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Year: 1869

Those who are acquainted with the couleurd de
rose character of the Editorial Washington cor
respondence of the Richmond Wing and Rich
mond Dispatch in reference to the progress and
prospects of the 'New Movement, as publish
ed daily for a month from the meeting of the
Committee of Nine" in Washington, whether
they favor or oppose the 'New Movement, :"
and whether or not they think it has done q
''great deal of good, will enjoy the following
witty and humorous satire published in the
Enquirer and Examiner Of the 9th inst.
Year: 1869

H A busy mauis . loeomo olive. and
life track. Every night be drives into
'.tbe house," and stops. Every morning
be is fred up anew. and away be goes
switching Of 10 one direction and then
in another. 10 this routine Of business
be forgets that the physical organisation
is of the most delicate kind. II hard
iron locomotive needs constant care. and
to be we'll oiled up and rubbed of every
day. how much moro necessary is it that
al men and women should use Plants
tion Bitters, which are the ne plus ultra
Of everything which is necessary to keep
the system in perfect tone Of health.
Year: 1869

From the Phlladeiphla Ledger.l


The inventor of the pistol, whoever he
was, and the origin of the weapon, we
believe, is shrouded in some obscurlty,
certainly conferred anything but benefit
upon the race. IL ia said that the first
pistols we're made at Pistoja, in Italy,
which town still has considerable manu-.
factures of fire. arms and fine cutlery.
The invention probably was recon-
mended at first as protection against
violence, but as there is nothiBg to pre-
vent footpads, highwaymen and sssas-
sins from providing themselves with the
latest improvement in the way OF pocket
firearms, the safety of the honest man,
however we'll armed he may be, is rather
endangered than promoted by the inven-
tion.


Perhaps the difficulty cannot now be
avoided, but in one view it is very un-
fortunate circumstance that the police of
our cities are provided with these dam
gerous implements. The arrest Of a
murderer by the use of the pistol may
perhaps be paliated; but the shooting
even of a criminal under such circum-
stances is punishment before trial And
when, as is not unfrequently the case,
innocent by-standers or passengers are
wounded, it is poor consolation that the
preservation of the peace involves the
danger of killing or manning peacesble
persons. The law requires such formal
tiles before military force is employed,
that those who value their lives aud
limbs have a chance to get out of the
way. But when the police force is
military force disguised, any unfortunate
man in a public street may have his life
imperilled,


But il may be said that rogues, thieves
and bullies 60 armed, and the police
therefore must be armed too. There is
law against carrying concealed deadly
weapons, which ought to be enforced.
The finding of pistol or any other wea-
pom upon the person of disorderly,
should be as strong presumptive evidence
against him as the finding Of skeleton
keys in the possession Of q thief. There
vas a time when a tramper, or any other
person "withost visible means Of sup
port" found with pistol in his posses
lion, would require very strong evidence
Year: 1869

a RUNAWAY HUsBAND.-The New Orleans
Picayune of a late date saws:


AT an early hour Saturday morning a verv
pretty young lady. announcing herself as re.
Gently from Springfield (Ill.) called on the
Chief of Police to make inquiries about her
husband, who she said was some sort of an
agent in this city, and was named James
Flower. She said he invari bly, made
Southern tour in the winter. and although
she could never understand just exactly what
his business was, she was sure it was prof
table one, as he had supplied her with mon
ey far exceeding her modest requirements.
Not having heard from him for several
months she had become uneasy and deter
mined to seek him be e. Her modest lady
like demeanor. her exceeding prettiness,
interested the Chief-who ever has an eye to
female beauty and he begged TO be given
description of her husband, that he might
ascertain if he was still in the city. The
description was furnished, and in addition a
photograph of the party of whom she was in
search. Imagine the surprise Of the chief
and his officers when it was recognized as the
picture of a well known thief. Surprise held
them spell-bound. 1t was evident that the
wife knew nothing Of the husbands occupa-
ton. and to tell her was an office that no one
cared to undertake. The man had been in
the Workhouse for several months, which
accounted tor her not hearing from nim 1t
Was sad duty to perform. but the Chieffelt
that she ought to know the truth, and as
tenderly as he codld the intelligence was i'm
parted. Her look of horror, the cry of bitter
anguish that came from her lips, attested
how little she bad known of the the truth.
Year: 1869

