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Year: 1868

correspondence Oh IHe heU-IOTk IWtS'


A member OF the Presidents staff assured your cor
respondent that he had positive Information tnat the
President would be acquitted which he dared not MAKE
public, but witch. when public, would show now his
confidence abundantly warranted.


Assuming that this officer told the truth
and we certainly have no reason to doubt
it's it not a rather pertinent inquiry where
he got his information Have Senators who
are going over to the enemy's camp arranged
the terms of their detection befOrehandf or
is the President familiar with the appliances
which have been used to change their
resolution
Year: 1868

Well the election Is now over, and the Black man has
secured himself the right Of suffrage and TO hold office
wherever he get votes enough IN his favor We did
our to defeat hs aspiration of HIS and he his best
TO carry but that and 1t Is idle for
us epne at ts result We cannot blame the negro for
wanting that which we possessed and which was placed
Year: 1868

reflect that sound mind and body arc The NOS


necessary requisites to promote connubial hap
piness. Indeed, without these the journey
through life becomes a weary pilgrimage; tthG;
prospect hourly darIlcns TO the view, the mind
becomes shadowed with despair and filed with
the melancholy reflection thai the happlnesk O.
Year: 1868

in the sermon, so startling and SO
novel that you cannot rid yourself of
it, but keep on asking yourself, is
this a fact? has he an undoubted au-
thority for telling us this? Struggle
how you may, from that time forward
you are an altered man. Of course
you make no admission to the world
at large ofchanged sentiments. The
law of England declares nc man. is
bound to criminate himself, and you
go about as jauntily perhaps even a
little more jauntily-.as of yore; just
as merchant with an approaching
bankruptcy turns out in the park
with more snowy equipage. But
in the solitude of your own dressing
room you know. that the trial is over,
the verdict is given, and all that re-
mains is: to entreat the Court to sus-
pend the judgment. GA long day,
my lord-a long day" A ipitiful
cry it is, sad enough to utter, and
saddcr to listen to.


0'DosDd, in Blackvood.
Year: 1868

Growing Old suspect it takes
some time to arrive at the conviction,
but have como to it Al: last, that
there are few things so disagreeable
in life as growing old. Now, al
though, as l have said, the knowl-
edge and acceptance of the fact be
the growth of years, yet somehow the
real acknowledgement to ones self
always comes with shock. You
bear a certain stiffness in your back
sincws, and a grogginess about your
ankle joints for years. You take to
soft hairbrushcs, and avoid draughts
and eschew acid wines, by 10 process
so smooth and frictionless az not to be
recognized. You exchange your flip
pant mare, with tendency to shy
and q general skittishncss, for stout
cot of fourteen hands, an easy NOV
er, and quiet to mount. You accept
your dinner invitations with more
discriminating regard for the cook
than the company; but YOU do these
things so gradually as to be imper-
ceprible. 1t is only when you over
hear a cabman speak of you as the
:'old gent, what gave his two bob"
or when fresh young lady asks what
sort of dances were in vogue when
you we're young, that suddenly a new
liebt breaks in on you, and an inde-
scribable sense of terror shoots
through you at the thought that you
hove really rounded ahe "Tottenham'
corner of existence, and have begun
the "run home Not that, even
then, you fully realize all tine horrors
of the situation. Much is ascribed
to the ignorance of the critics; but
you 60 home, certainly, with the puz-
zled sense that there is a problem to
be settled, doubt 70 be solved,
which, until that moment, had never
given a passing uneasiness. 1t is
something like the parson had said
Year: 1868

WHAT A PINT OF BRANDY DID,
A short time ago there was dread
full murder in the streets of a New
England city. The young man who
did the terrible deed had always been
considered as good-hearted, little
wild, perhaps, but generous, indus
trious, and full of good impulses
But alas he woke up the next morn
ing to learn that he was murderer.
I ay to han this, for he knew moth
ing about it. This is his story wit
messed to by others:


-. He and the murdered man were
passing up the street arm in arm, to
an evening lecture. Opposite saloon
they stopped to speak to friend
The proprietor of the saloon, standing
in his sdoor, called the three young men
to"come in, he had something to show
them.


