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Year: 1869

A most notable and wonderful instance
of devotion to duty was shown by the
bridgeman on the Newark and New Jersey
Railroad Yesterday indeed, devotion
that seems unnatural, for the man in ques-
ton sacrificed his sons life To save the
lives OF others.


James Decker, the man in question, is
employed to open and close the drawbridge
on the Passaic river. Yesterday morning,
Decker. as usual was employed upon the
bridge, accompanied by his son. lad OF
ten years. Some vessels requiring to &C
mp the stream the bridge WAS opened by
Deckerg and tho boats permitted to pass
through.


There was not much time to spare iu
closing the bridge, a train being due there
in few minutes. Slowly the bridge
turned on It's table, and when within n few
yards of it's proper position Decker heard
the shrill whistle of the locomotive on its
way to the jersey depot At almost the
same moment he heard cry for help com
ing from beneath the bridge, and looking
down into the water he observed with hor
ror, that his son had fallen into the river
and was struggling for life. He could
easily have jumped down into the water


and saved his boy, but the train was com.
Ing on NJ N fhi,iu Isdcc anu thS tfiuSc war
still open, and to save his son was to In.
sure the destruction Of the train.


Parental love Is strong, and it was strong
in Decker; the first impulse of TN father
was TO leave tho train to its fate aid save
the boy, but the devotion 10 duty yercsmt
parental affection, and he instantly deter
mined to save the train by closing the
bridge. The draw was arranged with al
the speed possible, and then Decker rush
cd to the assistance Of his child, but it wa
too late, for the boy had sunk, to be seen nj
more alive. He obtained assistance. and IL
few minutes recovered the body of the
poor little one. Great indeed was The
fathers grief, although he did not regre
the decision that ended his SONS life. Thil
is an event almost without parallel, ant
seems quite as improbable as are many o
the scenes described in the yellow-coveret


literature of the day. There are few Deck
ers in the world. His action was so thor
oughly unsslfsh, SO noble, as TO appear


not only improbable, but unnatural. l.-Nes
York Star. 11a.
Year: 1869

A SPECIAL OFFICER IN TROUBLE.-This morn
ing one of the officers of the sixth precinct ar


rested James Hayes, cOlOred, on the charge of
being drunk and disorderly, and he is held for a
hearing. Hayes was, at the last meeting Of the
Board of Police, appointed a special officer for
duty i'm the upper part Of the Second Ward, and
il is said that he had the best OF recommenda-
tons, hut il is likely that his first duty will he on
Martins farm 1t seems that there is but little
trouble for parties who wish to obtain signatures
To recommendations, and it is likely after this
that the Police Board will carefully inquire into
the matter Of Recommendation for appointments.
Year: 1869

before Scrofula takes a firm hold.


How many have the virus of Syphilis i'm the ysten
and in that condition contemplate marriage, know
ing little Of its baneful influence the constitution
To such we say STOP. First cleanse yourself of
these impurities Of that scrofulous infection, hc
in many cases Is hereditary i'm the constitution De
fore you bring mteery yourself and offspring
Price q q bottle.
Year: 1869

.inAi N a ! Fourth Of July editorial. over
Jersey spoke of the United States
as bounded onthc east BY the rising
sun, on the north by the aurora
borealis on the south by the process
sion of the exquinoxes, and on the
west hv the day of judgement,
Year: 1869

CARLILE can evade almost any issue,
but there's one which is too many for
him. That is the issue of the CAMDEN
letter, in which he sought employment
in the service of the Democratic candi-
date for Governor. Failing to procure
it, he entered the Radical ranks, put
himself between their State Executive
Committee and their National Commit
tee, cut off the supplies of cash, and
having fixed his own price for his SER
vices, paid himself out of the Commit
tee money which came into his hands.
The Republican Executive Committee
can establish SO much of this as comes
within their range. Mr.. CARLLE can
have a column day in the REGISTER
frora now to the election if he wants to
deny the CAMDEN letter. We trust he
will demand the proof.
Year: 1869

