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Year: 1869

Yesterday was made memorable at Nib!o's and at
the Theatre Francois by two entertainments In
honor OF Mr.. John Brougham, who is about TO leave
the shores OF the Atlantic for the golden slope OF thu
Pacific where the honors which he has here will
doubtless be renewed without stint or abatement.
The matinee performance at NiblOs yesterday con-
sisted OF admirable representation Of Sheridan's
famous comedy, ''The Scho oil for Scandal" The
cast was excellent-so thoroughly excellent as to
fill every part OF the house with an audience in
every respect worthy of the occasion. In spite Of


driving rain storm every seat was occupied, and not
even standing room was to be had for the asking
after the play commenced. The comedy was
performed in a style that ought to convince
managers that there are legitimate entertainments
which may incite public interest more than the most
gorgeous OF the meretrtclous shows to which too
many Of the theatres OF our metropolis have for
long time been devoted. Mrs. d. p Bowers person.
ated Lady Teazle with rare grace and power. The
rich. full tones OF her beautiful voice, her remark
ably fine poise and apomb told with the happiest
effect upon the auditors, and she was summoned to
return to the stage by universal applause at the
close OF the screen scene. Mr.. Gilbert Sir Peter
Teaze was the finished gentleman OF the old school
and the complete artist at every point in dialogue
and action Charles Surface found fitting person.
ator In Mr.. Edwin Adams. Sir Oliver Surface was
never better acted than by Mr.. Brougham, and long
before he had completed his task he was called be-
fore the curtain and, In response to q demand for
speech gracefully postponed it till the close OF the
play, when he made one Of those humor-
GUS, ironcal egotisucal addresses which have
made him welcome talker to the public. He
warmly thanked everybody for the kindness dis
played towards him, and touched patheticaIy on the
last journey of all that would take his gratitude
away along with him, thanking the company for the
cordalitv with which they had volunteered thar sar
vices in his behalf Praise is due certainly to all OF
them .or that and for their histrionic skill as dis
played throughout the comedy. Annexed Is the
caat.-
Year: 1869

my services In like manner when any of them have
called upon me, and In like manner the same SER
vices at their command In the future. And now,
70 be little more personal, have to bid you, my
excellent, well-proved friends Of New York, fare
well for time. Before we shall meet again shall
most probably have travelled many thousands OF
miles, carrying with me the profoundest sense OF
your unvarying Kindness to me- kindness shall
never forget until have taken the last journey upon
OF life.


Thus terminated, perhaps, as brilliant double
ovation as was ever bestowed upon any histi1onic
artist or dramatist in this country. If we nave any
regret to express as to the management of tliis Mt
ting tribute to one whom the public has delighted 70
honor 1t is that the representatives OF the press who
would have cheerfully united in the ovation, were
"unbidden to the feastv
Year: 1869

! The DEAD BROKE BRIcADE.-The C'ncin-
natti Times says: The first thing stranger
observes on arriving 1T Washington is not the
White House or Treasury building but the
fact that nearly every one he meets is dead
broke" They ain't to blame, many of them.
They came here long ago to get some claim
through the War Department.; or, lured by
the ready promise of the "member from our
I1iistrct." made before election, to receive an
expected appointment; or, to look after the
interest of some far-away mining company;
or to secure deputy ship under a friend, who
is also waiting to he confirmed by the Senate
The wheels Of business Mt the Capital move
slow enough at best. There the poor fellows
are, waiting and waiting and getting "broker
and broker every dav. There is small
army Of them. They sleep in cheap lodgings
eat where it is convenient. and drink every
time thew are asked. They sit around at
Wizards or the Metropolitan, or promenade
along the avenue. which they rarely leave.
Occasionally one of them forIornIy strols
down to the Treasury building to see about
"tbe claim, y or to the Post Office, in the des-
perate hope that some one has sent a draft:
but they drift back kopelessly as they
went. They are good fellows, for the most
part; respectable citizens at home, but thcy
are stuck fast in Washington and cannot get
away. They manage in some way TO wear
clean shirts and keep their boots polished,
and IT Is great mystery to me how they do
it. They wear a worn and ANXIOUS east of
face, and only "smile,' as | said before.


