VOLUME 4.
(Driniiral |3oetri|.
FOR TH* CITIIIUf.
A QUARTER FOR THE LORD.
In walking to the home or Clod
One lotoljt Sabbath day,
I joined the tbroii?. that pawed along,
To hear the holf p«*waWe
Where aioitaU ">eetto pray.
I aaw a la«ly, whom they «a d,
Whi MkillMl in christian hive;
huiuble me. «ha c«iul not eee,
1 followed in her wako* while ehe
Went tripping on before.
A gaudy draaa of tnolr antique,
Bhf wi.r« with many a gem,
A ghain of red tu r rubies »hed.
The coifure on her renal head,
Wae like a diatltrm.
Her diamond ring*, hrr gulden wntcb,
]]er gifttor ngfury chain,
All, 1 am tojd, would bring if sold,
hi tough ginning yellow gold
To buy a firm in apuiii.
Adown the aisle in l-fty grace,
into her i#i*w she nwept,
With look profound, slit- heard the sound
<;! lioiy woid», nor gaxed tround,
S'ur lik« htr neigbbora »ltpt-
The paraon in aon<-Htlrrlng atraina,
Laid d"»wn iiilaai<»n plea,
lie boygetl of all, both great and nmall,
To hear the Macrdouian call,
Of those beyond the sea.
Said he : give to benighted souls,
Depend upon in> W »r<l.
The OIIH tint I ven and freely gives,
Always lenf.dd more receives,
fur ieudlng to the lyirU.
'Twas then I iookol np>»n Ihe dame,
b.. ml. uinl yet tw im"k.
Flow how, thought I. — I n her sign,
A tear 101l Iro.u hr dark blue e;«
And glistened ou hei cheek.
Ah. there Is christian grltf, I thought,
hhefeulM f>r others woes,
The heal lien K»iol»-he d> ewdepl Ta
Jiut let ni«- wait, and *''o what uiure
list future acts disclose.
At lust the contribution b*»x,
A box ol pxillted lill,
M as pas««-d ar..iit.d, !<»r heathens h«»nud,
Theplo >s dame with xr.ice p found,
Just dropped a quarter in.
Twos then n war within me rose,
A struggle htrco and wdu,
1 scorne-l, I -ity, her ricli array,
And mk I turned my head a*ay,
The good olj seXlou smiled.
Awry , thought I, with vanity,
Away Willi lon lex divine.
The devil may, from day today,
Hit On the chriatign g »rb t.. i pr.ty,
Aud liKu un angel shinu.
That rich clad lady, rich in gold,
And man_v nbrilliant ward.
That lady grave w.«« imiunion's alave.
She gave hiln tlioiHahda, while the gave
A quaiter to the L »rd. L
SAUNA, dune 17, IM>7.
fflhtclla ttmxn.
RECONSTRUCTION!
Removals by Military Commanders.
Opinion of Attorney General Stanbery
Washinuto.n, June lli —Attorney
General Sttfubery's npiiiuiii as 10 the pow
«r ot military comin ui.le.s stana out by
a recital of the «e. tions ot the original
net applying thereto. He Wo see
clearly enough th it this net contemplates
two distiuct governments in each of the
ten States, the one uiil.t-iiy, the o'.her
civil. The civil government is recog
nized as existing at the date ot the act;
the military government is created by the
act. lioth aie provisional, and both are
to continue imtil a new State constitu
tion is framed, and ihe State is admitted
to representation in Congress. When
that event takes place, both of these pro
visional governments are to cease. In
contemplation of this art, this military
authority and this civil authority are to
be acted on together. The p-ople in those
States are made suhje' t to both, and must
obey both iu their respective jurisdic
tions.
There is. tlwn, an imperative necessity
to define as clearly as pos-ibte the line
whifch separates the two jurisdictions, aud
exact scope of authority to Such. N iw.
as to tho civil authority recognized by
the acts, is the provisional civil covcrn
ment it covered every department of
civil jurisdiction in eacn of these States.
Tt hid all the characteristics and powers
of a State government, legislative, ju li
cial and executive, and was iti tlie full
and lawful cxeteiscs of these powers, ex
cept oniy that it was n> t eniit'e I lo rep.
resehtation as a State of the Union. This
existing government is not set aside; it
is recognized more than orice by this act.
Tt is not in any one of its <1 pan me 'ts or
any of its functions reprab'd or modified
by this act, save only i»i the qualification!!
of persons eligible lo office,'he 111111116:'
of holding clefct.ons and 'he mode of
framing the Constitution d the States.
