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The New York herald., 1869-04-18
Bushels.
Bushels.
John w. Mott, re-

The agents for the storage OF the grain In question
are Messrs. Parker Peck From what can be as
certained at present Mr.. Parker, who Is an Invalid
and has been confined to his house for some time
past, received visit from Mr.. Peck on Tuesday
evening last when the latter informed him that he
was compelled to absent himself from the city for
time: that he purposed visiting sick relative,
and would be absent some time. This was the last
Of that gentleman who Is supposed 10 have left
on Wednesday for Europe on Cne OF the regular
steamships. IL subsequently developed that the
property above enumerated had been sold by Mr.,
Peck TO various parties. through the brokers' mus
1t was that the owners first discovered their loss.
The authorities have doubtless been notified OF the
AFFAIR and are working up the case
One or two OF the firms who have sufered by
the defalcaon, 1t Is expected win be compelled to
suspend
Mr.. Charles Parker. the senior member OF the
warehousIng firm thus compromised before the pub
lie, is a widely known and highly respected mer.
chant, whose uprightness IS acknowledged, ana
whose severe loss, through his unfortunate connec-
on is sincerely regretted by his business acquant.
ances Mr. Parker, who has been resident OF
Brooklyn for many years, has been In poor health
for some time past.
The New York herald., 1869-04-18
Shooting.


Shooting.
The commendable manner In which the laws for
the protection OF game are now being enforced has
been attended with the most beneficial results. But
short time ago INSCRIPTIONS ipoachers had every
thing their own way and made havoc to their hearts,
content In fact their career was characterized by
wholesale plunder and open wantonness. Game
fast disappearing, never to return, and regular
dearth Of ordinary birds actually setting in.
Although almost too late, aremedy at hand That
remedy was slowly applied and the cure was accord
ingly tedious. But repeated application had the
desired effect, and now the prowlers are almost as
scarce as their victims were becoming when their
lawlessness was unchecked. It was something like
the prOverbia stitch in time, and the consequence
has now satisfactorily demonstrated ITSELF Sports
men, true sportsmen, nave accordingly mucD reason
Among I the %any bills sdy passed
that under deiberation by our own Legislature s Of
some importance more especially IN reference to
lars IS to be imposed upon any person killing deer
within five years after the passage OF the bill In the
prohibits the killing Of wild geese wild duck, brant,
black duck, teal duck, widgeon, shelldrake, broad
tween May and October 20, or at any other time be-
fore sunrise and after sunset Floating batteries or
wise prohibited, under severe penalties; and unless
a person has stocked with game birds the land
whsreon he hunts, he is forbidden to kin either
ruf1ed grouse, w00dcock, quail or partridge for the
next five years. A very good clause in this bill pro-
hbits hunting, shooting Or trapping on Sunday un-
der penalty Of fine and imprisonment. The catch
ing Of fish, known as sheepshead, with seine or
hibited. Unquestionably such restrictions must
prove highly advantageous. It would be very ad-
vsable If the several sportsmen's associations had
pacards posted in public places briefly setting forth
the laws IN relation to the protection OF game.
The pigeon match between Ira Payne and James
Ward which takes place the 29th for $780, looked
forward to with much interest. The AFFAIR will
doubtless come OIL as the fOrfelts have already been
deposited.
The New York herald., 1869-04-18


