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Year: 1869

legislative character and ,experience-men who
were sent to Albany years ago without seeking
to be, and who came away as poor in purse
and as rich in reputation as they went. Such
men can be found if they are sought; if they
have dropped out of view, so much the worse
for the State and for you! Hunt them up and
bring them forward


Almost any intelligent, honest Republican
could name man for Senator from his district
whom the breath of calumny never sullied-
who is universally recognized as capable and
wOrthy-and whose nomination would be hailed
as a premonition of success. "But he will not
"run,n is commonly added. Just take him up
and elect him, and then, should he refuse to
serve, you will be blameless. But don't assume
that he will finch from his duty, and make
that an excuse for neglecting yours!
Year: 1869

Groton, Mass, is the homo of Secre-
tary Boutwell,, and to its rural shades Gen.
Grant retired last Thursday, being "the first
president who ever passed a night in the
"town." But poor Gen. Grant, instead of being
allowed TO walk about and examine the cows
and the sheep. and hear the birds keeping their
Musical Jubilee, was compelled to attend n
reception and to "shake hands with over
"three thousand persons.' 1t is a remarkable
evidence of his power of endurance that after
this he was able to take the train for Worccs-
ter, where there was another reception" the
hand shaking, however, being limited


Ever since we have had any distinguished
men they have been forced to go through this
ordeal. Some Of them have endeavored to
compromise by giving two fingers instead of
the whole hand but for daring this innova-
ton Members of Congress have ere this lost
their beloved seats. If great man should
put his hand behind him and refuse to shake
at all, we, the people, might in time forgive
him; but we all resent the two fingers, and
expect the whole five or none. Yet, when one
comes to notice the mechanical way in which II
lion shakes hands, the regular pump-handle
movement with the GLOW do you dop OBJ
ligdtO, one ceases to care much for that kind
of honor or entertainment, whichever it may
be considered.
Year: 1869

| The State of New-Y York will choose next Fall
an entirely new Legislature-thirty- Sena-
tors and one hundred and twenty-eight Assem-
blymen. We judge that the Houses will not
only be new, but composed in the main of
new men, We solicit thereto early and general
attention.


If our new Constitution shall be ratified by
the PeOple-as we trust it may be-the respon-
sibiities resting on this Legislature will be very
grave. The salaries of most State Officers are
to be fixed by it, and important general laws
are to be framed and passed. We trust our
Legislatures generally are to be abler and purer
than they have been. but this one should be very
decidedly so.


We ask the People to look about them forth
with for fit candidates, especially for the SEN
ate, and to take especial care not 10 concen-
trate on those who bore and buttOn-hOle, pack
delegations, and trade Their way into one House
or the other. Let these fellows stand back lit
tie; they have been in the foreground long
enough. Stop the nomination of all who have
been selling their votes and your rights to
"rings" of corruptionists; but if you fail with
any of them in the nomination, make a sure
thing of it at the polls!


If you let any of these thieves get nomi-
mated, don't Iun or write to us begging
that they be let up "just this time for the
good of the party; for it will do no good. Our
judgment is fixed that the good of the party
requires the defeat of every one of these ras-
Gals, and that their threats that they will 20
over to the Sham Democracy and take their
friends along are TO be defied from the start
If an honest, faithful, worthy Democrat shall
in any case be run against one of these thieves
and one of them must succeed, never hesitate
to vote for the Democrat if a Democratic
thief is run against a Republican ditto, nomi-
nate an honest man and support him to the
end, though he should not get ten votes. You
must not in any way aid the election of a
known cOTruptionist; but, if one of two such
must be chosen, we trust that it will not be
that one who has bargained and lied himself
into Republican nomination.


We hope to see regular nominations" in
some instances spuned from the outset, and
candidates nominated by public requisition.
Let the best men of q district come together,
look the field over, fix upon the ablest and
fittest person who can be persuaded to stand,
and then sign a public call on him to stand as
a candidate. If this be infuentially, season.
ably and resolutely done, regular nomi-
nations" if attempted, will not be much in the
way.


