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Year: 1869

The MESSAGE - 1t is certainly amusing to read
some of the opinions laudatory of the President S
Message. Take for instance, the Sacramento Union,
and for that matter take up any Radical paper you
can fnl which contains anything whatever relating
to the wishy -washy ehuson purportng to come from
the individual who is styled by Mr.. Wendell Phillips
as q mere "fgurchead to mean something and do
nothing; passive symbol in the hands of the Legs


lative power" aud they would have it understood
that Mr. Grant has delivered himself of the most log


ica truthful and in fact most perfect Message, that
has ever cmanatcd from any occupant of the White
House 1t is not only amusing, but it is disgusting.
also the spirit of toadyism exhibited by the
Radical press towards a notorious blockhead i'm
beetle tool in the hands of J adical clique, merely
because he happens to be President The Radical
papers would have the people to believe that Grant
only wrote his Message but also that the ideas
and sentiments therein expressed are original with
him alone; that ii is evidence of the sonndness of his
Judgment the depth Of his mind, and evinces the
studious thought and attention which he has devoted
to public affairs etc, etc, dd nduSedm. Notwlth-
standing this appears to be the age of humbugs and
the people, general thing, inclined to credit
almost anything they not gullble as to believe,
either that the distinguished jockey of the White
House wrote the Message, that any of the recon-
mendatons suggestions which it contains emanat-
ed from his mediocre brain. The paternity of the


financial portion of the Message is discernable at
glance, and though dressed in plain language and
claimed as brilliant financial scheme, hatched in the
smoke -befuddled brain of the "Great Captain" yet


the paternity too palpable and. like the in the
the fable when dressed in the lions skin and main-
tanning his silence all right but the moment he
opened his mouth showed himself to be nothing but
an ass after all. AS long Grant said nothing he
was credited with having little sense but the mo-
ment he opens his mouth by means of his Message
he shows that he knows nothing about public affairs,
as it is nothing but rehash or medley composed of
the financial plans of Boutwell, the military sugges-
tons of Sherman and Belknap. the foreign policy Of
Fish and the naval ideas of Admiral Porter, through
his mouthpiece Robson the nominal Secretary of the
Navy Not an original idea is contained in the whole
document, and it was doubtless written to a
common expression, ''put in proper dress" by Mr.


Attorney General Hoar for it evidently bears the
marks of an attorney, and Mr.. Hoar has since then
received his reward for his labor by being elevated
to the Supreme Bench, position for which he is
about as we'll qualified as is Grant for the Presidency.
Year: 1869

CHRoNoLoGrsTs have discovered that Me-
thuselah, the Oldest man that ever lived, was
one OF those drowned in the flood Moan ought
to have taken better care OF his old granddad
than that.
Year: 1869

The New York money market works easily at
SIX and seven per cent. to borrowers on call In
the currency movement there is nothing new to
notice. Commercial paper is i'm fair request at
nine to twelve per cent. for choice acceptances;
acceptances OF an inferior grade are quoted al
twelve to fifteen, and single names at ten AMI
Sfrone owing to the ADVANCE in gold.
Year: 1869

THE New York Sun objects to Mr.. Hoar for
the Supreme Court that the successor to Judge
Wayne should be from the States lying south Of
the Potomac and the Ohio, as Judge w. was the
only remaining member from that quarter.
Year: 1869

THE NEW STAMP ROOM in the Treasury build
ing was occupied by the proper officials to-day,
who will hereafter have exclusive control Of the
issue of stamps. This will transfer the New
York and Philadelphia stamp business to Wash
mptOn.
Year: 1869

SECRETARY BHLKNAP has modified the late
general order forbidding the use of spring wag-
ons in the army for any but hospital purposes,
so as to permit the use OF them in the Fifth
Military District for the transportation of in
specting officers while on duty.
Year: 1869

THE NOMINATION of Attorney General Hoar.
for Associate Justice Of the United States
Supreme Court was, after long debate in the
Executive session Of the Senate yesterday, laid
upon the table. This action gives the President
an opportunity to withdraw the nomination. 1t
is understood that the Judiciary Committee
reported against the nomination.
Year: 1869

