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Year: 1869

ANOTHER STgIKE.--Stage drivers now get
one dollar and seventy-hve cents day, and
intend To strike, 1t is said, for three dollars.
They are very hard worked men, and three
dollars may not be too much but 1t is very
likely that their places can be supplied at the
old rate. If they can be they no doubt will
be; for the owners forewarned will be FORE
armed. But we caution the people to take
care how they cross Broadway on the day
when all the stages are in the hands of new
drivers
Year: 1869

WALL STREET YESTERDAY was less
excitement yesterday in Wall street, the
''bulls" and "bears" having hauled off to
count their killed and wounded after the late
battle, and to repair damages preliminary to
the next contest. Money was still active, and
extreme rates Of interest were paid, while the
operators in HE gold market took advantage
of the diversion to run the premium up about a
half Der cent
Year: 1869

THE FIRST sfKP-A young lady has been
selected to read the Declaration of Indepen-
dence on the Fourth of July in Boston. The
next step will be for the Boston young ladies
to make declaration Of another and more
tender sort, to wit:-"Augustus Adolphus, I
love thee; wilt thou be husband Of mine p
No doubt Gus will reply that he wilteth.
Year: 1869

Nor POLITICAL SHoP.-It Is ordered In
the Navy Yard that no visitors be permitted
to 60 into the workshops to talk with the men
''on political matters or any subject that will
interfere with their duties"
Year: 1869

not receive, and ought not 10 accept, any
spology.


Although we have thus. written, we
wish 1t most distinctly to be understood
tllat VIC arc in favor OF the carly compile.
uon Of the Northern Pacific Railway. II
the able pamphlet before us proves any
thing, 1t shows that tho company have
already most ample subsidy from
the government to build their gos3.
They have, rs already stated,
q land grant of forty miles in width, ex"
tending from the head OF Lake Superior
to the Pacific Occan-equsl to four hun
d1ed and ninety thousand sq1are. miles.
From this nine States could be carved
fraction larger than the State Of Illinois.
Taking the mineral wealth Of Montana
AID Idaho, and the splendid agricultural
districts both east and west of thu. noun
taius, it is safe to say that at least five Of
these States will, in fifty years, become
as wealthy and as populous as Illinois.
II the road is honestly built, the lands
ere 50 much better thsn those along th.
Central route that the company
will hsve fortune, in our judg-
mcnt, nearly, if not quite, equal
to that OF the Central Company's.
So magnificent Jan endowment ought to
satisfy the ambition, not to say the ava
rice, Of any company. We venture
word OF advice to the company. Urless
we are seriously mistaken, the present
ccrporators OF the Northern Pacific Road
are among The best known and the most
wealthy railway managers In the nation.
Let them make known to the capital of
the world the vas4extcnt and. when their
line is completed, the untold value OF
their lanes, with The fact that they will
have the shortest and the best railway
across the contircnt, to attract the COM
merce OF all nations, and money will ut
otce be csgerly te1dered to build
it. The credit OF the Illinois
Central has for a long time been better
than that Of the government, and that
company built its road out Of Its lard
grant. The Northern Pacific c.n un-
4uesuoEab]y do the same, il it do not de-
lay longer in the vain hope Of dragoon-
ing the government into granting them
subsidy. IF vigorous movement be
not commenced in the building OF the
rosd within the next year or two, When
the charter again expires let the govern
mcnt give its charter to q body Of men
who will build it. We have not doubt
that If the franchises Of the company,


with Its magnificent land grant, could be
put upon the market, responsible


parties could be found who would
| give ample security thst the road should


bebuilt within the next eightor ten years


We sincerely btlieye it is the biggest


speculation upon this continent. Letthe


managers Of the Northern Pacific, there


fore, not fool away any more Of thei1


time end money in trying to secure al


unjust ard outrageous subsidy but lc


them 60 10 work honestly to build theil


road, and thus secure fortune and posi-


,ion in the commercial world which


Isothschild might envy,
Year: 1869

The story is told by the Springfield
correspondents that the new State House
has been SO located that the south portico
will have 10 be built On somebody's else
land, and that somebody else refuses to
sell his land, except at about the price Of
real estate prevailing at the intersection
OF Lake and Clark streets, in Chicago.
There are two ways TO meet the difficult
ty. Orc is 10 condemn the mans land
for park purposes, and the other Is to
move The State House. We rather ad-
mire the felicity of judgment which
placed the institution in lis present loca-
LfoL-uIder all tile circumstances.
Year: 1869

~SOh.


