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Year: 1869

The New Orleans Regnaae relates horrible
story Of young lady Of that city who was recently
buried alive The unfortunate being was native
of the lower part Of the Second District and much
excitement was caused there when the terrible o.
currence became Known It seems that the young
lady, whose name it is unnecessary to mention,
upon returning from early mass on = Sunday
morning, was suddenly taken ii Of disease Of tEs
heart, and, as was supposed at the time, was suf.
located to death, owing to her unusual AeshinesR
A physician, her own uncle, bad attended her in
her last moments, and pronounced her dead. The
death ofthis young lady in the bloom Of life lat
the age of20 yesn) caused much sympathy ii, tie
ueighborhood, and her funeral, which took plaza


in the evening Of the day of her death, attracted
large concourse of people. She had died about
o'clock in the morning, and the funeral occurred
at in the evening - -,


So fan there is nothing remarkable in this ac-
count, except probably the short lapse Of time
from the time Of the lady death to that Of her
interment in one Of the Catholic cemeteries fthe
Second District But the report goes On to-say,
that on that same evening the sexton Of the grave
yard, having some business to attend to in town,


left his BON, Of mature age, in charge Of the keys,
with the instruction to close the gates at the usual
hour, after making his round through the cemste-
~, in order that no visitor might be accidentally
confined inside. About dusk the sections son
while going his round, passing near the tomb in
which the young lady had been buried sc sH On
hour before, heard low and heart.rending meanings
coming from behind the marble slab. Losing his
self Possession, and overcome With fear, he hur-
redly left the scsne, and closing the main gateof
the cemetery, went home, and it was not until
morning that be related the circumstance to his
horror t-sncken family. Information Of Tie facts
was immediately sent ito the bereayed family Of the
deceased, and yorkmen were soon engaged in open
ing the tomb and breaking open the coffin enco-
sing the remains Of the young lady.


The spectacle was too horrible to describe. Her
face and body were in terrible state of distortion,
her hair torn from the roots In the terrible con-
vulsions which had preceded her death, she had
literally narrowed her beautiful face with her nails,
and her elenched fists in contact with her foaming
lips showed the traces of her teeth. It is unne-
cessary to say that life was entirely extinct We
will not relate the terrible impressions which this
awful circumstance produced on theminds of those
present, for it can be more readily imagined than
described. The coffin and tomb were closed once
more; this time forever upon the victim of misfor.
tune and the story went out to the world as above
described.
Year: 1869

A TOUCHING SroRY.-The Hon. A. a. Steph-
ens of Georgia, at a meeting at Alexandris, for
the benefit of the Orphan Asylum and free school
of that city, related the following anecdote:


"A poor little boy, on.a cold night, with no
home nor roof to shelter his head, no paternal or
maternal guardian or guide to protect or direct
him on his way, reached at nightfaIl the home ofa
wealthy planter. who took him in, fed and lodged
him, and sent him On his way with blessing
These kind attentions cheered his heart and in
spired him with fresh courage to battle with the
obstacles of life. Years rolled round; Providence
led him on, he reached the legal profession; his
host had died, the cormorants that prey on the
substance of man, had formed conspiracy to
get from the widow her estate. She sent for the
nearest counsel to commit her cause to him, and
that counsel proved TO be the orphan boy long be-
fore welcomed and entertained by her deceased
husband. The stimulus offs warm and tenacious
gratitude was now added to the ordinary motive
connected with the profession. he undertook her
cause with will not easy to be resisted, he gained
it, the widows estates were secured to her in per-
petuity," and Mr. Stephens added, with an en-
phasis of emotion that sent an electric thrill
throughout the house, "That boy stands before
uou .. g..
Year: 1869

with willing hands, from the bottom build up their
estate. Blessed is that woman who sees that in
going down. she is going up, and that it is the los


ing of life that saves it. Blessedis that woman who
carries with her into married lfsal that she learn
ed in the refinement of her fathers family; who
proves that she is woman in this, that gentle
ness and grace and abundance and luxury even min.


stered to the better part of her nature, and pre-
pared her to 60 forth aud minister earnestly and
permanently in the midst of difficulties. Thou
sands there-are who, when once they are called,
and know their master, love, 20 cheerfaly out with
the young men and take part and lot with them.
Oh! that young men would trust them more, and
prove them better, and see if this is not 50. How
noble thing it is to see the cultured, the polished
and refined, go down to the very beginning OF
things led by love, fed by love- and at last reward


ed by love. 20 ..t.'


