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Year: 1868

From the New York World.


Among the great statesmen OF this cOun-
try, there is no one of whom New York
has so much reason TO be proud, no one
who was 30 progressive or so much in ad-
vance Of his age, no one who contributed
80 much TO the wonderful growth of this
metropolis or to the development and pros
perity Of the whole country, as De Witt
Clinton We need not recount his achieve
men;s they have for more than forty years
been in the lessons of every American
school boy The mature convictions Of
such a man, deliberately expressed on a
public occasion, will be read with greater
Difference than any contemporary views on
the same subject as being less open TO the
suspicion of party bias. We therefore ask
attention to the following extract from his
speech to the Legislature, in November,
1920, which may be found in Hammond's ;
Political History of New York" vol, l,
page 53S:


He protestedagainstt the interference Of the
officers of the general government with our
State elections. On that subject he said :
"Our government is complex in its organi-
zation, and it is essentially necessary TO
preserve the Stale governments in their
purity and energy. A free government
could never exist in a country so extensive
as the United States without a iudicious
combination Of the federal and representa-
tive principles. The apprehensions which
some Of our wisest statesmen entertained
at the formation of the Constitution, that
the State governments would constantly
encroach upon the powers of the national
government, appears not TO have been re-
allied. The practical tendency has been
in the opposite direction. The power OF
the general administrators has increased
with the extension OF its patronage, and il
the officers under its appointment shall see
III, as an organized and disciplined corps,
tOanteriere in the State elections, | trust
that there will be found a becoming dispo-
sition in the people 10 resist these alarming
attempts upon the purity and independence
of their local governments; for whenever
the pillars which support the editice of the
general government are undermined and
prOstrated, the whole fabric of national
freedom and prosperity will be crushed in
ruin. ! have considered il my solemn duty
TO protest against these unwarrantable in
trusions of extraneous influence. and |
hope that the national legislature will not
be regardless Of its duty on this occasion"


That great man, though dead, yet speak
eth" We are nov passing into the very
vortex of that Capitalization which he
dreaded aud against which he go solemnlv
warned his countrymen. Let those who
revere his memory say whether his fears
were chimerical There was never n man
who less deserved to be soorned as an old
foey never man more devoted to bright,
hopeful, progressive politics bat he was too
wise not 10 see thal.centralization is our
greatest political danger. il is as il the
harmony Of the solar system should be
snbyerted, and the earth and planets fall
in ruins to the sun. Unless DE Witt Gin.
ton was fool, the leaders Of the Radical
party are madmen.
Year: 1868

Every department Of business has an immo
diato interest in the markets Of the country, and
in its financial fluctuations and condition. The
man who fafls to keep himself properly ad-
vised rs to the rise and fall Of the markets. as
controlled by the laws Of demand and supply,
and the relative condition Of the currency. IL
exposed to constant loss. and must necessarily
fall behind his more intelligent and enterprisine
nsiehbors. In order to make our paper valuable
as well as interesting, we shall continue to
make this a SPECIAL FEATURE. Our Daily
Market Reports domestic and foreign. by tele-
graph. and our City Reports, gotten up at heavy
expense. have challenged the commendation OF
our hest business men while our current Finan
cial Reports from all the leading u.oney centre
Of the country are fuller than have ever


published by any other journal in. Tennessee
Year: 1868

And for the special pleasure and profit Of ihe
young. each week we will give general literary
and religious miscellany. Nothing shall find
its way into our columns unfit for the perusal
.he mothers and daughters Of the land. Depre-
eating the demoralizing sensationalism of many
contemporary journals. We shall oschew that
character; striving to give the reader substantial
matter. preforring to be useful rather than


ensstional.
Year: 1868

We commend this paragraph, from the Lon
don Economist, to all who have vocation :"


1t is good thing when man is proud
of his work or his calling. Yet nothing
is more common than to hear men find
ing fault constantly with their particular
business, and deeming themselves un-
fortunate because fastened to it by the
necessity of gaining the in livelihood. In
this spirit men fret or they change
their business, and go on miserably, shift
ing from one thing to another till the
grave or the poor house gives them a
fast grip. But while occasionally man
fails in life because he is not in place
fitted for his peculiar talent, it happens
ten times oftencr that failure results from
neglect and even contempt of an honest
business. A man should put his heart
into everything sthat he does. There is
not profession that has not its peculiar
cares and vexations No man will es-
cape annoyance by changing business.


