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Year: 1869

the concert cellars Of the gay and elegant
New Workers; and nothing, really, has
happened in Boston to educate us to the
new taste in theatricals, since the fair
Quakers felt moved to testify in the
streets and churches against our spiritual
nakedness. Yet it was to be noted with
regret that our innocence, our respecta-
bility, had no restraining influence upon
the performance; aud the faulty of the
hope cherished by some courageous peo-
pie, that the presence ofvirtuous persons
would reform the stage, was but too
painfully evident.


"The caressing arm of the law was cast
very tenderly about the performers, and
in the only case where performer pre-
sumed to hiss--it was as pas seut of the
ipdescribable-a policeman descended
upon him, and, with the succor of two
friends of the free ballet, rent him from
his place, and triumphed forth with him.
Here was the end of the ungenial criti-
cism; we all applauded zealously after
that.


1.-THE peculiar character of the drama
to which they devoted themselves had
produced, in these ladies, some effects,
doubtless, more interesting than profit
able 10 observe. One of them, whose
unhsppiness it was to take the part Of
soubrette in the Laughable Comedietta
preceding the burlesque, was so ill al
ease in drapsry, so full of awkward jerks
and witches, that she seemed quite
another being when she came on later az
a radiant young gentleman ia pink silk
hose, and nothing of feminine modesty
in her dress excepting the very long
| corssge."


OF the drama itself we read:


" 1t is with these spectacles, as with all
other dramatic amusements, now so
popular, and growing year by year in
favor. They draw no life from our soil ;
! they do not flower and fruit again in our
air. For good or for evil, Puritanism
has had its will. The theater has never
been opened since the Commonwealth,
in our civilization.


"Their interest all depends upon the
conditions of English society; their
characters are English their scenes are
English. Does some one tell me that
the locomotive, which so nearly runs
over the hero in after Dark, has an
American cow-catcher


1t was not in nature that the old
Yankee farce should keep the stage; still
less that some prehistoric American,
like Metamora, should continue to inte-
rest forever even the noble art of negro
minstrelsy is expiring among US, and we
have nothing to offer in competition with
the English plays.


1t is very probable that we shall not
see the burlesque again next winter, and
that what has been here called the new
taste in theatricals will then be an old
fashioned folly, generally ignored be-
cause it is old-fsshioned, if not because
it is folly. This belief is grounded not
so much upon faith in the power of the
stage to reform itself. or the existence of
a principle in the theater.going public
calculated to rebuke the stages wanton-
ness, as upon the fact that matters have
already reached a point beyond which
they cannot CO. In the direction of bur
lesque, no novelty now remains which is
not forbidden by statute.
Year: 1869

&c L. b." calls attention to what he terms the white
slavery into which the little Italian boys that are so
numerous on our streets are put after landing In
this country. He says:-There Is central bureau
In Paris who send agents to Naples and Southern
Italy to purchase these poor children from their
brutal parents. Then they are despatched under the
control ol masters to America and many other coun-
uies 70 play ior money. The padrone pays SO much
TO the bureau for the use OF the child and then works
INN IKE slave. As the boy seldom understands
any Language but his own and Is a stranger to every
one but his padrone he does not often run away
let our agents tChildrens Aid Society nave known
OF several Instances where these unfortunate chill
uIen nave oeen frozen TO death through the expo
sure TO cold which their cruel masters subject them
10 IN winter II Is doubtful n the boys ever receive
any wages FOR their hard labor.
Year: 1869

"X" exclaims In indignant terms against the VAN.
pres IN our city government who are burdening the
people with intolerable taxation. lie shows up one
job In this fashon:-Take for an example the widen.
ing OF Fifth avenue between Fifty.eghth ana Fifty
ninth streets Here Is plot 200 feet square taken for
a plaza for the ostensIbe purpose OF relieving
which n OF no possible benent to any
one except TO those who own inside lots that are
thus made to front on this grand plaza for
OF relieving the cavalcade OF vehicles at that point il
simply removes IL below to the corner OF Fifty.
eighth street. The assessed value OF their 200 feet
squares IL about $500000 and the expenses OF the
commissioners In making the awards and assess
ments 500, 900. This large amount IL assessed upon
surrounding property, extending from Thlrty.fonrth
to seventy ysec0nd street. some lots being assessed
a. high as 80 000 while those that are made TO front
on the piazza" and are the only ones really bene
which fact gives to the whole thing very suspicious
appearance. II there IL any benefit In this widen.
ing II Is to the whole city ana should be paid for by
the city.
Year: 1869