There is an article on the second
page Of this paper, from the Chicago
lO1riey, which speaks of 1.-THE sEele-
eton in the partisan editors closet"
in terms which we hardly like to
pass unnoticcd. The Freedom of the
Press has always been considered by
our people as one Of the great bull
warks Of national safety, as indeed it
is, and one Of the few things worth
fighting for; but if the Press lose its
Independence, what better is it than
if it had lost its Freedom?


TO certain limited extent there is
indeed skeleton in the partisan
editors closet,' just as there is in
everybody eise's closet-that is, there
are certain veXations and troubles
peculiar 10 his position, as well as
others to other positions; but it is
only in this limited sense that this
ilippant saying is true Of anybody.


We apprehend that the amount Of
independence shown by any partic-
ular partisan editor will generally
compare quite well with the amount
of independence the same man would
have shown in any other position
requiring equal exercise Of discretion
among equal difficulties. In other
words, a man don't generally lose
much backbone when he becomes a
partisan editor. But the circum-
stances he is in compel him to use
some caution. Talking casually to
two or three friends in private con-
versation is one thing; and writing
political article which must stand
forever after in print and record, and
be read and construed by all who
choose, whether friends or enemies,
is quite different thing. In the one
case he may expect friendship and
confidence; in the other, neither.
And further, the paper is, by the
very nature of the case, considered
as in some measure the organ Of the
party it represents; hence some
weight attaches to the printed arti-
cleS, more than would to the same
uttcranCes of the same man as the
individual only. This is all right
and rcasonable-but it also prompts
every sensible editor to use some
caution and judgment as to what he
prints. But this canton is not a
skeleton"


Now, partisan editor is, as such,
somewhat more subject to party ties
than the purely private citizen is,
because by his very position he puts
himself forward as the friend and
advocate of the party for his section,
and because part of his support
comes necessarily from this cause.
We cheerfully admit that, SO long as
he remains partisan editor, he is
and oughtto be, perhaps, more bound
by party ties than almost any other
man, except only the legislators
chosen by the party. But he is not,
Year: 1869

and never can be, bound to surrender
any principle, or to strain his con-
science in any respect. His own pri-
vate Judgment on matters of policy
and the like may often yield to that
of others; but when it comes to a
matter of moral right and wrong he
must stand firm for what he believes
to be right, let what will ccme.


IF his party nominate for some
office man whom he don't person
ally like, the partisan editor may be
morally bound TO support him new
ertheless; butif they nOminatea man
who is guilty of perjury, or who is a
consummate scoundrel, is he bound
to support him? Not at all. And
the same rule applies to each and
every distinctive principleannounccd
by the party. If he can consistently
support them, all right; if not, he is
in no wise bound to do so; but if the
difference between him and his party
become too great, he must Of neces-
sity cease to be considered q partisan
editor.


In short, the partisan editor, be-
cause he speaks not alone for himself
but for others also, must be willing
sometimes to yield his own private
Judgment on mere questions Of poll
cy, and the more readily SO because
he may 50 easily be himself mistaken;
but when q matter of conscience is
involved, let him stand straight up
by his own backbone, like any other
man, without regard to skeletons" +"
The more the FOtcr becomes and
is recognized as the organ-fairly and
, honovably meaning-of the Repub
lican party in this County, the better


we shall be satisfied; but if it ever
| becomes in any'sense the tool of any
party, clique or man, we hope the
honest people Of the County will
freeze it out and get some other
editor.
Year: 1869

NoTE.-On account of the forget
fulness of some of our Lutheran
friends here, we were not apprised Of
this Synod until too late for mention
ias; week. We regret this omission
then, but cheerfully give place to the
above synopsis from the pen Of a gem
tleman who took partin the proceed
ingS.-ED.
Year: 1869

