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Year: 1868

Whoever owns stock in any railroad or kin
dred enterprise has perfect right to sell or
pledge it to any one who ehoOses-not being
deceived with regard to its value-tO buy it or
loan upon it. Whoever, having the means where
with to buy or loan, chooses to purchase or lend
upon such stock, has q perfect right to do so.
But we strenuously deny the moral right OF
any man who owns no stock in company to
sell what he does not own and promise to de-
liver it on future day-in plain terms, to bet
that the market value of a certain stock will
at that time be less than it is now or less than
some one else bets that it will be. No one has
n right wantonly to subject himself to tempta-
ton to disparage unfairly the value of ansther
mans property. lie who has fairly acquired
stock in n certain company, and who may wish
or need to sell that stock, is wrOnged if you,
having bet that you can do so, depress the
price of his property.


The wrong is monstrously aggravated when
director or other influential officer of COM
pany sells its stock short that Is, bets that
it will be cheaper at a specified future day.
This bet places his interest in clear antagonism
with fidelity to his trust-makes it his interest
that depression and disaster should overtake
the concern which he is pledged to use his best
Efforts TO protect and preserve from such mis-
fortunes. The simple fact that he makes such
bets is of itself damage to the property and
breach of faith with those who have trusted
him with its management.


A law forbidding and furnishing as q misde-
meanor every sale or purchase of stocks or
bonds "on timer is imperatvely required; and
it should provide that any trustee, director, or
other officer of company who should make
such sale, should serve term in some State
Prison
Year: 1868

The Paraguayans, in their stronghold of
Humaita, continue to defy the besieging army
of the Allies. The little news that is received
from the seat of war indicates that for long
time back the Allies have not gained an inch
of ground. There seems to be general dis
satisfaction with the war. The Argentine
provinces which border on Paraguay have
openly revolted against the policy of the
Federal Government. In Montevideo, the capi
tai of Uruguay, there has likewise been a serious
revolt against the present Government and now
we learn that a great pressure is brought to
bear upon the Emperor of Brazil for the re-
moval of the Marquis Caxias, the Commander
in-Chief of the Allies. All this does not augur
an issue of the war favorable to the Allies.
Year: 1868

In our remarks of yesterday approving Senator
ConklinGs opposition TO further grants OF Govern
ment bonds for railroad purposes, we inadvertently
mentioned the Central Pacific Railroad instead Of
the Central Branch of the Union Pacific Railroad
formerly known as the Atchison and Pixies Peak
Railroad), against which the Senator's arguments
were directed. This latter is prolongation of the
Hannibal and st. Joseph Railroad across Kansas,
forming branch tributary to the Omaha main line


The Central Pacific Railroad is quite different line
under distinct company, extending from the Calf
fornia coast eastward Its projectors have carried it
steadily forward since 1862, at cost of over Ell 0OO


600, and have now nearly 10000 men at work in the
Salt Lake Basin. Tho Central Pacific Railroad Com
pany has not asked Congress for any aid beyond the
original appropriation.
Year: 1868

two months to thorough organization, and open
the active campaign on the 4th of July with a
few great meetings and addresses which should
glow and burn with the fire of that great Reyo-
lutionary struggle for " the rights OF Human
Nature wherein the soil of NewJersey was SO
often soaked with patriot blood. After that
let there be a pause but no rest till about the
1st of September, when the farmers will have
CONNECTED their Summer harvest and then let
the State be rocked with meetings and appeals
from the hills of Bergen and Sussex to the
sands of Cape May. Thus fought, we know
that New-Jersey can be carried; and if they 10
not mean thus to fight it, her Republicans may
better not attempt it, and thereby absorb the
time and efforts of speakers who can do posi-
tive GOOD elsewhere.
Year: 1868

We have before us the complaint of Joseph
Ward a naturalized citizen, who says that the
Democratic Board of Registry in the town OF
Seymour, Conn, rejected his application to be
registered on the ground of doubt as to the
genuineness of his papers. The document is
perfectly authentic, issued by the Superior
Court of this city, and bearing the well-known
signature of Robert ID. Livingston, clerk. Mr..
Ward will present his claim again on the SOth
inst, and if then the Registrars refuse to enroll
his name we hope he will apply to the nearest
Court for mandamus to enforce his right.
The Connecticut Democracy are making des-
perate efforts to hold their ground, but when
it comes to robbing men of their votes in
this barefaced fashion, it is time they were
checked.
Year: 1868

