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Smyrna times., 1870-08-24
IPUnLIc-No. 5}l

An Act authorizing the First Bank OF Delhi, New
York, to change its location
Be it enacted by the Representatives OF
the United States OF America IN Congress assembled That
the First National Bank Delhi located in Delhi Della
county State Of New York, is hereby authorized to
change its location the village Of Port Jevis Orange
state OF York Whenever the stockholders
ing threefourhs OF the capital Of said bank meeting
called Or that purpose determine to make such change the
president and cashier shall executea certificate under the
pnrate seal OF the bank specifying such determination and
sha cause the to lie recorded in the office of the Comp
tOr OF the currency and hereupOn such change Of location
snail e fect and the of discount and deposit Of
said bank shall I've carried under Of the First Ma
tOnal Bank OF Port Jerv
county, State Of New York,
SEC ANA M IT further enacted That nothing in this act
contained shaI be 40 construed in release
the SAID oank from liability affect action proceed
IN law IN which the said bank party
And when such change shall determined upon as
aforesaid notice thereof and of such change shall
in at least two weekly newspapers each counties OF
Delaware and Orange, in the State OF New
than tour successive weeks.
And he it further That this act shall take
effect and he in force from and after its passage.
Approved, May ), 1870.
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IprRttC-No 551
An Act TO create an addition

An Act TO create additional districts the of
Dakota to be called the Springfield and pembina districts
Be enacted by the Senate and House of
the United States Of America IN Congress assembled That the
President United States be- and he is hereby
10 establish additional districts Territory Of Dakota
which drcts shall be respectively bounded follows viz
ICuntlnued 81 fourth paRe.J
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An Act extending the within which persons elected
Office take the oath Office bed in entitled
An act to admit the state Texas the
Congress O the United States approved March thirty egh
teen hundred and seventy.
Be enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
the United of America Congress assembled That all
duly elected office the State OF Texas, and hold
certificate such election, snail have thirty
day from April thirty eighteen hundred seventy within
which to take subscribe and file the oath OF office prescribed
in the act OF Congress approved March thirty eighteen hun
dred the admission of the Texas
representation in the Congress o the Congress OF the United
States.
Approved, May 4, 1870.
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IpuBLIC-NO. Gi1
An Act in ralation tO the Iowa rivor 4, tba O

An Act in relation to the Iowa the State of Iowa
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
the United states OF America in Congress assembled
much of the Iowa river, In the State of Iowa. lies
the Of WapeIO be- and the hereby
q navigable river public highway.
Approved, May G, 1870.
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WHOLE no. 500

A Boys RIGHTS ON A FARM.-ihe Iioiric
Farmer, in speaking Of . a boys right, on
farm" talks in this truthful way:
We are strongly inclined to tie opinion that
there are no offices 50 poorly appreciated as
those performed by boys on a farm. If any
thing is lost, it is always the boy that ina, been
neglectful. If the gate was left unta,tened or
the bars down, it is the boy who was to blame
If the hens don't lay it is because the boy
hasn' t fed them If dinner is late, !: is for
the reason that the boy did not prepare tie
wood in season. lfthe COW gives b,oo1y n,ik,
it is because the boy threw a stone at be-, kill
ed a toad in her path, or raced her in driving
her home Cattl. get into the fields because
boys break down the tcnco- in climbing over
them. If a pitcher is broken 10y sume older
member Of the family, the cause IS traced to a
crack made by The boy the last time LIE used
| it,
All of which is sadly true The most unin-
tercsting work, sorting potatoes on rainy Gays,
setting out caJbagea after show +, turning a
grind,tone by the hour to grind iu. Scythes
and dull axes, running for W@t"r while the men
rest their iron legS, working WIN the poorest
tools, such dull scythes ani old worn out
hoes, manure forks with two tines. and like
treatment with reference to almost everything,
is too often the lot Of boys who are expected to
love farming and grow up 20 be farmers.
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mountain height and on every anniversary of
the awful tragedy the good peasants place
wreaths Of immortelles upon the simple white
cross that marks the nameleSs tomb.
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Down IN TIE Book story is told Of an
old clergyman who had the most unbounded
faith in Watts hymn-book. lie was fond Of
saying that he could never open to any page
without finding an appropriate hymn. \ mis-
chievous son OF his thought it would be good
joke to test his father faith So he took an
old song and pasted it on one Of the pages of
the book, over hymn, so nicely that it could
net be easily detected At church. one Sab
bath mornng, the minister happened to open
a. that very page, and commenced to read:
"Oli Grimes : dead
There was sensation in the audience. lie
looked at the choir and they looked at him but
such was his faith in Watts hymns that he
undertook it again, commencing with the same
line. There was another sensation in the audi
ence. Looking at it again, and then at the
congregation, and then at the choir said he,
Brethren it is here, in the regular order in
Watts hymn-book, and we will sing it any
! how.
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SEWING MACHINE,