The Providence Or. I.) Journal, conser-
vatiyc Republican paper, at the conclusion of
a well-rcosoned article in opposition to further
amendments Of the Constitution on the sub
ject Of negro suffrage, expresses the following
wise opinions


"It is never too wise to cngrart nero abb,
stractions upon the Constitution, nor is it wise
to change it at all unless for some great benz
eft to be secured. The frequency with which
changes have been recently proposed has been
mischievious in its effect. The people, not
without reason, have become alarmed at the
prevailing readiness to alter the fundamental
law of the land, They see that by these fre
qucnt changes which are proposed for tempo
rary ends the Constitution itself is gradually
wearing away, and that the Government is
likely to become at length a very different
Government from what it was at the beginning
Experiments in Legislation arc mischievous
enough in their effects upon people, but they
are harmless in comparison with experiments
upon the Constitution. The practice of change
once begun is in danger of going to excess
and the facility of change once established
diminishes the sanctity of any obligation which
the Constitution imposes, and impcrils any
guarantee which it contains. 1t is better to
endure here and there an imperfection than
to incur the risk OF having our whole system
of government destroyed by two r'any at
tempts to improve 1t.
Year: 1869

GKN. FRANK P. BLAIR's opinion of Gen.
Grant has not changed. In recent speech
in New York he said:


HHe is a man of stubborn character he
may not be very broad in his views, he
may be narrow and obstinate, but ne is
resOlute and unflinching-and the mCsi
dangerous man the country contains al
this hour. He has q will that knows no
swerving from any plan that he has enter
ed upon. His courage is most determined,
and though he may not have great capaci
ty, or very great intellect, yet when he
has once entered upon the pursuit of an
object, he maintains it with invincible
courage and untiring labor. In my judg-
ment, so far from being a man at whom
we ought to scoff, and treat with contempt
he is man who ought to be carefully
waiched-a man of whom we should fear
the worst things. A man who has pur
pose and has power to back him very fire.
quently exceeds in his achievements man
of far greater comprehensive capacity
This man, in my judgment, is one of that
class of men. / consider him q man of
sluggish nature, he Is fond of pleasure and
devoted to enjoyment and will occupy
himself with those things to the exclusion
of business. But when a crisis in our af-
fairs occurs you will find he will apply
himself to business with far more industry
than is agreeable to the country. Zap
plause.) And it may happen that he will
gain such power, and be enabled by COM
binations of army power and the negroes
in the South to overcome the Northern
people,"


Grant may be q Cesar in disguise, in
the qualities of cunning and determination,
but In no other qualities. This session OF
Congress will develop who is master of the
situation. sE ssA -tt
Year: 1869

The Knoxville Press and Herald says:
The announcement that the Legislature
of Tennessee had deliberately empowered
the Governor to suspend all civil law at
will and proclaim himself military die
tator, would, but few short years ago,
have startled the people Of Tennessee
like lightning stroke from cloudless
sky, and would have aroused such
storm ofindignation as would have driven
the couspirators against popular liberty
from their disbonored seats. But to-day,
go accustomed have the people become to
tyranny in the false guise of loyalty-so
often and so long have they acquiesced in
and submitted to usurpation and violent
dominion-that they are expected to bow
their heads uncomplainipgly to the yoke
and submit their limbs to the shackles
without a grimace or murmur."


We think the Legislature has mistaken
the spirit of the people Of Tennessee.
They have shown every disposition to
support the civil authorities in the en-
fercement of the laws for the protection
of property and of the citizens of the
State. 1t is worse than idle to assert that
it is impossible for the civil officers to
enforce the laws in any portion of Middle
Tennessee, fer the very reason that go
attempt has ever been made that failed.
The truth is the civil authorities have
made no effort TO arrest the lawless
bands of desperadoes, who are setting at
defiance civil law" Ifit is from cow
ardce that these civil officers have failed
to discharge the first and highest duty
they owe to the State and the counties
from which they derive their authority,
they should be punished severely. The
calling out Of militia should be the last
resort. In this case it is the first.
And now the militia is to be
quartered upon an unotfendlpg
people, not for the purpose
of enforcing the laws or of aiding the
civil authorities in their en- forcement; {;
but to harasss long suffering people
aud crush them beneath the iron heel of
despotism. The militia will not be sent
out to protect peacesble citizens, but to
prey upon them. We have proof at this
in what was done in the summer OF 1867.
We fear that the scenes which have just
been witnessed in Arkansas will be re-
produced in all their horrible, revolving
forms in this State. We very much mis-
take the temper and spirit Of tke people
if such outrages will be submitted to-
They will do their duty as peaeeabls,
law abiding citizens, and when neces-
sary will aid in enforcing the laws tor
the protection of the lives and property
of their fellow citizens, but we have no
idea that they will submit to the indigni-
ties and outrages which in the temper of
the people from which the militia will be
drawn, it is almost certain they will at
least attempt. Union.
Year: 1869

