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SOONER OR LATER.
BY HARRIET K. PKESCOTT.
Sooner or later the storm shall beat
Over my slumber from head to feet
Sooner or later the wind shall rave
In the long grass above my grave.
I shall not heed them where I lie,
Nothing their sound shall signify,
Nothing the headstone's fret of rain,
Nothing to me the dark day's pain.
Sooner or later the sun shall shine
ATith tender warmth on that mound of crime,
Sooner or later, in summer air,
Clover and violet blossom there.
I shall not feci in that deep-laid rest
The sheeted light fall all over my breast; '
Nor ever note in those hidden hours
The wind-blown breath of the fossing flowers.
Sooner or later the stainloss snows
Shall add their hush to my mute repose;
Sooner or later shall slant and shift,
And heap my bed with drizzling drift.
Chill though that frozen pall shall seem,
Its tonch no colder can make the dream
That rocks not. the sweet and sacred dread
Shrouding the city of the dead.
sooner or later the bee shall come
And fill the noon with his golden hum ;
Sooner or later on half poised wing,
The blue bird's warble about me ring.—
Sing and chirrup, and whistle with glee,
Nothing his music means to me;
None of these beautiful things shall know
How soundly their lover sleeps below.
Sooner or later, far out in the night,
Tht star; shall over mc wing their flight;
Sooner or later, my darling dews
Cfatch their white sparks in their silent ooze.
Never a ray shall part the gloom
That wraps mo round in the kind ly tomb;
Peaco shall be perfect for lip and brow
Sooner or later, —Oh ! why not now ?
PfcccUanrouL
CAPITAL JUE D'ESPRIT.
The Grand Olio Entertainment at Gro
ver's Theatre—The Legitimate eclips
ed—The Sensational Drama gone un
der—lrish Comedy outside.
[d)rom the Washington Republican.]
Graver's Theatre and tho tippling places
adjoining thereto, never presented a livelier
scene, or succession of scenes, than one yes
terday afternoon. The programme adverti
zed in the Republican attracted to the spot
a great many outsiders, who were making
the 22d a holiday, and who helped to fill the
theatre to repletion.
The stage manager, Mr. Florence, (not
Wm. J.,) exerted himself in placing the
pieces on the stage in the most effective
manner. His arrangement of the scenery
was exceedingly appropriate, presenting a
view of Fort Lafayette in the background,
and a variety of trees on each side of the
stage. Mr. F. wa§ quite active in bringing
on chairs for the performance, and making
himself a "general utility man."
The doors were opened a,t 11 o'clock, and
at 12 o'clock the orchestra seats, parqaette,
and upper tier were filled. The dress circle
was reserved for ladies.
The freedmen's list having been entirely
suspended, the audience was probably the
most select and highly respectable ever
gathered in a Washington theatre.
Some of the most eminent (ex) secession
ists our city can boast of occupied seats of
honor upon the stage, one or two of whom
were so aged that a naughty boy in t' le up
per tier cried out —"There's old Superflu
ous Lags!" in allusion to Shakspeare's
line —
"Superfluous lags the veteran on the stage."
The audience was mainly composed of se
ceshcrs, copperheads, men who have been
turned out of office, and men who want
office as well as proper qualifications. In
order to swell the numbers the oldest citi
zens were not spared, and a delegation of
men who have come down to us from two
or three former generations were made to
walk with difficulty to the place. It was
even said that some of the most reliable old
chaps for an emergency of this kind had
been hauled out of the Congressional bury
ing-gi ound and helped to swell the ranks.
When the house was well filled and warm
ed up, an odor as from an old copper still
pervaded the atmosphere, and a young gen
tleman belonging to one of the Departments
quoted with fervor from the ' 'Ancient Mar
iner' '—
"All in a hot and copper sky," Ac.
A band of music, composed of ten pieces,
stationed in the Dress Circle, played the
"Star Spangled Banner" as a prelude,
which was received in silence.
A few minutes past 12 o'clock one of the
walking gentlemen entered from the left
wing and said: "This meeting comes to
gether," when a voice cried "louder!" He
said he had a cold, and rehearsed the pro
gramme of the day, and read a list of offi
cers.
The famous comedian, Mr. Cox, here en
tered from the prompter's place, and was
(which the Star Spangled Banner was not)
greeted with applause. Mr. C. looked down
upon the stage, and was apparently disap
pointed at not seeing any sawdust. The
acting manager now announced a short so
liloquy; and the audience, evidently hunger
ing after melodrama, shouted for V'oorhees.
