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Proposed AbrOg3tiOn of the
Presidency.

The Herald calls attention to an extra
ordinary editorial article that appeared
in the Sun yesterday, (and copied into
the Express,) which seemed to have beer
written as if to feel the way to an abro
cation of the Executive office altogether
making Congress supreme. The Herald
says:
1.-The Sun is the organ, and in grea
part, we believe, the property OF Sena
tor who takes an active part in the
support of the tenure of office law; and
therefore, in shadowing forth the pro
gramme of the men who mean to rule this
country by Grant or without Grant, ii
may be supposed to have authority and
to speak by the card"
The substance of the programme as
foreshadowed by the Sun, the Editor
then goes on to show, is just this:
If Grant will not relinquish hisi.prcs-
ent attitude, he will not give way to the
pressure of the plunderers in their eager.
ness for office, if he will not send to the
right about 1.-The inferior and unknown
men," now in the Cabinet, and put in
their places distinguished representa-.
tives of influential political and nation.
al interests s"-the recognized leaders Of
opinion and action will not give
up to these politicians the whole run OF
government patronage and plunder, then
they will regard him as having forced
the first step towards the constitution.
al change which shall finally extinguisl.
his office, and will so order their
measures that he shall be, if not the last
President, at least the last with even a
semblance of power, and tile men of tile
future, acitA the Presidency dlotted out,
shall look only to the halls Of Legislation
for the theatre Of Meir anticipated re-
noun. ."
This being the plan of the anarchists
and the would-be usurpers, the Herald
tells them to beware. The game is one
at which somebody else besides the Sem
ate can play:
Although the politicians have forced
Grant into some tight places and bother
ed him with intrigue and bullying, it may
not be untimely to remind them that
when the element of force is introduced
they will put him to power with whose
use he is more familiar"
The Democrat also dwells upon the
not to saw startling char
acter, of the Sun article, and points to it
as an evidence of the rapid strides Rad
icali>m is making towards despotism.
n. Y. Express.
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Love and W arriaSe.

That love is the leading element of
the highest happiness in marriage ; that
love, while it lasts covers multitude of
errors, privations, mistortunes-even
sins-I do not doubt. But the question is,
How far is love, when unaccompanie9
by any other of the conditions which l
have mentioned as belonging to perfect
marriage, itselta justification Of marriage!
True love works wonders; but it cannot
prevent the physical and mental ailments
which develope themselves in people Of
feeble organisms. 1t cannot supply a
lack of intelligence, want of force, in
either husband or wife; and, as all house.
keepers know, it cannot make the pot
boil" Love alone. when we consider its
proverbial instability, and the small
chance it has of surviving under bleak
conditions, is certainly an insufficient
capital upon which to commence the
partnership of marriage. This is true of
even the highest and strongest love how
much more so of the hasty and passion
ate attachments which lead to SO many
thousands of marriages!
There is an infnity of false sentiment
about the passion of love. While I
would not cast doubt upon the existence
of noble love, of devotion, and Of passion
which no sorrow or trial can tire, which
is even refined and strengthened by
suffering, yet the value, the office, the
very nature Of love in our ordinary life
is greatly misunderstood. Love is the
most exaggerated passion in literature
1t holds, in our imaginations, a position
which it does not hold in the life of one
man or woman in a thousand. Being
the supreme passion of modern art" says
recent writer, " it becomes necessary to
sound high its praises. We should sup
pose, if we read only novels and poetry,
that the one thing interesting in life is
the relation of tn sexes and the anxieties
ofpairing, Many young people are so
dizzy with love that they are unable to
90 on with the other interests of lite.
They cannot see men as they are, engag-
ed in their daily work, pursuing their
various ends and living multifarious
life, of which love is but a single element"
Our regard for the passion oversteps the
healthy limit, and becomes morbid; we
Judge of it untruly; we attend to its
promptings with absurd expectations;
we teach ourselves that the passion is
uncomfortable, and regard it as a kind
of fate; and we glorlty the supremacy
of first love, as if the heart did not
require training as varied as the intel
lect. Considering the widespreadmiser
which our misconceptions of love have
wrought, we might doubt whether this
passion was not the greatest misfortune
as we'll as the greatest blessing in the
world. We may conclude, in spite of
Cbaucer, that Loves allegiance is not
the only thing needful to make a perma-
nently happy marriage.-Aprl GALAXY
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10 The Girls who Read the
Journal.
