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Year: 1869

whole legislation of the country to their
oEn advantage, aud drive poverty, rags
and ignorance into the Pacific Ocean. If
they would learn wisdom in the National
Labor Conventions and not sell their
votes to political tsicksters, system Of
Finance, Trade and Commerce, and Go
operation could soon be established that
would secure the rights Of Labor and put
an end to the concentration Of wealth in the
hands of the few.


Labor holds the ballot now, let it learn
ho~ to use it. Educated women kno8
how to use ituow, let them have it.-Rg-
olttioa
Year: 1869

PRESIDENT GRANT and family are expect
ed to return here on Tuesday evening next. by
which time the repairs at the Executive Man.
sion will have been nearly completed. 1t is
thought that no meeting of the Cabinet will
be held before Friday, the regular Cabinet day
Year: 1869

A CouRrMARTIAL is ordered to convene at
Boston for the trial Of Lieutenant Commander
Henry b. Seely, who was found guilty, by a
court of inqniry, of neglect of duty in not Re.
porting to the captain Of his vessel acts of
cruelty to seamen perpetrated by the mastsr.at.
arms,
Year: 1869

Ee8- Peter johnson is moving his large
warehouse from the west end Of his pier
TO his dock on the river pier. Peer does
not intend TO Keep out OF the way Of busi
ness. When II moves h. moves.
Year: 1869

acl- Many Of our readers, as well as
many who are not our readers, will be IN
terested in an official communication from
the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors COW
ing nearly one side of our paper which we
publish to day Who will read 1t all
through :?
Year: 1869

than his hands could have done in 6
month. With the morning light ht
crawled through the now large tun
mel; but when he reached the outer
end found, to his horror, that he was
on the top of mighty precipice. His
blood boiled, his brain seemed on fire
his heart beat as if it would break
through ribs and flesh. He was, if
possible, more desperately imprison
ed than before. How was he to get
down? Through his bewildered mind
suddenly flashed the thought of the
skins of the ibex and the chamois,and
he was not long in making a rope of
them. He then cut a deep hole in
the ice, drove down his alpenstock,
fastened one end to it, and swinging
himself off, reached the bottom in
safety.


With cry of joy and prayer of
thankfulness, he hastened along the
we'll known path; aud when the bell
Of the little chapel, that reared its
gilded cross in the Matter valley, was
tolling for the evening prayer, he stag
gered like drunken man into the
very midst of the astonished worship.
pers, even as the voice of the good
minister was repeating "God is every.
where with me, and everywhere, even
in the most threatening dangers, his
voice speaks to me in tones of com.
fort, and says, "Call upon me in the
day of trouble, and | will deliver thee
and thou shalt glorify me-" staggering
coward the altar to kneel at it, but
fell into the arms ofhis wife, who again
nursed him to health, strength and
manhood.
Year: 1869

It's VIcTIMs.-There he goes reel
ing down the street, a thing for beasts
to loathe. Once, they say, he was a
handsome fellow, sweet of voice and
bright of eye man for men to ad-
mire and women to love. What chang
ed him? Rum.


There is woman-a woman by
her dress, loathsome as it is; once
she was bonny, fresh skinned Irish
girl-a servant only, but good one,
well paid and respected. Yesterday
| saw tavern-keeper kick her from
his door, woman as she is, into the
mud. What did that? Rum.


A child begs there, deformed and
hideous child. Who dropped him from
her arms and crushed his beauty out ?
A drunken mother. Who turned him
into the streets to beg upon his
crutches A drunken father.


In that Jail lies man who will be
hung next Friday-hung with the sin
of murder upon his soul. He killed
his wife; the woman he wooed in the
green country side five years ago;
the woman who has shared his troub-
les patiently and borne poverty and
ill-usage without complaint. What
made him kill her-what lifted the
murderous weapon over that faithful
heart-what has dragged him to his
doom, the horrible doom of the gal
lows? Rum.