GOOD NEWS FOR THE TEACHERS or PUBIto
SCHooLs.-It will be remembered that the state
ment was made at the last meeting Of the Board
Of Trustees OF Public Schools that the amount
standing TO the credit OF the School fund was
only $4,000. and that the Mayor had said the
schools must close unless some means could be
devised TO recuperate the School fund. It has
since been found on a ADMINISTRATION Of the ac-
count Of that fund with the First National Bank
that 10000 was paid last year on a debt
contracted duiing the last wear OF wallach's ad-
ministration for school purposes, and had not
been taken into account in the statement re-
ferred 90. In view of this fact the Mayor has
decided that the schools be continued, the funds
amounting TO about SS0.Ooo. There will be no
special meeting Of the Board OF Trustees this
week as was expected.
Year: 1869

CLOSING THE DEPARTMENTS DURING HoLI-
DAY EKEK.-Secrctary Robcson has issued an
order that the Navy Department be closed at
noon tomorrow, to allow the clerks and en-
ployees to make preparation for Christmas, and
during the holidays the Department be closed
daily at noon, half Of the force only being on
duty in tho forenoon on alternate days.


A similar order was this morning issued by
Secretary Belknap, in reference to the War
Department and various bureaus thereof.


Secretary Boutwell, this morning issued an
order directing that the Treasury Department
be closed daily at II O'Clock during the holidays
and that the clerical force be permitted to leave
at that hour.
Year: 1869

The Ohio Democratic platform takes
strong ground in favor of reputation.
1t asserts right at the outset that the
Government ought to repudiate it's
agreement with its creditors, that agree
ment being that the bonds on which
they loaned their money should, not be
taxed; and declares the interest on the
bonds ought not to be paid until this
is done. 1t is reputation either way.
The Ohio Democracy threaten that the
people will repudiate by refusing,
through their representatives in Con-
gress. to make appropriations to pay
Interest on the debt, unless the Gov
ernmcnt first violates its contract and
repudiates part of its obligations.
How much better it is to go on and pay
the debt like honest men, as we are now
doing. There is little danger that the
American people will ever take this
Democratic shortcut to ruin.
Year: 1869

Have opened their place of busi-
ness at the old stand of Vivion's,
OH


BRIDGE and WOOD STREETS
Helena, NJ L. They offer to
dealers the only complete stock of
this class of goods ever brought to
this market. Our stock of
Year: 1869

Is as extensive rs that of any job
bing House in the States. These
goods have all been purchased
from First Hands upon the most
favorable terms, and will be offer
ed to dealers by the Package or
otherwise.


Purchasers are informed that
this stock of goods is so extensive,
that their wants can be supplied
for an indefinite period, without
making any change in the quality
of The articles that they may adopt
for use Our stock of
Year: 1869

One WOMAN MARRYING AYoTHER.-She has
married woman. Such is the position of a
plaintiff before law court of Santiago, Chill.
The wife has sued for divorce, founding her
application on the simple fact that her husband
is of the same sex as herself. That was enough
to create an embarrassing law case and yet the
bench of Santiago is sorely puzzled over the
matter. 1t was easy to separate husband and
wife-but how about the property! The one
who undertook the part of the husband had mar
red the other for her money and her prospects.
She was in the habit of frequenting the baths
of Coina for the purpose of selling eggs and other
such commodities to the world of fashion who
seek health and repose in that watering place.
The police had watched the egg-seller, and no
ticed that he or she always a cloak, and
that on no occasion was it ever put aside.
Otherwise the egg-seller's dress and gait were
that of a man. On the other hand, the wife of
this singular mate is of a simplicity and inno-
cence so great that for some time after the mar
rlage she had no suspicious as to the nullity OF
her husbands pretentions In the meantime
madame the husband, in all the pride of man
hood, employed herself busily in making pur-
chases and contracts in her wifes name and
with her wife's marriage portion. Now the
question arises whether the wife should be re-
sponsible for the debts incurred by the husband
while managing her affairs. There is another
question also-what punishment should be in
fficted on the husband for contempt of law for
forgery, committed in signing the marriage con-
tract and other documents under an assumed
sex! The legal aspects of the case may be left
10 tne learned magistrates of Santiago.
Year: 1869

