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Year: 1869

1t is stated by several Washington cores
pondents that the Presiden, advised those
Of his friends in the House who insist upon
a repeal Of the CiyiI.Tenure law, to recede
from their position and agree 70 the Senate
amendments. He represented himself as
being tired of the conflict between the two
Houses and anxious that it should come to
an end. There is reason to believe that the
80 ~ Zion of Congress on this
measure and the extraoruluaiy pressure 81
the otice.seekers have worried the President
to a degree which he did not anticipate. He
IS said to have remarked to a member Of
the House that the Perplexity of disposng
Of the patronage was enough, without any
outside trouble, and that he would not again
60 through his experience since the nh Of
March for 100000.
Year: 1869

The Nation Radical Journal Of New
York says sit will never do to leave civil
government over half the continent liable
to be suspended for an indefinite period,
whenever the majority in Congress thinks
the Courts have not done their duty or legis.
lative bodies have not taken just views Of
their powers Again: at is proposed to
turn Georgia out of the Union for doing
things which she never agreed and was never
asked to agree not to do, and which are not
mentioned in any law providing for her res.
toration to the Union. The fact is, the idea
that the south can be suddenly regenerated
by bill or resolution, which has been 50
sedelously preached during the last few years,
must be given up. Its absurdity was always
demonsrabe from history and the principles
ofhuman nature. 1t has now been demoustrat.
ed by actual experiment. The regeneration
must be the work Of time, Of education, Of
material prosperity, and the active PaEtici'
patton Of all classes in political life
Year: 1869

Rev, Mr. MIburn, the blind preacher,whO
went to Europe for the purpose of receiving
surgical treatment for the restoration Of his
his eye.sight, may yet recover his vision,
at least in part. The operations to which
he has submitted and il still to undergo,
are extraordinary in their character. On
the 9th Of December last Professor Gracie,
of Berlin, cut a hole in his left eye, inserted
a hook. and drew the iris from the old pupil
with which to line a new one, and then
trimmed the edges with scissors. This pro.
cess occupied nearly five minutes. The eye
did remarkably well for about twelve days,
but for sorle uuexplained cause interior in
fammation then began, which soon threat,
ened disorganization and the entire loss Of
the organ. A few days after, Mr.. Milburn
was suddenly seized by violent attack Of
what the physicians pronounced to be the
inflammation of the right lung, which soon
placed him in q critical condition. While
this disease was at its height, however,
strange to say the eye began to improve,
and its Inflammation soon abated After his
recovery, Graefe examined the eye and found
that the crystalline lens is opaque. To re-
move this it will be necessary to run the
knife along the whole lower or upper mar,
gin Of the eye, and TO remove the lens By
pressure or the use Of hooks. This it will
not be safe to do for several months, but
there is definite prospect that should the
operation be successful, at least a partial
recovery of sight will be the result. Mr.
Mlburn will remain in Europe till this is
done, and in the meantime will make lee
turing tour in England.
Year: 1869

How He FIXED HER-Hetel keepers
usually charge "half price" for the board
Of children. When we enter upon the
business OF jolly host, our terms for the
average Of nineteenth century young
America will be not " hall. price" but
double price The stcwage capacity Of
A youngster may be limited. His pro-
clivity toward waste knows no bounds.
If anything in hotel comes under the
head OF a irstclass nuisance, it is a
young gentleman OF Eve years. whose
mother suppo,es him to be an infant Ma
polcon. We met with such shaver at a
Quaker hotel at Atlantic City. Yonpg
Oscar was drumming with pair OF sticks
upon the handsome walnut balustrade Of
one Of the best kept hotels upon the is
land. This didn't suit the notions ofthe
worthy landlord. Little boy" said he,
in paterna manner, II thee wants 10
drum, thee must do thy drumming out
side Of the house" The wayward young
ling laughed the landlord to ecorn. In
stead OF stopping he accelerated the
movement Of the sticks. The worthy
Friend serenely took him BY the scruf OF
the neck and placed him in the back yard.


