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Year: 1869

The Fusion Of North and South Germany.


The Consttutionnet OF Paris OF the 9th states that
the fusion OF South Germany with the Confederation
OF the North becomes less probable every day.
combination OF this nature may indeed have been
proposed to the former, and the Baden government,
disposed than the population OF that country to
yield to PruSsian influence, may possibly have con-
sented 10 make itself medium for the realization OF
such project; but neither Bavaria nor Wurteinberg
would consent To measure calculated to place them.
even though indirectly, under Prussan control. fhe
Old German military commission is indeed an effete
Institution.
Year: 1869

gantees which the republic the monarchy had both con-
secraed neither masters In war nor In peace
Our interests suffered thereby you are aware but
our honor has suffered still II this situation continues


x years longer shall we expose ourselves 70 grave
perls but escape the greatest o Ali our
national pride viii be drained dry and we shall cease %
esteem ourselves May electors Whatever De their
preferences, sight of this danger Among the cand


dates presented them let them avoid those who
honorable they personal government inscribed on
their color, As for myself should be elected 70
you shall continue place the struggle against personal
government In the of duties and is bua down.
tau In our country will always be my dearest hope
Year: 1869

al. j. H." q stranger, who has recently arrived
here from England complains Of q brutal assault
made upon him by policeman as he was quietly
and sobery proceeding to his lodgings, between the
hours OF eight ana nine O'Clock q few nights ago.
HIS offence consisted In refusing TO answer the I'M
pertinent inquiry OF the policeman as To hts name
and business. lie was carried TO the station house,
locked up, fined ten dollars next morning ana had
to pay two dollars additional TO runner to go TO
wall street and get the amount OF his 1ne from his
bankers.
Year: 1869

A gentleman residing In the Nineteenth ward, and
apparently well acquainted with the manner In
which the poor laws are administered by the De-
partmcnt OF Public Charities and Correction, pre-
sents quite lengthy list Of complaints against tho
manifold shortcomings and evident partially shown
by the Commissioners and particularly In regard TO
the poor living In the upper portion Of the CITY, He
say that OF the ten vsitors of the Poor appointed
eight designated to that part Of the city below
Fortieth street For the whole Twenty ward,
stretching from Fortieth to Eightysixth street and
from Sixth avenue TO the North river, there ~ but
one visitor and for the whole Of the Nineteenth and
Twelfth wards together there II but one visitor
Is impossible for the visitors to be Just 10 the
poor 10 see after their wants properly and
bring relief where II IL most needed IN view OF
the Immense rate Of Increase IN the population OF
The Nineteenth ward our correspondent suggests
the propricty OF setting IL apart as dis.
lrict by itself and appointing % visitor for T. He
that the eight visitors in the southern part OF the
CITY are suiIIcent for the work Offering needing no
ass,stance even amid the seventies OF winter; but
each OF the two remaining visitors for the Twelfth
and Nineteenth and for the Twenty-second ward,
have special assistant visitors to engage TO serve
during the months of January, February
and March, which fact speaks plainly In favor OF
our correspondents suggestion and recommends IT.
self strongly to the consideration OF the depart
ment
Year: 1869

Constant Reader" would like to know by what
authority Mr.. McGregor. superintendent OF Public
Buildings allows the Erie Railroad Company to
transgress the fire avs Of this city by erecting
large frame building at the foot OF West Twentythird
street and another at the foot OF Duane street.
Year: 1869

In the Bristol News report of the
speaking at Blountville we find the fol-
ow ing


In responding Stokes came to time
with great difficulty, promising to speak
out not half of his half hour He labor
ed and sweat enormously and showed
that bis terrible defeat had told upon
him with wonderful effect He said he
had been called the Bald Eagle and the
Owl. Now Senter was like anOthr dark
winged bird, which sails slowly about
seeking for some soft feod to prey upon.
The Eagle was a noble bird and the Owl
was watehful one But if he were the
EAGLE Senter was the Buzzard,


Gov. Senter replied in few words,
saying there was point in that anecdote.
Ifhe were the Buzzsrd he would leave
the audience to say whether he had not
found plenty of carriOn (pOinting to
Stokes) and whether he had not pulled
it well to pieces The widest storm of
laughter and applause sfOllowed the ap.
plication of the snecdote and the discuss
sion closed, leaving Stokes the most COM
pletely used up man it has ever been our
fortune to behold.
Year: 1869

As. Mr.. Bass was seen moving towards
the City Hall yesterday, one of the ring
was heard to cay that he is going to take
the elephant. "No he ain't" said a ten
year old urchin, che will be satisfied with
the trunk which contains some Of the
peoples money. ..
Year: 1869

Another Suit Against the Corporation.


