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The New York herald., 1869-06-17

A PROPER SUBJEor.-The women's rights
women admitted into their society on Tues
day evening Mrs. Mcintyre, a Mormon woman
very proper subject for wonian's conven.
ton. Those Mormon women in many cases
have only the fifth, tenth or twentieth part of
husband, and we are astonished that those
women's wrongs have not been made among
these women reformers a leading topic of
woman's rights. Mrs. Cady Stanton and
Company have evaded this Mormon question
long enough, and they ought to meet it like
men and settle it,
The New York herald., 1869-06-17

THE CHEF JUSTICE Down SoUTH.
Justice Chase, who has been on tour of the
Carolinas, with his accomplished daughter,
Mrs. Senator Sprague, has been received from
point to point with marked respect and popular
enthusiasm. 1t means, among other things,
that the people are aware of the fact that the
Chief Justice still keeps his eye upon the
White House, and is likely to be the man for
the democracy in 1872 All the signs of the
tunes point that war.
The New York herald., 1869-06-17

| tory TO both nations. 1t is to be further un
dcrstood that Lord Russell's proclamation o
belligerent rights 10 JEFF Davis is not to be
separate question of complaint, but only al
item in the general bill of damages. Surel,
this ought to satisfy her Majesty's governmen
and warlike pressgang as to the intentions o
General Grants administration on these Ala
bama claims. The only point in Mr.. Motleys
instructions calculated to perplex Lord Clar-
| endon is that which leaves to his lordshiT
the delicate duty of reopening negotiations.
Here, it must be admitted, our administration
is on safe ground; for these Alabama claims
will not spoil by keeping in pickle. They may
serve grand purpose if held over till ENG
lands difficulty is ireland's opportunity" In
truth, we may say that, looking to future con-
tingencies of neutrality and belligerent rights,
the next best thing, in default of the settlement
suggested by Mr.. Sumner, will be to leave
these Alabama claims an open question.
Meantime we see from the London newspapers
that the terrible scare of the British lion began
to subside as soon as Mr.. Motley arrived at
Liverpool. They no longer seem to expect
him to rush to court, bristling with bowie
knives and revolvers. Their apprehensions
that Ireland would be at once invaded by
Fenian troops, and that every British port
would be blockaded by American iron-clads,
have somewhat abated The Pail Mall Gazette,
shortly after Mr.. Motley's arrival, even went
so far as to boast, in very snobbish article,
that America had backed down before British
pluck, and that the advent of new Minister
was therefore of but small Importance, adding
that the best result to be anticipated from the
mission of Mr.. Motley would be the leisure
which his duties would leave him for the prose-
cution Of his historical studies. The general
tone of the London press is in conformity
with the opinion expressed by the ISnaes that
MIR. Motley enters upon his duties without any
prospect of controversy, but that the English
government should examine any new proposals
and see if they promise just and equitable
solution. One of our London correspondents
lately alluded to having good authority for
saying that not one of the London newspapers
has received the slightest hint or indication of
Mr.. MOtleys instructions, which, he was
assured, will in the end be found thoroughly
dignifed and in firm American tone. It may
not be amiss to remind the London press that
behind Mr.. Motley stands our administration,
and behind our administration stands the supe-
rior power of Congress, and behind Congress
the supreme power of the American people
Moreover all these great powers are in full
sympathy with the spirit of Mr.. Summers
recent speech. England must come up to the
mark and settle the questions at issue without
the slightest hope that anything like the re-
jected Reverdy Johnson treaty will be either
proposed or accepted by the new representa-
tive of the United States at the Court of ST.
James.
The New York herald., 1869-06-17

GENERAL JAMES WATSON WEBB, United
States Minister to Brazil, is coming home
The General has been about to come home
frequently since he presented his credentials
to the Emperor, but on second thought con-
sidered it better to remain. BY way of Lisbon
and London, through the Atlantic cable, we
are now assured that he is really on the point
of departure from Rio Janeiro, perhaps has
already left mahogany stocks" and all. He
has quarrel on hand with the Brazilians and
will visit Washington. We may consequently
expect some stirring news from the capital.
Mr.. Thornton, the British Minister, will ma Ike
a note
The New York herald., 1869-06-17

