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Year: 1868

It is not very clear to our mind why II natur-
ally follows that a ''first rate man having held
an Office once, is not likely to again. It is ofuse
always 10 talk of - first-rate mem for office
since it is the claim of 'sfrst rate mem that
alone ought to be considered in making our
choice for Vice President Burlington Times


The Times will find that when the Chicago
Convention assemblies there will be sererat
"frst-rate men" among the candidates for the
Vice presidential nomination, and that in de-
Gliding among them the fact that Maine not
long since had the Vice presidency in the per-
son Of Mr.. Ilamlin, will tell effectively
against his chances. We have always been
sorry that he was dropped in 1864; but hav-
ing been dropped (when he was much more
likely to be renominated than now) if he is
again taken up, it will he the first time that
such thing has happened, on the national
ticket, since the country was born. Accord
ingly, if the second place on the ticket shall
be conceded to New England, we think Sena-
tor Wilson's chances will be better than Mr..
lamlin's. But the considerations as to what
name will give most strength to the national
ticket in the doubtful states, will eventually
be very powerful one at Chicago, and it
may throw New England out of the question.
We trust it will not lead to this cOnsidera-
tion, for a moment, of any but "a first rate
man" for the place.
Year: 1868

\ CoNJUGAL ScRAPE.-Oh. the meanness Of
men, and the folly of husbands Here Is a
Partisan story to show how poorl y man
comes off in any contest with womanklnd
The other day a Partisan and his wife went
to Brussels. The first thought of the lady
was naturally to visit all the shops, and es-
pecially those renowned for lace. She met
with some marvellous bargains. as a matter of
course, gave glowing account Of them to
her husband, and proposed to take a quanti-
ty of the lace home with her, smuggled under
her dress. The husband, like husband. re-
sisted. 1t would be incurring too great 4
risk. he said, vehemently; the lace would be
found and c0nfscated; he would not consent
to the arrangement. The lady agreed that
she should, like good wife, 90 without the
lace. And so the pair started for Paris,
Monsieur well pleased that he had avoided
this extravaganza. At the frontier they
met as usual with the demand, d" Anything
to declare?'' They said " No" 1t was
enough, and they were allowed to pass with
out further trouble. Now here begins to show
itself the folly of men. The lady gave her
husband a look, and the husband TO foresee
the bitter reproaches Of his tender spouse 1t
was evident that she might have passed the
lace without danger. She would certainly
take her vengeance for the loss of her coveted
prize in good lecture. To avoid this horror
It became necessary TO convince the wife that
there really was danger. She must be
searched. Monsieur whispers to one of the
customs officers that he imagines the lady
at his side has some lace hidden about he,
person. She was Immediately taken aside
and in few minutes the officer of custom.
returned, his face beaming with satisfaction
to inform the gentleman, with profusion o
thanks, that his supposition was well founded
The lady had at least ten thousand franc
worth of lace hidden among the folds OF he
dress
Year: 1868

There dwelt in the east of Scotland pious
clergyman, who had presided for number
of years over small but respectable congre-
CATION In the midst Of his active career of
usefulness, he was suddenly removed by death,
leaving behind him a wife and a number of
helpless children. The small stipend al
lowed him by his congregation had been
barely sufficient to meet the current expenses
Of his family; and at his death no visible
means were left for their support. The death
of her husband preyed deeply upon the heart
of the poor afflicted widow; while the dark
prospect which the future presented filled
her mind with the most gloomy apprehen


sions By her lonely fireside she sat, the
morning after her sad bereavement, lament
ing her forlorn and destitute condition, when
her little son, boy of five years OF age, en-
tered the room. Seeing the deep distress of
his mother, he stole softly to her side, and,
placing his little hand in hers looked visit
fully into her face, and said: Mother


mother, is God dead ?" Soft as the gentle
whisper of an angel did the simple accents of
the dear boy fall upon the ear Of the discon>
soIate and almost heart broken mother. y
CLEAN of heavenly radiance lighted up, for a
moment, her pale features. Then snatching
up her little boy, and pressing him fondly to
her bosom, she exclaimed "No, no, my son,
God is not dead :; He still lives and promises
to be Father to the fatheress, Husband
to the widow. His promises are sure and
steadfast, and upon them 1 will firmly and
implicitly rely" Her tears were dried, and
her murmurings forever hushed. The event
proved that her confidence was not misplaced.
The congregation over which her husband
had worthiy presided, generously settled
upon her handsome annuity. by which she
was enabled to support her family, not only
comfortably, but genteelly. The talents Of
her sons, as they advanced in years, soon
brought them into notice, and finally procured
them high and honorable stations in society
Year: 1868

