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Year: 1869




SphrSa UroN TnEM.--Alas for the great
radical organ Of this great cityi II complains
that Buffers repeal was "sprung" on Congress
and crushed through without debate.u 1t
strikes rs that people ought to be familiar with
that process by this time. This "springing'
and rushing" legislation was the only kind we
had during all the radical domination under
the lead Of Old Thad, and the radical organs
did not object to IL then. We congratulate the
radical organ upon having again got into Its
natural place with the minority Of forty
seven. For some years it has been with the
majority, which is the only place In the world
where fanatics are completely and absolutely
out of their element. 1t has accordingly been
uncomfortable and dull. Now II Is at home
again, and we expect some amusement from II.
Year: 1869

A Column of Magnetic Light from
the SUN Stret ching out towards
the Earth.


The suns atmosphere, say the scien-
tifc men, is in g highly excited condi'
ton. A column of magnetic light is
shooting out further and further from the
solar sphere, aud it is now stretching out
foriy-fve millions of miles. In other
words, it has accomplished half the dis
lance between us and the sun The in-
teresting question, and one on which,
perhaps, we do not wish any more light
of this character, is: How long will it be
before it 6pishes the rest of the distance
and bridges the gigantic chasm between
The earth and the sun : Is it a messen-
ger sent out TO snatch US up as food for
the insatiate monster that keeps himself
warm by devouring planets, and whose
6re.eating propensities this whole earth
would satisfy for few days only? If so,
how long will this emissary be in reach
ing US, and carrying the globe away as if
we were gigantic lump of coal for a
roaring furnace This column of
light indicates its approach at in
tervsls by flashing and corruscating
with fresh briliancy. so decided
are its effects that two Astronomers, one
at London the other at Oxford, and
neither knowing the experiences Of the
other, supposed that the dark glass of
their telescopes had been broken or put
out of range, so strong was the fash Of
golden light upon the vision. 1t is pre-
dicted that before the cad of another
year this magnetic light will have got
near enough to us to make lis i'm mediate
and actual Influence upon the earth dis.
tinctly felt. 1t is announced that in
consequence we may expect to see
phenomena that have never been seen or
known before by the buman RAGE. { any
of our readers are, therefore, yet disposed
to complain of the weather and the
earlhS uake, let ihem remember that, by
this time next year, they may have an
entire new line Of experiences to explain
and endure, in comparison with which
the filful winter aud rough, rude autumn
of to day may seem like June morning
in paradise, and the earthquakes shock
and lightning's storm q placid rocking in
the cradle with q pleasant lullaby of
thupder.
Year: 1869

The recent departure of several United


States vessels-of-wsr for the West Indies
is creating no little speculation. The
New York World says:


la day or two ST. Domingo will
doubtless be occupied by United States
troops. The sailing of the man-of- war
Albany for that place on Wednesday has
created intense excitement among the
Cubans and sympsthizers with the Span
ish cause in this city. By the Cubans
the fact is accepted as sH indication Of a
definite policy of the United States G w.
ernment in favor of the revolution. The
Spsnisrds in the city and their sympa-
thizers construe the matter in another
way, but are in doubt as to the exact
meaning of the movement. They would
like to consider it movement designed
to aid in suppressing the rebellion, but,
knowing the A nerlcsn sentiment on the
subject so well as they do, they are much
in doubt as to whether it means friend.
ship or hostility to the Spanish Govern
ment."


The New York Sun says:


"Unless our information is greatly in
error, the extensive additions just made
and still making to our active naval
forces are not intended to fight either
Spain or p lgland, but simply to keep
guard over the annexation OF the Do
mincsn Republic to the United States


ave understand that the conditions of
annexation have been fully agreed upon
between General Babcock, confidential
officer of General Grants staff, acting on
h. of he al -
tiles of ST.. D DJmiugo. The treaty, whose
terms are similar to those Of the snnexa-
tion of Texas, is to be laid before the
Senate on the opening of Congress, and,
as all the members of the dominican
government and all the leading men
among their people are anxious for the
ratification aud contamination of the
measure, it is not expected that any con-
siderable time will elspse before the SEN
ate approves the acquisition aud author.
ICES the Executive to eonplete il. The
numerope shipa OF war that are now
leaving sor the West Indies are sent there
at the request of President Baez and his
advisers When the stars and stripes
come to be raised in Dominica, one or
more of these meu-of-wsr will be found in
each of the principal seaports, and a
small force of United States marines or
infantry will be landed 10 occupy the
forts and Fsnder the transfer secure and
peaceful. There is no danger Of any real
trouble; but the revolutionary faction
under Csrbral, though impotent to in
auence or resist the action Of the Qomin-
ican people, would be very likely, if no
precautions we're taken, to make the an
nexation Of the republic the occasion of
seditious manifestation"
Year: 1869

