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Year: 1869

A spider living m the country, and
having followed his business for time in
an obscure corner, determined TO travel .
little for improvement Of taste, and also
for any advantage in business which might
turn up. by his good fortune he turned
his steps TO flower garden, where were
displayed thousand blossoms of every
variety and hue. As we always compare
new things to something we have seen be-
fore, so in his mind he compared the col
| ors of brilliant flowers TO the various in
scots which in his chronological studies
| he had become acquainted with. Elated
with all he saw he passed ON, sometimes
creeping, sometimes throwing a suspen-
sion bridge from pier 10 pier Of flower
stalks until the thought occurred to him
that he had not dined or supped. Accord
| ingly he looked around for place where
on to spread his table, for spiders are
accustomed TO spread their table first, and
then to sit down ON 1t or near 1t to see
what good fortune will send them.
At length, after several selections and
re-selections, he found saloon of the
most admirable description. IT was moth
ing less than morning gloryl If he had
| only known the name which 1t bore in
the catalogue he would, suppose, have
been still more preud than he was of his
/
| which can boast name as long as u Span
ish princess, as this did. Ut was the Ipo-
med hederGced superbd grdndi f0ry)
| Across the opening of this splendid bell
| the spider stretched his web In the
morning first saw him there. The dew
| was fresh on all the leaves. He said to


himself" :"This is the very cell of pleasure


There will be enough hungry flies or other


insects coming here for honey 1t shall


be my business to entertain them when


they come"


Alas for day dreams While he was


thus fondly expecting his guests, / saw a


humble bee ofth largest size, heavily fly


ing from blossom to blossom, from colvul-


vuli bell to bell, and the thought crossed


my mind how queer it would be if he


should visit the spiderl Sure enough he


seemed to have caught up my thought for


in a second he carried his great blundeI-


ing body right down to the bell and dashed


his head through the web; but not liking


it he made of, like Samson, with part OF


his prison on his shoulders.


Meanwhile the spider seemed far more


alarmed than the bee, and sank back into


its flower house. Misfortunes never come
single, it is said About an hour alteR this
encounter / went out to see how the
, travelled spider was enjoying himself HI
, and both had forgotten one thing, ant
that is that on fair summer mornings tn,
| convulvuli shuts up its blossoms by ter
o'clock. While the spider lay securely in


side, the edges had folded down and close
5 the opening entirely! The flower hat
|, proved prisonl


| All, ye who spin webs of evil across tn,
y places of pleasure, and lurk for the des
t truction of the simple, may your refug
: prove a snare, and may you be caught Il
, the very net which you spread for others
Horny Ward Beecher.
Year: 1869

MARRIED IN SPITE OF THEIR TEETH,-
Old Governor Saltcnstal of Connecticut, who hOur-
shed some forty years ago was a man of some
humor as well as perseverance, in eleciing the ends
he desired Among other anecdotes told of him by
the people of New London the place where he re-
sided is the following: OF the various sects which
have Ourished for their day, and then ceased to eX
ist was one known the ROgerstes, 20 called rom
their founder, n John, or Tom, or some other ROg-
ers, settled not far ircm the gOodly town aiore said
The distinguishing tenet of the sect their denial
of the propriety and scripturality' Of form of
marriage. 1T is not good for man to be alone; "
should 'cleayc TO her husband" But then this
should be Il matter of agreement merely, aud the
couple should come together and live man and wife
dispensing with all the forms of the marriage cove
nant The old Governor used frequently TO call
upon Rogers and talk the matter over with and en-
deavor TO convince him of the imprOprcty Of living
with Sarah as lie did. But neither John nor Sarah
would give up the argument II was a matter of
conscience with them; they were very happy to-
gether as they We're; of what use then, could a
mere form bel Suppose they would thereby es-
cape scandal were they not bound TO " take up
the cross" and live according to the rules they pro
lessedg The Governors logic was powcrless He
was in the nelghborhood Of John one day, and
meeting with him accepted an invitation to dine
with him. The conversation a. usual turned upon
the old subject:


discussion of the point, "why will You not marry
Saraht Have you not taken her to be your lawful


"Yes. certainly" replied John but my con
science viii not permit me to marry her, in the
forms of the worlds people


Very well. But you love her


"Yes"


And respect hor'"


And cherish her rs bone Of your bone, and flesh
VI your heshy'


Yes; certainly do.