Try to find candidates who will not need
newspaper Endorsement or commentator. There
are such in almost every district-men widely
known, esteemed and trusted-for whom their
teilow-citizens will vote for what they are, and
not Tor what others may say of them. The
candidates usually run of late could MT run at
all but for their regular nomination they have
to be certified and pulled in if they get in at
all. You can find at least one man in each
district whom the electors will come out to
vote for because of what he is and can do
not because his name is on the ticket.


1t would be well to nominate some men of
Year: 1869

The Government has not yet found cause or
occasion to cOncede to the Cubans belligerent
rights. Such is the substance of an important
declaration made to-day from Washington.
The authorities there, it is said, have no proof
positive that the Cubans have been able
to hold q single town, tor any official
advice that the opposing forces in Cuba
have ever met in the open field. There is q
further avowal that while the Spanish Minister
has been frankly told that the United States
sympathize with Cuba, he has also been assured
that they hold themselves bound to enforce the
legal neutrality. Our authorities have been
selling surplus arms TO all buyers without ask
ing questions, and we suppose that Cubans and
Spaniards have alike had chances to buy


The course of the Government has been evil
IDENTIFY inspired by caution and fairness. But
we have to take serious exception to one of
the statements which have been made appa-
renty with semi-Oflical assumption. Surely
our Government knows better than to have
said or to have quite believed that
neither of the parties in the island have fought
in the open field Cuban, Spanish, and Ameri-
can testimony has been given of the fact that
they have fought battles, severe enough con-
sdering the nature of the country and the
forces on both sides The opinion is general,
grounded on the best evidence that can be
extracted from Cuba, that the encounters
in the Sierra Cubitas, at Las Tunas, and
lately at Puerto Padre, rose TO the rank of
battles. We grant that the Government may
have no official advice Of this fact-but has it
any to the contrary 2-has it, in fact, any
specifically official advice whatever that we
may take as authoritatve2 We have no
agent with the Cubans, and it appears to be
not safe to believe the Spaniards In
short, it is very fair question whether the
Government has any agent in Havana capable
of giving it certain or trustworthy information
of the Cuban revolution. What is so far limited
to us only seems to show that the informants
of the Government are either not sufficiently
self-possessed, or are not enabled by circum-
stances to find ont what to believe.
Year: 1869

Importance tostfe British dominion in America.
1t was announced in Parliament that the former
province contained vast mineral wealth, and
that the Coal Company of Vancouver had raised
its dividends eighteen or nineteen per
cent. Nevertheless, we hear occasionally
from Victoria that the province is chronic
suffer financially and induStrially, and, to some
extent, Loyalty, if we are to value such pleas
for annexation as come to us through its jour
nails True it is that great many settlers in
Columbia are Americans, and a great many OF
its Britons are loyal but so long as the colo
nies there have but half-life, the proximity OF
the laws, institutions, and prosperity OF
the United States will be tempting.
British America has but one remedy
for the desire of annexation, and that
is to rely upon herself to awake at
once to the enterprise of opening up great
part of this continent, and to grow as we have
grown. She can thereby center the attention
of her millions on her own empire and destiny.
But we fear that under the slow going
methods of Great Britain, her growth will not
be fast enough
Year: 1869

As a consolation for all women who believe or
fancy that they are kept in too limited sphere,
we are happy TO announce that at the Munich
pal Celebration of the Fourth of July in BOs-
ton the dear old Declaration will be read
by young lady, and very prettily, no doubt,
will she read it. 1t has been objected that the
assertion that call men B." are equal, will be an
unpleasant one for ga female" to enunciate;
but it must be noticed that the word "men
is here used generically, and comprehends men,
women, and children. No argument grateful
to the minds of the Women's Club can be
fairly deduced from this Boston innovation
for we believe that the reading of the Decla-
ration has often been confded in that city to
older pupils from some of the higher schools.
Yet we congratulate the Hub on having adj
yanced
Year: 1869

