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Year: 1867

all places of distinction or emolumeut are be-
fore you. There are here few of those in
whose hands the administration of the govern
reut is placed


We are passing away,-the next wave will
bring you, young men aud women, in our
places, and our work will fall into other hands,
therefore, the greater should be your efforts
to prepare yourselves for the responsibility
that must in time devolve upon you In con-
clusion, permit me to tender you again my
thanks for this cordial welcome, extended
through your distinguished representative,
the Governor Of the State. Though she sent
me out pennilcss and friendless, She did not
then afford those advantages which you now
enjoy, and though, on returning, 1 can not do
so, In the language of the schools, to my alma
nldter.


81 can say, with pride and satisfaction, she
is my mother, and, whatever may have been
her delinquencies, Il love her STILL Then,
ladies and gentlemen, let me again express
my heartfelt thanks for this warm and sincere
welcome on my return to this, my native city"
Year: 1867

EUGENE AND HER LITTLE SoH.-The
young Prince Imperial of France has been
transported to Saint Cloud, on a mechanical
bed, and the carriage which bore him was Or
dered to 20 at walking pace over the stones.
The two doctors who accompanied the Prince
are never to leave him night or day. They
still hope on, and reckon upon the change Of
air as likely to promote a cure, which all their
united skill, with that of Nelaton and Bache
and GendrOn combined, fails to accomplish.
That same evening there was reception and
ball, and the Empress was doomed to wear
her sweetest smile and don her richest robe
to receive the company; and anon there was
the ceremony Of receiving the Commission of
the great Exhibition and her Majesty to ex-
ert herself to find pleasant things to say to
each Of the members presented to her notice,
while her thoughts were most likely at Saint
Cloud by the side of the he'd whereon that
poor, pale sufferer lay turning his gaze to the
IuilIerIes, whose peaked roofs and sculptureG
chimneys are visible from the window of his
chamber.
Year: 1867

THE SOUTHERN NEGRO DURING TIE
WAR.-General Halpin, editor of the New
York Citizen, makes the following statement
in that paper:


If Judge Kelley had been South during
the war, he could not have the hardihood2
not even he could-to speak of the negroes
OF the South as if they had all been loyal to
the United States during the rebellion. The
fact is that ninety Eve per cent. Of them were
as faithful to the Confederacy as any average
equal number of Southern whites. They
formed the quartormastcr, Sommissary, ord
nance and pay departments of the rebel ar
working faithfully and perscveringIy
at their allotted tasks, although not Eve per
cent. of the able-bodied whites were left at
home to compel them to this work, had they
been otherwise minded. 1t is simply bald
bold, black falsehoOd to speak of the South
ern negroes as having been faithful to the
Union, or faithful to anything but the rebel
lion, during the recent civil war
Year: 1867

= The suicides committed in the United
States during the past twelve months are said
to be without parallel Were they limited to
the South reason might be found in the uni
versal dependency and gloom resulting from
the chains now imposed upon a once free and
prosperous people but they are far more nu-
merous in the North, even in the ratio of
population, than in the South.


When Such moral epidemic is so pre7a-
lent, in the absence of any national calamity
to cause 1t, 1t must argue degree of crime
truly appalling to the contemplation of right
Year: 1867

On one occasion gentleman was rela-
ting painful stOry-of q little boy who was
called from his play to so to neighbor's for
some milk. As he was returning from his
errand the cars ran over him, killing him in
stantly. The gentleman was very pathetic,
and at the close Of his narrative there was a
dead silence in the room, broken at last by
one Of the ladies of the company asking grave
ly, "And what became Of the milk ?'
Year: 1867

The use of tobacco has been prescribed
by the Vermont Methodist Conference
Hereafter no person who uses it will be admit
ted to membership. We suppose tea and
coffee will be the next thing intsrdicied, and
that man will not be allowed to kiss his wife
on Sunday on pain of expulsion. The world
moves in circle and the star Of the Con.
necticut "blue laws" is just appearing on tho
horizon
Year: 1867

"A mutton-ehop in boarding house par
lance, means piece of the bone of a sheep
from which the mutton has been all chopped


The Methodist Church in the United
States publish ffty-One weekly PaBers.
Year: 1867