The prospects Of the forthcoming rowing season
and quality Of the rowing It is to be hoped
that the aquatic calendar Of 1869 win at
least equal, II not surpass, that Of previous
years. Several clubs have already commenced active
practice. It is highly desirable that the challenges
should not be 30 limited or confined as last year.
The Hudson Amateur Rowing Association already
boasts some Of the best amateur oarsmen within q
very large circumference Of the State Of New York.
and they should not therefore be backward IN enter
Ging the open lists OF many interesting events an
snounced to take place in neighborng States.
AS previously mentioned the members OF the Yale
crew are hard at work, and II rumor is to be be-
leved their opponents Of Harvard will nnd 1t diff
ncult task 10 carry the honors this year. There ap
pears to be determination on the part Of the Yale
men to make grand struggle, and to land their
boat victoriously at the final stakeboat As yet
very little has transpired with reference TO the
operations Of the Harvard crew; but doubt
less the activity at present @ exhibited by
question the race viii bs very exciting aisir, as
there is now evidence Of more equality between the
his arduoas iaoors Altogether, the aad Of July is
anxiously awaited not only by the lovers Of the
sport but by betting men generally, who not unire
quently reap rich harvest on the event. 1t has not
yet been decided whether the race win be rowed at
Worcester, Mass, or Lake Saltonstall, near New
Haven.
The Portland Yachting Association Intend making
q short cruise early in June The deet will number
this season about dozen yachts, none Of which Will
A%o1g the aquatic events announced sre Ns:;,
April 21wam Hays and nd James as shaw @ .n on North @
2sth-John Minor and John Fields, on the Harlem
river or at the Elysian Fields, for $3.50 side.
three miles, at Eiysian Fields for a $50 prize
1eth--John Collins and Buck Hayes, three miles. for
300 at Port Chester. 20th--Hudson Amateur Row.
ing Association regatta, Hoboken. 22d-James Col
Inns and Henry Reese, of Fort Grant, on Long Island
Sound for 5000 side June e-James Armstrong
and Richard Humphries at Ottawa, q. W. for Sloo.
to row two miles.
The New York herald., 1869-04-18

Average temperature yesterday. .............. IS
Average temperature corresponding day last yr. 61
Average temperature on Friday. ............... SIS;
Average temperature corresponding day Tasty y'r. 54
for af.tra fart tha roaE go.
The New York herald., 1869-04-18

Tonnage. l.Share. Price
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1869-08-04
Slang I'm the Pulpit.

THAT we live in an age of progress,
none will have the temerity to deny. An
age which has produced the Atlantic
Cable, the Pacific Railways, several rev.
olutions, and other great events, in our
age, worthy of a glorious record in histO-
ry, and one which we were fortunate to
have been born in.
Progress and improvement are the
characteristics of the time. Civilization
is making rapid strides towards bring
ing about the grand cOnsumatiOn. Yet,
in the midst of this steady advancement,
there are sO-calIed reformers who deceive
themselves with the notion that what
ever is old is worn out and of no effect
in these latter days; that to keep pace
with the onward career of ideas and
things, the old notions of prOpriety must
be set aside, and something new-nOt
much matter what-intrOduced in their
places. Rather than bear the shadOwi-
est resemblance of Old fogyism? ? they
will submit to the fragrant breaches of
what well ordered people have been
trained to regard as Indispensable ad-
jUncts Of true refinement.
In some parts of the country this spir-
it of vandalism has obtained to a great
extent among writers and public speak
ers, and, we regret to say, even forced
its way in some instances behind the
sacred desk, where nothing but the Sc
verest order and decorum should be toI-
Grated.
Solomon said there is a time for all
things and while we are free to admit
that there is a time for amusement and
fun and both physical and mental recre-
alton, it is not in accordance with the
eternal fitness of things that q religious
service should be einterspersed with slang
phrases, vulgar anecdotes, and express
ions calculated to excite the mirth of an
audience. The house of God is sacred,
and if We are to foster such things as
veneration and dignity at all, surely
there is the place, above all other earth
ly tabernacles, where they should be ex-
ercised to the fullest extent. It is no
place for iesting, bufioonery or rude re-
marks.
The thunders of MountSinai were not
interspersed with such incOngruities, and
our idea of the preaching of Saint Paul
has nothing init to excite ought butlofty
and august reverence, 1t does well
enough for a political stump speaker to
introduce proper jokes to illustrate his.
argument, but when 1t comes to min
lister standing at the sacred desk indulge
ing in witty phrases, evidently with a
purpose, it is nothing short Of disgusting
to polite hearers. It is true, many peo-
pie will flock around q speaker of this
class, from the axiom that there are al
ways those ready to see another make
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WHOLE NUMBER 3S2.