1t is reported from Vera Cruz that portion
of the Mexican Government favor the expul-
sion from the Republic of all Spaniards who
will not become naturalized citizens. We
trust the story is not true. To say moth
ing of the essential injustice of such pro-
ceedng, it would have a most damaging effect
upon the reputation of Mexico abroad, as well
as upon its material prosperity. What the
country especially needs is an infusion of new
life and enterprise by means of immigration,
and that it will never have if any class of for
eigners are to be banished in body merely
because some Of their countrymen are supposed
TO be dsaflected toward the Republic.
Year: 1868

The second annual report of the Registrar OF
Vital Statistics has been published, and the
document is deserving of the careful perusal
and consideration of the people of this city.
The report, by its tabular statements, infer
ences, and conclusions, shows to tho public the
necessity of complying with all the teachings
obtained from the more advanced development
of the science of hygiene, and demonstrates
the force of the ancient doctrine, An
" ounce of prevention is better than q
"ponnd of cure.r The more important
statistics contained in the report of the
Registrar are preserved in the synopsis which
Year: 1868

TIE GOVERNMENT IN FAVOR OF CIVIL MARRIAGE.


VIENNA, March l9.--In the Reichsrath, to-day. the
announcement was made by the ministry that the
project for the authorization of the rite OF civil mar
rage ought to pass in spite of the Concordst While
they regretted the inwill of the Pope, the Ministry
considered such an enactment indispensable to the
welbeng of society and should press its adoption by
the Reichsrath.
Year: 1868

During the consideration of the Appropria-
ton bill in the House of Representatives yes
terday Mr.. Hulburd pushed through an amend
ment abolishing the Revenue Service pleasure
boats 1t directs the Secretary of the Treasury
to lay up and withdraw from commission every
revenue cutter on the Atlantic coast not actu-
ally needed for constant use, and specially
marks those in the Bay of New York for
victims
Year: 1868

1t will he seen that the highest Republican
vote yet polled was that for Gov. Ward
67,j25--in 1866 while the highest Democratic
vOte--6s, ,024-was that for Gen. Mcclellan in
1864. The largest total was that of 1865, when
each party did its best, and when Gov Ward
was elected over Gen. RnnyOn by 2,789 major
ity. We estimate the total vote next November
at 10000, and hope to see the Republicans sue
ceed by about 1000 majority. They would have
carried their State in 1864 had her COpperhead
Legislature of 1862 enabled her volunteers fight
ing in Virginia to vote as they shot"


The figures above given show that no wait
ing race will answer. The State can be carried
if the right work is done throughout; it cannot
be carried by doing nothing to any purpose till
September, and then expecting to 20 through on
spontaneous combustion and hurrahs for Grant.
The work first in hand is the systematic diffusion
of the best Republican journals giving prefer
ence to those published at home. Let every
house be canyasscd forthwith and every man
induced to take the Republican journal of his
own choice who can be-and, if there be voter
too poor to pay, let some generous neighbor
pay for him. The stirring events of our time
especially the trial OF the President by the
Senate on the impeachment of the House
makes almost every man an eager reader of
the news; and concerted, determined effort
would extend the circulation of Republican
journals in New-Jersey by at least thirty thou
sand copies before the 1st Of May. Then give
Year: 1868

The Senate yesterday passed the bill TO re-
lieve certain manufactures from internal taxa
ton. 1t now goes back to the House for
concurrence on amendments The text Of the
bill passed yesterday is given in our Washing
on disnatch
Year: 1868

