honesty is both diligence
and trugality.
Year: 1875

A man in Cincinnati owned a pet
panther. Last week he went off with
his wife and family for two days
visit, leaving his mother-in-law and
the panther to keep house. On his
return, his grief can be imagined on
discovery that it was the panther that
was dead, not the mother-in-law. The
poor animal had been talked to death.
Year: 1875

A wee bit girl in Cusco, Wiscon-
sin, while at the breakfast-table, a
few mornings since, made loud and
repeated calls tor buttered toast
After disposing of a liberal quantity
of that nourishing article, she was
told that too much toast would make
her sick. Looking wisttully at the
dish for moment, she thought she
saw way out of her difficulty,
and exclaimed: "Well, give me an.
uzzer piece and send for the doc
tor"
Year: 1875

propriate time to begin agitation


Of questions, or The adoption Of
measures which in themselves are
of such a questionable conssitu-
tional character as to invite obiec-
ton from those democrats 10 the
North who, in order to spare The
South from outrages, have stood
BY the strict construction of The
Federal Constitution as the only
safety for that constitutional rep1e-
sentative form Of government
which the radical party has 90
often tried to destroy.


It does seem to us that If dis
cord is ever to come among tho
majority Of the next Congress,
p-ay do not let the unlimited
power Of Congress, the higher
law, over and above the intent and
meaning Of the strict construction
of the grant of power to the Fed
eral Legislature, be the Troaan
horse on which this discord Is to
be admitted into the councils Of
the party.
Year: 1875

The great problem introduced
into our politics by the admission
of the colored people to the enjoy
ment Of equal rights with the
whites is slowly working ont its
own solution. So far the influence
of the oarpet-bag element, sup
ported by the Federal power, has
been able to maintain the color
line unbroken outside of Arkansas,
but there are not wanting indica-
tions which point to a growing dis
content among the colored people
with the present system. The re-
suit of the carpat-baggers success
has been a course Of dishonest
legislation which has disgusted the
honest republicans OF the South.
Wisdom and forbearance on the
part of the democrats viii in time
break the solid phalanx Of the coli
ored vote and free the South from
the nightmare OF carpet-b bag gov
ernment and Federal interference,
which at present crushes ont the
energy from the Southern PEOPLE
and impedes all progress.-[N. Y.
Herald.