ments for the summers jaunt or the
sewing machine. With MANY, every
little comfort or luxury, once a matter
of course, is now entirely cut off, or
measured out with the most anxious
scrutiny-the hesitating caution that
turns the pleasure almost to a positive
pain. Friends, in contemplating the
good fortune of neighbOr B., who has
$4,000 in bOnds,pays no taxes, and lives
high, whisper to each other that they
don't know how they can make both
ends meet the coming year. All these
things are the nOXiOus fruits of the
course they have taken by the Radical
party to fasten this mOnstrOus and most
ubiquitous debt upon the country. The
knaves and charlatans have built it up
for their own profit without the slight
est regard for the future Interests of
the country.
This debt was iniqUitOusly contract
ed, and by robbery, swindling and Grim
inal eXtTavaga in every department
had at the end of the war swollen to
nearly three thousand millions of dol
lars. The unwise and abOminably
wicked legislation by which Congress
created an aristOcracy of bOndhOIders,
by eXempting from taxation their in
vestments, and paying them an Usuri-
Gus rate of interest, amounting to more
than One-eighth of the entire capital of
of the country, has materially aided in
bringing about the present terrible i'm
povenshment of the masses. These
criminaIly unjust acts of Radical legis-
IatiOn have reduced this nation to the
condition of hopeless Indebtedness and
unjust and oppressive taxation.
The case of our hard times and power
ty is obvious. Is it not time for the
people to reflect seriously over the
alarming situation of the country ?-FT.
VO3HlC Democrat.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1869-08-04
The Cause of Our Hard Times.

Before the late war, honesty, frUgality
and enterprise were regarded as indicat-
inc the road to wealth. Now how is it.,
and what makes the great change &?
Government taxes are so enormous that
who ever can avoid them, on Il large
scale, is certain to become rich-sudden-
" rich! Hundreds OfmilliOns are DOck-
eted by sharpers! Into pursuits which
do not increase wealth, or benefit the
general public, business talent and en-
terprise are diverted from productive in
dustry by gigantic bTibes, and the result
is, a huge National Debt has created a
frightfuI mortgage upon the productive
labor of the country, for il is out of the
earnings of that labor atone that the an
llltdL interest can be paid. We need on
Iy to look to England to see the effects
that such a state of things there has pro-
duced in making 4 few men, such as our
UntaNed bond holders, stock brokers and
tariff-protectcd nabObs of New England,
rich, and the great mass of the people
poor. In England, the interests ON the
huge public debt remains a fixed and
certain charge upon labor. OF the an
nual taxes there (all a tax upon the
labor of the country either
or Indirectly only tirO-sCrCVfhS
are nOminally paid by the upper classes.
And will it not be indefinitely worse
here? We have been travelling the self
same road, with prOdigality that would
create alarm in even Old England, and
who doubts, if there isuots0On u change
i'm the administration, that in very
short time we will find ourselves i'm 4
much worse condition. Steadily the
capital Is concentrating in few hands.
the few rich are growing rich
er, while the numerous and ever increas-
ing poor are growing poorer. Even
now, five so into peoples houses, not
Of the humblest either, we see every
where the signs of pinch and grind. IT.
is hard work to pay the rent, the grocer
and baker; hard work to pay for the.
schooling and clothes; cruel
hard work To squeeze out the INSTALL
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1869-08-04

Do you suppose Ned will ever go up
there among the angels? I sometimes
think that one-legged soldiers will have
no business in Heaven. At least having
turned me so many times in the last
three years, Ned will care nothing for
music. But he's got to march around with
me on his back, and his old hat there is
all the laurels he's ever received for the
loss of his leg.
You're getting tired My! how the
sun comes down? If Ned could only
step in after 4 glass Of soda once in 4
While how cool and refreshing it would
be. But five cents would often drain
the box, and besides, people don't want
One-legged soldiers hObbling around
among the gentry.
Was ! ut the Jubilee? No. Strange
enough, hand-Organs were not called
for, and the men who went down to the
front weren't wanted to sing of the
peace they helped tocOnquer. 1t would
have been Il grand thing to have opened
the programme with music from ten
thousand hand-organs being ground by
eX-sOldiers, but l am afraid the Jubilee
would have been failure. Must you
go? Well
"ThCn conquer we must.
For our cause it is Just.
a nd the hand-organ business will never more
rest.
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himself ridiculous 50 long as they them
selves are not compromised and others,
whOseIeveIitmeets because their iesthet-
fc culture is only equal to their venera-
ton; while to a refined ear, such irrev-
erence is sOrrOwfully repulsive.
The line cannot be too strictly drawn
between the decency and systematic or
der of house of worship and the free
and-easy manners of a concert saloon;
and the slightest innovation of the latter
upon the former should be reprobated
and guarded against with Jealous care,
even at the risk of the bar of formality
and old fOggism. r. r. ENGLE.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1869-08-04
'.Thc Crust Orrl,c Earth.,'