The registration law is a costly nui-
sance. There are now in round num-
bers about twenty-eight thousand dis
franchised white men in the State. AT
least twelve thousand of these have
once been registered but have been
stricken Nff from time to time. Each
one lost day in getting his name en-
rolled. Estimating their time at two
dollars per day, the cost to them of
original registration was twentyfour
thousand dollars Then came their at


tendance upon the sessions of the regis
tration Board when summoned for dis
franchisement. Many have been sum-


moned three or four times. Many have
spent from three to ten days each, wait
ing about the Court Houses for trial. A
low average would be three days for
each disfranchised man, which time
was worth to each voter six dollars, or
seventy-two thousand dollars to the
whole, to say nothing of personal ex-
peuses, amounting to at least as much
more. Then there were their witness
fees, some taking ten, many half-a'
dozen, and few less than two Of their
neighbers with them to "prove their
loyalty" One hundred thousand dol
lars for witness fees alone would be a
low estimate of the amount
paid by our disfranchised people
The amount paid by the State fol
registration expenses has been about
sixty thousand dollars during the foul
wears in which the registration law ha:
been in operation. This does not include
the cost of blanks, books and notices


and counsel fees paid by the State for tn


defense of registrars Tho Ters prosecuted
for corruption. But from these items w
can satisfy ourselves that the registra
Year: 1869

If the lntelligencer is correct in assum-
ing that the ratification of the Fifteenth
Amendment is secured by the result in
Ohio, what objection can it offer to the
immediate repeal of the registration
Law Z Under it's own assumption the
negro will vote in West Virginia within
one year. And yet it would prolong
the disfranchisement of the white man
indefinitely. ConccdiDg to the rebels
tho right to sue, practice law and teach
hool, it proposes to retain in Radical
hands the power to prescribe rebels and
everybody else, upon any pretext, or
upon no pretext at all. The party
which that paper represents has been
diligently engaged for some years in
legislating for the benefit of the black.
IL has spared no effort to force him into
new social and political relations, rela-
tions for which there is nothing in his
history or character to believe him
fitted. During the same time, the same
party has been either ignoring or tramp
ling upon the rights and welfare of the
white. After eight or nine years of
ceaseless agitation, the Republican pa
pers assure us the blacks are about to
be enfranchised. At tmost no more than
two thousand III this State can be ad-
mitted to the ballot. But between
twenty. five and thirty thousand white
citizens, convicted of no crime, are
denied all voice in the Goverl-
ment to whose support they contribute


There is no agitation for their benefit;
40 Indignation meetings are held in
their behalf; philanthropy frets not
over their wrongs fanaticism has no
ear for their grievances. They had the
inexpressible misfortune to be born
white; the color of their skin shuts
them out entirely from "loyal" sympa-
pathy and affection. Radical candi-
dates for the Legislature prepare them
selves with propositions for the eleva-
tion of the negro in case of election, but
the rights, the wrongs, the suferings
and the degradation of their own race
fail to come within the scope of their
vision.


Ask Messrs. HUBBARD and CAMPBELL
whether the blacks should share the
control of the Government, and they
will affirm the proposition at once ;
they will tell you that distinctions on
account of race or color are arbitrary,
senseless, unjust. At the same time
they are engaged in making those very
distinctions; they discriminate against
their own race most remorselessly and
relentlessly. While the enfranchise-
ment of the blacks under the Fifteenth
Amendment is to be immediate, the re-
storation of the ballot to the white man,
from whom it has been unjustly taken,
is to be postponed indefinitely. The
Democrats of Ohio County are coolly re-
quested to ratify this superlatlyely lib
eral programme by the election of these
gentlemen to the House of Delegates
from Ohio county. Oar advices from
the masses fail to assure US that the
Democracy here will resign the footing
they have established by years of labor,
merely for the accommodation of trick
sters
Year: 1869

Meetins of the County Democratic


Executive Committee.


In pursuance Of my duty as Chairman Of the
retiring Democratic Executive Committee Of
Ohio county, I beg to call a meeting of the new
Executive Committee at the REGISTER Office on
Saturday, October 10th, at 2 o'clock. A full
attendance is requested.
Year: 1869

ton law, the unjust disfranchisement
of the people of our State, has involved
an outlay of not less than three hundred
thousand dollars, more than half enough
to build the State Capitol.