We have been able to gather but few
additional particulars in regard to the
presence of carniverous wild beast in
the Whites creek settlement of this
county, some account of which was given
ia our paper of Sunday morning. A
gentleman from the section mentioned
yesterday informed Us that the tracks
discovered in the snow and mud are
larger than could possibly be made by
panther of ordinary size, and that hence
many persons who have observed them
suppose that they were made by some
larger animal. The fact that such large
perlions of the bodies of the beasts killed
were so soon devoured has also a ten
deucy to strengthen that impression. A
angle panther could hardly have con-
sumed so much food in such short time.
1t is significant, too, that some of the
best huuting dogs in the country will not
long pursue the trail of the beast when
placed upon it, but turn at the first cry
of the monster, and seek to get in the
rear ot tic hunters What it is. where it
came from, and how to capture it, are the
all-pervading questions of the excited
people troubled by indications of its ter
rible work. Organized and persistent
efforts to overtake and destroy the dread
full beast may probably result in some
astounding developments inside of day
or two In the meantime the city re-
mains quiet, and the boat at Hyde's
Ferry continues to cross the river at
regular intervals Nashuille Union.
Year: 1869

Machines for the artificial production
of ice, have recently been exhibited IL
Boston, Massachusetts. The process
depends on the principle that when q
fluid substance is converted into vapor,
an immense amount of heat is required
in order to overcome the cohesion of the
particles Of the liquid. This heat must
be obtained from surrounding objects,
such for instance as the air, or in the
case of freezing machines, from the
water to be operated on. One method
depends on a modification of the COM
mon lecture-room experiment of freez-
ing water in a vacuum. The machine
consists of an air pump, by which the
vapor from the water to be frozen is
drawn through oil of vitriol, which alb
serbs it as fast as it forms, aud thus aids
in preserving perfect vacuum. In
about an hour the water is entirely con-
verted into ice. The vitriol may be used
ten or fifteen minutes without changing,


The other method consists in the use
of pair Of iron distilling and condensing
vessels, united together by an air-tight
joint, and capable of resisting pressure
of one hundred and fifty pounds to the
square inch. The distilling vessel is
Sled with wstery solution of ammo
mia at the maximum point Of ssturation.
Heat is then applied, the smmoniacal
gas is driven of, and passes over into the
receiving or condensing vessel, where it
is soon liqui6ed by the constantly
increasing pressure of the vapor-s pres
sure of ninety seven pounds to the square
inch being sufficient to hquify the gas at
Temperature of fifty deg rees Fahrenheit.
When the condenser is filled with pure
fluid ammonia-a colorless, pungent
ieuid-the FIRE is extinguishsd, the re-
msining water in the distilling becomes
cooled and redissolves the column of am
moniacal gas standing above it. A
vacuum is thus formed, aud the liquid
gas Immediately begins to distil back and
redissolve. The heat nee esssry to effect
this redisiillation is distracted from the
water to be frozen, which Is contained in
q cylindrical mould. placed in the inter-
nal tube Of the condensiug vessel. By
the larger forms Of this machine four or
FIVE hundred pounds Of ice may be made
in an hour; and 1t is claimed that for
each pound Of coal burned, eight to
twelve pounds Of ice are formed.-Phila
delphid Public Ledger.
Year: 1869