JOHN BRIGHT.-At recent banquet at Bir-
mingham, at which the American Minister
was present, Mr.. John Bright spoke at length.
The following extract from his remarks should
serve to a'lay the doubts of those who have
feared that his influence on the settlement Of
the Alabama claims might be unfavorable:


have often said-I have said it in Parlia-
ment have said it in your town han, and /
have said it q hundred times in private, that
though we had legal right to recognize the
belligerent rights of the South, we had no
moral right to do SO at the precise time or in
the precise manner ia which it was done. 1
bave always said, and / maintain, that it was
done at a time when and in a manner which
caused injury and unnecessary offence to the
government and people of the United States.
IT that had never been done there would have
been no corsairs, because no Englishman
would have ventnred to appear on the ocean
as mere sailor or fighting man on board
ship of war, ii he knew that ship of war was
not legal ship of war. Therefore if that re-
cognition had not taken place there would
have been no corsairs, and the extreme diffi-
Culties which we met would have been avoided
Year: 1868

subscriptions are being taken in Brussels
for a poor crippled girl who went to Jail in
place of her sister, who had been conde mned
to weeks imprisonment for some trivial Of
fence. The young heroine was tried for this
fraud and sentenced to three months in prison,
but she will not have to undergo the punish
ment In answer to question why she sub
stituted herself for her sister, she said that the
latter was able to support her mother, and she
herself was not
Year: 1868

The DARIEN CANAL.-lt is asserted at
Washington that there have been two sets of
negotiations pending at Bogota between the
United States minister and the Colombian
government in relation to the canal First,
the company formed to dig the canal applied
in proper form to the Colombian government
for a concession of the right of way Second.
the United States interested itself In behalf Of
this company, and in order to secure the es-
tablishment of the canal and to protect it,
made negotiations for treaty similar to the
one recently signed between Nicaragua and
the United States. Notwithstanding the good
will manifested by the Colombian government
the negotiations have not made as much pro.
gress as our Secretary of state desired, and
this condition of affairs decided him to send
Hon. Caleb Gushing to Bogota with power to
effect an early settlement of the question.
Under the treaty proposed by Mr.. Seward
commercial regulations are to be reciprocal.
The harbors of Colombia are to be open to our
ships of war. The citizens of either country
while in the other are to have all the privileges
that are extended to those of the most favored
nations. The citizens of either country in case
friendly relations are disturbed. are to have six
months or n year in which to settle business
affairs, ii they wish to leave Our people are
to have the right of transit. The canal is to be
protected by Colombia, and by our govern
ment if that power fails in its duty, and tariff
regulations of a reciprocal character are to be
established
Year: 1868

1t must be confessed that this newly devel-
oped tuber that creates such sensation in
the public mind, has a beautiful name, but
we suppose it would taste just as well if it
were called by any other name. Aside from
its musical appellation, this potato is un-
questienaby very valuable addition to the
products OF the farm, and il is all the more
valuable since the old varieties bave become
so much deteriorated by disease and other
causes. In Vermont it has produced quite a
pleasing sensation among the farmers OF tnd1
noble State. 1t is better known IN hu-iand
county than in any other portion d the State
because il has been more cultivated there
Those who have grown the Early Rose con-
slider it very much superior to any Other vari-
ETY. of potatoes hitherto experimental with
both in quality and productiveness.


The originator of the Early Rose is Mr.. Al
Year: 1868

The undersigned, feeling the need Of
with when business matters go wrong,
and being lonely with no one to hate him ;
and whereas, having arrived at the proper
age, he is therefore determined TO " come
cut"


Sealed proposals will be received until
II O'Clock p. m., of the 31st of December.
1853.


Applicants must possess beauty, or its
equivalent in currency
She must possess a sweet and fOrglv-
ing disposition, and when one cheek is
kissed turn the other-that is if the right
man is kissing.


She may not chew gum.


Nor wear long dresses in the street.


Nor frequent sewing circles.


Nor go aroma begging for charitable
purposes.
Nor read the paper first in the morning.
Nor talk when l am sleepy.
Nor sleep when am talking.
Nor trade off my clothes to wandering
Italians for flower vases.
Nor borrow morey from my vest pock.
cts while l sleep.
Nor hold looking glass over my face
at such times to make me tell all know.


She must believe in sudden attacks of
chills, and make due allowance for their
effect on the nervous system.


When her old bear' comes home from
"a few friends," rather affectionate, she
must not take advantage of his state and
wheedle him into trip to the watering
places.


And above all, she must not on such
occasions put ipecac into the coffee she
prepares for Lis "poor head"


She must sit up for him when he hap
pens to be detained to late hour on his
| committee.


But when he does return, tired and
chilly, she will be expected to roll over to
the other side, and give him her warm
place.


