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Year: 1869

II Is often intimated to greedy children that
there Is want of proper relation between
the view they take of feast and the capacity
of their digestive organs. Greedy Erie is now
in condition to receive such a hint. II pro-
posed to devour the Atlantic and Great
Western, and finds itself ridiculously unequal
to the meal. Indeed, if we examine critically
the recent attempts of our great railroad
glutton we shall find that efforts similarly futile
are frequent in the story. Was there not an
awful threat to swallow up all the operatic
and theatrical enterprise Of the town and o
lamentable exhibition Of incapacity? Was
not the experiment made Of gorging half the
Pacific Railroad and thrusting the rest into
pedler's pack for future use? Was it not
endeavored to emulate King Midas, who had
the ears OF an ass, in making o meal on gold
And was not the result disastrously over
loaded stomach? No career is more thickly
bestrewn with failures; and we may safely
concede that this attempt on the Great Western
will be failure too; for although much may
be done by men resolutely ready to spend on
lawyers in avoiding the payment Of debt
nearly as much money as would suffice
to pay, yet such Sautics must fail
before those equally ready to spend in
the assertion of clear right Mr.. McHenry
has in his favor the prestige of man who has
achieved great success always by the legitl-
mate application Of the means to the end and
often against the greatest apparent disadvan-
tage. Such man cannot be ousted of his
right by the shallow brawlers In finance.
Year: 1869

STRIKING AT THE SUPpLIEs.--The destruc-
ton of the whole sugar cane crop by the
Cubans may prove terrible blow to Spain.
What Cuba stands for in the Spanish mon-
archy is mine. She is source Of immense
wealth, and the revenue drawn from the island
has long been the only vital spot in Spanish
finance. Spain has now in the first year Of the
rebellion deficit, and if in another year Cuba
stands in the returns opposite vast army
expenditure, with no equivalent revenue from
the crops, the revolution in Spain may fail
through actual financial collapse. No revolu-
ton can defy finance save one that has Its
origin and impulse directly from the people, as
the French revolution had. This In Spain is
not of that character. Cespedes, therefore, in
the destruction of the cane crops, in making
Cuba desert, has it in his power to strike at
Spain more terrible blow than the Spaniards
deem possible
Year: 1869

1t is proposed as measure Of hostility to
England that every Irishman in Ireland shall
at once stop smoking. This is happy thought
Here is at last something that every true son
OF the old sod, however humble, can do for his
country and one blow that he can level at the
oppressor. He has only to break his pipe.
An Irishman has never been backward in
breaking heads and lances and all sorts of
such trumpery in other peoples causes, and
shall he now hesitate to break his pipe for
Ireland? Perish the thought. No doubt the
sum of the taxes paid on the sale of tobacco in
the Green Isle is very great, and if Irishmen
will resolutely resolve to keep that sum out of
the British exchequer it will be piece of
moral heroism even greater than that Of the
fathers Of the American republic when they
resolved to deprive themselves Of taxed tea.
For the cases are not the same, since our
fathers lived in plenty, and In the absence of
tea could comfort themselves with plenty of
good rum, while Pats pipe is his main luxury.
Because it is his sheet anchor of dissipation
that the Irishman Is now asked to forego we
expect to see this rebellion end in good deal
of smoke all around. But we advise that they
try another rebellion on Father Mathews
programme.
Year: 1869

DEATH OF Mr.. ROBERT J. WALKER-This
distinguished man died yesterday morning, in
the sixty-eighth year Of his age. Elsewhere
in these columns we give sketch of his pub
lie career. Among the most prominent events
in his life are the part which he played in the
Democratic National Convention Of 1S44 in
shelving Martin Van Buren under the two
thirds rule and in securing the nomination Of
Polk, and his free trade or revenue tariff policy
as Folks Secretary of the Treasury, estab-
lished in the tariff Of 1916. In his later years
he was actively devoted to great enterprises in
law or in speculation, such as the New Alma
den quicksilver mine litigation, Pacific railroads
and the Alaska purchase. As public man
he belonged to the age before the food, but in
that age he figured in Congress and in the Cabi-
net very conspicuously. His specially was
finance, and In this department, publicly and
privately, his labors were crowned with
remarkable success. He leaves good inheri-
tance to his children.
Year: 1869

ANOTHER CASE FOR CORONER FLYNN.-And
now it is proposed to cut up the Onondaga
giant, to see what Is in him. There is argu-
ment for it, too. If he was man and q
brother we ought to know how he came by his
death before he Is buried in sonie museum Of
human wonders. If he is 9 dead body he is a
case for the coroners, and, more than that,
there is a fee in him. Until it is known that
he is not dead body it mus! be assumed that
he is, and the coroner must act accordingly.
1t is only trifling difficulty that he is beyond
our county lines. Let there be an inquest,
therefore, and let us know If the man who
slew the giant did 1t in self-defence.
Year: 1869

Increasing Circulation Of tie Eeraid.