But as no engagement had been effected
with that star performer, he did not make
his appearance.
The chairman of the late McClellan asso
ciation now moved that a committee of four
teen he appointed to bring in the resolutions
printed in the Unconstitutional Disunion
office for the entertainment of the boys in
the gallery.
A mormon gentleman now arose in the
back of the orchestra, but he not being rec
ognized as one of the company engaged to
appear on the occasion, loud cries for "or
der" were made. He was understood in the
confusion, to move that the resolutionary
committee be composed of one from each
State and Territory. As the resolutions
and committee were already cut and dried,
(the stage manager is one who makes hay
while the sun shines) the proposition from
Mormondom was quashed.
One of the counsel for Mrs. Surratt now
moved that while the committee were tak
ing something next door, Mr. Cox, the cele
brated comedian, should favor the audience.
Mr. C. entered from the right wing and
proceeded to pitch into the gentleman from
Utah, about polygamy, etc. A profane
person in the gallery cried out, " What the
h — l has that to do with the Freedmcn'B
Bureau ?"
A LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWSPAPER, DEVOTED TO POLITICS, EDUCATION, LITERATURE AND MORAL S.
The committee entered with the printed
resolutions.
One of the counsel for the Lincoln con
spirators moved that the resolutions ne
adopted.
The gentleman from Utah arose amid
cries of "Put him out!" "Voorhees!" &c.
He said he would be heard, and was finally
taken on the stage with the other perform
ers. It having been discovered that the
Utah gentleman was of the coppere3t hue,
Mr. C. apologised to him, and they shook
hands before the footlights.
The chorus, behind the scenes, now sang
the following .-
Far in tho deep, where darkness dwells.
The land of horror and despair,
Justice hath built a dismal hell,
And laid her stones of vengeance there.
Eternal plagues, and heavy chains,
Tormenting racks, and fi'ry coals,
And darts inflict immortal pains,
Dy'd in the bload of damned souls.
Thero satin, the first sinner lies,
And roars and bites his iron bands;
In vain the REBEL strives to rise,
Crush'd with tho weight of both thy hands.
The play went on, and several gentlemen
saved and restored the country magnificent
ly. Mr. Cox appeared several times, and
then went out to assist at one of the side
shows, where he talked himself black in the
face. He was willing to talk until sunset,
if he could thereby restore the Democracy
to power.
The side shows were immensely patroni
zed by people promenading the streets, and
who stopped to see what it was all about.
Two stands were erected in front of the.
public houses on E street, between Thir
teenth and Fourteenth streets, and on one
of them we notioed a grey-headed gentle
man, from California, addressing a mixed
population, the African race predominating.
He sail he would make the shortest
speech he ever made in his life, and the an
nouncement was received with great satis
faction. He then looked longingly at a li
quor saloon opposite and said he rejoiced
that he had had the satisfaction of tele
graphing to the Pacific coast that a white
man is as good as a nigger, but as he got no
applause he subsided, and went across the
street *to see a man."
The varied performances within and with
out the theatre, afforded much entertain
ment to a large number of people who had
become idle for the day.
The following letters and extracts from
correspondence were left by mistake in an
adjoining saloon by a gentleman who intend
ed to read them to the meeting :
LETTERS FROM GENERAL STERLING PRICE,
0. S. A.
SECESSION RANCHE, )
MEXICO, Feb. 5,1866. j
To Stage Manet ger, Copperhead Festival,
Washington. D. C. :
Say to the company that I would be hap
py to join them on the 22d, but am at pres
ent pretty much out of wardrobe, etc.
I never cared much about the "Union"
since the Buchanan convention in Cincin
nati, where I went at the head of a contest
ing Missouri delegation and got into the
convention by knocking down the door
keeper. The other delegation was recogni
zed by the convention' and our double fisted
party was compelled to leave. From that
time I believed the so-called Union not
worth saving.
You are engaged in a laudable attempt to
overthrow the Union party, and it is possi
ble that, with the help of Thud. Stevens,
you may succeed. I fear, however, that you
will hardly he able to get control of Andrew
Johnson. He is a hard one to manage.
Give my respects to the company, and
say to them that when they have accom
plished their object, I will return and join
them.
With much consideration,
STERLING PRICE.