And you love him, and obey him, and respect
him, and cherish him Z!
" Certainly, | do


- Then" cried the Governor rising, " in the
name Of the laws of God, and of the Commonwealth
of Connecticut pronounce you man and wife l''
The rage of John and Sarah was Of no avail the
knot was tied by the highest authority In The
State. ~
Year: 1869

"A California correspondent Of the n.
Y. Tribune says there are hundreds OF men
out of employment in that State, and they
cannot get work. Those who do get
work have TO carry their beds from place
TO place. When the harvest is done there
is nothing for the laborer 10 do until the
rain falls, about the list OF November


The San Francisco papers publish only
the good side Of affairs In California, and
say nothing about the bad side. Farm
hands cannot average more than six
months work In year. This is better
country for capital than for labor. A
farm laborer in California must have his
own bed in every instance, or sleep in the
hay-stack and if he asks the owner of the
farm where he applies for work, he is told
TO buy his own blanket. A man has TO do
his own washing also, or pay from $3.50
70 $500 dozen for washing and then go
from one mile TO two 10 get 1t done, eX-
cept in the city, .dtrI. afAl
Year: 1869

All of the daily journals published in
Havana are very much excited over the fact
that the HERALD Of the 9Th inst contained an
entire page devoted to the news Of the volun-
teer revolution in Havana, with full accounts
from the field of operations in the interior,
extracts from the Spanish journals in the
principal towns, and from the patriot journal
published at the seat of the republican gov
ernment, telegraphic dispatches and mail cor
respondence from the important points, with
translations of important documents and edi-
torial comments on and explanations of the
principal points of the news. All of this our
Spanish contemporaries believe we did with
the secret intention of affecting the course of
events in that island, and because we intend
to overturn the Spanish colonial government
in Cuba, and to place the Havana volunteers
in false position before the people of Europe.
have issued an address to the Spanish nation,
full and exact translation of which they will
also find in our issue of yesterday.


1t has long been apparent to us that the
Havana publishers have no knowledge Of inde-
pendent journalism and very limited know
ledge of journalistic craft in partisan publica-
tions. If they had possessed the slightest
inkling of the former they would not have
gone out of their way to find reasons for the
publication Of full news reports in the HERALD.
The excitement which the paper is producing
among them only proves the variety of its
sources Of information and the value of its
news reports. We have long since known that
newspapers which look at the world only from
partisan and one-sided point of view always
find full and impartial reports of events to be
Machiavelian. We advise our Havana contem-
poraries to keep cool and read the HERALD.
They will then know what is really going on
among. themselves, and perhaps come to
understand the true drift of the important
events which are transpiring in their midst.
Year: 1869

There is a growing demand on the part OF
our citizens of every class tor suburban homes.
1t may become almost mania 30 soon as pro-
jected underground and elevated railroads
shall be completed, bridges connecting New
York and Brooklyn shall be constructed and
present means of access to the country shall
be multiplied in every direction. The supply to
meet this growing demand is also increasing.
Although no really heavy transactions in
city real estate have been recorded within the
past few days the ease now exhibited in the
money market will tend to make speculation
more animated than it usually is at this sea-
son, and the HERALD publishes every day
goodly number of advertisements of real es-
tate for sale in town. But it has lately pub
lished twice as many advertisements OF real
estate for sale in the vicinity OF New York
city. We hear of no fancy prices, but, on the
contrary, many desirable places have been
offered on moderate terms by real estate
holders of residences. Real estate agents are
bestowing more intelligent attention than ever
before upon those mines of future wealth to be
opened ere long at innumerabe points in the
.
tance of the City Hail. 1t is noteworthy
fact that some of the most far-sighted, expe-
rienced and successful real estate operators in
the Western cities, which have grown with
such marvellous rapidity are now devoting
themselves to purchasing, laying out and i'm
proving farms near this city, adjacent to each
other and covering together large tracts of
land, where the New Yorker, smitten with
passion for rural life, may, according to his
purse, make choice of building lots for villas,
farmhouses or cottages. 1t is wise to secure
such lots before speculation shall have ab-
sorbed them all, running up prices to an exor-
btant figure