No mechanical labor is altogether
agreeable Commerce, in its endless
varieties, is affected, like all other human
pursuits, with trials, unwelcome dnties,
and spirit stirring necessities 1t Nvery
wantonness of f. lily for man 10 search
out the frets and burdens of his calling
and give his mind every day to con-
sideration of them. They belong to hui
man life.' They are inevitable. Brood
ing over them only gives them strength.
On the other hand, man has power
given him to shed beauty and pleasure
upon the homliest toll if he is wise Let
man adopt his business and indentify
it with his life, and cover it with pleas
ant associations, for God has given us
Imagination, not alone to make some
poets, but to enable all men to .beautify
Aomely things. Heart varnish will COW
er ipnumerable evils and defects. Look
at the good things. Accept your lot as
a man does a piece Of rugged ground,
and begin to get out the rocks and roots,
deepen and mellow the soil, to enrich
the plant. There is something in the
most forbidding avocation around which
a man may twine pleasant fancies, out
of which he may develop an honest
bride,
Year: 1868

An AFFECTING SsENE.-Could we ool-
lect the wives and children of drunkards
in great amphitheatre, and place the
manufacturers and venders in another
circle and fix them there until each moth
er and child had told the hiatory of their
grief-could the blows of the sworn and
once-loyed protectors be made to sound
in the ears of these venders with the
shrieks of these mothers and the cries Of
their children-couid they describe their
days of toll and their nights of anguish
could they throw into their countenan-
ces all the agony they have ever known,
all the terror and trembling, all the dis
gust and loathing which the conduct OF
husbands and fathers and brothers has
cost them-could these ven6ers hear the
prayers and see the secret tears OF these
wives and children-is there soul not
absolutely in league with the great Ad-
versary and Tempter who: could continue
for a dav, or for an hour in this unholy
business Yet all this is seen by the eye
of Omniscience, and these grOans and
cries and prayers have entered into the
ears of the COP of Sabbaths.
Year: 1868

1t isn't all in bringing up,


Let folks say what they will
You sllver-wash pewter cup
1t will be pewter still.
Een he of old, wise Solomon


Who said, train up a child"
If mistake not, raised a son.


Gay, Drained and wild.
A man of mark, who fain would pass
For lord of sea and land,
May have the training of an ass,
And bring him up full grand
May give him all the wealth of lore;
Of college and of school,
ct after all make him no more
Than just a decent fool.
Another raised by penury


Upon her bread.
whose road to knowledge is like that
The good, for heaven, must tread
Has got spark of Natures light.
He'll fan it to the flame,
Till in its burning letters bright
The world may read his name.
If it were all in bringing up,
In counsel and restraint,
Some rascals had been honest men
I'd been, myself, a saint.
oh 'tisn't all in bringing up,
Let folks say what they will
Neglect may dim silver cup
1t will be silver still.
Year: 1868

THE INTEMPERArE FATHER.-But
wonder is a father and husband. Let us
follow him to that house no longer a
home, where a lonely and heart-brokcn
wife sits covering over the embers, and
with her halfstarved children await
with trembling the hour of his approach.
She was once lovely bride, and she uni
ted her destinies with one every way
worthy of her affections. Look at those
ragged and neglected children. They
have tasted the sweets of competency,
and have heard the soft accents ola IA
theirs love. And now look at that
bloated and Ioathsome wretch holding
last to the halfopen door, at whose
howl this whole group trembles. He
was the object of that womon's love-
He is the father of those helpless chill
dren. But do not yet curse him. He
was once as far from this rs any of you.
Suppose We that this man is alone in his
guilt Far, very far from it. The guilt
lies at the door of many man not vet
sunk so low. The young man who
takes his morning dram, or now and
then goes from home for greater indul-
gence, yes, and the reputable citizen
who is, now and then, brought home
from the Club and put to rest with great
secresy, upon them does this condem-
nation rest. Unless We repent ye shall
all likewise perish.-Dr. WdyLaTd.
Year: 1868

