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Year: 1869

OTTAWA. April 27-Mr. Gait made a
long speech in the Commons yesterday
supporting his motion respecting the
Fenian raids. He made an addition to
his previous motion so as to include all
correspondence between Canada and the
United States during the Rebellion. He
defended at great length the policy of
Canada and closed by saying the course
of the United States government appear
ed to be dictated by desire to bring
ahodt the humiliation of England
through her dependencies on this conti-
nent, but he did not believe the plan
would succeed. England would not for
a moment give way, and the people of
Canada would sustaia her to man.
Having repudiated the idea that the pol
icy of Great Britain toward domin-
ion was one of abandon p...a. psAIr. Calf
closed amid .loud clnr--V: 34 so
Year: 1869

THE Hickman COURIER says the question
of State aid to railroads must form an issue
in the election for representatives to the
Legislature this year, and insists that can
didates must define their position upon the
question.-LouisriLs C0urier-JoHrRal.


We renew the declaration. The peo-
pie, Of whatever party, opposed to i'm
posing upon themselves an endless and
burdensome tax to build up particular
localities and private corporations, should
arouse to action. They must demand to
know the plainrRa qualified position of
every candidate asking their suffrage upon
this question. To this end our friends
in every county should organize and put
forward their candidates, and work to
prevent these onerous burthcns from be-
ing fastened upon the State. Let no
man be deceived into inaction, or, into
supporting u "non committal" candi-
date. The money and power is with
these Aid" schemers, and they will
not hesitate to use every influence to
carry their projects through before the
people and in the next Legislature.
Year: 1869

The Hon. A. II. Stephens, of Georgia, in
a recent address, at meeting at Alexandria,
for the benefit IF the Orphans Asylum and
free Sci COL of that city, related the following
anecdOte:


"a poor little boy on a cold night with no
hutne nor roof to shelter his head, patcrnal
or maternal guardian or guide to protect or
direct him on his way. reached at nightaIl
the home of 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 inspired him with fresh
courage to battle with the obstacles Of life
Years rolled round Providence led him on.
and he reached the legal profession. His
host had died, the cormnrants 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 before welcomed and entertained by
her deceased husband The stimulous of a
warm and tenacious gratitude added to
the ordinary motive connected with the pro-
fessinn. He undertook her cause with will
not easy to be resisted. he gained it the wild
ow's estates were secured to her in perpetui-
ty" and Mr. Stephens added with an en-
phasis of emotion that sent electric thrill
throughout the house, That 6oy stands be-
fore yOu.'
Year: 1869

Cure FOR EARAcuE.-Theie is scarcely
any ache 70 which children are subject. SO
bad to bear and 20 difficult to cure as earache.
But there is a remedy never known to fall
Take bi' Of cotton batting. put upon it
pinch of black pepper gather it up and tie il, ).
Dip It in s-7eet or and insert IL in the ear.-
Put flannel baudage over the head 10 keep
it warm. It will give immediate relief.
Year: 1869

How TO TREAT THE BITE OF a DOG -
DR.. Stephen Ware, of Boston, in his testi
mony "t recent case which grew out of the
injuries from the bite of dog. furnished the
fullowing valuable advice In the case of u
bite by dog. where the teeth Of the animal
penetrated the flesh, whether the dog was
known to be mad or NOT, he should use the
same precautions. Ho would wash the wound
with warm water. extract all the virus possible
Ly sucking the wound with his lips, and then
cauterize it deeply with the caustic most
readily obtained but should use potash if it
could be procured at once. The time in
which the effects of the bite Of mad dog
would be seen. varied from two to three days
TO as mauy years, but if no effects were after
two or three m"nrhs, as general thing the
patient might cOnsider himself safe. Bites
made through clothing are seldom productive
OF much harm, as even if the dog is mad the
clothing absorbs the virus before the teeth
reach the Acsh. Most all the fatal cases are
where the person was bitten on some naked
part
Year: 1869

our Government.


