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Year: 1869

The Herald says;-


''The course OF the markets in Wall street during
Secretary of the Treasury that with the advent OF
the new fiscal year, beginning July /, he would
teriay modify his policy to the sales OF Govern
ment gold and purchases OF Government bonds.
Ihe effects OF this change were rejected by an
ucipation in the. various ramiflcations OF busi-
the price OF gold, which advanced TO the
highest point OF the week, when Mr.. Boutwells in
tentions were made public through the Washington
newspaper dispatches and through the publication
OF the letter OF instructions to the Assistant Trea
surer In this city. IL Is an unfortunate accompani-
ment OF the event that the specnatng cliques were
the nrst to get possession OF the news. Mr.. Bout
well owes It TO himself and TO the public that this
piece OF jobbery In his ONCE should be fully inves
tgated He gave the public PROMISE in his speech
at the Stock Exchange that he would not lend him.
self TO the Wall street gamblers, and went as far as
TO institute rule that the doings OF his department
should not be communicated to outsiders until after
the close OF banking hours each day. Yet the Inn
portant intelligence was known in Wall street early
on Monday and was very proftably used by the
cliques. The problem in gold is undergoing O great
many efforts at solution, The new policy OF the
government, which contemplates the sale OF mil
lion OF gold every other week Instead Of two mil
lions per week, as heretofore, is an important
element In the calculation. The faith or the
spectators in the highest price attained during the
week was not nrm one, for they unloaded at it.
ana gave evidence OF an unwillingness to further
operate, as result of which the market drifted to
ngures controlled by more legitimate influences. The
tendency to settle, induced by the withdrawal OF
their support, was checked by advance in foreign
exchange, which seemed in some respects artificial
and suggested the suspicion that of the holders
OF gold had not as yet got from under their loads,
and were stifening the market as a means to their
doing so prohtaby. The price reacted and then be-
came steady until the very close OF business on
saturday, Wnen there was slight yielding"
Year: 1869

A number Of our city physicians went out
to Burlington yesterday, to investigate
the case of child, which, for twenty
days, has been in a trance. The case is
pronounced one of the most remarkable
that ever came under the notice OF the
medical faculty, and there is little wonder
that it creates something Of a sensation.
In the report of the affair published in
the Wisconsin Of yesterday, we had not
sufficient details to explain the case thorr
oughly, but are enabled to do so to-day
from the lips Of persons who have seen the
child.


A little daughter, twelve years of age,
name Nina, of Christian Rausch, Ger,
man farmer, living about one and half
miles from Burlington, Racine county, in
this State, had severe attack Of measles
and diphtheria, She had nearly recov-
cred from these on the 9Th day of Janus
ary, when she called her father to her
bedside and told him that she was going
to sleep and that she should sleep for
long time. She said she would look as
though she was dead, but she would not
be dead, and she made her father promise
that he would not bury her, which prom
ise it may readily be supposed has been
faithfully kept, Soon after making the
request, the child to all appearances sank
quietly and pecefully into her last sleep.
by all it was supposed Nina was dead,
and the body was enshropded and placed
in coffin. After the sleep the body
showed no signs Of death, although the
pulse and the heart ceased to preform
their pulsation' and no device could show
that the respiratory organs were in use.
The eyes closed.


In this state Nina has lain now for
twenty days with out sign of life and
with no sign of death, other than a sink
ing of tho checks and eyes, which would
be natural with one who had tasted for go
long period.


Three days ago vein was tapped and
blood flowed as naturally as it would 10 a
living person. A blister raised on the
flesh precisely as it would on that of one
alive A neighbor of Mr.. Rausch told our
reporter that he pressed a finger on the
hand of the girl. Her flesh was solid, and
upon taking away the finger the spot was
white. In a few seconds the color came
again, precisely as it would if the flesh of
living person were pressed in the same
manner.


Under ihote circumstances it is reasona.
ble tor the parents and friends to believe
that the child lies in trance, and there
islitile wonder that the case is attracting 40
much attention among the medical faculty.
1t will be watched carefully to the end
and with interest. y large number of
persons have visited the house of Me-
Rausch. and all express themselves as lost
in wonder and amazement at this striking,
ly strange affair.
Year: 1869

alleges. There was in fact no appear
ance Of local spite or ill-feeling, either
in the vote or on the grounds-not-
withstanding the Blades efforts to
produce such an impression.