NAPOLEON DEFENDING HIS Position.
Emperor of France comedies his Imperialism
to the popular will. He has condescended to
explain his position in letter addressed to a
member of the legislative body. For the in
formation of the constituents of this gentleman
Bonaparte enunciates his principle Of the duty
of the Executive to suppress disturbances
and grant liberties" He has suppressed the
disturbances, but the people cannot see where
the " liberties" come in. If not heard of soon
it may be bad for the Emperor.
The New York herald., 1869-06-17
NAvAL INTELLIGENCE,

The practice squadron from the Naval Academy.
consisting OF the frigates Savannah and Macedo-
man and the sloop-of-war Dale, are expected to
arrive in Hampton Roads to-day, ana Will probably
remain there three or four days before proceeding
on their cruise.
Lieutenant M. u. Buford and Master Hugh w.
Mckee are ordered to the Michigan; Lieutenant
Commander Frederick Rodgers and &. j. Barclay ara
detached from the Michigan and will be ordered to
the Pacific station; Second Assistant Engineer John
Pemocrton Is ordered 10 the Naval Academy for duty
assistant In the Department OF Natural and Ex-
perimpnta al philOsODhy.
The New York herald., 1869-06-17

JUDGE BEDFORD, in suspending sentence in
the case Of Howard, tried as an accomplce of
Freddy, the Blacksmith, " did just thing, and
in the circumstances, bold one. Just now
the clamor is that the authorities shield these
rogucs, and man might naturally fear to give
color to such suspicion. But there is no doubt
that the true rogues tried to foist their crime
on Howard, who was harmless sailor, only
casually present.
The New York herald., 1869-06-17

HUNTING FOR QUAKERs-The Indians on the
Plains. They avoid armed white men, but
defenceless friends and enemies of the pale
faces they are slaughtering and scalping from
have peace"
The New York herald., 1869-06-17

STRATAGEMs AND SPons. are strata
gems and there are spoils in that Twenty third
Street Railroad complication, but the people
other may be, neither can they see that the
railroad is likely soon to be built. Who that
is standing in the light will reflect little for
the benefit of the curious and interested
public
The New York herald., 1869-06-17

THREE OR Four GREAT EVENTS ON THE SAME
Boston, the reception of General Grant by
Rear Admiral Fisk on board one of his steam
boats in New York; the grand reunion of the
Masonic Knights Templars in Philadelphia,
and the awful punishment of Mike McCoole in
a bloody prize fight near St. Louis, by the
popular vote of the Bloody Sixth the greatest
of the great events of the day.
The New York herald., 1869-06-17

for six cents damages. II, therefore, the
Eighth ward police cannot drive out 'ths
sports" by general and occasional arrest, they
cannot be punished for the attempt.
The New York herald., 1869-06-17

PLAIN HINT FROM JoHN BRIGHT If the
Lords cannot consent TO move forward with the
progress of reform they must be set aside. The
train must go on.
The New York herald., 1869-06-17

The WoMEN's RTGHTs WOMEN AND THE
Press. On the question Of excluding the re-
porters of the newspapers from the women's
rights meetings, the other evening, the vote
stood for the exclusion one woman, and only q
little woman at that; against the exclusion, all
the rest of the women. Why? Because they
want TO make noise, and they want to be
heard by the men. That's right. The little
woman who stood SOLITARY and alone" upon
this question we commend to the special adj
miration of the big Senator from Kentucky,
who stood alone in his vote for the johnson
treaty on the Alabama claims. Finally, If the
little woman does not wish to be reported in
w RfWs2apsSa let hsE keep siiIs
The New York herald., 1869-06-17

THE NEw Posi- OFFICE. The best thing for
the government to do is to go on with the new
Post Office at the site originally chosen. The
Aldermen say the United States got the land
too cheaply, which means that they fancy the
Treasury can be bled for their benefit Gov
ernment, therefore, will get no new site from
these men till II consents TO terms that would
cover something shameful 1t is very doubt
full whether after all the apex of the triangle Is
not the best place for the structure, and it is
certainly better than none
The New York herald., 1869-06-17