A gentleman who arrived In New York on the
sth inst gives the following news from


have just arrived from Mexico. During
residence of fourteen years In that country
outrages upon Am ericRn citizens, and when
these were brought to the notice of the Ameri-
can Government no attention was paid to them
by those whose business it was to ask for re-
dress or give protection. While suoh men as
kosta, of Smyrna notoriety, would command
the attention of our naval commanders, as well
as our Secretary of State, natlve-born Amerl-
cans have had TO suffer death, imprisonment,
barous Mexicans could infilct Without causing
single diplomatic note to issue from the state
Department., or O remonstrance from any
quarter except by some newspaper.


have seen the American flag torn from its
hagstah In Quay mas and dragged insultingly
through the streets by bowling MOB of half
naked Mexicans, while at anchor near the town
where this shameless Insult was perpetrated
lay the 81. Mary, Unifed States man-of-war,
without offering to shield our flag. Neither did
our Government ever demand any apology or
redress for this insult During sne late civil
war General Butler hung one of our own people
for doing what these halfcivilized Mexicaus
did to our flag, with this difference -Mulford
only pulled the flag down, while the MeXi0an9
not only tore the flag from the Flagstaff, but
dragged 1t through the streets.


On the Attn day OF January OF this year the
writer of this happened to be In the Mexican
port of San Bias, on the Pacific. There was an
American schooner there from san Francisco
which had discharged her cargo aud was ready
to sail Without any previous notice on armed
NE OF Dal1-nakeu SOlO1erb were piaceu OD DOaru
of his vessel, with orders to prevent her sailing.
The captain in vain produced his papers TO
prove that all was right, but all arguments
and reasoning were left aside, and he was
told that they'had the power and cnose to ex-
ercse Ii.


AT this juncture the American mau.of- war
Mobongo, Captain Stephen Luce, came into
the port, dropped her anchor, and her captain at
once proceeded to Investigate the case of this
schooner. His clear head comprehended the
whole matter He said but few words: these
few, however, Were directly to the point. The
schooner was forthwith released, the captains
manifest delivered In gracious manner,
with host OF apologies to him as we'll
as to Captain Luce. Captain Luce des
patched TINS affair in less than one hour, and
as he left informed the Mexican officials
that he should be back that way in about ten
days; that his business was 10 look after the
interests of American citizens This is the
first instance among the many that have
been witness to In Mexico that promDt redress
has been demanded by our naval officers, and
as promptly complied with by the sneaking
ours who perpetrated the Insult, anu who gene
rally resort TO diplomacy and jugglery to avoid
making amends for the outrages they commit.


This action OF a naval commander upon the
Mexican coast Is worth recording. as 1t Is the
first instance OF our navy being of any value to
us In the protection of American interests In
MexipO
Year: 1869

a young man was recently executed
at Newport, Kentucky, for burglary and
murder. In his last speech on the gal
lows, he said; "My father was church
member and so was my mother, but
they never gave me any advice. They
went to church every Sunday, but they
left their religion at the church. They
never explained to me the doctrines of
the Bible. II the dying testimony of that
young man was true, it not only ex-
planned his own sad history, but should
be accepted asa solemn rebuke by thou
sands of christian parents in the land.
No wonder their religion becomes a
subject of mockery, when the child
never marks any evidence of their re-
gard for its solemn truths beyond bare
profession. In the church they profess
TO believe that their children have souls,
yet they utterly neglect their salvation.
If the force of this argument. which our
fallen nature so promptly gIasps, is
overcome by the efforts of the minister,
it is wonderful affair. We're the par
ents deliberately co concentrate all
their influence OH the mind of the child
to eiface every good expression made
upon it, they could employ no means
more eflectuai than profound indiffer-
ence. with what silent, yet mighty
energy, is this force being applied to
the hearts of many boys ard girls in the
land, Their parents belong to the
church, go to preaching on Sunday
look solemn, and that is all. The ex-
ample of their week day lives make their
children hypOcrites or inlidels. Better
have milestone fastened around our
neckS and be cast into the sea, than to
have our children say when they die:
My parents belonged to the church, but
were never enough interested in my
salvation to speak to me word about
my soul.-IeraS Cin'iStiaa Advocate.
Year: 1869