We desire to add here, that having
lived in Pella for years, and know
ing most of the people there and
thereabonts, we have themost kindly
feeling for that side of the river; and
no word of ours shall ever willingly
aid any local iii-feeling between the
two sections of the County. And we
know that the Blade, in its hostility
toward this side of the river, does
not represent the feeling of its pat
|ransthese llssea g. isc is.,s' ssFexhxu
continue to ike and to work for the
whole County, without discrimina-
ton of locality; and we commend
this course and this spirit to the
Judgment of all fair and thoughtful
citizens.
Year: 1869

We publish this morning the de-
cision of three of the Judges of the
Supreme Court of Iowa, in which
they reverse the order made by an
other Judge of the same Court re-
leasing the members OF the Board of
Supervisors of Lee County fiOm the
arrest of the United States Marshal.
The origin of the case is thus briefly
reeited by the Davenport Gazette:


"a holder of some of the railroad
bonds issued by Lee County, Iowa,
sued thereon, and obtained Judgment
against the County in the Federal
Court of Illinois before Judge Drum
mond, at Chicago, the case having
been sent over from Iowa. Judge
Drulnmond ordered 0.d,iddDaus to
!. the GosssIs . sst,tss,fs to f'iy the Iudg-
fffenf. The officers refused tolevy ii,
as commanded, because of prior
injunction Of the State Court COM
manding them not to levy it. Here
were two conflicting commands: the
Federal Court threatening to punish
them if they did not levy the tax;
and the State Court to punish them
if they did. When the officers re-
fused TO levy the tax, Judge Drum
mond ordered the Marshal of Iowa
to arrest them and bring them before
him. He did arrest them, but before
sued out writ of habe0s corpus from
Judge Beck, who discharged them
from the custody of the United States
officers"


This conflict Of authority between
the Federal and the State Court inn
mediateiy excited the attention of
the whole country; and for time
the case assumed an alarming light,
the United States Marshal at one
time being credited with the state
ment that he would bring United
States troops to aid him in the arrest
of the Board. But, instead of this,
ne wiselyappealed from Judge Beck
order to the Supreme Court, q ma
jority of the Judges of which have
settled the whole question by the de-
cision that the Supervisors could not
be released on writ of ho6eds corpus.


We believe that the great majority
of the people of Iowa will commend
the Judges for the decision they have
made, or rather, for the courage they
have displayed III making the only
decision they honorably could make.
Had they decided otherwise, the re-
suit in tire end would have been the
same, only our State would have
been forced to do what il has now
done of its own accord. We said
some time ago, that Iowa should
stand by its Court till time was had
for it to examine into and determine
upon the rights of the State. Now
that it has done so, and has decided
that Judge Beck had no right to aid
and made the case plain to the un-
derstanding of every candid man, we
commend its Judges for their course,
and say, let the people of Iowa bow
to the superior law. Our personal
interests may lead us to a desire for
resisting its mandates, but its voice
is supreme; and we, as citizens OF II
state that stands loyal to union Of
government, can call it no humilia-
ton to do our duty.-,Sote Register,
10th inst.
Year: 1869

We, the undersigned, citizens OF
the state OF Iowa, believing that our


National Constitution is seriously
defective in that it contains no ex-
plicit acknowledgement Of Almighty
God or Of the Christian religion, Go


hereby earnestly invite our fellow
citizens Of all Christian deromina-


tions to meet in State Convention
in the city Of Oskaloo5a, on the 2Tth


day of October next, for the purpose
of forming State National Reform


Association, and derising and adopt
ing measures for securing in a lawful
way such an amendment as VIII
remedy this defect in the Constitu-
ton of our Country.


