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ATTORNEY AT LAW.
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ly. Special Attention glron to the collections of iVn
lions, Hack t*ay and Bounties.
Will alio act as agent for those within* to buy or
eeii real estate. , .
Office <>n South aide of Diamond, In Bredin • building,
Butler I'a.
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ATTORNEY vr iiAW.
J. W. YOUNG, Surveyor.
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A. M. M CAKDLEBB, JE.,
Attorney nt I<nw,
Office, South-west Corner of Diamon .1
(That formerly occupied by llon.Chaa. C. Pulliran.)
May lftt'tte-ly) IIUTLEH, PA.
W&vfsi i . JVM.
Attorney nt Law,
HAVING reeen ly returned from California, lias
rraumed the practice of Law in Butler.
I'artlcuiar attention given to btininew. in the State
of California, tap cially collection* ; baring mmlo ar
rangement* with responsible pirties in that Mate.
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Augutt 14th. IWi;-fi mo*.
A. M. NFYMAN, M. D.
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SEW-ING-.
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Wo"Id reepectfullv inform the cltiren* "112 thi * p'ace
tb'it "he Ih i.repirpd to do a'l LimU nf M»wing. auch an
I»re«n Making, H-iqne< flontu' Shirt*, end Children'*
V nrr\ Alao. Agent f.r WheHer and V ila>>n S
Sewing Machines V«h 20, tf.
O-HO'R.Ca-E ROSE
House, Sign Ornamenta Painter,
r*jper Haning Done on *he Shortest Not.cs.
Bi.TLsa.Aug.2B, IHfiT—ly
WILL r ORiHAX OWE* SfS>'t
GRAHAn & BYRSE,
Fashionable Hatters,
Mo. 5*4 St Clair Street
/Between Liberty and Pew fctreeta, opp site St. Clai
Hotel) PITTSBURttU, PA
Hats. Caps & Straw Goot/s of ertrt,
style am! quality.
At the very Lowest I'rlees.
May 22, i»»7, lyr
join X. MEMOS,
Confectioner aud Cako Baker,
Ko. 10U Federal Sired.
Allegheny city, Pa,
tee Craam, Soda Wator, Kriilta, Nnta, Jelliaa, Plcklea,
Ac., always on hand.
atteution paid to orders.
May 22, lfW7, Wr
" FRANK H JOHNSTON, M.D.,
II ARRVtiVILLE,
llutlcr Counly, Pa.
Will promptly attend to all busiueai entrusted to hi*
care.
REFERENCES:
Dr. Crawfbrd. Cooperstown, Pa.
Dr. Snowdeo.Vranklin, Pa.
Ih- Ilanrtler, Cochrantori, Pa.
Dr. Fowler, Harrlsrllle, Pa.
Dm. Foster A Hoffman, Clintonrille, Pa.
Dr. Conlter. Cetttrerille, Pa.
Dr. Livingston, »• 44 (jnlyS,'OT—ly
PEOPLB» J EA STOItE.
Wilson & Underwood,
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TEAS, - CHOICE;
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Adjoining Bepler's Hotel,
ALLEGHENY CI|JY, pA
One o 112 the ehtap*st and best Wholesale and Ret at
Stores in the two cities. Cull and psaiM our Stock and
Prices. (May 29, '67J2n»o«
H .KIT EJt Ml' LSR T. B. WMIT« C. HOO
MMMTMLQRS.
THE undersigned baring aaM»ciated themselren in the
Tailoring bm«inees, would reMpectfully say to the
public in general that they bare jmtt received the Kail
and Winter Eashiims, a* d are prepared to make up
clothing in the lateet and most approved style Plear*
c ill and examine our Fashions and Specimens of met*
and boys' wear. Speci *1 attention tfiven to boys' cloth*
log. EITENMI'LLER. WIIITK A CO.
Angust 12, IBfi®—tf.
IRA B. M'VAY & CO.,
BANKERS,
Cor. Fourth and Smithfi«ld Streets,
Pittsburgh, l*a,
mporisnt to Hsld art of 7-30 Bonds, Dated August
15th, 1864.