AS breezes stir the morning
A silent reigns in air;
Steel blue the heavens above me,
Moveless the trees and bare;
Yet unto me the stiffness
This burden seems to bring
Patience! the earth is waiting,
Waiting for the Spring.
Strong ash and sturdy cbesnut,
Rough oak and poplar high,
Stretch out their sapless branches
Against the wintry sky
Even the guilty aspen
Hath ceased her quivering,
As though she too We're waiting,
Waiting for the Spring.
strain mine ears to listen,
If haply where l stand
But one stray note of music
May sound in all the land.
Why art thou mute. o blackbird7
o thrush, why dost not sing?
All surely they are waiting,
Waiting for the Spring.
o heartl thy days are darksome;
o heart thy nights are drear,
But soon shall streams of sunshine
Proclaim the turning year,
Soon snail the trees be leafy,
Soon every bird shall sing;
Let them be silent waiting,
Waiting for the Spring.
Year: 1869

JNRUG STORE FOR SALE IN A LEADING AVENUE
IL Handsomely fitted well stocked doing good trade
will sold much under its value consequence OF the
sickness OF owner Appy to STUART NlcOLL, u Full
ton street.
Year: 1869

We do not approach the subject of the


death of Franklin Pierce to comment un-
favorably upon his political course. Let
us all prescribe party animosities in the
presence of death. Let US rather think
of him as one born, bred, and inspired of
patriotic sires who drew the sword of rev.
olution, and hewed their way through
blood, to national independence-as one
who in sense of patriotic ancestry, and in
love of his country, volunteered when he


was past middle age, as a common soldier
in war where American valor contended
in the heart of an enemy's country, at
odds almost equal TO those which Spartan
valor opposed to the great Persian Kings,
or kings of kings-as one who shared
with the common soldier the extreme of
peril and of hardship, cheered and aided
him in the weary march under tropical
suns and pestilential latitudes, and gave
to the sick and wounded his attention and
his means. Let us think of Franklin
Pierce asa man of that greatness of heart
which constitute the true nobility of char
acter. and which constantly exhibits it.
self in words, looks, tone and accents, and
words of kindness. Kindness of heart
was his great quality, No exaltation Of
station, no degree Of prosperity, no ap.
plause of men, no adventitious circumstan.
ces whatever caused him at any time to
overlook, much less to neglect, an appeal
for aid by the lowly and suffering. Thought
of others was his distinguishing quality


Were any successful and honored,h he CAV,
them the full-shall we not say the more
than full-expression of his qualification


Were any struggling, who SO quick tc
come unasked to their relief by words anC
acts ID kindness? We're any in disxsE
Year: 1869

From the beginning he was successful
as an advocate. He was always clear
headed, straightforward, acute in his
perceptions, earnest in his studies, curious
in his inquiries, and remembering all that
he had heard or read, eminently practi-
cal in the turn of his mind, he was able,
without an effort, to reduce all the the
ories of the science of law to practical
conclusions. He offers a striking illus
tration of kind of intellect that seems
to be somewhat peculiar to New England
men-we speak ola mind curious enough
to be always seeking for light, capacious
enough to hold everything, and yet with
al, endowed with that rare property which
we will call the chemical power of arrang-
ing for itself, without labor to its possess
or, all the knowledge he has acquired.
Such minds furnish, ready for use, the
whole stock of knowledge ever committed
them, when called on. The moment such
men have to speak, or write, or act, all
that they have ever read, or heard, or
known, or had chance to know, springs
to their aid in just the order they want
to use it, This makes a ready speaker.
This ality,possessed in so eminent de-
gree by Frank Pierce, makes him great


intelligent, and practical lawyer, and from
one step to another, hO passed all the
Year: 1869

Dr. Wisbart,s Great American Dyspepsia Pills and Pine Tree Tar Cordial positive and infable cure for Dyspepsia in most aggravated form, and no mat ter of how long standing.

 They penetrate the secret abode of this terrible dis ease and exterinate it, root and branch, forever.

 They alleviate more agony and silent suffering than tongue can tell.

 They are noted for curing the most desperate and hopeless cases whenever known means fail to afford relief.