Once within a game of cards was
proposed; then one of the young men
called for a pint of brandy-that's
what he had to show them. ''Some
prime old cognac-a new lot just in. !"


So they played and drank, and
there was quarrel, and that was all
the poor wretched, ruined, young



man knew aboutit. The poor fellow
would wiring his hands and walk up
and down the prison cell, exclaiming;


at was the pint of Brandy that
did it! He was my friend, and I
loved him. I would never have
harmed a hair on his head. Oh, it
was the brandy


Now that was very true. And
yet people people say speaking of
him, 30 he ought to be hung! hang
ing is too good for him !"


But who was the most guilty ?
Ought the man who sold the brandy
90 unpunished ? And in the sight
Of heaven, isn't the rumseller worse
than the murderer? Is hanging "too
good' for him, wonder?
Year: 1868

. The great secret of rthFal economy
is to utilize every thing; corn stalks,


blades, cobs, everything. Every nail
should bepickel up, every leaf should
60 to the manure pile, every bone to
the bone-kiln, every apple pealing to
the pig slop. This is the way to get
rich, while farming in poor country,
10 waste nothing saves great deal
more than stinginess. We have heard
of a rich man who went bare foot, to
have the expense of shoes, and then
had a noble holly in his yard cut down
to prevent leaves from sticking in his
feet. This an example of stinginess.
Year: 1868

The grand jury was empanneled on Wednes-
day, and tho petit jurors were sworn in, but thus
far the business of tho Court has been confined
to hearing and disposing of motions, and making
: up the trial docket. The criminal docket will
probably be taken up in the beginning of next
weeE
Year: 1868

THE reply of the colored citizens of
South Carolina to the insolent Democratic
address which told them they might
choose between voting for Seymour and
Blair and starvation, is one of the most ad-
mirable documents Of the campaign. Con-
trasted with the speeches of Wade Hamp-
ton, Cobb, Semmes, Toombs and the other
Southern Democratic leaders, with the ar
ticles in the Southern Democratic papers,
and the action of the Georgia Legislature,
it is wisdom beside folly. But, apart from
its excellent temper and its unanswerable
argument, it contains vivid picture of the
proposed Democratic policy toward that
part of the population OF the United States
for which it speaks. And that every


Northern voter may understand what kind
of peace is to be expected when Mr.. Frank
Blair's policy of overthrowing the South
ern governments by the sword is carried
out, let him remark this extract from the
reply of which we speak:


"When your Legislature met in 1866
you passed that infamous black code which
is disgrace to civilization. In that you
denied us all rights in common with other
people in the State; you by these acts de-
MED our children the schOOl-house you
imposed penalties upon us which w sc not
imposed ON white men there were crimes
for which, if committed by white man,


he was imprisoned, but if committed by a


black man he was hung We submit to
you whether that course was not enough
to make US disbelieve every protestation OF
love which you make Your laws provid-
ed for taking and binding out our chill.


dren, and subjecting us to all manner OF


disabilities. We could not pursue any


trade or calling in this State without q
written permission from some white man


we could not sell any article of barter
without the consent first obtained from


some magistrate"


After declaring that such policy neces.
sarily alienated the sympathy of the new
voters, and that if the Democratic leaders


had accepted in good faith the proposed


reconstruction, they would have polled q


hundred thousand colored voters fol
Southern instead of Northern white mer
| for office, the address pertinently asks
"Can you ask us to sustain party which


is pledged to divest us of all the privileges
| in law which we now enjoy?" And in q
strain which will find the most sincere re-
| sponse in every generous and manly
| American heart, the address concludes


eff we are to be massacred because we
| refuse to vote the Democratic ticket; il
we are to be murdered in cold blood be


cause we will not sell our manhood, ther


let it come; we can die but once, and if


as you state, thirty millions of white mer


are going to fall upon four millions be-


cause they are black, and will not vote fol


Horatio Seymour and F. P. Blair for Pres


ident and Vice-President of the United


States, both of whom have declared that


the negroes have no right to vote, then


we are prepared to die, but not to vote
to be killed. We ask nothing at the


hands of our fellow-men but a fair chance
in the race of life, and equal opportunities
for ourselves, our wives, and our children
| We ask no more"
Year: 1868

w Sunset Cox did not help his party
much in Maine. He ought to have known
better than to travel in that direction. You
can't cough down a sunrise with sum
set. Not In Maine.--H1rtford Post.
Year: 1868