The Radical papers are trying to show that
Grants order expelling all Hebrews from
the Department of the Tennessee "within
twenty -four hours from the receipt of said or
der by post commanders" referred only to
such as were violating every regulation of
trade" &c. The Louisville Courier has this
to say about it:


The order is not directed against voators
of trade regulations. 1t is directed against
Jews as Jews, and is made applicable to all
Jews by the charge that the Jews, as a class,
are guilty of disgraccful and dishonest con-
duct. No language can be clearer-no mean
ing can be conveyed more pointedly-no
charge can be made more direct and sweep
ing 1t does not single out from among the
Jews class who are guilty: but, from
among all others, singles out the Jews as a
class who are all guilty. All the guilty are
Jews; all Jews are guilty; and all Jews are
to be expelled. No others are guilty and
no others are to be expelled The alleged
guilty is practicable of Jews only, and not on
ly of individual Jews, but of all Jews This
is the plain unmistakable import of the rea-
sons assigned for issuing a sweeping order
excluding all Jews from the camps-forbid-
| ding any Jew to trade within the military
jurisdiction of General Grant and even pro-
hibiting any Jew from visiting headquarters
to ask for trade permit.


a more unprovoked and inexcusable out
rage was never inflicted upon any class of
American citizens. IT was of a piece with
the monstrous arrogance and injustice with
which General Grants party-assuming dur
ing the war. and assuming now that they en-


body all the loyalty and decency in them-
| sclves-caim the right to prescribe and de-
| nounce as traitors and scoundrels all who


dare to reject their dicta. The wrongs borne
| by the Jews in the darkest ages of Christian
| and Pagan intolerance were the same in kind,


though differing in degree TO single them


out as class and fix upon them an official
| sigma-to impute to their race and religion


dishonorable traits degrading them beneath
| their fellow citiZens-is to lend the author
| ity of the Government to a foul calumny, and
| to iufict upon valuable and deserving citi-


zens a wrong at which the public sense of
justice revolts. In this enlightened age there
is no excuse Cor such crime. 1t can proceed
only from fierce. personal prejudice of the
NEST stubborn and stolid sort. When such
spirit can be traced to any candidate Tor
the highcst Office in the nation, the people
cannot be too prompt and decided in pro-
nouncng their rebuke 1t is vain to try to
slight that order. or to speak of it as vcnal
error or trivial mistake. 1t showed the
row and bigoted spirit of the man, and was
equally disgrace to the flag, and equally
deserving Of rcprobation whether prompted
by an icn"be sentiment or corrupt desire
to favor the interests of men who wanted the
active and enterprising Jews excluded, that
they might monopolize the traffic.
Year: 1868

The Greenpoint TVatchman, the organ of
the Democracy of Suffolk county New York,
which lies Immediately in the vicinity of the
great CITY, thus alludes to the passage of the
ereenback resolutions by the New York House
of Assembly:


ga strong pressure by the representatives
of the bondholders was made to prevent the
introduction, and still stronger effort to
defeat the adoption, of this resolution, and
its passage under such circumstances is a
memorable triumph of the popular sentiment
over a powerful conspiracy of money and
talent The people of New York accept and
endorse the Pendletonian plan of financial
relief And even the Glamour of Governor
Seymours eloquence was exerted in vain to
overcome this settled purpose of the masses
to throw off the shackles which bind them.
'.In view of the adoption of this explicit
declaration by the Democratic Representatives
in the Assembly, who did indsputably repre-
sent the will of their constituents, who can
doubt that, whatever its delegation may do,
the Democracy of New York will heartily
support the gallant young statesman of the
West


"The real feeling. even of the State Con-
vention at which Governor Seymour made
his remarkable speech, was crystalized into a
song improvised by prominent gentleman
of Syracuse, aud sung at a private gathering
Of delegates in the evening amid great
applause, few lines of which are all that
we can remember at this time, but are enough
to show the spirit of the meeting, and to give
what should be the key note of the campaign
in this as we'll as in all the other States:


'We'rc coming to the ballot box


We're coming from everywhere,


For when come to pay our tax


The rich don't pay their share!