You would not take that wretched
man at the tavern door by the hand
and call him your friend; nor the
miserable woman lying in the kennel.
You might cast penny or so to the
filthy beggar child, but you would
scarcely caress him. And as for this
murderer, you shrink from him in ter
ror and disgust; but Rum, the cause
of all, you do not hate; you open
your arms to it; you praise it; you
think well of it. Rum horrible
Ruml


You call it wine, as you sip it at
your lunch table, lady with the jewel
ed fingers and bright eyes. You call
it brandy, who have it of the best
after dinner, as you think man al
ways should. You call it ale, pater-
f@milias, as you fill the family glasses.
And you, Champagne Charlie have
your own bright name for it; but it
is the same thing, this that you like so
well, only at higher price, perhaps,
as that which dragged the drunkard
.yonder to the gutter, the beggar to
his corner. and the murderer to the
gallows; and like the phantom wo-
man of the old ballad, it has power
to drag you to as terrible a doom, if
once it winds its arms about you, this
horrible, terrible, fend-giyen, accurs-
ed Rum.
Year: 1869

The TRAGEDY AT ST. STEPHENS, n.
B.-We have from our correspondents
at Calais full accounts of the recent
tragedy at st. Stephens, N. B., where
young Innis murdered his sister and
himself, and attempted to murder his
mother, and we give below the main
facts connected with the sad affair:


Innis had been absent from his
home or birthplace about twelve years,
most of the time at sea, until about
three months ago he returned to make
his mother and brothers and sisters a
visit. Several days after his arrival
he invited his sister Addie, a lovely
and highly eSteemet young lady, to
take walk with him. She accepted
his invitation and they came on to
the American side and down to the
lower village, he desiring her to con-
tinue on with him down to Eastport,
thirty mi.,. She mistrusted some
thing wrong with him, and finally in
duced him to turn back, pretending
she was very cold and must go home
to get some more clothing. Return
ing, they took the back street, and at a
place where there were no houses near
he stopped her and told her she must
never speak to that young man who
had been paying attention to her, nor
to any other young man but himself.
He made her get on to her knees and
swear she would obey him in this re-
spect. They then went home and she
made these facts known to her mother
and other friends, whereupon Innis
was arrested and sent to the Insane
Hospital in St. John, where he has
been confined, until few days since
be was released, upon the assumption
that his mind had become entirely
sound. He came from St. John tc
-Eastport, and from there telegraphed
his brother to send him his clothes, as
he had made up his mind to 90 to sea
again. This was probably a blind tc
i throw the family off their guard.


On Monday afternoon about three
o'clock. as Mrs. Innis and Addie were
sitting and sewing, the daughter hearc
noise in the kitchen, and getting uE


told her mother she would see wha


it was. On opening the door she me-


her brother, who, without speaking


hit her on the forehead with hatche


cutting cash some six inches long
She turned aud ran toward her moth
er, when he again struck her in th,
head, and then with one more blow
cut her back entirely open. He ther
!, made toward his mother, but she ran


and as she passed by the window sh
, saw him killing himself, which be di'
with sheath knife, severing himself
nearly in twain. A deep gloom over
! casts the community, as the youn


lady was general favorite, and wa
to have been married this week"
Year: 1869

With most of us,idleness is the par
ent not merely of uneasiness, but with
al of fretfulness, malevolence, and the
whole host of evil passions. The
phrase "aching vOid," may be ridicu-
lous to those who criticiSe grammatic-
ally, but too true to those who feel
humanely. To supply this void is an
object, and moreover a certain effect
OF a regular and sustained and judic
ious method of selfinstructiOn. The
used key is bright. If the steel be
wrought up and refined to a higf
temper, the cloudIiness of the vapol
will perish from it almost at the in
,taut that 1t is breathed upon it.
Year: 1869

Be true to yourself atthe start, young man,
Be true to yourself and Cod
Ere you build your house mark well the


spot,
Test all the ground, and build you not
On the sand or the shaking sod.
Dig, dig the foundation deep, young man,
Plant firmly the outer walls;
Let the props be strong and the roof be


high,
With an open turret toward the sky,
Through which the dews may fall.
Let this be the room of your soul, young


man,


When shadows shall herald care,
A chamber with never a roof or thatch
To hinder the light, or door or latch
TO shut in the spirits prayer!
Build slow and sure, tits for life, young


man,


a life that outlives the breath;
For who shall gainsay the Holy Word:
"Their works do follow them," saith the


Lord,


"Therein there is no death"
Build deep, and high, and broad, young


man.