THE company in Cincinnati which ran
with the first steam fire engine ever used
in the world is continually adding orna-
ments to its machine, which is now glitter
ing with gold and silver. The smoke-stack
alone Ia worth $500 as old metal,
Year: 1868

We publish in another column this morning
an interesting article on our steam vessels,


showing the condition of their machinery. pre-
cautions against fire and the general means of
preserving the lives of the thousands of pas


sengers that travel upon them. It will be seen
that some of the steamers referred to are not
as well provided and as safe as they should
be. Nor is this disregard for the safety OF
humanity peculiar to ocean steamers alone.
The recent disaster on Lake Michigan, by
which nearly one hundred lives were lost,
brought into startling prominence the fact that
the lake steamers were utterly unprovided with
the proper means Of saving The lives Of their
passenger, in the event Of fire or other calami-
Year: 1868

The Defeat Of the Arcnde Railroad swindle.


The bill known as the Arcade Railroad bill
was defeated in the Senate on Saturday, upon
its final reading, by vote of fourteen yeas to
fifteen nays. The lobby sharks have been un-
firing in their efforts to secure the success of
this measure, for which they have been labor
ing all the session, and after the vote had been
announced they succeeded in getting mott on
to reconsider laid upon the table, This is a
parliamentary mode of keeping bill still alive
after its defeat, and is generally resorted to for
the purpose of afIordng an opportunity to the
lobby to buy up opposing members or make
new terms, so that at future day, and gene
rally in the hurry and hustle of the closing
hours of Legislation, the motion may be called up
and passed and the measure be pushed through
on second trial. When there is no great op-
position to bill, and when there happens to
be slim attendance of members upon its third
reading, so that it accidentally fails to receive
constitutional vote, the practice of tabling q
reconsideration is fair and proper; but there
is no reason why any such course should have
been pursued in the case of this Arcade Rail
road swindle. 1t is very well known that the
scheme is impracticable and can only be made
profitable by using it as means of blackmall-
ing the property owners on Broadway or
selling out next year to the surface road.
Every respectable journal in New York has
denounced the job, Notwithstanding the gen.
eral desire for more railroad facilities, and all
the New York members voted against II.
There were only three Senators absent, two of
whom were ''paired of, showing that one It
least of the absentees was opposed to the BILL
Had the remaining two voted in its favor II
would have received only sixteen votes, and
would have still been defeated on full Senate
II is evident, therefore, that the object Of
keeping the measure still alive must be to buy
up some of those Senators whose names are
recorded In the negative. The adverse votes
were Messrs. Bradley, Campbell, Cauldwell,
Creamer, Crowley, Edwards, Folger, Genet,
Hubbard, Murphy, Nichols, Norton, Thsyer
and Williams. Let us see If any of these will
sell out to the lobby If the bill should be again
brought before the Senate.
Year: 1868

The policy seems to be to make as much as
possible out of every vessel that enters Span
ish port, and If money cannot be wrung out of
it by fair means, then it must be by foul.
The merchants and ship owners Of New York
have had meeting protesting against the sys-
tenn of blackmail to which they are subjected
and for the maintenance of which the Spanish
government is responsible. The cases which
they cite justify their Indignation. It is the
duty of the United States government to inter
fere at once and put an end to this iniquity.
If Spain does not know what is right she must
be taught. Where are our ships of war, and
what are they doing?
Year: 1868