SLIDELL TO EFFERVESCENCE.
lam glad to sec you are getting up this
meeting. Of course, neither you nor I eare
a copper about the freedmen or the Bureau;
but if you are as smart as Erllanger (my
son-in-law) and myself, you may make an
honest joker. We humbugged the British
Ministry beautiful, and sold our Confeder
ate loan bonds for gold. Now you try and
cheat the American Democrats in the same
way. We old fellows know how to do it.
Go ahead! Love to cock a-doodle, and
good-bye. J. S.
*******
[Extracts.]
J. M. MASON TO C. Y. M
You know how I always hated Johnson,
because he was one of the"poorwhite trash"
from the South. We of the chivalry never
would allow him to rank us in social life;
but now, if you can get up a good, old-fhsh
ioned Democratic meeting, and let none of
the Yankees—not even Cox, if you can help
it—appear, it may help our people to get in
power ouce more.
How is Baker getting along with my par
don case? * * * * j. m M.
LETTER FROM F K P E.
CONCORD, Feb. 20.
Mr. Florence (not IF. ,/.) Graver's Theatre:
MY LOVELY ONE: I got a good deal
confused and bewildered when I was in
Washington some years ago; but, more for
tunate than yourself, I was able, by the help
of my friends, to find my way home agaiD.
But it has been a long and hard struggle to
get over all the habits I got into when I
was with you. But whisky and I have par
ted company; and, strange as it may appear
to you, I now pass for a reasonably exem
plary member of an Episcopal church.
Now, I would accept your invitation, but
the vestry are not willing to trust me in our
old haunts, and for the sake of my reputa
tion I can't publicly associate with you.
But you and Cox and Koil and Davis may
be assured that my heart is with you now as
it was in 1860. Did I ever go back on you?
Ask John H. George. But you needn't
ask anybody.. You know I announced my
plaftorm in my letter to Davis in I860; but I
own that the New Hampshire boys didn't
quite come to terms and help me to keep
my promise to incite a lebelhon there; hut,
between you and I, there seems to be a bet
ter chance now.
Yours, truly, F. P.
FROM JUDAH P. BENJAMIN.
LONDON. Jan. 20, 1866.
MY DEAR KOIL : I am very busy study
ing law just now, and circumstances oter
which I have no control prevent my render
ing personal assistance in your labors for the
restoration to the Uuion of its proper gov
ernment —that of the late Confederacy. I
have only time to say that I am in favor of
qualified suffrage. You may remember
when, under the laws of Louisiana, some
sort of property qualification was required
—you do, don't you? When a man who
held a license to practice any profession or
avocation was a qualified voter in those good
old times. I got my brigade licensed as a
hack driver's, at a dollar a piece; and it
proved a good speculation. Seems to me
you might fix up things like that. It worked
BEDFORD, Pa.. FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1866.
to a charm every time down in New Or
leans.
Yours, Jui)AHi\ 3.
[The following private and cot£dential
letter from Sanders to Florence (act Wil
liam J.) was not intended for publication,
but being found among the other letters we
give it for what it b worth. It is rather
rich :J
(Private and Confidential,
MONTREAL, CANADA, Feb. 18 1866.
MY DEAR TON : Break-up and gobble
up is the game. You are playin; it fine.
} ou are fanning the fire of discord in the
Union ranks with an activity worthy of all
praise. I wish I was there to take a hand
at the bellows, but, my dear fellow, you
must get rid of Stanton before I ca® cross
the line. Tell our friends not to trnst John
son too far. He is too loyal for us, and
means it. Don't demand anything of John
son, for fear he may give you the cold shoul
der. Don't press him too hard to make
speeches, a-> jua observe that all the
speeches, he makes he issists upon the elec
tion of loyal men.
That was a damned hard rap he gave to
the Virginia delegation. The chairman had
just proposed Gen. Lee for Governor of Vir
ginia, and in the face of that fact Johnson
told the delegation that if there were only
five hundred loyal men in a State, and all
the resst were disloyal men in aState, he was
in favor of ignoring the latter, and giving
the offices to the former.
I shall remain here and stir up all the
strife I can. '"Greek" will not venture into
the States until Congress changes it tactics,
and the President stops talking about pun
ishing treason as a crime
Give my love to "J. G. B." Tell him I
am glad he got out of Fort Lafayette, and
say that it would give me great pleasure to
take a hand at "Boston" with him.
*******
Yours, truly, SANDERS.
VALLANDIGHAM TO THE COMPANY.
SANDUSKY, OHIO, Feb. 22.
