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Year: 1869

One may be seen in front of a


hotel in the Bowery in New York
city-the statue Of man in rags,


leaning disconsolately against a
stump; hopeless despair and dog
ged indifference are visible in ev-
cry lineament. Inquire what it
means, and you will learn that
many years ago a poor German
emigrant stood in that guise on
that spot, gazing in misery into an
eating-house opposite. He had
lett the Faderland full Of youth
and hope, and found this country
Indifferent and inhospitable, and in
sight of food contemplated self
destruction as the dread alterna-
tive to theft or starvation. A
gentleman observed his unhappy
air, and accosted him in his native
tongue. Having learned his his
tory and admired his frankness,
he gave him food and recommend
ed him to a friendly house as por-
ter. By thrift and industry the
poor German boy became success
lively partner and sole proprietor.
On the site of his memorial en-
counter with the good Samaritan,
he erected the hotel and placed his
own statue upon it. He became
one of the largest importers of the
city and a millionaire.
Year: 1869

A man, of Andover, Maine,
.hitched his horse to a plank-fence,
and fed him with hay in a big box.
There was a crack in one Of the
planks large enough for his cow to
lick her tongue through at the hay.
The horse bit her tongueof SO that
she had to be killed.
Year: 1869

The Radical Governor of South
Carolina, in his annual message to
the Legislature, takes occasion to
speak in commendatory terms Of
the fidelity and loyalty of Wade
Hampton, who so fearfully fright
ened the Radical old maids during
the Presidential campaign.
Year: 1869

One of Josh Billings niaxims :.
"Rise early work bard and tate ;
live on what you can't SELF; give.
nothing away; and if yOu don't
die rich and go to the devil you
may sue me for damages
Year: 1869

The Rural World says there is
not a cheese factory in Missouri,
and a fine display of dairy pro-
ducts has been looked for in vain
at all the county fairs in the
State. 1t thinks there is a very
fine opening for cheese factory.
Year: 1869

A young lady in Tennessee had
a curious love experience. By her
friends wish she Tilted the man
she loved and married another
Soon she obtained a divorce and
married her own true lover
Then her second husband died,
and now she has remarked her
first husband.
Year: 1869

Josh Billings recently wrote to
a lecture committee that the price
Of one of his lectures was $50 40;
that he had in some instances been
careless enough to throw off the
900. bat the 40 cents he must have
to maintain his reputation.
Year: 1869

Chi1alry dates from the middle
of the 10th century. Its origin
was not unlike that of the various
orders of knighthood which are so
intimately associated with it's his
tory. Some brave men of gentle
blood, united themselves for the
purpose of protecting the weak,
deyoting their swords to the work.
One of the;. ehiefvirtues was cour-
age, for without it their uudertak-
ing would have been childish.
Chastity was enjoined, for it is the
sentiment of noble minds to re-
spect woman, and she s.ood in Pc
euliar danger in an age of brute
force.-Of all the weak, she ap'
pealed most strongly to the chival-
rous adventurer, and this senti-
ment produced that devotion to
the sex which was the supreme
manifestation of chivalry. The
knightly character, consequently,
was exalted to an almost iDcredi-
bIe pitch, and the dominion of wo-
man became unbounded. The
knight who had no lady-love was
regarded as a tree without fruit or
leaves, or q body without a soul.
An old writer of mediaval times
quantity observes: "He who 10y
ally serves his ladye, will not only
Be blessed to the height Of mans
felicity In this life, but will never
fall into those sins which will pre-
venthis happiness hereafter. Pride
win be entirely efaced from the
heart of him who endeavors by
humility and courtesy to win the
grace of q ladye. The true faith
ofa lover will defend him from
the other deadly sins of anger,
envy, sloth, and gluttony ;'and his
devotion to his mistress renders
thethought impossible of his con-
duct ever being stained with the
vice of incontinence."