PETER COOPER must by this time have lost
faith in everything but glue. Here the old
man has believed that his Citizens Associa-
ton was little better than other assoca-
tions-a little more virtuous, disinterested
and devoted to the public good than either
branch of the Common Council or any general
committee, and by this time he knows that it
was only machine to engineer men into
Office
The New York herald., 1869-06-17

Nor ON THEIR DIGNITY.-It is a want of
Lords to say of an utterance in the United
States Senate that it was "extravagant to q
degree of absurdity." But alas! it would
appear that the Lords in the same age in
which they have lost all power as politi-
cal force have lost also the fine courtesy and
good tone of body of exalted gentlemen, and
can utter spleen like common mortals. From
the Lords men expect good manners at the
least, and they fail even there.
The New York herald., 1869-06-17

THE UNITY OF GERMANY.-King William of
Prussia visited Bremen yesterday. He was en-
tertained by the citizens and delivered an
after dinner speech, neat in words but some
what indefinite in hope. His Majesty init
mated that the children and grandchildren of
the men of the present generation would wit
ness ''the completion of the edifce the founda-
zion of which has been laid" The people of Bre-
men would no doubt like to have a little benefit
just at present in return for the Free City
privileges surrendered to the Union. They
may obtain it.
The New York herald., 1869-06-17

THE TAMMANY, Fourteenth street.-FRA DIAvoLo-
RosRo JAFFIER JENKINS.
The New York herald., 1869-06-17
The News from Cuba.

The advices from Cuba, by mail and tele-
caph, which we publish to-day, with much
interesting detail, contain some important
points OF news. While the revolutionary vol
unteers In Havana have evidently failed in the
principal part of their scheme, which was to
establish government of their own, with but
slight dependence on the Spanish crown, they
nave endeavored to exhibit new energy in
government, by ordering the troops throughout
the portions of the island they occupy to arrest
all suspicious persons. This, by filing the
prisons with persons who are only suspected
OF disaffection, can have but one result-to in-
crease the embarrassments of the colonial
government. The details from the seat of
military operations show no important sue
cess on the part of the Spaniards, while
the patriots have succeeded in cutting
the railroad between Nuevitas and Puerto
Principe, and General Quesada is pressing
closely the siege of the latter city This gen.
eral seems to be 80 well satisfied with the sup
plies he has lately received that he promises to
be in Havana by the middle of August. Ope-
rations seem to have subsidized in the Eastern
Department., and Count Valmaseda, who still
remains at Bayamo, has spread his troops out
in several neighboring cantonments for the
purpose Of saving them from disease and hold
ing large extent of country. The usual de-
sultory and aimless operations are going on in
the other disturbed district of the island. In
Havana the yellow fever has appeared and the
head of t Treasury Department died of that
disease on Tuesday.
The New York herald., 1869-06-17

BowERY THEATRE, Bowery.-TuAr RASCAL PAT
IxIoN-DECHALEMEUx.
The New York herald., 1869-06-17

NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway.-THr SPECTACULAR
BxrRAvAGANzA OF SINBAD THE SAILOR
The New York herald., 1869-06-17

OLYMPIC THEATRE. Broaaway.-HIooonr DrcconY
DooK
The New York herald., 1869-06-17
Prominent Departures.

Judge Mccormick, for Franklin; Major George s
Leland, for Boston; Captain Dixon and c. S. p
Bowles, per steamer Scotia, for England, and D. I
Easement, Tor Boston.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1869-09-18
Death.

How is it that once having looked on
Death, We can for Z moment forget il
How can we go back to our hopes and
lobors and dreams, when we have under
stood that they must all end here, that
the loving eyes must be closed thus, the
busiest hands be crossed upon the breast
the greatest mind become blank, and
human beauty in few brief hours be
turned into thing of horror? Why
does not this phantom Death stand be-
side the altar, and say to the bride and
bridegroom, " Why love when there must
come bitter parting for one of you ere
long? Why wed when the very wedding
hour hurries you nearer to the grave as
it passes by?
How can the mother forget it, when
her baby lies on her breast, and not say
to herself, (" have only brought another
thing to die?" Why do not we see the
CHASTITY skeleton at our feasts see him
in our streets; hear him in our songs
and be so bitterly oppressed at his inev-
liable coming as to lose all hope, and sit
in the dust bewailing the fate of man,
who, do what he may, can only live to
die ?
Greatest of all MYSTERIES is it, that we
go about forgetting, or seeming to forget
this thing. Nor could we, it seems to
me-but for that inward consciousness
of life beyond that of this world, great
er and better, where the spirit shall take
up its work again, and We shall learn as
we never can on earth, why we have
lived here.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1869-09-18