The Gorernment has giren novice that the notes due
AVOUBT l&tb. IM)T, muse be pierflnt.d for tfhnversion
on or before that day, otherwise they will be paid at
tb«*irf*ce value, CM using a loe» to tbe holder of about 8E V
BNTV-FIVE DOLLARS PER TUOUBANL>.
We will contiuue to exchange fct 7-30 a until
Auguvt loth*
Aug T, \*m, It IJU B M*TAT 4 00.
AMERICAN CITIZEN.
* AMNESTY.
THE FINISHING STROKE!
Proclamation by the President!
Disabilities Removed from Rebels I
THE CLASSICS TO UK EXCLUDED.
WASHINGTON Septtn b«r B.—The fol
lowing pardon proclamation, although
prepared yesterday, wis not issued until
ibis afternoon :
By (be President of the United
State* of Anierlea.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS, In the month of July, A.
D. 18t>l,the two Houses of Cong ess, with
extraordinary unanimity,solemnly declar
ed that the war then existing «as not
waged on the part of the Government in
any spirit of oppression, nor for uny pur
pose ot conquest or subjugation, nor pur
pose of overthrow or interfering with the
rights or established institutions of the
States., but to defend and maintain the »U'
premacy of the Constitution, and to pre*
terve the Union with all the dignity,
equality and rights of the several States
unimpaired, and that as soon as these ob
jects should be accomplished the war
ought to cease ; and, whereas, the Presi
dent of the United States,on the Bth day
of December, A. D. 1863, and on the 26th
day of March, A. D. 1804, did, with ob
jects of suppressing the then existing re
bellion, of inducing all persons to return
to their loyalty, and of restoring the au
thority of the United States, issue proc
lamations offering amnesty and pardon to
•11 persons who had diretcly or indirectly
participated in the then existing rebel
lion, except as in those proclamations was
specified and reserved ; and, whereas, the
I'resident of the United States did, on
the 29th day of May, A. D. 1865, issue
a further proclamation with the same ob
jecti before mentioned, and to the eud
that the authority of the Government of
the United States might be restored, and
that peace, order and freedom night be
established, and the President did, by the
said last proclamation, proclaim and d«-
clari that he thereby granted to all per
sous who had directly or indirectly par
ticipated in the tlieu existing rebellion,
except us thcieiu excepted, amnesty and
pardon, with the restoration of all lights
of property except as lo sla-es, ai.d ex
cept iu certain ease- where l-gal pro
| ceediugs had been institu'ed, but
condition that such persons should t ike
and subscribe an oath therein pre.seri.ji d
which oath should be registered tor per
maneut preservation ; and. where is. i
and by said last nentioncd proclamation
of the 2i)th day ot .May, A I) 18 15.
fourteen extensive clashes ot persous
therein -peetally described, were a! o
gettiei 'exeeptel and excluded from i lie
beiictiis thereof; and, whereas, the I're*
ident of the United S'a'es did, on the 2d
day of April, A. D. 1866, issue a ur ie
la uiat ion declaring that the insurrection
was at an end and was lliencelorth to bt
so regarded ; and. whereas, thine now ex
ists uo organized armed resistance ot mis
guided Cll izens oroiheis lo the authority
ol the United State* in (he States of Geo*
gia, Souih Car Una, Virginia, Tennessee,
North Carolina, Alabama Louisiana, Ar
kansas, Mississippi, Florida and Tex is.
and the laws can be sustained and enforc
cd therein by the proper civil authority.
State or Federal, and the people of sat 1
Siutes arc well aud 1 »y • lly disposed, aul
have conformed, and if permitted t> do
so. will coutorm in their legislation tot tie
condition of affairs growing out ol the
amendmeut to the Constitution of the
United Stales prohibiting slavery w tiii i
the limits and jurisdiction of the Unite!