Susan Anthony deserves a complimentary
life membership in the humane society, for
she says she recently made tour through
several western states without kissing one
son Of Adam over two years Of age. The
number Of the innocents, two years old and
under, smacked by her is not stated, but
as they are young they will recover. The
adult male population Of the west will re-
member her gratefully and strew flowers on
her rgrave if any of them shall survive her.
Year: 1869

The announcement having been made
that ten cents per mile in gold will be
charged for passenger fare on the Central
Pacific Railroad, a correspondent writes the
n. Y. Ereniag Post that while such a charge
might fairly be demanded from the general
public he thinks discrimination ought in
Justice to be made in favor Of the owners Of
thu road, who should not be charged more
than five cents per mile in gold, and that as
citizen of the United States, he considers
himself one Of the owners of the road and
fully entitled to this reduction.
Year: 1869

W


Boston P0St.l


On inquiry In the proper quarters learn that the
rumor printed in the cable dispatches OF the Ass0-
ciaed Press this morning regarding the purchase OF
Cuba is untrue. Negotiations have been opened
with that object In view, but have not progressed
further than mutual explanations. 1t is therefore
ture but the officers of the Spanish Legation and,
In fact all the prominent members Of the diplomatic
corps express the opinion that Spain will resort to
hor proverba delay in the matter and finally reject
the proposition.
Year: 1869

One of the finest houses in Wilmington is
No. 95S West street. You know it is not
very long ago since it was built, and the
architecture is of the most modern and fash
ionable style. BY the most modern style
do NOT mean that it is built of unseasoned
timber that shrinks and warps in twenty
different ways as soon as the building begins
TO be warmed. Neither do intend to Sig
nifty that the walls are so slight and the
mortar so poor, that if the house should
ever take fire the whole structure would
tumble into heap Of ruins in fifteen min
utes after the blaze began. With many
bui.ders that is the style, and l suppose
thew consider that striking characteristic


of modern art.


Rut. when our esteemed fellow-citizen,


Rotherwood Shortcake, Esq, had made his


fortune in carriages, and, yielding to family
pressure, had consented to move out OF the


old house on Walnut Street, he resolved to
mt up a mansion that would stand all the
4 rest of his days, and, as he hoped, for sew


eral generations afterward. A number oi


influences conspired to lead him to this de-


termination. In the first place, as his name
shows. he was ofancient Saxon descent, ant
had an Unborn love of what was solid and


substantial. In the next place he had mad'
, his reputation and his money by building
| carriages that were light but not flimsy
slender AID yet strong. His Saxon instinct
] had been sufficiently modified by nineteenth
century influences to take away the ten
: depcy to heaviness and YET leave the Low
3 of what was enduring, and ON this syster


all tho no-top wagons and rockaways an


carriages and barouches had been frame
q q and finished at his extensive works.
n Then, lastly, cur worthy friend had
ir very deep respect for certain antique vo


ume in which he read every day, and
70 which he had found o history OF two mel
lie one of whom built house on Il rock, al
IN the other on the shifting sand. The cons
ns 10 ouences to the latter had been so-dlsastro
nd that the eminent carriage builder resolv
1g to avoid anything like similar catastropf
d, and so took care that his new house shot
un have firm foundations and be well built


every particular.
Year: 1869




From the New York Evening Post republican free


trade organ, May L.


clerk In the Treasury department. was removed
the other day. lie is an accomplished man. master
OF several languages: he Is faithful to his duties
Trustworthy aud accurate and II IL not strange that
even under our wretched system OF nng the public
onlces he was surprised at his removal. lie asked
for reason a faithful servant suddenly DIS
his fault. lie found 1t at first difficult TO
get a reason assigned; but he went from m
man man, and at last he was told that his removal
was because he was not arepublican. "But am
republican, he replied; 81 have always been re-
publican He got no satisfaction, and went further
until at last he reached the awful presence Of an
officer known as the appointment clerk" Thomas
l.. Tullock is this persons name, II seems. We
member TO have once convicted person Of the same
name OF mlsusing the franks OF republican members
OF Congress and the name OF the Republican
Congressional Committee for the circulation OF
documents foreign to the policy Of the republi-
can party. From the conduct OF this appoint
ment cerkn we suppose him TO be the same
person. The gentleman we are speaking OF then
went to Tullock and respectfully represented that
Tullock had been msinf0rmed; that he, the pet
tioner, was and had been republican,; that he had
been also q faithful and ef1cient clerk-which last
we believe was not questioned. But said Tullock,
you opposed TO the impeachment and that Is the
reason you were removed. IL IL fact that Tull0ck
actually caused the dismissal Of o capable ana faith
ful government clerk for other reasoni than that
he, IN common with many OF the best men IN the
! policy wise one,
Year: 1869

The Cry for Arms.