MY DEAR COYLE : You're a brick. Your
meeting is a splendid flank movement on
the Johnson administration. Smut the
Unionists as much as possible. I didn't
think Tom, who always exhibited in Con
gress so much affectionate regard for Phila
delphia Navy Yard, could think of anything
else. Can't you try to have something said
about my friend McCufferty ? He was a
good rebel against our Government, and
now he is a rebel against the British Gov
ernment. Success to your meetings.
VALLANDIOHAM.
JOnN C. BRECKENRIDGE TO T. B. FLOR
ENCE.
MY DEAR FLORENCE : I have never had
an opportunity till now to thank you for the
service you rendered the "Confederacy."
From your standpoint during the war you
eertainly did all you could and all that Mr.
Davis or myself could have asked. Your
S resent point is to flatter the President, and
o all you can to create discord in the Union
party. But do not commit yourself to
J ohnson, because the moment wo get all the
States represented in Congress, and get thor
oughly organized, we must throw him over
board. Being in the position he now is, we
can use him to a great advantage. He is
shrewd. Look out that he don't detect
what you are up to. Make it your business
to surround him officially with as many of
our friends as possible. Let then, profess
Unionism. Cover your tracks well If we
cannot get possession of the government in
the next Presidential election, we will be in
a condition by that time, at any rate, to reo
pen the rebellibn.
I regret that I cannot be with you on the
22d instant, not particularly to celebrate the
birth of "G. W." because that is played
out, but to assist in breaking down John
son's Administration. George and myself
have consulted a great deal together, and
came to the conclusion that a general polit
ical smash up is what is wanted. We must
have it Upon such ruins we can better our
condition.
I have private information that the pur
pose of the Government, if they can catch
me, is to try me for treason in one of the
civil courts, because of my peculiar position
at the time the rebellion broke out. You
will recollect that, as Vice President of the
United States and President of the Senate,
I presioed over the convention of the two
Bouses when the votes were counted for
President in 1860, and, in my official capac
ity, having been legally elected by the peo
ple, (for at any rate we made the people be
lieve so,) 1 declared Abraham Lincoln and
Hannibal Hamlin constitutionally elected
President and Vice President of the United
States! The fact is, in the face of that offi
cial declaration I rebelled against Lincoln's
government, and joined in the general clam
or that he was a "sectional President." By
the way, you rendered us great service in
that matter. But you and I know that cry
was a false one. What is worse, the people
found it out, and over went our pet confede
racy, and poor Davis is pining his life in a
prison for the part he took in the work.
But I learn that the intention is. if they
can catch me, to try me for treason in a civil
court to settle the question of treason legal
ly, and then to give Davis a military trial
and punish him upon the scaffold. For this
reason I shall keep away. Do you think it
would be any use to petition Johnson for a
pardon? Let me know. You are doing
nobly. Keep at it. J. C. B.
IN WHOSE INTEREST IS PROTEC
TION.
Protection seems to be regarded by the
free trade organs as though it were a special
favor to a particular class of the community
or a few States only. Instead of this it is
in the interest of the people of all classes and
of all sections of country. More especially
it cannot be considered as in the interest
alone of regions where manufactures are al
ready permanent, nor of the manufacturers
whose experience and capital have given
such enhanced importance to the cause of do
mestic industry. It is rather the ahjoct and
aim of protection to enable other States and
regions to engage in such business, and more
especially the interior south and west. This
fact is now well understood by the people of
those sections, and they are in favor of pro
tection, because through it they know that
they will obtain a home market for their
crops and at the same time diversify their
employments.—What protection has done
for New England and the Middle States, in
building up Vast industries, it will do hereaf
ter for the west and south shoull the na
tional adhere firmly to the policy which has
governed it since the passage of the Morrill
tariff. It is time, tl erefore that this charge
of protection being in the interest of the
great manufacturers, and the States in which
they are established, were rebuked as it de
serves to be. It is the only policy whereby
national industry can ever be built up all
over the land, and the drain of the precious
metals to pay foreign balances stopped.—
North American.
To remove stains from the character, get
rich.
INFLUENCE OF THE PRESS.
In a sermon on Thanksgiving Day by
the Rffv.Mr.Leaken, rector of Trinity (Epis
copal Church.) Baltimore, he said:
"I shall reserve the remainder of mv re
marks for a subject which is rarely alluded
to in the pulpit, but which is exercising a
most important influence upon every State
city, village, county and family of our Un
ion. I refer to the press —the newspaper — i
which from the smallest beginning, a luxury
for the favored few, has become indispensa
ble to millions and whose power in forming
public sentiment is unmeasurable.