About two minutes afterward the
youngsters mother came down the stairs,
fairly blazing with ire, She was a gorge
ously gotten up widow, She opened n
masked battery OF invcctiycs against the
Quaker host. He endured it with all the
mildness that clusters around dish Of
early lamb. I'm leave this house instant
ly." was the remark with which she
wound up her torrent Of excited words


She had no sooner finished this sen
tsnce than the tranquil Quaker touched a
bell. 1t brought to his presence a sol
cmn and intensely respectable louking
African IN painfully white aproA and
paper collar Lcodidas," said the land
lord, mildly, "go up to AZ and bring
down this Friends baggage when she
tells thee she is ready for thee. II she
wants thee to get carriage fcs her, orhas
any other commands until she is gone,
thee will see them attended to-" The
landlord was about to withdraw The
lady by this time had begun to cool off
She may have glanced at the battered
balustrade, and possibly nidea struck her
that her Oscar wasn't quite an angel just
yet ~. ~ '...s IN


Certain IL was that she didn't expect to
leave the house 1t was equally certain
from her altered manner that she didn't
expect to leave the house 1t was equal
ly certain from her altered manner! that
she didn't want to do so. She hauled In
her horns to the extent Of several inches,
Sho apologized, did everything except
ask to be allowed to retain her room.
From this humiliation she was spared by
the substantial square.toed honesty Of
her host I" My house." said he, /" shall
never make any one u liar My book


keeper will settle with thee. Fare thee
wells LiDit l


The last seen Of the lady she was i'm
parting unexpected caloric to young Os-
car with n strip of siIingie, while Lconi.
das was wrestling upon the stairs with
two hat boxes and Saratoga trunk
PAladeiphia No,sh American. s'A~
Year: 1869

What the English Think of Him


A London correspondent of the Chicago Tri-
bttne writes:-


Portraits OF General Grant are fixed In the
shop windows, and the press teens with speeu.
lattons on his character, his opinions his
future policy. The prevalent notion decidedly
Is that he:entertains sentiments towards Eng.
land the reverse of those so lavishly distributed
by Mr.. Reverdy Johnson Literary men greatly
admire his reticence and the style of the SEN
tences which they find attributed to him, but
politicians are uneasy.


A night or two ago was in the society of
some eminent men-legislators. travellers, and
authorities on questions of dnance-when the
subject OF American credit came up, and an
interesting conversation ensued. The majority
Of the company believed the United States had
not only power but the will to pay off their
debt and maintain their honor unsulied In the
eyes of the world; but few able men were
equally positive the other way. Their argu.
ment was that when the young men of the
South enter upon the full enjoyment of their
political privileges, they will unite with the
Democratic party at the North, and by taxing
the bonds, or some similar trick, force on a
policy of repudiation.


/ urged that new moral world had become
disclosed In America; that those who rule the
heart and keep active the conscience of the ma
tIon have as keen q sense of honor as any public
men in the worlds The discontents smiled and
whispered 'sentiment" In a few years time
they repeated, O class would be dominant in
the States to whom the reputation of the debt
must give o positive satisfaction. and who will
see in the strength of the country sufficient
compensation for the stain on her escutcheon
Year: 1869

YOUNG LADIES BEWARE OF THE
INJURIOUS effects OF Face Powders and Washes. All
such remedies close up the pores of the skin, and in
short time destroy the complexion. If you would
have fresh, healthy and youthful appearance, use
HELNBOIDB EXTRACT SARSAPARILLA.
Year: 1869

We do not always outliye a great
sorrow; that is to say let it slip from
US as a temporary burden, and leave us
the same that we were before. No,
God forbid Il woGld be poor result
of all our anguish and our wrestling,
if we won nothing bat our old selves
at the end Of it--if we could return to
the same blind loves, the same self
confident blame, the same light
thoughts of human suffering, the same
frivolous gossip over blighted human
bliss the same feeble sense of that un-
known towards which we have sent
forth irrepressible cries in our loueli-
ness. Let Us rather be thankful that
our sorrow lives in US as an indestruc-
tible force, only chan 9ng its form, as
forces do, and, passing from pain into
sympathy-the one poor word which
includes all our best insight and our
best love. We get accustomed to men
tai as well as bodily pain, without, for
all that, losing our sensibility to it; il
becomes habit of our lives, and We
cease to imagine q condition of perfect
ease as possible for u.s. Desire is chas-
tened into Submission, and we are con
| tented with our day when we have
been able to bear our grief in silence,
and act as if we were not suffering.
For it is at such periods that the sense


of our lives, having visible and invis-


ible relations beyond any of which
either our present or prospective self
is the center, grows like muscle that
we are obliged to lean on and exert.
Year: 1869

Republican Mass Nee ting at AfIunta-(scorgla


Sufficiently cconstructed-Democratic De-


fence Of Governor Bullock.


