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Year: 1869

The sun is distant from the earth
90, 900, 900 miles +; its diameter is
$50, 900 miles, or more than one
hundred times that of the earth. If
placed where the earth is. its cir
cumference would not only include
the moon, which is $780, 900 miles
from the earth, but would reach
out past nearly as far again The
heat of the suns surface is equal to
that which would be produced by
burning six tons of coal per hour on
each square yard.


The outer surface Of the sun is
composed Of scales about the shape
of a willow leaf, and perhaps 1000
miles long. 1t is these that give
out the light and heat. A great
distance below this outer coat,
there is q layer of dark clouds,
probably metallic. Again there is a
great space, and then another layer
Of still darker clouds, likely of the
same material: another great in
terval, and then the solid surface
Of the sun.


The sun travels about q million
Of miles day, and yet in the last
two thousand years it has not travel
ed one sixtieth part of the distance
to the nearest star. In fact, there
is hardly any perceptible change in
its position among the stars, one Of
which--Sirius-is large enough to
make two or three hundred like it.
Year: 1869

To STOP THE Flow OF BLOOD.
We occasionally admit a recipe
which more properly belongs to
work on domestic medicine but
we wish to make this department as
comprehensive, instructive, and SER
vicable as possible, and the follow
ing is so valuable that it should be
known and be remembered by every
one. Housc-kccpers, mechanics,
and others handling knives, tools
and other small instruments, fire.
quently receive severe cuts, from
which blood flows profusely, and Of
ten endangcrs life itself. Blood
may be made to cease to flow as fol-
lows: Take the ine dust of tea
at all times accessible and easily
obtained, and bind it close to the
wound. After the blood has ceased
to flow, laudanum may be adyanta-
geousl y applied to the wound. Due
regard to these instructions would
save agitation of mind, and run
ming for a surgeon, who probably
would make no better prescription
If he were present.
Year: 1869

The geographers have not entire
ly finished their work on this conti-
nent. We recently published the
fact that military reconnaissance
Of the White Pine region had been
ordered, and Of this proposed survey
the San Francisco Bulletin says:


There is q territory about the
head waters Of the Colorado, with
an area as largo as the State OF
Illinejs. about which nothing is
Known Of any practical value. One
or two persons have made tho pas
sage through the great Colorado
Canon, and now and then a pioneer
hunter or miner has looked from the
heights into its fearful chasm. But
We know little or nothing Of the
topography Of the country, what in.
exhaustible mines of precious met
ais it may contain, and more i'm
portant still, what great table
lands and rich valleys it may have,
adapted to agriculture and to the
maintenance Of a dense population.
We do not even know from authen-
tie sources whether the Colorado is
navigable above the Great Canon,


and We know even less of two OF
three Of its largest afluents The
Flax river is traced on maps for
more than two hundred miles
through Northeastern Arizona; bu:
the country through which it flows
has been shut out from civilization,
and even from thorough exploration.
We hear of fierce savagcs, of foods
and droughts, of semi-tropical vcr.
dure, and Of mineral deposits richer
than have been developed in any
other part Of this country. We
shall never know how much Of truth
or how much of fiction there may be
in these reports until . thorough
exploration has been made.


We have already stated that an
exploring expedition under the mill.
tary supervision Of Major General
Thomas, will be sent to this coun-
try during the present season, com.
prising engineers, gcologists. bota-
nists. and other scientific nen. with
all necessary appliances for , thor
ough survey of the country. The
White Pine pioneers on. the north,
and the Southern Pacific railroad
surveyors on the south, might be
able to tell US something about this
unknown country within the next
year or two. But more important
results may be expected from the
labors of this military aud scientific
expedition. If rich mines and fer
tile lands should be found, it will
not be long before the current oi
population will set towards the up
per waters of the Colorado. The
construction of the Southern Pa.
ci6c railroad will have much to do
in fastening the settlement Of that
country. chicago Journal of Com.
Year: 1869

Ex-Presidcnt johnson made a
speech on Wednesday, at Clarks-
vile, Tenn. to an audience of g..
900. He compared Sumner to jeff.
Davis, and then paid his addresses
to Grant, as follows:


They call Grant a second
Washington. Let us see how he
merits this name. In his first in
augural, Washington said "The
magnitude and difficulty of the trust
to which the voice of my country
men have called me, bring sufficient
cares to awaken in the wisest and
most experienced citizen a distrust
Of his powers to carry on the great
and responsible duties. and to doubt
his qualifications for SO grand and
great trust


In his first inaugural, Grant said:
''The responsibilities of my posit-
ion are very great, but l assume
them without fear. There is the
first contrast-the difidence and
the dignity Of one, and the arrogant,
self -.suf6ciency Of the other
Washington did not enter the cx-
ecutive mansion as into a grand
gift establishment, but how is it
with the second Washington? He
is approached by one man, whom
he afterwards appointed secretary
of the treasury. with q SOS, 600
check; by his future secretary of
the navy with deed to furnished
house in Philadelphia by his at
torncy general, that was to be, with
an expensive library and so on ad
infnitum, each one that hoped for
office coming with an expensive gift
to purchase it. Hero is a second
comparison ''the real father Of
his country was for the maintenance
of the principles and the good Of
his country, while tho second
Washington was shrcydly looking
out for himself" He concluded
by saying: II think the radical
party are disintegrating and crumb-
ling away. l am opposed to max
ing . soft bed for them to recline
on in death. The Offices are not
enough, for all money is getting
scAce, and things lying around
loose have all been picked up. Now
they are filled with dissatisfa ction.
and are fighting for the little resi-
DUN Of plunder. Our duty is to
give it to them now, to press home
upon them, and hasten their death,
by adherence by bold, manly cour-
age adherence to the essential
principles of true rel ublican govern
Year: 1869

NEW YoRK CRY, July 10, 1869.


70 the Editor Of the New York World:


SIR: The New York Tribune
and the Times do me a great injus-
tice in their notice Of the reunion
Of the officers Of the Army of the
Gulf, at Long Branch New Jersey.
They assert that l insulted the as
sociation to whose banquet l was in
vited, by the allusion I made to the
leaders Of the Confederate army. i.
/ did not intend to wound the feel
ings Of those who had honorcd me
with an invitation to participate e
in their festivities /; on the contra
~, it was . compliment to our army
to speak we'll Of those over whom
our army had triumphed. as /" foe
men worthy Of our STEEL" Ny in
tention and meaning could only have
been perverted by men who had
bcen taught By such heroes as But
Year: 1869

If you are too weak to journey


Up the mountain, steep and high,
You can stand within the valley,
While the multitudes 60 by.
You can chant in happy measure,
As they slowly pass along
Though they may forget the singer,
They will not forget the song.
If you have not gold and silver


Ever ready to command
If you can not toward the needy
Reach an ever open hand
You can visit the afflicted,


Der the erring you can weep
You can be a true disciple


Sitting ut the Saviour's feet.
If you can not in the harvest


Garner up the richest sheaves.
Many q grain both ripe and golden
Will the careless reapers leave.
Go and CLEAN among the briers,


Growing rank against the wall,
For it may be that their shadow


Hides the heaviest wheat of all.
If you can not in the conflict


Prove yourself soldier true
If where fire and smoke are thickest,
There's no work for you to do !;
When the battlefield is silent,


You can 60 with careful tread,
You can bear away the wounded,
You can cover up the dead.
Do not, then stand idly waiting


For some great work to do;
Fortune is a lazy goddess


She will never come to you.
Go and toll in any vineyard,


Do not fear to do or dare
If you want a field Of labor,


Ysu can find it anywhere.
Year: 1869

Attorney General Hoar has decided
that tho commencement of the main limo
OF the Pacific railroad is at the Tooth me
rldian, longitude west from Greenwich,
and terminates at tha eastern boundary
Of California.
Year: 1869

AS a token OF regard and affection from one
friend to another, nothing is more suitable or
would be more highly priced at this season than c
good oyercoat, nice pair Of pants or vest, or 9
uecktie, or one OF many other articles which,
with those enumerated, may be found at SPENCE