I From the New York Ledger. I

AoAAA
No one can ride or walk through the
fashionable portion of New York city
attend any place of amusement, or 60 tc
any evening party, without becoming
aware of the horrible fact that many wo.
men, of whom better things mis- gbt be
expected, have fallen into the pernicious
habit of applying to their skins the en-,
amels Which, under various attractive
names, are advertised and sold in all
parts of the land.
Not only faded faces, but countenan-
ces so young, plump, and pretty in out
line that they must in their natural
condition be attractive, are lacquered
over with an unnatural polish Of fine
porcelain, which produces an effect such
as one might imagine if a china doll
were afflicted with consumption.
This practice is as pernicious as it is
disgusting-the seeds of death or paral-
ysis being hidden in every attractive
pot and jar of those mixtures, which are
supposed to be not only innocent, but
also t. possess the virtues of the undis-
covered fountain of perpetual youth.
Some who use them will suddenly
have a severe illness; and receiving a
private warning from the family physi-
clan, will cease the use of the cause of
their d. d.sorder, and recovering, 60 through
life with an extremely bad complexion,
as reminder of their folly,
Others will drop suddenly, with their
features twisted to one side, and perhaps:
deprived of the use of their limbs.
Others will die outright, no one guessing
why. The effect on any particular per-
son cannot be calculated. What one
suffers paralysis from, may kill another
outright The only safety is, in having
nothing to do with any of these baletul
preparations"
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tackled him.
The very blood in his heart seemed
congealing.
He felt drop of something moist fall
on his hand.
At first he thought her nose was
bleeding.
He held his hand aloft in the moon.
light, and on it beheld a glittering tear
He felt better then.
His heart gave leap, and he said
"Thank Heaven"
He was much encouraged.
He again made inquiry as TO her love
for him.
She said then, in words, tina: she loved
him, "Oh, $3.50 much" which for a
time comforted him greatly.
Condrick now began to urge immediate
marriage.
She objected, but clung more closely
to him. and said:
"Wait awhile
Condrick wanted to know if there was
any obstacle to their immediate union.
She kissed him ("***--*--
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AN ACE'

To Nnl>h Grand Jurors for failure to make
kr Town otIcn>e~ and to make Grand Jurors
CO mpetent witnesses in certain cases
81 cTioN l. BE it cnartcl by the Senate
and House Of Representatives of the State OF
Lo III sana in General Assembly convened,
Ih 1t any Grand Juror at any time Of Court
VIII III a Grand Juror is empannrltI, who
Sha Il fail to inform the Grand Jurv OF any
vol II ion of the criminal laws of his State,
or any crime committed within the par
ish or which he is rilpanneled As Il tfranI
Jurt n, since the sitting of the last preceding
Grar ID jury in that parish, which may have
come % his personal knowledge or Of which
he N - have been informed, upon due con-
victio thereof shall, if it be an rif,'n>r not
punis y able in the penitentiary. Of which he
sum O. not less than fifty nor more than five
huncr II dollars, and lift bean ottrn~c which
may be punishable by death or Imprisonment
in the p.entcntiary, he Shall bep'lni>hcd by
imprisC nmcnt in the penitentiary at hard
labor f ~ not less than one nor more than
five yea rs
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, ETC.. That
in order to prosecute the ottcnsc prescribed
IL tie fir st section of this act, or to defend
the char2: =, any member Of the Grand. Jury
shall bea cL'nuctcnt witness to testify either
before the Grand Jury or on the eNalnna-
ton or trial of the ease
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the several judges Of tie courts in this State
before whom criminal cases are tried, shall
give this act specially in charge to each
Grand Jury empanneled before them.
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, etc. That
this act sha II take effect from and after its
passage.
(Signed) CHAS. W. LOWELL,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
(Signed) OSCAR j. DUNN,
Lieutenant Governor aad EPresident Of the
Senate.
Approved March 9, 1869.
(Signed) H. c.. WARMOTH,
Governor of Louisiana.
A true copy:
GEO. E. BovEE, Secretary of State.