In those days the education of
the woman corresponded to that
of the man. She was taught to
dress simply, to bear herself be-
comingly, and to be courteous to
all. She had some knowledge of
medicine, and was skilled to heal
the wounds which had been in
Aicted in her behalf. She did not
'sremble amidst dangers, or faint
at the sight of blood, but was
thoroughly imbued with the spirit
of the times. 1t is possible there
may be some exaggeration in what
Is said of the position of woman in
the age of ehivalry, but still it was
high one; the effect was good
then, and has been productive OF
good until now, the lofty consid-
Grafton in which the sex is held in
all civilized countries being one of
the consequences Of this institu-
tion.
Year: 1869

Many people spend their time
trying to find the hole by which
sin got into the world-lftwo men
break through the ice into a mill
pond, they had better hunt for
some good hole to get out, rather
than get into a long argument
about the hole they fell in.
Year: 1869

The DEAD CH1LD.-Thc child is
dead. All night long We have
listened to its dying moans, and
just as the day dawncd its clear
eyes closed in death, and it's pure
spirit went back to the God that
gave it. It is ours no more on
earth; it's voice is silent in our
household, and the powers of its
little feet make music around our
hearthstone no longer. All ! it is
hard to feel that our little darling
is gone from home and hearts for
ever-gone to the grave, with its
hands folded on it's icy bosom, and
it's face covered up from the balmy
air and the warm sunshine it loved
so much; but I will not weep. 1t
is the Lords; he has taken it home
to live with Him. AS the mother
takes her youngest child the pet
and darling of the household, and
carries it in her arms to her up
per room, and lays it down to
sle-p with kisses and blessings, so
God has taken our little darling,
carried it to his His everlasting
arms up to His own home to live.
And it is our child still. Though
we cannot see its dear face now,
or listen to it's playful prattle, it
is still our own. And when this
life is over, we will find the pre-
cious one again, and fold it to our
hearts forever. in that better and
brighter home


"Where the beautiful fades not away"
Year: 1869

Let no man be too proud to
work. Let no man be too proud
of a hard fist or a sun-burnt coun-
tenance. Let him be ashamed
only of ignorance and sloth. Let
no man bo ashamed of poverty.
Let him be ashamed Of dishonesty
and idleness.
Year: 1869

Our Havana dates, through government
sources, detail the results Of march Of Span
ish troops on Puerto Principe and heavy
conflict with four thousand patriots who
disputed the road. The engagement was very
severe; said to be the most important thus far
that has taken place during the revolution.
Under cover Of heavy artillery fire the
Spanish columns moved on the patriot works
and carried them at the point of the bayonet.
The loss Of the Spaniards is reported at one
hundred and eleven killed and wounded, while
that of the rebels is estimated at about one
thousand.


1t is advisable to await the reports from the
patriot side, as we have been constantly
deceived by the colonial government with refe-
renee to the revolution and its success The
fact that the revolutionists are already
assembled in bodies of four Thousand men and
fighting pitched battles with the regular Span
ish troops looks as If Spain had but little
chance Of holding the island much longer.


1t is very proper moment now for our
government to act upon the Cuban question.
The patriots are constantly gaining strength,
and the war upon the part Of Spain is gradu-
ally approaching one Of vengeance, when
nothing remains but to devastate, after the old
Spanish fashion, and then retire from the scene
of their plunderings and wholesale massacres.
Year: 1869

SOCIAL Equality IN LoUIsrANA.-The New
Orleans Bee publishes the text Of the Social
Equality law just passed by the Louisiana
Legislature and remarks:-'It is unnecessary
for us to say that public opinion will be prompt
to sustain any person who will resist the en-
forcement Of the law, and that no officer of the
State will dare to engage in the execution of
its provisions" President Grant says :-'T
know no method to secure the repeal Of bad or
obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent
execution" Here, 1t will be seen, is slight
disagreement between the Louisiana editor and
the new President. There is no question, how
ever, as to who Is right.
Year: 1869

The moment is appropriate for us to con-
slider how we stand with our commercial rivals
across the water. That we are upon the eve
of an exciting diplomatic, if not warlike, con-
test with Great Britain we have little doubt
The unfortunate accrediting of Reverdy john
son to the Court Of st. James appears only
to have opened the Alabama wounds afresh,
and has led our people to again reflect upon
the wrongs and outrages committed against US
when we were struggling for national exist
ence. To say that the privateers which were
launched against us during our war escaped
from the interdict of English law is only to
argue that the boasted laws Of England are a
farce; and SO they were, in all that tended to
honorable action towards us during our rebel
lion. The English people were almost unit,
from bootblack to lord, for the destruction OF
the republicanism Of North America and this
whole Continent How, then, could the laws
be enforced, when all England forbade their
execution? England, therefore, cannot expect
us to Judge Of our relations with her through
certain written but dormant codes, but, rather,
through the national impulse, which, for the
time being, sets all codes aside. We have
simply to base our whole future action upon
the Alabama claims upon this idea, and settle
the whole matter as if England had boldly
declared war against US, instead Of striking,
Spaniardlike and snakelike, without previous
notice.