General AMEs, commanding the State
of Mississippi, has ordered his subordin-
ate officers under no circumstances to
obey any writ of habeas corpus. 1t used
to he regarded as one of the distinctive
festures of our Government, that in no


emergency could the military be made
superior to the civil power. That old
fogy and altogether intolerable notion
we are now happily rid of. The civil
izing and liberalizing tendencies of the
war have brought US to that better and
higher state from which we can view
with patriotic pride the overthrow OF
the worn out safeguards of personal
liberty and the substitution of the plain'
practical, simple and satisfactory rule
of the bayonet in their stead. If Cen
eral AMEs desires to thrust some con-
tumacious platter into guard-house
for not employing worthy and "loyaP
negroes, the General is at liberty to do
oo. uo duuoyluS NohVi''"N' ~
Courts and iuries do not stand in his
way. If he wants to crafty harmless
taste for fun by hanging or shooting
some brawling ex-confederate without
the intermediate nuisance of trial, he
is at perfect liberty thus to amuse him
self. There are none to say unto him,
"Why or what dost thoup In all the
royal privileges of Government he is
Independent and free to pursue
his royal pleasure with the property,
people and other appurtenances of Mis-
sissippi. When we reflect upon the vast
simplification in the mode of ruling
and exercising authority the benefcent
doiugs of the war have brought about,
we wonder at the stupidity which so
long prevented these military improve
ments upon "the best Government the
sun ever shone on"
Year: 1869

TIE remark of STOKES that the Re.
publican party of Tennessee has gone
to Tophet is worth consideration. In
the first place it explains the sudden
disappearance of the party in question
The late Tennessee election showed
them to be gone somewhere. They were
not at home to vote for STOKES. In the
next place, no man would be more likely
than STOKES TO be able to give informa-
ton concerning the new or the old ten
ants of that heated locality. In the
last place, as fresh fuel makes hotter
fire, we get from this important state
ment an inkling as to the cause of this
roasting August weather. Yes, that's it /;
and STOKES on his last trip left the gate
open.
Year: 1869

THE wOman-suftragites give it as the
chief reason for female suffrage that
the ballot would enable unmarried or
widowed women "to obtain honorable
and remuneratiye employment" OF
course every male voter has this sort OF
employment" right at his command,
and of course the ballot enables him to
command it. The most ignorant voter
imaginable, the man who don't "know
hawk from hand-saw, must accord
ing to the advocates of female suffrage,
be able to control the labor market, to
dictate It's prices and select the first and
fattest things for himself. If not, then
the ballot will not enable women tC
pick and choose their vocations and die
tate their own wages. And so it seem!
the word Yankee, and the word hum
bugGs:y will DC synonyms to the end
time.
Year: 1869

A certain wise man had occasion to
remark some centuries ago, that there
was nothing new under the sun. Doubt
less the remark was quite true of mat
ters and things in his day; but had he
been a living witness of the political
gymnastics of our generation, he would
have found reason to modify, if not to
change entirely, his position. For ex-
ample, the Massachusetts, Democrats
have nominated JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
for Governor of their State. How will
that do for the phenomenal department I
Then he has accepted in speech pledg-
ing himself and the Massachusetts De-
mocracy to universal suffrage and uni
versal amnesty. Shall not this fact
also be ranked among the things that
cannot Overcome us like a summer
cloud, without our special wonder r"
But the strangest event of all seems
likely to be the sequel to this remarka-
BILE Democratic nomination and this re-
markable Democratic platform. We al
lude to tue success of the Democratic
ticket in Massachusetts. If we are
amazed at the preliminaries, what shall
we do for protection when the end COM
ethi Whatever else may bo said of the
Massachusetts, Democracy they are GER
taiuly determined no longer to dwell in
"a sleepy land, where, under the same old


wheel,


The same old rut grows deeper year sy year
Year: 1869

Talking of the absence of the Govern
Went frem Washington, some OF the
papers think that the President and Cab
met ought always to be at their posts,
and that their absence is very much
out OF place. The truth is, however,
that none of the elements of this Ad-
ministration can be so badly out of
place as when in the places to which
fckls fortune and the folly of the Re-
publican party have assigned them.
Year: 1869