The act itocs not iu any other respect
change the provisional government, nor
does the act authorize the military au
thority to change it. The power of fui
<her changing it is reserved, not granted,
and it is reserved to Congress, not dele«
gated to the military commander.
Congress was not satisfied with the
organic law or Constitution under which
the clvif government was established
That Constitution was to be changed in
only ouo particular to make it aceeptab'e
to Congress, and that was in the matter
Of the cleetivfc franchise. The purpose,
the sole object of this act, is to effect
thiit change, and to effect it Ity the agency
of the pfcoplc of the S'ate. *l' such ol
them as are made voters, by menus ot
elections provided for in the act, and iu
the meantime, to preserve order and pun
ish offender*, if found necessary, by mili
tary commissions. We arc, therefore,
not at a loss to know what powers were
possessed by the existing c vfl authority.
The only question is up n the powers
conferred on the military authority. We
set, first of all, that tu -Ii ol these States
' is subject to the military nuthority of the
United States, not t.Mh' M.ilitfarj author
ity altogether, tint jvoli ih - express lim
■ Station as hereinafter prescribed. We
most, then, examine wuat is thereinafter
AMERICAN CITIZEN.
provided to find the extent and nature of
the pbwer grafted. Thi», then, is what
is granted to the military oowmander.
the power or duty to protect all persons
in their rights of person and property,
to suppress insurrection, disorder and
violence, and to punish or cause to be
punished all disturbers of the public
peace and criminals, and he may do this
by the agency of the Criminal Courts ot
the State, or if necessary, he may have
resort to military trials. This compro
mises al 1 the powers given to the military
commanders.
There is a general cl ime making it the
duty of the military eouini indeis ti give
protections to all person; in their rights
of ptanon and property; considered by
itself and without reference to the con
text, and to othor ptdvisious of the act,
it is liable to its generality to be misun
derstood. What siirt of protection is heie
meant? What violations of rights of
persons or property are intended ? In
what nianuer is this protection to be
given? These questions arise at once. It
appears that some of the military com
tnauders have misunderstood this grunt
of power as all comprehensive, conferring
on tliem the power to'remove the exee
utive and judicial officers of the S.ate,
aud to app tint other officers iu their
places ; to >uspeud the legislative power
of the Siate ; to >akc under control ol
ficeis appointed by themselves; the eoi
lection and disbursement of the revenues
of the State ; to prohibit the execution
of tlie laws of the by the agency ol
its appointed officers and agent*; to
change existing laws in inciters atlcciing
purely qivil an i private right"; susp md
or enjoin the execution of judgment and
deeisiooS ol the established State Courts;
to interfere iu the ordinary administ. a.
tion of justice in State Courts by |rte
scribing new qualifications for jurors,
aud charge upon the ground of < xpedl
ency the existing relations of the panic
to contracts, giving prot'c ion to one
party by violating the lights ol the other
party.
I feel confident that these military
officers, in alt they hive done, have sup
posed that they bad full warrant for their
action. Their education a:.d training
have not been of the kiud to fit theiu for
the delicate and difficult task of giving
construction to such a statute as that now
under consideration. They ic<|uiie in
struction, and nearly al! ol th' in have
asked for iustiuction to i-o'v.' ■ heir own
ii mbis, an I to turumh t lit in a sale guirtl
fiir the performance. of their duties
there can be tio doubt as to the tule of
construction according to whi* h «emu*
interpret this grant of power. It is a
grant of power to Ihe military auitioris
overc.vilri hts and citizens in time "I
peace. It is a new jurisdiction never
granted before, by which, in certain pur
ticulars and for certain purposes, ihc cs
tablished principle that them lit ity si >1
be subordinate to civil authority i" re
versed. The rule of construction to be
applied to such a grant of powei is thus
stated in t'warris on Statutes, page (ij-:
,l A statute creating a new jui isdicti.m
ought to be const tied strictly."
The Attorney General proeo ds totlij
construction of vari us portions of .lie
act. The act doer, uot give jmwer to con
fcr new rights, but only to protect those
that exist and are established by the laws
under which these people live. It is a
power to preserve, liot to abrogate ; to
sustain the existing frame of social order
and rule, and not a power to introduce
military rule. It is given to meet the
contingencies recited in the preamble, of
wSut yf adequate protection for life and
property. '1 tiis duly or power of protce
tion is to be performed by the suppres
sion of insurrection, disorder ami vin
leuce, &c , and it is declared that nil
inlcitereuce under State authority in the
exercise of this military authority, shall
be null aud void These spcial pious
ions touch no other depaitmcnt or tunc
tion nf the civil administration, save only
its criminal jurisdiction, and even as to
that, the clear meaning if th s act islh.it
it is not In be infrtered wi h by military
authority, unless wlieu mre<sity for such
interference may happeti to arise The
existing civil authority, in all ,ts other
departments, legislative, executive and
judicial, is left ur.touehtjd. The civil
rights act and the freedinen's bureau act
made auijde provisions lor pri tection of
ait merely civil rights where the laws or
oollits of Sates ltl'2ht fail to uive
1..11 and impartial protection.
