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Year: 1869

The latest warning against the Irish Church
bill has proceeded from some over-zealous re-
ligous newspapers. They say that if the bill
becomes law, monarchy will soon disappear in
Great Britain, and predict that q Republic will
take its place. 1t will be the opinion of most
people on this side of the water that worse
things might happen, the name Of Republic
having for us no terrOrsj but this does not
prevent us from seeing a wide gap between
the premises and conclusions of these agitated
prophets. We think, upon the other hand,
that this religious amelioratOn based as it is
upon the simplest principles of justice and
common sense, will probably do more to pre-
vent than occasion political revolution. The
English dissenting interest will feel chiefly
aggrieved; but this interest is much moro likely
to grow conservative than radical under the
influence of the disestablishment.
Year: 1869

Here is a poor German in Albany who tried
to get and who expected to get, place in the
POst-Ofice, but, failing of the appointment has
gone raving distracted, and been carried to an
asylum. There are men who go mad while
they are seeking office others, when they fail
to obtain it; still others, after they succeed in
getting it, 'Tis mad world, this political
world, my masters If all the sighs of disap-
pointment, since Gen. Grant came in, could be
collected, they would produce a hurricane; if
all the tears shed over failures could be gath
cred together, they would float a feet and if
all the temptations which assail placemen
could be concentrated, the result would be
something which would have secured the Fall
of Man without the interpOsitlon Of the Devil.
How happy is he born or taught who has no
office, and who does not want one!
Year: 1869

The Democrats of the Hid District OF Ala
bama have had a fit Of common sense which
gives us great hopes of their future. Finding
themselves nearly all ineligible TO Congress
because of having afforded aid and comfort to
the Rebellion, they looked about and found one
l. c. Parkinson, who went down from the
North IN 1865 and settled in their district to
make money by work. As he is with them in
heart and vote. while he can take the iron-clad
oath and they can't, they nominated him for
Congress, and will elect him if they can.
That's what we call practical. You see man
isn't et-bagger" because he came from
the North, unless he is a Republican.
Year: 1869

Napoleon's speech to his bayonets at Chalons
is Characteristic. He advises them to remember
their battles, their victories being the history
of progress and civilization, and the main
tenance of the military spirit illustrating the
triumph of noble over vulgar passions. One
of the victories worth remembering as explain
ing the civilized way of putting perjury into
practice, was seen in the days Of the Coup
d'Gtat. Another triumph occurred when the
vulgar passions of the son of Hugo were not
allowed to find vent in Paris newspaper, and
when the military the other day suppressed a
Paris mob. Yesterday was the anniversary Of
Solferino. Next month we shall have the ami
versary of Bonaparte. Either occasion suggests
grave thoughts as to the great man and the
great bayonet which Napoleon has been
striving to erect into religion of Cesarism.
Year: 1869

his Establishment was declared confscate
" and forfeit to- the State" If the points
Of the evidence are correctly stated in
the report, the forfeiture should be followed
with a criminal prosecution; and we take 1t
for granted that Mr.. Distrct-AttOrney Pierre
pont will properly attend to that important
part of the business James and John Rooney
have also been inviting trouble by carrying on
illicit distilation on the premises of their brew
cry This case is now under examination be-
fore Commissioner Shields, the fraud hay-
ing been discovered by one of Mr.. Su-
pervisOr butchers assistants Mr.. butcher
is entitled to credit for his activity and efii-
cheney in ferreting.out and following up whisky
frauds in this city. We are confident that if
the distilleres throughout the country were as
faithfully watched as they have been in New
York for the past few months, there would be
a considerable increase in the revenue from
whisky, and an advance in its market price,
Year: 1869

1t is stated in some of the newspapers that
the grave of the late Mr.. Charles g. Halpine
is neglected, and that no monument has been
erected to his memory. The performance OF
this last act of brotherly esteem and affection
would seem properly to devolve upon the lite
rary profession, which Mr. Halpine adorned
not less by his amiable personal character than
by his brilliant prose and verse. Newspaper
men. however faithfully and ably they may
work, are soon forgotten, after they have passed
away, by the public which they have served,
pnd it therefore especially becomes them to
Year: 1869