Shortly after Mr.. Bass took possession
as receiver Of the corporation yesterday.
he was waited upon by deputy sheriff,
notifying him of suit brought by G. w.
Marshall in the Circuit Court in the sum
of "a ZOO
Year: 1869

Son. OF HAM.-There is society OF CO.
lored men here called the Rising Sons OF
Ham. a day or two ago they had big pa
rade over the presentation Of banner
which bore on one side the name of the So
ciety and a rising sun, and on the other a
mammoth han, Of bacon in appropriate CO.
lors, surrounded by the date OF the Society,s
organization inscribed in letters OF gilt.
The banner was duly presented, and neither
the colored ladies presenting, nor the Sons
receiving. seemed to think there was any
thing wrong about it. On the contrary, the
ingenuity displayed in the device was the
subject of general remark among the
brethren.
Year: 1869

CuERRYsToSE OYSTERS AT sCHoTT's
STEAMED OYSTER ESTABLISHMENT, CORNER
NINTH AND BANK sTREETS.-The first OF the
season of these celebrated bivalyes are on hand
and will continue to arrive regularly. They can


be had only at the above establishment. which had


the exclusive privilege of furnishing the public Of
Richmond with this delicious article last season.
Year: 1869

STATH PROPERTY CLA1MED.-Wc men
toned day or two since the arrest Of two
negroes for having in their possession an
ice-pitcher and two candlesticks supposed
to have been stolen. On yesterday Detcc-
tive Murphy received from Petersburg a
letter which proves the property to have
been stolen from that place. The parties
will be examined again, and the theft
doubtless proved.
Year: 1869

TIE ZoETRorE, on exhibition at the fair
room. Church Hill, corner Twcnty-ltth and
Broad streets. The ingenuity Of man de-
yised it, and 1t will puzzle the ingenuity OF
man to see how it is accomplished. 1t will
we'll pay the curious to see it. and You can
have as hearty laugh over some Of its re-
rs at good joke. One scene
is well calculated to excite the risibles,
that representing q Mrs. Parting
ton and the Dog; and there are many
more equally as ludicrous and as curious.
Year: 1869

THE Great Eastern is once more ap-
preaching the shores of America with
an ocean telegraph. The shore line and
that on board were spliced, and at an
early hour yesterday morning the great
ship put 10 sea, paying out the electric
chain wherewith we are to be darkly
bound to the dominions of Napoleon.
Judged by ali standards but those OF
the very recent past, it is great event.
And yet how little stir it makes. How
soon the world now-a-days gets used to
the marvellous triumphs OF science and
human energy
Year: 1869

CHICAGO, June IL.


The continued cold wet weather Is
becoming a serious cause OF aIaIu W
our Illinois farmers, and unless there
is q change soon the corn crop In North
ern and Middle Illinois will come near
proving failure.
Year: 1869

All boats must be In line at eleven O'Clock, report
at club house and get numbers. The course Will De
from stakebO OIL club house and stakeDOat of Fort
Lafayette, returning to staKebOat on club house-the
course TO be sailed twice. II necessary to make part
Oi the race TO wndward q third stakeboat VIII be
placed by the regatta committee on the day OF tue
race Stakeboats to be turned from east to west.
s to be hoped that the sanguine and commendable
efforts OF the club Will be rewarded by that
which the members unquestionably deserve.
Year: 1869