One of the most singular criminal
cases that we have ever known to occur
at the police Office, happened last week.
A young man, aged about 90 years, came
to this city with horse, and made ar
rangements to sell him at auction. Some
livery-stable men hearing the mans story
about the horse, had their suspicious
aroused, and came to the conclusion that
he had not come into possession of it in
lawful manner. They had the man
arrested. At the Station House he
would have no name, remarking that
they could call him what they chose
Finally, at the suggestion of another
prisoner, he said they might call him
William Smith. Upon examining his
pockets, a letter was found in one, which,
when the officers attempted to take it out,
he tried to seize and throw it into the
fire, but did not succeed. Upon read
ing this letter, it appeared to be written
by the prisoner, and was addressed to
man residing at Wiscassett, small
village about twelve miles from New
York city, who had his house entered by
burglar.


The letter stated to this gentleman,
whose name we could not learn, that a
man named O'Leary, the man whom he
had arrested, was an innocent man.
Says the writer: 81 committed that
burglary, and to convince you that did
it, l will state some facts in connection
with it, He then describes how he en-
tered the house, and the rooms he enter
ed and ransacked, and that he entered
the chamber of the daughter of the gen
tleman, and while examining her bureau
drawers, she was awakened and sprang
from her bed, and seized him so firmly
that he could not get away, and by her
cries aroused the gentleman and other
lady, who also. seized hold of him, and
they all four rolled down stairs together,
and that the writer finally made his es-
cape, and that he carried off diamond
pin belonging to the daughter. Then
he says: " L return the pin to your
daughter, who is noble and brave wo-
man-as brave as any l ever saw in the
army" .e


After praising the daughter still farth-
er, he expressed surprise how the gem
tleman could describe him so and have
O'Leary arrested, as he only saw the
writer but moment in the dark, and
says: "How near you describe me, I will
not state for obvious reasons" Upon
examining his clothing still further, the
diamond pin was found. The police
officers recollecting having read an ac-
count in the New York Police Gazette,
describing burglary at Wiscassett, and
having picture showing the young lady
struggling with the robber, came to the
conclusion that they had got the man.
His letter, which he had failed to send,
. had betrayed him. Soon after the fell
low was arrested, information was re-
ceived from Wiscassett that the horse
had been stolen from there yesterday.
The man was sent to New York for trial,
and will probably be convicted for both
burglary and horse stealing.
Year: 1867

Shawls are generally worn and con-
sidered more elegant for carriage or Wis
iting dress than the richest sacks or
eloaks: They are simply folded, and
the ugly hood formed by pinning a large
fold in the back is not seen; it was for
eign to the true character and grace of
a proper shawl draperie, and it has pass
ed away. We have seen few of these
elegant and expensive articles of Pals
ley and India manufacture, and nothing
can be more superb Or better suited for
fall toilet. Only ladies of commanding
height or mature grace can wear them
advantageously. They are decidedly
matronly.-N. Y. Mail. .l
Year: 1867

If we expect to receive the blessings
of heaven, we must work for them
Gods bounties are hanging over us in a
cloud, as it were, and ready to shower
upon our hearts the moment we are
ready to receive them. This inspira-
tion depends upon the use we make of
our faculties of body and mind. If We
live and act right, blessings" as we
are wont to call them, will follow as a
necessary consequence.
Year: 1867

A DRUNKEN DoG.-Dogs generally are
rot addicted to getting drunk. That is
one of the vices Of civilization, and dogs
are not usually considered to be highly
civilized enough to indulge. such tastes.
Drinking liquor is habit which men learn,
and who knows but dogs might fall soIlow
as to be on level with drunken men, if
the temptation was offered them. We
know of one dog that has been tempted,
and like many men has. been unable to re
si,t the temptation, and has fallen. In
the village of Highland, in this county,
there is dog that belongs to man who
keeps saloon. In the saloon there is a
slep bucket which is kept under the beer
keg, and contains the droppings from the
beer, and the washngs of tumblers which
contained liquor. TIE dog, probably for
the want of something better, has got into
the habit of drinking out Of this slop buck
ct, and has succeeded in creating such an
appetite, that he loves his slop as dearly as
any old topper ever loved his toddy. This
dog, like most drunkards, is awful lazy
and lays in tie bar room by the stove most
of the day. Every little while he gets up
and pays visit to his slop bucket, not tc
quench his thirst. but to indulge his appe
tite--he takes slop, as a 6eoerage. He re
peats this programme of taking a drink
and lying by the stove. until he is so drunk
that he cannot stand. His appetite is moi


then satisfied, and he staggers to his buck
ct, sometimes falling two or three times


