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Year: 1869

We are gratifed to learn that The Reroiution
has been so successful as to justify an enlarge
ment of its size and its price. We have always
liked The RerOlutiOn, notwithstanding that we
have not always had the happiness to agree
with it, and we interpret its prosperity as a
proof that the American people are prompt to
encourage the fearless expression of honest
opinions We confess, however, that the editors
announcement that they should hereafter enlist
| among their contributors "many of the ablest
writers of the country" occasions little sur
prise. 1t is well known that The ReColution
has aI,cays enjoyed the services of many of the
abest writer's of the country; and even after
it was compelled, upon considerations of a
high public character, to dispense with
the editorial assistance of Mr.. George Francis
Train, it retained a combination of literary
respectablity and sparkling audacity which
kept it in one of the front places of American
journalism. If the editors think its pages can
be improved by an infusion of new blood they
are wise to try the experiment but in the
mOdesty of their allusions TO the past we fear
they have hardly done justice to the excellent
pens which have written them into their pres
ent wealth and glory.
Year: 1869

We are disposed TO think that English news
papers upbraid their Queen with no little In
Justice for the isolated life which she continues
TO lead. We have before us recent article
which inquiries why she does not Consult
scientific men7" why she does not improve
"the dramai" why she does not "give an
impetus to tradef" why she does not guide
"the caprces of fashion :" why she does not
hold Court why she does not oftener leave
the secluson of Osborne or Balmoralf We
would venture to suggest that the reason is to
be found in the political history of the reign
of George III. That monarch, when in his
senses, was engaged in perpetual struggle for
royal prerogative, in which he was fairly beaten
by the Whg Lords and by the House of Com
mons.


Since that time, the sovereigns of England
have been rulers only in name; have been
pretty much without political influence; and
any interference upon their part with the gov
ernment of the empire has been warmly resent
ed 1t is safe to say that both George ~ and
William w. had far less political power than
their Prime Ministers, than many of
the nobility, than many of the Bishops.
This diminution of royal authority, this
exclusion of the monarch from the administra-
tion of public affairs, has borne its legitimate
fruit in that utter insignidcance of the Queen
which, whether she submits TO it with resigna
tiOn or indifference, naturally leads her to leave
the State in the hands of her Ministry and Of
Parliament, and to seek for occupation and
amusement in private life. She may well
shrink from being n mere puppet, q simple
writing machine TO sign Acts of Parliament,
an excuse for pageantry, q wonder to be gaped
at, the central figure of q procession, and
merely the chief performer in the laborious
formnlitics of the drawing room. She can
hardV Ia" "ypeeted " take lively interest in
Year: 1869

The change which occurred yesterday in
President Grants Cabinet was not unexpected.
Secretary Borie has never permitted himself to
regard his position as other than temporary;
and the dispatches are doubtless correct
in saying that he has remained so
long only to give the President time
to select satisfactory successor. Attorney
General Robson of New-Jersey, who succeeds
to the vacant Department, is an able and sin
cere supporter of the Administration, and a
public man not known so much for seeking
Office as for having office on one or two i'm
portant occasions seeking him.
Year: 1869

The inevitable mferiorty of negro to q
white man is pointedly illustrated by one or
two facts in letter from North Carolina
printed on our 18th page About half the
colorod children in the schools of that State
children born, of course, during the existence Of
tho patriarchal system-are so nearly white
that nobody can tell to which race they APP
proach the closer, but since the war has given
the freedmen the control of their own families
amalgamaton has almost wholly ceased, proving
that il was the whites, not the blacks, who
were responsible for it of old. The colOred
people arc going TO school with great assduity,
and are supposed to have contributed moro
money for education in 1888 than tine whites.
About 10000 of them in North Carolina have
learned to read since the close of the war;. and
probably not 10000 whites in the same State have
acquired that much education during the same
period. Of course it must be evident from this
that the social and political elevation of the
freedmen is u sin against God aud nature
not to say moral impossiblity. As further
illustration of the effect of tho Curse of Canaan
in keeping white people upon higher
plano than the rest Of mankind, we
may add that the Northern gentlemen
and ladies who have sacrificed home
comfort for the purpose of teaching these poor
colored people are sometimes treated with every
kind of indignity by the hightoned white
Year: 1869