Live together alone, if you have to go into the
desert for it, and feed on herbs Abhcr Sodorn
and Gomorrah-or boarding.housesl Men some
times speak Of the meagre and pinched fare.
These are not worthy of notice. 1t is not these


1t is that men learn selfindulgeuce there. Men
learn there not to be householders. And all that
various discipline, all that ministration Of care, all


that drill of contrvance and that social independ-
ence all that subtle atmosphere indescribable and
unanayzable, which belongs to the solitary house
hold they miss No man and wor'an can make
husband and wife, father and mother, and house
holders, on the pattern Of their fathers, who begin
and continue their married life in this hot-bed
style Of existence. And yet they are unwilling to
take house that they can afford; and they can
not afford to take the house that they fain would
live in, because furniture is 70 dear and virtue is
cheap; because society requires certain amount
ofappearance, you know; because it would not
do to go to the outskirts Of the town! Aleg cabin
is better for young married people than the Fifth
Avenue Hotel would be fthey had it for nothing


What you get for nothing is the least valuable Of
anything What you earn is all value Under
these influences the whole of life is written in the
wrong key. Men having started on the false prin-
ciple, they do not get over it. They are perpet-
ualy tempted to overlive by their very affections


If there is anything that an honorable aud sensi-
tive mans nature feels and cannot stand 1t rs the
silent comparison, on the part Of the wife, by a
look even, Of the way in which she did live, and
the way she does live. How does this drive men
into dishonestiesl How does it drive them out Of
simplicity and out Of bold willingness to live ac-
cording to circumstances! How does it teach them
to live for other peoples eyes, and not for their
own actual needs! How does it teach them to be
more subject to vanity than love? Such life is
hollow. ostentation takes the place Of sincerity


And so, ere long, man is educated to be rogue,
and steals And woman takes on unvirtue BE-
cause that pays the bills Of extrsvaganee quicker
than anything else. - -;
Year: 1869

PoULTNEv.-An ecclesiastical council
met, by invita- ton, February 23d, at East
Poultney, to consider the question of the
dissolution of the pastoral relations OF
Rev. ]. G. Hale, with the Congregational
church in that place. 1t was voted 'that
this council acquiesce in theaction of the
pastor and church, and in accordance with
that action, declare the pastoral relation
between Rev. J. G.. Hale and this church
dissolved.


"In coming, reluctantly, to this conclu-
sion, the council are happy to learn that
the retiring pastor has the confidence Of
his people as faithful minister Of Christ
and we gladly commend him as a brother
beloved, and as an earnest and efficient
minister, to the churches of our order.
wherever he may be called to labor.


"The oodncil express their sympathy
with the church, now left without d pas
tor. and trust that an earnest and cnor-
getic effort will be made by the church
and society to procure and adequately TO
support another pastor. We commend
them to the gracious care Of the Great
Head Of the church, and pray that their
future course will be such Us to meet His
approval
Year: 1869

Prince Frederick, the Oldest son of
the Prince Royal Of Prussia and grandson
of Queen Victoria, has attained his tenth
year. His grandfather, King William,
took the opportunity on his birthday to
invest him with the Cross of the Black
Eagle, the most honorable decoration in
the royal gift, and to commission him a
brevet second lieutenant in the Prussian
army.
Year: 1869

LlvING BY THE DN.-l compare, says
John Newton, the troubles which We have to
undergo in the course OF year to a great bun
die of iaegots, far too heavy for us to lift. But
God does not require us to carry the whole at
once He mercifuly unties the bundle, and
gives us one stick, which We are to carry to.
i:v, and then another, which We are to carry
10 morrow, and so on. This We might easily
manage, it We could only take the bundle ap
pointed for us each day but We choose to III
crease our troubles by carrying yesterday
stick over again to day, aud adding to morrow
burden to our load before We are required tc
bear it.
Year: 1869