As the uccdtul case demands;
Let your title-deeds be clear and bright,
Fill YOU enter your claim to the Lord of


Light


For the house not made with hands.
Year: 1869

We should be careful to practice
and treat the humblest menial with
courtesy as delicate as we would
show the children of affiuence and
honor. So shall we transfuse in them
a corresponding refinement, which will
tend eventually, perhaps, to make
them purer in morals and more eelvat
ed in mind.
Year: 1869

How often do we sigh for opportu
mites of doing good, whilst we neg.
lect the openings of Providence in
little things, which would frequently
lead to the accomplishment of most
important usefulness
Year: 1869

Do you really need the article? 1t is
probably pretty dress or some piece of
furniture, but what solid benefit will it
be to you? Or it is some luxury for the
table that you can do as well without
Think, therefore, before you spend your
money. Or need new carpet, new
couch, new chairs or new dress; you are
tempted to buy something little hand
somer than you had at first intended ;
and, while you hesitate, the dealer says
to you: .'Tis only a trifie more, and see
how far prettier iG isl" But before you
D .rchase, stop to think. Will you be
better year hence, especially in old
age, for having squandered your money?
Is it not wiser to lay by something for
rainy day? All these luxuries will
only crafty you for the moment. You
soon tire. of them, and their own per-
manent effect is to consume your means.
1t is by such little eXtravagances-not
much separately but ruinous in the ag-
gregate-that the great majority of fam
lilies are kept comparatively poor. The
first lesson to learn is to deny yourself
useless expenses, and the first step to-
ward learning this lesson is TO thirk be-
fore you spend.
Year: 1869

Whisky and circumstances will
make a man do almost anything. Last
week friend of ours was detected
stealing bacon from r. II. PattersOn's
packing house. a few years since that
man was possessed of considerable
property, was noted for his honesty and
courtesy, and commanded very extern
siye mercantile trade. When he
recommended piece of goods, nothing
more was asked. But liquor has drag
ged him down, step by step, till there
is but one more round to go to reach
drunkard's grave. He has made several
efforts to reclaim himself, but has been
overcome by his own appetite and the
gree d of the liquor seller for his money.
Advocate.
Year: 1869

DIR. Willard Parker says that those
who are much addicted to the use of to- -
bacco. or who work in the manufacture
of snuff or cigars, never recover soon or
healthily from the injury or fever. The
Emperor Napoleon had his attention
called i'm 1862 TO the effect of tobacco on
the mind by report which showed that
the cases paralysis aud insanity had in
creased quite regularly with theinerease
.oi the revenue from the tobacco tax
This led him to order an examination OF
The effect OF tobacco son the students in
the schools and colleges. 1t was found
that those who did not use tobacco were
stronger, better scholars. and had a
higher moral record, than those who
used it. The result was that an edict
was issued forbiddingits use in the ma
tional institutions. -
Year: 1869

THE DIFFERENCE.-Witt sayings are
as easily lost as the pearls slipping OF a
broken string; hut a word of Kindness is
seldom spoken in vain. 1t is n see
which, even when dropped by chane
often springs up as a flower.
Year: 1869

our new President most wisely are the men
who say TO him that, If he would take Dohus
for the success Of his administration, he VIII
counsel the massage of Il measure which VIII
elevate the pubic service. The passage OF Mr.
Ienckps,s hill will. we are sure, do much toward
tbat result. OF the details of his bill
we have nothing to say. 1t may be wise to
create n Board. making the Nice-Presldent the
head of it, or It may be wise TO ignore 'he
Vice Presidency and appoint an lndependeho
Board of Commissioners. What should be
done however is to purify the civil employ
ments. We see the result of inefficient service
in the imperfect collection of taxes, the con-
stantly recurring frauds Ipoji the revenue !teee
loss of millions to the Treasury, the CONVEX
sion OF great places like the Custom House
into political hospitals for decayed politicians
;,1,i aud the general sentiment in the minds OF the
people that to he employed in the collection OF
the revenue is to be engaged in 9iscieui'-
able occupation In fact, an honorable man
cannot seriously contemplate entering public
Office without regret


We are, therefore, for the passage OF Mr..
Jenckess bill, or for bill embodying its
principal ideas. We trust the House will con-
slider this measure broadly, promptly, and in
trcpdly, and that it will be deferred by no
considerations but those of public welfare.
Gen. Grants administration will be success
if the men who serve him are worthy. He can
only lihd worthy men by making it an object
for them to serve the Government. lie can
best do that by inducing Congress to elevate
the standard OF public employment, or, failing
in Congress, to take upon himself that respon-
sibility. If there is a better plan than that of
Mr.. Jcncl,cs let it be tried. But none better
has yet been suggested.
Year: 1869