While the Boston newspapers are bursting with
rage over the remarks of New-York writers on
the great Jubilee of Peace, and sending us all
TO the demnition dogs as a parcel of ruff
tianly critics. because we ventured to speak
our honest opinions, it is gratifying to know
that there are men in Boston who are quite
sane on this subject as on others, and capable
of talking about the Jubilee like rational and
temperate beings. We lay before our readers
this morning the first of two letters from one
of the very highest musical authorities in
America, reviewing the week of noise and dis
cussng its meaning. 1t is with no slight graft
ticatiOn that we perceive how completely the
reports which we published last week from our
special correspondents are justified in all essential
particulars by this distinguished critic. He
agrees with us in appreciating the unparalleled
energy and good management which crowned
the festival with such magnificent popular sue
cess he praises heartily what was really worthy
of praise in the performance but he cannot
shut his eyes to the obvious defects and is too
honest to hold his tongue. What the Jubilee
has done for art he purposes discussing in
another letter-if The Boston Transcript kindly
spares his life and ours.
Year: 1869

The story of an old and most perplexIng
quarrel, which threatened until recently long
array of troubles to much-vexed Kansas iS
told in the letter of our correspondent from
the Neutral Lands of Kansas this morning IL
is a story of fraud and chicanery' whicn t,e
injured settlers have tried to meet WIN the
strong hand of lawlesS violence. The dlflculty
is not yet entirely over but the danger OIL
violent outbreaks seems to have passed away
Year: 1869

We have not of late years had frequent oc-
casion TO speak kindly of The National Inteti-
genera journal that has long seemed to us
to have outlived alike its usefulness and the
men who gave it character and force-and yet
we cannot help saying that we are almost sorry
to hear of its having, in a decrepit old age,
starved to death. 1t was, in Its day,
n great name in the land, and sometimes per-
haps even great power. Never quite so zeal
Gus to defend the right as to uphold its party,
and wholly incapable, when that Whg party
fell to pieces, of rising to the hight of the
occasion, it went thence steadily downward.
The progress of modern journalism had left


it wholly in the background; and as
the political position of its widely
respected conductors became of less conse-
quence, it ceased to exert Rppreciable effect
on the course of public affairs. For some time
it had little beside its dignity to recommend
it, and under the management following Col.
Seaton's death it lost its dignity. 1t was time
for the old newspaper to die, and yet Wash
ington will seem n less familiar place without
The National InteAigencer.
Year: 1869

more, by his perseyering enterprise, has put,
ouite a number of dollars into the pockets of
other people, and it is only fair that few OF
the same sort should find their way INTO his
Year: 1869

and was denied the privilege of at
tending the calls of nature. During
the time this poor man was strapped
to the rigging, a sailor was detected in
the act OF supplying him with little
bread. For this act the humane sailor
was put in irons for three days.


We are informed the same tyranni-
cal officer, instead of supplying the
crew with American bread, OF which
there was an abundance, slowed it
away, and gave his men Portuguese
bread in its stead. The men assert
that, after the arrival of the Guard in
Lisbon, the American bread was sold,
and the proceeds went into some
bOdy's pocket.


Each vessel in the navy carries a
paymaster, whose duty it is to pay
the men a monthly percentage of their
wages. When the Guard arrived in
Lisbon its paymaster disappeared for
several days, and the men received no
money, and went without until they
arrived in this city. They laid their
case before the commanding officer, a
young STRIPPING, but were repelled
with abusive and profane language,
and told to go about their business.


Such is the story of the man. 1t
may be Overdrawn, but the charges
seem to be explicit, and deserve in
vestigatiOn. These sailors say their
clothing cost three times as much as
it did before the war. Frequently on
arriving in port, men have found that
they were absolutely indebted to the
Government, although they had not
received a cent of pay during their
voyage, the paymaster figuring out an
Indebtedness on account OF an over
draWaI of clothing.