ANEoporE or LOUIS NAPoLEON.-A cor
respondent OF the Philadelphia Bulletin writes
from Paris July


The imperial family seem to have taken up
their residence Tor the remainder OF the summer
IN tho vicinity OF Paris, and propose giving a
series of matlnees and solrees IN the gardens OF
the Palace OF St, Cloud, to indemnify them,
selves and their friends Tor their prlvation OF
Fontainebeau. The Emperor has begun to
stroll about the little town and the banks oil
the river, Just as he used TO do in Fontanebleau
and the forest. The other day friend, who
was staying at ST. Cloud, witnessed curious
scene, highly characteristic at once OF the I'm
peror's Joah0mmje AMI sdroitneSs. lie was
walking in part OF the park to which the pub
lie is admitted, and was followed aud dogRed
about by parcel OF troublesome and curious
children. lie probably did not like to seem
i'll nalured by ordering them of so he sought
out one OF the, gingerbread stalls which are al
ways to be found ia the neighborhood, pur-
chased the whole OF the stock at bargain,
and then upsetting the entire concern with his
own hand, lett the contents to the mercy OF the
hungry crowd OF urchlns.
Year: 1869

\ REMARKABLE DISAPPEARANCE Chan
cyi.or Lansing, man once we'll known in this
State, left 4 New York hotel Que afternoon
forty years ago to take a boat for Albany, where
he resided. The porter who handed him his
bag was the last person known 20 have seen
him alive. lie never reached the AlbaDy boat
aud he was never heard Of again Naturally
his Disappearance created protound sensation;
for hc held high position, aOd was "A man
iul If years aLd honor The writer to whom
We have referred says: "llIs place on earth
had been made vacant but there Is not, and
never can be, any record OF how, or when, or
where He may have died that day he may
Javc lived for years afterwards.


la the hypothesis thus put forward, the
writer, In common with the general body of the
people, is mistaken. We speak under author
l'y when We say that every incident connected
with the disappearance OF Chancellor Lansing
is well known to 4 gentleman now living. The
secret was coniilcd TO him by distinguished
citizen of this State, now deceased. whose name
has always commanded and does still command
respect. The survivor was crjOned to publish
all the circumstances when certain persons
.rrcifird were dead This condition has been
cu'atcd to startc The public will yet be given to
the world. There will then no longer be room ett
for single doubt in reference to Chancellor
lansing fate We do not feel ourselves at
liberty 10 hint at the nature OF the revelation
10 be made, but this We may say, that it will be
we'll authenticated, and that it will form one OF
the most remarkable pages IN the history OF
the public men of this cOuntry.-N \. i~7'N.
Year: 1869

role in the middle of the volume about the Aztecs
and Etbe Mound builders, and other branches OF
learning. faded patchwork made OF scraps stolen
from Catln and Schoolcraft 1t is possible that the
author wrote the title-paGe first, and intended to
make novel to fire the Southern heart, but he had
tact enough to perceive before he got far that the
North does not for sympathy with the Lost
Cause in novel than can be squeezed into title
page.
Year: 1869

THE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL SHERMAN
are positively announced as to be present at
tue meeting Of the Society OF the Army of the
tennessee, to be held in Louisville on the I7tn
and 18th of November
Year: 1869

LEFT OUT OF THE INAUaURAL.-Presiden
Grant, in the wide sweep of his inaugural ad-
dress, found it impossible and unnecessary to
go into details. Aware, perhaps, that many
pious people had appointed prayer meetings
in his behalf to be held at the very time when
he should be exposed, as they feared, to the
DEVILS clutches at the Inauguration ball, he
abstained altogether from expatiating in his
inaugural upon the questionable morality Of
s'the light fantastic toe" He made no record
Of his impressions at witnessing In Niblo's
Garden the exhibition Of Miss Lydia Thomp-
son and her Forty Female Thieves. He said
nothing about his opinions Of the Black Crook,
or of the cancan, or OF the opera 6ou6e.
He wisely left out Of his inaugural illusions to
any Of these msnu-pIaisirs Of the public, and
relinqushed all interference within this pro-
vince to the emperors and kings Of Europe
and to the railway kings Of Wall street.
Year: 1869