I find 11 . anthortty sny where in this
lor the removal by the military conn
tiiander of the proper officers of the State,
either elective or udicial,or appointment-'
of persons to their places Nothing i-h ort
of an expre-s grant of power could justify
the rem oval or the appointment of such
au officer. There is no such p .wcr either
expressed or even implied. Ou tho con.
trary, the act clearly enough forbi Is it.
The regular State officials, duly elected
and qualified, are entitled to hid I the
offices. They, too, have rights which the
military commander is bound to protect,
not authorized to destroy.
I find it impossible, under tho prnvis
ions of this act, to comprehend such au
official as a Military Governor of one ot
these States appoin'ed to office bv i>ne of
these Military Commanders The law
takes no eognizajce of such and official,
and be is clothed with no authority or
color of authority. What is true as to
the Governor, is equally true as to all the
other legislative, executive and judicial
officers of the State, certainly the act is
rigorous enough in the power which it
gives. With all its sovereignty, the rich'
of electing their own officers is still left
with the people, and ir must he preserved.
This opinion is confined to the proper
authority of the military commander
when peace and order prevail. In case
of wtu»l ioSurrftjiiop dr violence, w df
"Let us have Faith that Right makes Might; and in that Faith let us, to the end,dare to do our duty as we understand it"—A Ltkcoln.
BUTLER, BUTLER COUNTY, PENN'A, WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1867.
these of lato so formidable as to require
the temporary suspension of all civil gov
eminent and the establishment of martial
law in its place, whatever power is neces
sary to meet such an emergency the mil
itary commanders may properly exercise
in the suppression of insurrection aud
riot. The military commander is wholly
independent of the civil authority. So,
too, in the trial of criiniua's and offend*
ers, he may supercede the civil jurisdie
tion. If civil order is preserved and
criminals are duly prosecuted by the reg
ular Criminal Court*, the military pow
er, tlu ugh present, must be passive. Its
proper funution is to preserve the peace,
to act promptly when the peace is broken,
and restore order ; when that object is
done, and civil authority may again
safely resu ne its funotions, the military
power becomes again passive, but ou guard
and wuchful. This is ihe whole scope
of the military 'power conferred. By
this act (he military commander is made
a conservator of the peace, uot a legis!a>
tor. His duties are military dunes;
executive duties, not legislative duties
Congress reserved to itself the power to
alter, amend or abolish such taws as it
nad not interfere 1 with. Where, then,
does a military commander fiud his au
thnriiy to abolish, modify, control or
»u, ercede uuy one of these laws 1
flic Attorney General proceeds tospe
city some of the acts of military com
manders in which, in his opinion, they
have exceeded their authority un ler the
t.w, in unc district, the judge of one of
tlie Cum ual Courts has been sum un ity
dealt with The act of Gotigicss gives
a»tliority iu cases of necessity, to the
military commander to transfer the juris
diction of a criminal court to a military
tribunal No appointee if the military
commander in place of the judge super
seded, can 'awfully exercise au'lmrity.
either as a civil magistrate or un.niber of
i military ti ibuual
The commanding General of the dis
trict ot North Carolina and South Caro
lina construes the act of Congress a
placing liitil on the satn; footing as re
-Tarda power and authority as Congress
itself. He assume* tint'lie paramount
authority nf the United Slates at any
time to abolish, modify, contract or su
pers. de is vested in him as Inlly as re
served to Congress, lie assumes, direct
ly or indirectly the authority of the Siate
t.egislat-re, executive and judicial, and
in effect declares, I am the Slate
In the Attorney General's opinion,
thi-re arc executive dutie-i to be perform
ed, which cantn t safely be avoided or
delayed. The-e commanders, n >tw,th.
standiu_' their assumptions, are not in
any sense clothed with paramount un
thnl'ity. They treat as suborditrato
c icoutivc officers* responsible for the
preper execution ol their duties, and the
final respon-ibility end duty remains
with him to seo that tha\ ex-cute their
duties faithfully and aCcordiny to law
In support of this opinion he cites the
opinion of the Supreme Court, deliveied
by the Chief Justice in d sinis-ing the
nut ion of the State of Mississ ppi fur
leave to tile a bill against the President.