While settling the Alabama claims there is
another item to which we wish to draw the
attention of our government. This refers to
the island Of Nassau. It is strategic point in
the hands Of England which, in case of any
internal or foreign trouble we may have, may
do lis immense damage. We well remember
what thorn it was in our side during our late
war; how it swarmed with blockade runners !;
how it was virtually point Of active opera
tions against us, and how the South received
from it immense war supplies to assist them in
the attempted overthrow of our government.
This island should be in no other hands than
our own. We require it as picket post for
the guarding of our Atlantic coast. The Ala
bama claims should not be settled without
including this question.


We must also indicate some policy with
reference to Canada; for Canada was also a
nest of conspirators and base Of operations
against us under the almost open protection Of
the English element there. Who will give us
good war speech in Congress upon the ques-
ton Of our relations with England? We want
speech with solid ring to it that will wake
them up little on the other side of the water
Year: 1869

Breaking Up Of Old Political Parties.


The democratic members of the Indiana
Legislature have seeded in body, leaving it
without q quorum. This was done to prevent
O vote on the fifteenth amendment to the con-
stitution, and has resulted in the failure of the
appropriation bills and other measures neces-
sary to keep the whole government in motion.
II is doubtful whether the Indiana democrats
will gain much popularity by this revolution
ary movement. But, after all, it is nothing
but q part Of the work Of breaking up old
parties commenced by General Grant In Wash
ington and calculated to ramify all over the
country, knocking the old political head cen
tres to the right and left and erecting in their
place noble, patriotic and progressive party
Of the people, with common sense, honesty,
reform and strict official accountability as its
mainsprings The people are tired of worn
out, shaky party hacks, with their corrupt in
trigues, secret wirepullings and the general
prostitution Of the public service to their own
ends. They want clear, ringing, inspiring
tone given to the new administration, and the
sooner the old party organizations crumble to
pieces the better for the success Of the policy
President Grant has avowed IL as his intention
to pursue.
Year: 1869

Grant In tho Wilderness Again.


Grant is In again. He has plunged in rather
than advanced with what the kno--ing ones
regard as 'due circumspection;" but now,
as in "a, there is this great fact in his
favor, that what was most necessary was that
he should begin. In 1864 Grant had the
enemy in front posted no one on our side knew
exactly where or how, his dispositions hidden
in the shadow ofa jungle, and behind Grant
the people were expecting Of him only to go
ahead and win. He went ahead accordingly,
and he won-not at once-not in the way your
hero wins in romance, but after labor that
might have worn the soul out of Sisyphus him
SELF His success was splendid and complete
at last, and filed the cup of the nations hope.
Only the other day he was morally in the same
place: at the edge Of wilderness denser to
him than the Virginia forest-the wilderness Of
political usage, routine, trickery and intrigue,
oil the paths of which are held by the public
enemy-the politicians of every stripe, the
Treasury rings, the lobby jobbers, the mig
ger shriekers and the whiskey thieves.
The thing the country had made him
President for was to 60 ahead, and
he went slashing into the jungle. They
say his first step was blunder. The first
step is to be judged when we know the last.
That first step has brought him into the midst
of the fight. In other times laundering was
generally done with when Grant got there,
and the step into the fight was one fruitful Of
promise to the country. We anticipate the
best results from the simple fact that Grant is
doing what he was made President for going
straight ahead where the politicians stand in
his way. Once this grand action opened, who
can doubt how it will close when he remen,-
bers that what was begun in the Wilderness
was finished at Appomattox Court House.
Year: 1869