Stales; and, whercai, there no longer
existsany reasonable grouud to apprehend
within the States which were involved in
the late rebellion a renewal thereof, or
any unlawful resistance by the people of
said States to the Constitution and laws
of the Uuited States; and, whereas, as
large standing armies, military occupa
tion, martial law, military tribunals, and
the suspension of the privilege of tho
writ of habeas corpus, and the right of
trial by jury, arc in time of peace dan
gerous to publie liberty, incompatible
with the individual rights of the citizen,
contrary to the genius and spirit ot our
free institutions, aud exhaustive of the
national resources, and ougH not, there
fore, to be sanctioned or allowed except
in cases of actual necessity for repelling
invasion or suppressing insurrection or re
bellion; and, whereas, a retaliatory or
vindictive policy, attended by unnecessa
ry disqualifications, pains, penalties, con
fixations aud disfranchisement, now as
always could only tend to hinder recon
ciliation among the people and National
restoration, while it must seriously em
barrass, abstruct and repress the popular
eueigiesiind National industry and enter
prise ; and, whereas, for these reasons it
is now deemed essential to the public
welfare and to the more perfect restora
tiou of Con-titutiouallaw and order thai
the sa d last menti no t p oc; .untion, So
as aforesaid issued on the day ol
May, A D 1865, should lie modified,
and that the full and beneficent paidox
conceded thereby shouid be opene I and
further exteode t to a large number of
persons who by its aloresanl exceptions
have been hitherto excluded from execu
tive clemency ;
Now, therefore, be it known, that I.
Andrew Johnson, President of the Uni
ted do heieby proclaim aud declare
thai the lull pardon described in the said
proclaiumiun of the 29th day of May, A.
D. 1865, shall henceforth be opened anl
extended to all persons who, directly or
indirectly, partioipated in the late rebel
lion, with the restoration of all privileges,
immunities tod right* of property, «z
"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. LINCOLN.
BUTLER, BUTLER COUNTY, PENN'A, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1867.
cept as to property With regard ta slaves,
and exept in cases of 'cgal proceedings
unlerthe law* of tl»e Uuited Statu, but
upon this conditio®, nevertheless, that
each person who shall seek to avail him
self of this uroclatnation shall take aud
subscribe to the following oath, and shall
cause the same t) be registered lor per
manent preservation, in the same manner
and with the same effect with the oath
prescribed in the siid proclamation'of the
29th day of M«y, 1865, namely :
" I Jo solemnly swear [or affirm] in the
presence of Aliuiiihty God, that I will
henceforth f.iithlully support, protect and
defend the Constitution of the United
States and the Union of the States there
under, and that I will in like manner
abide by and faithfully support all laws
at.d proclamations which have been na le
during the late rebellion with reference
to the emancipation of slaves, so help uie
God."
The following persons and no others
are excluded from tbo benefits rf this
proclamation, and of the said proclama
tiou of ihe 29th of M iy, A. D. 1865,
nanu ly :
First, The chief or pretended chief ex
ecutive officers, including the President,
Vice President and all heads of depart
ments ot the pretended Confederate or
rebel government, and all who were agents
thereof in foreign States and countries,
and all who bad or pretended to hold in
the service of the said pretended Con
federate Government a military rank or
title above the grade of brigadier general,
and naval rauk or title above that of cap
tain, and all who were or pretended to be
Governors of States while maintaining,
abetting or submitting to and acquiescing
in the rebellion.
Second, All persons who, in any way,
treated otherwise thau as lawful prisoueis
of war, persons who, in any capacity,
were employed or engaged in the military
or naval service of the United States.
Third, All persons who, "at the time
they may seek to obta n the benefits of
tliis proclamation, are actually in civil,
in litary or naval confinement or custody'
or legally held to bail, either before or
after conviction, and all persons who were
engaged directly or indirectly in the as
sissinatiou of the late I'ie3ident of the
United States, or in any plot or conspir
acy in any manner therewith connected.
In testimony whereof, I have signed
these presents with uiy hand, and have
caused the seal of the Uuited States to
bo thereunto affixed.
Done at tbe city of Washing,
r ,-i too, this 7th day of September
L ' J one thousand eight hundred and
sixty .-even.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
By the President :
WILLIAM H. SEWARD,
Secreta-y of State.