AT present there seems to be no lack Of
places for healthy, comfortable and delightful
suburban homes, conveniently near New York.
You are invited to choose river-bank villas
along the Hudson, or picturesque sites on
Staten Island, or equally eligible sites for
splendid villas and for cheap country homes,
with fine views of the Sound and sweet rural
scenery in Rye, the Eden of Westchester
county. The four noble estates, Rye Park,
Kingsiand Place Con the Eastern Boulevard),
Glen Dale and West Rye, which are to be sold
at auction to-day, are types of the many &C
cessible and admirable places for building
suburban homes in Westchester county-a
county correctly described as the natural and
easy outlet to the crowded and increasing
population of New York city. If you care less
tor the picturesque than for the practical and
the profitable you can buy the level garden
grounds on Long Island or the unctuous fats
on the near lands of New Jersey, that paradise
of fruterers and vegetable growers for the
market. Our citizens will be blessed with
better health and will live more as they ought
to live when much larger number Of rich and
poor alike shall be able to enjoy every day tho
pure air of the country.
Year: 1869

tions are-the money question, the Alabama
claims, Cuba and Mexico. Upon the money
question Mr.. Boutwell, is on the right track,
with occasional deviations, no doubt, from the
true line; but still on the right track in his
programme of reducing the debt, the expenses
and the taxes Of the government, while enlarg-
ing his cash resources, and steadily and not
spasmodically gaining ground towards the
specie standard. Spectators, gold and stock
gamblers and financial ktefyers generally
do not like him; but in their complaints we
have the best evidence that he is doing we'll for
the Treasury and the people at large. Thus
far he is about the only member of the Cabinet
who has done or is doing anything to give any
show of life and activity in the administration,
and he may by perseverance aud faith become
the head Of the corner.


On the Alabama claims we must be content
to await the lifting of the curtain; and so with
regard to Cuba, upon which question we expect
the curtain to be lifted month or two hence,
with the official disclosure of the overtures of
our new Minister, General Sckles, to the Span
ish regency of President SerranO Concerning
Mexico, it appears that the arrival there at
headquarters of our new Minister, General
Nelson, had caused considerable futtering
among the natives, from the apprehension that
his mission is to ''gobble them all up" from
the Rio Grande to Yucatau; but here, too,
we must await the developments of his inn
pending negotiations 1t is manifest that upon
all or any of these great questions the present
administration has ''scope and verge enough
for glorious success, and scheming politicians
may be too fast in now pronouncing General
Grant, upon the threshold of the Alabama
claims, Cuba or Mexico, failure.


At all events, the experience of the last
forty years has taught us that the surest way
to kill of. Presidential candidates is to trot
them out before the time. Thus we think
the over Jealous friends of Mr.. Colfax are in
fair way to put him 'down among the dead
men" and that, on the other side, Mr.. Chase
is repeating his old mistake of being too early
in the field. 1t is folly on either side to talk
of Presidential candidates when the policy of
the administration in the interval to 1872 may
so thoroughly demolish the two existing parties
as to bring into the foreground new men and
new measures, with two, three or half dozen
new political parties and factions.
Year: 1869

TIE FIRE COMMISSIONERS lament that the
Mayor will not meet them in the Board of Es-
innate and share the responsibility of saddling
the city with the expense of building new
fire alarm telegraph. This just touches the
very point the Mayor makes. He might not
like the telegraph they mean to build-he
might not consider new one necessary. He
could give no effect to his opposition, but he
could take share Of the responsibility and
does not want to. SO he stays away. Cannot
they mandamus him?
Year: 1869

tion-What is the Prospect


1t is rather early in the day to be talking of
Presidential candidates for 1872 and yet various
little pipe-laying republican cliques are in
existence each in the interest Of some leading
and aspiring politician for the next Presi-
dency. The opinion prevails in the republican
camps that General Grant is not to be candi-
date for second term, and the party mana
gers are evidently resolved to rule him off the
course. 1t was not from choice, but from
necessity, that they took him up in 1868. He
saved the party, but he has his reward. The
republican State conventions, as they take
their places and proclaim their doctrines for
the coming fall elections, endorse General
Grants administration, the fifteenth amend
ment, &c, but say nothing of the succession.
Nor have we seen, so far, from any republican
journal even the most shadowy hint Of the
probability Of the adoption Of General Grant
as the party standard bearer for another term.