The Democrats demand that this use
less, this senseless drain upon the pock-
cts of the people be stopped by the
prompt repeal of the registration law.
Messrs. CAMPBELL and HUBBARD, and
the Republican party demand that it
be prolonged indefinitely by the contin-
uance of the registration law, The in
telligent voter, who has no desire to
serve the purposes of political aspirants
and no aim save the prosperity and peace
of the State, will have little difficulty in
determining to vote for the Democratic


at the approaching election.
Year: 1869

Without any special complaint, except grad.
ual declination of bodily strength and nervous
erergy, will find in the TONIC A FOUNTAIN
OF VITALITY ANDEVIG0R AS RE
A POOL IN The DESERT TO THE SAND
SClRCHEn AND EA LNTING TRA WELLER
Year: 1869

When we are considering the health of
children, says writer in The Methodist, it
is imperative not to omit the importance
of keeping the brain falloY, as it were, for
several ofthe first years Of their existence.
The mischief perpetrated by contrary
course, in the shape of bad health, peevish
temper, and developed vanity, is incura-
BILE. Some infant prodigy, which is a
standard of mischiefthroughout its neigh
borhood, misleads them. But parents
may be assured that this early work is not,
by any means, all gain even in the way of
work | suspect il is loss: and that
children who begin their education late,
as 1t would be called, Will rapidly over
take those who have been in harness long
before them. And what advantage can il
be that child knows more at six years
old than its compeers, especially If this Is
to be gained by sacrifice OF health, which
may never be regaineds There may be
some excuse for this early book-work IN
the case of those children who are TO i've
by manual labor. IL Is worth while per-
haps to run the risk of some physical IN
Jury TO them, having only their early years
in which we can teach them book. knowl-
edge. The chance of mischief, too, will
be less, Deing more likely TO be counter
acted by their after life But for a child
who is to be at bOok-work for the first
twenty-one years Of its life, what folly it
is to exhaust In the least its mental ener-
gy, which, after all, is its surest imple-
mtnt1
Year: 1869

Cork is received from Spain and Portu-
gal in the form of slabs, few feet in length,
some of which are over two inches thick
anda foot or more wide. The slabs are
sliced up into square pieces by a circular
knife hung exactly likes circular saw. In
stead Of teeth at the periphery, the circu-
lar blade is ground to a thin, sharp edge,
which will cut up slabs OF cork, without
removing kerf, faster than saw viii cut
plankintop pieces Of equal size PhesquaTe
pieces are tAen held bysthe hands Of boys
IN a kind of lathe, in such a position that
the sharp ami thin end Of hollow man.
drel will cut out perfectly round cork in
an instant Mandrels of various sizes are
employed to cut corks of the desired size.
Each cork is then placed by little fingers,
Year: 1869

An exciting scene occurred in the AS
size Court at AK, in France, during the
trial ofthe priest charged with instigating
a woman to murder her husband. just as
the jury were about to retire to deliberate
ON their verdict the woman suddenly
rose and declared that her previous state
ments were false, and that the priest was
innocent So much agitation was thus
nroduoed that the Judge suspended the
sitting of the court for an hour. The
trial wss then resumed the priest was
acquitted, and the woman found guilty
and sentenced to twelve years hard labor.
Year: 1869

ONE OF THE DEPUTY SHERIFFs OF THE
COUNTY.-It is stated that the murderer Real
is deputy sherif-one Of O'Briens subordi-
mates as guardian Of the peace-and we be-
lieve there is no doubt that he actually had
deputy sheriffs badge on when arrested. Those
who know from what material deputy sheriffs
are made will not wonder at this, and If Real
be still deputy sheriff it is well known that
he is not the only jailbird in the Sheriffs Office
Does not Sheriff O'Brien himself belong to
what is known as the Nineteenth street gang |?
Is he not leader and head man among those
wretches-those centres of ruffianly organiza-
tion which in our city riots murdered the gal
liant Colonel O'Brien and performed such other
feats as the burning OF the armory in Second
avenue? If it was not for honor gained in
those struggles that O'Brien was made Sheriff
of this county, for what other Of his achieve
ments was it? 1t Is question for the people
to consider what chance the honest men of this
city would have in tumult when Offices
like that of the Sheriff are so near in sympathy
at least to those against whom the honest men
would have to contend.
Year: 1869

The Lord Chamberlain ON the Impropriety


Stage.