 No form of dyspepsia or indigestion resist their penetrating power. A&s w
Year: 1869

We do not offer a single altlcle of merchan- disc. that can be sold by regular delaers at our price We do not ask you to buy goods of us unless We can sell them cheaper than you can obtain them in any other way,-while tho greater part of our goods are sold at about
Year: 1869

will sustain himself pretty well-don't be
uneasy on that scoreI We have already
pronounced him a "shrewd politician,
and his claim will not be denied. II sent
to the Senate the Government and the
country may 60 to the old bad-but we
will not lose a single nights sleep. on &C.
count OF our Andy"
Year: 1869

The following memorial, accompanied with a
draft of bill, and signed by many of the prom
inent citizens of this District, win be presented
TO Congress on Monday next:


"That they are DC sirous of holding in the city
of Washington, during the wear Isl. an eXhi-
biton OF the works Of art and industry of all ma
tons, ON scale woi thy of the object and Of the
country


That in furtherance of this design numb r
OF public meetings have been held i'm this CITY
in which the interest of the entire commu aty i'm
the proposed exhibition has been manifesto in
the most substantial manner, by their willing
ness to subscribe large sums of money for its
accUmpl shment, and to submit their prope sty
10 taxation to the same end. Enough has al
ready been done TO show that the citizens of the
District of Columbia alone are ready to invest a
million and half of dollars in the enterprise
The governments of all other countries where
these exhibitions have been held have deemed
and support, and have granted TO their propri-
etOrs moral and material aid in the promotion
of their undertaking.


Your memorialists, believing in the enlight-
ened Gberality of Congress, respectfully pray
that the same encouragement and support NAV
be extended to them which have been hitherto
given 10y the Governments of England and
France TO the several great International Exhi-
bitiOns which have, since $780, been held in those
countries.


The precise nature and amount of the all
which your memOrialists desire to obtain in Tho
furtherance Of this national enterprise are in
dicated by the accompanying draft of bill for
a charter of incorporation, which they pray
your honorable bodies to grant for joint stock
company, to be designated " The International
Industrial Exhibition Company" and embody-
ing such privileges and assistance as they think
they may justly ask the Congress of the nation
to accord to an enterprise designed for the COM
mon benefit of the country.


Your memorialists deem it unnecessary to
enter into any arguments i'm proof OF the vast
Importance and value of such exhibitions to the
countries where they are held, and TO mankind.
The concurrent voice of the NEST enlightened
nations has been testified to the countless ben
efits that have resulted fiom them in the i'm
rrovement Of the raw products, machinery
; manufactures, and fine arts of the world.
Believing that, with the reasonable aid which
they now pray from Congress, they will be able
TO bring together at the National Capital such
an'exhibiton as will be at once creditable and
utf ii t, the American people, your memo
Iialists respectfully ask such an early action Oh
their prayer as, If favorable, may enable them
to enter, without unnecessary delay, upon the
execution of the laborious work which they pro-
pose to undertake.


&C."
Year: 1869

CORRECT STYLE FOR FULL EVENING DRESS
The correct style for full evening dress is black
dress coat, with velvet collar and plain lapels,
rolling low. A black embroidered Cashmere
vest is the most fashionable this season, though
white Marseilles vests are much worn, cut low
to show three shirt studs, with a rolling collar.
and are in good taste. When plain black dress
vest is worn afacing OF white Marseilles or silk
il frequently sewed inside the collar, but is not
used as much as formerly. Trousers are made
of a fine black doeskin, cut easy to the leg and
with a good spring at the bottom. The shirt
bosom should be neatly embroidered and the
studs jewelled, small diamonds being the most
dressy. The tie should always be white, the
ends a little larger than i'm the centre and en-
broidered. Gloves also white, though a light
lavender or pale cream color is often worn.
Boots OF plain calf-skin, not patent leather For


informfl party where full dress is not expect
ed, blue-black cloth frock or English waking
coat Is the correct style, with white double.
breasted vest showing little above the coat,
and either plain lavender-color or black
gloves and black tie.
Year: 1869

q. k.-The Clerks Of the Treasurer's Office
who went to New York to count the funds in the
sub-treasury in that city have completed their
labor, and found the accounts correct, with the
exception of deficit Of five dollars in gold,
which the clerks in the assistant treasurer's Of
flee promptly made up.
Year: 1869

A Card from the Mayor of Southampton.