He then proceeds to reply to certain
questions propounded from one -it' the
military districts touching the power ol
military commanders to constitute mill'
rary tribunals for the trial of offenders.
Whilst the act does not in terms displace
the Ciiminal Courts of the S ate. it do 'S
give power to tho military commander
when, in his julgnent, the necessity
arises, to *ake the adniinistiMti'ou of the
criminal law into his own h;in Is, and to
try and punish offenders by in ans ot
military c< tnmissions. Hefx re.-sts grave
doubts as to the Constitutionality of this
provision of the law in Mule of peace,
and cites in support of his position ihe
opinion of the minority of tho S iprctn
Court, delivered by Chief Justice Chase,
lie says : Nothing short of a necessity
can give any color of anihority to u unli
tary commander to call into exercis •
such n power. It is a power, the ex r
ctsc "112 which may involve him an t c*ery
■ ■ne concerned in the graves' responsi
bility The occasion for its exercise
should be reported at once to the K*"o
utive for sneh in-tructions as may tie
dee jed necessary Iftid proper.
The Attorney General is clearly of tho
opinion that military commissions can
t kc cogniznace of no offense that has
not, happened alter the law toi k effect,
ind that they have no jurisdiction totty
and punish for acts not tnade crimes or
offenses by Federal or State law There
is no legislative power given under this
military bill to establish a new criminal
c ide as to crimes or offenses ag-iinst the
laws of the United States. The military
authority can take no cognizance of them,
nor in any way fnterferc with the regu
tar administration of justice by the appro'
priatc courts.
The Attorney General supplements
this opinion with a synopsis from his
former opiuion, giving the classes dis
franchised under the military bill.
AoiTAITOS Agitation is a part of the
snhliuie order ot nature In thuudei it
make. the stagnant air pure, which would
otherwise breed pestilence. In tempests. 1
it purifies the deep which would other
wise exhale miasma and dea h. And in
the immortal thpughts of duty, orhuuiun
ity and liberty, it so rouses the hearts ol
! nien that they think themselves inspired
by God; and not the mercenary c'amorol
the market place, nor the outcries of poli«
tlciims, clutching at the prizes ofambitinn
can suppress the utterances that the met)
beltievc themselves heaven Committed to
declare
— Tit. Uk is only one 'mail contract,
says a young lady that I would care about
cmbarkiug in, nad that in a contract of
' mtrrtlige.'
THE ANGEL'S WHISPER.
BT SAMUEL LOVER.
A superstition of great beauty prevails In Ireland
that, whffu a child smiles iu its aloep, it is " talking with
angels."
A baby was
It* mother w*s weeping;
For her husband wa* far oa the wild rnglng sea;
Ami tbs letiiped wiw Kwelling
Round the fuhei uum's dwelling ;
And she cried, ''Dermot,darling,oh come hack tome I**
Iler beads while she numbered,
The baby still slumbered,
And arAlled in her face m nh« bended her knee :
M obl«*s h«* that warning.
llj child,tuy *leep adorning.
For I know that the angels are whispering with thee."
" Ami while they ar»» keeping
Br ght wutch o'er thy »le#*ptng,
oh, pray to them my Imby.With me!
And nay thon w><uld«t rather
They <1 watch o'er th.v father!
For I know thet ths ngeln are whimpering to thee."
The dawn of the morning
Saw Per mot ieturning.
And Uie wife Wfpt with jdy her babe's father to see;
And closely careening
Iler rhilti with a bletsing,
Said.' 1 knew that tbe aiigeis were whispering with
thee.''
A MAN WOLF.
lfev. Dr. Butler, the well-known Meth
odist who established the iu s
sion of that church in ludm, in ISSO,
reet'titly returned to this country, lie
make* the following statement of a re
niatkahle case : In 18.)'J a Hrtti.nh soldier,
wliile bearing a "li.spiitch ftoui one munis*
trate to another in Oude, passed an un
frequented ravine, where ha aaw a pack
of wolves, and with them a hum iu being
evidently ooc of their company liiime
diataly turning lack he reported the
c r junist incc to them igi-trate for whom
he was traveling. The latter forthwith
mustered a number of Coolies and went
to the place. The pack ol wolves fled a
short distance aud sought refuge in a sort
of cave or den. Beginning to dig, the
party soon discovered the feet of the wild
man, and, drawing him forth, succeeded
til binding and carrying him to the town
i)r Butler has seen him often since, and
«ays he is evidently a uian, and at the
time of his capture apparently about
twenty»four years of age
The captured creature at first violently
resisted the attempt ti potclothing upon
him, but after wiiihi ceased to tear the
garments. He is now kept by a gentle
man in the city of'Thaje VauipoiO, Some
eight hundred tniles west Irotli Calcutta.