"To illustrate remotely the influence of
this power, suppose a person of intelligence
coming to your family every morning. He
informs you of all that has occured in your
city in your country, in Europe or distant
Asia. He gathers the details of each inter
esting event; he attends each important
meeting, and tells you what is said and
done. In rain and tenmest, in summer
and w inter, doeß.tkia person pay you his
daily visit, and not only brings you infor
mation, but gives you his opinion on each
question that arises. In time he becomes
one of you; he is identified with your family
and the character of yourself and those a
round you have been moulded by this con
stant contact.
"But the newspaper docs more. It brings
you an hundred different articles, besides
advertisements. It can be read at leisure.
Its information reaches children, and it is
read by servants. It forms the subject of
conversation, and plies its ceaseless visit.- to
to your home, instructive, entertaining and
interesting to all. Have I ever estimated
the force of this mighty engine? The French
Encyclopaedist helped to produce the French
revolution by means of ponderous books
reaching the learned few.
"What increased influence must the
modern press exert, scattering its myriad
thoughts daily among the millions! How
noble the ministry of the editor! How vast
his capacity for good or evil! He may enter
the family daily and diffuse cheerfulness by
his diversified thoughts. He may dry the
tear of sorrow, animate the weary pilgrim
to renewed exertions, arresting the young
man in his downward career, and shield the
humble and defenceless against the invasion
of power. We have prayed for the Presi
dent of the United States, and for all in au
thority—for our Senators and representa
tives in Congress assembled. And shall we
forget those who make our President and
determine our representatives?"
LET KNOWLEDGE SPREAD.
The Lancaster Examiner and Herald well
says:
"As you increase knowledge so you streng
then, and invigorate and confirm free Gov
ernment. In no age of the world, and under
no government in the world was there ever
marshalled a finer educated or more gallant
soldierv than under the free States of the
North during the late rebellion.—The ma
jority of these free soldiers of the Republic,
were the hardy sons of the honest masses,
who, in free schools, had learned the value
of Free Institutions. They were not only
good soldiers but intelligent citizens, who,
while braving the dangers of the field and
the fatigues of the march could yet find time
to narrowly watch and criticise the policy of
the government at home. In so marked a
contrast did they stand in this respect to the
rebel soldiers, that it was a matter of fre
quent remark by the officers of the latter,
and specially commented upon by foreigners
who chanced to be with either army.
Since the rebellion has been crushed, this
disparity in the morale of the men is com
mented upon by intelligent Southerners who
are now busy in reconstructing their States
on a solid basis. They recognize the corner
stone of every prosperous State as founded
upon the intelligence of the people, and in
order to diffuse this intelligence, they are
seeking to establish schools for the children
of all whether rich or poor.
The Superintendent of Education for the
State of Alabama, after speaking in a com
plimentary style of some of the higher insti
tutions of learning—where the children of
the rich only could be educated—says: —
' 'The melancholy reflection still, however,
obtrudes itself that three fourths of the youth
of the State have hitherto either gone with
out instruction entirely or have been crowded
into miserable apologies for school houses,
without comfortable seats, without desks or
blackboards, often without the necessary text
books, and still oftener without competent
teachers."
COURTSHIP.
An old paper says—"A young man ad
mires a pretty girl, and must manifest it;
he cannot help doing so for the life of him.
The young lady has a tender heart, reaching
out like vine tendrils for something to cling
to; she sees the admiration, is flattered, be
gins soon to love, expects some avowal, and
and perhaps gets so far as to decide that she
will choose a white satin under a thin gauze,
at the very moment the gallant that she
loves is popping the question to a damsel ten
miles oft. Now the difficulty is, not precisely
understanding the difference between polite
attentions and the tender manifestations of
sighing love. Admiring a beautiful girl
and wishing to make a wife of her, are not
alwaysthesame; and therefore, it is necessary
that a girl should be on the alert to discover
to which class the attentions paid her by a
handsome and gay young gentleman belong.
First, then —if a young gentleman greets
you in a loud, free and nearty voice—if he
knows precisely where to put his hat, or his
hands —if he stares you straight in the eye
with his own wide open—if he tells you who
made his coat —if he squeeze:! your hand, if
he eats heartily in your presence—if he fails
to talk very kindly to your mother—if he
sneezes when you are singing, or criticizes
your curls, or fails to be very foolish in fifty
ways in every hour, then don't full in love
with him for the world; he only admires you
let him do or say what he will."