We publish elsewhere to-day card from
the Mayor of Southampton, in which he declares
that he has nothing to do with the political
bearings Of the change in the consulate there,
nor with the relative qualifications of Captain
Britton and Mr.. William Thompson. He
Indignantly repels, in the name of the
people of Southampton, the insult offered to
them by the unfounded accusations and SLAM
derous falsehoods Of the correspondent of a
New York journal which is notorious for be-
traying it's own selfish and malevolent motives
by reckless aspersions against individuals and
whole communities. Mayor Perkins positively
contradicts and disproves certain statements
of the correspondent in question, the personal
attack on Consul Thompson we lately took
occasion to expose. The Mayor declares that,
notwithstanding the diversity of opinion exist
ing at the time in Southampton and in every
other British community as well as in the
United States, with respect to the character
of the great civil conflict ''now, happily for
America aud for the whole world, to be remem-
bered only as thing of the past, !" it is simply
t'a gratuitous and an exaggerated aspersion
to say that the town ran over with rebel SYM
pathies." He alludes to the magnificent
hospitalities extended by the municipality Of
Southampton to the admirals of the various
squadrons which have occasionally visited its
waters and to other recognized representatives
Of the American government and people as
indisputable proof of the breadth and thorough
ness Of sympathy Of the people of Southamp-
ton with the citizens of the States-a sympathy
Honorable alike to those who have evinced
and to those who have evoked 1t. The card Of
The Mayor of Southampton may be welcomed as
another of many gratifying signs of the new
era ofinternational friendship between England
and America inaugurated by the triumphant
Termination of the war between two great sec
tions of our republic.
Year: 1869

In communication published in the HERALD
yesterday the ground was taken that the
American people should not encourage the
immigration Of Chinese, but should rather
discourage it. Among other reasons given
were that the Chinese came here not to settle,
but to ''drain the land of its wealth" and go
home; that they are regarded as a nuisance
by the people in California; that they say
their prayers to ''mean-looking idols;" that
they are Industrious and live on very little
that they work at everything and are content
with very little pay. We do not see the force
OF these reasons. We are not afraid that John
Chinaman will ''drain the land of its wealth"
Part of the wealth of the land is the labor he
does here, and he cannot take that away. If
he does the labor cheaply he will, Of course,
take away all the less money. AS to his
living on very little, it is because he was
brought up to it in China. He will get in the
habit Of eating more In this country If we
have patience. AS to his devotions, we, as
the friend of true religion, are glad that he
says bis prayers to anything. If his idols are
now ''moan looking" we can only hope that
when he becomes half Yankee he will have q
better taste in art; but the architecture Of some
OF our own churches is against that hope. As
for the Chinaman not coming here to settle, we
can but say, let him go when he wants to. II
he is such poor material our correspondent
ought TO be glad to get rid Of him.
Year: 1869

A Political Somersnult-A Leading Radical


Organ Favors Universal Suffrage.


NASHVILLE, June IL, 1859.
The Press ana Times, heretofore the organ Of
stokes, came out this morning strongly for Sentor
and universal suffrage The old editors OF the Press
ana Times have all ceased their connection with it,
and the leading article declares that hereafter II W Ill
be the organ OF no set Of men, but will boldly
and independently advocate whatever the conduc-
tors think polite and right The Sentor movement
Nelson walker, an intelligent colored man. an.
nounces himself as a candidate to represent Nash
vile and Davidson county In the next Legislature.
His platform Is universal suffrage and general am.
nesty.
Year: 1869

ExEarLAgs. The latest Boston notion Is
that the Indian of the Plains Is the great type
of the best sort of civlization-the only piece
OF humanity who lives up to all the modern
ideas of nigger rights and woman suffrage.
Now, IL the possession of these ideas in the
form of institutions produces such result as
the Indian do we want to try them?