We cannot speak in terms of commentator
sufficiently warm of Mr.. Buffers 6euevoence
in wishing for every pauper in the District OF
Columbia an adequate and cOnsOlat0ry belly
full, and pleasngly consideratc is il in him to
bring in resolutions for the relief of those
who. are "an hungered." AT the same time,
considering how potent is the human imagin-
alton, especially when sharpcued by absti-
ncncc, we think that Mr.. Butler might hit
upon plan of satisfying the pauper appetite
by some process which should bear the same
relation to actual eating which paper money
bears to gold and silver A restaurant might
be economically fitted up. upon the walls of
which the eager eye might discover pictorial
legs of mutton and the counterfeit present
mcnt of the generous srloIn. 1t ia evident
that, according to Gen. Buffers principles,
walk through this gallery of gusto would he
quite rs nOurshing as the consumption OF
generous dinner. Upon leaving, each applicant
might be presented with plate and a spoon,
and strongly exhOrted to go home and eat his
pottagc by the force of faith, while the bene-
fciary might at the same time he informed
that although he did not perceive it, he had
actually n loaf, and large one, of excellent





sion, he might receive upon his first visit a tin
dish and Il pewter spoon, with the information
that if he really believed that there was soup
in the one, he might flourish the other with
infinite satisfacton Under that economical
system which takes it for granted that chalk
may be changed into cheese. simply by
swearing that 1t is cheese, we may an
ticpate period of popular plenty
really unriyalcd since the age so absurdly
oycrrated as golden. Whether a man in his
shrt-sleey can be mesmerized into fancying
that he is buttoncd To the chin in warm
great coat, we are not prepared to say; but
that there can be such a thing rs hunger or
nakedness after the dawn of n paper-mOuey
millennium we think extremely improbable All
will he serene if the mills of MammOn only
grind fast enough We are willing to admit
that the experience of mankind has hardly
been favorable To this p0etical provender. 1t
was tried in connection with rag money, in
France, toward the close of the last century.
"Our gates,' wrote an Englishman at
that time in Paris, are sometimes
assacd 10y twenty or thirty people.
If you offer them OsSgnGts then refuse,
saving, we have enough of this sorry
"paper-it is bread we want But it would be
absurdly modest to assume that we arc not far
in advance of Frenchmen seventy years ago. IN
the art of manufacturing money and of utilizing
the pleasures of the imagination. The harpes
can carry away nothing from our tables. if
there is nothing thereon for them to snatch;
nor will there he any pickpockets when there
is nothing in our pockets worth stealing, and
when every man has just as much money as he
wants and little more. The horse in Ilieroces
came very near to living upon one oat day;
and it would be a crying shame if we had not
improved q great deal in all these years. Let
some Member bring in a Bill for the Encourage
ment of Phantom Dinners ut once!
Year: 1869

The question of declaring unequiyocally that
the Five-Twenty bonds are payable in gold is,
us we hear from Washington, likely to come
up this week. We do not know what may be
its chances, but we beg Senators to remember
the vital Importance Of preserving our credit
and repelng the insidiOus attacks lately
made in many forms and even from respecta-
BILE quarters. A dshonorcd and dsgraced pri
vate debtor may find refuge aud opportunity
to retrieve his errors in q new locality but
there is no place on earth where nation
with sullied credit and tarnlshcd honor can
hide itself and start anew In dealing with
our National Indebtedness now, we are settling
the question for all future time, whether
the name of the American Republic shall be
the foremost National name in the financial
ceRters of the world, or be a by-word and re-
prOach. The success of any plan for funding
our debt, reducing our rate of interest or
bringing the country back to specie pay
ment will depend upon our enjoyment
of the unquestioDing confidence of our
own capitalists and those of Europe. 1t is
painful that the honor and good faith of the
nation which should be to us one Of the most
sacred things in life, should be even q subject
of discussion at home or abroad. The National
intention to discharge our Bonded Debt in good
faith in the money of the world, when not
otherwise expfessIy pfovidsa in the contract,
ssihonld he placed above suspicion, by the passage
of the Resolution of Senator Edmunds, or some
similar unequivOcal declaration.
Year: 1869

Democrats who, for the present, prefer demo
cratic monarchy to Il republic, may all be
included in the Government party, but there IS
great difference between them, even as re-
CARDS the future form of government, the
Progressists and Democrats are reported
to have of late drawn nearer to the outspoken
Republicans; and even if the Monarchists shall
have-as they probably will haye-a majority
in the Constituent Cortes, there is among them
very radical and essential difference of views
There are those who will vote for Espaltero,
III preference TO any prince, and who may Sc
cure the vote of the entire Republican party
in case the latter are in a minority. This
;,iisagrecmept may not be sufficient to
prevent the election Of a priuce, but a
great divergence of opinion will undoubtedly
show itself in the discussion of the new Con-
stitution, which will be very different accord
ing as it is shaped either by the influence OF
the Liberal Union or by the united Progressists
and Democrats.
Year: 1869