The facts in the case Ofthe stOreship
Guard can be substantiated by the
whole crew, who are at present in
this city.
Year: 1869

Antoine Rudolphe is a native OF
Mauritius Island. He speaks French,
and barely understands the English
language. He is a sailor, and enlisted
in the American navy over year ago.
He was detailed TO the stOreship
Guard. While that vessel was on her
voyage from Lisbon to this port, Ru-
doiphe was at one time kept on duty
nearly forty-eight hours in succession.
He then went TO sleep in his ham,
mock, Soon afterWard the boatswain
woke him up and again ordered him
on duty. The man partially aroused
himself, but again fell asleep. The
articles of war expressly provide that
for a petty offense the eulprit shall not
he placed in confinement longer than
three DAYS without trial.


In the face of this law, Mr.. Ru-
idolDhe. for sleeping after being or
derad on duty by the boatswain, was
.strepped to the mizzen rigging of the
vessel for the space of eight days.
Duriug that time he was allowed but
a small pittance of bread and water
Year: 1869

A correspondent of the New York
Herald, writing from Chattanooga,
says.


"a One Of the first things that a
casual observer notices in this city, is
the number of emigrdnts passing
through here on their way to Arllan-
sas and Texas. They are chiefly from
East Tennessee and Northern
Georgia and Alabama, and generally
belong 10 the class commonly known
as poor whites. One sees them every
day at the general depot of the several
roads centering here, keeping watch
over their trunks and piles of house
hold goods, while they wait the de
parture Of the trains on the Memphis
and Charleston railroad for the first
mentioned city, at which point they
usually take steamboat for the further
West"


What IS here reported of East Ten
nessee is equally true Of the middle
division of the State. Why is it that
so many are leaving Tennessee to find
homes in the West? Simply because
they can get cheap lands there. The
desirable lands III this State are held
at such high figures that men of mod
crate means find themselves unable 10
buy. This is undoubtedly the cause
of so many leaving the State. While
we are making efforts TO attract immi-
grafton, we should do something 10
prevent the heavy exodus of our pop
ulation that has been going on during
the present fall.
Year: 1869

For our own and the convenience of regular
advertisers, and to prevent any misunderstand-
ing, we have carefully prepared and scaled the
rates Of advertising in the GA2 ErTE, for the ycsr
1861 and present the following table OF space
Year: 1869

The refusal of eighteen Republican
members Of the Legislature to vote
for Mr.. CUMBACK, is one of the most
remarkable events that has ever oc-
Cured in the history of the party in
this State. Strange as it may appear,
the indianapolis Journal, which
claims TO be the State organ of the
party, seems to be so dumbfounded
by the bolt that, for two whole days
it has not been able to give express
sion to solitary word, editorially,
with regard to the transaction
Year: 1869

"While there never was doctrinal or
practical error which had not some text
to stand upon, there never was one which
dared to encounter openly aud honestly
the entire word of God. In other words,
there has seldom been an error which
did not include some important truth !;
but just as surely as it included some
truth, SO it excludes others. And lust
as oxygen alone will never make the at.
mosphere, or hydrogen alone will never
make the ocean, or rod beams alone will
never make the sun, SO one fact, or one
set of ideas, will never make the truth.
A truth, by abiding alone, becomes to all
intents an error sss
Year: 1869

Florence Beautiful Florence. While
my pen traces thy magic name, my fancy
wanders back to thee as thou vert when
I was last dweller within thy walls /; in
Imagination I gaze upon thy fairy-like
scenery, or float upon thy calm sunny
waters


1t was at festival given at this city
that I first beheld the heroine of the fol
lowing sketch.


Gabrielle Vienzi was then very young;
but girls ripen into womanhood much
earlier there than in oRr colder climate.
Her eyes we're the most beautiful | ever
beheld-large, black and very brilliant !;
her complexion was very gark, but clear
and richly colored the pearly whiteness
of her teeth became visible every time
she smiled, which was not seldom, for
she appeared very careless and happy.
She wore on that night a dress of snowy
Grape. confined around the waist by a
zone of pearls rows Of the same were
braided with and hung down, glistening
amid her raven tresses. What struck me
as something strange was that all the
girls about her own age seemed to be
fond of her this is seldom the case when
the individual is young and beautiful ;
feelings of envy and jealousy are too apt
to intrude. But it was not SO now; all
loved and pitied her, although few who
looked on that bright young face would
have deemed her to be an object of pity.