The list Of Presidential appointments for
cadets at large to the West Point Academy is
another gratifying illustration of the genuine
regard which the Administration displays
toward the soldiers in the war. Every one of
these cadets is either the son of gallant Off
Ger, or the orphan child of father fallen in
the service. Defense of the flag comes to these
lads as an inherited duty, and their education
comes to the Government as at once priv
ilege and a prize.
Year: 1869

We give on our second page, this morning.
some interesting statements concerning the
work of the Massachusetts, Legislature, and in
another letter some suggestive hints as to the
new policy of the Administration which the
Indian at the head of the Indian Bureau is
seeking to enforce in the management of the
affairs of his peOple.
Year: 1869

SPECIFIC CONTRACT LAw-The Supreme
Court Of the United States has decided that
contracts to pay in gold coin are binding, and
that parties to these contracts will be com
PEELED to comply with their requirements.
What rebuke to the Tom Noddys, who in
our Legislature and elsewhere have opposed
the passage Of specific contract law, on the
ground that it would tend to depreciate the
government credit A law of this kind was
up at the last session of the Legislature, aud
deieaed by men who argued that such a
measure would be regarded as a deliberate
attempt to dishonor the national faith What
will these vie Solous have to say about the
action Of the Supreme Court, us'aihing the
very law about which they affected TO smell
the taint of treason
Year: 1869

The Montana papers comment adversely
on Motions bill Tor the admission Of Mon.
tana as a State in the Union. They argue
that the country is not sufficiently developed
as yet to werrant the expenses incident to
the inauguration Of = State government.
Year: 1869

GREENBACKS nor taxable According
to recent decision Of the Supreme Court of
the United States. Chief Justice Chase ren
drrins the decision OF the Court, xreenbacks
are not liable tn State or lura taxation.
Year: 1869

SUCCESS A DUrY.-We hope as the time
for another election approaches, that every
democrat 10 the Territory will take the shove
as motto. 1t is well known fact that the
republican party was better organized and
equipped TOR action at the last election than
the democrat, they trusted not ell % the
leaders, bat the rank and Gle took an active
part in the fray. Que principal and power,
ful mode Of warfare With them vas the active
diss eminatiOn Of republican papers. The
fact that democratic documents are not as
extensively read as republican. Is patent to
all who will pause to observe. There is no
just cause for this. We have as able news.
papers, aud as reliable documents Of all kinds
as the other party, and all that is required
for full circulation Of them is the individual
effort Of each member Of the party to wait,
not for the leaders to come aud address him,
but to take the papers and induce his neigh


Dor or bis friend to do the same. Democrats,
let not the Daltry consideration Of few dol


lars deter you FROM this, but give it freely,
aud it will return to you au hundred fold in
the success of your party. This success de-
pends 10 great measure upon the aunOuat Of
information gained iu regard to the affairs oI
the Government and the measures OF the
party, which can only be gained BY thorough
perusal Of democratic papers. Let every
democrat look well to this and subscribe for
good democratic organs. 1t shall be our aim,
during the ensuing year, to make the STATES
MAN true chrnncer of events as they trans.
pire. aud to inoueate true democratic princi-
Piles 10 the minds Of its readers. We call
upon you therefore, as a means OF success
to do your duty and leud a helping hand in
the dissemination OF tn 'se doctrines.
Year: 1869

A New England merchant doing a
large business requiring several clerks, a
short time since missed several articles of
value from his store. He determined to
watch tho habits of the young men, to
discover, If possible, which one, If either
of them, was untrustworthy. There was
one of them who appeared particularly
active and faithful; his dress was inferior
to that of the other clerks, and was evil
IDENTIFY not particularly popular among
them. The merchant learned that this
young man remained for half IN hour or
more after the others had left, with the
door of the store locked. This circum-
stance awakened his suspicious, and he
arranged plan to conceal himself in the
store, so that he might discover weat oc-
Cured when the clerk supposed himself
to be unobservcd. Having sent the young
man upon an errand just before the hour
of closing. he entered his place of con-
cealment. The door was locked rs usual,
at the proper time. The clerk at once be-
gan to sweep and put the establishment in
order.