We are again constrained to ask advertisers to
band in their advertisements at as carly an hour
espossible.


Our immense and constantly increasing editions
compel Us, Notwithstanding cur presses are
capable of printing seventy thousand copies an
hour, to put our forms to press much earlier than
nsual and to facilitate the work we arc forced to
stop the classifcations Of advertisements at nine
O'Clock p NJ
Year: 1869

A Coon IDEA FROM SAN FRANCISCO. The
San Francisco Chamber Of Commerce makes
demand that the Chinese mission be raised to
one of the first class-a thing that has been
proposed before, bnt that now takes definite
form in the demand Of the people more mme-
diately and directly concerned in our relations
with China. Our commerce grows on the
Pacific as IL seems to decay on the Atlantic.
China promises to be Of more account In our
commercial future than half the countries OF
Europe at whose capitals we have missions Of
the first class, and it is high time that we
should recognize tho changes In our foreign
slations that have become axed facts.
Year: 1869

DoGs.-It has just been decided In court
that a man who keeps savage dog, even in
an enclosure of his own premises and for pro-
lection against thieves, keeps him at his peril,
and must pay damages where harm is done.
1t is his negligence If another than bu glar
is torn by his private wild beast. Such y
decision is likely to have good effect, as
there is just now q disposition 10 cultivate
gigantic and savage dogs.
Year: 1869

ESCAPE or THE PRESIDENT OF THE PROFIS-


IONAL GOVERNMENT.


PARIS Jan. 20-The Libert6 asserts that the Presi-
dent of the Cretan Provisional Government has
ESCAPED from Gambia and will go TO the United
States where he win endeavor to raise q loan and
purchase iron-clads with the object of making one
more effort to free Gambia from the dominion Of the
Turks.
Year: 1869

The loss ia about $4,000 and is fully insured The fro
was caught stealing clothing and was arrested and
locked up in building by. He afterward made his
escape, however, by jumping from the secondstory
window.
Year: 1869

Gone in her childish purity


Out from the golden day;
Fading away in the light SO sweet,
| Where the silver stars and sunbeams meet
Paving path lor her waxen feet


Over the silent way.
| Over tho bosom tendeily


The pearl-white hands are pressed;
The ashes lie on the cheeks so thin,
Where the sollest blush of the rose hath beet
shutting the blue OF her eyes within


The pure lids closed in rest.
Over the sweet brow lovingly,


Twineth her sunny hair;
2he was so irail that Love sent down
From his heavenly gems that soft, bright


crown,


10 shade her brow with its waves so brown,
Light as the dimpling air.
Gone 10 sleep with the tender smile


Fioze ON her silent lips,
BY the farewell kiss of her dewy breath.
Cold in lhe clasp of the angel OF Death,
Like the last fair bud OF a fading wreath


Whose bloom the white frost nips.
Rosebud under your shady leaf,


Hid from the sunny day,
Do you miss the glance Of the eye so bright,
Whose bl ue was heaven in your timid sighiY
Il's beaming now in the world Of light
Over the starry way.
Hearts where the darling's head hath lam,
Held by loves shining ray,
Do you know that the touch of her gentle


hand
Doth brighten the harp in the unknown


land?
o, she waits for us with the angel band
Over the starry way.
Year: 1869

The proposal of Senator Morton in
Congress for the passage of bill Civ
ing a pension to the widow of Abra-
ham Lincoln is one which will meet
the unanimous and cordial approval
of every one who reverences that great
mans name and memory. 1t is not
fitting that the widow of the man
whom this nation venerates most high
ly, and to whose unselfish devotion,
practical sense and unfiinching cour-
age it owes the preservation of its ex-
istence, should feel herself in want.
1t is especially uniting that any real
or fancied necessity should compel her
to make a show of her old clothes
about the country. We have NO spec
ial fancy for Mrs. Lincoln; but her
claims on the nation are not based
upon her individual merits. She is
the widow of the nations martyr.
She has lost what every other widow
of the martyrs of the war has lost,
and, as the widows of soldiers and
officers are pensioned, she deserves
and should receive pension. More
over, our national reputation is more
or less intimately connected with this
widow of our chief ruler. The old
clothes business was a national dis
grace, and if pension of five thous-
and, dollars n year will prevent its
recurrence, the money will be cheaply
expended. -CyeUeLdRd Leader.
Year: 1869