DARE TO BE TRUE.
Dare to be right dare to be true, you have
a work that no other can do; do it so bravely
so kindly, so well, angels will hasten the
story to tell. Then dare to be right, then
dare to be true, other men's failure cau nev
er save you; stand by your conscience, your
honor, your faith, stand like a hero and bat
tle till death. Dare to be right dare to be
true, love may deny you its sunshine and
dew. Let the dew fail, for showers shall be
'given; dew is from earth, the showers are
from heaven. —Dare to be right, dare to be
true, God who created you cares for you too;
treasures the tears that His striving ones
shed, counts and protects every hair of your
head. Dare to be right, dare to be true,
cannot Omnipotence carry you through, city
and mansion and thine all in right, can yon
not dare to be true and be right? Dare to
be right, dare to be true, keep the great
judgment seat ever in view; look at your
work as you'll look at it then, scanned by
Jehovah, by angels and men. Dare to be
right, dare to be true, prayerfully, lovingly,
firmly pursue the pathway by saint and by
seraphim trod, the pathway that leads to the
city of God.
YOLIKK 39; NO 11
EDITING A PAPER. —Editing a paper is
a very plea -ant business. If it contains too
much political matter, people wont have
it.
If it contains too little they wont have it.
If the type is large it don't contain enough
reading matter.
If the type is small they can't read it
If we publish telegraph reports folks say
they are nothing but lies.
If we omit them they say we have no en
terprise, or suppress them for political ef
fect.
If we have in a few jokes, folks say we are
nothing but a rattle-head.
If we omit jokes, they say wc are an old
fossil.
If we publish original matter, they damn
us for not giving selections.
If we publish selections, folks say we are
lazy for not writing more and giving them
what they have not read in some other pa
per.
Ifwegiveaman omplimentary notices,
I we Me ©ensured for being partial
If we do not, all hands say we are a gree
dy hog. /
If we insert an article which pleases the
ladies, men become jealous.
If we do not eater to their wishes, the pa
per is not fit to have in their house.
If we attend church, they say it is only
for effect.
If we do not, they denounce us as deceit
ful and desperately wicked.
If we speak well of any act of the Presi
dent, folks say we dare not do otherwise.
It wo censure, they call us a traitor.
If we remain in the office and attend to
business, folks say we are too proud to min
gle with our fellows.
If we go out, they say we never attend to
business.
If we do not pay all bills promptly, folks
say we are not to be trustel.
If we do pay prompt, they say stole the
money.
If we wear poor cloths they say business
is poor.
If we wear good ones they say we are a
spendthrift.
Now what is a poor feUow to do?
A SCALE OP SUPERFLUITIES. —A Wash
ington letter-wrier ventilates his wrath up
on men and things in this wise; Speaking of
railroads naturally suggests a train—of
thought, which may as well he allowed to
switch off here as anywhere else. It is all
about people and things that have reached
a superlative degree in their line. In my
opinion, they rank about as follows:
Worst plaved-out man in the nation—
James Buchanan.
Worst played-out woman—Lucy Stone.
Worst played-out word in the vernacular
—"chivalry."
Worst played-out phrase—" 'State rights.''
Worst played-out song—"Tramp, Tramp,
Tramp.''
Worst played-out place—Stevenson, Ala
bama.
Worst played-out newspaper—Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Greatest literary bore in the nation —the
editor of the Indianapolis Herald.
Greatest political bore in the nation —Gar-
rett Davis.
Greatest military bore in the nation—Hal
leck.
Greatest humbug in the nation—hasty
'^Restoration."
Greatest traitor in the nation —Jeff. Da
vis.
Greatest demagogue in the natioH —the
man that wants him pardoned as a "concil
iatory measure."
The greatest outrage in the nation —leav-
ing Union men, in the South, to the "ten
der mercies" of Southern rebels, without
military protection.
SADNESS AND LITERATURE.— One anom
aly of literary history is that it has often
been the lot of those men who have contrib
uted largely to the mirth or recreation of
others, to endure a more than ordinary share
of misery and want in their own lives. The
most entertaining portions of literature have
been written by men whose hearts have
been bowed down by sorrow, and at mo
ments when that sorrow has been the heav
iest. It was in the gloom of a mother's
death, deepened by his own poverty, that
Johnson penned the charming tale of "Ras
selas;" it was in the chill desolation of a
bare and tireless garret that poor Goldsmith,
the beloved vagrant of literature, sketched
the brightest pictures of domestic happiness
the world has ever had; it was from a sick
bed, in sore distress, and in a necessitous
exile, that Tom Ilood shook all England
with laughter. The enchantment of Scott,
the satire of Jerrold, half the gems of Eng
lish wit and humor, have been thrown out
by genius in its most sorrowful moments.