when asked. They watch for newcomer,


who is supposed TO be flush" Of course, and


he is besciged for small loans until he il
either broke himself or learns the wavs of
Washington. A man will sit down and talk
to YOU about millions of mining interests in
Lake Superior, that he is there to attend tn,
and then ask you for the loan of half dollar
declaring land truthfully. too, no doubt) that
he is dead broke. | loaned man six cents
to pay car fare, one rainy day, who was Col
lector Of an extensive Western port under two
admin nistrations. He is waiting to see a
friend confirmed for an Office of prominence
under which he expects an appointment


Three months Of hungry, not to say thirsty
waiting, and nothing yet.
Year: 1869

HrGH-HEELED Boors.-One of the most hurtful
and ridiculous fashions of the day is in the high
heeled boots, which have again worked round
from our great-grandmothers. A slight heel is
an advantage in walking, but these high heels,
with the excessively small surface and the
sharply beveled sides, makes walking service
of pain and difficulty. Besides, they destroy the
shape of the leg, which is something to be con-
sidered. They throw the weight forward, and
they strain on the shin; and, consequently, they
diminish the back muscle, the calf of the fore
part into an ugly bow. The shape of our shoes
and boots is in itself an outrage against COM
mon sense; but we women are not alone in this
absurdity, nor are we to blame so that, as the
papers deal with our own folies specially, we
may be let off any personal and peculiar reproof
therefor.
Year: 1869

GENERAL GARFIELD and other members from
the West, who have heretofore been in favor Of


contracting the volume of the currency, now
announce themselves. it is said, in favor of
speedy resumption of specie payments.
Year: 1869

REsuNrTToN OF WORK IN THE CURRENCY
BUREAU.-A portion of the work in the Bureau
OF Engraving and Printing, at the Treasury
Department, having been suspended for few
days in order to make counS, and balance the
books in conjunction with those Of the New
York Bank Note Printing Companies, will be
resumed on Monday, and the usual amount of
national currency will be handed over to Treas
urer Spinner daily
Year: 1869

SENATOR SHERMAN. who is now here, is said to
be, busily engaged in preparing a bill for funding
the public debt, which he will present early in
the coming session. The bill will embrace all
the features of the bill introduced by him dur
ing the last session, with the exception OF the
rate of interest at which the debt Is to be funded
1t is said this will be lower than was previously
contemplated by Mr.. Sherman.
Year: 1869

When and How EennLOrH are Elected.


AS the Senatorial election is near at
hand and excites good deal OF interest
in the Legislature and ou:, our readers
will he interested III knowing just when
il takes place and how. Under the act
of Congress, approved July %, 1866,
tho Legislature which shall be chosen
next preceding the expiration of the
term of any incumbent Senator shall
" on the second Tuesday after the meet
ing and organization thereof" proceed
to elect Senator in manner described
in the statute as follows:


"Each house shall openly, by viva
yoce vote of each member present,
name one person for Senator i'll Con-
gress from said State, and the name of
the person so voted for, who shall have
majority of the whole number of votes
cast in each house, shall be entered
on tho journal of each house by the
clerk or secretary thereof; but if either
house shall fail to give such majority
to any person on the said day, that tact
shall be entered on the journal. at II
O'Clock, meridian, OF the day following
that on which proceedings are required
to take place, as aforesaid, the members
of the two houses shall convene in joint
assembly, and the journal OF each house
shall then be read, and If the same per-
son shall have received majority OF
all the votes in each house, such person
shall be declared duly elected Senator
| to represent said State in the Congress
of the United States; but If the same
person shall not have received II majori-
ty of the votes in each house, or II eth
| er house shall have failed to take pro-
ceedings as required by this act, the
joint assembly shall then proceed to
choose, by viva voce vote OF each
member present, a person for the pur-
pose aforesaid, and the person having Il
majority of all the votes of the said
Joint assembly, q majority of all the
members elected to both houses being
present and voting, shall be declared
duly elected; and in case no person
shall receive such majority on the first
dav, the Joint assembly shall meet at II
O'Clock, meridian, OF each succeeding
day during the session of the Legisla
ture, and take at least one vote until
Senator shall be elected. .'-ActS LIST
80 Cong. p. 249.
Year: 1869

IRON the London Daily News, April 70.