While waiting for the dust to settle,
he was seen TO 60 behind the coun-
ter. and taking something from be-
meath it, place it in the breast of his coat.
The merchant was now alive TO
discover what had been taken, and
what was to be done with it. The young
man went to the window and sat in si-
lencc few moments, apparently exam
ing the package he had taken from his
breast. The merchant was not left long
in doubt. His clerk soon fell on his knees |;
he saw that it was bible he had been
reading; and now he offered aloud n sim
pie and touching prayer for himself, his
mother and sister, his employer, and par
ticularly for brother clerk, who, he fear
cd, was yielding to temptation. After he
had iinishen dusting he LEFT the store, un-
conscious of having had human eye up
on him.


1t is easy to believe that the merchant
was deeply affected by what he had seen
and heard. The clerks salary was in
creased several hundred dollars year,
and he was given the position made va
cant by the discharge of another, whose
criminal acts had been discovered. H1
Year: 1869

Wsifi.o at the Cote Of Hearers.
An kneellnE at the threshold, weary, faint and
sore,


Waiting for tho dawning. for the opening Of ths


door,
Waiting till the Master shall bid me rise and come
To the glory his presence, TO the gladness Of His


home. F..H.....
weary path Two travelled, mid darkness, storm


and strife,


Bearing many burden, struggling for my life,
But now the morn Is breaking, my toll will soon


be Ger


I am knceling a, the threshold, my hand Is on the


door.
Methinks hear the voices Of the blessed as they


stand, H..
Singing In the sunshine Of that better land,
o, would that were with them, amid their shin


ing throng,
Mngling In their worship, joining in their song.
Tho friends that started with mo have entered long


ago,


One by one they ieft me struggling with the foe,
Their pilgrimage was shorter, their triumph soon


or won,


How lovingly they'll hail mo when my toll Is done!
With them the blessed angels, that know no grief


or sin, ...r
see them by the portals, prepared TO let me In,
Lord walt Thy pleasure, Thy time and way arc


bcst
But am wasted, worn and weary-0 Father, bid


me rest.
Year: 1869

Poverty is gloomy presence in any
homc.-even American poverty,
boy who saw the household goods dis
trained by the sheriff, and his father in
fight from the debtors prison, no doubt
found the morning of life dark enough;
and even when her time came, fortune
presented herself to young Greeley mask
ed and looking at the best like a very
hard-favored virtue. When his father
was about to leave New England, the
printers apprentice walked over from
the town where he was learning his
trade to that where he was TO take leave
of his family In words which must 80
IN the hearts of all those who have
known what homesickness is, and how
very closely and tenderly common en-
durance and hardship knit parents and
children together, he tells that some OF
his kindred urged him to go with the
rest, and not return to his place in the
printing-office. II was soreiy tenP'eu
to comply" he says, "but it would have
been bad faith to do so. A word
from nv mother, at the critical moment,
might have overcome my resolution but
she did not speak it. After the
parting was over. and well on my way,
I was strongly tempted to return; and
my walk back to Poultney (twelve mi'es)
was one of the slowest and saddest Of
my life"


Nothing could have been very difiicult
after this, and there seems to have been
no other moment of the authors life that
asked SO great fortitude and resolution.
1t was success; but life is an artful ro-
mancer, and postpones its denoaeme"ss.
There was a vast deal to 60 through be-


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Year: 1869

bridge a fortnight ago, it had twenty
dollar bill in it. My pocket book was
stamped up with important papers in it,
and this note, which had intended for q
certain purpose, had put into the case
to avoid any troublesome search for it.
fancied both gone forever, but my eyes
are poor, and must have overlooked the
crack in the bridge. Your possession of
the money is accounted for TO the satisfac-
ton Of the court--as for that which has
been lost or stolen"


But just then Mrs. Howard gave 4 cry.


She had started up as the Judge claim
ed the spectacle case, and had taken a
step forward, and in the act the loops Of
her dress, so carefully festooned by Bet
sey's hand, had caught in bench, and
one of them had come unfasten I'd. The
folds of the garnet poplin fell to the floor,
and from them dropped, shimmering and
cleaning. the pearl portmonnaie in which
old Houghs donation had been enshrined.