He finally indutges so freely that he is un
able to crawl, and then he lies down, rolls
over, groans, grunts, squeals and squrms
and casts longing eyes to his beloved sloI
bucket, looking as foolish, vacant and com


cal, as only drunken men or dogs can look
This is no imaginary sketch, but verita


BILE fact, and can be witnessed every day
at one of the saloons in the village of High


land. @
Year: 1867

~ The sleighing in this part of the
state is now better than at any previous
time during the winter. Yesterday morn
ing it was bitter cold, the thermometer
having fallen Is degrees below zero.
Year: 1867

TEE following touching tribute to lately de-
ceased citizen of the county, has been handed US
with permission to publish. We shall take the
liberty of stating that it is from the pen of A.
Mcintyre, Esq, of Douglas City, believing that
even three stanzas possessing SO much real merit
should not go to the world shorn of their au-
thorship:


Knowing thy worth, fidelity and valor.
A few short days ago with accord
We thee selected is our Standardbearer
And deemed colors safe when guarded by thy sword
Little thought when to thy entrusting
Our flag beloved, forever may il wavej
That once, and only thou vast to bear it,
And bear it then, alas in silence to thy grave.
After thy bier none OF thy kindred followed.
Yet stern sobbed and brightest eyes rained tears
And in thy comrades hearts place is hallowed
Cnto thy memory-MosEs GuNN through all the coming


years.
Year: 1867

rA- Hope for the Afiicted.-Ix another part of
this paper will be found the advertisement celebrated
Institute established by Dr. j. c. Young in 1850 In thsage
of deceit and charatansm it is boon the suffering to
point out them where they of obtaining the wish
ed for relief and cure Under the of the skul Doctor


the sick and troubled dvet themselves Of their burdens
OF pain and shame lay aside their health
and happiness If sick in trouble do hesi-


tate Read the advertisement and follow the advice.
forget the number the of directing letter
CONSULTATION OFFICE, $50 Washington Fran
cisco. j43msn
Year: 1867

HoME.-Congressme Bidwell, Highly and Nc
Ruer, and Senator Harrison, of Napa and family
came on the last steamer. The Union people
of the Northern District feel proud of the record
of their Representative, and so far as consistent
will. with one united voice. urge his nomination
for Governor
Year: 1867

The Washington special of the Chica-
go Republican says ''the President has
sent word to some of the Republican
members that he is disposed 70 recognize
reconstruction under the present law as a
thing that is to be, and that he will not
make any further resistance. What eff
feet this will have upon any one remains
to be seen. 1t would seem however hat
it should have a great deal of weight. If
the president will obey the laws in the fu-
ture, and execute the will of Congress,
that is all that's wanted of him. For
his past misdeeds we can let him go free
as we did other rebels But nothing will
save him from the brand of infamy which
his actions have placed upon his brow.
Impeached or not, as long as he lives he
will carry the stigma of the man whom
the people impeached
Year: 1867

Westonl All your labor has been in vain
as ono can see by perusing the above ex-
tract. Your effort to prove that there is
some muscle in the world which does rot
belong to prize fighters is all lost, and the
great American people who have honor
ed yot for your heroic enterprise are all
fools. According to Milwaukee wisdom
as quoted above you should ''go to grass .
and hve with hogs, because you have
dared to exercise the wonderful powers
the Almighty has bestowed upon you.
No matter, if in all ages of the world
men who having shown themselves pos
sessed Of remarkable endurance have re-
ceived the homage of their fellowmen,
you have forfeited all the honor you
should receive by stopping at that little
one horse town Chicago when you might
by walking only ninety miles further
have stopped in that great city Milwau.
kee. Let future aspirants for fame take
heed.
Year: 1867