When first taken he'was unwilling to
cat anything but raw meat, and has never
been able to speak or m ike any approxi
mation to a knowledge of the alphabet.
If any one looks earnestly or sharply at
him, he expresses his annoyance by a
half-uttered grunt, immediately turning
away and settling upon his haunches in
a corner ol the mom, or lies d 'wo lie
cats liis 100 I off the ground, and although
a human being, is tn habits a wolf, with
the instincts jf that beast.
This is certainly an tinomalous fact in
history, although it is said that four sim
ilar cases are known to have occurred in
India, presenting the same general facts.
Wolves abound in India, where the
inhabit ants live wholly in the cities and
villages; and'at the approach of ulgli'
all persons employed in the open country
retire to these clusters of houses, or huts,
and these roving and feroc ous animals
find free range. It frequently happens
that a wolf steals into a house and carries
off a child. So frequently is this the
ease, that in the schedules furnish tl for
recording the mortality in each place,
no column is headed, " Carried off by
wolves."
PrttvKY op Tin; LARKS—The survey
uf the Northern I ikei is to be prosecuted
this year with energy, under the direc
tion o' Brevet Brigadier General Win
F. Reynolds. The Detroit I'ott ->ays :
'• One of the in >«t interesting subjects to
be investigated this year is a new one,
namely, the source of supply an 1 the
outfluw fort c great Northwestern lake*
There has bqen sotnc discussion but no
investigation among the scientific men on
this subject. S one have choired that
the fall of rain and the ttifl iwiny r tronns
are not sufficient to feed the Ik s with
their constant evaporation an I mi fl nv.
and that there most he a su'i'errane in
s mrce of supplies. O hvs again e intend
that th" single Outlet of Niagara river is
not sufficient to carry off the water which
is eonstartly poured into the lakes from
numerous sources, and that there must
be a subterranean out ct. As before sta
ted there will he special invocation with
reference to the subject d irittg the com*
inn season This work has been place-!
in the charge of D. Fari'and Henry
Bbutal Case of Lynch Law in
Kansas. — Senator Wade's party passed
through Wyandotte, Kansas, last Thurs
day, en route for St. Louis. A cr iwd
surrounded the hotel, and called on him
for a speech, whieh he refused to tnake,
saying he would not speak in a city where
Lynch law reisned, and where nieu were
butchered without trial. He alluded to
the esse of two colored men who were ar
rested last Wednesday, charged with
murdering a faring named >1 .
Mann, a few days since, aud lodged in
jail, but who were next morning taken
out by a large mob and huitg, but the
ropes breaking, they wete shot lo pieces
in the court-house yard, where their bod
ies rem lined all lay. The coroner's jury
refused to take tiny testimony, and sitnpK
gave the vcnlict of " Ilung ny a tnub."
The evidence developed shows clearly
that these men were innocent, and that
fhe real murderers were the ringleaders
of the mob.
—Real greatness has notniiHg to do
with a man's sphere. It docs not Jle in
the magnitude of his outward agency.—
I'eihjps (he greatest in our city at tills
mqpieat are buried in obscurity —Ohutt- (
iry.
Gardening lor Women,
There is nothing better for wives and
daughters, physically, thuu to have the
care of a garden—a flower plot, if noth
ing more. What is pleasanter than to
spend a portion of every passing day
working among plants, and watching the
growth ofshrubg, and trees, and plants,
and to observe the opening of flowers, from
week to week, as the season advan es
Then, how much it adds to the enojyuient
to know that jour own hands have plants
ed and tilled them ! This is a pleasure
that requires no great riches nor profound
knowledge. Tlfe humble cottage of the
!aboriu£po)r, nut less then their grounds,
may be adorned with pot plants, which
indue time will become redolent of rich
prefuuie, not less than radieot with beauty
—thus ministering to the lovo of the
beautiful in nature.
The wife and daughter who loves homo,
and would seek ever to mako it the best
place for h 'sbaud and brother, is willing
to forego some gossiping morning calls
for the sake of having leisure for the cul»
tivation of plants, an I shrubs, aud flowers.