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1t was we'll observed that the last one
was of immense length. 1t had tail
like comet. I am not sure that it was
not longer even than have represented.
Condrick is not even sure about it. lie
thinks about here he was insensible for
time.
After all these kisses, came an awk-
ward pause. -.
The situation, to be sure, was not an
unhappy one.
But again my friend felt that it was
time for something to be done.
He had made the leap from one pre-
cipice-a another one was before him.
Hh was tottering to its brink.
He would speak of marriage.
How would she take it?
She had acknowledged that she loved
him.
Good!
This gave him courage.
He gasped and solemnly gulped out
the question-in fear and with his eyes
slightly closed. :.
She clasped him more tightly about
the neck and sighed deeply.
Poor Condrick! all sorts Of fears at
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He now repeated the question, when
in an agonized voice, she cried out:
"Oh, dear. can't tell. I've got a
physicy old nuisance of husband out
in one O. them wagons, and he is Jus'
spiteful enough to live month yet"
Condrick is still batchelor
He had a spell of something like
mountain fever the next day after he
visited the emigrant train-at least he
went off into the mountains, and Stunned
mankind and womankind for about two
months
But he is all right now.
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III.
COURTlNG AN EMIGRANT FEMALE.
BY DAN. D. GUILE.

Washoe bachelors are always '5n the
oui y;ye during the last months ofsum
,ner, and the first and second Fal
months. when the emf grant trains are
rolling in the plains, with whoe troops
of sun-browned damsels.
The girls have all heard that the
chances for getting husbands are "awful
good in Washoe." They know there
are "sights" Of chances,ras they begin
primping shortly after leaving lndepen'
dence Rock-by the time they strike
tue waters of the Carson they are in a
perfect state of wi ggle.
My frieed Condrick wanted wife.
He wanted piece of "unsophisticated
calico from the States"
He talked much of when the trains
would arrive, and of pretty emigrant
girls.
He swore he would "gobble up one
this Fall, sure.''
AT last it WAS reported that big train
was camped on the Carson, two miles
beyond Dayton.
Condrick mounted his mustang and
departed with aIacrity. a
The report proved true, and what
was better, "women absolutely abound
ed" as Condrick afterwards Informed
me. in his enthusiastic way.
He rode among the tents and wagons,
ostensibly much concerned to know ex-
actly the State, county, and town from
which each family hailed, but in reality
taking notes of the fine points Of all the
marriageable-looking females in the
camp. >.
At last he struck one to suit him to
q dot.
Long afterward, he said to me with a
laugh, "Oh! she was clipper Trim
as a gazelle; 1.-THE as willow echeeks
which, though sun.browned, showed a
peach rudiness, with eyes that drove
your soul down in your boots, dragged
your heart up into your throat, and left
YOU speechless and slaughtered"
To this ,sumptous female, Condrick
laid seige.
His progress was good.
As the shades of evening settled down
npSF t9of' ] 'loh stfolt' ~ GN'4 - ~H1~ = !
AS they walked along the meandering
hank of Carson, the full face Of the
moon rose up from behind the, eastern
hills. All nature seemed filed and
quivering with love.
Love danced in the moonlight that
Glanced on the stream; the willows rust
led their leaves to the passing breezes,
and 80 sweetly told the story Of their
love that even the restless weeds were
for while enticed to linger, forgettul OF
their journey; enamored night-hawks
were skimming the love-laden air In
voluptuous circles, rays OF langulshlng
light cleaning in answering flashes from
their lazy wings; ,crickets, peeping from
their holes in neighboring hillocks, chirp-
ed to each other in mellow, tremulous
notes, the ripe and gushing love of their
surcharged hearts; beetles, crazy with
love, thundered hoarsely their plants
Of the. tender pain that racked their
mailed bodies, and the sweet honeydew
of heaven fell softly into the healt-cup
that each meek plant held trustingly
The sympathetic hearts Of the lovers
acknowledged the tender influences sur
rounding Them, and shared the sweet
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thrills with which all nature quivered
Slowly the pair, in fond discourse,
wandered on. st
What throbs of affection stirred Con
drick's heart!
The fires of love burned in Condrick' S
eyes
AS his charmG leaned trustingly on
| his arm, Heaven seemed to decend tand
reet on the lower and nearest hills.