THE MURDERER BRooKs.-Parties are still IN pur-
suit Of Brooks the murderer OF Theodore Broadhead
whose escape has been spoken OF in the HERALD and
who Is still at large in the wilds OF Sullivan county
man giving his name as Matthew Wreath was ar
rested at Scranton, Pa. yesterday and Is suspected
of being Brooks the murderer Of 3roadhead at the
Delaware Water Gap.
Year: 1869

A poor fellow having with difficulty
procured an adudience Of the late Duke
Of Newcastle, told his grace he only came
to solicit him for something toward his
support, and as they We're Of the same
family, both being descended from Adam,
he hoped he should not be refused
"Surely not" said the Duke "suresy not.
Here is a penny for you; and if all the
rest of your relations will give you as
much, you'll be richer man than am"
Year: 1869

The Directors OF the First National
Bank, OF Albany, publish a statement
that the resignation OF the late cashier
did not arise from any defalcatlon In
the accounts or auy deficiency In the
assets OF the bank, but from causes
which have no connection with the as.
BetH or stability OF the bank,
Year: 1869

A writer in the Scientific Amer5-'
can has the following that is Curl
Gus concerning the effect Of the
Pacific railroad on the climate of
the Plains:


Scouts, guides and hunters all a.
gree in stating that on the plains.
as far back as their experience goes,'
little or no rains have fallen duriug
the summer, but the experience of
last summer and this one is that We
have sufficient rain for farming pur-'
poses, and the crop of bay and 9TH
er prodace raised here now attests
it. Hunters with whom Iconversed
all agree in stating that the rains
only fall inside Of q belt across he
Plains of fifty miles in width, Of
which the railroad track is the CEN
ter; that when they go beyond the
belt the grass is red, crisped and
burnt. looking, while the vegetation
inside Is In2uriant. Has the IRON
of the rails or the up-turned ground
the credit Of the change y
Year: 1869

A BASHFUL NEWSPAPER YOUTH
"A young man connected with
a New Haven daily newspaper.
who goes home about one or two
o'clock in the morning, made n
mistake on a recent morning and
got into the wrong door, which
happened to be unlocked. He
had scarcely got in when rush;
was made for him from behind
the door, a woman's night-dress
Auttered around him, and a pair
Of plump soft farms glided around
his neck. In another second his
head was drawn down, and warm
melting, luscious kiss planted just.
below his mustache, while soft,


joyous voice, which the young
man recognized as that Of bis love-
ly next door neighbor. asked "My
darling husband, why didn't yoG
come earlier p The shy young
thing 1--WE mean the reporter)
shrieked and Heds
Year: 1869

Come look at the dainty darling!


As fresh as a new-blown rose,
From the top of his head so golden,


To the dear, little restless toes;
You can tell by the dancing dimples,


By the smiles that come and go,
He is giving wonderful secret


You'd give half your kingdom to know,
Now kiss him on cheek and forehead


And kiss him on lip and chin;
The little red mouth is hiding


The rarest of pearls within.
All, see! when the lips in smiling


Have parted their tender red;
Do you see the tiny, white jewels,


Set deep in the choral bed?
Nowhere are the sage reporters,


Who wait by hamlet and hill,
To tell the listening nation


The news of its good or i'll?
Come weave with our idle gossip


This golden blossom of truth
Jest halt gear old this morning,
A1id one little peariy tooth!
Year: 1869

For many mile on every side,


Isee the golden corn,
And hear the cricket's notes around


Sound like fairy horn
In concert with the wild bees drone,


In elfin murmurs borne.
Long, long ago, as legends tell,


The Indian fairy queen
Unto the ancient DelawareS


Came down upon the green, .u,.
An azure glory round her head,


Her robes vapOry sheen.
And where she sat tobacco soon


Its bitter fragrance flung,
And where her left hand touched the bean


Rose Towering fresh and young;
And where her right hand swept, the maize
Ingolden glory sprung.
And whether you do eat it roast,