Wen meet you. Mr. Bondho!der,


Well meet you on The spot,


Where we'll stop your cutting coupons


From our little house and lot!


Wen meet You at the ballot box,


And there we'll let you know


That can't stand ycur standing army,


Nor your colored mans Buro!"
Year: 1868

a REMARKABLE STATEMExT.-In the
trial of Gen. Cole for the murder of Hiscock
at Albany, on the ground of adultery with
his Coles wife, the counsel for the accused,
made the singular statement that ''within the
last two hundred years no man has been pun
ished by any court of justice, either in this
country or in England, for shooting the Sc
ducer of his wife, his daughter or his sister,
when that motive, and that alone, has promp-
the fatal blow" This demonstrates the in.
fuence of precedent in important questions.
Parties who desire to do anything out of the
usual order of things console themselves with
the reflection that this is not the first time it
has been done," and in this manner the un-
warranted deeds of some one else are made
the excuse for still more unwarrantable action
on the part of others.
Year: 1868

The folly of strikes is made
strongly apparent by statement in the Chica-
90 Tribune of the history of one which oc-
CURED in that city last year. That paper says: ::


"Thirteen months ago some five thousand
mechanics and others of Chicago, resolved
that they would reduce their hours of labor
one fifth, and for eight hours require the same
wages that were given for ten hours labor.
They struck, and on the 1st of May, 1867,
paraded the streets with music and banners.
The majority of these men remained out OF
work for one month. others for two months,
when they returned to the old wages, and
worked at the old hours. Hundreds of them
never obtained work at any price or hours,
and had to go elsewhere where they were not
known. That strike cost these people half
million of dollars in loss of wages; that is,
they received that sum less than what they
would have received had they worked on
Year: 1868

It is often said that girls wish to be rich and to
be married, as if it were an accusation against
them. But why should not girls wish to be
rich ard to be married? Is there anything
wrong-is there anything censurable-is
there anything to be condemned in either of
these wishes?


The world is full of good and pleasant
things; have not girls, as we'll as men, right
to desire to possess and enjoy them Must
blood flow slow and sluggish because it is in
womans veins? Shall her pulses never leap
with the thrills of an ambition, which is es-
teemed honorable in man?


And why should not girls desire to be mar
ried Marriage is an institution possessing
both human and divine sanction, which it
would be quite impossible to uphold without
the co operation of young women. Then
have they no right to take an interest in it,
and, in fact to look upon it as opening to
them, as it does, their most important sphere
of action ?


There is a difference of opinion as to wheth-
er women should be talors, or doctors, or
lawyers, or even voters but no doubt was ev-
er entertained about their qualifications to be-
come wives. 1t is ridiculous to speak, as if
it were to their disparagement, of the high
appreciation which they instinctively place
upon the most important relation which ma
ture has ordained for them. The poet tells
us that
Year: 1868

General Mcclellan is said to have writ
ten to his friends that he does not want, and
will not accept, the Democratic nomination
for the Presidency. He adds, however, that
he wishes statesman for the Office and that
if such candidate is presented by the Dem
ocratic Convention to meet in New York next
month, he will come home from Europe and
take the stump for him, Nobody who knows
how dearly the Boys in Blue love Little
Mac can fail to appreciate the immense value
of that promise.
Year: 1868

"A hen has the capacity of laying six
hundred eggs-aud no more. Usually they
lay a few the first year from three hundred
and twenty to three hundred and seventy in
the next three years and the rest from tho
fifth to the 9th year inclusive. The true
economy, therefore. it will be seen, is not to
keep hens after their fourth year.
Year: 1868

In setting hens, first test the eggs to SEQ
whether they are fertiized and sound in this
manner: Place the end of your tongue to
the large end of the egg. If it is all right,
perceptible warmth will be observed. If
cold, like the small end, reject it; it will
never hatch
Year: 1868