Our HoMEs.-What is their cornerstone but
the virtue of woman, and where does social
wel-being rest but in our homes? Must we
not trace all other blessings of civilized life to
the doors of our dwellings? Are not our hearth
stones guarded by the holy forms, coojugal, i'll
ial and paternal love, the cornerstone OF our
church and state more sacr d than either, more
necessary than both? Let our temples crumble,
and capitals of state be levelled with the dust,
but spare homes. Let no socialist invade
them with his wild plans of community. Man
did not invent, and cannot improve or abrogate
them. A private shelter to cover in two hearts
is dearer to each other than all the world high
walls to exclude the profane eyes of every hu-
man being seclusion enough for children to
feel that mother is a holy and peculiar name.
This is home, and this is the birthplace of every
secret thought. Here the church and state must
come for their origin and support. Oh, spare
our homes The love we experience there gives
our faith an infinite goodness the purity and
disinterestedness of our home is coretaste
and our earnest Of better world. In relations
there established and fostered do we find through
life the chief solace of existence.
Year: 1869

WHINING ONES WIFE.-A married man, after
time, appears to forget how much a woman,
especially woman who is lady, desires small
attentions to the very last. He seems to believe,
at any rate: that his wife does not care for them
| at his hands. Women do not forget the season
of courtship; and it would not be too much to
say that an ideal marriage should be a constant
courtship, or else the romantic theory of mar
riage falls TO the ground altogether. But sup
posing that man marries fool, and doesn't
discover the fact for some time? Then it is we'll
worth his while to try and improve the fool into
a toerabe companion for even foolish wife
can make herself excessively pleasant to the
wisest and most philosophic of husbands and
in successful cases the women will be grateful
for the teaching Dickens made David Copper
field attempt the culture of Dora, but the exper-
iment was not fairly tried. David went very
clumsy, not to say priggish way about it, and
committed the insolent blunder Of exposing the
shortcomings of his wife before Traddles. No
wonder that Little Blossom shrank from this
rude pruning. The man who wants to win his
wife to at least sense Tor nonsense) enough to
love him, has often all his work before him, even
after he has placed the marital ring her fn-
ger. She may then only be q semi-detached
wife. We can give definite recipe for the
curative process. Circumstances would demand
constant change of ingredients. The shrew
should be tanned, if, possible, by soft means;
but she should be tanned. The Indifferent wo-
men, with her soul occupied only with thoughts
of the millinery hung upon her body, should
but We cannot advise on thess points, and, be-
of incompatblity inclines to the side of the
husband
Year: 1869

A BEAUTIFUL SENTIMENT.-Sorrow sobers US
and makes the mind genial. And in sorrow we
love and trust friends more tenderly, and
the dead become dearer to US. And just AS the
stars shine out in the nights, so there are blessed
faces who look at US in our grief, though before
their features were fading from our recollection
Suffering Let man dread it too much, be.
cause it is better for him, and it will help to
make him sure of being immortal. 1t is not in
the bright day, but only in the solemn night
that other words are to be seen shining in the
long distances. And it is sorrow-the night OF
the soul-that we see the farthest, and know
ourselves natives of infnity and sons and daugh-
tiers of the Most High
Year: 1869

One of the worst features of California society
is perhaps the disposition to change business and
residence, which is so prevalent here. Men are
to-day mechanics and laborers in San Francisco !;
but let an enciting promise of higher wages else
where appear in a newspaper, and hundreds
we may say thousands-wbose circumstances
are toerably prosperous, straightway break up
and leave The bane of California may be said
to lie in the unstable efforts of class of her
citizens Prosperity, as -rulc,F il should be
understood, cannot be obtained by moving from
place to place. Wages may temporarily be even
doubled, yet the loss of time and cost of travel,
living, ETC., will in the end more than counter
balance the increased wages. contemporary,
the Alta California, says:


No speculation country than which leads
poor to abandon their homes wander about and spend
all they have in the hope of making of matters
about which they know nothing. That the way ad
vance the prosperity of the individual of the State


There was time when half the population of
California was migrating-that is, they were
miners in one locality for a week or a month
when they would leave for what was believed to
be richer locality. By such habits the people
were kept poor. As rule those persons only
have essentially bettered their circumstances in
California, who have steadily remained in one
location, pursued one branch of business.
Even the day laborer in San Francisco who has
pursued the even tenor of his ways, owns houses
and lots, and has money deposited in the savings
oauhs. OoulPiaiHt Is naue OF naru tunes out
little of it comes from the industrial and frugal
classes. 1t comes from those persons who desire
to obtain better wages than their fellows-to
make money faster than legitimate industry
brings it. Even now there is nothing to hinder
the man who knows what wealth means, from
obtaining competency in San Francisco or
elsewhere in California but he must economise
his time and income. He must work for going
wages-nol wal: for the flush times which we
once had to come again, else he will be dsap-
pointed.