Tho good house wife is early amoug the
(lants and flowcre, as is the husband at
his place of buisii' ss. They are botl
utilitarians, the one it may be in the ab*
stract, and the other in the concrete,
each as essential to the enjoyment of the
other as are the r.'aland ideal in hutuau
life.
The lowest utilitarianism woul l labor
with uo less assiduity for the substantial
things which elevate aud refine the mind
and exalt the soul.
The advantage which woman personally
derives from stirring the soil aud snuffing
the morning air, are freshness and beauty
Qf cheek and brightness if eye, cheerful
ness t.f temper, vigor of mind, and purity
of heart Consequently sho is more
cheerful and lovely as a daughter, more
dignified and womanly as a sister, and
moreittraotive and confiling as a wife.
Exchange.
LITTLE NEC.I.ECTS DRITTUIY FARM
PROFITS.—IIy neglecting to lock the
file door,the horse was stolen; by leaving
a lot of old rubish in the barn yard, one
colt broke his leg and another got a nail
in his foot; in neglecting to spend half
an hour in battening up the sheepfold, a
pair of twin lambs froze to death; by care
essly tying the bull, the ox was gored
»nd died; by neglecting to kiil the ticks
on the sheep, and lice on the cattle, the
sheep bqcamo poor, she I their wool, gave
no Ini k, and the lambs died, and a fine
stock of cattle, in hif»h condition when
they came to stall, lost all their flosh be
fore spring, some were helped up by the
tail and survived, while others were sna
ked off by the neck, a sort of retributive
jnstice to their owners; always attached
in some wly to huiuau transgression .
Verrmxtt Farmer.
—Vico President. Wade, at Lawrence,
Kansis, made a speeeti containing come
utterances which it will be useful to n.ite :
''He declared utieqii vo-ally in favor of
female snffrau", reiterating views expressed
in the Se .a'e la-t Sp'ing, lln ileidiired
thatjie tlier Joting tin r iliod lc nild teinrit
to de-ert the people ; suid that tlie
S tuh> i riters now hid the inildu-t terms
offered tlieai thi'V ever w. aid get ; and tlnlt
if they rejected the screw would bo
d ivon an tlier turn, and they would bo
compelled toyield. i he Senator added that
the»haio\f of an itlier struL'nlo was ovfrus;
that Congress, wliieli has don" f-o much fur
til- -lave, cannot quietly 'Oiill l d the terrildo
distinction wlncti • xts;s lx>rweeti theblborer
and employer. Property is not .fairly di
vid d, an I n more equal di-tributi in most
b" xroJtr it oit. It' voir dull he>d«, lie
-aid. nio'ttinders aid this, the women will,,
an 1 vnnvtt'Ser- upon fie eve of an election
will 'nivtitn tell t ie laborers what they will
do fir them.
—A correspondent of the Cincin
nati Commercial iwis the following
to sav of the talented member from
this district :
"Thomas Williams, of Pennsylvania
who lias represented the Pittsburgh
district f.ir lour or five years past, is
a genial good humored, well-read anil
opulur man, who knows as much law
as arty member of the present Con
gress, and, although given tJ rather
long speeches, can state a case with
admirable precision. lie js sixty
years of age, with a fine head, kii.dly
blue eys, and gray locks, just begin
ning to turn white."
—Tin* Loui-ville Courier i» (leeidedJy op
posed t«» the ifh aot any X rthern man
permitted t» speuk in tlie South upon po'it
iital MilrjecThe Courier inn d;iy affer
the f;»ir. The campaign f«»r trfce speech has
c«»muieueed, wrvl morp will be sjied
through the late rebellious *ection»in a year
to c me Ihan it has seen in all. i-inee the
f»undarion uf the t'n on Lieten to the
Courier :
' The sp«?cchf's of*tich men ft" Wilscnand
ICelley ouirnces upon, awl insults to
the Niuthern pe -plo, and. they would he
more or Je s human if they eoul l. lUfcen to
them with, ut foaling* of resentment, The
m«Jj at Moti'C i* hut the of what
we sliu.ll s*e if these pettdler.H ot political
doeti Jaeohih in-o'mcp do not a'*an*
don their pilgrimage through the bouth
ern States/
A brttte in New .Jersey has found
lodging in the Poniteutiary for whippiug
Hfe irfttftoir; bgW $7.
NEWSPAPER LAWS.
Posttriasters are required to give
notice by letter, when a subscriber
dose not take his paper from the offico
and give the reasons for its not being
Uken. Neglecting to do so makes
tho poitmastcr responsible to tho
publisher for the payment.