other Sewing achnes in the market:
l. 1t has tension which prevents cutting of
thread or dropping Of stitches.
3. 1t has the most powerful construction, which
will insure good work for quarter of a century.
3. 1t sews the lightest cambria and the usual
shoe leather without any strain whatever.
4. 1t has feed bar which can be lowered and
raised at will, thus adapting it 10 all kinds of ma
terdl.
D. 1t is impossible to get the machine out of order
unless by rust, dust or taking apart 1t will
get out of order by working.
6. 1t has the highest attainabe speed, making |
about 2,2OO stitches per minute by foot, and 1900
by steam.
I. 1t is the lghtest running shuttle machine.
8. 1t makes the most beautiful Lock Stitch.
9. 1t has the handsomest appearance.
TO- 1t has the strongest, most convenient, hand
somcly polished, braced table. with drawer, and
board to prevent soillng the dress.
H. Its cover is polished, fitting and locked as
little trunk. There is nothing better than this to
preserve the machine.
-. 1t has a straight needle.
49, Four hobbns hold spool of cotton.
IA. 1t has the best hemmer.
Is. 1t has the most complete attachment, the
Jack-of.a trades hens, iels, binds, bastes, tucks,
braIds aud ruffies.
1G. 1t is simple as any machine in the market
II. 1t needs but little time to learn its operation
Is. 1t has the best embroidering attachment.
-. 1t straight piece while putting
another at the same time without basting, attach.
Inent OF after work.
These advantages combine the hest qualities of a
Sewing machine for the family who want to use i
steadily in all kinds of work.
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REVISION OF THE ENGLISH BIBLE.-The
arrangements made by the committee of the
Convention of Canterbury for the revision Of
the authorized version Of the Scriptures seem
to be exceedingly wise. There are to be two
companies; one for the revision Of the Old
Testament which is to begin work on the Pen
tateuch and one for the Revision OF the New
Testament, which is to begin wO' !, on the three
Synoptic Gospels. The Old Testament com,
pany, consisting of the Bishops of St. David s.
llandaff, Fly Lincoln, and Bath and Wells,
with four scholars from the Lower House, is
to invite a number of scholars of all opinions,
churches, and sects, ranging from DIR. PuSey
to DIR. Davidson to join it. The new Testa-
ment company, consisting of the Bishops of
Winchester, Gloucester and Bristol, and Sails
bury, with the Deans of Canterbury and West
minister, and Canon BlakeSley. invites simi-
lar accession to its numbers fIom all tlfeolOgi
cal schools-frOm Roman Catholics (ior Dr..
Newman is invited) to UnitarianS, who are
represented by learned Biblical scholar the
Rev. q. Vance Smith. The object to be aim
ed at is to make no alteration that is not really
of import, and even then to make it as much
as possible in the style of the authorized YER
sion, and to make none on the authority of any
manuscript reading for which there is not a
decidedly prOponderating evidence. The New
| Testament company is already at work-thC
Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol who is the
soul Of it, having the work really at heart.
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The scene of the following romance is laid at
Yonkers, New York: A young lady who
was engaged to he married soon, on passing a
barber shop, saw her intended in a chair and
barber tanning him. She supposed he must
be sick, 50 she rushed in and threw herself in
his arms, and found he was only having his
moustache dyed. She got some of the stuff
on her face, which colored her fair cheek, aud
so disgusted her that she broke off the engage
ment
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THE AMERICAN