How To Cook SWEET APPLES
Instead of baking my apples, 1 put
them into porcelain kettle, usually
about three quarts at 81 time. Then
add a pint of water, cover them with
a cloth and put it on to the stove and
steam them till tender. Then remove
the cloth, and add a half fteacup of mo-
lasses and let them cook until there is
but little syrup and you have dish
far superior to baked apples.
Year: 1869







BY sIBYL-
Where the cOcoa-palm its shadow throws,
within the bounds of an ancient grave,
Stands the hut of St Ambrose,
Who here mourns unrequited love.
For he had loved in days gone by,
But the maiden proved 8 fclzle fair,
For she had wed Sir Hugh de Bry
While Ambrose fed to the desert air.
In an oasis green retreat
He gave his days to thought and prayer,
But Vainly did he seek relief,
His life was but lingering care.
The moore that floods the world with light
And sultry noon with fervid glare
The shadows deepening into night
Found him on bended knee in prayer,
Thus lived and died that patient saint,
Above his grave the tropic MOSES sweep
There mourning doves pour forth their plaint
And there the dews of evening weep.
Lone was his fate and sad his birth
Yet mourn We not the path he trod;
Bereft of happiness ON earth
We know he dwells in bliss with God.
Hilton Head, S. c.
Year: 1869

Goethe tells the following story, which anus
ingiy illustrates the capacity for drink OF the
Rhinelanders


"The Bishop of Mayence once delivered
sermon against drunkenness, and after paint
ing in the strongest colors the evils of over in
diligence, concluded as follows - But the
abuse of wine does not exclude its use. for il
is written that wine rejoices the heart of man.
Probably there is no one in my Congregation
who cannot drink four bottles of wine without
feeling any disturbance of his senses but if
any man at the seventh or eighth bottle so
forgets himself as to abuse and strike his wife
or children and treat his best friends as enc.
mics, let him look into his conscience, and in
future always stop at the sixth bottle. Yet,
II after drinking eight, or even ten or twelve
bottles, he can still take his Christian neigh
Dor lovingly by the hand, and obey the orders
OF his spiritual and temporal superiors, let him
thankfully drink his modest draught. He
must be careful, however, as to taking any
more, for it is seldom that Providence gives
any one special grace to drink sixteen bottles
at sitting, as it has enabled me, its unwor-
thy servant, TO do without either neglectipg
my duties or losing my temper"
Year: 1869

A Package OF Spoons and Forks on corner of Park
"A and Spring sts The owner can have the same
by calling at No 40 Winter st, proving property and
paying for this advertisement, dc3Od1w
Year: 1869

Al who have committed an excess or any kind'
whether it be the solitary vice Of YOUTH the sting
Ing rebuke Of misplaced confidence in maturer year,


SEEK FOR AN ANTIDOTE IN SEASON.
Tho Pains and Aches, and Lassitude and Nervous
Prostration that may follow Impure Cotton,


are the Barometer to the whole system.
Do not wait for the eonsummation that is TO fol-


low; do not wait for Unsghtly Ulcers, for


Disabled Limbs, for Loss Of Beauty
Year: 1869

@hih hllI is tllICk-
ened, falling hair checked, and bald
ness often, though not always, cured
by its use. Nothing can restore the
hair where the follicles are destroyed,
or the glands atrophied and decayed.
But such as remain can be saved for
usefulness by this application. Instead
of fouling the hair with a pasty sedi-
ment, it will keep it clean and vigorous.
Its occasional use will prevent tie hair
from turning gray or falling off, and
consequently prevent badness. Free
from those deleterious substances which
make some preparations dangerous and
injurious to the hair, the Vigor can
only benefit but not harm it. If wanted
merely for a
Year: 1869

Ezow Easy Thousands Oar Testify 90 e his


by UnhsRpy Experience!


Young men troubled with emissions In sleep,-a
complaint generally the result of bad habit in
scientifically and perfect cure war
ranted or no charge made.