WHILE Tom Corwin was a member of
the General Assembly of the State of
Ohio, he brought in bill for the aboli-
ton of public punishment at the whip
ping post. He made speech thereon,
to which an elderly man replied as fol-
lows: " Mr.. Speaker, the gentleman is
not as old as | am, and has not seen as
much of the practical operations of the
system of punishment which he desires
to abolish. When l lived in Connecti-
cut, if fellow stole horse or cut up
any other rustics, we used to tie him
right up, and give him 4 real good
thrashin', and he always cleared right
out, and we never saw anything more of
him. It's the best way of getting rid of
rogues that ever was tried, and without
expense to the State" Corwin rose in
reply "Mr Speaker, l have been
often puzzled to account for the vas -
migration from Connecticut to the West;
but the gentleman last up has explained
il to my entire satisfaction" The bill
passed without further discussion.
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(Gen. Houston, of Texas Mr.. Bell was
the only Senator from this seaipn VINO
opposed it. He deserted in it we iiuii-
ful germs of the sectional troubr which
seven years later brought civil wa, ali our
woes. He opposed also the l.esmpton
Bill. as it was called--the Leading Fohu-
cal measure of the administHtion OF
Buchanan. In March, 1859, hi was re-
tired from the Senate after twelie years
of service.
In MAY, 1860, he was nomnated By
the Constitutional Union party a. balu-
more as their candidate for the fresi-
dency, Edward Everett, of Massachusetts
being his associate as Vice PresiueItiai
candidate. Sectional madness ruled the
hour, and a sectional candidate was
elected.
In the "winter of our discontent =
IS60.61, Mr. Bell did nos sulk IN has
tent, because he was defeated @ adidate
for the Presidency. He visited Wash
ington in March of 1861, as peace-ma-
ker. He returned home to find, month
later, that he had failed, and promptly
took ground on the 26th of Apni Of that
year, against the aggressions o. tederal
power; and in this faith he disanli IS
constitute his last public utterapes, but
they will be found by his biographer to
be full of the conservative VISION which
exempliiied his whole public career.
\ newspaper editorial cann,t do JUS
tice to Mr.. Bell, and we shall not attempt
it. This eursory review of the leading
incidents of his public life wa. due to
him, and to the people OF Tennessee.
The historian of the times in which he
lived ami acted, will, we feel sure, say
more than We have space for. While III
influence aud station he was hlance-
wheel in the Republic. So were James
Madison and Webster in their tine. As
he resembled these eminent men he re-
sembled also Halifax, who is described
by Macaulay as one who ''almys saw
passing events, not in the poiutof view
in which they commonly appea to one
who bears part in them, but in he point
of view in which, after the lape of ma
ny years, they appear to the plilosophic
historian He had genius, andhis mind
was quick and comprehensive. His taste
was refined, and it was cultivated by ex-
tensiye learning. His corrected ipeeehes
on political subjects, and his litGary ad-
dresses, may be studied as models. From
his very organization he was conservative;
and he was noble patriot. He served
his country for more than quarer of II
century Of official life, in which he bore
himself with consummate ability, and
incorruptible official and persona integ-
rity. He reflected honor upon rennes-
see, and conferred dignity on American
craftsmanship. He has gone tohis rest
with a name untarnished. BY hs eoun-
sci he sought to restrain the mdness Of
his countrymen. He sought alo to nit
igate the evils it produced. Upon his
fame there will not rest 10 sinirh of IA
naticism or sectionslism and it will be
treasured as one Of the chief jewels o.
the State; and his countrymen from the
Atlantic to the Pacific will do honor tC
his memory.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1869-09-18

"WHAT can you do? ?" asked travel
er of country urchin, whom he saw in
farmers house tickling toad with q
long straw" o, can do more n con-
siderabIe-I rides the turkeys to water,
milks the geese, cards down the old roes-
ter, puts the pigs tails in papers to make
'em curl, ham strings the grass hopper,
keep tally for dad and man when they
scold at a mark, and cuts the buttons of
dads coat when he is at prayers in the
mornin' -
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A MAN whom DR.. johnson once re-
proved for following demoralizing and
useless business, said
"You know, doctor, that must live"
The brave old hater of everything mean
and hateful replied that he did not see
the least necessity of that
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1869-09-18