re- We walked down to where the
workmen were engaged on the railroad,
the other day. The men who have the
contract for the first mile south Of town.
are at work on the lower end Of their
section, and have q considerable string
of it graded. Their force is small, and
they expect to finish their mile in six
weeks. We learned that the contractors
on the second mile were also getting
along finely: and those on the third
mile, were ready to 60 to work. By
this system of short sections. the road
ought to be graded during the month Of
September, at farthest.
Year: 1869

re- The persistent efforts Of the De.
mocratic papers to perpetuate the mem
ory OF the institutions, customs. and the
bright particular stars of the South. be-
fore and during the rebellion. are as in
teresting. and will be about as beneficial.
as the scrupulous care with which the
Chinese polish and preserve the bones of
their defunct brethren. for transportation
and sepulture in the Celestial Empire.
Year: 1869

w Saturday. the 10th, was the day
set for the end of the world. The end
did not get around : but there are Just
as many fools who will firmly believe in
the next date fixed upon by the prophets.
Year: 1869

T Miller is the name Of an extraor-
dinary mortal 10 New York. who adver-
tises for the owner Of a lost umbrella that
he has found. His honesty 10 this point
transcends all known precedent. aud au-
gurs the immediate spprosch of the mil
lenium.-Ex.


This trait is characteristic Of the name.
And We now request the owner Of par
ssol that has remsined in our office for
some days, to come and get it. We do
not know whose it is. nor how it got
here. We are sure we have had no lady
visitor who found it necessary to leave
in haste.
Year: 1869

CoSrESTNENT.-Many unhappy per-
sons seem to imagine that they are al
ways IN an ampAitheatre, with the as
sembied world as spectators ; whereas, all
the while they are play ing to empty ben
ches. They fancy, too. they form the pc
cullar theme Of every passer-by. If,
however, they must listen to imaginary
conversations about themselves, they
might, At any rate, defy the progerb, and
insist upon hearing, themselves well spo-
Ken o.


That man has fallen into state of no.
raj sickness, Ia whose eyes the good opin
ion Of his fellow men is the test Of slerit,
ana their applause the principle reward
for exertion.


\ habit of mistrust is the torment of
some people. Il talnts their love and
frienship. They dtakc up small causes
Of offence They require their friends to
show the same respect to them at all times
which is more than human nature can do.
they try experiments to a. tain whcth-
er they are sufficiently loved: they watch
narrowly the effects of absence and require
their friends to prove to them that the in
timaey ls exactly on the same footing as it
was before Some persons acquire these
suspicious ways from natural difhlcnce
IN themselves, for which they are often
loved the more and they might tind am
pie comfort in that if they could believe
It. With others, these habits arise from
selhshness which cannot be satisfied -
Aud their endcaver should be to up
root such disposition, not to soothe
it.


Contentment abides with truth. Aud
you will generally suffer for wishing to
appear other than what you are wheth-
or 1t be richer or greater, or mere learn
cd The mask soon becomes an instru-
mcnt Of torture


Fit objects to employ the intervals of
life are among the greatest aids to con-
tentment that man can possess. The
lives Of many persons are an alienation
of the one engrosslng pursuit, AID sort
Of listless apathy They are either grind
ing or doing nothing. Now to those who
are half their lives tercely busy. the re-
naming half is often torpid without qui-
escnce \ man should have some pursuit
which may be always IN his power, and
to which be may turn gladly in his hours
Of recreation.


And if the intellect requires thus to be
provided with perpetual object, what must
it be with the affections ? Depend upon
it. the most fatal idlencss IS that Of the
heart. And the man who feels weary Of
life may be sure that he does not love his
fellow creatures as he ought.
Year: 1869

soclh ARITHMETIC A pleasan. pass
time at an evening gathering Of family or
friends is the solution Of problems in what
a writer in Chambers journal calls so
eial arithmetic" One of the examples
he gives is the following


Two brothers were walking the street.
when one Of them stopped at house.
saying he must call and soc "a sick niece.
The other passed on, saying. Il am thank
ful | have no niece" What relation was
the last speaker to the invalid An
other is apparently very easy aud simple,
but we venture to say that not one in ten
will get the correct answer the FIRST time
trying. 4 stranger entered shoe store
and bought pair Of shoes worth four dol
lars, for which he rendered FIVE dollar
green back in payment. The shoe dealer
having no change, got the ball ''brokeu'
at the grocer's, next door, and deliverel
to the purchaser the shoes and the QUE
dollar in change. The grocer afterwards
discovered that the bill was counterfeit,
and msde the shoe dealer take i. back and
gire him good money. Now, the aues-
ton is, how much did the shoe dealer lose
in all -
Year: 1869