Not only the lovers OF manly sportsIbut the whole
British public will be glad TO learn that Anglo
American boat race has been arranged, and that II
will take place In August next upon the Thames, at
Putney The challenge has come from the other side
Of the ocean, and has been cordially accepted this
side. We snail all appreciate aud admire the age
OF our American brethren They have sent their
challenge TO the victorious oxford University
Club, and are themselves coming across the ocean TO
meet the Oxonians on the very scene OF their
sive riumphs. II s easy 10 predict for them an en-
thusiastic reception The interest OF the British pub
lie IN such competitions has given the oxford and
Cambridge race almost national Importance; the
interest OF two nations In that OF August next Will
give II International importance. The Americans
will not ind that IN rowing on an English river they
necessarily have the feeling OF the crowd against them
They will not be reminded that they are among
strangers The multitude viii feel that they have
deserved success, even n they fail to attain H. and II
they win, no Englishman will grudge them the
laurels they have come 40 far 10 pluck We trust
that the race now arranged will be only the first OF
long series. such international competitions are
IN every way desirable. friendly rivalry In our
chosen pastmes Is one which Will develop friendly
feelings on both sides. We have both learned some
thing from competition on the ocean. NAV learn
something now fron competition on .he river
Year: 1869

APPEARANCE OF BRIGHAM YoUNG.-A
writer in the San Francisco Bulletin
says:


Brigham Young, in his sixty ninth year
is remarkable man, and bids fair to live
for many years. His step has lost some Of
its elasticity, and his figure shows that he
is going down the hill Of life but his
hair, always light, is unmixed with grey,
and though his locks may be thinner than
they were forty years ago, there are no
signs of approaching badness. His brow
and cheeks are clear and smooth, with a
slight ruddy tinge, and without wrinkles,
except around the corners Of the mouth.
His brow is lofty, his nose prominent and
we'll formed, his eyes grey, and in repose
show something of the dullness of age,
but he looks as if he could give stern
order and watch its execution, however
bloody, without hinching His lips, too,
are thin, and, when set, give an aspect Of
severity to his countenance yet they can
smile very pleasantly when he chooses.
Year: 1869

The Season OF Good Things E4tsaded,


Among the items Of our Indebtedness to
the railroads is the early introduction and
the prolonSing of the seasons of fruit and
vegetables. Long before our late seasons
could furnish these enjoyments, we receive
them from the south and east. On the
other hand, long after their delicacies arc
harvested and enjoyed, they can receive
from us, their slow but sure neishbors,
samples of what our cold climate, our
damp and stubborn soil, with such aid as
we can render, can produce. Before the
construction of the Central Railroad, the
Fourth Of July was considered the proper
day for green peas to make their debut. In
those days families that could procure
peck of early peas from the Deerfeld
gardans, and quarter of lamb from the
old meat market, enjoyed the reputation
of being able to obtain the delicacies of
the season, beside the qualification that the
disney afforded. Now we may have them
if the money is within reach, all through
the month of May. Then we depended
upon the meadows in the suburbs for our
supply Of strawberries. The season was
consequently very short and as there
were no means afforded for transportation,
the market was glutted during this brief
period. Now, thanks to the railroads and
our fruit dealers, the actual strawberry
season embraces as many months as it
formerly numbered weeks. Nor is tho
obligation all on our side. Our eastern
and southern neighbors can receive our
rich, highly favored fruit long after their
earlier, but less perfect, berries have gone
tse way of all fruit; while we get back
the money that we had expended for them.


By the season of fruit being thus
extended and the supply and prices being
more equalizcd, there is less tendency to
excessive indulgence. We hear less Of
injuries resulting from eating fruit under
this system Of exchange than heretofore,
when the season was short, the market
overstocked and the. fruit of little value.
We must not grumble if our winter apples
do go off seeking their fortunes at the east
and south for the same facilities for
transportation that have led so many of
them astray, and doubled the price of
what remain, a.e bringing oranges and
lemons and an early supply of other fruits
to our own doors.-Utica N. ~ o.
seyrer.
Year: 1869