1t is said old Californians have so long re-
CARED high wages of necessity, that they cannot
come down to the realities of life, and that they
will have to give place to new and more
energetic population. No doubt this remark
will prove true with a certain number, but by
no means with the majority.-San Fran. Bulletin.
Year: 1869

IT is melancholy reflection to think upon
what very shadow human happiness depends.
A smile or frown-a kind or angry word, can
make this world appear unto US almost a para
disc, or in an instant seem to change it into a
scene of desolation One moment does the
heart glow with gratitude and thankfulness to
the Creator of all things. that we live, and
move, and have our being and the next sem
sible only to the distresses and suferings OF ex-
isteuce, We would most gladly be numbered With
the dead.
Year: 1869

A KNOWING traveller out West, who had char.
tered half bed in a crowded hotel, and was de-
termned to have the best half buckled a spur
on his heel before turning in. His unfortunate
sleeping partner bore the inliction as long as he
could, and at last roared out: "S Say, stranger,
if you are gentleman you ought to cut your
toe-nails"
Year: 1869

GREAT VIRTUEs.--Do not be troubled because
you have no great virtues. God made a million
spires of grass where be made one tree The
earth is frinced and carpeted, not with forests,
but grass Only have enough of little virtues
and common fdelities, and YOU need not mourn
because you are neither saint nor hero.
Year: 1869

When Humboldt offered his arm to the
honored matrcn, Madame Mendelssohn, who
was much older than he was, to table, it wcs
with gallantry that would have done credit
to youth. When one saw this aged couple


whose united ages amounted to one hundred
and seventy-eisht, cautiously and slowly, with
short steps, approaching, the fear could not be
banished of seeing them tripping over any
small object-a grain of sand or a straw
which might accidentally be in the way be-
tween the reception and dining-rooms. At
table was perfect freedom from restraint.-
Humboldt ate with evident relish; not daint-
lily, but just the contrary; nor did he refuse
to take large draughts of the excellent wine.
All the time he kept up very interesting
conversation, in loud, distinct, quick and
lively voice. Though he had cause to be con-
terted with the state of his general health. he.
nevertheless, was accustomed to have medi-
cine at times, since the year l84S, from the
court physician, Schonlain. Humboldt often
expressed his JOY at never having telt the ne
cesslty, during DIS whole life, of visitinga wa
terinS place. Although he maintained to a
hlSn age rare power, and often surprising
freshness Of intellect, it is undoubted that his
memory became much weaker during the last
two years OF his life. The correctness OF TINS


assertion is proved not only by the letters u
this period, which have in many cases t,ie


wrong date of the month or year. puS ny 'ne


following narratives by Schiaglntweit'


Immediately after our return 10 berilh


from Higher Asia, we had the fortune 70 nave


with him one OF those scientific conversations


which one never forgets. The subject very
soon Turned 10 the boundary Of snow upon


tbe Himalavas; subject which had earlier
greatly interested him, and with which he was
ENGAGED for years. He was one of the first TO
adopt the discovery Of Webb and Moorcroft
about the year 1sl2-that the snow boundary
on the northern slope Of the HimaIayas was
higher than on the southern slope; and he
was one of the foremost in endeavoring to
find an explanation for this phenomenon.
This view was, however, by no means gener-
ally acknowledged as correct but found many
opponents, so that Humboldt became entang-
led in a series OF the most unpleasant scien-
titic controversies 1t gave us thel efore, much
pleasure to be able to communicate to him
how brilliantly the correctness Of his views
was proved. you are mistaken nv friend !
he replied, with painful smile. L have un-
fortunately always represented the opposite,
the false opinion We were dumb with as
tonishment; we went into his study for one
Year: 1869