We have no doubt the Fire Commissioners,
if not the general public, will be sadly giieved
to learn that Mayor Hall and Controller Con-
molly decline to act as members of the Board
of Estimates of the Fire Department. The
MAYORS chief objection to serving seems
to be that himself and the Controller,
being a minority of the Board, could not them
selves determine the estimates in case all the
Fire Commissioners should happen to disagree
with them. We find relief in being able to
coincide with our facetiOus Mayor in the opinn-
ion that the Board can lose nothing by their
Mahsencen
Year: 1869

A correspondent, who seems to speak OF the
matter from personal observation, writes to
The Boston AdrertSer "There is no doubt
"that party exists at the South, especially
"among the wemen and young men, whose
"adherents cherish stubborn hope that the
"Confederacy will be eventually established"
We would not underrate the importance of this
fact, but, at the same tim5 we are not disposed
to Overrate it. Some years must elapse before
those who fought or who suffered for the Confed-
eracy will cease to lament its collapse and to
dream of its restoration. These are human
foibles which need awaken no apprehension.
The power which could originate and, for
time, maintain Southern rebellion is gone.
If the slave States had any reason for Sc
ceding, it no longer exists. There are thousand
motives for remaining quietly in the Union-not
one for crafty attempting to leave it, which
should influence single young man or woman.
Year: 1869

1t almost takes away ones breath to read OF
a churchman rising in Protestant Episcopal
Conference, and demanding that g the misera-
"ble dogma of Apostolic Succession" shall be
expurgated from the Book of Common Prayer.
This is what DR.. Bowen of Ohio did in the Con-
ference at Chicago on Thursday last We do
not exactly understand whether the Conference
went with the Doctor or not; but it certainly
did pass a resolution in favor of removing from
the Prayer Book "all words or phrases SEEM
ling to teach that the Christian ministry is a
"priesthood.n The Church has now a Commit
tee of Revision, which is declared to be "a
"bOdy in perpetuityP This would seem to go
pretty far toward the existence of a sect within
a church which abhors sectarianism; and if we
may judge by the past, a schism seems not inn
nrOhable
Year: 1869

The Agricultural Department gives us q
valuable summary of the present condition of
the crops throughout the country. The re-
suits Of the prolonged wet weather this Spring
may be traced in the reports of the too
luxuriant growth of wheat and of late corn
planting. Cotton promises as yet a larger
yield than that of last year; but the Depart
ment seems to believe that the return in dol
lars viii be no greater
Year: 1869

Marshal Serrano, though a fair-minded
Spaniard, INDUCED the error of his race when
he proposed to treat the Cuban subject as poor
Spain has treated so many others-by post
ponement. 1t was not his fault that the Gu
bans rebelled. lie had, in one of the frankest
representations ever made TO Queen Isabella,
pleaded for such opportune reforms as would
have saved her province. But he had, no more
than the rest of Spain. the power or the genius
10 perceive that the Cuban trouble demanded
an instant application of the most revolution
ary reforms All that Spain won by her rebel
lion Cuba should have won at the same time
Emancipation and autonomy were alike needed
by both in the settlement Of the provincial is
sue. Time proves that they could not with
safety be deferred a day, and the mother
country finds TO her cost that, whether she
will OF not, these principles in the
most radical shape are about to be won for
good by her rebels To have made something
less than q Canada of Cuba, and to have de-
creed a speedy emancipation, would have been
possible but for the inherited blindness and
weakness of Spanish administration. Marshal
Serrano may have said measuraby the truth
to the Cortes when no averrcd that not the
revolt in Spain, but the iniudicious impost on
planters and merchants incomes, directly ex-
cited the Yara and Camaguey outbreaks, but
every one knows that this tax was only drop
in the well of Cuban wrongs. Considering
what Spain is and has been, it may seem
almost unreasonable To expect any decidedly
moral policy from her leaders but it is very
certain that she has had TO pay roundly for the
want of it,
Year: 1869

No information is more desirable to a certain
important class of immigrants than that which
relates to the cheap but highly fertile and
profitable fields of the Southwest. The de-
tailed and instructive letters which we give
to-day from Texas and Arkansas will meet
demand for correct intelligence of the resources
of those States.
Year: 1869

Nothing could be thought of more qu
aintly beautiful than the terraced walks,
the magnificent staircases, the lovely gar
dens with their fountains and their flowers,
that surrounded this castle.