ATLANTA, Feb. q, 1862


meeting was held last night at the Legislative
Hall by the republicanss that Georgia Is
constructed according to the acts OF Congress, aud
the following resolutions were adopted


That the State OF Georgia was legally reconstructed
when the fourteenth amendment was adopted Dy
the Legislature; that when the Governor was IN
augurated and took the oath prescribed by the con-
stiiuton the military became subordinate TO thecivil
power; ana that reconstruction was completed by
the admission OF the six Representatives OF the State
to seats IN Congress- that no subsequent act or the
Georgia was restored to the Union; tnat Congress
has full power to protect by appropriate legislation,
all the Inhabitants Of the State in thesenJoyment OF
all the rights privileges and immnnltes secured to
them in the constitution OF the State and OF the
United States that we recognize the election OF
Grant and Cofax as the voice OF the American peo-
pie calling for peace on the basis Of true loyalty and
we pledge a firm anc loyal support to the incoming
administration.


A copy Will be forwarded to the President OF the
United States. The meeting was a large ana re-
spectacle assemblage many ladies being present.
The utmost harmony and good order prevailed.
The galleries were filed with white and colored
people. Supplementary resolutions endorsing Gene
raj Grant and the republican Platform. and also
General Mcades administration, were adopted. The
meeting adjourned the band playing the "Srar
Spangled Bannern "Dixe" and "Hall COlumba.u


motion was made In the Legislature to recon-
slider the action in adopting the minority report
the subject OF the charges by the Treasurer against
the Governor. Mr. Morgan (dem0crat), chairmaniof
the Subcommittee on Investigation, said the cases
cited by the committees majority report were pre-.
cedents for Governor Builocks action, and they are
determined to justice irrespective of politics. and
that the gentlemen should ind out the whole truth,
regardless of party In conclusion, he said he was
mortified that on motion to adopt the report Of
the minority democrat had called the previous
question, thus cutting or debate. He
said the minority report tailed to give all the facts
The report ignores the fact that the Finance Com
mittee are In possession Of letter from the bank
where the State funds are deposited, showing that
the Treasurer solicited and procured private ar
rangement whereby he was paid percentage for
the use Of the public money his private account.
The Chairman OF the Finance Committee supported
reconsideration Of the report, and said that the
Governor had been unfairly dealt with and had no
impure motives in making the advances.
Year: 1869

Paper seems likely to become Of al
most universal use in this country, as tie
ubiquitous bamboo is In India and Chi


ia. There appears to be scarcely a
limit to its destined uses. The idea of
paper clothing, IL few years ago, would
have been regarded as the hight Of alb


>urdity, if not positive impossibility.
Yet paper coIla's and cuffs have become
the most familiar articles of gentlemen's
and ladies' wardrobes. They answer
all the purposes Of linen, except that
they do not possess the capacity of be


ing washed E; but they are so cheap that
they can afford to be thrown away alter
one service Paper socks are made in
Europe, and paper reticoats, we are
told, are becoming a feature in female
apparel. Paper and water are general


ly supposed to be Incompatible, and a
paper boat is one of the last possibilities
we would dream OF. Bat paper boats
are a reality nevertheless, and there is
IA large factory on Hudson river where
they are made on an extensive scale