The New York ''ring" made q desperate effort
on Saturday to push through the bill to despoil
the Croton Aqueduct Department by uniting it
with the bill authorizing the appointment Of
four Tax Commissioners by the City Comptrol-
Ter, but were defeated by the vote Of the Sem


ate which ordered the latter to third read


ing and sent the former back to the Committee
on Municipal Affairs. This finally disposes Of
the attempt to seize upon the Croton Aqueduct
Department and to displace the present Com
missioners; and the citizens of New York owe
a debt Of gratitude 90 the Senate for Its
action in this matter at least The Central Park
CommissioSand the Croton Aqueduct Board
have thus far been kept aloof from politics
and managed for the interests OF The city.
Year: 1868

More GreenbaciSs and the State Le~;s,.,u-


The political straws pointing towards fur
ther imitation of the currency are significant oe
the purposes Of the politicians of both parties
in view of the Presidential contest. Both tba
radicals and the democrats are anxious tn
make matters pleasant for the people for q
while by adding hundred millions, more or
less, of greenbacks to the amount now in circu-
lation; and the signs of the times are that it
will not be long before Congress takes action
upon the subject The West is still clamorous
for more paper money, and there are very
few elsewhere who do not welcome the
prospect of fresh imitation, with it's attendant
speculation, high prices and temporary pros
perity. Almost every man in business has an
idea that an increase of the currency would
augment his gains; and while the tide is rising
this expectation is not likely to be disappointed,
and speculation in Wall street will be more
rampant than during the rebellion; but it fol-
lows that the ultimate reaction will be cor
respondingly violent, and the fortunes made by
the rise will in too many instances be lost by
the fall. As matter Of course, however,
every one hopes to have placed his affairs out
Of danger before the revulsion comes, and his
motto will be "After me the deluge."


One of the signs to which we refer was
shown in the State Assembly last week, when
it took up the Balcolm resolutions offered in the
early part of the session and passed them.
These request Congress to pass law provid-
ing, among other things, for the payment oe
the national debt in greenbacks. The object
sought is simply an imitation of the currency,
and those who are in favor of paying the whole
of the interest bearing portion of the ma
tional debt in greenbacks will COM
promise with those who are opposed to
it, including the bondholders, by the
issue of the proposed hundred millions
of new paper money, which will have
the effect Of stimulating trade and making poll
tical capital for all concerned. The indications
on this question are not likely to be changedin
any way by the result of the impeachment
trial, the Presidential campaign being the en-
crossing consideration with the inaationsts in
Congress.
Year: 1868

Both afford wide field for sxtravagance and
piunder, and if allowed to be controlled by tbs


Corporation rings would be made more expen'
sive 70 the citizens and more profitable to the
pohucians than any other of the city DEPART
ments The people are aware of the great
advantages the city has derived from the
honest upright and efficient management
OF both these departments, and will thank tha
Senate for having thus protected one of them
from the raid Of the Corporation freebooters.
Year: 1868

respondence with u CnicaSo company
relative to building some Kind of pro-
lection. We sincerely trust, for their
own good and for the good of the town,
that that nsgotiation may be successful.
Year: 1868

This is the law and penalty from
which there is no escape Thousands
are trying to evade it; some by making
their fellow men work for them, others
by depending on money inherited or
accum ulated in former years, but with
out avail. If idle, they starve in the
midst of plenty They may eat to the
full, but eating without exercising is
against the law of Nature, and very soon
the stomach refuses to digest the food,
the body is not nourished, and the man
literally starves though he may feel no
hunger. The hands, the brain, and the
heart must work to live. If you dodge
the labor of learning lessons, you at
the same time miss the strength of in
tellect which mental work brings, and
the mind will pine for want of nourish-
ment. Thousands have starved their
wits in this way, until they wonder how
in life. Many starve their hearts by
never exercising them with noble emo
tions. Selfshnees eats into the nature
like a canker, leaves the man hungry
for affection, but love is the price for
love, and he that will not work in this
field must accept the penalty. It is an
error to think that work was a penalty
imposed on man for having violated
Gods command. Mans nature is such
that activity is the law Of his being
Every muscle and NJ rye calls for en-
ployment that it may remain in health,
and there can scarcely be more terri
BILE punishment than solitary confne-
ment, where the eye, the ear, and the
hands must reman idle. A STOW, pain
ful death will surely result. So then,
boys and girls, strive to love work and
not shun it. Though you may be as
rich as Astor or Stewart in money, yet
your own nature will suffer the pangs of
poverty without active exercise.
Year: 1868