The question of locating the Post Ofice in tho
City Hall Park has been pretty well ventilated,
and il seems to find favor in no disinterested
quarter. In the Common Council report has
been presented against it and laid on the
table. The public generally ask by what
right the Corporation offered TO sell portion
Of the peoples property for half million dol
lars which is worth, as every one knows, from
four to six times that amount The ground
upon which the Park Bank Is being erected,
contiguous TO the new HERALD building, cost
about four hundred thousand dollars, and the
lot Is not one-tenth as large as the slice Of the
Park proposed 70 be transferred to the general
government for Post Office purposes at five
hundred thousand dollars. Apart from the
pecnniary question involved there are sanitary
motives which render this selection for site
for public buildings particularly Objectionable.
The City Hall Park is one OF the lungs OF the
city--a breathing place and grand venti-
lator for the down town population. In
stead of encumbering it With piles Of
brick and marble it should be made
even more open than ic is by cutting
AWAY the trees and converting 1t into
grand plaza, such, for instance, as the
Place de Ia Concorde, in Paris, or Trafalgar
square, in London. IF the Park Is to he applied
to any other purpose than this, why not gene
raj terminus for the city railroads--which now
concentrate in the streets at that point, to the
great inconvenience Of traffic and contrary to
law--be ERECTED there. which would pay rent
Year: 1867

Labor TreubIcs-ssrikos and Trades Unions.


The house carpenters of the city are striking
for higher wages The masons, plasterers and
housepainters are doing the same. The move
ment runs through the whole class Of trades
concerned in building and is due to the sup
posed activity in the erection of new ediices
in the city that may be incident to the opening
season. These strikes either indicate or antici-
pate greater demand in our midst for certain
kinds Of skilled labor, and 80 far are health
full sign. That they have no deeper cause and
are not due to any greatly deranged state Of
the relations between labor and capital is evil
dent from the fact that while labor of one class
is thus demanding greater price other classes
Of labor are submitting to reduction. Ship.
builders and shpjoiners have just lost por-
ton Of an increase In wages secured some
months since. and there is an agitation among
employing tailors that Ia likely to reduce the
rates paid in their trade. In other trades also
there is a tendency in the same direction.


II is to be hoped that the striking trades will
take notice Of the important facts involved in
the above statements. No useful industry is
ever oppressively underpaid in great city
like ours nor can any trade successfully make
unreasonable requirements. II there is any
real basis for the strikes IL is not that builders
are paid below fair average, but merely that
there is present scarcity here of these kinds
oflabor. That scarcity can only be temporary;
and by holding out for unreasonable demands
the strikers will glut the market with labor
from other quarters, and may end by
losing some weeks employment and leav-
ing wages just where they are. Thus
the carpenters here are now demanding
four dollars day, while the same trade is
only paid from two and half to three dollars
in a city 80 near as Philadelphia; and the
highest paid in certain parts of Canada is
under two dollars, and In some cases runs
down as low as dollar and q quarter. II is
the same with plasterers and painters. Wages
rule lower in the neighboring States than the
rates demanded by the strikers. The course
of events with The shipbuilding trades quoted
above should warn the builders. The ship
joiners and others engaged in building ships
struck year ago and secured such an cx-
travagant advance as to nearly paralyze the
industry by which they lived. The result Is
that wages are now going down again. Let
the builders take care that they do not gain
their demands at the expense Of that regular
and constant employment that will alone make
them valuable.


Trades unions are not so serious complica-
ton Of difficulties between labor and capital
in this country as they have recently become
In England. They are, however, not without
their influence, and here, as everywhere else.
that influence Is pernicious. They are organ
Year: 1867

The Two Dromiss Of the Associated Press.