PERILs OF FIRE-NARRow ESCAPE OF
THREE CH1LDREN.-About II O'Clock yes
terday three children of Mr.. Leopold Rose,
residing on Broad between Second and Third
streets, narrowly escaped death by fire. One
was an infant of eight months in the cradle,
another, four years of age, was sick in bed,
while a third, not more than two years old,
was tottering about the room. During the
absence Of the nurse from the chamber,
some linen hanging upon a tall fen Ter in
front of the CRATE caught on fire, and thence
the blaze communicated to the cradle in
which lay the sleeping infant. The smoke
almost sufocated the elder children, whose
cries of alarm brought the nurse to the
room. When she entered, one end Of the
cradle was in blaze, and she was just in
time to smother the flames and save the in
fant's life. A moment or two later and the
probability is that all of the children would
either have been suffocated or burned to
death
Year: 1868

RAID ON A JUNK SHoP.--Captain Seal
executed search warrant yesterday on


John Kelly, proprietor of junk store, for
the purpose of finding lot of Government
saddles which had been shipped from
Fredericksburg by man named John
Marker, junk dealer in that place. A
barrel was found containing the saddles,
and Kelly was arrested for receiving stolen
goods, knowing the same to have been stolen.
He will have o hearing this morning. &
Year: 1868

March, 1868, as required by the meeting Of
stockholders. The results Of the year show
that the concessions thus required to be
made for the relief of the country have
been carried as far as prudent regard for
the safety and good management of the
company and its credit will allow. The
existing rates compare favorably in cheap
ness and uniformity With any that have
prevailed on the road at any period, and
with those which now prevail on any we'll
managed line in the South.
Year: 1868

The civil war in Japan seems likely to end
in the triumph of the allied Daimios over the
Tycoon. The latter, it is reported, has been de-
feated in severe engagement, and fled to
Yeddo The Government of the young Mikado
has notified the representatives of the foreign
powers that Japan will faithfully adhere to the
treaties. On the other hand, however, report
reaches US that all the foreigners have left
Hiogo and Osaca, and that one foreign vessel
has been fired upon by the japanese. How
ever this may be, it is incredible that the
Mikado Government should ever seriously think
of violating the treaties. The Japanese have,
during the last ten years, seen and heard too
much about the power and the civilization Of
foreign nations ever make serious attempt to
return to their former isolation
Year: 1868

John Devlin of Brooklyn, convicted OF the
triple crime of illicit distilling, selling whisky
without license, and removing spirits to other
places than those designated by law, was SEN
fenced yesterday by Judge Benedict in the
United States Circuit Court, Brooklyn, to pay
a fine of $500 and be imprisoned two years in
the Albany Penitentiary. Although this pun
ishment is light, compared with the extent Of
the crime, and the fortune which the prisoner
has doubtless swindled the Government out of,
it is particularly gratifying to know that some
of the authorities, at least are determined
that no man can disregard this law
"and escape punishment" We have
received note touching An editorial para
graph which recently appeared in THE TRIBUNE,
saying that but two or three distilleries had


been condemned in this city. One hundred
Year: 1868

The w est India Telegraph lines will ere
long be extended to all the large islands, as
well as to New Grenada, and probably one or
two points on the South American coast. The
agent Of the International Company has ap-
Piled to the Legislature of Jamaica for per-
mission to land the Cuba Cable, and to put up
land line across Jamaica. Thence sub
marine line will reach Aspinwall, giving us
South American and Pacific Ocean news a
week or more sooner than at present by
Year: 1868

there is an investigation of the case according
to the forms of law. These can hardly be
observed in simple parliamentary discussion;
and we are for holding Andy Johnson to be
innocent until he is "proved" guilty, even
though the money should be found in his
" hootap
Year: 1868