A lady possessing the foregoing quail
fications, positive and negative, can hear
Of something to her advantage by ad.
dressing the undersigned, enclosing red
stamp.
All proposals must be accompanied
with satisfactory evidence of the ability
of the applicant to support husband in
the style to which he has been accus.
toned.
Year: 1868

An exchange says, it was report
ed last Winter that the sheds built
by the Pacific Railroad Company
to protect their track from the deep
SHOWS of Sierra Nevada mountains
were crushed by the weight of
snow that fell upon them, and
that some other method of protec.
ton would have to be devised. 1t
seems, however, by a letter in the
San Francisco Bulletin, that this
plan of shielding the track has not
been abandoned. The company
are now engaged in erecting sheds
over the cuttings and other exposed
points. They are Of heavy timber
frame work, with pointed gable
roof, and look as if they could
Withstand anylpressure of snow
Nearly forty miles of track will
have to be thus covered, and the
timber required will be enor-
nous. Not less than twenty
two sawmills, most of them run by
steam, are run night and day, en-
ploying nearly 1000 men, and yet
they do not work4up to the needs
of the company. In a few weeks
twenty-eight mills will be running
It is estimated that it will require
no less than 800, 600 feet of, lum-
ber to construct a mile of sheds.
So great is the demand, that the
country on both sides of the track
is being rapidly denuded of its
forests. iosl aei11 81 Z
Year: 1868

The MAELsTR6M.-The Mael-
strom of our chiIdhood's geogra-
phies is a myth Alate reporton the
Norwegian fisheries says that it
sis SO little thought of by the inhab.
itants that they pass and repass it
in their sail vessels at all stages of


the tide, except at certain times in
the winter season, and far from
drawing in whales and other things
that come within its range, ap-
pears to be a favorite resort of the
fish ofthe country, and the fisher
men reap rich piscatorial harvest
from its bosom. The greatest rate
of the tide in the winter does not
exceed six miles in an hour
Well, let unfeeling science give up
the maelstrom; but poetry and
rhetoric will yield their faith in it
only when they cease to believe
in Scylla and Charybdis. gosss
Year: 1868




In times liks these when an
unscrupplous legislature is subsid-
izing venal presses and editors to
misrepresent, abuse and libel the
people, it behooves those upon
whom these cowardly attacks are
made to stand by those journals
which have defeated them in such a
telling manner as to bring down
upon those journals directly the
vindictive vengeance of the Radi-
cal party and the rankest proscrip-
ton ever attempted in a free coun-
try. If the Democratic press
could live ON compliments, never
had newspapers better Claims to
wealth than are afforded by the
revengeful course of the Radical
legislature of this State. 1t was
a great compliment to the press
for those men to invoke the SOW
ereign powers of a great State to
crush it out, and it ought to be
one of the strongest inducements
for the people, whose rights and
liberties were thus hagrantly vio-
lated, to stand up like men and,
if need be, register their solemn
oaths that the Democratic press
shall not be muzzled or put down,
but that its mighty arms shall be
strengthened and upheld, by vol
untary aid if necessary, while 1T
is championing the cause OF the
people and striking down the
saunt fiends who attack them.


And. we warn the people in
time that they will need such
champions to avouch for their fe-
ality to law and for the honesty
of their purposes. Radical lies
will be more abundant in three
months than black berries were in
June, and who will deny them
when the local press has been
crushed into silence? And crush.
ed it will be, we are candid in say
ing. unless the people come to its
relief and support it as they would
their ministers and their public
servants of every kind. Robbing
The local newspapers of legal pat
'ronage was a vital blow to q great
many journals in the State. 1t
will starve them out, unless other
patronage is provided. Let the
people take warning, it they are
resolved not to permit the kadi-
calls to make long stride towards
. despotism, and devise measures
to sustain the paper that sustalns
them.