These times are trying to the water
works of large cities. Philadelphia has
for some time been in a real Crisis, and
now we hear that New York is becoming
concerned in view of the fact that the
Croton supply is lower than ever before
"a fact which may afford some consoIa'
ton to the Quaker City. These seasons
of drought are mighty suggesters.
Year: 1869

The sucker-shoots upon 0orn-which
show that it might have been planted
thieker-have a wonderfully sweet sap,
and whether they injure the crop or
not, are excellent fodder for young
calves. know of nothing which will
sooner make them forget their mothor's
milk. They will soon learn to draw
them between them between their
grinders, like q small sugar cane mill,
butt end first, and not a drop of the
saccharine Juice will be lost.
Year: 1869

THE Cincinnati Commercial thinks
the contest in Ohio will be close. The
Cincinnati Chronicle is well satisfied
the majority for HAYES will reach
100000. II we judge each opinion by
the other We can form a very accurate
Judgment as to the reliability of politi-
cal guessing.
Year: 1869

For tender mouth in horses, CORES
pondent of the Country Gentleman has
been successful in using a chain nose
piece. He says: "Put short piece of
small chain in front Of the horses nose; ;
fasten to the head.stall by running
through the rings at the lower end of
the cheek pieces. Attach your line to
the chain, and you are ready for start.
After a day or two remove the bit and
grease your horses mouth, and it soon
will be well. used horse two months
without bit, both single and double,
and found no trouble IL guiaing him.
Year: 1869

THERE is some talk of substituting
TWEED for BELMONT as Chairman of
the National Democratic Executive
Committee BELMONT is a tender to
the New York politicians, so is TWEED.
The trade will be an exchange of Twee-
dledum for Tweedledee.
Year: 1869

The Union League of Philadelphia
processes to be in distress about the
scarcity of water in that city, but this
is only a pretext for bewailing the loss
of forty thousand barrels of whisky,
burned in the city of brotherly love some
days AGO
Year: 1869

DAN RICE has been making his usual
farewell trip this summer. If he did
not fare so well upon these farewell
tours there would hardly be so many of
them. "Tis hard to part when friends
are DEAR" but in DAMS case the parting
is becoming SO dear to his friends that
they are sorely tempted to cheaper the
commodity and so put an end to his
seemingly endless valcdictory tramping.
Year: 1869

In blowing down green crops attach q
heavy chain to the front of the plow-
beam, which drags down the grass, so
that it does not choke the plow. In
this way it can be plowed down so nice
ly that one would hardly believe two
feet of clover had been turned under.
Year: 1869

Cincinnati is preparing to expand by
legislative enactment. Tue Legislature is
10 be appealed to in u proposition to take in
for a considerable distance all that joins the
city, whereby it is not doubted Cincinnati
viii defy comparison for, some time to Chi
cago. In other words the Queen City is


ared to do sensible thing by consolidat-
ing the outlying suburbs There is no as
sisiing natural growth. except at the ex-
pen Sc OF health and reason.
Year: 1869

The New York Board of Excise have just
completed q chemical analysis of the vari-
Gus kinds of liquors sold at various saloons
in the city as bourbon whisky, and the
result is published for the benefit Of those
whom it may concern. Ont of thirty-eight
specimens subject to test, only two were
found pure. The ingredien s of which most
Of this fine OLD whisky" is composed is as
follows: Fnsil oil, rancid mp oil, green
tea. prussic acid. winter gre N and strych-
nine The commodities SOLD as brandy and
gin. were found to be made up Of compounds
equally vile. What is true of New York
whisky may be taken to be trne of the gem
elal flow Of whisky of the en-. ire country
Year: 1869

RAIN-For the past few days the deni-
zens for this portion of the terrestrial
sphere have been treated to showers OF
rain thick and fast, accompanied by raw
and chilling wind, that would do no i'm
justice to the month of March. We hope
to chronicle better things of the weather
ior the balance of the season.
Year: 1869

The following extract from q private letter will
explain the cause OF Mr. George Peabody's return to
his native country a: the present tme.-


have for more than two months Intended, n nv
health would permit to embark IN the scotia on the
10th and be IN New YORK trust about the stu OF June.
The feebeness Of my health was tue cause AZ I aid
not think ~ prudent to risk the delay until next
year, whcu had promised 10 visit you,
Year: 1869

A Fortunate EditOr-PreparatiOns for n Fire.


mans Parade.