The democrats dislike Grants style, or want
of style. They say his inaugural is without
''that grave and sustained propriety of ex-
preston which BELTS the chief magistrate of q
nation;" that it wants ''dignity" and ''mascu-
line eloquence," DC. This is q pretty old
quarrel. Every one will remember the rogue
who, when driven from the last legitimate
bubble of his defence, found fault with the
grammar Of the judges sentence. Style is the
better or worse use of the tropes that are cata-
logued in the books Of rhetoric, and It is q
general rule that utterances particularly rich
in style are poor in everything else, as any ono
may see in the articles of those who find most
fault with Grant. Grant had something to
say, and was little solictous of anything but
the direct definite expression Of his thought.
He declares himself in the words of the
people, too conscious of his thought to fear
that such words would belittle it, 1t is always
otherwise with those whose utterances are to
the taste Of the rhetoricians; for they are
justly fearful that without the ornaments of
language they will not be worth listening to.
Year: 1869

The Faithful Collection OF the Revenues


The inaugural Of the President contains
repeated reference to the revenue collections
which are worthy Of note. To good faith in
the payment of the public debt he says
s'should be added faithful collection of the
revenue and strict accountability to the Trea-
sury;" and, again, he assures us that he twill
endeavor to collect all the revenues assessed"
and that he twill appoint to Office only those
who will carry out this design" This is an
open declaration of war against the whiskey
rings, whether high or low, in which the Presi-
dent will have the support of every honest
citizen, Of whatever party he may be.


1t has been authoritatively stated that the
estimated losses to the revenue through the
guilt or incapacity Of the revenue officials have
amounted to not less than one hundred millions
Of dollars yearly. The leeches who have sucked
this blood from the veins of the body polite
will make strong fight to maintain their
schemes Of plunder, and the Senatorial shield
under the terms Of the Tenure Of Office bill is
relied upon as their main defence Rapid
justice upon the heads of the guilty is the
best guarantee Of honesty, while Mrdy delay
is the hope and refuge of the criminal. 1t is
in securing delay that the Senatorial refusal to
repeal the Tenure of Office bill holds out aid
and comfort to the rascal in office. Let that
law be repealed that honesty may prevail.
Year: 1869

SYMPATHY IN BERLIN. doubt the express
sions from Berlin will astonish many readers
who hear Of Bismarck only in the kilograms and
perhaps hold him as myth. But we believe that
these expressions flow naturally from German
thought, and we also believe that there is a
more intelligent sympathy with this nation In
Germany than in any other country of Europe
The great man Of the new era Of Europe natu-
rally holds out his hand to the great man Of q
new era In America.
Year: 1869

The NATIONAL STRONG Box.-Grant has
the right because the real American idea OF
the national grandeur when he trusts himself
to such bold figure as that Of calling the
Rocky Mountains or other precious metal hold
Ing hills Of the West the national safe and the
Pacific Railroad the means Of getting at its
contents.
Year: 1869

for one dollar q month.


The postage being only thirty-fve cents q
quarter, country subscribers by this arrangement
can receive the HERALD at the same price it is
furnished in the CITY,
Year: 1869

FIRST BLAST UNDER THR New CABINET.
Just as General Rawlins brought into the
Senate yesterday afternoon the message
from President Grant conveying the intelli-
gence of his Cabinet appointments q blast Of
rocks occurred near the Park, which threw
out segnents Of quartz in which traces
Of gold were discovered.
Year: 1869