SOLITUDE. There are fsw things more
conductive to the health Of the mind than
occasional solitude and silence. If the
conscience be unsullied, silence will be 8
season Of enjoyment ; if the recollection
Of crime weigh on tie mind, in silence re-
solutions ot amcnGmcnt are more usually
formed, than amid the tumult and confu-
sion OF the world. The man who habit
yates himself to spend an hour every daY
in silence and seclusion, can scarcely be-
come depraved +; be who never withdraws
himself from the busy throng Of selfish
men can scarcely be otherwise. The ar
nv that is always marching cannot act
with energy in cases OF emergency aud
the mind that never reposes from the la
Dor Of artificial excitement, will De but i'll
prepared to srarple With violent tempta-
ton Silence is to the mind what the
bottom Of the river is to the swimmer ::
when be can rest his feet upon the solid
ground he can lock around him and sec
where he is Ee can mark out his course,
and start anew. To the religious man,
silence is the throne Of Dcity. For when
the world is shut out-when the passions
are stilled, aud the wandering though IRE
curbei, his soul is IN the presence OF MS
n,aaaer To those WHO never have habit
u4.ed themselves t. siiel. ref c,ioAs.
these things may sound Ike dali SER
mon on morality These who have tried
the experiment VII! confess that the soul
Is traly alive, when tie animal mass is
restrained. and the Redundancy # aimloss
Thoughts pruned The ssliler clock stands
the better tins it will keep and an hour
glass rans the faster the less it ~ dlstug-
l-d
Year: 1869

u Riding up the avenue last
night in the street cars I saw OPP
posite me a man with his clothes
so badly torn that he was in an
indecent condition. He was under
the influence of liquor and any
body could perceive that he was
but a little way off from the
drunkard's grave. In fact both
feet were in and it can be only a
question of weeks and months as
to the end. Yet this man was for
eight years our Consul General in
Canada and drafted the reeipro-
city treaty. Washington letter.
Year: 1869

EE A little more than two
centuries since awoman in Boston
was condemned, according tolaw,
to stand half an hour in front Of
the meeting house ON a lecture
day, with her tongue hanging
from her mouth in cleft, stick,
for speaking against the minister.
How things have changed!
Year: 1869

The papers pitch into a young man in
Springfield, with bank account of fifteen
thousand dollars, who put two cent. piece
in the missionary contribution box. The
way be accumulated that fifteen thousand doll
lars was by not allowing cadaverous old
hags to gouge it out of him.
Year: 1869

A disappointed Yankee tourist writes
home from the Rhine: "Take the upper
Mississippi or the Hudson River, place upon
their bluffs the ruins, put little historical
truth and an immense amount of romantic
fiction upon each little headland, have few
men write eulogiums on them, and the
winding Rhine will be wound up forever"
Year: 1869

TIE jury SYsrEM.-A few years since


Nevada tried the experiment Of changing the


iury system, and allow three .fourths Of the
Jury to return verdict in all civil cases.


The change has worked well, and secured


for the Nevadaites fair and equitable ad-
minstra.ion of justice. A new code is now
being framed for Washington Territory. and


We suggest that some such provision be m
corporated 10 it. A provision of this kind
will break up the practice of packing juries,
and render it impossible for dishonest jury
man to defeat the ends Of justice. The Ne.
vada law restricts this provision to civil
cases, but we know of no good reason why