Can be had as plain sewing machine without the
buttonhoe and overseaming, at SIS less than the
gwen prices,
We want a few reliable agents everywhere, to
whom we viii! make it an object to sell these PoPu-
lar machines.
Machines will he sent to any address on receipt
Of price. Every machine has full outfit ior plain
sewing, hemming, &c.
We simply ask an examination to verify all we
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O e FICIAL.
prnI1c-Nn Al

LAWS AND RESOLUTIONS OF TIE UNITED STATES
PASSED AT TIE SECOND SESSION OF THE FORTY
FIRST CONGRESS-
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"SOUND on THE GoosE A pious old ne
gro woman was once caught by her master
stealing goose and the next Sunday she par
took Of the communion, after which her mas
ter accosted her as follows:
why, Hannah, saw you to-day at the
communion table -
{" Yes, tank dc Lord, massa, was lowed to
be dcre wild de rest Oh His family
But, Hannah, was surprised to see you
there !" he said How is it about the
goose'?'
She looked a little surprised as if she didn' t
comprehend the cause OF his wonder; but soon
catching the meaning, exclaimed:
"Why, sar, do you tink | Sc goin' to let an
cid goose stand be;we'9 HE and my Makcr?"
Smyrna times., 1870-08-24
Father Hyacinthe on the Dogma.

Father IIyacinthe protests as resolutely as
ever against the dogma of Papa infallibity.
In the long letter which he has lately published
he denies that Catholics are bound to accept
the dogma, because, in the first place, for an
Ecuncncal Council to have any athOrity it
must be perfectly free and in his opinion the
recent Council has not been free, as is proved
by the repeated protests of many illustriOus
bishops and, In the next place, the represcn-
tatiye character of the Council will not be
admitted by the Church at large, inasmuch as
the bishops who are the witnesses of faith,
are limited beforehand by that very character.
They can therefore only exercise their func-
tions on truths which have always and every
where been acknowledged. He believes that
they have exceeded the powers confded to
them; that the Church cannot recognize the
arbitrary work accomplished, and the Council
will remain without authority. lie inferS that
there is now greater dangerof schism than there
has ever been before. He appeals to a council
really free and ecumenicaL Above all, he ap-
pcalS to God. Men, he eXclaims. have 'bcen
| impuissant to secure the triumph of truth and
justice let the Almighty arise and take his
cause in hand and judge it. The Council,
which was to be a work OF light and peace,
! has intensified the darkness and unclaimed
diScord in the religious world. War responds
! to it as a terrible echo in the social system.
War is a scourge of God; but in bringing the
chastisement may it not therefore prepare the
remedy? In removing the ancient editice may
it not clear the ground on which the Divine
Spouse OF the Church will construct the New
Jerusalem? 1t is manifest that in making
this solemn protest against the dogma Of infal
liblity Father llyacinthe has not had bctor,
his eyes the fear of the POpe's Legates, who
have just issued formal condemnation Of " The
writers who deny the liberty OF the deibera
tions of the Council. Meanwhile Father
Ilyacinthe, after having left the pulpit, ha
as private in a company of volunteers fol
the defence or Paris-N T. Herald
, 1870-08-28
UNDERWRITERS.