With the warm inspiration of the
Duchess's lovely and life.giving presence,
Dunrobin seems to us like a beautiful
dream. And though the rose of England
is now faded, though leaf by leaf drop
ped from it IN that long and weary trial
of debility and sickness which must end
the most prosperous life, pet it is COM
foriing to think that the noblest and
sweetest part of what gave the charm there
is immortal.


Patient continuance in well-doing was
the great effort and end of her own life
and her husbands, And of all that they
possessed, this patient continuance is the
only thing that retains permanent value
in the eyes of God or man.
Year: 1869

The completion of the Pacific railroad
will incidentally increase the danger OF
the removal of the capital to some
point near the centre of the Mississippi
valley. Heretofore the Pacific coast
States have been one in interest with
those of the Atlantic coast upon this
question. Their people, coming East
by water, landed on the Eastern coast.
and hence the capital was more accessi-
BILE at Washington than IL would have
been at Chicago, St. Louis or Omaha,
although the latter places are In actual
AIRLINE distance from one to two thou
sand miles nearer TO the Pacific than
the place first mentioned. Now that
the railway is completed, however, this
is all changed. The travel between the
two oceans will now be by rail, and
Omaha, instead Of being practically al
most two thousand miles Jurther from
San Francisco than Washington was
will now De that much nearer to it..
The result Of this will be 20 add the in
huence of California, Oregon, Nevada
and tho States yet TO be formed west of
the Rocky Mountains. 20 that of the
great and rapidly growing States Of the
Mississippi valley in favor OF removal
of the capital further west.


As the rapid increase of the West IN
wealth and population is constantly in
creasing its preponderRnce Of political
power, there is reasonable probability
that IL may accomplish any political
end which IL seriously undertakes, in~
rluding the removal of the capital
Washington Chronicle.
Year: 1869

WE publish this morning the call OF
the Mesgher County Republican Cons
mittee FOR Primaries and County Con-
vention. The prospects for a success
full campaign there are highly encour-
aging, and we hope every Republican
will DO his duty in the contest. What
is meant by "re-organizing the party
we are at a loss to determine. The Re>
publican party needs no reorganization.
Il is a unit, intact, in earnest, and pre-
sents 8 solid front TO the foe IT IL is
the appointment of a new Territorial
Committee that is thus limited at, expe-
rience should sufficiently indicate that
the sentiment of the Republicans OF
Montana is not in favor of the deciding
of that matter by County Committee.
The Territorial Convention is the place
10 discuss and decide these matters. The
facts of the case and the wording of the
paragraph would indicate the Commits
tee refer TO Meagher County, in which
case we trust they will be eminently
successful in their work in the County
over which their jurisdiction is unques>
Year: 1869

The call for the Gallatin County Re
publican Convention will be found in
in another column. The Chairman has
neglected to mention the fact that Mem
bers of the Legislature are to be nomi>
mated. That there may be no failure
in the nomination for the House and
Council, we will publish, in q day or
two, the apportionment for the several
counties. Letters from various portions
OF Gallatin mention tha: the Republi-
cans are thoroughly in earnest and will
make the campaign highly interesting
tor their opponents. They won victory
last year, and doubtless will this.
Year: 1869




BERLIN, March 4.
Tho sessions of the North German
Parliament began yesterday. King
William opened tho proceedings with "a
speech. He said the first duty of the
North German Confederation was to
maintain peace and friendly relations
with the other powers OF the earth. All
the other nations of Europe had shown
a disposition for peace. The result of
the Conference at Paris on the Eastern
question demonstrated that there was a
general desire for peace. The King
closed with the following: a nation
saving its strength and having a will to
respect the Independence of others and
to maintain its own, can surely count
on peace, as foreign powers will not
molest it, and the domestic enemies OF
order are powerless to preventit.
Year: 1869