OSN..RAL SICKLES ALSO
The peremptory removal of General
Se kies is only another indication of the
superlative tolly of the President. What
ever may be the merits of General Can
by. every body knows that General Sick
les is remove I because of the earnestness
and ability wilh which he has executed
the will of the people in enforcing the
leconstruction law He, like Sheridan,
is removed because his course is not
agreeable to the late reb Is, and is ap
pioved by all faithful Union men. The
ny conceivable effect of his removal will
h* ic ay in venrgan zing North and South
Carolina Thesuiou Ir ug etibcrs >l r .
beiiion w>li revive under the Presi lential
breath. The rebel chiefs who wer taught
by the old political associates of An Irew
Johnson at the North todispise the char
auter and purpose and patriotism of the
States, will despite them all the more
that they could have been so deluded as
to place him in his present position.—
Those men will not belive that he can
help them back to power. Hut they see
that they can help him to defy Congress.
And they despise him as thoroughly as
ever.
When Generals Hancock and Canby
arrive at their new posts ot duty they
will be tired by these leaders. If they
retnaiu as firm and true as Sheridan sud
Sickles they will be opposed but respect,
ed. If they yield, and become much
under rebel manipulation, they will be
ued and scorned. Men like Longstreet,
who acijuiesee for peace as they were
earnest in fighting, can only regret the
dull fully which postpones e settlement,
jut the valiant editors of uewspapersat
the South, wMch daily lament the lost
cause in the most elaborate and defiant
rhetoric, will shake their terrible pens at
Congress all the more fiercely, aud re
joice that the heel of Despotism has been
wounded by tbe doughty warrior of the
White House.
i-elay in the reorganizatim which has
so well begun, continued suffering and
hopeless agitation, postponement of peace,
a consequent possibility of more rigorous
measures, and universal disgust, are the
only results of such removals.— Harper's
Weekly.
THE STOMACH. — I firmly believe that
almost erery malady of the human frame
?s. cither high ways, or by-ways, connect
ted with the stomach. The woes of ev
ery other irember are founded on your
stoma 'h timber ; and I must own I never
see a fashionable physician mysteriously
con:ulting the puise of his patient, but I
feel a desire to exclaim. Why not tell
the poor gentlemen at once, " Sir, you
have eaten too much ; you've drunk too
much . and you have not taken exercise
enough ?' The human frame was not
created imperfect. It is we ourselves
who have made it so. There exists no
| donkey in creation so overloaded as our
I ftomachi.
WASHINGTON,
The Sickles Correspondence.
Special Dlapntch to the Com
mittee.
WASHINGTON, September 8,1807.
THE SICKLES CORRESPONDENCE.
The full correspence between General
Sickles aad the civil authorities in
North Carolina relative to the late con
flict with the military, is also made pub
lic today, and adds soma interresting
facts to the recent controversy. It in
clu les the opinion of Chief Justice
Chase, delivered at ltaleigh in June,
regarding the relations of the United
States Courts to the reconstruction acts.
The foil wing is the first letter of the
United States Marshal to Geaeral Sick
les :
Ooodloe to Sicklw.
OFFICE OP UNITED STATES MARSHAL)
KALEIOII, N. C., July 30, 18(17. J
SIR : 1 have the houor to enclose a
copy of an order from one of your sub
ordinates to my deputy at Wilmingtoo,
which forbids the enforcement of an ex
ecution issued at the June term of the
United Slates Circuit Court. In this 1
feel assured that he is mistaken, since I
cannot suppose that you would under
take to set aside any law of the Govern
ernment to which you owe allrgiance.
I am strengthened in this view of the
case by the opiuion of the Chief Justice
delivered to the bar in this city at the
opening of the court. You are aware
that my duty is to obey the laws of the
United States, and as I at the same time
greatly desire to avoid a collision be
tween the civil and military authorities,
I have directed my deputy to suspend
tho execution of this writ until you can
ba informed of the facts. I have tbe
honor to be, very respectfully,
[Signed] DANIEL It. GOODLOE.
Hckle's Reply.
General Sickles in reply, solicits a
copy of the opinion of Justice Chase and
the nature of the process issued from his
Court, to which the Marshall thus re
plied :
The Marshal Again.