Special Despatch to The Eueni'1 Telegraph.


ALLENTOWN, Pa, May 6.-In the prize draw
ing of the Good Will gift concern yesterday, the
first prize of fifteen hundred dollars in gold coin
was drawn by Carl Reno Beno, editor of the
County and State German newspaper of this
place. The Chief Engineer has ordered a parade
of the entire fire department on Monday, the 31st
instant This will doubtless be the largest turn
out of the kind ever witnessed in this city.
Year: 1869


We quarrelled this morning, wife and L
We were out of temper, and scarce knew why,


Though the cause was trivial and common;
But look in our eyes you'd have that we both


Were couple of enemies, spiteful and wroth-
Not welded man and woman.
Wife, like tragedy queen in play,
Tossed her sweet little head in as lofty a way
As so little woman was able;
She clenched her lips with a sneer and frown,
While I, being rougher, stamped up and down,


Like careless groom in stable
YOud have though. MS the btterest tseeng us then)
OF little women and little men,
You'd have laughed at our spite and passion;
And would never have dreamed that storm like this
Would be rainbow'd to tears by that sunlight kiss
TIL we talked in the old fond fashion.
Yet the storm was over in less than an hour,
And was followed soon by sunny shower,


And that again by embraces;
Yet so little the meaning was understood,
That we almost felt ashamed to be good,
. And wore a blush on our faces.
Then she, as a woman, much braver became,





By her kindness, her selfreproving;
When seeing her humble, and knowing her true.
all at once became humble too,


And very contrite and loving
But seeing acted humble part,
She laughed outright with frolc heart


A laugh as careless as Cupid;
And the laughter wrankled along my brain,
Till almost felt in passion again,


And became quite stubborn and stupid
And this was the time for her arms to twine
Around this stubborn neck of mine,
Like the arms of a maid round a lover;
And feeling them there with their warmth you know,
1 laughed quite a different laugh, and SO


The storm las called it, was over
So then we could talk with the power to please;
As though the passing of storms like these


Leaves certain felicity
Of getting easily angry again,
Yet they free the heart and rebuke the brain,


And teach US a rough humility.
You see that we love one another SO well,
That we find more comfort than you can tell


In jinging our bells and corals;
In the iercer fights of a world SO drear,
We keep our spirits 50 close and clear,


That we need such trivial quarrels.
In the great fierce fights of the world we try
To shield one another, my wife and /,


Like the brave strong and woman;
But the trivial quarrels of days and nights
Unshackle our souls from the great fierce fights


And keep uslowly and human.
Clouds would grow in the quietest mind,
And make it unneet to mix with its kind,


We're nature less wise mother; .f7T
And with storms like ours there must fiutter out
From the bosom the hoarded-up darkness and doubt


The excess Of our love for each other.
Year: 1869

MEAN MEs.-Henry Ward Beecher says of
mean men u have great hope ofa wicked
man; slender hope Of mean one. A wick
ed man may be converted and become prom
inent saint A mean msn ought to be con-
verted six or seven times, one right after the
other, to give him Q fair start, and put him
on an equality with bold, wicked man. /
have known men who thought the object of
conversion was to cleanse them as garment
is cieansed, and then when they are eoDver-
ted they are to be hung up in the Lords ward
robe, the door Of which was to be shut, SO
that.ne dust could get at them A coat that
Is not used, the moths eat; and Christian
who is hung up so that he shall not be tempt
ed, the moths eat him; and they have lpoor
food at thatin
Year: 1869

DIDN'T SEE HIM.-The following has ap-
peared in print before, but those who have
seen it can afford to laugh over it again, and
hundreds who have not seen it ought not to
miss it.


About ten years ago young man of very
good character hired horse from livery
stable, to ride out to a little town about
twenty miles distant. Unfortunately, about
half way out the horse was taken sick and
died. The livery man sued him for the value
Of the horse, representing that the animal
had been killed by fast riding One of the
young mans witnesses rather green, or
supposed to be, and who had peculiar way
of talking very slow was called to the stand
and questioned thus by the prosecutor:


care you acquainted with the prisoner at
the BARI"


"Y-a-a-s' (very slowly drawn out.)