A Rocky mountain paper publishes an
obituary notice Of the famous Jim,
chief Of the Washoe Indians, who died
recently. He is said to have been a
good though a very dirty red man. BE
possessed q well-balanced head Of hair,
and stomach enough for all be could get
to eat His regard for truth was notable
he never meddled with it. he left no
will, and his estate, consisting Of = pair
Of boots, will have to be settled BY his
heirs throush the medium Of a game OF
old slsdEe. After hfs's iiful fever and


gue be sleeps we'll
Year: 1869

DIR. LENERCIER.-Thls gentleman gave a
course of very entertaining and instructive
lectures In this city last week. On Saturday
last Gen. Grant and staff spent some
time in the law building listening to the
Doctor and examining his models. The
Presldent-elect was highly pleased with the
interview.
Year: 1869




a fow days ago our friend Jaqucs was
hurry!ng home from business Ut was
cold aud dinner was waiting )he saw a
good old apple woman (the very one, in.
deed, from whom he buys the daily ap-
pies that top off his luncheon,) in a
dreadful plight. As we were saying,
the day was cold the air was nipping
aud eager, and the thermometer was
just at that point where it becomes i'm
possible for human beings to see their
fellows in misery aud not desire at least
to help them. Good o!d Mrs. Crowley
had determined to rest herself = little
after the speculatiohs Of the day, and ii
not to sleep at least to dream over the
number of people who had pounced up
OH the apples with detective spots, con.
fidingly trusting in their unspotted,
polished sides placed carefully upper
most. She had wrapped her shawl
tightly round her well wadded should :
crs, she had wrapped her blank ct round
the lower part of her person. she had in-
inserted her feet snugly into her we'll
lined carpet foot bag, she had prepared
herself to be thoroughly comfortable for
the next half hour, when on giving her
stool a slight hitch, to make rything
just right, the drafted leg slipped of
the curb stone. and down went poor
Mrs. Crowley into the miserable gutter.
She was % tightly awarthed that Il wal
impossible 10 extricAte herself, hand OF
foot, aud the feet imprisoned in theii
we'll lined carpet foot bag, flew up sim.
ultaneously, and overset the apple
stand. Could Jaques. or any man with
the least scrap of pity in him, see such
q sight, and not rush to the rescue? Not
be, Jaques was one Of n leset ~tXantx
Year: 1869

Monopolistsf" Surely, The Express and The
Post never reach that land of luxury for the
Million! Ought not the deluded to be warned
Or are they too infatuated to heed the truth


And here are our neighbors of the DOmin-
ion, swarming over the line in thousands to
work for the mill-tyrants and bloated op-
pressors of Massachusetts,, as well as to buy
lands and till them in Minnesota and Kansas
You would naturally suppose that they would
know better than to leave a cheap country,
where taxes are light and Protection unknown,
to brave the hardships and horrors of this af-
flicted land; yet they are coming this year as
they never came before-even abandoning
their lands unsold to take shelter under the
starry flag, because they find more work and
better wages here than in Canada. Why don't
"NO Monopoly" talk to them7
Year: 1869

We venture once more to ask the journals
of our State to take up the New Constitution
which the People are to accept or reject at the
State Election next Fall, and commend it to
thoughtful consideration. There are doubtless
some who will vote against this, as they would
vote against any new Constitution but, what
ever the prepossessions of a voter, it eau do
him no harm to acquaint him with the essential
facts The submission of this Constitution in
four distinct portions or parcels-no one being
allowed to vote for or against the whole-is
very unfavOrable to its adoption; and it will
be necessary that its friends should be active
and vigilant But, whether the People shall
accept or reject it, we urge that its provisions
be seasonably and thoroughly canvassed.
Year: 1869

Gov Boutwell, has not always seemed to us
to move as rapidly and as vigorously in the en-
forcement of the sinking fund clause in the law
of 1862 as might properly have been desired. But
the country has already seen the excellentresults
of the action he has taken in this regard, and
will give cordial welcome to the announce
ment made this morning that he proposes to
increase by over one-half his purchases of
bonds for the next two weeks. If instead
he were doubling or trebling those pur-
chases for the next year the qualification felt
at his course by all who believe the golden
doctrine of the Presidents Inaugural, concern
ing the duty of enforcing the laws, would be
even greater than it Is
Year: 1869