SONS elegant establi shment ut 1900 Main street.
Year: 1869

HUMAN BONES DIscoyERED.-A box con-
tanning lot Of human boues was found
under an old smoke-house on Grace street
Oh Sunday. They were evidently those OF
a woman; but the mystery of their being
above ground remains to be solved.
Year: 1869

SHOT BY AN UNKNOWN PERsoS.-On yes
terday morning while Mrs. Sarvev, help
less lady, was being dressed Mt her resi-
dcncc, on Fourth street, in the northern
portion of the city, she was struck in the
forehead by buckshot fred from an IN
known direction by some unknown party.
The wound was not serious. 1t is a
great wonder that more of these accidents
do not occur, as there is so much indiscrim-
mate and careless shooting done in the city
limits. At night and early in the morning
it seems that the city was n vast skirmishing-
ground.
Year: 1869

NATIONAL BANK GAMBLERs.-The merchants
down town were greatly disturbed Monday
morning by the bank statement Of Saturday
showing loss in reserve of about seven mil
lions of dollars It was subsequently discov
cred that one of the banks had loaned stock
jobbing firm large proportion Of the amount
which thus disappeared. OF course such q
transaction is legal. But are not our national
bank officers morally guilty Of wrong-doing in
aiding the cliques to make money stringent or
at best irregular at this season, when the busi-
ness Of the fall depends 80 much on healthy
condition Of the money marketY
Year: 1869

might plunge that country into further trou-
BILE and an enormous expense, but it would
not change the policy Of this country or the
destiny Of Cuba. Indeed, the opposition or
hostility of France or England would have the
effect of arousing the American people and
government to prompt and decisive measures
for the independence of Cuba. And If Eng
land imagines that we should be deferred
from recognizing the independence of Cuba or
from participating in the expulsion Of the
Spaniards from the island for fear OF
damaging our case in the Alabama
claims she is greatly mistaken. Cuba
is live questionable question of the
day. 1t is no longer so with the Alabama
claims Not that we abandon them; they are
simply laid aside for the present We can
bring them up at some future time, when 1t
suits us and when the best opportunity occurs.
Mr.. Sumner may want everything put aside for
that question to crafty his vanity, because he
made flaming speech on the subject and be-
cause that is his special hobby; but it Is not
so with the American people, Congress or the
administration. With them the independence
of Cuba is the question of the day. The solu-
ton of that cannot be long deferred. The
Alabama claims we can settle at our con-
venience. Besides, Cuba will be worth far
more to the United States than the amount Of
these claims. Should England, France, or
even the Spanish Regency, suppose 1t can
change the policy and course of the United
C,.I~o "a z, -.
Or should General Prim, who was once .
liberal and the friend Of Cuba, suppose he can
intrigue successfully for the interposition Of
the European Powers in the Cuban difficulty
he will find that his labor will be in vain.


The American people have determined
and we have no doubt the government has re-
solved-that Cuba shall be free, and all the in
trigues or efforts to prevent that will prove
unavailing
Year: 1869

The celebration yesterday Of the Humbolds
mirers of the great cosmopolitan could have
desired. Itproved again-a noteworthy fact
that the citizens of New York, Of whatever
nationality, sympathize with and give their
presence and support to every movement de-
signed by any class thereof to honor any
person or event celebrated in the annals OF
their native land. But the celebration yester-
day, while 1t was the special claim and right
of our German population to have taken the
principal part therein, yet had deserved recog-
milton in the hearts of all our people,
from the services rendered by Humboldt
to knowledge and science. The event
was celebrated with great enthusiasm.
The streets of the city selected for the
march of the procession were densely crowded
with spectators. The public buildings, the
hotels and the shipping in the harbor were all
decorated with flags and bunting in honor Of
the occasion. The ceremonies consisted OF the
unveiling of the monument in the Park on the
site selected for its erection, and which was
witnessed by an immense concourse OF people
by musical performances and by several ad-
dresses by chosen orators, and by banqueh
held in different halls, the headquarters on
all similar occasions Of onr German fellow
citizens. The ceremonies and the success,
unmarried by any accident or co'strssennps
whatever, attending the celebration thereof
must be q source of qualification to the
thousands Of our fellow citizens most deeply
interested therein.
Year: 1869