"How long have you been acquainted
with him?"


"About two years.


well, sir, please state to the Court what
Kind of reputation he bears as regards to
fast or slow riding on horse back"


"W-a-a-l, suppose if he was riding with
a company of persons who was a riding very
fast, and he didn't want TO be left behind,
he would ride fast too. And ifhe was riding
with company that rode very slow, and he
did not want to go ahead alone, l suppose
he would ride slow too"


Judge very much enraged )-"Y You seem
very much inclined to eyade answering ques-
tions properly. Now, sir, you have stated
how the gentleman rides when he is in fast
company and how he rides when he is in slow
company. Now, sir, wish you to state to
the Court how the gentleman rides when he
rides alone"


"Wa-al, L having never had the pleasure
of riding with him when he was alone,
don't think can tell the Court.n
Year: 1869

and the country will naturally look with
interest to tho President to SEQ whether he
will fulfil the assurance Of his inaugural
and letters Of acceptance, and giyo pro-
lection to all by rigid execution Of tho
laws.
Year: 1869

STUFFED CABBAGE-Take a large,
fresh cabbage, and cut out the heart.
Fill the cavity with stuffing made of a
cooked chicken or veal, which should be
chopped very fine and highly seasoned,
to which add the yolk syof eggs. Then
tie the cabbage firmly together with a
cloth and boil in covered kettle for two
hours, or until it becomes tender. This
makes an excellent supper dish, and
serves very economical purpose for us
ing up small pieces of cold meat.
Year: 1869

There is a case before the Supreme
Court of the United States, which is
Z b.d for decided, relative to the notes
- are dirk of Tennessee. The stock
e nor hogof the Bank are said to be san
u bf favorable decision, which will


the issues of the bank up to par.


advise the readers of the Courier to
Runt up and hold on to this money for
the present. 1t is also argued that the
new issue, or that which was put in cir
culation in 1861, will be embraced in the
decision. The new issue is selling now
at six or seven cents on the dollars, and
in the event these notes are placed on a
par with the old issue, Tennessee money
will spring up.
Year: 1869

an old public favorite. Or successful
man may be spoiled by success. and spoil
his own business by neglect, or over con-
tidence in his reputation. For these and
many other reasons. it should be the eff
tort of every man to become independent
Of his business. We mean that he should
place part, however small, Of his earn.
rngs in some description of investment.
which shall be secure from the chances
which affect his REGULAR calling. To do
this he should tax, not his business
means, but his personal vanity, and be
content to creep, as the phrase goes, be
fore he attempts to walk and 10 walk
before he assays TO run. There is many
n man whp looks back on the careless ex-
penditure of past wears with regr,t, but
who might now be assisted by the inter
est OF his prosperous acquisitions, ii he
had funded, instead of spending his mon
cy for temporary qualification. Work
mgmen, while in the prime OF their
strength and manhood, and in the receipt
of liberal wares, might secure themselves
not only against the distant day of old
aye, but also against much of the incon-
veniencc of dull times, of sickness, or Of
!orced inactivity from any other cause.
Whoever will make Il firm rule, and
abide by it, always to live within his in
come, is on the safe road to competence,
if not to wealth. Sun.
Year: 1869

being 'coppely, and deserved it, too.
with the exception of 4 very few, who
by contrast seemed to be the staunchest
kind of Union men. One of these, Col
j. +. I-,who never could get enough
Of the new song, came across me one Sat
urday afternoon, and slapping me on the
shoulder, said I'll give you five hun
dred dollars if you'll sing the Battle Cry
Of Freedom during the service in church
Tomorrow | thought this too great
All offer to be declined, as l knew he was
net only abundantly able, but just the
man to do such II thing; so set to work to
arrange Tor it. This was soon accomplish
ed, and 1t was kept an entire secret from
all but the few who were to Join
me. ., forgot to say that asked one
of the deacons who was all right if [
had better do it. Yes says he, sing
II it drives every critter out of the shed,
So, at the time had chosen when we
were TO sing a voluntary, Yes, we'll raj
ly round the flag,' came laundering down
on the Copperheads OF the congregation.
Such a comOtion you never saw. The
Union men clapped their hands in the
most scriptural manner the others ragged,
1ut it was of no use the thing was done
cause received new and vigorous i'm
pul>c-and | a check for five hundred
dollars"