The circular which the Lord Chamberlain
has addressed to the managers of all theatres
under his jurisdiction exposes an evil which
has frequently been complained Of and which
threatens to become public scandal. He
has noticed for some time past that this evil
has been gradually on the increase; but he has
been most unwilling to interfere in matter
which he considers might more properly be
left to the discretion and good taste Of tho
managers themselves Now, however, that
the question has been taken up by the press
and public opinion is being expressed upon 1t,
he feels himself compelled to call the serious
attention Of the managers to the reasonable
complaints against the impropriety Of costume
Of the ladies in pantomimes, burlesques, &C.,
which are now being performed in some of the
metropolitan theatres. He adds that he can
not but remark the discredit that now Justly
falls on the stage and the objections which
are being raised against 1t by many who have
hitherto frequcnted the theatres, but who now
profess themselves unwilling to permit the
ladies of their families to sanction by their
presence such questionable exhibitions.


The growing evil against which the Lord
Chamberlain so properly demonstrates was
imported from Paris to London ,and thence to
New York, where in the palmy days Of the
s'Back Crook and ''White Fawn" drama il
assumed the most aggravated proportions. II
has not yet disappeared from the American
stage. The duty of eifectually checking it's
further growth and demoralizing influence Ia
here within the province Of the press, the
recognized organ Of public opinion. The man
ayers and performers Of the English theatres
are still, at least nominally, cher Majestys
servants" and are subject to the jurisdiction
Of the Lord Chamberlain. In this republican
country the sovereign people have right to
demand that those who minister TO its public
entertainment shall not be exempted from the
laws OF decency and good taste. The HERALD
has uniformly denounced the violation Of these
laws, however skilfully the dazzling effects OF
calcium lights, scenic decorations, youth.
beauty, graceful motion and melodious music
may be employed to blind the eye Of the
spectator to the grossness Of the spectacle.
Year: 1869

DULL TIMES IN THE STooK MARKET. There
is an apathy in the stock market just now
which evokes the complaint from many
brokers that they don't receive ''orders"
enough to pay Office rent. Speculation is
concentrated in gold and government bonds,
while the stock gambling cliques are suffered
to carry their ''loads." Is 1t not a little
curious that this dulness should come just at
the time Of the expulsion Of Eriep Fortunes
have been made and fortunes lost in this
stock. II used to be the focus and life Of the
Exchange. Is IL to go into oblivion with
Mariposa and "Prairie Dog?"
Year: 1869

PRACTICAL RECONSTRUCTION LAST years
cotton crop of Georgia is estimated in value
at forty millions of dollars, and it was not .
favorable season. No wonder the cotton lands
Of the State have run up in price some fifty,
some one hundred and some two hundred and
even three hundred per cent. At this rate
before the expiration Of President Grants
term of Office the wealth and prosperity Of our
Southern States will be the wonder Of the
world. .;s,.
Year: 1869

THE DARIEN CANAL MIssIoN.-Hon. Caleb
Gushing has returned from Bogota with what
he would term "a fixed fact'-a treaty with
the government Of Colombia for the protection
Of the enterprise Of cutting the Darien ship
canal. 1t seems from the Dews we publish
elsewhere to-day that Louis Napoleon is not
behindhand in grasping this great idea OF the
age, and has concluded treaty also, by
which stipulations are entered into with Mica
ragua for the construction of ship canal
across her territory between the two oceans.
Certain enterprising Yankees have also come
into the field and made treaty on their own
account with Costa Rica to build railroad
within that republic between the Caribbean
sea and the Pacific, and John Bull is stirring
in the Honduras interoceanic railroad scheme.
In fact, from the news to-day there seems to
be general waking up to attack the Ameri-
can isthmus and inaugurate a new era in
isthmus transit affairs.
Year: 1869

for one dollar a month.