Light shell boats for amateur rowing
are the chief product but of the same
material can be made launches and
boats large enough to hold twenty per-
sons. These boats are said to be, not
only lighter, but stronger than those
made of wood. The paper i'll form OF
pulp, is spread in sheets over the boat
mold, and, when dried, is taken off,
without seam, join, or crack. An
ordinary boat thus made is as light
as the Indians birch bark canoe, and is
made with hand es with which it may
be carried from place to place. Barrels,
too, are made OF paper, aud are used
tor holding coal oil aud gasoline, the
texture being so close as to prevent the
o5zing of these thin fluids through the
lhe sides. Burial cases made Of the
same material, eau be made completely
waterproof and air-tight and colored 80
as to resemble mahogany and other fine
wood, at less than half the cost. Bed


ting for machinery, made of paper, is
cheaper than leather or India rubber,
aud much cheaper. Papier mache


made Of pulp compacted and modelled in
to form by hydraulic PRESSURE is much
used material for interior decoration OF
houses, and for the manufacture Of cas-
kets, cases, ornamentcd boxes, and
tables The Japanes, who are the
most expert manufacturers of paper in
the world, use it for thousand familiar
articles, for which We employ wood,
iron and stone. The cheapness of pa
per and its excellent qualities will lead
to "a constant amplifcaticn of its uses.
In a few years, perhaps, nearly all ordl-
nary household vessels will be made Of
it, and there seems to be no reason to
doubt that it may become the material
for building light cottages, and other
ornamental structures. - -7 !. .r.1
Year: 1869

An Irishman on board Of a vessel
when she was on the point Of founder
ing being desired to come on deck, as
she was: going down, replied that he had
no desire to see himself drowned. 49,. .
Year: 1869

A country girl rode into New Albany,
Ind, to do some shopping. When the
clerk asked if there was anything else
he could do for her, he was amazed by
the reply, "Oh. no, sir; unless you
will be kind enough to go out and milk
the old mare, for | rode her from Il, me
without the colt.
Year: 1869




Mrs. Walter c. Lyman gave the concluding lecture
of the fourth course the above subject III the lee
ture room OF Dr. Chapln's church yesterday after
noon. Subject, Diseases Of Women and Chidren.'
A large and appreclallve class OF laues were
present The subject was clearly ana ably pre-
sented and finely illustrated with mdnSn and oil
paintings. The lecturer said:-Tne destiny OF wo-
man was to become wife and mother; that it was
the duty OF every woman to fit herself both phys-
cally and mentally 10 perform that mission wisely
and perfectly. To produce harmony there must
De equal Development OF mind and body.
10 the neglect OF this harmonious development may
De attributed so much Of the lamentable decay OF
our American families. The early decline Of our
women grows out OF our imperfect system of edu-
beautiful and accomplished women die annually
because they cannot meet the demands or nature
and fulfil The holy office Of motherhood. One-fourth
OF all children born annually die before tney ar.
rive AT the age OF one year, and one
haf before reaching the age OF ten. The
world TO day groans under Its burden OF
disease, ueforfntty, insanity suicide and murder
and yet cannot OF Will not trace TO Its true source
The perverted ideas so widely prevalent among our
women III regard TO customs and habits OF dress and
Hvlng. Much OF the mental and nervous excite
ment Is due TO- the perverted sensational literature
scattered through the whole length and breadth of
our land, giving false views OF life and duty. The
speaker said nlnetenths Of the crimes committed
were the result OF q diseased condition OF body
and mind. For l,S00 years men have been striving
10 eyaDgelize the world. Is II time Tor woman to
do h0r share Ju this glorious work, and 80 hasten
the InIllennial dawn
Year: 1869

Constant Reader'' calls attention to the fact that
the German Reformed Messenger has received o
letter from friend In China, in which it is stated
great discovery is reported to have been recently
made by a surgeon of the English army in China in
the way of an elfectual cure Of smallpox. The mode
of treatment is as folows;-When the preceding fe.
veris at It's height, and just before the eruption ap
pears, the chest s rubbed with croton oil ana tar
taric ointment This causes the whole of the erup.


ton to appear on that part OF the body TO the relief
OF the rest IL also secures full and complete erup-
ton, and thus prevents the disease from attacking
the internal organs. This Is said TO be now the
tabllshed mode OF treatment the English army in
China, by general orders, and is regarded as per-
feet cure.
Year: 1869