Hardly day passes but we are consulted oy one or
more young men with the above disease, SOHO OF
whom are as weak and emaciated as though they had
the consumption, and by their friends supposed te
have It, AL such cases yield to the proper and only
correct course of treatment and in short time are
made to rejoice in perfect health.
Year: 1869

The HUMAN TIDE FROM WEST AND
EAsT.-It has been already mentioned
that a letter from one of the Liverpool
steamship agencies, received at New York
on the 18th inst. says an average of five
thousand emigrants may be expected at
New York for the next five or six weeks
to come. Nothing like the pressure for
passage, it is said, was ever known before.
A tide had already set in this spring of
extraordinary magnitude and volume.
There arrived in New York from Europe
during the month of May over fifty thou
sand in the preceding month of April
there were over twenty-seyen thousand,
and for the Eve months from January 1st.
to May 31st, the number was upwards of
one hundred and two thousand. But the
arrivals for the first seven days of the
present month are still more remarkable
in that week there arrived ten thousand
nine hundred and seventy eight. The
greatest number of these immigrants sail
ed from Liverpool, and are nearly all
Irish. But the Germans, too, come in
great numbers, for during the same period
there arrived from the two ports of Bre-
men and Hamburg over thirty-two thou
sand. The rest are from Glasgow, Lon
don, Copenhagen and Antwerp. The in
crease is large over the immigration of last
year. 1t is also said that on the other
side of the continent emigration is increa-
: sing. Every steamship arriving at San
Francisco from China and Japan brings a
load of Asiatics The completion of the
Pacific railroad, and increasing CONNER
cial relations with the East is likely to
swell the stream of emigration from China
to food, which will not only fertiize the
mining regions, but spread to the great
Valley of the Mississippi. There is room
enough for the labor of all that can come,
both in the West and South. Our vast
national domain, which is now inhabited
only by population as large as that Of
France, is capable of supporting as many
people as Europe. There is no danger
that the Caucasian race will fail to domi-
nate over the other elements of the pop
ulation, no matter how heterogeneous, anG
assimilate them in due time to itself.
Year: 1869

BASE BALL-THE MUTUAL CLUB IN BOSTON.
ID A game of base ball was played yesterday
between the Mutual Baseball Club Of this city and ths
Harvard Base Ball Club OF Boston, which resulted in
favor OF the Mutuals by score OF 43 TO II.


The Fly-Away and Athletic Clubs had a
match game Yesterday tho grounds OF the former at
Hunters Point which resulted favor Of Ely Always
Inv a 500 of 10
Year: 1869

For oar own and the convenience of regular
advertisers, and to prevent any misunderstand-
ing, we have carefully prepared and scaled the
rates oi advertising IN the GAZETTE for the year
1864, and present the following table OF space
and prlces from which there will Be no depis ton:
Year: 1869

reflect that sound mind and body arc thu most
necessary requisites TO promote connuoial nap
niness Indeed, without these the journey
through life becomes u weary pilgrimage; the
urosp ct hourly darkens to the view, the mind
becomes Swallowed with despair and filed WITH
the melancholy reflection thai the happiness q
another becomes blighted with your own.
Year: 1869

Yesterday afternoon laborer named David Han
ma, employed at the washington Iron Works, New.
burg was instantly killed by fhe bursting Of large
grindstone at which he was working, In the mould
Ing shop OF that establishments. large fragment OF
the stone struck HIM In the breast, throwing him
twenty feet into the air, and he fell on an
iron moulding frame. mouder who was working
seeing his shopmate In the air. stepped aside In time
TO escape being struck by the failing body. Hannas
lungs were crushed, his neck was broken and skull
fractured. NO other person was injured, though
over one hundred men were as WORK In the shop
where the accident occurred. The stone was new
making about $50 revolutions per minute At the
time VI the accident
Year: 1869

The Parkersburg Ga=ette is in error in
supposing that we alluded to its pecu.
mary status in our recent references to
that paper. We have never had any
reason to suppose that the Gazette was
not perfectly comfortable in a financial
point of view, and if the case had been
otherwise, we would have based no ar
gument upon any such consideration.
We are pleased to hear of eur cOtempo.
rary's prosperity and also to find in its
last issue the following pertinent and
sensible definition of its political posi-
ton:


In common with a large namber Of
dsfranchised people of this State we
will be glad to have our political privi-
leges restored, and we will ever bless and
hold in grateful remembrance the ship
that brings us over.
Year: 1869