1t had dropped into the festoons instead
of the pocket, and had been there all the
willie.


1t was n little country place, and every
one in the room knew the parties con-
cerned, and listened to the words which
foil from Mrs. Harrow's lips as she made
a statement OF the facts. And when with
tears in her eyes, the lady gave her hand
to old Hawker, and even the clergyman
condescended to follow her example,
there was heard such shout as has never
been before heard in that court room and
despite of all the cries of silence, the
audience, rs one man. united in three
cheers for old Nick-and hocked about
him rs hero.


The dog lost his bad name, and from
that day thence forth nobody in Marsh
Mallow was believed in rs implicitly rs
was Dick Hawker, who lived long in the
clergyman service, and if he is living at
all, probably lives there still
Year: 1869

"Go down to the meadow at break of day,


Go down to the meadow, son John,
And labor away mong the sweetest hay


That ever the sun shone on"
And John went down to the meadow-land,


But he saw not the clover sweet,
And the sky was dun, for he missed the sun,


Though it Redeemed his brow with heat
lie missed the sun, and he missed the light,


And the world seemed upside down,
Till he caught the sight of a smile so bright,


And II linsey-woolsey gown
Till he caught the sight of golden head,


And a fair and merry face,
When so bright and round with sudden bound,
The sun went up in its place;
The sun went up and the light came down,


And the field was all aglow,
While his heart kept time to the merry rhyme
Of the reapers' song below.
And Mary, she laughed at her lovers mood,


AS she turned from his fond caress,
Though the south wind blew from her lips so true
The sweet little answer, " Yes"


"Oh wherefore so glad?" said farmer Gray,


"Oh wherefore SO glad, son John?
For the storm to-day spoiled the sweetest hay


That ever the sun shone on
But John knew nothing of rain or food


And nothing of ruined hay;
For the flowers of Joy to the farmer boy


Were scattered along the way.
And merry the wedding-bells rang out,


And merry the pipers did play,
At the golden dawn of the happy morn


That ushered the marriage day.
Year: 1869

A Coon ONE.-A young blood resi-
ding not half-dozen miles from this place.
was the victim of rather good joke one
Sunday night recently. He was trying to
be particularly g sweet on young lady
and had paid her number of visits at
the residence of her parents. The old
folks had somehow got an idea into their
heads that the children were most too
young to keep company" and conveyed
the desired hint by calling the girl out of
the room and sending her to bed at nine
o'clock, the lady of the house astonishing
the young gent by bringing into the par
lor huge piece of bread and butter,
nicely spread with sugar, which she pre-
sented to him, saying, in her kindest man
ner, " There, Bubby, take this and run
home to your mother; it's time little boys
were in bed" The would-be gay young
beau hasn't felt as though he wanted any
more sweetness from that source since.
Year: 1869

SAVED HIS WHIPPING A little ur-
chin seven Or eight years old, in one of
our schools where miss Blodgett was
teacher, composed the following and wrote
it on his slate at prayer time, to the great
amusement of the boys -


- A little mouse ran up the stairs,


To hear Miss Blodgett say her prayers


The teacher discovered the rhyme, and
called out the culprit. For his pun
ishment she gave him his choice, to make
another rhyme in five minutes, or be whip
ped So after thinking and blinking, and
scratching his head till his time was nearly
out, and the teacher was lifting the stick
in q threatening manner, at the last mo-
ment he exclaimed


" Here stand before Miss Blodgett;


She's to strike, and I'm to dodge it.'


He was sent to his seat.
Year: 1869

Stated Clerk or Clerks shall have been
chosen thereby; and no Commission shall
have a right to vote or deliberate in said
Assembly until his name shall have been
enrolled by the said Clerks, and his COM
mission examined and fled among the pa
pers of the Assembly


6. Each Presbytery of the separate
Churches shall be entitled to the same re-
presentation in the Assembly of the united
Church in 1870 as it is entitled to in the
Assembly with which it is now connected.
Year: 1869

RECOMMENDATION OF Day OF PRAYER.