The Pail Mali Gazette has the following: :.
''TLe undertakers hare seldom received
such q severe blow as that deslt to them b.
be buried in All iue1rensise. unosteatatious,
and st1ictiy private manner: that no public
announcement he made Of the time or plAce
OF mr. burial that, 1t the utmost. not more
than three rl.in mourning coaches be EN-.
wear no scart, cloak, black bow, long bow, OF
ether tuch revolving sbsurdity.' This is plain
speaking, and the grim rAven5 who hover
rornd tie house Of mourning with the view
q turning tesrs in into sa Sab VII bs ~
IN aaseF Of when opnaa tasy sass r;s tss
gard to their trade, uttered BY one whose voice
has none the lees influence because it pro-
oeeds from the grave. Lord Derby. Lord
Clarendon. and Mr. Dickens have all set IN
Go well to follsw, OF simplicity in their fune-
rails, Tie day will come when We, OF rather
our descendants, will wonder that undertalers
we're ever permitted to trade upon our aor-
rows in the present disg1acefnl fashion. In
nine cases out Of ten, when the head OF
nothing more laaentab1e can be conceived
than that the hard-earned savings intended
to provide for the necess sites OF wife and
children should be equao6ered on black kid
gloves and eilk hnt-bands for second cous-
ins, doctors, servants, and others who are
tzker TO help him to plunder the family Of
| the deceased. II one or two Dukes and
Duchesees would have the kindness to direct
| that their remains were to be deposited in the
made to receive them. the middle class wou1d
at once consent to BE- buried in siniiar man-
ner and this would cut on the bricklayer,
who, viii, tho haberdaaher. joins the under
taker ip the work Of e1tortiou. Brick vaults
! are but attempts to fight with nature. who, in
he long run. will be victorious. We have
! much to lea1n and much to un1earn on this
! subject hut the day Will CONG when we ahall
con9uer our prejulices and not be afraid tc
say to the porly undertaken. as he soleranlJ
funeral procession Ny dca1 sir, instead o.
being, az YOU imagine, an imposing objee'
vcu sre, in the words Of Mr.. Dickens, sitnpl,
:; .;revolsing absu1dity."'
, 1870-08-28

\ etsol1 along the banks OF the small river
revealed nauy fresh beaver tracks. The hea-
yer, when forced to leave HIS Lolne t'y tho
spring ffe=hets, which fill it with water. teeks
his living along the banks OF the email EiTer
until the waters Eubslde. He IL greya1ocs
and playful animal, fond OF gymnastics fer
their Owl asEe, When he tEds steep.
smooth, mud bars, he usually eclu-es h:U1-
=clI by crawling up and then slicing oI 'uto
the water. repeating the process many tinesr
apparently eDioslug the fun ns muc1 u tA'y1
do coastinE. lie il nocturnal III hts hablts,
and very tin;d. Taking the small canoe. ku-
r;1Ia padded patiently up aud down, making
as little noiae us possible. aud =cAu:lHE teo
water nest the banks for the be.rerH noso.
This is the only part visible, the res. being
below the sE1fsce-
i crack followed ty etous, told that ta7
old Scotch ride Lad done its w"Es. ard huz:lla
econ appeared in triumph. kesEiEGe, sEsau
beaver The fcsh Of this animal |. 70 most
POROUS di.ag-eeab'e- 4 eight odo- and
favor which accompany it frequently pro-
1neyer ate tho meat, bar the pa@= a:d tail
I found ye,y good The former are coyered
Will t1ack skin. with only little hair near
the junction With tie am or leg. Wlaa
thoroughly boiled they Resemble Rigs feet
The tail il composed OF muscular hhes. cnn-
timing large amount OF Peculiarly 4.eet IA.
in the intetstiees. The akin which co:era tho
tail has the appearance Of ecales, but Tiara
are no real scales. The skin readil: pee:a eli
il tcorched in the FIRE, a1l the tail, when we'll
toiled. is delicious mo1sel.
The muscles aod Inner Ekiu ara re1ace3 bj
boiling to a kind Of jelly, AID the wh:le !. 20
rich that one cannot eat much OF It. lac ca
torenn1, which il used in medicine, is ccat :Is.
in two glsnds, which open near ths TIL Their
nsa ia not clearly understood, but = pso5s sb.g
similar to that Of musk glands il tha n,r=sre:
aud muskdeer. Afayorise amusement arioas
the K1tchiu Indians ccnsists in 1.!:ag tue
tumerus in their hands ard ende.teEinS t1
requires considerable strength tf:.E =kin.
ming the beaver, AMI stretching the skit o.
hoop OF green willow, We push o1--0E::
i3dsEG
, 1870-08-28
would give himself up to despair and, Ike a
frog OF rabbit, Etupidly awNit the spring Of hs