PERSONS ADVANCED IN LIFE,
And feeling the hand Of time weighing heavily
upon them, with all its attendant ills will find
in the use of this BITTEIsS, or the TONIC, an
elixir that will instl new life into their veins
restore in a measure the energy and ardor Of
more youthful days, build up their shrunken
forms, and give health and happiness in their
remaining wears.
Year: 1869

II is a well established fact that fully one.
half of the female portion of our population are
seldom in the enjoyment Of good health, or, to
use their own expression, never feel we'll 8"
They are languid, devoid of all energy, extreme
ly nervous, and have no appetite


To this class of persons the BITTERS, or the
TONIC, is especially recommended.
Year: 1869

FEMALES, owing to tho peculiar and importon,
relations which they sustain, their peculiar orcapza-
ton, and the offices they perform, arc subject to
many suferings. Freedom from these contribute in
no small degree to their happiness and welfare. for
none can be happy who are i'll. Not only SO, but no
one OF these var us female complaints N long be
suffered to run on without involving the general
health ofthe individual and are long producing per-
anent sickness and premature decline. Nor is 1t
pleasant to consult physician for the relief Of these
various delicate Affections and only upon the most
urgent necessity will true woman 50 far sacrifice
her greatest charm as to do this. The sex will then
thank US for placing in their hands simple specifics
which will be found efficacious in relieving and cur
ing almost every one OF those troublesome complaints
peculiar toathe sex.
Year: 1869

yelling murder" with all the vehemence
her vigorous lungs would permit. This
brought to my room crowd of excited
individuals, all eager to find out the cause
of the disturbance.


explained the case as well as my shat
tered faculties would permit, but was fire.
quently interrupted by the blasphemous
harrangue which the robber was holding
forth within the cupboard.


After concluding, l jumped from my
seat and stood a few steps away, breath
lessly waiting while my friend, by the aid
of a dim lantern, dragged forth, hatless
and bleeding, his locks disheveled, and
his face all bespattered with blood, the
would-be mQrderer-my trusted friend,
the preacher.


L recognised his face Immediately, and
springing back, threw up my hands in as
tonishmcnt. The villain gazed steadily
at me with sickly smile, which said
palmer than words that I was not the first
victim of misplaced confidence.


a person was Immediately sent to in
form the authorities, who took him into
custody, and afterwards sentenced him to
long term in the State penitentiary.


After the excitement had somewhat
abated, retired and slept soundly for the
rest of the night and was permitted to de-
part the next morning, thankful that l
had escaped unframed from the murder
GUS rascal, and fully resolved never again
to place confidence in an entire stranger,
whatever profession he might represent.
Year: 1869

MARKS OF A GENTLEMAN.-No man is
gentleman, who, without provocation,
would treat with incivility, the humblest
of his species. 1t is vulgaFity for which
no accomplishment of dress or address can
ever atone. Show me the man who de-
sires to make every one around him hap
py, and whose greatest solicitude is never
to give cause of offence to any one, and
will show you gentleman by nature and
practice, though he may never have worn
a suit of broadoloth, nor ever heard of
lexicon. am proud to say for the honor
of our species, there are men In every
throb of whose heart there is solicitude
for the welfare of mankind, and whose
every breath is perfumed with kindpess.
Year: 1869

SHARP PRAoTIcE.-A livery stable
keeper, not thousand miles from Lowell,
Mass. was applied to by a Incorporating
man, for horse and buggy, to go out of
town for the day. He was furnished, and ,
when about to leave, was informed that it
was customary to have deposit left by
strangers. He inquired what the owner
would take for his team, and was told five
hundred dollars, which was Immediately
handed over to the proprietor. On return
ing, the stable-keeper was asked to exam
inc the team, and see if he thought it was
worth as much as when taken in the morn
ing, to which he answered in the affirma
tive, and handed the stranger the identical
five hundred dollars, who Immediately left
for the hotel. The stable-keeper, not hav-
ing realized any profit in the transaction,
followed, and informed him that he had
forgotten TO pay for the use of the team
"What team?" was the reply. 81 bought
horse and buggy of you this morning,
and sold it back to you just now for the
same price. I drove my own team" The
livery man found himself minus the amount
of his charge.
Year: 1869

TANNING BuLLs.-As ordinarily kept on
farms, bulls are quite liable to become so
cross and vicious that it is not safe to keep
them after they attain the age of four or
five years. But if two are kept instead of
one, and they are broken to the yoke and
worked as regularly as oxen are, they will
do as much work, do it rather more brisk
ly. remain docilc longer than when not
used, and seem to be made in all respects
more useful.