The above call has been signed by
above sixty names, including minis
ters Of all denominations. The pro-
lnoters OF this movement utterly
disclaim any desire or intention to
effect union between Church and
State, such as has wrought so much
injury to both civil and religious
liberty and welfare in many parts OF
the world. They seek nothing


which will give to any denomination
of Christians the slightest political
advantage over any other. But they
desire to place in the National Con-
stitution such an acknowledgment
of Almighty God and the Christian
religion, as was found in all our ear
lier State Constitutions, and as they
hold to be due from every nation to
the God of Nations. All citizens
who are interested in this measure
are earnestly invited to attend the
approaching Convention.
Year: 1869

A curious discovery has recently
been made at Pompcii. In house
in the course of excavation an oven
was found, closed with an iron door,
on opening which a batch Of eighty
one loaves, put in nearly eighteen
hundred years ago, and now some
what overdone, was discovered and
even the elargeiron shovel with which
they had been neatly laid in rows.
The loavcs were but slightly over.
baked by the lava heat, having been
protected by quantity Of ashes
covering the door. There is no
bakers marks on the loaves; they
are circular, about nine inches in d.
ameter, rather fat, and indented
evidently with the bakers elbow
in the center, and are slightly raised
at the sides, and divided by eight
lines radiating from the center into
eight segments. They are now of q
deep brown color, and hard, but
very light. In the same shop were
found 561 bronze and So silver coins.
A mill, with great quantity Of corn
in excellent preservation, has also
been discovered.
Year: 1869

A Saratoga exquisite is profound
ly enamored Of the male type of the
beautiful blonde, and sets hlmselfup
as model thereof. He duly elabo-
rates his hair and parts it exactly in
the middle, carrying his hat In his
hand from fear of disarranging the
work of the barber, and goes
through the formulas Of the glove
exercise and dress parade ON Major
Leland's piazza with astonishing
precision. A fearful suspicion as to
the identity ofsex is the only draw.
back to the amusement Of spectators
Year: 1869

A most delightful sensation was
nipped in the bud the other night at
Saratoga. A lovely and charming
blonde, whose father was cruelty
obdurate, had nearly escaped
through the window to join her
anxious inamorta, who had arrang-
cd everything for an immediate
wedding. AS she put her delicate
foot through the window upon
the first round of the ladder, alas
alas her crinoline caught upon the
bell-handle by the fireplace, and the
poor girl, unable to advance or re-
treat, was detained until a cham.
bermaid accidentally entered the
room and released her from her
perilous position.
Year: 1869

1 AM rich enough, says Pope to Swift,
and can afford to give hundred.pounds
u year. l would not crawl upon the
earth without do ng good. will enjoy
the pleasure of what give by giving it
alive, and dseeing another enjoy it. When
| die / should be ashamed to leave
enough for monument. if a wanting
friend is above ground. That speech Of
Pope is sufficient to immortalize him
independently of his philosophical
verses.
Year: 1869

ANOTHER Row IN RHODE IsLAND.-In a
drove of cattle driven through the streets of
Providence there was young steer that sud-
denly resolved not to go 1t in the usual way,
but in an unusual way. He put down his head
and put up his tail and away he went, up the
women, and cripples and ampposts-tremen-
dously. Providence was in an awful uproar,
and to the very end the steer never knew
exactly what he was driving at The remark
able way in which this fellow repeated
Sprague may suggest to the reflective how
much intellect was necessary for the Senator's
performance.
Year: 1869

the waste places to blossom like rose, and


were puzzling their thick skulls to determine
whether il was desirable to prevent the


ravages of overilshing and to assert the Won
derful reproductive power of the fnny tribes
in restocking the fisheries, the younger men
of the lower house took the matter in hand
and put it through. Here is one step gained.


We have got rid of the do-nothing, dead
weight style of opposition. There never was
any objection to consideration of the pro-
posed enactment on its merits. There may
be errors in it which want correcting, but this
is the first occasion where there has seemed
any possibility of getting the case to hear
ing. And when this result was finally
achieved there was opposition, of course, but
no intelligent opposition, or no argument,
against single clause Of the act Now
comes the turn of the Senate once more.
The hibernating bears of that establishment
have been sucking their paws over it long
enough; the warm weather is upon us, the,
winter is over and it is time that they walked
up. Senator Folger is chairman of the Senate
Judiciary Committee. Let him stir up his
associate bears with long pole and see that
the animals dance to the popular air of de-
veloping our food resources for the good Of
the people. To Mr.. Skeels belongs the credit
of taking the wild creatures of our State
under his protection by securing the enact
ment first of the Game law and now of the
Fishery hill
Year: 1869