A WRITER in the Rural New Yorker
gives recipe to maize the hair start on
spots CALLED, or othefwise injured on
horses, as follows: Take an old boot OF
shoe, place it on the fire, burn to coal,
pulverise and mix with hogs lard to
thin paste. A few applications of this
paste to the bare places will dc the work.
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John It. Alexander. IN a attic
King. EN-

| err
We freqr 4tly see elEm- The pa
pers of men who are note 10 &eir ge
MUS, talents, anaaseses Sd y may
have accomplished S%rage o.
men generally. Weyses aot..es of mi.
ners and farmers in California, in Texas
land other States, who have done bic
shsss; we see notices of men who have
| grown rich in manufacturing and real
estate specu!ations in the East and else
where. Scarce a paper that does not
puff somebody for some wonderful feat
in some direction.
We do not recollect to have seen anv
notice in the papers of one of the great
est men the country has produced. We
mean John T. Alexander, of Morgan
county, ILL.,, who commenced business
for himself with little capital or other
advantages above the average of men.
He is plain, homespun farmer: tall
good looking, free and easy in manners,
without the least particle of style in
words or acts.
1t is rather interesting to watch the
movements of such a man at Springfield
or Chicago, among the popinjays and
self-eonstituted leaders of society who
are greatly elevated in their own eonceit.
Mr.. Alexander has been farming in Illi-
nols good many years, and has been
very successful. His farm now compri-
ses about 30, 600 acres, mostly under i'm
provement. This is about one township
and half-about nine miles square-and
all good land. lie has now about G. 900
acres of growing corn, and from 500 to
1000 acres OF grass ready for the mower
He is now feeding about 10000 head
of cattle, and buys and ships East from
Chicago from 1000 to 1000 head of cat
tie every week. He has risen to this
great prominence by his own talent, en-.
ergy, and integrity. His business each
and every year amounts to millions of
dollars, and is entirely Legitimate, adding
to his own wealth aud the common vel
fare of the State.
We may at some time give in more de-
tail a history of Mr.. Alexander and his
operations-not that he needs any such
notice, but as an example to the young
to go and do likewise instead of going
into the stores and Offices, to avoid soil
ing their fingers, with the notion that
farming is not SO genteel and profitable.
We may do so for another reason, and
that IS the fact that the young, as we'll as
the older people nova days, get their
notions of things generally from the
newspapers. The papers for some reason
or other, perhaps the force of circum-
stances more than anything else, have
much to say of manufacturers, lawyers,
bankers, and other professional and traf-
tcing characters. and but very little to
say of farming and farmers. We think
1t profitable to present, as an Offset to
about ten thousand politicians and other
characters who occupy the columns of
newspapers, one such man as John L.
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A BOSS barber, of Cincinnati, return
Ing home the other evening, found that
his wife. had elopea with his ''jour," and
on the table of her boudoir discovered
the following tender quotation from
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4 afraid. It's but a nanr

BE not afraid, tis but panE,
And then thrill, a fever fit. then chill,
And then an end TO human i'll,
For thou art dead, unless you
Use Texas Tonic Syrup. 1t cures Chills and
Fever. For sale by all druggists.
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To relieve from the terrible effects of
running nail iRthe foot of man or
horse, take peach leaves, bruise them,
apply them to the wound, con6ne with
a bandage. They cure as if by magic.
Renew the application twice a day if
necessary, but one application usually
does the work. have cured both man
and horse in few hours, when they are
6rantly on the>poiut of having the
lockjaw. This recipe. remembers and
will save nany yakcle live
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1869-09-18

Fare thee we'll, and, if forever,
Then forever fare thee we'll;
Since, alas, we re doomed to sever,
go mid Joe-you go to hi
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THE hog may not be thorouhgly posted in
arithmetic; but when you come to a square
root, he is there-the hog is and it can be
sed with mathematical exactness that Texas
Tonic Syrup cures Chills and Fever.