SECOND CROP OF HAY.-Very seasonably
the question of the great advantage of
cutting hay when in green state has been
taken up by some of our agricultural pub
LEGATIONS, although there can be no doubt
concerning the propriety of doing so; for
every farmer who cuts second crop
knows how superior it is for milk produc-
ing and feeding purposes generally, when
compared with hay which has been cut
while in ripe state, and when almost all
the saecharine matter in it has zone to
constitute woody fibre. No season has
been more favorable for trial of the early
moving plan than the present, which, so
far as we can learn promises to be good,
for two crops-if the first is seasonably
harvested-and when the mown or second
crop may turn out as liberal in quantity
as the first one. The subject is one farm
ers would do well think over and act upon,
even should hoeing be partially neglected
when the moving season comes. In con-
nection with this subject, the method of
drying hay in the shade, in the cock aud
partially in the NOW, may also be consid-
cred.
Year: 1869

1t cannot be that earth is mans only
abiding place. 1t cannot be that life is
bubble, cast up by the ocean of eternity
to float a moment upon its waves and sink
into nothingness. Else why is it the high
and glorious aspirations, leaping like
angels from the temple of our hearts, are
forever wandering unsatisfed Why is
it that the rainbow and clouds come over
us with beauty that is not of earth, and
then pass off and leave US to muse on their
love.iness? Why is it that the stars which
"hold their festival round the midnight
throne" are set above the grasp of our
limited faculties, forever mocking us with
their unapproachable glory? And finally
why is it that bright forms of human
beauty are presented to our view and ia
ken from US, leaving the thousand streams
Of our affection to flow back in an Alpine
torrent upon our hearts? We are born
for higher destiny than that of earth.
There is a realm where the rainbow never
fades where the stars will be spread out
before us like the islands that slumber on
the ocean, and where the beautiful beings
which pass before us, like shadows, will
stay forever in our presence.-Pentice.
Year: 1869

All who have real estate for sale or to let,
and those desiring TO purchase or rent such property
will find Il 10 their interest to advertise In THE TRIBUNE
It's aggregate circulation exceeds any
paper and addition to this advantage The TRIBUNE
will be found, not only NewYork and all its cities and
villages but In every State aud Territory throughout the
Union. The advertisement should be brief Will
allow Of the advantages claimed being made clear to the
reader We would especially dwell the fact that the
subscribers for the three editions OF THE TRIBUNE, Daily
Semi Weekly and Weekly, comprise individuals In every
business professions consequently advertisements In each
are read by all classes. THE TRIBUNE devotes especial
attention reports Of sales OF real estate both in city
and country thus adding greatly % the value OF its col


umns as advertising medium The charges for adyer
tsng follows DAILY TRIBUNE IS cents per line
each insertion; WEEKLY TRIBUNE, "a per lines SEMI
WEEKLY TRIBUSE IS cents per me About ten words Of
our wide columns average line Terms cash in advance
Year: 1869

Having made large additions to our establish
ment in the shape of material of the latest
style, and having employed experienced and
careful workmen, we are prepared to execute
orders for every variety of PLAIN AND FANCY
JOB PRINTING with neatness and Dispatch
The addition of Steam Power to our establish
ment affords us great advantages over most
country Offices in the way of low prices and
fast work. Call with us, and be convincsD
Year: 1869

From letter which appears among
our Washington dispatches 1t vii! be
seen that the Post Office Department
proposes to be honest, so far at least as
to respect the Sanctity of letter seals.
If CRFSSwELL and his mail subOrdinates,
male aiu. female, mean now to improve
uDon the plunI"ring outrages aud letter
espionage introduced during the war,
well and good. If not, this letter had
better been kept quiet. 1t will deceive
nobody, and will merely direct public
attention to the abuses which "loyalty"
has introduced into the mail
service. Under the teachings OF
STANTON, BUTLER and such men, mail
robbery, for their villainOus prying into
private letters was nothing else, lost Its
odium as a crime and became merely a
disreputable sort of snrewdness. We
seem to he getting away from the days
when thief, murderer, OF Provost
Marshal could justify his enOrmities by
prating of the public safety, and it is
to be hoped that mail robbery and every
other crime which the Radicals tried
during the war to make respectable
will be ranked as in the olden time and
be visited with the proper penalties
both by the Courts of justice and before
the bar of public opiniOn.
Year: 1869

PERSONS ADVANCED IN LIFE,
And feeling the hand of time weighing heavily
upon them, with all its attendant ills, will find
in the use of this BITTERS or the TONIC an
elixir that will instil new life into their veins
restore in a measure tho energy and ardor OF
more youthful days, build mp their shrunken
forms, and give health and happiness in their
remaining wears
Year: 1869