it should not be applied to criminals as well.
In early times, when the jury system was
inaugurated, and there was constant strug<
gle between the people and their oppressOrs,
it was possible for single juryman to stand
as shield between the oppressor and his
victim, but in these latter days no such con-
dition of affairs exists, and the requiring of
unanimous vote to return verdict tends
rather 10 shield the guilty than to protect
the innocent. Without the advantage of
legal training, the tendency of our mind for
years has been toward radical change in
the jury system. The Grand Jury we would
abolish entirely, as fossil that has outlived
its usefulness, and leave crime to be proceed
ed against on information. A change of this
kind would necessitate the choice of honest
Prosecuting Attorneys, but when the people
came to understand the powers confded in
this class of officers, they would be careful in
making their selections. With this useless
fungus abolished, and the proposed change
allowing two thirds or three-fourths Of jury
of twelve men empaneled to try case to re-
turn verdict, the administration of justice
would be vastly less expensive than at present,
crime would be more certainly punished, and
all the great ends for which courts and juries
are instituted be better subserved. We re,
fer to this matter at this time, fO- the reason
that it is question that the next Legisla-
tue will have to pass upon, and it is desira>
ole that an expression of public opinion be
had in advance of Legislative action.
Year: 1869

EXTRAvAGANCE-S Morton has
introduced bill to purchase new site,
thirty acres in extent, for an Executive
mansion at Washington. The introduction
of such a bill manifests an extravaganza
poorly in keeping with the expressions in
favor of paying the public debt
Year: 1869




WAGON RoAD.-We notice that memo
rial has been introduced in the Montana
Legislature, asking Congress to appropriate
money to open wagon road from Fort Ben
ton to the Columbia River-in other words,
to place the MuIan Road in a passable con.
dtion We trust that the memorial will
pass, and that Congress may regard the ap.
plication with favor. In advance Of the North
Pacific Railroad, what the country wants Is
a road that will enable immigrants to come
through with loaded teams The present
circuitOus route by the Lake, involving
steamboat fare, is too expensive, and alto,
gether unsuited to the wants of the country,
as is evidenced By the fact that the line of
steamers on the Pen d0reille is dead fail
ure. Had the money that was collected in
California, and obtained from other sources,
been applied to the opening of the Mulan
Road, we should have had a great portion
Of the Montana trade, and Washington Ter
ritory and Oregon would have gained largely
in population. A less wise policy prevailed,
and as a result steamboat men burnt their
their fingers, and the whole coast has suffer-
ed. 1t is not, however, too late to repair
the mistake, and The measure proposed by
the Montana Legislature, if carried out, will
give US that business and social intercourse
which it is the interest of both Territories TO
cherish. In this spirit, we trust that our
Delegate in Congress will lend The measure
his influence, and cooperate with the Dele,
gate from Montana in securing the passage
of bill appropriating the necessary ST. IN to
open a wagon road from Fort Benton to the
Columbia River. Let him do this, and bis
constituents, without regard to party, will
award him the merit of praise.
Year: 1869

PoMERoY.-We were amused at an arti-
Gle in late number of Brick Pomeroy's S
Democrat, entitled proposal to cast the
electoral vote for Seymour and Blair Though
be advances some ideas which we cannot en-
dOrse, yet in some Of his predictions we agree.
This is one: 1t will not be fifteen months
from the present writing before one quarter
the people in the United States who voted
for Grant will be damning him without stint
or limit to greater extent than have the
republicans ever damned johnson. The rcas
on for this is that he will not be made the
tool for the benefit of very many ofthe seedy
adventurers who would steal by driblets
For seedy adventurer elevated to power
has no love-
Year: 1869

THE editor of the Nevada Gazette is of
the opinion that scarcely one-half of the
male Inhabitants of that city have been in a
normal condition for the last ten years.
Their stOmachs, their lungs, their brains,
are swollen with the effects of alcohol. ANY.
thing conceivable put into their mouths
would improve their breath
Year: 1869

There seems to be q lull not only of the belipe-
rent operations in Cuba but also in the interest we
nave ntherto ielt FOR the Cuban cause. 1t may be
that the hot weather has affected both: or that
Fish's policy has had depressing influence; or that
the withdrawal OF American ships from Cuban
waters is regarded as proof of the indifference of
our Government; or that the combatants have de-
cided upon course of mastery inactivity trusting
TO climate and disease to decmate the ranks of the
adversary; but at any rate, the war for liberty in
the faithful island drags suggishly along and our
enthusiasm is rapidly Willingly Y. Correspondence