That the councils of Infinite Wisdom
may guide our decisions, and the blessings
of the Great Head of the Church rest upon
the result of our efforts for reunion, it is
earnestly recommended to the churches
throughout both branches of the Presby-
tcrian Church, that they observe the Sec
ond Sabbath in September, 1869, as a iay
of feryent and united prayer to Almighty
God, that he would grant unto us all . the
spirit of council and might, the spirit of
knowledge and of the fear of the Lord, .
and in the new relations now contemplated
enable us to '.keep the unity of the Spirit
in the bonds of peace
Year: 1869

those few are doing all in their power to aid
their struggling brethren. At the outbreak of
the insurrection Junta was formed here, and
preparations made for earnest and vigorous
assistance. A large room was hired on Arch
street. and liberal sum of money contributed
to place the organization on q firm basis.
Another large room was hired for the
purpose of instructing the Cubans
in the manual of arms, and other
men was speedily raised. After few weeks in
structions men were sent to the seat of war;
since that time squads numbering from five to
thirty have been sent on. A fine body of men,
nearly all Cubans, are at present waiting trans
portation. They are under steady course of
training, and will be valuable reinforcements to
General Cespedes. Thus far every man that has
left this city to join the patriotic army in Cuba
has been fully armed and equipped; great
many of them carried Spencer rifles. The eXpe-
dition that left New York last Tuesday night
had several men from this city aboard. They
left here at noon on Tuesday, and embarked
wharves near Jersey City. A gentleman
from this city accompanied the party to the
steamer and returned to assure the sympathizers
here of the safe departure of the expedition.
He states that the steamer carried greater
quantity of arms and ammunition than was ever
before sent at one time. Among the most valu-
able of the cargo was several pieces of cannon
five (ParrotD 42-pounders, three Dahlgrens, and
several field pieces. There were also aboard of
1900 knapsacks for the army in the field, about
5000 stand of small arms, with equipments. u
large number of Colt and Remington revolvers,
sabres etc. If the steamer arrives safe, Uncle
Sans boys will meet with old friends in the
shape of hard-tack salt horse, etc.
Year: 1869

From the New Orleans Republican of Wednes-
day last we take the following


colored boy, in an attempt yesterday to
escape from an officer who held him in arrest,
was shot and killed by the officer.


The circumstances of the case are as follows:
Ruby Richardson a colored boy, twelve years
of age, was arrested in the first precinct on the
charge of larceny He was brought before the
Recorder and committed to prison. He now con-
tessed having committed the theft but stated
that white boy had been his confederate and
had possession of the money, and was now
on board steamboat at the leyee. He further
stated that he was willing to point out the boy
TO any otllcer who would accompany him.
Upon this Special Officers O'Connell and Boul-
LOUISA took the boy to the leyee. Here it became
apparent that the boy had spoken falsely, his
object being simply to get chance TO escape.
Noticing this, Officer BoullOusa grabbed the boy
by the collar, and suggested to O'Connell that
the boy be taken back to prison. While discuss
ing this point the boy sprang from their grasp
and ran, lodging to and fro among the cotton
bales, IN his effort to escape. Special Officer
and then drew his pistol and fired.
The boy Immediately fell Boullousa now
came up, and the two officers assisted the
BOY 10 rise. Neither supposed him injured, but
thought he was playing possum' They sup
ported him between them until they arrived at
the corner OF Fulton and Poydras streets. Here
Boullousa, accorning TO his evidence before the
Coroner first suspected that the boy was really
wounded, and Immediately called a vehicle on
which the boy was conveyed to the Central
station, where he expired an hour and quarter
after the shot was fired.


A post mOrtem examination was held by Dr.
Nichols, City Physician, and the ball iound 10
have entered the back, passed through the lett
lung, and lodged near the breast-bone, causing
haFfan rl..fr firaIN
Year: 1869

From the Sierra Nevada mountains to the
plane below the railway track descends a
mile and half in seventy miles. The
scenery OF the Allegheny mountains is said
to be tame in comparison with that of the
Sierra Nevada.