Or take it baked in pone,
Or like it best as Johnny cake


So let its truth be known,
That corn first came from fairy land


ADD was by fairies grown.
Year: 1869

Danton,the celebrated eariceturist,


who died recently at Baden-Baden,


had a wonderful power Of podeIing


from memory. After one long


look at bis subject, be could go to-


bis studio and make a bust perfect
| in its resemblance. Numbers Of


anecdotes are told of his feats In


this way. One day q man came In
to bis studio and told himthat be had
sister mortally I'D, and that bis
family wished to have her portrait.


They dared not ask her to sit; to
do so would have been 70 awaken her
suspicion. Ina word Danton UNDER
took to reproduce her features from
memory. The snezt day the brotherin-


formed his sister that be intended to
make her present Of a Jewel for
the next ball. Danton was intro
duced as the young man from the


jeSelefs, and while the young lady
was looking at the specimens sent
the artist made his obsefvatiOns.-

On going home be produced a bust
Of striking resemblance. Next year
an old man, the father of the broth.
er and sister, came to ask Danton
to do the bust Of bis son, also from
memory, for the young man wasdead.
Dsnton succeeded AS we'll for the
brother as be bad for the sister. He
was not, however, always so sue
cessGul. On one occasion gentle
man, who could not get bis wife to
sit, asked Dsnton to take his place
Oa' a given day, at q given hour, in
one Of the or1nibusses running from
the Madeline to the Bastile, and he
would see bis wife there, and might
observe her attentively, DantOn
did as directed, executed splendid
bust, sent it to her husband, and re-
eeived Tor answer that it was not the
least like his wife, but was the very
image of her maid. Danton had
made a mistake in the bus. He
left a splendid fortune, as the result
Of bis art labors.
Year: 1869

An exchange gets off the sub
Joined, which is true in many in.
stances: GA good many people
viii want to borrow this paper.
Don't loan it to them. If they
want to read it, let them subscribe
and pay for it, as you do, or as
you ought to do, if you haven't
done it. Some persons think that
they can depend upon borrowing
from their neighbors, and that it
is a matter of small consequence.
So it would be, if they were not
Just as able to afford the expense
of a newspaper as those from
whom they borrow"
Year: 1869

NoTICE TO DRUGGISTS AND APoTH-
ECARIEs.-An important decision
has just been rendered by the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
1t is to the effect that wholesale
apothecaries and druggists, doing
business as such under q regular
license must cease TO sell liquors in
quantities exceeding one-half pint
at one time or pay the special tax
of a retail dealer. His decision
also covers the case of sales of al
cohol by such parties, who must
sell in quantities less than five
gallons at any one time, or pay
the special tax required of a whole
sale dealer. These decisions re-
verse previous rulings.
Year: 1869

Not many nights ago, as the
night express of the New York
Central road was near Amsterdam.
a baby, who was looking out of an
open window, gave a spring, and
in an instant fell from the mothers
arms to the ground. The alright
ed mother, without thought ofdan-
ger, rushed to the door, and leaped
from the train. AS soon as posi-
BILE the cars were stopped, ,and back
ed to the spot, where every, one
expected to learn of the fatal in-


jury of both mother and child.
But, strange to say, neither was
hurt, except the baby had a slight
bruise on the side of the head
The mother stated that, as she saw
the child go out of the window, her
only thought was that she "wan-
| ted the baby"
Year: 1869

A specimen of the wonderful
plant, "the flower of the Holy
Ghost" has been successfully
raised in Norwich, Connecticut.
The flower is creamy white cup,
nearly as large as half an egg,
and extremely beautiful, and its
wonder as a natural floral growth
is the fact that In this flower is q
little pure white dove, with pink
bill and eyes, and its head turned
as if looking over Its back. Its
wings, feet, bill, etc, are as abso
lutely perfect as those of the living
dove, whose counterpart this won
derful mimic bird is.
Year: 1869