Homer C.. Jones' Republican, has been turned
out of the Ohio Senate and Democrat put in
his place, by a strict party vote because some
of the electors who voted for Jones were sus-
pected of having a small infusion of African
blood in their veins. The Supreme Court of
the State had previously decided that the per-
sons in question had the right to vote, so that
the action of the Democratic majority in the
State Senate is directly in the face of the
highest judicial decision known to the laws OF
the State. What says The World to this legis-
lative outrage upon the solemn authority of the
judiciary Cannot its tears at least be divided
between Washington and Columbus between
the Sovereign Court of the country and the
Court of a Sovereign State 7
Year: 1868

and two condemnations have indeed been
made, but the most of these were rec
tifying establishments and almost all of those
condemned and sold have passed again into
the possession of their owners. There was no
intention of making the District Attorney re-
spOnsible for this fact
Year: 1868

Mir Tadock Deddrick, a Newark machinist, has invented man, that moved by steam. will perform some of the most important functions of humanity, standing upright, walking or running as he is biddcn, in any direction and at almost any rute of speed, drawing after him load whose weight would tax the strength of three stout draught hor- ses The man stands seven feet and nine inches high, the other dimensions of the body being correctly proportioncd, making him the second Daniel Lambert, by which name he is tacetously spoken of among the workmen. He weighs j00 pounds Steam IS generated in the body or trunk which is nothing but a three-horse power engine, like those used in our steam fire engines. The legs which sup port the automaton are complicated and won derful The steps are taken very naturally and quite easily. As the body is thrown for ward upon the advanced foot, the other is lifted from the ground by spring, and thrown forward. Each step orp pace advances the body two feet and every revolution of the engine produces four paces. As the engine is capable of making more than q thousand rev olutions a minute, it would get over the ground on this calculation at the rate of a little more than a mile a minute. As this would be working the legs faster than would

 

 stones, it is proposed to run the engine at the rate of 500 revolutions per minute, which would walk the man at the modest speed of half mile minute. The fellow Is attached to a common rockaway carriage, whose shafts serve to support him in vertical position These shafts arc two bars of iron, which are made fast in the usual manner to the front axle of the carriage, and are curved SO as to be joined to a circular sustaining bar, which passes around the waist like a girth, and in which the man moves so as to face in any di- rection. Besides these motions, machinery has been arranged by which the figure can be thrown backward CT forward from a vertical nearly forty-fiye degrees This is done to enable it to ascend or descend all grades, To the soles of the feet spikes or corks are fixed which etfectually prevent slipping The whole machine is so firmly sustained by the shafts, and has 50 excellent a foothOld that two men are unable to push it over, or in any way throw it down. An upright post, which Is arranged in front of the dash board, and within easy reach of the front seats, sustans two miniature pilot wheels, by turning which these various motions or eyolutions are direc- ted. IL is expected that sufficient coal can be slowed away under the back seat of the carriage to work the engine day, and enough water in a tank under the front seat to last halt day. To prevent the giant from i frightening horses, NIT. Deddrick intends tc clOthe it, and give 1t as nearly as possible a | likeness to the rest of humanity. The boiler and such parts as are necessarily heated. are tC | be encased in felt or woolen undergarments ! The cost of this first man is $2UUO. thougt | the makers, Messrs. Deddrick & Grass, ex ! pect to manufacture succeeding ones, war ] ranted to run a year without repairs, fol s30O.-Nerark Adrertissr
Year: 1868

WHTARTrFfcIAL TEETH SHOULD NOT BE WORN AT NIGHr.-It is physiological fact that bone, in normal condition, is constant ly undergoing process of removal and re- ps;leeaiefit of particles, and that continuous pressure prevents the complete restoration of the parts, calling what is commonly called absorption. The osseous structure of the mouth is protected only by thin covering of muscular ;issue and mucus membrane, on the firmness and elasticity ot which it de- bends for protection against the pressure of the plate; but when constantly excluded from the atmosphere, especially by hard rubber, which being a poor conductor of heat, keeps the part covered at nearly an equable tenn perature, these tissues lose their elasticity and become spongy and fungoid. Two very undesirable results are arrived at. The OSse- ous structure of the mouth, as well as its heshy covering, are changed in form, and the plate no longer fits well, which is just what the patient has been trying to avoid by wear ing his plate at night.
Year: 1868

NOVEL BETA fellow in Boston, recently. turned terrier and bet five dollars that he could kill a rat without the employment of any other agent than his teeth. A 'yar;nint was procured, one end of a string eighteen inches long tied to one of its legs, and the other end made fast to a table. At the proper time, che man, with the end of his tongue, picked up the string and held it in his dentals. Then he quietly and slowly slid his face along it in the direction of the rat. Slower and slower his progress grew until he was within distance" and then, eyeing his victim a moment, he made a sudden snap. There was "crunch," sharp squeak" i" as life expired, and the bet was won.
Year: 1868

rRoTTING AT THE NEw-JERsEY STATE FAIR


GROUNDS.