Tho Practical Wow Of the Treasury Muddlcs


From all sides, from bankers and brokers,
from merchants and shipowners, from me-
chanics and tradesmen, from everybody con-
nected with industry and commerce, and from
every class in the community except the poll
ticians, there comes to us one universal ex-
preston of satisfaction at the nomination OF
Mr.. Stewart as Secretary Of the Treasury
and Of the hope that Congress will sustain the
appointment SO itly made by the President.
The ground of this universal feeling is the
fact that Mr.. Stewart is practical man Of
eminent attainments in commerce. The mer-
chants exclaim with one voice, ''Now we shall
and foolish decisions that have so long attended
our reclamations against improper interpreta-
tions Of the law" The moneyed interest conf
dently hopes that it win not be subjected to
the malefc Influences Of theorizing Secre-
tary. The country feels that the public inte-
rest will be safe in the hands of a man who
has demonstrated his practical fitness for busi-
ness.


We hope the President will not recede
from his position, that Mr.. Stewart win not
retract his acceptance of the trust, and that
Congress viii repeal an obsolete law which
was conceived in q narrow and bigoted spirit,
enacted at time when the entire scheme Of
our government was an experiment, and which
can be cited only to defend the clamors Of
hungry politicians for Office. The appointment
of Mr. Stewart was an emnentlv practical
measure. 1t means business; it means honest
business; and it should be sustained. The
country will sustain it, and the only parties
who object to it are the politicians and the
newspapers Of every hue and shade Of opinion
that are allied with them. If Congress hesitates
to repeal the obnoxious and silly clause of the
law which deprives the country Of the services
Of practical business men, we counsel General
Grant to fight it out on that line if it takes MI
summer. He is right and the country will
sustain him.
Year: 1869

CANcELLED.-There seems q question for the
lawyers in the case of the pardons issued by
Johnson and withdrawn by Grant. But we
believe there is no difficulty. The pardons
were never acted upon, but were cancelled by
the same authority that made them before
they had passed out Of the hands Of that
authority
Year: 1869




HERALD carriers and news dealers are in
formed that they can now procure the requisite
number Of copies direct from this Office without
delay.


All complaints of ''short counts and spoiled
sheets must be made to the Superintendent in
the counting-room Of the HERALD establish
ment


Newsmen who have received spoiled papers
from the HERALD Office, are requested to re-
turn the same, with proof that they were
obtained from here direct, and have their
money refunded. Spoiled sheets must not be
sold to readers of the HERALD.
Year: 1869

Is He PROTESTANT REV. Morgan Dix
holds that any form Of Catholicism is better
than that system Of private judgment" faith
In which is the basis Of Professionalism. lie
perceives that Professionalism Is the first step
in that progress that ends in rationalism.
When, then, Is he going over to The Pope2
Year: 1869

SLIGHTLY ExAGGERATED.-An Iowa ex-
change, in order to be even with contempo-
rary who told marvellous pin story, vouches
for the truth of statement that lady in that
village, when quite child, accidentally run
splinter in the thumb Of her left hand, and
was astounded the other day by having saw
log, ten feet long and twenty-three inches in
circumference, jump from her heel. This is
like the stories Of many Western stump
speakers-an atom Of fact and large amount
Of exaggeration-but they are sworn to with
such pertinacity that audiences are bound to
believe them
Year: 1869

A.-The LONELINESS Imparted to the Skin
by the FREQ Of GoURAUD'S exquisite ITALIAN MEDI
GATED SOAP amply supplies deficiency In grateuness
The horde Of cuticuar for instance Tam
Ringworm, Redness Moth and Roughness- from
fore this wonderful Soap the rank night dews dis
persed by the morning Its soothing and healing proper
ties make peculiarly valuable to the tender skin Infants
and for the Of shaving or bathing ehr IN hard
Q " depot, 46 Bond street
Year: 1869

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. %, 1859.
The recent charges relative to whiskey smuggling
from Alaska have been made the subject OF a formal
complaint by the Treasury agent, supported by am
davits and statements. They impicate government
officers and make probably true the reports OF other
misconduct on the part Of military naval and CIVIL
oticers In Alaska.
A meeting OF leading democrats was hold tonight
to devise means for the organization OF the party IN
this city.