U. S MARSHAL'S Office, )
UALEIGH, August 20, 1857. )
As I cannot renognize the right of the
military authorities to obstruct or inquire
into the uaiure of the process of the
UuiteJ States Courts put into my hands
I must dec'iue to give the information
calie I '"or, as to where and when the
several cauies of action occurred, wheth
er the action was for debt or othet caus
es, where the suit begun, where judg
ment was given, and where tho final
process of execution issued. The ad
dress ot the Chief JuUica to the bar was
puMi-hed in the newspapers of the
State JJJabout the tenth of June,
and can doubtless be found at Wilming
ton.
[Signed] DANIEL R. GOODLOB.
The Lsgnl Points
General Sickles, however, finally ch
ained" the record of the court and laid
the matter beloro the Judge A ivocate of
military district, who summed
up tho legal points as follows ;
First, That a revocation of General
Older No. 10 would be grievously prej
udicial to the interests of tho people of
ihe Carolinas.
Second, That it does not appear that
any contlct exists between the United
, Sutc- Circuit Court lor North Carolina
aud the military commander of this dis
trict, but merely a co'iision with the
Marshal, prematurely forced by the lat
ter.
Third. That itis reasonable to believe
that Mr. Chief Justice Chase, with the
question before him, will conform pro
ceedings on final process to the local law
as modified by the Commanding General.
Fourth, That Congress intended to
make the military in these districts para
mount to all other departments of the
Governuieit.
Fifth, That to concede to the United
States Courts authority to overrule the
Military Commander wili be apt to lead
to substantial nullification of the Recon
struction acts.
Oen. Sickla'a Opinion.
On this opinion Gen. Sickles based
his report, just published. The remain
der of the correspondence relates to
merely formal details between the Com
manding General and his subordinate
officers. The with the telegraph
ic oorrespen lence already published be
tween Grant and Sickles mrkes the of
ficial history of the case complete.
—The Brooklin Eagle continues
to inculcate the revolutionary idea of
resistance by the President to the
constitutional action of Congress.—
It DOW wants to know if the radicals"
have contemplated what might hap
pen in case the President refused
to vacate his office in ebedience to
the vote of a Congress "from which
ten States are excluded ?" Here it
is destinctly suggested that Mr. John
son should, and probaly would, refuse
to the verdict of impeachment
on tho gronnd that the rebel States
are not pc-mitted to participate in
the proceedings. This is the old
threat and for reason advanced by
the President. A year ago he prea
ched up the doctrine, because the rebs
els were kept out, that Congress was
an illegal body and he talked loosely
about driving it out. The threat iUelf
presupposes a disposition leading to
acts for which he should be impeach
ed. Let him undertake to execute
any on* of his threats.
ST. LOUIS
Tne Reception of General Uherdan.
ST. LOUIS, September 9 —The dem
onstration to night in honor of Gen.
Sheridan wis tbe largnst outpouring of
the peopl* ever witnessed in St. Louis.
The torchlight procession was nearly
two miles long, and consisted of over
twenty posts of the Grand Arrmy of the
Uepublie, a large number of colored or
ganizations, representatives ol the va
rious wards of the city, the fire depart
ment, and an immense, throngof citiicns
generally. The prjeeaaion Was nearly
an hoar filing past tbe Southern Hotel
on the east balcony of which Gen. Sher
idan, his stuff officers, members of the
various committees and invited guests
were stationed. Tbe crowd at and in
the vicinity of the hotel after the pro
eessioh had passed must have numbered
ten thousand, and the number that
thronged the streets on the line of march
could not have been less than from twen
ty to thirty thousand.
After the enthusiasm of the crowd
had somewhat subsided, Liout. Gov.
Smith deliverd a short but very cordial
welcome to the General on behalf of the
people ot the State, which was followed
by a ve r y eloquent address by General
Call Schurz, in which he refered to Sher
idan as the model American soldier, the
hero of many hard fields, the represen
tative of American chivalry, the states
man as well as the soldier, to whom the
people of Louisiana aud Teias will here
after look with gratitude and esteem as
the man who opened the way to perma
nent pc»3e and prosperity.
General Sheridan then stepped forward
und replied as follows : I presume you
all know I never make speeches. 1 re
gret exceedingly that I am not able to
make you OLO to-night, but this very
kind welcome has been unexpected by
me eutirely, and I can only return my
sincere thanks for your kind aud enthu
siastic welcome.