In the course of her remarks the writer
goes on to say :-ssBut it is not true that
ladies desire only to engage IN the
learned professions. We know there
are many of the so called common pur
suits which woman's strength will not
permit her to follow, but there are 9th
ers, not open to the same objection, IN
which ladies are now engaged. In the
village where this is written, the duties
of the post office, and of the telegraph
office are fulfilled, and worthily, too, by
ladies; and others of the same sex oc-
cupy positions as clerks and book keep
ers. They have the respect and esteem
of all, and no one thinks them any the
less womanly because they occupy the
positions usually filed by men,"


1t is in some such way, as indicated
by these two lady writer's, that women
may turn life of idleness or worthless
ness into one of usefulness. The pro-
visions made now a. days by the system
of commercial education, offer to the
female sex all the advantages without
any of the rudeness and harshness of
business experience, and enable them to
occupy remunerative and honorable po-
sitions in life without deserting their
families or homes.
Year: 1868

and would purge the Augean stables Of
the Government Of this leprous horde
of political hypocrites and official scoun-
drels.


The legislation of Congress in every
respect necessary to relieve the suffer
ing financial condition Of the country is
almost suspended, assailed by a vast
, army of office holders, whose leader
seeks only to employ them in resisting
the laws. Congress has had hardly
time to discuss other measure es than
those necessary to defend its own rights;
and if its discussion should result in tho
passage of laws, it is of no use, since
they cannot be executed. The country
needs comprehensive financial policies.
sound currency, safe system Of
banking, retrenchment, and reform in
many departments. Congress can give
even less attention to all this with
rebel in the White House than it could
while the rebels were merely in sight
of the Capitol, but had not effected an
entrance But with Mr.. Wade's acces-
sion, Congress could devote its whole
attention to the practical questions Of
finance, revenue, taxation, retrenchm ent
and reform.


With Reconstruction placed in course
ofspeedy mconsumation, and our reye-
nue. and finances vigorously, economi-
cally and honestly administered, there
is no remaining reas on why the country
should not enter at once on the highest
degree of commercial and business
prosperity. Labor and capital would
resume their wonted activity. Enter
prise would succeed stagnation. Mines
and factories now closed would be re-
opened. Everywhere the country
would feel the salutary effects of a gov
ernment at harmony with itself and with
the majority of the people-one which
could be trusted and must be obeyed.-
n. Y. Tribune
Year: 1868

Mrs. L. Maria Child contributes an
worthy of consideration. Mrs. Child
is too well known III this country as a
writer and as an honest exponent of
good, sound sense, to require any com
ment in this connection. In the course
of the article referred to, she relates the
following anecdote illustrative Of what
woman may do, who is actuated by
good motives, and a desire rather to be
useful than conspicuous 81 have an
acquaintance in the middle class of So
ciety, the income of whose business was
a comfortable support for his wife and
three daughters. The eldest Of the
girls found much of her time unoccu-
pied, except with unproductive fancy
work. and she said to her mother -
why should We all be dependent upon
father for support? If he should die,
how helpless we should be. And even
if he lives and is able to work for q
long time to come, we might relieve him
from much care and anxiety by our ex-
ertions, and we might greatly increase
our own opportunities for improvem ent.'
She followed out these ideas by fitting
herself to be a book keeper. Not salts
fed with q small salary, she diligently
applied her spare hours to acquiring
thorough knowledge Of French and
Spanish; and having an object in view,
she learned rapidly. When she was
able to write commercial letters in those
languages, she soon commanded sala-
ry Of fifteen hundred dollars. Every
morning she walked into the city with
her father, where they parted to go to
their separate places of business, and
met to return home together in the af-
ternoon. Most fashionable women had
probably taken up as much time spending
money during the day, as she had in
earning it, fss-.


We desire also to quote from an arti-
Gle written by another lady, which ap.
peared in the Tribune, few days since
The testimony Of women Of sense on
this subject, is of more value than any,
thing we could write on the subject