The following is an extract from private letter,
dated April IA, from the headquarters Of the insur
gent army at Camp Ramon:-


Up 10 the present time have been quite well; In
fact, liberty seems to agree with me. Our victory
appears to draw nearer every day, and the general
opinion Is that the war cannot last l0ng-that Is,
providing arms be sent from the states. We have
plenty OF men and abundance OF enthusiasm, but we
lack many necessaries to enable us TO rush on TO
formal and decisive battle am already appointed
captain on the STAFF OF General Felix FigucrdO and
am we'll liked by the Chiefs 1 endeavor to do my
duty and neglect nothing. I have already been In
several engagements and find that the blue pills bul
les) instead of frightening me only tend to animate
and urge me on. In the HERALD you will find Val
maseda's proclamation and also one OF ours. with
our version, so you can form your own opinion
Year: 1869

We sometimes meet with men who
seems to think that any indulgence in an
afiectionate feeling is weakness. They
will retlrn from journey, and greet
their families with distant dignity, and
move among their children with the cold
and lofty splendor of an iceberg surround.
ed by its fragments. There is hardly q
more unnatural sight on earth than one OF
these families without heart. A father
had better extinguish boys eyes than
take away his heart. Who that has ex-
perienced the joys of friendship, and
values sympathy and affection, would not
rather lose all that is beautiful in natures
scenery than be robbed Of the hidden
treasures of his heart? Cherish. then,
your hearts best affections. Indulge in
the warm and gushing emotions of tilial
paternal, and fraternal love.
Year: 1869

MAKING POULTRY PRorIrABLE.-The
Place to which your chickens retire ought
to have dry floor, and be kept scrupu-
lously clean; and as the floor is the COOL
est part of the room, their roosts ought to
be more than twelve inches high, and to
be slanting, which will keep the warm air
in the roost. Sitting hens can be cured by
putting water in vessel to the depth Of
an inch, putting the hen into and covering
the top of the vessel for about twenty.four
hours. The vessel should be deep enough
to allow the fowl to stand up. This is the
best remedy we have ever tried. Earth
worms are greatly relished by confined
fowls. Take spade once day and turn
over the ground for your hens. They
will soon run after you when they see you
with the spade, and will amply reward
you for the extra trouble to accommodate
them by an increased supply Of eggs
Canada Farmer.
Year: 1869

Too MUcH LAND.-The following para
graph from an exchange is worth more
than a mere corner in news column:


ut is said that when mechanics have
land. they generally give it better cultiva-
ton than farmers, and consequently have
more grapes, pears, strawberries, and
watermelons, and earlier potatoes and Gu
cumbers. They devote more care and Ia
Dor to small space, and reap larger
profit from it."


II any cne will look at the immense
crops very small garden will often pro-
duce for family, and compare it with the
very little crops from very large farms,
they should need NO better inducement to
enrich their soil highly.


The great point to remember is this,
that labor is the great heavy item in farm>
ing but that it takes no more labor to
farm rich ground than poor ground. We
have, as it were, double crops with the
same single labor.
Year: 1869

CoLoRING BUrrER.-When yellow COL
ored butter is desired in winter without
the use Of anatto, which is not desirable
commodity in butter, carrots may be SUBJ
stituted. Take two large.sized carrots,
clean thoroughly. then with the knife
scrape off the yellow exterior, leaving the
white pith; soak the yellow part in boil~
ing milk for ton or fifteen minutes.
Strain boiling hot into the cream this
gives the cream the desired temperature.
colors it nicely, and adds to the sweetness
of the butter.
Year: 1869

A man at Hurricane Heights, Arkansas,
says that all the air about the earth will
shortly blow away and he is busily eu-
gagged in collecting all the eupty bottles
in his vicinity and sealing up the precious
fluid for bis personal use when the trying
time shall arrive.
Year: 1869