The postage being only thirty-fve cents a
quarter, country subscribers by this arrangement
can receive the HERALD at the same price it is
furnished in the city.
Year: 1869

THE STATE OF THE METROPOLIS. great
department Of justice is absolutely in the hands
Of the enemies Of justice; our judges deliver
ing sentence from the bench have to adopt
r,lses TO get out Of the court the assembled
friends Of the criminals lest rescue should be
attempted on the spot; criminals come out Of
court under sentence to be set free on the
street, and the police Is In such state Of laxity
Year: 1869

In THE HANDS OF THE NINETEENTH STREET
GANG.-In the Bowles case we saw what
might be done in the name of the law through
the Office Of the Sheriff of this county, and as
we get better acquainted with the Sheriff and
his surroundings we are only astonished that
the poor man from Massachusetts, got of as
he did
Year: 1869

INCONSISTENT WITH Our NEUTRALITY
The demands constantly made upon Congress
for the recognition" Of Supreme Being
point the first step to union Of Church and
State in this country, while that union is
tumblng TO ruin in all other countries. The
god who is put before the people in the law
may have no longer vitality in the human
mind than the law has IN human affairs.
Year: 1869

Nor F0RGoTTEN.-Las year the Sheriff
was before the Legislature with his bill to
have an increase of the fees Of his Office. and
the vote for and against, it was known, would
be an exact tie. One of the voters against
was i'll and away as the subject was coming to
final vote and was sent for; but the
Sheriffs men prevented his coming. How?
In the proper style Of the Nineteenth street
gang. They waylaid the messenger and beat
him 80 that he did not reach the residence of
the member.
Year: 1869

WHAT BROOKLYN WANTS is
whispering that IT would like paid fire de-
partment. II endures at present that old
volunteer system by which every fire company
is a nucleus for the cultivation Of disorder
the system of organized rowdyism.
Year: 1869

THE PARK.-The park, so-called, around
the City Hall ought to be improved out Of
existence. In the ancient days Of the city
that scrap Of the Bayard farm was nice place
for the burghers to lounge in the shade Of a
summers day--and IL was not an unpleasant
thing when the active life Of the metropolis
was mostly within sound Of the music ION
Scudders balcony" But those days are gone,
and the park Is left like scar in the changes.
The burghers take the sun and the shade in
the Central now. Let the old rotten trees be
cut down, the vagabond resort around the
fountain be broken up, and make Of the park
broad, fine plaza like the Place de la Conc orde
In Paris.
Year: 1869

How TO RESTORE SPECIE PAYvryrs.-
There are but two ways to restore specie paw
ments, and all the palaver in Congress upop
the subject may be reduced to this proposition
Specie payments must either be forced by
reduction Of the circulation or we must grow
up to that state Of things by natural course
by the growth OF the country in population,
trade and wealth. There is no middle course.
The first would paralyze business, arrest the
progress Of the country, bankrupt every debtor
and bring univefss.. distress. The second would
carry us on insensibly to specie basis with
out shock to trade or = disturbance Of values
for in few years the p ,pulation and business
Of the country will be SO increased az to make
the present volume Of cur. -ency barely equal Y
the demand. Which plal will our business
men and the people prefe. :, and which shoui'
statesmen adopt?
Year: 1869

INFORMATION WANTED. the Sheriff tell
how 1t was that the man who committed the
robbery in the Park Bank was at large at that
time, when he was committed for burglary
only few days before
Year: 1869

has been on soft or on hard food ::
he IS going TO or returning from the coun-
try lac is the better OF good dose OF
medicine in spring, or summer, or in au-
tumn, With suitable food, properly reg
ulated exercise or labor, roomy stables.
and GOOD grooming, horses can be kept
IN admiral condition and health with
little medicine.


None but professional men should, un
der any prttencc, prescribe poison or any
potent medicines The handling of edged
tools IS dangerous pastime to those
unused to such weapons. No sensible
horse proprietor should permit amy man,
whether he be groom, coachman. plough
man, or tcamSter, to give on his own re-
sponslblllty amy sort Of physic to any
horse. by such an order peremptorily
enforced, lie will prevent much sickness
and loss.-.1mer7ou stock Iour7elL