—[Dublin Magazine.
THE EDITORIAL TREADMILL.— The Home
Journal thus descrsbes the editor's burdens:
"It is one of the hardships of our profession
that its working wheels —brains and heart—
are not allowed to lag for sickness, or to stop
tor calamity or sorrow. The judge may ad
journ his court, the school and the workshop
may close shutters, the mourner may veil
his features, and turn friend and stranger
from the door; but the journalist must forget
before tomorrow the sorrows of to day, must
write gaily and freshly as a newsmonger, on
the trifle of the hour, whatever burden has
been laid upon that same hour by Providence
or his brains as a num. It sometimes tries
and mocks as the world that reads what is
thus written would never dream of. The
public looks upon the editor's labors as the
Indian did upon the man that was cutting
hay. He finally gave as his opinion that it
was easy to sec the white man mow
IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO DO EIGHT; as,
for instance, a gentlemen began to study
grammar after ho had written for the press
ten years. It is never too late to get mar
ried; Naomi, the daughter* of Enoch, took
her first husband at five hundred and eighty.
It is never too late to drop any habit; James,
the novelist, \vote sixty-nine volumes be
fore he could shake off his "solitary horse
man." It is never too late to be a "wide
awake" character: an old gentleman who
has ceased to read the Daily Evening Blun
derbuss, has entirely recovered from the
sleepiness that used to afflict him. It is
sometimes too late to "pop the question;"
a man oucc did so to a "charming vidder,"
just as she had reached her house after bury
ing her first husband; "You are too late,"
was the replay, "the deacon spoke to me at
the grave!"
W HAT is MONEY?- —Money is independ
ence. Money is freedom. Money is educa
tion. Money is the gratification of taste,
benevolence, and public spirit. The man
is a fool or an angel who does not try to
make money, A clear conscience good health
and plenty of nmney, are among the essen
tials of a full, joyous existence. Still, un
fortunately, ittoooften happen? that people
who have an abundant supply ..'money are
destitute of character. Wbiie it isdesirable
that men should have both, notwithstand
ing all the advantages of money, it is better
to have character.
All advertisements for lets than 3 month* i
cents per line for each insertion. Special notice#
one half additional. All resolution# of Associa
tion, communications of a limited or individual
interest and notices of marriages and deaths, ex
ceeding five lines, II cts. per liae. All legal noti
ces of every kind, and all Orphans' Coart and
other Judicial sales, are required by law to bo pub
lished in both papers. Editorial Notices 15 cents
per line. All Advertising due alter first insertion
A liberal discount made to yearly advertisers.
S months. 6 month#. 1 year.
One square $ 4.51 3 6.01 slo.o#
Two squares...... B,B* #.©• lfi.iHt
Three squares 8.11 12.01 20.00
One-fourth column 14.00 20.00 35.00
llalf column... 18.00 25.00 45.00
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IT is stated that a man "out West'' has
invented a "new, powerful, double-iictir.g
salve, which cannot fail to be a boon, not
only to the human race, but to every living
thing which is exposed to accidents and
wounds." Asa proof of its potency and
efficacy, the inventor narrates that b,r way
of experiment he cut off about four inches
of his dog's tail, applied the salve to the
bleeding stump, whereupon the tail at once
Srew out to its natural size and shape; that
e then took up the piece of tail which he
had cut off, and applied the naive to the
bleeding end, whereupon the dog grew out
so like the other that it was impossible tc
tell which was the original dog!
AT the beginning of the war a modest
lieutenant in a garrison at the extreme
northwest boundary of the nation, OD the
Columbia river, declared that, if a chance
should be offered him, he would strive hard
to gain a captain's commission. Fate did
not at first seem propitious to him. Until
. long after the war was in progress he had
no chance to rise, and was still a lieuntenant,
But opportunity came at last, and with great
rapidity that young man rose to be colonel,
brigadier general and major general in the
regular army. The whole country delights
to honor him for his daring, science, bravery
and patriotism, and his name is Philip H.
Sheridan.