FIREMEN. is stated that some Green
point firemen carried their apparatus to the
last fire at Hunters Point, and then refused
to operate unless paid for it. Hunters Point
is beyond the Brooklyn limit, and their duty
did not call them there, and they could not be
compelled to play; but by what authority did
paratus3 We have only to suppose fire at
the same time in the district that pays tax to
support them to see the harm of this rambling
round TO sell their services
Year: 1869

''Honor to whom honor is due" is an in
junction unhappily more observed in the
breach than in the performance. In the case
of the brave Harvard boys, however, it had
last evening its proper fulfilment. Acting on
the suggestions presented in the HERALD q
number of our most influential citizens, under
the auspices of the united rowing boat clubs
of New York city and vicinity, invited the in
ternational crew to banquet at Delmonico's.
1t was intended that the invitation should en-
brace the whole of the crew, and that all
would be present to partake of the ban
quet gotten up in their honor, and to
listen to words of home welcome and Of con-
graduation from the lips of chosen speakers
for the manly devoir made by them in their
contest with their scholastic and national
opponents of Oxford on the other side of the
water. It is matter of regret that only two
of the Harvard crew-Messrs. Lorlng and
Fay-with Mr.. Blaikie, their agent, arrived
by the expected steamer to be present on the
occasion. The intent, however, will be ac-
cepted in its fullest extent, and will stand as q
testimony Of the appreciation New Workers
will always entertain of native pluck and
courage, no matter from what State of the
Union it halls. The banquet last evening
was in every respect complete success-in
the representative character Of the entertain
ers, in the style in which the banquet itself
was gotten up, in the sentiments uttered, and
in the evident spirit in which the guests Of
the evening accepted and partook of the en-
tertainment. Mr.. Loring responded to the
toast of the Harvard boys" and Mr.. Parsons,
In the absence Of the British Consul, to the
health Of the "Oxford boys" The latter toast
was drunk with all the honors and an Ameri-
can ''tiger" that showed how readily all honor
can be accorded to noble foe. The inter-
national contest, confidently and trustingly
entered upon and nobly fought, had last even
ing its most fitting and worthy conclusion in
the banquet at Delmonico's.
Year: 1869

The movements at present going on with
regard to the extension and consolidation OF
telegraph lines are very significant of the
growing Importance of this kind of commani-
cation. As the telegraphs are perfected, and
governments begin to learn that 1t is their
duty to take control of them, just as they do
of the postal system, the whole world wi IL
become as it were, by the agency Of marine
cables, one nation, not only in the free and
immediate interchange of thought, but in
commercial interchange which will do away in
great measure with the present system Of
bills Of exchange, and reduce dealings in cur
rency to the smallest basis. The time cannot
be far distant when our government will see
the wisdom of absorbing all the telegraph
government of Great Britain has recently done,
when it will regulate the tariff to suit the wants
of the people and put an end to tele-
graphic mOnopolies, with their extravagant
prices, bad accommodation and occasional
breaches of faith in the interest of
jobbers and spectators. AS our telegraphs
are now conducted they are little better
than electric agents for stockholders
and spectators in grain and provisions. If
the government had control of them on the
same principle as the Post Office business is
managed all this mischief would be cured, and
the public would be supplied with means of
telegraphic communication all over the Cont
nent and across the sea at moderate rate.


The latest scheme for the extension Of the
telegraph is the establishment Of lines con-
Meeting this city with Panama (via AspinwalD
and the West Indies, from Panama through
South America to Valparaiso, Buenos Ayres,
Montevideo and Rio Janeiro. This scheme,
we say, is reported to be on the topis, but
whether it will be realized or not we cannot
say, but we can observe what a girt Of the
earth it would encircle. We notice also by a
| despatch from San Francisco that the Allan
| tic and Pacific States Telegraph Company
| have consolidated with the Western Union.
| All these functions, consultations and new


plans for the extension of the telegraph sys-


TEN are only preparatory to the coming neces-


sity for government control over the entire


business. The administra ton should earnestly


direct its attention to this subject and urge il


upon Congress as an imperative duty to place


the management of the telegraphs all over the


country in the hands Of the government, on the


same terms and on the same system under


which the Post Office works 80 admirably.
Year: 1869

Amendment.