McCar.y, Of Aurora, whose spring gun
shot two young ladies al his fence te"
days ago, has been held under fifteen hun
dred dollar bonds TO appear at the next
term Of the court to answer any indictment
that may be found against him. One of the
wounded girls is better and the Other
Uoraa
Year: 1869

TRINITY CHURCH -LECTURE.-To-nigh
Colonel Farrar will appear at Trinity
church in his favorite character Of The
American Eagle" Colonel Farrar an
nounces this as his last appearance in the
city for this season. All who want to hear
him, go tonight. "The American Eagle
calls out the best powers Of the Colenel Q;
an actor and delineator.
Year: 1869

LEVY BROTHERS store continues to be plsce,
Of great attraction. The stock OF goods that they
of-r to the public - such as to command the at
tenticn of the purchasers Of DRY GOODS Scarcely
an article In the dry goods line can be cslled for
that cannot be obtained at this popular store.
Such an establishment becomes q convenience, as
consumers OF dry goods are no longer necessttated
to shop around to supply their wants.
Year: 1869

It is said that any nose which IS less
than the height, of the forehead is an in
dication of defective intellectual power.
The eyes indicate character rather by
their color than form. The dark blue
are found most commonly in persons Of
gentle and refined character, light blue
and gray in the rude and energetic
Lavatef says: - Hazel eyes are the more
usual indications of mind masculine,
vigorous and profound just as genius,
properly SO called, is almost always asso-
ciated with eyes of a yellowish cast, bor


dering on hazel" The higher the brows
rise, the more their possessor is supposed
to be under the influence of feeling, and
the lower the better controlled by his
reason. A very small eyebrow is an in
dication of want of force of character


8 tolerably large mouth is essential to
vigor and energy, and avery small one is
indicative Of weakness and Incidence. In
manly face the upper lip should extend
beyond and dominate the lower. Fleshy
lips are often found associated With vo-
luptuous, and meagre ones with pas
sionless nature. The retreat:ng chin in
dicates weakness; the perpendicular,
strength the sharp, acuteness of mind.
Year: 1869

INFLUENCE OF LIGHT There is, in
all places, a marked difference in the
healthrulness of houses, according to
their aspect with regard to the sun, and
that those are decidedly the healthiest,
costeris parabus, in which all the rooms
are, during some part Of the day, fully
exposed to the direct light. 1t is we'll
known fact, that epidemics frequently at
tack the inhabitants Of the shady side OF
street, and totally exempt those of the
other side and even in endemics, such
as ague. the morbid influence is thus par
nal In Its action Sunshine is also essen
tial to the perfection of vegetation, and
the water that lies in darkness is hard,
and comparatively unfit for drink; waile
the stream that bares its bosom to the
day, deposits mineral Ingredients, and
becomes the most suitable solvent Of our
food. In smallpox. and other eruptiye
diseases, the tendency to form pustules
is diminished by the patients being kept
in darkness. But the influence of light
upon the nervous system cannot be more
forcibly exhibited than in its effects on
that terrific disease hydrophobia. While
light is excluded, the patient can some
times swallow with comparative facility,
and as long as no bright object 10 pro
sented, all the spasmodic phenomena ol
the malada are more easily controlled
It is courteous that bright objects also
frequently throw the ydtaries Of St. Vitu:
into conTuiSlons.
Year: 1869

The Arabs illustrate their estimate of
the different colors of horses by the fol-
lowing story: a chief of a tribe was once
pursued by his enemies He said to his
son My son, drop to the rear and tell
me the color Of the horses of our foe,
and may Allah burn his grandfather =
White was the answer. Then we will
go SOUTH said the chief, 'for in the vast
plains of desert the wind of white
horse will not stand in protracted
chase Again the chief said: My son,
what horses pursue us 4? BLACK, o my
father Then We will go ameng the
stones and on the rocky ground, for the
feet of black horses are not strong. A
third time the young Arab was sent to
the rear, and reported chestnut horses.
sThen,' said the chief, I'VE are lost.
Who but Allah can celiver us from the
chestnut horse p" Dun and cream
colored horses the Arabs consider worth
less, and fit only for Jews to ride"