A few remarks were afterwards made
by Gen. Pile, and the crowd gradually
diminished. In point of numbers, en
thusiasm and general warmth and hearty
sympathy, many of tbe oldest citizens
say the demonstration has never been
equalled in St. Louis. From eleven to
one o'clock to-day the General received
visitors at the hotel, and the crowd of
callers was almost incessant. The Gen
eral will leave for Leavenworth tomorrow
afternoon.
A PLEASANT PIOTPRE.
The following testimony to the char
ao'er of the Ireedmen we take from the
correspondent of the New York tinfi.—
That paper will not be suspected of Em
ploying correspondent-! to write Radio*
letters; aud we have not seen an appar
ently truer picture of the actual conduct
and temper of this important class of
citizens. From the beginning of the war
until now they have constantly justitiel
the efforts made for them and the confi
dence felt in them by the othor loyal peo
ple of the country:
"When the war was over the question
'What shall we do with the blacks?' ag
itated the whole country. The very fact
that the negro had been held to woik nil
his life under compulsion was taken as
an indication that under freedom he
would not work, and would become an
unmanageable and unendurable burden
on the community- This anticipated
evil found expression on the part of the
South, in the negro codes—a system of
legislation next only in infamy to slavery
itnelf. The establishment of the Freed
men's Burcan—an institution which, in
spite of some attendant e*ils, has be?D
of incalculable benefit to the South—
happily broke this up, and the blaeks
were left free to choose their own em
ployers. Well, tc the joy of his friends
and the discomfiture of his enemies, the
negro became an industrious laborer. It
is true things did not work very sin >othi
ly the first year, but they were a great
deal better the second, aud this year the
demonstration of the industry and fidel
ity ol the colored class is complete.—
Thrsughout the South there is only one
answer to the question as to Jiow the ne
firoes are doing : 'Very well; betier than
could have been expected) better than
ever before'—variant in form, but so
strong in its cumulative evidence as to
ieave no doubt in the mind of auy dis
passionate observer. j
"Then there came that severer test to
was made a citizen This w*s
a measure the wisdom of which was
gravely doubted by the majority, even of
th se who really wished well to the col
ored man. I confess that when I went
South I believed the enfranchisement of
blacks would prove a mistake : but I very
soon perceived that it wa- at least a ne
cessity. And, indeed, I have seen no
fair-minded Southerner who doee not ad
mit that when tho negro was deprived of
the protection of his mister it was abso.
lutely necessary he should have that oth
er protection which comes fronrthe pos
session of political rights. But here again
a pleasant surprise met us. To justify
the faith reposed in him, the colored man
began eage'ly to fit himself by education
tor citizenship. The progress in this re
gard has beeu most astonishing. Not
only arc the children being taught, but
adults soow a passionate hunger for learn
ing; and if an educational qualification
had been r6quired for voting, I believe
that before the next election there would
hardly have been a black man iu the
S.'Uth that would not have been able to
read and write. I must add that equal
ly gratifying has been the improvement
in morals— in honesty, truthfulness, and
•^•itrty."
Farm Items.
TH« Metcalf early strawberry is
pronounced a failure.
If the trunks of apple trees are
wound spirally with long rye straw,
there will be no trouble with borers
in Summer, nor miee in the Winter.
ON a form near Frankfort, Ken
tucky, a lead mine has been discov
ered, and 100.000 pounds of the
mineral taken out. They call it a
home institution.
To make a good pasture, sow
plenty of seed ; once in two years
apply manure to the surface, never
briak it up ; and the longer it lies
the richer it will become.
WHEN children are eating green
apples, you have an argument in
favor of total depravity. When the
small fruits are cultivated, the argu
ment disappears.
THE Southern papers are talking
of the Bermuda and Guinea grass,
which yields four tuns to the acre.
They admit that nothing but grass 1
will save them from going over Nis 1
agara Falls.
OUR country needs young men
who will study the rocks and hills,
and find iron, led, copper and gold.
The earth is a book, and between its
leaves greenbacks are hid.