DIR. Mary Walker wants law
made compelling men to marry
before they reach the age of 40,
Only add another condition-that
of marrying DIR. Mary Walker
and the cup of masculine misery
will be full.
Year: 1869

The Boston Advertiser says:


The Republicans of Maine have acted wisely
and paid a well merited compliment to an
able and faithful officer in nominating Gerier-
al Chamberlain for fourth term as Governor
1t is not too much to say that although he.
went into the chief position in the State a
young man and wholly untried in public life,


he has filled the executive chair with rare cred


it to himself and to the State. Under his adj


ministration the financial condition of Maine


has greatly improved, while prudent LIBERAL


ity has by his advice begun some schemes for


the development of her resources, the effect of


which will never cease to be felt. The bold


recommendations in his first inaugural address


startled many OF the more cautions, but they


have been generally adopted and with the


happiest results.


The Boston Journal speaks as follows:


We congratulate our brethren in Maine up
on this wise action, and trust that there will


be no dissent from it at the polls. Such man
as Governor Chamberlain is an honor to any
State. His civil services have been worthy of
his military fame, even though good Republi-
cans should be be found unable to agree with
all his views. And when the impartial voice
of his Republican fellow-citizens summons
him again, against his will, to the Gubernato-
rial Chair, he is clearly destined to unani-


nous support and triumphant reelection.
The Bangor Whig after speaking of his mil
itary career his ripe scholarship, his loyalty to


the Republican cause and to his country says:
He has amply justified the predictions of his
warmest personal friends. 1t has been rarely
the administration of our State affairs


has been SO ably performed and to
such uniform satisfaction as during the past
three years. We can say with confidence that
we believe that no Governor of this State has
more fully and faithfully performed the duties
devolved upon him than has Governor Cham
berlain.


The people have spoken through their rep
resentatives assembled in one OF the largest,
most orderly and most respectable delegate
conventions ever assembled in this State
They have spoken decidedly, and while re-
spectiug those who sought to honor others
with their sutfrages, the decision of this Con-
vention is final as indicating the present du-
ty of the Republican party.
Year: 1869

BASE BALL.-The national game will be an
important feature in our 4th of July celebra-
ton, and the interest to see which will win the
silver ball is now increasing rapidly. Besides
the ball the city offers two prizes to be compe!-
ed for, and this will induce many out of town
clubs to visit us.


The Eon, Bowdoin and Androscoggin Clubs
are the strongest and are very evenly match
ed. The two latter we learn have been hard at
work and are in fine trim, but the Eons were
rather backward in getting to work, aud are
not so well disciplined; they arc now pulling
together with will, however, and will be in
good trim by Monday next We hope the City
Committee will lay out some good grounds for
the games to be played on, and they should
not fail to have good supply of seats for the
ladies. We are informed that many of the
Junior clubs will enter for the prizes, but they
should be excluded as there are many clubs
who would come in that could stand no chance
at all with the senior clubs, but would only
prolong the tournament and keep the leading
clubs in the field number of days, thereby
causing much delay and trouble. 1t is said
the Androscoggins are endeavoring to have the
game played away from here They are hard
10 suit. 81
Year: 1869

A WORD


of explanation seems necessary for
the guidance and benefit of my numerous
past, present, and prospective City and Coun-
try Customers. The impression that have
connected myself with combination, COM
pany or clique, for the fixed, arbitrary and
unalterable government of the coal trade in
this City, 1.-THE limitation of engagements only
excepted,j is so much at variance with the
facts, as to require the statement as above
headed. And the above named customers to-
gether with the balance of the public, may
rest assured that my individual efforts foriths
supplying of coal the coming season, win be
perfectly free and uncontrolled by any ring or
association, uninfuenced by any surround
ings that might measurably cramp, conflict or
confuse my own inclination in the further
ence of the object of which this note treats
In due time something viii appear; and thou
sands will undoubtedly avail themselves OF
the benefits Of its suggestions.


june 25-sN ,eodtf JOS. Poor
Year: 1869

WE understand that specifications for build
ing three side-wheel revenue steamers and ono
propeller are at the Office of the Collector Of
Customs, where they may be seen by parties
who would like to contract for building the
hulls or machinery. The proposals are to be
fled in the Secretary's Office by the 21st of
,Ju1v NEXT
Year: 1869

which they will hold till some new question
divides and finally defeats them.