- NJ, Vorl restaurant keep
Year: 1868

Burglars Rave twice entered
the safe Of a GAINESVILLE Wis J
merchant, buthave fonnd nothing


He has now left a notice on the
door, that there is nothing inside
that they would care to take, bat
if they wish to see for themselves
they can find the key in q pigeon
hole of the desk by its side:i eiI
Year: 1868

os The following is a good rule for
finding the contrast OF any color :
aCut out circular piece of the
petal of any flower and put it on
white paper, look at it fxedly for
a few seconds with one eye, then
look off the color on to a piece OF


white paper, and you will see the
bright ring of another color; that
ring or circle is the right compile
mentary. color or contrast to the
color in the petal" ,sl.lf...s,..4
Year: 1868

81 wonder what makes papa tell
such stories," said youngster,


"about hiding the schoolmaster's


rattan when he went to school,
about his running away from the


schoolmistress when she was GO
ing to whip him; then shut me
up all day in the dark bedroom be-
cause tried just once to be as


smart as he was 2"
Year: 1868

Mr.. BEECHER ON EVIL DOERS Hundreds
of people went away from Plymouth Church
unable to get inside of the house Sunday even
ing week 'Abhor that which is evil was
Mr.. Beecher's text lie said that there was
growing tendency among church members and
others to allow wckednCss to grow and flourish
from a mistaken idea that every man should
attend to his own business. Others cOmpro-
missed with their c0nscicnccs until they became
Indifferent as to whether the guilty were
brought to justice or not New York has
nearly as many churches as dens OF intamy,
yet the pulpits Of that city allowed all kinds of
corruption to grow within its borders until it is
second only to Sodom and GOmorrah. Busi-
ness men who stand high in the church set ex-
amples before their clerks that ought to make
every honest man abhor them from the bottom
Of his heart, Ministers are supposed to be the
mouth piece Of God, yet they grow fat IN the
service Of the Devil by keeping silent when they
should lift up their voices and expose the
wickedness of corrupt men IN hlghpIaces.
Justice is bought and sold, or knocked down to
the highest bidder The very word Judge
stinks, and could some of these ministers OF So
called justice be placed under parental rule once
more, to have the scenes of their childhood
renewed, it would be blessing to them and to
their country. Were all the villainics of men
in high places brought to light, they would
include all the crimes known to Sing Sing and
Auburn 1t is time for some one to 9 thunder,
or society will be overwhelmed with the cor
ruption of its members. The foundations Ol
the Government are supported by votes


When these votes are bought and sold the Gov
ernment rests on quicksand. This is baC
enough but what shall we say when Legisla
lures are put into the market? The only dit
ference between New York and Albany is tina
the latter place is 100 miles further up the riy
er. The people must rise and show their alb
horrence of these wicked men. Until The
church and its members do this, we are at thu
mercy of swindlcrs and thieves. In his praye


Mr.. Beecher called on God to have mercy ol


the judges, and take them away.
Year: 1868

CLING CLOSE TO THE Rock, JOHNY.-A
long train of cars, fourteen or fifteen, were, a
few months since, passing over the Alleghanv
mountains, on their way eastward. They were
crowded with passengers. As the iron horse
snorted and rushed on, they began to feel that
it had begun to descend, and needed no power,
but the invisible power of gravitatiOn, to send
them down with terrific swifjness. just as the
passengers began to realize their rsituatiOn, they
came to a short curve, cut out of the sold rock
"a wall Of rock lying on each side. Suddenly
the stream whistle screamed as if in agony,
"put on the brakes put on the brakes =
Up passed the heavy brakes, but with no ap-
parent slackcning of the cars. Every window
! flew open, and every head that could be was
thrust out to see what the danger was, and
every one rose up in his place, fearing sudden
destruction What was the trouble?


| Just as the engine began to turn in the curve
the engineer saw little girl and her baby
| brother playing on the track. In moment the
cars would be on them the shrek Of the whistle
started the little girl, and every eye looking
over could see them. Close to the rail, in the
upright rock, was little niche, out OF which
a piece of rock, had been blasted. In an instan
the baby was thrust into this ninch, and a
the cars came laundering by, the passengers
holding their breath, heard the clear voice of th


little sister on the other side of the cars ring out
"Cling close to the rock, JOHNNY cling close t.
the rock !" And the little creature smugget
in and put his head as close to the corner of tn
rock as possible, while the heavy cars whirleC
past him. And many were the moist eyes tina
gazed, and many a silent thanksgiving went u
to heaven.


In few hours the cars stopped at station
where an old man and his son got off the train
He had come so far to part with his child, VIII
was going to an eastern city to live, while tn
aged father was to turn back to his home. A
the dangers that would harraSs the son SCENE
to crowd into tie father as he stood holding tn
hand of his boy-jiust now to part with him
He choked, and the tears filed his eyes, and a
he could say was, Cling close to the rock, m
son -