In all this there would be nothing extraordi-
nary were there no movements afoot looking
to some other champion for the succession.
But very remarkable becomes this universal
silence in reference to General Grant when we
find,. for instance, Mr. Colfax trotted out in one
place and Mr.. Boutwell, in another as the
coming man, and we cannot avoid certain
line of reasoning when we are informed that Mr..
Sumner is riding the Alabama claims question
as Presidential hobby, and that General
Butler is engineering the administration on
the negro question in order, for 1872, to secure
the inside track. In all these movements,
rumors and speculations we are strengthened
in the conclusion that it is an understanding
among the republican managers that General
Grant is to retire at the end Of his present
term We think, too, the opinion prevails
that this understanding is perfectly agreeable
TO General Grant; that, in fact, he has no
further ambition as a public man except a
wish to go quietly through his one term and
then gracefully TO retire, as an inexperienced
dancer walks through quadrie, satisfied il
he has created no confusion, torn no lady q
| train and crushed nobody's toes But as il Is
not The FIRST swallow that brings the spring, SO
it Is not the first quarter Of the first year Of a
new administration that determines its policy
or its destiny.


Under any circumstances these Presidential
movements, upon the question of time, in be-
half Of Coliax, Sumner, Butler or any Other
new man would be unwise and waste o
labor; but ir view Of the great issues upon
which this administration is to stand or fall, Il
is utterly preposterous on the part of this Of
that republican clique to be pipe-laying nov
for 1872. There are three-yea, four-ques
tions, upon all, or upon any three, or any two
or any one Of which General Grant may 81


shape his course as to be perfect master Of thu
succession, as completely so as was Jackson il


1882, OF Lincoln ip l9Gi These four qqes
Year: 1869

THE LOTTERY OF INSURANCE. In the days
Of the lotterys glory companies used to pub
lish lists showing the high probability of
mans winning a prize. Nowadays the in
surance companies publish something not un-
like those lists in stating the number Of
policies that have become payable within
year of their issue only these insurance tables
also show the probability that man will die
in the same year in which he insures his life.
Year: 1869

speech 10 tho Soldiers.


On Thursday the Emperor Napoleon visited
the camp at Chalons and addressed the SOL
diers. The day was the anniversary of Solfe-
rino, that great day, ten years ago, when
Napoleon humbled Austria, gave Italy to the
Italians, and proved to the world that the
nephew had inherited some of the genius of
his uncle. The address was such as might
have been expected in the circumstances. Like
all his speeches, it was a little hifalutin:- -
''Preserve the remembrance Of the battles
fought by your fathers and yourselves; for our
victories are the history Of the progress OF
civilization you will thus maintain the mill
tary spirit, which is the triumph of noble over
vulgar passions; it is fidelity to the flag, devo-
ton to country. Continue in the same course
and you will always be worthy of SO great
nation" Such were the grand words OF the
Emperor on the occasion. 1t is easier to say
than to prove that the victories of France are
the triumph of noble over vulgar passions"
1t is the first opportunity that the Emperor
has had since the elections to give us a bit Of
his mind, and it is fact not unsuggestive that
he has spoken to the soldiers. So long as
Napoleon has the army on his side it is we'll.
But this speech to the army seems to imply
something more than desire to be on good
terms with the army. 1t seems to point to
possible requirements for the army beyond the
frontier. To our mind this last address of the
Emperor shows that he is fully alive to the
situation
Year: 1869

nifty and decorum, even in the most exciting
and embittered party contests but the moral
which it teaches is that Of highly respectable,
generous and reckless spendthrift who dies
only after having exhausted the patience and
the pockets of his friends
Year: 1869

WHAT KIND or CHARITY P-Attention is
publicly called TO The fact that little girl
uttcring "a cry of despair threw herself
from the third story Of House Of Reception
for Juvenile Delinquents in West Thirteenth
street, at four o'clock in the morning last Mon
day Was IL discipline" OF the kind made
familiar in Oliver Twist that drove tho child
to such an acta
Year: 1869

rhe DAILY HERALD Will be sent to subscribers
for one dollar month.