EXCELLENT RoLLs.-Warm one ounce OF
butter in half pint of milk put to It
spoonful and half of yeast, and a little salt.
Put two pounds of -four into pan, and mix
in the above. Let it rise an hour, knead 1t
WE'LL make it into seven rolls, and bake 1t IN
a quick oYen.
Year: 1868

GINGER BEER-Take one pint Of molas-
ses and two spoonstuIl Of ginger, put into
pail to be half filed with boiling water; Ieav-
ing room for one pin: of yeast, which must
not be put in till lukewarm. Place it on
the warm hearth for the night, and bottle it
in the morning.
Year: 1868

The report that Brownlow was dying
proves incorrect He is said to be in better
health than usual and seems determined to
verify the prophecy of the old woman in
Tennessee, who being informed that Brown
low was again convalescent, exclaimed, 81
rally do believe that that man means to go to
h-lI alive"
Year: 1868

AN ALARMING THEoRY--From the an
nual recurrence of rains. meteoric showers
and the explosion of steam boilers in various
parts of the country, Prof. Loomis suggests
a very uncomfortable theory in regard to the
safety of the earth itself He thinks it is
not impossible that sufficient steam might be
generated in the burning centre of the world
to blow the whole globe to pieces A vol
oanic eruption under the sea, or near it, like
that OF Vesuvius now in progress may at any
moment convort the earth into huge steam
boiler, by letting the water in upon the CEN
tral fires, to be followed, for aught we know,
by an explosion that shall rend it apart.
Year: 1868

Persons suffering with any disturbance Of the Sc
cretory organs, that have difficulty in discharg-
ing the contents OF their bowels, that In the
habit OF taking Pills opening medicines should
try box of these truly excellent Pills The hap
piness Of their effects the system, and the satis
factery evidence one box will give you Of their
wonderful curative powers will convince yen that
your faith and trust in them will become firmly es
tablished.
Year: 1868

A LiYE INSURANCE CAsE.-The Supreme
Court in this city has dismiss a suit brought
against life insurance company, on the ground
that the conditions Of the policy had been vio-
lated. The persons insured went 70 Virginia
there contracted a disease peculiar to the eli
mate, and died. The company claimed that
this visit TO the South was the direct cause of
DEATH and his plea was sustained by the court
IL Is understood the case will be appealed and
ne the point decided by the lower court is of
ereat importance 70 the life insurance com pam
les and their customers, the final result will be
awaited with interest.-N T. Post
Year: 1868

ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL ASHTON
who was Yesterday examined by the Congres-
sional Committee on Retrenchment relative TO
the alleged whiskey frauds in New York as
stated in the STAR Of last evening, testified that
Buckley had no authority from the Attorney
Generals Office to make any Investigations,
and the United States District Attorney at New
York had been SO advised. He further stated
that Binckley had no right to investigate and
his course was improper.
Year: 1868

or a steel trap. His courage, when he gets
his bristles up, and chooses TO use his tusks,
makes him the terror Of both men and dogs
He knows "a hawk from handsaw, and can
tell his feeding time as we'll as if he carried
clock in his body. He is an early riser, and
the familiar 'c-h.o-a-r-k, c-h-o.a-r-k' of his
feeder just at the peep O. day never fails to be
answered. He never misses rollcall, though
he cannot be called soldier A 'hog in
armor" is said to be the most ridiculous of all
things His sagacity in determining latitudes
exceeds that of the most scientific men.


What would mankind do without the hog?
He supplies food to millions. He is the great
crop Of the great West. Those who are too
distant from market to sell their grain and
truck products feed them to the hog, and then
sell the hogs, thus killing two birds with one
stone. Bread is called 1.-THE staff of life; the
hog is life itself The beauty in her silks and
satins may turn from him in diguSt as he
emerges from his sty all reeking with mire,
but she eats him, and enjoys him, too, when he
appears on the table. 1t has been observed
by those accustomed to cater for the public,
that the favorite diet of ladies, generally, how
ever delicate and dainty, is Shoat.