RossINI's SOLEMN MAss.-Notwithstan
our deliberate conviction, confirmed by a
second hearing, that the encomums of the
European press upon Rossini's Solemn Mass
are exaggerated, we readily concede that IL
contains several delightful and impressive
melodies, which compare favorably with any
others due to the ''Swan of Pesaro," and that
as whole It is q work which every lover of
music should attentively study. As we have
already had occasion to remark, Miss Kellogg
brings out all the beauties of the Crucifrus-
O soprano solo of the true Rossinian grace and
sweetness-to the fullest extent. Both in the
o Salutoris and the Agnus Del Nine. Natalie
Testa gives proof Of being thorough artist
and sympathetic vocalist. This evening an
audience no less fashionable and numerous
than that which has listened to Rossini's
Solemn Mass for two successive evenings dur
ing the present week, at the Academy of
Music, will doubtless assemble to hear Il at
Stenway Hall but we must say that properly
to appreciate and enjoy 80 sublime a work Il
should be heard not in an opera house or
music hall, but in some grand cathedral.
Year: 1869

NErTRALITY.--B neutrality consists In
denying the use of the British flag to the men
of-war on either side; and in Switzerland they
have ordered Mazzini to leave the country
because he has abused his refuge by plotting
against neighbor. They make bad cheese
in that country, but they improve on the Eng
lish law.
Year: 1869

GENERAL LEE AT THE WHITE HOUSE,
forces of the Confederates, visited President
Grant at the White House yesterday forenoon.
He was accorded strictly private audience of
an hours duration. The ofIice-seekers, who
filed the ante-chambers, were mortified and
disgusted at the temporary adjournment of a
consideration Of their clamorous appeals for
place and INDUCED in manifold conjectures as
to the cause of the meeting of the two distin-
guished officers. Perhaps it was for the pur-
pose of consultation as to the adoption Of some
new strategic plan by the use of which the Pre-
sident will be freed from their opportunities.
Year: 1869

Bft0uf GtIfS-- our S1Ciut Black


NaI.


From tho New York world.l


As things go now days an Invitation to
n wedding is no laughing matter. Those
pasteboard squares, with their entsnglement
of MonogrAms, summon us to take II part
in great many absurdities of custom but,
of oil the e, the most absurd and burden
some is that Of giving presents. The fact is
that marrying people practice upon all their
friends Mt he present day a system Of bare
faced extortion, without giving them the
right to resent or expose. There is no pre-
tence of spontaneity, or sentiment In these
& fits; they are purchased because they
must be, and this the receiver we'll under
stands. The exaction upou people Of mod
crate means, rating their affections before
the town by the number of dollars they are
able or WILLING to invest on the occasion,
and mortifying them, if the gift he small,
by parading it, with name alta cbed. Ia con-
trast with the outlay of wealthier friends, is
so essentially vulgar and indicate that it is
wonder how it ever came to be tolerated 10
society claiming to be refined. The Gus
tom is absurd also, as well as vulgar and
burdensome, when one comes to reflect upon
IL. The matrimo lial party really gain noth-
ing for they have to repay the same in
value when the donors invite them to a
similar occasion, SO than their gifts are sim
ply loans How many times the bIide must
have said: "Thank you very much how
lovely it is 20 over this amount Of plate,
when she knows that the equivalent which
must be given for it in the future would
purchase uniform service after her own
heart. As it is, each couple find themselves
possessed of heterogeneous mass of silver
ware, not cnly unlike in design, but with
excuses and deficiencies which nobody
could foresee.
Year: 1869

A MAN from the country invested FIVE
cents in the purchase of an orange, and
preparatory to getting himself outside of
it threw the peel on the sidewalk. Soon
after young woman came along, slipped
upon the peel, and fell upon the walk,
breaking her leg, The young woman was
to have been married the next day, but
wasn't. The man who was to have mar.
ried her had come from st. Paul, Mime.
sofa, and was obliged to return on account
of business, to await the recovery of the
girl. On his way back he unfortunately
took train on the Erie railroad, which
ran off the track, and his shoulder blade
was broken, forcing him to stop at Dun
kirk for repairs. The Travellers Insur-
ance Company, in which he was insured,
had to pay $3.50 in weekly installments
before he recovered. On getting back to
St. Paul, he found that his forced absence
had upset business arrangement which
he had expected to complete, at a pecu-
mary loss to him of $1,000. Meantime
the injured girl suffered relapse, which
so enfeebled her health that her marriage
was delayed, which had bad effect upon
the young man, and he finally broke the
engagement and married widow in Min
nesota, with four small children. This SC
worked upon the mind of the girl thai
she is now in the insane hospital in Mid
dletown. Her father, outraged by the
conduct of the young man, brought sui


for breach of promise, and has just re


covered $4,000. The anxiety and ex


pense of the whole affair thus far hs'


been enormous, as anybody can see


Similar cases are likely to occur so lont


as people will persist in throwing orangI
| peel around loose Hartford Couraat,
Year: 1869