As the murmur of a bee in the rose,
was ner voice in his soul.
Seating themselves on grassy bank
they gazed together on the darkling ed
dies ofthe gliding stream. Q
In glowing. colors Condrick painted
for th4beiug by his side picture of
the wonderful wealth hidden within the
rocky vaults of the Whippoorwill mine.
Charmed by his eloquence, and alb
sorbed in the contemplation Of the pic
ture he placed before her, she forgot all
else, and gradually her beautiful head
drooped-drooped lower and lower
aud finally rested upon his bosom-his
manly chest.
Great heavens! thrill darted through
his manly frame, and so affected him
that it was only by tremendous effort
that he could smother the volcano OF
emotione swelling within his bosom.
He felt desire to bound1o his feet
and utter wild whoop.
But he didn't.
No; he constrained his emotions he
resisted the impulse.
Her head was now fairly and snugly
nestled upon his breast.
As she lay gazing into his handsome
face, her parted tresses OF richest brown
fell backward in affluent waves from her
broad forehead, unkissed by the sun, and
of marble texture and vhiteness. Her
great liquid eyes looked into his. and he
gazed down in their untathomable depths,
till all the past, all the future seemed to
center there.
Heaven came down still lower and
lower on the valley.
But this could not always last. He
felt that it could not She seemed to ex-
pect something.
Her great eyes closed wearily. and
the silken fringes Of their curtains rested
on her check.
He was happy as he was, but he
could not be as he was forever,
She seemed to have the same thoughts.
She slightly raised her head. Its
pressure on his chest was not SO great
as formerly He was distressed.
Would Sne rise? Was he about to
lose her? The thought was agony.
His head grew dizzy. He felt him.
self standing on a precipice.
He was losing his balance.
Courage!
He gasped-gasped out his tale Of
love.
1t was not long one.
But it was to the point.
She sighed-sighed long. long, tre-
mendous, convulsive sigh.
Bnt she said nothing.
In murmuring tone, he asked her if
she hadn't some feeling Of the same kind
for him.
She put her arms about his neck, and
hiding her sweet voice in his shirt front,
sobbed out, in broken voice, that that
was what allied her.
Heaven let go all holds, and fell at
his feet.
Here followed several deep, scratch
ing, delicious kisses.
(For the qualification Of my lady
readers, and that they may know the
exact number and dul alton of these kiss
es, I have put them all down. They
were as follows, the KS representing
the number, and the dashes the duration
Of each:
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NO.. II.
Hhc 2RilhOan G:stholic Church.

onr readers Of every religious denom-
nation, who are Interested in the growth
Of religion in the Jnted States will find
below an exhibit of the status of the
Catholic churches throughout the Union.
The States are divided into seven
provinces, each governed by an arch
bishop, assisted by his associate prelates,
Of whom the highest is the Archbishop
Of Baltimore. Most Reverend Martin j.
Spalding.
The province of Baltimore extends
over the District of Columbia and the
States Of Maryland, Pennsylvania, Della
ware, Virginia, North and South Caro-
lima, Grorgia and the eastern section of
Florida, and numbers thirteen dioceses
governed by as many bishops.
The province of Cincinnati is under
Archbishop John B. Purcell, the oldest
prelate in the United States, and includes
the States of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan
and kentucky, divided into nine dioces-
es with as many bishops.
The province of New Orleans comes
next in ranking order. 1t is under Arch
bishop Odin, and includes the prelates
of Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, and
Arkansas, making six dioceses, with
bishop in EACH
The province Of New York is govern
ed by Archbishop John McClosky, the
immediate successor of the late Arch
bishop Hughes 1t extends over the
States of New York and New Jersy and
theNew England States, and includes
ten dioceses and bishops.
The province of Oregon is under Arch
bishop Francis N. Blanchet, and num-
bers five bishops and dioceses, situated
in Eaucouver's Island, Idaho, and Colum-
bia.
The province of St. Louis is governed
by Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick.
the brother of the late distinguished
Archbishop of Baltimore. 1t includes
Missouri, Tennesse, Illinois, Wisconsin,
Iowa. Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota, d.
kota, New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona,
and the Indian territory, with fifteen
bishops.