ELEPHANTS mast do well on the
Western prairies, for all our purntiol
handles, billiard balls, and fine tooth
combs are made of ivory that coines
from Illinois.
A NEW corset lias been patented
for giving without hurting.
With two more patents wo will bt
happy—one is for growing corn for
ever without manure, and the other
for a breed of hens that will not need
corn.
IN MINNESOTA, Bwedei and Nor
wegians, with square cheeks and full
chests, form a third of the popula
tion. The other tow-thirds are Yan
kees, with sharp features and fiat
chests. In a few generations there
will be a generation worth having.
IN MISSISSIPPI is a large planta
tion worked by white folks. They
live in what were negro quarters ;
provisions are sold them at cost;orice
a week they dance and have chick
en pie; no whiskey or negroes are
alowed on the place; heir corn and
cotton are the best in the State;
nothing is broken or lost, and they
have no overseers. In short, they
are far better than the negroes.—
What a pity this was not known be
fore.
MEADOW LANDS.—If meadow
lands are depastured in autumn they
are stripped of their natural protec
tion, and if depastured in Bpring,
the shooting plants are "in the bud."
It is often ivjtuout making any re«
turn in the way of top dressing,
( even land laid down as a hungry
waste, without stripping the land of
fulling blades inautumn,or the young
shoot in the spring. This system of
cxhaustation can lead only to steril
ity and povety. — Farm and Fireside
Journal.
SCULLING. —It laughter begets fat, it
is DO LESS true that scolding is the parent
of meagerness. Who ever saw a plump
teimagant? The virago is oraggy—crag
giness is the badge of all her tribe. It
would seem that the attrition of a fierce,
exacting temper gives sharpness to the
human frame as a gritty grindstone puts
a wiry elge on a broad txc. Artists un
derstand this fact and govern themselves
accordingly. They invariably represent
ladies supposed to be given "tho rani
page" as remarkably high in bone.—
Shrews are thus depicted in comic val
entines, and all the illustrations cf "Cut
tain Lectures" have presented tie "rib 1 '
of Mr. Caudle without a partiole of fat.
Livater referring to femalo fire brands,
says, flatly, to their faces, that their noses
are sharp. We have a dim idea that he
mentions gome exceptional cases of lad.us
with snub noses, who are given to snub
bing their husbiudp but these firm a m d
variety and oulv a small proportion of the
genus fcCJld.
—Five million a month in the reduc
tion of the public debt, will do pretty
well for duli times. Sixty million a year
makes some thing of a ho'e in the moun
tain. And this is the minium rsduotion,
we believe, m ide.any mouth since tho war.
'>n the revival ofbuisness, on tbe bring
ing of the year's good crops into the mar«
ket, on the silencing, by public rebuke
at the election, of the demagogical can
tings and growling,and on the reconstruc
lion of the seo;de J States, we anticipate
a buisness prosperity in the country that
will whittle down the public bebt and in
divdual taxation at a rapid rate. If
the whisky tax were honestly paid, the
reduction during the past month might
have been perhaps twice as large as it
was. It is for tbe interest of every citi•
zen that this tax should be" properly as
sessed and paid. The more effectively
the laws be pat in execution on that arti
cle, the sooner may every citizen expect
reduction of hit own tax bill.
—Men are lite bugles; the more brass
they contain the more noise they make,
and the farther you can hear them, la
dies are iike violets ; the more modest
and retiriag they appear the 'uettor you
like them.
NUMBER 39
WIT AlffD WISDOM.
—Great m ,-u direct the events of their
time, wiso men take advantage of them.
—The nightcap would be the ou» of
liberty—if it were not for ourtain leo*
tures.
—Don't fret on account o! your banks'
ruptoy. Your creditors will do it for
you.
—Our veracity is reckoned by what
flows from the mouth, while our votaoity
by the amount we putin it.
—Better have a nest of wasps, or bum
ble bees, or hornets in your boaom, than
a stinging conscience.
—A woman may speak as many tongues
as she win, but don't let her de it with
too long a one ot her own.
—"Ah I Pat," said a discontented hod
carrior, "don't take up this mode of life.
It has to} many ups and downs in it."
—lt is less important to a young lady
that her lover's diamonds should be of
pure water than that his drink should be.