An Act in reference to certifying checks by na


tinnal banks.
pre-entatives Of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That it sha be unlawful
for any oficer, clerk. or agent Of any national
bank to certify any check drawn upon said bank
unless tNe person or company drawing said check
shall have on deposit in said bank at the time
such check Is certified an amount Of money equal
TO the amount specified in such check and any
che k - certified 10y duly authorized officers shall
be q good and valid litigation against such bank ;
and any ofFiCer, clerk, or agent OF any national
bank violating the provisions Of this act shall
subject such bank to the liabilities and proceed
in-s on the part of the comptroller as provided
for in section fifty Of the national bar king law.
approved June third, eighteen hundred and sixty
four'
Year: 1869

At the last meeting OF this association, an in
strument called bathometer was exhibited by the in
ven.ors and an explanation OF the method OF its
operations given. After setting forth the difficulties
encountered hitherto in the attempts TO sound the
sea ana the devices introduced to overcome them
description Of the instrument exhibited was given.
Its success depends uDon the new and inge-
nious method adopted TO secure the buOyancy OF
the plummet. This Indispensable quality is OBJ


tanned by the OF hollow glass balls three or four
inches In diameter, the glass having thickness of
about one-tenth of an inch, Of such lghtness to


float with half their surface above water, and sui-
Client strength. shown by actual test with hydrau-
lie press, to sustain pressure OF four ana half
tons TO the square inch In outward appearance the


plummet is simply q wooden cylinder with


rod a lew feet IN length rising from the
top and terminating in little FURNISHED


silver ball. To this Is hung a weight TO sink II,


attached by compound lever balanced by little


concal cuS attached to a string and dropping few


feet lower than the weight. This cup Is hung with


It's point downward, aud has over 1t, sliding on the
string, leather cover which Is raised as the cup


comes IN contact with any obstacle to its downward
course the baance between 1t and the weight Is


DESTROYED and the latter drops from the pnmmet
| its great buoyancy. bearing along with 1t the


when iss, nas dropped IN the sand w
its little leather cover at the moment
OF its commencement to rise. So much for the out
ward appearance OF the instrument which is


dropped into tine water, without any line to recover


it. and which is found when ii rises by OF the


brightness Of the silver ball. which rises few feet
above the water when the bathometer comes To The
surface. open this hollow, wooden cylinder ana it
Y N be found filed, twothrds OF its upper part with
the glass balls already described. and the bottom
with ballast TO keep the cylinder upr1gnt While III


the water Between the glass balls and the cylinder


is placed the bathometer proper This consists OF
glass bottle, with long, slender neck closed al the
top. The mouth OF the bottle may be
said to be at the bottom. This mouth IS


stopped with a stopper OF India rubber, through
which runs glass tube, having its upper
end i'm the bottle and the lower end in an India
rubber bag. The bottle flied with water; the bag
with mercury and water. When tie bottle and bag


are placed the bottom OF the the water In toe
bottle is compressed by the pressure on the bag and
the mercury takes the place OF the void resulting
from the compression. Nnen the instrument re-
turns TO the surface all that has TO be done TO
certain the depth 20 which IL has been Will be to


turn the bottle the other side up ut Is placed In the
wooden cylinder with Its long, closed neck upward


and the mercury settling INTO the neck, on which Is


marked scale WILL by its height, indicate, as IN a
thermometer q barometer the depth to which the
instrument sank as the amount OF compression Is u


sure index Of the depth Of the COMPRISING column
Of water
Year: 1869

Joseph nartnett, one Of the parties implicated in
the shooting ARRAY In the liquor saloon OF Thomas
Costello at the corner Of Twenty-hfth street and
First avenue, on the night Of the Sd OF June, In
which the proprietor was seriously injured and q
man named Richard Gerdes, grocer on the corner
Of Twenty fourth street and First avenue. injured
so severely that he subsequently died, was ar
raigned before Justice Ledwith at Jefferson Market
yesterday by detective La Rue, Of the Eighteenth
precinct. A complaint was preferred against him
BY Thomas Costello. Sr., an uncle OF the propri.
etor, charging him with felonous assault BY firing
revolver at him loaded with powder and ball He
was held to hall In the sum OF $500 TO answer the
charge. In his fniormai examination ne stated ne
siding at No 3os First avenue, by occupation ma
chlnlst, and not guilty OF tae charge preferred
against HIM.