We knew it! We fOresaw it-nay, we even
made bold to print our fears about it. Boston
virtue was not equal to the occasion. They
promised that they would make no speeches at
Gen. Grant, and ask him to make none; but
the spirit of the Peace Jubilee, which is
not spirit of holding their peace, pos
sessed them all. Three distinct speeches
were visited upon the President, and
an grafton quite remarkable as coming
from him was extracted in reply to one of
them. We were prepared for any wonders this
week in Boston, and we felt sure that, while so
much sound was in the air. the talking faculty
of the speech-makers could not be suppressed by
anybody's resolution. Since it was to be SO
we must commend Mayor Clafin, President
Pitman, and Speaker Jewell for their remark
able grace of brevity.
Year: 1869

The meager extract which we have OF the
letter written by Napoleon TO one of his depu-
ties does not draw upon our surprise or ad-
miration The Emperor has not taken the
lesson Of the elections to heart or he is too I'M
perous as yet to confess it. The Empire mas nc
thinks too much self-respect to yleid 10 eA'erilai
pressure, and he hints that 1t Is not worth
while at present to concede 70 the opposition
All this depends upon the strength OF the
pressure and the Opposition. The Emperor
arrooates majority of the Legislative Cham
her 70 himself, but we do not suppose will rest
content with that majority, or the contents OF
Lis nresent letter
Year: 1869

Lovers of the national game will be inter
ested in our report of the spirited contest yes
terday between the Atlantic Club of Brooklyn
and the noted Red Stockings of Cincinnati.
New-YOIk does not easily yield the palm in
baseball; but the Buckeyes are too much for
us. They set out some time ago to try the
mettle of the Eastern players, and so far they
have gone on from one victory to another,
winning if we remember rightly, every one of
something like a dozen pitched battles. Their
conquest of the renowned Atlantics caps the
climax and fills their measure of triumph.
They are indeed a splendid company of young
men, and most worthily uphold the honor OF
their GREAT State.
Year: 1869

At last dispatches have come through the
Allied and Paraguayan lines from our lost
Minister This good fortune we owe not to
the offices of our accredited agents in Brazil
or Uruguay, but it seems to an adventurous
Euglishman. The Allies even yet are distant
from victory, and cannot enter upon operations
till July To the several enterprises lately re-
ported of Lopez the European telegrams add
another attempt to blow up a steamer of the
Allies Most of the recent undertakings of the
Dictator bear the stamp of vigOr and, to
some extent success The Allies, unless ably
led by their new commander, the Count d Eu,
have as clear chance Of failure as the des-
perate tyrant they seek to overcome.
Year: 1869

The late decision Of the United States Su-
preme Court, limiting the effect of the Legal
Tender act, already bears golden fruit The
State of Missouri, in a correspondence pub
lished elsewhere, announces her prompt
obedience to the tendency of the decis-
ion, and takes rank beside Massachusetts,
in her fidelity to the spirit, as well as to the
letter of her contracts. The interest and prin-
cipal of her State bonds are to be paid in July
next, ,and henceforth in gold coin. We cordially
commend the act. 1t is as wise as it is just
its policy is as beneficial as its principle il
clear; and State thus volunteering to do at
her own cost a right act not absolutely com
PEELED may we'll reckon upon an abundant re-
ward
Year: 1869

Some light was east upon the present manage
ment of our new Board Of Education, in the clos
ing debate of yesterday evenings session. We
trust the people of the city and of the State
will remember Mr.. Woods explicit declaration
that the minority members of the Board have
no privileges extended to them; that their
rights are ignored, and that on the shoulders
of the majority must, therefore, rest every pro-
ceeding of questionable character adopted by
the BOARD,
Year: 1869

The fatherly care with which Gen. Grant
watches over the interests of his American
children, is shown by the fact that upon being
introduced to Gen. Underwood of Boston, at
West Point, the Grst question which the Presi-
dent asked was, whether the Coliseum might
not tumble down by reason of too pOnderous
Year: 1869

The last features;of interest in the late ex-
animation at West Point are gathered tOgethe
in letter from our correspondent given this
morning. We have the formation of an assO-
citation among the graduates of the Military
Academy, an address by Prof, Davis, the grand
average attained by each graduate, and the
announcement of the foremost students in the
class
Year: 1869

Whoever wants to know all about the blasts
of music wherewith Boston is well nigh blown
away, must look to the graphic and graceful
accounts of our special correspondents. Here,
as everywhere and always The TRIBUNE leads
the press of the country in the excellence of
its renorts