A little apart from the group that sur
rounded Gabrielle, stood an old man
his shrunken and feeble frame bent
eagerly forward, and the piercing glance
of his keen gray eyes fixed on her with
an expression of exultation and triumph.
His features were pale and withered, and
there was something repelling in their
cold and passionless rigidity. This was
the Senior Zarmandi. In his youth he
had been spendthrift; in his manhood
hard, extortionate, gripping miser, coin
ing, as it were, the very hearts blood OF
his fellow creatures into gold and now,
in his second childhood, had again be-
come somewhat prodigal, as the costly
Jewels which glittered on the neck and
arms of Gabrielle bore ample testimony.
Those who would know the connecting
link which united the destinies of the
young and beautiful with the aged and
decrepit, have only to peruse the follow
ing sketch.


Franco Vienzi was one of those char.
acters which are almost peculiarly for
eign. He was extensively connected
with q gang Of prescribed and desperate
men, and held sscrete communication
with all the pirate vessels which occa-
sionally cruised near the coast. He lived,
as the saying is, on his wits, and yet took
his place in society among the nobies Of
Year: 1869

FLoRENCE, April 24-The Court of
Appeal has had under consideratien
the penal code for some time. They
have concluded their examination,
and have unanimously agreed upon
the abolition of the death penalty.
Year: 1869

The report that the work on the
extension of the Indianapolis and
Vincennes Road to Cairo has been
suspended is entirely unfounded. The
engineers are now at work making
surveys, profles and estimates, and
they are strongly backed by the Penn
sylvania Central. This extension is a
fixed fact.-Etate Sentinel


The report that the work had
stopped was certainly correct. The
rumor that the suspension would re-
suit in the Abandonment of the en-
terprise may be incorrect. We hope
it is. We desire to see the road COM
pleted at an early day. a1lt g1
Year: 1869

The Boone County Pioneer says
that the wife Of john HARsBERaER,
who lives in the eastern part of the
county, recently gave birth to living
child with two heads, one head being
directly on the top of the other.
Year: 1869

In after years, when we look back
Upon the course we have pursued
'Tls sweet to linger in Its track,
And with its spirit be imbued.
Our earliest years pass in review


And bring the memory of one,
Who ever To our interest true,


To grace the courts of Heaven Is gone
In memory dear We hold the scene


Where first we learned the prayer TO heaVeh'
And we remember, OF how keen


The pain, when she from us was liveh'
The wears rolled on--no more prattling child,
But now fast moving on to other scenes,
Our boylah hearts, not yet subduedi but mia
And joyous, in the sunlight CLEANS
At times our hearts were sad and filled with gflei
At our. 80 often called unhappy lots
But then the vital spark still lived


And grief and sorrow lasted not
We bring up all thnt's past and gone,


Each little incident review,
Each cloud of sorrow and each storm


'Till we have done all we can do.
And then we take our stand In life


Amid its tolls, amid Its cares
u Is at best an unequal strife


On every hand are traps and snares. w'n''
Year: 1869

What constant jealousy gnaws your heartl
1t tires me out day after day
Some little worry from nothing you ataft--
Something's hidden in what say,
Something's hidden in what dol
That heart of yours is never still,
It cannot be sure that am tr,ie,
But spies and prizes about for ILL.,
Frankly speak the whole Of my mind
Once for all-let It serve or not
am not one of that SNOWY kind
Fair outside with an inward rot.
love you'll Will not that suffice
MOI l must say 1t again and again.
And embroider It over with batteries,
Or all have said and done Is vain
Trust me trust my simple lovei


If you suspect me, that love VIII die.
cannot bear to be forced to prove
Every moment Its honesty.
Ali you say I'm SO still and cold B
Well, cannot be other than what am
1 cannot squander my lump OF gold
As l could little tinsel sham
You Your Jewels must always wear; +a
What Is their use II they are not shoPn
keep mine with miser's care,


And love to count them o'er alone.
cannot abide that the world should observe
what ii thinks is nothing to me-
was born with sense OF reserve


That is shocked by loves publicity.
You have a richer heart, If you will,


That ecat.ers about It's Wide largess
Your love a keeping like mine would Kill
All that you feel you must express,
Your love seeks for the light and SUM-