The postage being only thiry-dye cents
quarter, country subscribers b7 this arrangement
can receive the herald at the same price it is
Furnished In the clty.
Year: 1869

No FOURTH OF July excursion, perhaps,
could be Of more interest than that TO the
Gettysburg battle field but we advise all who
go to take a portable house and cooked rations
sufficient to last through the whole trip.
Year: 1869

GENTLEMEN:-t am not speak
cr, because mn not Il man of cdu-
cation, but I am 4 Southern man,
anl have the interest Of my people
at heart, and Ileairc to talk to them,
and l will continue by telling them
an arccdote. 1--WE omit the ancc-
dotc to abJrcviatc-lscg.) The IN
dian once owned this country, and
for while lie and tho white man
lived together, they fell out, CD You
ere trying to fall out with tho white
man; and where is the Indian to-
day? See him On the streets as he
comes from his pine bark shanty,
to sell liyht-wood at ten cents
load for bread. This is what YOU
arc coming to if you follow the
miserable teachings of Radicalism.


Ieamc near going the way Of the
Indian over year ago. At that
time was working on Daupbin
street railroad, and getting ninety
dollars a month in their shops. 1t
was a fat place for me. I was
growing rich and happy, my wife
and children were happy, for VIC
were laying by good sum every
month, was working with my old
owners and friends, and some Of
these Radicals came and put their
arms about my neck and said:
"Brothcr come with me to the
League; it is the place for you, the
place to help you" am sorry to
say SO, but went; I listened to the
lying promises and pledges Of the
men 1 met there. In few DAYS
the President Of the road; who
paid me ninety dollars a month,
came to me and said, "Clay, you
are forsaking your people and help
ing these carpct-baggers stuff their
pockets and ruin us with taxation.
Ii you go and vote with these peo-
pie you must leave this shop"
stated this fact to the League the
night before the election, and three
hundred men got up and said, "Go
and vote, and we will stand up fol
you,; this is what the League is
for" did go and vote and the
noxt day I was walked out of tho
shop. In two weeks my family
had no home, and I was ncarl,
twelve in a shanty without any roof
out Of town and hardly piece O.
Bread to eat. Where were my
League friends then? went tc
them, and they turned away and
did not have time talk to talk te
me, and if some of the gentlemen
had not come and taken me ur
again, I would have starved fol
bread.


One other Of my League friends
got in the guard-house, short time
after the election, and sent for some
OF the League lawyers TO get him
out. Tho lawyers would not &c
near him, because he could moi
raise fifteen dollars. The man Il.
Year: 1869

The Washington correspondent of the
Cincinnati Times makes the following
accusation against Andrew Johnson:


The late President always boasted of
his integrity and his honesty. and his
farewell address pOmpously proclaimed
that no one could charge htm with COR
ruption or having received n cent which
did not rightfully belong to him. 1t
has been discovered since he left the
White House that he carried away with
him all the books of record belonging
to the Government, amounting in value
to upward of three thousand dollars.
These books were mostly heavily bound,
costing from thirty to ninety dollars
each, and were paid for with the public
money, and he had no more right to
take them than he would have TO carry
off the furniture. paintings and statuarv
from the White House. These books
comprise all the records of civil, mills
tary and diplomatic business which
transpired during his term and that OF
Mr. Lincoln.


Before Lincoln came into Office, no
such records were kept at the White
House by former Presidents. Lincoln
commenced the practice, and at his
death all the records renamed at the
White House. and came into possession
of his successor. The clerks who kept
these books were attached TO the Treas
ury Department, detailed for duty at
the White House. Ii is probable that
Congress will order an investigation.
and, if it can be done, compel the re-
firing President to disgorge. A person
connected With the White House. know
ing that the books were being boxed up
TO be removed, endeavored TO have them
stopped, and applied TO a magistrate for
N warrant; but, as he had no title in the
property, and il was scarcely believed
that Johnson intended TO carry off the
public property, nothing WAS done to
prevent il ="