five bury a athCmomctertifty feet ne
low the surface of the earth, the mcr-
curry will remain at the same point the
yeaTrOUnd, i'm winter and summer, show
ing that the influence of the sun does
not reach below that depth. five cur-
ry the thermometer fifty feet lower. the
mercury will rise one degree, and will
rise in the same ratio for every fifty feet
we go down. 1t can be easily calculated
mt what depth all known substances will
melt. This would not exceed tiftvmilcS.
Ii will thus be seen that the crust-Or
solid part-Of the earth is exceedingly
thin in propOtiOn to the diameter:
not so thick as an egg shell, in prOpOtiOn
to the size of the egg. With a crust 50
thin, constantly cooling, and producing
Il pressure upon the internal masses, IL
is not strange that the bed of oceans
should be elevated and form dry land,
and continents should sink and form the
beds of oceans. Large mountains have
been elevated in single day, and whole
cities have been sunk in the same space
of time. The side of q volcanic noun
tain once broke away, and the livid mas
ses flowed out, forming a river twelve
miles wide, which i'm its course melted
down six hills six hundred feet high, fill
ling up valleys six hundred feet deep,
and spreading over q surface of eleven
hundred square miles, -Dr. PlJaioa.
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EOsecrans, and His Religion.

General ROsecrans is a most deyOut
Catholic While serving in the war he
had priest to accompany him cOntin-
uaIIy. This fact does not rob him Ofanv
of his good qualities, if he possesses any,
nor do we irreverently allude tOit. But
is it proper to elect q man Governor Of a
State, who believes in q religion that is
at present making the most scUrffIOUS
attracks upon our common schools >
Sidney Journal.
Shade OfJOhn Carol, OfCarrOltOn, YOU
who signed the immortal declaration of
American Independence, appdar and say
what right you had to be 4 Catholic;
Say to this generation and particularly
to the wiseacTes Of the Sidney Journal
what apology you now have for having
been such an uncircU1cised heather?
ROsecTans is a devOUt Catholic, is he3
Well, thank God, there's one public
man, who does profess and live accOT-
ding to some form of Christian religion.
And this gOdly old General ROsecranS
had priest with him in the army, did
he? If the Priest had any influence
on him. he must have been a noble,
patriotic, Christian man; for, when and
where in the war did any other General
perform greater deeds, and, who of the
great array OF Generals, has uniformly
been known by all to possess better daily
habits?
The Catholic religion is making sour
TilOUs attacks on our common schools,
Ell! 1t is false, as one instance! In
Jackson township, of AUglaize county,
every man is n catholic in his religion:
the township cOntaing five thousand in
habitantS and there are not better COM
mon schools in the whole State of Ohio!
They have buildings for common schools
that we consider ornaments to our coun-
ty.-We are no Roman Catholic, and no
apOlOgists for the PeculiaTities of that
church, but we know that no better pa
triOts ever appeared in our land in time
of danger, than members of this church,
not merely as few individuals, bat as a
great body of our people.
In this short paragraph from the Re
publican editor of the Journal the old
venom appears. 1t is Native American
ism and Know NOthingiSm revived.
Let this old war revive, we are ready
for the battle with such q leader as Cen
ROsecrans. Not only are we ready but
eager for such contest that this age,
thought considerably infused with inf
deity, will sustain the right-.tUUuf-C
C0yIRiV Democrat
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1869-08-04