Any person who takes a paper reg
ulaly from the po?toffioe, whether he
has subscribed or not, is responsible
for the subscription.
A person ordering his paper to be
discontinued must paya'l arrearages,
or the publisher may continue to
send it until payment is made, and
collect the whole amount whether it
is taken out of the office or not.
The courts have decided that refu
sing to tak" newspapers and periodi
cal from the post office, or removing
and leaving them uncalled for, is
■prima facie evidence of intentional
fraud.
LABOR HONORABLE. —Labor is not
ouly useful but neceessary and honora
ble. It makes the framework of society,
and is the basis of civilization. In what
consists tho cheif difference betweeu the
civilised Mian and the savage ? The for
mer labors In one way or another ; the lat
ter is idle. Our daily food, all the arts
and refinements and luxurious indul
genccs of life are tho products of labor
from the first tilling of the soil and rais
ing a primitive hut, up to tho construc
tion of sla'ely mansions, palaces aud
churches, with all their iuterior decora
tions. Not less necessary is labor in its
infinite variety of diversions for personal
comfort and adornment whether it be in
manufacture of tho coarse woolena for
protection against cold, or of those rich
silks and brocades and laces, the wearers
of,which, in porlor or drawing-room, iu
court receptious or in tho ball room, too
often forget tho many dexterous hands
that labored to gratify their desire for
such rich display.
We know not bow far the heaven ot
aristocracy may bo fermenting in the
mir.ds of those American citizens who
by wealth and station, may now be up
permost in society. They can hardly
forget that most of them have been ele
vated by labor—if uot of their own
hands, at any rate by the labor of others
who have plowed, sowod and reaped,spun
and wove, plied the hammer on the anvil,
and kept furnace and forge a going to
swell their incomes, and give them leis
ure, case aud enjoyment.
HAVING IT OUT. —A gentleman riding
through the country a few days since, ap
proached a fence corner, when his ears
were greeted by exclamations of anger,
accompanied by vigorous thwacks on some
object that, judging from the dust aris
ing from the locality, was anylh'ng but
patient under the infliction. Approach
ing the spot, our informant beheld a tow
headed nrchin of some twelve summers,
belaboring, with all tho strength he was
master of, what pecmed to be a most stub
bun specimen of the genu* mule. The
operation did not apparently discommode
the beast further than to arouse its "inu
lishness," and to which it gavo veut by a
series of kioks that would do honor to
Caste I lo's circus ring. At this juncture,
our informant ventured to remonstrate,
when the following explanation wis vouch
safed : " Dad whips mam, (whack —kick.)
mum whips sis, (whack —kick,) aud sis,
(gratuitous kicks,) darn her, In at* uie, an'
I'm going to ln/:e it out I —(whack.")
A WIT SIIAUPENKR.<--While the troops
were iu Nashville, a little fellow fre
quently passed headquarters inquiring
whether any one desired his services to
sharpen knives. The boy was poorly
clad, and seemingly very ignorant. One
morning, when hu stoppel as usual, Col.
15., of the Regiment, who prided
hims'4f on his literary attainments and
sharpness of speech, asked the boy " if
he thought ho could sharpen wits ?" Tho
juvenile eyed the elegant uniform for an
instant, an.i replied, " V«s, for tliein what's
got any, but I never thinks of bringing
my sharpener round here."
DANCING. —An English lady at the
Court Of Y'icnna, with whom un " Impe
rial Highuets'' danced three times on the
same evening, flattered by his attention,
frankly expressed her gratification at the )
compliment. "I did not intend it as a
compl mcnt," was the answer. " Then,"
said tho lady, " your Highness must bo
very fond of datlcing." '• I detest dan
cing." was the unsatisfactory response. —
" What then, m.if I ask, can be your Im
perial Highwas'g motive for dancing ?"
•' Madam," was the exalted personage's
curt reply, ''my medical attendant advises
me to perspire."
—A DECOCTION of the leavesofeommon
chamomile will destroy every species of
insect, and nothing contributes so inuoli
to the health of a garden as a number of
chamomile plants dispersed through it.
No greenhouse or hot-houso should be
without it, in a green or dried state;
either the flowers or stalks will answer.—
It is a singular fact, that if a plant is
drocping ami apparently dying, iu nine
cases out ol ten it will recover if you plant
! chamomile near it.
j The will of Artemus Ward, after
I providing tor his wife and the boy Stephen,
land the children of John C. fleriy, of
I Waterford. Maine, leaves his library to
j the best scholar in the schools of that
j place, and tho residua of his property to
Horace iu trust for (uperanuua
' nW pntfWW
NUMBER 29.