The hog is mighty institution--a power IN
the land. la spite OF his snout, OF his bristes,
of his grunt, of his foul habits and his per
verse ways, the hog deserves to be held in
high esteem, to be treated kindly while living,
and to be killed gently, and with as little pain
as possible, when his time comes The time
of many is at hand. Rich. Vigil
Year: 1868

Grace Greenwood says-An anecdote il
Illustrating Queen Victoria's admirable good
sense and strict domestic discipline, came to
me directly from one who witnessed the
occurrence. One day, when the Queen was
present in her carriage at military review,
the Princess Royal, then rather wilful
girl of thirteen, sitting on the front scat,
seemed disposed to be rather familiar and
coquetish with some yong officers on the
escort. Her majesty gave several reproving
looks, without avail winked at her, she
wouldn't stay winked." At length, in fiirt-
ing her handkerchief over the side of the
carriage she dropped it-too evidently not
accidentally. Instantly two or three young
heroes sprang from their saddles to return
it to her fair hand but the awful voice of
royalty stayed them. "Stop, gentlemen p
exclaimed the Queen leave it just where
it lies. Now my daughter, get down from
the carriage and pick up your handker-
chief" There was no help for it. The
royal footman let down the step for the little,
royal lady, who proceeded tolift from the dust
the pretty piece Of cambric and lace. She
blushed good deal, though she tossed her
head saucily, and she was doubtless angry
enough, but the mortifying lesson may have
nipped in the bud her first impulse towards
coquetry. 1t was hard, But it was whole
some. How many American mothers would
be equal to such piece of Spartan discip-
line?
Year: 1868

Take one pound of blue oil of vitrioT-
dissolve 1T in two or three quarts of boiling
hot water, in some carthen vessel. Then
put it in pail and fill with cold water.
Now take ten bushels of seed wheat, on
the barn floor, and sprinkle this solution
all over it, aud shovel it thoroughly so
that every kernel is wet, and in two or
three hours it is ready to SOW. You may
keep 1t longer just as well, if you dry it
and keep it from heating. This receipt is
efficiept,s but if you have very smutty
wheat You may raise little smut the next
year, but none after that. "
Year: 1868

No crime, of greater magnitude, exists
than the one perpetrated by the ignoblc
band Of assassins Of liberty who now de-
file tho high places of our State. In the
name Of Republicanism they have un
blushingly robbed the people of their
right Of choice, and by fraud, perjury and
bribery, forced upon us a Constitution
whose provisions would make the Hot
tentot ashamed. No people ever had
the misfortune 10 be called upon to make
the choice, In a case Of such diabolism
And now those, whose, instincts of de-
cency aud humanity, forbade to advocate
the adoption Of this disgusting instru-
ment, are told they no longer have a
voice In the affairs of the State All this,
too, in State having Constitution
" Republican in FORM And is this the
goal to which all the struggles ofthe past
have brought us2 Has the time come
TO bury Repubiicanism and are the people
ready to hecp insult upon the dead body
Of liberty? Must, America, the boasted
home Of the oppressed of every cline,
become and long continue a bye.word in
the mouths of Nations, q mockery too
hollow to deceive any and be assigned in
history, place along with the old and
rotten despotisms of the earth? The
Government may be able to survive one
more presidential struggle, but then the
san of freedom goes down and anarchy
comes. The directory or Committee of
Public safety. arises and bloody tyranny
follows swiftly upon political tyranny.
Alas We do but follow the vulgar track
Of the Republics ofold. We have learn
ed no new political crimes, and cannot
keep out of the old beaten path. There
is no originality in our fate. Nothing
striking or grand, all is commonplace,
Our rottenness came more swiftly than
is usual but it is naught but common,
old fashioned political decomposition,
after ell.
Year: 1868

While the Radicals OF the New York Trib-
Une and Tines sort, are fierce for forcing re-
gro suffrage on the Southern States, they are
not willing to take 1t themselves. There Il
not one Of these papers that advocate Its
adoption as part fthe new Constitution of the
State soon to be submitted to the people
IE.re Is what the Times, says:


Our readers know that the Constitutional
Convention Of this State made provision for
the separate submission to the people ofa pro-
vision abolishing all distinctions in suffrage
on account of color. We do not see any prob
ability of its adoption. We are not likely to
see any, II the journals which have heretofore
professcd to favor such a measure carefully
refrain from saving single word In his favor,
ifnobody advocates 1t before the people, and
IL nothing whatever is done to secure its con-
tirmation. What Is the reason that a provis-
lon so just In itself and upon which the voters
will soon be called to act, Is Ignored by the
Republican journals of the State?