Years came and went. The little chest>
nut girl passed as entirely out Of Ralph
Moore's memory as if her pleading eyes
had never touched the soft spot in his
heart; bat Mary Lee had never forgotten
the stranger who had given her the silver
piece.
Year: 1869

The New York Commercial Advertiser calls
ment now on foot to shorten the distance be-
tween the Atlantic seaboard and the Pacific,
and declares that it is a matter that New York
is deeply interested in. We presume it means
that New York is interested TO prevent its
consummation. Speaking of the movement it
says:


The Chicago Board of Trade has taken ac-
ton on the matter, and declared In favor of a
direct line of railway to the most eastern shore
Of the continent, touching what they call the
"unrivaled harbor' of Portland, Maine, run
ming along the south shore of Lake Ontario
and from thence by the way of Whitehall and
Rutland, due east to Portland. This new
route is expected to shorten the distance be-
tween the seaboard and the west by several
hours. The intention is to diUert the trade from
the Pacific coast to the Atlantic at Portland as
the most direct route.


To offset, or prevent this, the Commercial
proposes q more direct route from New York
to Chicago and the West.


Railroad communication between Chicago
and Portland will undoubtedly produce the
very result which the Commercial says is in
tended, and its statement of the intention is
somewhat significant as betraying the writer's
opinion of the consequences to New York up
on the one hand, and to Chicago, the West and
Portland on the other.


Communication once effected, the merchants
of Portland will show how little time will be
reanired tn nhriata the obstacles heretofore
standing in the way of diverrtng the trssde OF
the West from the city of New York.
Year: 1869

The Atlas, a paper published in New York
and run in the interests of the unterri6ed
Democracy, Is decidedly of the opinion that
the Society of the Army Of the Potomac
the "Grand Army Of the Republic" and the
Society of the Army and Navy of the Gulf
are political traps, invented by Black Repub-
licans for the purpose of catching innocent
and unsuspecting Copperheads; and warns
that virtuous class to beware of these inter-
nal machines, and all attempts upon their
political integrity. Democrats" says the
Atlas" had better keep out of these associa-
tions." Of course they had, Mr.. Atlas, and
also out of all other associations with which
they have no sympathy, and in which they
do not feel at bome. Let men who, like the
editor of the Atlas, are enrased because "little
Phip was elected to the Presidency of the
first, over the head of the great national SEX
ton; and because General Blair was Missed by
the soldiers and sailors of the Army aud Ma
.vyef the Gulf withdraw from such uncon-
genial companionship as they win be likely 10
find in these patriotic associations Their
departure will not at all embarrass the run
ming of the machine, and will make the asso-
tions absolutely stronger than they would
otherwise be.


We repeat, then, the warning of the Atlas,
and conjure Democrats to beware of these
political man-traps, and the enemy who lies
in wait for their souls.
Year: 1869

WHILE WAITING FOR A CoUGH to go as it
came You are often LAYING the foundation for Pulmonary Bon
eb Affection II better get rid Of Cold AZ once, By using that
sure remedy ArSEs which will cure the most
stubborn Cough and relieve you Of all 'nI dangerous cOnso
queuees Sold everywhere.
Year: 1869

In all the recent works on the eye, the subject Of
accommodation. or the fitting of glasses, receives
the largest share of attention. Considering its ex
tensive application, it is regarded as the most valua
Bile result derived from the recent advances in oph
thalmic science.
Year: 1869

FISH SCALES AS ORNAMENTs.-F,sl
scales, such as those from the carp or sal
mon. can be made useful as ornaments in
fancy dressing and paper work, by first
well washing them in warm water, then in
salt and water, and well drying them be.
tween blotting paper. Whenever the
scales would be appropriate, as in land
scape where there is water, or for windows
in sketch Of church or old castle, or
for moonlight, or fading sunlight, they
may be fixed with gum, and afterwards
shaded with Il spirit varnish of green Or
rose color. The brilliancy of the pearl
scales will reflect through the transparent
color applied.
Year: 1869

ES~ Industry is not only the instrument
of improvement, but the foundation Of
pleasure. He who is stranger to it may
possess, but cannot enjoy; for it is labor
only which gives relish to pleasure.