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-


Your correspondents article and your own manly
protest to the demolition Of this struc-
ture meet the approval Of a large number Of the
friends Of the Old North One by one the down town
churches have been removed. and the residents OF
the lower wards have been deprived OF the means
OF grace. That there is great need for churches in
the lower wards Is shown by the census returns. A
comparison between the census Of 1885 and 1865 VIII
prove interesting
Year: 1869

underground passage up TO the court,
the most complicated d--d thing you
ever saw. 1 couldn't tell how to get
out. My diamond robbery was done
before any Of the others. They all
lsprang from it Just think, over FIVE
hundred persons gazing right on me
i in court, besides forty or fifty lawyers,
and any person can see, on account of
the bold charge, that was the most
conspicuous person there. studied
this thing wells l had got away clear
once before out of court, and it was my
only hope Of salvation. l think God
helped me.


81 had written letter to the Judge
acknowledging my guilt aud laying the
deed to temporary insanity. The let
ter was alone, and you know what l
have done in that line when I took
pains. The Judge read the letter;
there was a little confusion in calling
witnesses. was sitting on the prison
eFs bench, with two others. Egot up
quite coolly, put on may hat and walk
ed out. all the crowd looking at me.
succeeded in finding the street; not a
friend in the city; went to Jew; be
loaned me ten cases; staid in acobbler's
shop, getting my boots fixed, all that
day. Ny letter to the Judge was pub
ilished, also very close description Of
me, also 5000 reward 10 deliver my
person to the Sheriff. So you see l
had to change my appearance and take
it afoot through the country, in the
dead of winter; d-d bad navigating;
| took another fellow with me; we
found it very hard; l couldn't show
myself where there was anything to be
made; l wanted to leave the Stats as
quick as possible; five days after got
away from Cincinnati l was arrested in
Springfield, CLARK county, Ohio; was
charged with bsiug an accomplics in
tapping till of fifty dollars or sixty
cases; they said the other man took the
money and / done the stealing; | staid
in the store" r


Here it ends, not finished.
Year: 1869

Wendell Phillips, the man who fur
nishes the brains for the Radicals, is
very much displeased at Grants dispo-
sition to run about over the country,
and calls upon him to resign the posi-
ton he has shown himself unfit to fill.
He says: ..i


Rational recreation itself is good, and
sometimes very important. If he abso-
lutely needs, and is likely to continue to
need SO much, he ought, in the present
condition of affairs, to resign, that the
country may have what it very much
needs, President in fact as we'll as in
name. No thoughtful observer of the
tendency of affairs during the past six
mouths, but feels that the pilotless drift
ing of this summer has been towards
dangers with which little later it
would be most difficult to grapple.
Year: 1869

We copy the following well-conceiyl "
ed paragraph from the Local of the.
lanta Hteltgencer. Men clothc1
little briefauthority might pro


suggestions:


Once or twice during the II


we have observed rudeness in m


ing public positions. We haj


wished that the power was in q


to deprive such men of their


No matter how well qualified
to fill position, rude man


never be continued in atthorit
due the public, and due whatevd,
ness he represents that he should bGa
moved. 1t is annoying as well as diN
gusting to see some men placed in pOsi-
ton; what swelling and debating.
and at the same time fit subject to be
laughed at. A gentleman is never rude
and by gentleman we do not mean a
man of education, or fine clothes, or
great wealth, for we have seen gentle
men with coarse clothes and untaught-
never insults by his conduct, and never
tramplcs on sensitive feelings. The
man that thinks himself little above
every one else that discovers himself to
be a superior being to Others, and that
is always exhibiting it; that is rude TO
any one, is unfit to be placed in posi-
ton. A man of the lowest calling can
be polite, and gentle, and possesses ma
ny qualifications that adorn man. Mer-
chants and Railroads, IN fact all business
companies, will invariably find it to
their interest to employ polite men,
who can give a respectful answer, a
kind word and pleasant smile.
Year: 1869

The Cincinnati Times (Radical) in an
article on the Fifteenth Amendment,
says:


Congress has gone far enough with its
encrOachments upon State sovereignty {;
what the general government, and more
especially the Republican party, would
lose by the failure of that amendment.
would be saved by the State. The States
have none too much power, and the
time may soon come when it will be
necessary to diminish the power of the
central government.