PBETTT Poiß PRACTICES.—i" Cos
mos," who edits the rural column of
tho Saturday Evening Post, thus
enutnera oa a lis! of pretty poor
practices :
It is pretty poor practice for n
farmer to dig and delve, tug and
grub, and clear up fifty acres of land
at a cost of 82,000, and then in the
third year surrender about a fifth of
it to the briars, brambles and o.\ eye
daisies. '
Poor practice to half manure, half
plow, half seed,half cultivate a field,
and then harvest from it less than
half a crop
Jo keep two inferior, scrawny,
scrub cows for dairy purposes, that
give less milk than one good one,
and consume more food than three.
To purchase in town 500 loads of
livery stable manure, and suffer 600
of better home made manure to run
to waste.
To attempt to fatten threo hogs
into 1200 pounds of pork on just so
much feed as would keep two nicely
growing.
To estimate agricultural fairs as
arrant humbugs, and spend throe
days every month saving the country
at political meetings.
To depend upon borrowing your
neighbors' rakes, mowers, and all
sorts of implements in haying and
harvest time.
• To house up a thousand bushels of
grain, waiting for a rise, till one
tenth has gono to feed rats and
mice, and the remainder smells liko
the essence of rat, and the price is
down 40 per cent.
To plant out a big orchard of
choice fruit trees with a first thought
oi money making, and leave them to
do or die.
J-'o k 'ep two fancy five hundred
dollar carriage horses, and pay sis
dollars a day for a team to plow.
It is positively a poor practico to
call "book larnin" all bosh to ig
nore news and agricultural papers,
and attempt to keep up an even yoke
with ycur progressive neighbors by
main strength and stupidness.
YOUNG MAN, don't look at tho girls
so. Can't you sec tlicy don't like it? Iu
fact won't endure it! It is alsolutely
insulting. Do you suppose they put ou
feathers, flounces, waterfalls, ribbons, and
rigs for yoti to look at? Not much—it's
only to please pa and ma. They can't bear
to be looked at—which ou might know
by their blushes, if you had any sense.-
Dno't do it.
GOOD TEMPLARS. —The Grand I>odgo
of North America, I. O. of G. T., met in
Detroit, on the 28th ult. Twonty-seven
States, Teriitories and Provinces were
represented, including Canada, Nova
Prince Edward's Island, California
and Oregon. The order has tnhde unpre
ceded progress since 1864, and now num
bers 340.000 in tho United States and
British Provinces.
—A blind man had beensittingoneday
and pleasantly chatting with some visitors
for an hour, when one of them wished
the company good morning and left the
room. What whito teeth that lady has !"
said the sarcastic blind man. How can
you possibly tell that?" said a friend.—
"Because," was tho rcadyanswer, "for tho
last half-hour she has dono nothing but
laugh."
—Good deeds are very fruitful. Out
of one good action of ours, God produceth
a thousand, the harevst whereof is propet
ual. If good deeds wore utterly barren
and incommodious, I would seek after
them for tho conscience of their own
goodness. How much more shall I now
be encouraged to preform them, that they
aro so profitable both to myself and others!
—Bimap Hall.
AN honest Dutchman, in training np
his son in the way ho should go,frequently
exercised him in Bible lessonj. On ona
of these occasions he asked him, 'Who vns
dat wnuld not shleep mit Botiver's wife?'
'Shrislicph' 'Dat's a coot poy !—Vel vat
vas de reason he would not sleep mit hor?'
'Don't know—shpese iie wasn't sbleepy.'
—Breathes there a man with soul SJ
dead—who never to himself hath said—
I will my local pap:r take—both for my
own and family's sake?—lf such there be,
let. h tn repent—and have tho paper to
him sent—and if he'd pass a happy winter
—he in advance should pay the printer.
—lt is gossiped in Paris that a widow
of 45 summers married a young man
aged 18. By her first husband she had
a son. who, at the time of her second
marriage, was 21. She recently died,
and by her will left her fortune to her
son and husband. As her husband was
not yet of age, her son was appointed his
guardian.
AN exchange in speakiug of the magic
al strains of a hand organ, sa jt: —'When
j ha played 'Old Dog Tray,' wo noticed
eleven pups sitting in front of the ma
chine on their haunches, brushing the
tears from theireyes with thsir fore paws.
—With regard to the amount of trav
el across tho ocean, it is now stated that
thero is more difficulty in securing a re
turn passage from Europe than it is to
get passage from this side. The return
wiH tfe grwthjr eroirtW in