The province of San Francisco en-
braces the States of California and Ne
vada. and all the territory east Of the
Rio Colorado. 1t is governed by Arch
bishop Joseph S. Alemony, with two as
sociate bishops.
There are seven archbishops and forty
eight bishops, with four mitred abbots
and three dioceses whose prelates have
recently died and are for the time govern
ed by administrators. There are alse
three thousand and one hundred and
Catholic priests.
During the past year the mortuary list
three bishops, forty nine priets,
and thirty-seven members of religious
orders, men and women. There are
59S9Segularly built churches, not includ-
ed chapels or mission homes, 90 hospitals,
526 orphan asylums, and the other build
ngs useda as colleges, converts, seminaries,
and other institutions, about l6, 900. The
Catholic population is about three mil
ion eig ght hundred thousand.
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CHANCES OF MARRIAGE AMONG MAID

CHANCES OF MARRIAGE AMONG MAIDS.
The following curious statement is
made by DR.. Granville. 1t is drawn
from the registered cases of SIG women,
and is derived from their answers to the
age as which they were respectively
married. 1t is the first ever constructed
to exhibit to women their chances of
marriage at various ages. Of the SIG
females We're married at Is years of
age, l l at IA, Is at Is, "A at 16, As at
II, 66 at 1S, 1l5 at 10, 1lS at 20, Sc
at 81, IS at %, SO at 20, So at "a, 26
at 25, "a at 26, 20 at 81, 90 at %, II at
29, 9 at 80, 7 at 81, S at 80, 7 at 33, S
at 81, 2 at 35. at Sc, at 81, 0 at 50,
l a: 80, 0 at 40. From this, ladies NAV
form pretty accurate Judgment of the
chances which they have of entering
into the holy state of matrimony, and Of
enjoying the sweets Ito say nothing of
the bitters) of welded love. 1t will be
seen that for them, the chances of mar
rying at 80 years is not one in hundred,
and at 40 there is no chance at all. Twen-
ty has three times the advantage ofsweet
sixteen. The reason the doctor assigns
for the rusl, of marriages at nineteen and
twenty is that the girls at that time Of
life begin to fear the frosty approach of
old maidenbood, and therefore rush into
the arms of the first opportune suitor that
presents himself. At fifteen and sixteen
the little misses feel themselves secure;
they ale saucy, Independent, wayward,
coquettisb, and hence lose many fine op
pertunites which do not present themsel-
YES at latter age. The doctor is of
opinion that if a young girl wishes to
make a matrimonial hit in life, she must
do it between the ages of fifteen and
seventeen. 1t is at this age that the full
tide sets in the affairs of woman.
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Married women, saysa statistician, on
an average live until forty.fve, while un-
married women do not live to be more
than forty-three years of age. An ex-
change, therefore charges that every
man who refuses to marry shortens some
woman's life just two years, and thus
practically commits homicide, and follows
up the allegation by calling on the grand
juries to find bills against bachelors over
thirty years old.
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said there was slight one.
He then tenderly kissed her **-
--*) and asked her if they
should not be married in a week.
She raised her great swimming eyes
to his face, and gazed fondly upon him,
but said nothing.
Her pouting lips were in tempting
proximity to his own. (***--
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The ardent admirers of Adelina Patti
call her duck. The phrase is borrowed
from her professional title Of diya.
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THE OPEl0uSAS JOURNAL.
The Lords Prayer.

i.
Our Father, throned in heaven above
Thy name forever lallowed be;
Thy kingdom come, Thy law Of love
XII nations blend, from sea to sea.
Here, as in heaven, Thy will be DONE
Thy name, Thy praise Thy worship one
Give us, this day, our daily bread;
Our never ceasing wants SUPPLY.
With food from heaven our souls be fed.
That we may eat and never die. u
Forgive our sins, as we forgive,
And grant US grace in love to live.
III.
Far from The treacherous tempter's snares,
Our wandering footsteps kindly guide,
And safe from soul-bewi.derleg cares,
Preserve us, sheltered at Thy side:
And eve rmore, O Lord, to Thee,
The kingdom, power, and glory be; -
Church Union. W. U.
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Bulwer's novel, The False Heir, must
have been the biography of a chi