would give himself up to despair and, hse a
frog OF rabbit stupidity await the spring Oh us
enemy. . u.
In this particular case the hope is born o.
knowledge but in any man who il concsfneu
in great Ahai.p, and who requires much pres
ence Of mind, there should bo horetulnsss,
not depending upon know!edge-a hdoh u
hopefulntee arising from the fact that hope
fufness generally carries the day: He shonla
eerpents, which, By their nature, must uneoi!,
and give him some time before the; can sprng
upon him.
At least there is something comforting in
the foregoing view, because, il true, It shows
that preaenee Of mind is a thing which may.
to certain extent, be acquired We haFe
1cen led long way out OF tho usual roaa
when We have come to the conclusion that
presence OF mind mainly depends upon hope
fulness-in fact, upoa ssnsuine tenpera'
ncnt, but perhaps it may not be wroag way
SIr. Emerson quotes conversation Of Ma.
| ro1eon with Las CaHas- in Which the g.ea'
copqucror remarked, "As to moral courage
| + fave rarely met with two-oclock
1 Iu-the -mo,nirg kind; mean unpre
rcred courage, that which is necessary on ~
unexpected occasion; and which. in spite O
the most unforeseen events, leaves full Tree
dom OF Judgment and decialou;' and ne ht
not hesitate to declare that he was hlmsel
eninentls endowed with this 2-o'clock- -in-the
morninr courage. and that he had met witt
few pe1sons equu to himself in this respect
TIE reader viii sec that, il Am right In tn
foregoing analvsis Of presence OF mind, IA
poleon IL wrong m attHbuting il to cour251
Bat men seldom aualyZe carefully the lual
ties wheel, they possess largely. Famlharst
with thenc qualities Of theita renders thel
l,.ll in the analysis Of thcm.-Eood Word:
, 1870-08-28

choose to instruct them. In the select school
nothing but reading aud writing is taught.
No science OF any Kind. not even geography
and arithmetic. AZ for grammar, they
have rpne: and the abacus, thels only mode
OF reckoning, il seldom taught in school
In the more advanced schools the students
are taught 10 write prose and poeuc essA5e,
preparatory to the competitive esam!uauons
Tor literary degrees. These e3aminat1ons re
conducted by literary chancelloIs appo1nsel
By tic Emperor, who are aided hy othar clsh
officers. The examination for the first de-
gree. answering to our !. B., u IN tile dis
trict for the seeond degree, ansW esing to
our 4. II, At the provincial capital: and for
the third and fourth, or highest degree, at
rckiu. In all these examinations nothing
but ethical and historical essays md poetry
arc written. There is no examination
in science or Law, OF IN the history
ard laws Of other nations. THIS, il
brief, is tic education and learning O.
China. As for 'newspapers,' there is no
one p1iuted in ill China. There Is daii,
official bulletin issued from the impe!is
palace, called by foreigners the Peki1
Gaze2e, but it Is strictly official and very brisi
| and il not at al a newspaper in the usus
| acnse. Two or three newspapers in th
| Clunese language hate been started b
Foreigners residing 1t the open ports.
..As to books it is seldom that new boo
apne,rs, There n1s number OF Ibranes
! oid books on various subjects, but they ~
chiefly historical annals Of the empire. Boo
stores are found in al the cities, cont4lnit
school books, novels, histories and WORKS
fsw other subjects.
, 1870-08-28
Presence OF Mind