Tile Ncr- York Times credits us with being
anxious 70 have Collector Bailey, among other
revenue officers, removed from Office We do
not repeat this statement to discuss it in any
way, but simply rs an illustration Of the gen
raj truthfuncss Of the criticisms of TIE Times
in reference to the position Of THE TRIBUNE
on thn whisky hght.
Year: 1869

The third annual report of the Board OF
Health contains many interesting facts and
valuable suggestions touching the sanitary
condition of the District. The terrible and
growing evil of infanticide and the difficulties
in the way of any reform receive merited atten-
ton. The street-clcauing contract is also the
suhicct of another severe criticism.
Year: 1869

The gentlemen Of the Georgia Legislature
are at least outspoken They have refused
the counsel Of the Georgia Oily Gammons
who wanted them to eat the! own resolutions
and take back the negroes. We thank them
for being honest about it, Congress now
knows not only where they stand but where
they mean 20 stand.
Year: 1869

The Sing Sing escaped convict, for whom
the police have been seeking as the probable
Twclfth-st. assassin, has cast fresh confusion
ON tl.at mystery by giving himself mp, profess
ing his ability to prove an alibi, and saying
that he has only failed 10 give himself up
sooner because he feared that he would be sent
back to Sing Sing for the rest of his term.
Year: 1869

Three explosions Of kerosene lamps in this
city last night, Chow many more may have oc-
CURED that did not come to the knowledge of
the police nobody can tell,) are the sufficient
comment upon the late frghtful report of Prof
Chandler
Year: 1869

The latest estimates Of the Agricultural De
partment for both Cotton and Corn crops OF
1868. foot mp very fayorably. The Cotton yield
is set down at nearly two and a half million
bales: and that Of Corn at nine hundred and
five millions of bushels.
Year: 1869

The free-and-easy gossip concerning the
Cabinet, printed elsewhere, is on topic that
in these days possesses special interest, but our
correspondent himself warns us that it ia to be
taken simply as the gossip of the Capital.
Year: 1869

An exchange says: "We have had an emi-
nen arthmetcan hard at work In our back office for


week calculating the chances Of the candidates for the
Cabinet lie reports that any has two chances
Of being struck lightning to chance OF being
tary OF Department We print this sad fact reluctantly
KNOWN that II will cast alOOm over the community"
Year: 1869

CbstquieS Of the Deceased in His Native
TOWn-MOre Light on the Hidden History
Of the Difficulty-Mrs. Mcfarland
Seen Through Other Speetaclcs
Than MIR. Bttchtf'S-CuriOns


Evidence Of Policeman


Highly Interesting and


Important Particulars
Year: 1869

d. .fH ~ "a 7. f.Tf.u.F.r.


A BOY borrowed tool from, q aneighbor
promising to return it at night Before
evening he was sent away on an errand,
and did not return until late, Before he
went, he was told that his brothers should
see the tool returned After he had come
home and gone to bed, he inquired and
found the tool had not been sent 10 IT'S
owner. He was much distressed to think
his promise was not kept, hut was per
suaded to go TO sleep and rise early and
carry it home. BY daylight he was np,
and nowhere was the tool to be fnund.
After long and fruitless search he set of
for his neighbours in great distress to .acs
knowledge his fault But how great was
his surprise to flnd the tool on his neigh
boris doorstepS And then II appeared,
from the prints Of little bare FEET on che,
Maud, that the lad had got up in his sleep
and carried the tool home, and went TO
bed again and knew it not. OF courses .
boy who was prompt in his sleep WAS
prompt when awake. He lived respectedS
and had the confidence of his neighbOss.f
and was placedin many otIicesof trust arc
profit -ELcldnge, s,,.. ..ff
Year: 1869

Are two Of the most common and vrulent dis
orders prevalent on this continent to these the
Ointment is especially antagonstic. its m0dus op-
eyaHdi is first to eradicate the venom and then
complete the cure.
Year: 1869

A dressing which
is at once agreeable,
healthy, and effectual
for preserving the
hair. FADED or gray
hair as soon restored
to dts original color
'cith the gloss and
freshness Of youth.
Thin hair is thick