IMPORTANT FROM PARAGUAY.-Ou despatch
es from Paraguay, by Atlantic cable via Lis
bon, received last night, inform us that Presi-
dent Lopez is still at the head of considerable
army and is fortifying himself in the interior
Of the country. Dissensions have arisen
among the allied commanders, and two Of
them, the Marquis de Caxias and General
Herval, have resigned. This intelligence
gives new phase to this protracted war; for
tofore have been mainly effected by their
united and harmonious action 1t would not
be surprising to hear before long that Presi-
dent Lopez has again assumed the offensive
and given the invaders a thrashing.
Year: 1869

How TO GER OVER BAD LAws.-Grant's
thought on the repeal OF bad laws is worthy
the most philosophical statesman Of any age,
and is the grandest piece Of faith in the
American people that any American ever gave
utterance to .-'I know no method TO secure
the repeal Of bad or obnoxious laws so effec-
tive as their stringent execution" Do not
declaim against the law; do not dll page upon
page with hair-splitting arguments, but put
the law in force, and If 1t be tyrannical and
oppressive and do harm, this people Is intelli-
gent enough to see that harm and oppression
and honest and just enough to apply the
remedy. Never was man better in sympathy
with the American people than the man who
uttered this.
Year: 1869

This is a mild winter, and yet our famous
Pacific Railroad is SO blocked up with snow
that in some parts trains cannot run, and by
our kilograms from San Francisco shave
not been running from wasacht to the
western terminus Of the Union Pacific since
February ~ This is rather serious for our
great railroad hopes, and is an indication that
we can place but little dependence upon our
through route to San Francisco during the
winter season. There will be trade enough for
three or four through lines. Press forward! II
one line does not meet our expectations IL will
at least demonstrate that halt dozen will pay.
AS the country is settled railroad lines even
further north than the present one will
find that the snow difficulty will be but q
slight impedment to their working. The
United States cannot stop In their west
ward march on account OF snow storms.
Year: 1869

| To those Of our readers who have large hearts
| and something-be it never so little-in their
pockets to give away to further good cause, we


have word to say. At the close of the war the


party upon whose banners victory had perched,


determined, as they expressed it, that the nations 8


dead should never be dishonored, constructed vast


cemeteries, and in them inferred the remains of all


who had fallen under the stars and stripes; and
now the traveller cannot go to any great field but
be is pointed out some large burial ground where


lie the remains of federal soldiers. Bnt how Is it


with the men who struggled for Dixie! They Lie


just as they fell, wrapped in their gray jackets,


with no monument above them to tell of their


deeds; no inclosure around them to protect their


graves from the sacrilege of wandering footsteps.


So II is in too many places made glorious by fights


fought under the starry cross. Bot here in New


Orleans an effort has been made to rescue from


oblivion and possible desecration, all that is NOR


tai of the brave souls who died here in captivity
during the black years of '62, '63 and '64 An
assocaton-the Ladies' Benevolent Society,"
originally formed to aid the widows and
orphans Of these men, have now de-
voted themselves to the task of erecting a msu.
soleum in which shall repose their honored dust.
The tomb has been commenced, but it can
not be completed because the means are
lacking. In this straight the association appeals
to the people of New Orleans to give them that
aid which they have certainly right to demand at
their hands. In order to make the giving as pleas
ant as possible, the ladies have gotten up fair,
which is now going on at Odd Fellows Hall. It
commenced last night, and from what we then
saw of it we can confidently recommend it to the
public. There is everything there to attract
without any of the usual disagreeable adjuncts of
a fair, such as ceaseless opportunities to buy
eternal grab bags and lotteries ETC., while fine
military band, which is in attendance, plays good
dancing music all the evening. 1t will be de-
bghtful place whereat to spend this evening, and
we hope that many Of our readers will so find it.
Remember this is an affair which, In itself a
pleasant one, calls loudly upon every one for sup
port, because of its object. Let us see Odd Eel.
lows Hall throDged TO night with those who, will
ling enough to trust their fortunes to the swords
of the soldiers Of the Confederscy are not willing
now that the cause is lost, and the men dead, to
let their ashes, dshonored and forgotten slumber
in obscurity.