Nh. GRRELRE is said to be particular to
a degree about the spelling Of the proper
names in his copy" In a leader upon
the Chamber of Commerce, he had occa-
sion to use the name Of the well known
merchant, A. A. Low. He was Mortified
next morning at seeing it printed in the
Tribune A. I. Low. Rushing up to the
composing.room, he sung out to the ur.
bane foreman, "Tom, somebody Is to be
kicked Who set this up?" pointing to
the obnoxious paragraph. The compost
tor Of this special take presented him
self, manuscript in hand. THE man who
made this mistake is going to be kicked
sang the irate editor, snatohing the copy
and glancing his eye over what he no
doubt honestly intended for letters, and
reading A. L. Low, just as it was printed,
he added slowly, handing back the manu-
script; "Tom, please have somebody
come and kick me"
Year: 1869

POPULAR ERRoRs. That editors keep
public reading rooms. That they are de-
lighted to get anything to all up the paper
with. That they are always pleased to
have assistance in selecting copy for the
paper. That every mans own private act
Is 8 matter Of public interest" That It
doesn't make much difference whether
copy be written on both sides. That the
editors always return rejected manuscript.
Year: 1869

The students in one of our colleges be-
ing frequently annoyed by the nocturnal
and inquisitorial visits of "a Professor, who
suspected them of playing cards, one
evening prepared kettle of mush, other
wise called hasty pudding, and by the
time it was led had seated themselves
around the table in the attitude of card
playing, waiting patiently for the we'll
known step of the Professor. 1t was
no sooner heard than a large outside
pOcket of one of them was forthwith
filled with hot hasty pudding, and all were
seated as before. As soon as the Pro
fessor had opened the door, the student
who was loaded with the mush made a
sudden sweep over the table with his
hand, as if to gather up the cards, and
with another motion apparently put them
into the pocket containing the mush.
These movements could not help being
noticed, as they were intended to be, by
the Professor, who, considering them as a
pretty strong evidence of guilt, broke out
with the following:


"Well, young gentlemen, I've caught
you at it at last, haveIg"


"Why, yes sir, we are all here"


So see you are, and you have been
playing cards, too?"


No, sir, it is not So"


at isn't hag What have you got in
your pocket, young MANI"


"HOt hasty pudding, sir"


"Hot hasty pudding, ha ! hasty pudding
have your I'll hasty pudding you" said
the Professor, at the same time thrusting
his hand half way to the elbow into hot
hasty pudding.


The dolorous looks, the shaking of fin
gers, the groaning and capers of the
Professor are better imagined than de-
scribed.
Year: 1869

SINCE the advent of warm weather this
year, there has been an unusual number OF
accidents by lightning. Many Of these
have been noticed in the city papers, and
many others only in the provincial jour
nails. They have served to attract atten-
ton, in consequence of their number, and
the extraordinary character of some OF
them, to the electrical phenomena of thun-
der storms; and they have illustrated,
quite remarkably, the ignorance of many
persons upon this subject.


Some singular accidents have occurred.
But short time ago a locomotive upon
one of the New Jersey railroads was
struck by lightning. The metal probably
attracted the electric fluid. Near Orange,
in the same State, a house upon which
there was a conductor was struck during a
heavy shower. The lightning entered by
the window, and killed a person who was
near it. Very recently, a man who was
swimming in the creek near Hunters
Point was struck and instantly killed.
About two weeks ago, a house in Mo
riches, L l., was struck by lightning in the
middle of the night the wife of the farm
er who owned it was killed, while he, who
was sleeping beside her. remained un.
harmed.


1t is important for people to understand
that there is danger in exposing themselves
to thunder storms; for large proportion
of accidents arise from unnecessary and
careless exposure. Almost all metallic
Substances are good conductors of cleo
tricity, and consequently it is dangerous to
carry such articles as a hoe, spade, or a
pitchfork, when out in q thunder shower
A few days ago laborer In Greenwood