There were three trOttng matches yesterday,
which took place under the auspices Of the NewJesey
state Far Association their beautiful grounds in
Waverey New-Jersey. Many persons present from
the surrounding country attracted by the announcement
that Gen Butler and Goldsmith Maid would trot for
purse OF o. 600, best three In five heats There
was also contest between horses belonging in
the State and spirited race between three
teams The race between the State horses was hotly
contested but Panic had much bottom TO be beaten
and won the In three straight heats Taking the lead
at the commencement OF each heat he kept steady
gait never breaking up There was very little ex
citenent during the between Goldsmith, Maid and
Gen Butler the General behaving very badly breaking
up constantly; a bandaged leg seemed TO annoy him,
which probably will account for his bad action. The
between teams was won by Careless and Mate III two
straight heats. The following Is the summary:
Year: 1868

BUTTER THAT WILL KEEP.-We have
seen the statement that a dairy in Broome
County, New York, was sold in St. Croix, in
1889, to the Governor, for IS cents per
pound. In 1910 the same dairy was sold in
New Bedford, Massachusetts, and went on a
whaling voyage. l saw some of it after, the
expiration of nearly four years, as sweet and
In good condition as when made. The same
dairy has since been sold in New Orleans, in
Matches, and Mobile, and there has never
been anv complaint as to its quality. ship.
ped some butter made in that County to Can
ton, in 1916, which opened as fresh as when
made, and was so good that shippers have
each year since applied to me for butter for
cabin stores. l broke up the frkins, and
procured small white oak kegs containing
from fifteen to twenty five pounds each, re-
packing the butter. These kegs were put
into large hogsheads and filed in the inter-
stces with rock salt, and placed in the hold
of the vessel. The small kegs were used
merely with reference to the convenience of
retailing at Canton. Orange County butter
is now understood to have rofervuOo TO the
mode of manufacturing rather than to the
locality where made. In making this butter
the milk is churned and rock salt is used
Ii every butter maker in the United States
would learn and practice this method ofmaks
ing butter, it would be worth $4,000, 900 a
year to the agriculture Of the nation. More
than that amount is wasted every year by
stupid b1tter-makers. Behold how profitable
are good sense and small increase OF USE
iul knowled se.
Year: 1868

Por.PIE.-All kinds of fresh meat will
make good pot. pies, but beef, veal and chick
ems are preferable. Whatever kind of meat
is used it should be cut in pieces ready for
use, and boiled until tender, season with salt,
pepper and butter. (Beef will not need as
much butter as veal and chicken.) When
the meat is somewhat tender, pare and cut
in two few potatoes and put them in roll
the crust as thick as your hand, and lay one
layer on top of the potatoes, remembering to
have only broth enough to just cover the po'
tatoes let boil thirty minutes, the first ten
with the pot uncovered, by the rest of the
time closely cOuered. Be ready to bring il
to the table, and eat as soon as done.
Year: 1868

THE TRUE LIFE.-The mere lease Of years
is not life. To eat and drink and sleep; TO
be composed TO darkness and the light; to
psce round the mill of habit, and turn the
wheel of wealth, to make reason our book
keeper, and turn into an implement of trade
this is not life. In all this but poor frac.
ton of the consciousness of humanity is
awakened, and the sanctities still slumber
which make it most worth living. Knowl-
edge, truth, love, beauty, faith alone can
give vitality TO the mechanism of existence
The laugh of mirth which vibrates through
the heart, the tears that freshen the dry
waste within, the music that brings child>
hood back, the prayer that calls the future,
the doubt which makes us mediate, the
death which startles US with mystery, the
hardships that force US to struggle, the anx'
iety that ends in trust, are the true nourish'
ment of rational beings.