It was recently discovered that the vouchers
of the ratification Of the fifteenth amendment
by the Legislature of New York had not been
forwarded to the State Department at Wash
ington by Governor Hoffman. Upon this hint
certain over-zealous democratic journals at
once proposed what they considered very
pretty scheme for smothering this New York
ratification. If Governor Hoffman retained
the papers the Department of State, being un-
officially advised of the action Of our Legisla-
ture, could take no notice of it, and it was as
sumed that this smothering Of the ratification
was the purpose of the Governor, and that the
New York democracy, upon this hitch, would
have only to secure the next Legislature Ia
order to kill off said amendment entirely.
Governor Hoffman, however, has taken diff
ferent view of the subject, and in forwarding
to the Secretary of State his certificate of the
New York ratification has settled this ques-
ton. We presume that the Governor is of the
opinion that it is useless to fight this fifteenth
amendment any longer that the Southern
democracy and the democracy Of Wisconsin
have adopted the right course on the subject,
and that the party in New York would do well
to follow in the same direction. It will be
nice question for the approaching Democratic
State Convention at Syracuse whether the
party in New York shall still look to the dead
things of the past or right about face for the
control of the future.
Year: 1869

MURDER AND MoNEY.--Our most urgent
necessity is detective system. When shall
we have it? By what means shall we get 1t
Here are the authorities brought to bay by an
open murder In Philadelphia, and 1t Is just a
question who will pay the most. II the gov
vernment will pay 1t can have the murderer's
name; but as yet the whiskey men pay best
and the name is kept secret Would it not
be good plan to seize as accessories the de-
tectives who take this attitude. What right
have they 10 assist purderers escapef
Year: 1869

SoMR STUPIDrIEs. latest charges
against vaccination are that the ravagcs of
cholera and some other diseases are due to the
influence Of vaccination on the system, and
that scarlatina aud measles are more common
than formerly. Scarlatns and measles affect
more because there are more to affect. Those
that formerly died with smallpox are now kept
alive TO take their chance with other diseases;
and cholera has it's greatest mortality in coun-
tries where vaccination Is not known.
Year: 1869

Nor FoRGoTTEN. In the great struggles Of
the late war the gallant skirmishes of other
times are not quite lost to popular memory.
Within few days there have been local cele-
brations of the battles Of Lake Erie and Of
North Point.
Year: 1869

Daniel Webster wrote, after continued
provocation, to the editor of a newspaper which
referred to his private affairs, and especially to
his not paying his debts. He said substantial
ly: It's ture that have not always paid my
debts punctually, and that owe money. One
cause OF this is that have not pressed those
who owe me for pay As an instance of this
enclose your fathers note, made to me thirty
years ago. for money lent him to educate his
bows"
Year: 1869

-, MAINE August %, 1862
Dear Miss AlcoH: Among your many cares
and duties, L suppose you will hardly have
time or patience to notice my little letter, which
/ am bold enough to write you. / have just
finished reading your beautiful book Little
Women" and think you must have a dear,
good, loving heart to write it. 1 know that a
literary woman's path is not all pleasant and
smooth, and thought perhaps you would not
object to little sirfs telling you how she ad
mires you. So this must be my excuse in dar-
ing to address you.


OF Miss Alcott that book has done me so
much good! 1t is SO truthful, and loving,
so gentIc and kind. Most OF all, l loved
$40" 1 felt as if you had written that for
me. 1t must make you very happy to think of
the happiness and hope your books bring so
many tired hearts. You may thiBk me silly
girl to write to you so, but felt as if it might
perhaps be little bright Espot one day to
know t(that though an entire strangely one
heart thinks OF you very kindly and lovingly
and prays for you earnestly.


Forgive the liberty have taken in writing
to you, and think for a moment of


Your little friend,


ANNIE E. -