There aro few things which are less under
stood than the nature OF presence OF mind.
1t has been supposed By some to bo mainly
the result OF i cool aud lymphatic tempeEs-
mainly the result Of fearlcssncss. Bat these
arc mistakes. A siuele example will almost
suttice to verify the foregoing statements.
The first Napoleon possessed. IN very high
degree, this great quality Of presence Of
mud. 1t Is probable that he possessed it in
amy But he had By no neana cool and
lvuphatic temperament. On the contrary. be
vas Of ve,y e1citable and irritable nature,
~ most great Ileu are apt to be. Again. it
would he 1ezE bold thing 70 Say hs WAS moro
fearless than xny nan in his army. Doubt
less there were many men Il fearless a. lie.
We must lock therefore, for other causes.
I saw -tcauses," because any manifesto
ton Of human character is the result, in gen.
eraI. OF seve1A causes. Bat il thsre ia one
predominant cause. It Is hopefulncss. There
arc also minor causes Of much importance.
Men differ very much in the svittneas Of their
| thinking. Men differ stiil more in their hab-
| its Of concentrating thought Aud relieving
their attention frum e1ttaneous matters.
But great proficiency in sMlftress OF thinkius,
and IN concentrating thought, would not give
! presence ot mind. unless there were lopafu1-
pess.
| For msE to hayc presence Of mind he
must ~ snre OF these three things. that in
any difficulty OF emergency there is always
something to be done, that this something
j may be made, the beat thing 70 be done, and,
last1y, there is neatly alwsys time in which to
| 10 il.
1Nill give d singular illustration Of this
one which have use before, but which
cannot do without Gil the present occasion;
| To ali those who haye studied the ways Of
serpcnte. i. is known that these reptiles can,
not spring at yoa when they ,Ee Y STATE 40 .,
can rake .teir spF1ns upon 5on. Sow, r tnsr ~
should come upon coiled serpent sssss. sn,ss
raises it's head, and. st the man secs, My as;n3
battle, lis an vii have pFesen.sSs. .S.. q .hnpa mnG
ina fer lin to & soehinE: ,ins .aS asfo,Is 70 Iassn
y.S7 TS5tn rapia ~, % sre The q shensh.
=: IN; ns ( s1a Fl Low sis Esh =
Mnne ~ ~ e1..;i hr cndcavor TO get to tia
trse m Shall be tre his revolyers Il ts, themi, =
diI not know that he had time to thnk, II
, 1870-08-28
Remarkable &:n.c OF t'ctrisac.1on.

A writer from Reading. TO the Pittsburgh
Christian Radical, relates remarkable md
apparently well-1uthentic2ted case Of pet1i-
faction OF = human body:
a11e. Catha1ino Hppla died At Nonrpyia.
Kansas. on the I'D OF February, 1866, in the
G5th year of her age. She WAS buried there
on the 2ath. In December, 1868, her husband
died at Ills old home in fremont, S.huyiliu
County. nsylvania, requesting that his
w.tc's senains 10 brought and burned hy his
side III fremont Cemetery. On the 10th OF
mother had been buried, her gtave WAS
opened; and after the removal OF the
covering Of the outer cot,3n it WAS discovered
that 10th cof1ins were filed with datk-co1-
ortd water, nua. on raising the cotfius to the
surface OF the earth, thoy foand it to ID Ks-
narkab1y heavy. 4
The collin was c.nptic3 Of the water, aad
on examination Of TIC body il was pronounced
Ly those .prcscus completely petaaed Tho
color Of the face and lands was, perhaps, two
shades darker than natural, and somewhat
resembling vanished wood. The fea-
tutes were as full aud perfect As when
ehe was alive, 20 that Ill who had
known her, aud came to SEQ her romains,
cou1tensnce. The body remained exposed to
atmospheric influence for four days, in order
to ascertain whether any changg would take
place, preparatory to its transportation east.
ward No change whatever WAS manifest
The remains were roughly handled at Ill trans
fer points. we're transported !, 400 noiEea b.
rail- and, before the burial at fremont, III.
body wss again examined by Dr.. Provost, :
that p1acc, aud found to bc thoroughly petzi
| fed, nal iu tho 62me condition ~ 1t WAS Hhel
! taken out OF the grave.