Straw is subject to the process of croft
ing, or it is immersed in boiling sOlu-
ton of caustic soda, to dissolve the var
nish and refuse matter; afterward it is
bleached with sulphurOus acid, or chic
rine, as above.
Straw goods of every kind should be
thoroughly cleansed. Varnish and OBJ
jectiOnable tints are removed by several
immersiOns in dilute alkalies, alternat-
ing with others of chloride of lime, and
the vapOr of sUlphurOus acid.
Very strong dyes are only removed by
employing different chemical reagents,
as chronic acid or the combination of
this with pOtassa. PrOtOchlOride of tin
is also used
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1869-08-04
Accidents on an Alpine Railroad.

y CORRESPONDENT of the Hartford
Courant writes from Paris an account Of
Il trip over Fcl's Alpine railway. Mr..
Fell, the constructor of this line, built
the Mount Washington railway in the
White Mountains. He nowruns Amer
lean cars over the Alps. The Courants
correspondent says:
The carriages are about half the length
Of ours at home, with seats on each side,
50 that the passengers face each other as
in an omnibus, and with windows on
the sides, from which tits difficult to see
out when one Is squeezed in tight on the
seat, with his back to them. The cars
are also very narrow, the track being
three feet six or seven inches guagc, SO
that they are not much more comfort
able than an omnibus. The fare, first
class, was twenty-five, second class,
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1869-08-04
RAILROADS.
A5s z.zzzzs e.
PITTSBURG CINCINNATI & ST LOUIS RAILWAY
PAN HANDLE ROUTE.
&C. c. ,E l. c. DIVISION.)

The Southern Express train Eastward has silver
Pitfsburg s. Philadelphia. without change. West
ward Silver Palace Day Night Carlo Louisville
Tbe FxDress Eastward has Sleeping Cars to Pitts
burr Passengers leaving Sunday morning Dy TINS
train reach New York Monday morning az 6LJ-,
Westward through Car to Peoria y heokuk Inc
Past Line has Silver Palace Day u Night car from
Columbus TO New York via Pittsburg Philadcphla
without change. Westward mas SleePIHS ~ - Se5 ~
Cybica0o without change. Express East Southern
ExDless trains West run daily, other trains dally
Sunday excel ted ,.- o,.- nj, AIT
D S. GRAY, 2ud V. Prcs't and Gen. Manager
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1869-08-04
History Of a OI8-LGggGd Soldier
AS TOLD BY A HAND ORGAN.
Tink-a-link-link!

Tink-a-Iink-linl!
s'Jav. Paddy dear, and did you hear,
The news that's going round
Much obliged for the pennies-it's a
hot day, and pennies are scarce. Have
I a history? OfcOUrse I have. \ hand
organ that has been carried around from
place to place since '66 has seen and felt
enough to fill a volume. If you ain
ashamed to sit down here on the curb
stone beside the poor One-legged soldier
that does nothing but turn my crank all
dav, sometimes signing when he sees
men look at me and sneer, I'll tell you
our history, for I've come to be part OF
the soldier, and he often tells me that
he should come nearer starvation if 1t
weren't for the tunes play. The sun Is
hot and don't you see how it has blister
ed the varnish around my corners, and
burned the face and hands Of the old
veteran? But beggars can't be chOos-
ers, and Ned sometimes tells me that
the organ business is but Il higher step
of fbeggary.
The first thing remember was being
in big room in New York, piled atop of
other organs until I almost touched the
floor above. I guess there must have
been a thousand of us in that one room.
It was only once in long time that the
door of the room was ever opened, once
in a while q surly-looking Italian would
come in and try some Ofmy companions
and perhaps buy one, but I often heard
my builder complain of dull times, and
wish that he had us off his hands. l
very well remember when the war
broke out, men who came in would talk
about it, and, once I heard "copper"
head" tell my owner, who was a truly
loyal man, that he needn't worry about
the loss of stock, that the hand organ
business would be mighty brisk after
the war. 1 heard my owner threaten
him with arrest, and boast that his par
ty were going to reward the soldiers for
their patriotism.