It is a well established fact that fully one.
half of the female portion Of our population are
seldom in the enjoyment Of good health, or TO
use their own expression, "never feel we'll
They are languid, devoid of all energy, extreme
ly nervous, and have no appetite


To this class of persons the BITTERS, or the
TONIC, il especially recommended.
Year: 1869

DNHIS HOUSE Is KEPT ON THE EU.
i ropean plan; it is within three minutes
ride 6y horse sara Of the New Haven
Railroad Depet, convenient TO all the princip
places Of amusement and for Summer travelle
will be found the coolest Hotel in the


Every room is provided with running water.
Year: 1869

The other yachts did not turn the stakeboat The
Unknown was declared the winner OF the first prize,
the Dutchman OF the second, and the Sweeny OF the
third, the Van vliet not having passed the lower
stakeboat On the whole the race was well con-
tested and but for the unfavorable state OF the
weather would have been attended with much more
promising results. t rs n r.-
Year: 1869

Cash gold was in good supply for the Clearing
House; but the attack Of the "bears" in the after
noon made the rate for loans more active. The ng-
ure ranged from two per cent for carrying to "nat,
for borrowing. Tue business Of the Gold Bank re-
suited as folows:-
Year: 1869

CHARLESTON, >. y, May 10, 1869.
10 the Editor Of the Ne,os: .


L have read with great satisfaction
your article in this mornings News
headed Northern men in the South.
That the "old residents have no social
intercourse with the Yankees" may
be doubtless is) true in many cases
that undue prejudice exists is not to
be wondered at, and for the reason
mainly described by yourself: The
writer of this article spent q year in
Richmond, whose citizens are sup
posed to have due appreciation of
their own social position, and although
in no instance seeking to enter the
charmed aud charming circle, he
never made so many acquairtances in
strange place in 80 short time, nor
met more genial and intelligent peo-
pie. You say, eff a Northern man,
or any other man, comes to South
Carolina, it is because he secs a chance
of making money, not for society"
That Uncertainty u legitimate conclus-
ion. L have travelled from New York
to Saint Paul, from St. Louis to Wash
ington, but in the whole route there
seemed to me less chances for invest
ments for rapid, at least certain, re-
turns than along the route from the
last named city to Charleston.


L have spent the last week at Long
wood, on the Pedee River, a planta-
ton of nearly six thousand acres,
which has recently been purchased by
New York men for less than two
dollars per acre. Some of the low
lands of that magnificent estate are
equal in fertility to the land in New
York at two hundred dollars per acre..
The buildings are substantial and
numerous, and, with the fencing, must
have cost tho sum paid-ccrtainly
would have cost moro at the North.
This plantation was sold through an
advertisement, moro than a year ago,
in the New York Tribune. I would
say to Southern men, if you want to
sell your estates advertise in the New
York and Charleston papers. How
many Northern men do you suppose
are in Charleston today, perhaps,
that want just such property as yours
if they knew where to find it2 And
if you have two plantations. let me
advise you to sell one and hold the
other. :'.


1 think Southern men are too much
discouraged. Look. around you
travel-go North-We West-keep your
eyes open. Can you not make money
out of your own lands as we'll as q
"Yankee?" As for tho prejudice of
the South and tho North, I am sick
and tired Of reading about or discuss
ing it. The Northern mon are not all
"adventurers, carpet baggers, vermin
nor blacklegs," nor have I seen
scalping-knife or tomahawk in all my
Southern travel. have seen a few
good rifes) T leave for New York
in an hour.


Respectfully,


GEO. NORTH.
Year: 1869

- Since contemporary discovered that
among the many FERNS OF heart disc ase to
which humans are subjected, croquet heart
disease is among the most fatal during the
summer, many young people of both sexes
nave acknowledged themselves TO be the VIC
ums. There is but one cure. The disease can
be exercised only by the clergy or justice of
the peace.
Year: 1869

THR AMOUNT or MONEY sent through the
mail by postal money orders Is increasing at
the rate OF one hundred per cent. annually.
This year the aggregate foots up thirty million
dollars against sixteen millions last year. and
t is estimated that this amount will asaln
double next year.
Year: 1869

SEC RETARY RAwL1Ns AND GENERAL SHBR.
NAN had long interview yesterday in Refer
ence TO various matters of army administration
connected with the efficiency and economy of
the service and the duties of the military in the
South.