Simonton, the agent Of the Associated Press,
sends us q long rigmarole for publication
about one Of the news reporters hired by the
association and In reference 10 his own con-
duct as agent We have no space in the
HERALD for any such rubbish, and 1t is great
piece Of impertinence in Simonton to suppose
that the matter is Of any interest to MS or any
of our readers. He evidently presumes upon
our indulgence in allowing the two Dromios,
Craig and himself, to abuse each other in three
or four letters apiece through the columns Of
the HERALD; but we did 90 for the purpose Of
showing that neither Of them was at for the
position Of Associated Press agent We care
nothing about Wilson, the London reporter,
or Simonton, the New York agent, or for the
Associated Press cable dispatches either. The
latter are of no importance to us, whole
batch Of them being seldom worth as much as
a single HERALD special. But we insist that
while Wilson and Simonton are paid salaries
for doing work for the Associated Press the
former shall not 60 into the advertising agency
business, and the latter shall conine himself to
q proper discharge of his duties and keep him
self out of the newspapers.
Year: 1867

lied and managed by the demagogues of the
trade--tbe no;siest, LATEST, most conceited
and obstinate, though often shrewd, man being
the chosen one Of every set. These become
the presidents, secretaries and, above all, the
ireasurers Of the societies draw salaries from
their funds, manage their more tractable fellows
at their pleasure sud live and thrive upon the
trouble they create. II we should have any
permanent arrest Of labor among the builders
and consequent distress, IL will be due only to
the obstinate counsel given by such coteries
but it is SO much the nature Of our people to
think and act for themselves that we do not
believe these organizations can have sufficient
influence in the present case to do serious
harm.
Year: 1867

Dusr Dusrl Dusr!-we have hardly drag
red ourselves out Of the mud and we are
smothered in dust The mud was bad enough,
but the dust is worse. Who will clean the
streets; who will cart away the mud when II
is very heavy, so that It shall not be de-
posted in the eyes and lungs Of the citizens
when II is very lightf We can imagine the
contractor declaring that the dust is all In his
eve, Betty Martin--aHd we wish 1t were.
Year: 1867

LET Us KSow.-If Congressman Hulburd
actually did embrace Collector smythe, was 1t
in consequence Of the general disorder Of his
mind, or on account Of the general order I
Let US know.
Year: 1867

The National Observatory mt Washington.


The volume of astronomical and meteoro!ogi-
cal observations made at the United States
and which has just been issued from the gov
ernment printing Office, is creditable in every
respect but one, and that is its date. We see
no reason why the publication Of work Of
so much interest to the members of the naval
profession and to scientific men generally
should be delayed so long. Making all due
allowance for the time required for the intri-
cate calculations of which it is made up, 1t
ought to have been in their hands some seven
or eight months earlier


In matters of purely scientific character
government, we regret to say, does not take
the interest which their importance demands.
Abroad every encouragement is given to re-
searches and discoveries in connection with
them. No vote Of public money is
deemed too large for such objects. In England
and France especially astronomical science
has been carried to point of exactness which
no other countries have approached. Green
wich and Paris give their time to the rest of
the world. We have let things take their own
course in this regard. The little that has been
accomplished by us has been set down to the
credit Of m individual. frequently without
reason and almost always unnecessarily.
Whenever .we have made any advance in astro-
penical Or meteorological science the cry has
bssn aPrssessr Maary has done this" or
professor Maury has done that" Luckily
Professor Maury has relieved Us from his
oppressive individuality, and II the
government pursues the course Of Civ
ing to scientific men generally . fair
amount Of encouragement we shall soon
distinguish ourselves in this a. we have distin-
guished ourselves in other branches of human
knowledge. There can be no better evidence
Of the disposition existing among US for 1t
than that the observatory at Albany Is run by
Q banker and doctor, that Yale boasts Of .
wonderful astronomical star, though latterly
falling one-the great Loomis-and that we
ourselves have our weather prophet. It only
depends, as we have said, upon Congress to
develop the taste which exists for such pur-
suits and to make their results rebound to the
glory and benefit Of the country.
Year: 1867

WHICH Was IT?--Did Hnlburd put his arm
around Collector Smythe's neck to guide him
through the dark. tortuous and intricate ways
Of the national capitol, with which he is so
familiarg or did he embrace the Collector in
an outburst Of affectionf or did he put his
arm about him at all What patriot who loves
his country will let us know
Year: 1867

otis false" as the girl said when
her husband told her she had pretty
hair.


Even Brigham Young's wives are
affected by the military spirit. They
call their husband Briggy-dear.


An old bachelor says tine talk of
women is usually about men; even
their laugh is he! he! he!


A Western poet is the author of these
epigrammatic lines


"The old dog Trays ever faithful
they say But dog that is faithful
can never be Tray"