And gives lis perfume to every breeze
The bees get Il honey-every one


Its beauty whoever passes sees.
Mine, like a well, is still and deep;


Cold, you say II is. like we'll
But though like q brook it will not cap


And 10y for ever one tale to tell
It still Is real; and when the rear III,
Hath slenced the brook with its shallow iaugh
The wells cool waters will still be clear,


Where those who trusted may surely quaii.
cannot, like sarto, publish your face


In every Madonna, sibyl and Saint,
Or praise to the world your beauty and grace
In thousand sonnets sweet and mln.,
But this is the heads work more than the heait's
Skill and genius they show, no doubt;
But the painter and poet may give to their at'h
What they leave their lady, perhaps, without
Trust me- dear, with your eyes so black


And full of passion-these eyes 50 plue,
Though your excess Of expression they luck


Are not the less sincere and true.
/ cannot fondle you every hour


With many pretty and gallant phrase,
Rain out my love as a cloud its shower


But trust me and leave me my EnPhsh ways
Year: 1869

though it is possible, that he may have
proceeded to the extreme penalty Of the
law IN the punishment Of tho guilty. II
thcso were conspiracy, as alleged, to
fre the magazine and blow up the frigate,
there would be no voice raised to save the
guilty; but public opinion would not be
satisfied with the hasty execution Of the
accused, when such haste WIS not demand.
ed By pressing public danger, until the
parties had had fair and full hearing be-
lore m unprojudiced tribunal.
Year: 1869

JosephT Wood a ship carpenter VIII
resided on the lower road leading from thi
place to Kingston Point, near the, new ferrj
dock, murdered his wife about Z o'clock,
on Saturday evening last and then commit
ted suicide. The weapons used were an axl
and a razor The murdered woman llaI
twelve long and deep gashes in her head
neck and face, either of which was sufficient
to cause death. The murderer is supposed
to have first cut her III the head with thl
AK, as she was lying on the lounge, and tn
cut her throat with the razor In the after
noon, prior to the murder, he wrote . lettei
which is now in possession of the Coroner
The contents of the letter have not trans


pired, On tho alarm being given nei gh


Dor named George Metcalf went to the bach
door of the house and found it locked. HI
Knocked and was admitted by wood Or
entering and finding Mrs. Wood dead he in


quired what he had been doing, to which
Wood made no reply. Wood then attempt


ed to cut his throat with razor, but Met
calf serzed his arm and prevented him. A
second attempt was made but Metcaf agair
foiled him. Wood then turned dupon Met


calf and threatened to kill him, when Met


cali, who is an old man, ran from the house
for moment only, and on returning founc
Wood lying upon the floor with his throa


out from ear to ear. Jealousy is supposed


tc have been the cause rrgF q. .7rs,s
Year: 1869

WASH1NGTONI MHFUH 10.


The object of the Joint resolution
passed by the Senate to-day, postpon-
ing removals in civil offices in the Pro,
visional government of Virginia till
thirty days from and after its passage
Is to afford time to make such removals,
as the limit in the former Joint resolu-
ton expires this week. General Stone
man who is soon to be succeeded by
General Candy, will not have time to
make the changes before his retire.
Year: 1869

Since the adjournment of Congress
the President has suspended about one
hundred and twenty-five postmasers
in various sections OF the country, A
list of these suspensions will be 'ub-
mitted TO the Senate for its action 1pon
them Immediately after the opet5lg of
Congress
Year: 1869

The Nashville Banner of the 2it


ult. had some well-timed remarks in re.
gard to the approaching election fol
delegates TO the State Convention from
which we quote below. After suggest


ng that the vote should be full, it con-
tinues:


Whatever the method of nomination,
or the programme Of election, L is very
clear that if the people really desire an
able representative they must take the
matter IN their own hands, and see that
whore district cohve ltions are called,
they shall be conducted in the most le-
gltiluate and lust manner nossible. 1t
is as much the grave and responsible
duty of every citizen to give his pre-
sence and personal cooperation to these
preliminary meetings, as it will be his
sacred right and duty to cast his ballot
on the day OF The election. What is
everybody's business is nobody's, un-
less every individual voter shall reflect
what considerable interest he himself
has in the matter, and will make it his
specific business to look after that in
terest at the appropriate time.