A SMART LAD. —A boy from the county
was recently taken into a gentleman's fam
ily. One evening, after having been called
up to the drawing room, he same down into
the kitchen, laughing iinmoderatly. "What's
the matter?" cried the cook. "Why,"
said he, "there are twelve on 'em up there
who could not snuff the candle, and they
had to ring for I to do it."
A coroner in Wales, after empanelling his
jury, said: "Now, gentlemen, you are to de
termine whether the deceased came to his
death by accidence, by incidence, or incendi
ary." The verdict was that "the deceased
came to his death by accidence in the shape
of a clasp-knife.''
A tenth beatitude was pronounced at a
at a public meeting recently held in Toronto.
It runs in this wise: "Blessed is the man
that maketh a short speech; he will be in
vited to come again. : '
DURING the war, an exeited orator on the
stump said that the woman of the country
could churn out the public dept in a few
years. Judging from the price of butter,
they have commenced upon the business al
ready.
HIGH FAMILY A person was boasting he
was sprung from a high family in Ireland.
"Yes," said a bystander, "have seen some
of the same family so high that their feet --
could not touch the ground.
AM express messenger was robbed of 40,-
000 on Saturday, at St. Louis, in a very ex
pert manner while delivering a package in
which it was contained.
TIIE W ar Department has published, in
circulation form, the constitutional amend
ment abolishing slavery in the United States
for the benefit of the army.
A French newspaper says only three of
j its subscribers are Dald. and they are in ar
rears for subscription. If all who are in ar
rears to us are bald, we have more than
three.
THE day of death is scarcely more momen
tous than every day. Both alike close a
nother door on the past, and open a new
one to the future; and more that is in the
power of neither.
A golden rule for a young lady, is to con
verse always with your female friends, as if
a gentleman were of the party; and with
young men, as if your female companions
were present.
TEST are trying to find a young man in
Chicago who is heir to SIOO,OOO. Several
young ladies in other cities are looking for
one just like him.
"All bitters have a beating tendency of
effect," said a uocter to a young lady. "You
will except a bitter cold morning, won't
you, doctor?" inquired the lady.
There is a whole sermon in the saying of
the old Persian: "In all thy quarrels leave
open the door of concilia! ion." We should
never forget it.
Ata trial recently, a Cornish jury return
ed the following verdict: "Guilty, with
some little doubt as to whether he is the
man.''
THE water that has no taste is purest; the
rain that has no odor is freshest; and of all
the modifications of manner, the most gen
erally pleasing is simplicity.
The Reconstruction Committee have sub
poenaed Parson Brownlow to testify as to
affairs in Tennessee in reference to recon
struction.
For the fiscal year ending June SO, 1864,
the mint and branch mints of the United
States, coined $32,81 ft,248 64 in gold, silver
and copper.
It has been decided by the Court of Queens
Bench, in Dublin, that a clergyman of the
Church ox England can legally marry him
self.
St. Louie is the head-quarters of an im
mense counterfeiting association, where the
greater portion of the bogus greenbacks arc
issued.
A shrewd little fellow who had just begun
to read Latin, astonished the teacher by the
following translations: " Vir, a man; gm, a
trap— Virgin, man trap.
IF you buy a crying baby's silence by yiel
ding to its wishes you wifl find the cunning
little huckster besetting you continually for
similar bargains.
THE Governor of Nebraska, in his mes
! sage, favors the organization of a State Gov
ernment and a vigorous prosecution of the
Indian war.
A JOKER in the Washington Republican.
says he would be perfectly willing to sharo
the fortunes of waj with the noble army of
contractors.
THE Lawyer's motto—be brief. The Doe.
tor's motto —be patient.' The potter's mot
to —beware. The type setter's motto —he
composed.
TnE most. intangible, and therefore the
worst kiud of lie, is a half truth. This is the
peculiar device of a c onscientious detractor.
A-s ungrateful man is detested by all,
everybody feels hurt by his conduct—it ope
rates so as to throw a damp upon generosity.
A DANDY is S chap who would tie a lady
ii he could; but as he can*!, does all he can
to show the world that he is not a man.
I HE hardest thing to hold in the world is
an unruly tongue. It beats a hot smoothing
u u and a kicking horse.
•A St. Louis paper says the high rents in
that city are owing to the fact that gamb
ling houses take up all the eligible places.
>"-AMBO, which race has the harder skull,
the white or black? Guess de white race
cause many of em are copperheads. T;:
THE oldest lunatic upon record— Time out
of mind.