By the mere inertia of their prestige and
popularity they may hold power through the
present national administration and be able to
constitute another, just as the Democrats held
against their opponents after their opponents
had become more democratic than they, by
the very charm of the name and the compara-
lively stationary character of our political pro-
gress. These times are more fruitful in politi-
cal events, and our progress in political science
advances more rapidly than thirty years ago.


1t is altogether more likely that this very
year some new question, entirely disconnect-
ed with old issues, may effect new distribu-
ton of voters to entirely new political combi-
nations The absence of an organized oppo-
sition in itself will endanger the unity of the
national party. 1t will be, ON the whole,
advantageous to the country to have large
body Of influential and intelligent citizens,
whose old political associations amount to vir-
tual ostracism, taking part in the discussions
that can effectually shape public measures,
and their share in the administration of public
affairs
Year: 1869

into formidable demonstration against the
continuance of the war; the majority of the
people, exhausted with taxation, pouring out
tears for their slain, crippled with their own
wounds, closed their ranks and said sternly by
their votes: MOI Four years more cfthis hand
to-hdnd aoar Nth this Devil of Rebellion and
Slavery before zoe consent to di0ide the land aoih
hinu They seized upon fhe treachery of John
son in 1866 and tried to organize the sullen dis
content Of the defeated rebels under his name
into aformidable resistance to the only safe and
practicable plans Of peace; but Johnson's name
brought with it no prestige, and the rebel
voices mad threatening sound of renewed
civil war; and the people were alarmed, rather
than seduced. Finally at New York last year
they suffered the malignity of Frank Blair to
persuade them against the better Judgment of
their leaders to try one more national contest
on the issue, where they had been twice SO
signally defeated and the result was annihila-
ton.


The results of the war, national sovereignty
permaneney of the Union, emancipation, equal
rights for all races, must be accepted as the
fundamentals of loyalty and good citizenship.
Everything hostile to them must be treated as
intolerable toyyisna. Parties must form upon
issues raised within and not outside of the
great national party OF the Union.


Very convenient for US, our late antagonists
may think, with the national government and
most of the States firmly under our political
control. This advantage however, fairly be-
longs to us to start with, and was just fruit OF
cur success. When the friends of Gen. Nc
Clellan washed their hands of the response
bility of continuing the war, the Republican
party with Lincoln for its leader took the job
off their hands to stand or fall with its for
tunes When, after one years more terrible
conflict under persistent and faithful General
Grant, they fought it out on that line, they
earned for him the honors Of the Presidency
and for themselves the right to establish the
terms Of peace. These, as adopted by the ma
tional will, never received the final sanction of
the people till last November. The epoch
closed with the Republicans fairly in power,
Year: 1869

DESIRABLE REsIDEScE.-Mr. E. Brown, being
about to remove from the city, offers for sale his
residence, most desirably situated on Alder street
just below the Court House. To a private :am-
lily, desiring the comforts of home, no better
opportunity can be offered. Possession given i'm
mediately. The house will be sold separately
or with the furniture, and in either case at a
very low price.
Year: 1869

The WHEAT MARKEr.-It is too early in the
season to fix standard of value for the new
wheat coming into market. For the present the
millers decline to make contracts, and farmers
are shy about entering into engagements. mill
owner on the Upper Touchet has bought small
lots at 10 cents, which may be regarded as the
ruling rate. Holders, however, are sanguine that
wheat will bring 5 before the close of the sea-
son, and'prefer to hold for an advance
Year: 1869

FRESH CIDER.-The printing office is indebted
to Mr.. John Hancock for plentiful supply Of
fresh cider, manufactured by him at his orchard,
some ten miles below town. This cider appears
to have "body, and with age promises to be an
with the very best machinery for the manufacture
of cider, and will convert green fruit into a de-
lghttul beverage at very small cost to the fruit
grower.