—What is tho difference between a
church organist and the influenza? One
stops the nose, and the other knows the
stops. „
—An editor in Minnesota is determ
ined to break up housekeeping and go
boarding with bis delinquent subscribers
the remainder of his lifo.
—A darkey's instruction for putting
on a coat were, "Fust de right arm, deu
de lef, and den gib one general conwul
shun." ,
—The correct answer to tho gentleman
wh> wroto tli■! s
irost likely would be, "litcause youi wife
wus foolish "
A in iii who has addtessed a stran
ger by mi-t ike, apologises by saying, "I
was mistaken in the perseo." Many a
married couple might make tho same
apology to each other.
—" The law," said Judge Ashurst, in
a charge ' is opeu to nil men, to the poor
as well us the rich." "So is the London
Tavein," added Home Tjoke, who was
present.
—A youngster, four years old, being
asked by bis parents if he had said his
prayers at. night, during his abeanco from
home' replied, "Mo, but I counted a hun
dred!"
—An Irishman who was reprieved, aa
he staled, the night before his execution,
and who wished to get rid of his wife,
wrote to her as follows : "I was yester
day hanged, and died like a hero: do as
I did, and bear it like man."
—" Can you tell me how tbe word
loun' ia spelt ?" was asked of a cockney
by a quizzical fellow. "Certainly," said
tho Londoner, with a look ot triumph,
" there's a liess, and a bay, and a hell>
and two hoes, end a hen."
WEDDING! —One month from mar
riage makes a sugar wedding; one year
makes a paper wedding; five years a
wooden wedding; ten years a tin wed
ding ; twenty-five years asilver wedding \
fifty years a golden wedding; and sev
enty five years a diamond wedding
ON A I,OOOMOTIVB
Collisions four
Or five sbc bore j
The signals were id vain ;
(Jrown old and rusted,
Her biler busted,
And smashed tho excursion train.
A POSER. —" Ma," said an inquisitive
little girl, " will rioh and poor people live
together wheu they goto heaven ?"
" Yes, my dear, they will be all the
same there."
"Then Ma, why don't rich and poor
Christians associate here."
The mother did not answer.
—A traveler, being at a coffe-heuse
with some gentlemen, was largely draw*
ing on the credulity of the company.—
" Wh :re did you say all these wonders
happened sir?" asked a gentlemen pres
enti " I can't exactly say," replied the
traveler; "but somewhere on the conti*
ncnt—Hussia, I think."—"l should rath
er think lt-a-ly," returned the other.
—A man of property, whoso health
happened to give way under long contin
ued intemperance, consulted Dr. S., who
said, "1 can cure you if you do as I bid
you." His patient promised obedience.
•' Now," sail the doctor, "you must steal
a horse. Yes—you must steal a horse.
You will be arrested, convicted, and
placed in a situation where your diet and
regimen will he such that in a short time
your health will be perfectly restored."
A traveler stopped at a public house
in Maine fur the purpose of getting din
ner, knocked but received no answer.—
Going in he found a little white headed
man in the embrace of his wife, who had
his heal under her arm, while with the
other she was giving her lord a pounding.
Wish ng to put an end to the fight, e*r
traveller knocked ou tbe table, and called
out in a loud voire, ' Hallo, there! who
keeps this house?" The husband, tho'
much out of breath, answered : " Straa
ger, that's what wo are tryiug to decide!"
A FASTBKARI*. —Three brothers, bear
ing a remarkable resemblance to one »' Q ,
other, are in the habit of shavin'* at tba
fame barbershop. Not long ' A g O %De of
the brothers entered the sb-',p early in the
morning, and was shared by a German
who had been at in the shop only
for a day or two. About noon another
bro'ber came ; ,o and underwent a similar
operation »'c the hands of tbe same bar
ber. t'a the evening the third brother
his appearance, when the German
1 dropped his razor in astonishment, and
, I exclaimed— "Veil, mine Gott ! Dat man
- j hash de fash test beard I never saw; I
t ; shaves him die mornia', shaves him at
t j dinner-times, and he gome* baek now,
I mit his beard to long a« it never va#h !"