The trustees Of the Labor Exchange decline the
proposition OF the Immigrant Union to merge the
two organizations into one.
Year: 1869

The proposed amendment to the Con-
stitution, adopted by both Houses of Con-
gress to be submitted to the States, reads
as follows:


The right of any citizen of the United
States to vote shall not be denied or alb
ridged by the United States, or any State,
on account of race, color, or previous con-
dition of servitudo.


The two Houses were quarreling for
some time about inserting, after the word
/" vote" the words 'or to hold Office. -
For the life of US we cannot sec the sense
of quarreling over so small matter. The
words cor to hold Office might as well
have been left in. There is distinction,
without any practical difference, between
the plan adopted and the one proposed
by the Senate. When once considera-
bic class in any State is admitted to the
ballot-box, it will soon wiring from politi-
cal leaders and demagogues-the control
lers of legislation-suficient concession
to admit to them the right to hold such
offices as the people may see fit to give
them. When we have sixty thousand
Chinese voters in this State-and we will
have them very soon, if the proposed
amendments finally adopted-it not be
long before the right of Chinese
to hold Office will be conceded. The latter
right follows the accession of the former
as naturally as a hungry dog follows UP
the scent of beef steak. We say moth
ing of the nonsense and injustice of con-
cediug to class of people the right te
make officers, at the same time forbiddins
them to hold Office. It wodld appear te
be conclusion so logical as not to admi
Of successful dispute, that if any race ol
class of people are sufficiently intelligen
to exercise the right of suffrage, individ
ual members of that race or class must b,
competent to fill some of the Offices. I
would not have added particle to the un
popularity, impropriety, injustice, an
outrageous character of the proposes
Year: 1869

TIE friends of Horace Greeley, in all
probability, think more of him, and his
enemies think less Of him, than they
should. He is certainly not all that his
friends suppose him to be, nor is he all
that his enemies imagine him to be. He
is not without good qualities, and yet he
has bad ones in abundance. We have
never seen a more fair or just photo
graph of anybody, than the following ex
tract from the Louisville Journal Is of
Horace Greeley. The Journal says:


awe hardly know how to estimate nj.
Greeley. His talent and his honesty are
unquestionable. His craftsmanship and
his practical wisdom are not. He is &C.
centric in thought and in action. His
mind, though massive, is not well-bal-
anced. He lets himself be deceived by
false lights. He often fails to distinguish
between star and chunk of fox-fre.-
His thoughts and conceptions are more
original than just. He is independent,
but he is frequently wrong. 1t is true
that he doesn't follow guides, but it is
equally true that he isn't fit to be a guide.
He lacks tact discretion, judgment. His
heart is right, but the connection be-
tween it and his head is often interrupt
ed. He means to obey principle, but he
IS all the time liable to mistake pref udice
for principle. He speaks and acts gen.
orally from impulse and not from calm,
comprehensive and philosophical view of
the great duties of leading citizen.


Horace Greeley is made up of incon-
sistcncies. Nature, in him, seems to have
given him no quality without throwing in
some countervailing quality. He is fond
of contradicting everybody else, and he
is a standing contradiction of himself
There is enough in him that is good tc
make two good men, and enough in hin


that is pestilent to make two pestilen


men. We shall be not unwilling to see 1
fair trial made Of him in any situation t.
Year: 1869

ress for the purpose proposed could be
made, and u new locality was sought
Here again, after sinking few feet, an
other rich vein was struck, claim made
and we'll abandoned This was too rich
a place to devote to furnishing water only,
and in a more distant locality it was con.
cluded to dig the veil. Sinking has been
resumed, but with what result VIC are not
advised.


About six miles east Of Treasure City,
an extensive bed of bituminous shale has
been discovered, and the Nelcs thinks the
finding of such fuel is only second in i'm
portance to tho silver discoveries on
Treasure Hill. Two beds have been dis.
covercd-one fifteen feet in thickness and
the other one hundred and fifty feet. 1t
is located in country Of carboniferous
limestone. The shale burns freely.


The Revelle District, which il one
hundred and twenty-five miles south of
White Pine, is attracting attention. Sew.
eral sacks of ore have been sent to Treas.
ure City, some Of which is equal in
richness TO any found on Treasure Hill.
There is some excitement in regard to the
matter.